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Opravdu
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[2012-06-08 18:20:19 +0000 UTC]
"Fear of Depths ♜"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 5378; Deviations: 78; Watchers: 1234
Watching: 53; Pageviews: 54779; Comments Made: 1408; Friends: 53
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: So ManyFavorite movies: The Shape of Water, Aliens, Fight Club, Children of Men, Monty Python
Favorite TV shows: Twin Peaks, Its Always Sunny, Kill la Kill, Cowboy Be-Bop
Favorite bands / musical artists: QUEEN, The Black Keys, The Gorillaz, Death Grips
Favorite books: 1984, House of Leaves, The Martian Chronicles, The Colors of Magic, Infected
Favorite games: Half Life 2, STALKER, Dead Rising
Favorite gaming platform: PC
Tools of the Trade: Photoshop, procreate, Zbrush
# Social Links
https://www.instagram.com/alexander_korson/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-korson-226393a6
https://www.pinterest.com/alexanderkorson/
https://twitter.com/alexanderkorson?lang=en
# Comments
Comments: 129
your artwork is absolutely phenomenal! love the amount of detail you put into everything
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Hey Opravdu, could you perhaps give me a hand?
Recently I wanted to learn how to draw a bit more bulky soldiers, you know, with tacticool vests, either long coats or bulky armor, with pipe bomb launchers and heavy duty armor + helmets. The thing is - I am having a hard time finding a good source of reference. I know that you are into drawing soldiers of every shape and form and thus the question arrives : what sources of reference could you possibly recommand? Is there any type of army or soldier unit that you find interesting / a valuable source of reference? Or perhaps there's a particular game / film / any other medium that you'd concider a good starting point?
I find it both interesting and benefitial to learn more about the subject before drawing it and I thought that you are really into that cup of tea. I would really appreciate if you could help me!
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Boom ---> www.pinterest.com/alexanderkor…
I'm a huge history buff so I figured out armor by studying soldier development over time, the 20th century was a huge innovation period for armor and lots of countries were trying different things. I always find it helpful to consider a soldiers role when designing their gear. For example shock troops will need heavy frontal armor and carry only gear for heavy but short assaults, grenades and ammo but no entrenching tools or camping gear. A marksman may want to stay as light as possible so perhaps they only wear a knee pad on their crouch position knee or a single elbow pad on their support arm for propping up the gun with the elbow on cover. Guards in FOB's will wear heavy gear since they are not required to move much but guards in rear bases may not since they are not in danger and may need to scramble in an attack due to being less on alert. Consider what you would want to bring to the field, and customization often occurs for veteran soldiers. Trench-coats are worn because they have lots of large pockets for carrying maps, extra ammo, food and are wind proof. Straps on a soldier for gear always need to be readily detachable on the body encase of an emergency. Ammo pouches should match the operators weapon and be in a good reaching position preferably with the weapon still pointed down range. And remember some guys wear shit just because it looks cool.
Go draw some soldiers my lad!
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PS. I thought that, to return at least a bit of the favor, I could recommand you a simple programme I've recently found out about!
www.pureref.com/
I have no idea if you have heard of it or not, but it was made to create easy to do, customisable refboards. While Pinterest for example is a great tool on its own, this lil' gem comes in handy due to the small tweaks you can make to the pictures you put in there. You can rotate them, mirror them, resize them and such. The window itself can be turned into a mode that makes your mouse not interfere with it while being visible all the time so that you can have it over your programme without any accidental workflow interruptions.
It is also really easy to make a board - you just drag the pictures off the internet or your harddrive files straight onto the programme window.
I'm still experimenting with it and I haven't been using it for long, I do admit that, but I think it's worth recommanding, especially if you have just one monitor or just limited workspace in general. Give it a try if you haven't yet
(It is completely free to download if you wish, but if you want you can leave a tip of any ammount for the creators to further develop the software)
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Nice! Thanks man I'm super down for the no-mouse-interference feature. Totally Downloading it right now!
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Haha, no problem ^^ I hope you'll find it useful!
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Dayum, didn't expect an answer that fat and rich. Yum!
Thanks a hell lot for sharing that stripe of your knowledge, it's definately gonna be put to good use!
Thanks once again and happy kablooey to you too!
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Thank you my man! I always enjoy your comments <3
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Thank you mate! I had a great time
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I like the free flowing look of your work. good job. you are really good.
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Thank you sir, flow and energy are hugely important to me. Your kind words are what keep me motivated!
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Outstanding gallery. Your style is both fine detailed and ethereal at the same time. Very surreal. I'm especially a sucker for your halo inspired work.
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Thank you so much friend! The Halo series was one of my biggest inspirations growing up, and its where I fell in love with Marines. I deleted my old Halo art so by the gods I must make some new ones.
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Aw thanks man! It's my favorite thing in the world to paint!
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i just made an account to tell you how much i love your art style! also i saved a bunch of your pictures for backgrounds and what not
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What an honor! Thank you so much man, comments like this keep me going and I'm glad I can make work for you to enjoy!
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Anytime! Your stuff has inspired me to start drawing again and maybe this time I'll make some good stuff. later
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Oh hell yeah, I saved the picture I'll hit that up
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hey man just wanted to ask you what art program you used ^-^
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99% Photoshop CS6 and 1% Corel Painter 13
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lol nice thx for replying
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ya dont mind if i use one of your works as my tumblr avatar?
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You are welcome! If you like my look and ever need reference photos, I would be honored to give some to you from my private collection. I have thousands that are not posted on dA (that also fully show my face) - everything from classic nudes to highly erotic. Please let me know your thoughts and keep up the great work!
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Thanks you very much! Its always nice to have good reference!
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Great! Just let me know when you need something!
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