I originally started out playing Borderlands thinking that it would be a quick filler while waiting for the next Sims 3 expansion, little did I know how much of a euphoric time vacuum it would ultimately become in my life, so much that I wanted to do a full out fan illustration for it but I always put it to the side. When Apocalust on Flickr mentioned to me the idea to do my take on Borderlands in illustrated form, I thought it was a awesome opportunity to draw some fan art about something I’m more or less currently obsessed with, ahahah ^_^.
For this post, I’m not going to talk about creating art itself, that’s covered better on the actual Flickr page I posted it on, instead about the game and it’s relationship to the illustration. First of all, those who’ve played Borderlands probably know that all the guns are randomly generated from over “87 bazillion” combinations, which isn’t a real number, but sounds good with marketing. These particular guns in the drawing however ARE actually real weapons in the game, although it’s entirely possible that nobody will have the exact same types again, so for those who want to know exactly what those two are, here’s the in game item cards for them!
Hellfire & Volcano fun for the whole family!
The Hellfire and the Volcano are arguably the two most famous weapons in Borderlands, but for me, I just love them because they set people on fire, which honestly just makes me happy. These two featured here aren’t all that powerful anymore and I have since found better versions, but they were my favorite aesthetically and I kept hold of them for the longest time, if only for drawing reference, ahahah, man, pruning down that inventory was sure pain to make room for those two ^_^. For those wondering, the girl featured in the picture is Lilith the Siren, one of the 4 playable characters in the game and clearly the only one who’s not a man.
I personally play a Lv 50 Controller/Assassin Catalyst build with focus on dazing and Phase Walking. I call this particular build, the “Adaptive Build”, since it’s power is in switching between different Class Mods for different situations instead of just relying on one particular mod, but now I’m just talking game lingo and am slowly destroying your will to live with this wall of text.
Needless to say, I had a lot of fun making this illustration, and I hope other Borderlands players will enjoy it as well ^_^. I’m currently playing the Mad Moxxi DLC and having a good time, but I’ll have to start my next art project very soon if I want to meet my deadlines, so please wish me luck and to recover from my chronic video game addiction!
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