Standing tall on top of the Ziggurat of Targossas - the Heart of Dawn - with one of the Pillars of Morning in the background in front of the Greater Eusian Falls, cloaked in the Righteous Fire.
Fantastic. Both Deucalion, and the new Targossian architectural theme. I admit that I was expecting something Lord of the Rings or similarly fantasy-themed for the new city, so Egyptian is an excellent, excellent surprise.
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Not as nice as the other ones. It looks more like a guy who had a -very- unfortunate accident involving a campfire and is remarkably chill about it than a God.
It's beautiful artwork but it doesn't win Kyrra's lust.
The toga of fire is interesting but I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the density of the flames. It's just.. a mass of flames. You'd think there would be some thigh flashed or something.
I'm having trouble envisioning Aurora standing next to him in that delicious looking armour. Wouldn't all that heat make her sweat?
I'd love to see what the actual city looks like.
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Interesting interpretation. Because Halos is a follower of Deuc, I feel almost obligated to scrutinize this one to death so please bear with me.
- The scenery is wonderful. It isn't precisely how I pictured the Greater (or lesser) Falls of Eusia, but it's still pretty stunning. I love the coastline.
- Lighting is less than effective. Bright foreground, bright background. Something is lost. For a man covered in blazing flames, an evening or nighttime scene would have been more effective to showcase his divine grandeur.
- The glow of the noonday sun and the fiery glow of his mighty divine toga (mdt) sort of cancel each other out. The result is neither substantial shadow nor firelight effect, which makes Deucalion look like he's floating out of place and again heavily reduces the impact of his presence. The large, indigo-colored glyphs on the ziggurat by his feet are also really cool, but they're a little distracting. I think the large reason the image of Aurora is so impactful is that she is placed against a sunrise, with the light of the sun adding to her presence rather than detracting from it. Not to mention she had badass armor and scimitars. His toga made of pure fire is interesting. Sort of.
- IG, the room descriptions of the Pillars of Morning suggest that they are crenellated towers rising from the Riverwall rather than stand alone egyptian obelisks. They actually have blazing pyres set atop them.
- What happened to his arm it looks malformed
- The censer is cool, although it should be much more ornate. His thuribles are actually octagonal, with eight tiny spires and the vents are intricate latticework. Not that that I expected anything that detailed here. Just less golden acorn-y.
tl;dr, overall a great effort, but not one of the better ones imo.
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The chain irks me. It is drawn as if it was suppose to loop over his arm again near the shoulder... but it just defies gravity by looping back upwards but isn't supported by anything.
I know it's been explained away as being a Eygptian obelix, but to quote two specific awesome people : 'MERICUH!!
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ETA: I like it, I just wish there was a little less fire and a little more leg. *wolf whistle*
Looks like someone had a serious accident with their thurible
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The toga of fire is interesting but I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the density of the flames. It's just.. a mass of flames. You'd think there would be some thigh flashed or something.
I'm having trouble envisioning Aurora standing next to him in that delicious looking armour. Wouldn't all that heat make her sweat?
I'd love to see what the actual city looks like.
Interesting interpretation. Because Halos is a follower of Deuc, I feel almost obligated to scrutinize this one to death so please bear with me.
- The scenery is wonderful. It isn't precisely how I pictured the Greater (or lesser) Falls of Eusia, but it's still pretty stunning. I love the coastline.
- Lighting is less than effective. Bright foreground, bright background. Something is lost. For a man covered in blazing flames, an evening or nighttime scene would have been more effective to showcase his divine grandeur.
- The glow of the noonday sun and the fiery glow of his mighty divine toga (mdt) sort of cancel each other out. The result is neither substantial shadow nor firelight effect, which makes Deucalion look like he's floating out of place and again heavily reduces the impact of his presence. The large, indigo-colored glyphs on the ziggurat by his feet are also really cool, but they're a little distracting. I think the large reason the image of Aurora is so impactful is that she is placed against a sunrise, with the light of the sun adding to her presence rather than detracting from it. Not to mention she had badass armor and scimitars. His toga made of pure fire is interesting. Sort of.
- IG, the room descriptions of the Pillars of Morning suggest that they are crenellated towers rising from the Riverwall rather than stand alone egyptian obelisks. They actually have blazing pyres set atop them.
- What happened to his arm it looks malformed
- The censer is cool, although it should be much more ornate. His thuribles are actually octagonal, with eight tiny spires and the vents are intricate latticework. Not that that I expected anything that detailed here. Just less golden acorn-y.
tl;dr, overall a great effort, but not one of the better ones imo.
Because we like to look at them.
It's the difference (okay not the only one) between a real man and a ken doll.
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"Honestly, I just love that it counts limbs." - Mizik Corten
My point is that it's foreshortened badly.
Not overly impressed but still a good picture .