Ares by j-art

Mixed Medium • Fantasy • posted on Jan 07, 2010

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Hi ALL! This is my first public upload in 2010, I know wasn't much around last year, but I had such a lot to do that I just ran out of time to be active in the online galleries. However I hope this will change this year as I don't want to do that much comissions this year, well, at least this is the plan :-))), let's see if it works :-). Ok, I did a bunch of illustrations for the Rolemaster Rulebooks published from “13 Mann Verlag (13 man publishing)” here in Germany. As it is seldom enough that you can do cool fantasy art for German publishers and the guys for 13 Mann Verlag are really nice people I wanted to do some good looking pieces. The problem only was the budged, they are a small publishing house so they couldn't spent too much for an illustration (still more than you get for most CCG art pieces). To make it short I wanted to do some really complex looking illustrations even for less money, but I couldn't spent to much time for them. For this reason I decided to work mainly 3d using Poser and Vue. It helped a lot, Vue was awesome to get cool mass scenes in no time using some poser figures I posed in Poser as eco system in Vue. Than I just added some DAZ stuff and voila the illustration wwas more or less done. At the end I brought the whole things into Painter and did some (OK, OK, not just some) over-painting here and there to give the whole thing a bit more painterly look . I'm extremely satisfied with the results (the client by the way as well, I got great praise from the publisher). I never had been able to do something like that in such a short time if I worked only 2d and had to sketch and paint all the things. Ok you see the result above, I really would be interested what you think. Do you like it even there is so much Poser and bought DAZ stuff obviously involved in the illustration? Give me your thoughts! To all I didn't speak before, have a great 2010! Cheers -Uwe Using this image for whatever is strictly prohibited! Copyright: 13 Mann Verlag

Comments (72)

dayna2

10:36PM | Sat, 09 January 2010

Fantastic skill in many programs you show, pleasure to view your visions.

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mikeerson

11:53PM | Sun, 10 January 2010

It really looks great and is ispirational to do something similar - eventually... a lot of work involved.

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mrestey

7:45PM | Thu, 14 January 2010

This is FANTASTIC! Wonderfully done. Excellent posing and composition.

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LadyElf

6:28AM | Fri, 15 January 2010

I think it's just wonderful! Nothing wrong with taking software to a whole new level, it still calls on all of your skills ;) Just a different way of getting there. I absolutely love it! Well done!

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DennisReed

1:40PM | Sat, 16 January 2010

Masterful as always! WOW!

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tiff666

9:58AM | Mon, 25 January 2010

Absolut supergeil!!! Ein echtes Hammerbild!

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zhaanman

12:14PM | Mon, 25 January 2010

Brilliant style and a Grand setting awesome image!!!

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efron_241

9:36AM | Wed, 10 February 2010

much to see.. fantastic work

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Sprryte

9:07PM | Sun, 07 March 2010

THIS is wonderful! i totally LOVE it, and honestly? who cares if it's painted, has daz and poser stuff. to me, what matters is the end result, and this is in a word, A W E S O M E !!!!

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Naoo

10:21AM | Thu, 27 May 2010

Fantastisch!!!

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WilliamEpic3

3:29PM | Thu, 23 September 2010

This is the coolest use of VUE eco! Great realistic composition and wonderful mystical lighting! Neat overview for the director of action. Wonderful POV and render!

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