... EPIC!

I really need to get Lara off of my system by now.

Tibet Heavy Lara by ZayrCroft

I don't know if some of you remember, but I drew a sketch of this about a year ago and nothing came out from it.



So, this morning I was feeling like finishing this piece, and here it is. But as you can see, it changed a lot ^^

It took me about 5-6 hours, with my 21UX and PS5


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Do not use without permission.

Tomb Raider © Square Enix
Art © Priscillia Thomas

Photoshop CS6: Painting, Airbrushing and Photoshop Post-processing.
18 hours +/-

- Watched 'The Tourist' [link] and I based the face on that classy and gracious Jolie look in this movie. Yes, coincidentally she 'was' Lara Croft but this has minor influence to do with it; it's a look I wanted to capture. Especially the lips
- Tried to keep her looking 'video game-y' or 'Pseudo 3D' here and bridge it with touches of realism. I believe TR: U Lara has strong grounds in the VG realm, so it's best to celebrate her as a VG Icon in 3D form instead of attempting to fully depict a realism render of her.
- I moved away from the gritty and outdoorish theme and went all vogue in this piece. Just a tribute to encapsulate the beauty of this VG icon where we spent most time ogling the rest of hers lol.
- I've made these effort to promote the new Lara Croft in my gallery, but I had this nagging feeling why it's hard to convinced everyone of her - I just remembered her predecessor, the one that got me bonkers about 6 years ago in the game called Tomb Raider:Underworld!

CREDITS
- Skin and hair brushes by castrochew: [link]
- Lips painting tutorial from calaymo: [link]
- Heaps of textured brushes from IMAGINE FX issue July to September
- Hair brush from Para-Vine: [link]
- Anjelina Jolie screenshot from 'The Tourist' for lips/mouth references
- Tomb Raider: Underworld screenshots from Crystal Dynamics official website for face references.
- Alison Carol Tomb Raider promo art for attire (harness) references
- H&K USP Match 9mm pistol references from Google
- Will add more soon....

DO CHECK OUT MY TAKE ON THE 'NEW' LARA IN THE UPCOMING TOMB RAIDER 2013 GAME:

Ok, so one random chick happened to have some holiday today and I decided to make a quick doodle for her.... Did you buy that? Because The girl who's on the top of my list "People who are so awesome that they must be aliens" has her 21st Birthday today and I've been lovingly working on the piece over the last two weeks. Guess what? I've been running out of time so final stage which should have turned this into epicness was rushed and totally fucked up I planned to work much more on details, textures and set the lightning right... Time, Y U NO freeze when you need to?!

Anyways, since my dear girl adores Last Revelation that's what I decided to paint long ago and inspiration coconut conveniently hit me that very second and I instantly saw the concept... That's where I really need to shut up and stop this verbal diarrhea session. Happy Birthday, honey-bunny, love you! (I will babble about this one more in private, we need to spare people who are not used for verbal diarrhea )

_{Lara Croft (c) Crystal Dynamics & Square Enix}

Lara: "Aha! Finally I found it!"
We know that such backpack won't be in new game, but I wanted to introduce moment as if Lara finds it

Sheet A4, pencil, watercolor and gouache.

I rarely paint a background, but this time i want to challenge myself to do it... it take times, but Im satisfied with the result.. the original size is about 6000px wide and a lot of details in it . In the end i had to blur out the burned temple and some of the other detail because i want Lara to be a main focus in this artwork.

JUST ANOTHER FAN ART..

Lara Croft (practice)
a tribute to one of my very first video game heroines
wacom+photoshop+5hrs

Photoshop