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Published: 2012-04-06 08:34:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 562; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 6
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Inspired by a scene from Raymond E. Feist's "Shadow of a Dark Queen". Hopefully if I drew it correctly, you can identify what scene it is.
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This is brilliant! Having just read that book this brought me much joy. Nakor is one of the best characters!
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I am surprised that I did not think to draw Nakor sooner. He is one of my favorite characters.
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very cool! exspecialy the expression on his face! but i think you should define the silhouett of stuff in the background more (is it a ship?), make the edges more sharper and not so loose. I also think that light, that would come from the back to the front wich would overlap the lines of the figure, would make this picture more atmospheric and it would give the explosion more energy!
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Thanks! I agree with your points. I tried to have the stuff you were talking about but the way I set up the composition was defeating some of it. I might be drawing the same scene from other angles, from other character points of view. It is that cool a scene.
I did have more silhouettes of debris in the background but I thought it diminished the intensity of the explosion behind him. In the story it was supposed to seem not survivable, so I had to make it really powerful looking. Foreground debris covered up the explosion and too much background debris would required less explosion or more transparent flames(less intense plasma). I also had more volumetric shadows on the figure, but shadows would've meant the figure would be darker and details harder to see, so opted instead for greater glare in the background in order to have the details lit up on the figure.
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My mind's a bit fuzzy that far back, but I'd recognise Nakor and his bag of oranges any day!
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I had not thought about this scene in many years until I was reading the latest Feist book. Calis was recounting to a new acquaintance about seeing Nakor doing even "madder things" than taunting a demon. Cheers!
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Oh yes, I just read the latest book recently. I'm glad and sad that the series is finally winding down. I am getting ticked off at Feist's writing though. It's been sloppy for a long time and I hate how he re-explains everything to the reader. Couldn't he just do a 'the story so far' at the beginning?
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