Eternal Bystander to the Unforgiving Flow of Time🕰️
(not a full ref yet) aahh i haven't made a full turnaround/color ref of them yet but I'm excited to show u all Chrono-Spider finally!!! i've been playing with the idea of them since this past December and i finally have a solid design for them 😭🙏
questions i answered | lots more under the cut!
questions i answered in the link as images:
more versions of the ref (no info vers + w/ monocle) and just the headshot without the monocle.
they're ageless bc after they became time-afflicted they stopped aging. their body can get hurt but it no longer ages and they will exist until the end of time and beyond. idk like professor paradox in ben 10
if you open this up and read it all i deeply appreciate it!! i really love them even tho i haven't done a lot with them yet aaa
I DID IT!!! I finished my epic fanart of the century! 😱 Gestalt is officially closed! Jeez, I can't even believe it!
From every fan of "Arcane" – repost :3
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So. I watched "ARCANE" a year ago. And OMG, I'm was in love! True, as always, I fell in love with "dark side". If specifically – it's Silco and Jinx (because villains, psychos and scoundrels are my everything, yes) 🖤💙 As an artist, I was attracted to the aesthetics of their appearance, as a person – their storyline 💔 A lot of tragedy, drama and suffering for soulful masochism (everything I love, yes). Therefore, by the end of the series, I already knew for sure that I would draw them. And, of course, in detailed realism.
Fan enthusiasm, as you know, works wonders. Only on it my psyche rests, when I work on such artwork. Especially towards the very end 😆 Definitely, it was the longest, most hard and interesting art project for all my work in digital.
This is a first for me - a vape commission. First problem was needing some material to attach all the embellishments. I wrapped the thin magnetic side panels with brass strips and then sealed the brass and titanium panel with a thin resin pour. I then crafted two layers of balsa wood to fit snuggly in the form. If I had to do it over, I would have picked a stronger material - like a 3D print. Next time.
I wanted a window to add depth and reveal a gear train mechanism. That alone took hours of layering vintage brass gears in the ring. I want it to look like a real machine so I try to avoid "orphan" gears. I've used glow in the dark pigment in resin under the mesh grills, brass panels and in the glass tube. Easy to charge using a UV torch. The rest is a cacophony of vintage crowns, brass tubing, miscellaneous beads, screws, pins, wire, struts and textured elements. There is even a little glass mercury switch.
I've had to take time off this year so this was a real challenge to start building again. I'm happy to answer any questions about the project. My client is happy with the result but I warned him that it is fragile.