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Lineart - ~JustArt27
Color - `vest
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From Pliny the Elder's Natural History, 79 AD

The like propertie hath the serpent called a Basiliske: bred it is in the province Cyrenaica, and is not above twelve fingers-breadth long: a white spot like a starre it carrieth on the head, and setteth it out like a coronet or diademe: if he but hisse once, no other serpents dare come neere: he creepeth not winding and crawling by as other serpents doe, with one part of the bodie driving the other forward, but goeth upright and aloft from the ground with the one halfe part of his bodie:

he killeth all trees and shrubs not only that he toucheth, but that he doth breath upon also: as for grasse and hearbs, those hee sindgeth and burneth up, yea and breaketh stones in sunder:

so venimous and deadly is he. It is received for a truth, that one of them upon a time was killed with a launce by an horseman from his horseback, but the poison was so strong that went from his bodie along the staffe, as it killed both horse and man


This image started about a week ago on Easter Sunday. However, due to work, this one had to be put off until the subsequent weekend, to which I picked it up again, and I'll be honest here, I hated the color scheme I was using.

Bright pink and black. Yeah. I was going for a tattered punk chick look. Then it got to the rest of the scene, and I realized that whomever started pumping shrooms in the air vents should really knock it off. So this one went through a major revamp from the ground up, to which I nabbed a Slurpee and decided that I needed to actually create a character out of this.

The original title of the image is GOA's Zeal Row. It's the antagonist of a particular story. So I felt that if this was to be an antagonist, they should sample from some of the greatest mythological beasts to really build themselves.

Thus, seeing many humanoid statues in the scene, opted for the basilisk. Let's not forget that I'm also a huge fan of reptiles.


Photoshop CS2
Wacom Tablet
CG-Textures.com for background assets

Comments appreciated. Criticism honored.
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Comments: 36

miguel-el-kender [2014-03-07 23:07:42 +0000 UTC]

guau

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jun-bo [2013-09-21 21:20:46 +0000 UTC]

so sexy!

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MarratoKensuto [2011-11-27 06:44:02 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work! ;D

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InvaderCaim [2010-01-27 14:40:14 +0000 UTC]

wow.....shes beautiful

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MONSTA-E [2008-11-06 01:34:59 +0000 UTC]

very nice!the coloring gives it that spooky feel

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Lechtonen [2008-09-01 23:50:34 +0000 UTC]

I believe I've been staring at this piece earlier as well. There's something very captivating about it.

I think the almost expressionist body proportions have to do with that. The straight vertical staff emphasizes the exaggarated curves.

Mmmhm... And the body/snake combo fights with the bright gleams for my attention.

Great job.

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Scorch-D [2008-05-24 02:57:02 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful colours and amazing lines. This is a great collab. Your colouring inspires me , I really love the details on the background especially.

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vest In reply to Scorch-D [2008-05-25 05:47:14 +0000 UTC]

Heh, looking at your work, I'll tell you that the inspiration goes both ways. Thank you very much.

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Mew16 [2008-05-07 15:43:22 +0000 UTC]

wow very good work

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s0ulasylum [2008-04-27 22:15:25 +0000 UTC]

hullo^^ sorry I couldn't make comments on your photos because... I'm just completely dumb with this kind of thing^^ It's a bit more easy to comment here. Here we go...

First... Where is the "white spot like a starre it carrieth on the head" ? Kidding I had some difficulties to translate all of the text but it's damn interesting^^ and thanks a lot for not using pink... Pink is EVIL, remember !!!^^

You made an beautiful use of lighting with the soft shadows and tiny but outstanding jewelry spots. The different color you used for the eyes attract particularly^^

Now... (huho^^)

There is one thing I find strange, it's the background. I saw the outlines by GOA Zeal Row but for me, right now, it looks like the walls are a mix between 3D and 2D. I don't know how to explain it. Maybe my eyes are just dying. Do you have a sample of it of higher resolution ?

To finish... It's an amazing great team work. I guess the statue is some very unlucky girl who came across ? She deserved it then !

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GODesigns87 [2008-04-07 08:54:59 +0000 UTC]

love the colouring

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semaj007 [2008-04-02 03:55:07 +0000 UTC]

The lineart is good but you're coloring is waaaaaaay awesome man! I love the skintone and the textures on the buildings the most! Great job!

