And now for something completely different:

Jules a male elf, in good shape although a little pale and skinny as a result of cocaine abuse. His hair is black, his eyes are brown, and he has a small handlebar moustache. He's wearing an old "Jetblack" T-shirt, some blue jeans, and a police-surplus armored jacket. He's got a pair of heavy pistols in holsters, a pair of those dorky polycarbonate glasses you always see people wearing on a firing range, and a pair of those bunny ears you always see obnoxious little anime fans wearing.

Betcha didn't see that last one coming.

I need to get a move on

Here is:

Greybrother's Obsidian

Wow... that looks totally awesome Thank you very much

No prob, I got to try a lot of things with it, thank you

Here is :

Coldhand Jake's Jake

The art is right on for the style, only complaints are that you can't really make out his wedding ring, and his hair's a shade too blonde... but all in all, so close it's scary, considering Jake's based on me, and it looks eerily accurate...great job.

Woops, I lost the ring in the color stage

All fixed, check it out, maybe better?

Oddly, I based the guy off me, bodywise. I don't have the hair though Just a lame buzz cut ehrn I feel like, so you beat me for cool factor.

Weirdly though, I wore that haircut in the picture for a good 5 years when I was younger

Looks great, can you tell me what's on the AR display?

Mostly a bunch of crazy crap

Inside the circle, their is a scribble of a woman's silhouett, their are some arrows, fake Asian writing, and their is a biomonitor display with hearts like on an old video game

Here is:

Kingmaker's Adrian

That's awesome. Really captures him.

...I so totally love it.

For my old Milwaukee based campaign, I had a segment titled Take the Chipheads Bowling.

[edit] lots of catching up to do...


...most excellent dude. Love the character and the depiction. (being a baroque music aficionado I really love the T-shirt - used to actually say that with the follow up "but then I'd be de-Composing wouldn't I?...)


....nice composition and excellent work at getting both faces to match. I like the new "matrix" effect here and in Jake above.


...ahh back to the basics. Nice touches to the rifle (especially the wrap around the stock) . Judging from his expression, anybody calls him shorty better be ready to back those words up.

...OK I am joining a new campaign that is sort of retro as it takes place before Super Tuesday (& yes it is 3rd ed). For my character, I have dusted off the original Violet who unfortunately had a brief carreer at the hands of a "Kobayshi Maru" type of GM. In her original incarnation she was a decker with yes, a real deck she built by herself. Still Victorian-goth in appearance and still a big fan of the Lemony Snicket stories. Her deck (on par with a souped up Renraku Kraftwerk) is encased in what appears to be a kid's tutoring computer (kind of like a 2050s version of the Leapfrog™).

Here is the challenge: Violet is very "dark" even though a babe in the literal sense (this Violet is younger, being sixteen years and eight months instead of nearly twenty). She carries herself as an adult, as like her SR4 counterpart, she was denied a real childhood but this time because she was simply so much smarter than the other kids. She fancies herself an inventrix in the mold of her alter ego (see below) and often retreats to her shop to tinker on some strange, yet useful device between runs.

In the matrix, her icon takes on the likeness of her confident and resourceful heroine Violet from the Lemony Snickett books. Each of her utilities manifests itself as an odd looking neo-Victorian styled apparatus (think HG Wells.).

Take as much time as you need on this one, I don't even mind if other character requests step in front of her.

KingMaker
Woot! Awesome, glad you dig it

Kyoto
Thats awesome Sometimes I wonder if you shouldn't get into writing as well.

...actually I kind of am. I have tonnes of notes from my Rhapsody in Shadow campaign and realised there is a real story lurking in there. I enjoy writing the fluff part of a campaign as I really want the players to feel there is a real world there. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I have been known to spook a player and even make an entire group of players sweat bullets now & then with a setting description. Part of my college carer was also spent in theatre and I am a big fan of old time radio drama. I actually enjoy listening to sporting events more on the radio because you have to make the effort to visualse the scene the play by play announcer is describing.

I basically have synthenesia which is the ability to visualise scenes, colours, etc from musical, verbal, and written sources. This is why once I pick up a book I cannot stop until I am finished with it as I can "see" what is happening as if it were a film. Similar with music I can sense light, darkness and colour and even temperature depending on the harmony, pitch, rhythm, and instrumental textures. I can often "play "back music in my head from simple songs to full symphonic works literally note for note and instrument for instrument (who needs an iPod?).

I have written a couple short works back in college (albeit unpublished) the best of which is titled Trans Dimensional Airlines (unfortunately a bit dated today).

...and then there are my character backstories: the Short One's is 110 pages (MS Word) done in narrative style. Leela...well hers is part of the whole RiS cycle mentioned above.

I can't wait to see how mine turns out!

Well cool then

Here he is:

SpasticTeapot's Jules

I took a couple libertys with him, I really hope its okay The bunny ears just took me down that road.

Kyoto
Wow, thanks a ton for the in depth comments on the pics. I really appreciate it

Honestly, I like your view of him better than mine. Shadowrunners are invariably square-jawed badasses with a perpetual scowl on their face, wheras I've got a wannabe glam-rocker with bunny ears and the sort of moustache you'd expect on a german porno actor.

