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[Morkai]

[Morkai]

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2007

Heroes of Elonia [HE]

W/Rt

Totally forgot about this thread. Looks like you've been making a way ffor yourself. As for a price list, looks like you've got that down too. I guess my commission requests can wait, at least until you clear some of your current ones.

Wouldn't want you to feel pressured.

[Morkai]

[Morkai]

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2007

Heroes of Elonia [HE]

W/Rt

Hm. Give me a day or so to think about what i'd like, and i'll get back to you.

Lector G

Lector G

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2008

Nobis Contra Mundi

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oh i updated my original post with pics and some details

Tzu

Tzu

Site Contributor

Join Date: Mar 2008

UK/norway

Order Of The Etherbloom Crown [ZEN]

You should probably change the title of this topic to "Bestian's commissions" or something of the sort, now that you've got requests

ZenRgy

ZenRgy

Zookeeper

Join Date: Jul 2005

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Originally Posted by Bestian Trueflight View Post
As a student, I don't have the time or money to invest in say, anatomy lessons, fine art tutorials, live model drawings, a wacom tablet, photoshop...thus, I'm entirely self-taught, and picked up a style I can do without difficulty.

Of course, help is appreciated. Might I see some of your art as a reference? I tried to find your thread here, but couldn't; and wouldn't know what to look for when searching deviantart.

PS: The pictures above are in chronological order. You may notice that the more recent characters have considerably better anatomy.
I would not search deviantART for things to refer to, it has some gems in it, but those gems are found in an everflowing torrent of fecal matter (mediocre fan-art, bad 3D pictures, poems from 13 year old girls and so on).

You're fairly decent for a self-taught person, especially at your age. There are some anatomy books you can get your hands on. Andrew Loomis' books are very good for teaching you anatomy. When I finish my paintings I will show you the style of what I do, but you may not find it to be what you want.

If you're just looking for GW gold from drawing pictures of people's characters then anime seems to be the way to go sadly, since everybody wants their own Naruto. But if you want to distinguish yourself then you should find your own style, and warp to something unique.

I'll give you some links of some artists I think are decent:
http://www.anthonylister.com/
http://www.joshuapetker.com/
http://monaux.com/
http://www.killpixie.net/
http://www.mikegiant.com/

And you should check out these sites :
http://www.juxtapoz.com/
http://www.fecalface.com/SF/

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

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Yay necro time!

Gonna be busy for a few days, so don't know how much I can stay looking here to see the progress. x.x

Also, your a fast worker, put more time into this and it might become better. Not saying it's bad but always room for improvement.

Btw, you might want to look into the Edit button.

Bestian Trueflight

Bestian Trueflight

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Yay necro time!

Gonna be busy for a few days, so don't know how much I can stay looking here to see the progress. x.x

Btw, you might want to look into the Edit button. Eheh...the reason for the absolute barrage of posts was simply because if I wrote too long a single message, it was sent to the moderators for approval, and after two days, had yet to be approved. ^^

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

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So it's NOT just me who gets that... I was starting to get curious. I thought I got reported or something and was under "moderator supervision." (Yes, I am a tad bit paranoid).

Wonder if they announced this change somewhere, because it gets annoying when you post a thread in Druid's Overlook and it pops up 4 threads down under stickies 3 days later.

(Druid's needs a new mod, Billard and Symeon are barely paying attention it seems... wonder if I can get the position >.>)

Bestian Trueflight

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Here's a concept sketch of your necro:


The anatomy's rather fruity, I know - I'm working on that. But is the pose / facial expression satisfactory?

Note: The eyes are intentionally...odd. I figured if you have scars all over your face, it'll do a little more than just look like red facepaint...

Konig Des Todes

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I like it, although I will admit I was expecting a front view, side view is actually better!

Since I don't see any of this in the sketch I will just point out the dreadlocks on the back of the Dread Mask. Don't forget about those. Only issue I see with this step.

Bestian Trueflight

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Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin View Post
I like it, although I will admit I was expecting a front view, side view is actually better!

