The harp is a lie.

[Orcishgrappler]

People really take this one artist pic way to much to heart. This may seem shocking to some but not every pic that an artist draws up in a mag is meant to be literal in every minute detail. (and people that are saying that the arrows in the bow are not to scale with the arrow in his had have clearly never spent time on concept art/non in game art.)

[Physic]

People really take this one artist pic way to much to heart. This may seem shocking to some but not every pic that an artist draws up in a mag is meant to be literal in every minute detail. (and people that are saying that the arrows in the bow are not to scale with the arrow in his had have clearly never spent time on concept art/non in game art.)

i have and while artists make mistakes, you dont really make those type of mistakes in concept art. The point is kind of to design something for the 3d or sprite people to make. Its actually less likely to be messed up, because the point is to convey a working idea to the other people.

That said, this isnt really concept art, its a pin up, however its clearly not imaginary stuff here, this is supposed to represent and sell people on the coming jobs. I highly doubt the artist was given cart blanche to make a weapon that doesnt exist in the game, or foul up the weapon that bad. even if it was a scaling problem, by the size of the bow, they arent the right size for arrows on that bow.

[Orcishgrappler]

i have and while artists make mistakes, you dont really make those type of mistakes in concept art. The point is kind of to design something for the 3d or sprite people to make. Its actually less likely to be messed up, because the point is to convey a working idea to the other people.

That said, this isnt really concept art, its a pin up, however its clearly not imaginary stuff here, this is supposed to represent and sell people on the coming jobs. I highly doubt the artist was given cart blanche to make a weapon that doesnt exist in the game, or foul up the weapon that bad. even if it was a scaling problem, by the size of the bow, they arent the right size for arrows on that bow.

"Scaling Problem" is relative. What you would see as a problem many artists would see as a non issue. When drawing for a video game mag cover I would not see the artist worring too much about stuff like that. I think the bow could be a bow harp or it could be a bow with extra arrows. the artist does a great job with the piece because it looks interesting. I was just pointing out how literal people here are taking a piece of highly subjective art nothing more. (I collect video game mags you would be shocked at how distorted and very much not to scale the art almost always is!) That is something that makes an artist job fun is not having to be stuck with the ridged art that is found in game (In FF14 far more than most have you looked at the art in this game? ^^)

[Davorok]

Proof that Archers do indeed sing: Men in Tights.

[D3aTh]

Proof that Archers do indeed sing: Men in Tights.

Sings pretty well in deed