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©2004-2009 `hakubaikou
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Oookay. This one took a helluva long time to finish. I did this one because I was in the mood to design some characters and costumes. Anyway, Lady Vellyn's the one in black holding the ruby pendant. And the rest of them are her personal guards. Weehee!

As usual everything in the pic was done completely in Photoshop from sketch to finish. I did use Rohen's Color Atlas of Anatomy for reference pics for the skull. Unfortunately, I have no pics of the book to link here, since I don't have a scanner and can't upload the pic. But they're basically just photos of some skulls. Nothing fancy. Otherwise, no reference photos used for anything else. Total time, close to 30 hrs. (Ugh.)

EDIT: As a couple of people pointed out, the gate looked too flat. I've tried to fix it up a bit. For those who devwatch, sorry if this adds an extra thumbnail in your messages, but it was really driving me nuts. Had to re-work it a bit. I hope this is better now. Thanks for pointing out the errors, people. :)

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:iconaquasixio:
Full view is better ^^

Great work on the faces.
Good job !
:iconjassx:
this is amassing. I Love it
:iconkuko-chan:
Wow! :wow: I love the amount of detail you put into your work!

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:iconashia-chan:
:omg:...

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ashia in shock..

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*awwwwwwww* very climatic and dark.. scary too^^;;;
:iconwatermage:
Awesome! great color scheme and use of shadows. Your work is just amazing

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:iconscarletfire:
I cant tell this too you a long time to finish but it looks awesome. The cg'ing is amazing as usual

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:iconmythicaldamienne:
Stunning work! The detail in this piece is incredible..I love the colors as well...perfect! :+fav:

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:iconle-coeur-brise:
Nice, REALLY NICE!!! MARVELOUS!! It kinda scared me... which means you made it very realistic! Your details are simply astonishing!

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The result of 30 hours really shows when the textures are so wonderful like they are here. I just find it strange that the fence is so flat.
If you just keep practicing, perhaps you can cut your time down. (You obviously don't need to learn about drawing or Photoshop at this point!)
:iconsageraven:
Amazing! I like the way you made the details jump out and grab the viewer. Very striking piece.

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