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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 12/18/2020 4:12:58 PM

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Another Shadow Empire inspired painting ^^
The Rocket dude is probably from some unhappy faction ^^

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 12/19/2020 2:51:58 AM

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Pymous - what's your medium? Is it electronic or physical. If this were 30 years ago, I guess water paints.
-Mark R.

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 12/19/2020 9:05:41 PM

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Hi Mark, these are digital painting, but yes I am painting with big brushes, looking for volumes/shapes and composition, then going more in details. Most of the time I don't do linework, thats why it somewhat looks like aquarelle work

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 12/19/2020 9:06:14 PM

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(Error Double posting - This can be deleted, thanks!)

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 12/20/2020 5:05:44 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Pymous

Hi Mark, these are digital painting, but yes I am painting with big brushes, looking for volumes/shapes and composition, then going more in details. Most of the time I don't do linework, thats why it somewhat looks like aquarelle work

Well, you've definitely captured the feel of watercolor paints in digital form!
As an example, Gunnel Moheim:

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 12/28/2020 7:36:34 PM

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Thanks mroyer! This is a huge compliment, I am not sure I deserve it. I am far from these masters painting levels. Maybe in 15-20 years if I am lucky...
So I continue my training! Some Walkers, again... but Yellow this time ^^

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 12/28/2020 10:30:13 PM

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Keep at it Pymous!
I use to do a lot of pencil and watercolor work ages ago when I was a kid - that is, before a technical-engineering education beat that kind of creativity out of me

(Actually, engineering has its own, different sort of creativity which I thoroughly enjoy too.)

-Mark R.

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 1/30/2021 9:27:10 AM

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I am actually an engineer myself :p
My dream would be to turn 100% Freelance one day, and ideally spending all my time painting for "the players community" : Graphic mods / mods / maps / total conversion mods for games like Shadow Empire / Dominions / Distant Worlds, ...
It would require financial freedom, that's all the problem... wonder if some kind of "Help me become your artist" would have any chance to work, would be a solution if I can get a guaranty for example 1200�/month to live... (through patreon / ko-fi platforms). But it's another big dream :p (but it's important to have dreams ;) )

By the way some stuff (for potential Vidcom modding):

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 1/30/2021 11:39:28 AM

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Yes indeed, "financial freedom" is what allows you to switch from 'what you have to do' to 'what you want to do'. It is a rare, very lucky person for whom those two pursuits align without financial freedom.

I think your dream might be achievable, albeit at extreme risk - far beyond what I personally would be comfortable with. And, probably not with games like SE. Their market appeal is too narrow and there simply isn't a lot of money there to support artists. You'd need to somehow tap into games with a broad market base where revenue streams are much larger and artists are hired as part of the team.

I hired a young college student from Rochester Institute of Technology for an intern position a few years back. His major happened to 'gaming' software, although that's not what I hired him for. He talked about the gaming major as having three principle sub-paths - software engineering, the technical aspects of designing, developing and writing the software - story writers, the effort to create a backdrop plot and story line - and, artists, the creating of all the graphics art and 2d/3d rendering.

So, there is a place for that.

-Mark R.

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RE: [Art] Shadow Empire related Fanarts / Artworks - 6/20/2021 9:03:22 PM

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A Scene inspired by Jadey, a Shadow Empire player who discovered a 82m tall mega-beast in his MP game. More info about this creature can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShadowEmpireGame/comments/o2n810/remember_that_hell_world_with_those_super/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3