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Rider by ~cptstarlight:iconcptstarlight:

Categories Digital Art > Miscellaneous > Fantasy

©2008-2009 ~cptstarlight
:iconcptstarlight:

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Please hit "download" for the REAL fullview, you can't well see the textures on normal DA full view.
No, it's not Ghost Rider. I drew this MONTHS ago and just now finished coloring and texturing. I'm currently working on a background for it. He's inspired by that old song "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and since none of you actually know that song, here goes nothing:
An old cowpoke went ridin' out one dark and windy day,
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw
A plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw.

Yipie i ay Yipie i oh
Ghost herd in the sky

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
He saw the riders coming hard... and he heard their mournful cry

Yipie i ay Yipie i oh
Ghost riders in the sky.

Their face is gaunt their eyes were blurred their shirts all soaked
with sweat
They're ridin' hard to catch that herd but they 'aint caught 'em yet
'cause they've got to ride forever in the range up in the sky
On horses snorting fire as they ride hard hear them cry

Yipie i ay Yipie i oh
Ghost riders in the sky.

The riders leaned on by him he heard one call his name
If you want to save your soul from hell a riding on our range
Then cow-boy change your ways today or with us you will ride
Tryin' to catch this devil herd.... a-cross these endless
skies.

Yipie i ay Yipie i oh
Ghost riders in the sky.
Ghost riders in the sky.
Ghost riders in the sky.

EDIT: I darkened and improved the coat. I wasn't happy with that shoppy looking shading, so I looked at real worn black leather versus the image. I've found that black garments are BLACK. I usually draw them as gray so the shading stands out more. But whatever, here he is.

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~OzzyFanatic Jun 23, 2008, 9:32:28 PM
i like the skeleton thingy haha :)

--
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
inside my shell I wait and bleed
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~SuperstitiousBadLuck Jun 26, 2008, 1:08:31 AM
Cool picture! I like the textures. =)

I now that song!!!! I love it!!! sung by the outlaws (Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Weylin Jennings, George Straight, ect...) I have a pcture I started about.... 2 or 3 years ago? Thats supposed to go with that song too ^^
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~cptstarlight Jun 26, 2008, 7:27:43 AM
Awesome!!! Yeah, I personally like the classic Johnny Cash version myself. I think this picture might look a little too Marvel comics Ghost Riderish, but I didn't use it as a reference.

--
"See in this world, there are two kinds of people my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. "
I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door.
:iconsuperstitiousbadluck:
~SuperstitiousBadLuck Jun 26, 2008, 3:07:00 PM
Johnny Cash is one of my #1 all time favorite country/rock singers ^^ Though Big n' Riches song 'Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy' took them to that spot too ^^; I like country!!! *goes off singing Man in Black'
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~cptstarlight Jun 26, 2008, 3:27:04 PM
I refuse to call Johnny Cash country. He's western. Country is like rodeos and ranches.. Western is like cowboys and outlaws and dirtiness.

--
"See in this world, there are two kinds of people my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. "
I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door.
:iconsuperstitiousbadluck:
~SuperstitiousBadLuck Jun 26, 2008, 3:46:22 PM
lol technically they're the same thing =P thats why its fully called Country Western ^^
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~cptstarlight Jun 26, 2008, 5:41:30 PM
No, no. They're not the same. For example, Tom Petty is considered Western. But is he country? HELL no. They might play Free Falling on the country station every now and then, but for the most part, he's just western rock. Example: He made a rock song about two old west gun slingers. This is a western rock song, not a country song. Western defines the subject matter, country defines the style. Two Gunslingers is a rock style song with old west as it's subject matter. If Petty rocked about an acid trip, that's a rock style song about a rock theme. It's weird... but it makes sense.

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"See in this world, there are two kinds of people my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. "
I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door.
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*BananaGoddess Aug 15, 2008, 8:42:53 AM
oh my gods this was submitted in June and I'm just now getting around to commenting.
WHAT. IS. WRONG WITH ME.
Ack, but seriously, this is fantastic. I especially love the texturing job done to the guy's coat, vest and overall :)
also, great anatomy with the skeleton horse. Many people find that challenging to do for some reason. Good thing you overcame that :D

--
"Brevity is the soul of wit"
Therefore...
"Shakespeare invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, thus precipitating World War II...I never knew that."

--Adam, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
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~cptstarlight Aug 15, 2008, 11:36:38 AM
THANK YOU! As it is, I had a ton of different references for the horse skeleton. I've got a new method of drawing human skulls that I used on this pic and it turned out fairly well. The lineart was tough to clean and I don't want to steal anything from Ghost Rider, but ultimately, I think this was a success.

--
"See in this world, there are two kinds of people my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. "
I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door.
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