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ViolentHedonist [2014-05-12 07:30:12 +0000 UTC]
The best way I can describe this guy is in three words : Good Clean Fun. I like the clean simple design of the guy, no spikes or faces on the armor (which is ballin and old school medieval!) and you somehow made wings purple face markings and horns look perfectly natural just by using moderation. Now for my favorite part; his character and story.I found this while browsing for something else and at first glance figured he was another gary stu and would have just kept on scrolling, but the clean lines and simple plate armor made me take a closer look and I'm glad. Because he isn't a gary stu, he's what every person who makes one should try and make; a bad ass with limits, a half blood with only two parts, a king with an embattled country and a warrior with a rival. In short he's a good character and I'm really glad I happened across this, well done and thanks for the pleasant surprise!
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Ageaus In reply to ViolentHedonist [2014-05-13 01:35:55 +0000 UTC]
Thanks,
Velant has actually gone through much more development since this post, and his design is actually under revision again. He's one of my favorite characters ageaus.deviantart.com/art/Vela… that was a more recent rendition of him, but already outdated.
A lot has changed, but the tl;dr is he doesn't have a kingdom, he's just from a noble family that's fallen on hard times. He is trying to keep his homeland from falling apart. I've tried to get rid of his demon attributes, but i can't seem to shake them. He has a lot of influences from Iga-Era Castlevania, Innistrad (from mtg) and the gothic horror genre in general.
Thanks for the in-depth comment, and for not assuming he was a gary-stu.
I love faces on armor.
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ViolentHedonist In reply to Ageaus [2014-05-13 03:03:18 +0000 UTC]
I love face armor as well, and I noticed the shoulder spikes after I commented. Glad to hear you're still tweaking this guy, always try and improve your work, yet another thing that makes this guy one of my favorite anti stu's to date! Also I was able to learn a bit about drawing armor by studying this guy, so thanks for helping me improve.
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BluRover [2009-01-19 22:17:10 +0000 UTC]
Out of all your character drawings, I think this one is my favorite.
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Ageaus In reply to BluRover [2009-01-19 22:52:21 +0000 UTC]
thanks
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dragonrace [2009-01-14 02:14:49 +0000 UTC]
very awesome!!!
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werewolf2993 [2009-01-10 05:22:07 +0000 UTC]
I love all the different colours used for this character and I love his wings!
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Bowserkills7 [2009-01-08 08:53:38 +0000 UTC]
Amazing. I can't describe it any other way.
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avatarjk137 [2009-01-08 03:18:25 +0000 UTC]
This guy's design is awesome. Plain and simple. The color scheme is great, the facial markings and horns are great, the armor and morningstar are incredibly badass. I really love how you defied my expectations by making him not evil or even a gritty antihero, but a fairly straight-up heroic character. I think the wings could use a bit of improvement; I like how they frame him here, but I think they'd be anatomically better if they had four 'fingers' on each wing instead of... three? From this angle, it looks like two but one splits near the bottom.
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Ageaus In reply to avatarjk137 [2009-01-08 03:52:39 +0000 UTC]
thanks, yeah, I kinda panicked when I saw that the fourth "fingers" weren't going to fit comfortably, after the third ones had to be squished-concerning the wings.
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avatarjk137 In reply to Ageaus [2009-01-08 04:27:21 +0000 UTC]
Like I said, they still look pretty good because of the way they frame him.
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Ramesses217 [2009-01-07 23:38:56 +0000 UTC]
Its really good. Don't think you should have put purple on the face though.
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Ageaus In reply to Ramesses217 [2009-01-08 00:16:18 +0000 UTC]
it looks better than the black, and kinda has a mask-like appearance to it.
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Ramesses217 In reply to Ageaus [2009-01-08 00:30:35 +0000 UTC]
Now that I look at it again, it doesn't look so out of place
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Epiaruna [2009-01-07 23:12:24 +0000 UTC]
Wow, he really does have a past on him. But you know, that's what makes a really neat character, too. I absolutely love what you've done with his wings, especially how they're his skin tone at first and eventually fade into a silvery grey. His armor is epiiiic.
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Ageaus In reply to Epiaruna [2009-01-08 00:16:27 +0000 UTC]
thanks
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Epiaruna In reply to Ageaus [2009-01-08 17:18:14 +0000 UTC]
Mmhmmmmmm!
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Kestus [2009-01-07 22:32:49 +0000 UTC]
Very interesting character with quite a sweet design. That ball and chain mace looks awesome, as well!
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Ageaus In reply to Kestus [2009-01-08 00:15:36 +0000 UTC]
thanks
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Kendoka602 [2009-01-07 22:04:24 +0000 UTC]
thats alot of notes there!
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