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Desmodas: A Touch of Fear
This is a very long-overdue commission for Desmodos of his City of Heroes character, Desmodas Siazar. I ended up spending quite a bit longer on this drawing than I'd planned, but I think the end result turned out pretty nice (there's just something about those demon babes :) (Smile)
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I have her casting Touch of Fear on some hapless people whose shadows you see on the walls-- I imagine them crazed with fear and tearing each other apart ala Event Horizon. Not sure if that translated well, but I think it did.
It's widescreen wallpaper-sized, btw. ^^
Pencil: 1 hour 30 mins.
Photoshop CS3: 36+ hours
Reference pic of Denise Milani used.
Original size: 10602 x 6696 px
[edit] Fixed her left leg
Also, for those who are wondering how I did the spell effect, I used the same principle as I did in my Clouds Tutorial. Except I made several layers and changed their blend modes to Vivid Light.