Artist's Refuge

Cov’Anin

jadesabre — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:50:29 +0000

Another friend’s World of Warcraft character, this time a Warlock. Yep, a lot of my friends play Blood Elves…

Afea

jadesabre — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:59:36 +0000

Another friend’s World of Warcraft character, this time a Death Knight. Death Knights are, by and large, fairly tragic characters, neither living nor dead.

Regarding Afea, she is best described by a line or two from one of my friend’s RP stories about her: “They will have to accept only shards of my heart… With each shard broken away, there is less to give. Someday there will be none.”

Ascelina

jadesabre — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:27:27 +0000

Ascy is one angry, face melting little Blood Elf. Hope I got that into the image.

Fen

jadesabre — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:45:48 +0000

Hauk Fenshire, Ranger-Lord of the Trust

Fen & his kitty, Amara, breaking up a brawl at one of Azeroth’s many taverns…which is where you’ll usually find Fen if he’s not off saving Azeroth from some bad guys or beating on some Alliance scum.

FOR THE HORDE!!!

Maeby

jadesabre — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:55:40 +0000

A commissioned piece of a dear friend’s character from the now-defunct MMORPG The Matrix Online. If you recall anything about the Matrix trilogy, characters had both a name and a handle – for instance, Neo’s name was Thomas Anderson.

This character is called Maeby (her handle); her “bluepill” name is Jodi Becker. One of my favorite renders I have gotten to do so far; getting the pose and expression to my friend’s specifications was a challenge but one I really enjoyed.

No Fate

jadesabre — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:03:09 +0000

This was inspired by a short story that was written by a friend, entitled No Fate. It is based on the Terminator series.

I post the writing that inspired this artwork here, with permission. Note that I did not write the following prose. It was written by “Iva,” who reserves all rights, and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without her express consent. If you need to contact her for consent, you may do so through me.

~Jade

She sat quietly, an M16 cradled in her arms. Her eyes stared into the flames before her. Softly, she began to speak.

“No fate. The motto. The words still echo in my mind. I don’t really know the whole story – why things are this way. All I know is he came. It was a cold night. People think that just because it’s Texas, it never gets cold. For so long, it had just been a voice on the radio. The metal was all over the place. Fort Hood had been a hub for them. They built quickly. The army did their best. We can’t blame them. They fought bravely. They died like they fought. Even my town wasn’t safe. Abilene. Home of Dyess Air Force Base. The metal came. Just like the army, the air force fought while we all hid. We should all be ashamed, really.

Then the harvesters. We had all heard rumors but we just took it for scuttlebutt. The typical paranoia and nerves. It wasn’t until I saw one myself…that was a horrible day. We lost a lot of good people to whatever fate the metal had for them. Everyone has lost. I get that. But my loss still hurts just as much. I will never forget how my father died. He and I never got along. I always felt like I was a disappointment to him because I didn’t have the good job. Now thinking back…that was all just so pointless. We wasted so much time being shitheads to each other. Time I will never get back. He died protecting us: My mother, brother, and me. The metal grabbed him by the neck as we ran. He knew what he was doing. We didn’t look back but we know what happened.

That’s when I ran out of tears and feelings. My heart broke that day. After that, my brother and mother stayed in the resistance bases. Underground places. I wouldn’t have it, though. I knew hiding and running was never going to save us. Our enemy is immortal and unrelenting. Our only option is to destroy the source. The master of the metal. Skynet.

I joined the resistance. A lot of soldiers and just average folk getting together. I got a crash course in being a soldier. The funny thing is, not 5 years ago the army would never let me do this kind of thing and now there I was. Infantry in a war against the machines meant to save me this horror.

I had fought in many battles and seen many good people die. I used that as the fuel for my efforts. Do not let them die in vain. We all did.

But here I am and only now do I realize it was all a lie. No fate. No fate but what we make. Just a lie. A lie designed to inspire hope. Everyone has their purpose and ultimate end. I make no claims to know what will happen to man and machine. My family or others. I just know that you cannot escape fate. This was all set in stone before I was even born. Now I must face my fate.”

Slowly she looked up. She had been surprised that she had lived this long. That she was even allowed to finish talking. The T-600 stared down at her with those eyes. Those unfeeling, unwavering, unrelenting orbs of fire. No expression. Just a skull of metal. Slowly it reached out and picked her up by her neck. She choked as it lifted her. It stared at her face. Examining her. A curiosity.

“Boom! Head shot!” Suddenly the machine’s head exploded in a violent storm of shrapnel and sparks. She was dropped to the ground as the machine fell to its knees then forward next to her.

“My fate. I’m the bait.”

Wanna Ride?

jadesabre — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:42:17 +0000

Did this one for a friend. I’m still not entirely happy with the lighting and reflection settings, but there are about 90 lights or so in it, believe it or not.

First Steps

jadesabre — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:10:32 +0000

I’ll start by putting up some of my older work. I’ll try to keep them in order and try to tell a little something about them as I do.

This was one of my first renders, and it was the first that was decent enough to show to people. The lighting is left deliberately dark because I was feeling rather dark and moody at the time.
Special thanks to Aph (whose work is so incredibly amazing and inspiring!) for the help.

Spirit – Work in Progress

jadesabre — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:06:33 +0000

This is a work in progress that is my most recent, inspired by a carving of the same name described by Terry Goodkind in his Sword of Truth series of novels. There is a lot of work yet to be done on this piece and this could be considered a rough draft at best, but I am really excited about this one and look forward to getting it perfect.

Redessa

jadesabre — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:43:05 +0000

Lady Redessa Sunsword, Commander of the Trust, Blood Elf Paladin. (A friend’s World of Warcraft character, which is definitely getting a do over shortly with some new tricks I’ve learned)

FOR THE HORDE!!!