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ChristopherStevens β Acererak Line Art
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Detailed pencil line art for Dungeon Magazine #153 going up on Wizards of the Coast's website at the start of February.The creature is the legendary Lich known as Acererak.
The painted version, done by Adam Vehige , is posted HERE .
Dungeons & Dragons copyright Β© Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro
Image copyright Β© UDON Entertainment
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This guy is being used in a mod for Civilization IV named Fall From Heaven II: Rise from Erebus, He's a very powerful leader to play with. I really like this piece of art, good job.
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Isn't Acererak a demi-lich though? If that's true then shouldn't it just be a floating skull?
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dame looks good and very complicated, cant wait 2 see it u put some color in it ^_^
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hell youre crazy, what an effort must be in this piece =O
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Amazing work as always ,love the line art and the painted version . He does look like a whacked out version of Ogra from The Dark Crystal especially in the painted version ,sketchpimp is right ,you gota watch The Dark Crystal .
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this reminds me of the Warlock of Firetop Mountain.. awesome
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Wow! Never saw him before the Demi-Lich transformation! Really cool!!!
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I don't know what that means, LOL, but thank you
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Acererak is probably the most famous Demi-Lich out there.
A Demi-Lich is a lich so old, powerful and impregnate with magic that he doesnβt needs his body anymore. So, his physical body disintegrates except for a little part (In Acererakβs case the skull) witch by meaning of a series of enchanted jewels becomes the lich medium with the physical world. Demi-Liches are faaaaaaaaar more powerful tan the regular kind and some even rival the deities.
All the pics of Acererak I saw till now shows just a floating skull with gems replacing the eyes an teeth, thatβs why this pic is so specialβ¦
And considering he will become a floating skull is understable that they donβt liked the huge horns thing
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Oh, ok. hehe. Yeah, that would explain them not liking my big horns..doesn't make it hurt any less though
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Great sketch, with good amounst of detail!
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Bah! That's not the spirit! You'll always be improving. Keep at it and there's no telling where your work will go. I'm 31 now and I still suck, so maybe by the time I'm 70, I'll finally be good enough to be proud LOL. Yeah, it sucks being an artist sometimes.
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Dude... seriously... do you have massive wrist arthritis?! Fuck man, my wrists creak from snowboard related plummets!
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Hehehe...not my wrist, but my knuckles do hurt a lot at times. I take lots of breaks. It's pretty sad.
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Yeah, sometimes my biceps hurt... stupid beer pints!!
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Wow, every time I think someone couldn't possibly draw something more detailed...
You come along and prove me wrong XD
Incredibly awesome, I look forward to seeing what else what else you draw for Dungeon Magazine
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Thanks. The details are usually the fun part. The folds in his clothes and the wrinkles and creases in his skin. Stuff like that's always fun. Keep an eye out. I've done several other pieces for Dungeon recently and they'll be up here before too long.
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Awesome, I always think "wow, that's a good pic" and then soon enough, you're posting it
Definitely going to pay more attention from now on
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Holy chimichanga, now that's REALLY detailed, most impressive. Tough, is it just me or the colored version has his eyes more wide-opened?
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Thanks. I think it's just the color. I don't think he changed anything. Maybe the glowing effect makes the eyes pop more. He nicely shaded the sunken in socket too.
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wicked man, he looks like a wacked out version of Ogra from the Dark Crystal...but thats just me.
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Thanks...I haven't seen Dark Crystal yet..I know...what's wrong with me?! hehe You could be right though.
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yeah man, you should check it out sometime. its got some amazing creatures in it. you wont be dissapointed.
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dude your style is sooo clean and crisp, dya ever try working with shadows and spotting blacks, or do u like the style just that clean? Or is that just what the job calls for?
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Thank you. Yeah, I definitely love classic comic style art. My commissions are done that way to the best of my ability. Most of my freelance work is painted over though. That usually means, I need to keep the lines as clean and straight forward as possible. This job especially. They wanted a painted look, so thicks and thins in the lineart would've gone against that.
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Very nice lines, and the colors I seen over them really worked with them.
Awesome.
D.
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Going a little old school here - this is fricking wicked.
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I was trying to go old school. This is suppose to be classic D&D. I tried to draw in a way that the painted version would reflect the traditional D&D art. Thanks for the comment.
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holy detail batman....
that is amazingly ridiculously amazing...
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yeah, the colors are nice but I agree that I prefer the pencils, there's so much more visible detail here.
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Thanks. Being my lines, I tend to prefer the painted version, but I appreciate it.
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HAHAHAHA! good luck inking that monster!
awesome job tho.
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No inks. The publisher wanted a painted look. That means in the end, the lineart is not present. When I get that type of project, I go as minimal as possible on lines.
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Ok, found the colour version, although, oddly, I prefer the line art!
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Where's the Colour one posted? Theres no link!!!
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Oooh, just refreshed, and although it now looks like a link, it doesn't work....
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WotC decided to whistle that old cuss up again? Interesting.
Great work, this!
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