Battle_Angel (WIP her, wip her good!)

Darkjedi · 10-22-2006 12:20 PM

In a useless attempt to get this thread back on track...

Graver, that's look awesome! It gives Battle-Angel a darker side than usual, which is great since she's supposed to be caught between Heaven and Hell.

I can't wait to see this one done!

Graver · 10-25-2006 03:34 AM

*wanders through the thread a bit wide eyed.*

Wow, you people, uh, you people really do go on, doncha?

*desperately tries to shove some posts aside to clear a little bit of room for the latest but modest Battle-Angel update*

Bradders · 10-25-2006 03:37 AM

Again, wow.

Rowrsie · 10-25-2006 04:55 AM

I'd comment, but I'm currently picking my jaw off the floor.

Great job graver. Seriously. It's amazing. I want one!

Katfood · 10-25-2006 04:57 AM

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*wanders through the thread a bit wide eyed.*

Wow, you people, uh, you people really do go on, doncha?

*desperately tries to shove some posts aside to clear a little bit of room for the latest but modest Battle-Angel update*

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Is that an update? I can't find the last version...is it somewhere in this thread?

Seriously, great piece!

Starchasm · 10-25-2006 05:39 AM

OOOooo this is looking GREAT!!!! I LOVE how fluffy the wings look. And the background is going to be so cool!!!

Roxstar · 10-25-2006 06:27 AM

Dude, it gets better and better every freakin' time. Holy....just wow!!

Toxic_Shia · 10-25-2006 07:30 AM

Wow, that's amazing. And none of it was CG'd, huh? O_o Maybe I should pick my brush up again.

Darkjedi · 10-25-2006 08:26 AM

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Wow, that's amazing. And none of it was CG'd, huh? O_o Maybe I should pick my brush up again.

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It's my understanding the entire piece is CG.

Hexyl · 10-25-2006 10:57 AM

Frakkin' incredible Graver...

mistformsquirrel · 10-25-2006 11:03 AM

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*wanders through the thread a bit wide eyed.*

Wow, you people, uh, you people really do go on, doncha?

*desperately tries to shove some posts aside to clear a little bit of room for the latest but modest Battle-Angel update*

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Uh...

<;_;> I think you just pwnt me.

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ddgryphon · 10-25-2006 11:07 AM

Gorgeous work, man!

Dark Ether · 10-25-2006 03:23 PM

Verra, verra nice. May have to get in line myself for an official Graver, methinks.

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whiteperegrine · 10-25-2006 04:57 PM

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Verra, verra nice. May have to get in line myself for an official Graver, methinks.

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in that line myself...a bit of a wait but well worth it! ~

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Hemily · 10-25-2006 05:49 PM

i'm in the line for the second time now, last in line too XD

it'll be awesome to see each and every one of those drawings, to see Graver's take on the characters, he seems to get out the personality in each one, with stunning detail, and this one is no exception, the wings look amazing, if only the game had that good wings

AuroraFrost · 10-25-2006 06:37 PM

Wow! I just love the look of the wings! They look so soft, I wann reach out and touchy. And I wish we had that type of boot design in game.

Looking forward to seeing the final piece!

Soul Train · 10-25-2006 06:41 PM

Um.... is she single? cos, yanno....

Seriously Graver, this is an awesome painting. Awesome awesome awesome.

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DerektheAwesome · 10-25-2006 06:54 PM

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They look so soft, I wann reach out and touchy.

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(>.< Sorry.)

mistformsquirrel · 10-25-2006 07:03 PM

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They look so soft, I wann reach out and touchy.

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(>.< Sorry.)

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*pride*

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Toxic_Shia · 10-25-2006 07:33 PM

...agh, what does 'WIP' mean? ?_?;;;

CyberLynx · 10-25-2006 07:39 PM

WIP+ Work In Progress

Graver -- now you've gone and mastered Digital Painting as well as Water Colors. What program are you using?

Brilliant stuff!

Soul Train · 10-26-2006 10:08 PM

Unlike others, Shia doesn't do 'work in progress'... shia is too FAST for that.

*blink* what you're done already?? whoa.

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Graver · 11-06-2006 05:28 AM

Seriously, I'm really not a zombie! I didn't die and this is not my flesh hungry corpse typing this out. I'm very much alive, I swear! Just to prove it, I have several updates, one of which is for this piece, Battle Angel: Color 01.05somenumber623Ihavenoidea

There was actually a lot more work that went into getting this far then is evident, but the 22+ hrs wasted on a bad direction and figuring out how to do what I have in my mind digitally isn't really represented well. I'd have to say, it is a lot different from regular painting.

Brandon, for your question, for this piece, I'm using Painter IX and an intous 1 wacom tablet... not much else

And Shia, yup, it's almost all ccg. There is a little bit I did cheat on and that's the texture for the initial background. That is actually a scan from part of an old painting that I will never finish. I'm really digging digital painting, but I find it very difficult t get some of the randomness of traditional paint... something I rely strongly on, especially for backgrounds. For my old oils, I would usually end up throwing turpentine at the canvas and let it do interesting things to the paint to help determine what was going on back there... I needed that for this piece as well. Now, since I felt that not only would throwing turpentine at my screen not have much of an effect on the digital painting, but might wreck havoc on the monitor, I needed to find another way of injecting a touch of unpredictable randomness into things..,. and so... scan!

Um, ya.

Babble over.

Archimedes · 11-06-2006 06:12 AM

I really dig this but...

There's just something about it that doesn't quite sit well with me.

I think it's the way that her left shoulder (to our right) is higher than her right, but yet her chest is level? Wouldn't having her bent sideways like that tend to cause her chest to shift in that direction as well? I know that corsets are fairly rigid, but... even so, it just doesn't seem like that rigidity is shown. The effect (to me) is that her upper body is out of proportion to her shoulders and hips.

I hope I'm not confusing anyone here.

Ironik · 11-06-2006 06:13 AM

That's an interesting behind-the-art peek, because before I read that I was going to comment on how the background was all groovy and cool and didn't seem digital at all.

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