HOME | DD
Clockwork7 — Arcana - The Lost Boy
Published: 2007-07-12 07:52:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 14643; Favourites: 414; Downloads: 178
Redirect to original
Description
Another card from the Steampunk Arcana. This one depicts an adolescent boy following the path of sin; trading an eye for the right to do as he pleases. Pirates have no home to go to, so he is The Lost Boy, doomed to wander and commit piracy to stay alive.This work will probably be tweaked a little before the exhibition printing. I thought I'd upload it now and get some feedback/crits going.
Pen and Ink, Photoshop 7.0
Related content
Comments: 100
Hmm, nice...I love the pocketwatches (?) at his waist
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wo ho! Very nice! The colours are so vibrant, they feel they'll jump out of the page! Very beautiful and his expression is very befitting! ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Oh and also though peoples seem to not like the shadings I think they fit the feeling pretty well. Since his supposed to be boy not like a grown up man, I think the lighter colors and shadows fit better than really contrastic shadows. Sorry my english is bit bad >_>..
THATS A BIRD? shii.. I thought it was a flying oven.. xD
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Hmm the characters face isnt really that scary and it looks bit like girl 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Your should enter this into our theme challenge 
Just poast a link to our group journal if u want to try out for it
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
wonderful!
I love the level of detail you put into this. The background is complex yet simple at the same time! I love the repetition
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I want to critique but i dont have member so i'll critique from the comment area. Sorry.
To start off, the name of the card. It is the Lost Boy. Lost is referring to the fact that he has been mispace and Boy is to his age of immaturity and youth. My first impression of a lost boy would be a crying child out in the streets. but you have portrayed him to be the ruthless, tough-act boy. It is true that being lost would lead children to becoming misguided and often on the wrong path. As it is illustrated well, the boy has become a pirate. Pirates run their lives in their own rules, exiled from the commons and casting their own world. The design and work is quite detail and well done. It has the touch of both futuristic and spiced with old-fashion clockwork. The colors are very well suited to the theme. Red to orange, Red is depicted as to power and anger and orange is to attention and warmth. a transition means to use power and anger as a means to draw in attention and the warmth from the eyes of many to fuel the boys own existence. That is all true when it comes to your description of "The Lost Boy".
Now, for the negative. It is a very fitting card but the function of the tarot card does not match for me. A tarot card has two function when used to tell fortune. It can be placed right-side-up and have a correct depiction of the cards attribute. It can also be placed up-side-down and have a opposite depiction of the cards oppposite attributes. In other words, if i flip your card up-side-down, i can only see it as an up-side-down image. I want there to be more imagery or hints in his surrondings or background that shows his opposite attributes. For example, your other card "The Navigator" is a very well design card. It can be placed up-side-down and you will see choas that disperse upon first glance. The papers fallin out of her book, the robots are down and out, and she is disoriented and quite lost in appearance, they all give the negative response compared to the right-side-up placement of the card. If you can do the same with this card then it serves both visual and function stimulation for the card.
In my opinion, I find these cards to be fasinating and i am quite impressed with clockwork art. I want you to make more and keep it up. I, actually love tarot cards. I want my own design version but can never get myself to make any. I am not that great of an artist and love your style. I want you to keep up with your work and maybe i might, one day, be up there with you as a respected and loved by others, artist. Sorry if i am too strict or maybe not strict enough or if i dont make sense.
An artist and a Mr. Croach Jr. fan,
Alpha
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks very much for the critique!
This is an old piece for me...I think I did it two years ago? In any case, I hope I have improved since then (although I did like the colour scheme on the clothes...). You make a good point about the card's function not being properly defined. I was working on a deadline with this series and ultimately they didn't end up how I wanted. So the background was done in a bit of a rush. I think the Navigator one is better, too. Thanks again, and I always prefer strict critiques.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Makes me want to travel on a blimp for some reason. XD LOL Cool stuff!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
your work is simply amazing! i like the green-yellow bird.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
You Really Should Do More Of These Cards.
I Love 'Em.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
cool! so do ya go to comipas 'round aus?[link]
Cheerful
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I don't have enough money to travel much, lol!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I love it!! I especially like the ship in the background - and your borders... of course are AMAZING!!! Woot! Thanks for sharing this with us. More more more!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
The Lost Boy? Is this another story or just some random art? =o
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
halow... haloww.......before i coment sorry for my baddd english. okay first want to ask where i can find that holow comic? and that has anime release?
ooo..... yeah and the last nice colouring are you make.... thx
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Hiya! I'm not sure where to get Hollow Fields in Indonesia, but it can be ordered from most comic book shops...or online! Here's the Amazon link...
[link]
Thanks!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Love the details, the stylized border, and the gear/clockwork and pirate theme. I love the colors, and you've made a lovely clothing design as well. He looks a bit feminine, mainly due to his hips and chest. You may want to adjust the smoke so that it comes out of one of the barrels, it looks a little odd just appearing off of the gun like that.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Ahh, that's a good point, with the gun smoke. Thanks!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
The colors look great!
I love your adaptation of the bird (coal fueled!) XD It's so awesome!
Do you use patterns for the gears in the background?
and what program do you use for the borders and background images?
It looks very clean!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I use adobe photoshop 7...that's also how I drew a pattern and repeated it across the back. Thankee!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Anime/Art Noveau/Steampunk pirate...with red hair and a gun.. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Hey there! Long tome no see! I love this series of Arcanas - your art shines wonderfully in them.. (what are they intended for? anew story? a game??) As for critique, the only little thing I see is that I thought he was actually a girl - it looks like he has breasts and red lipstick (though I think it is more him sticking the tongue out..?) - so maybe flattening his chest a little would take care of that. But then noone else seems to have had this feeling, so maybe it's just me. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
He has...breasts? I was just going for, y'know, him puffing his chest out...or something...I get that this picture is a little ambiguous gender-wise. And yep - he's poking his tongue out, mocking you - he is clearly offended you think he has breasts!
Hollow Fields is currently hurting my brain...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I am so sorry I have offended him..
Hurting your brain?? What's going on?? Have you finished vol2?? Is vol1 out???
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
| Next =>