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ReptileCynrik — Calamity Rising
Published: 2012-02-19 09:01:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 9806; Favourites: 140; Downloads: 135
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Ok, what can I say? I’m back!!!Back and ready to present my latest TRADITIONAL piece of art: “Calamity Rising” – my first traditional piece in 2012!
Finally, I found time and inspiration to do a “scene” with landscape, wide angle and countless characters again.
Kyle and Reptile are standing on a high cliff… gazing down at a huge army of Barbarians. Will they be able to stop this army? The battle is about to begin…
Media used:
Pencils, Inks, Markers, Acrylics (and NO digital stuff this time!)
Working time:
about 40 hours
“Reptile Cynrik” is © Patrick Reichel aka
NOTES:
1.) This artwork here is a prelude to the drawing “Final Blow”:
[link]
2.) Here is a larger version of this artwork – for you to save and to enjoy:
[link]
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Comments: 104
Oha, warum?? ^__^"
Ich bin doch immer noch da...
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Naja, dieses Bild ist eine ziemliche Stütze für spätere Arbeiten ^^
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Yeah, but I wanted it to be even bigger... to have a LORD OF THE RING feeling. XD
Nevermind, it's okay. ^_^
Oh... but our Heroes will defeat them!!
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wait..this is COMPLETELY tradish????
*looks closer at the pic*
.....wow o______0 *dies because of epicness*
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Yes, it's done with markers, pencils and acrylics. ^^
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you got my respect, man!
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Thanksssssssssssssss! ^^
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hey man these are awsome ever thought of making these inm to real comics or stories and publishing them great art by the way
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Thank you!
I was already talking to various publishers... they agreed that my art is quite nice... but they weren't interested.
Well, nevermind.
I have my comics (at my website) and my (published german) novel... that's ok for now!
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Well there very awesome and I would defiantly buy a copy if was published keep up the assume work
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Is this like, the battle of Lechfeld or something?....
... only with a reptile person for whom real-life Germany would probably be too cold? xD
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Do female reptilians ever envy the males for having so many cool features? lol
Like, Reptile has tough scales, orange plate "armor" over his chest, larger muscles than the females, foot pads, big claws, and even blue "armor" on the front of his feet... if I've read this all correctly.
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... useless to mention that female Reptilians are a lot bit smarter and much more social! 
No, they don't envy the males. Every gender has special features - positive and less positive! ^_^
After all: females take care for reproduction = the future of the species!
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I had no idea they were smarter than the males, really.
Yeah, the females would take care of reproduction, not that getting pregnant is a huge advantage. lol
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Thanks a lot! 
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Ye're welcome, mate!
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Nice! ^^ You are also inspired by the ashigaru from Sengoku period, as Reptile demonstrated with his new clothing.
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Reptile's clothing is more or less inspired by spanish troops... ^^ But nevermind.
Thanks for the comment!
If you wanna know about other people, such as dracenmarx, I suggest YOU ask them yourself.
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Unfortunately, he's still off-line.
Additional note: I'm helping him with the new characters' chronicles, at first with a chubby Komodo dragon named Darwin; since I lack a map of post-apocalyptical Canada, I adapted certain environmental elements.
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Always glad to see your traditional works, becouse it's how i know you the best.
Honestly i prefered this one without colour 
ah well, best if i show what i mean: [link]
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Sorry, don't wanna spam here... ^^" But I see more and more after clicking at your link again.
I think, I can really benefit from this... yeah. I wanted mylight source (sun) to be more at the LEFT side of the scene. But right now, as it is, the far distance mountains SHOULD BE THE BRIGHTEST ONES!
I'm sure this will help me next time I do such landscape shots.
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glad i could be of help, though i was afraid that you might take it the worng way since myself i am not drawing to much backgrounds, and if i do i do it wrong so...
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Hey, I misunderstood the part with the "hills next to Kyle's arm".
I understand it now, you weren't referring the the highlights, but the composition of the canyon/landscape itself!
Thanks again for the link, that looks much stronger.
But well, it's done... ^^" And I still love it, 'cause it's handmade and pushes my story!
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Thanks for the input here!
As a matter of fact, I think the BEST part - talking about perspective here - would be the soft mountains/hills in the far horizon. Won't you agree? Maybe, I should've used MORE soft pencils and even less line art.
I do like the colouring, though it's quite strong... maybe too strong in some places. The original art is much softer!
After all, I know how much you prefer "monochrome" art and I think... you also love my INK style. That's why you may also prefer my LINE ART pictures, hehehe.
But that's alright.
Maybe, I should also try less "yellow-serving-as-highlight" colour on characters... yeah, that's a suggestion I can use!
The "green" bushes are - like I said to Teivos before - totally different in original. 
You know... if this would've been a DIGITAL artwork, I would have placed a colour layer on top of everything... giving it a reddish tone. But that's really difficult with traditional media. I need to practise more about this!
THANKS a lot for the link!! I do understand what you mean with the army being "too high" here. In your version, I really like the effect that KYLE and REPTILE are indeed standing way higher than before. Also, the army looks like if walking through a canyon of some sort.
