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Published: 2009-02-21 01:44:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 110553; Favourites: 686; Downloads: 634
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Inspired by a TR Legend Artwork... damn those cheap textures of the cliff >.<EDIT: This piece is getting a huuuuge amount of attention lately which honestly came as a complete surprise to me as it is 4 years old and certainly has its flaws since I was only starting out on 3D rendering back then. Anyways, many people keep mentioning Nate looks like Jake English, I have not the slightest clue who that is until I googled him after the like tenth comment mentioning him. *lol* I guess it's the glasses too which Nate is usually not wearing
This is my male Tomb Raider character Nathan Thomas (named in complete unawareness of Nathan Drake back then *d'oh*) and not Jake English. There are a lot of more recent artwork of him in my gallery too.
Having said that I'm incredibly grateful for all the attention this piece gets, for all the comments and favs and I still can't really wrap my head around this *lol* Thanks guys!
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I enjoyed exploring your work. I make a living as an illustrator- very different in tone than yours- I tend to work in more of a whimsical category... but just wanted to say that there is something about some of your early work that I respond to really strongly- works like "Antivan Memories", "Antivan Boots", and even "Smoke on the Water"... I am not sure what you were doing in your process but the end result has a fine art quality. It feels more hand done than some of the later 3D work - which at times are challenged by a certain deadness of the eye that the models can get- not always as the one here reads great. (please don't read that too negatively- just an observation and a challenge with 3D in general- how to impart a soul to the eyes...) Just something about the illustrative texture of those early ones is really nice. Don't abandon it. Keep up the good work.
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First of all thanks a lot for taking the time to write a critique.
I went back and looked at the pieces you mentioned and I think I see what you mean. Back then I used very radical postwork shading in my works, Smoke on the Water is a pretty good example for that. I just felt that a lot of detail went lost by this and most people preferred lesser shaded pieces too. I tried to find a balance between getting rid of the "videogame look" of my renderings (hence making them differ from the "usual" 3D renders you see) and a not too distorded "drawn look".
The eyes are always a problem in 3D and I started paying them a lot of attention, especially in my more recent works.
Thanks a lot again for writing the critique.
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I love this. The design is clever and spot-on; it manages to be a funny parody, an insightful critique, and an attractive and sexy piece of art in its own right.
The low-res cliff texture actually adds to the video-game-terrain look, but I docked some points on technique mostly for his accessories.
The straps have the infinitely-thin-infinitely-flexible look you can get from CG (especially the right backpack strap) and they don't hang realistically on his body. The backpack straps should be tight on the top and front of his shoulders to give the backpack a sense of weight (they can be looser at the bottom).
The gun straps are supposed to be tension fit to his thighs, so they should be very tight all the way around; you definitely shouldn't be able to see light between them and his thighs (they might even be tight enough to make his thighs bulge around them a bit).
His boots are too shiny. Even brand-new leather has tiny creases in it and doesn't have that "perfect" CG polish, and these shouldn't look brand-new anyway. They should have crease lines around the ankle and over the toes.
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Thank you so very much for taking the time to write this extremely fair critique.
I'm still amazed how much attention this picture is still getting given the fact it is 4 years old. Back then I was in rendering for about... I think half a year or a little more when I first created Nate.
All the things you say which are a bit off are completely true. Back then I didn't know much about materials and shaders so the boots look really shiny and the clothing he wears are actually meant for a female character and weren't really fitting for him. I became a lot better with tweaking stuff like this since then.
Thank you very, very much for your critique. I barely ever get some so I stopped asking for them all together.
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Honestly it's all nitpicks; the concept and execution are both pretty much rock-solid.
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Klasse Bild ... Tomb Rider ... in mΓ€nnlichΒ Β
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Hehe, same here. This picture is still making the rounds. It's six years old by now. This is what he looks like today:
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Very nice! It helped me for my outfit for Second Life.Β
Thanks
My blog:
romantomas.blogspot.com.ar/201β¦
www.flickr.com/photos/12004068β¦
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By all means make this game. He's bloody hot. The straight guys get Lara and the gay guys get Nathan. Well yeah, Nathan Drake, but this guy is just as hot too.
