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Published: 2012-05-21 23:35:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 3091; Favourites: 139; Downloads: 98
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I spent so many hours on this that...it's hard to believe that I'm finally done with it. I started this about a month ago, had to put it down because I had other things due for the semester, and then picked it back up again after the semester was over. I'll admit that I spent way too many hours on this, especially considering all of the other things that I have to do, but I wanted to prove to myself that I could get back into rendering things. It had been so long since I buckled down and rendered anything that I forgot how to use my own process - which might be part of why this took so long. Because I had to put it down and then pick it back up again, I'm really not sure how many hours I spent, but it's probably anywhere from 50-70.

The fullsize option is only about half its original size, so if you want you can download it to see the whole thing.

This will be the last time I draw Rhys until all of my commissions are done, and then, only until I finish some refs of my OTHER characters, which have so much less love that it might even be laughable. It had been since July of last year that I drew him last, but really, I've just generally been inactive aside from sketches. So he's still been too prolific.

I still have so many ideas for him, but this will have to suffice for now.


This is HEAVILY Game of Thrones inspired, even though I've only seen the first episode. I saw these cloaks and I just had to paint one, and Rhys would be the first of my characters who would readily shell out the money for one. And then this is what happens later - he buys it, then goes into a wintry wood to pose :3
Please, no spoilers on Game of Thrones. >_> I'll be very sad.

(It's probably obvious I had no idea what to call this.)
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Comments: 116

Moesie In reply to ??? [2013-03-26 21:00:14 +0000 UTC]

thanks Koa! >w<

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xXthroughdarknessXx [2012-12-12 13:11:34 +0000 UTC]

How did I just discover you now?!? OH MY GOD YOUR TEXTURES. Just looking at it tingles my fingertips! And the color contrast is very beautifully done. Man, I hope I can become this great by the time I'm outta highschool. My hat goes off to you miss!

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Moesie In reply to xXthroughdarknessXx [2012-12-12 17:51:03 +0000 UTC]

uwah, it's not your fault! I'm not very popular! ; u;a
if it helps, I had at least two years of community college before Maelstrom was made..

thank you so much! >w<

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Gwerya [2012-05-27 02:31:22 +0000 UTC]

One word to describe this, magnificent.

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Moesie In reply to Gwerya [2012-05-27 18:49:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton! x3

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GammoGahato [2012-05-26 04:10:28 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely stunning, I love this more than words. Wonderful job.

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Moesie In reply to GammoGahato [2012-05-27 01:17:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you vury much! x3
I'm glad you like it! >w<

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quelico [2012-05-26 02:44:35 +0000 UTC]

MANCHEST!

I love the way you did the snow.. and the HAIR! Great work on the "depth" Wish I could paint like this

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Moesie In reply to quelico [2012-05-27 01:17:54 +0000 UTC]

Haha! xD It's not that hard, it's just time consuming.
If you added a painterly style to what you already do...
I'd be your biggest customer.
No exaggeration.

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quelico In reply to Moesie [2012-05-27 03:14:56 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha well... time consuming~ and there you have it ; o ;
the reason why my art kinda stays at "one level" that it is right now... no patience for painting!

But it's still a skill I'd like to learn someday, when I do end up getting the patience XD Or, the know-how... I know how to paint IRL, but painting digitally, just doesn't work for me?!?!

(Do you do livestreams? I would love to see you as you work on a painting!)

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Moesie In reply to quelico [2012-05-27 18:50:28 +0000 UTC]

I wish I could livestream! I used to. But then livestream fucked me over hardcore and now I can't get into any of my accounts. :/ So I can't do that anymore. But when I'm able I'll usually take screencaps for the people're who're curious. It's the best I can do. OTL

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quelico In reply to Moesie [2012-05-29 04:56:58 +0000 UTC]

Oo, or maybe one of those "WIP to finish" kind of gifs...?

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Moesie In reply to quelico [2012-05-29 17:12:44 +0000 UTC]

I have no idea how to make a gif. D:

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rendex [2012-05-24 02:58:48 +0000 UTC]

I really wish I could just sleep in his hair,
it looks so soft, <3<3

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Moesie In reply to rendex [2012-05-24 03:18:35 +0000 UTC]

I imagine that would be a very comfy sleep.
Especially if the mattress was the fur of the coat. <3

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Serpentwined [2012-05-23 22:45:52 +0000 UTC]

Oh lookatdatman I love those kid of eyes. xDDDD You are pro with that skin tone, I really like it!

