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PAWN'D!!Woohoo, that was a fun pic to draw, but it sure did take a long time. I spent nearly a day agonizing over what colors to use. XD I refused to simply use black and white for a chess-themed pic. Plus, I had the hardest time coming up with a bg.
Hooray for chess pictures. They're enormously fun to try and integrate those simple shapes and symbols into actual characters and the like, though I'm only mediocre at the actual game. If you can't figure out which pieces they are (and I hope you can): Paul is the king in the throne, Drake (with the sword) is a pawn, Rantz is the rook, and Arak is a bishop (haha, Arak a bishop!). I wanted to try and fit more characters into this pic, but I only managed to fit four. Funnily enough, each character is in almost the exact same composition as my "... And a bottle o' rum." image: [link] . XDDDD
Speaking of, this pic is for my sketchbook cover, to replace the sketchbook that had "... And a bottle o' rum" as its cover. As I've mentioned before, I get a nice cover printed out at Kinko's on cardstock, then have them bind the cover and a nice chunk of computer paper into a spiral-bound sketchbook, with a clear plastic cover for protection. It's great because it's my custom sketchbook, complete with the exact type of paper I want, and it's cheap, under 8 bucks. <3
Checkmate, mate.
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Comments: 25
FlamingFoxDragon [2009-10-16 21:16:48 +0000 UTC]
A bishop who's a vampire, That's a contadiction...LIKE STARBURST
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tartancrusader [2008-10-08 22:42:04 +0000 UTC]
Cool! Arak as a bishop How ...ironic.
Great expression work, as usual. I especially love Rantz's look of doom and Paul's leapfrog/dance thingy.
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Yuni [2007-08-21 23:16:55 +0000 UTC]
Oh my.....the most adorable checkmate in the world's history!! XDDD It's also cool to have a vampire bishop...I think Chess pictures are so rare, I'm so happy to see one since I was thinking of making something chess related myself X3 I think the colors you've used are the best, they're all so yummy I'm tempted to lick the screen now X33~~ (the pale yellows of course look specially delicious~ X3)
Wonderful work, please keep it up! ^__^
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aquanut [2007-08-19 17:22:57 +0000 UTC]
Wow, I love the colors and poses of the characters. The way Paul's aiming his scepter and his underlings are ready to gang up on Arak seems to say that this is the moment that the jig is up. And he seems to realize it, judging by his expression. Lovely. ^^
I should look into making some sort of sketchbook for myself. >> I've never really used one, mainly because I find it easier to doodle on copy paper than any of the various special kinds of paper in art store sketchbooks. So I end up with stacks and stacks of messy papers, which inevitably get shoved into drawers and closets and then filed into manila envelopes and stuffed into boxes.
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Saetje [2007-08-02 00:33:39 +0000 UTC]
Ha, I just hide all my sketches (which are also usually done on comp paper) in a drawer XD
This is so lovely! The sense of the scene is amazing, and I think the red/yellow colors you chose to use were a great idea! It looks great- so clean, crisp, and professional.
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ChaosKomori In reply to Saetje [2007-08-02 02:24:39 +0000 UTC]
Aaah! In a drawer?! But how will you be able to show them off to people? Before you come to SCAD, you'd better git yerself a sketchbook, or else what will me and Fyuvix be able to look at? X3
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meggyc [2007-07-31 00:06:46 +0000 UTC]
I want to make a sketchbook of my own.
Paul is such a tyrant. I'm really loving the color scheme of this. The reds seem so intimidating against the yellow.
What program did you draw/color this in?
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ChaosKomori In reply to meggyc [2007-07-31 02:57:44 +0000 UTC]
:3 Thanks. I drew it all in Photoshop (just got the new CS3 yay!).
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art314 [2007-07-30 02:53:46 +0000 UTC]
I like the whole idea of this, and the fact that the bishop is female. I like to see when people like to push boundaries!
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VioletVampireVixen [2007-07-29 15:10:41 +0000 UTC]
XD "Run Arak run!" This is very good! I love the colors and the background too. Arak's clothes is also well done^^.
-snort- I've never played chess in my life (nor known the pieces), so I had no idea that this was related to chess until you said so in the description . I just thought that Paul took Arak's chair. Although, now that I really look at it, the throne does look like a chess piece. -slow-
Overall a sweet picture and wow under $8? That's really good
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ThirdPotato [2007-07-29 13:20:47 +0000 UTC]
XD Yay! It's finally done, and it looks great! Nice colors and shades. I thought you were going to have PAWN'D on there XD But I guess it would ruin the aesthetics. I especially like the cast shadow on the throne at the bottom; What's that casting from? And yeah the sketchbooks come to $6.25 there abouts
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BuzzyBuzz [2007-07-29 06:53:34 +0000 UTC]
Hahaha, a bishop. Wow $8? what I do is just buy a sketch book, take the metal ring out, color the side thats blank (no brand name) and put it back on. I thought it was cheeper than how you did it. (ink prices!). Hmmmm.
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ChaosKomori In reply to BuzzyBuzz [2007-07-29 14:36:59 +0000 UTC]
It might be cheaper, but I don't like the rough paper that most sketchbooks have. I like using computer paper. ^__^
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BuzzyBuzz In reply to ChaosKomori [2007-07-29 15:19:41 +0000 UTC]
Never mind, I thought I bought my latest sketch for $10, it was $6-7. ^_^
I know what you mean, rough and dosnt work to well with sharpies(hard because of comicsXP). My sketch book for art class was better than mine! I wonder where they get them, they must be cheper and there better paper. XP sorry for the rant. ^_^
I forgot to mention how I love the coloring in this drawing and Arak's clothing looks realy nice. How do you get the line art to look so nice?
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ChaosKomori In reply to BuzzyBuzz [2007-07-30 00:57:54 +0000 UTC]
I just took a really long time in Photoshop. I use a tablet, that might help a teeny bit.
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BuzzyBuzz In reply to ChaosKomori [2007-07-30 01:16:18 +0000 UTC]
I have one too. got it a few weeks ago! ^_^ and photoshop. I used to use GIMP. XP
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ReiHari [2007-07-29 06:22:18 +0000 UTC]
WOW... this is downright amazing!
Awesome job, Komori, as usual!
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