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Published: 2017-01-15 11:39:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 872; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 9
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Description Personal Thoughts and Comments
I really didn't quite like making this compared to Reshiram's as the idea didn't quite fit easily with Zekrom's typing. It's Electric type which didn't quite fit with the underlying technique that well. But I'm the type of guy who never backs out on a challenge. With the power of determination, I found a solution. Undertale reference.

The Conflict of Idea and Technique 
So, it happened to me everytime I rely on the typing for the design. It happens when I use a certain aesthetic for a Pokemon Trio/Duo and it wouldn't quite work one of the Pokemon's typings. This Zekrom fanart was on of those cases. The solution to these conflicts is to compromise the similarity and go on a fundamentally different but similar looking style.

The Underlying Technique
I used noise generation a lot before. It's a really versatile technique for Photoshop artists. But this specific technique use a black and white cloud (No pun intended) and then assigns a color to a certain brightness value. I used this technique in the Legendary beasts before but here specifically, I painted over the cloud pattern. So I was able to decide where each color appears instead of just randomness.  I don't know the actual name for it, but I'll call it cloud painting. I know, pretty original. 
  
What's the same and what's different
I used cloud painting on both deviations. The difference lies on how I used the cloud pattern to color. For Reshiram, I used the Vivid light layer style which shifts the colors in from one hue to it's neighboring hues. It works well as red, orange and yellow are all neighboring hues. For Zekrom, I used what was called a gradient map. It's more flexible as you can select specific colors but it's takes longer as you have the pick the colors themselves.

WELL THAT'S ENOUGH RAMBLIN
Let me know what you think in the comments down below. IF YOU LIKED IT, ROUNDHOUSE KICK THAT FAV BUTTON IN FACE, LIKE A BOSS!!!!!

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Reshiram fanart:
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Other shiz I've created.
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Comments: 14

Bleddyn23 [2017-01-19 14:21:26 +0000 UTC]

Holy cow this is epic, the purple electric really fits!

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QuarkBlast In reply to Bleddyn23 [2017-01-20 12:51:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm really touched by all the positive feedback this received.  

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Sunstar-Of-The-North [2017-01-16 02:45:05 +0000 UTC]

I really like the electricity effect!

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QuarkBlast In reply to Sunstar-Of-The-North [2017-01-17 02:26:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It's something I learned last year. Really useful technique if you ask me. ^U^

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Sunstar-Of-The-North In reply to QuarkBlast [2017-01-17 02:29:11 +0000 UTC]

Sweet!

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MrNintendoNerd24 [2017-01-15 15:12:20 +0000 UTC]

Awesome ^^

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QuarkBlast In reply to MrNintendoNerd24 [2017-01-17 02:25:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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MrNintendoNerd24 In reply to QuarkBlast [2017-01-17 20:59:05 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^^

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Hybrid-F7 [2017-01-15 14:45:54 +0000 UTC]

Round house the fave buttons its kinda hard XD
and wow those informations tho on the descriptions :'D

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QuarkBlast In reply to Hybrid-F7 [2017-01-17 02:31:27 +0000 UTC]

You can do it.

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Hybrid-F7 In reply to QuarkBlast [2017-01-17 08:07:29 +0000 UTC]

I did it \o3o/

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JR2417 [2017-01-15 12:02:59 +0000 UTC]

Electricfying!

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QuarkBlast In reply to JR2417 [2017-01-15 13:09:29 +0000 UTC]

WATT? You think so?

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JR2417 In reply to QuarkBlast [2017-01-16 10:11:04 +0000 UTC]

Yes I bolt out the door 

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