[masan's saddle]

Awesome stuff as ever Onrack.

But I want MOAR !

Hows about that Sorry/Not Apsalar with Telorast and Curdle pic you were doing.

Your demanding public awaits

[Abyss]

brilliant work.
You must needs do one of these for DG and especially MT!!!!

Hetan - can these be split up into individual heads for the rotating pics on the webpage?

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Excellent stuff, Onrack. Absolutely love your style!

[Battalion]

Nice pictures. My favorite are Brood and Skullcrusher, and Shadowthrone and the Rope.

[Dolmen 2.0]

gee freakin whizz man.

so...whens the graphic novel coming out?

You might aswell do 1 man, your talent for characterization is
uncanny!

[Furion]

You did a great job of capturing personalities in the faces and making everyone look unique and recognizable.

I have one huge beef with you though. Kruppe's face is excellent, and also suits his personality, but I'm pretty sure he's explicitly described in Toll as

Spoiler

"trying" to grow a goatee, but only having a few scraggly hairs on his chin. I take that to mean trying and failing, and furthermore, I do not believe he has facial hair at all in GOTM.

I don't even know if that can be considered a spoiler, but w/e.

I think its interesting you gave Shadowthrone a face since I don't remember it ever being revealed to anyone in GOTM.

This post has been edited by Furion: 26 July 2010 - 04:59 PM

[Gathras]

Great work. I like all of them especially Brood, Raest and Toc the Younger.

Just to affirm or disprove my thought, isn't Mallet described as bald? At least thats how I always pictured him

Can't wait for your next character tablet (hope there will be one)

[champ]

loved hedge the best, man that is some cracking work nicely done

[SpectreofEschaton]

Amazing work.

The only one that stood out to me as incongruous was Tayschrenn, who's supposed to be mahogany-skinned and wear his hair in a long ponytail, I believe. Actually, your Tays. looks more like how I originally pictured him lacking the more defined description from...Bonehunters, is it? I know he's described in RotCG. I think I might prefer him your way, myself. Hmm...

[Harvester]

Yes, Tay's dark skinned with a bald head barring a long braid.

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

[Puck]

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

Well, it's quite difficult to indicate 'tan' with just a pencil without making the drawing look dirty. Mostly it's either a light or a dark complexion.

This post has been edited by Puck: 26 July 2010 - 11:15 PM

[maro]

Love your work Onranck (on Deviant Art as well).

all good for me - I especially like your use of facial hair. Rallick Nom is watching!

[T'renn]

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Yes, Tay's dark skinned with a bald head barring a long braid.

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

He doesn't always look bald with braid by the way

Spoiler

In RotCG he is described as simply having long hair, not a shaven pate anymore, because when he sits with Coil pacing around him, he has his hair hanging in tangles before his face

[T'renn]

Yes, Tay's dark skinned with a bald head barring a long braid.

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".
[/quote]

He doesn't always look bald with braid by the way

Spoiler

In MoI he has proven to be able to look like whatever he wants, hiding out in plain sight of the Host as Artanthos

In RotCG he is described as simply having long hair, not a shaven pate anymore, because when he sits with Coil pacing around him, he has his hair hanging in tangles before his face

[Harvester]

Mh, maybe he unbraided it or used some magic hair restorer.

 Puck, on 26 July 2010 - 11:07 PM, said:

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

Well, it's quite difficult to indicate 'tan' with just a pencil without making the drawing look dirty. Mostly it's either a light or a dark complexion.

Okay, that sounds plausible - darn! In my defence.. I have to say that I don't know much 'bout the act of drawing or painting.

This post has been edited by Harvester: 27 July 2010 - 06:50 PM

[Braden]

Special mention to the renditions of



: Kruppe (though I always thought he had a bit more wild hair…curly even..you’ve totally captured his vanity!),

Fiddler, Cotillion, Shadowthrone, Coll, Antsy, Whiskeyjack, Crokus, Raest (though I imagine him less “Ork-like”, more hair, less pointy ears), Oponn (genius!), Sorry (absolutely perfectly done), Quick Ben (cheeky grin included), Laseen, Brood and Hedge (there’s dull madness there!). – all these have been done superbly…just as I imagined or with only slight variations on my “mind-eye”.



