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Mark-MrHiDE-Patten — Hatred, The Devils Affliction
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Published: 2010-01-18 12:14:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 11078; Favourites: 291; Downloads: 1155
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Hey everyone it's been a while since I've submitted anything, well let's not beat around the bush, it's been a fair while.So I thought that I would kick it off with something simple; Ramxk's Weapon.
Well it’s actually a form per say as the whole arm is his weapon, turning marrow, blood and bone into a hardened exoskeleton that’s stronger than steel. Call it a physical manifestation of his corruption; hence the term affliction is referring to the nature of his corruption being like a virus in the human body.
So that’s why I included veins along the entirety of the blade.
This piece was mainly done as filler for my next piece, just something to get me back into my groove.
So I thought that I would so a piece in the same vein as Ralxila's Sword, Grief, The Angels Harbinger.
Although I don’t really this turned out as well, but I primarily blamed the background, just couldn’t find anything they worked well that made it stand out.
As far as design goes it’s not exactly new as I used back in an older piece of Ramxk, but then the image wasn't exactly clear, as what I was trying to rectify with this piece... sadly not.
On a side note was listening to a lot of 'Aint No Rest For The Wicked' by Cage The Elephant , not a bad song. Just saying.
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Hey, I've been seeing your pics for awhile and I love them. From the art of the charactersand creatures, to the weapons, but there's one thing that bugs me. The story I try to understand it but there is so much read that I lose trsck of it so if you could please try help me fill in the pieces please.
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Well I've never actually written the story, I'm actually focusing on a whole rewrite.
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Oh, all right well I hope it'll look as cool as the orginal so good luck with it.
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An awesome coloring used and many possibilites, although oddly enough I thought "Prototype"The first time I looked at it. Pretty awesome and an original though.
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That is an unifortunate correlation between Alex Mercer and my character. They both kill lots, got big old blades, go around with a moody persona, and they both get about in hoods. Along with the red and black colour scheme.
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Nice weapon really shows its from the orginazation.
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I tried to keep with the original designs whilst inputting my own flavour.
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Dark is what I do.
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Kickass weapon! Looks really menacing, you did an awesome job!!
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Thank You, its been a long running design proccess.
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Wow. Even his weapon keeps the ongoing theme of badass and scary as hell. Really nicely done.
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Well I hope that's the point that I convey with all my works
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Wow the weapon looks awesome and all.
Just one question how is it supposed to be hold?
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yea well it's just that the handle seams to small for a hand to fit in it.
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Keep in mind that it is really big, twice Ramxks height approximatly.
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O_O OHHHH that explains everything, i actually thought that at one point but since it would be so massive i discarded that idea.
Awesome work man.
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Meh. Wouldn't say it's a good song either.
As for the weapon, it looks really cool. Also looks hard to handle, but hey, hard to handle weapons look even more awesome when handled magnificently~
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I would say that's it's better than most other songs that I hear associated with games.
I suppose unreasonable weapon designs are my style.
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Well, I guess. When it comes to game music there's a lot of them that su- I mean are less good.
There are some exceptions though of course~ Shin Megami Tensei games tend to have some good theme songs~
Ugh, you should teach me some stuff there. There's only two or three weapons I've designed so far that I feel confident in... Designing original looks for weapons and clothes are some of my many weaknesses within drawing.
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I suppose it's within the video games industry to have naturally aweful music. Unless you Tim Schafer and can afford to pay for the Copyright Licences of every popular metal song under the sun.
But then a good song can really define a game, i.e. the redone version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for Dead Space.
Meh, it's not a practice I find easy to pull off myself, I really have to give credit to the 12,641 images in Inspirational resources folder
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Thank You, a little improvement here and there.
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^_^ and a little goes a long way. btw, I updated Xojhn's mechanical arm too. It's slightly bigger than his right, like War's from Darksiders.
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It's good to take a liitle pointer or two from an accomplished master.
Personally I'm taking pointers from Strifes and Deaths design.
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Interesting. In a good way.
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Thank You, I've been trialing the design for a while.
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Looks so awesome. Great design and cool background.
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Thank You, it's not a big piece but regardless I try to do my best.
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ITS AWESOME!!!! also, was Ramxk inspired by the game [PROTOYTPE] ? cuz the whole arm-corruption-virus thing totally hits home there.
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Well the whole corruption thing is inspired by a number if different sources, but I won't deny that PROTOTYPE was is a signifigant influence, given the similarities.
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Beautiful, as usual. I really love the red and black, it's a gorgeous weapon.
What do you use to color?
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I've been though many designs for Ramxk's weapon, so I'm glad that I've finally hit a gold standard, maybe in a year or two I could move up to a Platinum effort.
Well I use an old program, Paint Shop Pro 7, and I just use a gradient over a colourless layer that has all my tones, using Overlay and Colour Blend Modes modes . You can see flashes of my style via my visa on YouTube.
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Thaaaaaaank Yooooooouuuu...
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Jeebuz! That looks like fun to throw at someone! Lot's of spinning attacks too. Very nice. ^-^
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I suppose I could call it a Boomerang sword.
Funny given the Australian heritage.
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Dude, this is an amazing piece! The weapon looks great, love the vein effects, and the background is pretty good, in my opinion. ^^ Though, it also scares me. O ^O For anyone who can wield this with skill, must be a helluva boss.
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Well the vien effects worked well with my Xeno Heartless designs, so Ithought that I would use the technique again. I think that I shall be using them for the Contest pieces, given the whole biology thing, and they'll be blue given Hyde.
Well Ranxk is a scary character, he just doesn't wear a funky skull mask for nothing.
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I see. Blue will go good with Syrokxeus' eyes. ( Sorry, bad joke. Not in the best of moods. )
Yeah, I figured as much. He's big, muscular, and can make stuff crumble just by touching it. He's a badass.
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I think it looks great. The weapon itself looks awesome and the background looks a little twisted, just like the feeling "hatred" is. So actually, it's really really great.
I can't stop thinking about the game Borderlands every time I listen to that song.
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Well I suppose twisted would be the most poignant word to describe this weapon design.
I don't really think I have a Lot of confidence in my backgrounds, as they are often more abstract than my actual pieces.
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I think it looks great. Maybe your backgrounds are more abstract than your pieces, however (taken this piece as example) you manage to fade the background so much, that you automatic focus on the weapon. I actually first saw that the background was filled with words AFTER you mentioned it.
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If the game Borderlands never came out, I wouldn't know that song, but it's too awesome of a game to not release.
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