War Command - The Gharrana

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A highly religious and mystical race, coming from a planet of such dire living circumstances that war and survival have become a way of life. Their last high prophet foresaw the coming end at the zenith of their civilization. The ensuing migration effort, sending ships to build reception portals on a nearby habitable planet, undermined their economy and stripped their already dying planet of resources, plunging them into class warfare which grew into theocratic feudalism as their civilization splintered and broke apart. The holy flagships, sent off so many years ago with the life-saving beacons, had been all but forgotten to legend by the remaining tribes of the Gharrana. Still, when the great gates of light began to open in their once awesome temples, some remembered the old ways. Some remembered a way out.

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Check out the trailer for War Command here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqKcb3…

Illustration done back in 2012 for one of the loading screens for the upcoming Iphone and Android collectable card game War Command, depicting The Gharrana emerging from a portal! Spent a lot of time on this one as it was one of the most ambitious and complicated pieces I'd done at the time, and it took a lot of work to get it the way we wanted.
Done entirely in Photoshop CS5, the sky started as a matte-painting but besides that it was all painted with a WACOM intuos3 tablet.
The Barren Mage character was originally rendered by Edward Wang, which I painted over and incorporated into the scene.

      
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