Storn Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Hi folks, sorry for the long absence. I've had a few things on my plate, but I've been cranking away. One choke point is that I'm switching computers... but my scanner and a lot (hundreds!) of files are still on the old computer. New computer won't run my scanner, Windows 7 issues with my SCSI card.... yup, my massive scanner is THAT old. While I've had some of Death Tribble's commissions to put up, I've been lazy about getting them off the old computer, up on to my photobucket and posted in the various threads I've got around. Anyway, here are some of those commissions... First up is the Terrible Terrapin, a concept from over on the Mutants and Masterminds boards... Next we have one of Death Tribble's contest entries, Acylla. I am always excited to tackle a "national" hero that seems to be a bit out of the norm. She is Peruvian and it was fun doing the research to put this one together. Lastly in our trio of ladies is another of Death Tribble's, his concept of a Super Drow. Somehow, the theme to Shaft is rattling around in my head. 'nuff said. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Yay! Good to see you back! I love the ladies but Acylla is head and shoulders above the rest. (Sorry Lloth) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Yay! Good to see you back! I love the ladies but Acylla is head and shoulders above the rest. (Sorry Lloth) Why do you have to bring your shampoo fetish into everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. it itches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Not half as much as it is going to itch when Lolth sends her special surprise to you Enforcer..... 11, 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Not half as much as it is going to itch when Lolth sends her special surprise to you Enforcer..... 11, 10 She knows where to find me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. This is Achilles. He was the PC of Andy Matthews, art director for Hero Games. Andy passed awhile back. His great friend Jack B. commissioned this picture in Andy's honor. I didn't know Andy super well.... but I enjoyed working for him. I was honored to do this tribute. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GestaltBennie Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. That's beautiful Storn. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Is that the "Achilles" from Jack Butler's Global Guardians campaign? Regardless, it's a sweet pic, Storn. (I'd rep you, but. . .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JavalTigar Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Storn, Love your work. Veronika is especially nice. But when you have such a lovely muse only greatness can be produced. I'm pinching my pennies so I can have one of your beautiful works hanging on my wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Is that the "Achilles" from Jack Butler's Global Guardians campaign? Regardless, it's a sweet pic, Storn. (I'd rep you, but. . .) Yes it is. Thanks for the kind words y'all. It keeps me motivated to keep getting work done and posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. It should be pointed out that there are lots of Storny godness in the new colour Villains books from Hero Games. Including one of Istha V'Han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Storny!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Heeeeeeeeee's BACK!!! Nice work, Achilles color looks off to me. Primarily the background and Acylla is just too cool... (tips hat to Death Tribble!) Thanks for posting again. QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalelf Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. This is just evil! I see the Storn thread come up again. I get all excited about seeing some more commissions from my favorite artist. and there are none. Man that is like getting clothes for Christmas. By the way, is he that busy that he doesn't have time to post them anymore? Storn, I for one do miss seeing your work posted here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I posted in anticipation that the two new ones I have received would go up. He sent them to me last Friday. But again there are new ones in the Villains Parts 1, 2 and 3 from Hero Games website. One member of the board is going to be very pleased when they see one of the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remjin Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I posted in anticipation that the two new ones I have received would go up. He sent them to me last Friday. But again there are new ones in the Villains Parts 1, 2 and 3 from Hero Games website. One member of the board is going to be very pleased when they see one of the pics. New thread or posting into an older one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Let's see. I took some time off after a long NDA project, just to turn around and enter into another long NDA project, which I still am in the middle of. But I have been lazy and have not been putting up the artwork that I could of late. And the last couple of weeks, I've been fighting a cold. Despite that, the artwork has been produced. Including some multiple figure fantasy commissions, which I treated as full blow paintings. So here come a couple of posts with a bit of artwork. Enjoy. 1st up, Death Tribble's Crossword and VoidWalker. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic __________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. So, like I said elsewhere, long absence from posting up artwork. Colds, large NDA projects, laziness etc etc. But the other significant thing that happened (besides setting a date for my upcoming re-nuptials) is that I got a new monitor for my birthday. My old one was really starting to go. And I've been dumbstruck at the art that I produced on the old monitor. My Art Directors must think I have no sense of value. My new monitor has been calibrated and the artwork done on the old monitor looks AWFUL to me. But let's have an experiment. Let's see if the new monitor is actually doing its job.... or do I have to tweak its settings even more. So. I'm posting up some recent artwork, some of the last done on the old monitor... and then a version of the same artwork "tweaked" on my new monitor. I tried to get version 2 as close as I could to version 1 on the new monitor. Which is better, versions 1 or versions 2. Versions 1 are old monitor, V2's are new monitor. Let my public speak and chime in on what works on all the aggregate monitors out there on the intrawebs! So first up, we have Neko in Hell. I did a pic of Neko many years ago as a private commission.... and as a bigger Xmas commission, now we have Neko going down into hell to rescue her betrothed. version 1 version 2 Next we have Dehna, a shadowy rogue. version 1 version 2 These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Voidwalker is nicely Kirby-esque. And I like how you fit your signature onto Crossword's longcoat. Great job Storn, as usual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Voidwalker is nicely Kirby-esque. And I like how you fit your signature onto Crossword's longcoat. Great job Storn' date=' as usual![/quote'] I was thinking Steve Ditko myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Voidwalker is great; it conveys the emptiness of his form while maintaining enough detail to keep him from looking flat. Excellent work. I am surprised the monitors made such a difference. I prefer the deeper colors of the second in each pair, although I lose a little of the detail in the second thief pic as though the brightness setting on my monitor is a little too low (both pictures are terrific btw). The first pic in each pair looks slightly faded or washed out by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remjin Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Umm, not that I'm poo-pooing the art, they're great, as usual, but... isn't it spelled V E N G E A N C E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenAge Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. But let's have an experiment. Let's see if the new monitor is actually doing its job.... or do I have to tweak its settings even more. So. I'm posting up some recent artwork, some of the last done on the old monitor... and then a version of the same artwork "tweaked" on my new monitor. I tried to get version 2 as close as I could to version 1 on the new monitor. Which is better, versions 1 or versions 2. Versions 1 are old monitor, V2's are new monitor. Let my public speak and chime in on what works on all the aggregate monitors out there on the intrawebs! So first up, we have Neko in Hell. I did a pic of Neko many years ago as a private commission.... and as a bigger Xmas commission, now we have Neko going down into hell to rescue her betrothed. While I understand the subject matter calls for moody and ominous lighting I honestly think that too many details, obvious in the first renditions, are lost in the second, darker calibrations. In many parts of each new painting formerly interesting techniques and details appear quite muddy. I'm guessing that there's a happy, though much more laborious, medium and more specific calibration that needs investigation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfergus Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Although I think all the pictures are great, the second version on each looks less washed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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