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The Fallen Betrayed

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The Fallen Betrayed

Type: CG Art
Media/Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Based on: Original Concept
Canvas: N/A
Date Created: January 31 - November 14, 2010
Series: AVATAR
Characters: Neytiri
My Comments:

.: intro :.
It's finally done! The "Come Back" artwork. This is my first official artwork finished after leaving DA for 5 years. I'm glad to be back! :w00t: Although this one took a terribly long time (and I'm still not content with it) I'm happy to leave it as it is and move onto new things. I hope you enjoy it!


.: artwork :.
Coming back to personal artwork after so long wasn't easy for me, I just didn't know how to approach the artwork at first. I tried doing 100% digital painting for this at first, but that turned out too frustrating. I decided to try integrating something I like doing (photo manipulation), and this ended up being a combination of both.

This piece is composed of both digital painting and heavily manipulated stock photography. Neytiri's body and the background were painted, as well as details everywhere, whereas smaller elements (like rope) were photographs that were clipped, re-coloured, twisted and altered to fit the right space. It took much painting and touchup to complete and make things look uniform. I kinda rushed it at the end for the sake of finishing ^^;

I tried to make her props and accessories as accurate as possible to the original movie :). (which was hard, because the movie was WAY too detailed! :faint: ) It brought back memories of making Neytiri cosplay, :rofl:

Favorite Aspects
Hmm.... I like how her stripes came out :D They were made by tracing a clipping path around her body, making a selection, and doodling stripes within the selection on a new layer. That new layer was then given a gradient overlay and a transparency, which gave that neato effect of it changing colour over her body.

Least Favorite Aspects
Ugh, her hair maybe? I'm not sure. There's a lot of things that gave me a hard time. Her beads on her hair I really rushed because I was exhausted with the art piece by that point. I wish I had eternity to work on it, but I'm too antsy to work on new things ^_^


.: message :.
This is supposed to take place shortly after Eytu'kan (Neytiri's father) passes away, and hands her his bow. I want this to be a glaring, angry image of Neytiri, perhaps as she stares coldly at Jake through the burning embers. I remember so clearly how angry she was at him in the movie when he tried to console her, "GO AWAY!" she screamed. She was so betrayed and so fed up. This is Neytiri taking on the mantle of her father and putting away her own emotion to save her people.


.: conclusion :.
I'm so glad to be back to DA. I've met some AWESOME, amazing people since returning. I really feel at home here, and I hope to share artworks like this for always. I still enjoy my job as a graphic designer, but my heart was always in this... in making fanart, just for the pure fun and joy of it.

I also owe a lot to the movie AVATAR. It inspired me to not just get drawing again, but to explore my old interests (anime, cosplay etc.) and overall this has made me a happier, more determined person.

So this is my tribute to all that. Go Neytiri!

Work in Progress Pictures


Peace. Love. Anime.

Kaliko Rosa
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nekojyuunishi's avatar
This Is AWESOME you are sooo talented! Don't know if you remember me but we were online buddies a looong way back! Remember escaflowne? Anyway I hope you are well. Someday I hope to be as talented as you... But I doubt that will happen