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Quick dip into DeviantArt on this account. Mainly since this piece is based off of an old piece from 2014 of the same name. I'm going to be making more art in the near future but not on this account so give zealsprince a visit if you'd like!
Been wanting to remake "Hero" for years now but haven't felt the drive for art in a long while. One big reason is that since I made it I've come a long way and I wanted to wrap up my creative journey as Catlinman in some way. I feel like this does it justice.
"Hero" 2014 www.deviantart.com/catlinman/a…
There are some clear differences between this and the original as I wanted to go for real composition vs a doodle like last time. Additionally I've been working on tarot card designs for a personal project and I wanted to translate the format a bit on this piece. At least a touch of it with the "Hero" subtitle.
I used Stable Diffusion XL to generate some of the cave textures based off of an img2img from the old piece. The particles above the "villain" were also generated. Krita was used for the rest of the process. Gotta say that program has come a long ways and it was overall quite enjoyable to get into it again!
Haven't hand-drawn something in years so this was a really fun way of getting back into the groove. Turns out I can still make things in less than a day's worth of time!