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Submitted: August 8, 2012
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Darkened Skiesby =Aroihkin

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / People / Open Format

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Give me time I will be clear.
Given time you'll understand
What possesses me to right what you have suffered.
I'm in this mood because of scorn,
I'm in a mood for total war.
To the darkened skies once more, and ever onward.

Ramirez from Skies of Arcadia, which is owned by Sega.

Photoderp CS6, all mouse except for the hair. The actual picture is 2400 x 3600 at 400dpi. I started this on 07.30.2012, and finished it on 08.08.2012, and it took 48.5 total hours of drawing time to complete.

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It's been years and years since I drew my favorite character from anything ever. I figured he was about due. This is my take on this scene from the game (skip to 16:30).

Picture is named after VNV Nation - Dark Angel, which has always felt like a Ramirez song to me.

A ton of firsts here, not the least of which is an actual serious took-as-long-as-the-character background. Learned over a dozen new tricks along the way. My 16th completed picture in photoderp.

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~ayu-ohseki Sep 18, 2012

Everything about this pic is amazing, but I think I especially like a) the way you drew his sword (I still remember how much of a bitch it is to draw!!) b) the way that glass spirals around him, starting at the tip of said sword. Hella stylish.

=Aroihkin Nov 19, 2012 Digital Artist

I toyed with making it more realistic, where the glass probably wouldn't be doing that, but then I was like NO, THIS LOOKS BITCHIN', FUCK REALISM.

And that sword was a bastard to figure out how to color, not gonna lie. I like how it turned out, but it's like when I first started doing hair... I'm not sure how well I could replicate it a second time. XD

~ayu-ohseki Nov 26, 2012

ROFL. I like that approach.

~superzwiebel Aug 11, 2012

SO MUCH PURDY IN ONE PICTURE. The background, the glass, the sword... and, of course, Ramirez himself. I shall now resume staring in admiration at it all.

=Aroihkin Aug 11, 2012 Digital Artist

That sword was such a pain to figure out how to color, but so worth it. XD

Thank you! I drew a lot of Ramirez back when my art was... well, it was eight years ago so it was kind of awful. XD He deserved an update.

~Amorius Aug 10, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Holy shit. I can't pick a favorite thing from all that awesome... though I think the glass is calling to me. It's like, my favorite shade of green XD

=Aroihkin Aug 10, 2012 Digital Artist

It's a bit blue-er in game but I was like asdfasdgasd IT'S GREEN NOW.

Matches his eyes better~

~Zinoodle Aug 9, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

did you cry for that background? because I totally would

=Aroihkin Aug 9, 2012 Digital Artist

I mostly geeked out hardcore for that background.

But I did spend about as much time on it as on Ramirez. Silvite stuff is neat looking. :3

*FallenAngelSkyla Aug 8, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Awesome work! You've captured this scene and Ramirez so well. Only think to improve would be the hair. The rest of his body is outlined in black, I think his hair would look good outlined too

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