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Published: 2016-02-19 16:25:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 19239; Favourites: 261; Downloads: 0
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Work done for kobold press. Look how he glows. Glowing equals magic apparently.Related content
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I see the point about the glow. That was actually more common in the earliest editions of Dungeons & Dragons. Since 3.X it's not been used as much. Still, for purposes of illustrations, it's really the only way that I can think of to make the magical nature of an item or being visually evident.
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Yeah, maybe so, but Jackson's movies are still the best cinematic treatment of that book (and the Lord of the Rings) to date.
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Yeah, maybe so, but Jackson's movies are still the best cinematic treatment of those books to date.
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I can think of many other ways. They're just not so blatant. To me it seems like a visual copout. The one Ring didn't glow. Neither did Storm Bringer or Excalibur.
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Well, Stormbringer didn't exactly need to glow with all the moaning, slurping and other vocalization as 'he' sucked down souls. The enchanted nature of that blade was obvious in other ways. The 'special' nature of Excalibur was also patently obvious because of its being held aloft from the bosom of the waters by a disembodied arm. Admittedly, these are much more creative than just glowing, and it wouldn't take a great deal of creativity to replace the annoying glow with some other feature like runes, either being too heavy or too light for its perceived mass, or being made of a strange metal or other, possibly much more freaky, substance.
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Totally agree. Although many of those options are not so easy to illustrate.
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Well, in the movies you got pretty glowing text on the One Ring when exposed to fire...
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Yes, and we all saw where stuff like that led Peter Jackson.
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You lost me here - where did it lead him, exactly? The Elvish script on the ring that exposure to fire caused to appear is well-documented Tolkien canon.
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The hobbit movies. With such a huge overreliance on CGI.
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Sometimes Art Directors actually know what they are talking about ...
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It sure is - in all my gaudy, 'glowy' glory ...
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The glowing was actually a nice touch! Really cool piece!
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Come on, don't prove my art directory right.
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oh this is cool dude ! specially that treasure chest...*where to find it !*
the color and effects are nicely done
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Thank you! I kind of think it looks a bit too gaudy myself.
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Well overall, the colors on the character are too saturated for my liking. He's supposed to be a magical thief, but to me he looks more like a court jester in that outfit. And I am not a fan of making things glow to show that their magic. It seems to Disney.
But people seem to like that sort of thing and it sells. So I can't fault my client for wanting it that way.
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oh i know the feeling ! happened to me alot... last of it was when a costumer asked for a logo and his idea turned out... well not my type
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