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Commission by ~JD-009


Original Lines - [link]
By *windriderx23

Color - `vest




Whew-whee, this one was a bit more difficult than I originally thought it would be. Lots of overlap, lots of lighting to keep in mind. The thing with fire is the way it is a very ambient light source, which fills an area with lots of light. There isn't much shadow around it, as the light from a fire can really bend around corners. Yet at the same time, the entire surface of fire is comprised of differing values of brightness, so the end result is a very complicated, varied lighting effect.

Coupling that with a chrome polished metal, curved mind you, resulted in this image really taking a lot of energy out of my mind and hands. Thank the gods there's a Mythbusters marathon on tonight, or I would've started finding lame excuses to stand up and move around just to waste time.

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Comments appreciated. Criticism honored.

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Comments: 21

hazamzam [2010-02-06 14:41:28 +0000 UTC]

nicely done...nice coloring as well, keep it up

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JackieTran [2010-02-03 09:03:40 +0000 UTC]

look likes Star Wars

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TheLordDarkWolf [2010-02-03 06:47:24 +0000 UTC]

great concept but I think some more reflection would come off the metal you have there

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picklenation [2010-02-03 03:53:21 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous!

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JamieFayX [2010-02-02 21:45:33 +0000 UTC]

whose the best art team on dA?!

THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S US!! LOL

this turned out great!!

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vest In reply to JamieFayX [2010-02-03 02:26:26 +0000 UTC]

You be Crosby, I'll be Stills, and Nash will be the guy who commissions us.

Neil Young could be Nash's girlfriend.

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JamieFayX In reply to vest [2010-02-03 03:19:22 +0000 UTC]

lol

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JoshClarkeDraws [2010-02-02 16:18:27 +0000 UTC]

Dude, this is fantastic. You totally transformed an already-great piece of lineart. the lighting is briliant, and depth is conveyed well

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vest In reply to JoshClarkeDraws [2010-02-03 03:16:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks you very much for the compliments! Glad you like it.

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Igloinor [2010-02-02 12:27:47 +0000 UTC]

The face and the sword... MmmmM! Yummy colored.

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vest In reply to Igloinor [2010-02-03 03:16:17 +0000 UTC]

It's delicious!

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Igloinor In reply to vest [2010-02-03 06:15:11 +0000 UTC]

Hell yeah!

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knytcrawlr [2010-02-02 10:34:13 +0000 UTC]

another triumph!

incredible lighting work and texturing, especially on the steel! incredible work!

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vest In reply to knytcrawlr [2010-02-03 03:16:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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knytcrawlr In reply to vest [2010-02-03 06:40:30 +0000 UTC]

no prob

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FuzzyxPanda [2010-02-02 09:56:15 +0000 UTC]

I think the sword is my favorite part of this. The sword and her hair. Very well done.

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vest In reply to FuzzyxPanda [2010-02-03 03:16:45 +0000 UTC]

Yep, as I stated to Jamie, don't ask for a repeat performance of the sword, I have no clue how it came together. It just...did.

Thanks!

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FuzzyxPanda In reply to vest [2010-02-03 04:13:19 +0000 UTC]

That is too cool...

And not a problem! ^_^

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N-o-X-i-S18 [2010-02-02 08:30:24 +0000 UTC]

Cool!!!!!

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vest In reply to N-o-X-i-S18 [2010-02-03 03:16:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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N-o-X-i-S18 In reply to vest [2010-02-03 08:04:05 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome!

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