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Published: 2016-02-19 16:25:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 20339; Favourites: 262; Downloads: 0
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Work done for kobold press. Look how he glows. Glowing equals magic apparently.Related content
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I see the point about the glow. Β That was actually more common in the earliest editions of Dungeons & Dragons. Β Since 3.X it's not been used as much. Β Still, for purposes of illustrations, it's really the only way that I can think of to make the magical nature of an item or being visually evident.
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Yeah, maybe so, but Jackson's movies are still the best cinematic treatment of that book (and the Lord of the Rings) to date.
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Yeah, maybe so, but Jackson's movies are still the best cinematic treatment of those books to date.
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I can think of many other ways. They're just not so blatant. To me it seems like a visual copout. The one Ring didn't glow. Neither did Storm Bringer or Excalibur.
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Well, Stormbringer didn't exactly need to glow with all the moaning, slurping and other vocalization as 'he' sucked down souls. Β The enchanted nature of that blade was obvious in other ways. Β The 'special' nature of Excalibur was also patently obvious because of its being held aloft from the bosom of the waters by a disembodied arm. Β Admittedly, these are much more creative than just glowing, and it wouldn't take a great deal of creativity to replace the annoying glow with some other feature like runes, either being too heavy or too light for its perceived mass, or being made of a strange metal or other, possibly much more freaky, substance.
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Totally agree. Although many of those options are not so easy to illustrate.
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Well, in the movies you got pretty glowing text on the One Ring when exposed to fire...
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Yes, and we all saw where stuff like that led Peter Jackson.
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You lost me here - where did it lead him, exactly? Β The Elvish script on the ring that exposure to fire caused to appear is well-documented Tolkien canon.
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The hobbit movies. With such a huge overreliance on CGI.
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Sometimes Art Directors actually know what they are talking about ...
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Yep, one and the same ...
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It sure is - in all myΒ gaudy, 'glowy' glory ...
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The glowing was actually a nice touch! Really cool piece!
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Come on, don't prove my art directory right.Β
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oh this is cool dude ! specially that treasure chest...*where to find it !*
the color and effects are nicely done
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Thank you! I kind of think it looks a bit too gaudy myself.
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Well overall, the colors on the character are too saturated for my liking. He's supposed to be a magical thief, but to me he looks more like a court jester in that outfit. And I am not a fan of making things glow to show that their magic. It seems to Disney.
But people seem to like that sort of thing and it sells. So I can't fault my client for wanting it that way.
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oh i know the feeling ! happened to me alot... last of it was when a costumer asked for a logo and his idea turned out... well not my type
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