Date Submitted

08/06/2009 | 07:04PM EST

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Illustration | 801 x 1025 px

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nova | starcraft | blizzard | girl

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4.55 / 5.00

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Nova Blizzard Art contest 2005

Rated E
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Author's Comments

My entry for the Blizzcon art contest back in 2005.

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Average Score: 9.4 / 10

Score: 9
swaggo

"dope"

by: swaggo
date: November 19, 2009

dope

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Score: 8
CRF250

"Starcraft Ghost.."

by: CRF250
date: October 27, 2009

Almost glad it was cancelled, I didn't want to play a bad game......and it didn't look that good, well Nova sure as hell looked good (haha), but I was talking about gameplay.

Anyways nice pic! Looks like you'd been drawing for 2-3 years at this point, a while ago. Maybe longer, again, shading stance of Nova an the hydra actually looks pretty acurate. Perspective looks kind funky to me. too......

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Score: 9
Artanis186

"Nova..."

date: September 3, 2009

The sexiest ghost in history.
The picture itself is outstanding. She does seem to be in a bit of an awkward positiong though. Only thing that seriously drags it down is that it doesn't have any Protoss. xD (Kidding, that didn't affect my rating)
5/5
9/10

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Score: 10
hydraboy

"Damn you!"

date: August 30, 2009

That poor Hydra! What did he ever do?! Spit at you?! D: Psh. People spit on eachother day! They don't get shot. You make my soul cry!

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Score: 10
CJL515

"Impressive."

by: CJL515
date: August 30, 2009

This art is quite creative and is also very artistic. However, she looks as though she is afraid and her gun is in an awkward position. But other than that, this is a great and creative art. Keep up the great work!

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Score: 7
Lichman

"starcraft ghost?"

date: August 30, 2009

Yeah it seems like she is saluting to someone but her gun is in an awkward position for that and there is a dead hydralisk behind her so i assume that is just killed, just have to fix her pose. her legs are a bitch crossed together like shes cowering in fear also

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Score: 6
Dawnslayer

"Good, but you ouverlooked a few things..."

date: August 29, 2009

Subject: Pose is awkward - she's standing almost too straight. The rifle doesn't seem to shift her weight at all; how would one hold a weapon that size and weight, at that angle, with only one hand and not bend the wrist? The right arm seems to be forcing in a straight position behind the leg; a slight angle in the elbow would fix that. Legs appear to be locked straight as well, "twinning" the pose; again, how she holds that rifle up with her legs creating that center of balance is beyond me. Wonderfully detailed, but defies the laws of physics.

Background: Seems to have been rushed, but it does relay the dark atmosphere of the environment, which can be difficult to do. The ambient lighting is mostly correct,save for a couple reflections off the rifle where there shouldn't be any. The creature silhouetted against the flames is a nice touch, as is the dead one behind her.

Summary: This is four years old, and you've probably improved since then. But in spite of your attention to detail, there are definite points where this could have been done better. 6/10 and 3/5 from me.

September 1, 2009

Author's Response:

I appreciate the honesty, and yes I can agree with everything you said : ) Thank you

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Score: 7
Tubular-Spork

"Lighting."

date: August 29, 2009

The lighting is wrong. She looks super-imposed into the background. You should also work on the overall definition of the background. It's sketchy compared to the girl/hydralisk.

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Score: 10
Aispurox

"nice"

date: August 29, 2009

i love nova :) its so hot XD! nice work :)

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Score: 10
3xploit

"nice"

date: August 29, 2009

that looks pretty bad ass. Keep going on whatever else you like, you got a good style. Ive always liked a rough sketch type of artwork.

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Score: 9
Jazz117

"Superb"

date: August 29, 2009

Nice outfit but could use stomach definition and a new hairdo

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Score: 10
promaszta

"great"

date: August 29, 2009

Poor hydralisk lol. Nice drawing. Really cool =D

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Score: 10
DN83

"This...IS....AWESOME!"

by: DN83
date: August 29, 2009

You make me wanna play Starcraft with how good this piece looks.

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Score: 10
shin235

"starcraft i assume?"

date: August 29, 2009

i didnt anyone know the ghost unit or ghost game by blizzard nice work

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Score: 10
wazzupster

"pretty kickass"

date: August 29, 2009

enough said

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Score: 10
MissBorden

"Lovely"

date: August 29, 2009

Your piece pays close attention to detail and quality without going completely overboard! The colors are well done, and the flames look very lifelike. Very nice, I wish I could have seen the mother-print in person at Blizzcon.

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Score: 10
TheUnknownEntity

"Hold on a second..."

date: August 29, 2009

I actually saw this at Blizzcon this year (as in 2009)! It was hanging on this... thing by the line for starcraft 2 (along with many others)

it was easily one of my favorites, good job

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Score: 10
Steel-Raven

"Awsome work!"

date: August 28, 2009

You did a great job with the colors and details, captureswhat the game could have been

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Score: 10
WyldeFyreXS89

"10/10"

date: August 28, 2009

Very good quality! This work is manga/doujin-worthy... A really like it (personally) because of the anime-styled illustration of a (Starcraft) Terran Ghost... Keep up the good work...

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Score: 10
GhostUnit

"YAY STARCRAFT!"

date: August 28, 2009

Its friggen great :D 10/10 5/5

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Score: 10
pyroscythe

"excellent 10/10"

date: August 28, 2009

this is the best ive seen yet
i could never do this the only ting i can do is draw tattoos

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Score: 10
Hoboweasel

"Samus better watch her ass xD"

date: August 28, 2009

Wow, I love the detail! The colors and design are really awesome too. It does kinda make me think of like a spec ops zero suit samus. Amazing work! The only thing that seems off is her stance, but I still really like it! Congrats on being featured too! :D

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Score: 10
Leviathan235

"YEAH Star Craft 2"

date: August 19, 2009

Ghost pwnage. Protoss dark templars ftw

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Score: 10
ghostxero

"looks like"

date: August 11, 2009

iria zeiram the animation...fucking awesome!

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Score: 10
hank909

"wow"

date: August 9, 2009

those alien they look femilliar(like i seen before )?

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Score: 10
Tenkisin

"wow nice"

date: August 8, 2009

i am glade to see that i wasn't the only one waiting for Ghost. very nice picture !

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Score: 10
celestial-salamander

"brude?"

date: August 7, 2009

is that a Brude in the back ground. you know brude from marvel.

August 7, 2009

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haha no it's just another crappily drawn hydra

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Score: 10
ZeWitchKid

"Nice!"

date: August 7, 2009

defenetively worth blizz fan art's a spot, do you do wow fan art too?
like the highlights on the character suit, but, it would look sharpewr if you would add more red highlight on the side lit by the red flashing lights on the background , because they are hard to notice a little bit, also for ambience, the background could use more dark spots, like play with contrast to make it more spooky, that way the zergs in the background look more scary ( even if they are dead) but thats just suggestions, mabie you could experiment a bit with the light/dark contrast and see how best it suits you

August 7, 2009

Author's Response:

yeah I would definitely make all the changes that you said, but back then I didn't know much about contrast or anything haha, thank you for your review : )

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Score: 9
msg2007

"cool"

date: August 7, 2009

cool

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Score: 9
Finale

"amazing"

by: Finale
date: August 7, 2009

background could use a bit of cleaning up though

August 7, 2009

Author's Response:

I agree, it's an old piece and I'd like to take another shot at the Starcraft universe soon.

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