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Published: 2015-05-27 22:02:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 1020; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 1
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Part of an art trade with AlienAlfredo . It was a universe swap, where we adapted or included the other's characters into our own universe in some way. I drew Kale's characters En Recner and Kyro Keptum in a back corner of Abime Spire during an attack on the tower, along with some of my characters (Azi and two of the kittens). Kyro is buying some time by clearing a corridor of attackers, while Recner checks over Azi and the kittens jury-rig some extra firepower using the tower's energy relays. ^_^I took months to finish this, and (likely more annoying) kept making predictions that I'd be able to finish it in ___(time frame)___ that were anything but accurate. Despite that they've been nothing but patient with me, from the unending delays to my need to create a weekly check-in to keep myself on track, so basically: I had a lot of fun with this, and you're awesome and patient and I appreciate it greatly. Thanks for doing the trade, and I hope you like the piece!
Kyro Keptum and En Recner belong to AlienAlfredo .
Azi, Brownie, Anthony and the Abime Spire setting belong to me.
Their half of the art trade can be found here!
Stock textures used:
FREE TEXTURE METAL 1010 from markpiet , metal texture 2 from wojtar-stock , Seamless metal texture smooth from hhh316 , and Metal grating texture 2 -tiled from JayL-stock .
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Comments: 14
Sorry I haven't taken the time to look at your gallery for a while (Experiment 93 has kept me so busy!), but awesome picture. Full scenes can be really hard to do, and the difficulty shoots up every time you add a character. I love the amount of detail that you put into this
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Ooh, jeeze, no need to apologize. I'm far more inactive, myself. Seriously, the balance should be far more in favor of me thanking you for taking the time to go through my gallery! I appreciate all of the comments a lot, thank you.
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Wooowwwww man, this is just brilliant! 
Because, y'know, you hardly ever do that.
Okay lemme bullet-point this so it's more comprehensible, and hope it doesn't turn into a ramble. (Which it probably will.)
• The detail! Really loving the fact that you've even drawn the wires underneath the grating.
• Just the grating on the floor in particular. o_o
• The way light reflects off Kyro's suit.
• Perpective
• That thing on Recner's wrist.
• That scrappy metal texture
• The white blood(?) stuff from Azi. It looks very sticky and realistic and not at all pleasant.
• The kitten rigging the wires OH MY GOD IS SHE ADORABLE I'm taking her seriously I swear
• The wall design! I really love it!
Critique / Tips:
• Kyro's electricy things look a bit off. But then, I have no idea how electric bolts would look in a photo, so … 
• Uneven texturing. I notice the wall is really textured, but other parts (such as the floor, and the characters) are not so textured.
• Azi's spikes don't seem to come out of his back very convincingly - I think maybe they're too outlined. Next time you could try fading / rubbing out the outlines.
• Depth. A great way to add depth in a scene is to use a focus-blur. My trick is to duplicate the picture as a layer, enlarge it a tiny bit, and make it semi-transparent. You'll notice a 'clear point' where it's not blurry. You can move the picture around to put the focus on a particular person or place.
~ Okay, and now, end of ramble. xD Honestly, well done! This is so huge and detailed! I'm glad you could finish it
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Ah gosh, thank you so much! 
Most of my reply boils down to "eee I'm so glad you liked ___ detail I put a lot of thought/time into it~
As for specifics, yeah, that's Azi's blood.
In response to your critique:
• Part of that might be because I tried to do two things at once. It's meant to be something of a force field, but I tried to make it look like electricity at the same time? Either way though, I probably could have benefited from taking a look at at least one photo rather than completely winging it.
• Ooh, that's a good point. I just used a subtler texture on the floor, but I didn't use any textures on the characters. Kinda makes sense with, like, Kyro's shiny metal armor, but it looks pretty weird with Azi's skin and Recner's supposedly furred tail.
• YOU'RE TELLING ME. Azi's darned spikes need redesigned, drawing them like this is pretty miserable. 
• Huh, I didn't even think of creating depth beyond just the perspective. Thanks for pointing out the possibility! I'll have to try it some time, and other tricks too. I'm so used to only ever drawing the subject that important aspects of a scene like depth are easy to forget.
Again, though, thank you so much for all the feedback! It was really encouraging to see after pouring so much time into a piece.
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My pleasure!
And don't worry, I can understand that long comments take long to answer, cos you really have to sit in and have time to consider all the points and stuff. xD
Aww that's actually awesome to know.
So the forcefield would have veins of electricity running over it, maybe? I can see what you mean.
Oh, man, individually forshortening those spikes would be a pain the ass 
My pleasure and you're very welcome! 
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I should probably comment on this by now ^^'
Looks great! I'm in love with the kittens and the shine on Kyro's boots and shading of other parts of his armor. I like how worried Recner looks and the metalic, mechanical details in the bg! I wonder how the two ended up at the spire x)
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Hhh I kind of fell off from dA for a while but. I'm glad you like it!
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OOhh sounds ominous. The Spire seems to have a mind of its own?
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It seems to have a life of it's own, certainly--collecting "antibodies", creating beings that can maintain its systems, etc. No one's quite sure yet whether it has a conscious mind of its own or is just self-perpetuating, though...
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WooO sounds very ominous! I wouldnt want to get collected by it x)
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All of this looks excellent! I think both Kyro and Recner look fantastic, especially the metallic shine on Kyro's boots. Azi has a very interesting design also.
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Ah, thank you! I'm glad you think they look good.
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