TMR's Art Gallery of Particular Interest (NOW IN COLOUR!)

[The Merchant Republics]

NOW IN COLOR!

So, for the last little bit I've been meaning to start one of these. I draw a lot and I've been told I'm quite good, but I've not really had a real reason to start one, I usually post my artwork on facebook, but with my most recent painting, I can shake the feeling that it looks too much like a person who I'd rather not knew of it. Besides, I've got plenty of pictures I want to add to my factbook.

So without further ado, The Merchant Republics own Art Gallery.


Your humble artist. By his own pencil stroke.
"New Frontiers"

"The Artist Enclosed"

With Colour

"Flutter"

The Good Stuff

To be more clear, it's not intended to be an actual ghost, the title is metaphorical. Some of the folks who have suffered through my whining incessantly about girl troubles on various threads, might be able to surmise the reason, name and subject of the portrait.

Now, I've got some problems with my shading here, but I think overall this is one of my best.

A Member of the Eridean Aristocracy, who are more or less elves, the size of her ear however, indicates human blood, so she is likely a half-human Eridean. As explored in the factbooks, Erideans practically consider humanity to be Angels so, there is little stigma to being half-blooded.

Women do serve in the Celestial Armed Forces, but typically only in Non-Combat Roles, this looks more like a recruitment poster than an actual slice of reality. If she we're actually a combat solider her hair would have been cut short.

I tell you I'm not a Nazi! I just admire their fashion sense.

Wearing standard issue heavy infantry armour, a lot nations would use camouflage, besides being cowardly and weak, we consider armour to be a more superior investment for our heavy infantry doctrines.

More fashion work.

No, I have no idea what the ball is, I envisioned it as some sort of holographic device, but fell through on what it could be beyond that.

Amber itself is a play on Ombre, which as you see below, means shadow, it was all for a poetry collection I fear I won't finish now. On the bright side, I'm not opposed to posting those poem on here.

"Beautiful Shadow" for those who lack in the French tongue.

A Girl In A Typical Mercatoran Outfit.


Your Latest In Fashionable Women's Wear


The Latest In Fashionable Men's Wear


A Couple Wearing Typical Mercatorum Fashion

Cities, Buildings and Other Objects

Continuing with the uberclass and sophistication of the Art Deco period look, why shouldn't my nation's vehicles be beautiful too.

A Humanoid Robot, made into a Vitruvian Man Likeness. A friend of mine suggested that we send a version of this along with the next major SETI spacecraft, just to freak out the aliens. It's not cruel that I put this under "objects" right?

Rougher Work

Once a mighty and ruthless Empire, the Vodar are an alien species in the Celestial Confederation, and once it's greatest enemy, invading and attacking the Orinean Commonwealths during the First Contact/Interstellar War and then later attacking the fledgling colonies of the New Merchant Republics, culminating in the Second Interstellar War when the Vodar Empire was destroyed utterly and it's remaining warbands reduced to wandering nomads. While many Vodar have settled down and become civilized members of the greater Republics, there are still many that travel in Nomadic fashion via poorly constructed spaceships, conducting raids for resources and food. They are serious problem in the Frontier. Vodar face significant social resentment over their instigation of the Interstellar Wars and the savagery of their less civilized cousins. Yet the have over time these civilized Vodar have won acceptance through unwavering support of the Republics.

Oh, hey and I'm usually open to new sketch ideas, so if you want to make requests, go right ahead, might take a while to upload though. No portraits though. None. I don't do them, because I inevitably butcher them in some minute way. And I have to spend hours after assuring them that their eyes really aren't THAT wonky.

Tributes and Other Request Work:

[Norstal]

I think those eyes needs reflection, when colored. They look cold and menacing.

Other than that, it looks pretty good. Keep it up.

[Zeth Rekia]

These noses.... they're quite sexy. :3

Good work Merchy. *Pats Merchy on the head approvingly*

[Lackadaisical2]

These noses.... they're quite sexy. :3

Good work Merchy. *Pats Merchy on the head approvingly*

Really? I disliked the noses...

[Staenwald]

So, for the last little bit I've been meaning to start one of these. I draw a lot and I've been told I'm quite good, but I've not really had a real reason to start one, I usually post my artwork on facebook, but with my most recent painting, I can shake the feeling that it looks too much like a person who I'd rather not knew of it. Besides, I've got plenty of pictures I want to add to my factbook.

So without further ado, The Merchant Republics own Art Gallery.

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you should rearch the art nouveau style, and 1920s era art. They look similar these characters- minus the elf ears. Anyway keep up the good work. I suggest not using felt tip or whatever you used, just because they are a bit nasty for drawing unless they are fine liners.

[The Merchant Republics]

So, for the last little bit I've been meaning to start one of these. I draw a lot and I've been told I'm quite good, but I've not really had a real reason to start one, I usually post my artwork on facebook, but with my most recent painting, I can shake the feeling that it looks too much like a person who I'd rather not knew of it. Besides, I've got plenty of pictures I want to add to my factbook.

So without further ado, The Merchant Republics own Art Gallery.

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you should rearch the art nouveau style, and 1920s era art. They look similar these characters- minus the elf ears. Anyway keep up the good work. I suggest not using felt tip or whatever you used, just because they are a bit nasty for drawing unless they are fine liners.

Just the paint program and sketch pencil actually, my Mom won't let me use her stuff and I'm rather too stingy and mess-adverse to buy my own paints.

Art Nouveau is precisely what inspired my portrait work. And the elf ears were what I needed to convince me I wasn't drawing my most recent flame.

