Oh hai, so many nice comments here. I'm happy to see some old faces and some new ones, too. I feel quite comfy here as well so I might come back to share more art.
@enchilado:
Thank you very much! I feel honoured. ^^
@Scrabtrapman:
Thanks a lot! I used to draw a lot of Oddworld fanart and really would love to do it again when I got more time for myself and personal artwork.
@used:
Thanks much! I'm quite fascinated about all the Steampunk themes out there. I think it's getting a new addiction for me. Howl's Moving Castle is one incredible movie and I really love how it moves. It somehow has something very steampunk-ish, too. ;D
@Q-Ball:
Thankies. Fog, clouds and water are elements in pictures that neither like me nor do I like them. Hahaha. Seriously, they can be a pain in the bum to paint so I'm rather happy you actually recognize fog as fog. xD
@Max:
Nice to see you again!
Thanks so much for your compliment. I make a living with my artwork these days and hope to be able to reach further into the game or film industry. *dreams along*
@Splat:
Thanks a lot!
No there is no publication date yet because my partner and I are still working on the concepts. Unfortunately I don't have so much time drawing for the comic as I need to work on other paintings as well. It's quite tricky and hard work. ^^
I will keep you updated though.
@Ghwan-Thwei:
I think I will post a couple of pages here and anywhere else in my galleries and website. I won't make an online graphic novel but I hope to be able getting in touch with a good publisher.
The last picture is for an artshow at a convention in Germany and will be for sale there. That's part of my private works. ^^
@Lacy Hemsmire:
Thank you very much for liking my artwork. The last one certainly was a first for mebecause I worked with airbrush the very first time and risked destroying everything because the masking tape hated the paper. :/
But in the end, everything went perfectly fine.
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Time for a new picture:
"As with so many things, the world had come to its end.
The last battle was a quiet one, fought in no more land than a wolf might wander in a day. It was not fought by deities, it was not even fought by warriors, but by a single, vulnerable friend.
He had fought for her before. He had fought because the whisperings of good told him she would make a difference.
Protect her, they deigned.
And though this was said to nearly a dozen, only Zal remained to fight for her. Where others had faded to the black or fallen with despair, only he had stayed at her side.
The world had come to its end. The Taer, its body emblazoned by the apathy of billions, fueled by ancient fears great and small and the nagging of death, decay, and destruction, descended towards the final light.
Zal's paws clutched the grit of earth; his tail swept the cliff's breadth. The world was ending, and his was the only body left to stop it.
He would be the one to die, so that when the world ended, she, at least, could survive."
Manojalpa requested a massive commission by me in which her character Zal guards a silver apple sapling from the terrible darkness that forces every light creating power to dim.
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This was one of the largest and most complex paintings I have done so far and I never thought I could finish it in such a short amount of time. I'm still thankful for the ones who really stayed 10 hours watching me stream. Haha. You're simply awesome. XD
All in all, including the sketch, I worked about 30 hours on the image. I tried out to not concentrate on small details so much but on lighting and colouring which will create the most important aspects of the painting in the end.
The original file is about 4500 x 5600 pixel on 300 dpi.
There is a better description coming very soon.
I must run out and do some mosaik simply for enjoyment. XD
Thanks a lot for looking!!
