telophase | Circuit Rider

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Circuit Rider

The guy I've been working on for the past few days is done!

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I think his name may be Zedekiah. It means something like 'justice of the Lord,' which seems appropriate. The hair ain't perfect, but considering that I haven't painted very good hair, it's one of the best ones I've done so far, so I'm happy with it. :D

For those who haven't been reading my previous posts under friendslock, or those who have just wandered through, this was done for

dragonscholar's current contest over at Seventh Sanctum. You create a character using one of his generators, and illustrate it. The description I ended up with was:

This holy man never walks away from a fight. His haunted eyes are apple-green. His luxuriant hair is the color of blooming violets. He has full lips.

The version for the contest is up over at DA, in case you're insterested in knowing how he looks with anime-colored hair.

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omg that is fantastic. I love the eye.

Thank you! :D

Like this very much. The sepia-and-red color scheme is very effective. The hair is fantastic, and I love the etching on the holder strapped to his thigh. Very nice!

The holster decorations were a spur-of-the-moment thing, but added so much to it. Thanks!

He is badass and sparkly too!

Yup! XD

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Quite like the hair, actually. The waist is a little weird, but it may be the gun/bottom-up perspective throwing me off.
But the hair is win.

Yeah, the torso is a little bit off - I used a pose from a pose book with a mand standing with his hips canted way over, and the original sketch was OK, but then I had to move his hips down, because his proportions were starting to get off, and I think it threw his torso a wee bit out of whack. But let's hear it for all-concealing brown dusters!

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You know, I hadn't realized it before now but your Zedekiah reminds me of Ivan Isaacs from Priest.

I second the opinion about the eye!

Priest and Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo are the two things that, if I decide to develop him and his world more, I'm going to have to strive to avoid, and he will be compared to them ad infinitum.

But Jonah Hex is better - not only because it was written by Joe Lansdale, but because I was able to get through that and even enjoy it, while I never made it past the first book of Priest. :D

I LOVE the detail on the gun holster. You've done such a beautiful job on this... I hope you win the contest!

Thank you! :D

I like this one better than the contest entry - both are great, but the color of the hair picks up the gold cross on the bible. The sparks are a great touch. :D

Yeah, he's just reeeeeally not an anime character. I was thinking of ways to add texture to it, and since I ahd a flamelike background, they sort of fit in naturally. :)

I can only imagine how much scripture he can quote. XD; Lovely job!

XD Probably has the entire Bible memorized and doens't even need the book itself to quote at you. Thanks!

Very spiffy!!!

Thank you!

Oh, that is awesome! Man, I want a comic about him now, or something. Eheh.

Hell, *I* want to read a comic about him. He's not very forthcoming about himself - all I know is that he doens't fight zombies, because Priest and Jonah Hex fight zombies.

Oh, great job. I love the sparks.

And yeah, I like the blond hair better than the violet.

THanks! Yeah, it was fairly obvious pretty early on that he wasn't a purple-haired guy. But thanks to the Miracle of Digital Art, he can put in a temporary rinse when necessary!

Great picture. Looks like he'd fit right in to a Firefly game, too.

Thank you! :D

I imagine men talking about him at the saloon, and someone makes a crack about the long hair and "pretty" green eyes, and one of the older men remarks that however pretty he thinks those eyes are, he don't ever want to see them over the barrel of a six-shooter. "Them's the devil's eyes."

...aheheh I'll hush now.

And this was supposed to be in the thread I started above, the hell?

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Oo, that is quite nice! I love the little details and such, and the way the stars are visible through his coat.

Though uh, His luxuriant hair is the color of blooming violets!!? Ahahaha. *G* And full lips! Heee. Generators are awesome!

Yeah, the generator was constructed to skew towards the anime. XD Thanks!

It's perfect!!! Thanks for sharing the pict. I think the atmosphere that surround him is awesome. Congo-rats ;)

Thank you! XD

If you've ever read Preacher, it reminds me a little bit of The Saint of Killers. The face and hair you drew is a bit soft for him, but other than that pretty close.

I've read about half of it, but it was way back when it was first coming out.

Oh, that turned out fabulous. Now he needs his sidekick(s), adversaries (including an interested devil), and personal wise-cracking angel. *G*

:D THanks!

Yay, you didn't go for 'malachi', this makes me so happy! *weeps with joy*

Your background without actually have to draw anything else is also cool. Yay for sparkly-fire-effect-glowing-stuff :) Very effective and I just know there's a burning church and loads of people just outside the shot *grin*

Yeah, this ended up better because you can construct your own story for what's going on - did *he* set the fire? Did someone else do it? What's on fire? Or is it the Mouth of Hell? XD

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SO. AWESOME. i can totally feel the wind of his awesomeness from all the way across cyberland. ♥

XDDD Thanks!

Ho-lee *shit*, that looks good. I like the way you did the background so it looks like he's near a fire or something; it brings to image a burning church and shadows of hellfire.

Seriously, that is amazing-looking.

He is seriously, seriously badass.

Thank you! I thought the background needed something other than flat plainness, but you're right in that something vague was better than something concrete. This way, the viewer can bring their own meaning to it. :D

He looks much better than I thought he would with purple hair! Very nice, both versions.

THank you! :D The interesting thing about the purple hair that I didn't expect is the ends seem a little more like hair, because you can see through the strands, while the blond/browny hair is close enough to the background that it looks more solid.

durn...I so wish he hasn't taken any vows of chastity yet~

He's not a priest. Circuit riders are Methodist-type preachers. They get married.

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