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FirebornForm β The Morning Sun
Published: 2013-12-15 15:12:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 794; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 0
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Aka AlteredQuest Commission #2 for The Altered BeastsThe morning sun has vanquished the horrible night...
That's a quote out of Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest, for those who don't know! William Reyes requested that I paint up something for their remix of Bloody Tears (the main CV2 overworld theme). Creepy+beautiful was the goal in both their music direction and my take on visualizing it into a scene.
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The Angry Video Game Nerd has vanquished the horrible night.
Sorry, I had to, I think of him whenever Castlevania II is brought up
But it's still a great looking picture.
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Heheh I like watching AVGN too. Thanks!
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Looks as if Billy Door were enjoying his time in Reaper-Man. (AlthoughΒ he didn't play any instrument)
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Hahah yeah, the instrument is just kind of stuck in there because the song remix by the Alteredbeasts is an acoustic guitar so... why not.
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Thank you! Trees still give me trouble but gettin slowly better at em
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It's amazing! I wish I was half as good. Hahha
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haha thanks. I find the best way to improve (other than just painting!) is trying to understand how to break things down with reference. Which is easier said than done on tree branches.
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so true! it's hard to study it too. Hahah.
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Yeah somethings are easier to study than others, for trees I just kind of gave up trying to find a pattern I could break it down on and decided to just be more random and sporadic with branches leaves and holes. It worked to some degree!
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I'm totally gonna try that out! you're smart
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Not that smart 
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yes that is true! I love watching people draw, I learn so much from it!
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Totally, whenever I look for tutorials, videos are the first go-to on the list. Books and pictures dont do nearly as much
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Yes! that is so true! and merry christmas!
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Merry Christmas to you too
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Thanks! I definitely learned something painting it
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Word thanks for the support
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I like your "castlevania" works
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Thanks! Medusa fav.me/d5tpsfi and the bridge fav.me/d5tq2hz took muuuuch longer, those took months! Where as this one only took a few days, hooray for improvement!
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I think it's okay that drawing a picture takes some time (weeks, months) if it's really decent one. I like that dark style in the Bridge, because while you're playing the original game you need to imagine by yourself how the environment around Simon really looks like (because of NES graphics).
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Yeah certain pictures with so much detail warrant so much time, though back then I had a very different process. Kind of a beginner photo manipulation / matte painting style of using textures. The new approach iv been using has been trying to take away all the handicaps iv built up over the years and just straight painting with minimal tricks. I havent touched burn and dodge in ages heh. But people still enjoy the old stuff so thats good too
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I guess, it was a little bit hard for you to refuse from your old technique
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A little bit! I always have it in my head that the old technique is faster, with photo overlays and 3d bases but to learn it faster, gotta do it all by hand
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