Gal'ruk was a request for half-orc barbarian. arrogant, but generally good-natured. the important thing, though, was for him to look like the epitomy of a 'tank'. SOURCES: the base photo is some bodybuilder named 'the black knight' i found while looking for an actual black knight. i reproportioned him and messed with the face to look orcish. bracers made from machinery and armor pieces. also added various leather straps/clothing, some recycled from 'Saul' and further tweaked. Backround from the movie 'Musa', modified with extra doo-dads. Enjoy. comments and critiques welcomed.
Im having problems getting the pic to work, ie its not doing so at all. Why is this?
Posted by Ashlander at 2004-01-1012:18:00
I was just browsing through Relsh's stuff, and this half orc is so good, it's ridiculous. 10! 10! 10!
Posted by Wisprr at 2003-09-2819:05:00
Wow, I like the head proportion as well. You should be getting paid for work like this. The only thing I could say is he looks confident, not arrogant. All I need now is for you to do some portraits with horns (to go with the human male and female heads that have horns and "elvish" ears), would of been nice if Bioware had one basic portrait for each head model, oh well. Anywho, keep up the awesome work, it's really good stuff.
Posted by DeterminedToStopStupidPosts at 2003-09-2705:48:00
Red needs a swift kick in the nuts. The proportion is awsome for the effect the look is going for. It imposes the feeling that character is a TANK and the neck and jaw still flow seemlessly in. It's over dramatized, but that's the fun of fantasy art. Awsome work Relsh, I've been admiring your other works too! Well done!
Posted by relsh at 2003-09-0117:03:00
the head was purposely "shrunk" to achieve a proportion i thought felt more "wide" (and i guess orc-like). i'm sorry ya got to redo the head yourself, but i think i like the proportions the way they are.
Posted by Red at 2003-09-0115:24:00
One of the best Male Half-Orcs in this site but has one serious flaw: the head is too small for the body - there's room for two extra heads on each shoulder! I'll try to resize the head with Photoshop but it would be nice if could fix it yourself - just a suggestion, mind you. :)
Posted by Mr. at 2003-08-2603:15:00
This is the best half-orc portrait I have seen yet!
Posted by relsh at 2003-08-2507:35:00
thanks for the comments, appreciated as always. to apricane: it is closer to the human side than orc, by request, though i did try to make an orcish nose. To Giza: thanks, i took a look at your website, and the work looks awesome and diverse. I spent a semester in rome during college, but my italian is weak. i couldn't navigate the site too well, so i couldn't find your particular work. any chance you could give me a link to it?
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