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Published: 2005-02-04 02:30:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 2165; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 142
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Description Full colour image of Downus displaying a number of her weapons and tools. She is a creepy-looking but benign robot originally built for accompanying armies as combat and survival support. Downus is one of the supporting characters in a little comic series I'm working on.

The biggest trouble I have with this character is making her look noticably female. It really doesn't matter if she looks rather gender-ambiguous (since she's, 'yknow, artificial), but I always imagined her with a female voice so I'd rather she didn't look specifically male. It's a bit tricky considering her face is always obscured and her shoulders are wide by design, and it doesn't help that my grip on human anatomy is bloody awful either!
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Comments: 16

Demialc-neeb-sah-em [2013-10-06 01:39:14 +0000 UTC]

Making he hips a little larger and her waist a little smallerΒ could help with the entire gender thing.

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Aside form that though love the random assortment of sharp objects she has.

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Crudaka [2013-08-03 09:15:56 +0000 UTC]

hahaha

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artistafrustrado [2008-06-29 02:56:59 +0000 UTC]

looks so freaking cool....i wanna those arms

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dante-kimachi [2005-03-03 19:51:15 +0000 UTC]

Aw sweet!
Love that evil/cheeky grin.

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pawpad [2005-02-06 16:10:08 +0000 UTC]

If it helps when I first caught a glance at the pic I thought it was a female straight off, so that has to say something about the design.

Plus....I want that weaponary, all of it.

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ktcoope [2005-02-04 18:45:41 +0000 UTC]

It took me a while to figure out what was going on with her arms as well, but now I get it and it's cool. Crit wise, I feel like the cuffs on her shorts should be more curved... but otherwise, this rocks. I love the colouring on the metal and the shoes kick ass, really interesting shape on the soles. The pose is nice as well, and she's just a generally interesting character

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sonicfanatic [2005-02-04 18:42:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow, another appearance of this character and I find myself even more bemused. I find myself stunned at all these attachments XD

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Blue-the-Echidna [2005-02-04 18:09:01 +0000 UTC]

So many sharp shiny objects! Must poke...
OUCH!
Wow, this is really cool! Love that massive grin! n__n Nice work!

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SlashSlashX [2005-02-04 17:20:32 +0000 UTC]

"I am a lady and I'll thump anyone who says I an't!"
Very true in this case. With her expression I half expect a pack of bad guys just realised what she is and that they should've gone for the one with the large meat cliver.
There are few pictures that I love on site but this is one of them. It makes me want to laugh at her expression and marvel at the amount of detail on her weapons. The fact she can carry them safely hidden away is amazing and unbelieveable in most cases but your design for her makes it completely possible in my eyes.
When I saw this I did think she was female. My first thought was tomboy girl which I suppose she is considering she was designed to go into battel.
In short: I really love this!

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Hejji [2005-02-04 15:57:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh, dear christ, what fun. I want to take her with me everywhere I go. XD She's awesome. And looks good. and I'm afraid she lacks arms. ...

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jessicapadkin In reply to Hejji [2005-02-04 22:13:07 +0000 UTC]

It is a bit hard to make out, but her arms are folded up over her head... check out the model sheets I updated before and you might be able to see it clearer!

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Hejji In reply to jessicapadkin [2005-02-04 23:49:22 +0000 UTC]

OHH!!! ^_^ Those are her ARMS. I thought those were storage compartment thingies. I'm just stupid. you know me...

but still. Awesome awesome awesome. :3

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Darkkick [2005-02-04 13:45:08 +0000 UTC]

O.O*hides*

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crylar [2005-02-04 13:19:08 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I cant see the arms.
Ohh, I thought it was a backpack, now I see.
Cool, hope she can handle all them blades.

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Elbot-Wolfcat [2005-02-04 04:40:22 +0000 UTC]

I like the concept. I wish my arms could do that.

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cloudkitten [2005-02-04 03:22:08 +0000 UTC]

yeah, but she's shaped like a NORMAL female body, not 'No Internal Organs' girl (like what I draw, XD)

Also, TSSSSING!

just because ya know I love it.

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