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Published: 2019-01-10 18:00:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 639; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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(
) Ruso and Marteus (
), the bullies of my world deciding the fate of others. They're playing nguitk, a game I made which involves randomised terrain.Here Ruso is 18 and Marteus 24.
The story, set in Ruso's questionable mind, follows his revenge on his best mate Marteus after his warband is exiled. It's not truly revenge he's after, however, as it is a bid for attention and proving he can "win" - not in the sense that he wants to kill Marteus, but rather as if they were still playing nguitk ... with actual lives.
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This angle works so well! Very dynamic though the characters are not moving. Great art as always!
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I try, I try. Thank you 
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Any reference is alright
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Ahhh, Ruso. Wonderfully well-adjusted young man, that dude. What's the "revenge" specifically for? Was Marteus involved in how he got exiled, somehow?
Holmr looks pretty neat! I really need to dig into your gallery in a bit more depth on my actual computer, sometime. Most of the time that I'm on dA I'm on mobile, the only reason today was an exception is that I'm putting off homework. 
I love the folds on Ruso's pants, btw, and as ever your textures are wonderful. I also really like the contrast between Marteus and Ruso's postures! Really helps carry across their respective attitudes. Awesome work on their hands, too, both the posing/gesture of them and just... the fact that you drew them really well, haha.
Does the symbol in the background mean anything?
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Heh XD
Marteus broke Draegar's fingers and got his entire warband exiled, and Ruso was meant to be executed. Marteus knows how to pull strings.
Thank you! When you do, be sure to check out Draegar's page too
Thank you! Aha I actually put on my viking gear and took webcam photos to trace over for the poses and clothing
It's the Winterguard's symbol underneath, then Marteus scribbled it out, pretty much. The Winterguard's symbol is also the symbol of exile that's on everyone's cheek.
<- eg. here
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Marteus... is now blacklisted. He broke Draegar's fingers? Unforgivable .u. fangirl? What fangirl
Wow the way you summarised the plot just made it a thousand times more badass and symbolic : OO
I like how you can infer so much from their personalities just by the way they sit
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[Evil author theme music intensifies]
Heh, thank you! Yeah movements are really good for characterisation. Both in drawings and writing.
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Oh I remember checking this out a while ago - and the holmr intro! - but I forgot I didn't get to commenting on it!
Wait, so the whole revenge story actually goes on in Ruso's mind, and that's why it's structured like a game? Wow that's a brilliant idea!!! I mean, I knew about how central the game of holmr is to the story, but I never knew why exactly! So does it involve ships and chasing one another and killing one another's party?
I like how the lighting enhances the ominous mood of the piece, not to mention the bloody symbol on the wall! Makes me think that they've just committed some massacre in that room and then they're like "ok let's relax now, what do you wanna do?" "let's play some holmr"
Ah Marteus how could you do that to Drae? *angry fangirl plotting revenge on Marteus* On second thought, he might've had a good reason to do it, Draegar is nowhere near an angel himself (harp&golden locks or not) xD
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I was wondering if that link distracted everyone away haha. This picture somehow amassed fewer views and comments than I get semi-consistently.
It's not that literal. Ruso only treats it as a game, and he's a highly metaphorical person, so he makes references in a broader sense to how one should strategise in a game. But I think the creepiest thing is that he peppers subliminal references everywhere. EG. If Marteus' favourite number is 24, he gives him 24 roses. It's very much a psychological game.
Thanks! Marteus always looks like that haha. He just concentrates more openly.
Ehhh well whether it was a good reason is up for debate! It wasn't called for ... but Draegar's not exactly innocent either.
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I saw your imploration to look at it, so here I am! well, I look at every of your drawings in fact, even if I'm not commenting
The whole composition is very neat, with an amazing perspective! (you're annoying being this talented! 
Beautiful lighting and atmosphere! And I know now that Ruso is a bad loser! (I won't invite him to play Monopoly with me! 
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Yay! Thank you! Haha I dunno what's wrong with this picture but somehow it had very little views and comments :\ I was wondering if my holmr link distracted everyone.
I actually cheated intensely with the perspective haha. I mean, I drew the chairs, but I actually took pictures with my webcam and posed as both Ruso and Marteus, and I turned the webcam 180 as I did it so I could capture the perspective. You're absolutely right about their personalities
Thank you! Haha, he's not always a bad loser. Only in this case, when he lost literally all he had. Usually he's quite chill.
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The atmosphere feels to heavy! it makes people run away!
More importantly, sometimes people comment on common stuffs and ignore our proudest creations! No reason!
We already had this discussion, it's not cheating to use the webcam! But you brought it to a brillant level that way! xD
Yeah, a good point for me! We need more of Marteus! 
oh boy! 
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Yeah, I know right?
I shall have to draw more of him then! Although anything with him is more spoilery than other topics, so it's like navigating a minefield haha
That's what the book is about! It's a long and complicated story, but basically Ruso blames Marteus for his warband's exile and for torturing Draegar. And Marteus had his reasons. Not great ones, but still..
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The lighting and colouring in this one is beautiful 
What is the symbol on the wall? or is it just some random peasant's blood
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Thanks! I've been drawing him the longest so I'd be worried if he's not recognisable. Now I just gotta work on making Draegar as distinct.
It's the rune of exile, which is branded on Ruso and Draegar's faces. Ruso adopted it as the Winterguard's emblem.
So it was drawn first, and then Marteus scribbled some blood over that. It basically represents blood being spilt over their friendship problems.
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I think Draegar will be really recognisable too after a while of drawing him
Ahh that is a cool detail
Out of interest how long does it take you to finish a drawing like this?
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Eventually haha. I've made him his own folder, so you can bet on him showing up more often. xD
Around two days straight, then lots of irregular touch-ups over a long period of time. I've tried to cut down on production time by tracing around photos of myself for poses, etc, but I think I just make up for it by putting more time into the colouring lol. So overall, same amount of time as always.....
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That's pretty good for a decent quality drawing ^_^ I find it hard to time myself because I'm forever procrastinating haha
Omg I traced a pose the other day and felt like such a cheat artist lol
Even though I kept telling myself I was still using a lot of my art skills I was just saving a bit of time XD
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You mean you stop and start while working on pictures? I actually can't do that because if I stop, I don't restart!
I'll always recommend tracing. I don't see it as cheating unless I trace someone else's work, but if it's my own photo, then the entire thing is still my production. And it's practical! Faster, anatomy becomes noticeably better, etc. Because my goal is to present my story/characters, not show off my mad drawing skills haha. I think tracing your own photo is less of a cheat than referencing someone else's pose photo. Because your own is 100% you, your ideas, your imagination, your intention.
If the technology is there, why not use it?
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More like spend 5 minutes on the picture, 5 minutes on facebook or something then flip back. So a drawing might take me a whole afternoon but not all of that time is actually spent drawing XD
That's a good way of looking at it! The photo I traced was for a birthday card
I'm glad we don't have to paint like that any more and have the option of digital art, although that comes with complications too XD although it is really nice to have a physical 'Original'.
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Oh right. Lol, now I see why you hardly get anything done 
Yeah, it'd be awesome to have an original, or at least a really nice physical copy. (You could always pay for dA prints though haha.) But I wonder how traditional artists deal with the pain of realising some anatomy mistake after they've finished! A lot harder to fix ._.
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Lmao yep I have an awful attention span. I think it's got worse.
I am trying to improve focussing on one thing though, I've managed to get through some books recently ^_^
Yeah that is one of the great things about digital art XD
Also imagine selling your original version of a painting... and knowing someone else has the only one ;_;
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