This thread is for the art done by Hannah Milburn, currently as near as we have to an "official" concept artist. Hannah's work evokes the feel of Guns, Swords, and Steam extremely well to my mind; subtly rather than dramatically gothic, cleverly constructed, and creating a world that ultimately is full of surreal experiences happening to all-too-realistic people. I've really enjoyed seeing all her work so far and hopefully there will be more to come!
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Priest of Artemis:
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(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/Art_Priest_zpsf4582b1e.png)
Priestesses of Jupiter:
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(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/Priestesses_zps903a4a66.png)
Feanne of Aloen:
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(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/Feanne_1_zpsa67d0018.png)
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/Feanne_2_zpsf20f915a.png)
A Nurreich Engineer:
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(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/Engineer_zpseecb75f7.png)
Sarastian Bandits:
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(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/2014-02-11040213_zpsb3b251a7.png)
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/2014-02-11095519_zps11ac96cb.png)
Priestess of Artemis:
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(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/s720x720/1233517_294862157335280_1337924651_n.png)
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(https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/s720x720/10153972_294862094001953_1601488022_n.png)
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1.0-9/s720x720/10150784_294862100668619_928323927_n.png)
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(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/s720x720/1238918_294862120668617_539293430_n.png)
Awesome, can't wait to see more of her work on this. :)
More art! A couple of pictures of Sarastian bandits, with and without background:
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/2014-02-11040213_zpsb3b251a7.png)
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/JubalBarca/GSS/2014-02-11095519_zps11ac96cb.png)
Squeal like a piggie.
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A priestess of Artemis, armed with crossbow. I particularly like this one. ;D
Looks as awesome as always. :) Will we get to see coloured ones?
Very much reminiscent of Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride, very good though. Hugely talented artist :D
Very pretty. :D
The artwork looks really clean and straightforward, but once you start examining it more closely you'll actually notice that it's full of subtle, wonderful details. And yes it really is very Burton-esque.
The Nurreich Engineer is my favorite.
The figure itself has a lot of character, but all the subtle details are what really blew my mind.
I will get off my arse and actually provide some more background text for all of these pretty soon, hopefully. :)
More pictures! Still no background but more pictures!
Von Hutten, leader of the Ostern Order of knights:
(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/s720x720/1233517_294862157335280_1337924651_n.png)
A female vampire:
(https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/s720x720/10153972_294862094001953_1601488022_n.png)
Prince Petr I of Durginfeldt:
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More Priests/Priestesses of Artemis! :D
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That zombie death flesh eating thing with the ghosts coming out of it is pretty cool.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/t1.0-9/10251944_299073260247503_3301941629549374452_n.jpg)
Happy Easter! ;D
Have you tried to get Hannah Milburn to create an account over here?
I think she checks the forum semi-regularly, but I haven't managed to get her to post yet :P
I will still probably remain a silent observer :)
...okay, that was terrifyingly good timing. Hello, Hannah :)
Hi ;D my ears must have been burning. I'm hoping to start some sketches to go with shadow-kiki's story so I'll try and put them up to get people's thoughts. It's been a while since I did a comic so it might be a slow start.
Ooh, nice :)
I should really do some more short stories for GS&S... But then I also want to get the RPG rulebook more complete. Never enough time!
Hannah! :D We've all heard about you so much! Awesome artwork BTW.
Jubal, not sure how I would go about doing it but would it be possible for me to try writing a GS&S short story? I don't know all that much about the GS&S world yet though, I'll probably have to finish reading your old story of it.
Yes, of course! The old story isn't the best basis; I can email you the main background document though which gives more or less all the basic information you'll need. :)
Thanks everyone's been so lovely with their feedback. hopefully they'll improve a bit with all the practice I'm getting. Hope you've not heard too much ;) can't wait to see what angle of gss you take for your story I really hope I can get around to doing a story but like you said Jubal there's not enough time to do list seem to be never ending .
Quote from: Jubal on April 20, 2014, 01:29:11 PM
Yes, of course! The old story isn't the best basis; I can email you the main background document though which gives more or less all the basic information you'll need. :)
That would be awesome! :) Would I post it in a new Thread in the same place as your old story?
New thread in this forum :)
I'll get the files sent to you soon - might be Wednesday before I get a chance, I have a mock that afternoon so revision between now & then could get hectic.
