Reporting for Duty by lwperkins
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
(more bug comic, picking up immediately after "Still There")
Shadow and Blade finally notice Dragonfly...he's walking towards the base door, until Shadow holds up his hand and says: "'Fly, you can't go in there!"
Shadow can tell something isn't right with Dragonfly, because he's not only using his IR vision, but the inner lid is shut entirely, which happens only when an Aer is either in a rage, or very sick. Blade can see what is wrong with Dragonfly...there is an Azali spider clamped to the back of Dragonfly's neck like a giant tick (which the spiders were originally developed from.)
Dragonfly says to Shadow "I have to report for duty..I'm not allowed up here."
Shadow says; "There's no one in there, Dragonfly, they're all gone. Long ago."
Dragonfly tries to step around Shadow. "I have to report to my ship. They're waiting. I'll get in trouble up here."
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This looks like a dumb little 3 person render, but it ended up being a huge headache since I don't use Poser's cameras correctly, the perspective looked goofy. I ended up repainting Blade almost entirely because he looked too small, and everyone's hands looked the wrong size, and on and on. The only good thing about it was that Dragonfly finally has the right length hair, and I discovered a filter I didn't know about in Photoshop under Texture called "Patchwork" which I used on the grip of Shadow's gun, but it also looks very useful for walls and other things.
Because of the size restrictions, you can't see details like Dragonfly's chipped tooth. Two years ago Dragonfly made the mistake of asking a hungover Blade if there were any crackers left, and Blade answered him with a punch in the face. The day after that Shadow went and stole two guns from the Fairview gun shop, and gave one to Dragonfly. Sadly, that is the one Dragonfly just dropped over the side of the platform (just before "It's Still There").
And I'm really happy with that SetoKaiba pale m4 texture--the skin looks right for any underground dwelling guy, it's got a little shine to it as well. The door is from Mapps SF construction set, too!
And many thanks to genefleeman for cleaning up my text;)

Comments (42)
outstanding story and illustration
ya did good on these characters
Your paint work in Photoshop is excellent, like the looking through the window with the creepy crawlie, I’d do what the guy says and not go in!:)
AWESOME WORK !!
Fabulous image and POV my dear friend, excellent work love it.
Very dramatic!
A very intriguing image! Nice work.
very well done pov lynn, your scene just draws me into the image..
Truly excellent !
Great composition and amazing scene!! I love your render style!!!
Very good POV and scene.
Yeah, camera angles can be a real pain, but this turned out nicely! I like the mix of rendered and painted.