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Subject: So I'm making some fanart for Bungie Day, however...

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Nice work so far!

  • 07.04.2011 9:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: TheBestTheyHad
Nice work so far!


Okay, so I'm moving the right direction?

  • 07.04.2011 9:45 AM PDT

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I think that what you have so far would look good in a setting of forerunner architecture. Link
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Posted by: TheBestTheyHad
Nice work so far!


Okay, so I'm moving the right direction?
Yes! I really like it so far!

[Edited on 07.04.2011 9:46 AM PDT]

  • 07.04.2011 9:45 AM PDT

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That's shaping up to be something pretty awesome, but what's the intended finished product?

Is she scolding them? Is he even paying attention? I'll trust that you have some vision for the final product, I'm just not sure at this stage what that is.

  • 07.04.2011 9:46 AM PDT
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Posted by: Will 043
That's shaping up to be something pretty awesome, but what's the intended finished product?

Is she scolding them? Is he even paying attention? I'll trust that you have some vision for the final product, I'm just not sure at this stage what that is.


The composition was inspired by this photo I found of German soldiers during WWII taken by an anonymous photographer (I can't find a copy of it online.) There's one soldier in the foreground holding a Luger staring off into the distance with a look of sheer dread (the photo was right before Operation Barbarossa, where the Germans were outnumbered literally by the millions) and a second solder in the background holding a rifle in a similar fashion to how MC holds an AR. That's where I got the MC/Arby positions from, but I felt the piece was a bit boring so I added Cortana interacting with Arby. I don't know what sort of conversation they're having; all I know is that Cortana's talking to Arby whilst pointing at MC while MC is keeping watch over their surroundings.

I don't want to evoke any sort of tension in the piece. I want the three figures to express that they're a sort of symbiotic trinity, much like they were represented in the Halo 2-3 story arc.


Posted by: Tactical77
I think that what you have so far would look good in a setting of forerunner architecture.


Noted! There are some pretty cool bits of unused Forerunner designs in the Halo 3 art book. I'll try to incorporate some of them for the backdrop.

[Edited on 07.04.2011 10:07 AM PDT]

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UPDATE!
Where I am now. Comments and critiques, anyone?

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Holy -blam!- you're good!


I'm glad you think so. I've busted ass over the past six months trying to improve. For the past two or three months I've been literally drawing 4-8 hours a day, everyday.

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UPDATE!
Where I am now. Comments and critiques, anyone?

Coming from experience, the characters seem to be floating...and it seems you dont have a unified light source. Just flesh out the background a bit more, unless you were going for something atmospheric. Good work so far.

  • 07.04.2011 2:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: Trunk Monkey
Coming from experience, the characters seem to be floating...and it seems you dont have a unified light source. Just flesh out the background a bit more, unless you were going for something atmospheric.


All great observations. I was getting to caught up in little details on MC's armor to notice how messy the lighting was. I'll definitely make sure all the figures look grounded. And by the way, you can have a detailed background and keep things atmospheric.
...Or at least I hope you can, because that's what I'm aiming for. :o

  • 07.04.2011 2:33 PM PDT

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Looks like Cortana is giving a stern lecture.

  • 07.04.2011 2:42 PM PDT

I assumed you were in space.

But then I understood your joke.



That's really sweet. You should add a forerunner backdrop. Or make it the control room of something like the PoA.

  • 07.04.2011 2:43 PM PDT

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I feel like Cortana needs the circular base she sometimes stands on to get rid of the floating look.

It's coming along very well so far keep it up!

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When you're done, could you add something on the sides so that it will look good as a wallpaper? The current size ratio isnt particulary wallpaper'ish.

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Posted by: Xplode441
Looks like Cortana is giving a stern lecture.

That's definitely not what I was aiming for. I think I've fixed it though.
Posted by: Dr S Cooper
When you're done, could you add something on the sides so that it will look good as a wallpaper? The current size ratio isnt particulary wallpaper'ish.

The native resolution is 5000x4266 px and all the subjects are on separate layers, so it'll be really easy to resize the picture into something a bit more wallpaper friendly.

[Edited on 07.04.2011 4:11 PM PDT]

  • 07.04.2011 4:08 PM PDT

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Great work so far Monkeylizard. That is an amazing painting/drawing or whatever the Heck you want to call it. What's with Cortana's face though? No lie but at first when I saw her ass what went off in my head was "dat ass". But then I saw her face and I burst out laughing. Creepy bro. =D

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What's with Cortana's face though? No lie but at first when I saw her ass what went off in my head was "dat ass". But then I saw her face and I burst out laughing. Creepy bro. =D


Maybe it's because she's bald at the moment. I'm not really sure how I should go about fixing it though... Do I make her ass less -blam!- AMAZING (OMG PLZ DONT MAKE ME DO THAT) or do I make her face more cartoony?

  • 07.04.2011 4:22 PM PDT

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I like where it's going, but if you want it to show a trinity of characters, you might want to make Chief pay more attention to Cortana. Making him atand guard makes him look less important in the picture. Have him facing Cortana again, I like it that way.

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  • 07.04.2011 4:41 PM PDT

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Superb painting. I would recommend that you would do something similar to the Halo 3 art found in the instruction manual from Halo 3. It's that picture with MC with an AR and Arby in the background, however you should make them back to back fighting against a common enemy.

  • 07.04.2011 4:49 PM PDT

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Really good work on the Marathon art piece.

  • 07.04.2011 5:02 PM PDT

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Looks good, can't wait to see the finished version.

  • 07.04.2011 5:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: VenomfangX
you should make them back to back fighting against a common enemy.

Posted by: ZDF Fawkes
I like where it's going, but if you want it to show a trinity of characters, you might want to make Chief pay more attention to Cortana. Making him atand guard makes him look less important in the picture. Have him facing Cortana again, I like it that way.


Hitting two birds with one (actually more like twenty) stones, I'll have Arby, MC and Cortana all looking off-frame, as though there were a looming threat coming from that direction.

As for MC paying more attention to Cortana, I think an easier solution would be to simply move Cortana closer to MC, and have them looking at the same spot off-frame. Hopefully it'll communicate something to the viewer along the lines of MC is listening in on Cortana's intel, while Arby's dinosaur senses are tingling and he's all ready for action.


Er, and here's your updated pic.


Posted by: Tycho_005917
Really good work on the Marathon art piece.


I'll have more of those in the future! I really am a fan of Marathon's art direction and creature design. It's sort of hard to articulate, but the designs they use are just visually satisfying to look at.

[Edited on 07.04.2011 5:27 PM PDT]

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Alright, now I dig it. Nice work! I can't wait to see it when it's finished! If you decide to do a few prints of it, let me know.

  • 07.04.2011 5:53 PM PDT

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  • 07.04.2011 6:07 PM PDT

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Just from looking at the last update, the sword and AR look sort of funky, as does Cortana, but I love how you did the background and Chief's Armor. Can't wait for the final!

  • 07.04.2011 7:19 PM PDT

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