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Detective Patfieldby *2dforever

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Illustrations / Conceptual

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Whilst creating a repeating pattern image for work purposes, I found myself inspired to do this.

It's not 100% accurately measured out, but it could pretty much repeat over and over - a man with a gun behind him, with a gun behind that man, etc etc.

Repeating images aside, I had a lot of fun making this. There are a few different ways you could look at it, so I'll leave that bit up to you.

Totally inspired by fantastic old film noir - when trenchcoats weren't just for flashers and insurance sales men always solved crimes... for some reason.

I would really appreciate some critique on this piece. I got to a stage where I felt it could be improved but just ran out of things to do. Any thoughts?

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~Dvojce 1 day ago

I love this image!
I was just wondering if i could use it for a banner?
I'm not making any money off of it.
And i'd of course put your copyright on the bottom

*2dforever 1 day ago Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks! I'm glad you like it

Of course you can use it; providing you give some form of credit somewhere then I don't mind!

~Dvojce 18 hours ago

awesome!!
yes i put a water mark on his arm with your name and copy right.
in the footer i put a link to your deviant art if that's cool

~ThirdSun Jan 19, 2012

Wow, amazingly well done!
The only thing I find somewhat odd is the position of his eyes in relation to the nose

*2dforever Jan 21, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

It was based on my friends face, so he's to blame for that

I'm glad you like it otherwise, thank you!

~CBrengan Aug 8, 2011 Professional General Artist

The only thing I could think of being improved is that I part of me wants to see this shot(painted) from a slightly lower perspective, where the shadows are really looming over the people. Somehow that totally says film noir to me. Or Hitchcock. I'm not sure I've ever seen a real film noir so I may just be making stuff up now.

I really love this piece! the first thing that drew me in was the cheekbone shadows!

*2dforever Aug 10, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Ooh, that's a really nice idea actually (taking the view from a lower perspective). It's not exactly something I could tweak, but it's a good idea - maybe for another picture!

Also, never seen a film noir? I highly recommend 'the third man' if you want to try one out. Like all film noir, it might seem slow to get into it, but it's a fantastic film.

Thank you for the kind and well thought out message

~CBrengan Aug 10, 2011 Professional General Artist

I would love to see that picture if you do it! I've heard a lot about the third man, I'll have to check it out! Thank you for listening to my long winded comment!

~BillyColin8 Jul 1, 2010

Very cool design, and a cool looking character

~GaryStorkamp Apr 30, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

I modified the image to tile pretty soon after you posted this, and I've have been using it across my 3 monitors since then. It's a kick to see the image seamlessly sprawl across my entire work area. I hope you don't mind. [link]

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