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Published: 2005-12-18 02:46:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 14084; Favourites: 242; Downloads: 826
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Description I have always had some sort of fascination about golems.
I have to say that they are one of my favorite
fantasy creature. Still... i never draw them.
The golems from World of Warcraft have a really neat design
and had me inspired. I realize that i havn't submited something for about a month
so i guess i will revive my page with this image of a Golem.
I also wanted to try something new so instead of going from bright to darker i went
from dark to brighter. This one was a pleasure to draw.

Enjoy!

Graphite and Photoshop
3 Hours

Golem design (C) Blizzard
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Comments: 42

Gold-Sun [2011-04-11 22:29:03 +0000 UTC]

COOL in design I made a draw in black paper usin color chalks!
And is interesting.

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equilibrik [2010-04-30 04:57:00 +0000 UTC]

Excellent Art reminds me a little of Shale from Dragon Age except yours is smoother ^^

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Chelsea042 [2009-07-15 18:46:00 +0000 UTC]

I think golems rock too!

(That wasn't meant to be a pun when I first typed it, but I'll go with it)

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JoeSketchConcepts-DA [2008-09-19 06:08:43 +0000 UTC]

NIce work with the rocks. how do you do it?

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Sindrome-Myndflay [2008-02-21 08:49:30 +0000 UTC]

i love the textures and the hollow unliving face captured in the pic <3

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sledzwss [2007-10-20 20:35:31 +0000 UTC]

GREAT!

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Louisisthebest007 [2007-08-13 20:49:24 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful execution of pencil-smudging, the golem's shading is textured well like stone! Even if it is from Blizzard, it's an awesome tribute!

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Eternity9 [2005-12-29 08:57:51 +0000 UTC]

Nice love the markings on it!

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Kieroski [2005-12-20 18:06:34 +0000 UTC]

wow, I love the detail you put into the rocks forming the Golem's body. Sadly, my parents won't let me get WoW. So I haven't played it. /-\

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Nukerjsr [2005-12-20 04:44:27 +0000 UTC]

Ah, very beautiful. Nice shading and coloring on the runes. Looks like an exact replica. I'm trying to figure out which golem it is though...since they come in so many colors. I just know it's not the one in the Searing Gorge.

BTW, do you ever submit to the Blizzard Fan Art Section at worldofwarcraft.com? You'd definately make it.

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Keppit [2005-12-20 01:06:26 +0000 UTC]

holy shazbots!

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neoeclipse [2005-12-19 23:49:20 +0000 UTC]

Incredible O.O

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tatsku [2005-12-19 14:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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Saber1705 [2005-12-19 05:37:19 +0000 UTC]

Great drawing ... looks really fantastic!!!
I love the colors and the blue glows ...

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Retro7 [2005-12-19 03:03:06 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, love the shading and coloring. Really makes the picture's atmosphere stand out. Good job.

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jacmaktsi [2005-12-19 00:52:11 +0000 UTC]

You know what you should do? you should get into the cartooning and comic industry.You
have no idea how much money you can make at this! This is very awsome!

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Inu-Jean [2005-12-18 23:17:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow.....check out the rocky feel to this, I like that as much as I like the bit of glow around him!

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geardrafter [2005-12-18 23:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Looks like a pretty small golem for the head size, but other than that it looks really nice, especially for three hours work. Well done.

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waya5 [2005-12-18 21:07:02 +0000 UTC]

In my culture, this creature is called Nunyun'nunwi, or dressed in stone. It is said that he was slain by 7 women and when he was burned alive, he sang into being all the medicines, songs and rituals of my people.

Beautiful piece, lots of shadowing...love it and must fave it.

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SonicoCyborg [2005-12-18 19:25:25 +0000 UTC]

This pic is great.

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wat-isnt-taken [2005-12-18 15:33:05 +0000 UTC]

great work!

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joelee88 [2005-12-18 15:18:14 +0000 UTC]

Nice and Fantasy!!!!

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poltergeist91 [2005-12-18 12:03:24 +0000 UTC]

Kewl--the sketchy way you've drawn it makes it look really unique

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Dombrus [2005-12-18 11:30:47 +0000 UTC]

Whoa......dude....whoa......dude?................???
I just confused myself.

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Butterfly8759 [2005-12-18 08:54:05 +0000 UTC]

I love your shading in here and really like how you created a texture through your use of line with dark charcoal/pencil tools(?) for shading. Awesome job.

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alohacooldude [2005-12-18 08:23:23 +0000 UTC]

very nice shading work

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lost130 [2005-12-18 07:54:50 +0000 UTC]

Very kool I love the colors. You did excellent. I'm awful at drawing things like this. I'll stick with Disney and Anime for awhile.

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Calined [2005-12-18 07:00:48 +0000 UTC]

i ~like~ it
the surface looks really smooth hard and shining

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KimbaLemur [2005-12-18 06:12:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh I see these monsters in my Castlevania Game for the DS! ^^

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Pe-a-ch [2005-12-18 06:06:01 +0000 UTC]

Those glowing lines reminds me of Atlantis ^^ nice job

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Ameba [2005-12-18 05:37:21 +0000 UTC]

fabulosu color man

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StripedTiger [2005-12-18 03:59:27 +0000 UTC]

wow that's awesome, i've never seen anyone draw a golem before, very nice job!

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David-Parr [2005-12-18 03:30:15 +0000 UTC]

have you played "Shadow Of The Colossus" for ps2 [link]
you should give it a try

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David-Parr In reply to David-Parr [2005-12-18 03:53:59 +0000 UTC]

yeah

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Ribera In reply to David-Parr [2005-12-18 03:52:55 +0000 UTC]

I have! It's a really good game!

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fluffykittenears [2005-12-18 03:09:12 +0000 UTC]

Great piece, I think that runes on the shoulders are very well done. I am a little confused about what you ment when you said that you were going from dark to light instead of light to dark. Well I'm off to see the rest of your gallery!

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JonnyAMax [2005-12-18 03:07:43 +0000 UTC]

I agree Golems do kick ass ^^ be they elemental or what not. I like this one, he has a very anchient feel to him ^^

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Ovni-the-UFO [2005-12-18 03:01:53 +0000 UTC]

daaaaaaaang, cool!

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B1ueWo1f [2005-12-18 02:54:36 +0000 UTC]

ah poo...lol at first i thought you were drawing Golem from LOTR...oh well.

this is very well done though, as always

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Lussebullen85 [2005-12-18 02:54:24 +0000 UTC]

GOLEM!!! So beautiful! HAH its fun fun when we almost run into them in warcraf LMAO!! Awsome job hun!

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kalkie [2005-12-18 02:50:51 +0000 UTC]

An classmate of mine from art class once brought the art of World of Warcraft. It came with his purchase of the game, and from looking inside the pages I sooo wanted that book. Blizzard has some really awesome creature and character designs.

As for your rendition of a Golem, that is really-really awesome For me, the coolest bit would be the glowing inscriptions and the very smooth/rocky texture of the golem.

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Ribera In reply to kalkie [2005-12-18 03:03:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

I added the glowing because i thought it needed some more bright spots.
The book you are talking about is one of my favorite artbooks.
It's packed with inspiration.

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