Woooooooooow so EPIC!!! great !!! Love it!
Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?in24.7k
Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with youin1.5k
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Hello! My name is Vithor, I am from Brazil, studied Design at a local college worked as an illustrator for more than 10 years. I took a time off around 3 years ago and am trying to get back in my art shape and maybe become professional again. Here are some recent pictures: You can find timelapses for most of them on my instagram: www.instagram.com Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) • Instagram photos and videos 123 Followers, 638 Following, 19 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) Comments and critiques are always welcome.Cheers!in829
Thank you @daceronine! If I remember I save in google cloud, I will have to stick a note to do it more often. Lamp is from life. Poses are from refs but I look at refs for a while and then try to do it myself and look it up if needed. Outfits and rest is from imagination Something went wrong while installing system so we will have to wipe everything again... pc works but something is wrong. We will wait till internet is done and I will save everything on cloud this time Threads came out in eu. It's been 3 days and I had more engagement than after half a year on instagram. It feels really nice I hope it stays this way A portrait of old dude. It's the same character I posted a while ago. Inspired by Bayard Wu work. At first I thought of him as a bear but I named him Fenrir and I think wolf suits him better. Eye gave me a bit of hard time but I think it is fine now. I focused on face and forgot about area below. The way I draw hair clashes with greying hair. I had the same problem while doing Lohse's white hair. Does it looks like it is greying here? I love how desaturated red looks blue there. I keep lying to myself that I will use different color scheme but It all comes down to this blue and yellowish one it is just flipped this time Have a great day!in49.8k
AHHH GUYS! It's finally done! After many many hours of toil, struggling, wins and losses, I've finally finished it! I don't even want to know how many hours I spent on this, but it's been the biggest piece I've worked on in my entire life and I've really proud of it! I'm really thankful for just how much feedback I got on here too, and it's really helped me bring it to completion!
I'm also incredibly grateful for the overwhelming positivity on this piece and the characters, especially when I got really bummed out a few days back. I honestly had lost so much hope on this piece, it has been so difficult and I'm sure I've spent many extra hours redoing things I already had spent multiple hours on. You all really did help so much, and because of that I now have a finished painting! I am going to write up a bit of a summarised story on the lore of these two, it's a bit scattered throughout the thread so having it in one place will make it easier for people to read.
I've had so so so much fun in this competition, I've seen so much amazing work and got to experience the artistic process of many individuals I would never have met or discovered otherwise. When I first joined this contest back a month ago, I was in a real bad spot. I had only recently gotten back from seeing my boyfriend a few months in California, and when I got back to the UK I hit a really bad depression and had fallen into a pretty big hole. The contest gave me a means to do something with my time (I had quit my job for art but so far my applications have gone unnoticed) so I was able to dedicate all of my time to getting lost in the world of these Gods, having fun with artists and just generally having something fun and exciting and new to work on everyday!
But anyway enough of that, here's my final piece! I'm pretty sure it's done but if I see something before the deadline I might spruce it up a little y'know 
Here are some closeups before I type out the story!
"Sit down dear Caius, lend me your ear."
"What is it ma?"
"I want to tell you a story. A story of love, hatred and despair, for the Gods feel it too you know."
"I thought they didn't cry ma"
"Many moons ago, the world was in harmony. Gods co-existed with the people of the realm and both had prospered off of each other. There was one God in particular, that was mighty benevolent, he cared for both his mortal and immortal brothers. He was revered by every God known to man, and every man known to God - he was called "Phaedrus: God of Fire and All that Burns Bright.""
"He sounds amazing ma!" the boy gets excited in his chair*
"Why yes, he was! He was also the most powerful, and he ruled everything fire. However, there was one who didn't quite look up at him the same way."
"Who was that?"
"Why his brother, Idatrus. Idatrus was Phaedrus' younger sibling, and ruled the stormy clouds of thunder and lightning. He was very jealous of Phaedrus, and had one day hatched a plan so foul it would shift the very earth itself for centuries to come. Now it's important to mention Idatrus meant the world to Phaedrus, he would bleed for him, die for him. He showed him so much compassion and love it almost seemed ungodly. He would never have seen his brother's betrayal coming."
"For you see dear child, Idatrus had cunning and a charm that no being could resist. He used his almighty powers of mind and soul to trick everyone around Phaedrus into having them believe he was evil, that he destroyed cities and burned down forests. Truly horrible deeds, and for no reason. The people of the world believed this, in fact - even the Gods believed this venom, and Phaedrus was chastised severely."
"I don't see how that can affect a God ma."
