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Published: 2013-12-11 19:55:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 5122; Favourites: 488; Downloads: 0
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a quick pict to pay tribute to my very first game obsessionHiro from Switchblade; redesigned his armor and of course the Fireblade, from the ones created by . Made from this sketch in MS Debut bastardprince.deviantart.com/aβ¦
...used MS EX4, Corel Painter IX, Photoshop CS5, Easy Paint Tool SAI.
Switchblade belongs to... someone, Hiro belongs to Simon Phipps ^^
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You're very welcome!
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thank you
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He just seems so nonchalant despite gripping the molten Firebladeβ¦ I half expected him to scream his lungs out, but I sβpose if youβre a hardened warrior, nothing fazes you.
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This is a very good depiction of the rising dawn, with the moon ready to make its exit, and more exclusively, the design of the katana depicted is a sweet example of colouring and shade. You can see and feel the heat radiating off the blade⦠The grip has a nice fancy look to it as well.
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The armour by itself is real badass, and a well-executed piece of intricate work. Not sure what the loosened wrist tapes represent, but nevertheless, a splendid piece of art. Full credit where itβs deserved, youβve done a wonderful job.
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thank you very much~! 
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You guess? You did the bloomin' artwork!
But hey, if you did it because it would've looked cool, and by all measures, it does, then that's a good enough reason for me!
It was a pleasure, pal.
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not even sure why at this point I changed so much from the original concept - I guess a lot of it must have been to look cool, or to play with Painter FX tools, including that armor 
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Playing around with tools is what builds the experience in the first place, and it absolutely worked wonders in this case. Take care!
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very true... thanks! ^^
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The details on the character and background is gorgeous! I wish I could be as good as you when it comes coloring and shading, this whole picture is just wonderful~
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thank you very much. ^^ I remember this pic wasn't as easy as I thought at first to color or get looking right, I'm hit and miss myself sometimes as I'm still learning.
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You're welcome~
Still you did a wonderful job on this piece, all that hard work you put in really shows.
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I'd love to see this on a Magic card :3
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No problems
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I really like the sword, particularly the red glow effect 
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thank you very much Β
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You're welcome!
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Wow, this is amazing! I love the intensity of the heat around the character, but that it doesn't take away from him.Β
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thanks! I was never sure if the environment was meant to be warm or cold but since there were random fires burning in the landscape I assumed there was heat on the ground level.
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No problem. 
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could be. I never asked Simon about that... the above ground looked warmer but the below ground parts of this game all looked stony or metallic and cold. and the final boss seemed to reside in a large black cave area with no fire or anything like that...
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WAILS your sky is so beautiful.Β Someday I'm going to get my lazy bum up and actually try some backgrounds...
Fantastic work.
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thank you very much! 
yes, attack the skies! skiesΒ and clouds and natural bgs are fun to draw.
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thank you very much! :>
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No problem, at first I was thinking it's Leander.
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My my my, haven't seen this guy in a while ^^
Wonderful job ^^
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you might be the first person on here to recognize him
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Hehe, the Switchblade series never were the mainstream type |D
I never played SB1 (though the ingame track was cool), but I loved Switchblade 2 ^^ (which on the flipside, had no music at all, save for the opening track).
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true... I guess Rick Dangerous was more popular by the same creator.
heh, I'm the other way round, I had the first one and never got to play the second properly. but I guess there must have been a reason they went on to make a sequel... I thought the first was pretty dang cool anyways.
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SB2 was really bloody hard at times, but it felt awesome once you actually beat it... the first 2 stages were pretty much the most tedious ones (way too long and troublesome at times).
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the gameplay/controls got tweaked a bit for SB2 which made it a bit smoother to play? there were parts in the first where you could get trapped by enemies at times by a recoil animation, and you had to get good with the jumping mechanics. overall I think the first is more atmospheric and is nostalgic for me, but a lot of people seem to remember the second one more. I might check out the second if I can find it. Just a bit disappointed Simon didn't have anything to do with that one... I kinda like when creators get to stick with their stuff (if they want to, that is).Β
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Well, lets just say those are some of the things that made the first 2 stages so tedious... the first one had a lot of enclosed space, when you travelled along underground tunnels, now the recoil thing there, now that was one hell of a nightmare... many times the same enemy/hazard could hit you multiple times or outright kill you off... and your jumping skills were put to a serious test in stage 2, where you had to get to the top of a mountain by jumping around a shitload of platforms |D
Yet if you got through these, the rest of the stages were pretty awesome (especially the city stage during a rainy night), and I would say there were pretty atmospheric too. But yeah, nostalgia is different for everyone XD
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I'm kinda intrigued now. think I'll go search for it. xD
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Well, feel free to watch some gameplay on youtube, I'm pretty sure Cubex55 has done a longplay of it ^^ π: 0 β©: 1
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