People keep telling me to watch Game of Thrones, it seems like something Id like a lot, but I am terrible at keeping up with any series.

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Moesie In reply to Serpentwined [2012-05-23 23:17:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! <3 I love cat's eyes too. It's pretty hard to make them look legit and not out-of-place, though. Especially since his eyes are literally those of a cat's. He has all the properties of them, not just the slit pupils. Which means he sees poorly during the day and wears glasses for reading.


I've only seen the first episode but it seems really feckin' badass. I definitely suggest it. But at this point I think you'll have to pirate it. It's not on netflix and it's impossible to find in any other legitimate way. xc

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Serpentwined In reply to Moesie [2012-05-24 02:57:23 +0000 UTC]

I know my dragon character has them, but he's more like a reptile's slitted eyes. His are always constricted so he's not good at seeing in the dark. Damn our boys need to be seeing eye dogs for each other. xDDD


I defiantly want to see it now, I think I'll buy the DVD that just came out so I can loaf and doodle at the same time.

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Moesie In reply to Serpentwined [2012-05-24 17:31:37 +0000 UTC]

Usually reptile eyes are temperature-sensing things.
So theoretically he could see in the dark - at least, he could see things with a heat signature.
So he's still likely to run into trees if he hasn't honed his other senses, but if you've got blood running in your veins, he can see you. XDD

Rhys just deals with the daylight fuzziness until darkness hits.
Then he's like.
I got dis.

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Serpentwined In reply to Moesie [2012-05-24 18:53:16 +0000 UTC]

Yeah its more like infrared, but he doesn't even have that. Poor guy xD He is supposed to have regular human eyes when he's a human but his family is derp and can't change that. So its half-and-half.

LOL I just imagine him squinting like a cat does in the daytime. Looking all sleepy.

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Moesie In reply to Serpentwined [2012-05-25 18:44:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh okay, that makes more sense. xD Poor dude's practically blind :c

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Serpentwined In reply to Moesie [2012-05-25 19:34:29 +0000 UTC]

He sees a bit like a human, but darkness hes practically blind. He's got some glasses to help though, they also 'complete' his disguise to look human. So regular people arent like 'wtf is up with this guys eyes man?'.

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Moesie In reply to Serpentwined [2012-05-25 19:38:47 +0000 UTC]

Haha! xD When Rhys needs to go incognito...he shrinks 7 inches, shortens and rounds off his ears, shrinks his claws to fingernails, and returns his sight to daytime-oriented circular pupils. Otherwise known as putting on sheep skin. XD

I've been meaning to draw his human form.
His human form has short, stylish hair rather than the manly native-american mane.

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Serpentwined In reply to Moesie [2012-05-25 19:44:59 +0000 UTC]

Oooh you should draw him like that, Cerul would be jelous but hes got to go from 15 feet high to 6. Still he'd be shown up in the human disguise department poor boy.

Man I want to draw that now. Rhys looks fun to draw xD

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Moesie In reply to Serpentwined [2012-05-25 19:51:18 +0000 UTC]

I'd love it if you drew him! x3 as long as Rhys' hair is gelled into a stylishly professional (He's a businessman) look, you're otherwise free to design it. His eyes are a light brown in human form rather than yellow~

And yeah, Rhys is a master of disguise~
He could also morph into Cerul.
Or any other character.
if he needed/wanted to.
(He'd still only have his own powers and abilities and memories - none of Cerul's. Only his own.)

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Serpentwined In reply to Moesie [2012-05-25 19:59:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh i'd draw any form of him , I've been addicted to interaction drawings ever since i joined #Hetherev . Mainly just from RP shenanigans.

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Moesie In reply to Serpentwined [2012-05-25 20:11:52 +0000 UTC]

His two most common forms are the human and the one I always draw. And the human form is just so that he can conduct his business without any weirdness. He's an oil baron. He's worth billions. >_>;;
His daughter is worth more though. She works in the same business/position in the business and she never spends money.

