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Description One of the nearly three dozen Character Class illustrations created for the newly-released Fantasy Craft Role-Playing Game, out now from Crafty Games .

If the character looks slightly similar to a certain eponymous video-game Assassin, well that's not accidental... an image of said character was among the references supplied by the AD, and so I tried to put together something that recalls the same design without actually borrowing from it. Mostly the pointy tip to his hood.

This assassin is perhaps a bit heavily armed, but you never know when you might need a half-dozen sharp bits of steel. Note that I was still coming to grips with putting proper shadows into my drawings, I've gotten better at it since then but this goes back almost two years now.

©2008 Crafty Games . Illustrated in Manga Studio EX v.3 using an Intuos 9x12 tablet. I believe there is only one Lightbulb Logo hidden in this design.

Oh, did I not mention? The game is totally back on. If you haven't heard, I occassionally hide one or more variants on my Inkthinker "lightbulb logo" in my illustrations. It's an effective way of signing an image without watermarking it, although I also frequently hide my signature as well. I might have done it more than once, but sometimes I forget. Finding 'em again is a fun game for me, too. This one is pretty easy.



There's at least one in that last image I posted as well, and there should be more in the days to come.
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Comments: 42

NEO-248 [2013-02-08 00:37:42 +0000 UTC]

looks good!

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xxMaskedArtistxx [2010-11-23 06:18:40 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME PIC, he is definetly armed to the teeth with blades. Is he wearing a mask or is that just his face?

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Inkthinker In reply to xxMaskedArtistxx [2010-11-25 09:42:55 +0000 UTC]

Could go either way. I didn't intend it as a mask, but it could be one... sort of looks like a Guy Fawkes mask if it had real hair glued on instead of painted on.

He's a bit excessively armed, but I find that people rarely mind when you overdo the sharp bits.

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Noypi-reaver [2009-10-22 14:00:17 +0000 UTC]

Definitely looks like Altair from Assassin's Creed...

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Inkthinker In reply to Noypi-reaver [2009-10-23 10:24:59 +0000 UTC]

Just enough to get away with it, I think. Homage is a tightrope over the crocodile pit with no net in a stiff wind.

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Noypi-reaver In reply to Inkthinker [2009-10-23 11:56:59 +0000 UTC]

he he

Still, the pic was nice.

Good stuff.

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butterfly-dragon [2009-09-25 10:07:15 +0000 UTC]

the crying angel is well placed

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Gosp [2009-09-14 10:23:38 +0000 UTC]

is there a coloured version?

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ZenistentialDread [2009-09-04 15:30:37 +0000 UTC]

That's what I call an assassin.

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InfinitiMinded [2009-08-20 14:26:39 +0000 UTC]

neat

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This-Is-Stan [2009-08-12 23:09:40 +0000 UTC]

I love the design and the composition is pulled together wonderfully. HEeee...

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gatorgraffix [2009-08-12 22:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Dude, hands down one of my favorite pieces of yours!

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IADM [2009-08-12 18:16:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh man you are right, he looks like he does a lot of noise when going around killing people...

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fire-tisane [2009-08-12 01:25:35 +0000 UTC]

Thats child cruelty!

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Grinning-Oni [2009-08-11 22:16:27 +0000 UTC]

Him stomping on the cherub actually made me laugh. Makes him extra evile (that is both evil and vile).

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weisen1 [2009-08-11 21:49:07 +0000 UTC]

I gotta say my favourite part is the crying cherub because the interaction between it and the character is just ...

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Blindsight67 [2009-08-11 19:17:38 +0000 UTC]

Very grand.

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Eldahast [2009-08-11 19:04:01 +0000 UTC]

Maybe a heavily armed character looks cool, but it's actually so uncomfortable in real life, especially for a shadow crawling assassin.

Anyway, nice image.

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Inkthinker In reply to Eldahast [2009-08-12 01:22:15 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely. He's gotta have, what... 60-80 pounds of gear, when you include the armor? And clanky-jingly gear at that. Patently ridiculous.

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Eldahast In reply to Inkthinker [2009-08-12 01:35:34 +0000 UTC]

I remember when friend's heavy armored paladin on my DnD session said "I gonna sneak on him". I said "ok, why not. Jingle jingle clank clank".

