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"Gerrralt!"
"You know me?"
"It's... me. It's me, Captain Vincent."
"This explains your disappearances at night."
"I was covering you. Those imbeciles couldn't even crawl out of the sewer."
"You wan't thanks?"
"We're on the same side."
"Why should I spare you?"
"Why wouldn't you?"
"You kill humans."
"And how many have fallen by your sword, o Butcher of Blaviken? I'm not a monster on the inside.
Unlike you."Being "Slavic and proud", I grew up with and love Andzrey Sapkowski's novels "The Witcher", which is an amazing piece of writing (and unfortunately for English speaking world, pretty much untranslatable, since English lacks the right amount of foul words we Slavs have. Which is, like, a lot).
And as a fan who saw way too much punishment of his favorite franchise, I was quite worried when I heard about the upcoming game. But then it got released in 2007 and I went ballistic. Now THAT's the Witcher I've been waiting for. This piece is actually equally old. The first sketch and the base lineart comes from late 2007.
I would've left it to rest till I can do it a proper justice it deserves, but one of my students, Wendel, asked me for a fanart of Geralt the Witcher with Vincent the werewolf. And well... I can't really say no to those kids.
I sort of like the way I managed to capture Vincent. It's Geralt who's gonna give me a headache.
Oh, and by the way, if you're wondering how did it end, this is one possible outcome: [link]
But you also could've killed him. Or cure him of lycanthropy and get him to spend life with his true love (which I admit, I did. Just to see the crowning moment of heartwarming in otherwise black and grey painted world of the Witcher :3 )
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What did you think of the second game, by the way?
Oh, and I likes the picture :3
Thank you! :)
You're welcome!
Well done, sir.
I love how the light cascades through the fur. And all the facial expressions are perfect!
well done!
Also, I love the fact that Vincent thinks of himself as a crimefighting superhero werewolf. How could you NOT spare him? :D
He was a great character. I sorely missed him in the second game.
And I agree with you, flashback animations are worse in second game, but I like the fighting system in second game. I'm sure game designers should make remake of first game. Add fighting system from second game but keep the climate from first, because it's awesome.
That being said, the first Witcher game actually spooked the hell out of me. I went with the usual RPG principle "It always pays being nice to everyone" and before I knew how, I ended up in bed with Triss. For the rest of the game, I avoided females like a plague, fearing Yennefer's about to turn up right around the next corner to kick my ass. Geralt might have an amnesia, but I still remember how a jealous sorceress can be!
I loved the flashbacks in the first game. They were stylish, fitting and told much with very little. The second...dunno. It seems more like some attempt to appeal the comic book generation adoring artists like Humberto Ramos or Patrick Scherberger. Nothing against them, really (some of their work, even I love and adore), but it somehow rang wrong with the Witcher's world.
Also, we blame A. Sapkowski for continuing the saga even if he'd told many years ago that it's closed. Well, he'd ran out of money, it seems.
Forgot to tell, The Witcher fan here. I like how he tries to remain neutral in the book, but on the other side I like how the first game tells of his old friends like Regis or the dragon ("Borch Trzy Kawki", the golden one in The Sword of Destiny book).
The first game actually felt more "true" to the philosophy of remaining neutral. In the second, you must choose a side (both sides being pretty much dicks with some good and most bad reasons for being such). Also, the references are great in the first game, just as you say. Although there was one that I missed a lot - Nivellen. :)
But Sapkowski actually had very little in common with the games, I'm not sure there are any connections besides the franchise itself.