Jack Commissioned Art

by on March 11, 2023 at 12:01 am
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Another artist I approached to do some characters for me was the talented wansworld. You can find him on deviantart and he does some good stuff these days. Comics and covers and jazz. He first did Jack and Betty for me, and then some other characters as well. I was happy with his work and his price. You can see him wearing the white suit he uses after The War, as well as much of the Hyades Campaign. I feel like wansworld got Jack’s cockiness in the piece, making this another very good reference for when I’m writing the character.

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Jack Commissioned Art

by on March 10, 2023 at 12:01 am
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Back before I found the magic of DAZ Studio, or the more modern AI Art, I went to real artists and paid them to draw some of my characters. Usually Jack and Betty to start with, and if I liked the quality and cost, I asked for more. One artist I approached was the legendary MattPlog who has been making BattleTech art as long as I can remember. I was in a particularly OCD phase when I worked with him, and I ended up changing the scope of the project in the middle of the project. Bad idea. Don’t do this, kids. Do as I say now, not what I did when I was young and stupid. 😉 I did get the best version of the Texas Marine Corps uniform of Jack’s time that I have out of the project though. Plog really nailed the landing.

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Jack Xbox Avatar Art

by on March 9, 2023 at 12:01 am
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I don’t know if any of you remember back when XBox introduced the ability for people to create their own avatars and use them as their virtual persona, but I saw that and instantly thought of Jack. So I went into the avatar creator, found a nice white suit, and generated a fun little avatar of Jack that I still enjoy checking out to this day. I did this with several characters I write because it was free, and I have more than one xbox account. Why make random names when I can use characters I already write?

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Jack CG Art

by on March 8, 2023 at 12:01 am
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I like art, both of the word and the picture kind. I like to use words to paint pictures, and I like pictures worth a thousand words. Barring that, I just like pretty things. Pictures or words. While seeking both, I have gone the way of CG art, using programs like DAZ Studio to generate art through the magic of manipulating numbers. This is a piece I designed bringing together many elements created by other people to come up with a final piece that I liked and felt right to me. No cowboy hat, because hair and hats are a difficult mix to get right. This is Jack, rendered in DAZ Studio on my computer.

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Jack AI Art

by on March 7, 2023 at 12:01 am
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I have been trying out the AI Art stuff for a while now, mainly figuring out the right prompts to get it to draw characters I write stories about. Betty and Jasmine, and Jack of course. I have some nice examples of real people art for him that I paid a pretty penny for. Totally worth it for Jack, but not for other supporting characters. AI Art is really nice when looking for though character references. Here are a couple of Jack from the anime zone I got dezgo dot com to render for me using the anime everything 4.0 model. It can do many different models, and is free, though the free version tends to be very small pictures. More than good enough for character references, and I rather like them.

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