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jubjubjedi — Agni, Lord of Fire
Published: 2007-11-15 21:19:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 37139; Favourites: 562; Downloads: 0
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A character design based on Roger Zelazny's sci-fi classic, "Lord of Light". Basically, the look is a mix of ancient Hindu art and arcane high technology. The novel itself is set in a future, colonized world, where a few individuals have appropriated all the advanced technology, including reincarnation, and have named themselves after Hindu gods. Then comes along a Buddha-warrior-anarchist like character named Mahasamatman, or "Sam" for short, who attempts to overthrow these so-called gods.The design is not totally accurate as described in the book, I just chose to make a modern, more extreme version of this guy. In the book, he carries a "fire-wand" as a weapon...
"Agni, God of Fire, is at first a fearsome being armed with a wand that emits the Universal Fire, evidently thermonuclear in nature, which destroys anything it touches. The wand itself can only be held by wearing a special glove, presumably to protect the holder. He also has goggles that enable him to see in infra-red and ultra-violet radiation, and for immense distances. It is said he scored the face of the Moon with his wand, while standing on the ground."
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I picked up Lord of Light because I saw this picture and read your description. It does not disappoint. My hat's off to you.
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Wow, I'm glad that it inspired you to pick up that book!! That's probably one of the best compliments I've ever had 
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That is freakin sweet....also kinda reminds me of a Heavy weapon Helghast from the Killzone seris.
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Yeah, though I did this before Killzone, I definitely do see the similarity!
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lol k Im glad im not the only one XD. Thought I might ahve been goin a little crazy. Mind u arent we all jsut a little
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Very nice, haven't read any Zelazny in quite a while.
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Thanks! Will do a Ganesh eventually...
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Awesome art my friend, can't wait!
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"not totally accurate as described" is a bit of an understatement (I happen to be reading the book at the moment, and I just finished the chapter where Agni appears for the first time, so the description is still fresh in my mind, and [i]nothing[/i] like this) but it's still fucking awesome, and still conveys the general feel of Agni, if not the appearance.
I actually found this because I was thinking of drawing my own interpretation of Agni, and I wanted to see what other people had done. As it turns out "other people" is pretty much just you.
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LOL... yeah, I haven't found any other art from this book on Deviant art.
I figured a dude waving around a 'fire wand' was a bit dated... hence the steroid-ized, updated look.
Thanks for the kind words!
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Outstanding! This is wonderfully imaginative. Imposing as hell!
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Thanks for the kind words!!
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Gorgeous work! I love the colors and the details!
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Whoops, sorry... I just called you "brother"... I'm an idiot 
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LOL! I thought you might have meant frau or something like that. 
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LOL, thanks again! And if you're ever interested, pick up the book as well... it's a great read
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I may have to do just that.
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this is awesome on so many levels, i wouldn't know where to start
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Thanks! I'm still working on more characters from that book...
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i shall be watching intently
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Absolutely amazing like all of your work, a big fan.
Must get that novel.
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Thanks! I wish I could post all my recent stuff, but its all confidential
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and also giv his other hand a gauntlet plz then mmsg me with a link attched of the new pic. plz and ty.
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could you giv him a face mask and a hand that looks like ben10 heatblast caracter? btw other than that it looks great.
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This is Lord Agni as would be done to World of Warcraft specifications. I hope that didn't sound insulting. My vision of him was more like the Silver Age suphero look.
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LOL, yeah, this is definitely the more "x-treme" version.
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Thanks! I'm glad you took the compliment well. Btw, I'd love to see your vision of the armored Ratri and the chariot of the gods.
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I actually do have a rough sketch of the Thunder Chariot here, on the bottom right:
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Not sure if I'll do the armored Ratri, but I've always wanted to color and detail up the rest of Shiva and maybe try my hand at Nirriti and Kubera...
Regarding the Kirby designs, yeah, not sure how they could have translated into cinema, but it sure as hell would have been interesting!
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Kirby's massive "clay log" figures necessitated the kind of disproportionately large clothing and accessories that became a hall mark of his style (the exception being Silver Surfer). I saw some storyboarding that had Brahma looking much like cross between Galactus and Eternity.
For myself, I always thought that in terms of voicing, Tom Baker would be perfect as Sam, with Omrish Puri as Yama Dharma, and Monica Belluci as Kali.
I am not sure Zelazny's gender bending would play well with the general Hindu population. Brahma is considered male and Nirritti is female, for instance.
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Man, I love this book! And though I imagined Agni a bit different, this interpretation just rocks! Awesome work, I go checking out Kali))
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Awesome, thanks! I just read it a few weeks ago as it was recommended by a few sci-fi booksellers in my city, so I had to pick it up and I love it as well. Great to hear some comments from someone who has read the book. I'm working on a few scenes (part of my class work).
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Yep, that's one of the greatest sci-fi novels of all time. I checked Kali, can't wait till you fully color it - that is a superb design, this time 100% correlating with my view of the character.
By the way, if you enjoyed the "Lord of Light", I think you'll like another novel of Zelyazny "Creatures of Light and Darkness". It is much alike this novel, the same mix of technofantasy, mythology, horror and cyberpunk, only on a grander scale and somewhat darker. Maybe you'll find even more inspiration for designs and illustrations)
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Sweet, it's funny that you mentioned it because that's the other novel recommended by one of the booksellers that mentioned Lord of Light. Kali is almost done, just some rendering work on the weapon arms and tweaking background elements a bit... I kinda like the rough, abstract background, though I did throw in some "ruins", which I envision to be near the gates of Hellwell. She's fighting one of the Rakasha, whom you can kinda see in the current pic.
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Thanks, I appreciate the compliment!!
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ur welcome and i must say i've become a big fan.
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Thanks, I'm flattered! I can only get better and better... this is only my second semester in art school.
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i wished i've got your skils, never went to art school. parents...
i'm planning to do so, evening or weekends
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Neat design Jubjub I really like the industrial feel to it but it seems to be coming off a bit flat, maybe if you pushed the highlights a little more.
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Great concept, solid and detailed without being too busy.
Gotta love those boots. Can't be a arcane-teched Hindu God Wannabe (no disrespect of course!) without kickass boots.
Nice colours too. I see blue and purple in there and it offsets the big awesome fire gauntlet nicely
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Thanks! Yeah, I generally use a tertiary color palette for most everything... yellow orange, red orange, red violet, blue violet, turquoise, and yellow green.
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I have to figure this stuff out so I don't come back with such bland colours in my work
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