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SapphireGamgee — Tree Attack

Published: 2010-10-26 08:38:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 5093; Favourites: 75; Downloads: 0
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Description The next in the latest series of commissions for and her Gundam Fantasy series.

Some explanations are in order here, I think. Ok, I had originally considered doing this in comic form, and I tried several sketches and versions, but none of them worked as well as this one. This is, obviously, not in comic form, but it was the best. At least, in my own mind. And boy, did it take a lot of fiddling and finagling to get it to this point! It was fun, though. I just had to force myself to stop noodling, or else I'd never have posted it.

I used copious amounts of texture brushes, and some of the leaves are also brushes and picture clippings, but the rest is completely me. The brushes and clippings just made it so much easier XD Also, Wuffers does not have his wings yet, which is a good thing, because they would have made the picture even more busy XD The dryads are naked, I know, but I don't know that this would require a mature rating. I used their hair and leaves and things to make them more modest. Well, and their skin is like bark, and even if you could see the front, they wouldn't have nipples or details or anything. I just don't want you all to think I'm getting racy. XD If you think I do need a mature rating for this, I'll slap it on there.



Here is a snippet from chapter nine, which is where this image comes from:



Turning back around, he found himself staring into the eyes of a young woman. She had long green willowy hair and paler green skin from which shown large sapphire eyes. As he looked into those eyes, he felt that he might drown in them. The young woman glared at Wufei and realized that she was much older than she seemed.

Her eyes… so much like Nataku’s.

“You have violated our trust, intruder.” The woman spoke with annoyance, her soft voice sounding very much like the wind in the trees. “We allowed you to enter our forest and yet you betrayed us. For that we will have our revenge.” So saying, the young woman stepped back toward a tree and melted into the bark as if it were water.

All around Wufei a breeze came up and roared through the trees. The sounds of a thousand angry voices assaulted his ears as he was pelted with small twigs and stones.

“I will not be detained!” Wufei yelled foolishly with pride, “I will free my God Protector! There are more important things than a tree. You will not stop me!”

A large branch cracked above Wufei hitting him on the back of the head, dropping him to the forest floor. Slowly his vision swam back before his eyes as he slowly recovered from the attack. When his vision finally became clear again, his eyes were wide with surprise. All around him in every tree, a small girl with green or brown hair and pale green skin glared at him with vengeance in her eyes. Again they began pelting Wufei with leaves, rocks and twigs.

The wind whirled around him and clouds covered the sun turning the forest shadowy and dark. All of the strange girls’ faces were twisted in rage and they bared fangs and wicked looking claws.

Battered from all sides, Wufei could not move in any direction without suffering branches slapping into him or claws raking at his exposed head and arms. His fury rising again, he brought up a cracking blue electrical shield around himself, which effectively blocked all the girls who attacked him.

Wufei gathered three electrical balls around him and threw them into the trees. They crackled and flashed as they impacted with each tree they came in contact with causing them to burst into flames. The three balls bounced and ricocheted from tree to tree. Some of the girls screamed and tried to put the fires out. While others jumped down to the forest floor surrounding Wufei. Vines whipped through the air entangling the Mage and the sky grew black until Wufei’s lightening spheres were the only source of light in the grove.

With a twitch, Wufei destroyed the vines. An aura of blue and white light radiated from his body. Three of the girls ran toward him shrieking and before he could blink one had latched onto his forearm sinking her teeth into his flesh. Another just grazed his cheek with her claws. Wufei spun around wrenching his wrist from the biting girl’s jaws and upon completion of his spin he backhanded her to the ground. Grabbing the last girl as she flew past him, Wufei caught her by the throat and threw the green-haired girl to the ground, pinning her beneath him.

She snapped and snarled at him, her soft feminine features shifting too more animalistic and vicious. Vines twined up and around snaring him from every angle, but Wufei was prepared for that. He lowered his hand to hover just above the girl’s throat. It glowed, an eerie blue and he glared at the growing ring of blue sapphire eyes that surrounded him.

“Stop!” The voice sounded like a snapping branch. The young woman who first spoke to Wufei stepped forward. “You’ve won this battle and we request that you harm no more of our kind.”




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Comments: 38

Nightmare-forever [2010-11-21 07:45:37 +0000 UTC]

VERY very striking. Gorgeous.

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SapphireGamgee In reply to Nightmare-forever [2010-11-23 05:06:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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Nightmare-forever In reply to SapphireGamgee [2010-12-11 08:02:51 +0000 UTC]

It's always a pleasure! ^W^

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aynessa [2010-11-14 15:48:36 +0000 UTC]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, go Wuffers, go Wuffers!

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SapphireGamgee In reply to aynessa [2010-11-15 02:37:24 +0000 UTC]

Heeheehee! KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

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ZeroChainYuy [2010-11-02 03:11:03 +0000 UTC]

WOW!!! Drool!!! *Bows to the master* I love it

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SapphireGamgee In reply to ZeroChainYuy [2010-11-03 03:39:12 +0000 UTC]

Awww! Thanks!

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meroe1313 [2010-10-30 16:25:01 +0000 UTC]

So much going on here, but you laid the picture out well, and Wufei's pose looks great, very believable. This almost looks like a screen shot from an old monster movie, because of the sepia tones. Great work!

