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unleveLedNate — The Spire

Published: 2009-08-08 02:53:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 2211; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 36
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Description Two-page spread for leveL. The Spire, Capital of the city and HQ for the baddies.

More than just a page this is me figuring out and nailing down how to draw the backgrounds for the comic without outlines, in a more painterly fashion. Another change to go along with the character retreads I've been posting.

On top of that I decided to challenge myself with this and add to the new style a very hard lighting environment, as well as drawing the city for the first time in (semi) daylight, as some readers wondered if there even was a sun in this world. I also decided to try and get a more reflective look to the windows, which was a lot of fun even if it did mean redrawing the city and sky like 100 times x_X

I was originally gonna play around with more atmospheric perspective, but decided to go with the ultra-contrasty clear sky and sunbeams instead....might do another version later with no sharp light but misty-fog running throughout the city instead ^_^

(oh, and the comic hasn't been updated with this yet, btw...consider this a sneak peek )
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Comments: 17

Cellsai [2013-01-26 13:17:42 +0000 UTC]

I'm still waiting for closure on leveL.

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unleveLedNate In reply to Cellsai [2013-03-07 06:50:23 +0000 UTC]

It is not in vain!! <3

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Cellsai In reply to unleveLedNate [2013-03-07 07:29:29 +0000 UTC]

Good to hear

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weaveroffantasy [2011-10-19 01:49:31 +0000 UTC]

Everything about this is just perfect! And I love your webcomic!

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not-fun [2009-08-11 01:30:06 +0000 UTC]

totally freaking awesome, man. it came out amazing. i still love the sky, it feels so ominous.

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ravenroses [2009-08-10 00:29:50 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow... that's amazing!

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jisou-kishi [2009-08-08 22:02:58 +0000 UTC]

nice job on the level of detail, this must have taken hours (if not days) keep up the epic work!
btw cant wait for the next level update.

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pinda [2009-08-08 20:11:16 +0000 UTC]

great amount of detail and nice job on the colors!

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HysteriaBound [2009-08-08 13:20:57 +0000 UTC]

I didn't notice the sunbeams streaming down until you mentioned it, and then I went back to the pic and had my mind blown all over again!
I like the twisting roads through the city- they look kind of like log flumes xD And the top of the spire is cool. Your perspective is really good on the right hand side of the picture too. It's also really neat how the city sort of looms up a little in the background behind the spire, rather than having that stick up completely from the landscape.

Imagining how many people must live there makes me dizzy!

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zanaku [2009-08-08 08:44:33 +0000 UTC]

I always think the colours in your work are brilliant. Everything stands out perfectly.

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Sairus [2009-08-08 07:54:48 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty friggin spectacular. Blurred out cars is a nice touch.

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Stingdragon [2009-08-08 07:28:20 +0000 UTC]

That is really awesome.
I can't hel to wonder how long one of these backgrounds takes for you to draw.

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Catreactor [2009-08-08 06:23:44 +0000 UTC]

So, I had the background for Tank at Night (that you posted some two years ago) as my desktop for ever. If you have a desktop version of this in 1900 or larger, I just might change it to this.

You don't, do you?

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unleveLedNate In reply to Catreactor [2009-10-04 20:47:46 +0000 UTC]

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...that's as big as I can get it :3

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withdicedcorners [2009-08-08 04:43:29 +0000 UTC]

ffft xD
Nate and leveL forever and ever! <3333

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Cthulhette [2009-08-08 03:29:07 +0000 UTC]

Hot damn your background scenes always look amazing. The detail is beautiful. Top notch work.

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sushiekat [2009-08-08 02:57:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh.. oh my god. I think my eyes just fell out from the awesomeness and amazingness of this painting o_o

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