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Description Well I figured that if I'm going to join CGSociety, I'm going to need to improve and develop some more "hardcore" skills in photoshop rendering.

Most of my series are very stylised, because I've always felt that charismatic visuals are more appealing than stark photo-realism, however, on CGSociety, it appears that stark photo-realism is the name of the day.

So if I'm going to draw any anthro pictures on CGS, they'd better be pretty impressive...

I guess that the best series to redevelop for CGS would be Tech Sector. For one, the characters are at human proportions, and two, I tried to begin with a more realistic style in the first place. The character design can get quite detailed as well and it's a fairly mature story with a potentially interesting plot (blending anthro with high tech ninjas and psychological paranormality) so now Tech Sector is going to get ANOTHER redux...

Instead of drawing Holly again, I decided to go for Sighanu, because he's more detailed and a very important character in the story. This is the second time I've ever drawn Siggy properly. (I sometimes used to sketch him roughly when I was grumpy or feeling unhappy about something, but never complete sketches)

His costume got some slight changes, but not much. I believe he looks a lot more feral now, and definately more menacing.

I'm submitting this as a guilt post at the moment for being inactive lately, but when it comes to lining and colouring, I intend to give it my all to make it as photorealistic as I can.

Anyway, here's his story again:

At a young age he was abducted by a cult, who were studying the link between the solid and demon worlds. By subjecting him to torrentious amounts of mental and physical depravity, restraint and anguish, the idea was that as he relinquished all hope for himself, his mind would shatter in such a way as to create a rift between both worlds. What they didn't count on was the fact that Sighanu himself would absorb this rift and transform into a demonic entity with the ability to actually create psychological realities. After the transformation, he easilly escaped as the cult fell apart, and now he just attacks people randomly in their sleep and sucks them into his little world so he can feed off their fear and despair in order to appease his own pain.

Holly encounters Sighanu when she goes to investigate a number of deaths in an appartment (believed to be the work of a serial killer) but he makes no attempt to attack her, and leaves. She is fascinated by his unpredictable manner and tries to understand him. The big question is, is he still pure enough to be saved, or is he just an empty shell?

Reguardless of this, Sighanu is extremily powerful and can create mazes of pure evil within the blink of an eye. Physically, he's also a chore to fight.

Wish me luuuuuck!! I'm gonna try and improve again!

Tech Sector and all related characters are (C) Ryanide 2006, do not distribute or steal this work, despite the commons licence, kay?
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Comments: 170

Bloo-Ocean [2006-12-05 05:23:31 +0000 UTC]

Talk about the feral rampage O_O
What are those around him? Are those a hook or something?

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Ryanide In reply to Bloo-Ocean [2006-12-05 05:42:29 +0000 UTC]

they're the chords that were used to tie him down during his "training" period. After he transformed, he gained a sort of control over them and the stake behind him as well.

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Lylac [2006-12-05 05:15:17 +0000 UTC]

the costume is friggin cool

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Ryanide In reply to Lylac [2006-12-05 05:42:45 +0000 UTC]

thank you. ^_^

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Suikara-Chan In reply to ??? [2006-12-05 04:35:15 +0000 UTC]

Hehe. Poor Dante. Siggy makes him look like a lonely moose. >3

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Ryanide In reply to Suikara-Chan [2006-12-07 07:52:01 +0000 UTC]

He looks like he'd fit right into Devil May Cry if it were anthro...

I've probably been playing too much DMC3 for my own good as of late.

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Monkey-Trumpets [2006-12-05 03:48:04 +0000 UTC]

Wow, he looks very japanes in that... very different, I gotta say I do like/prefer the simplicity of black and white.

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Ryanide In reply to Monkey-Trumpets [2006-12-05 07:02:03 +0000 UTC]

It's not all that different, I just changed the positioning of some parts of his costume, and the anatomy is better than before and more in proportion.

I like the black and white too, but it must be coloured!

I GOT THE JOB, BTW!!

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Zeta-Neubourn [2006-12-05 03:20:56 +0000 UTC]

.......That's more than awesome. Seriously, this has to be one of the best things you've created, if not THE best. Geeze, I need to try to make my things more impressive, too... it's just hard to even think of it. @ @; Ah well, in time... maybe.

Keep on keepin' on!

