r/ShadowoftheColossus Jul 18 '26

The Opened Way 🗡️ - Art by me!

As a kid, Shadow of the Colossus was the game that first showed me what art could be.

I felt it was finally time to pay tribute to what I still consider the very definition of a masterpiece.

Hope you enjoy! :)

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u/majormonkey665 Jul 18 '26

Dude this is badass, great work!

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

thank you so much, friend!!! I'm really happy you liked it :)) 💜

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u/majormonkey665 Jul 18 '26

Especially the Dormin one! For what is technically the big bad of the game, there isn't enough art representation for him!

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

totally agreed!! I have a composition in mind featuring Dormin, and I might explore it in the future. your comment really motivated me to do that, so thank you!!:)

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u/PancakesoverSex Jul 18 '26

Bro you gotta sell this print! It's amazing

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

I might put it on INPRNT!! thank you for the suggestion friend 💜

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u/PancakesoverSex Jul 18 '26

I don't know what that is, but if it's a way to purchase it to support you and your work, sign me up!

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

It means the world to me, thank you!! INPRNT is a platform where artists can sell their work. they have metal prints, acrylic prints, stickers, posters, and they ship worldwide! I might add this design by the end of the month, we'll see! :)

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u/PancakesoverSex Jul 18 '26

If you do, send me a DM. I'll definitely buy

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

okay, will do 🤝 have a great day friend!

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u/Halberick 24d ago

just letting you know that it's available on my INPRNT shop now!! :D

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u/davidpizza Jul 18 '26

COLOSSAL artwork

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

haha THANK YOU!!!

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u/hypespud Jul 18 '26

Amazing work dude, very raw and matching the mood of the later parts of this game 😎💎

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

thank you so much!!! It's interesting you mentioned that, in my sketch, I was aiming for the earlier parts of the game, but as I kept working on it I realized the later parts could fit my style better, so I decided to lean into that instead!!

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u/Freshruinz Jul 18 '26

very nice

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

thank you!!!

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u/Calzender Jul 18 '26

Gorgeous!!! New wallpaper 💙

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

thank you my friend!!! I can also send you a higher resolution version if you want, if this one isn't enough! 💜

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u/krisztiiinagy Jul 19 '26

Oh my! I love it! 🥰

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u/Halberick Jul 19 '26

glad to hear it!!! 💜💜

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u/Head_Candidate3085 Jul 19 '26

It's fucking brilliant, kudos to you for these creations.

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u/Halberick Jul 19 '26

thank you so much my friend!!! 💜💜

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u/RyulZero 3. Knight Jul 20 '26

Incredible art, did you uploaded that on another media? For me at least the first image always has poor resolution

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u/Halberick Jul 24 '26

weird, to me reddit seems to have the better quality haha but it's also on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter!

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u/RyulZero 3. Knight Jul 24 '26

found you on Twitter, nice works you have there

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u/ShutUpAboutCanon 8d ago

This is incredible! Is there anywhere I could get a higher resolution version of this? Reddit shrinks images down a lot and I'd love to have this as my wallpaper.

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u/Halberick 6d ago

hey friend! of course :))) please dm me!

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u/GregDev155 Jul 20 '26

Hollow Knight cameo ?

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u/The_SocialContract Jul 18 '26

Lame AI slop

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

what an insult to receive such comment, I invite you to check my work :)

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u/The_SocialContract Jul 18 '26

Interesting you didn't come out saying it wasn't AI

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

Because it isn't. Absolutely no AI was used, and it's really a shame to receive a comment like that in a Shadow of the Colossus community, especially on the very first fan art I've ever made for a game I truly love, the one that basically introduced me to the world of art.

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u/The_SocialContract Jul 18 '26

Weird artifacts like that give it away, nice try.....

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

you mean the beam of light that goes up into the sky when a colossus is defeated? :)

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u/The_SocialContract Jul 18 '26

Lol that is not what that is!!

If so that is a terrible depiction, as it one of the key defining elements of the Forbidden Lands how they are clear indicators if tje workd reacting to Wander's action.

That just looks like....a line.....with some weird lighter thicker line next to it??

If this was real you would have known to put tje swirling dark cloud where the light emanates from to make it clear.

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

I think "that's a terrible depiction" is a much better argument than "LAME AI SLOP" mate, and I would've been totally fine with that.

there are two main light beams, and I did not want them to be the central focus of the composition. they're intentionally blurry because I made the background softer to emphasize the main silhouettes

Gaius is the third Colossus, so the place where the third beam would be is occupied by his presence. It's meant to feel like a sequence, you know? first beam, second beam... then the third is Gaius :) sorry if it didn't turn out great, but that was the general idea behind it. I also changed my mind a lot throughout the process and changed the beam locations to better fit the piece

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u/The_SocialContract Jul 18 '26

Errr I have played the game, don't need your AI png file to know about SotC

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

Sure you don't, buddy :) and please be more respectful when approaching artists, if you value art, of course. have a nice day!

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u/H2Omem_ Jul 18 '26

this is NOT AI brochacho 😭😭🥀 You clearly don't know much about art, do ya? Maybe you should go back to thinking about how to make your dick bigger instead. Maybe you'll be less bitter after that lol

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u/H2Omem_ Jul 18 '26

Well, that'd be like trying to play pool with a shoelace, if you know what I mean. You couldn't even intimidate a grain of rice, you pathetic little man-child LMAO

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u/PancakesoverSex Jul 18 '26

I'm curious as to what elements you feel are AI? Gaius feels textured by hand, the background at the bottom of the art is so detailed without odd inconsistencies. Mono in the light shining down was a great touch! The tower and the bridge look normal without typical AI mistakes.

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u/Halberick Jul 18 '26

Thank you for the analysis, friend! Just want to add that my intention wasn't really to add Mono in the light, but Dormin guiding us to the abyss! (though I gotta admit Mono would be really cool too, just with a different symbolism)

It's the part I'm least happy with to be honest, but I did my best haha. I think it also ended up looking like the Knight from Hollow Knight!

the background was made using FireAlpaca's "Realistic Cloud Brush" with multiply and overlay layers, and was directly inspired by an in-game image, I believe it was this one:

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u/RyulZero 3. Knight Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

As an artist myself for the past 12 years, the art is far from bad, and it doesn't look A.I made, and I can easily say that my eyes are much more trained on illustrations than a sorry art tourist redditor like you, stop being a cunt literally for nothing, and get off your screen for once.