Har! Thats awesome

Thats the problem with interpretting things as an artist, you never really know what other people are imagining. Guess this time it worked out in, at least an interesting way

That said, I'm down to only two requests:

HeavyMetalYeti's Image that I have put off too long
And Kyoto's Violet request

If anybody out there is holding off, feel free to post a request

I get restlessly bored lately if I don't have a project.

Ditto I make notes of campines and gaming groups and then use parts in short stories


Well if your really up for a challenge I could have 10 more pics for you but that's basically asking for your to draw every one in my PbP game and a group shot. There all here marksman included but if you take this job up then I'll have to get some more feed back from my players.

Edit forgot to link to the current descriptions and back stories

http://fieldsoffire.wikidot.com/char-list

If you want to take this on then wait a bit until i get full descriptions for all of them.

Hell's yeah

Only thing is I may skip around to others as they come, so this bulk request doesn't make them wait forever.

So yeah, get some full descriptions and I am game

Cool yeah I't only somthing to keep you going they all have poker hand code names as well like marksman. I feel it would not only add to the wiki but the feel of the game if we had pictures as well.

Here is:
HeavyMetalYeti's Roadkiller

Heya Squinky, love your work. I'll throw my name in the hat to get a character drawing, if you have time.

Here are some descriptions...

Concept: Arcane Treasure Hunter
Name: Jason Red Cloud "Glyph Diver"
Heritage: Sioux and Hawaiian.
Hair: Brown, cropped short
Eyes: Brown
Physical Features: Toned build. Strong jawline. No tattoos although he has tribal designs on most of his clothing.
Notes: He's got the trademark Indiana Jones hat, but he's replaced the whip with a band of throwing knifes and an Ares Predator. He usually wears his smartlinked sunglasses at the excavation sites he frequents in Greece and Egypt. He's a mystic adept who uses detection spells to try and find magical artifacts. He has a cross necklace that is really a power focus.

That's about it. Thanks!

...I love it. reminds me of the time KK had to drive the rest of the team (none of whom had any vehicular skill...including her), while being pursued by a bunch of go-gangers (sucks sometime to have the highest reaction). A couple of them jumped off their bikes onto the roof and everytime she heard a thunk on top she hit the brakes (with both feet) then the accelerator.

When she was shoved in the driver's seat and told to drive her line was something like "I think I remember seeing how daddy did it" (requiring a memory test - thank goddess she had a high intuition).

I LIKE IT!!!

Great job on the concept, it was just like I had in my headl.

Keep up the great work.

Thanks man!

I guess I need to post that I may not be able to work on these images for about a month. I have a major art project that takes priority, but I will be back to catch up

after that, you have to draw yourself Terminator-Style ^^

Yeah, only two months late in responding...

I showed the image to the player that runs Akira and he loves the image. Thanks again, Squinky... we're lucky to have ya.

You can probably expect to see more sketch requests from my players after this. Hope you don't mind...

SR13

Hey, thanks, I like it! Sorry I didn't get back to ya earlier with thanks, but irl completely bit me in the ass. The drawing is much appreciated, especially since back when I asked for it I didn't dare hope for color.

Squinky, I've been lurking in this topic for quite some time, and enjoying your artwork immensely. Since you asked recently for more requests, I thought I might queue up.

Over in the Community Projects/800 point characters topic, I have a character by the name of Uncle Zola, a Voodoo houngan from New Orleans. Character description shows up in two posts:

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=736066



http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=736326


The shamanic mask and possession should be evident in his appearance. I hope you can do something with him.

Peter

Quick update:

I'm still working on a pretty big project, getting near the halfway point soon I think, but I am going to try and make some time this weekend if possible to throw some attention here. Sorry for the wait

I really miss doing these characters, and appreciate everyone's input over the years, thanks guys!

Happy to wait.

Peter

Oooh, neat.

I'll bite. Have fun with this one, I'm terrible at character descriptions and backstories (because I end up making so many characters that last about 3 months each it's hard to think of stuff), but here's what I've got.

Kingfisher is a male human adept and practitioner of the Krav Maga martial arts--it's great gunfu on the streets: practical and useful (nothing like being able to quick draw a gun the moment shit hits the fan). Blond hair, dark green eyes, and that appearance of bulk: "don't try pushing your way past me" bouncer type. Which is what he does 10-20 hours a week, bounce the door at his favorite club the Cyberdragon. He dresses somewhat conservatively for 2070, plain t-shirt and jeans (and an armor jacket on top: beats lead poisoning any day). Kingfisher isn't your average Joe though, his magical powers stem from his drake heritage. Should the need arise, Kingfisher can shift form into that of a small oriental dragon and engage in melee (or, hell, shoot the bastard, his claws have enough dexterity to wield guns, or better yet: do both!).

Dracoform has similar attributes to the humanform: gold scales, green eyes, etc.

If you could do a dual-sketch of both forms, that'd be great.

Ooops. Darn tabs messing me up.

Hiya, Squinky! I've been checking out some of your stuff here, and so far I like

I'm wondering how well you can pull off a sexy Ork babe? Yeah, I do believe that they exist in the Shadowrun world... at least mine does

The name's Silver.