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Midnight-bat13 [2006-12-05 02:15:57 +0000 UTC]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! THATS SO FIKIN COOL!!!!!!!!!! I NEEEEED TO FAV IT!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bellevue-DarkKnight [2006-12-05 02:08:23 +0000 UTC]

totally excellent design

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Suikara-Chan [2006-12-05 01:47:31 +0000 UTC]

Neeee! D: He scares me. But it's beautiful art.

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Tannakitten In reply to ??? [2006-12-05 01:32:03 +0000 UTC]

That's pretty awesome. The powerful expression matches how the stone.. nail is floating on the chain. XD

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Owenza In reply to ??? [2006-12-05 01:31:11 +0000 UTC]

He's like a big, evil, furry Mr Sandman.

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stardroidjean In reply to ??? [2006-12-05 01:27:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow, lovely. The pose is great :3

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faolanfarr In reply to ??? [2006-12-05 01:06:28 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job my friend! I love the detail in the picture. The character and back story are very neat as well! GREAT job! Are you going to focus a lot of attention to this story, or are you going to keep your time spread out evenly between your other projects?

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Ryanide In reply to faolanfarr [2006-12-05 01:42:51 +0000 UTC]

I not really focussing much on this story at all, but I need to draw these characters to improve my more realistic style so I can get onto CGS.

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faolanfarr In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 02:28:19 +0000 UTC]

Ah! What exactly is this CGS? A special site?

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Ryanide In reply to faolanfarr [2006-12-05 02:50:41 +0000 UTC]

[link]

The guy who does the art direction for METROID has an account there, I mean is that leet or what??

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faolanfarr In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 03:06:21 +0000 UTC]

Jeez!

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vilethejinx [2006-12-05 00:56:00 +0000 UTC]

i think he's going to end up being like a gaara, the girls are going to love him because he's so dark and tortured...
poor soul
...yea. that's exactly what's going to happen. i think.

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DarkRyderOmega [2006-12-05 00:40:10 +0000 UTC]

OMG

Something that's HARDCORE, and NOT super ultra kawaii chibi???

It's a sign of the apocolypse, I'm sure...

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Ryanide In reply to DarkRyderOmega [2006-12-05 01:08:23 +0000 UTC]

IT'S MAGIC! :0

I blame Harry Potter.

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DarkRyderOmega In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 22:16:11 +0000 UTC]

Why Harry Potter, of all British people?

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Ryanide In reply to DarkRyderOmega [2006-12-05 22:23:23 +0000 UTC]

Cos he gots da magic skillz??

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DarkRyderOmega In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 22:37:36 +0000 UTC]

Ya, well I've got 1337 5k1ll5, so Harry can take his wand and 5]-[0V3 1t.

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duo2nd [2006-12-05 00:39:09 +0000 UTC]

OMG! He looks awesome in chains, like to see it colored.

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zenywolf [2006-12-05 00:32:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, he looks rad. He looks like one of the occult heros. Like Alucard from the anime Hell Sing (google it)

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Takumireki [2006-12-05 00:31:34 +0000 UTC]

It's scary.

then again, I suppose it's 'sposed to be.

*twitch*

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TheSergeantPie [2006-12-05 00:28:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is wonderful!!! There's just no other word for it.........

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Mihoko-Haki In reply to ??? [2006-12-05 00:24:30 +0000 UTC]

Wicked! This guy looks intimidating...

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lilywolftail In reply to ??? [2006-12-04 23:41:26 +0000 UTC]

Very wondeful, the pose, the body, the character in general. Very hardcore. I wish you the best of luck in CG. That's my dream job, to be a video game...anything!

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Grapter-Eros In reply to ??? [2006-12-04 23:29:09 +0000 UTC]

don't know if this was mentioned before, as i do not like reading, but i think the hair looks like sora's hair(from kingdom hearts) lol

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Ryanide In reply to Grapter-Eros [2006-12-04 23:56:32 +0000 UTC]

I was worried about this too, but upon further searching, I found out that Sora's hair is actually quite different in shape and layout. The only simillarity is the tuft on top, and if you look at Sora's hair, you'll find that his is a great deal spikier and sits more towards the back.

