| 15 Jul 2003 |  Otto Kantanen |  Loading...Now this is what a Half-Orc should look like! Pure genius all the way! Not some deformed monster... well somewhat deformed, but in an appropriate way. The genasi looks damn cool as well, the pose really gives him some personality n'stuff. Now all he needs is a caribbean accent. ^^  David Mitchell replies: " You bet! I totally hate what 3e did to half-orcs, for many reasons which I won't get into here. Burne is my answer to that. He may be strong as a mac truck as the normal half-orc stereotype, but the cliche ends there. Not only is he shrewd and canny, but he also has a decent charisma and gets laid more often than you'd think. Even more interestingly, he occupies the 'Han Solo' niche in the story of 'Baked Beans' that Darnoc had in 'Marbled Cake'. I've really gone to town in my campaign when a half-orc is the everyman and the only love interest is a troll... " | |
| 27 Aug 2003 | Otto Kantanen | Loading... Ok, I give up. What did you do to make him look so Half-Orcish in such a cool way?!?! I've been trying to replicate it for ages, but end up with heads that are totally deformend in a very uncool way. A comparison picture with notes etc would be great (t'would educate a whole lot of people in doing *proper* Half-Orcs), but please reply at least if you aren't feeling like the good Samaritan dude. ^^  David Mitchell replies: "Okay, I'll try to help you, but let me think...As I've said before, I hate the art direction of 3e, which makes orcs and their half human progeny look brisley and ape-like, so they come across as buffoons instead of tormented half breed adventurers. In 2e there were precious few half-orc pictures, but I was inspired by the descriptions in these books. Remember that back in the days of 1e and 2e, PC half-orcs were assumed to be the superior 10% that looked more human than orcish. If you recall in the 1e PHB, there was a picture of a half-orc. Even though the art of 1e was ametuerish it got the look of everything right. The half-orc here looks perfect, IMO. He's ugly, but he doesn't look hideious. He looks tough but not brutish, stupid, or overpowering. In the 2e Complete Book of Bards, there was a half-orc in the background of one of the illustrations (of a lady singing at a bar and attracting attention, I forget the page) and he also looks like a good example of what a half-orc should be, IMO. These pics inspired me. So whenever I draw a half-orc, I draw a basic human figure and emphasize a bit more on his or her forhead (give a slight neanderthal-esque slope but don't over-do it), eyes (again, don't overdo it), ears, and nose (make it noticably pug and up-turned, but not a full-blown orcish snout). But the key to drawing all races, I think, is drawing humans well first. When you know the rules, you can bend them a bit to suit your purposes. The same applies to drawing creatures realistically (i.e. knowledge of animals). If you like, I could email you some more pictures of half-orcs I have (but that aren't posted on this page)as examples or I could look at a few of your attempts and give you more pointers. Don't be shy! " | |
| 13 Jul 2004 |  Swordart | Loading... You did an amazing job on making the half-orcish guy looks orcish, i like his sword (i have a thing for sword) and their costumes are great, i can never seem to get costumes right, all mine are crappy. Well keep up the good work | |
| 16 Jan 2008 |  Thomas Anlauf | Loading... Yeah, two cool chars! Nicely done! | |
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