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Published: 2011-08-22 01:41:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 630; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 16
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well this is a better scan of My Best attempt to draw my character Mac. I may do another reupload since I used a black and white scan, instead of Grayscale scan, I wonder if gray scale would be better. This pic shows My Oc Mac in the year 2045.AU and as you can see Felaray has not been kind to him. some of the scars are from the 20th Endorian World War and the rest of from his time in FelaryaFelarya belongs to
Mac Belongs to me
If anyone could get the line art of the current pic or help me clean it up a bit that would be great
tools used: Pencils, Many easrasers, and a second penciel to darken the lines for the scan.
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I was about to say scathing similar. If you want to show scars that is all well and good but to many and you might as well just peel off the skin or remove parts of his face or body.
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Listen these scars, they did not happen all at once. They are from 200+ years of combat and all that comes with it. Also Mac is not a Human being like you or me. He only looks human. Furthermore, becasue Mac is not human the scarring process is a bit different then ours. Then you must take into consideration that I have only the basics of drawing used and this is what i made with those skills( I am taking Drawing/paintingII this year to help me improve my skills 
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Even factoring in the non-human origins I can understand advanced scaring tissue and regenerative cycles since I've written characters across that spectrum, however the chances of scars branching from other scars is far from impossible but never that strait. Also the sheer amount also takes slightly away from his look. Unless that is prying to far I kinda want to know what caused some of the longer chained scars since that clearly isn't just a shaving mistake
If you want my advice is to remove the one stretching from neck to the top of the cranium and a few of the side branches, rotates some and play them across the cheek. Also it would be wise to redraw it and start with the one or two "crucial" scars and build from there and see how it looks. While combat isn't symmetrical or perfect there is still an extent or toll the receiver will take on one side of his body or another (unless the word duck isn't in his reaction set)
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some of teh longer scars were done to him On pourpose as in Inerogation. Mac during the 20th Endorian world war was once caputered by enemy forces and tortured for information, Thats what caused some of longer chained scars. (trust me what kind of torture mac has been through would break you or me in mere seconds, think what the VC did to american troops during Nam and you'll start to get an idea on what had was done to him! 
Though I appreacaite your advice and opion about the pic, I wish the same thing could be said about some of my stories....
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As for this torture method I am hearing and the length of the scar, in all cases the extension to the neck and head would have less effect than other locations. Indeed if it was you or me, as you put it, such locations might cause us shock or break us since the face and head have less nerve points but more blood vessels closer to the skin and bone so it bleeds a bit more actively. Now if this scar trailed from his arms hands legs of feet it would seem a bit more "reliable" as our hands and limbs have more, closer groupings of nerves for touch (the hands having the most.) While the scar on his head that stretches his body does represent an action of torture he survived, beyond the physical representation such a scar would have little merit. Also if that longer one was part of a torture method, no matter how strong a man is essentially everyone (save maybe the barest .01% ) would have some tick or attempt to at least hide that kind of scaring as best they can as it will also have grave memories attached that could potentially have changed him.
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AS for Mac's scars, lets just say he cant get ride of them for they constantly remind him of the hard lessons learned and also in a strange way help him appreciate life better then most individuals. but also more importanly the war he was in did not allow him (or army medics for that manner) make any attempt to hide the scars. Yes he has been changed by what has caused some of those scars. The problem of hiding it though is that some of them Glow ( yes its strange but thats how I make it interesting) a different color ( example red for a bloodclaw ape, Blue for eleictral burn, Caustic green for acid....) while most scars( from torture, bullets, shrapnel ect. leave behind non glowing scars that woud simular t what kind of scarring found on human when somthing like that happened.) I love this talk, It's letting me finaly get my point across where before i always screwed up.
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It seems to me that you're just being obstinate.
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Your not being very helpful.
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Darkness2399 has explained, in detail, why scars such as you show in this drawing do not work
You took that as a chance to explain some of Mac's back story as though that explains how the scars can work like that. It doesn't.
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well To be honest This was the best I got with next to nothing in art skills. I just hope that when I take Drawing/Pianting II then I could retry the picture in a more Realistic Tone. This gennerally is a doddle or Scar map for me to look at later and also a Benchmark for me to compare to when I make a much More Reaistic Version of the Pic. AJ I know That scars dont work that way, I have more then enough of them to prove that, I just wanted to have something to Refer to latter like how some artist submit One version of pic, Then redo it much better and submit it so that everyone else can see how much they improved
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The glowing thing seems interesting but unless you can explain what causes it to do so, that is a big area for people to get confused or just drop it and not take him seriously. And the way you are playing this out it seems almost if you took the mold from a Warhammer 40k space marine and altered it slightly to develop your guy. That may not be what you are going for but gathering the data I have thus far, without complete background, it is my end result.
Also, I am glad you are enjoying this conversation, it was partly my intention to draw you out to openly explain these things, since just a basic picture isn't enough to hook my attention sometimes.
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I geuss the best expliantion for the glowing scars is exposer to Ambient Magic while the Injury is in the process of scarfication. Thats why Mac only has Glowing scars After arriving in Felarya. As for Warhammer40k What is it, Ive heard others say that My Oc looks like a Character from there but I have never even heard of the Thing Prior to drawing this, so please do tell me what the heck is it?
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Warhammer 40k is the pinnacle of what other Sci Fi based characters wish to be.... You know Starcraft? All races in that are basically watered down versions of some of the ones in Warhammer40k. The intro sums it all up too: In the 31st millennium there is only war. I don't know much of your guys yet but i KNOW he doesn't compare to an Adeptus Ascartes, a Space Marine. A section of chapters of men recruited to be altered into massive fighting machines so powerful that: "A single Warhammer 40k space marine could wipe out the existence of the Zerg on Char... with a power sword." As my friend says anyways.
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Starcraft, I never played only heard of. I usally draw insperation from Things like halo and call of duty for my Oc's and Still people say Im basing this off from WarHammer40k, WHY? I didnt make these Guys to Be overly powered killing Machines. Besides a few people on DA i dont think anyone here actually Understands any of my guys or concepts. Maybe its because I havent Postted enough information about them or Its maybe the fact that I cant explain stuff without either being face to face with the person I speaking to or in a Voice chat Lobby. Gaahh Why must i suck at communicating use Text?
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Actually a lot of my stuff gets based off of World of Warcraft but i never play or look into it. I think our creations get tied to things we know little or nothing of cause, while our own minds may have discovered it, someone else may have made it already. In this day and age basically everything has been done, though we can only manage as best we can and try to spin our concepts in a light that makes them our own.
Also Warhammer 40k has existed FAR longer than Halo. I've been reading those books since 5th/6th grade and even then they were already established. Besides, a Halo Spartan would loose to a Warhammer 40k Space Marine one on one. You should really look into Warhammer 40k man... Not just for your chars and understanding it, or because the games/books etc is fantastic. Just so you can get your head around what has been done and how to maybe alter something to your own twist, but still acknowledge the other for what it is.
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Hmm now that you've that way I will look into it.
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My biggest critique here is that scars do not work that way. He should be missing chunks of his face.
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