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This is Lawrence Brecker, an officer / sign painter (he does not get paid well) for a mid-sized town somewhere in the uh, west. He lives in his office at his station, with his bed situated just above his desk. His mom makes fun of him, but he is grateful that she still sends him food even though he is 30.
The thing he is holding in this picture is his Horse. It has zero horsepower. Its main function is to reduce travel friction by floating off the ground while the driver and passengers push along with their legs. So yes, it is essentially a hoverboard in the form of a stick horse. It hovers passively by some sort of magical imagination, and originally belonged to a friend who used to cart ice cream around town with it. In order to attract customers, the horse head plays musical tunes while it moves. This makes law enforcement a little awkward. I had not drawn a dude for a while, and I had not drawn a Western pic for even longer (my memory tell me it has been approximately never), so Lawrence here meets both quotas. Designing him was kind of fun, and at the same time a challenge. I struggled a bit with his hair. Originally his bangs were longer, but I felt it was a bit too...cheap. I said to myself, "Don't be such a thoughtless artist, relying on some sort of formula that says Long Hair = Cool." So I cut his bangs a little shorter and gave him a ponytail. Oh I am genus. His poncho combines with his sideburns to make him moar manly. Also, it is inspired by a little girl's poncho. He also has no hat. My brother says that kind of defeats the whole purpose of a Western, and I guess he's kind of right. But I don't like how a hat looks on him, so I am going to say that all he can find are lady hats. Made in Flash EDIT: I'm going to answer a couple of the more frequently asked questions here: 1) Why not put a hat on a string around his neck? - I'm not going to give him a hat if I don't like how it'll look on him, even if he's not wearing it at the moment. 2) Why does he have spurs on his gloves? - So he can put his elbows on the ground and use them like tiny wheels. 3) I like his zipper - That is his officer's tag. And his shirt uses Velcro. 4) What are those things in the background? - Those are ice cream base stations. Ice cream is pivotal to the West's economy. - Or they might be clouds, depending on what you're talking about. Comments
  I love his clothes. * O *
And funny as always. x3 -- DemonicShia @ Gaia Online <3  Wah! I want to draw like it! *O*
-- My english is very bad, sorry ó__òU Aquí ---> [link] <--- Aquí ~  Se'n podria dir que és quelcom extrany...~~ nunca se sabe lo que puede pasar... U¬____¬ ~  haha, the back story is so funny XD
his hair actually looks really nice. the cut is really unique (good call with the bang shortening) and the horse/hoverboard idea is...interesting. i would love to see a man riding a singing metal horse-stick. -- MOVED TO : ~Haiyun   Wonderful character. Even tested out those notes, and you did indeed have it singing "You Are My Sunshine". XD
-- "Am I a butterfly dreaming I'm a man? Or a bowling ball dreaming a plate of sashimi? Never assume what you see and feel is real!" "Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. However, that parting need not last forever."  this is amazingly awesome! it rocks!
-- @-->-----  LOLLLL ))))))))
Phew! I was afraid it would not work out well because I left out what key it was in.
 Yay! Ice cre... I mean... Law Enforcement... Mmmm... taste that sweet strawberry justice.
My only curiosity lies in the spurs on his wrists... used for slicing concentric circles in criminals? The only thing I can think of to make this picture better would be a gun holster on one of those gun belts so he has somewhere to put his gun instead of holding it all the time... which I'm sure adds to his cool factor but makes sign painting difficult. What's the horses name? Oo... oo... what about Sherbert? |
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I don't think there was ever a time when you weren't original. Still, I think cowboys on hovering steeds might have already been taken, but this drawing still managed to surprise us all as usual. Even though this is astonishing to see something like this even in your gallery of all people I honestly don't think it had that great of an impact, but seeing this in my inbox was just breath-taking enough to give you this score.
Overall, it's another job well done. Simply superb even though the background still bugs me, but that seems to be more of an opinion than anything else really. The cowboy looks excellent in both design and effects and that goes the same for his trusty steed. Just looking at the saddle on a high-tech horse is just genius enough (with a little exaggeration, but still...). The shine on his steed and his gun is well made.
Very nice! I look forward to what we'll see next.
The background is really lovely and soft, and I like the details of the towers in the distance. With the coloring you used, it gives a really good impression of the haze caused by extreme distance. Also, because the background is minimalistic, it doesn't detract from the brave western officer/sign painter or his hover-horse. At the same time, it's just detailed enough.
Lawrence Brecker's clothing is unique, but still has a western flair to it (and the big metal tag/zipper thingy amuses me greatly), and the spurs on his bracers are certainly...interesting(/potentially painful). His gun is so large that it would have to be extremely heavy, but I already decided that he's either much stronger than he looks, has a cybernetic arm, the gun's made of some super-light metal/alloy, and/or any combination of the above.
If there's any downside to this picture, I would say that it's the lack of a nice, stereotypical cowboy hat. That is partly because I'm partial to them myself, and partly because he would need something to shield his eyes and face from the bright, hot, desert sun. However, I'm somewhat glad he doesn't have one on, as it might detract from his ruggedly handsome face.
Also, the choice of colors is very nice, lending itself well to the theme of a desert. Lovely piece.
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