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keelerleah — Caught in the Vines
Published: 2012-06-22 08:53:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 30979; Favourites: 988; Downloads: 0
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Commissioned for of his centaur/cyborg character along with a friends original character named Taiei.Hehee, this was my first ever experience at painting a centaur (and a half cyborg one especially). I haven't drawn many horses in the past, so this was sort of a new experience for me. I had to look up a bunch of horse reference photos, but in the end I'm rather pleased at the outcome. Also a note on the armour. I originally did the design for a previous commission but I liked it so much that I decided to use it again for this one.
Please No Critique Desired !!!
Painted completely in Photoshop.
Multiple references used
Time: 2 months
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Comments: 61
A cyborg centaur. I have NEVER seen such a thing. Wow!
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i just had a very pleasant look over your gallery and this one is certainly the best piece. i really enjoy the clime and character design. one joint + this and i'm in wonderland. 
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Ausome job!!! It's so neat to see centaur artwork! I still think they are one of the types of creatures that fantasy books, games, and movies don't make enough use out of! The background is gorgeous and I love the armor that you designed for the centaur
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A cyborg centaur--that's something I've never seen before! I like the originality
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I absolutely love how you mixed midieval and futuristic fantasy with your Centaur!!
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it looks like he is going to open a REALLY BIG envelope
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I was just gonna say, I don't think I ever saw you do a centaur before. He looks awesome and well proportioned. The fellows armor looks brilliant too. Interesting to see the robotic parts. Its like adding mythology and scifi together. Is the girl wrapped up in thorny vines? If so he came at the right time. I think that heavy blade will do the trick just nicely. Just as long as he cuts the vines and not her along with it 
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why are your work always so detailed....tell me how ;______;
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Well I work on a fairly large canvas (usually 3295x4434 px) then the details are usually done zoomed in by 200%. It takes a long time but I like the results the best when it's done like that. ^^
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I love the woman and the backgrounds.
Personally i don't like cyborgs so you lost me there.
The centaur face looks like from a picture, somehow i don't like him lol!
Cannot recall the actor he reminds me of.
Nice work.
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Majestic heavy on Dark Elf from Lineage 2, right? Awesome job bringing the horse and the mechanic parts together with the armor. Don't see armored centaurs all too often, and this one looks great!
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What a very interesting combo of elements! Haha! I think you did a good job with the horse anatomy...and turning it mechanic 
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This is really cool! You did a great job on the cyborg centaur.
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Looks awesome! A horse/cyborg... interesting! You did a great job executing it. And that's one hell of a sword... x3
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very nice work here, and for a first time doing a centaur you did quite well.
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HEY!! i recognize that armor XD i wonder why lol
For anyone that wants it's the male Dark elf Nightmare Heavy armor from lineage 2, i love that armor
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Yep. I did a previous commission of a pair of characters from the lineage game and I ended up reusing the design for this commission as well. I normally don't do that, but the design just went so well with the centaurs build that I couldn't resist.
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lol i know keeler that was my commission 
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I hope you don't mind that I reused it here.
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doesn't help i also changed it when they opened up that feature.
that's fine, i don't own the armor but i just thought it was funny you used it again, looks good on him. are you going to post my commission by chance?
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I'll probably get your commission posted eventually (either here or at my elfwood gallery). I have loads of other finished images that I haven't posted yet either... and I still do want to get them up sometime too.
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lol you sound like one of my other friends, so many commission she doesn't want to upload them all at one time.
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This is beautiful! The detail really keeps my attention. My only bit of advice is that the faces are so....expressionless, I guess, that I can't really tell what's going on. Is she stuck? Is she scared of being caught, or of him? Is he friendly or dangerous? I would assume the second because of his gigantic sword but since he doesn't look particularly threatening it's difficult to tell.
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I admit I do struggle with getting expressions right. Just something for me to keep working on I guess.
Oh and she's supposed to be trapped in the vines when he shows up. The client was a bit uncertain as to what the centaur should be thinking and he went back and forth with different ideas for a time. Finally in the end the client just wanted a slightly smug expression on the Centaurs face (the centaur was basically amused that she could allow herself to be caught in the vines in the first place). It doesn't show up as much in this smaller version but up close they do show a bit more expression.
I'm glad you like it otherwise.
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I do like it! And yeah, "slight" expressions are always so difficult haha.
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I love how detailed this is. The scrollwork on the sword is especially lovely.
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Like how it looks. Looks steampunky. And as usual, flawless coloring. I eel a bit of black in it is working to make it look a bit like an American comic again. Like it.
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The cyborg parts are amazingly detailed. I'm not at the level i can do those types of things yet, so to see a piece as well done as this impresses me to no end. Very, very well done!
I also love the background, sword, and...well...everything else! You have a wonderful talent.
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"Really? Again? This is the third time this week! I'm sick of cutting you free woman!"
I love the mechanical legs. they look awesome! The detail you've done is just amazing.
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Thanks very much!
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Oh, lovely!!! 
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Geez, amazing as usual!
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