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sPexXyFrederik Valdenhiem

Published: 2005-08-20 06:44:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 5416; Favourites: 84; Downloads: 3810
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Description A character that I invented for a story idea that I had, but alas my writing skills are not up to the task, hopefully my pixel skills are!!
Frederik Valdenhiem, pictured here post vampiric induction and with shadow servant!
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A quick history of F.J.Valdenhiem,

Once a human nobleman, he married Elenor Lapointe, but her life was taken by the vampire 'Kraven'

He tried to defeat Kraven, but was not strong enough as a mortal, so he studied the dark arts of Necromancy and Diabolism under the guidance of the arch mage Ardenhald.

Eventually after being trapped by Kraven and forced to destroy his mentor, he was humiliated in the worst way when Kraven decided to induct him into the flock, he spent days chained in a cell, becoming what he despised the most, a vampire.

When the beast had taken over, Frederiks past pains had all been forgotten and unaware of his past, he was used by Kraven as a bodyguard and right hand man.

In the years that folowed Frederik performed terrible acts and evil throughout the kingdoms, until eventually battling the nightmare demon 'Qeolkrae' who, before attemping to kill Frederik, showed him that his worst nightmare, was in fact the reality of his forgotten past, the battle raged on for several days, before Frederik was victorious.

He went on to fulfill his desire of revenge by defeating Kraven in front of his minions and became the prince of shadows, ruler of his own clan.

The nightmares would not leave him however and he saught knowledge of how to stop his torment.

A messenger from the afterlife came to make a pact with Frederik and together they eventually came to an undestanding that if he wished to meet Elenor again, he must die, however this in itself would not be enough, he would need to redeem himself for all past crimes that he had committed and purge the world of a few demons and other nasty stuff along the way, before being welcomed into the kingdom of heaven and being reunited with his beloved.

Did he do it?

Who knows?

Well I do and I'm not telling!!

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The blood he is crying is an example of his suffering and pain at the loss of his dear Elenor, vampires cannot cry tears!!

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Comments: 52

Blueberry-pie [2005-09-06 06:32:19 +0000 UTC]

He-hey, I remember seeing this on PixelJoint... nice job, and congrats on the DD

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jSepia [2005-09-06 04:57:51 +0000 UTC]

That's some great pixelling work. It looks somewhat simple at first, but it's easy to notice the amount of work that went into it. The hair is wonderful, it looks quite realistic. Also the boots, it's so easy to overlook them, but they detail on them is astounding despite their small size. If there's anything I would critique, it's that you don't use enough dithering and anti-aliasing, but this is probably not part of your style, so it's not necessarily wrong. Congratulations on the DD!

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sPexXy In reply to jSepia [2005-09-06 17:45:02 +0000 UTC]

To be fair, antialaising is not my strong point, but I am learning and as for dithering, I'm affraid I'm a bit of a checkerboard overuser and I haven't really grasped other forms of dithering yet!!

I'm glad that you like the boots, they are my favourite part of this piece, Thanx for the constructive Crits, I will try to improve on my weak points!!

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ShadowWaluigi1826 [2005-09-06 04:54:12 +0000 UTC]

Incredible... This guy's AWESOME... I have no pixel skills whatsoever...

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sugarnspike613 [2005-09-06 04:03:02 +0000 UTC]

Very cool character (love the pixels), and the storyline is awesome too.

Fyi, vampires do cry tears of blood. Not just when in pain, but whenever they cry. Their mortal bodies have deceased, therefore they no longer have the ability to produce saltwater tears.

((Little bit of a vampire enthusiast, humour me ))

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sPexXy In reply to sugarnspike613 [2005-09-06 18:15:34 +0000 UTC]

Well I never studied it, but I thought along those lines, that a vampire would be incapable of crying normal tears, I myself love the vampire mythos (or is it?) and just thought that crying blood looked cool and was a very emotional expression of pain for Frederick (Crying from the heart, the tears of love flow as if a river awash with blood!!)

ThanX 4 your comment!!

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sugarnspike613 In reply to sPexXy [2005-09-07 01:31:26 +0000 UTC]

Well, you thought correctly. Vampires, in most stories/myths/etc., do cry tears of blood. But I agree, works very well for what you're trying to portray.

On another note, is your avatar a jumping Ewok? I'm a huge Star Wars geek as well

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sPexXy In reply to sugarnspike613 [2005-09-07 04:57:39 +0000 UTC]

Yep, a little Wicket W Warrick, as played in the film by warrick davis!!

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sugarnspike613 In reply to sPexXy [2005-09-08 04:28:52 +0000 UTC]

Yay!!! Wickect kicks ass.

Yay for Warric Davis. He also plays Professer Flitwick in the Harry Potter films.

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Ryokox [2005-09-06 03:27:42 +0000 UTC]

wow.

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Garma [2005-09-06 02:07:31 +0000 UTC]

Congrats on the DD.

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sPexXy In reply to Garma [2005-09-06 17:27:49 +0000 UTC]

ThanX Garma!!!,
I still can't believe it

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darlingdeath [2005-09-06 00:05:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow, beautiful... i cant do pixel art 1/4 as good...

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sPexXy In reply to darlingdeath [2005-09-06 17:41:16 +0000 UTC]

I have not seen any of your Pixelart, as there has been no submissions to your gallery so I cannot comment on your level of pixel abillity nor offer assistance for you to improve your skills, but I'm sure you are not as bad as you think!!

I have been reading some of your stuff, very good!!

ThanX 4 the comment!!

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darlingdeath In reply to sPexXy [2005-09-06 20:23:00 +0000 UTC]

thanks and your welcome

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kittydemonchild [2005-09-06 00:04:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I like the pixels! His story is good too! Beautiful!