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RedKamikaze [2008-04-01 16:11:29 +0000 UTC]

I'm speechless....oh in a good way of course, hahaha. Well hopefully I'll come up with something good soon.

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Riastrad729 [2008-04-01 11:47:37 +0000 UTC]

Simply awesome.

Cheers.

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jrh161 [2008-04-01 03:48:57 +0000 UTC]

Nice work by the both of you!

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vest In reply to jrh161 [2008-04-01 04:21:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. Really appreciated.

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jrh161 In reply to vest [2008-04-01 04:24:22 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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ShimmerStar [2008-03-31 23:53:25 +0000 UTC]

holy nugs....it's looks great! I"m really diggin the shadows. Great work...as usual

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vest In reply to ShimmerStar [2008-04-01 04:21:14 +0000 UTC]

I will admit that the shadows were used as a means of staging the character while taking emphasis off of the background (mostly because I was afraid I would totally throw off the image's balance if I put too terribly much effort into the BG). So with the cast shadow slicing it into different segments, it's designed to stage the character in a way so they pop out in front of the darker elements of the background.

But thank you for the input.

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clayscence [2008-03-31 20:26:49 +0000 UTC]

that is amazing!!! i reeally love it hun, great collab

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vest In reply to clayscence [2008-04-01 04:19:48 +0000 UTC]

Much thanks! Glad to hear you love it.

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DARTH-KANETAKER [2008-03-31 16:07:58 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work.

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vest In reply to DARTH-KANETAKER [2008-04-01 04:19:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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JustArt27 [2008-03-31 12:16:14 +0000 UTC]

that iz nutz. !!!!!!!!!! great work! you get a hug

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vest In reply to JustArt27 [2008-04-01 04:19:31 +0000 UTC]

Always glad to help out a line artist by rendering their work. Much thanks to you for providing your work, and directly offering it to me.

Thank you very much, too, for the approval.

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JustArt27 In reply to vest [2008-04-01 16:26:12 +0000 UTC]

anytime! if you see anything else floating around in my gallery you want to tackle sometime, feel free!

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japookins [2008-03-31 12:03:47 +0000 UTC]

that is hawt

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vest In reply to japookins [2008-04-01 04:18:34 +0000 UTC]

Just make sure she doesn't catch you staring.

Thank you.

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japookins In reply to vest [2008-04-01 11:43:46 +0000 UTC]

worth the risk lol

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Daku0G [2008-03-31 06:43:04 +0000 UTC]

very well done

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vest In reply to Daku0G [2008-03-31 06:48:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Glad you like it.

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forstarvingeyes [2008-03-31 06:41:35 +0000 UTC]

i wish wish i had a tablet.

amazing work.

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vest In reply to forstarvingeyes [2008-03-31 06:47:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much.

A tablet is one of the greatest investments one could make. And NOWADAYS, you can get a really fancy one for the same price as three tanks of gas!

Once I gained comfortable with a tablet, a funny thing happened. Photoshop became more fun than World of Warcraft.

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forstarvingeyes In reply to vest [2008-03-31 06:48:55 +0000 UTC]

my girlfriend has a touch screen laptop.

so whenever shes showering i doodle with it in paint, drawing on the screen might be cooler than a tablet. but its sort of cheap, so there are pressure and accuracy issues.

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vest In reply to forstarvingeyes [2008-03-31 06:54:49 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I've tried one of those myself.

The accuracy issue comes from the touch laptop simply having less touch points than a wacom tablet does. In a professional environment, it's highly recommended to ween oneself off the LCD display tablets, simply because not all production houses can afford them. So if somebody comfortable with a syntique (the brand with the LCD display) goes to a studio that has only graphires (the lower-priced bargain beauty I swear by), they're put in a tough spot.

But there I go again, rambling on incessantly about tablets. My apologies.

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forstarvingeyes In reply to vest [2008-03-31 06:57:24 +0000 UTC]

haha i totally see where youre coming from.

i dont work in the industry, unfortunately, i cant seem to make a break. probably having something to do with dropping out of art school and not being e-popular anymore. haha

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