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Imphead · junior member Member # Joined: 15 Nov 2001 Posts: 16

Okay, maybe they don't but you gotta admit they make an interesting subject matter.

Crits and comments welcome,

Brian

ceenda · member Member # Joined: 27 Jun 2000 Posts: 2030

Frikkin' Awesome!

NO crits.

(gonna go for the usual n00b-tastic "Is it Photoshop or Painter?")

[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: ceenda ]

Socar J. MYLES · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 12:51 am

I love a snail! Well, this one, anyway. I haven't got anything intelligent to say--just that I very much like this piece--the palette and the subject matter are very appealing.

gLitterbug · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 2:01 am

Wow, totally fantastic. That has to be one of the absolutely best pictures I saw in quite a while.
Sweet concept and great rendering. Can�t say more then another WOW!

-HoodZ- · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 3:01 am

OMG! i still like the chameleon

marcuslm · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 4:41 am

This is awesome!! Beautifully painted. Very original idea too.

Marcus

Gimbal8 · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 5:31 am

Ah, so that's what snail-mail looks like.

Beautiful work!

Master-of-Me · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 5:35 am

wow great work

krobar · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 6:28 am

wow amazing piece since long time...
ok if I must critic something, I would say, that some slime under the snail and on the stone will be welcome....but that's all
very very good work!

Max · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 7:46 am

Your style overwhelms me every time I see one of your fantastic images.

Keep on doing this breathtaking artworks !!!!

General Confusion · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 7:54 am

Hey Brian,

it's Bobby, great work as usual, and besides being an awesome artist, he's a cool guy to boot...

this image is definitely going to my saved file folder..

later

Awetopsy · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:38 am

Oh... wow... great work.

reminds me of American McGee's Alice in a way.

[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Awetopsy ]

jayceeL · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:56 am

This is just too cool!!!!

Your pictures just gets better and better

JayCeeL

itchi · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 9:06 am

haha that is freaking hilarious! amazing painting and great concept. love everything about it!

thinkwink · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 9:11 am

Love it... What a delightful picture... Brought a big smile to my face. Super!!!

DAs · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 9:20 am

mmmm so exelent pic Very Great job !

[666]Flat · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 9:44 am

Hilarious! Your style is dang sweet - teh execution and teh creative concept make me cream my pants twice.

Malachi Maloney · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 2:46 pm

AMAZING. Definitely one of my favorite of your works.

I'm gonna jump on the bandwagon here and say that the concept, brushwork, pallet and composition are all wonderful. I have absolutely no crits, just mucho fan-boy praise.

Glad to see some new work from you dude.

Take it easy,
~M~

AliasMoze · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 3:24 pm

Whoa. Very impressive, Mr. Head. Very, very solid piece on every level. The ONLY thing I would change is the rocks behind the foreground. I'd try to push them back more, maybe take some contrast out of them. Love to see a story told in this style.

Riding a snail says allot about the character's patience.

gigatron · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 5:09 pm

Reminds me of some humorous anime i like it :P

Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

This looks like the same style those old coke commercials and School binders, about 6-8 years ago were drawn in! Highly stylized with realistic exageration =)

*saves*

Can I get this as a poster?(or atleast I high rez version I can print out) I'd like it on my wall!

Gort · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 6:25 pm

shazam! dude - you're awesome!

Molako_Plus · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 6:31 pm

just what the people said "great work"

so im not going to repeat what was stated above except what Alias said. those rock on the sides confuse the eye. they make it seems like they are in the foreground. make them a lil' bit blurry or less detailed....

keep it up!

InitialT · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:00 pm

I just remembered an old movie called "The Neverending Story" which involves a kind an oversized Racing Snail.

NeoFun · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 11:16 pm

Awesome! Only thing to mention are the goggles. How come his face is in shadow and yet his goggles lens are so bright and flat?

Imphead · junior member Member # Joined: 15 Nov 2001 Posts: 16

Hey, thanks all for the comments! I really appreciate it.

For those of you who had questions...

General Confusion- Hey Bobby! Thanks man, I appreciate the plug... Though my nice apparently isn't enough to get my crew into a job. Man, that still irks me. Idiots.

AliasMoze & Molako_Plus- Yeah I've heard that rock comment from more than a few people. I went in a fixed it on the original and it looks a lot better. Thanks!

Giant Hamster- Hey, I remeber those! Yeah, all the cool kids who used to beat me up had those! heeh J/K.. Thanks for the comments and about the posters, I'm in the process of purchasing an archival printer so I can start making my own posters and prints. Keep checking back to the site for updates. www.imphead.com

InitialT- I've got to admit that I've done more than a few paintings of snails, (This one included) as a direct result of seeing that damned snail.

Neofun- Though his goggle lenses would technically be in shadow I chose to render them light as I felt it would help the viewer connect to the character better. We humans tend to make a stronger connection with a person if we can see their eyes, (Or in this case his eye representations.) It was just one of those "breaking the rules for the art" situations.

Thanks again everyone for their comments.

Brian

shin · Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 4:17 am

Awesome~~
I think he need lot of time for this tour~~~

Spectra · Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 10:00 am

Great work, i really like your painting style and concept !

-Guillaume Le Tual

Mindsiphon · Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 10:09 am

Another fine piece! Your gallery is one of my favorites!

keredleung · member Member # Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 70 Location: HK

cool!
i want to ride on it too.