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Published: 2017-12-02 16:21:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 10932; Favourites: 339; Downloads: 195
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Ko Metru! By night!In November 2016 I started a Ko Metru MeNsights because i wanted a neat December image.. It turned out to be a disaster process because making sharp shiny buildings is like the opposite of what my messy wobbly painting style works for. I gave up on this image 3 times this year total and tried to forget all about it entirely. Trying to accept failing making an image. This had been weighing me down since December 2016.
.. I gained more confidence throughout 2017 to try some 'Metru'-painting again but realized I was aesthetically on my road back to having an image like this one, so i said "fuck it, lets do it" and dug this up from its grave in late October 2017 near Halloween. I worked on it almost all November 2017, and now, December 2nd 2017, it is finally completed. I can now finally put this behind me..
This will probably catch much less attention than some of my other pieces since its not particularly iconic or with great composition. In fact its lack of Bionicle-ness is one of the reasons i gave up on it back then.. but eh.. I'm just so happy it's done.
This image contains 160 layers and is the #1 biggest PSD file in my folder. It has taken more than a whole year from start to finish, although counting work time alone I've probably spend around 30 to 40 hours.
Ko Metru, to me, is like a huge computer full of big chunky maschine buildings proccessing some sort of science or data. like a huge server room or data center. But very silent. It is the quiet metru because the important stuff is handled delicately inside the buildings. I wanted to illustrate some cozyness to Ko Metru tho. That the matoran have safe and comfy interior in this freezing skyscraper landscape... This image came out much more "loud" than intended but yeah.. struggles are struggles.
Hope you like it!
Intended Mood/ambience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxjwcAβ¦
Check my Step by Step GIF here: iron6duck.deviantart.com/art/Kβ¦
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Great job overcoming that challenge! It certainly paid off!
One of my favorite things about your Bionicle "sights" series is how each painting has so much detail packed into it! There's just so much to look at, it makes me feel like I'm peeking in on a real, functioning world. It's fun. : )
Hope you're doing well and keep up the fantastic work!
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I'm doing quite alright and thank you very much! 
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Oh my god, it's one of the most beautiful art i've seen
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Jesus christ this along with the gif you made is one of the most impressive things I've ever seen in terms of composition and raw "stuff" that's on screen. An absolutely magnificentΒ piece of art.
Thank you for yourΒ perseverance and passion, it is amazing to see.
But yes, you do need toΒ learn how toΒ pick your fights, glad you came through on this one
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Thanks. And thank you for being attentive. See that's quality commenting right there.
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Quality art deserves quality comments ay
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Whoa, this is amazing! I really love the orange lights contrasting with the bluishness of the buildings. Though, I had always imagined Ko-Metru to be snowier, with more crystal towers and less metal, this could work too.
There seems to be a little snow in the air, but it hasn't built up on any of the surfaces. Is it summer in Ko-Metru?
Nevertheless, this is wonderful. I'd love to see more.
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Yes Thank you. The Orange blue play was my initial pitch for this painting.
The image is indeed less bionicle than i would've liked it to be, as mentioned in the description. However i can partially justify that as, this just being part of town where there isn't much iconic Ko Metru feel to it. Which is actually a way i really like to do scenery painting. Keeping things hidden, unfamiliar and new.
I wouldn't say its summer in Ko Metru here. In fact I'm not even sure what my stance on seasons in Metru Nui is yet. Everything is simply so huge that snow simply cant cover it though.
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According to Greg, the MU has no seasons at all. Which I find slightly disappointing. Just imagine if seasons were caused by the Great Spirit Robot generating heat in his fists and circulating it around or something. And there could be weather-generating machinery in the ceilings of the domes, and vapour-dispensers.
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The art itself is stunning, I like it. But that's more like TRON3, than Ko-Metru.
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You may not make all of the bonkle fans happy with this one, but you made ME happy. <3
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Ayy glad you like it
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Your Bionicle location images are canon in my eyes.Β
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Aw thank you. What a compliment.
