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John M. O´Connor

"Aleya" by John M. O´Connor

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This is a pic of Aleya, a master archer, done as a commision.


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4 Apr 200345 Anon.
I can almost feel the movement... cool colours

:-) John M. O'Connor replies: "Thanks, man!"
4 Apr 200345 Anonymous
She looks 4 real, as if she's really running!
Pretty

:-) John M. O'Connor replies: "Thanks!"
4 Apr 200345 Janne Joensuu
It's a good one, almost as good as she must be to hit a target even if shooting from half-run... Only thing that could be called a 'fault' are the sparkles of light. I think this would look better without them.

:-) John M. O'Connor replies: "Glad you like it! As for the sparklies, this was done shortly after I figured out a technique for doing them, and I was going a little nuts with them..."
5 Apr 200345 Aleya aleya@sez...cz>
Hey!!! My nickname is Aleya too, I use if for two years and I hadn´t hear it before the moment it came to my mind! Wow! The pic is quite good, but I think I´m prettier ;-).

:-) John M. O'Connor replies: "Hehe, thanks, I'm sure you are..."
6 Apr 200345 Tech104
Sorry to say but words cant describe how terrible your art is it is very stupid

:-) John M. O'Connor replies: "Wow, thanks for that well articulated response. I guess I should just stop drawing now. Thanks!"
19 Apr 200345 Lea
ok that tech person is really stuped, iv seen some really good dwraings, paintings, sketches and what nots but you ALMOST put them ALL to shamebest iv seen in a long time i almost didnt want to comint you have soo many then i saw tech's comint.....well anyway......i think you could have givinher her hair a little more bounce...for a run anyway other than that i think she REALLY looks good....later

:-) John M. O'Connor replies: "Thanks!"
24 Apr 200345 Liriel Beanre the drow
ok, Tech, SHUT THE FU** UP!!!! YOU ARE SOOOO STUPID! SHUT UP UNLESS YOU CAN DRAW BETTER!!!! Now for that drawing, i LOVE IT! The girl is sooo elf-like its amazing!!

:-) John M. O'Connor replies: "Thanks!"
16 Sep 2003:-) Galit Manor
Great pic! I love the movement and her pose. did you use some sort of model for her? she is very good.

:-) John M. O'Connor replies: "Nope, I didn't use a model on the pose. But lately I have been trying to use more reference and it does help a lot."
17 Sep 200345 Gelfin
Only one gripe, the quiver is gonna be hell to reach, considering that she'll have to switch the bow to her other hand before aquiring another arrow, what a shame that she'll die before she can even take an epic level.
Great movement and colour, keep it up.

1 John M. O'Connor replies: "Yeah, yeah, looking at it a couple of years later I do see a lot of problems with it. But I still dig it."
10 Mar 2006:-) Jason D. Allard
She wouldn't need to switch hands with her bow. Just cross-draw the arrows like she would her sword... It might hinder her drawing the sword though.

The quiver would be in the way of shooting from a normal stance though. At least my hip quiver did when I wore it on my left.

I was happy to see you didn't make the mistake of which side of the bow the arrow goes on. Almost everyone gets that wrong. Overall, a very well done picture. I wish I could draw half as well as you.
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About 'Aleya':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) John M. O´Connor
 • Copyright: ©John M. O´Connor. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Girl, Elf, Bow
 • Categories: Elf / Elves, Weapons, Bows, Swords, Blades, Rapiers..., Woman, Women
 • Techniques: Black Ink, Computer-coloured Picture
 • Views: 989
 • Resolution: 377x700


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