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Kate-Kyrillion — Feet Of Clay

Published: 2012-04-29 15:54:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 3263; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 468
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An experiment: I did the line-art for this on paper (with which I am pleased), in order to try out digital colouring a bit more. Because I've been re-reading (for the millionth time) the Discworld Watch books, and oddly I've never done much Discworld fanart though I think Pratchett is just about a god, I chose a 'Feet Of Clay'-inspired scene.

Professionally I've been doing nothing BUT colouring with Photoshop for weeks, but in a very different style _ I wondered if I could get a version of my own style but via computer...

Anyway, I don't think it's really working out so I'll probably abandon it at this stage though there are many details not yet worked on. I thought the line-art made it worth posting up. If anyone thinks they can make a better go of it, I'm happy to provide a png of the drawing


This version of Whirligig Street (just off Easy Street, if I remember) is influenced a bit by Brick Lane (hence all the... brick). Partly because I think that part of London is very Ankh-Morpork, and partly because I guess thinking about grisly murders inevitably draws the mind towards East London... but mainly because I love the thing of having Dwarvish street signs below the Morporkian ones in the way the street signs in the Brick Lane area all have Hindi translations.
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Comments: 12

Carnie-Vorex [2013-04-07 11:47:09 +0000 UTC]

I've seen this picture before but it's only now that I've noticed the guy on the roof

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Celorbrin [2012-09-13 02:03:25 +0000 UTC]

lookin good~

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Arixa [2012-05-01 02:03:44 +0000 UTC]

Whoof, this is wonderful. I love the architecture and the details and Angua's expression in particular.

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Kate-Kyrillion In reply to Arixa [2012-05-01 11:42:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Arixa In reply to Kate-Kyrillion [2012-05-01 13:45:25 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Arlome [2012-04-30 07:07:18 +0000 UTC]

This is very good!

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Kate-Kyrillion In reply to Arlome [2012-04-30 12:44:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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sarahmandrake [2012-04-30 06:17:06 +0000 UTC]

I really like it. Great body language between our three heroes. But why don't they have their armor on?

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Kate-Kyrillion In reply to sarahmandrake [2012-04-30 11:29:15 +0000 UTC]

I'm not sure, really... I think because in my imagination they don't always. Because when Vimes, Carrot and Angua act like the CID department of the Watch I suppose I think of them as slightly less as uniformed officers...?

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SpindleWinter [2012-04-29 16:10:43 +0000 UTC]

Awesomesauce.

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Kate-Kyrillion In reply to SpindleWinter [2012-04-29 16:19:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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SpindleWinter In reply to Kate-Kyrillion [2012-04-29 16:42:51 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure.

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