HOME | DD

MarioWibisono — Otomo M'rika

Published: 2012-08-04 18:30:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 50045; Favourites: 1678; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description "At times, a matronly spokeswoman for the Otomo family. At others, the radiant beauty of her younger days. What a mercurial woman." - Daigotsu Kanpeki

True Identity
M'rika was a bog hag, who had infiltrated the Imperials and later the Otomo family. Her Champion Daigotsu Kanpeki knew her secret.

Sanctified Ones
In the guise of a ronin, she served as a member of Empress Iweko's Sanctified Ones. In 1172 her cover as ronin was compromised as Soshi Yoshihara, the commander of the Sanctified Ones, suspected her true allegiance, but it was not known if M'rika was aware of it.

Becoming an Otomo
After the Destroyer War M'rika ceased to be a Sanctified One and travelled to the colonies in the ruined Ivory Kingdoms, where she was responsible for blessing the land the Second City was built on. She married a prominent Otomo who visited the land and maintained the family's estates there, and she became Otomo M'rika.
*From L5R Wiki

Note:
The L5R character M'rika was created by Andrew Ornatov when he won an L5R tournament.

----------

An illustration done for Legend of the Five Rings CCG.
Legend of the Five Rings and Otomo M'rika copyright Alderac Entertainment Group.

----------

Official L5R Website www.L5R.com
More of L5R arts at L5R Art Folder
Art Print Store at BuyFantasyArt.com
L5R Custom Playmats Store at L5R Playmats
Official Facebook page at MarioWibisono.FacebookPage
Official Website at www.MarioWibisono.com
Related content
Comments: 44

silverinewolf [2013-01-03 11:14:04 +0000 UTC]

Overall

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact


The details on the handle of the tanto is beautiful. The blood on it suggests that she inflicted those wounds around her neck and lower arms by herself, though the blood splatters seems to go too high on the blade part. The blood on the handle seems to point to her hand also bleeding?

I love the light source under her, but it doesn't make sense on where the light originates from considering the time the girl is placed/drawn in.

The necklace is well done, the inconsistency in the stones making it all the better. Her outfit has good colors and a nice pattern from the bits I can clearly see.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ysfaye [2012-11-06 21:39:34 +0000 UTC]

Overall

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact


I would say this is one of your better works. It may not look like she's doing much (no aura or any fiery power surrounding her like your other works) but it is still well executed.

There is some emotion in this piece (where her gaze is), it makes us wonder what is she thinking when she stares at her hand like that. I like the details on her skin as well as her equipment designs. I would buy that dress :b

The necklace looks heavy; I wouldn't be surprised if that is what caused her neck to be wounded like that.

Good lighting but might I suggest that since the left arm has some heavy orange highlights to it, wouldn't the left part of the hair facing the room has some orange highlight as well (instead of being the same as the original hair colour since hair reflects the environment colour too)?

Great depth of field, great work overall.

👍: 0 ⏩: 2

xaiver In reply to ysfaye [2015-05-17 22:53:05 +0000 UTC]

The necklace could also be Jade. Though, I'm new to the universe so I may not know - jade is the literal tears of the goddess. This could be the effect of it; cutting through her spell to keep the skin looking...real? Just a thought, and a neat little hint as to what's going on.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AkahaiShora In reply to ysfaye [2014-02-01 09:45:35 +0000 UTC]

I think it was a fair opinion. About the neck wound, it's not a true wound. Bog Hags are known to wear their victims skin, so it's more like a gap on her "clothes" than a wound. Yeah, it is gruesome...

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

thathobothere [2013-12-17 14:08:56 +0000 UTC]

Oh lord this is creepy. Great work, really captures the bog hag deceiver thing.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

kbutsat [2013-09-27 05:03:40 +0000 UTC]

beautiful !!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

weeva [2013-05-13 16:35:06 +0000 UTC]

U R marvellous

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

F3iN-0fficial [2013-04-22 10:41:27 +0000 UTC]

awesome...

