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    Aanker's Art
    Workshop of TGW modder and texturer, Aanker




    I primarily work with digital art and focus on the subjects of fantasy, science fiction and historical aviation. I occasionally throw in the odd splash of watercolour or draw with pencils.

    Most of my work can be found here.

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    Mountain Paths

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    Bane of Mages

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    The Velinten Address

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    HOLY CRAP!!

    You can draw... extremely well.

    Why didn't you bring this to light earlier! Epic mate, some serious talent you have honestly..

    The "Proud Soldiers of the Triple Alliance" is genuinly brilliant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ♔Mitch, Your humble servant♔ View Post
    HOLY CRAP!!

    You can draw... extremely well.

    Why didn't you bring this to light earlier! Epic mate, some serious talent you have honestly..

    The "Proud Soldiers of the Triple Alliance" is genuinly brilliant.
    Haha, thanks!

    Regarding that particular piece, I can tell you that I had to cut the image at the waist of the soldier, because the rest of the legs became, quite simply, ugly

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    Wow man these are awesome!! I would rep you some more but apparently I have to spread it around before I do....

    And I never knew you did your own sig, it is quite impressive

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    That's the most impressive opening post I ever seen here at GW.
    You really are a master of the pensil.
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    Sweet. Impressive. Magnificent! And welcome to GW! I really wait for more updates.
    +rep.
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    Thanks guys!

    I didn't feel confident enough to post here at first, but then I decided to go ahead once the New Macedon soldier was finished. I'm happy that I have received such unexpectedly positive feedback , being my own worst critic...

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    wow, not only you kick ass in MP (well kinda) you also kick ass in drawing !! You got to make some loading screens for the great war ! (and of course, I can't rep you yet, but I'm thinking "+rep" really really hard )
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    Some New Images (mainly Dwarven):

    Note: 'LARGE' refers to the amount of actual work put into the project, not the image size.

    We've Got Work to Do (Version I)(LARGE)
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    We've Got Work to Do (Version II) (LARGE)
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    ... Regarding these two images above, please tell me which one you think is the better, I can't make up my mind

    General of the Dwarves
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    Dwarven Citizen
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    Let There Be Song!
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    An Old Thinker
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    A Skauturdarf on Patrol
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    The Dwarven Writer
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    Dwarves at Llanlaugur (I couldn't seem to get a good scan on this one) (LARGE)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adar View Post
    Russia have managed to weaponize the loneliest and saddest people on the internet by providing them with (sometimes barechested) father figures whom they can adhere to in order to justify their hatred for the current establishment and the society that rejects them.

    UNDER THE PROUD PATRONAGE OF ABBEWS
    According to this poll, 80%* of TGW fans agree that "The mod team is devilishly handsome" *as of 12/10

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    Very nice

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    Wow, awesome pictures!
    Btw, I love the Dwarf thinker.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Finlander View Post
    Wow, awesome pictures!
    Btw, I love the Dwarf thinker.
    Thanks!

    Well, I myself like that one too.

    Oh, and Dwarves are generally awesome. Although I am probably going to continue with the Sci-Fi theme for a while now; most of the images I uploaded today were old ones.

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    Russia have managed to weaponize the loneliest and saddest people on the internet by providing them with (sometimes barechested) father figures whom they can adhere to in order to justify their hatred for the current establishment and the society that rejects them.

    UNDER THE PROUD PATRONAGE OF ABBEWS
    According to this poll, 80%* of TGW fans agree that "The mod team is devilishly handsome" *as of 12/10

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    Do some ART for the Great War !!! lol

    But really you seem to have a talent for the drawing of the war scenes such as the "Dwarves at Llanlaugur "

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    Quote Originally Posted by ♔Mitch, Your humble servant♔ View Post
    Do some ART for the Great War !!! lol

    But really you seem to have a talent for the drawing of the war scenes such as the "Dwarves at Llanlaugur "
    I can try

    Problem is, its likely going to be Black/White, but that's probably not a problem, considering the fact that we are playing in the good old age of early photography.

    In which style would you like the art? Ballpoint/lead or only lead (the latter being harder)?

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    Russia have managed to weaponize the loneliest and saddest people on the internet by providing them with (sometimes barechested) father figures whom they can adhere to in order to justify their hatred for the current establishment and the society that rejects them.

    UNDER THE PROUD PATRONAGE OF ABBEWS
    According to this poll, 80%* of TGW fans agree that "The mod team is devilishly handsome" *as of 12/10

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    AND A BRAND-NEW TGW MOD IMAGE!

    Life on the Western Front (Version I; darker clouds) (MASSIVE)
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    Life on the Western Front (Version II; brighter clouds) (MASSIVE)
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    As always, please comment, and help me decide which is the better of the two (but, I have to admit that I am slightly biased towards the one with the brighter clouds ).

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    Russia have managed to weaponize the loneliest and saddest people on the internet by providing them with (sometimes barechested) father figures whom they can adhere to in order to justify their hatred for the current establishment and the society that rejects them.

    UNDER THE PROUD PATRONAGE OF ABBEWS
    According to this poll, 80%* of TGW fans agree that "The mod team is devilishly handsome" *as of 12/10

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    Those drawings are amazing Aanker, you are definitely incredibly talented.
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    WOW!!!!!!! THATS AMAZING!!!!!!

    You should certainly do the loading screens on the great war mod, starting with one of those last two.

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    yes the brighter clouds are better, they keep the attention on the people. I dont think they look much like clouds tho.
    Your drawings are all wonderfull, i wish i could draw that good, do you use a lot of references, if not then really WOW, proportions and poses are really nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maяcel View Post
    yes the brighter clouds are better, they keep the attention on the people. I dont think they look much like clouds tho.
    Your drawings are all wonderfull, i wish i could draw that good, do you use a lot of references, if not then really WOW, proportions and poses are really nice.
    Well, if you want to get good at drawing, all it takes is a lot of practice. I've been drawing since I was about two or three years old, and it never ceases to be entertaining - because there is always something to improve here and there in the next project. If you want to get good, I'd suggest get started, and don't measure your own work with someone else's until you're on the same level (or you might feel disappointed with yourself, comparing is another case).

    And on the references... I don't

    Once again, thanks guys, all these comments are really welcome!

    Quote Originally Posted by Adar View Post
    Russia have managed to weaponize the loneliest and saddest people on the internet by providing them with (sometimes barechested) father figures whom they can adhere to in order to justify their hatred for the current establishment and the society that rejects them.

    UNDER THE PROUD PATRONAGE OF ABBEWS
    According to this poll, 80%* of TGW fans agree that "The mod team is devilishly handsome" *as of 12/10

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    Your army/mass pictures are far better than your close-ups ! Normally it's the other way round.

    Nice OP man !

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