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AG-sArt — Training day in Seheron

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Remember this one? : fav.me/d700s6b


Now I have finally access to my scanner 



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Medium: Pencils HB - 4B. Photoshop CS 3 for the editing for better view in shadow and lighting. 

Time: About two weeks without pauses. 

Size: 39cm X 29cm. 




Anyway, this is based on one of my ideas regarding both Sten and his friend from Seheron, whom I call Kithshok. I had that idea since I have finished DAO in 2010, but after I have been playing the sequel, I wasn't so sure on how to make this piece here work. You know, because of the slightly inconsistency of the Qunari's titles and so on from the director for the games...


But I was able to work this thing out, around the so called rules/lores that was added on the Dragon Age Wikia, seeing that Sten is also from Seheron and even he had to pull through major tests in his younger life. Along side with some of the other forms of "soldiers" and "officers". Meaning that the Kithshok himself had to able to exercise with a "lower" rank like Sten. I mean, from what I remember, the Qunari are more or less equal here, even among the military ground.  


So here it is, my Kithshok character and The Sten from Dragon Age: Origins. A typical day in Seheron, years before Sten and his fellow Beresaad soldiers traveled to seek answers of what this Blight was in Ferelden. 


Panahedan to ya. 


Sten is owned by Bioware and Kithshok is owned by me. 


*AG-sArt

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AjaxTelamoneis [2016-05-23 04:14:12 +0000 UTC]

Overall

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact


I love this so much; it's definitely one of my all-time favorite pieces of Dragon Age art I've seen on here!

I love that you tried to capture a setting we've never seen in the games, rather than re-create a familiar environment. It's harder, but it makes the resulting picture so much more unique and memorable! And in the case of this one, there are a couple choices you've made that make it clear enough what we're seeing: your rendering of Sten himself, with his hornlessness, distinctive sword and unique hairdo, and also his face, which despite looking younger is still very much the face of the character we meet in DAO, effectively tells us we're looking at a scene from Sten's past. And the environment he's in holds several clues that tell us we are on Seheron, even if we were not able to make that connection from what we know of Sten's backstory! The bright sunlight, the light-colored ground (which I am assuming is sand) and that grating the sun is shining through, which looks like it could be made of bamboo, all suggest a tropical island setting, and the Qunari symbol on the wall of the arena make it obvious we're in Qunari territory. So, even without reading your description, one can form a fairly accurate impression of what you're trying to convey here -- the only thing that cannot be divined from the picture itself is the identity of your OC, the Kithshok!

Besides the originality of the subject matter, my favorite things here are the lighting and the characters' poses. I cannot say enough about how beautiful that lighting is -- somehow it appears warm and golden to me, despite your having done this without using color. I also love the angle at which the light enters the arena -- it frames your Kithshok very nicely!

Another thing I love, somewhat related to the light, is the grid of shadows cast by the fence mounted on top of the arena wall. I think you executed the curves of those lines needed to convey the circular shape of the arena flawlessly. It's quite a difficult bit of mental geometry, but you've nailed it.

On to the figures! I mentioned that I love the poses -- they look very natural, and give very clear suggestions of what's going to happen next. There's only one thing I would do differently: I would try to give more of an impression of fast movement. Both characters are posed in such a way that it makes more sense to think they are in motion than that they are still, and it would make more sense to me if their hair was also moving. Like, Kithshok in particular looks like he's either just made, or is in the middle of making, some kind of spinning attack on Sten, so I expected to see his braids swinging to one side rather than hanging straight down.

(It's possible that I am reading the combat differently than you intended it, but I still think having Kithshok's hair move would add another element of interest to what is already a supremely interesting composition!)

Anyway, I love this and consider it pretty near perfect already, so don't take my quibbling about movement too seriously! It's great and IMO Bioware should be calling you about having you illustrate for them!

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AjaxTelamoneis [2016-05-23 03:30:48 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

This is a beautiful piece, and I love hearing about people's Qunari OCs!

(I will definitely be looking through your gallery to see if there is any more art of your Kithshok! Was he Kithshok before the character we know as the Arishok in DA2 became Kithshok? Because that's the position he held before becoming Arishok. The Qunari naming system makes it very difficult to track one individual across their career, LOL.)

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AG-sArt In reply to AjaxTelamoneis [2016-05-26 12:06:11 +0000 UTC]

Basically I made this character in my head before DA2 came out So no he is not Arishok in DA2. One might think this character had either left the Qun or died before he could become a Arishok XD

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AjaxTelamoneis In reply to AG-sArt [2016-05-26 22:35:13 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Well, he's great and I like him; I like the thought of him being the kind of commanding officer who will spar with any and all of his men, irrespective of rank.

(I like the thought of Sten absorbing a lot of his ideas about what a good leader is from his example)

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AedanTheGrey [2015-10-16 02:56:55 +0000 UTC]

Epic piece!
What is your Kithshok's role? Something between the Stens/Arvaarads and the Arishok?

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AG-sArt In reply to AedanTheGrey [2015-10-16 12:13:15 +0000 UTC]

This is what I have based this character on: dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Qunla…


  • Kithshok:[45]  Leaders of the Qunari army of Seheron ; a general; They also are in charge of negotiating trade between the Qunari and foreign traders at ports.

Thank you

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AedanTheGrey In reply to AG-sArt [2015-10-16 14:21:16 +0000 UTC]

Don't know how I missed that all that times I've had to go to the Qunlat page for my Qunari and Vashoth characters.

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jbrenthill [2014-03-11 02:21:31 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome!

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ChristinaWood [2014-01-14 09:55:43 +0000 UTC]

 

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PistachioInfernal [2014-01-07 02:29:32 +0000 UTC]

Wow...it looks soo much better now that I can see it! You have a wonderful style, as well as a great eye for detail. The cross-hatched diamond for example in the background, how cool to see it here, when I've seen it reflected so well in the style of the game throughout! Bravo!

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AG-sArt In reply to PistachioInfernal [2014-01-19 22:40:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I try my best regarding every details  

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PistachioInfernal In reply to AG-sArt [2014-01-20 16:25:06 +0000 UTC]

Your details are wonderful

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