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I dunno, just some dude what I doodled... Standard cliche generic D&D fantasy fighter-type guy with sword and half-plate/half-chain armor... with that shield, he oughta have a nice AC but his encumbrance is a little rough, and some GMs would apply balance penalties unless he's got a Feat or something wrapped around that armor. I like the half-skirt of plate, but I admit I kinda drew it too stiff and heavy here... plus, it don't really make much sense unless this guy is usually part of a legion or something.
Maybe that's his backstory, ex-soldier turned mercenary dungeonier or something. He's a stubby no-neck little brick, ain't he? It's about 5x7, just pencil in me sketchbook, but I gave it a little color kiss in Photoshop. I went a little heavy on the face, I think. Comments AWESOME-type.
I like his stocky build, gives him more character than the typical full length warrior. -- You live it or lie it  Totally great... God, I wish my sketches looked like this... what type of pencil do you use?
-- ~~~ "I'll dream you up on this vast dark bed/believe I loved you for each hair upon the back of your neck/And I want to kiss you but I can't/Down on the river by the sugar plant." -Mike Doughty "Down on the River by the Sugar Plant" Just regular old wooden school pencils... Roseart brand "USA Natural" no. 2 pencils, buy 'em in packs of a dozen for a dollar at Wal-Mart.
 i love it PIMP pimp, sweet style!!!
damn... I love your linework... I envy it in fact. so clean.
-- ~~~ "I'll dream you up on this vast dark bed/believe I loved you for each hair upon the back of your neck/And I want to kiss you but I can't/Down on the river by the sugar plant." -Mike Doughty "Down on the River by the Sugar Plant"  Too much in the face as in too much tone? Yeah, a little -- perhaps he's flushed.
 Higlighting nose, brow and eyes would pretty much eliminate any feel of too much tone, I think.The plate/scale half skirt looks sweet of course, but as you note I doubt it would be flexible enough. If the individual scales were shorter.... well, actualy it might have sufficient horizontal flex to work in a legion or phalanx, but it would certainly be cumbersome in a solo situation.  If they were shorter it wouldn't look as nifty but it would work better.But since when have RPG warriors been concerned with issues of armour practicability! :evillaugter: (well, mine always were, but... yeah, I'm hardly normal</sub) The stiffness of the scale makes it difficult for me to divine just how his left leg is positioned there... Also, I couldn't help myself and had to grab my handy bastard sword (fake, alas, but about the right weight and useful nonetheless...) and test the sword angle 'cause it didn't seem quite right. Even with hand cocked at that angle, the sword only felt right when the blade was faced more towards the ground. It took a pretty severe wrist bend to hold the blade with the blade as vertical as drawn. Love the sword design and the overall feel of the guy though. Especially his expression. I think I'm just picking at things to procrastinate a commission work that I'm sucking serious wind on... XD hehe...should call it "Ugly fighter type" ^_~
nice work tho  -- Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-T; Yamaha ScorpioZ; Wacom Intuos 2 6x8; Wacom Cintiq 12WX;  The handle on that sword is a piece of work. I love it. I also like how you are always trying to tie in alot of practicallity into their armour and what not, but I do believe it is good to let go of that sometimes and just have fun.
Nice work. It's inspired me to go and doodle some fantasy stuff again. -- Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.  You anchored the weight of the character's pose pretty well. I could never draw something on small paper like what you did. I am a messy sketcher. I only wish I could draw as cleanly as your sketches look.
He kind of has a beastly face. Maybe its due to the shading? Reminded me of a lions face a little, minus the mane, of course. Not entirely sure why it does... but yeah. Otherwise, I like it. The detail is very nice.  |
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