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Title: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Seriphyn on 12 Jan 2011, 05:15: CLICK! (http://candra.deviantart.com/#/d36xziq)

I chose Candra purely because their art was very bright, vivid and detailed, which is exactly what I wanted to capture for a Gallente family portrait, as opposed to something :grimdark: as always. They also specialize in busty and voluptous women, and since female Gallenteans are supposedly the Hottest Women in the Galaxy™, I thought it would be fitting for Rhea.

The uniform I think is spectacular, it contrasts directly with a concept Caldari uniform here (http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/08/caldarideteismale.jpg). While an equivalent dress uniform may not carry over into Incarna (if any uniforms are made at all), that can easily be explained by the FDU updating their uniforms by that point. The six service ribbons are from Seriphyn's GFMC days, while the red braid I figured may recognize him as either a CEO or having a senior position in the FDU (at least in the sense of the occupancy war at any rate). The sash I never really thought about, I figured it just added more character. In retrospect, it could perhaps be a "caste identifier" as a nod to his Jin-Mei heritage (though, I imagine the Jin-Mei have their own Federal uniforms altogether).

Rhea's outfit is based off of this (http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/08/gallentejinmei.jpg). It is in respect of Seriphyn's [half-]racial heritage and the very diluted blood of the children (1/2 ethnic Gallente, 1/4 Jin-Mei, 1/4 Deteis). The kuashi (http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Kuashi) is another element that adds to this design while maintaining the mainstream styles of Gallente/Mannar in the sense of flesh exposure and so on.

Anette was always described as 'exotic' looking, and I think Candra captured this fantastically. I always wondered how she got blue eyes, however, but Seriphyn's father has blue eyes, and so does Rhea, so I'm sure :genetics: explains it fine. If I ever get another ludicrous amount of money to spend again, I may see if Candra could develop a "poster pin up" of Anette in her 20s, as a famous Gallentean actress/activist...donned in skimpy/broken armour and carrying a weapon or two (that sorta stuff is the artist's speciality).

Anyway, I hope you think it's as awesome as I do. Feel free to show some support for the artist as well, their deviant page is there.

[spoiler]I also embarassed myself in front of the artist by being overthinking and constantly fickle...I still need to get over the trauma of shame...[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Shalee Lianne on 12 Jan 2011, 05:22: Wrong. Ni Kunni women are the hottest!
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Shalee Lianne on 12 Jan 2011, 05:23: ps. I don't actually see the picture...? Where is it? Should I click something! ::sleepy::

(edit)
............nevermind, found the clicky button.

Awesome picture btw.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Mizhara on 12 Jan 2011, 05:27: What I want to know is what that baby is plotting...

His eyes... they are a portal into true madness. The kind that stares back!
/me goes to gibber in a corner for a while.

Edit: And it'd appear the DA comments agree, heheh.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Kaleigh Doyle on 12 Jan 2011, 09:57: I like it! And yes, the baby is a bit creepy... :lol:
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Vieve on 12 Jan 2011, 10:19: Love the colorwork and detailing on Anette's dress (which also looks like something an actual little girl would wear). The diagonal pleat on the bodice also makes a nice complete arc with Rhea's sash while it echoes Seriphyn's, pinning her into the core of the picture while also suggesting that she'll go in the same direction as Seriphyn when the family unit breaks up (his hand on her shoulder, separating her from Rhea, also suggests that).

Also, holy damn, the baby's still plotting something. Rhea's nicely positioned to be supportive of whatever he's plotting, too, since she's holding the kid and not touching either Seriphyn or Anette.*

*KPS/MPH may vary. I've been looking at government contract language all damn day.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: BloodBird on 12 Jan 2011, 10:39: Thanks Seri. When next I agonize myself over what DA artist to ask for a commision from based on style, ability to take commisions and all that, I now know who to ask.

How much did you pay for that lovely picture?
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: DosTuMai on 12 Jan 2011, 11:28: I love the baby. Can I corrupt the child even more? =P I mean, Dossie would make a great godmother for such a twisted looking child.
Stewie, look out, there's a new evil genious baby on the street.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: hellgremlin on 12 Jan 2011, 12:12: This picture makes me feel as if the family is concealing a terrible secret... cannibalism or something.