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UluvM3andIluvU [2005-09-05 23:46:29 +0000 UTC]

wow, this is amazing. ima watch you. i luv how the muscles and shading came out. cthe hair is equallu awesome. i wish i could pixel like that. as much as i try, i can't get the hang of dithering, it' drives me insane. do you have any tutorials? ^^ they;d totally help, i am such a sucky pixel artist.

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Kelnorai-Marohen [2005-09-05 23:04:24 +0000 UTC]

Simply amazing, excellent detail!

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leadbones [2005-09-05 22:58:49 +0000 UTC]

Now this is a character I like. Quite similar to my character, Harlan, in all the right ways. (I'm not saying anything except we have a similar view on what makes a badass.) If his eyes were bleeding black goo from soulless shadowy pits, you could slap some overly designed futuristic/gothic armor on him and he could be Harlan's medieval ancestor. I really like this character a lot. If you would let me do a pen and ink drawing of him, I'd be honored. Check out my gallery. Are you making a game or something? Making a game is my ultimate goal in life.

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zebravissimo [2005-09-05 21:05:07 +0000 UTC]

Nice story

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onebadpenny [2005-09-05 19:15:11 +0000 UTC]

your pixel skills are obviously excellent

what i'm liking most, tho', is the whole storyline.. exceptionally well thought out, and that wonderful twist on the old amnesia thing..

quite impressive

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fussygirl [2005-09-05 17:59:00 +0000 UTC]

I think your writing is completly up to snuff.
And your pixels dazzle the mind! I think antialiased shouldn' t be nessisary for each piece. This one doesn't need anything else.
I like his familiar.. he's tiny.

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Juritsu [2005-09-05 16:31:18 +0000 UTC]

That Kicks @$$!

Kepp up the good work ^_^

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zarkia [2005-09-05 15:25:37 +0000 UTC]

that is a cool character bio. he sounds tortured. i'd love to hear what happens at the end.
amazing pixel work aswell. the detail of the muscles and his bracer / glove thing is brilliant.

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Tep0seN [2005-09-05 15:02:23 +0000 UTC]

I guess he refuses the sacrifice. I just wonder. Have you ever played the Leagacy of Kain? You character seemst to be a combination by the two main characters: Kain and Raziel. Kane who became a vampire so i he could 1. Revenge himself 2. Fix the world. But he refused the sacrifse of his own life. And the world became a worse place. And Raziel whic once was a noble soldier who fought against the vampires. But he became one of them himself in the end. Im a big fan of the games so i liked this character alot. So

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raiki15 [2005-09-05 14:54:13 +0000 UTC]

Where's the antialias man?

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InViSiBlE-2-aLL [2005-09-05 14:23:06 +0000 UTC]

wow! thats amazing!

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Forestina-Fotos [2005-09-05 14:14:04 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Congrats on the DD!!!

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natarelki [2005-09-05 13:55:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the early 90'th gaming feel ))

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Tokoroken [2005-09-05 13:27:28 +0000 UTC]

Nice pixel art!

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Safyre [2005-09-05 12:08:38 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic, I love the gothness of it.
Smexy

Congrats on the DD!

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coiso [2005-09-05 11:48:47 +0000 UTC]

nice..

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Charmology [2005-09-05 11:33:18 +0000 UTC]

pixel skills+storyline=good=

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Realm-Of-The-Shadows [2005-09-05 10:35:51 +0000 UTC]

how fitting! PERFECT!

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Flameydragwasp [2005-09-05 10:24:27 +0000 UTC]

This is sorta like what's happening to some people in DA

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spiritwithin [2005-09-05 10:17:14 +0000 UTC]

congrats on your DD... love the character and the amoutn of details shown

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kYnQuinhe [2005-09-05 10:04:35 +0000 UTC]

great piece of pixel art!

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megaduce [2005-08-23 00:29:31 +0000 UTC]

SweeeT

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sPexXy In reply to megaduce [2005-08-25 16:12:44 +0000 UTC]

ThanX, I like it too!!

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megaduce In reply to sPexXy [2005-09-26 04:14:32 +0000 UTC]

NP

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oatmealFREAK [2005-08-20 10:56:38 +0000 UTC]

great shading ^^

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sPexXy In reply to oatmealFREAK [2005-08-20 21:52:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, originally it was too dithered, but I updated it, glad you like it!!

thanX again!!!

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oatmealFREAK In reply to sPexXy [2005-08-21 10:26:14 +0000 UTC]

yeah... over-dithering is not suck a good thing...

but great job!

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zachriel In reply to oatmealFREAK [2005-09-05 21:38:14 +0000 UTC]

done with style and caution, over-dithering can be a pretty neat job. I saw a picture once which would've been flat and boring unless it was over-dithered, the dithering made it interesting - something to look at.

but most of the times it's not such a good thing

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oatmealFREAK In reply to zachriel [2005-09-05 21:44:08 +0000 UTC]

yeah thats true.... and congrats on the DD ^^

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zachriel In reply to oatmealFREAK [2005-09-05 21:47:31 +0000 UTC]

not my DD, but thanks anyway

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oatmealFREAK In reply to zachriel [2005-09-06 10:01:34 +0000 UTC]

er... sorry... my bad.,...

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sPexXy In reply to oatmealFREAK [2005-08-25 16:23:32 +0000 UTC]

ThanX!!

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oatmealFREAK In reply to sPexXy [2005-08-25 17:27:07 +0000 UTC]

^^

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Forestina-Fotos [2005-08-20 09:34:03 +0000 UTC]

Oooooh cool character!

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