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ArcanoXXI [2012-10-28 00:53:05 +0000 UTC]

Nice character, gorgeous work.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Lunatic-Blade [2012-08-17 17:40:36 +0000 UTC]

one question; is this completely drawn/painted or is this a photo manip?

Either way it looks fucking brilliant because I can't tell whether it's a picture or a drawing, so for both types you're a boss at it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jorgeremmy [2012-08-15 19:27:01 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

raylilikesminecraft [2012-08-11 21:01:27 +0000 UTC]

amazing

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

caddman [2012-08-09 00:16:00 +0000 UTC]

...Wow what a powerful and gripping pic...

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

WitchofTales [2012-08-07 19:26:37 +0000 UTC]

You're always mentioning their beauty. WE CAN SEE IT

As for the actual art, the eyes are much better. They are focused. As usual, amazed~

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SAPPHIRE1967 [2012-08-07 00:08:25 +0000 UTC]

BEAUTIFUL

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

kaze26 [2012-08-06 21:25:57 +0000 UTC]

wicked beautiful

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

dyingcrimsonroses [2012-08-06 18:12:12 +0000 UTC]

simply lovely

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

manypelroso [2012-08-06 17:13:10 +0000 UTC]

Wow, perfect!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

fum316 [2012-08-06 14:19:12 +0000 UTC]

Cool

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

BladeWithin [2012-08-06 11:25:04 +0000 UTC]

She's so pretty^^ I love her story. This is so realistic!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Meecho [2012-08-06 09:51:05 +0000 UTC]

hmmm a bit uncanny valley i think :/

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

timeskipsarena [2012-08-06 06:23:43 +0000 UTC]

very nice! ... the only thing is her hands seem disproportionate. overall though fantastic work.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

felicia-lim [2012-08-06 04:42:22 +0000 UTC]

beautiful, but isn't her hand looked too big??

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

iamrecycable [2012-08-06 00:44:41 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MatthewOSullivan [2012-08-05 21:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow Mario the render picture came out great. I love the color and pose on the model. That's really cool looking. Keep up the excellent work.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

kkht311 [2012-08-05 19:50:01 +0000 UTC]

Lovely artwork.

Excellent coloring.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Michael7S [2012-08-05 17:56:02 +0000 UTC]

WOW!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

bihm [2012-08-05 17:50:14 +0000 UTC]

OOMMAGAWWWWWWWD! ITS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! I thought it was real and i'm still not sure!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

RubyCelest [2012-08-05 11:37:58 +0000 UTC]

she is beautiful!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

kallu-wah [2012-08-05 08:57:53 +0000 UTC]

amazing !

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

briative [2012-08-05 07:19:01 +0000 UTC]

The hands are simply stunning--easily the most realistic part of the work + one of the hardest things to paint (in my opinion).

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

irrenderNarr42 [2012-08-04 23:37:22 +0000 UTC]

awesome as ever^^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TanukiTagawa [2012-08-04 23:26:41 +0000 UTC]

A awesome character in a superb pic!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Tikizip [2012-08-04 21:52:56 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful as always

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MicKnight87 [2012-08-04 20:28:30 +0000 UTC]

it's there nothing you can't do?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

FlamingInsanity [2012-08-04 20:09:12 +0000 UTC]

1 word. HOW? This is amazing!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MSroka [2012-08-04 20:07:35 +0000 UTC]

Great job, but it seems to me that her left hand is too big.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

PenclGuy In reply to MSroka [2012-08-04 23:35:44 +0000 UTC]

Agreed, look at the size comparison with her head to her hands.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Julia-Aurora [2012-08-04 19:52:04 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! I adore your way to paint fabric

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TheMagicGuy [2012-08-04 19:34:40 +0000 UTC]

really great looking.. Sure would suck to be her victim.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Seridan [2012-08-04 19:17:24 +0000 UTC]

Stunning!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Exnihilo-nihil [2012-08-04 18:54:51 +0000 UTC]

yes!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

PlusNine [2012-08-04 18:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Looks super realistic *touch*

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Everunis [2012-08-04 18:41:18 +0000 UTC]

Disturbing but yet awesome *-*

👍: 0 ⏩: 0