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For Some Reason I think Homeby ~dragonsong12

Digital Art / Drawings / Illustrations / Storybook

After the success of the experiment with inked lines [link] I decided to try my non-photo blue pencils with regular pencil lines to see if it still worked.
It does! Look at that! Not a sketch line to be seen, and they're all still in the original drawing. Total awesomesauces.

The picture itsef is one I've been meaning to do for a long time...I really like it when it rains. Not in the emo "I'm only happy when it rains" sense (though I do like that song) but in the sense that rain genuinely makes me feel happy. It puts a smile on my face a lifts my spirits. But this is something people just don't get, and I can't explain it (what nut would be happy that it's raining? yeesh!) so I thought "a picture's worth a thousand words" why don't I draw it?

So I did. This guys isn't anyone. He's not a character anywhere. He was just constructed for this picture. So there's no story to him. The idea with the blood was that the rain was washing it off his face. Doesn't quite work, but I'm still happy with it. I like drawing ruins.

He looks kinda like a pirate *laugh* that wasn't intentional.

~daringdreamerzart Nov 28, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Kinda looks like the hero from Fable 1 but all in all it's very nicely done

~dragonsong12 Nov 28, 2012

Thanks!
I've actually never played Fable, though maybe I should if I'm secretly channeling their character designs, haha!

~daringdreamerzart Nov 29, 2012 Student Digital Artist

All hail the secret channeler~!
XD it's a fun game i just got it again on the xbox, and it brought back a lot of feels when I saw that picture

~VladimirSlavik May 27, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

The more conservative approach to colors apparently worked well

You did something to lines as well, not sure if they're thinner or not full black. And shading is smoother, too... to me it seems quite different style from what you usually upload here, but all the changes were for better!

~dragonsong12 May 28, 2008

Thanks so much! Sadly, I don't expect the softer colors to last long, I tend towards the more brilliant ones, I really had to reign myself in to make these as muted as they are. (In fact, they ARE brighter than they appear, I put a layer overtop to dull it all down

) But doing work like this makes it easier to do next time, so it will eventually have a lasting effect I hope.

Thanks though, I'm really proud of this one and put a lot of work into it! Glad you liked it!

~Light-Tracer May 19, 2008

I love the rain too. Very nice pic, I love the BG and the color effects and the expression on the random character's face. Pretty much sums up my feelings on rain.

~dragonsong12 May 23, 2008

I'm glad to hear so many people understand the sentiment. Often when I mention it to people, they just look at me like I'm nuts.

I'm happy with this piece all around, since I even put some effort into the background for once. It seems I actually achieved the coveted "picture worth a thousand words" effect I'm looking for.

~Lupina24 May 11, 2008 Hobbyist Writer

cool rain effects and the guy looks awesome, but yeah, I know what ya mean with liking rain.

~dragonsong12 May 12, 2008

My sister saw the picture on my computer while it was still in progress.
Her: "Who is he."
Me: "He's nobody, I just created him for that image."
Her: "He needs a story"
XD It really amused me, makes me feel like I've got some character in him in just this one image.

~Lupina24 May 13, 2008 Hobbyist Writer

lol, that would be cool if he had a story with the pic.

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