Atrius' Artwork

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[Atrius]

I don't do artwork often, but I still like to on occasion.

First here are a couple older pieces of work I'm somewhat fond of.






Nathan Thatcher Chibi-ized, in fact the very same Nathan I suggested as a Jupiter Adept for the GSDG.  Also seen in this animatic





This was originally a character design for a Film Noir style animation that never got finished.





A 3D model I made of an Axe design created by someone else.





A 3D model of the Master Sword from Zelda.





World of McCraft Box Art Photoshop - There are parts of this that could have been done a lot better, but it's still one of my favorite pieces of work.




And now, since I enjoy seeing how art goes from a rough idea to the final product, I'll show the Mercury Banner at several points in it's creation process as I make it.  Keep in mind it's going to take a long time since I can only work on it in my spare time alongside the many other things I do.

Rough Sketch


At this point I decided to handle each character one at a time.  Since I'm using Photoshop, I can easily do this by keeping them on separate layers.

Alex: Line Art


Mia's sketch was moved to it's own layer (As well as Alex's water ball), which had it's opacity reduced to emphasize the fact it's just to be used as a guide.

Alex: Basic Colors

Fairly simple, just selecting colors for him.  I just used the eyedropper tool on a piece of official artwork.

Alex: Shading (Incomplete)


Started adding shading to Alex.  Also brought the water ball back on it's own layer after tweaking it, and adding a nice glow effect.

[Charon]

I like your digital stuffies, but the only problem I have with it is that your proportions are a little wonky. For example, your hands in the Alex pic are far too small (hands are evil anyhow. I mean, why do we have hands! We might just be better off without them) and they look... very unusual. The thumb should be fatter than the other fingers, which is probably why the hands look so strange to me :p

Other than that, I like it. It's got an interesting style to it that I like.

Your 3-D weapons are very nice. I suck at rendering lol

I WANNA PLAY WAR OF McCRAFT SRSLY

[Salanewt]

Lol, almost looks like it would be a fun game, if we could play it.

Also, I like these Atrius. Charon is right about the hands, but everything else is very good. I would say that the weapons are my favourite.

Have a nice day.

[Rolina]

Hmm, the hands are a wee bit... tiny on the Mercury one.  Remember proportions - A hand, when open, should be about the size of the person's face.  For example, spread your fingers out on your hand, then place it up against your face.  Notice how it pretty much covers the whole thing?  Yeah, that.  

[Sajin]

Lol War of McCraft.
Very nice artworks. I really like the second one. And Alex's too, although his hands are a bit weird. Nice job!

[Atrius]

Every single time I draw people the hands end up tiny.  I try to adjust for it, but somehow they're always too small anyway.  I'm just surprised no-one has mentioned that he has the neck of a giraffe.

For the World of McCraft thing, I just had a weird thought one day "What if they made an MMO about something extremely boring, like working in a fast food restaurant?"  Then a couple days later in class we were given an assignment to photoshop video game box art into something else 

[Rolina]

Lower the head and make the hand the size of his face.  Balled up in a fist, it should be half a face big.

[Charon]

Every single time I draw people the hands end up tiny.  I try to adjust for it, but somehow they're always too small anyway.  I'm just surprised no-one has mentioned that he has the neck of a giraffe.

Ha, I didn't even notice. Probably because the hands irked me =_=

Anyhow, a good way is to just draw a sort of tear drop shape, about the size of the character's face. Then, you can separate the tear drop into two parts, the bottom being the palm and the top being the 4 main fingers. You can then draw the fingers individually. With Alex's pic, with the hand that has the blue energy orb, think of the tear drop as two dimensional, then bend it along the middle where the palm separates with the fingers. The other hand should just be enlarged and it will be fine :3

[Atrius]

It be Nathan for the community hack.  Yes I drew it myself, that's why it's below the workmanship standards of the designs Role commissioned.  Does anyone have any suggestions for improving his character design though?

[Rolina]

Hmm... well, aside from the obvious proportion tweaks that would be needed, the arms seem really... weird.  Hard to really describe it well... it's just... kinda... O.o

[Salanewt]

He looks pretty good. However, with the way his one arm is bent, it almost looks dislocated. I mean, it looks like his arm is supposed to go forward, yet his hand is behind his back. I would also make the corner of his head a bit rounder (even if only slightly), and some of the folds on his pants too. Other than that, I would say that he should work quite well as a character for almost any type of game/story.

