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Valen vs Bebilith

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Finally here it is. This picture took ages and was a real challenge, mostly because I seem to end up doing pictures I don't actually have the skill to execute. I’m still not happy with Valen. I couldn’t get his face right and he’s looking in the wrong place. The latter happened because I wanted to draw him slightly from behind to have some fun with the scars on his back from when he was tortured by his former master. But I also wanted to draw his eyes and so, I ended up with this. Ah well.

For those who are not in the know this is Valen Shadowbreath, a companion in the fantasy RPG Hordes of the Underdark. It's also gratuitous nudity of highest order. In the game, when fighting the Bebilith, it actually looks like the demon rips all your armour and clothes off. This is due to the basic nature of the graphics. What the Bebilith actually does is destroy armour, sometimes so badly that it disintegrates, clothes stay in place. However for all the Valen fan girls out there I went with how the game displays it. After a quick poll it was also decided that I might as well leave out his underwear too. Poor guy.

The scan is terrible. I had to do it in four separate segments and merge them in Photoshop but that was not the end of it. My crotchety old scanner gave each segment a different colour cast, despite the settings being the same. On top of that the contrast and brightness varied within each segment. In the end it also turns out my scanner can’t handle the paler shades of Valen’s skin either, so there are patches of just burnt out white and the more subtle shadings, together with some scars, are gone. I’m getting a new scanner.
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ahaha such a wonedrful fangirl service you did here! thank you, i totally forgot about fight with this spider. man, such nostalgy.... great work :heart: