[ART1] Card Game Art Works: Duel Terminal Themes

Evigishki, Tellarknight, Evilswarm and Ritual Beasts

Evigishki Gustkraken & Gishki Psychelone
Full art:

Evigishki Gustkraken:
Gustkraken back reference:

Brooches:

“Tied with golden brooches”

Face:

“Has patterns in her face”

Staff:

Left: “The staff is the same as Gishki Emilia’s”
Middle: “I didn’t draw it in, but in the middle of the Aquamirror, the evil crest is present”
Right: “This one”

Squid parts:

“Since she’s essentially a squid, she has 8 [squid] arms and 2 tentacles”

Hair:

Top: “Her hair is tied in two strands”
Bottom: “Shoulders are [popping out/visible]”

Gishki Psychelone:
“Reference Art for differences [with Gishki Noelia]”

Neck:

“Aquamirror frame, jewel(s) with inscriptions”

Body:

Left: “Features a lot less gold color (Evilswarm crest)”
Right: “Bodysuit”

Staff:

Top: “(This one ↑) She’s holding Noelia’s staff”
Bottom: “The crest in the middle of the mirror becomes the Evilswarm crest”

Tail:

“The tail comes out from under the shell”

Head:

Top: “The pincers come out from here”
Bottom: “[Sidelocks/Sideburns] and bangs protrude”

Head back side:

Back:

Top: “Attached”
Bottom: “Wings come out from here”

Floating base thingy:

Left: “Large pincers (she usually rides on top of this)”
Right: “Evilswarm crest (gold)”
Bottom right: “Evigishki Psychelone MEMO”

Constellar
Full art:

Constellar Pleiades:
Crest:

Top: “Constellar Pleiades MEMO”
Bottom left: “Constellar Crest (Xyz Version)”
Right: “The crest in its chest is for Xyz”

TL note: The Constellar Xyz Monsters have an upgraded crest from the non-Xyz Constellars. The reference art is highlighting that this is the case, but the terminology varies (and is often unreadable). So we’re generalizing it to “Xyz Version”.

Two shots of the mantle/cape:

Back side of its hand:

Sword:

Top: “White”
Bottom: “Only the part of the edge is colored gold”

Constellar Omega:

Left: “View from the back”
Bottom: “Constellar Omega MEMO”
Top right: “Constellar crest (Xyz Version)”

Chest and mantle:

Top: “Mantle”
Bottom: “Chest”
Middle: “Has purple lines”

Omega symbol:

“Omega Ω-like shape”

Similarities with Vylon Omega:

Top right: “A shape similar to Vylon Omega’s tail”
Bottom: “Since its designed after Vylon Omega, there are a number of similarities in terms of design”

Constellar Ptolemy M7:
Wings:

Left: “The Constellar crest is the Xyz Version (the crest in the wings is split into 1/4ths)”
Top left: “Virgo’s pods”
Top right: “Wings come out from where Virgo’s horns come out”
Right: “The back side is white”

Face, front and side view:

“Algiedi’s horns added to a stretched Virgo face”

Upper body:

Jaw: “Alrescha’s jaw”
Top left: “Antares’ pod”
Top right: “Alrescha’s chest (without [cracks/fissures])”
Left shoulder: “Virgo’s shoulder”
Right shoulder: “Alrescha’s shoulder (flipped left-right-wise)”

Middle body:

Top: “Virgo’s shin”
Right: “Antares’ weapon (opposite side)”
Middle: “There are plans to later split it in two, but since there might be additional requests, I’m only publishing the splitting part”

Connecting part:

Connecting part: “->Attaches -> Enters”
Jaw: “Leonis’ jaw”
Horns: “Aldebaran’s horns”

Bottom torso:

Left: “Virgo’s torso (the neck is also the same)”
Right: “Virgo’s chest”

Legs:

Left: “Acubens’ hands (half on each side, the back side is also there)”
Bottom: “↑↑↑ Leonis’ thighs”
Middle: “↑ Algiedi’s shoulder”
Right: “Aldebaran’s shin”

Tail and wings:

Tail base: “Acubens’ torso”
Tail: “Antares’ weapon”
Wings: “Virgo’s wings (the back side is also included)”

Description:

Bottom: “Constellar Ptolemy M7 MEMO”
Description: “It contains the motifs of several Constellar monsters up to this point, but fundamentally, the gold and silver parts become gold, and the glowing parts are unified as yellow. Furthermore, these are just motifs, but if you can envision them [Constellars] from them, that’s good enough”

Evilswarm
Full art:

Evilswarm Bahamut:
Similarities with Brionac:

“*Essentially, think of the parts that failed to become ‘Brionac’ as being complemented with ‘Evilswarm'”

Wings:

“The wings are attached around here”

Legs:

“The back legs look like a rhinoceros beetle. Would be great if they could open.”

