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Description A drawing I did of the arbiter from the Halo series. This was the first time Ive drawn the arbiter and overall this is the first time Ive ever drawn an elite. This took me about 8 hours to draw and it was drawn with the use of hb,2b,4b, and 6b pencils. Please enjoy!
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Comments: 68

killersonic1 [2012-06-06 05:09:21 +0000 UTC]

How many times has that elites saved Master Chief's behind?

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Kairi-loves-Sushi [2012-06-04 16:17:49 +0000 UTC]

WOW! Really good artwork! You are a master at shading!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to Kairi-loves-Sushi [2012-06-04 18:52:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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Kairi-loves-Sushi In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-04 21:29:58 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome!

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ShoutmonTM [2012-06-04 13:10:03 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to ShoutmonTM [2012-06-04 18:53:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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lil-razzle-dazzles [2012-06-03 23:40:00 +0000 UTC]

Wow, he looks mean! And creepy. I don't play Halo, actually I play very few games. I mostly watch other's play because I'm not very good. I tend to get killed or maimed really easy. In the world of gaming, I need protecting. Anyway, my point was I don't know who he is but I did google him, Yep, just for you, I googled him to find out what he was. Interesting. One of them was a high official who was shamed and was given the suicidal position as a way of saving face. I forgot his name already. You know what's cool about this drawing to me, whether you meant for it or not, it's that the perspective you drew him from almost makes him Escher-esque. You know who M.C Escher is, right? He did all those optical illusion drawings where you couldn't tell which was up or down, flat or multi-dimensional. Well this face, if you look at it long enough, can look flat like a flounder with its eyes on the side of his head and then if you focus, it becomes three dimensional. Do you see it? hmm...maybe it's just me. Weird kid. Those Irish, you know. Anyway, another great drawing! I just wish I knew who he was.

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MailJeevas33 In reply to lil-razzle-dazzles [2012-06-03 23:53:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks you so much! The arbiter is quite deadly. I play alot of games. Everyone usually gets killed a lot when they're new to video games. That was defenately the case for me when I started.In the halo story line the arbiter was a very powerful commander the covenant fleet. He was charged with the protection and defense of the halo ring. But he failed his duty and the council sent him to become an arbiter which is an elite soldier sent on suicidal missions for the council most arbiters die in combat. But anyway the halo story is very interesting.of course I know who he is his work is very cool! Does this drawing really remind you of mc Escher? But now that you point it out i can kind of see a flounder. And thank you again I'm glad you liked it despite the fact you didn't know who this was!

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lil-razzle-dazzles In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-04 01:31:52 +0000 UTC]

It's not so much it reminded me of Escher, it had an optical illusion for me. See, I didn't know the character or what he looked like so I had nothing to go on. It looked like he was turning his head inside the helmet to look at me. The one side ornament at first looked like it was part of his jaw and the piece coming down over his eyes looked like it was attached to the ornament on the other side, so he looked like he had been flattened or punched. But that's because I didn't know what he or his helmet looked like, unlike Bobba Fet. Everyone knows what he looks like. It wasn't until I went on line to see what the arbiter was that I saw a picture/video and I realzied his helmet is pointed like a bird's beak and those ornaments are actually his mouth!!!!!!!!! [link] Unless you know that you're not going to get it at first. When I came back, I had an a-ha moment, like yes, of course, his helmet is like a beak and those aren't ornaments on the sides of his helmet. It was perfectly drawn but if I kept staring at it, the optical illusion kept coming back. Which I thought was cool like he had taken a major blow to the face!! That's what happens when you don't play video games and know your characters. All your buds here knew off the bat what you had drawn. A girl form Ireland who never played a video game in her life before coming here, not so much. It's a great drawing with great attention to detail especially in the underparts. See, not knowing what his helmet looked like, I thought those teeth parts were ornamental parts of his helmet. So...the video link - is that a movie or the actual game play. That is awesome graphics and does the sargeant die? It seemed like he was going to sacrifice himself so the other guys wouldn't have to. Sad...

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MailJeevas33 In reply to lil-razzle-dazzles [2012-06-04 01:43:44 +0000 UTC]

That is a very cool peroective of my work! But since I clearly know what he looks like it's very hard to see the optical illusion. But I find that your view very interesting! I found it very cool how you thought his teeth and mouth were ornaments! But anyone I found your view of it very interesting and cool! And thank you very much! I always pay close attention to detail, I spend hours on these drawings trying to make them as perfect as possible, I'm happy you enjoy them! And that was a cgi cutscene, I wish the actaul graphics were that good but still halo graphics are pretty impressive. And yes the sargent sacrifices himself and dies to save those spartans. He does this because those kind of soldiers are very valuble to the war effort and there's very few of them so he sacrifes himself to let them fight another day

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lil-razzle-dazzles In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-04 03:13:17 +0000 UTC]

So it is sad. I liked him. I watched the rest of the video and it showed his empty cryo chamber so you know he died. Halo seems pretty intense emotionally. I just watched a "cutscenes" video of the death of Nobel Team from Halo Reach. I guess if you played that game, you died, because it ends with the professor telling you that you fought well and will be remembered bdecause you're all dead. That's sad...and surreal. After getting an even closer look at the Arbiter I realize, like his helmet, he has armour fused onto his mouth parts too, and he has FOUR! mouth parts that open and close. No wonder my eyes were trying to make sense of all the moving parts, even in the video. I thought he had two pincers, he has four!!! See, don't feel bad, I didn't even get a CGI video, in high definition no less!! I was so confused. It was like what is going on around his mouth! :lauging: I had no idea what I was looking at, I only knew it was totally cool and fierce looking. Definitely not someone I would want to meet in a dark place.