"Gods need faith to survive, child. When the faith in a God is lost, they will weaken, wither away and eventually be forgotten. Of course, we remember Phaedrus because of his later deeds but we'll get to that part soon. "
"Alright so what happened next?" he looked at her eagerly
"Phaedrus confronted his brother, for he knew what had happened. "Brother, why do you scorn me so? For what have I committed for your high treason to have befallen me?", "Oh nothing, dear brother. I merely seek what you have. I am tired of living in your shadow, being forgotten about under your might deeds in the world. It is time for the world to see you how I do""
"Oh that's the worst! I'm glad I have no brothers. "
"Shush! Anyway, what happened next merely added to Phaedrus' burdens. Idatrus plunged his own sword into the weary God's chest. Phaedrus cracked, started oozing, he was severely damaged. Idatrus then, with the help of the other Gods, imprisoned him inside a huge dormant volcano. In this time, most of the world's memory and reverence of this loving, caring God had all but vanished. However, in all those centuries trapped inside that pile of rock Phaedrus was harnessing the power of lava, blending it with his fire and smoke, and had emerged from his rocky carapace."
"I'm surprised he had lived for so long."
"He was very weak. Very weak. His body could no longer handle the power inside him and had started breaking apart. All his life energy was trickling away in streams of hot magma, whisps of fire and tears of molten ash. He sought out his brother, who in that time had gained fame for his defeat, he ripped the sword out of his chest that had been buried in him for so long, kicked his brother down in a fit of overwhelming emotion and put that sword right back where it came from. Of course, this was the last straw. Both times they skirmished they had fought valiantly and for many hours. Phaedrus having been weakened only prolonged the fights. And after the second fight, now mortally wounded, Phaedrus had drew his last breath. And both together the brother Gods had fought and died. Phaedrus had never wanted it to have come to this, he loved his brother dearly. He fought against himself that day as well as Idatrus, put all his strength into making that final blow. Now they are remembered in truth, for the rest of the Gods had seen the betrayal and deceit of Idatrus, and had vowed for the respect and purity of Phaedrus to put history right again."
Thanks for tuning in to my thread over the past month! It's been an absolute blast and I can honestly say I haven't had so much fun in such a long time. I wish the best of luck for everyone participating, and I hope everyone gained something out of it and had just as much enjoyment as I did! See you all next year! <3
- Neso
I simple love this illustration, it's a magnificent piece! Pieces like this keep my motivation up and inspire me to keep drawing. I'm glad you had fun in the contest 
Thank you for your effort and all your work! I love the illustration and to see all your work process! Congratulations!!
Awesome finished piece!
Well it sure could be a great time being here with the community...but when our art is not ultra-super-catchy (and of course less "skilled" or whatever) or also simply because we cannot see every topics for sure or when you started just little week(s) before it ends (for instance)...it's hard to get any form of help.
That's why I probably take more time in other topics than my own 
(and I sure do know you do much much as well for the others and lots of other artists too !).
Also I don't like anymore my artwork so...no I can't change it anymore with little time left (plus I have some commissions and gifts and other stuffs to finish T-T so sad time...it's never easy to deal with everything - and yes I know I talk too much too 
).
Still I talk really less time than previous Artwars 1, 2 & 3...also because sometimes I feel my help is maybe out of good points, or crappy explained (with my poor english).
Anyways that's only the time to cheer us all, go go go Artwar community, you all rock !!!
And see you all next year of course 
I said it plenty of times already but: incredible work!!! You did something so epic and impressive, congrats on finishing it!!!! And wish you the best!!!
I'm so stoked to see this finished!! I've been stalking your progress for a bit just eagerly awaiting the final. xD It's so epic.
YES YESS! Great job finishing this drawing! it looks absolutely fantastic! ^^
I've been lurking around for a while before I started posting anything myself and I always dropped by in your thread to see how you were progressing.
I think you can be super proud of what it looks like in the end!
I'm happy to see you finished it despite the last troubles, the piece really deserve it.
It's awesome to se that all that backstory is very well depicted in Phaedrus face and gesture.
Great work!
Ahh omg thanks so much guys! I really am so proud to have finished it and that even after all this time working on it it came out well! I'm not religious but the thought of two gods battling it out at the mercy of the mortals is always something so epic! I appreciate all the kind words.
@Serfer
Yeah same, thankfully I didn't struggle too much with Phae's posture or his expression. Unfortunately I know his foot anatomy is wrong and I can't stop looking at it lol or the fact that it looks a little like an animal leg
@nyamesis
Awh thank you so much!
@mr_dessin
Ahh I'm glad you enjoyed it! It doesn't matter if anyone talks too much, I personally find it a compliment haha I appreciate your kind words!
Ahh you're welcome and thank you so much to be so kind (with everyone).
I really hope this was not looking like a rant or something...stress is a bit high here (even if that's not necessary )
(All) Your work is certainly hyper epic, can't wait to see you in the finals amongst the best illustrations and master artists : 3
Bloody marvelous job, good luck and looking forward to seeing you next year!
Damn this really turned out! Really beautiful work here, dude. Been a pleasure to watch this one come to fruition. Good luck to you!
I love the illustration, the history and to have seen the whole process. Great job! Congrats!
@aredondocg
Thanks so much!
@sani
I'm glad you enjoyed it too, it's been a heck of a ride but certainly worth it!
@br00dley
Yeah you too, thanks!
@mr_dessin
There's nothing wrong with ranting as long as something comes of it lol I appreciate the compliments!
Well yeah, we will always be seeing mistakes after we thought it is finished, but at certain point we have to let them go but try to have them in consideration for the next pieces.
