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Published: 2010-12-21 09:52:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 6325; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 0
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Description Finally finished this monster of a painting never have i made such a list of changes to be made or been so critical about one piece. However i really do need some portfolio work to show off my paintings skill ^_^.

Deyja Vitr sky pirate at the dock of a town i'm currently designing. Been doing an awful lot of game mechanics study and planning and realising just how much adventure most RPGs really lack. It is not engine restraints that restrict modern games it is simply poor game design and neglecting to put proper planning before jumping in and making a game for there audience.

I'm aware that narratology is important but i don't believe for one minute that in a game it should be priortised over game design. But apparently companies like wasting there money copying silly patterns in which have made one or two titles sucessful. Just like the tonne of wow clones which rise and fall out there so will these naratolgy obsessed "innovative" game designers.
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Comments: 78

isischneider [2014-02-13 16:24:36 +0000 UTC]

great job.

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StormAndy In reply to isischneider [2014-08-23 01:33:20 +0000 UTC]

cheers ^_^

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ColorGush [2014-02-01 21:59:50 +0000 UTC]

Youre background is so beautiful. The pose is magnificent, as well as the lighting. All around amazing work.Β 

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StormAndy In reply to ColorGush [2014-08-23 01:33:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the kind words

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ColorGush In reply to StormAndy [2014-08-23 02:55:27 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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WildPencil [2014-02-01 18:24:27 +0000 UTC]

well this is truly amazing pice of art, and Β I really love how its roatated the viewing angle, really Β makes is more interesting!

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StormAndy In reply to WildPencil [2014-08-23 01:36:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, yeah I was hoping to get the viewers attention having them lean there head to the right slightly to match the horizon line. The opposite direction in which the sword is unsheathing

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Weazel-Art [2012-01-31 10:36:38 +0000 UTC]

i agree about the narratology taking game designers time away from making decent game mechanics! but i also think a well written and concepted world/story can lead to the creation of fun game play if its done right, and as you say doesn't just follow the patterns trodden out by our predecessors!

awesome piece its reminds me a lot of suckerpunch, which you already knew from games jam! keep up the great work, its inspiring me to get into gear with my art side!

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SofiaMoore [2011-12-23 12:11:02 +0000 UTC]

woah! Unbelievable!

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StormAndy In reply to SofiaMoore [2011-12-24 03:29:33 +0000 UTC]

^_^ thanks, been a year since this piece already. Thinking of trying to top it by painting that pencil sketch I linked you earlier

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cryptfever [2011-09-28 08:45:18 +0000 UTC]

My fave piece in your gallery by far, I love the detail and the layer of rainwater and ripples on the floorboards.
~CF
the girl from pof

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StormAndy In reply to cryptfever [2011-10-01 06:50:51 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks for noticing took a while hehe ^_^ i'll check out your gallery in a sec do you use skype? :3 if so feel free to add me emails on my da profile ^_^

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cryptfever In reply to StormAndy [2011-10-03 12:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Added.

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TeeGeeFan911 [2011-08-08 13:31:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, absolutely wonderful! I love the pose, the shading and the dragon and rain in the background. Great work

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StormAndy In reply to TeeGeeFan911 [2011-08-08 17:10:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^

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TeeGeeFan911 In reply to StormAndy [2011-08-09 09:25:23 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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missimoinsane [2011-07-27 12:13:13 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing! Keep up live level of amazing-ness and you could make some serious money doing pieces like this! I really wish I had the money to buy this as a print or something because it well and truley is just THAT amazing. I honestly couldn't tell you how to improve it I think you've done such a brilliant job!!! 10/10 wonderful

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StormAndy In reply to missimoinsane [2013-03-08 03:45:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, reading this a little late, missed this comment . I still feel this is my best to date and I'm 3 years on I should return to full time painting sometime I miss doing illustrations like this one. At the moment I'm just doing icons and 2-3 hours images for clients and working on my 3D skills.

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StormAndy In reply to StormAndy [2013-03-11 09:37:59 +0000 UTC]

odd those replies didn't show up the other day

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StormAndy In reply to missimoinsane [2011-07-28 15:17:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^ i think my biggest downfall usually is the values(shading) of my materials but i'm not disapointed with the values or materials in this piece and i've been practicing them quite a bit the last half a year. One of my best compositions so far but i hope to top before the end of the year

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missimoinsane In reply to StormAndy [2011-07-28 22:20:23 +0000 UTC]

I know how you feel ...I can't remember if I sent you this [link] but some one sent it to me recently and it's a brilliant help (just look for the relevant bits if you don't want to read it all but it's worth reading it all as there's some really good information, tips, tricks and tutorials in there!

