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kaio89 β€” Vasilias, The Lord of Ariva

Published: 2011-05-16 21:09:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 5551; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 277
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Description This is a comission I did for a MtG fan project ([link] ). It's a character called "Vasilias, The Lord of Ariva". He was created by Trolljuju.

This is the description I got:

"Vasilias is a Lich, and any who see him would question if he was alive at all.
Deep within the ghost cityplane of Ariva, he sits upon his throne, never moving, never speaking. He is little more than a skeleton now, dressed in pristine white robes and golden armor, with dusty skin pulled tight across dried bones."

I also got a quick history of the character, follow the link if you're interested [link]

It took about 15 hours, I'd guess, over 2 weeks. No references used. The cloth was a nightmare, btw...never really done this before.
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Comments: 28

CrimsonArk [2011-08-17 22:37:17 +0000 UTC]

Woah. This is amazing. I can barely believe that you didn't use any references!

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kaio89 In reply to CrimsonArk [2011-08-18 05:50:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Working without references really can be a pain. However, when I say 'no references' I mostly mean no 1 on 1 references, nothing simply redrawn from photograph. Of course I looked at some photos and pictures before I was doing this .
This one was done right after my "Son of Skyrim" picture, but didn't take nearly as long. I think I finally figured out how to draw cloth with this picture

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CrimsonArk In reply to kaio89 [2011-08-21 01:13:31 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, yes. I do that, so I totally understand.
Cloth is a difficult thing to master, but you did great! It looks fantastic on this one. C:

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kaio89 In reply to CrimsonArk [2011-08-21 05:48:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that

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CrimsonArk In reply to kaio89 [2011-08-21 21:13:32 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome. ^_^

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selmiak [2011-05-27 21:20:06 +0000 UTC]

nice bra
awesome!

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kaio89 In reply to selmiak [2011-05-28 07:16:35 +0000 UTC]

Danke du alte Salmiak-Pastille.

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Trolljuju [2011-05-19 06:40:19 +0000 UTC]

I'd like to thank you again for this epic peace of art

It's awesome

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kaio89 In reply to Trolljuju [2011-05-19 07:18:09 +0000 UTC]

Cool, you're here, too! Thank you, it was a fun character for me.

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Sitting-Brain [2011-05-17 22:32:43 +0000 UTC]

I love the cloth folds, but why, oh why did you use burn tool? Burn and dodge are two tools that spoil digital art :/

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kaio89 In reply to Sitting-Brain [2011-05-18 13:33:46 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks for the comment! I did use the dodge and smudge tool on this one. What do you mean wihth burn tool, though? And why do they spoil digital art?

cheers

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Shasera [2011-05-17 11:06:23 +0000 UTC]

The light is bloody perfect, you're a genius! The effect is amazing, really

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kaio89 In reply to Shasera [2011-05-17 12:45:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's a big compliment! Vielen Dank!

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Shasera In reply to kaio89 [2011-05-17 13:02:42 +0000 UTC]

Du hast's definitiv verdient

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kaio89 In reply to Shasera [2011-05-17 16:34:53 +0000 UTC]

Vielen Dank! Der hier war wirklich auch eine große Herausforderung, insofern freut mich dein Lob umso mehr.

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Shasera In reply to kaio89 [2011-05-17 19:30:20 +0000 UTC]

Freu mich schon auf's nΓ€chste Bild

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Th3AngryGam3r [2011-05-17 03:38:47 +0000 UTC]

nicely done man. I see you got rid of the sword and changed the position of the light source. Why the sword?

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kaio89 In reply to Th3AngryGam3r [2011-05-17 05:29:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I decided that the sword would make the picture look a bit unbalanced. That's why I scrapped it

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Th3AngryGam3r In reply to kaio89 [2011-05-17 07:14:06 +0000 UTC]

Well it looks fantastic either way bud. Any ideas for your next project?

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kaio89 In reply to Th3AngryGam3r [2011-05-17 07:17:16 +0000 UTC]

Yes! I'm pretty swamped right now, but my next picture will probably be a original sci-fi piece. I've already done a quick sketch, but it will probably take a few days/weeks .

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Th3AngryGam3r In reply to kaio89 [2011-05-17 07:42:14 +0000 UTC]

can i see your quick sketch and what your sketches usually look like? You told me you do your sketching differently than I do so I wouldn't mind seeing it.

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kaio89 In reply to Th3AngryGam3r [2011-05-17 08:23:27 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing. I'm currently at university, so it might take a while until I can send it to you (it's on my stationary pc). I think you will be surprised how....undeveloped it is .

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Th3AngryGam3r In reply to kaio89 [2011-05-17 19:09:19 +0000 UTC]

undeveloped is awesome IMO

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Overlord-J [2011-05-16 23:49:28 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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kaio89 In reply to Overlord-J [2011-05-17 06:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man! Glad you like it

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Overlord-J In reply to kaio89 [2011-05-17 15:59:44 +0000 UTC]

Einer der besten Lich den ich jemals gesehen habe.

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kaio89 In reply to Overlord-J [2011-05-17 16:33:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, das freut mich . Echt ein fettes Kompliment, danke!

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Overlord-J In reply to kaio89 [2011-05-18 10:48:49 +0000 UTC]

Keine Ursache.

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