Since I don't see any of this in the sketch I will just point out the dreadlocks on the back of the Dread Mask. Don't forget about those. Only issue I see with this step. If I can ask, Azazel; what timezone are you in? I'm in GMT +0, but can be on at pretty much any hour - can we meet up at some point? I need to take some screenshots of your armour from certain angles - gwiki is useless. ^^

Anyways, here's a progress sketch. I have to say, your choices in armour don't make my life easy.

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

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I'm GMT-6, on a lot as well. On now atm, but on a joke name >.>

And sorry I like the hard designed armor :x -assumes you didn't add anything to the legs so won't comment -

Bestian Trueflight

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Okay, the screenshots weren't necessary in the end. But thanks anyway.

Would you be willing to pay a little more for a simple background? I've knocked this up:



But to colour in the character to fit is a bit of work - would 10k be reasonable for a background-ed picture?

Alright, here's the finished version. I managed to splice the background and picture...*reasonably* well, I think. The main problem was the foreshortening on the arm. As always, any requests or problems, let me know:



Just incase anyone was concerned - I am still alive, and have been drawing a little. I'm just tied down with uni work and family issues atm.

Okay, family crisis over and done with, and I'm about 75% done with Chicken of the Seas' characters:

Morag D

Morag D

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2007

UK/Austria

[bone]

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lovely

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message too short >.<
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still like it

Chicken of the Seas

Chicken of the Seas

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

California, USA

Vulpes Velox [Fox]

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No problem about taking so long, the holidays have been a hectic time for me as well. (Or else its just a hectic time in general) I love it so far! Its nice to see how its evolved through the PM's you've sent me.

Once again I love the details on the hair and armor, I think thats gonna be my favorite aspect on it. Background fits in good as well.

Can't wait to see it finished!

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

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Trueflight, I'm going to have to make some changes to my aformentioned requests:

I would like a background for both my Ritualist and my Assassin. And my Ranger if you get a quick time for that.

I'll pay 25k in total for the combination of the Ritualist and Assassin drawings, and the Ranger changes. Instead of the would be 10k.

For my Ritualist, I would like to see something along the lines of a Kurzick Library in the background, with a spirit sorting books in the background.

For my Assassin, I would like the background to be something similar to the City of Ar'Challah - I have a picture of it that is a different view of the city, will add to attachments. If you can make a door or two look like a prison, that would be great.

For my Ranger, can you add a Crystal Desert/Desolation look to the background, with Giganticus Lupicus bones in the back (those would be the giant bones you see littered around the Crystal Desert).

Bestian Trueflight

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Okay, Chicken - I've done all I can with this. The colouring isn't as detailed as most of my art, as I thought a simplistic colour scheme with a bit of burn/dodging would fit the mood better than my normal style. If you disagree / would like anything changed, just say.




@Morag D
Thank you! A compliment from one as talented as yourself is a great honour.

@Azazel
Sure, that sounds doable. To help me get an idea of what you want in the backgrounds (since they'll have to be handdrawn), can you basically give me an idea of the scenarios the characters are in? I.e., is the ritualist supposed to be looking for something in the texts, controlling the spirit, or posing for a photo, et cetera. It gives me more freedom to get the idea you want, without being tied down by a restrictive pose.
Also, I'll try with the ranger, but it may be hard to get the colour schemes to match in retrospect. I'll do what I can, though. I probably won't start anything new until after Christmas - I'm bogged down with uni work at the moment, and I'm going on holiday on the 23rd.

~Alex

Konig Des Todes

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@Azazel
Sure, that sounds doable. To help me get an idea of what you want in the backgrounds (since they'll have to be handdrawn), can you basically give me an idea of the scenarios the characters are in? I.e., is the ritualist supposed to be looking for something in the texts, controlling the spirit, or posing for a photo, et cetera. It gives me more freedom to get the idea you want, without being tied down by a restrictive pose.
Also, I'll try with the ranger, but it may be hard to get the colour schemes to match in retrospect. I'll do what I can, though. I probably won't start anything new until after Christmas - I'm bogged down with uni work at the moment, and I'm going on holiday on the 23rd. For Ritualist, more along the lines of the former. Not quite sure what I want him to be doing, but not posing for a picture. But the idea for the spirit is for it to be organizing the books. For my ritualist himself, not sure what I want him to be doing.

