Grey Fox's Art

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

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If you want to browse all my work in one place, I'd suggest taking a look at my deviant art gallery, you can also view the full resolution versions of all the images previewed here.

http://greyf0xuk.deviantart.com

If you are so inclined, you can find my commissions thread here: Grey's Commissions. Please direct any commission enquiries and the like to the commission thread, all other comments, praise, criticism and general arty banter is welcome in this one ^^

Sidra

Sidra

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

CT

NITE

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Love the water in the Kryta background, the detail on the necromancer, and the ranger actually riding the Moa bird :-) Keep up the good work.

Relambrien

Relambrien

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Delaware, USA

Error Seven Operators [Call]

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That's no Moa Bird! That's a Chocobo! >_>

But yeah, excellent work. I love the Kryta picture, too. Characters are great, as well.

greyf0x_f0x

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Chocobos ftw! There were 3 sources of inspiration for that picture, the original screenshot (of the ranger and moa bird) lots of photos of ostriches (they run really wierd O_o), aaaand, a couple of pictures of chocobos!

"I'm using Summon Chocobo!": For the next 5...20 seconds, you move 50% faster. If hit whilst under the effects of riding a chocobo, you are knocked down and become dazed, crippled and start bleeding for 10 seconds.

Ulivious The Reaper

Ulivious The Reaper

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Shadowed Assassins

W/Mo

i really love your art style, can't wait to see more works man

Wretchman Drake

Wretchman Drake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Charr Carvings and [BeeR]

draw the grey fox from oblivion in a guild wars setting lol! but yes very nice work!

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

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draw the grey fox from oblivion... Funny you should mention that, my first play through oblivion was a bit wierd, since my character was called Grey Fox. All these beggars were talking about me, it was a little disturbing. Took me a while to realise he was an NPC. So yeah, he stole my name! (which I stole from MGS >_> )

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by greyf0x_f0x
Funny you should mention that, my first play through oblivion was a bit wierd, since my character was called Grey Fox. All these beggars were talking about me, it was a little disturbing. Took me a while to realise he was an NPC. So yeah, he stole my name! (which I stole from MGS >_> ) Snaakkkkkke...

Keep up the good work greyf0x. Can't wait for my turn to come along, hopefully not long now

winterzcall

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Really great stuff Greyfox ^^ not only are they done very well, but I like the idea of seeing gw characters in a different setting, normal life stuff. When i first saw the ballet dancer and lady on the bed pics i didnt realise they were gw characters :P until you look closer. great stuff, keep it up ^^

actionjack

actionjack

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kali

W/E

highly detail... pure pro level...

something I could never achieve...

Ember010

Ember010

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

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wow! im in awe! I especially love your mesmer pics, the ballet one and the one in her room. It just shows a side of characters people never show. They have drawings of action poses but you work has a certain tranquility! I love the way that it just seems like they can be them in their own environment, yahno? great work =]

Peka

Peka

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Join Date: Nov 2006

N/

wow ...

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

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Updates of Hyper's Necro ^^


-Old 3FL-

-Old 3FL-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

Western Australia.

Crystal Mountain [CM]

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Very cool.
I was gonna suggest putting a type of aura/power in his hands, but i see you have done it.
Very nice.

Hypernecrofear

Hypernecrofear

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Join Date: Jun 2006

Virginia

Grenths Rejects [GR]

N/Me

Sweet Baby Cleatus.....

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-Old 3FL-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

Western Australia.

Crystal Mountain [CM]

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Bet you like it aye hyper?

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

Wow. I wish I had 100k for one of those pictures You must be making a fortune out of this.

-Old 3FL-

-Old 3FL-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

Western Australia.

Crystal Mountain [CM]

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I bet he is too.
FoW coming up for him i guess?

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

A few crits:

I dont see why someone who has a right handed guitar has the strap over their right shoulder......if you have it on to play and slung it over your back, it should still be over the left shoulder.

The depths of field in the Krytan pic and the sunset picnic pic dont match the characters very well. They feel pasted on

As it stands, you are only using direct lighting and shading, not really utilizing any reflected color and lighting. This is very obvious in the necromancer pic, there should be a great big glow of green on just about everything.

Keep up the good work

crazydan

crazydan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Lincoln UK

Angel Sharks [DVDF]

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:-D i like the efects and detail in your backgrounds, i havent worked on backgrounds much yet (ill have to learn i guess :S)

Keep up the good work, o and btw have you ever got to the end of ur list? myn keeps getting biger :S

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

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Quote:
Originally Posted by lyra_song
A few crits:

I dont see why someone who has a right handed guitar has the strap over their right shoulder......if you have it on to play and slung it over your back, it should still be over the left shoulder.

The depths of field in the Krytan pic and the sunset picnic pic dont match the characters very well. They feel pasted on

As it stands, you are only using direct lighting and shading, not really utilizing any reflected color and lighting. This is very obvious in the necromancer pic, there should be a great big glow of green on just about everything.

