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Published: 2008-06-29 22:06:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 9563; Favourites: 316; Downloads: 792
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Description Always appreciate the visits to my site: 2D Forever

As with my previous piece, this is another commission piece. However the main differentiation is that I was allowed to go free reign on this piece, doing it all my own way!

So that explains why it's dark, but let me explain the picture...
This piece is for the talented writer JanaStormRaven (hence the watermark). The featured guy is called Mark, he's just discovered something rather unusual about himself and is still a bit shell shocked from it all. It's also worth mentioning he's a student, so that's why he hasn't got the best pad in the world!

From my point of view, this was great fun to draw. The mirroring aspect was fun, also trying to make certain elements believable was a bit tricky in some parts.

Now before anyone else says it, yeah, slightly inspired by that Silent Hill 2 scene. When the description came through it's what shot to mind, but I pushed to keep it away from that image, keeping it unique.

Many thanks to JanaStormRaven for the opportunity to work on this one!
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Comments: 60

daniaSalvatore [2015-10-22 13:14:56 +0000 UTC]

excuse me i love this and i want it .. im new to this website and i donno how to buy it please contact me on need.k@hotmail.com

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ratjayadopts [2015-09-14 23:16:02 +0000 UTC]

Just wanting to say your piece was used by writeworld.tumblr with the signature cut off.Β 

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2dforever In reply to ratjayadopts [2015-09-15 09:12:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for letting me know, they at least kept a link to my deviant art profile, so it's something!

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erfan-bobo [2015-06-09 15:57:04 +0000 UTC]

nice, do you paint this??i mean how??

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Mr-Ripley [2012-02-20 16:51:10 +0000 UTC]

Hi. Your wonderful work is featured here [link] Please take a look if you have time.

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Redwitch05 [2011-09-12 07:30:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh my... this is absolutely stunning. You did such a great job rendering and coloring. I'm in awe

~Ria

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2dforever In reply to Redwitch05 [2011-09-12 11:06:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I spent a fair bit of time playing about with the small details - but looking back at it now, I would of done so much more differently.

Oh well! Thanks for the kind words

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Redwitch05 In reply to 2dforever [2011-09-23 06:41:55 +0000 UTC]

Totally

And c'mon. Don't be so hard on yourself. Though I guess that's to be expected from all artists. ESPECIALLY those who have mad skills lurking inside themselves

Keep up the greatness

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LLzzz [2010-09-22 11:01:20 +0000 UTC]

I' love it, atmosphere and style are amazing!

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am-cravioto [2010-05-20 14:38:28 +0000 UTC]

Jesus, you have such an amazing control over expressions, you make everything look so alive I wouldn't be surprised if they started moving.

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2dforever In reply to am-cravioto [2010-05-26 12:26:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for such kind words
That's an interesting point though... It's something I'll keep in mind with future pieces

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CNZ19 [2009-04-25 19:13:11 +0000 UTC]

Wow I love your style!! I'll have to learn a lot from you!

ChrΓ­s

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neomiguelangel [2008-12-31 02:08:22 +0000 UTC]

Amazing picture here, love the coloring and pose's cool too

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Panzerwing0 [2008-12-08 02:55:11 +0000 UTC]

Love the dark color scheme and the whole reflection aspect.

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NCloud [2008-10-31 10:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Great work, very nicely done.

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LuckyLefty [2008-08-08 05:27:49 +0000 UTC]

amazing work as usual!

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cyink [2008-08-03 17:44:39 +0000 UTC]

nice

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Kr-is [2008-07-23 18:44:20 +0000 UTC]

lol it looks like ross from friends, good pic thogh, like it

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2dforever In reply to Kr-is [2008-07-24 20:16:27 +0000 UTC]

Haha, does a little bit. He's got the whole sagging face thing that Ross always has

Glad you like it, thanks for the amusing comment!

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JanaStormraven [2008-07-12 13:45:39 +0000 UTC]

I never did make a comment did I.
Funnily enough I like this picture.
Ha ha ha.

Thanks for the invoice (: and the little print!!!!

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2dforever In reply to JanaStormraven [2008-07-13 00:01:53 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you liked the little print, was just a small extra. It's only from my printer (which is fairly good, i'll give it that) so I can guarantee it lasting forever, but thought you may appreciate it!

Thanks again for the oppurtunity to work on this, it was great fun

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serendipity289 [2008-07-03 03:58:12 +0000 UTC]

I love the way you color.

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2dforever In reply to serendipity289 [2008-07-03 11:20:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Colour was the main focus on this piece, so I'm glad it does it's job!

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Lupinator [2008-07-02 22:01:32 +0000 UTC]

I always found the whole mirrored perspective thing to be a nightmare... Some people kinda cheat on it but you did a fab job here. Other than that, the expression and atmosphere is completely ace... even the body positioning, it all caries the feeling really well.

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2dforever In reply to Lupinator [2008-07-05 12:58:44 +0000 UTC]

Well, I didn't cheat, but I am aware of a few problems that I didn't fix... but I'm always like that with my pictures! Thanks for the comment

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Lupinator In reply to 2dforever [2008-07-05 19:17:11 +0000 UTC]

Dude... haha, that's life of any perfectionist... Really, the important thing is nail down the message and atmosphere so at least you are getting your ideas out.

A little phylisohical opinion here (that I don't believe applies to your work btw, but its something to remember)... The thing about art in my opinion is that you should always try to get the idea across first, and let the skill aspects work themselves out over the period of your lifetime. Really, you'll never stop getting better with skill and technique, but it's all too easy to make souless artwork when you place all that technical stuff as your top priority. Plus, it's really easy to feel incompetent when you are just focusing on your skill aspects of art. Well, that's my two sense.

