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Master of All by ~artmunki:iconartmunki:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Sci-Fi

©2005-2009 ~artmunki
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The back-cover piece I was asked to do to accompany this [link] (go check that one if you're curious about the commission/purpose of the pic). The figure is Mr. Slayer, the head of SLA Industries, looking out over the skyline of Mort. My favourite part of this image is a faint detail that most folk probably won't even notice.

This was quite a quick piece - maybe about 4/5 hours (that's quick for me, ok ;P). I used a lot of photoshop tricks & cheats to get it to work, but I think it came off okay, overall. Original planning sketch on paper, but everything you see was done in photoshop. Well, with maybe a little help from Google, and some priveleged source from a certain recent destruction of my childhood. ;D

[EDIT] - niether this peice or the other part of the commission were ever used for the fan-supplement they were intended for, but as I did them as a favour for a friend, I wasn't that bothered. However, last night I found out that this image was used as the endpiece in the most recent *official* SLA book, Cannibal Sector 1. Actual artwork in an actual SLA book - that was my dream not so many years ago! Just wish he'd told me what he wanted it for in the first place, and I might have tidied it up a bit!

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~padge Aug 13, 2005, 4:10:37 PM
me likey :)

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merry fucking christmas :snowing:
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~artmunki Aug 14, 2005, 3:35:35 AM
Thankee kindly, m'dear!
^_^

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~carra Sep 11, 2005, 1:21:13 PM
This has a really good atmosphere, cool piece

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~artmunki Sep 12, 2005, 1:59:33 AM
Thanks a lot - atmosphere is *everything* on Mort

^_^

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*hellspardon Sep 29, 2005, 8:40:23 AM
that's very deep. Very elaborate. I love black and white. Best kind of art! Great work. Love all your art!

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~artmunki Sep 30, 2005, 1:24:34 AM
Thanks a lot for that. The b&w thing was really just a requirement of the comission, but I really quite enjoyed working like that, so I don't expect it'll be my last attempt. Just wait til I get my new PC sorted out!!
^_^

Oh, and thanks for the fav on my wee card/design thing too. Much appreciated!

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -- George Bernard Shaw
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~T-SLA Oct 1, 2005, 4:24:55 AM
wow, thats.. strange, but very cool. yeah. How did you do the buildings?

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~artmunki Oct 3, 2005, 1:35:51 AM
The buildings were actually mostly cheated. I was commissioned quite late to do this piece (and the other b&w image for the front cover of the book), so I didn't have time to detail a full cityscape. Instead I borrowed liberally from a couple of image sources to get images of skyscrapers lit up at night, and used a bit of photoshop know-how (mostly careful selection, skewing and blurring) to make them all seem to fit together. There are a few bits I'm still not quite happy with, that I should've done more work on, but the time just wasn't there.

thanks for the comment!
^_^

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -- George Bernard Shaw
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*hellspardon Oct 7, 2005, 7:22:33 PM
No problem. It's nice peice. If it wasn't I would never have commented. :)

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