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Forum Name: Symphony of the Sword/The Order of the Rose
Topic ID: 444
#0, A Needed Thing
Posted by Gryphon on Aug-06-14 at 04:00 AM
LAST EDITED ON Aug-06-14 AT 04:01 AM (EDT)
 
So. I have need of a colored illustration showing the Heart of the Rose, Utena's main sword, in planview. I didn't figure this would be that hard, since the Heart looks essentially the same as her canonical sword on the TV show, the Sword of Dios. Unfortunately, it does not appear that the creators of the show ever bothered to include such a picture of the Sword of Dios in any of the artbooks I have.

What I do have is this line art:

Which is the correct view, but unfinished.

Phil is up to his hindquarters in Other Business this week, and I hate to pile on by importuning him to color this, but I lack the Photochops to do it myself - my skills align more toward layout and fontology, I'm more of a designer than an illustrator.

So I figured I'd throw it to the floor and see if anybody out there in forumland wanted to give it a shot. What I need is that illustration, finished and colored so that it's similar in style to the picture of Kotetsu no Sasayaki, Kaitlyn's zatōichi, that's on the Symphony of the Sword section banners:

(It'd also be handy if it was left as a 24-bit PNG on a blank background; makes it easier to Do Things With later.)

The only visual difference between the Sword of Dios and the Heart of the Rose is that the Heart, as readers of Knights III will remember, has been broken into several pieces and reforged, and the lines where the breaks were are still visible as black streaks in the steel. (The runes of the Valkyrie Creed come up on it when Utena's in Rune Knight Overdrive, but they're not usually visible and you don't have to worry about them for this image.)

If anyone wants to give this a shot for me, I'd be obliged.

--G.
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#1, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Terminus Est on Aug-06-14 at 07:46 AM
In response to message #0
LAST EDITED ON Aug-06-14 AT 07:58 AM (EDT)
 
How shattered was the blade, exactly? About what size chunks, I mean. I have everything done on an attempt except the lines on the blade.

Bear in mind this is a 32-bit and not a 24; the completed version will be in full compliance, as it were.


#2, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Gryphon on Aug-06-14 at 09:00 AM
In response to message #1
>How shattered was the blade, exactly? About what size chunks, I mean.

About the same as Narsil in the Lord of the Rings movies, only more uniformly (that is, broken into pieces about the size of the middle shards, but all the way to the tip rather than just in the middle).

> I have everything done on an attempt except the lines on the blade.

Hey, cool, thanks. Dang, that was quick.

>Bear in mind this is a 32-bit and not a 24; the completed version will
>be in full compliance, as it were.

More is fine. I should've said "at least 24". :)

--G.
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.


#3, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Terminus Est on Aug-06-14 at 02:52 PM
In response to message #2
So, about four to six inch pieces, most of them half the width of the blade and oddly shaped. Alright, I can do that.

As for fast, well... the lion's share of the work took me about two hours, give or take a bit, and was mostly focused on redrawing the outline. I used to do pixel art on a MUCH larger scale, back in the day. So yeah; lot of that you see there was done with a pencil or line tool. :) I can't take credit for the gradients though, those were all software tools (except for the aqua gem thing in the guard and the tip, which I have yet to find a satisfactory tool for).


#4, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Gryphon on Aug-06-14 at 02:57 PM
In response to message #3
>So, about four to six inch pieces, most of them half the width of the
>blade and oddly shaped. Alright, I can do that.

Right. We know the point was intact, because it figured in the Big Magic that was involved in its re-forging. Beyond that, very similar to the damage to Movie Narsil, only with much less of the length below the point intact.

Thanks for this, it's really helping us out.

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.


#5, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Terminus Est on Aug-06-14 at 03:01 PM
In response to message #4
And done, at least until someone says 'But this should be here...' :)


#6, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Gryphon on Aug-06-14 at 03:03 PM
In response to message #5
Nope, that looks great. Just what I had in mind. Thanks a lot!

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.


#7, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Terminus Est on Aug-06-14 at 03:03 PM
In response to message #6
LAST EDITED ON Aug-06-14 AT 03:11 PM (EDT)
 
Any time. Just glad I could help out.

Oh. By the way, if you need something NOT hosted on Tinypic, I can email you the file itself (both the original and the shattered version, I have both saved). Shoulda mentioned that before.


#8, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Gryphon on Aug-06-14 at 03:15 PM
In response to message #7
>Any time. Just glad I could help out.
>
>Oh. By the way, if you need something NOT hosted on Tinypic, I can
>email you the file itself (both the original and the shattered
>version, I have both saved). Shoulda mentioned that before.

Not a problem - that's what right-click->save as is for, unless you've got higher-rez originals. (And for my purposes right now, that's not even an issue.) I'm already putting it to use! :)

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.


#9, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Terminus Est on Aug-06-14 at 03:22 PM
In response to message #8
I could *make* higher rez originals, but then they wouldn't be originals... ;)

#10, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Gryphon on Aug-06-14 at 04:01 PM
In response to message #9
>I could *make* higher rez originals, but then they wouldn't be
>originals... ;)

Well, exactly.

So yeah, it's taken care of. I hope to be able to show you what I did with it Soon™.

Thanks again,
--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.


#11, RE: A Needed Thing
Posted by Terminus Est on Aug-06-14 at 04:03 PM
In response to message #10
I'll look forward to it.