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Bastion - The Caelondian Kidby ~Ateo88

Fan Art / Digital Art / Painting & Airbrushing / Games

"The past catches up with the Kid. Hardly had a moment's rest since all this started. Fair to say he's lived a hard life, supposin' what he says in his sleep ain't no lie. He never knew his old man, but he had his momma to take care of. Frail thing, with pure white hair like his. Havin' his momma's hair did the Kid no favors when he was growin' up, but he learned to hold his own out there.

School ain't workin' out, so the Kid signs up for a turn on the Ripplin' Walls. Make his momma some money. Thanks to folks like the Kid, the Walls've kept Caelondia safe from whatever's out there. The elements, the Ura. You name it. Once the Kid done his time, he hurried on home. Turns out his momma's time was done too.

The City had nothing for him. The money he'd been sending home was nowhere to be found neither. So what'd the Kid do? Why he went right on back to the Walls for another five years. In the history of Caelondia, no one's ever volunteered for another shift on the Walls. Out there, the Kid learned to fend for himself. Learned to build. Learned to break. In time, the Kid earned good standing with the Marshals. They trusted him to scout out farther than anybody.

One night, on one of his expeditions, the ground underneath him cracked, shuddered. And split apart. He saw nothin', where the world used to be. The Calamity happened, just like that. All the Kid had to work with was his hammer, and the clothes on his back. Through twisted streets, he ran. With nothing but the City Crest, and an old stranger's voice to guide him.

Well he finally arrived at Caelondia's vaunted safe haven. He, and no one else. But then? All he got was more thankless work. From a man that ain't even asked his name. Sure I may be the one who dreamt up the Walls and the Bastion, but the Kid made em real. Not me.

I'd like to say I'd never forget him. What he's doing, or what he's done. I surely would." -- The Stranger

Disclaimer: Bastion and The Kid belongs to Supergiant games. Check out Bastion here! [link]

Artist notes:
Style: This is a re-imagining of The Kid with semi-realistic proportions. I took a bit of liberty with the design because I felt that he would look cool with the cowboy hat. Colour wise, I tried to take inspiration from the game itself as well as from paintings from the Old West [link] In addition I wanted the composition to pay homage to the Cowboy Shot [link] Somewhat visible brushwork
Work process: Started with silhouette then defined the light source with lighter tones. I worked almost entirely in greyscale, only adding in the colour near the very last stage. Brushes used were the standard photoshop '19' brush and some textured brushes
Goal: I didn't really have a specific goal in mind this time for this one. I just wanted to paint a human proportioned Kid with a cool hat, cuz the Kid is such a badass that he deserves one

Things to work on: I kinda pictured this to be less saturated, so I might dial down the saturation. Then again, Bastion was pretty colourful. That being said, this was a rare picture where I felt that I nailed the lighting right from the get go, so I am quite happy with how this turned out

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~LunaofSkyfold May 15, 2013 New member Hobbyist General Artist

This is Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

*Reinhold-Hoffmann Mar 17, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

Congrats to you, i choosed your work for the weekly art feature of the submissions made to

. Beside being featured in one of the biggest game related art comunities here on dA it also means the chance to win a 1Month dA Premium Account through luck (if your number is chosen by a random number programme)

You can see the feature here [link]

*temporal-insomniac Mar 15, 2013 General Artist

holy sheeet
this looks really amazing
and your reimagining has stayed true to the game tone and feel
i like this a lot

~Ateo88 Mar 15, 2013

Thanks

~Mangatellers Mar 13, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

The character looks great. I like the coloring and his pose. Wonderful art work. Well done!

~Ateo88 Mar 14, 2013

Thank you ^_^

As I commented before your own work is great as always. I was wondering tho, do you screen tone your work digitally? And just out of curiousity I was also wondering whether Japanese manga-ka still screen tone their work traditionally.

~Mangatellers Mar 24, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Hey! Sorry for my late reply. We are the writers of the story and

is our artist. I know that he uses both the traditional and the digital way. I think that nowdays the japanese manga-ka use both ways too. ^^

~mactagger Mar 11, 2013

Amazing work.

~Ateo88 Mar 12, 2013

Thank you

~Wolfstande Mar 11, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

HOLY CATS, this may officially be the greatest Bastion fan-art ever. :'D

Thank you for exerting your energy into making this masterpiece. You are incredible.

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