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Having just read Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, I was motivated to capture a sense of the oppressive heat and untameable wilderness that the book so effectively describes. Here's my effort. The book follows a maddening journey down an unnamed African river on a steam boat full of cannibals and "pilgrims." On different bends of the river, company men would come out of their outposts and watch the boat go by, seemingly trapped in their isolated stations.

The boat is modeled after the real life steamboat that Conrad worked on when he was a professional sailor. The basic shape was rendered in 3D and imported into photoshop, where I combined it with some new foliage painting techniques I'm working on.

Thanks for looking; enjoy!
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~lastofthethymelords Mar 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I like that you made the rivets prominent.
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~steamboatjoe Mar 23, 2013  New member
Very nice. Getting inspired. Story important . Mark twain.
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=iatemypencils Feb 13, 2013   Digital Artist
looks like a scene from some oldschool adventure game, nice
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~Nightbringer24 Jan 12, 2013
I've been trying my hardest to find this book so I can read it.
But from this pic, I can tell I won't be disappointed by its contents.
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~Tovex Jan 4, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
You've captured the river itself perfectly to how i imagined. The steamboat too (I remember researching the boat Conrad used back when he was in the congo). Awesome work :D
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~TomoFromFire Oct 26, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
i should give that book a read, ja :> looks very nice, makes me happy for some reason :iconisayplz: BRAVO!
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*Patrucca Oct 24, 2012  Professional General Artist
beautifully rendered! :D

-P.A.
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~TheMuteRobot Oct 23, 2012
This is awesome. For a more oppressive feel, I might go with some slightly warmer color tones, and some haze, like the sunlight is diffusing into thick water vapor (not that I could do anything this awesome though...). What is your foliage technique? It looks great!
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~midknight23 Oct 23, 2012   General Artist
looks good
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~Connan-Bell Oct 23, 2012   Traditional Artist
I'm having flashbacks to college reading assignments.
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