Torso and crest:

Crest: “Crest in the abdomen”
Torso: “The sections of the torso are squared, unlike Brionac’s”
Bottom: “Evilswarm Bahamut MEMO”

Chest and jaw:

Chest: “Split around here”
Jaw: “The jaw is short, like Brionac’s”

Evilswarm Ophion:
General info:

“Evilswarm Ophion MEMO”
“*A Gungnir that has been Evilswarm’d”
“The flames inside its body are the same as Gungnir’s”

Wings:

“Wings grow from here”

Wings #2:

“The wings spread open”

Tail:

“The sections here are squared”

Crest:

“Evilswarm crest”

Mirror on its back:

“Cracked”

Back legs:

Top: “Ice (the same as the torso, etc.)”
Bottom: “Same as its front legs”

Note about its back:

“It would be great if there was an animation with the rhinoceros beetle-like parts on its back opening and the crest appearing”

Evilswarm Ouroboros:
Description:

“An Evilswarm’d Trishula
Evilswarm Ouroboros MEMO”

Back and wings:

Middle: “Back”
Top-left: “The wings are semi-translucent”
Bottom: “The wings open sliding”
Top right: “They are similar to curtain rails”

Back shell:

“Similar to a rhinoceros beetle’s shell”

Tail #1:

“Mirror of the Ice Barrier in its tail”
“Upside-down”
Right: “Mysterious red-black dimension”

Tail #2:

“Tail back side”

Reference:

“Use Trishula as a reference for the [full body diagram]”

Lower torso:

“From this point, the sections become squared”

Base of the neck:

“The neck comes out from here”

Wings:

Top: “Wings are attached here”
Bottom: “Each one moves like a dragonfly wing (very slowly)”

Heads:

“Center head” and “Right (for the left one, it’s OK to just flip it left-wards)”

Membrane:

Evilswarm crests:

“Evilswarm crests
Counting the materialized one, it has 3 in total”

TL note: The “materialized” one here is the black part of its chest that resembles an Evilswarm crest, as opposed to the two crests in its lower torso that are only two-dimensional lines on its white parts.

Ritual Beast Tamer Wen & Pettlephin
Full art:

Crystal/Jewel:

“WATER-Attribute [crystal/jewel]”

TL note: 宝玉 (hougyokku) literally means “jewel”, but in Yugioh terms, this is the word used for “Crystal” Beasts. Pick whichever word you like for these precious stones.

Side view:

Eyes:

“In order to suppress the extremely powerful [mana/magical power], she rarely opens her eyes”

Height:

“Pilica comparison”

Loneliness:

“Because she distances herself from people, she’s always alone, however, it’s not like she’s exactly lonely”

Ritual Beast Tamer Elder & Cannahawk
Full art:

Book:

“Lightning *zapping sounds*”

Chair:

Claws:

“Electrified claws”

Size and feathers:

Bottom: “Size comparison”
Top: “Ornamental feathers that protrude when the wings are spread”

Ritual Beast Tamer Lara & Apelio:
Full art:

Crystal/Jewel side view:

Spirits:

“Would be great if they change according to the Attribute”

Comparison:

Apelio’s flames:

“Even if she rides it, she does not get burned”

Eyebrows:

“Kya!”

Burnt:

Illustrator’s comment:

“Some of you may have noticed already, but Lara and Apelio are wearing a matching jewel/crystal each. The two of them are always together.”

Spiritual Beast Tamer Lara:
Full art:

Description:

“Lara’s new form after having inherited Gaiapelio’s life”

Design:

“Gaiapelio’s red-white design”

Apelio’s [shading/gradation]:

Embroidery:

Evilswarm?:

“[Signs/hints] of Evilswarm parts”

Pattern:

“The flow of the wind and Naturia (sprouts), fire”
“They represent the changes of life”
“Another theory suggests that the trio of Wind/Sprout/Fire represents a full cycle, repelling evil spirits and funerals”

Clothes:

“Clothes made putting a lot of heart into them, almost like a prayer”

Hair:

[I/The author] “intentionally made her hairstyle like her first appearance”

Wing-like things:

Top: “Gaiapelio’s (or rather, Kerykeion’s) wings”
Middle: “The wings gave a *GICHICHI* feeling of Evilswarm buzzing, so a pattern was added (by me)”
TL note: This note is a little vague, but my guess is that without the pattern in the wings, they look too much like insect wings, so the author decided to modify them.
Bottom: “Engravings”

Wing-like things #2:

“Probably softer than one would think, a cool and warm type of ice”

Heel soles:

Boots:

“The armoring is thin, it gives a bone-like impression”

Expressions:

Top: “Fusion face”, “ORAORA”
Arrow: “Middle excitement/energy”
Bottom: “Base”, “?”

Horn-like things:

Top right: “Wing-like, they move back and forth slightly”
Bottom right: “I’m definitely in the way, aren’t I?”
TL note: This is most likely a case of the author giving a voice to the inanimate clothing, not Lara herself thinking/speaking
Lara: “I’m back home!”

Playing with Apelio:

Right: Lara:“You fixed my hair for me, Apelio?” Apelio: “*Roaring sounds*”
Left: “My hair is such a mess, ahaha!”

TL note: There is no order to those two images, so it’s not clear if Apelio fixes her hair, and then they start playing, or the other way round. They may not even be a sequence.

Tellarknights:
Tellarknight Altairan:
Full art:

Color scheme:

“Basically follows the same design pattern and color scheme of Lyran”

Armor:

“The blue lines in the armor glow. Furthermore, there’s only armor in one shin (the same goes for Lyran)”

Cloth:

“The pattern of the cloth is also included in the lining. The inner side is a space pattern”

Sword:

Sword: “Two-handed sword”
Stance: “Since the sword comes out from the spherical parts of the cloth from under the armor, the sword is held diagonally”

Tellarknight Lyran:
Full art:

Helmet:

“If seen as a helmet, it makes the head look big, so please think of it as its actual face”

Sword:

“One-handed sword”

Spheres:

“The center of the sphere features the Tellarknight crest”

Cloth:

Top: “The lining of the cloth is a space [pattern] (with no [folds/wrinkles])”
Bottom: “Cloth pattern (corner)”

Thanks to not one, but two anonymous contributors for the pictures.