http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/52948855/
The URL goes to my DA site, and to the artwork
I'm not fully satistfied with the placement of the facial fingers, but it gets the idea down.
Thoughts?
R. Scott Bakker's The Prince of Nothing
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Skin-Spy Concept
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Skin-Spy Concept
by Ajokli » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:13 pm
Alright, I'm placing this piece here because I wasn't sure WHERE to put it, and the buggers start taking a more front role in the second and third books.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/52948855/
The URL goes to my DA site, and to the artwork
I'm not fully satistfied with the placement of the facial fingers, but it gets the idea down.
Thoughts?
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/52948855/
The URL goes to my DA site, and to the artwork
I'm not fully satistfied with the placement of the facial fingers, but it gets the idea down.
Thoughts?
I will not call Synthese: 'The other White Meat'
I will not teach the Sranc to linedance.
I will not play charades with skin-spies.
I will not teach the Sranc to linedance.
I will not play charades with skin-spies.
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by Madness » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:26 am
You're, obviously, an excellent artist, Ajokli. I believe the piece itself is beautiful, though, I have a friend who'd be much more adept than I to offer criticism.
My only qualm with your rendition is continuity with the books. I write this as I've always interpreted the skin-spies in my minds eye to have faces basically made of two hands minus thumbs, though, no thoughts on exact digits. In my interpretation, I'd figured the digits to interlock towards the center of the face and part in the same way, revealing the skin-spies true face beneath.
My only qualm with your rendition is continuity with the books. I write this as I've always interpreted the skin-spies in my minds eye to have faces basically made of two hands minus thumbs, though, no thoughts on exact digits. In my interpretation, I'd figured the digits to interlock towards the center of the face and part in the same way, revealing the skin-spies true face beneath.
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by Ajokli » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:21 am
I'm not sure as to how many 'fingers' they have; I ended up drawing 3 on each side, and leaving the 4th for the throat possibly.
As to your thoughts; interlocking instead of simply meeting might be interesting. I did try a drawing once that ended up with the nose as a meeting point for the fingers but it didn't look right, and turned out to be quite visually awkward. with the planes of the nose, and mandibles.
The area I'm uncertain about is the arangement of fingers about the eyes and nose. Awkward shapes!
I'm rather curious as to the biology of the skin-spies; I'm assuming they can manipulate their skin tone consciously, as well as the arangment of fat deposits to get the 'details' of who and what they're trying to mimic right.
-I've got a friend borrowing my books at the moment so I don't have them tagged for reference.
As said, it's just a sketch, throwing out a possible idea and nowhere near a finished work.
As to your thoughts; interlocking instead of simply meeting might be interesting. I did try a drawing once that ended up with the nose as a meeting point for the fingers but it didn't look right, and turned out to be quite visually awkward. with the planes of the nose, and mandibles.
The area I'm uncertain about is the arangement of fingers about the eyes and nose. Awkward shapes!
I'm rather curious as to the biology of the skin-spies; I'm assuming they can manipulate their skin tone consciously, as well as the arangment of fat deposits to get the 'details' of who and what they're trying to mimic right.
-I've got a friend borrowing my books at the moment so I don't have them tagged for reference.
As said, it's just a sketch, throwing out a possible idea and nowhere near a finished work.
I will not call Synthese: 'The other White Meat'
I will not teach the Sranc to linedance.
I will not play charades with skin-spies.
I will not teach the Sranc to linedance.
I will not play charades with skin-spies.
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Re: Skin-Spy Concept
by Vomikron Noxis » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:50 am
Hey, do you still have this art up anywhere? I was telling a friend about it who is new to the books and wanted to direct him to your work.
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Re: Skin-Spy Concept
by Athjeari » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:54 am
I would like to see this art as well. Is there any place that I can still find it?
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