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IzzyMedrano — SnowCrash- Raven
Published: 2004-11-07 09:36:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 18469; Favourites: 109; Downloads: 1377
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The Aleut badass antagonist from Snowcrash... I spent a long time designing his jacket in other drawings.. I wanted something cool, but also extroverted... and threatening.. lol It looks kinda ravey.. but I would wear it! That is a nuclear warhead he is carrying bout. If you haven't read SnowCrash, I suggest it.. just for him.. he is the GREATEST villain. mmmnRelated content
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Beautiful work... but you forget that Raven has a block-letter tattoo on his forehead that reads "POOR IMPULSE CONTROL".
I can see that there is not much room for it in this illustration, but still am mildly disappointed.
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I know. Sorry yer disappointed. You are welcome to not visit my gallery in the future.
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OH who else is with me that it was unfair to the Raven fans for the end of the book???? (trying not to spoil it to anyone. those who have read it know what I mean)
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I also remember him having a sort of mustache. it said it looked manchu-ish? there needs to be more Raven pics T_T he's sexy as hell
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This is old as Noah. Lol, I was planning on doing another one, something like the concert scene in the LA river, with him in the foreground. On his bike! How'd that rule?!
Hahaha, I love Raven, and Uncle Enzo... so many great characters in there!
I'm reading Diamond Age again right now, possibly the fourth or fifth time, and I love the cameos!
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I just started reading the diamond age and i kinda think its slow atm =S but i LOVE raven and Y.T. i almost cried when she just ignored him in the helicopter and flipped him the bird >< but yeah you should draw more ^_^ Im drawing some of my own now
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Hahahaha! How fanfic of ya! 
My first time through diamond age was rough. But every time I've read it since, I've garnered more and more from it. It's actually quite brilliant.
Ya can't read it hoping for cyberpunk though. He's created a new Genre, PostCyberpunk SteamPunk. It's soooo good, as long as you can let go of the restraints of expecting cyber punk.
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Yeah now that you say that...I'm more interested in reading it. but in truth im a cyber punk fan more than anything *shrug* ill finish my Y.T.+raven pic soon and i'll have that and a few others up tonight. hopefully. lol
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I'm totally in love with Cyberpunk and it will always be my favorite genre. Just found that this one was good too! ^_^
Can't wait to see em!
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still working on them =S not turning out right though.
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And boy, is he going to be super pissed when he wakes up! XD
Great drawing!
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Yeah, he was a great villain with his kayak and, was it glass blades? It's been a while.
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Snow Crash is one of the greatest examples of cyberpunk I have ever read. I just got done reading it not too long ago. I found this by accident. Brillianty done, this pretty much how I had imagined him.
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really diggin' the color smoothness on the skin and face
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Very cool. Actually this is a good interpretation of Raven. Nice work.
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You forgot the "Poor Impulse Controll" tattoo.
And his neck is to long.
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where's his badass knife!?
but awesome job on this. i didn't know anyone else knew what Snow Crash was.
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Snowcrash is a bloody awesome book, and, tes, Raven kicks! Hiro is not bad, tho. Great image.
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I agree with the one guy that you should do some kind of action shot of Hiro tearing up the boats with REASON.
God that book is so awesome. What a great image you have here. One of the most memorable scenes in the whole book is the one in which Raven totally wrecks the police department and Hiro is basically scared shitless trying to fight him in that Bamboo forest. How awesome can you get?
Anyway, I think another great character shot would be of Hiro's avatar wandering the streets of the computer-generated world him and his friends created... maybe him in the Black Sun? Was that the name of it? There are so many possibilities for absolutely ridiculous character designs in that situation.
Besides all of that, really great drawing to match some really great subject matter. And what was that you two were going on about a film? Are they making one? That would totally rock.
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har, sweet man, i think that first pinky finger joint is a bit long, most peoples tendons of their pinky and ring finger are attached to eachother, so that would be a hard hand position to really have. unless he plays alot of guitar/violin! im just being critical 
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Nice brush use and colours but a bit smaller would have been nice because it's clearly resized bigger from the original version.
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It isn't resized from the original.. I actually shrunk it. Thanks!
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Badass doesn't even begin to describe him...
I think the jacket is fantastic, so are the face and hair, but his hand looks totally twisted up. And he doesn't look as down right HUGE as he's described in the book. Other than the size and the hand, it's perfect.
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lol.. thanks... as for his size... do you know how big a nuclear warhead is?.... I figured that little bit of scale comparison would have indicated his size...
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actually he kindof looks like a fireman with his yellow-black striped jacket...
xcept that he's not here to save anybody's ass...
great technique like usual...
allthough his hand seems to be in a slightly unnatural pose...
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I seem to remember... "Poor Impulse Control" tattooed on his forehead. it's been so lond since i read the book I may be mixing him up with someone else. Anyhow, great job.