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Serpentwined In reply to Moesie [2012-05-25 20:19:12 +0000 UTC]

A mage dragon ambassador and a shapeshifting oil baron these two must meet. Do you bs RP any? Lol

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Moesie In reply to Serpentwined [2012-05-25 20:21:43 +0000 UTC]

I roleplay a lot actually! If you have MSN that'd work. xDD This does sound like a hilarious meet. XD

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Serpentwined In reply to Moesie [2012-05-25 20:24:59 +0000 UTC]

I do, i msn or skype. Msn is shia_luciel@hotmail.com ill add you when i get home. We can plot then!

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Moesie In reply to Serpentwined [2012-05-25 20:26:42 +0000 UTC]

Alrighty! I'll send the request. My email is kazzerrazz@gmail.com. My skype is the same email~ What's your skype?

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Serpentwined In reply to Moesie [2012-05-26 02:25:06 +0000 UTC]

Its Shia.luciel imma send the invite.

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justjingles [2012-05-22 17:27:09 +0000 UTC]

LOOOOVELY, lovely! Oh boy Rhys knows how to rock out furs. His eye is delightfully feral in this piece, it really looks good. His lips look very kissable, oh my! The snow enhances the atmosphere and I love the little window of his clothes that frame his SEXY PECTORAL. Great job!

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Moesie In reply to justjingles [2012-05-23 12:21:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for all that, Jingles. ^^ I had a lot of fun framing his pec. = w=
Missin yew. :c

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justjingles In reply to Moesie [2012-05-23 14:30:30 +0000 UTC]

hohohoho I bet you did! Mmmm I want a Rhys sandwich.
I miss you too, I gotta give you a ring and catch up and hear what's going on in your life missy!

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Moesie In reply to justjingles [2012-05-23 17:42:00 +0000 UTC]

Mmm...I think a Rhys sandwich would taste horrible. A hunk of dirt between two slices of bread.

And no kidding!
I haven't heard your voice since you left me last. u.u

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justjingles In reply to Moesie [2012-05-23 17:56:06 +0000 UTC]

the phone works both ways, cutie!

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Moesie In reply to justjingles [2012-05-23 18:01:15 +0000 UTC]

I learned my lesson after like the Nth time I heard twinkle twinkle little star. >w>

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justjingles In reply to Moesie [2012-05-23 19:24:29 +0000 UTC]

LOOOOL ~streaks away into the sunset~

i finally emptied my inbox!

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Moesie In reply to justjingles [2012-05-23 19:46:13 +0000 UTC]

-chases after with wet towel-


Ohohoh - also, are you going to Otakon? I finally pre-reg'd ^^

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vadeyn [2012-05-22 15:13:56 +0000 UTC]

most amazing part to me? his chin.
Yay for bellowy cloaks and snow poses!

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Moesie In reply to vadeyn [2012-05-22 15:16:55 +0000 UTC]

Haha! And it was srsly like the second to last thing rendered. XDD Yay happy accidents?
And agreed!
No one looks bad in a billowy cloak nor a cold snow scene.

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vadeyn In reply to Moesie [2012-05-23 01:49:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh sure, go and spell billowy right haha
Really? That's awesome I was thinking how wonderfully lifelike it was. You do a lot of subtle little things to the face to really push them, it's great!

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Moesie In reply to vadeyn [2012-05-23 12:24:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^ I do believe subtleties make the person, really. Two people can look a lot alike but there's still subtle nuances unique to a person. Though...Rhys' face always takes me a million years to render. I don't know why. He's just so complicated. x_x

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Helena-Lou [2012-05-22 11:53:30 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOD!
Thats like... wow... Its so better then wow. I can't even describe how awesome and amazing this is. <3

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Moesie In reply to Helena-Lou [2012-05-22 14:49:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks 'Laina! <3
I promise to make Eliana even better.

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Helena-Lou In reply to Moesie [2012-05-22 14:55:55 +0000 UTC]

You're so welcome hun. <3 (Just so you know I have this as my phone wallpaper now. <3)
Oh my word.. My eyes will probably melt because of the awesomeness.

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Moesie In reply to Helena-Lou [2012-05-22 14:58:09 +0000 UTC]

Aww! You're so kind to me. ; ^;
Ha! xD
Nooo I don't wanna melt your eyes. :c

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Helena-Lou In reply to Moesie [2012-05-22 15:01:35 +0000 UTC]

Then I'll just squee like a mad woman and secretly tiddle myself. xDDD

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Moesie In reply to Helena-Lou [2012-05-22 15:12:46 +0000 UTC]

dfshd ahahahah! XDDD

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