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theTrickyBunny — The Vengeful God
Published: 2011-01-09 18:57:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 592; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 5
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I've been working on this for a while now...since I did the other picture of Houten. I wanted a picture of him being epic. I'd hoped to finish it before New Years because I wanted to put it on the 2010 summary of art that I have yet to put up because I'm lazy...but whatever. : D
Drawing Houten in this was amazingly fun. I love the way the colouring came out and I love the shading and lighting and the fire was epic-mazing to draw even though I really sucked at it.
I may do terrible things to him in the story, but I still wuvs him and he's gonna get his revenge if I have any say in it. (And I do...>.>)
*EDIT*
Things I want to consider:
I'm not sure if I should try getting rid of the lines. I think they might be kinda distracting, but I'd like some other opinions. And it could prove annoying since that's the layer with the swirly-shirt decoration things on it.
Should I touch up the back part of the fire? Make it fade near the top or something?
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Alright so let me say this.
TOTALLY AWESOME.
Now if I could simply say this for a critique I would be done, however I'm required to say at least a hundred words. So here it goes.
First of all, the colors. Stunning. You even added the blue part of the flame which many (including myself) forget to add. The expression of the person is great, it clearly shows he is pissed. And by pissed I mean really pissed. I also love the effect of the flame parting away from his feet and going towards his hands. The only thing that I find is a bit much is the small orbs however I know those are embers and are needed e.deviantart.net/emoticons/x/x… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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I think it was a poor idea to copy+paste the hands. It's noticeable and distracting, looks unnatural because it takes a lot of effort to get one's hands into completely identical poses and at the same angle to the viewer, and copy+pasting them instead of drawing them means you get that much less practice drawing them.
I like the fire. It doesn't look like fire, but it evokes the same feeling and looks really cool. Mixing cool colours in there really gives it a magical touch.
I don't think you should get rid of the lines. Instead, maybe try adding some colour to them, so they're not just black?
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I'd completely forgotten about doing that, but looking at it again, I see it and yeah, you're right. I'm terrible at hands, so after getting one just right, I guess I figured there was no way I'd be able to get the other one...
Thanks~! Fire's another thing I have no idea how to draw. I just wing it and hope it looks alright. I'd rather have the fire here look at least a little more realistic, I think. I'd jut have to figure out how to go about that. I want it to keep the magical look as well, though.
Colouring the lines is a good idea. I'll try that.
Thanks for the critique~!
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Fire is just glowing plasma, so it adds with whatever light is behind it. You can emulate this with an Add or Screen blending mode, but the best thing is of course to paint it so that you actually understand why the colours are the way they are.
The best thing to do is look at reference. This is the one case where photos might actually be better than real life, because they keep the fire still and let you focus on the colours and shapes (but you should still look at plenty of real/non-movie video fire to get a feel for how it moves).
Thank you for now just stamping fire brushes on there. Doing it yourself is an important step towards getting awesome at it.
I'm not sure what to suggest specifically to make the fire more realistic, given that it's magical fire that doesn't just burn in one direction. Try looking at fire juggler videos and photos, as well as stunt people on fire (I'm serious). They make movements with fire that you wouldn't normally see, they might help.
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FREAKIN' EPIC!! I love staring at this!!
THE COLORS!! My favorite part is the clothes however!! I'm so jealous of your clothes-drawing skills!! YOU ROCK GIRL~!!
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I love the way his clothes came out, too~
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XD Okay I see it now. Well no one can say you don't pa y attention to details
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I love how you even thought to singe the edges of his coat a little bit. I love when artists pay attention to small details like that. Absolutely amazing!
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It's a bit more than singed though...it originally went down to like...his knees. XD What was hard was trying to keep in that design that's barely visible on the one side.
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the blue thing on his right side on the jacket thing.
[link] You can see it on this one. : D
It's on both sides, but the other one is supposed to be burned too far up on this one *rambles*
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OH MY FREAKIN JEBUS IT'S AWESOME!
The colors, the everything~!
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