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No you are right, he is the one with Poor Impulse Control written on his forehead... I however haven't decided where to put it yet, I have been thinking about it, and I think it ought to be in a place just as readable but more painful, maybe his cheek or something.. dunno yet. Thanks!
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Excellent skillz, as usual...although I can't say that he exactly matched the description in the book. Isn't he supposed to be virtually neckless, and a bit more stocky?
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*laughs*... show me a man that is not genetically abnormal with no neck, and is nearly seven feet tall... Describing something with mild exaggeration in writing is called literary license... it allows us to spin interesting yarns with , in this particular case, bigger than life characters... when you port for film or something real, it is usually understood that you can take a little back to realism. Thanks for visiting.
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Yes, but you're not casting a live actor for a film in this case...rather designing a character. As you know, the beauty of art is that you can do things that you cannot in real life. While you may be hard-pressed to find an actor who fits Stephenson's larger than life description, it'd be a shame not to match it in a drawing/painting. Err on the side of over exaggeration in the beginning and pull back for realism's sake only if needed. Even if this does eventually lead to a film, this is the preproduction stage - anything goes.
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Correction, if you do look at my descriptions I am in fact designing for film. That is my job. As far as preproduction goes, the client, i.e. producer, or director tend to not have the vision necessary to imagine how it would be based off of an exaggeration. As far as I have seen they tend to need to know how it will look, damned close to the finished product. I have to design for the purposes of a live actor, and as such, I have deemed it unnecessary to add prosthetics to get him to look like a brief exaggerated description written by Stephenson. I prefer the more realistic, making this guy even more badass, as he is a real believable person. I am sorry you are not pleased with the final design, and it doesn't add up to what you had in mind, but that is how the game goes, you can't please everyone.
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Yeah, I saw that you're designing for a film...but it's more of a personal project that you're hoping will lead to larger things, correct? So, yes, you kind of need to design him so that a producer/director can fairly easily imagine this for live action (although a Snow Crash animated film could be even better)...but he/she will probably want to see like 10 different designs, at least. Don't get me wrong, I like the character from a design standpoint, and you're honestly one of my favorite artists on here (which is why I'm being so critical), but if I were the producer I'd be wary of straying too far from Stephenson's vision. Being a somewhat underappreciated book, Snow Crash has quite a dedicated fan base that will have a hissy fit if you're not true to the world as they know it. Seeing how you're aiming for live action and not animated film though, I guess the costume is more important than the actual character. So...when do we get to see atomic sidecar?
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Oh, I agree, they will want to see many different designs, and I have several, particularly of his jacket in line drawings in the ideation phase. I so far have only had time to do one final production paintings. I think an animated film would be pimping too. But as I stated, I am prepping for a live action film, and the fanbase would be less pissed I think about my allowing Raven to have just MASSIVE human proportions rather than not putting "Poor Impulse Control" in the place they most suspect. I am amazed that during this particular diatribe you hadn't noticed that. Hehehehe. As for what a producer would want to see, UNLESS they have read the book, and considering its relative underground following, that is unlikely, they would not have a preconcieved notion of what Raven would look like. And as such I can GUARANTEE that they would be very confused about his trogish dimensions, and ask questions about that, considering that prosthetics are just THAT much more money. From my experience their response would be this... and I quote, "This is a great painting, but I think (he) needs to be toned down a little bit, we can get (Wes Studi) to play (him) then!"... I only need to please Stephenson, in my mind. However, this will be our solution to this discussion. If you can get it up to production quality painted in five or six hours, I would GLADLY include your concept painting of Raven as you see him! As for the sidecar, it is still in sketch phase, I won't be posting alot of the things I do for this project, or it would be no fun for you guys if it works out. lol. I gotta keep some secrets, no? I am really pleased with how Ng is coming out at the moment, I might post him. hehehehe...
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I noticed you didn't put the tattoo down, but I was waiting to see if you had done it on purpose.
Gonna show us REASON at some point? Everyone listens to REASON...
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Apologies for the late reply. I can't believe I didn't recognize the lack of "Poor Impulse Control"...so where did you put it? Considering your twisted mind, I'm guessing his penis
When do you plan on sending these? I'm way too bogged down with school at the moment, but I'd love to add some work if there's time.
Looking forward to seeing more work dude...always a pleasure.
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Nah, not his penis.. his cheeks, or eyelids... dunno... Having thought about it though, I am probably going to secede and just put it on his forehead... I will send it when i have completed everything I would like to... dunno when. Could be a month to a year. Depends on how my other projects go, this one is a fairly small enterprise.
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Ok, well, assuming you don't send it before the beginning of January, I'll probably try some designs.
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*slow hump* ^_^ Thanks E! 
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Nah, that is atmospheric perspective.. trying to suggest the level of crap in the air. so the lighter grey of the jacket indicates it moving back in space.
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Where might one go on the wretched web to learn more about snowcrash?
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[link] search for Snow Crash Neil Stephenson
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