In my version, I wanted the army to be "just far away"... and not "deep below". BUT I admit that your idea has more strenght and power - from a compositional point of view.
Of course, I should've thought about THAT in my sketchwork... and not lateron. ^^"
But see, even I can learn.
And other people usually see MORE than meets MY eye..............
Thank you, hun.
CU ^^
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Well, i totally understand that you wnated to make it look disatnt, but those rocks in the trees already make a impression of something really distatnt. You can see that by covering the mountain with the army, you get a very wide perspective mountain view, and then suddenly there is this smoothed mountain and all over it quite big sylhuettes, and bam, something goes of with everything here. It's like landscape rolled itself towards Reptile and Kyle.
As for the foliage maby try to use yellow or ornage as base next time and just operate the green in shadowed places? It'a always a good method by many comic artists to make a quick undetailed sketch of the panel which they want to color and then make a tryout of colours. It's what Guarnido does, and we all know how great he is with colours
If you amnage, i recommend you this album, it's great, and it shows each apge of Blacksad in the making along with author's commentaries.
[link]
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Hehehe, yeah... I know "Blacksad"! ^__^ Good times... and some artists still do traditional works.
And I'm sure your link/suggestion will help for next time!
And no, I didn't take it the wrong way. After all, I enjoy if good friends and fellow artists give me founded, well-written and constructive critique.
AND with the suggestion in your link, it was all so clean to me! ^^
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But that's the book nwhich i recommend
Well, always a good idea is tolook at the picture in the mirror 
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Oh, btw... the picture looks quite cool, if mirrored! ^^" (But it wouldn't be a typical wallpaper then, would it? Ha, ha...)
Well, in my version it's a rather flat landscape... wide and less deep.
In your suggestions, it's a real deep canyon, quite the gorge in a mass of stones! ^_^
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Well i thought that this was your intention with the canion since they walk over the hill's side, or at least it looks like you wnated to do that. OR like the trees are in the gorge and they walk over the side of the cliff locked with a rocky hill on the side, so they have to go over it's edge.
Seriouslly, i see the great plain but over the hill next to which they are walking
but there you go a great plain: [link]
and what i meant earlier: [link]
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The "great plain" is ok, but very boring... ^^" It's not intersting, except if I multiply my army by four!!
I know what you meant earlier about the "bright mountains should be the very last horizon line".
Your very first link is still the best, though. ^____^
Thanks for all!!! It has opened my mind and eyes for the next time.
After all... hey, how long has it been that I drew a wide-shot landscape?? IN TRADITIONAL MEDIA, whatsoever???
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Then you wnated an open space or tight canyon?
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No, I wanted some sort of a "canyon". I don't like these very flat, wide fields... like the fields of "Pelennor" (LORD OF THE RINGS-RETURN OF THE KING)!
But it was not supposed to be VERY deep. The mountain walls were supposed to be 20-30 meters in heigt... not much more.
But like I said: IF I was to draw my artwork completely AGAIN, I would use your very first link/suggestion!!! ^__^
This was still the best version, after all.
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first you say you wanted space and now you say you wanted a canyon 
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Oh, hun! One more addition here to make my point clear:
When I said "Well, in my version it's a rather flat landscape... wide and less deep." I just made a STATEMENT!! ^^" This wasn't meant to express how I WANTED my picture to be... but how it IS right now.
Final words:
I indeed wanted to draw some sort of "rather flat canyon"... yeah, quite unusual.
But I think I got lots of new ideas now... thanks to you, too.
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Naaah, I wanted a canyon, but not a very deeeeep one! ^^" Anyway, it should be adviseable to close the discussion about this aspect here.
It's been very nice talking to you again and... I really appreciate your input and advise here.
THANKS, hun.
Take care and see ya around. You be well, ok?
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I guess it is
I am... i guess. you too.
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Awesome!
You did the best in colouring the artwork
Great job with the picture based on your story.
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Without sounding arrogant... I may say: this is one of my BEST landscape artworks! ^^ The background took MUCH effort. And you can see, it's also possible WITHOUT digital media, hehehehe.
Thanks for the comment.
What do you admire...? That I'm drawing artworks to continue my stories? Correct?
Well, YOU CAN DO THE SAME!! If you do... that's up to you.
(It's been a while, indeed...)
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Oh, du... das sind die Köpfe der Leute!!!
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Diese grauen starcraft-ähnlichen dinger??
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Was meinst du denn nun? Die Tiere im Hintergrund?
Das sind große Bestien, wie... Elefanten. Nur eben Fantasy!
Schau, die ziehen Karren... haben Zähne... und Reiter, die vornweg laufen!
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I don't think I've ever seen Reptile standing directly next to a Human until now. This really puts him into perspective to me.
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YES, that was very important to me! We barely see a huge Reptilian next to an average human.
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Even better in color! They won't know what hit them
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Hehehehe, you're right! ^____^
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I so awesome this pic is the traditionally you did is excellent.
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