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Grapter-Eros In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 23:33:36 +0000 UTC]

Mehehe i caught your attention

Yeah, it's cool and that's that, and as you said, the are quite some differences. I just noticed the similarities(sp?)

Man i've been looking throught your gallery of furry awesomeness, and i gotta say.. you suprise everyone i tell about you, especially your animation skillz. soo smooth.
boy, i wish i could animate like that.

I +watched you a while back ago. but never got into actually visiting through. .. i'm very lazy.
So lazy that i haven't even gotten to update my gallery one bit.
But now that i checked your whole gallery, i was stunned.... and awesome-ed lol.
I saw your Dendyn Dynasties on Newgrounds... i was like "liek omaygaush" "i just need to find more about this artist".

and there i went...

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Grapter-Eros In reply to Grapter-Eros [2006-12-05 23:36:12 +0000 UTC]

actually, now that i pay more attention, it's not sora, but roxxa's........ that's how he's called right?

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Myew-chan In reply to ??? [2006-12-04 23:18:23 +0000 UTC]

Ooo, I love this guy. He's like an anthro bishie. *resists urge to hug*

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ROMAHE [2006-12-04 23:08:59 +0000 UTC]

Woa! great draw its awesome!

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divinedr4gon [2006-12-04 21:40:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's pretty good! This is quite an unusual style for you! Sighara is sorta like an anthro Gaara when he has bloodlust in his eyes.

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Ryanide In reply to divinedr4gon [2006-12-04 23:26:36 +0000 UTC]

some other people have said that. Who is Gara?

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ctrlF2 In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 00:21:24 +0000 UTC]

Gaara is a character from the anime naruto, he belives in order for himself to feel alive he must kill (i missed some stuff but watever lol) here is a pic of him [link]

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divinedr4gon In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 00:17:50 +0000 UTC]

Well, in this anime show, "Naruto", Gaara is like a guy who have a painful past, and he got this demon or monster born inside him and people hated him for it. And he had this issue of killing other people without hesitation. He said, "As long theres people who kills and fears me, I will not disappear. I shall only love myself." Oh yeah, um, the demon is a racoon-dog, one of those animal in some Japanese legend or sumthin. He's rly creepy and u dont wanna even be within a mile of him. watch this --> [link]

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Ryanide In reply to divinedr4gon [2006-12-05 01:12:11 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah, I've seen him before.

*watches show*

CHEER UP EMO NINJA!!

Yeah, his demon spirit is a tanuki, which is very fitting to shadow Naruto's fox demon. Legend states that tanuki and foxes are counterparts and share the same abilities. This is the first time I've ever seen the tanuki being represented as the villain, though. HMM!!

I guess there are some similarites between Gaara and Sighanu, but I can see that Gaara's goals are different. Sighanu doesn't actually kill on purpose, it's more or less a side effect of him feeding off his victims emotions to relieve his own pain.

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divinedr4gon In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 01:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I didn't know that raccoon-dogs or tanuki are counter-parts of foxes in japanese legends!
U learn new things everyday!

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Ryanide In reply to divinedr4gon [2006-12-05 01:49:56 +0000 UTC]

It's sort of like a rivalry of kinds. The foxes have better transformation ability than the tanuki, and reguard them with contempt most of the time, but the tanuki will often transform into foxes to try and trick people, giving the foxes the blame.

If you ever get to watch Studio Ghibli's Pom Poko, you'll learn a lot of interetsing things about these legends.

Like, the tanuki are supposed to be able to make their testacles grow huge enough to squash you as they fall out of a tree. Weird indeed.

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divinedr4gon In reply to Ryanide [2006-12-05 01:58:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah in Inuyasha, fox demons use their fox magic to transform, disquises, illusions. and the tanuki also, yet doesnt transform much, that explains it. thx

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Fizzical [2006-12-04 21:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Looks like one who has just gained ultimate power

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Nomisluck [2006-12-04 21:26:04 +0000 UTC]

intense story, im wondering what those thin lines are that look like fish lines doing all about him. As far as char desighn its pretty awsome cant think of anything u could change or add besides color of course lol, but nice work !!!@#

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Fizzical [2006-12-04 21:26:01 +0000 UTC]

Looks like one who has just gained ultimate power

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vofgofm33 [2006-12-04 20:53:31 +0000 UTC]

sweetums

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