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He wanted me to draw a Forerunner Sentinel called an Exodus Class, so I gave it a go! Hope you like this thing!

This is an upright, 7 foot tall Sentinel that is deployed in groups of three and is used for land combat. They are supposed to be bipedal, but since Sentinels lack legs, I gave this one arms instead! The right arm is used for close quarters melee combat while the left arm is its Sentinel beam weapon. This particular Sentinel is a Exodus Leader class (why the talons are so huge and its body is red).

Instead of legs its body ends in a sharp point. It floats about a foot off the ground and doesn't fly. No legs means this Sentinel type can move quickly across any terrain. Its hooded, brooding, cloaked appearance is used to incite fear and intimidate enemy soldiers!

Yeah! Got one of my New Year resolutions done:

Submit an artwork on this website before I go back to work on Monday !!!
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Comments: 49

TheeArtist85 [2020-10-08 02:57:25 +0000 UTC]

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drskytower In reply to TheeArtist85 [2020-10-08 12:30:38 +0000 UTC]

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NorthaDawn [2020-07-24 15:49:41 +0000 UTC]

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drskytower In reply to NorthaDawn [2020-07-27 14:38:50 +0000 UTC]

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ProfessorPeyton [2011-05-11 10:58:20 +0000 UTC]

Intimidating. Good job!

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drskytower In reply to ProfessorPeyton [2011-05-12 06:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! I like how the colours turned out on this critter!

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BlackInfinity666 [2011-01-26 20:05:34 +0000 UTC]

I like the design here. It's really awesome. The colors you chose where good to , The only thing I see is the lack of background.

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drskytower In reply to BlackInfinity666 [2011-01-27 07:58:01 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! Yeah this could've done with a background!

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andybonhelsing [2011-01-26 09:54:28 +0000 UTC]

Very cool design!

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drskytower In reply to andybonhelsing [2011-01-27 07:58:09 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou

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mikhi [2011-01-24 08:07:45 +0000 UTC]

It looks cool I like your choice of colors. As for critique: Be careful when you color digitally that things aren't messy. (color outside of the outline when the outline is visible). That's a really easy way for something that should look wonderful to look messy and not well done. Actually a lot of works would be 10x better if there were certain details like that that were fixed up. It's a painstaking process but in the end its definitely worth it. Also just straight white lines for the shine may look good from far away, but also makes the texture look fake. You use a lot of soft shading, but in order to shade something professionally you need to get a good balance of soft and hard shading. (Tip: don't use the dodge and burn tool. Shadows should come from a cooler shade of the base color and highlights from a warmer shade ex. if your base color is red, use a purple for the shadow and a yellow for the highlight to add more depth of color). Also try to add some different line weights on your outlines so that certain things and parts of your subject are brought into more focus. The purple lines at the bottom do add a cool effect but since they are purple, try to incorporate some purple shading to the bottom of the sentinel as well so that the purple doesn't look so random. Overall cool work and a good start I know you can create even more cooler stuff later on!

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drskytower In reply to mikhi [2011-01-24 09:13:41 +0000 UTC]

wow thankyou for the critique

I will definitely be using these tips when I colour my next lineart! I avoid using dodge and burn tools... they don't create a very good shading/lighting effect, though my sharpness of shading with the soft brush could be better!

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mikhi In reply to drskytower [2011-01-24 16:18:02 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome!~ I wish you all the best in your next work

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Cirque-de-mystere [2011-01-16 00:13:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow, nice effects! Very energetic and definitely captures movement as well as attention! Haha. Great job!

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drskytower In reply to Cirque-de-mystere [2011-01-16 03:40:29 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! I enjoyed colouring this critter!

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AngelicAdonis [2011-01-15 22:53:36 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Very nice design!


Have you seen ? I think you might like it

If you want to join, just let me know!

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drskytower In reply to AngelicAdonis [2011-01-16 00:15:04 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou

That's a very interesting club, and I'd like to join! So fanart is allowed (because a lot of my stuff is inspired by the Halo games!)

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AngelicAdonis In reply to drskytower [2011-01-16 00:20:58 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

Iv sent you an invite.

Fanart is not allowed, but original art within a fandome is accepted. So if you drew an original covenant robot that would be cool.

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drskytower In reply to AngelicAdonis [2011-01-16 10:12:57 +0000 UTC]

Done! I'll submit Forerunner robotic artwork inspired by the Halo games (but not something canon from the games like Forerunner Sentinel screenshots lol)

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AngelicAdonis In reply to drskytower [2011-01-16 17:09:29 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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117649-M-I [2011-01-15 20:19:48 +0000 UTC]

Once again you amaze me

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drskytower In reply to 117649-M-I [2011-01-15 22:10:32 +0000 UTC]

It was fun creating and coming up with colours for this critter

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117649-M-I In reply to drskytower [2011-01-16 04:48:52 +0000 UTC]

I bet

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Wolftacular [2011-01-15 09:42:15 +0000 UTC]

Man, how could these sentinels not kick the flood's butt right from the start?

