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DarthFar — You Call -This- Archaeology?

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Description 100 Pictures Challenge #46: Family.

Sometime ago, thanks to a certain person we know who got me the Lego Indy original adventures game in the mistaken belief that we could play co-op, I went on a frenetic Indiana Jones games/series/movies spree. And in the middle of that insanity, I decided for Force knows what reason that a vintage-y Old Western painting of Jones Sr and Jr would be a great idea. (Because Last Crusade has rather a Old Western feel to it anyway). And as further proof of my temporary insanity, I decided I wanted it to look distinctly painted, *and* I wanted to do it on - Corel Painter 9. [My hate relationship with which has already been explored in great, choleric, detail.]

Predictably, five minutes into the painting, I rage-quit over my inability to locate ANY of the right controls, switched to Corel PhotoPaint... only to discover that I couldn't get the right amount of free-flowing painty-ness with it (because you know how it is with me, CPP and detail-riddled photorealism), and so switched back to Painter... and then rage-quit again five minutes later because all the hot keys were different and I couldn't adjust brush size with my mouse, and went back to CPP... and hated how plastic it looked... etc... etc like a goddamn Chinese ping pong match. Until I finally decided to put my foot down, grit my teeth and just soldier on because if I was stupid enough to bring it upon myself, I might as well finish the job. [Though I wound up ditching it to start Love Endures - and only recently excavated it from my HD and resumed work on it.]

So eh, anyway, I'm tired of putzing with it and fixing every stray pixel I find; I suppose it's a small miracle in itself that I actually *did* finish it. (My beta didn't think I would).



Drawn with Caran d'Ache (Pablo) Vandyck brown pencil, painted with Corel Painter 9. Linework here: [link]

[The whip originally transformed into a snake halfway, but I decided it had no relevance to the picture and removed it. Ditto the bloody streaks on Indy's face, which came out looking like some kind of weird sideburn/hairstyle when I painted it.]


Indiana Jones created by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
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Comments: 25

EdDraws18 [2019-07-28 00:24:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow o Wow this is amazing!

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DarthFar In reply to EdDraws18 [2019-11-17 13:46:56 +0000 UTC]

Cheers!

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Indiana-Time-Rider [2016-02-07 17:51:14 +0000 UTC]

Woah, this is absolutely amazing! Love how you've done Henry sr and the motorcycle with them both! X3

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MarkRaats [2012-12-31 03:04:58 +0000 UTC]

Lovely piece…!

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trekkker [2012-11-27 09:08:00 +0000 UTC]

Really nice work

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DarthFar In reply to trekkker [2012-12-08 03:54:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Cyrille-D [2012-09-26 17:20:18 +0000 UTC]

beautiful art

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dibuganya [2012-09-25 09:49:14 +0000 UTC]

very nice, congratulations!!

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Steffel [2012-09-19 20:02:52 +0000 UTC]

You know, I'll spare you all the gushing and just give you this little fellow:

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ocelott [2012-08-26 21:30:54 +0000 UTC]

Composition is beautiful.

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collectingbees [2012-08-25 06:11:31 +0000 UTC]

and this, I love this.

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collectingbees [2012-08-25 06:11:22 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE INDIANA JONES.

*cough*

Even if I hate archeology.

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DarthFar In reply to collectingbees [2012-08-26 10:32:18 +0000 UTC]

But probably not archaeology Indy's way? [Running around tombs and temples and escaping various nefarious traps and equally nefarious persons.... probably more fun that sifting through ancient pottery shards.]

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collectingbees In reply to DarthFar [2012-08-26 17:57:21 +0000 UTC]

Yes, THAT is entirely acceptable.

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KtObermanns [2012-08-24 13:13:01 +0000 UTC]

Not going to get all flowery in the comments, as I get that you hate that. I will instead say that this makes me happy and it is a welcome addition to my workday.

Also, points for "choleric."

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DarthFar In reply to KtObermanns [2012-08-26 10:30:08 +0000 UTC]

ROFL! "Choler" is all Stephen Maturin's fault.

And thanks very much, Sassy.

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AlexBuechel [2012-08-24 13:06:36 +0000 UTC]

vERY cOOL !

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DarthFar In reply to AlexBuechel [2012-08-26 10:30:14 +0000 UTC]

Cheers, Alex!

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Rhonda---Young [2012-08-24 12:59:45 +0000 UTC]

Love it!

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DarthFar In reply to Rhonda---Young [2012-08-26 10:30:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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davincipoppalag [2012-08-24 12:46:56 +0000 UTC]

hha terrific work Far!

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DarthFar In reply to davincipoppalag [2012-08-26 10:27:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, David.

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davincipoppalag In reply to DarthFar [2012-08-26 10:44:15 +0000 UTC]

Welcome Your Royal Farness

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SinisterlySweet [2012-08-24 12:01:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh now that's just stunning. Gorgeous work!

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DarthFar In reply to SinisterlySweet [2012-08-26 10:27:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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