Keep up the good work
All good criticisms. ^^

The depth of field is basically a by-product of my working style, in which I do the character first, then an interesting background and literally "paste" them onto the background. This can affect not only the depth of the image, but also the general perspective. As you rightly point out, it's not always a perfect match The Kryta background in particular was done almost like a postcard, based on a few in game screenshots, and had the characters added only once it was complete. The water, especially on the elementalist, was almost an afterthought, to unify the characters and the background. The background I'm least happy with, out of all the images so far, is the "sunset" triptych, I think the reason it came out a little awkward, was because I was trying to get 3 distinct moods in a very short space. However, having said all this, since the character is the focal point of the image, having them stand apart a little from their surroundings is not always a bad thing.

As for the lighting, that is indeed somthing I've been thinking about myself, and somthing I will probably work on improving.

About the guitar, I didn't even think about it to be honest. Personally, I'd be more concerned about how a ranger could ride a moa bird bareback, whilst firing a bow, if I was going for consistency >_>

Personally, I find looking at my own work simply a case of looking at what went wrong, or what could be improved in an image. That's one of the main reasons I will never draw my own characters, because I would be looking at all the artistic mistakes I made, and not the character. There are things I'd change in every single one of my images, looking at them now with hindsight. But there has to be a point at which you stop working, and call it done. So long as the people who requested the image are happy, you had fun whilst working on it, and can learn from any mistakes, it's all good

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o and btw have you ever got to the end of ur list? myn keeps getting biger :S Far from it, demand far outstrips supply I can usually only manage to get one or two pictures done every week or so, at last count, I have enough people queued up to continue drawing for at least six months before I reach the end of my (now frozen) list :s

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

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This is really cool, I wish I had gotten on the now frozen list.
PM me when you are open for orders again.

DeathandtheHealing

DeathandtheHealing

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2006

In a PVE GUILD YAY! :P

Me/Mo

soo want one of these ^_^

really incredible drawing style love it

goodluck!
~Kate

Shadowfox1125

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

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Very nice..
I want art skills..!

Jecht Scye

Jecht Scye

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Lucky Crickets[Luck]

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heh, what are you going to do when you run out of room for all of the money you're going to be making?

greyf0x_f0x

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jecht Scye
heh, what are you going to do when you run out of room for all of the money you're going to be making? I'm in no danger there, I have expensive tastes >_>. Since I started doing commissions, my gold ballance hasn't gone above 200k, I just spend it all too fast

Whilst I won't deny that this is giving me a good income, the rate at which I complete the works, isn't amazing (let's say on average 1 a week) In the days when I used to farm for gold, I'd be pulling in that much cash easily. So whilst it's making me comfortable, all it really means in terms of my finances, is that I'm drawing instead of farming. The way I look at it, I'm not really in this to get rich (if I were, I could probably increase my prices somewhat, and target myself at the uber rich crowed) I based my prices on the time I spend on these pictures, and roughly how much that translates into GW gold.

ravensong

ravensong

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Croatia

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I tottaly agree with u gray fox! Drawing is great replacement for farming!
...gold! *drool*
Hmm im watching all these commisions and im thinking i should make one too...(when i buy tablet duh )

...but who would want my drawings lol....

Elemental Cotton

Elemental Cotton

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Mo

Wow. Awesome.. I love how you do the digital coloring.

XoOX_Doc_XOox

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

In the shadows..

Building Monuments [HaLL]*PM me*

E/Me

This is truly astonishing, I must say I have never ever seen anything like this.

Lili Frog

Lili Frog

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

France

Happy Froggies

Mo/Rt

A lot of work over here ^^
Nice jobs

Mike_version2

Mike_version2

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Join Date: May 2006

all look good to me,
keep up the good work

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

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Mo/Me

What do grand master cartographer gladiator's do on holiday? Relax on the beach with a cool cocktail, and consult their maps and charts for new places to explore of course.

But life can never be simple.... can it!

yo home boi

yo home boi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Neutral Selection [TNS]

lol ur awsome!!

Martian

Martian

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The Arse-end of no-where

Grey Mortals

Me/E

She's lovely

DeathandtheHealing

DeathandtheHealing

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2006

In a PVE GUILD YAY! :P

Me/Mo

I think theres a monster under your maps

Nicely done

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

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Man I wish we had scabbard's in Guild Wars...

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

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Toronto

Hopping

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Man I wish we had scabbard's in Guild Wars... /Drooooooooool

Valeria

Valeria

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Germany

PaRe

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One of the reasons why i like summertime and beaches
After the "kind of a big deal" poor Valeria surely deserves some holidays.

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

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Had lots of fun with this commission ^_^

Unlucky Slayer

Unlucky Slayer

RAGE INCARNATE

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sitting at The Guild Hall 2, being happy.

Nerd Clan [NK]

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Man if only I had the money to get the rest done for my drawing. My ranger on his Moa would look awesome colored.