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SolutionNyne — Attack on Earth
Published: 2012-12-26 17:41:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 19413; Favourites: 720; Downloads: 428
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So another Mass Effect drawing!This is a Reaper attack on a major Earth city. Not sure which one exactly. As I was drawing it I was kind of imaginging a future Pittsburgh, maybe. Some kind of industrial city, anyways.
All was done with Photoshop CS5.
Comment and Favorite if you like it and download for the full sized version. (2647x1382)
Just for full disclosure, I used this offical image of the Reapers for reference while drawing.
[link] .
Also, used some of these brushes to speed paint in some of the buildings. [link]
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Awesome! I can just hear the sounds of the Reaper attack in progress. Really nicely done.
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wow, i really like the details and perspective used to capture this environment!
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Thank you very much! And again for the favorite!
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Great piece!
Maybe you should have moved the main alien mecha a bit to one side to give more interest to the scene.
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Thanks! Yeah, I can see how that could help. Maybe put it in place of the building on the left hand side that I don't think quite works.
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amazing work, really great done! It's so awesome I love it! 
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Incredible cityscape, it looks so real. The Reapers look so deadly, so spindly and dangerous.
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It is thanks to this drawing that I have been making progress on developing my own Reaper: Enigma, the White reaper, which is based on an insectoid race.
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This is a very late reply, but I'm glad it was an inspiration to you! If you've completed your project and have anything to share, let me know. I'd love to see it.
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Nice!
I think the front reaper and the one on the left should be recieveing a strong rim lighting from the sun hitting them, and would bring more detail to the piece. great!
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Thanks for the comment! Now that you mention it, I agree with you. A missed opportunity there, I guess. I'll remember it on my next one though!
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Awesome bro, but I think there should be more smoke from the buildings, just to create a stronger atmosphere.
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Thanks! Maybe not so much more sources of smoke, but maybe have more smoke up high in the air, as if it had been burning for awhile.
I tried doing more pillars of smoke and it looked silly, but maybe the other way would have worked out better.
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Thanks! I'm glad you think so.
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You know, it's really weird (and funny) to see that those people at the landing pad just standing there calmly and do nothing while a Reaper in front of them is obviously destroying everything on its path.
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Yeah, I originally had them firing shots at it, but it just wasn't working. The angle of it was weird and I don't think they'd actually be firing rifles at it anyways. I thought then that maybe I would put a harvestor or something in the foreground for them to be fighting with, but it blocked the reaper and made it too busy, so he had to come out. lol So instead they are just looking thoughtfully at it!
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I wonder what they thought in their minds at that time? 
"Oh, that Reaper's hull design seems different than the rest. It's more like an insect than a squid."
"Maybe it's their leader? Every two kilometer-long Reaper we see in front us has squid-like design than this one."
"Or maybe it's their.....I don't know. Second-in-command? It's possible, you know?"
Or
"Wait, wasn't that Murphy's apartment down there? Why that Reaper hasn't destroy it yet?"
"I don't know. Maybe that thing has a bad aim?"
"If that Reaper has a bad aim, then every apartment down there should be obliterated by now. Besides, I hate to live there. Too noisy."
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Probably the second conversation, or perhaps there was a good Chinese place down there that they liked to go to when they got off of work.
Maybe they'd say, "Maybe we should go use that shuttle to see if 'Panda Amazing' is alright."
"It's gone man. I saw that thing step on it. Broccoli Beef everywhere."
"Oh."
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Hey, why don't you write that in the description of your art. It might attract more people to add their comments; about how the dialogue correlates with the people standing calmly on the landing pad.
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If I have a minor gripe, and yes it is minor, then the angle of the reaper beam doesn't sit quite right.
Like the source of the beam doesn't quite fit the trajectory.
You are hugely talented, though, and I'd love to see more!
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Yeah, I was going for more of a sweeping type motion from right to left. It doesn't quite work though.
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Thanks for the kind words!
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Wow amazing, I cant take my eyes off it, every where i look something cool is happening!
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Nice painting! Like the details and the monotone coloscheme, with the red light as highlight as well
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Thank you very much ^-^
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They're always good for a spot of trouble.
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i haven't played the game but this looks really cool
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Thanks! Glad it even looks cool to people who don't know exactly what it is. That's a good sign!
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Awesome, just wow, so awesome. How do you do it?!?
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Thanks! Lots of work! I had it set to a mega huge resolution and 500dpi. Really helped to fit in a lot of details.
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xD i was going to say this looks a lot like the reapers xD i havent played me3 yet!
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Get on it! I thought it was excellent!
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it must be im a really huge fan of bioware!!!
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