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Dhabih · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:19 pm

Since this image has been released on the web (and in Random Musings Smile

) I thought to post this here to. Click on the image for a larger version.

It's an illustration that was used for a bunch of European magazines and was supposed to be used on the PC GAMER cover from a few months ago. They ended up going with something else and used this on the inside article.

Some notes about this image, the water splashes WERE derived from photo source, i did not draw all that by hand Laughing

, but it was a lot of photoshop manipulation to get it to splash the way i wanted it. The background was taken from a screenshot of Half-life2 and the barnacle was taken from a model i built for the game. The funnest part about doing this picture was the water droplets on Gordon's suit and his face (i looked at some pictures of wet cars etc to learn how droplets form) along with the slimey bits on the barnacle tongue.

Click on the image for a larger version.

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BlueFley · junior member Member # Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 26

...holy crap

The blur doesn't add a lot tho, would be better without it I think...

But man, serious work there........
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see · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:16 pm

yeah dhabih!

i like it alot-and of course its nice to see you posting again.

the face is very well done and i think that the blur adds more deep.

Anyway good to have you back !

The Real Mark · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:59 pm

Ok that is GREAT!!! - very very cool

I think some admins were wanting to ask you some questions about the forums etc etc.

But yeah looks AWESOME! - wish i could be working for valve.

henrik · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:45 pm

Good to see Dhabih's alive.

It looks amazing, I can see you had fun painting this. One thing that's bothering me is that the glasses are the darkest thing in the whole image. I 'm guessing you did it on purpose to draw attention to the face, but everything else is rendered so realistically they would "sit" better rendered lighter.
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Strawberrysauce · member Member # Joined: 04 Feb 2001 Posts: 356

wow, nice work, love the way you've rendered the top half of his suit. Update your site, i wana see all your recent work! Smile

daryl · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:45 am

mr freeman is gorgeously rendered. the monster looks less polished than the main character somehow, and its a bit vague how the tounge thing meets the.. mouth thing. but thats minor, more importantly I'd love seeing another color for the background, as freeman is in the same color scheme. that aside, stunning work dude.

neff · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:13 am

without the armor his neck looks to long i think.. but the rest ist fantasic Smile

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see · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:37 am

the neck seems ok to me. no problem there. Just look at the larger version and check out all the lovely little details. Some have long others shorter necks. Very Happy

Max · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:41 am

Awesome work Dhabih!!!
His facial expression is wonderful, good job.
Keep it up!

watmough · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:50 am

you should post more often!

Ian Jones · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:57 am

great to see you here! This image is extremely well polished. Great composition and I'll disagree with the earlier comment and say that I love the blurring. The action is fantastic.

ProdigalSon · junior member Member # Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 3

unbelievably beautiful. fantastic work.

Dark Shadow Ikki · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:25 am

omgggg

gLitterbug · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:28 pm

Wow didn�t know they found a cure for alzheimer.

Great Picture, I especially love how you made the suit look more cool and elegant than the big chunk of metal it was in the first game.

kimchi · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:28 pm

Cripes. I'd forgotten how good you are. Damnit, post more! Mad

Freddio · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:15 pm

fantastic pic! the detailing is outstanding. must of taken an incredible ammount of time.

its been really cool to see what you've been up to. It would be awesome to see more.
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Awetopsy · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:51 pm

I agree Id love to see more. Thanx for posting this.

Hey Freddio. long time no see.

Dhabih · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:43 pm

Thanks for all the comments! good feedback too in terms of some things i can keep in mind next time around.

I have another cover that was used mainly in the European market that i'll post soon in the next week or so.
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chapterx · Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:40 am

Wow, this is my favorite one . . . love the metal texture

Omar · Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:54 pm

Great, glad to see you back Dhabib!

It's funny, i'm precisely holding an european magazine with your pix in cover!

Congrat'

Details are completely insane.
Oh yeah.. you reassure me about water. Smile

Ranuzan · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 2:10 am

At first I didn't like it, but the more I look at it the more the blurring has grown on me. It fits really well, as it helps explain all the water splashing about.
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Guy-Incognito · Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:19 am