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Published: 2009-02-18 09:38:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 54498; Favourites: 1034; Downloads: 2249
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Nerves of SteelAcrylic, approx 7" x 10"
World of Warcraft trading card game illustration
Β©Blizzard Entertainment & Upper Deck.
Original artwork for sale; SOLD
"The fearless rogue charges headlong into the hail of missiles... "
I wanted to try to capture a real sense of movement and drama in this image. To do this I adopted a number of different approaches; the tilted horizon line adds tension, the powdery flung snow shows the action of charging, whilst I had soft blurred edges in the missiles to convey movement.
Lastly the figure was placed in the middle distance to show the ground he has to cover to reach the 'viewer', and the recklessness (or confidence?) of that endeavour.
The details of the card can be found here:
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You're welcome, and I was just wondering. It was hard to tell with all his armor.
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looks amazing! luv the movement of everything... the fact the rogue has no stray lines, even tho its clear he's charging, really makes him stand out 
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Deathmantle. Sexy armor! One of my fav for rogues. Very well done, and wonderful movement.
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rogue-*casts evasion on himself* ok lets go FOR THE ALLIANCE!!!!!!!! *charges head first at the arrows*
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evasion is the rogue's cheapest move precataclysm
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That is just so sexy in so many ways possible. Well done!
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You're welcome. Keep up the epic work
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Merciless set for the rogue is the freaking best looking merciless set out there!
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Ralph, buddy, do you mind if i put some of my retouch powers into this one of your gallery?
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To be honest - I'd rather you didn't, and I don't own the copyright to authorise this either.
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Oh yeah i forgot about this :}
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If I had that much armor on, I'd have no problem charging into a few puny arrows
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WOW dude, my jaw dropped here, i just love this pic, i mean, flying arrows, swords on both hands, no shield... this just gives the true feeling: "Omg, will he survive?" Stupendous dude!
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It's not that often that people take the directions and viewpoints into consideration when working on a piece. I am one of those who do not, however, I wished I did.
It's nice to see someone who studies the best ways to get the emotion out of a picture 
Really great work, I love your art
It's no wonder you do art for the tcg xD<3
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Thanks very much, appreciated
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seriously, one of the top 5 works on entire DA 10/10!! x3
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Very pleased you think so - cool
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wow
the print is already beautiful in itself, but it acquires most fascinating reading the description of your style choices for achieving it.
great!!
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Thanks, and glad the blurb is of interest
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Whoa! Love the sense of motion here, as well as the soft smokey feel to the background.
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Though i'm not big on WoW, i must say very cool!
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Thanks very much
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How many bad guys can pull off that colour combo?
Nice work and the angling is cool.
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Thnaks very much
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Great work as always. Tier 5/ Season 2 gear is my favourite of all gear sets. You have captured it brilliantly.
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