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I was so astonished by Mukesh Singh's concept art for Grant Morrison's 18 days (a sci-fi/fantasy reinterpretation of the Mahabharata) that I felt inspired in taking back Hanani's armor design and reinterpretating it. I also wanted to add some decent background this time (heck! Once in a while, I should!)
Reading Grant Morrison's description and Wikipedia regarding the Mahabharata, I realized how much White Wolf's Exalted borrowed from this text. It's basically a (more complicated) setting built upon it. The war that ends the Third Age and opens the corrupted Fourth Era, the Kali Yuga, the Age of Iron, where all we live.

This recent reading of articles on the Mahabharata was the key for me to find a game system that could support a setting similar to that of Exalted (I'm still kinda nostalgic of that setting's color, to be honest...), which is Ben Lehman's Polaris, considering the direction it gives towards the aspect of heroes who are going to fall in the final battle where their world, no matter who wins, is going to be lost forever. Chivalric tragedy, yeah!
I also like how the Mahabharata is a poem which culminates in the war of the 18 days, where there are no heroes or villains, and both sides have their own reasons. The enemy is not intrinsecally evil. It's a bloody war amongst members of the same family. The heroes need to cheat and lie in order to win, and they have to fight their own mentors and cousins. There is no good or evil, only fate.

So enough with all this blah blah blah. In this picture I chose to work on a simple palette, with the character strongly standing out of the rest of the picture. No stock or photo has been used, it's all brush. Took inspiration mainly from Magic: The Gathering land cards. I may not love that game but it always sports the best artwork ever.
And lo! Hanani again, yet another reinterpretation of her armor, and this time of the spear too. Influenced by Mukesh Singh's character design. Hope you like.

:icondavid-holland: made this possible through his wonderfully versatile brushes.

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Do you know where I can watch this "18 days"?
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~TazioBettin Apr 24, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
I don't think the project ever started. But a book can be found with beautiful illustrations and ramblings by Grant Morrison :)
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*solomon-russell Feb 17, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
sexy stuff
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~Rezan001 Feb 29, 2012
i really like this combination betwen fantasy and sci fi.
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~TazioBettin Feb 29, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
thanks :)
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~ti3ren Apr 1, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Those are just HUUUGEEEE columns
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~TazioBettin Apr 1, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
Yes, I love huge columns. I think a picture feels sad without columns.
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~JINwaBAKA Feb 18, 2011
The lighting effects, the textures, the rendering, background...that lance. Once again, I am wowed. ^^

Also, always great to see such amazing boobs, and so tastefully done. ~^

And yeah, her armor is still a beautiful sight, perhaps moreso every time to fiddle with it.
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~TazioBettin Feb 19, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
Thanks :)
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*ThePhantomComics Feb 11, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
back ground is nice
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