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jtfordbird [2015-05-25 01:22:15 +0000 UTC]
Love this piece!
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ShadowThief101 [2012-06-19 04:56:40 +0000 UTC]
This is how I see him. And I wish R.A. would 'update' Drizzt's image. >.>
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jason1985williams [2012-03-04 18:54:19 +0000 UTC]
this is the best drizzt iv seen and im a huge fan of drizzt great job
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Antrix32 [2011-02-05 03:15:01 +0000 UTC]
If you dont mind me asking, how do you go from a sketch like that, to such a perfect, rough work free, drawing like this?
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Inkthinker In reply to Antrix32 [2011-02-07 03:37:21 +0000 UTC]
Hah! Hardly perfect, but I know what you mean.
The answer is working in layers, even when working with pencil on board. If you check out the rough version >> [link] << you can see that there's actually a lot of mess underlying the clean work (including an entire alternate Guen). The messy bit is drawn with a red pencil, which is then stripped out of the digital scan with Photoshop.
The clean lines never come first. It's more like building a house, with the rough underlying sketchwork being the frames that hold up the walls. You don't see the frames and wiring and insulation, but if it wasn't there the walls would fall down.
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purrih [2011-01-25 19:57:21 +0000 UTC]
Awesome!
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ghed101 [2010-11-19 18:50:44 +0000 UTC]
the dark elf rules!
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Suharto [2010-09-03 03:44:55 +0000 UTC]
WOO! love the drizzt series, and very good job on the picture, wish i could draw like that XD
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Bluegazed-09 [2010-07-24 19:44:24 +0000 UTC]
if someone was going to color your Guen, it would be nice to have highlights on her coz i haven't seen a nice looking line-art of Guen until I saw this one. In addition, I haven't seen a really good coloring of her too. I think Guen is more of the "OMG" factor in ur line art, really.
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Inkthinker In reply to ClopinKingOfGypsies [2010-05-13 01:43:47 +0000 UTC]
Sure, have fun with it and let me know when you post the results!
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zayryn [2010-04-13 09:31:54 +0000 UTC]
hay man great work i just finished dawing drizzt copying this drawing its just a close up of him wothout the backround images and gwen and i tried my hand at shading in more detail mind if post it with all credit to you ofcourse??
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Inkthinker In reply to zayryn [2010-04-17 05:02:38 +0000 UTC]
It's fine with me so long as it's credited.
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LightandDark [2010-02-19 11:40:24 +0000 UTC]
Game-plotting? Sorry if I'm an idiot.
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Inkthinker In reply to LightandDark [2010-02-20 10:17:28 +0000 UTC]
No way, nothing to be sorry for.
"Game-plotting" is when the overall plot of the book feels like a record of game events, rather than a well-planned story. There's several examples of good game campaigns made into novels, but it's a tricky thing to do, and I'm not a writer so I'm poorly-equipped to explain how it works properly.
One example that was particularly bad for me was Promise of the Witch-King, which felt like the basic outline followed a game module, and then he had written a story over the top of that. I could be wrong, but it's a feeling that's turned me off on a lot of Salvatore's books in the last ten years or so. I've tried to keep up with the Drizzt series, but the last one of those I read was The Thousand Orcs.
I still really like the character, though.
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LightandDark In reply to Inkthinker [2010-02-20 11:32:26 +0000 UTC]
Ah, I see. The Hunter's Blades books aren't bad, but the Transitions series was alright. I mean, I understand changing things to fit with the times, but eh. I really liked The Cleric Quintet, mainly because it was only 5 books. And Ivan and Pikel are hilarious.
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Inkthinker In reply to LightandDark [2010-02-20 14:29:42 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I'll probably pick up the "Transitions" trilogy at some point, despite my gripes, just to keep up with the characters.
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LightandDark In reply to Inkthinker [2010-02-20 21:03:53 +0000 UTC]
It's alright. I'm just not sure where he's headed with Drizzt.
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LightandDark [2010-02-18 07:09:08 +0000 UTC]
That is sort of amazing. You captured him pretty well. And they are a series of books worth checking out. Even though there are like 20 of them by now...
Did you ever read the Cleric Quintet? It's another of Salvatore's series. Just wondering.
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Inkthinker In reply to LightandDark [2010-02-19 03:15:48 +0000 UTC]
I have, many years ago. I'm not as big a fan of Salvatore as I used to be, partly because every time I read one of his books I feel like it's got too much game-plotting.
