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 Oct 2 2008, 03:05 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377  |
Hey all,
Just wanted to point out to anybody that didn't know, theres a pretty cool artist on Deviant art that is posting images for the German shadowrun stuff, pretty awesome. Raben-aas guy's site |
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Oct 2 2008, 03:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 483 Joined: 16-September 08 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 16,349 |
Dang he does some good stuff. And not that I'm complaining, but some of the old art that were copy/pasted from low-res copies of old SR sourcebooks into the SR4 would have been nice to be redrawn. And this guy could have done it pretty well.
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Oct 2 2008, 04:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 336 Joined: 18-June 08 Member No.: 16,062 |
He's a damn good storyteller as well.
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Oct 2 2008, 11:40 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Quick review (as I'm at work)
It looks a little over CGI'd to me, but hey, I only looked at like, one or two pics (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Oct 2 2008, 01:14 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
Gotta agree here one or two pics stood out.
The group pic was one of them, drone,troll that looked trollish and a mage+spirit. |
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Oct 2 2008, 01:18 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 9-August 06 From: The Sixth World Member No.: 9,060 |
Good stuff. Thanks for the link Squinky.
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Oct 2 2008, 02:42 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 12-September 08 From: Rhein Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 16,340 |
He gets something between 6 and 7 on the scale, where 10 is Bradstreet and 1 is that guy who made the art for the first Earthdawn novels and some of the interior art in the ED core rule book.
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Oct 2 2008, 03:10 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
You don't speak of Mr. Laubenstein, I hope.
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Oct 2 2008, 03:38 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 12-September 08 From: Rhein Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 16,340 |
Nope, Laubenstein would be on a 7 to 8 for me. Often a tad too cute for Shadowrun, but a good artist. I have no idea how that guy I mean was called, he only did artwork for Earthdawn stuff, notably the pictures inside the J'role trilogy, and he was the worst artist FASA has ever employed.
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Oct 2 2008, 06:51 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,300 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 15,648 |
QUOTE (Squinky @ Oct 2 2008, 03:05 AM)  Hey all, Just wanted to point out to anybody that didn't know, theres a pretty cool artist on Deviant art that is posting images for the German shadowrun stuff, pretty awesome. Raben-aas guy's site He's gonna do some new artwork for the upcoming German editions of the core rulebooks. First time in my life i regretted buying the English versions of A70, AUG, UW and RC. Second time was when i learned that the German A70 will get hoverboards or something like that. Dang. |
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Oct 2 2008, 09:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 285 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Stuttgart, Germany Member No.: 8,495 |
The Concept Drawings of new Pics in the German Arsenal 2070 they showed on Ratcon were really good. I looking forward to get the book.
In the German Version of the Arsenal are following addons (if I am correct, it is all coordinated with Synner/CGL, so chances are good, that this items will be published in English, too, in one way or another): Melee Waepons: * Athame * Injection-Dagger * Sword Cane Projectile: * Cargo Arrowhead Firearms: * AS-113o "Assassin" * Enfield Merlin * Zastava CZ49 * AK-127 * Altmayr SP * Ruhrmetall R506 Balmung Clothing & Armor: * Anielski-Joop: reconquista-Collection * dressCODE: CYBERPIRATE-Collection * Rheingold: Aurora-Collection * SK Myrmidon Battlearmor Survivalgear: * Proteus Monoskid Miscellaneous: * (Inlineskates)/Powerboard Vehicle and Drones: * BMW 2065 Mjöllnir (Racing Bike?) * BMW Trollhammer (Chopper) * BMW RV430 (Limousine) * Eurocar President (Limousine) * Mercedes IG310 Igel (ATV) * Peugeot 11e ElectroCar (compact car) * Volkswagen Lingus (medium-sized vehicle) * Renault-Fiat 264 „Fattorina“ (delivery vehicle) * Scania VM 42 (transporter) * Messerschmidt-Kawasaki Wandervogel (Tiltwing) * Mercedes Multimog Greif (Command Vehicle) * Mercedes PE Commando (Security Delivery Car) * Ruhrmetall Wolf II (Multi Role Tank) * Jena Robotnik Cyclone (Spy Drone) * Renraku Shrew (dismountable whelled Spy Drone) * Ruhrmetall Wolfsspinne (Arachnoid Walker Drone) cya Tycho |
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Oct 2 2008, 10:15 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
the return of totally over the top but realistical toys from germany . . because our techs are just better!
