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micke · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 9:22 am

Long time no see!
These were done about 6 month ago so i just wanted to post them.
I will not work further with these, but please crit anyway. Much appreciated!

-Mikael

micke · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 9:23 am

Almost forgot this.

-Mikael

dr . bang · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 9:29 am

micke, i think you have mastered the art of drawing, i really don't see any flaw in them. You win!

Gambit · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 9:59 am

This stuff is incredible. We have missed you!

The portraits are just to powerful.

What projects are you working on now?

Thanks for posting it, great stuff as usual...

jamonch · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 10:11 am

Micke,

As always, your character artwork is outstanding. Great lighting effects. I would have liked to see more highlights and shadows of the clothing of the first characters, but I think you got their "concept" out clearly without going into too much detail. Good job!

jam

Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

A very long time no see micke!

I like the one of the girl. Great lighting and the eyes look sweet. I'm always impressed by your art.

Lunatique · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 10:26 am

Damn, these are nice.

What game were they for(can't talk about it?)?

DiXter · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 10:33 am

you're the man Micke!!
Those characters are from IGI, right??

I just love the guy with the glasses, and that old guy with the scar.. Great work!!

Nice to see that you're back..

kos.mandis · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 12:02 pm

This is really great work, and very inspiring!
Pretty sure they're from IGID (I'm going in deeper)

Good to see more of your work man!

poxen · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 1:44 pm

wow...wow micke..

EviLToYLeT · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 2:10 pm

I like the girl and the last one..

id on't like the first one cuz it's too flat and colors suck..... with that red dot coming out

burn0ut · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 2:29 pm

nice, the first picture, the guy in the middle's (HIS right) leg is screwy looking, but i know your not about to fix stuff so o well heh.
nice work, wheres the recent stuff?

simuartist · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 2:34 pm

GAME OVER MICK WINS WE CAN ALL GO HOME NOW!cant find anything wrong with any of them!!
I for one would love to see your painting technique if you could ever find time to do a painting movie like spooge has done in the past several times before. Thanks for the consideration.

Awetopsy · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 2:43 pm

crit what? those are awesome.

Zorglub · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 2:55 pm

I wet my pants... Thay're flawless and I'm very inspired now.

Collosimo · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 3:35 pm

Cool. I really love seeing stuff from you Micke.

If anything All I could crit on would be the corners of all the mouths. Now according to what a few ppl have told me, you are supposed to blend the edges into the skin a bit. It is just a little less undefined than the other areas of the lips. I went and looked into the mirror. It seems that as far as I can tell it is mainly the lower lip that does this the most. I know that Enayla paints her lips with this in mind.

But hey, that would be just about the only thing I would ever pick out. Otherwise they are flawless.

Great work!

Wyatt Turner · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 4:02 pm

all I have to say is

I LIKE IT!

Frosted Flame · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 6:45 pm

Holy shit.

You're the master of values, Micke.

nori · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 11:14 pm

my god micke. Breathtaking. I really wish I could say something useful, but damn those are just mind blowing. I'm speechless.

cncpt7.jpg knocked the wind out of me.

daz199 · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 11:54 pm

wwwowww

nomad · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2001 11:56 pm

Jesus CHRIST.

These are awesome - Especially the soldier (Harrison) and the black/white action shot. You can draw different faces so well.

micke · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2001 12:07 pm

DR.Bang:
There are a lot of errors on all of them, believe me. They have been hanging on the wall at our offices for a long time, so i've had a lot of time to study them.
Gambit: Glad you liked them. I'm working on a
sequel for IGI at the moment.
Jamonch:Thank you

I'm glad you feel that way with the first one. I simply did'nt have more time to spend on it due to deadline, but i think it still works even if it's not rendered the same way as the others.
Chapel: Thanks! Seems like things are going great with your new job

Congrats!
Lunatique: These are for IGI2, but i think alot of it will be changed, though.
Dixter: Yes they are. Thanks!
Nori, Daz: Glad you liked them
rustriva: Thanks alot!
Kos.mandis, Poxen: Thank you.
EviLToYLeT: Could you be more constructive?
Would the colours look better to you if the
drawing was more shaded?
Burnout: Thanks for the crit! I can see that even both legs looks weird. Could be because it looks like he's leaning back with his body, making it look like he's loosing his balance. Thanks for pointing it out
I have more stuff, but they are due to be released first. 1 month or so i can release more.
simuartist:
I'm not sure if i have time to do it at the moment, but i could explain it briefly. I have a couple of new tutorials on their way that explains more in detail, so you could check them out if you want. It's not anything special i do, just sketch with a pencil, scan it in and colour it in PS.
Awetopsy: Thanks.
Zorglub: No, they're not.
Collosimo: I see what you mean. I have a really bad habit of doing things too sharp and edgy. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks
Wyatt Turner: Thank you.
Frosted Flame: I'm not at all. I really don't know what i'm doing, but thanks anyway.

[ August 02, 2001: Message edited by: micke ]

Bob the Newt · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2001 6:51 pm

you're a fuckin pimp my friend

Randis Albion · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2001 4:39 am

^^ Wow, awesome work! I like your art!
Color is good too.
Just the guy on the 4th pic seems bit strange, his head sems not right, a lil bit too big or the perspestive is not right.

soulnine · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2001 5:57 am

cool work micke... i like ur hatching technic & u did a good job with the touch-up and color fillings in the phothoshop (i guess...)

Gordillo · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2001 7:24 am

Wow!,awesome,as usual

EviLToYLeT · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2001 8:32 am

micke:: sorry for the brutal response..... i'll be more constructive now

I undesrtand that the image is for concept art.... but, it's just a little too bland.

Let me list some reasons.

First of all, everyone is dressed in gray. What most people associate with gray is gloomy, rainy days, etc.. something not so exciting. But, the content of the picture, the swat team, is trying to burst with excitement.... but the gray is somewhat countering it.

Well, the actual SWAT team is.. well dressed in gray as well..(or a dark monotonous color.. dark blue) *rambles on and on*

The middle guy looks uninterested as well.. he's staring at this gun...

*nods head* yah it could use some shading

guess I'm just not used to seeing flat work from you...

but hey.... even if it was flat, you could tense it up a bit and add character by adding maybe.. a ballistic shield

(sorry if you knew all this already... just trying to be constructive

)

cybertoker2001 · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2001 1:49 am

SSSSSSWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!

--insert intelligent comments here--

[wakestarr] · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2001 12:08 pm

Lovely work, as always micke!

I especially like "cncpt7.jpg" and "cncpt9.jpg". Those are absolutely wonderful!

..wakestarr..

Bizarde · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2001 7:45 am

Awesome stuff Micke, I'm happy to see you posting here again.
I have a question for you. For the last pic you used reference?

~bizarde