[Visual] Shadow Lord

garygill · January 27, 2008, 04:13:15 AM

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"He commands the dark armies with unholy vehemence and cunning. They say he is not human; he does not sleep, he does not eat. No one has ever seen his face. His eerie cape, weaved together with human hair, is a symbol of his brutality and his dark, cold armour is a testament to his frozen heart."

This character represents "dark".

WIP:
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Arrow · January 27, 2008, 04:57:16 AM

That's pretty wicked, man. Kudos, for sure.

Ruzu · January 27, 2008, 04:59:20 AM

That's really really awesome. Really Nice Garygill.

Dertt · January 27, 2008, 05:01:24 AM

Awesome.
What's Thom Yorke doing over there?

garygill · January 27, 2008, 05:21:02 AM

Thom Yorke is being used as a display pic by a friend of mine who loves Radiohead. I was chatting with him when I took the screenshot.

Thanks for the comments. =D

Falcon · January 27, 2008, 06:32:20 AM

Wow, that's fucking awesome, good job!

The Shadow · January 27, 2008, 10:32:21 AM

Wow! Awesome piece of art there

Kokowam · January 27, 2008, 01:43:43 PM

Wow... Are you hand-drawing these or using Photoshop or something? Either way....

F***ING IMPRESSIVE

garygill · January 27, 2008, 02:23:55 PM

Used Photoshop from start to finish. I posted the WIPs so you can see my process. I drew and painted everything from scratch using a wacom tablet. Not sure if that's what you meant by hand-drawing. I used the blur filter 3 times but other than that everything was created using the default round brush.

Sophist · January 27, 2008, 02:56:11 PM

I think I might cry in happiness.

shadowdude · January 27, 2008, 05:11:05 PM

Fuck me sideways with a jackhammer... Thats pretty fan-fuckin-tastic to be honest

modern algebra · January 27, 2008, 05:13:19 PM

Great work, as always.

Sophist · January 27, 2008, 05:49:09 PM

Gary I could write a story about that character.

It amazes me to no end. ;o;

garygill · January 27, 2008, 08:19:33 PM

Wow thanks guys!

emidy · January 28, 2008, 05:02:34 AM

I'm speechless.... you really amazed me, Alvin.

He reminds me of Sauron from LOTR.... cool.

Arwym · January 28, 2008, 05:22:36 AM

So gorgeous... Love the mood. It's perfect! Cold and chaotic. And mysterious!

Ghareeb · January 28, 2008, 10:02:10 AM

Awesome.

Link · January 28, 2008, 03:17:06 PM

Damn, another awesome pic, i always look forward to seeing your next piece

garygill · January 28, 2008, 05:04:38 PM

Thanks a lot! You're all such great encouragement.

Lord Dante · January 28, 2008, 05:30:48 PM

it's truly amazing. However, for you, as an artist, being so great at drawing hands, it's odd to me that all of his fingers are the same length... I dunno. Besides that, there's something else off about them...maybe how stretched out his right hand would have to be to make the armor plates touch like that.
But, this is still amazing. Good work =)

Wingard Companion Cube · January 28, 2008, 09:19:26 PM

*Ahem*

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

garygill · January 29, 2008, 04:00:14 AM

Well the idea is that the fingers are bent differently. But yeah I see what you're saying. Yeah I don't know it really just comes down to me needing more practice. =(

Also ty BM.

haloOfTheSun · January 29, 2008, 04:04:29 AM

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time.

garygill · January 29, 2008, 04:05:23 AM

That means a lot to me, man. Thank you.

Lord Dante · January 29, 2008, 06:49:11 AM

Quote from: garygill on January 29, 2008, 04:00:14 AM
Well the idea is that the fingers are bent differently. But yeah I see what you're saying. Yeah I don't know it really just comes down to me needing more practice. =(

Also ty BM.

yes, but the rest of us need much more practice than you. Your drawings off of real-world models are great, your coloring is amazing, but I notice in most of your drawings- great as thet are- there's just something about them that blocks them off from me...except the gladiator one...that one was awesome. For instance, here, i don't really feel the menace. Probably because his back is turned to me, so it isnt intimidating... although you probably had a different vision for the piece. I'm not saying you're a bad artist, far from it in fact, but...well, I dunno man. Just keep at it- you're doing great.