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Old School Kyle
2007-04-13, 7:06 PM #1
Lately I've been undergoing a project to create fan art for some of the things which have had the most impact on my life. Anyway. I've noticed there is a serious lack of fan art for Kyle Katarn before his Jedi knight days. I wanted to bring him back to the old hardcore glory you feel when blowing down rows of storm troopers and other things.

Any suggestions as to how I should adjust the pile of corpses, or maybe even the muzzle of the assault cannon would be great. As well as anything else that seems amiss.

[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Phantom-Seraph/DF_Kyle.jpg]
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2007-04-13, 7:14 PM #2
Looks good, but I've never seen what Kyle looks like "officially" in Dark Forces. Are there any reference pictures?
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2007-04-13, 7:17 PM #3
It's hard to work off of because you only get a limited view of him during two of the cutscenes.
[http://http://www.hillside.co.uk/glyn/dark/kyle.gif]

There are some crappy action figures of him as well. But I don't care to post them.
My blawgh.
2007-04-13, 7:22 PM #4
More!
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2007-04-13, 8:00 PM #5
More bodies?
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2007-04-13, 8:14 PM #6
More of your kickass art! Now!

You should do comic-book versions of massassians!!!!!!!

Or, you know. Just me. (Not "JediKirby" I mean me "BSG")
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2007-04-13, 8:59 PM #7
That's badass.
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2007-04-13, 11:06 PM #8
Totally badass. The face could use work but otherwise awesome.
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2007-04-14, 12:06 AM #9
<3

Agreed with Emon, too.

But still. <3
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2007-04-14, 12:42 AM #10
That is absolutely kickass. I'm more and more jealous of people who know how to draw. :P Would love to this in higher res, inked and (digitally) colored.
幻術
2007-04-14, 1:37 AM #11
I'm really hoping to get this done soon. I actually stopped working on it about three months ago and recently found it in an older sketch book. But this time I feel really enthuseastic about it. I screwed up on the face with the inking, and I think the idea of adding bodies all over the place made it kind of frustrating. But I've learned a few things since then. Anyway, thank you guys for the compliments. I'll try to badassen it up some more. I'll rescan when it's all inked.
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2007-04-14, 10:58 AM #12
The drawing itself looks awesome, but in my opinion it really doesn't look anything like Kyle Katarn.
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2007-04-14, 4:05 PM #13
Agreed.
2007-04-14, 4:13 PM #14
The face needs some work. That will come with I can start working on it in Photoshop. I was going mainly for his look in Dark Forces. Which doesn't have much resemblance compared to the JK version. This is all I really have to go by.

[http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9198/200pxkatarndarkforcesdg3.png]
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2007-04-14, 4:55 PM #15
It wasn't just the face I thought was off, the hair also seems too wild, and the overall design of him makes him look like he's some sort of Gothic necromancer with a Bryar pistol. However, like I said, I think it's an excellent drawing, I just don't see a Kyle Katarn in there :P

Try using these also.

[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n5/n27631.jpg]

[http://www.starwars-tw.com/expand/eu_character/kyle.jpg]
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2007-04-14, 5:02 PM #16
I think it'd look more like Kyle if he was a little bit stockier. Not much, mind you, but just a little bit more than what you have. Perhaps if you just made the waist a bit bigger.

Also, I'm not a big fan of the hair. Not sure why, maybe it just seems a little bit too long.

Everything else looks great through. Nice job. :)
2007-04-14, 6:37 PM #17
yeah, what they said.

also, the head of the corpse he is putting his right foot on should be tilted, possibly to the left or something. right now i just see him walking on top of a (alive) crowd.
2007-04-15, 1:03 AM #18
Yeah, that's another thing...Kyle is much larger. His waistline is not that thin.
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2007-04-15, 6:01 AM #19
that picture is pretty cool the only thing that i didnt like was the hair it seems too long
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2007-04-15, 1:03 PM #20
To sum up: More Kyle Katarn, less Gambit :P:awesome::P
2007-04-15, 1:51 PM #21
I'd go with a different weapon on the right too, personally, since this seems to overthrow the composition.
2007-04-16, 4:56 AM #22
Personally, I like Katarn the way he's now. It's pretty rare I get to see an original look of the character. I especially dig the goggles. So while he may not look like the classical rough, heavy-weight-boxer-esque Katarn from the original DF, he still looks pretty damn good.
幻術
2007-04-16, 9:26 AM #23
Awesome drawing, but if it weren't for the Bryar pistol I wouldn't have recognized it as Kyle. I think the face is a bit too gaunt, but it sounds like you'll be working on that.
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2007-04-16, 10:32 AM #24
looks awesome, kind of what id imagine he would look like if he were 17 or 18. excellent drawing.
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2007-04-16, 9:48 PM #25
It's a sweet drawing but it bears almost no resemblance to Kyle Katarn.
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