The Immortal King

Drawing \ Figure | 06/27/06 @629 | addicted2macs | critiques (21) | views (890)

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In Ancient times, before the great Sin War split Heaven and Earth; when angels and demons freely walked the land with mankind, there was a King like no other, a King immortal.

Unknown to any but his closest advisors, the King's great gift, that of eternal life, was granted by his Sorceress Queen--a powerful enchantress with no equal. As is expected when humans play the role of gods, there was a flaw in the Queen's plan. In giving the gift of eternal life to her beloved, she damned herself to a life of eternal death. In addition, the King, while immune to the cold kiss of death, was not impervious to injury or the ravages of time.

As her King lived and prospered without fear of death, the Queen's body wasted away to a shadow of her former beauty. For every breath her husband took, her body shriveled that much more. In the end, grief stricken by his beloved's tortuous existence, the King ended his Queen's agony and thusly ended himself.

This is a revisiting of an older work I did back in '04. If you'd like to check out the couple in happier times, lookee here: The Immortal King and Queen by

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Mechanical Pencil on 9"x12" Bristol. Approximately 4-5 hours total.

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bakatron

06/27/06 @678

its not bad but i think you need to variate your lead density to properly balance the volume on this baby. love the amount of of attention youve put on it though and great concept.

deandude

06/27/06 @688

ah, fresh meat for the wolves!

nothing for me to crit really. The style and compo are well executed...lots of nice details...interesting characters. This would look perfect in an instruction manual for some RPG...great drawing brian

Blacklaser

06/27/06 @720

I agree with deankuhta, I would love to see this inked.

deandude

06/27/06 @767

i think it's really dumb that i don't get a

addicted2macs

06/27/06 @791

I rank the thumbs as a "stick it up your ass", so the smiles are better, Dean. Just kidding of course....

After careful consideration, I realize that while you didn't tell me about all the stuff that was wrong, you did point out very constructive items. So....

Daykan

06/27/06 @815

amazing work!!!

Valera

06/27/06 @815

Great drawing.
I think it will look better if you will darken the background a bit to create more contrast with the rest of the image.

Cigaro

06/27/06 @890

only crit i can give is t colour it so you'll lose some of the flatness

its a very good sketch, a heck of a lot potential

might want to work the volumes and perspective on that tower in the bg too

addicted2macs

06/27/06 @906

I guess I should clarify that this is intended for a paintover at some point--whenever I can squeeze in some computer time at home. I want to try combining painting and drawing a little more and see what I can produce. So, I should be coloring this guy eventually.

Thanks all for the feedback. Except Dean. He's weird.

Gods-Mistake

06/28/06 @996

Cool, man!
My suggestion: Keep the style as it is and just leave those shadow outlines next time. Just the outlines that are needed to hold everything together.
And I'd love to see more background.
The armor looks wicked!
Would wear it. Fits to my new Warhammer.

Mihai

06/28/06 @455

Nice one! I've seen it in the wips too. Would like to see it in color like the other one. Great work!

painfull

06/28/06 @701

as a drawing its good......but the charector....so bad (u know what i mean)

seeThrou

06/29/06 @049

you have a very strong comic book style with great lines...so when do we get to play the game..hehe

Juro

06/29/06 @599

Great line work, the building in the backround is slightly wonky with a fewperspective errors but the linework on the characters is really strong. Nice work, I'd love to see a coloured version.

addicted2macs

06/29/06 @843

@Juro: Yeah...I realized I had flubbed a few of my lines on the castle. I hate to admit that, since it means I knowingly posted sub-par work, but I figure I'll do a lot of cleanup when I paint it over.

@seeThrou: You can play it now! Diablo II has been out forever.

I loosely based this drawing on a few pieces of equipment, created my own back-story, armor design, character design, etc.

JESR

06/30/06 @277

woow awesome artwork i like the level of detail, i like it too the charactes design and possition. +10/10

Cigaro

07/01/06 @052

you could do a rad ink job on it too...i wanna see some strong and stylish linework in it

klyph

07/04/06 @081

I love your framing. Though I'd like to see more things pop out of the frame. Diablo II is awesome... I hear Diable III is a-comin' our way in a few years.

Great job, can't wait to see the painted version.

addicted2macs

07/04/06 @083

@klyph: At some point, I'm going to work up the nerve to post some of my college work. I really love the aspect of framing and boxing things up, then having things bust out of those tight, precise restraints. It's something I've never been able to drop. Glad you noticed and enjoyed.

I am certainly anticipating DIII

I'm a freak for it.

And I just started the painting....

GenoCid

10/30/06 @516

loved the shading in it! it adds some nice 2d style...reminds me the artworks in the vidoe game Fable(the pictures in the walls in some part of the game)..the castle at the back looks like a window painting!(forgot its english name)

jaleh

06/03/07 @060

The linework on this is marvelous. You are an inspiration to me.

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The Immortal King

Drawing \ Figure | 06/27/06 @629 | addicted2macs | critiques (21) | views (890)

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