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it's rorschach from alan moore's watchmen.
the whole thing started as a doodle with a mech pencil on cheap copier paper, was then taken to photoshop to give it a quick and dirty color job. i wanted to achieve a very muted, low-saturation look to the colors. if i find time, there will be a rework with a bit more texture and a slightly more coherent palette.

so, what is going on in his head? my guess is that he's thinking of truman or pondering in some other nostalgia.

full view highly recommended, as the preview is only a small cut-out.

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:iconplaizir:
ah, geki~ you simply always know where to put the shades and highlights, I envy you :)
is there any reason you chose this rather unconventional shape for the picture?
with the colors I have to say I'd have prefered overall darker shades, especially the purple would work better with that.
:icongekitsu:
thank you. :)
i am sorry, but i guess this whole lighting thing has become so much second nature to me - talking about the process and the why-this-why-thats probably wont be very enlightening. when you manage another visit down here and tell me about it before you are back at home, i am sure i can demonstrate it to you, though.
the idea for this kind of vignette came from looking through mucha's documents decoratifs. it lends the whole image a nice air of oldschool and fits well with the composition. for a rework, i could actually try pushing it in a more art nouveau direction, that would be cool, eh?
the purple was a tough one... his trousers are indeed purple but keeping them the only purple element would totally throw the balance off. a better organized palette kept me from a lot of this trouble x_x°
:iconchiisana-eiyuu:
mir gefällt der Rahmen um das Bild herum, der mich entfernt an ein Schlüsselloch erinnert, durch das man den rorschach beobachtet. Auch die matten Farben und die Art, wie du das Licht eingesetzt hast gefällt mir.
Und dieser Ausdruck ist umwerfend. ich beneide dich darum, mit so reduzierten und abstrahierten Mittel so viel zu bewirken...
:icongekitsu:
*verbeug* vielen dank. :)
im austausch klappt mir regelmaessig die kinnlade runter, wenn ich jemanden sehe, der sich ueber mehrere tage mit demselben bild beschaeftigen kann.
das sind ja keine irgendwie nobel gearteten motive, warum ich oft so reduziert und "sketchy" arbeite - das ist die pure faulheit. :)

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:devil:: I am anti-life, the beast of judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?
:sleep:: I am hope.
:iconchiisana-eiyuu:
ja lustig, faul bin ich auch, aber solche reduzierten sachen liegen mir genauso wenig wie speedpaints. Wenn ich daran denke, dass ich für einige Bilder an die 30 Stunden am Rechner verbracht habe frage ich mich inzwischen allerdings auch wie es soweit kommen konnte.
:iconplatymeris:
aaah rorschach, zufällig eine meiner lieblingsfiguren aus einem meiner lieblingscomic, von einem meiner lieblingszeichner *g*

wusstest du, dass die basis-geschichte auf einem comic der "Weird Tales" von EC-Comics basiert? (bis auf diese vigilanten)
:iconvml:
nice drawing

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***Expect the unexpected...***
:icongekitsu:
thanks a lot, and thanks for the fav, too. :) much appreciated!

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:devil:: I am anti-life, the beast of judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?
:sleep:: I am hope.
:iconskylerc:
looks like a screenshot from spiderman:the animated series.
:icongekitsu:
thank you! :)

now, it would really be interesting to see how spidey would react to rorschach in his city.

(i just noticed that youre about my age and from germany, too - so i guess we refer to the same airing of the series in our younger days)

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:devil:: I am anti-life, the beast of judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?
:sleep:: I am hope.

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