She's decked out in a heavy black armor jacket with Or'zet characters reading "HEZ" on the back in jagged red letters, tall black leather boots with heavy metal buckles along the front, and skintight shiny black latex pants resting low on her hips with a big studded belt holding the Ares Crusader machine pistol on her right thigh and the ceramic combat knife on her left hip. The jacket's unzipped, revealing a latex vest of midriff length, matching her pants, that is open along the front with straps and buckles reaching from the open edges to fasten it together tightly around her upper torso. The butt end of a Defiance T-250 is visible over her right shoulder, and the hilt of a katana is visible over her left. In her upraised right hand, from the concealment of the sleeve of her armor jacket and its housing in a gun arm slide, is her modified Walther Secura Kompakt.

Silver's tall and lean for a female by Ork standards at 1.88 m. and 99.8 kg. Her body is sleek, and very well-toned with hard, graceful muscles that stand out a bit more than your average sapiens athlete. She has several tattoos but most won't be visible under the armor jacket, just the black sun outline around her navel and maybe a hint of the tribal briars that encircle her wrists under the sleeves of the jacket. Her hair's a thick, short, blue-black spiky mess about ten centimeters or so in the front, falling slightly shorter along the top, sides and back. Her eyes are where she got her name originally, the irises having a slightly reflective silvery sheen. Her lower canines aren't quite as pronounced as many robustus, but do come out to play when she dons her "screw you" sneer. Her features are a combination of Amerind, Asian and Caucasian, and her skin's a rich, deep bronze.

Would that be enough to get you started? If you need anything else, you can drop me a PM. I'd really like to see what you do with this. Thanks

one line to give him an idea of the concept was enough to get inky started . . but sadly, he's been on hiatus for quite some time now . .
but don't fret, as soon as he goes back to his sketchy life, he will do the pictures in order . . and he does churn out between to and 10 per week O.o

I've never been great at one-liners

In my experience, most of the artists I've worked with on something in the past have actually wanted me to be long in description, lol.

But all's chill, I'm in no great hurry and I'm certain he'll render a satisfying image in the end and in his own time

if he does it, you WILL like it . .
he did binky and i don't know how he knew what i wanted the head to look like . . he is good/scary like that ^^

the only thing he's messed up for me was Dust's (my sniper) rifle and even that was close and oddly fitted part of his backstory perfectly. Some thing that I didn't even reffrance in my post.

A movie poster featuring very prominently an image of a doped-up ork chiphead ganger with an SMG in hand sitting on a toilet in the bathroom of a barrens squat, smoking a crack pipe and chipping a BTL. Behind him is half-destroyed wall, blasted out by RPG fire months ago and never repaired. Through the giant hole in the wall and the connected ceiling the audience can clearly see the giant head of tyrannosaurus looming over him, reminiscent of the toilet scene in Jurassic park, but the drug-addled ganger is oblivious to the menace. At top of the poster, the movie title is written in large bold letters. T. Rex: Dinosaur cop The T is punctuated by a Lone Star badge instead of a period.

At the bottom is a release date - Fall 2071.

Thanks for the kind words guys! Although I am surely undeserving they are appreciated

Wow, this has been awhile:

Kairo's Redcloud

For any who are wondering, I can now explain my adsence:

I have been drawing for a card game called Urban Manhunt, for Spectrum games. It's been awesome and I am glad to have the opportunity

For any interested, there is a cool little preview page up here :
http://spectrum-games.com/UMpreviews.aspx

While I am still in the midst of drawing cards, I really do keep this thread in my list of prioritys, so I apologize again

The card game looks like fun, I look forward to it. And we all wait for your next fine effort here.

Peter

Something suddenly sprang into my mind... it's not Shadowrun related in any way, but maybe you want to do it, Squinky:

Ozzy Osbourne versus the Lich King

Wanna try?

ah, so you saw the new WOW Ad on TV too?


As for you squinky:
yes you do deserve them for doing something like this on your own free time for free!
also, nice job landing that card game gig ^^

Well, thanks again Stahlseele

And yeah, I will draw just about anything but porn, so I will add that Drawing to the list Grey brother

Here is:
Pbangarth's Zola

I struggled with this fella a good while, and really hope it came out well.

I love, him Squinky! Well, love is not the right word for a guy possessed by a Snake and coming to rip someone's mind apart... but yeah. And the doll is both cute and scary. Well done. Wait till those folks over in the 800 pt. group see this!

Thanks, Squinky.

Peter

Ja hab ich.



Go for it!

Pbangarth

Thanks! I'm glad it worked Thanks for posting it in the other thread too!




I'm working on Kingfisher right now, having my usual difficulty's with coloring, and having my phase where I hate my art

But it should be done quickly

well SOMEONE has to . . 'cause WE sure as hell don't ^^

Heh

Well thanks, I'm sure most folks on these boards know the feeling, since I always assume people here are pretty "creative".

You just get to a point where you hate everything you do, and just want to quit. When I played Guitar in years ago the same thing happened, and I just quit. But I've learned since then to just keep plugging along and it will clear up

Oh god, I know. D: