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StarCraft Weekly Art #3

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Nish07
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
18 Posts
December 30 2018 05:58 GMT
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Original Source: The StarCraft Observer

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This weeks pick is a wonderful piece that caught my eye as I was browsing for art. It stood out because of how original, captivating and beautiful it all felt. Reina captured the birth of, “The Queen of Blades” perfectly.

The brilliant use of the light engulfing its surroundings is stunning. It’s done in such an awesome way that it perched up Abathur into the rightful, “Creator of all things” position while faded into the background; that effect gives a perfect god like and ominous feel to Abathur as their new leader is coming forth into the universe.

What draws me in is how we see Kerrigan drawn with softer edges and looking less aggressive; casting her less of a monster and more of a beautiful creation.

One thing that I noticed, while searching for this weeks art, is that I did not encounter a single illustration with Abathur being involved with the creation of The Queen of Blades. Another reason why this stood out to me so much.

I contacted Reina for more answers as to how this art came to be:

Hi Reina! Chris here again! What’s the story behind this artwork? How did the idea for it come to be?

Hi! Well, I replayed SC1 and I have been reminded that Abathur isn’t mentioned at all in it. So, when Kerrigan emerges, you as a player don’t really think about who made her. So I thought, how about I draw her emerging from a cocoon, and Abathur lurking behind her like an unnamed creator. Thus, the green cocoon bursting. He’s basically observing what he made.


As we spoke a bit more I found out that her good friend Valentina helped her out when it came to the coloring. I asked how that process was like?

Basically what happened was I made the black and white drawing, she helped me fix the contrasts, and then block in colours. Since I’m not so good yet at going from b&w to colour, she showed me how to use Photoshop layer modes to achieve the result I wanted.

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Glider
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Last Edited: 2019-01-02 16:00:30
January 02 2019 15:57 GMT
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Basically what happened was I made the black and white drawing, she helped me fix the contrasts, and then block in colours. Since I’m not so good yet at going from b&w to colour, she showed me how to use Photoshop layer modes to achieve the result I wanted.


It's a good concept art piece. She has skill!

Hopefully someone tells artist that (she might know already), while doing a mono-color then color in (via various methods and blending modes) is a fast and easy way to do digital painting and concept art. (nothing wrong with it) At this stage she really should ALSO learn to paint directly with color, use B&W as part of design / lighting test / proof of concept if need be.

Even if one is an expert at coloring in a black and white picture, it greatly limits what an digital artist can do, and the type of drawing possible in the repertoire, IF this way is the only way the artist knows how to put color on the digital canvas at high level.

Of course I dunno what the end goal is for the artist. If she wants to work some where professionally, 99.9% of digital pros are extremely proficient at both. A lot of time would be wasted if the artist doesn't learn both at the same time as skills develop.
Nish07
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
18 Posts
January 02 2019 18:30 GMT
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On January 03 2019 00:57 Glider wrote:
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Basically what happened was I made the black and white drawing, she helped me fix the contrasts, and then block in colours. Since I’m not so good yet at going from b&w to colour, she showed me how to use Photoshop layer modes to achieve the result I wanted.


It's a good concept art piece. She has skill!

Hopefully someone tells artist that (she might know already), while doing a mono-color then color in (via various methods and blending modes) is a fast and easy way to do digital painting and concept art. (nothing wrong with it) At this stage she really should ALSO learn to paint directly with color, use B&W as part of design / lighting test / proof of concept if need be.

Even if one is an expert at coloring in a black and white picture, it greatly limits what an digital artist can do, and the type of drawing possible in the repertoire, IF this way is the only way the artist knows how to put color on the digital canvas at high level.

Of course I dunno what the end goal is for the artist. If she wants to work some where professionally, 99.9% of digital pros are extremely proficient at both. A lot of time would be wasted if the artist doesn't learn both at the same time as skills develop.




Spot on! Super informative even for me who is not an artist! I'll be sure to let her know!

Thanks Gilder!
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