For the ranger, it's ok if you can't merge a background, instead of 25k, I'll pay 20k then.

Chicken of the Seas

Chicken of the Seas

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Join Date: Apr 2006

California, USA

Vulpes Velox [Fox]

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Holy cow Bestian, it looks great! Everything is fine, nothing needs to be changed that I can notice Now to catch you at a good timezone some time, I'm PST.

Bestian Trueflight

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Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin View Post
For Ritualist, more along the lines of the former. Not quite sure what I want him to be doing, but not posing for a picture. But the idea for the spirit is for it to be organizing the books. For my ritualist himself, not sure what I want him to be doing.

For the ranger, it's ok if you can't merge a background, instead of 25k, I'll pay 20k then.

Would reading/writing in a large tome work? Again, I'd like to know what the mood of the picture is supposed to be. Is the ritualist a scribe or archivist, or perhaps searching for some long-lost knowledge in the library?

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Holy cow Bestian, it looks great! Everything is fine, nothing needs to be changed that I can notice Now to catch you at a good timezone some time, I'm PST. You flatter me. I'll endeavor to be online sometime this week, but no promises. I don't really need the money any time soon, anyway.

Konig Des Todes

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Would reading/writing in a large tome work? Again, I'd like to know what the mood of the picture is supposed to be. Is the ritualist a scribe or archivist, or perhaps searching for some long-lost knowledge in the library? Scribe and archivist tbh. But not really searching for something in the library. He would have the library memorized long before now - it's his family's tradition . I think archivist would fit more in what I want to see.

Krazy Kat

Krazy Kat

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Rejected Sins/The Remaining Sins [SOF]

First, I have to say...

Excellent work on all the drawings! Your talent is astonishing!

If you ever get around to drawing again, would you please kindly consider drawing my warrior and monk in the same picture?

I've been waiting for a great artist to draw my characters for awhile but most have not been active for awhile.

Well... here's my warrior and monk!




Bestian Trueflight

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@Azazel - okay, I have an idea. I'll keep you posted.

@Krazy Kat - sounds interesting, I'd love to draw your characters! What kind of mood would you like, and what's their relationship to each other? Rivals, friends, sisters, lovers (hey, it's the internet. Anything goes.)? Would you like a background, and if so, which?

Oh, and if anyone's interested, I've opened a Deviant art gallery. I'll be uploading future commissions there, if all commissioners are okay with it?

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

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Although I trust you with making a good pose, if you wouldn't mind posting the basic sketch before you go farther so I know the idea of the pose, would be great.

And I personally don't mind you putting my commissions on your Deviant art gallery.

Krazy Kat

Krazy Kat

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Rejected Sins/The Remaining Sins [SOF]

Spartan Destroyer is the name of my warrior. She's short and spent her time in Pre-Searing studying in Nolani Academy and majoring in Swordsmanship. Prince Rurik honored her swordsmanship skills with a medal of excellence. Despite her size, she is able to quickly dispatch most enemies within seconds. However, she was never really a social person and traveled often. Spartan was very independent, surviving on her own and waiting for the day when her time would come. However, she was injured from a centaur's poison arrow. Her travels brought her to Kaineng Center where she met my monk.

Joyful Jasmine is the name of my monk. She's a little bit shorter than my warrior but spent her time in Shing Jea Monastery carefree and a rather happy child. She always joked around and played when it was time to study and the elders looked down upon her. However, when the time of the Afflicted came, she turned out to be the most natural, talented and best out of all the monks in the monastery. Eventually, the elders all concluded that she had Imperial blood. The elders banished her from the monastery, afraid that she will destroy the monastery. Monastery Decree explicitly forbids those with Imperial blood from taking up instruction in the monastery. Still optimistic, Jasmine ended up in Kaineng Center, where she helped out the locals with their illnesses.

Injured from a centaur's poison, a monk by the name of Joyful Jasmine healed Spartan. It is here where their two paths would intertwine.

For the setting, I would like it to be somewhere in the Maguuma Jungle waters, preferably with mountains or trees in the background. I would like Jasmine sitting down in the monk "/sit" position in a cheerful mood. I would like Spartan to be standing right beside her, sensing that there is danger about and in a wary stance with her Icy Dragon Sword out .

