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Published: 2014-12-18 03:45:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 5190; Favourites: 287; Downloads: 102
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Really wanted to do a mech piece again, decided to finally do a back view of stratus. Overall I'm really happy with it, going to print out a copy hopefully and put it up in my room.Played with lighting quite a bit, and this time I didn't line the mech before drawing it. I think overall there was more freedom because working with line art forces you to have to do it right the first time, but just freehand painting feels a lot less restrictive and you can play around with the poses/colours a lot more, but the entire production process becomes less mechanical and easy (but I think it's worth it). Also I didn't overuse textures this time, everything was hand painted and I used brushes to achieve the textures I wanted, so overall I'm happy I didn't have to 'cheat' to make it look good.
Went through 3 drafts before I was happy with the scenery, I wanted it to be really complicated but in the end I opted for a simpler landscape so that the mech can stand out.
Hope you enjoy.
PS: anyone know a good subreddit to submit mech stuff to?
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"I'm going to die today.
There are thousands of them. Thousands of pilots alone to overwhelm me and shoot me down. Then there's the government backing them, and the populace cheering them on. My enemy is of politics, military, and society all in one. I'm some hapless schmuck who picked up a SoarSuit and blasted my way into this mess. I'm going into their home turf, for damn's sake. I might as well be a fly buzzing into a laser corridor.
But that's pretty normal. What mophead gets into a fight just so they can live? If living's your cup of tea, you don't fight. You stay as far away as you can, put your legs up onto a plaid, frilly cushion, and watch the news all the time and wonder when they're gonna stop blaming the President for a homeless guy spilling his coffee in the armpit of the country. See, you don't go into a fight for your survival; you do it for someone else's. When you lock and load, you're saying to the world, "I'm willing to die today if that means someone else doesn't."
You can see 'em, can't you? The people down there. They're pressing against the windows with their heads close to the ground so they can see the action in the air. They're watching from the streets, hiding under the shadows cast by big shop signs because shadows are cooler than the warmth of the sunlight that reminds them of the napalm soaring through the air and striking down another SoarSuit. They're rushing their families into the cars without packing anything for the trip because they have enough common sense to know that death is descending on their world and they're not willing to risk their loved ones over a curiosity and they're just zooming down the road, only looking back to make sure debris isn't tumbling after them.
Yeah. I'm fighting for them. They don't know it. They don't even know that the people that built their homes have done things that would plague their minds with guilt for generations. I'm gonna keep it that way, just like these psychos were. Difference is, instead of being the muscle that keeps them doing it, I'm gonna make sure it never happens again. There are people even further away that can't watch this because they're either dead or pushed so far into the dirt that they don't have the strength. Here's to you too, ya poor chumps. I, alone, am gonna wipe our hands clean, here and now, of our sins and the monsters that commit them.
I've got a boy back home. The sort I'd like to spend the rest of my life with.
Well, actually... that's not true.
The rest of my life's only a few minutes long.
I wouldn't be able to live with myself if it wasn't that way."
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love your style and love this piece! keep it up!
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Always a fan of mechs in flight. Nice work, man.
Unfortunately, I don't know any subreddits for mech designs at this time. Gonna have to keep hunting around...
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