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Sumaleth Administrator
Member # Joined: 30 Oct 1999 Posts: 2898 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2002 7:40 am |
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Well here's something from the archives. I did this about two years ago - commissioned for a book cover image - but it was never finished. I always thought I'd get back to it one day, but it's been so long now that probably prefer to start again.
The "chick" was a character from the book and I had a sketch of her costume/arm design to work from. The only other guideline was that it should be set on a desert planet.
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good bye junior member
Member # Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Posts: 37
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2002 8:03 am |
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Colors are nice. And I love alien landscapes and monsters! Your technique look very refined. The female character looks stiff and glassy-eyed though and the perspective looks odd to me. |
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Lunatique member
Member # Joined: 27 Jan 2001 Posts: 3303 Location: Lincoln, California
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2002 8:13 am |
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This piece is definitely worth finishnig/fixing. There are some technical issues with it(the slanted lines on the left inside of the door frame doesn't help either), but nothing you can't fix. I'm sure you can see your own mistakes 2 years later. |
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The Magic Pen member
Member # Joined: 05 Dec 2001 Posts: 321
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2002 10:22 am |
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Good pic over-all sum..a few prespective issues but nothing worth whinning about. |
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Sumaleth Administrator
Member # Joined: 30 Oct 1999 Posts: 2898 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2002 2:01 am |
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Yeah, the perspectives were way off, the result of changing the image layout so many times. I didn't think it was that far off until I just drew some perspective lines.
Here's the fixed version.
Watchitman; correct on all counts.
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SWANYDSPIN member
Member # Joined: 17 Feb 2002 Posts: 52 Location: I come from the land down under
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2002 5:16 pm |
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really creative idea, the detail and textures are really good, the legs are too short but if you fixed that the picture would be SWEET |
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Gimbal8 member
Member # Joined: 08 Apr 2001 Posts: 685 Location: FL
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2002 9:00 pm |
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I almost like all of it. The only thing I'm not really liking too much are certain things about the girl. Her stance and facial expression make it seem like it was just some Jane Doe told to wear a funky outfit and stand there for a picture. I would have her glancing to her right into the building she is entering with a more concerned expression. Something that says "Its dark in here. I sure hope there aren't more of these things coming". The only technical aspect I can think to comment on (aside from anatomy like her right arm's elbow seems to high?) is the reflected light coming up and hitting the bottom of the gun. Maybe a redish or yellow color? Something to make it different then the light hitting the top of the gun. I could be wrong about that idea though. I'm too tired right now to dab some color there and see if it would work or not.
The ship is really cool but I would sacrifice a little detail on it to make it defocused, pushing it to the background more. Maybe in the process it will give a dusty atmosphere effect to the outside.
Holy crap. I just fell asleep for a second after writing that last sentence. I hope I don't read this tomorrow and find I've written a bunch of nonsense. |
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Member # Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Posts: 165 Location: Tx
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2002 11:28 pm |
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heheh, I like the little guy by her foot
I do have some issues with the girls legs though =\, I think maybe they're too skinny at the top or something. I really like the design of the big lard monster though
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Novacaptain member
Member # Joined: 09 Jan 2001 Posts: 906 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2002 12:22 am |
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Looks pretty neat. Some things you'll hate me for pointing out:
The legs are of different sizes.
Since the left leg is placed in a "resting" position, the hip should tilt toward it.
In this case the "resting" leg is longer...making the hip tilt towards the opposite side than usual.
I also think that the space separating the legs at the crotch is a bit large.
Breasts too big? OK. this might be a controversial issue. But in my opinion there is a limit between "normal" and "severe back injury".
The perspective on the door is a bit off because there seem to be various vanishing points determining the placement of the lines.
That is one heck of an ugly monster, good job on that! |
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Sumaleth Administrator
Member # Joined: 30 Oct 1999 Posts: 2898 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:03 am |
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Hmm, all good points.
The legs are weird - they do look short now I look at it, but the body pose was taken from a reference (which I used so it wouldn't be wrong ).
I may try to fix these problems. Thanks.
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