Thanks again for considering my characters!

Here is a picture from the Sage Lands that you can use for a reference:

Bestian Trueflight

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@Azazel
Absolutely, that's what I meant by "I'll keep you posted." ^^
Here's my idea. Obviously, the anatomy/perspective's wonky, it was knocked up in about 10 minutes, just to demonstrate my idea.

The ritualist's pose/action can be modified, but to fit in with that scene without it becoming overly crowded, I figured it'd be easiest to have him seated.
Should the library look tidy, dusty (think the archives of Minas Tirith (shown near the start of the Fellowship of the Ring movie)), et cetera? And does your Ritualist wear a mask? If he does, my job becomes much easier.

@Krazy Kat
Nice story, and an interesting idea. I'll give it a whirl. I likely won't start until sometime after Christmas, though.

Konig Des Todes

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Not very fond of the sitting... or the desk. The kind of library I think of is something along the lines of this. Somewhat wide with rows of books, not very stuffy. However, the spirit's pose is good.

And typically, my ritualist does not wear a mask, hence why on the first page I gave a mugshot of him. -cough-

Edit: I found some pics of the City of Ar'Challah on my photobucket account from when I took several pics for the wiki page. So, for when you get to my Assassin, feel free to use these as reference. - click the pic to see a slideshow of pics-

Bestian Trueflight

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Very well. Is this any better?

Again, anatomy, pose and perspective are thoroughly off, but it should illustrate the idea. I would then draw other bookcases in the background, some atmospheric lighting, and so forth. I don't know yet where I'd put the spirit - as I said, the disadvantage of having him standing is that two full-sized characters in such a background would look a bit crowded, in my opinion. I could add the spirit sorting books in the background bookcases, whilst having just the ritualist in the foreground.

The lack of mask's fine - however, it raises a few more questions - do you want a certain expression, him to be looking at the book he's holding (assuming you like the above idea), or the "camera," et cetera?

Konig Des Todes

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Pose: Turn him 90 degrees rotating left (i.e., facing the viewer, turned to our left) and that works.

Spirit/Background: Having the bookshelves on just one side would work - and would save the trouble. I did like the spiral staircase idea from your first rough sketch, so definably keep that in. For the spirit/ritualist size issue, having the Ritualist to the opposing side of the bookshelf, with the spirit a bit in the background might work out.

Expression: Skimming the book kind of look.

Sorry if this is getting complicated, as I too am working it out as it right now.

Zodiac Meteor

Zodiac Meteor

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Join Date: Aug 2008

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I've already PM'ed you, but here is my assassin.

No background. If you can add a background for 20k that would be AWESOME!


here is the overview





BTW, love your work!

Bestian Trueflight

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@Azazel
Third time's the charm:

Obviously, the stick-man is a placeholder. I'll put a little more effort into the final thing. The perspective is giving me grief, but I should be able to crack it soon.
And just to verify - obsidian armour, no helm, dyed...red, was it? Also, if we go with this pose, I'll have to omit the staff.

@Zodiac
Sure, I'll add you to the list. Any preference on pose, expression, background et cetera? And also, what weapons/armour are those (just so I can look them up on gwiki)?

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

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That third time is fine (although I was thinking of the bookshelf on the other side, that works). Armor: Yes, Obsidian, dyed red. No helm on. staff, that's fine - i guess :'(

And for Zodiac, those are Mursaat Daggers, dyed silver (I think). - I have a white pair myself ^^

Edit: Forget the staff on back and helm on wall - unless you started it. Too demanding of me.
Nope, dyed grey, closest thing to to black ^^

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@Azazel
@Zodiac
Sure, I'll add you to the list. Any preference on pose, expression, background et cetera? And also, what weapons/armour are those (just so I can look them up on gwiki)? I want the pose to be the same, expression basically the same. Background. I kind of want a sunset where the wall is, stars in the sky. A dark blue sky. Grand canyon look, deserty. The special effects on the attack to please.

Armor:
Blindfold
imperial chest
glacial gloves
seitung legs
imperial shoes

Here is an example:

A close up of the attack.

Konig Des Todes

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Just leave the staff out. No need for it. *coughespeciallyonthesincough*