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Zardra โ€” counter-attack -Drizzt vs Zak-

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Description this is for the "Drow in action" contest at ^_^

not the action I usually draw, but this was fun to paint, lol
I know I'm breaking the Naruto week with this.. but it wasnt really Naruto week... but more is to come later ^^
and to the pic:

***Homeland spoilers***

Drizzt and Zak. Everyone who has read the books should know this part. I was suppose to quote it for the contest but because I dont have the book in english, this will not be the direct quote but my lousy translation of the finnish translation

"Drizzt fell into a roll and came back up to meet his charging adversary.

A thought came over him.

Drizzt came up high, too high, and Zak drove him back on his heels. Drizzt knew what would soon be coming; he invited it openly. Zak kept Drizzt's weapons high through several combined maneuvers. He then went with the move that had defeated Drizzt in the past, expecting that the best Drizzt could attain would be equal footing: double thrust low.

Drizzt executed the appropriate cross-down parry, as he had to, and Zak tensed waiting for his eager opponent to try to improve the move. "Child killer!" he growled, goading on Drizzt.

He didn't know that Drizzt had found the solution.

With all the anger he had ever known, all the disappointments of his young life gathering within his foot, Drizzt focused on Zak. That smug face, feigning smiles and drooling for blood.

Between the hilts, between the eyes, Drizzt kicked blowing out every ounce of rage in a single blow.

Zak's nose crunched flat. His eyes rolled upward, and blood exploded over his hollow cheeks. Zak knew that he was falling, that the devilish young warrior would be on him in a flash, gaining an advantage that Zak could not hope to overcome.

-- R. A. Salvatore, "Homeland""

thankyou so much for :devcheber: for the english translation ^_^

and HA! meheheheee.. daddy got a broken nose.
I love this part, it's always been one of my favs so it was quite obvious that this was the scene I was going to paint.
And the books, I can't praise them enough... and this made we want to read them again, damn those books are sooooo good

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Full view please

drawn with black pen and coloured in OpenCanvas. Took about 7 hours.

Drizzt and Zaknafein from Forgotten Realms
the scene is from Homeland
art ยฉ me

should this be marked as mature? :-S
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Comments: 34

darth-azrael [2010-01-13 02:28:16 +0000 UTC]

I KNEW THE PARRY WAS WRONG!!

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FaerieDragon19 [2009-08-04 18:25:36 +0000 UTC]

Good action picture! I've never seen any pictures of Zak before; nice job!

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IceBerg90 [2007-02-07 02:35:31 +0000 UTC]

ive yet to read homeland, which kinda surprises me, but he uses that exact smae move of Dantrag in the book i finished not 30 minutes ago, very well done too

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IncoherentOne [2006-11-10 23:36:43 +0000 UTC]

its good, but drizzt scimitars look a little crude
good work tho, i cant paint for the life of me

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SakuraGoddessofHell [2006-08-13 03:20:17 +0000 UTC]

"I told you teh Parry was wrong"

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cherber [2005-11-25 06:26:36 +0000 UTC]

Every time I read that part my nose hurts.
Text in English:

Drizzt fell into a roll and came back up to meet his charging adversary.

A thought came over him.

Drizzt came up high, too high, and Zak drove him back on his heels. Drizzt knew what would soon be coming; he invited it openly. Zak kept Drizzt's weapons high through several combined maneuvers. He then went with the move that had defeated Drizzt in the past, expecting that the best Drizzt could attain would be equal footing: double thrust low.

Drizzt executed the appropriate cross-down parry, as he had to, and Zak tensed waiting for his eager opponent to try to improve the move. "Child killer!" he growled, goading on Drizzt.

He didn't know that Drizzt had found the solution.

With all the anger he had ever known, all the disappointments of his young life gathering within his foot, Drizzt focused on Zak. That smug face, feigning smiles and drooling for blood.

Between the hilts, between the eyes, Drizzt kicked blowing out every ounce of rage in a single blow.

Zak's nose crunched flat. His eyes rolled upward, and blood exploded over his hollow cheeks. Zak knew that he was falling, that the devilish young warrior would be on him in a flash, gaining an advantage that Zak could not hope to overcome.

