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Somewhere, in a world that has moved on, at the point where the six Beams intersect, there stands a mythical structure

(the Dark Tower)

that is said to be the centre of the universe; the axis upon which all worlds revolve. And at the top of the tower is a door marked 'Roland' ... and it is empty.

Ka like the wind ...

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My fanart of Roland of Gilead from Stephen King's the Dark Tower series. That's Roland in the foreground, a close-up of Roland and the Rose (don't ask) behind, and of course the Dark Tower itself in the background (at least, my own version of it). If you haven't read any of the books, go to your local library and borrow one (the first is titled the Gunslinger), and start reading.

I was talked into doing this by ~Mikaress , who in turn is also doing a Roland fanart on my request (read her journal). I wasn't really sure about what to do with his costume; Mr. King didn't really go into much detail about Roland's physical details (apart from his piercing blue eyes) so I wasn't sure what kind of clothes he would be wearing. This is how I envisaged him, though; based heavily upon Clint Eastwood, which in turn was largely the inspiration for King's creation of the character in the first place .

One of the first proper pieces I've coloured, and I think I did a decent job. Since my Photoshop skill is crappy and I don't have a tablet, I cheated a bit ... what I did was completely shade the thing in the lineart (which I drew and shaded on paper with a 2B 0.5mm pacer, yes it was a hard and tedious process) and then, in Photoshop, I added several other layesr and coloured in the picture - but with all of the layer opacities down to only 50%, so that all the shading and lineart could be clearly seen and it didn't matter if I went over the lines (which I clearly did - you only need to magnify to see my many mistakes).

Still, I like the effect. It looks like watercolour. Gack, the Rose was so hard to draw. I had to look up at least six different reference pictures.

Tell me what you think! I reply to all comments, and take all feedback seriously (unless they're unserious feedback).

Description
Somewhere, in a world that has moved on, at the point where the six Beams intersect, there stands a mythical structure

(the Dark Tower)

that is said to be the centre of the universe; the axis upon which all worlds revolve. And at the top of the tower is a door marked 'Roland' ... and it is empty.

Ka like the wind ...

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My fanart of Roland of Gilead from Stephen King's the Dark Tower series. That's Roland in the foreground, a close-up of Roland and the Rose (don't ask) behind, and of course the Dark Tower itself in the background (at least, my own version of it). If you haven't read any of the books, go to your local library and borrow one (the first is titled the Gunslinger), and start reading.

I was talked into doing this by ~Mikaress , who in turn is also doing a Roland fanart on my request (read her journal). I wasn't really sure about what to do with his costume; Mr. King didn't really go into much detail about Roland's physical details (apart from his piercing blue eyes) so I wasn't sure what kind of clothes he would be wearing. This is how I envisaged him, though; based heavily upon Clint Eastwood, which in turn was largely the inspiration for King's creation of the character in the first place .

One of the first proper pieces I've coloured, and I think I did a decent job. Since my Photoshop skill is crappy and I don't have a tablet, I cheated a bit ... what I did was completely shade the thing in the lineart (which I drew and shaded on paper with a 2B 0.5mm pacer, yes it was a hard and tedious process) and then, in Photoshop, I added several other layesr and coloured in the picture - but with all of the layer opacities down to only 50%, so that all the shading and lineart could be clearly seen and it didn't matter if I went over the lines (which I clearly did - you only need to magnify to see my many mistakes).

Still, I like the effect. It looks like watercolour. Gack, the Rose was so hard to draw. I had to look up at least six different reference pictures.

Tell me what you think! I reply to all comments, and take all feedback seriously (unless they're unserious feedback).