Dujek I imagined to look older and more like Whiskyjack and where’s the “evil” gone from Kallor? He just looks like a scraggly old man??



Tattersail – I have to agree with others, chubbier, maybe even plainer to look at…her sexuality comes from her personality and power.

[Onrack]

okey dokey here's the named version of the character pic, sorry about the atrocious hand writing but apparently it's easier to draw than write with a pen tablet

 Hetan, on 24 July 2010 - 01:47 PM, said:

Awesome as always - you just get better and better Onrack. Now try the shi'gall assassin?

interesting though - that guy you said has the body of kalam and the head of quick ben - I think is actually a ringer for quick - the body isn't big enough for kalam who is bearish and much bigger, or rather wider.

I think I must be Spartacus addled by that guys bodacity in the series, aye he could afford to be a bit bigger for Kalam but I certainly wouldn't scoff if he played him in a movie, ya know, cuz he's nails!

 Whisper, on 24 July 2010 - 05:01 PM, said:

Hedge is spot on.

cheers man, it's actually taken quite a few attempts

 Macros, on 24 July 2010 - 07:21 PM, said:

fantastic.
Chalice is a minor in GotM, but she jumps off the page there, perfect, you can jsut imagine crokus being captured

heh cheers........I wouuld!

 max7773, on 24 July 2010 - 08:20 PM, said:

 Macros, on 24 July 2010 - 07:21 PM, said:

fantastic.
Chalice is a minor in GotM, but she jumps off the page there, perfect, you can jsut imagine crokus being captured

TtH spoiler

Spoiler

"but she jumps off the page there" - was that pun intentional?

GUFFAW

 masan, on 25 July 2010 - 11:02 PM, said:

Awesome stuff as ever Onrack.

But I want MOAR !

Hows about that Sorry/Not Apsalar with Telorast and Curdle pic you were doing.

Your demanding public awaits

cheers dude and just for having one of the most interesting and thought provoking reflections of the late 80's to the early 90's in you avatar....
the apsalar/sorry/cottilion/NOT!apsalar picture, I'm in a bit of a pickle about the anatomy of the picture I want her to look lithe and athletic but also want to give her forward momentum the result of which involves foreshortening the body making her look dumpy, that's just one of the many reasons why it hast been finished a long time ago but heres what I got so far. critique more than welcome.

 Abyss, on 26 July 2010 - 04:44 AM, said:

brilliant work.
You must needs do one of these for DG and especially MT!!!!

Hetan - can these be split up into individual heads for the rotating pics on the webpage?

cheers Abyss, hmmmm that might take a while!

 Grimhilde, on 26 July 2010 - 02:31 PM, said:

Excellent stuff, Onrack. Absolutely love your style!

sweet dude glad you like it.

 Battalion, on 26 July 2010 - 03:15 PM, said:

Nice pictures. My favorite are Brood and Skullcrusher, and Shadowthrone and the Rope.

cheers man I was quite chuffed with brood myself.

 Dolmen, on 26 July 2010 - 04:48 PM, said:

gee freakin whizz man.

so...whens the graphic novel coming out?

You might aswell do 1 man, your talent for characterization is
uncanny!

thanks dude
haha as long as it's like three pages of floating heads it'll be out soon enough!, seriously though I would love to do something like that but it's more than a one person job and veeeeeeeeery time consuming, a department I seem to be very lacking in at the moment

 Furion, on 26 July 2010 - 04:57 PM, said:

You did a great job of capturing personalities in the faces and making everyone look unique and recognizable.

I have one huge beef with you though. Kruppe's face is excellent, and also suits his personality, but I'm pretty sure he's explicitly described in Toll as

Spoiler

"trying" to grow a goatee, but only having a few scraggly hairs on his chin. I take that to mean trying and failing, and furthermore, I do not believe he has facial hair at all in GOTM.

I don't even know if that can be considered a spoiler, but w/e.

