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Published: 2010-07-26 11:36:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 16356; Favourites: 319; Downloads: 226
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The Emperor, father of the Primarch's and leader of Mankind.Part of a series of all the Primarchs from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, pre-heresy.
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Nice pic and all...
But this is not the emperor.
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lovely picture, but it just doesn't even look like Emps...he has white hair? I thought his hair was black?
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He appears differently to each individual, especially artists!
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fair enough. just seems like most did him with black hair, but whatever. still a cool pic
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The blocky robotic aesthetic is perfectly coupled with all the sketchy details; pretty impressive to say this is done on what looks like paint
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thanks! and don't worry it's photoshop, not MS Paint!
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Most honorable rendition and depiction of our Ever-Holy, Immortal God-Emperor! Blessed be He!
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While the render itself (colors, shapes, line etc) is spotless the head-size renders it not what it is supposed to be. A head that small would make this a mech and not a suit of armour.
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I don't like big heads.
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This is wonderful, the heavy blacks and flat coloring.
Like a cathedral but badass. Love it!
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Very interesting version. I like the design of his armour and the whole style of the art.
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Now THAT would be an impressive sight coming towards you.
great work on the design and details of the armor. It really gives off this sense of massive scale.
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Great style, its nice to see a different technique in the Warhammer World
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There aren't any mech suits like this 40K, these guys were supposed to be literal giants, with the exception that the Emperor passed for a normal human easily enough.
Nice pics though, i think they are wonderful representations.
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Very monumental and regal-looking, certainly befitting for the Emperor of Mankind.
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don't stare at him
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fantastic! i would like to see one of these without their armor on to see how you do the proportions for the body.
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I think you'll find its all shoulder pads
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This is a great series. So, is this the last one?
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Thanks! and yep, last one, unless I do the two 'expunged from records' ones.
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how long does one of these take you at average sir?
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Not that long, maybe a day or so. Its good to have a break in-between to stop yourself going mental. I have a specific process which I can do without thinking now, so its fairly speedy.
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Ah i see. Is that a day in total or on and off?
You've got quite a couple of details in your stuff I also wonder if it's vector or pixel? Do you use brushes or the lasso for your shapes? Lol sorry for the 21q, just intrigued and eager to know
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ha, thats alright. If you want to produce quality work, then its best to spend half a day or so away from the pic after you think your finished, just to give your eyes a chance to become less square and a bit of a refresh. You'll be surprised at how different you see things after a break. Colouring is done in photoshop, with meagre layers, as Illustrator is a bit long winded for the process I use. It's actually very simple, I'm not really a digital painter so I don't use brushes.
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Oh I've totally experienced that pause-and-look-again thing. Too bad I can't get my self to work on a piece once I'm finished with it 
So, no brushes, meager layers, cool. That's the coloring part. What about the lines? Do you scan sketches or draw with a mouse/tablet?
p.s. Regarding the small head comments, I believe it's somewhat of a mech suit, am I right?
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Ha, the bigger the suit, the smaller the person, which people don't seem to get. ah well, least no ones asking why they aren't they waving a chainsword and firing a bolter into the air.
The black lines is a happy accident I came across a few years ago. After I scan my stuff in, I first create a layer which is the ink outline, I do that by creating a flat layer of black and 'cutting' the shape out of it. It's hard to explain exactly what I mean without me actually being there pointing at a screen, but the process is very simple. And I have a wacom tablet, but thats just an expensive mouse at the moment.
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Oh I understood you. Interesting way.. So the sketch is used as a guide, and you cut it's shape from the flat black layer. A method from few years back? How many years have you spent in CG? (I'm fairly new at it, been doing it for like 6months but I'm determined to get good, and fast)
Appreciate the insight btw
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Computers have always played a part in my work, but not in any artistic sense, more for ease of colouring, cropping, type, scale and getting a good print finish. Its more a tool than anything else. Its all about getting a process down, sticking to it and then taking that process to a new level. So for instance, I began doing pen drawings, then someone suggested using colour, so I used photoshop to play around with colours before actually colouring it by hand. I only used a limited palette because my knowledge of colour was pretty piss poor, but the limitation worked for me, so I ran with it, and also I preferred the flat colour rather than paint, so I stuck with computers for that as well. The black stencil technique came about while I was trying to find out ways to get rid of any gradients in my pen drawings, because flat colour only works with other flat colours.
So you see, a specific style is something you may come across accidentally and may take anything up to a year to perfect, but after that you apply the process to any idea you have and that's how you get consistent art work, which allows room for improvement for the technique as well.
Lengthy explanation, but hope that helps!
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Lengthy and helpful, thanks a lot. It's allways interesting to see how others go about their work. I share your views on computers as tools and agree that specialization and consistency can have their benefits. I'm currently exloring styles myself since I think there is a different style suited for different emotions or situations and so it's difficult for me to relate to using one, but I'm slowly getting that part(why all the most successful artists use 1 to 2 styles)...
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you'll find a way of working, that I have no doubt. Some people instantly come up with something while others take a while to get there. My work before was way different because I didn't concentrate on what I was good at and also enjoyed. Identify your 3 strongest qualities and go from there. Also, have a look at these guys, some you may know, some you may not, but they are good examples of having an artistic identity.
Tara Mcpherson - [link]
Ashley Wood - [link]
Sam Bell - I live with this guy
Phil Hale - [link]
Nicko - [link]
My advice is don't get put off by the league of speed painters. To me, although what they do is awesome, to me it lacks in personal identity. It takes years and years to get to their level, and they do it as a profession.
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Such an inspirational comment.
Only reason I reply so late is that I wanted to keep the links you gave close in my notifications here so I can check them out thorough 
Thanks a lot Danny
ps. Cool roomie
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or very big shoulder pads. No going through doors for this chap.
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