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Arasteia — A Knife in the Dark

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Published: 2014-07-27 10:44:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1560; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 15
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Description Finished it just in time! Tomorrow morning our entire school network goes offline for a week, which means I can't access my school laptop, which means I can't access Photoshop. 
Anyways, I know I said that my last post (that semi anime thing) was where I wanted to be in terms of style, but I started a quick anime headshot of my Oblivion OC and... this happened. Realism. So I guess I'm going back to that. 
Yeah, so this is Sedrisa Saan, my Dunmer OC for TES: Oblivion. After her mother went off and became the Nerevarine and her brother died in the Arena, Sedrisa was forced to become matriarch and patriarch for the remains of her family - an emotionally-wrecked father and uneducated sister. She got by through doing odd jobs. Quiet, hardworking, not overly intelligent. After a while, odd jobs became theft, and theft became murder. She didn't like it, but they paid her, so she did it. Now she's one of the best. Never failed a job.
She also has no idea how old she is. 

(Oh, and before anyone points out that her dagger's at a strange angle in her hand, if anyone's seen Sufferthorn before they'll know it curves back, and so fits nicely in her palm)

Sedrisa belongs to me
Oblivion belongs to Bethesda
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Comments: 33

PoisonIgnorance [2016-09-14 16:25:55 +0000 UTC]

Love the eyes <3

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Arasteia In reply to PoisonIgnorance [2016-09-14 22:06:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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PoisonIgnorance In reply to Arasteia [2016-09-15 00:07:59 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome ^-^

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BasileusIoannis [2016-06-25 07:15:49 +0000 UTC]

The blood-red eye sure is haunting, contrasting with the rest of her near-monochrome face and background Very nicely done!

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Arasteia In reply to BasileusIoannis [2016-06-27 08:35:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like her ^^ 

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scwibblingmadness [2016-06-21 05:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Her eye is stunning

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Arasteia In reply to scwibblingmadness [2016-06-21 05:43:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^ 

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Drewbacka [2014-08-31 00:06:38 +0000 UTC]

Looks really good. You do this style well

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Arasteia In reply to Drewbacka [2014-08-31 00:10:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Glad you like it

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Drewbacka In reply to Arasteia [2014-08-31 00:17:06 +0000 UTC]

Pleasure!

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park-sang-hee [2014-08-28 19:08:21 +0000 UTC]

Wow, she looks so much like a character I painted some time ago.
fav.me/d5kb1rg

You're really good at painting, though. Don't give up and don't stop.

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Arasteia In reply to park-sang-hee [2014-08-28 23:07:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much Our characters do look pretty similar I guess the red eyes, grey skin, dark hair combination just looks really cool!

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Lesliewifeofbath [2014-08-05 03:41:46 +0000 UTC]

I really like this.  For some reason she reminds me of Marceline from Adventure Time (I think it's the expression and hair). 

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Arasteia In reply to Lesliewifeofbath [2014-08-05 03:53:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much I've never seen Adventure Time but I've seen pictures of Marceline and I definitely see where you're coming from.

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Lesliewifeofbath In reply to Arasteia [2014-08-05 03:54:42 +0000 UTC]

She's definitely got her essence Totally bad-ass

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Arasteia In reply to Lesliewifeofbath [2014-08-05 03:59:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad you think she's bad-ass, she was meant to be but came out kind of... petite. XD

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Lesliewifeofbath In reply to Arasteia [2014-08-05 04:19:10 +0000 UTC]

Bad-ass can be big or small--it's all in how you carry yourself

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Arasteia In reply to Lesliewifeofbath [2014-08-05 04:20:18 +0000 UTC]

Very true

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icedragonair [2014-07-30 01:26:32 +0000 UTC]

Her lips and skin are very nice. Her ear is a bit rough though. Her eye is also very large considering the realistic style, but it did instantly make me think of oblivion, so i guess it works out. Really what I wish is that the hand ear and clothes were as detailed as the face. The contrast in the eye is nice, but the lips are kinda neither here nor there. You either should have made them as vibrant as the eye or back and white like the rest of the picture. Overall great job.

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Arasteia In reply to icedragonair [2014-07-30 10:11:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much again Yeah, her eye is meant to be large, cause she's an elf and all  Ah, I was wondering about the lips. I was trying to keep with the Skyrim palette more than anything else, but I definitely see what you mean. Thank you, and I'm definitely trying to work on detail

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Cosmic-Grain [2014-07-29 20:49:22 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty darn creepy, and I like the coloring. There's a nice contrast with her red eye and the rest of the image.

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Arasteia In reply to Cosmic-Grain [2014-07-30 10:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much I'm glad you like the contrast, I'd been tossing up over dulling her eye. 

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DeepHurting [2014-07-29 08:58:06 +0000 UTC]

Excellent work.

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Arasteia In reply to DeepHurting [2014-07-29 11:13:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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The-Stage-Name [2014-07-28 17:10:38 +0000 UTC]

very cool, nice finish and i like the hair!

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Arasteia In reply to The-Stage-Name [2014-07-29 04:52:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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RiddlerSphinx [2014-07-27 15:00:46 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, I love how shes holding the dagger and the way you did her eye~

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Arasteia In reply to RiddlerSphinx [2014-07-28 07:07:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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SuperSaiyanBrony [2014-07-27 11:46:29 +0000 UTC]

So beautiful, i love her eyes

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Arasteia In reply to SuperSaiyanBrony [2014-07-27 11:52:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I was really happy with the way her eyes came out

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SuperSaiyanBrony In reply to Arasteia [2014-07-27 11:58:49 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome they turned out great

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Marcomatic [2014-07-27 10:50:54 +0000 UTC]

your rendering skills are improving

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Arasteia In reply to Marcomatic [2014-07-27 11:05:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I'm glad you think so

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