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Freeman's Reflection
Published: 2014-06-23 14:16:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 3353; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 38
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Description Well here's something I threw up at my job today: Gordon Freeman facing off against a Combine Advisor! (I know it doesn't look like an advisor, but bare with me) I can safely say that this drawing was the best (and only) accomplishment I succeeded at doing today! XD My job sucks

I don't often do these kind of traditional-drawings, so I was kinda surprised myself how good this turned out! And it was loads of fun to draw! so fun in fact, that I completely annihilated my eraser when erasing small errors and pointing out light sources over and over again! But best of all, this was brilliant practice at realistic shading, human faces and reflections, not to forget doing all this with a simple pencil! 
So yeah, I definitively gotta do this more often; But feel free to tell me what YOU think and if you too would like to see more traditional pieces like this from me in the future! (And sorry about the hastily done cleanup at the edges, I'm did it on our library's Computer with a 30-minute time-limit and very bad editing-software)


...And while on topic, I gotta state that Half Life 2 is by far the best game ever made and everyone who dares to call themselves gamers should play it, and if you happen to be one of those unlucky bastard, be sure to pick it up at the upcoming Gaben's great bank account-robbing Steam Summer Sale.

EDIT: Fixed some minor lightning issues as well as corrected the teeth, which seemed crooked and unrealistic, and hair, which looked way too silly to be taken seiously.
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James-Dark-Blue-Wolf [2014-11-27 08:27:51 +0000 UTC]

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Drako1997 In reply to James-Dark-Blue-Wolf [2014-11-27 12:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, this one is one of my personal favorites from this year, such a pity (but not big surprise) it didn't get that much attention

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James-Dark-Blue-Wolf In reply to Drako1997 [2014-11-27 12:36:02 +0000 UTC]

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PonyTatsujin [2014-08-11 00:01:12 +0000 UTC]

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Drako1997 In reply to PonyTatsujin [2014-08-11 00:07:37 +0000 UTC]

GAAABEEEEEEEEEN!!!

Valve is such trolls

...And GODDAMN now you got me thinking about that Half Life 2 intro-sequence which made me think about the pure perfection that is HL2 which made me wanna play the game again! FOR THE SIXTH TIME! And it hasn't even been three months since my last playtrough! D:

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PonyTatsujin In reply to Drako1997 [2014-08-11 00:08:50 +0000 UTC]

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Drako1997 In reply to PonyTatsujin [2014-08-11 08:43:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh, then what are you waiting for! Do it! Complete the original Half Life too! No pun intended Or if you'd prefer some less outdated graphics and a devastatingly harder difficulty, then by all means test Black Mesa out instead! Or both, as I did!

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PonyTatsujin In reply to Drako1997 [2014-08-11 13:49:45 +0000 UTC]

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Drako1997 In reply to PonyTatsujin [2014-08-12 11:53:51 +0000 UTC]

If I remember correctly, Decay was only released on the PS2. Otherwise, I would've played the hell out of it as well by now!

And System Shock 2 looks nice too, I've owned it for quite a while but have yet to get around actually playing it. I blame Skyrim

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PonyTatsujin In reply to Drako1997 [2014-08-12 12:02:56 +0000 UTC]

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Drako1997 In reply to PonyTatsujin [2014-08-12 12:22:46 +0000 UTC]

Bioshock 1 was a blast and I own the second one and Infinite as well. I've heard System Shock is kinda like a "spiritual predecessor" to Bioshock, so if the gameplay is even remotely the same, then it'll surely be as good, and if all those critics and "game of the year"-awards are to trust, then maybe even better.

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PonyTatsujin In reply to Drako1997 [2014-08-12 12:33:26 +0000 UTC]

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Drako1997 In reply to PonyTatsujin [2014-08-12 12:50:21 +0000 UTC]

Shiet, sorry to hear, I thought my laptop was bad :/ But I'll get around SS2 sometime, probably after Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Quantum Conundrum. And also, no need to tell how cheap you can get it. As I said previously, I already own it.

I quickly check the amount of awards the game got, and if Wikipedia is to trust, it received 7 GOTY-awards as well as dozen others.

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PonyTatsujin In reply to Drako1997 [2014-08-12 12:58:19 +0000 UTC]

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Psych0plex [2014-07-08 10:16:44 +0000 UTC]

The feels, they hurt.

Why Gabe, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

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Drako1997 In reply to Psych0plex [2014-07-08 22:01:54 +0000 UTC]

I know that feel man! D: Gaben is the most evil man known to mankind, making us HL-fans suffer for so long with no sign of stopping!  

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VarjotheWolf [2014-06-24 15:41:01 +0000 UTC]

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Drako1997 In reply to VarjotheWolf [2014-06-24 15:50:11 +0000 UTC]

Kiitoksia, olen itsekkin tyytyväinen lopputulokseen. Tällaisia pitää taiteilla enemmänkin jatkossa~

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VarjotheWolf In reply to Drako1997 [2014-06-24 15:57:04 +0000 UTC]

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Jennifer-Adams [2014-06-23 16:19:51 +0000 UTC]

Very clean lines, I think he turned out very well.

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Drako1997 In reply to Jennifer-Adams [2014-06-23 19:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, getting feedback on this piece is more important than anything right now so that I know what I'm doing right/wrong and how I could improve with this kind of pencil-drawings!
And yes, I tend to put most effort in the lines and try to be as clean with them as possible! Shading on the other hand... Oh boy, I think this might be my first drawing in, like, a year or so that uses proper lightning!

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Jennifer-Adams In reply to Drako1997 [2014-06-23 21:05:28 +0000 UTC]

No problem, keep it up

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