Hi sorry it's been a bit longer than I said Had to do some album art work, but here's a sketch of page 2 to go alongside Shadow-kiki's story.
Neat. :)
Ooh, yes. Welcome to Qualnar, ladies and gentlemen! :)
Evening all here's a couple of sketches for what Portunes could look like the first one needs to be a bit longer but i ran out of space.
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2014/126/4/8/portune_sketch_1_by_spudulika-d7hg0v3.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2014/127/f/9/portune_sketch_2_by_spudulika-d7hgeyp.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2014/127/4/a/portune_sketch_3_by_spudulika-d7hgf6w.jpg)
I love these.
These last three drawings remind me of Adam Adamowicz's concept art made for Shivering Isles.
*gasp* So awesome! :D
(He does sort of look like a pixie when he's that size)
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(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2014/127/f/9/portune_sketch_2_by_spudulika-d7hgeyp.jpg)
This one is pretty much perfect for how I imagined them (complete with the attitude!) :)
For those who don't know, Portunes are tiny (as shown) beings who have innately strong connections to the astral/aether, which basically equates to having a shortcut route into other people's heads/minds/souls.
Thanks guys! God I wish I was a 1/5 as good as Adamowicz his landscapes are amazing. Funny you should mention elder scrolls though cause I did look at spriggans and high elves for some inspiration :).
Glad to hear that I got near the mark Jubal wasn't sure if they were supposed to have wings or not.
Also here my first sketch for the scholar to go with the protune.
(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2014/128/5/4/the_scholar_by_spudulika-d7hobsp.jpg)
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2014/131/e/4/scholar_and_portune_by_spudulika-d7hxym2.jpg)
I think it should be "ever", not "never". :P Just a friendly observation.
Like you should be giving grammar advice, KHAN! :P
Ha it's a good thing it's not inked in, I have bop so grammar and spelling aren't my strong point xp so I'll apologies for all my errors now. (Managed to break Soros yesterday cause of all my spelling errors -_-)
Might not get anything up for a couple of days got one last album cover to do and just bought child of light and I need several hours just to look at her hair. But I'll try and get a comic page finished and start working on a neat version or the scholar & protune. So please get any thoughts and changes/ideas that you have about them. :)
So I didn't do my album work cause balls to that noise, here some comic book pages to go with shadow-kiki's story. Hopefully gonna add the text to it tomorrow woo!
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/e3a7e04756213fe384e7b5dd8ded52d3/tumblr_n5imr0iAwc1sn9qvco1_1280.png)
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/fa48e5c486a99a433bb37308f2a5951b/tumblr_n5imr0iAwc1sn9qvco2_1280.png)
I've never draw landscapes before so it'll be interesting to see what you think. ;D
Wow, Hannah Milburn. You are talent.
Your far too nice saying something like that; I've still got a long way to go. I'm so happy I found gss though It's really inspired me and made me love drawing again.
The landscapes are some of my favourite stuff so far, just being able to see Qualnar and that "Florence in the middle of the alps" feeling coming over so well is really awesome. :)
Also the portune and scholar are adorable.
Just being painfully blunt here. The landscape is a bit empty and underwhelming. They just look flat and boring. The buildings have those random little bricks on them every now and than but the trees and mountains don't have any texture at all. I still think it looks awesome though. I was just looking at it from a critiques point of view.
I disagree, I like that style - it actually brings a lot of clarity and boldness to the image, I think it makes the basic lines of the picture stick more firmly in one's mind. Most of this is concept, it's about getting the message/idea across and for me (at least), the idea of Qualnar is captured very well.
Yeah, KHAN! >:(
Thanks Khan I'm glad you gave an honest critic of what you think I really appreciate it and I understand what you mean I did try adding details but I just couldn't get the quality of line I wanted (I spent a full day sulking about it). I think if I do landscapes in the future I'll try and do it by hand instead of on my tablet and maybe learn how to watercolour so that they have a bit more depth.
Glad you like it Jubal I stuck some of the text with it and if you don't like the font I can change it no problem.
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/11b5703fc1cad4b8b42ca62453205072/tumblr_n5k1ru96Wc1sn9qvco1_r1_1280.jpg)
Aww, and I just starting to think it looked like a nice place... I like the artwork though, I think I hold some sympathy with Khan's comment on the mountains, but equally that does draw your attention towards the city, which seems like what's wanted here?
Yeah thats some decent art stuff. Very grey, but I spose thats the setting. I like the cat.
