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Liahona — Fight Darkness with Light
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Published: 2009-08-18 19:53:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 818; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 7
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I cant see anything wrong with this. . . so critique please!!WELL, after my first picture of the day DIED on me, I made this one. Just cuz i havent drawn natro in a while and i really love him ^__^
I'm happy with how this turned out, however i copied the pose from a photo someone took of themselves here on DA ( i've actually been trying to do a pose like this for YEARS but could never get the legs right ), and then filled the picture with other people's brushes. .__.
BUT. . . this pose is pretty common, and the creators of the brushes put them up for public use, so i'm still happy with this ^__^
For those of you who know of them, the darkness around natro are the salems fire clan. They dont like bright light, and since natro's flames are mostly for deffensiveness, their brightness is the only thing that really protects him from them.
Hope you like!!
I used so many brushes on this, i'm not even ganna post where they're from. Just know they arent mine and look through the 'brushes' section of my faves.
Tools Used: Sai, CS4
Time Spent: . . . not very long.
*edit* Here's the picture reference i used. . . cuz i felt bad for not posting it. [link]
*EDIT TWO* ok, i fixed the hands up ^__^
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Comments: 38
i hate to say this, but i actually have this as my laptop's desktop. I've never made one of my own pictures my desktop before .__. i feel conceided.
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I don't think it is! You should be proud of your work~
And it's not as bad as stealing a picture off the internet instead xD
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TORSO. 8D
My brain cannot function for crit atm sorry. D:
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HOMG where have you been?
and HOMG again, you said 'fantabulous' XDD that was aweosme.
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Lolz! 
OMG, I know right? 
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NUUUU the facebook virus! *dies*
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Noes, tis an addiction!!!! AND EVIL ADDICTION!!!!! 
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This is ONE of my favorite pictures that I have ever seen.
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for reals?? didnt think you'd go for the men showing off their abs, spencer XD
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haha... well he looks like a bad A... it has a ton of feeling in it! good pose and great effects! You could create a saga around this guy and his sweet abs!
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whoo! awesomely awesome awesomeness!
I like it, lol. good job!
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Thankly thank you thankness~!
that was fun
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XD you're welcomely welcome welcomeness!
lol, yup!
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Well if the light is coming from the back (it kind of looks like it is so if it isn't just ignore this post) then the sides of everything should be a bit washed out while everything else on the body should have intense shadows and zero highlights.
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sorry, it isnt really XD;; i just added that light there for effect and kinda washed it out with the background. The light source is coming from the flames on his hands.
I'll remember that tip though.
thank you~
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i didnt even know it was dramatic o__o;
i'm just that good. rwr
thank you X3
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well, it's more dramatic than your usual drawings
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oh awesome pose~
detailing is brilliant and the colouring as well though i have to say that the pants area just beneath his abs could go a little bit more darker~ just to show that it's shielded by both his thighs and upper body ;9
i can see movement with the hair, depicting a sort of landing, subtle but quite effective ^^
his palms look...rushed...it gave me that feeling, probably because it looks pretty flat ._.
but all in all~ it looks cool >w<
great job ouo~
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Now that you mention it, it does need to be darker there. Could you explain the palms thing?? I mean, arent his thumbs in the way of his palms?
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aa~ the hands are drawn pretty well actually~ C:
what i meant is that it lacks the colour/shading to give it that depth
sorry to confuse you ^u^~
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ooooohhh! lol it's ok XD;; thanks!
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I like the effects and the background!
However, the anatomy of the guy bothers me; his feet seem too small, his kneecaps seem in awkward places compared to each other, and there are too many lines defining the abs.
Also, his pants seem to be falling down.
Sorry if any of those aren't right, but they just kinda bothered me.
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falling down pants are fun for me XDD
thanks, i'll look into the rest
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I think this is awesome. My only thing would be, his palms look a little fat.
Great pose, btw ^^
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thats what rustingfeather said too. . . could you explain?? I mean. . . you cant even see his palms. . . his thumbs are in the way o^o;;
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The buldge around the first joint in his thumb is a little too big. Idk how to explain it really. The inside of his hand just needs to be a little thinner ^^
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oh lol can do. When i was drawing it, i actually made it thin. . . and then was like "hmm. . . nooooo. . . ?" so then i made it bigger
I'll fix that one of these days then XD
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I think the whole picture is amazing. The shadowing looks the best I think. ^_^
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i actually had to look up how to do the shading for the face XDD but the rest was just thrown down. . lol
thank you~!
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