deviant art

Deviant Login Shop  Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour
[x]
Shop Similar Prints
This Print Not Available
Download Image
JPG, 1024×612
more ▶

More from ~hunqwert

Featured in Groups:

Details

February 19, 2007
304 KB
1024×612
Link
Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 24
Favourites: 264 [who?]

Views: 13,608 (4 today)
Downloads: 2,540 (0 today)
[x]
:iconhunqwert:
... A sword-concept ...
Add a Comment:
 
love 3 3 joy 2 2 wow 1 1 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconicevin:
Love the design.
Reply
:iconhunqwert:
~hunqwert Nov 1, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
thanks!
Reply
:iconelyeli:
I like this! the shading and details look very realistic, the design is interesting and functional and you did a fantastic job on the perspective.

I have one criticism though, the perspective makes it slightly difficult to see that the blade is split like it is. I missed it at first. I see something in the groove a ways down from the tips but I'm not sure what it is (a white space, like a connecting segment between the two blade segments) the perspective makes it hard to tell just what it is.

but the perspectve is so well done that I can't complian! absolutely fatastic work!
Reply
:iconerevin-is-hot:
WOW. I thought that this was a photo at first glance. I like the perspective - to me it looks like I'm gazing at a sword that's lying on a marble floor. very cool.
Reply
:iconhunqwert:
~hunqwert Nov 1, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
thanks! ^^
Reply
:iconswordguyman:
Beautifully done! But how did you draw the sword like that? Did you use vanishing points?
Reply
:iconlurkily:
It's a beautiful design, lovely and clean and pure - I see a few things I'm not sure of here, though. I like the guard that resembled a tsuba - it gives a traditional feel to a very, ah, eccentric design. But what's the trigger-guard like item below it?

And is that a fullerene, or is the entire blade actually in two parts? As it appears to have to points, it looks like you may have actually split the blade in two parts.

As I said, I like how clean and pure it is, aesthetically it's lovely; functionally, those two issues cause problems. If this is meant as a decorative item, totally ignore what follows.

If that trigger guard is supposed to hold a finger (for protection, or greater control?) then when happens when the sword is wrenched out of your hand - do you just write the finger off as broken? For a swordsman, that may mean never being able to wield a sword again.

The split blade is beautiful, but not very functional, and reduces the strength of the sword. Knives can be tempered to very high hardnesses because of their short lengths, but a sword is a level - exponentially more force is exerted on them. There must be a careful balance of harness (to resist bending) and softer resilience. (to resist cracking) By splitting the blade, you're removing a lot of support.
Reply
:iconfear-is-spreading:
~fear-is-spreading Jul 20, 2010  Professional General Artist
however, if this is a fantasy piece, the functionality of it can be explained by stating that it's made from a new, more resilient material... Or that the people that wield it use the slits in the sword to trap other blades, making it a functional design rather than an aesthetic one.

As for the trigger... ya got me. lol
Reply
:iconethicallychallenged:
~EthicallyChallenged May 5, 2007   Digital Artist
flawless...
Reply
:iconlayoosh:
Mood: Joy ~LaYoosh Feb 22, 2007  Hobbyist General Artist
Kafa egy bicska ez. Karcsú és áramvonalas. :clap: De elfogadnék egy ilyet!
Hányszor hajtogatott a penge?
Reply
Add a Comment: