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His Dark Materials things

thundercakethundercake Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Artist's Corner
I really love HDM...I'm rereading the series right now so I thought I'd do some art of some of the characters...this was really fun, I think I'll do some more :P

hisdarkmaterialschars3.jpg
from top left: Lord Asriel, John Faa, Lee Scoresby (and Hester), Mrs. Coulter, Serafina Pekkala, Lyra Belaqua (and Pan), Will Parry, Farder Coram

My Asriel is a little foppish so I'm going to work on him :|

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Nice clean inks, but they're begging for you to give them some shading and colours. I've never read HDM, I might start with it once the Harry Potter juggernaut is done ruining my life.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited July 2007
    This is just my mental picture, but could I suggest broader shoulders and a slightly more square jaw on Asriel? HDM is my favorite book series of all time, and I love your portrayal of Scoresby and Seraphina!

    Something about Will's face seems off - I think it's the eyes.

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  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I don't remember much of the trilogy aside from the fact that it was freakin awesome.

    Nice, clean characters. I'd like to see more OF them, though...torso's etc? :)

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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Look at those clean inks.

    They so clean.

    How do you keep them so clean?

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  • The LittleMan In The BoatThe LittleMan In The Boat Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    By keeping things simple and not over doing anything? I remember reading somewhere on here 'sometimes it's what you don't draw that makes the picture', yes yes?

    I don't know, but I am so tired of using a mouse for everything. I wish I had a tablet or a wacom. Someone mail me one and you can have my first born.

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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Will your first born be useful in digital inking and colouring?

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  • thundercakethundercake Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I actually didn't optimise this yet...the sketch is still visible under the ink =X I think I will do proper busts of all the characters with color. thanks everyone for your comments :)

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  • thundercakethundercake Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Here's the first three portraits...
    HDM-Will.jpg
    HDM-Lyra.jpg
    HDM-Lee.jpg

    and some Harry Potter in the same style, for Rolo... =D
    hp-chars2.jpg

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    SWEET - those are awesome! I love them! I love you!

    (Is that Neville on the right?)

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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Who's that blonde girl? I'd hit her.

    And that goblin. Must be a tight hole, that one.

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  • GreatnationGreatnation Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Luna Lovegood mang, get with it

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  • bread of wonderbread of wonder Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Mayday, I think you've just ruined some childhood memories.

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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    bread of wonder wrote: »
    Mayday, I think you've just ruined some childhood memories.

    Score!

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Mayday wrote: »
    Who's that blonde girl? I'd hit her.

    Like physically harm her?


    In any case, good stuff here, ThunderCake, please share more with us!

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  • siliconenhancedsiliconenhanced __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    How's your take on Iorek?

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Coulter doesn't look nearly evil enough. That bitch was pretty much Cruella D'ville

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  • The LittleMan In The BoatThe LittleMan In The Boat Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Mayday wrote: »
    Will your first born be useful in digital inking and colouring?

    If I get a tablet out of it he/she would of been useful for just that in fact, but sadly I can't make babies. It takes two to tango.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Lee Scoresby looks awesome.

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  • thundercakethundercake Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    thank you everybody...Gafoto, you're right, the book says over and over again that she's pretty and I just went for that instead of outright evilness...I tried again and added her monkey:
    HDM-Coulter.jpg

    As for Iorek, I want to draw him, but I don't know enough about bear head structure...I will do some research tonight and take a crack at it =)

    edit: Here are Serafina and a new Asriel...

    HDM-Serafina.jpg
    HDM_Asriel.jpg

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Holy shit, that monkey could swallow a whole coconut.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Thundercake, do you use MSN? I'd like to add you.

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Also, I would just think Serafina would be wearing something warm, like it seems you depicted in the sketch. Noone is going to fly around the higher altitudes getting frigid wind on their cleavage.

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  • 117Lei117Lei Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Well, actually, Witches in the book wear relativly little clothing because the writer was a horny sunbitch and they want to feel the "tingle of the stars and the music of the aurora" on their skin or something like that. They feel the cold, but it doesn't harm them or anything. They're fucking witches, flying around the north pole. They're hardcore like that.

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  • thundercakethundercake Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Yes the witches in the book had bare arms and silk clothes =)

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I guess I haven't read the golden compass recently enough.

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