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Description "In the cave-eat hubs of Northeast Meta, he was known simply as the Operator – the name was lost amongst ones and zeroes, and fake retina scans. Rumors passed to eager ears, that the Operator returned not long ago from the Archipelago Wars in the Pacific – his injured body amnesiac to the damp cold winds of BosWash. His frame, draped in a thick, oily trenchcoat, would linger around prosthetic shops and at the back-ends of clubs, as the Operator searched for work.

Wrong place, wrong time – his services were too expensive, and in runt-town suburban sprawls, despite the heavy regulations, bullets were a cheaper alternative to the complex schemes he offered. The Operator sought to climb the corporate ladder, they said, but instead he slumped down at noodle chow joints with a sour frown on his implant-pockmarked face.

Time and change erroded his expectations and customs, but the winds in Newark where just as harsh in Novemeber as they were five years ago" - and some music for the mood www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyiux…

This is the milestone of the next year for me. I finally decided to leave the cosy familiarity of Painter, of working with the ever-present oil pastels and rendering everything with small round brushes and shit - and venture into the lures of Photoshop, matte, and textures.

Indeed, this picture is the quintessence of what I've recently learned of the medium, of my artistic vision in cyberpunk and my technical skill at the present moment. Robust, colorful, contemporaty and aggressive.

With the character stemming from the previous work in the same theme - - I've been inspired by the visual style and concept art to Deus Ex revolution, and worked on achieving a similar level of detail attention and blend of original aesthetics. This work required quite a lot of preliminary design work and sketching that I will show later.

Cyberpunk is in my blood, and I'm slowly returning to it, with a new skillset, and this marks the beginning of a serious new IP, series of illustrative and written works. This a reper for a new future, a renovation and renaissance.

Your comments and faves are as always highly welcome to guide me on this journey.
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Comments: 86

TD-Vice In reply to ??? [2013-12-17 07:56:29 +0000 UTC]

That must be the abberation)

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The-Myster-Man [2013-12-16 22:37:16 +0000 UTC]

This mildly reminds me of Syndicate. Any inspiration by that universe on this piece, TD?

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TD-Vice In reply to The-Myster-Man [2013-12-16 22:39:48 +0000 UTC]

The most recent game, yes)

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The-Myster-Man In reply to TD-Vice [2013-12-16 23:51:33 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. I do enjoy the colors, and the style of art you did it with. -Throws vodka canteen at him- You earned it.

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Comrade-K-Rad [2013-12-16 22:26:08 +0000 UTC]

Your work on the face and his prosthetic hand really jump out in this one.  Very crisp and detailed.   You can really tell that you used different tool.  Like you mention, the oily texture has changed.  I like both but this one comes off as closer to photorealism. Nice job.

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TD-Vice In reply to Comrade-K-Rad [2013-12-16 22:32:24 +0000 UTC]

And i also tried fancy chormatic abberation effect.

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Comrade-K-Rad In reply to TD-Vice [2013-12-17 05:43:41 +0000 UTC]

I see some of that now that I look at some of the edges, most noticeably his neck and some of the torn posters.

 Preview

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Nemesis-Virus [2013-12-16 22:24:53 +0000 UTC]

Good lord this is amazing, he looks Very real, background looks nice, and looks like a very nice day due to the lights.

Your best piece yet, and not sound like an ass kisser, probably one of  the best I seen on this site

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TD-Vice In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2013-12-16 22:31:44 +0000 UTC]

I went out to the max with this, nd will cont7nue in such a vein.

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Nemesis-Virus In reply to TD-Vice [2013-12-17 01:02:08 +0000 UTC]

How long did it take you complete this?

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TD-Vice In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2013-12-17 08:22:43 +0000 UTC]

Hard to say. I worked a teeny bit most weekdays after work, for about 3 weeks. Hard to translate into hours.

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THE-ART-OF-FAUST [2013-12-16 21:17:29 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work, especially on the face. Absolutely perfect lighting there. 

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TD-Vice In reply to THE-ART-OF-FAUST [2013-12-16 21:30:36 +0000 UTC]

heh, thanks)

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THE-ART-OF-FAUST In reply to THE-ART-OF-FAUST [2013-12-16 21:18:05 +0000 UTC]

Keep doing more Cyberpunk man, your making really fantastic work.

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TD-Vice In reply to THE-ART-OF-FAUST [2013-12-16 21:38:00 +0000 UTC]

yeah, fuck 40k for a while.

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NuclearDisaster In reply to ??? [2013-12-16 21:17:20 +0000 UTC]

Man,this is just...wow

there so much details on this artwork is impossible to mention one by one.The textures is very realistic,seems like a photomanipuation,hard to believe this is a paiting.

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TD-Vice In reply to NuclearDisaster [2013-12-16 21:31:09 +0000 UTC]

The background is indeed matte-ed painting. Thanks, glad to hear you like!)

