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Finally, after a year I finished the shaded version of vaun. I wasn't really lazy, I was just to busy to work on it.

I am very proud of this particular costume. For years I couldn't figure out exactly what Vaun looked like and I was never satisfied with his previous costume designs. (old Vaun concepts can be found in my scraps.)

One of my pet peeves when it comes to designing is everything must be practical and still look awesome. Sure a costume like Magical Skull Armor of the Damned with spikes all over the place looks cool but your character would be in more danger of getting shanked by his own kneecaps then by his enemies. I wanted to design a costume that didn't need an excuse like magic to make it work. I believe practicality and realism is the key that successfully draws your audience into a story and allows them to push the fact that it's a game into the back of their heads. A Designer must think about every strap and seam before finalizing a design. Not only do I think this costume goes far and beyond the term "smexy", it is also structurally superior and would most likely be efficient or effective in battle.

Done in graphite:

.5 mechanical pencil with variations of 4H, HB and B leads. An artists' best friend. Hells yes!

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:iconlady-kaguya:
I remember this image, and I'm really glad you finished it. The shading and details are awesome, and the overall character design is really outstanding.
:iconkiederen:
beautiful :O

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:iconnikira12:
I remember when you started this drawing! Wow that seems like forever ago. So amazing to see it done with some nice clean pencil values. :)

Only thing I can see that's off is his sleeved arm - the angle of where the elbow should be related to his wrist looks kinda peculiar. I'm thinking it may just be an error in the shading rather than the sleeve itself, but hmm, that might just be me. *shrug*

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:iconunamedking:
I like the way to design ^^. Practicality first!! There was a artwork featured here at dA of a female warrior.. in high heels.. and in the armor design.. there was a whole in the chest gawd (:wtf:) She'd either be killed by an effing arrow or twist her ankles if she ran on the mountains!!

:+fav: this :D

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笑顔も涙も弱虫の仕業だね - 一人ぼっちの運命
:iconledious:
hahahaha exactly! I cant stand those kind of costume designs. If they are going to were armor at all, it should be leather or light plate armor and they could were a shirt underneath at least.

Thnx for the fave! ^_^

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:iconunamedking:
No problem :D am glad to find a kindred spirit :handshake:

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笑顔も涙も弱虫の仕業だね - 一人ぼっちの運命
:iconledious:
Yea it is a shading problem. I guess I was too lazy to find references online for proper drapery.

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:iconledious:
thank you ^_^

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:iconmoontoon:
That's sick, Scott. Those shadings are amazing @.@

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Große Wünsche sind Still,
bis sie endlich jemand weckt.
Und der Freund den ich will
hat sich in meinem Wunsch versteckt.

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