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StormAndy In reply to missimoinsane [2011-07-29 00:02:12 +0000 UTC]

Awesome thanks for sharing it ^_^ notice you drew a full bodied figure with you recent piece perhaps these will be useful to you if you're going to draw more characters [link]

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missimoinsane In reply to StormAndy [2011-07-30 14:32:38 +0000 UTC]

I wasn't planning on making a habbit of full body stuff. A friend of mine who requested the piece set it as a challenge for me. Although I fully enjoyed doing it! So might do it again... lol. Thank you for the link

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lou2209 [2011-07-26 19:22:44 +0000 UTC]

Oooo the details in this are very nice
I especially love her tattoo and you did a great job on the colouring overall.
The rain in the background also gives a glow, like the Northern Lights, beautiful

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StormAndy In reply to lou2209 [2011-07-28 15:21:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks i went out my way to get that glow throughout the whole piece at the end ^_^ good to see it's well noticed

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Greencore [2011-07-10 02:36:17 +0000 UTC]

wow! this is awesome i would actually play a game with this kind of design ^^

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StormAndy In reply to Greencore [2011-07-18 21:07:23 +0000 UTC]

good to hear

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Imtor [2011-04-24 12:35:53 +0000 UTC]

What engine are you using for your game ?

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StormAndy In reply to Imtor [2011-05-03 19:58:28 +0000 UTC]

For Deyja Vitr? Deyja Vitr's design isn't anywhere near ready to start working in engine ^_^ i've played around making some prototypes in the Tes3 engine. Hopefully Tes5 if it is a polished enough engine.

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Kuzcopia [2011-01-14 16:00:32 +0000 UTC]

That looks awesome *_*

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StormAndy In reply to Kuzcopia [2011-05-03 19:53:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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ClintostheGreat [2011-01-02 02:43:43 +0000 UTC]

I featured this piece in my journal [link] great job!

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StormAndy In reply to ClintostheGreat [2011-01-02 17:38:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^

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emm0r3d [2010-12-22 13:07:14 +0000 UTC]

I think you could do with toning down some of that foreground rain a little, I dunno why I find it a bit distracting but that is just me! This is so awesome. Keep it up

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StormAndy In reply to emm0r3d [2010-12-22 13:23:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks and yeah i'm unsure i actually toned the rain down hehe i was going to have more x3 lol its hard for me to keep it there after painting all the details i'm in limbo arrgghhh haha i'll play around with the rain some more and see if i can get a better result

About to start a new painting of a tunnel with spiders how's your building going?

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Shady-Shade [2010-12-22 09:22:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh! Cool! Great work!

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StormAndy In reply to Shady-Shade [2010-12-22 13:23:31 +0000 UTC]

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EchoLanding [2010-12-21 22:07:47 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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StormAndy In reply to EchoLanding [2010-12-22 05:59:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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SilentAsTheSky [2010-12-21 20:59:42 +0000 UTC]

I like this though I agree with Altara, I also think you need to work a little on the proportions but other than that I like it I like your coloring style quite unique ^^

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StormAndy In reply to SilentAsTheSky [2010-12-22 05:52:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

Hmm strange, someone on poly count mentioned proportions as well i've been trying to spot what they mean, any advice on which part of the body? I've been quite careful with the proportion and posuture in perspective from the beginning that actually being my main focus for several hours.

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SilentAsTheSky In reply to StormAndy [2010-12-24 18:27:16 +0000 UTC]

I think you may need to do what I did to help me with proportions, I started looking at the picture as a whole, does this leg look the same length? etc etc once you can figure that out you'll be set, just notice that when your bending a limb in art you've gotta make sure that if the limb was extended it would equal the same length as the other limb....does that make any sense? >.<

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StormAndy In reply to SilentAsTheSky [2010-12-24 19:48:16 +0000 UTC]

I mean't in the pictue >.< lol i'm asking because i don't know what in particular you think is incorrectley proportioned

I've done 2 years of regular life drawing and drawn well over 2k figures in the last 2 years. I've been writing an ebook on human anatomy and illustrative undersketches ^_^ what you say makes perfect sense hehe

Check out my forum and you'll understand what i see as the basics of human drawing anatomy [link]

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SilentAsTheSky In reply to StormAndy [2010-12-25 05:00:44 +0000 UTC]

I think the legs aren't the same length I am taking an account that one is furtherback than the other and that one is bent but they do not look right, I don't know how much more specific than that I can get, my only suggestions is watch out when drawing angles like I said otherwise it's a great picture I know from my own work that action poses are quite difficult.

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Fluffyrain In reply to SilentAsTheSky [2010-12-26 21:56:56 +0000 UTC]

pffft. you dumb hoe. the proportions are exactly right and this piece is amazing. DUH.

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SilentAsTheSky In reply to Fluffyrain [2010-12-27 17:31:46 +0000 UTC]

Wow anger much? -rolls eyes-

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Fluffyrain In reply to SilentAsTheSky [2010-12-28 02:25:36 +0000 UTC]

Wow, stupid bitch much.

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SilentAsTheSky In reply to Fluffyrain [2010-12-28 15:21:46 +0000 UTC]

wow man take a freaking chill pill it's a picture and a comment it's not like it's the end of the world wow omg I made a comment ooo I guess you 'd better tell me off now right? Jesus is this all you do all day?

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Fluffyrain In reply to SilentAsTheSky [2010-12-31 01:47:43 +0000 UTC]

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD. FOREVER. BITCH.

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SilentAsTheSky In reply to Fluffyrain [2010-12-31 03:08:42 +0000 UTC]

alrighty then, it seems you've passed into insanity over this -rolls eyes- how about I give you a moment to regain your sanity?

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