I think those eyes needs reflection, when colored. They look cold and menacing.

Other than that, it looks pretty good. Keep it up.

Your quite right. I'll look into a technique to do it.

These noses.... they're quite sexy. :3

Good work Merchy. *Pats Merchy on the head approvingly*

Really? I disliked the noses...

That's too bad, is the technique or just the look of the noses you don't like, I am drawing my conception of beauty here, which includes the upturned celestial nose, I know not everyone prefers the look.

Anyways to Zeth Rekia, I thank you, I greatly admire your own work so it's good to gets some approval in return.

[Staenwald]

I got ym art exam paper yesterday. The word choices I had to do a project on were:
Splash
High Rise
Strata
Small
Art nouveau
shopping trolley
coloured light
bedroom
handstand
crowds

how crap are those?

well i had some good ideas, buti think i'm gonna do highrise.

[The Merchant Republics]

I got ym art exam paper yesterday. The word choices I had to do a project on were:

High Rise
Strata
Art Nouveau

how crap are those?

well i had some good ideas, buti think i'm gonna do highrise.

I don't know, they are certainly not the worst words.
I mean right there, with those terms I could do something great. Got it in my mind's eye so to speak. Of course I love drawing architecture, the next picture I'm uploading here will probably be one of my futurisitic art-deco landscapes. Full of Art-Nouveau and Art-Deco Skyscrapers with sorta Atomic Age Flying Cars and 1940's sorta style on the pedestrians when I include them.

[Staenwald]

I got ym art exam paper yesterday. The word choices I had to do a project on were:

High Rise
Strata
Art Nouveau

how crap are those?

well i had some good ideas, buti think i'm gonna do highrise.

I don't know, they are certainly not the worst words.
I mean right there, with those terms I could do something great. Got it in my mind's eye so to speak. Of course I love drawing architecture, the next picture I'm uploading here will probably be one of my futurisitic art-deco landscapes. Full of Art-Nouveau and Art-Deco Skyscrapers with sorta Atomic Age Flying Cars and 1940's sorta style on the pedestrians when I include them.

yeah i love the mental image i got from the 'my nation' bit in your sig, but take out the mythical stuff...well you don't have to, just kinda ruins it for me..lol

[The Merchant Republics]

I don't know, they are certainly not the worst words.
I mean right there, with those terms I could do something great. Got it in my mind's eye so to speak. Of course I love drawing architecture, the next picture I'm uploading here will probably be one of my futurisitic art-deco landscapes. Full of Art-Nouveau and Art-Deco Skyscrapers with sorta Atomic Age Flying Cars and 1940's sorta style on the pedestrians when I include them.

yeah i love the mental image i got from the 'my nation' bit in your sig, but take out the mythical stuff...well you don't have to, just kinda ruins it for me..lol

What the magic, well I don't think of it as magic. You ever play Mass Effect, it's like that. And the elves stay. Because I love elves.

[Zeth Rekia]

yeah i love the mental image i got from the 'my nation' bit in your sig, but take out the mythical stuff...well you don't have to, just kinda ruins it for me..lol

What the magic, well I don't think of it as magic. You ever play Mass Effect, it's like that. And the elves stay. Because I love elves.

Elves are good. ;]

[Saurisisia]

Awesome!

Do Lizards!

[The Merchant Republics]

Awesome!

Do Lizards!

Well, I've done some sketches of the various alien races in my nation, lizard-like one's included, however I don't know if there at the quality level I would want to post yet.

[The Merchant Republics]

Within the next two hours, I'll be posting about five or six new pictures. Depending on how fast I do the paint. I have two more for now.

[Oterro]

Good stuff; I take it you enjoy drawing women. The sign of a longing heart, perhaps?

Anyway, why don't you take a break from people? Try some scenes, buildings, vehicles, stuff liek that.

[Conserative Morality]

Very excellent artwork. I particularly like the merchant girl.

[The Merchant Republics]

Good stuff; I take it you enjoy drawing women. The sign of a longing heart, perhaps?

Anyway, why don't you take a break from people? Try some scenes, buildings, vehicles, stuff liek that.

Spot on analysis, Oterro spot on.

Actually, I'm working on one of my city scenes right now. It will probably be the second thing I finish, but I finally have my infantry scanned in, so I want to finish them first.

[The Merchant Republics]

Sketches Galore!

[Norstal]

Sketches Galore!

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Now that's what I'd like to see. Though, the city looks eerily empty.

[Zeth Rekia]

Interesting. Zeno likey.
Very good.
Maybe some shading on this buildings would help some?

[Oterro]

Wow, those are great, I really like the colouring too.

Good stuff; I take it you enjoy drawing women. The sign of a longing heart, perhaps?

Anyway, why don't you take a break from people? Try some scenes, buildings, vehicles, stuff liek that.

Spot on analysis, Oterro spot on.

We all cope with it in different ways, I think.

[The Merchant Republics]

Sketches Galore!

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Now that's what I'd like to see. Though, the city looks eerily empty.

Interesting. Zeno likey.
Very good.
Maybe some shading on this buildings would help some?

Thank you, again.
Yes, it's just a sketch for now, I'm working on giving it some colour right now. Maybe once I've got that done I can draw some little denizens for my city.

[Conserative Morality]

Loving the Field Officer. Your enemies will be stunned into submission by their excellent dress sense.

[The Merchant Republics]

Hurray, new uploads. No paint work done yet.


Wait, never mind. Forgot I finished my heavy infantry paint. Except the hands, but hands aren't that important...

[Cosumar]

I like it, nice work!