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SteveArgyle β Chandra Notablaze
Published: 2010-09-02 05:21:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 91346; Favourites: 2858; Downloads: 3591
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Chandra, in a rare, quiet moment of not burninating everything in sight.I've always had a soft spot for firehairs. Both visually, and their mythical propensity for passion. I've always figured that the hair that grows inside my brain is red.
For Magic: the Gathering. Art direction by Karin Powell.
Goggles by Retain-a-Retina Eyewear and Internet Filtering.
Alternate sketches, prints, and whatnot at www.steveargyle.com
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Fave Character because she has my element and my real name, lol
your artwork is great
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Really a great job.
I love the colours and the lighting. 
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....stunned.
really, it's amazing. great work!
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This is amazing I love it, especially the lighting.
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Wow...Really nice. Congratulations !
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Amazing, good brush use, and most of all 10x for reminding me of 1 of my fav magic the gathering cards
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My jaw just hit the floor. She's gorgeous, of course, but I mean, the hair, the leather, metal...it's breathtaking.
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i sooooooooooooooo love freckels.
great job there
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Stunning, not too much to be said lol. Great details, colors, and pose.
Take Care
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A wonderful painting. Especially the hair and the metal are beautifully rendered.
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Fantastic! I also like firehairs, I married one.
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WOW! No doubt about it, you are super awesome!
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I share your soft spot for redheads if I'm honest, especially in fantasy themes. This... is beyond gorgeous. I love this so much!
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lovely!! the metal texture looks really good. And her hair look fab too.
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ah, the freckles. much love.
it's good to see a kinder, gentler chandra. top-notch work, sir.
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Thanks!
Yes, I built the chain mail in 3D, and had some basic spheres and cubes for lighting reference for much of the rest.
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i have to say i m impress because i think all was 2D but i had a doubt , i think i could see all 3D element in a painting until yours ,that begin difficul with your hehe !
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One of these days, I'll do a walkthrough, or a video tutorial of how I use 3D in a painting. I imagine it'd be fairly useful for digital artists.
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looks really cool (as most your stuff do)
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That hair--I can see the time you put into it. Labor of love, yes?
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in real life i dont prefer reds.. but in art they look so much better ahah
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excellent metals. I also enjoy her eyes. And freckles.
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Wow, for the first time I've got a nerdy criticism to throw at you. The bit sticking up from her shoulder on her left side should actually be on her right because it's a piece designed to prevent the wearer from being decapitated. It's usually on the other side because sword fighters swing right handedly so the piece has to be on that side.
Hope I made sense.
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For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what that thing was for.
Thank you very much.
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Totally makes sense. What are they called? Pauldrons? Necksavers? Something like that.
I actually had the same thought. The character was developed, and already had a painting done before they let me take a crack at it. So I kept everything like it was.
Of course, she could be left handed...
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Amazing work! ...in respects to it being on the wrong shoulder... for arguments sake... if you flip your canvas horizontally... would it not then be on the correct shoulder? ...Well done on this of course, wicked job!
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The pauldrons are the shoulders, I can't for the life of me recall what the piece is called.
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That would be a "haute piece". They were just as much for keeping spears out of the wearers face as well, when they were on horseback.
So, I believe what we have here is a "hot piece" with a "haute piece". Love it!!!
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Nice word play, and thanks for telling me what they're called!
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Oh wow this is wonderful! I love her freckles and the hair and oh my the chainmail! The colours are so bold, it's terrific!
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She's really pretty, who knew she was so cute underneath all that fire.
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Well, you did a great joy conveying that feeling.
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It was originally commissioned to promote something on a Japanese social networking site, called MIXI. But beyond that, I'm not sure how they used it.
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