And no-one's ever suspected them of it because of their winning smiles.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Z.Sinraali on 12 Jan 2011, 12:36: Quote from: DosTuMai on 12 Jan 2011, 11:28
I love the baby. Can I corrupt the child even more? =P I mean, Dossie would make a great godmother for such a twisted looking child.
Stewie, look out, there's a new evil genious baby on the street.

Sanshas beat you to it.

But yeah, nice bling, even if there isn't nearly enough of it.

Also, Seri's a terrible father. Who lets their daughter wear a dress that short? *buries the social networking sites of Z's 16-year olds*
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Akrasjel Lanate on 12 Jan 2011, 13:57: Quote from: Shalee Lianne on 12 Jan 2011, 05:22
Wrong. Ni Kunni women are the hottest!
<-- This

And very nice work.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Saede Riordan on 12 Jan 2011, 20:24: Quote from: hellgremlin on 12 Jan 2011, 12:12
This picture makes me feel as if the family is concealing a terrible secret... cannibalism or something.

And no-one's ever suspected them of it because of their winning smiles.

funny, I was rather thinking the same thing. They're just not quite right, they're just a bit too perfect, a bit too happy.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Esna Pitoojee on 12 Jan 2011, 22:45: It's the plotting baby. I'm sure of it.

No, in all seriousness, this is absolutely amazing artwork.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Major JSilva on 13 Jan 2011, 00:38: Nice work it turned out very well.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: DosTuMai on 13 Jan 2011, 02:06: Quote from: Akrasjel Lanate on 12 Jan 2011, 13:57
Quote from: Shalee Lianne on 12 Jan 2011, 05:22
Wrong. Ni Kunni women are the hottest!
<-- This

And very nice work.
Khanid are the sexiest. Followed swiftly by Vherokiorawhateveritsspelt then Achuran. Jin-Mei post-Carbon are going to be hawt, pre-Carbon Gallente don't really get a mention unfortunately.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Syylara/Yaansu on 13 Jan 2011, 02:51: Quote from: Z.Sinraali on 12 Jan 2011, 12:36
Who lets their daughter wear a dress that short?

A Gallente >:9.

But seriously, very nice!

As far as asking too much and being difficult, there are two types of artists in this world, the ones who snarl at excessive constraints and the ones who are dying for a client that actually cares about the result. The latter tells them they are working with someone who actually has a grasp of aesthetics and will truly appreciate the work that went into it.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Mitara Newelle on 13 Jan 2011, 13:33: Quote from: Shalee Lianne on 12 Jan 2011, 05:22
Wrong. Ni Kunni women are the hottest!
Ya! What she said! :evil:
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Benjamin Shepherd on 14 Jan 2011, 14:36: I still believe my portrait is much more realistic.

(http://media.kotaku.com.au/wp//2010/12/CommanderShepard.jpg)
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Gottii on 14 Jan 2011, 15:14: Great pic.

Also, the baby is plotting. He's like an EVE version of Stewie Griffin
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Ken on 14 Jan 2011, 16:30: Turned out awesome! Love the detail work on the uniform in particular.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Mithfindel on 15 Jan 2011, 13:42: Pretty nice. The drawing style makes me thing a bit like the family would be made of plastic (yes, specially those), but otherwise, pretty good. And anyway, the Gallente are supposed to use plastic everywhere.

Quote from: Z.Sinraali on 12 Jan 2011, 12:36
Who lets their daughter wear a dress that short?
Admitted, swimsuits are a different case, but from personal experience on speding a few hours every day in and at the pool, lots of today's swimsuits - even for young girls - don't have enough cloth to stay on if their wearers would actually swim.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: DosTuMai on 15 Jan 2011, 18:03: Quote from: Mithfindel on 15 Jan 2011, 13:42
...don't have enough cloth to stay on if their wearers would actually swim.
^This. I have a bikini that can be likened to dental floss.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: hellgremlin on 15 Jan 2011, 18:42: Quote from: Mithfindel on 15 Jan 2011, 13:42
Pretty nice. The drawing style makes me thing a bit like the family would be made of plastic (yes, specially those), but otherwise, pretty good. And anyway, the Gallente are supposed to use plastic everywhere.
Plastic... that's what I was looking for.