I'd be quite ok with it just as I'm quite ok with Lara Croft. Men and women should be treated equally indeed. If you're ok with a hot half naked guy like this in a game, you should be ok with a hot half naked girl in a game.
Now if only we can get Nathan Drake to run around like that, hmm....
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Well, I'm guessing the reason for all the attention is because of tumblr. I just saw it reblogged there. I have to say, it's certainly an interesting piece, quite well modeled. I don't know if you wanted to do a male Tomb Raider to the point of the ridiculousness of the clothes (Nathan Drake certainly doesn't dress like that while going on missions, although it would be interesting if he did). How can you gallivant around the place with short-shorts and a tiny tank top? If you're in the middle of the jungle, any person with half a brain would wear long pants, not just for the bugs and other plants, but simply to avoid getting scrathes all over (it's very annoying, trust me).
Can I ask what did you use? It looks very very very well done! Congratulations for all the attention you're getting, you certainly deserve it
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I think it's getting a lot of attention because of the article by Cara Ellison on newstatesman dot com... I came here from there. Β It's called "There's no sexism in gaming" 
Have to say, this is really good, I'm looking forward to checking out more of your stuff 
Like I said, Looking forward to it!
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I discovered this amazing piece via this article > www.newstatesman.com/games/201... Excellent read btw with excellent art, what's not to like?
I demand Naughty Dog consider this design (with a minor adjustment for a bigger package ...a bit like actual Drake in U1 & U2) for Uncharted 4!! Get on it ND, make it happen!
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i admire your work and talent and can see why this rendering is a fan favorite love the jungle scene. you should add
king kong to the equation character vulnerable captured by the giant gorilla then escapes.
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I really want this to be a thing! Please get hired by a games company who consider androsexuals their primary audience.
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I didnt think there was a way out finding this was the greatest thing thats ever happened this put me in the lap of luxury this could be your big break
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Hey so um this is literally the best thing I have seen in forever-- I love Nathan Drake and because of this piece I am starting a petition for Naughty Dog to make sexy Nathan a playable character in the upcoming Uncharted Game. We need this to really happen. Can I use one of these images in the petition? I will for suresies link and credit your art-- I just... this must happen. It must be real. Either way, thank you.
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Sorry for getting back to you this late.
First: Thank you so much
Second: Go for it. I honestly don't think it will do much but you never know until you try
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Hey, Iβm with you. Count me in for the petition.
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I saw these on Tumblr a few days ago. Glad I found the artist. ^^
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Yes, they are all over the Internet lately, still can't believe it. Even got interviewed about them 
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Me and my boyfriend will both be cosplaying this for the London MCM Expo.
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Seriously?! If you really do you know that I NEED to see photos of that! *gets all excited over the idea*
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Yup, we're both planning it out and using these images as references of course. I'll link you pictures after the expo!
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ah, i found the original, yay! i hate it when people link to images stored on imgur that don't give credit to the artist.
that's definitely an interesting take on lara croft -- i mean, i appreciate it for pure eye candy value, but it could also be taken as a humourous-yet-sharp poke at an industry that's ridiculously heteronormative, and sexualises and objectifies women at every turn. don't know whether you meant it that way.
and yeah, i'd probably play that game.
what do you use to model and render these images, if i may ask?
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Hey, first off this is really well made! Second, did you base this on anyone in real life? It looks very familiar to someone other than Jake English!
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Thank you
Nope, I based this on no-one other than trying to make a male version of Lara. He was created four years ago and I had never heard of Jake English before this piece went viral.
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I would play the crap out of this game, Oh my god....
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*lol* me too honestly
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I saw this on Reddit today from the actual author.
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You do of course realize that this IS the original author right?
At least I hope you do, if you would like, here's proof for those of us with some literacy: [link]
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What do you mean with the actual author?
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As I had to tell several people before this piece was created four years ago and I have absolutely not the slightest clue who that is *lol*
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Oh this is fantastic! And does it make me a bad person that I want to play this game really, REALLY badly?
(Actually, I WOULD play this game really really badly in the sense that I am very bad at such games, but I still really want to!)
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Oh gosh, thank you so very much! And honestly I'd play this game too and gladly so... though I hope I wouldn't be bad since I played all games in the Tomb Raider series *lol*
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