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Akosha was raised in these mountains since foalhood, and can withstand the cold quite well due to her constant meditation exercises (she's probably doing one right now, due to the solemn look on her face; she's normally quite cheerful and optimistic!). In fact, the mare seems to be quite an enigma because of that. Red and black motif with an intimidating war scythe, it still amazes folks that she's a noble, benevolent Sage. As you can see, I did redesign her weapon a bit. The entire blade is now mostly Verrocite crystal with the focusing metal forming the metal edges and a rigid carbon compound making up the flat side. Akosha is already considered a master at wielding it, and like many Sages of that time did much of the construction herself. When it was finished, she named it Anatou, after a character in a childhood story that used to be read to her when she was younger.

This is the result of a "test run" on my new computer. I think it passed, eh? =P

This began as an afternoon scene, but since I wanted to try more glow effects with her Ruby Verrocite ornaments and then recalled the night scene where I introduced her in the story excerpt I posted, so I did some Photoshop adjusting to make this a moonlit mountain range similar to that in which she was raised in. Terragen was, once again, the provider for the background.
I couldn't really get the glows on her scythe to look right, and since adding a more red tone to her highlights just didn't look good either, I went with a regular gem shine to her jewelry.

Akosha Terias copyright Aelius (me)
Background provided by Terragen
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Mood: Drooling ~Furryloveforever Feb 8, 2009
Exselent job,great work on the legs,and the intere anatomy ,like the weapon desine.
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~Aelius24 Feb 8, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks a lot ^_^ It was fun to exercise the creative muscle in this one.
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~hossblacksilver Aug 23, 2008
Very nice looking mare. n_n
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~Aelius24 Aug 23, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you very much ^_^
(thanks for the watch 'n fav, too!)
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~AMTRAK May 24, 2008
Very nice and good work here.
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*LQCTim May 17, 2008
This is very, very nice work. Akosha's pose is cool, and there is some superb shading and highlighting here. The coloring on the weapon is amazing. I gotta say, though, that the lines, since they're black, have a tendency to get lost in the black-colored areas. This is most problematic in the face, as I had to get right up close to my screen to try to make out her facial features. It could just be my monitor, but this is a problem I've grappled with when I'm trying to color black clothing, hair, et cetera. What I do is to use a medium-to-dark gray in most of those areas, which I think will still be perceived as black by the viewers. Then for the shading, I try to find a shade of dark gray that's just light enough so that most viewers will still be able to see the lines. Of course, I'm sure you've seen how *Eggplantm uses white highlights on his lines in black-colored areas. That's a technique I've been thinking about playing around with myself.

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"Just pick a dead end and chill out 'til ya die."

-Homer Simpson
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~Aelius24 May 17, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Indeed, I was having some problems with those but wasn't entirely sure how to fix it. Thanks for the helpful suggestion :)
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*LQCTim May 17, 2008
You're welcome!

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"Just pick a dead end and chill out 'til ya die."

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!Spetsnaz-Invidika May 17, 2008
For a second opinion on that, for this picture I like that personally. It makes it look a little more night-y and dark. But I guess it's all about how you want it.

Barring that, I second LQ's opinion. :3
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~Aelius24 May 18, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Sounds good; I like to get all sorts of feedback ^_^ Thanks.
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