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2dforever In reply to Lupinator [2008-07-14 21:55:00 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for the slow reply...

But basically, yeah I agree 100% with you. I always enjoy getting out the 'oint' of the piece,then I get bored having to make it look nice! But that's something I'm pushing myself to do more of, to maintain a higher quality - but thanks to you pointing it out again, not to lose the original context of the piece.

Thanks

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Lupinator In reply to 2dforever [2008-07-14 23:56:40 +0000 UTC]

No problem, I appreciate the time... I'm pretty bad with responces myself if I can't throw it down in just a few seconds.

To be honest, I'm totally victim to redering my works too death... I mean, it's easy enough to render, just ever time consuming...... and yes I completely believe it's pretty necessary, just not everything. But for me, haha, my biggest enemy is the blank page. :C

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jonathanvair [2008-07-01 06:41:36 +0000 UTC]

I wasn't going to mention that scene from Silent Hill 2, but this image represents how the series made me feel, which is much more important. Every game was about the protagonist/antagonist's introspective journey.

I wish the eyes weren't more contrasting than everything else. The dark lines around those eyes really distracts me.

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2dforever In reply to jonathanvair [2008-07-01 18:34:38 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm... interesting - Thanks for pointing that out. It was intentional, as I wanted to emphasise the messed up look on his eyes, but it's doing it too much if you find it distracting... hmmm...

Well, not loads I can do about it now, but I'll definitely keep it in mind - Thank you

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IndustrialChow [2008-07-01 00:27:44 +0000 UTC]

oh man! it's awesome! ^-^

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2dforever In reply to IndustrialChow [2008-07-01 18:35:11 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks i'm glad you like it!

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Mad-But-Happy [2008-06-30 12:36:24 +0000 UTC]

Love the colors here Nice one!

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2dforever In reply to Mad-But-Happy [2008-07-01 18:35:56 +0000 UTC]

Excellent, I'm glad you like the colours - they were my main focus for this piece Thanks for the nice comment!

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Hotpan [2008-06-30 07:23:47 +0000 UTC]

this is great, the feel of the picture is perfect and the shading is great.

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2dforever In reply to Hotpan [2008-07-01 18:36:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the nice message! I'm glad the feeling is right, thats the important part

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yourpleasantdarkness [2008-06-30 03:36:56 +0000 UTC]

Your skills at emotional capture are amazing. <3 I already want to know more about this character, even though he isn't yours. The expression is phenomenal, and the sinister, dark and desaturated tones of the picture are impressive. Nicely done!

-A.C.

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2dforever In reply to yourpleasantdarkness [2008-07-01 18:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for such a nice comment! I'm really glad you're drawn into the character, obviously he's the main focus(!) but I think that's down to JanaStormRaven's explaination. I had this image stuck in my head from the start, so it worked well - I hope!

Thanks again for the nice comment

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Em-j-akahana [2008-06-30 01:11:55 +0000 UTC]

p.s
heres the drawing i did of it years ago
[link]
its wat inspired my life drawing picture

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Em-j-akahana [2008-06-30 01:07:36 +0000 UTC]

wow it looks like my submission for life drawing for uni this year its the same pose but mirrored if that makes sense
and a lot better lol
its freaky but thats why i love it
awesome

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2dforever In reply to Em-j-akahana [2008-07-01 18:40:02 +0000 UTC]

Haha, excellent! I found the pose itself more akward than I thought I would, so it's great experience for sure. Thanks for the nice comment!

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Em-j-akahana In reply to 2dforever [2008-07-01 18:51:42 +0000 UTC]

no problem ^^ yeah i found the pose quite hard to but iv always wanted to re do this picture...
i love yours tho ^^ its awesome to see it

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Sean-Loco-ODonnell [2008-06-29 23:51:12 +0000 UTC]

At first I thought it was Ed Norton as Bruce Banner... breathing not working and he knows IT's coming...

And then I read the description... I'm still gonna pretend its a hulk piece, so there.... (laughs)

I really like this piece none the less.

-Sean

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2dforever In reply to Sean-Loco-ODonnell [2008-07-01 18:41:05 +0000 UTC]

Haha, no Hulk I'm afraid! Although he does have some powers...

Thanks for the nice comment

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k0n0k0 [2008-06-29 23:46:18 +0000 UTC]

It's amazing! Nice job!

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PhantomMisdo [2008-06-29 23:07:50 +0000 UTC]

I really love the style of this. Good lighting and the guys expression is brilliant.

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2dforever In reply to PhantomMisdo [2008-07-01 18:42:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I'm really glad the expression is doing it's job!

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crazymew [2008-06-29 23:04:30 +0000 UTC]

Holy shit man, that's impressive work! o.o

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blahguy0 [2008-06-29 23:00:21 +0000 UTC]

The way the eyebrows are so dark it kinda looks like you just drew them on at the end. Also, the mirror doesn't look like it stays against the wall in the bottom left corner. And then the last critique I have is that on his chest it looks like the wrinkles from the shirt continue onto his chest.

Still, looks amazing and looks like you put some real skill and effort into this. Way to go!

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2dforever In reply to blahguy0 [2008-07-01 18:46:59 +0000 UTC]

I gotta say, thank you for actually doing some constructive criticising - I'm always, always happy to receive it

You're one of two people to mention the area around his eyes, so I'm thinking they must be too dark, or perhaps the pencil lines below it all are too strong... It's good to know though.

As for the shirt wrinkles... I can't believe I didn't notice that myself - not as in I didn't see the lines there, but they are in fact dirty smears on the mirror. But they do look like shirt wrinkles... Another good point.

Thanks again for taking the time to think about these kind of things, it really is priceless for me, thank you

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