I think its interesting you gave Shadowthrone a face since I don't remember it ever being revealed to anyone in GOTM.

thanks a lot Furion

.....er.......it's a fake goatee (hehehe that'll foool 'em)

I think here's another case of me being influence by later books, interestingly enough I've never (including this version) managed to draw what I imagine hime to look like, maybe it's because I subconsciously knew he didn't have a face or one that keeps changing.....or I'm retarded, either way he's as elusive as his form.

 champooon, on 26 July 2010 - 09:19 PM, said:

loved hedge the best, man that is some cracking work nicely done

sweet cheers Champooon

 SpectreofEschaton, on 26 July 2010 - 09:58 PM, said:

Amazing work.

The only one that stood out to me as incongruous was Tayschrenn, who's supposed to be mahogany-skinned and wear his hair in a long ponytail, I believe. Actually, your Tays. looks more like how I originally pictured him lacking the more defined description from...Bonehunters, is it? I know he's described in RotCG. I think I might prefer him your way, myself. Hmm...

thanks! to be honest I saw this picture once and thought holy shit that's Tayschrenn http://nebezial.devi...allery/#/dnnz7q and it just stuck in my head as ideal, also, much to my shame, I haven't read any of the ian escscscsclmont books yet, YET!

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Yes, Tay's dark skinned with a bald head barring a long braid.

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

I'll let puck handle this one 'take it away Puck!'

 Puck, on 26 July 2010 - 11:07 PM, said:

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

Well, it's quite difficult to indicate 'tan' with just a pencil without making the drawing look dirty. Mostly it's either a light or a dark complexion.

haha nicely done dude

[Onrack]

 maro, on 27 July 2010 - 06:29 AM, said:

Love your work Onranck (on Deviant Art as well).

all good for me - I especially like your use of facial hair. Rallick Nom is watching!

cheers dude, aye ya can't fault a good beard

 Imperial High Mage Tayschrenn, on 27 July 2010 - 12:18 PM, said:

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Yes, Tay's dark skinned with a bald head barring a long braid.

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

He doesn't always look bald with braid by the way

Spoiler

In RotCG he is described as simply having long hair, not a shaven pate anymore, because when he sits with Coil pacing around him, he has his hair hanging in tangles before his face

I just know anymore

 Imperial High Mage Tayschrenn, on 27 July 2010 - 12:23 PM, said:

Yes, Tay's dark skinned with a bald head barring a long braid.

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

He doesn't always look bald with braid by the way

Spoiler

In MoI he has proven to be able to look like whatever he wants, hiding out in plain sight of the Host as Artanthos

In RotCG he is described as simply having long hair, not a shaven pate anymore, because when he sits with Coil pacing around him, he has his hair hanging in tangles before his face

yep I totally agree with that, it lets me completely off the hook

 Harvester, on 27 July 2010 - 05:56 PM, said:

Mh, maybe he unbraided it or used some magic hair restorer.

 Puck, on 26 July 2010 - 11:07 PM, said:

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

Well, it's quite difficult to indicate 'tan' with just a pencil without making the drawing look dirty. Mostly it's either a light or a dark complexion.

Okay, that sounds plausible - darn! In my defence.. I have to say that I don't know much 'bout the act of drawing or painting.

hee hee I got that emot hehe brood aaaaw mercy,hoho thats good stuff

 Braden, on 30 July 2010 - 02:30 PM, said:

Special mention to the renditions of



: Kruppe (though I always thought he had a bit more wild hair…curly even..you’ve totally captured his vanity!),

Fiddler, Cotillion, Shadowthrone, Coll, Antsy, Whiskeyjack, Crokus, Raest (though I imagine him less “Ork-like”, more hair, less pointy ears), Oponn (genius!), Sorry (absolutely perfectly done), Quick Ben (cheeky grin included), Laseen, Brood and Hedge (there’s dull madness there!). – all these have been done superbly…just as I imagined or with only slight variations on my “mind-eye”.



Dujek I imagined to look older and more like Whiskyjack and where’s the “evil” gone from Kallor? He just looks like a scraggly old man??



