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AxeMan5 — XCOM: SkyRanger

Published: 2013-11-04 17:33:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 4876; Favourites: 81; Downloads: 0
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I present to you my digital drawing of XCOM's Skyranger dropship, from the 2K/Firaxis game XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within. Drawn using Sketchbook Pro and a Wacom Intuos 4 graphics tablet (Medium), on a canvas of 30cm x 30cm.

Drawing time took me several hours, and the background has been drawn from imagination. The ship however is based on a piece of official concept art work which I'll happily link people to should they want to compare the two together.

This is the first time I've drawn a vehicle properly since that old Ferrari Italia traditional drawing back in 2010, so it was kind of difficult to get used to at first. I think the main ship itself has turned out great though! Unfortunately I had to rush the background a little bit, so it's not as good as it could have been, however I still think it's turned out okay! It doesn't seem to detract from the image in any way. I'll hopefully have the time in the future to update this piece with a background that suits it more! Maybe a nigh time flying scene similar to what is seen in game? Regardless of my opinions, I'd love to know what you all think of it!

I can't wait to finally get my hands on the Enemy Within version of the game come the 15th of November! I am utterly hyped for it, as sadly I never had the time to play Enemy Unknown when it was released last year.

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I have Twitter now which I use to have a laugh with friends, and upload loads of in progress snaps of pieces that I am working on! So if you want to follow me there, be sure to do so and tell me, and I'll be happy to follow you back! I'd love a couple more followers there! The link can be found just below my avatar icon on my profile page!

And if you want to add me here on DA then feel free to do so too, and I'll happily return the favour! The more friends the better eh?

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The digital art here is drawn by me, but is based on characters and content from XCOM, and has been created using references to said content from the game. The current and respective owners of said properties (2K/Firaxis) own all copyrights to these featured characters, locations and all other related content!

You may use my work with my permission, so long as links to the original (this piece) are provided in any feature, comment or other site where you wish to use it! Also should you happen to use my work, I'd love to hear about it myself! Seriously! I don't bite!

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GrayLantern13 [2015-11-19 04:26:23 +0000 UTC]

DROPSHIP HAS ARRIVED.

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mechanut721 [2014-09-03 03:01:55 +0000 UTC]

I have to say, this is a wonderful piece of work!  If anything, I could almost say that the background was a ruined alien base or the like.  I myself have recently been playing the original XCOM, and this personally seems like an evolution of the original Skyranger.

As a rating, this is certainly a near five star work.  Keep up the good work!

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AxeMan5 In reply to mechanut721 [2015-01-18 14:35:49 +0000 UTC]

Cheers pal, glad to hear that you like it! Your kind words give a nice art and design morale boost to me! 

You are near spot on with that analysis too, the drawing was sort of a mash-up between the beloved original ship and the newer design for the updated Enemy Unknown/Within, with the background depicting a ravaged landscape implying the struggle to fend off humanities alien aggressors, of which I was inspired to draw when I got completely trounced on a terror mission playing Classic difficulty on Enemy Within. Thanks again for taking the time to comment!

Oh, and my apologies for the late reply. I don't get to use deviantART quite as much as I'd like to these days unfortunately!

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mechanut721 In reply to AxeMan5 [2015-01-18 21:10:35 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I myself just recently downloaded the game on Steam, along with the Elite Soldier DLC.  Granted, I play on Easy, but still, the game is certainly hard enough as it is.  If anything, I even made some fanart myself depicting a mash-up of the old "HIDDEN MOVEMENT" screen from the first game with elements from the new one. 

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