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"No more running, and no more waiting. Let's hit them where they live." ~ Commander Shepard

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It's a 4000+ page view spectacular! A special thanks from me for all those who visited my page over the last 12 months!

I present to you my own attempt at digitally drawing Commander Shepard, from the BioWare/EA game Mass Effect 2. Drawn using Sketchbook Pro and a Wacom Intuos 4 graphics tablet (Medium), on a canvas of 30cm x 30cm.

The drawing process took me roughly seven days, with (I've forgotten how many) hours of work put into the drawing to achieve maximum likeness to the original source image the drawing is based upon. Many different techniques were used, including shading, blurring, smoothing, and individual layer opacity manipulation again!

This digital drawing consists of a staggering 1250 layers give or take. I tried to achieve maximum likeness in the drawing in terms of armour appearance and colour palette by taking reference from a piece of official promotional artwork produced for the release of the second Mass Effect, of which the primary image of Shepard is also based on. The background was drawn from scratch though, and is heavily influenced by the interior of the Collector ship and Base from the game itself, the likeness here was influenced by several screen shots from in game, showing these places and their organic/metallic scenery. The Normandy was drawn solely from using references to the SR1 from Mass Effect, and the colours and screens of the SR2 variant seen in Mass Effect 2. Finally, Collector Swarms were added to heighten the danger of the situation in which Shepard finds himself in the drawing. The swarm likeness was gained by playing a lot of Mass Effect 3 against the A.I collectors in multiplayer, and simply by re-playing Mass Effect 2 again.

The Suicide Mission from Mass Effect 2 as many already know is one of my all time favourite segments from any game to this date. The setting, the choices made, and in particular the fantastic soundtrack all combined to provide a fantastic end-game to one of the greatest videogames of this generation. I could tell you a fascinating story about what led me to draw this piece, but the text would go on forever! Simply know that in my main play through the Suicide Mission didn't go at all to plan, and that the Alliance Normandy SR2's memorial wall in Mass Effect 3 is running out of space...

I am very proud with the outcome of this piece, and continue valuing putting more time and effort into each drawing that I produce. Quality over quantity as they say. Of course that's not to say that there are no problems with it, as I can namely see a few still that stand out enough to be noticed. Fortunately however I have the multi-layer version still available, and can pick out the faults piece by piece and update with a newer version later if need be!

Thanks in advance for all favourites and comments!

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Sources and Inspiration:
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In terms of music, I used numerous songs from the in-game mission during production of this drawing, they include the following...

. Mass Effect 2: Suicide Mission
. Mass Effect 2: The End Run
. Mass Effect 2. Suicide Mission (London Philharmonic version)

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Contact Me:
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I have Twitter now which I use to have a laugh, and upload loads of in progress snaps of pieces that I am working on! So if you want to follow me there, be sure to do so and tell me, and I'll be happy to follow you back! I'd love a couple more followers there! The link can be found just below my avatar icon on my profile page!

And if you want to add me here on DA then feel free to do so too, and I'll happily return the favour! The more friends the better eh?

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Copyright and Usage:
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The digital art here is drawn by me, but is based on characters and content from Mass Effect 2, and has been created using references to said content from the game. The respective owners of said properties (BioWare/EA) own all copyrights to these featured characters, locations and all other related content!

You may use my work with my permission, so long as links to the original (this piece) are provided in any feature, comment or other site where you wish to use it! Also should you happen to use my work, I'd love to hear about it myself! Seriously! I don't bite!

Description
"No more running, and no more waiting. Let's hit them where they live." ~ Commander Shepard

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Details:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

It's a 4000+ page view spectacular! A special thanks from me for all those who visited my page over the last 12 months!

I present to you my own attempt at digitally drawing Commander Shepard, from the BioWare/EA game Mass Effect 2. Drawn using Sketchbook Pro and a Wacom Intuos 4 graphics tablet (Medium), on a canvas of 30cm x 30cm.

The drawing process took me roughly seven days, with (I've forgotten how many) hours of work put into the drawing to achieve maximum likeness to the original source image the drawing is based upon. Many different techniques were used, including shading, blurring, smoothing, and individual layer opacity manipulation again!

This digital drawing consists of a staggering 1250 layers give or take. I tried to achieve maximum likeness in the drawing in terms of armour appearance and colour palette by taking reference from a piece of official promotional artwork produced for the release of the second Mass Effect, of which the primary image of Shepard is also based on. The background was drawn from scratch though, and is heavily influenced by the interior of the Collector ship and Base from the game itself, the likeness here was influenced by several screen shots from in game, showing these places and their organic/metallic scenery. The Normandy was drawn solely from using references to the SR1 from Mass Effect, and the colours and screens of the SR2 variant seen in Mass Effect 2. Finally, Collector Swarms were added to heighten the danger of the situation in which Shepard finds himself in the drawing. The swarm likeness was gained by playing a lot of Mass Effect 3 against the A.I collectors in multiplayer, and simply by re-playing Mass Effect 2 again.

The Suicide Mission from Mass Effect 2 as many already know is one of my all time favourite segments from any game to this date. The setting, the choices made, and in particular the fantastic soundtrack all combined to provide a fantastic end-game to one of the greatest videogames of this generation. I could tell you a fascinating story about what led me to draw this piece, but the text would go on forever! Simply know that in my main play through the Suicide Mission didn't go at all to plan, and that the Alliance Normandy SR2's memorial wall in Mass Effect 3 is running out of space...

I am very proud with the outcome of this piece, and continue valuing putting more time and effort into each drawing that I produce. Quality over quantity as they say. Of course that's not to say that there are no problems with it, as I can namely see a few still that stand out enough to be noticed. Fortunately however I have the multi-layer version still available, and can pick out the faults piece by piece and update with a newer version later if need be!

Thanks in advance for all favourites and comments!

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Sources and Inspiration:
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In terms of music, I used numerous songs from the in-game mission during production of this drawing, they include the following...

. Mass Effect 2: Suicide Mission
. Mass Effect 2: The End Run
. Mass Effect 2. Suicide Mission (London Philharmonic version)

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Contact Me:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have Twitter now which I use to have a laugh, and upload loads of in progress snaps of pieces that I am working on! So if you want to follow me there, be sure to do so and tell me, and I'll be happy to follow you back! I'd love a couple more followers there! The link can be found just below my avatar icon on my profile page!

And if you want to add me here on DA then feel free to do so too, and I'll happily return the favour! The more friends the better eh?

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Copyright and Usage:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

The digital art here is drawn by me, but is based on characters and content from Mass Effect 2, and has been created using references to said content from the game. The respective owners of said properties (BioWare/EA) own all copyrights to these featured characters, locations and all other related content!

You may use my work with my permission, so long as links to the original (this piece) are provided in any feature, comment or other site where you wish to use it! Also should you happen to use my work, I'd love to hear about it myself! Seriously! I don't bite!