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Submitted: July 25, 2012
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Prison Chessby *nicholaskole

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Illustrations / Conceptual

Wrapping up this round of commissions is an odd one for

Apparently there's a culture of chess playing in prison, specifically on death row between inmates confined to their cells, played verbally as they call out moves to eachother! And that...kind of...prison mind chess was the prompt for this illustration.

Was a good opportunity to experiment with technique and style- not sure where this is all going, if anywhere. But it's fun to work this way- very informed by my time spent sculpting in zbrush for my former employer- it's good to try some things I've learned in 3d that I haven't used in my 2d work.

~KelciD Dec 1, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

That is an interesting concept: both the illustration and the idea of Prison Chess being played like that. Cool way to illustrate it, too!

~Popinns Oct 30, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

wow.. I could never have the concentration to play prison chess... O_O

Great illustration!

~aedifico Aug 21, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Pretty cool beans, love that lighting and all the angles!

~Vekke Jul 28, 2012

Love the colours! And the stylization is beautiful as always

*nicholaskole Jul 28, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

thanks! Just experimenting with something new this time around

~FeloniusMonk Jul 27, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Loving the angles. It almost gives this character the feeling that he's been carved

*nicholaskole Jul 27, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

cool- yeah, that's what I was getting at when I mentioned I'd been sculpting in zbrush- figuring out a more volume-based aesthetic. In a weird way, keeping it pretty flat and graphic :/

~FeloniusMonk Jul 28, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wow, haha I totally missed that comment at the bottom of the description! Well, I guess that's a good sign that you hit the nail on the head with it

I like it though, it's got a bit of an art deco feel to it.

~Hitoshu Jul 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Nicely done!

*nicholaskole Jul 26, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

thanks!

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