But, man, this is high fantasy. You're no hero if you have less than three pieces of weaponry and a shiny, yet unfunctional armor. Like amazons and female warriors in chain mail bras. O_o

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technococcus In reply to Eldahast [2009-09-06 20:53:37 +0000 UTC]

At least he's wearing chain and not some sort of leather "armor" that wouldn't stop a warm butterknife...

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Eldahast In reply to technococcus [2009-09-06 23:31:44 +0000 UTC]

Yes, chains nice when you do fights. But I think of assassin as a swift guy, that, IF he duels, bases on his agility and evades.
Mainly, he stays unnoticed and doesn't fight, so any armor is only in the way.

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technococcus In reply to Eldahast [2009-09-15 01:43:05 +0000 UTC]

LOL.

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Inkthinker In reply to Eldahast [2009-08-13 01:39:11 +0000 UTC]

Chain mail bra = distraction check -5 to all mooks each round.

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fig [2009-08-11 17:22:15 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful drawing man, I love it all. The character is totally expressive and natural.

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Steelpengu [2009-08-11 15:15:41 +0000 UTC]

putting your name in the glyphs was cute.

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AaronHoustonArt [2009-08-11 14:20:14 +0000 UTC]

i couldn't find it at first. then i read you kinda switched up the design. which obviously you have to, to match the piece. you also signed your name on the ledge of the building up top in the shadow.
thats a fun little game. kinda like where's waldo. thats a great idea.
like you said, going back and looking at your own drawings has to be fun because you forget where you put it i'm sure

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geijutsusakuhin [2009-08-11 13:46:28 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work!

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EmaCamU [2009-08-11 12:57:11 +0000 UTC]

looks like a good guy...

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joiless [2009-08-11 12:36:39 +0000 UTC]

Sometimes you assassinate a target with a dose of poison in his soup, and by the time he hits the table you're halfway to the other end of the planet.

Sometimes, on the other hand, you have to drop in through the frigging skylight and kill everything with a heartbeat that you can see just to be sure - because you don't have the option to nuke it from orbit.

Kinda dig this guy's design though. He looks spooky.

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NecroTechno [2009-08-11 11:59:44 +0000 UTC]

Okay, that logo was pretty easy to spot, once I figured out that you vary the image a little.

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Inkthinker In reply to NecroTechno [2009-08-11 12:41:01 +0000 UTC]

Yep. I often follow themes (like making a spiral shape into the bulb) but mixing up new graphic design ideas is part of the game. It's got to be recognizable as the lightbulb+quillpen logo, but it should look integral to the design. If it stands out, I messed up.

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BastienSanchez [2009-08-11 10:36:11 +0000 UTC]

awesome design and inks. He looks really dangerous.

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sanduuur [2009-08-11 10:20:23 +0000 UTC]

i logged on too the site a few days ago! i simply love this character... he looks like a sick bastard, specially with all those pointy pieces of metal...

and i found your logo! nice stuff!

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pickitrm [2009-08-11 09:01:08 +0000 UTC]

nice work no awesome work

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sraphm [2009-08-11 08:40:26 +0000 UTC]

stomp that cherub

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satanasov [2009-08-11 08:29:08 +0000 UTC]

Hell yeah!!! Step on that little !#@$%^&*'s head!!!

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Gigi800 [2009-08-11 08:19:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Fantastic!

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BlackMorass [2009-08-11 08:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Hell yeah, this looks awesome.

I've always loved playing assassin/rogue type classes. There's just something fun as hell about being stealthy.

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Inkthinker In reply to BlackMorass [2009-08-11 08:16:38 +0000 UTC]

Which kills me about this design, 'cause this guy has to sound like a canvas sack full of pocket change and rusty nails when he runs.

Magic Sphere of Silence. Solves the problem every time.

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Ross-A In reply to Inkthinker [2009-08-11 18:45:03 +0000 UTC]

lol wow that is so ture

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BlackMorass In reply to Inkthinker [2009-08-11 08:27:11 +0000 UTC]

That makes me wonder what kind of assassination could warrant such a gratuitous amount of weaponry on one's person. He must be after everything right down to the enemy commander's horse.

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