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Oct 2 2008, 10:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 259 Joined: 2-September 07 From: In the AGS, underwater Member No.: 13,049 |
AND our A70 cover looks less ugly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Oct 2 2008, 10:38 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (the_real_elwood @ Oct 1 2008, 11:59 PM) And not that I'm complaining, but some of the old art that were copy/pasted from low-res copies of old SR sourcebooks into the SR4 would have been nice to be redrawn. Pardon? There was no low-res art copied/pasted into SR4 from old books. Some art was re-used, but it was always the original high-res graphics. |
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Oct 2 2008, 10:42 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
you'll have to admit, it certainly does not look like high-res all of the time . .
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Oct 2 2008, 10:53 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
No, I don't believe I need to admit that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I just flipped through the most recent SR4 printing and took a look at all the pieces that I remember being re-used art [mostly some spot pieces in the Gear section, taken from Shadowtech or Cybertechnology] and they all look fine to me. It would be nice if we hadn't had to re-use art in the core book, but at the time we simply didn't have a choice.
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Oct 2 2008, 11:06 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Oct 3 2008, 08:15 AM) the return of totally over the top but realistical toys from germany . . because our techs are just better! Wunderbar! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif) |
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Oct 2 2008, 11:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 259 Joined: 2-September 07 From: In the AGS, underwater Member No.: 13,049 |
Maybe it's the PDFs. They seem to be compressed really hard. I can make out artifacts in my A70 PDF while stuff looks fine in the dead tree version.
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Oct 2 2008, 11:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 285 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Stuttgart, Germany Member No.: 8,495 |
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Oct 2 2008, 11:25 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 12-September 08 From: Rhein Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 16,340 |
QUOTE (Fortune @ Oct 2 2008, 11:06 PM) Wunderbar! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif) I believe he was being sarcastic. If not queue another (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif) |
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Oct 3 2008, 01:07 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
All right, looked through that guy's site now that I'm home and...wow, he's not one to shy away from the gratuitous pantyshots, is he? I'm still not a fan, honestly. It just looks too...bright. Too shiny (like everyone's skin is covered in oil or something). Like, I'm not one of those people that's into the fetishization of dark dark dark, but it just looks like they're covered in baby oil. It's technically proficient, just not my thing.
I've liked a lot of the Shadowrun 4th art, but there's been a few stinkers, personally. I miss Prescott's work; I know, there's other things he could be doing now, but I just miss those kind of clean lines and black and whites. I used to not be a huge Laubenstein fan (shock! horrors!) but he's growing on me. I'm split between the German and American cover for Arsenal, because you can't complain about a hawt ork woman bearing arms (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Oct 3 2008, 01:32 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
I like the stuff that's clearly inspired by Tim Bradstreet (case in point), but the other stuff isn't really my cup of tea. Not a fan of anime-ish art at all.
My favorite Shadowrun cover art is still a toss-up between SOTA: 2063 and Threats 2. Mostly because both feature characters very similar to the types I tend to design. Looks-wise anyway. |
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Oct 3 2008, 02:28 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 29-March 06 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 8,415 |
Considering the trendyness of the j-popculture (out of CFS and such...) in this version of earth, well... it's strangely very appropriate, in a way.
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Oct 3 2008, 02:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 8-September 08 From: St. Louis, UCAS Member No.: 16,329 |
Zeieznik always did it for me. He had some of the first pictures that visually introduced me into the world of SR. He really captured the cyberpunk 80's pink mohawk flash with the grunge and punk leather industrial feel in his settings.
Even though it's kind of anime-ish and cartoony, I really like the guy who did the pics of the new emperor and the schoolgirl from SoA and the cyber knight hacker in SF. He also has 2 pics in Augmentation... I don't know who he is though. |
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Oct 3 2008, 03:12 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377 |
QUOTE (Prime Mover @ Oct 2 2008, 09:14 AM) Gotta agree here one or two pics stood out. The group pic was one of them, drone,troll that looked trollish and a mage+spirit. No prob, glad it has been interesting for folks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I personally like the guns, they rock. Some of the characters he is posting lately (while miles ahead of my art I am sure) aren't too my personal taste, but I like others like the Shadowrun radical ork Besides, everything is made better in Germany......and.....they love David Hasslhoff... |
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