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SapphireGamgee In reply to meroe1313 [2010-11-01 02:01:54 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha! Wuffers is in an old horror flick! It kind of does look that way, huh? I'm so happy you like this, and that it looks real to you and everything. Thank you so much!

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ViraMors [2010-10-29 19:15:11 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done

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SapphireGamgee In reply to ViraMors [2010-11-01 02:02:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ViraMors In reply to SapphireGamgee [2010-11-01 10:11:15 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome

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ShinigamiNatakulover [2010-10-27 21:20:01 +0000 UTC]

*speechless* Oh my goodness! This is beyond beautiful and completely amazing! I mean I'm partial to WuFei, but holy cow this is just plain Amazing love!! I have to day this is one of your best ones yet!

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SapphireGamgee In reply to ShinigamiNatakulover [2010-10-28 00:45:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! If this is one of my best, that means I'm improving, which makes me happy ^__^ I'm so glad you like it!

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ShinigamiNatakulover In reply to SapphireGamgee [2010-10-28 02:46:15 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome love! Yes, yes you are!

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ShadowPowerInUrFace [2010-10-26 21:50:28 +0000 UTC]

wow its really amazing how this came out not that i expected anyless

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SapphireGamgee In reply to ShadowPowerInUrFace [2010-10-27 00:49:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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wandering-fox [2010-10-26 20:42:44 +0000 UTC]

Stunning picture. The dryads are amazing.

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SapphireGamgee In reply to wandering-fox [2010-10-27 00:49:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! They are completely my design, so I'm very glad you like them!

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arzasfanelia [2010-10-26 20:27:17 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, I love how you did the trees. They look so cool.

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SapphireGamgee In reply to arzasfanelia [2010-10-27 00:50:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The trees were drawn and shaded by me, but I also used texture brushes, which helped a lot

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RinaChiba [2010-10-26 15:50:03 +0000 UTC]

Such a nice suprise to wake up to. ^ ^ I love it! The wood nymphs look amazing and so does Wufei!

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SapphireGamgee In reply to RinaChiba [2010-10-27 00:50:52 +0000 UTC]

Awww, thanks so much! I'm glad this was a nice thing to wake up to ^__^

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RinaChiba In reply to SapphireGamgee [2010-10-27 00:58:14 +0000 UTC]

I gives you cookies for the good work. XD

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SapphireGamgee In reply to RinaChiba [2010-10-27 01:20:19 +0000 UTC]

*nomnomnomnom* Thank you ^________^

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RinaChiba In reply to SapphireGamgee [2010-10-27 01:56:55 +0000 UTC]

^ ^

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JackOrJohn [2010-10-26 13:26:12 +0000 UTC]

They somehow remind me of gorgons.

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SapphireGamgee In reply to JackOrJohn [2010-10-27 00:51:37 +0000 UTC]

Especially the one in the back XD Her branchy "hair" almost looks like snakes.

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HaroGirl [2010-10-26 10:09:59 +0000 UTC]

I am not even sure where to begin on this piece.

You have truly outdone yourself with all the little challenges I throw your way. Like you I thought seeing this in 'comic form' would work like it did with 'Enemies' [link] , but this works far much better.

I must say that I am very impressed by the background you have created and the feel of depth it brings to the piece. Now throw in a pissed off Lightning Mage attacking that brings it to another level. I love how the lightning is giving off the only light in the forest and how the shadows creep around him.

I also like how each of the dryads have different types of hair like the forest itself. And the little detail of the one dryad catching Wufei's arm in a vine as he attacks another.

The more I look at this piece the more I see how much detail you put into it. You had way too much fun doing this one!

Thank you for creating this commission piece for me! I love it!

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SapphireGamgee In reply to HaroGirl [2010-10-27 00:58:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh good, I'm glad this worked out for you! I was a bit worried, mainly because not doing it in comic form might have disappointed you. I'm so glad that's not the case! This just ended up working the best of all the preliminary sketches.

As for the background....oh man, texture brushes are my favorite now XD And the dryads are pretty much how I always imagined dryads would look. I'm happy you like the whole thing, including the details. This was far too much fun ^____^ The last one is on its way!

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HaroGirl In reply to SapphireGamgee [2010-10-27 06:41:35 +0000 UTC]

Well, I still think you had way too much fun with this and I glad to see everything look so fantastic!

Can't wait to see how you will lay out the next piece!

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SapphireGamgee In reply to HaroGirl [2010-10-28 01:05:12 +0000 UTC]

I did, and thank you! It'll be on soon

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HaroGirl In reply to SapphireGamgee [2010-10-28 02:42:09 +0000 UTC]

Cool! You can watermark this one now.

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SapphireGamgee In reply to HaroGirl [2010-10-29 00:43:50 +0000 UTC]

Ok! I shall do so ^__^

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MCMXC2 [2010-10-26 09:17:46 +0000 UTC]

Cool!

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SapphireGamgee In reply to MCMXC2 [2010-10-27 00:58:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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PaladinCecil [2010-10-26 08:49:24 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that is awesome. I especially like the coloring.

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SapphireGamgee In reply to PaladinCecil [2010-10-27 00:59:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The shading took a long time, but the actual color took all of five seconds XD (It's a filter)

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