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Fyreant — Hystrodon
Published: 2008-01-05 18:16:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 16823; Favourites: 470; Downloads: 0
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Hystrodon, done for Wizards of the Coast's Magic: the Gathering Onslaught set released quite a few years ago. Yay giant horned critters! Pencil underdrawing, Painter over the top.Related content
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Man the black is so natural, it looks like brush and ink!
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freakin ahmazing.
hey mr. waters, for my art class, we have to write a short biography of our favorite artist 
Your disciple,
Jacob "FantasySnake" Lemacks
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I saw this in a book on digital art I got out of the library. Used to be 20c on overdues but now it's like $1 a day it cost me some moneys. However I must say very, very inspiring
ps thought you were best in the book
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You are working on Wizards of coast? In th Magic team? Is that a god card?
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Nope, just a plain ol' freelancer.
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Is it worth it? do you play Magic yourself?
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Freelancing has a lot of things going for it. That said, so's working in-house. I love being at Red5.
Nope, don't play m'self. I used to back around Urza's Saga. Nowadays it takes a degree in Calculus (or so it seems)! Too much for my little brain.
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The rules are quite fuzzy, but i like to an dif I get Fyreant I'll be glad.
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Really, i play it like a maniac and now I have a goal to play. I let you know if I get it!
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That's so cool!
I saw that picture in a book. When I saw it here I had to favourite it.
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man this thing looks familiar?! did u design it or did you have reference drawings of an existing design??
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Mostly from my head. Grabbed bits of turtle anatomy and dino anatomy for the big beast. The antelope are clearly ripoffs of real antelope.
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haha ok
cuz I did a similar design for some wizards of the coast or whitewolf or something...thought(was hoping) this was it..
I did happen to look back at the design I did...its a bull with spiny horns on its back..so a little diff.
but that name sounded familiar
anyways..i still love it(urs)
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owwwwwww you make me remember when i used to play magic the gathering T_T, i have 3 or 4 hystrodon XD,never imagine i could find artist of MTG here in deviant art. The art of the cards is the reason couse i become to play ^^
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I still hear that all the time! The art carries a lot of weight in Magic.
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Crud, that's awesome must go watch you now... one question though isn't Wizard's of the Coast like the adult version of Mirrorstone? That's the publisher I am thinking of applying for, I think O_o.
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Unfortunately I can't give you a good answer on that. I don't know anything about Mirrorstone. :{
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Onslaught is without a doubt my favourite expansion. *grins* This illustration is certainly also one of the very great ones of Onslaught! I love how dynamic you made the gazelles (and the Hystrodon itself). I think your colouring style is great too (and how the blue spikes lead you attention towards the large animal).
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Dang....
I swear... when I browsed your gallery I was having a bit of difficulty deciding which piece of artwork to "favorite" first -- your stuff is that good.
I love the sense of energy and "pressure" in this composition, and the colors seem to sort of... make the piece, in a unusual way.
Magnificent craft of genius! I must add you to my "watch" list....
-- Mitch
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This guy was quite expensive when it first came out...
Awesome, awesome to see one of my favorite MTG artists here on DA...
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That thing looks aggressive in every bit of its body. And those antelope thingies are totally awesome, I really like their color hue.
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They were fun additions! I have a feeling they're totally, safe, just spooked by the big turtle/armadillo/thing. I doubt he could catch 'em even if he WERE in the mood for antelope steaks.
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I want to hug your icon.
That leaves me feeling a little disturbed, and I don't know why. 0_o
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Thank you very much! This remains a favorite of mine. Some illustrations I look back on and cringe, but this one? I still like the idea.
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Wow, really loving the antelopes there
And love the shadows, too...
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Fantastic compositional flow on this one, really pushes the feeling of urgecy.
The tree crossing the beasty's tail kind of riminds me of a durian tree.
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As long as it doesn't remind you of durian fruit!
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oh god... *gasms* D:
I can easily say you are my favorite artist of all DA.
Juts out of curiosity, how long did it take you to do this?
~niny
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Damn! Thank you, and my apologies for taking so long to respond. This piece took about a day. Say, twelve to fourteen hours total, from drawing to finish. It was a meatgrinder of an assignment, Odyssey was.
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Very nice 
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Thanks! I dig strong color choices. Maybe one of these days I'll learn to be subtle.
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Adore the coloring, dark colors are really nice and the poses are so very dynamic.
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I dig dynamic. The better I get at it, the more I'm loving it. That's where comic art really inspires me. My stuff feels static next to a good comic page! One of these days it won't.
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Wow, I love the dynamics of the deer/gazelle creatures running away. I love their jet black markings. I'm also totally digging the blue in the Hystrodon's spikes and the blue shading in the gazelles. This piece is very powerful, and I'm alwaysalwaysalways going to be totally gushing over your coloring styles. It's just lovely to look at!!
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I will not object at all! In fact all your praise hits me right square in the heart. I know you wrote your comments because you wanted to, not because you had to, and that means a lot.
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