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Ready to shoot

Ready to shoot

Painting Painting \ Figure | 04/30/08 @606 | Nakai | Comments critiques (24) | Views views (1092)


Ready to shoot
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Name: Ready to shoot
Software: Photoshop CS3
Original size: 2800x3600 pixels
Time needed: about 30 hours

The character in my work is one of the characters in a famous Japanese Manga comic book series - Ouke no Monshou.
He is the prince of the Hittite empire - Prince Izmir.

In the story, Prince Izmir is very smart, has romantic temperament and excellent bow skills.
Though he is outstanding, he is not the first male character. Tragically, the first female character doesn’t love him.
The image that impressed me most in the whole comic books is the one he take bow and arrow - ready to shoot.

After reading all of the comic books I really had a mood to re-interpret this character in my way. So I made this painting.
Since the image of Prince Izmir was been created in comic books, it would be a little strange to make him too realistic.
Therefore, I kept several parts of his features in the comic books, for example his chin.

Attached are some of my references and some shots of the Prince Izmir in comic books.
Finally, this is an interesting experience for me, I hope you like this.
 
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Avatar androx3k

 04/30/08 @620

why I cannot draw so well!!!!!

Wonderful. Top score for me!
 
Avatar hasone

 04/30/08 @671

Great work...
I like the color scheme used and the fine details.
10+
 
Avatar taaeb

 04/30/08 @678

wonderful work :) +9
 
Avatar uguriart

 04/30/08 @778

good Job! i like the colors...
 
Avatar cgaddict

 04/30/08 @879

Wow. This is pretty amazing. I like you clean style I must say. Composition and your use of colors is particularly impressive. +8/8
 
Avatar ersen-t

 04/30/08 @921

nice character design and details.
the colors are great.
 
Avatar Jacobine

 04/30/08 @931

Great work and details! :)
My only crit would be that his eyebrows are dark, while his hair is grey/white ;)
 
Avatar chickenfingers

 05/01/08 @081

Very nice. I like the soft evening lighting and colors. The hand, face, and gold detailing are particularly attractive. Just a couple of minor things to consider: it's difficult to tell with all that drapery, but I think the angles of body, bow, and arrow are slightly inconsistent. Also, the arrow should generally cross over the bow to rest on the other side for accurate shooting (didn't know that myself until I did some research for my last piece :p).
 
Avatar Nakai

 05/01/08 @280

To all guys, thanks all of you comments and encouragements.
To Jacobine, haha~~maybe the reason is he was been created in comic books originally.;)
To chickenfingers, I really thank you for your valuable comments, and I saw your last piece, it's really great.
 
Avatar purplerose

 05/01/08 @368

Wow, very nice work! :) Really love the hair.

+10
 
Avatar ADY

 05/01/08 @394

Stunning! +10
 
ansu

 05/01/08 @925

Fantastic!
 
Avatar IraMelanox

 05/01/08 @954

great job ! i love the soft and discreet colors, the rendering of the hand, the hair... maybe his clothes could use some more work, dunno, maybe it's a personal thing but i've never been a fan of men in gowns :)
+10 (thumbup)
 
Avatar rao

 05/02/08 @945

Nice work
 
Avatar Madanapale

 05/03/08 @018

Beautiful lighting and mood!....Very well done!
Carlos
 
Avatar razpna

 05/03/08 @564

one more beautiful work from you,i love how you make skin
 
Avatar geckzilla

 05/04/08 @219

For some reason every moon I look at in art for the past couple of days (three so far) has had stars in front of the moon. It's just to bug me.
 
Avatar jawine

 05/05/08 @664

Nice work like how you use contrast and composition :)
 
Avatar mamoun

 05/07/08 @661

COOL
+10
 
Avatar Jane

 05/08/08 @593

And you did a wonderful tribute to the prince, I must say. The simplicity of it all is good, there aren't more details than there has to bee, and yet there is more than enough. The surfaces of everything are smooth and good to look at, and together with the purple colours they help emphasize the mythical feeling that the moon adds to the painting. And you did a very good job with the hair. ;)

Also, it is a good thing that you post your references, as well as the original character, although you didn't copy any image precisely. It helps us understand how you were thinking during the painting process.
I hope you had fun with this! Keep it up.
 
Rela

 05/09/08 @589

Wonderful colours! I love the bow and the hair...awesome!
 
Avatar thomasM

 05/09/08 @776

very nice fantasy scene
great mood
 
Avatar cupcake

 05/10/08 @687

Great job.
+10
 
Avatar zaclab

 08/29/08 @114

Ummm... beautiful (thumbup)
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  Yun Hua, Wen
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  03/06/2006

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