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patmax17 [2010-02-06 21:33:10 +0000 UTC]
how did i miss this this whole time? O__o
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Inkthinker In reply to Jackie-Pancake [2009-12-13 04:22:20 +0000 UTC]
Sure thing, have fun with it. Send me a link when you post it.
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WargusEstor [2009-10-16 20:17:34 +0000 UTC]
I adore this lineart and might give it a shot for my colour-practise in PhotoShop, you shall be notified when it's done.
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Rikdorl [2009-09-08 22:42:15 +0000 UTC]
I know its an older piece, but would you mind if I tried my hand at coloring this?
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Inkthinker In reply to Rikdorl [2009-09-08 22:56:30 +0000 UTC]
Sure, let me know when you post something.
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Rikdorl [2009-09-08 22:41:02 +0000 UTC]
I know its an old piece, but would you mind if I tried my hand at coloring this?
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Epantiras [2009-08-09 16:04:52 +0000 UTC]
Well drawn! I like the composition and the "line" created by the left sword / mantle VS the line created by the other sword / panther. Very good job with the details of the armour.
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Grusborg [2009-07-28 02:14:19 +0000 UTC]
Awesome
Just how i imagine him (never liked Lockwoods fur lining on the cloak) and very nice details.
I had a go at this with my digital brushes. I changed the time of day in my version but i hope you still approve. [link]
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Inkthinker In reply to Grusborg [2009-08-02 04:12:11 +0000 UTC]
It's a bit dark, but I dig it. The dawn was significant in that it's the magic hour for Drizzt, the moment when he affirms his independence from the larger population of drow, which cannot bear the sunlight.
Plus, it makes for a nice warm lighting scheme against the cooler colors of his skin and the panther's fur.
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devineworrior [2009-06-14 02:06:10 +0000 UTC]
good drawing i,m a huge fan of drizzt and his book,s although i cant spell hes name right. check out my gallery.
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Inkthinker In reply to Cattie-BrieDoUrden [2009-04-22 08:02:34 +0000 UTC]
No problemo on my end, I hope you get some good practice out of it. What with the water and the lighting scheme, it ought to be a good challenge. Have fun!
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Cattie-BrieDoUrden In reply to Inkthinker [2009-04-22 17:19:24 +0000 UTC]
yay! thanx!i do love a good challenge! im actually messing around with a program called gimp right now til i get photo shop. i might just stop with gimp though cause its ticking me off. i have been having way too much issues with it. i figured out how to get rid of grey scale so i can have color only to get an issue with the stupid eraser tool. grr! so i am going to wait for photoshop(hopefully next week for that) to continue working on the pic. im going to post the occasional progress up date in my deviations if you ever want to see how im doing on it. once again thanx for the use of your line art!
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Sketchead [2009-03-04 14:31:51 +0000 UTC]
I hope you don't mind, but, I'm using your rendition of Drizzt as a guideline for my 3D version of the greatest character on earth. I just finnished Lion-o using fan art as reference along with my own doodles. I havn't put anything up yet due to the fact that I have to resize all of my HD renders of him so that they don't look squished & I'm lazy!....& new to dA
& yes, Twinkle was given to him by Mooshie after he lost one of his scimitars in a fight. A Barghest Whelp broke his old one in half & placed it under a childs bed to frame Drizzt for a mass murder......that prick got his uppets I must say. That was in Sojurn..........................& I just realized that I'm a nerd
Anyway, this work is amazing & I'm sure I'll be cursing you for your detail when I'm trying to get the armour to spec
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Stringkeeper [2008-12-09 16:57:58 +0000 UTC]
This is without question the best picture of Drizzt I know.
But I have to admit I don't really know a lot of them. I only hardly finished the dark elf trilogy. I stopped reading near the end of the 3rd book, when he hang out with this ranger and I thought: Ok why read on? All that'll happen is that he goes and kills a bunsh of orc. (later my roommate corrected me: The orcs come to him and he kills them)
Long story short, I like the character of Drizzt, but i'm not altogether too convinced by the books.
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Inkthinker In reply to Stringkeeper [2008-12-09 23:18:01 +0000 UTC]
Salvatore is a good starter for fantasy readers, but at some point we all move on, I think.
I still like Drizzt, though.
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Flereous [2008-11-17 00:28:17 +0000 UTC]
this is INCREDIBLE.
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