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drskytower In reply to Wolftacular [2011-01-15 22:10:52 +0000 UTC]

Now that would be fun to watch

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Jodar5 In reply to Wolftacular [2011-01-15 16:51:57 +0000 UTC]

If I'm correct Drskytowers fanfic is placed during the forerunner flood war so the flood are in the intergalactic phase making them as strong as they could possibly get. Also the exodus class is only deployed in groups of 3.

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Jodar5 [2011-01-15 03:40:32 +0000 UTC]

You ,sir, are truely amazing. It is even better than I imagined. I am truely grateful you have created this.

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drskytower In reply to Jodar5 [2011-01-15 04:05:34 +0000 UTC]

Great! I thought it might work well without legs (I know its meant to be bipedal) as most Sentinels seem to go legless in current Halo media!

It was also a lot of fun colouring this critter in... still learning how to digital colour my linearts.

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Jodar5 In reply to drskytower [2011-01-15 16:43:33 +0000 UTC]

I told you its your picture changing any aspect about it is your choice. The way you pefected the idea was truely genius.

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Jodar5 In reply to Jodar5 [2011-01-15 03:48:22 +0000 UTC]

I also have a side question will this be in any of your other works? Such as an image of it combating a flood form or a large group of flood forms surrounding an Exodus battle group?

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drskytower In reply to Jodar5 [2011-01-15 04:07:34 +0000 UTC]

Hey now that sounds like a great idea for an artwork. I might just do that! Perhaps a pair of blue Exodus Sentinels with a red leader one taking on some of my supreme Flood combat forms.

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Jodar5 In reply to drskytower [2011-01-15 16:44:09 +0000 UTC]

I will look foreward to that.

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drskytower In reply to Jodar5 [2011-01-15 22:13:42 +0000 UTC]

I'm thinking of doing it in comic format. And they'll be using the Forerunner Sphinx (some ancient Sentinel/vehicle mentioned in that Halo Crytum book).

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Jodar5 In reply to drskytower [2011-01-16 19:03:22 +0000 UTC]

That sounds interesting. And I apologize for calling you sir in a previous comment.

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drskytower In reply to Jodar5 [2011-01-17 08:19:57 +0000 UTC]

Thats OK!

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diamondkitty1979 [2011-01-15 03:00:24 +0000 UTC]

This guy rocks!

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drskytower In reply to diamondkitty1979 [2011-01-15 03:16:24 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! It was fun designing and colouring this too!

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diamondkitty1979 In reply to drskytower [2011-01-15 03:19:58 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome

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KwongBee-Arts [2011-01-15 00:32:26 +0000 UTC]

wow amazing

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drskytower In reply to KwongBee-Arts [2011-01-15 01:50:16 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! I think my colouring is improving... still working on that!

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SolidSlater [2011-01-14 16:20:44 +0000 UTC]

Haha, sweet! I love it!

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drskytower In reply to SolidSlater [2011-01-14 21:24:47 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou

I had fun designing and colouring this naaaasty critter!

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TheApprentice225 [2011-01-14 16:01:32 +0000 UTC]

WOW this bugger looks tough! And cool! Great job as always Doc ^^

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drskytower In reply to TheApprentice225 [2011-01-14 21:24:09 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! Its amazing how motivated one becomes when inspired by others!

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TheApprentice225 In reply to drskytower [2011-01-14 22:38:13 +0000 UTC]

lol indeed it is ^^

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drskytower In reply to TheApprentice225 [2011-01-16 10:13:56 +0000 UTC]

I'm going to make a bigger effort to do art this year... last year was just terrible (art and literature related that is!)

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TheApprentice225 In reply to drskytower [2011-01-16 14:01:37 +0000 UTC]

I wish you the best of luck Doctor, I love seeing work from you. ^^

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Mate397 [2011-01-14 10:56:38 +0000 UTC]

i'm guessing the back is reinforced armor, because the back is a major target if it comes to flanked attack

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drskytower In reply to Mate397 [2011-01-14 21:23:36 +0000 UTC]

The back is its elongated cranium, this slopes right down to the bottom like a cape and protects its back! But I'm thinking you can still perform an assassination on this type of Sentinel. They're only about as big as a Spartan. They travel in groups of three to prevent enemies trying to flank them though.

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