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WHOAH! This is amazing, dude! So much detail, I'm gonna be stewing over this one for hours. In fact, I'd better make it my desktop background so it's always on-hand! Ko-Metru was always one of my favourite locations in Bionicle and you've captured the sense of scale magnificently while also adding your own flair and showing the more urban, street-level areas of the icy metropolis.
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Thank yo. Theres prolly gonna be some more solid Ko Metru iconic imagery in the future but yeah. I try to keep things realistic and representative.
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While I think this is amazing, I think you should have added some show to the image, cuz, you know; District of Ice.
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Fair opinion. I agree 50 % in case you mean 'show' as in "show more bonkle"... However, if you mean 'snow' i agree 10 % since this image already has snow. :y
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It was a typo, ofc I meant Snow!
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You never cease to amaze, dude; solid stuff truly.
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No matter the subject. Your work's still the best.
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Now that's official. YOU'RE THE BEST FUCKING BIONICLE ARTIST I'VE EVER SEEN! Christian Faber should learn a few things from you MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME! JUST TELL ME WHY! WHY IS THIS SOO AWESOME? THIS LOOKS SOOO BIONICLE 2004! HOW IS THIS SO GOOD? HOW CAN YOU EXECUTE BIONICLE ART-STYLE ON THIS LEVEL? 160 LAYERS HOLY MATA NUI! I had 4 layers MAX in my entire lifetime and my brain couldn't work properly after that! I'm not gonna lie it does look like 30-40 hours was put into this piece, OMG! Sorry if my thoughts are scrambled to pieces here but it's all out of my had just looking at this artwork for a few minutes straight! You're the only true BIONICLE fan-artist on the internet right now! No one is capable of such pure professional perfection here! Fuck. Why can't I draw landscapes.... I just try but then I just can't. Every time I draw one of these, it looks like some ugly mess that I don't even understand myself. This stuff here is pure 10/10 perfection on the level of that Metru Nui panorama. And I loove that the buildings looks more "Los-Angeles-like". Always gives me good-old MIRAMAX vibe that I got before experiencing Legends of Metru Nui for the first time 13 years ago when I was 5 years old. I remember when I shit myself watching that movie. Sorry for all of those never ending words, but if I was on your place I would be glad of any possible feedback lol.
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You are most too kind! I feel this is the least bionicle MNsight ive made. I'm not good at rendering city, but man do i find them an interesting challenge... As it is with everything, practising helps a lot. And i don't even just mean that as a "you'll magically get better for every image" cause that is also true, but, you will notice problems with your understanding of things. Run into problems like having to render or enhancing something you've never drawn/painted or thought of before. That's the good stuff...
Β If i am to give you any solid advice on making landscapes art, or any art for that matter, it would be these 2: "Start from realism", and "Play to your gut feelings". This is how i roll.
Start from Realism: If you wanna do a painting, think about what setting you are making. as in, where are you? what's the distances? what are the materials? what does that look like irl? Where is the horizon? What is the light source? Get a very solid understanding of what the environment looks like in real life before you even begin actually painting/drawing.
Play to your gut feelings: Take a step back and look at what you have drawn/painted... Do you like this or at least where it's going? If not, change it. What's the worst part of your image? Change that. Are you happy with it yet? No? Then keep going. Don't stop working on your piece until you love how it looks. (this is a bit dangerous tho as impossible challenges can crush your ego :v which is why choosing your project with care is important)... Trust me, there are times in the middle where you will think, this looks like a disaster, but that time is the most important to stay determined and keep going.
Oh, and lastly, don't do art to get people to see it. Make it because you want to have it. If you feel you want people's attention too much, don't share your art at all. Keep it to yourself. Love it. Β
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The hardest part is to paint the distances. The texture of it. The details and stuff. Iβve no idea how to do that.
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That's when you gotta research references. You've got to analyse.. Find images that has the distance or texture you're looking for and ask yourself why it works in those images. What's the differences between the refs and your image? ... often, when you can't get it right, it's because there is something fundamentally off in your image that you just haven't noticed yet.
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I love this design, itβs Metru Nui but more realisticΒ
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Aye. This guy is onto me.
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