I think the writing fits; I tend to use Blackadder ITC for GS&S stuff but that wouldn't work for a comic (too curly) and whichever that font is looks a bit more jagged which is quite in line with the story. :)
The Jupiter symbol on the floor is excellent too, by the way, really neatly done.
I know its in the wrong order but CHA! heres "not so different"'s cover. should I be posting on here or under the stories thread?
Also sorry I've been a bit inactive been a crazy couple of weeks.
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/149/3/7/not_so_different__cover_by_spudulika-d7k6z91.jpg)
*gasp* Jame Baillie need a bigger name! Just joking, :P It looks great, I'm just curious though, where is she? It looks underground.
Catacombs, Khan. Qualnar has a massive network of catacombs/chambers of the dead/chapels below the city, and there is a huge and very deep cave network running well below that. It's one of the largest centres of population for troglodytes :)
Awesome! So heaps of dead people? :D
Some tidied up versions of the Protune Scholar.
I tried to do the character design sheet a bit differently not sure what you guys think Yay or Nay?
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10436016_10203648781917310_4935280725551990008_n.jpg)
Yay! Looks good to me, there is one thing though, [insert non existent problem]. You might what to get onto that and fix it as soon as possible. ;D
Oh no! your right as if I didn't notice that. ;D but seriously thanks for the kind words I really appreciate them.
Also here's some WOLVES!
These are just some sketches of ideas I had of what our animal skin wearing Vulkodlak's would look like once they've transformed.
(http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2014/162/6/a/what_time_is_it_mr_wolf__by_spudulika-d7lwg13.jpg)
Quote from: The Khan on May 29, 2014, 10:05:43 PM
*gasp* Jame Baillie need a bigger name! Just joking, :P It looks great, I'm just curious though, where is she? It looks underground.
No, it looks like it's somewhere quite different than that. xD
Awesomes!
A few notes:
- Portune, the o is before the r :P
- The scholar is the height of awesome :)
- Also much yes to the Vulkodlak!
I am also going to get back on the job pretty soon, so expect some new preview-y stuff hopefully :)
Quote from: HannahM on June 11, 2014, 10:20:09 AM
Oh no! your right as if I didn't notice that. ;D but seriously thanks for the kind words I really appreciate them.
Also here's some WOLVES!
These are just some sketches of ideas I had of what our animal skin wearing Vulkodlak's would look like once they've transformed.
(http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2014/162/6/a/what_time_is_it_mr_wolf__by_spudulika-d7lwg13.jpg)
That's fine... I didn't want to sleep anyway.... :ringwraith:
We aim to help ;D
You think you've got it bad, this stuffs in my head xp but there's nothing kitten videos can't solve.
And I swear one of these days I'll make an art work that doesn't have a spelling mistake in it.
Also with the name thing on the comic hopefully I get to do an about page and James will get his name nice and big there and possibly a nice characterture :)
Horsey!
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:gandalfgrey: approves
Much like! :D
What colour do people think Portunes should be. I'm leaning more towards yellow.
But I think that's cause I think of Morrowind High elves when ever I draw them.
I had their skin tone as fairly similar to that of humans, but a bit more gnarly and mottled. Yellow could work though.
Sorry I've not been very good at posting pictures recently (it's turned out to be a bit of a hectic year)
Just thought I'd let you know as of Monday I'm moving to a farm to do 3 month of strawberry picking slave labour.
I not sure if I'll have an Internet connection, but I'm taking all my art stuff so ill try an post what I do when ever I'm in a wifi area.
But for now here's some more skin wearer scribbles.
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2014/179/0/b/scribbles_2_by_spudulika-d7oaht9.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2014/179/c/a/scribbles_3_by_spudulika-d7oaimf.jpg)
The wolfskin female in the top image is awesome and backstory is starting to appear in my notes for her. :D
Don't worry about hecticness, whenever you're around you're very much more than welcome :)
A lot more is going to be heard from that scholar and her Portune, not too far into the future (as long as I can get on with this properly)!
I wouldn't want to get trampled stabbed by that deer. :o
I'm still alive muhahar!
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Looking as awesome as always Hannah! :)
Duelling with the bee made this one for me :D
After some time it's finally finished
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Hello nightmares
That's really impressive work!
Reasonably bitchin.
The red on the wolf coat looks awesome! Great work!
Awesome as always :)