I know why this picture is a bit disturbing. It's the uncanny valley, and this picture is hitting it. When I look at this picture and try to view it within its own context - a picture of a happy family - I get this feeling... like every single neuron in my primitive lizard brain is telling me "there's something wrong here." I get the same feeling from seeing those hideous plastic baby robots they have in Japan.

I know what would fix it. The smiles. They're currently almost predatory. Sharklike. If someone's smiling like that at me, I know they're either going to try to kill me in the next five minutes, or try to sell me something I don't really need.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Laerise [PIE] on 16 Jan 2011, 04:58: Quote from: hellgremlin on 15 Jan 2011, 18:42
Quote from: Mithfindel on 15 Jan 2011, 13:42
Pretty nice. The drawing style makes me thing a bit like the family would be made of plastic (yes, specially those), but otherwise, pretty good. And anyway, the Gallente are supposed to use plastic everywhere.
Plastic... that's what I was looking for.

I know why this picture is a bit disturbing. It's the uncanny valley, and this picture is hitting it. When I look at this picture and try to view it within its own context - a picture of a happy family - I get this feeling... like every single neuron in my primitive lizard brain is telling me "there's something wrong here." I get the same feeling from seeing those hideous plastic baby robots they have in Japan.

I know what would fix it. The smiles. They're currently almost predatory. Sharklike. If someone's smiling like that at me, I know they're either going to try to kill me in the next five minutes, or try to sell me something I don't really need.

This tbh - but then again, its a family photo / picture, so fake smilys are almost mandatory.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Elsebeth Rhiannon on 16 Jan 2011, 05:27: The fake smiles and the plasticky feel makes it look like a family who desperately tries to look happy despite not being so. Disturbing, but I guess in a realistic way. As in, such photos might exist in general - I don't know enough of the RP to judge if this is appropriate in the case of this particular family.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Silver Night on 16 Jan 2011, 10:35: I think it's good. I always like seeing what people, or the artists they pick, come up with to portray their characters. I'd love to have a few character portraits done, alas the pool of artists who accept ISK is vanishingly small, so far as I've been able to ascertain.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Odelya on 16 Jan 2011, 17:26: Gorgeous! The composition and the smiles give a fifties look. Somehow—and apart from the civilian garments, of course—it reminds me much of pictures from the Pahlavi era in Iran, like here: http://fis-iran.org/en/galleries/pahlavi-2.

I smiled.

P.S.: Khanid Women. No doubt.
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Ghost Hunter on 16 Jan 2011, 22:00: That child deeply disturbs me.

Something about the exorcist
Title: Re: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra
Post by: Seriphyn on 17 Jan 2011, 06:19: "Plastic" may just be fitting. Vieve's description is also accurate; someone who pays attention to the backstory I've created without actually talking to her about it IC or OOC at all. Too bad we're not all that perceptive, huh? ;)

If people have done the math, Anette will be 11 this year, and Seri will be 29, and Rhea would have been 27. She was born in their late teens, while Rhea has a mild learning developmental delay (mental age lower than biological, for example). The pregnancy and birth was traumatic, so she was kept in the care of Seriphyn for much of her growing up (or, Seriphyn's father, more accurately). One will also notice that Seriphyn and Rhea have not been together as this unit for that whole time. They only came together when Seriphyn swallowed his emotional cowardice and, in desperation of his sorry romantic situation, proposed to Rhea while finally revealing Anette to be her daughter this whole time (nice bit of emotional blackmail).

This picture was "taken" a day after Seriphyn's promotion to Luminaire General...at this point they have been engaged for only a month or two. Anette, while receptive to "pretty young women", is still getting to know her mother, while Seriphyn and Rhea are attempting to consolidate their relationship after the years of constant separation and reunion. Folks will also notice that Seriphyn was not loyal during this time either; with Rhea and Jaidon planetside in Solitude, Seriphyn needed to fill his empty hole (by poking into others, hurhur). Then, when Rhea and Jaidon were "killed", it traumatized Seriphyn; he could not even stay loyal or give up his career for the family, never had a chance to apologize for his unloyal behaviour, and so on.

So yes, plastic and "hiding secrets" might be a fitting description. I still need to explore how Rhea and Jaidon might still be "alive" and speak to Seriphyn while he is dreaming...the Slave body is just a body, yet their "existence" is carried on...real :mindfuck: right there.