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"The Keepers were training me to be one of them... but I found other uses for those skills."Well, this happened. : o
For a long time I had problems with drawing old-looking male faces, and often my Garrett looked way too young for my taste. However, this time I actually wanted to paint young Garrett, just after he left the Keepers to be precise.
So, here's our young and daring thief on a rainy night, smiling despite probably being all wet and cold. I don't know why exactly he left the Keepers (I do have a theory though), but I'm pretty sure that Garrett, arrogant and full of confidence, felt contented and free as he was his own master again.
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Love how you drew Garrett, reminds me from the series 
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Thank you! 
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Pääsee mukavasti viileän yösateen tunnelmaan.
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OH MY GOSH! You are awesome!
He left the keepers probably because he know how risky are the work of the keepers... remember the sufferings that they count in his books in the lost city or in the cave before to get to the Opera House.
Garrett is a stronghead thief, and he just want to be alone and make his own life of thievery without commitments, without keepers, without thieves guild, pagans or hammers.
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Thank you very much!
I agree with what you said about Garrett's nature -- he's a stubborn man who wants to stay independent, and who lets no man nor society decide his duties or responsibilities. Garrett's only master is Garrett himself.
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Yes! and that is the reason he's my favourite character in the game, he's a solitaire guy who hate to take orders from someone xD.
Well, good work, i wish i could draw like you
and i send you greetings!
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Haha, yeah. I like Garrett very much as well, he's such an amusing character. xP
Thank you for your kind words, they really warm my heart.
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I'm happy for the same reason too!
Not everyday i find a fan of such an old saga.
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AAAAAhhhhhhhhhh why am I seeing this so late? ;_; It's beautiful! Amazing! Lovely! Wonderful! I love it so much
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Aah thank you so much! 
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Haha, well, I have to agree with that. XD
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Cool drawingt, Garrett as we know him. From the title the first thing that came to mind was this song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlfNmf…
Wonder if it fits the mood you had when drawing the picture.
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Thanks!
That's a cool song! I like to listen instrumental pieces like that when doing backgrounds, but for some reason I tend to listen this Norwegian band Gothminister (along with Thief soundtracks) when drawing Garrett, especially this song. At times their industrial metal sound reminds me of the intro & credits of The Dark Project, and, well, dark and aggressive music fits dark and aggressive character.
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Same here, songs really get me in the mood when drawing. And thanks for the link, that sounds great, I always enjoyed Thief audio aswell and that really has a similar feel to it, only more futuristic - if they ever to a Thief version about one of his descendants, either genetically or in spirit, set in a pseudo-cyberpunk-fantasy future of the world this would be perfect.
Shame Subway to Sally wandered off into a more metal direction, their older songs had alot of Thief atmosphere, and the german dub artist sounded alot like the lead singer
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It reminds me a bit of one of the first pieces I saw from you, funny enough. This one if I recall :>.
myepicrilla.deviantart.com/art…
You've grown so much as an artist - this is excellent! The moody shadows are always perfect for the setting, and you use them so well to help sculpt Garrett's face no matter what age he is :>.
P.S. When I went to your homepage to get to your gallery, I JUST noticed the skeleton with the maid hat. YOU WIN THE INTERNET. xD 
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Thank you so much for your kind words, you're always so lovely and supportive! ;3; (And I fell in love with that smiley, thanks to you! XD)
I can indeed see a huge difference when I compare the two pictures! Seeing all this progress makes me really happy!
Haha, that's Bonehilda from The Sims 3! It was supposed to be just a temporary profile picture until I could come up with a better one, but I became attached to it.
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It's contagious x"DD! You're very welcome, though. I think it was the arrow that reminded me of it so much, you definitely make memorable pieces :>! You'll only get better from here if you keep practicing
Hah! XD I haven't seen her before (then again I haven't played Sims 3 much - now I want to go back to it and see what I gotta do to make her show up xD!)! It's so perfect for an ID x"D!
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Well, well, this is pretty awesome. What is your theory?
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Thanks!
