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see · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:25 am

so this one startet as a speedy. I found a sniper image and i really wanted to know if i could simplify the image. I tried to get the helmet right and i liked how it turned out. So i worked on. And finished this one in about 3 hours or so. I spent more time in thinking befor drawing. Hope you like it

The Real Mark · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:28 am

Looks like that time paid off!!

Great work!

reVo · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:53 am

cool pic man
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The Insane Lemur · member Member # Joined: 19 Oct 2003 Posts: 768

that is awsome, good job

Naeem · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:51 am

i lvoe how u did it. very unique style and the colors/values r VERY realistic!

Odds · member Member # Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 374

awesome simplification, see. obviously the values are more towards the realism side than the stylistic/dramatic side. and i think you know how to make the values dramatic... so, i'd suggest doing that. see what happens.
keep up the great work.

jo · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:01 pm

Awesome study object, and great result.

To me though, the squinting eye feels a bit "naked", like it's missing wrinkles either in the corner of the eyelid or shade over the eyelid. Or maybe a darker shade between the eye and the nose. Or eyelashes maybe? Heh, I dunno really but somehow it feels "naked" to me.

(I'm well aware that the ref might look exactly like this, I'm just saying.)

tttia · junior member Member # Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

This piece is fantastic. I loaded it three times just to check it out again. The first few times I was overwhelmed by all the details. If this is the simplified version, I wonder what the original looks like.

That having been said, it looks like there is a lot of bright lighting comeing from the top, on the follage/material on the helmet and on the weapon. Wouldn't it cast a bit more of a shadow on the guy?

Perhaps not, and the photo might have shown some. But with that bright of light across the whole face it looks just a bit flat.

Great work!

see · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:33 am

thanks for your comments. Very Happy

I think its all about large painting and texturing to"fool" the eye. I only detailed a few parts and left more unfinished. I wanted a drawn look, not that almost perfect photorealistic art.
Thanks for the good suggestions!

@tttia_: I tried different lighting-situations but remained by a frontal light almost like in the ref.

@ jo: waahh, eyes. its sooo hard doing them right. I always start doing mouth, nose .. but fail a hundred times doing good looking eyes. But the longer i look at the squinting eye the more i have to agree with you.

@odds: Thx. Im not soo good in doing stylistic stuff. I like realistic, loosy drawn images. Wink

see u