The Prince

The Prince

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The Prince



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Title: The Prince
Pixel Artist: Cyangmou  (Level 9 Federal Agent :: 55233 points)
Posted: 11/30/2022 09:53
Palette: 64 colors
Statistics:  16 comments    63 faves    0 avatars

A personal pixelart illustration
232px wide 300px high
64 colors

Exploration a prince character in a renaissance dark fantasy setting.

The focus of the piece is the character, the costume design and the feel of power coming from the figure.  I wanted to create something which makes it hard to look away from the character.
The background of the piece is based on a photography of Otto Wunderlich (1920-1930) of an Asian temple. Wunderlich is best known for dramatic photography and while this started out as a painting study of his photography style and a learning experience, at some point i took the half-finished study and turned it into my own piece of work. l thought it would be cool to play around with adding some splashes of colors and use the grayscale of the photography as means to create an oppresive drab atmosphere. I altered the architecture to a Western fantasy style, played heavily with the lighting on the doors, added an outside balcony and exchanged the context.
It's one of those pieces you do which you don't start out as anything grand, but which just easily painted itself. I had fun painting it and learned a lot about handling scene lighting from a great photographer of the past.


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digitalCoffin (Level 3 Stalker) @ 8/13/2024 02:21

astonishing


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mr.Bitmap (Level 3 Sergeant) @ 1/29/2023 10:19

Nice! The sparingly used saturation and color balance make it a real masterpiece!


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Metomunc (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 12/5/2022 22:20

Great attention to detail!  Really liking the maccaroni and the use of lighting.


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Artificer-111 (Level 6 Time Traveller) @ 12/4/2022 13:05

The cinematic lighting has a great effect, both this and Seize have a very striking effect of the character outlined in light but their interior details only slightly suggested in the shadow. Environmental detailing is great, taking your time with the subtle gradiation of the light across the wood grain doors paid off nicely.


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jok (Level 11 Master Assassin) @ 12/3/2022 04:17

nice work! -light, colours, small details


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MrQuetch (Level 6 GBC) @ 12/3/2022 00:46

Incredible! It's what I like to call a "pixel painting".


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Tosych (Level 3 Topaz) @ 12/2/2022 01:24

Very very nice work!


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PixelFan01 (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 12/1/2022 10:48

It has something vibe... And i like it 

 
 


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Cyangmou (Level 9 Federal Agent) @ 12/1/2022 02:09

@Theoden: Yeah bc. this is pure ilustration and pretty far removed from games. A lot of the stylistic decisions I make are just based on having things work in games in multi-context scenarios.
JUst drawing a painting is quite different from it.
Thanks.


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Cyangmou (Level 9 Federal Agent) @ 12/1/2022 02:07

@Irenaart: Thanks a lot. I worked on it during after hours for about a week.


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Rappenem (Level 3 Topaz) @ 11/30/2022 14:46

Such an amazing piece, the lighting, the textures, everything! 


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Space-AgeWrangler (Level 8 Queen) @ 11/30/2022 14:05

Really cool how you have part of the sword in shadow against the red cape and part of it in the light.


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SeDiceBisonte (Level 8 Spaceman) @ 11/30/2022 12:35

This is one of the most atmospheric pieces I've seen. Everything is so lovingly rendered that you can really feel all the materials and smell the air. Every little area feels like it has a history. You can sense the age of wood and metal of the doors, and the stone on the floor and walls.

Absolutely superb work!


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Theoden (Level 11 Special Agent) @ 11/30/2022 12:31

Excellent work. This deviates a bit from your usual style, it threw me off. 
I can usually identify your style at first glance but I was happily surprised to see your name :)
I love it.


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specialmin64 (Level 7 Assassin) @ 11/30/2022 12:07

listening to smash ultimate castlevania music as I clicked on this


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Irenaart (Level 10 HP Lovecraft (Author)) @ 11/30/2022 10:58

Gorgeous piece! It looks almost like an old masters painting. Can you tell how long did it take you to finish it?


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