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Nether83 — Dwarf-Orc
Published: 2006-10-30 08:07:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 9426; Favourites: 79; Downloads: 803
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Never seen this kind of half-breed in high fantasy, so I figured I'd paint my own version. One part orcish and one part dwarven, a kind of short, angry and green fellow.I started this one as a doodle with a ballpoint pen. I ended up doing a more refined version of it and it was supposed to be my submission for an art contest. Unfortunately I found out I couldn't even enter the contest, so I decided to post it here.
The painting was done with acrylic paints, scanned and added a basic background in photoshop.
Edit: After many constructive comments about the background interfering with the actual character, I removed the photoshop created background and replaced it with a simple drop shadow. And added my nametag.
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Comments: 46
Perfect combination of my two favorite fantasy races!
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Awesome. I love how you do the mettalic colors. That guy must have grown up with one hell of a chip on his shoulder.
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He is so adorable, in a weird way. Dwarven Orcs are just as dangerous as normal Orcs, only shorter and can headbutt far better. Lol
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Wow, I love to see unusual half breeds! This guy is undoubtedly a black sheep in his family- no?
It looks great!
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Perhaps the kind of guy who would pull your kneecaps off with his bare hands and shove them down your throat if you made a short joke. Very well-drawn, and quite an orginal idea too!
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Thanks.
Yup, he's like Danny Devito only meaner and ugli... *krak* *CRUNCH* *SPLURT* AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrRRGGGRgrrghrhhMFFGFFGGFGFHGHF!
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Amazing character, and the detail only amplifies your concept
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Thanks. I'm a sucker for details.
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I bet he'd give you a proper ass-whooping if youd try to roll him. It's not like he's a joint or anything.
Thanks for the compliment.
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Oohh. Very nice detail here. The coloring is very well done on not only the character but his weapons. ^^
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Jeez.... I can't BEGIN to imagine the +Strength on that baby. O_O
Seriously, though. It's brilliant. Kudos on the creativity. People seem so hell-bent on staying inside of the box with high-fantasy now adays. I like mixing around with hybrids. Have you ever tried your hand at prehaps a Troll/Dwarf or an Ogre/Dwarf? Really mixing a Dwarf with any goblinoid would be awesome.
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Nope haven't tried that one. Maybe I should give it a go. After all a troll is stupid enough to mate with anything and I mean Anything.
Thanks for the compliment.
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You Ever seen a Troll-Horse? Well let me tell ya, it's not called that because it lives in the Trollands of Norse cosmology.... <_<
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I was just about the make a same kind of remark, but then I thought it best left unsaid. I now see you thought differently.
Troll-horse... and don't even get me started on the troll-giraffe.
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*Facepalm*
Those damn Troll's shag anything that moves.... <_<
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You didn't read it right. It's dorc. It's just like dork, except slightly more gay.
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Hmm...Damn!
That would be one, tough ass dwarf...Orc...Thing! XD
Awsome man!
I've now got a new D&D character idea (I always play Dwarves).
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Just remember who thought of this first. Me baby, ME.
Thanks for the compliment anyway.
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I love the cross species you've got goin here 
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Ooooh...this is a feast to my eyes... Yo, cool idea merging the dwarfes and the orcs. It's already stunnig that I can't crit any part of it. ^^ Anyway I'm thinking of merging a treant/ent with an elf ^^ But that will have to wait until I finished my final assignment for my colleague first T T *so busy....*
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Loving every detail of this dwarf orc piccy!
gotta own his weapons!~!
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very cool... you can feel the weight and punch per foot.... a very like-able character.
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Yes. He's so adorable and cute!
And if you think he's not you'll find his oversized boots knee deep in your ass.
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I want one. Very well done, and good idea about the background.
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Thanks. If I ever find one you'll be the first to know.
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Dude this orc fucking tight! where do u find references! i started drawing some orcs too, but i'm no way close to urs! good shit! keep it up!
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No specific references. Just watched Lord of the rings way too many times. Oh and an anatomy book is a handy thing to have, not that I still know how to draw proper anatomy. Exaggeration is the key.
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Rad. This is one of the better fantasy peices I'ver seen, especially because it isn't digital ('cept the background) and still has a great polished look about it.
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Thanks. It's always good to keep up your skills in traditional methods and not rely on a computer all the time. I'll try to do something with the background since I've been getting so much complaints about it.
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let me guess 
I think it should look better without background because you did the bg too detailed and dark, it distracts the attention with it's clearly visible digital source. I'd do the bg way lighter and less contrast to make the character pop up
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You quessed right. I don't get it. Why are there only a selected few countries that can participate. I don't think it's fair. In addition the WoW sites won't feature my fan art and instead put a lot of more crappy pictures than mine in there. Go figure.
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lol I can't understand Blizz. what a discrimination!
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yay. and the cast shadow idea written below is very good too
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Technically amazing, n my opinion. I love the harsh light and great colors. Background seems just kinda..blah. though. It should go along with the image more..maybe a forest or jungle?
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I agree. The background was just a quick last minute addition I whipped up just before posting. Maybe I'll do something with it later on.
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Excellent rendering, though I think your choice of a background somewhat drowns out the figure. The light in the upper left is too sharp and the texture overwhelms all the nice stroke work you put in this fellow's arms and clothing. It could also use a nice cast shadow below him to give him more of a sense of weight and solidarity.
Overall, nice work.
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Thanks. The background was a bit of a last minute quick addition before I posted the picture. It's a tad sloppy I admit.
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