Dark Souls II: Belfry Gargoyle by karniz

Dark Souls II: Belfry Gargoyle by karniz

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Completed: July 30th, 2014
Media/Program: Pencil & Digitally Altered
Origin: Dark Souls II
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Ahoy, ahoy!

There's a fun lil' BOSS RUSH MODE thing on Tumblr.
Here's my 9th contribution... Belfry Gargoyle!

01 Last Giant • 02 Pursuer • 03 Dragonrider • 04 Old Dragonslayer • 05 Flexile Sentry
06 Executioner's Chariot • 07 Skeleton Lords • 08 Ruin Sentinels • 09 Belfry Gargoyle • 10 Lost Sinner
11 Covetous Demon • 12 Mytha, the Baneful Queen • 13 Smelter Demon • 14 Old Iron King • 15 Royal Rat Vanguard
16 The Rotten • 17 Scorpioness Najka • 18 Royal Rat Authority • 19 Prowling Magus & Congregation • 20 The Duke's Dear Freja
21 Twin Dragonriders • 22 Looking Glass Knight • 23 Demon of Song • 24 Velstadt, The Royal Aegis • 25 Guardian Dragon
26 Ancient Dragon • 27 Throne Watcher & Throne Defender • 28 Giant Lord • 29 Vendrick • 30 Darklurker
31 Nashandra

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PwnageguyXD Featured By Owner Aug 2, 2014

Fun times. It's like the Bell Gargoyles from DS1 but with a larger amount.

Stormourner Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2014

I managed to defeat six of them by myself, I wasted all my spells and I had no choice but to use my heide spear against them

karniz Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you for telling me about the game.
Because I asked about how you defeated them.
Thank you.
/sarcasm

Stormourner Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2014

no problemo ;3
shock them with the power of lightning

Superbz1212 Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2014 Student Traditional Artist

The developers probably said: "hey guys, how about we take the Gargoyles from the first game and add THREE more?" "That's genius, man, GENIUS." They replied.

... They must've been running out of boss ideas by then.

karniz Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

But they don't have the same character model.
So it's not like they were being lazy in designing these bosses...
[Plus their fight is more like an easter egg if you find the area they're located in.]

Also thank you for leaving a comment about the illustration itself!
/sarcasm

Superbz1212 Featured By Owner Aug 2, 2014 Student Traditional Artist

...yeah, you're right about the models and there's certain different attacks, so I can't argue with that.

IrianWhitefox Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014 Professional Interface Designer

Oh man! Gargoyles are back and I haven't played in days!

Awesome work!

JRinaldi Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014 Professional Traditional Artist

The moment I stumbled out onto that roof and that music kicked in, I knew exactly how it was going to go.

To my surprise, not ALL of the statues eventually came to life. Come on, Dark Souls, I could take 'em!!

Kataiser Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014

Hey, look! Fan art of DS2 that doesn't use the DS1 gargoyle style.

Gives a good sense of motion. Well done.

karniz Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

You know, I said that on my Tumblr?

Kataiser Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014

I did not! Thank you for setting me straight.

karniz Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I SET U STRAIGHT BOI.

Hellmouth497 Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014

Damn, love how to added a lot of artistic flare to this boss's design in your drawing.

karniz Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

/flex ╭ (o‿ o#)ᕗ

Hellmouth497 Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014

It is definitely one of your more stylized pieces. Great work!

aranous Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014

Although the body shape seems intentionally similar, I noticed the details are quite different as well. The ones from the first game I recall being more weathered and fleshy looking, while these are somewhat more artificial and intricate, having quite elaborate looking carvings all over the back, chest, stomach, and groin, that and these ones seemed to have a permanent frown going on for some reason.

karniz Featured By Owner Jul 31, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I uhh, know this already?
My comment over on Tumblr: "It’s intriguing though how so many places use the Belfry Gargoyle’s graphic from Dark Souls for the Dark Souls II content.
It’s a shame, really - because they are very very different looking."
And forgive me, but why comment about something other than the illustration?
It doesn't make any sense, honestly, on an art site to just make a general comment about the game's concept art rather than the illustration the artist procured.

/shrugs
It just seems people could care less what they're looking at and just leave their opinions about the game instead.
[sorry if I'm venting, but this is with 80% of the comments left on my Dark Souls illustrations.]