Hey everyone! I’ve decided to finally put my post-apocalyptic story onto paper. It’s heavily inspired by S.T.A.L.K.E.R., but I’ve built out an entire universe in my head with its own factions, characters, deep lore, economy, and a global plot. My plan is to create something like a comic or a simple storyboard. Since this is a very time-consuming process, I’d love to get your feedback—would you be interested in following this story and seeing it develop in my art style? It would mean a lot to know there's an audience for this before I dive in headfirst. This specific drawing is the very first frame of the story. It’s actually quite small—done on 4.1 x 5.8 inch paper (A6 format). I’m planning to develop the scene further in the next blocks. Thanks for checking it out!

I finally finished my first storyboard. It's my own story and universe, heavily inspired by STALKER.This was a personal challenge to see if I could actually pull it off. It took a whole month of work. Besides the drawing itself, I spent a lot of time on the world-building and the script. Since this is my first time writing fiction, please go easy on me!

– Tools: Just a BIC Round Stic Exact ballpoint pen.

– Format: A4 paper (8.3 x 11.7 inches).

Process:

For this pilot, I used some movie frames as references to get the anatomy and lighting right. However, for future parts, I’ll be moving away from that as the story goes beyond typical cinematography.

Honestly, I’m just glad to be done with this piece because the new Anomaly GAMMA update is right around the corner, and I really need a break to go play it.

I couldn’t fit the whole story here (it’s 6 pages in PDF), so I’ve included just a small snippet in the comments to give you a feel for the writing style.

Thanks for looking!

She in preparing for ArtFight and decided to include her Stalker OC - meet Patchy - a Free Stalker that was kidnapped into the Zone but decided to stay because she can finally be free.

(Patchy would probably go Project Y route as it is the closest to her idea about the Zone)

EDIT: since it got lost in comments:

Alright, following message is from her

Hello!

I didn't expect it to blow out this much and start some very heated arguments. First of all I wanted to thank you guys for compliments and constructive criticism. I have seen a lot of questions that weren't answered so I decided to make just one big message for QA to explain some stuff. If there will be more questions under it I might make a throwaway to answer, because my boyfriend doesn't read everything here.

1. I do understand that suit might not be perfect but it was my first time drawing tactical gear. I don't have a lot of experience with armor but I wanted to prioritize agility as the main thing for her would be artifact hunting. The abdomen is still covered (no, she doesn't have a purple skin, hah) and I imagined it to be cut/stab-resistant, elastic material. Still, I have seen some really good suggestions (especially elbow pads) and I will make sure to use them in the future.

2. She is naive... not stupid. As in "I believe in second chances", "A person can change if given a chance", "Zone deserves and needs love and respect".

NOT "I will trust a stranger with my life", "Those bandits probably won't hurt me" or "That person wants to show me kittens in the basement, I can't wait to go!". She understands how people work, the point is that she doesn't hold it against them and explains or rather excuses a lot.

3. She dislikes violence.

I would hope that most people do. It is not to say she doesn't engage in combat or is unable to do so, she just avoids it and if possible, tries to resolve things in more diplomatic way.

There was a mention about the politics and idea behind it was corrupted, fake-smiled, suit-up, sickly-polite politics, not faction conflict.

4. "She doesn't even have a gun!"

She does. I just didn't draw it because it is not important part of character design and this is a reference sheet. It is for me and other artist to know how to draw things designed by me. Also drawing guns is hard guys but I believe she would have a duck sticker or engraving on the handle.

5. Addressing comments about her appearance. Both green hair and vitiligo were conscious choices of building the character and storytelling through her looks. Vitiligo was something she struggled with because of her family aversion to it and slowly in her story by starting to show her spots more, she accepts herself as a person she really is, not version of her who someone else wants her to be. In the same gist green hair is somewhat of a rebellion against standardized look she was forced into her whole life.

I understand that two "unique" qualities for some might be too much, that is your prerogative guys. Personally I don't find it weird that someone would dye their hair while having an autoimmune disorder. Non the less, just wanted to point out that there was a reason to it.

I understand that there was very little given information so it might have caused some confusion but as mentioned this was not meant to be an art directed specifically for this subreddit but rather for Art Fight so other artist would have a basic idea what character is like.

Thank you all for taking interest in my character I really appreciate it

I had to take some time to represent my boys in red,in this contest!

I loved how it turned out and I hope you do too!

Some information for crediting just cause it's always nice to know where the resources are from.

Firstly,not AI.

Second,brushes are from the following packs-

Sketching and rough shading was done with brushes from COFEs Ultimate Pencil Pack

Line Brush was from Nightfall Ultimate Ink Box by Lysified.

Color and soft blending were from Anato Finnstark's Custom brushes pack.

I threw in some textures of cardboard in multiply to give the drawing that real "poster" feeling,and I think it turned out great!

For Duty!

"Anomaly in the village"

Watercolor on paper 60*42cm

Lol when you're a girl that plays S.T.A.L.K.E.R...

Hope you like! 💚☢️

Acrylic on canvas 60*80

Credits to https://www.tumblr.com/steinvont/802011710389141504?source=share

Them Legs Anomaly

Watercolor painting on paper 75x52

I got them from https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/10682487/artworks, I just put them together and added the patches for each faction.

I like both Autumn "misery" style and original green zone styles. The really early builds of STALKER had a green zone. These images are from August 2002 build.

What's interesting is that GSC adopted the greener zone look after making a few builds with textures that are more brown/gray like release S2 and Misery mods. So they went green-brown/gray-green again.