Have a nice day.

[Atrius]

Yeah, I screwed up the perspective on his left arm, ,and broke his right wrist.


Any comments on his actual design itself?

[JamietheFlameUser]

...Give him an F-Zero helmet and he'd look like Captain Falcon. O.o

[Tetsuya the Azure Blade]

...Give him an F-Zero helmet and he'd look like Captain Falcon. O.o

I thought that too! FALCON PWNCH!!!! (pun ( or should that be pwn) intened)

[JamietheFlameUser]

Post has been deleted to the best of my ability.

[Salanewt]

September 20, 2019, 12:46:14 AM

Salanewt: Groovy.

[Fox]

September 10, 2019, 12:56:51 PM

Fox: Small corrections = If those images were uploaded via an account, you can still get them ... but Sept 16 is the last day.

[Fox]

September 10, 2019, 12:27:46 PM

Fox: I'm suprised many of the badges weren't put on the server... and now that tinypic has deleted them, they're gone forever. xD

[Frog]

September 05, 2019, 01:06:04 PM

Frog: wow, it's nice to see this place is still around :o

[Fox]

September 05, 2019, 12:07:44 PM

Fox: "them" as in their posts.

[Fox]

September 05, 2019, 12:07:03 PM

Fox: As in... look at all those users.... paiseo, notto1122,    jirapon, pubg1, nutseo6.... All of them. Are spambots with Thai language in them. xD So many of them... and nothing productive coming from any of them.  I bet it's the same person.

[Fox]

September 04, 2019, 08:48:35 PM

Fox: Every post with Thai language in it. I'm going to immediately assume is spam. For now one, until proven otherwise. xD

[Omx7]

August 22, 2019, 12:53:38 PM

Omx7: A shame that I only recently discovered this website. Hopefully, we see Golden Sun 4 in the near future.

[Fox]

August 15, 2019, 04:08:47 PM

Fox: Golden Sun Slacking Community = I like that, Misery! Perfect April Fools joke?

[Salanewt]

August 13, 2019, 02:37:11 AM

Salanewt: Oh hey Atrius, long time no see!

[Fox]

August 12, 2019, 11:37:45 PM

Fox: (Someone else discovered that, not me.)

[Fox]

August 12, 2019, 11:33:42 PM

Fox: So um. It looks like abilties in the class editor are being put back in as a byte for GS1?

[Fox]

August 12, 2019, 08:02:58 PM

Fox: Also, it seems most of us have moved to the Discord. In case if you were wondering where the forums activity went. Maybe come by and check it out. But it is just a suggestion, you don't have to.

[Fox]

August 12, 2019, 07:57:02 PM

Fox: I figured that was a possibility. If you are guesting, it is hard to know how frequently you check back. It's great to hear from you, though. :)   What have you been up to?  Is Forgotten Dreams still being worked on, or has that been cancelled? (I'd guess you don't have much time for it. It's been years since we've last heard about it.)

[KingAmiti]

August 12, 2019, 12:48:12 AM

KingAmiti: Still great work Atrius :)

[Atrius]

August 11, 2019, 06:45:03 PM

Atrius: This place was a HUGE part of my life, and even though I don't have the time that it really deserves to take care of it, I will love it forever, and never forget about it..

[Atrius]

August 11, 2019, 05:16:34 PM

Atrius: If anyone wants to make a replacement site then go for it.  Although I plan to keep this place up for the foreseeable future, it isn't really maintained anymore.

[Atrius]

August 11, 2019, 05:09:10 PM

Atrius: Sometimes he comes by and looks around without logging in.

[Fox]

August 08, 2019, 11:52:33 AM

Fox: Does Atrius still come here? He hasn't logged in since last year. Maybe it is time to create a replacement site so we can have our full encyclopedia... Then again, I'm too lazy. Especially to get all that done by myself. :/

[Salanewt]

July 06, 2019, 03:44:41 AM

Salanewt: Oh, yeah there isn't an animation overhaul for GS1 sadly.

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