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Amoryl — Trust me, I'm the Captain

Published: 2010-01-10 04:18:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 910; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 29
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Description FINALLY finished! I've been working on this for months now.

this is for the luscious =zeldyn it's her as an Airship Captain, part time Pirate, part time Smuggler, full time Saucy Wench and Trouble Maker. I gotta say this might be my best drawing yet. tons of tiny detail, constant redrawing, constant erasing, constant correcting. I burned out a bit on this one with the need for it to be as perfect as I could manage it, had to take a break, cranked out another drawing to kinda reset myself, and managed to crank the rest out. I suppose I coulda done better, I always could. but I think that this is as good as It's logically going to get. and I'm fine with that.


Zel is a Tinkerer, a chartered member of both the Mechanic's Guild, and the Navigator's Guild. she owns her own Airship (name still in the works) and an all lady crew, sailing the jetstreams finding adventure and riches and...well...more trouble. expect more from this world, and a crew as well.

ok so I borrowed a lot from several sources to get this done. the poses were of course, courtesy of *zeldyn-stock specifically [link] and [link] and a bit from [link] ... I think...

the pins on her collar (the hammer and wrench) denotes her being a Guild Mechanic, the neckpiece denotes her as a member of the Navigator's Guild, and was inspired by [link] and I'm not entirely sure where I got the watch from...I suspect bits and pieces of several others.
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Comments: 34

JesnCin [2010-05-10 14:30:31 +0000 UTC]

Whoa! That's some intense shading Wonderful job handling those monochromes

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Amoryl In reply to JesnCin [2010-05-10 20:02:30 +0000 UTC]

thank you. you've got a pretty awesome style, If I say so myself

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JesnCin In reply to Amoryl [2010-05-12 14:44:57 +0000 UTC]

why thank you good sir!

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noisebeast [2010-03-31 20:00:05 +0000 UTC]

Nice, love all the detail. xD

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Amoryl In reply to noisebeast [2010-03-31 20:18:27 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much

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differentego [2010-03-16 18:21:34 +0000 UTC]

wow! one can see that this took a lot of time. there are so many details, incredible.

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Amoryl In reply to differentego [2010-03-16 20:46:40 +0000 UTC]

thank you, yes yes it did. I ended up having to take a break from it for a while before I burned totally out from the constant corrections I kept making to it. but even without counting the "break" I likely spent longer on this drawing than any prior drawing I can recall. somewhere along the lines of 12 hours or so of actual drawing.


but hey, the beautiful woman it was for was well worth it.

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firstgeneralmel [2010-03-06 22:00:26 +0000 UTC]

This is totally awesome.

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Amoryl In reply to firstgeneralmel [2010-03-06 22:39:03 +0000 UTC]

thanks, sweetie

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rachelillustrates [2010-01-17 00:05:06 +0000 UTC]

Wow, awesome! Amazing detail work

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Amoryl In reply to rachelillustrates [2010-01-17 04:44:15 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much

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rachelillustrates In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-20 21:47:40 +0000 UTC]

You're quite welcome

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Tundra-Sky [2010-01-13 00:00:16 +0000 UTC]

I have to agree, this looks to be one of your best pieces so far; it's got huge amounts of detail, and the clothes look great!

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Amoryl In reply to Tundra-Sky [2010-01-13 21:26:05 +0000 UTC]

thanks yeah I worked like mad on this. and I gave up a lot of my lazy habits too...suddenly I found myself erasing a lot more to make that line just a little bit straighter, that circle a bit more circular, making things more even....not really settling for "good enough"

even the background was more detailed than I've been doing of late. yeah I'm happy

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Tundra-Sky In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-14 22:28:11 +0000 UTC]

Well all that extra attention to detail was well worth the effort; it sounds like you have raised the standard of your artworks with it. And yes, the background most certainly benefited too, without the character getting lost in it.

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Amoryl In reply to Tundra-Sky [2010-01-15 09:05:16 +0000 UTC]

yeah well, it was for someone special so I went all out. I'm not sure I can cram all that detail into everything else as well. keep in mind the demon drawing was done inbetween, and finished only a couple days prior to this one. it's got a fair amount of detail, but it's not as intense as this one. but I almost burned out on this and needed to take a break. maybe I'll ease my way up higher, at least I know I CAN crank out such insane detail

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Persnicketese [2010-01-11 23:37:59 +0000 UTC]

I freaking love this. The details are so freaking awesome! Great job!

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Amoryl In reply to Persnicketese [2010-01-12 09:00:46 +0000 UTC]

thanks I'm very pleased with it

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Persnicketese In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-13 00:53:13 +0000 UTC]

It's gorgeous. Seeing your art always makes me smile.

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Amoryl In reply to Persnicketese [2010-01-13 13:05:17 +0000 UTC]

AWWWWW thats sooo sweet of you

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Persnicketese In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-13 19:06:50 +0000 UTC]

^^ I mean it

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Amoryl In reply to Persnicketese [2010-01-13 20:45:48 +0000 UTC]

that just makes you even MOAR speshul and sweet!

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Persnicketese In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-17 01:43:12 +0000 UTC]

XD Awwwww <3

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zeldyn [2010-01-10 04:40:42 +0000 UTC]

So totally awesome! I can't get over how amazing this is

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Amoryl In reply to zeldyn [2010-01-10 04:41:34 +0000 UTC]

awww thanks! I'm SO glad you like it!

like I'd totally cry if you didn't, seriously!

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awash2002 [2010-01-10 04:19:34 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful

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Amoryl In reply to awash2002 [2010-01-10 04:25:21 +0000 UTC]

thank you I'm quite pleased with it. and when I'm quite pleased, I tend to pick apart every little goof...but still, very happy with it

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awash2002 In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-10 04:26:08 +0000 UTC]

It is amazing the detail is stunning

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Amoryl In reply to awash2002 [2010-01-10 04:40:32 +0000 UTC]

took me months to draw, but actual time spent working on it was still in the 15+ hour mark...I've spent longer on this drawing than almost any other drawing I've yet done...that I can remember

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awash2002 In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-10 04:46:31 +0000 UTC]

wow

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Amoryl In reply to awash2002 [2010-01-10 05:06:07 +0000 UTC]

usually a drawing'll take around 5ish for me of actual time spent drawing, not counting dithering, looking up backgrounds or clothes or lolcats, or other forms of slacking off...

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awash2002 In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-10 05:08:07 +0000 UTC]

Wow but I know in the end it will look amazing

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Amoryl In reply to awash2002 [2010-01-10 05:10:33 +0000 UTC]

it steadily improves, i believe

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awash2002 In reply to Amoryl [2010-01-10 05:10:55 +0000 UTC]

That it does buddy

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