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... at Aricee Hills South.

Maia [link] stepping off the train to her new neighborhood.

SYNTHESIS is an upcoming online graphic novel project!
See it at the website here: www.synthesiscomic.com
[It's just a placeholder for now. It will launch soon!]


Influences: Boston MBTA, Tokyo Metro, Swedish graphic design.

Special Homage: Mirror's Edge for the much-needed influential boost it gave my work during late 2008. Marked by the runner's bag on the suitcase :) There was just something about the visual approach that game had that made me think differently about everything. It really helped pull me out of a huge artistic rut. So a big special thanks to DICE studios! [Also, the mark on Maia's arm isn't a reference to Mirror's Edge. This has been a part of Maia's design since about 2001. It's supposed to be a scannable QR code -- also visible here [link] . In the past year though, I've slowly phased out of drawing this from her design.] I'd also like to add, that though Mirror's Edge was an influence on me during this era of my work, not everything with a primary color scheme is automatically Mirror's Edge related. XD Prime real-world examples are IKEA and Legos, which are two other things I love!



Check out the process for the drawing of the image: [link]
[kind of a big image]

Also, see how this image was colored in a step by step process here: [link]



Wacom Cintiq 12WX
Adobe Photoshop CS3


*** "Now Arriving" has been awarded the BFA Juror's Award for the graduating class of 2009 in Illustration. It has been further selected to be hung in the university president's home gallery. [which is basically AIB's Hall of Fame.]

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Yee! A DD! My first one on an actual artwork! XDD Thank you so much ~Brosa and everyone else who likes it!

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Given 2010-02-15
SYNTHESIS - Now Arriving... by `fox-orian reminds of those wonderful days when you just set out to travel. The destination never seems important, what seems wonderful is the feeling and the enjoyment! ( Suggested by *Brosa and Featured by `archanN )
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:iconblackopssniper445:
Flashed back to Black Mesa Reasearsh Facility for a second.
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:iconjuantomajok:
nice colors, man!
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:iconcircus-of-dreams:
Thank you for posting this and your process. It was inspiring to read the journal which references this breakthrough piece.
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:icon13wishes:
~13wishes Dec 27, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Loving the mood! :D
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:iconheroloverfoolvillain:
~HeroLoverFoolVillain Dec 24, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
It feels like a great new beggining... of something... for some reason xD

It looks very pleasant and hopeful.

Both the lineart and the colouring are great but I think that the scene it self, as captured and expressed with much skill by yourself, are what make this work stand out.

+fav, congratz ^^
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~CTPAHA-COBETOB Dec 10, 2012  Student General Artist
is she from 'Borderlands"?
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:iconfox-orian:
`fox-orian Dec 11, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
???
Never played borderlands, hahah -- isn't that game like post apocalyptic wasteland...?
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~CTPAHA-COBETOB Dec 11, 2012  Student General Artist
no, it's a kind of an interplanetar first person shooter, a nice game in a comic style :3
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Mood: Love ~stealthyninja21 Dec 5, 2012  Student General Artist
wow...i love it, it makes me remember my first train ride
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:iconsunsunmoon:
love it, good work
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