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I didn't think I'd get to colour this anytime soon, hence the posting of the lnies, but i liked the lineart so much i kind of got carried away on it...

Again, I hate backlighting. It hurts my wee brain.

But here's Ralon T'Kavash, known as Ralon the Blind, praying to Isham. That there's his manna, or aura glowing around him. He was pretty powerful by this stage of his life. Ralon is the hero from the book "Ralon the Blind" from the Circle Series.

The background is a photo I took of the most glorious sunset in recent memory here. coloured in PSCS2 with a wacom Intuos 3 tablet.

And yes, now I go back to working on the things I'm meant to be working on.
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~Sobuharten Apr 3, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I really like the lighting and the glow of this piece but I feel like you could have paid a little more attention to the hair which seems rather flat in comparison to everything else. I also like the perspective on the hands and the choice of a frontal view as it gives Ralon a strong presence on the page, a sense of strength and capability.
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*tarorae Apr 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Yeah, this is one of those pieces that was leaps and bounds for me in colouring at the time, but that now I go back and see a lot I could have done better (the lighting on his chest for instance). It was a little hamstringed by the fact that the original lineart was really small (I think 4x2" or something?) so when I went to colour it, I didn't have a lot of room to zoom in and smooth things out. :(
Still, despite that, it has been my most popular print to date (which reminds me, I really should get more done up)...

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"A happy person is not someone in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
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~Sobuharten Apr 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I really like the piece as a whole. There's something about the colour palette that's eye catching without being glaring. It's still one of my favourite prints too xD
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*tarorae Apr 6, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Yeah,t he colours came out really pretty! it was one of the first pieces I did that managed atmospheric lighting. It was especially exciting because the photo that gave the colours used for the whole is one I took myself, for a change. :B

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~Captain-Nero Oct 2, 2009
"manna" is spelled with one "n" dammit! "mana"
get it right!

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*tarorae Oct 19, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Not in Ul-Zaorith it isn't.
it's from the English-ized version of the word MannaWeave, which is translated directly from the Ancient word for the verb 'to cast magic' - Manna

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~Captain-Nero Oct 19, 2009
Stop proving me wrong dammit!!!

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~Jehkoba Sep 27, 2009
I love your effects. You always have the best lightning, fire, glowing, magickey stuff. I'm also really fond of the palette you used on this one. :heart:
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*tarorae Sep 27, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
I really struggled on the lighting for this one, so I really appreciate your comment. :3

Not that I don't always appreciate your comments, but this one makes me extra glowy-puff-proud. XD

Thank you~ the palatte came because of my love for this photo, so I had to use it for something. :3

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*azispaz Sep 27, 2009
I may not know the series of books but I do know that this is awesome. :)

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