Well, I think that Garrett never really respected the ways of the Keepers. He was picked up old enough to understand to question the reasons. I mean, he had been picking pockets and running messages and so for years already. He had learnt that life wasn't easy, and that the world is a cruel place. I think that he didn't like the fact that the Keepers had all that knowledge in their possession, but no intention nor interest to use it "right." Why he had to suffer so much as a young boy - why there was such unfairness, corruption and poverty within the society in general? -, when there were people with knowledge and ability (i.e. magical glyphs and all) to help those in need, those like him? I think that he found the protocol of the Keepers very cold and cruel, as they refrained from any interference with the surrounding society -- and Garrett, who had experienced poverty and the unfairness of the system, probably enjoyed the thought of interfering, like teaching a lesson to corrupt nobles and greedy crime lords. So, there was some bitterness and fiery temper of a young man involved too.
tl;dr: Garrett got tired of their bullshit, and thus left the organization.
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Hmmm, perhaps this is true. It's an interesting theory, and fits with him leaving for anger the greater folly.
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It was the most convincing theory that I could come up with, without knowing any more details (like his relationships to other Keepers or their plans regarding to him). 
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Sure, but as I said it's a real good one.
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Incredible!!! You keep getting better and better!!! Always nice to see more G!
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Thank you! It seems that practice is paying off!
You speak wise words, my friend. There's never too much G!
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oh wow that is amazing 
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Ah, thank you so much! Looks like I'm finally starting to learn to paint clothes, haha!
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you're welcome ^^ I think you do an awesome job at it, love how accurate it is to the few times his attire was somewhat visible in the cut-scenes and cover art ^^
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Well, I mostly use these two (1 & 2 ) pictures as references when I draw his clothes, so I think it's a mix of those. xD I don't know, the main character from Thi4f has so... distinctive attire, that I kinda feel the need to be as faithful to ol' Garrett's design as possible. Of course some details may vary on my pictures, but I refuse to believe that he only has one outfit in his wardrobe. xDD
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yes indeed that's how I felt about it too, stay as true to the character's look as possible : D is a bit hard when his appearance isn't completely consistent 
True, his appearance isn't the most consistent one.
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yeah indeed it isn't :'D luckily there are still some features consistent, it's a matter of filtering those out I guess :'D
idd, I remember seeing him with brown eyes too, personally think the blue suits him better I think, it indeed literally changes within the same game 
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Yeah, that would be awesome. But I don't believe we will ever get proper Thief 4. Personally though, I think that DS gave a good ending to the series, and the future of Garrett was left for the players to imagine, which I appreciate very much.
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for sure... I think the series can be declared dead at this point D: at least the community isn't so maybe something will come out of there. at least they won't make a sequel to that awful remake
yeah indeed it did. could have been a bit better but it worked out well and fitted the mysterious tone of the series. ^^
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The series may be finished, but the community certainly isn't dead!
Sure, the ending of DS could have been better, but it was good nonetheless. I'm not that excited about Garrett taking an apprentice after DS, but hey, it was never confirmed, so I can imagine he didn't. XD
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yes indeed more epic arts 
I'm quite new to thief, discovered it only a few years ago when the games were already considered acient, but they hold up sooooo well when you get past the dated graphics :'D people saying it's only good cause people are blinded by nostalgia are wrong
yup I agree ^^ yeah it would be quite a big thing for Garret to have an apprentice, since he's such a loner selfish dude most of the time 
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Some of the fan missions are absolutely brilliant and beat some of the original missions 100-0. 
I discovered Thief a few years ago too! I'd say, 4 or 5 years ago..? Have been practically living in The City since then.
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yeah that's what I have been hearing as well, that some of the fanmade missions are even better then the originals 
ooh I think FenPhoenix was the one i watched the let's play of! very entertaining indeed, love the way he read all the letters from the game
ah so you're a relatively new fan too! 
oh heavy movement? that sounds quite bad since the vanilla controls are already not the quickest O.o
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There are even some horror themed FMs out there, like "A Night in Rocksbourg" series (which is like Silent Hill meets Thief), "A Better Tomorrow", "Coaxing The Spirit" and "Eclipsed"... Haven't played those myself, but I've seen them and it's enough for me. XD Maybe some day...
Yeah, heavy movement. Garrett feels as light as a little fairy compared to the character in TDM. To me it feels like I'm actually controlling a grown up man.
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pff wow that's something O.o I wonder if the guard circling still works in TDM. ah I do really hate slow controlling characters, it really sucks the fun out of it for me, especially when my lazy ass is faster in real life