-- R. A. Salvatore, "Homeland"

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Zardra In reply to cherber [2005-11-25 19:30:43 +0000 UTC]

thankyou so much for posting this! ^^

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PoldalleLovesnare [2005-11-25 03:24:21 +0000 UTC]

I always loved that part as well. A great scene from great books. Makes me want to read them again too!!! Best of luck in the contest!!! Good ole "double-cross down"

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Zardra In reply to PoldalleLovesnare [2005-11-25 19:29:51 +0000 UTC]

yeah, its a great part and thankyou ^___^

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PoldalleLovesnare In reply to Zardra [2005-11-26 03:47:15 +0000 UTC]

not a problem

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N7Dovahkiir [2005-11-24 23:01:38 +0000 UTC]

Love the brushed background.

And nice work on the guyยดs clothes, especially on the sleeves of the right drow.

Good luck at the contest!!

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Zardra In reply to N7Dovahkiir [2005-11-25 19:29:19 +0000 UTC]

thankyou ^^ I'm finally starting to like making backgrounds ^^
you like the chainmail shirt? whee, I should really start making them more again

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LordOnisyr [2005-11-23 03:19:24 +0000 UTC]

I reviewed this at LE, but in full view

The details on both of them are astounding, right down to the bone structure in Zak's hand (I have a thing for hands). The spurt of blood was great, perfectly gory, yet enpugh to show the scene. As I said before, you really should draw more action because this one had some great monvment and fluidity. This is just awesome.

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Zardra In reply to LordOnisyr [2005-11-23 17:28:38 +0000 UTC]

Yay! thankyou ^___^
I am so happy you like the hand, I think I'm finally learning to draw hands and feet ^^
more action coming up, this time with my boys, some fighting practises... wheeeeeeee

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LordOnisyr In reply to Zardra [2005-11-23 18:23:54 +0000 UTC]

Sweetness. Drawing hands and feet is that one skill that eludes me, but I eally want to work on it because I love those little details. Can't wait to see more firghint from you soon

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Magelet [2005-11-23 02:18:27 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful action pose!
I need more practice on these

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Zardra In reply to Magelet [2005-11-23 17:27:28 +0000 UTC]

thankyou ^_^
I'm really not used to drawing action but now that I started, its really fun ^^

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Methril [2005-11-23 02:01:04 +0000 UTC]

That is


WICKED.

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Zardra In reply to Methril [2005-11-23 17:26:56 +0000 UTC]

hehehee, I hope in a good way

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jojo-kun [2005-11-23 00:16:54 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome! I love the action and the arc of blood is really great! I love their clothes and hair as well. Boy, does that ever look like it was painful!

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Zardra In reply to jojo-kun [2005-11-23 17:26:41 +0000 UTC]

thankyou it was very strange to paint clothes, so much clothes
... and yeah, OUCH!

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jojo-kun In reply to Zardra [2005-11-24 05:13:33 +0000 UTC]

lol! Yeah when you're so used to drawing naked boys it's tough to put clothes on them (clothes are difficult!)

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tenshiamanda [2005-11-22 21:58:58 +0000 UTC]

Ouch! Poor Zak XDXD

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Zardra In reply to tenshiamanda [2005-11-23 17:25:59 +0000 UTC]

yeah, his poor poor broken nose!

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twistedkitsune [2005-11-22 21:35:28 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous!

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Zardra In reply to twistedkitsune [2005-11-23 17:25:35 +0000 UTC]

thankyou ^_____^

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twistedkitsune In reply to Zardra [2005-11-24 01:36:38 +0000 UTC]

very welcome ^__^

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MetaLeath [2005-11-22 20:25:48 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!! ^_^

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Zardra In reply to MetaLeath [2005-11-23 17:25:26 +0000 UTC]

thankyou

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Cyzra [2005-11-22 20:16:53 +0000 UTC]

yay!!!! I loved that part, great job! love the blood splatter, he hee!

I'll have to look it up in my book and send you a note on the translation

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Zardra In reply to Cyzra [2005-11-23 17:25:18 +0000 UTC]

thankyou! that part is so good I just had to paint it ... poor Zak's nose

I would be very happy about the translation! wheeeee ^___^

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Mr-KaMiKaZe [2005-11-22 19:51:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow Den รคr velit bra och den รคr velit CooL! och hoppas att du vinner

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Zardra In reply to Mr-KaMiKaZe [2005-11-23 17:24:21 +0000 UTC]

tack Jimmy ... jag hoppas sรฅ ocksรฅ ^__^

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Mr-KaMiKaZe In reply to Zardra [2005-11-23 19:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Det var sรฅ lite Anna Hehe

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