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Schizoideh [2013-12-16 20:31:57 +0000 UTC]

Охвау, вот это детализация 0__о Вижу в этот раз ты заморочился со всем этим по полной... Тут же нет уже фотобэшинга, да? Всё настолько проработано и вылизано, что не видно ни единого штриха, хотя я честно пытаюсь их высмотреть до сих пор.

И да, В Deus Ex же стилистика вроде заключается в плавных углах и чёрно-оранжевых тонах, разве нет? Тем не мене, что по детализации сказать могу, сравнивая тамошнюю стилистику и твою, то у тебя не просто настолько же детально, а деталей даже больше, но это ничуть не плохо, скажем так : D (от руки аж крышу сносит Х,) ) Короче это охренительно, чел, определённо достойное выступление в этот раз.

Вроде бы всё сказала. Ну и с ДР штоле )


P.S. XP8, aww yis. Судя по оригинальным его работам я не разочаруюсь в его творчестве, а то до этого только его ремиксы слушала, с оригиналами же медлила, ибо почему-то для меня ремиксы групп друг на друга обычно всегда лучше, чем оригинальные работы, что странно.

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TD-Vice In reply to Schizoideh [2013-12-16 22:37:34 +0000 UTC]

Фотобэшинг чуть есть, в плаще и куске руки, но переработанный до неузнаваемости. Плюс маттированый задник. Сам перс и все его штуковины чисто с листа.


Ну это не по мотивам Дьюс Экса, там тока вдохновение, у этой моей серии совсем своя стилистика есть и будет. А детали я всегда любил, но только щас смог разгуляться. Так что пасибо.


А этот альбом XP8 просто крышедробящий. Киберпанк положенный на музыку.

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Schizoideh In reply to TD-Vice [2013-12-16 22:50:38 +0000 UTC]

Океей. Ну, потому и спросила, действительно обработано на этот в разы грамотнее, чем при первой попытке (уж ясен пень), очень гармонично и незаметно, что фотобэш, хотя фон всё равно заставил это спросить, хз почему 0_о.


А, окей, теперь понятно, что ж, удачи тебе и не за что~


Тогда кидану себе на плеер с утра. Киберпанк... Тоже окей, хотя что-нибудь антиутопическое и постапокалиптичное в музыке меня цапает сильнее по идее. Но это ж XP8 бл, какие ремиксы я у него ни слушала - все офигенны.

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Marc-the-one In reply to ??? [2013-12-16 20:28:43 +0000 UTC]

This is a good change of pace, Great work.

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TD-Vice In reply to Marc-the-one [2013-12-16 20:53:57 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Marc-the-one In reply to TD-Vice [2013-12-17 20:22:29 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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Medikun In reply to ??? [2013-12-16 19:37:19 +0000 UTC]

Is the operator drawn completely from scratch? The details and work put into this is incredible.
While I'm not sure if it's intentional or not, the line under his left eye seems a little too pronounced, like it's a drawn line, it stands out a bit too much to look 'natural'. This is doesn't really distract too much.
I'm surprised that detailed background doesn't ruin the focus of the picture, so good job on that one.

Does the orange window have any meaning to you?

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TD-Vice In reply to Medikun [2013-12-16 19:52:44 +0000 UTC]

The face, neck and collarbone area armor, yes. The hand and trenchoat are reffed.

Nope, no meaning, just random shop window or smthing.

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TilskKarishma In reply to ??? [2013-12-16 19:35:51 +0000 UTC]

Oh my fucking god this is just wow! It looks like real. Like I could touch the metal.

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Mr-Malkov [2013-12-16 18:41:20 +0000 UTC]

I think you did an excellent job capturing the styling and asthetics of Deus Ex: Human Revolution,and I'm glad you didn't cover it in a piss yellow tint afterwards.

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TD-Vice In reply to Mr-Malkov [2013-12-16 19:02:30 +0000 UTC]

Well, its not directly HR, more like with some inspiration parts from it, but yeah.

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Mr-Malkov In reply to TD-Vice [2013-12-16 19:38:47 +0000 UTC]

The mechanical limbs and scenery reminded me a lot of it, then again I am sure they're not 100% original to HR either

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TD-Vice In reply to Mr-Malkov [2013-12-16 19:54:05 +0000 UTC]

they're not))

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Skrakar In reply to ??? [2013-12-16 18:38:52 +0000 UTC]

Shouldn't you be getting presents for your birthday instead of giving them?


Seriously, this is THE best thing you've done so far. Fucking photo-realism, man. It's blowing my mind. No joking, this is creepy how real it looks.


Oh, and happy birthday, you magnificent, talented bastard.

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TD-Vice In reply to Skrakar [2013-12-16 19:42:51 +0000 UTC]

Ive already got some.

Heh, I feel the same way, actually) Thanks mate, much appreciated.

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BiGFooT-y2k In reply to ??? [2013-12-16 18:04:31 +0000 UTC]

1920x1080 now. I want new wallpaper.

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BiGFooT-y2k In reply to BiGFooT-y2k [2013-12-16 18:05:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh, and happy birthday, you nazi punk!

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TD-Vice In reply to BiGFooT-y2k [2013-12-16 19:35:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks mate)

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