I have secondary friends that play Halo, but none of my immediate friends play it, at least in the present. Levi plays Zelda and a few other antiseptic shooters, he's only just thirteen so his mam won't let him play the harder games yet. His older brother who's going off to college has already played it. He mostly plays Call of Duty and other war games, but he's older so he can play the bloody games. Me, I play Tetris. It's funny though, my hard gamer friends get stressed playing because when it starts moving fastsr and faster, they hate it. Me, I'm totally calm. Even though I'm not really good at tetris either, I find it very soothing because it's so simple and meditative...and probably because no one is trying to hurt me.

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MailJeevas33 In reply to lil-razzle-dazzles [2012-06-04 03:24:34 +0000 UTC]

Halo can be pretty sad. In the ending of halo reach your character dies defending the planet reach. It's pretty sad. Lol it's alright. There's a whole species just like the arbiter. They are called the elites they are very deadly and skilled warriors. But anyway I play a lot of Zelda it's my favorite game series. I do play a few shooters halo being my favorite. Im not really into call of duty but I do play battlefield occasionally which is pretty much hyper realistic call of duty. And I love tetris its a fun simple and addictive game.I'm not great at it either but it's a very relaxing game,

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M4NGL3 [2012-06-03 13:46:14 +0000 UTC]

I always thought elites were fun to draw as well.
Also really good job

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MailJeevas33 In reply to M4NGL3 [2012-06-03 13:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I really enjoyed drawing the arbiter I really like to draw him and maybe some other elites again sometime in the future

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LadyAdriela [2012-06-02 19:57:15 +0000 UTC]

for a first time this is totally epic

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MailJeevas33 In reply to LadyAdriela [2012-06-02 19:58:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed drawing him plan to draw him again in the future along with some other elites

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LadyAdriela In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 21:20:08 +0000 UTC]

sweetness cant and ur welcome

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voiced-otter [2012-06-02 12:09:20 +0000 UTC]

very very cool.

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MailJeevas33 In reply to voiced-otter [2012-06-02 12:51:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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voiced-otter In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 12:54:57 +0000 UTC]

Not a problem. tis some awesome art.

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Some1smarter [2012-06-02 03:05:11 +0000 UTC]

Yet another amazing drawing!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to Some1smarter [2012-06-02 03:06:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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dragonlover030393 [2012-06-02 02:29:31 +0000 UTC]

that is like one of the best arbiter pics i've ever seen!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to dragonlover030393 [2012-06-02 02:31:23 +0000 UTC]

Really? Thank you so much!

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dragonlover030393 In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 02:36:28 +0000 UTC]

i've never seen a good, well drawn pic of the arbiter before...
and it's so cool that you have that kind of skill..my elites
look more anime style...you can check out my gallery...they'll
be in "living with my enemy's brother"

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MailJeevas33 In reply to dragonlover030393 [2012-06-02 02:46:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I really like your style of elites, I've added you to my watch!

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dragonlover030393 In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 14:58:47 +0000 UTC]

thanks!!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to dragonlover030393 [2012-06-02 15:27:55 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome! Thanks for watching as well!

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dragonlover030393 In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 15:28:44 +0000 UTC]

of course!

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SlamJamSam [2012-06-02 02:28:17 +0000 UTC]

That's amazing!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to SlamJamSam [2012-06-02 02:31:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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PiccolosFangirlUsagi [2012-06-02 00:09:48 +0000 UTC]

OMG! This is so amazing! I love it!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to PiccolosFangirlUsagi [2012-06-02 00:11:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! Im glad you like it! I worked very hard on it!

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PiccolosFangirlUsagi In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 00:40:32 +0000 UTC]

I can tell. You're work is so inspiring. You're my idol

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MailJeevas33 In reply to PiccolosFangirlUsagi [2012-06-02 00:55:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! Is my work really that good?

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PiccolosFangirlUsagi In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 01:12:16 +0000 UTC]

Yes it is that good!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to PiccolosFangirlUsagi [2012-06-02 01:19:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! Your artwork is very good too!

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PiccolosFangirlUsagi In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 01:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Nowhere near how good yours is tho.

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MailJeevas33 In reply to PiccolosFangirlUsagi [2012-06-02 01:49:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! But I still think your really good!

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PiccolosFangirlUsagi In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 01:55:28 +0000 UTC]

And I wanna be as good as you when I get older

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MailJeevas33 In reply to PiccolosFangirlUsagi [2012-06-02 01:58:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! You probably will get a lot better as the years progress my artwork has evolved so much since I joined deviant art 2 years ago. If you keep practicing and never give up, your art will be legendary one day! So keep up the good work!

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PiccolosFangirlUsagi In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 12:58:32 +0000 UTC]

You really think so?

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MailJeevas33 In reply to PiccolosFangirlUsagi [2012-06-02 15:30:13 +0000 UTC]

I know so!

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PiccolosFangirlUsagi In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 16:12:11 +0000 UTC]

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Halo-Arbiter-fan [2012-06-01 23:40:10 +0000 UTC]

that is AMAZING!!!!

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MailJeevas33 In reply to Halo-Arbiter-fan [2012-06-01 23:40:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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Halo-Arbiter-fan In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-01 23:41:51 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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GimpedForLife [2012-06-01 23:33:40 +0000 UTC]

I like your shading job, you are really good

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MailJeevas33 In reply to GimpedForLife [2012-06-01 23:35:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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GimpedForLife In reply to MailJeevas33 [2012-06-02 00:04:05 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome~

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