Tattersail – I have to agree with others, chubbier, maybe even plainer to look at…her sexuality comes from her personality and power.

cheers dude, it's really cool to see other peoples takes on the characters weather they differ or concur though I will say one thing in the defence of the Tattersail pic, I'm in my twenties like paran in the bok (unless my maths is waaay off) and if I was going to have sex with a 260 year old chick she would have to be at least a little hot, 'nuff said!

[Tattersail_]

 Onrack, on 31 July 2010 - 04:28 PM, said:

 maro, on 27 July 2010 - 06:29 AM, said:

Love your work Onranck (on Deviant Art as well).

all good for me - I especially like your use of facial hair. Rallick Nom is watching!

cheers dude, aye ya can't fault a good beard

 Imperial High Mage Tayschrenn, on 27 July 2010 - 12:18 PM, said:

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Yes, Tay's dark skinned with a bald head barring a long braid.

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

He doesn't always look bald with braid by the way

Spoiler

In RotCG he is described as simply having long hair, not a shaven pate anymore, because when he sits with Coil pacing around him, he has his hair hanging in tangles before his face

I just know anymore

 Imperial High Mage Tayschrenn, on 27 July 2010 - 12:23 PM, said:

Yes, Tay's dark skinned with a bald head barring a long braid.

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

He doesn't always look bald with braid by the way

Spoiler

In MoI he has proven to be able to look like whatever he wants, hiding out in plain sight of the Host as Artanthos

In RotCG he is described as simply having long hair, not a shaven pate anymore, because when he sits with Coil pacing around him, he has his hair hanging in tangles before his face

yep I totally agree with that, it lets me completely off the hook

 Harvester, on 27 July 2010 - 05:56 PM, said:

Mh, maybe he unbraided it or used some magic hair restorer.

 Puck, on 26 July 2010 - 11:07 PM, said:

 Harvester, on 26 July 2010 - 10:30 PM, said:

Btw. there's a general lack of "tan".

Well, it's quite difficult to indicate 'tan' with just a pencil without making the drawing look dirty. Mostly it's either a light or a dark complexion.

Okay, that sounds plausible - darn! In my defence.. I have to say that I don't know much 'bout the act of drawing or painting.

hee hee I got that emot hehe brood aaaaw mercy,hoho thats good stuff

 Braden, on 30 July 2010 - 02:30 PM, said:

Special mention to the renditions of



: Kruppe (though I always thought he had a bit more wild hair…curly even..you've totally captured his vanity!),

Fiddler, Cotillion, Shadowthrone, Coll, Antsy, Whiskeyjack, Crokus, Raest (though I imagine him less "Ork-like", more hair, less pointy ears), Oponn (genius!), Sorry (absolutely perfectly done), Quick Ben (cheeky grin included), Laseen, Brood and Hedge (there's dull madness there!). – all these have been done superbly…just as I imagined or with only slight variations on my "mind-eye".



Dujek I imagined to look older and more like Whiskyjack and where's the "evil" gone from Kallor? He just looks like a scraggly old man??



Tattersail – I have to agree with others, chubbier, maybe even plainer to look at…her sexuality comes from her personality and power.

cheers dude, it's really cool to see other peoples takes on the characters weather they differ or concur though I will say one thing in the defence of the Tattersail pic, I'm in my twenties like paran in the bok (unless my maths is waaay off) and if I was going to have sex with a 260 year old chick she would have to be at least a little hot, 'nuff said!

very true, i would have to do a half decent looking chick!

This post has been edited by Tattersail: 02 August 2010 - 08:08 AM

[Braden]

"Hot" is a relative word...to me the appeal for Tattersail come from her innate, simmering power as well as a brooding undercurrent of voluptuous sexuality. Erm...in my 40's now and settled down but never really gone for the conventional "good looking", sure its nice but I've always found personality and that certain "something different" has appealed to me more.

Again though, this is purely personal preference AND relates to each of our own internal thoughts on the matter. Besides, Paran - his background, exposure to women etc - indicated to me he was attracted to power and nobility over physical looks...but meh...who knows really!

AM LIKING the newer pictures/studies of Sorry/Asplar...funnily enough they remind me of that old Disney coin-op arcade game...can't remember the name, ran using Laser discs.