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francis001 — Magic Item Compendium prelim
Published: 2007-09-11 19:25:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 17002; Favourites: 234; Downloads: 0
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This is the rejected preliminary sketch for the cover art of "Magic Item Compendium" from Wizards of the Coast. I used a photo from one of those "action pose for illustrators" type books; I don't recall what the exact book title was, sorry. The model was a bald guy, wearing dark pants and no shirt if anyone recognizes the book I am talking about. Anyway this was rejected because another artist had used the EXACT SAME POSE for another recent book cover. What are the odds?Related content
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Yeah, they had a pretty specific list of things they wanted to see in the character.
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It's incredible the way to keep such strenght with the colors you used, along with the dinamism you represent with the character. Great job!!!
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I own this book... and i liked the knight on the cover. Now i see this, and think... "man, this would've been an amazing cover, instead of the other dude."
Thing is i like this one more than the actual one.
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I'm very new to deviant art.com...why did I get a deviations from this picture? I love the your work though...very forward.
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hehe! thanks keight! yeah you don't see many sword and sorcery types wearing glasses. but that was part of the character description as he was given to me, I can't take credit for it.
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This may be the first optically challenged spell slinger I've seen in about 30 years of RPGing.
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Obviously a popular pose then eh? Still, I think this came out wonderfully. I really like your colouring style
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wowww I like the color who looks very traditional
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man, thats to bad.......this looks like so much more than a sketch rough, my gosh its almost finished! i like it alot.
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thanks man - yeah I have found that these "preliminary sketches" actually have to be pretty well developed in order to prevent a lot of changes and editing down the road.
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Too bad, I like this one MUCH more than the final pic in the book...
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i prefer the pose on this one too.
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Gotta love those odds. I think its one of those 'Murphy's Law' things, the odds are always against you! Look on the bright side, it wasn't rejected because you were late because you were hit by a meteorite... At least people believe your reason!
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Ironically, right now I'm writing an email to my uni teachers, telling them I can't do a speech tomorow because my face is completely mutilated froma rockclimbing fall... How's that for coincidence?!
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Wow!
What are the odds, indeed?
Neat-o cover; sorry it didn't make it.
That would have been most excellent.
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thanks! i do like the pose on this one a little more than the one they did approve, but it was not my call.
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that looks fantastic.. I guess its just a matter of taking your own reference shots cause Im sure it would have looked great with your own. Ive also heard of people taking screencaps from wrestling matches which seems pretty hard to duplicate
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thanks man; yeah that's a good idea too.
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well, I like it; if that makes you feel any better
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thank you. i do feel better.
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Lovely work, and I really like the pose. Good color use too.
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wow.... I love the roughtness of some parts of the drawing. The blade although very simple is really realistic and looks very nice..
The movement in the pic is awsomely drawn.
I really love this one..
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thank you - maybe I will post some more of these preliminary sketches, just for some variety.
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That would be really great.. It's wonderful to see how you work..
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no I think it was a normal looking guy, possibly Hispanic.
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Ahhh, i canneh help ye then
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thanks, that was actually specified in the character description.
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Yeah, wow, if this gets rejected what hope do we all have? haha 
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heh thanks! it's OK though, I just submitted a different sketch that was approved.
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I suppose thats the risk with using those kinda books. But models are expensive - I sometimes use my digital camera and work out poses (unfortunately I have a less than heroic physique so that only helps a little). All the same, I love it, especially the energetic brush strokes and the framing.
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thank you; yeah it would have been simple to take some reference photos, but I already had those references handy.
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Dude the lighting and the colors are just awesome.
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hm, could be.. it was a friend's book.
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Ah, love the colour scheme and the dynamic pose.
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