Original Character from my "Quantum: Origins" story World (visit my blog for more Quantum: Origins news/info [link])

Name: Simone Steel
Rank and Affiliation: Sergent. Assigned to the forward scout ship "Clairvoyant". LEG soldier of the Nomad Earth Empire: Squad Leader
Race: Human
Age: 33
Height: 6ft - 182.88cm
Weight: 145lbs - 65.77kg

Powers: Does not possess any magical powers. Skilled at hand to hand combat, firearms, vehicles and aircraft, and survival. Simone is a quick thinker and works really well on the fly. She is a very successful squad leader and has the complete respect of all the members of her squad.

Weaknesses: Simone sometimes has difficulty putting her thoughts into words. It seems she knows exactly what she wants to say but fumbles over the words when spoken aloud. This is interesting as people who don't know her very well will often have difficulty comprehending what she means but the soldiers in her squad are very capable of guessing her intentions and translating for her.

About the Art
This is the first time I've ever attempted this type of media with my artwork. This is a combination of photo manipulation on a large scale and matte painting digitally on top of it all. There are at least about 200 layers worth of photo clippings which I built the initial base of this art with. These are photos I took myself of random things I have around the house and in the shop. After I got it all laid out as I wanted, I colorized things to match well and laid in some lighting. Then I had a blast painting on it. The background was free stock by my friend Chris. I'll link to that below. Check out his work, it's pretty awesome.
I worked on this a few days before deciding today that I like what I have.

Simone painted by ~timmi-o-tool


More of the Crew of the Clairvoyant:


MORE QUANTUM: ORIGINS ARTWORK [link]

Thanks for comments and s if you enjoy it!

Stock Credit

Background Stock by !Chris-919
:thumb321987835: link not currently available while Chris rearranges his gallery (Chris has made these files unavailable at the time but I have a note directly from him with his express permission to allow me to use his stock)
All other stock photos taken personally of things lying around my house and in my garage (mesh cables, cameras, Motorcross gear/armor, ammo pouches, gloves, electronics, flight mask, hoses)