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Freddio · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 2:23 am

I did this pic today took around 9 hours on and off, Im very slow heh

After seeing all Spooges Gladiator stuff I thought Id have a go...

The movie has so many awesome characters and they are all great to paint...

Below is the development of the image... I guess you could call it some sort of minor tutorial http://www.geocities.com/hugh1984/Imageprogression.jpg

Thanks

Comments are Very! welcome

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Grendel Khan · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 3:13 am

Nice! I really like the choose of colors and the reflections on the skin.

The only thing that bothers me is his legs, they don't seem to be proportioned with the rest of the body, they look smaller. Maybe if you painted his foot, they would look better. IMHO

Anyway, it's a nice piece. Will you paint a background?

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Freddio · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 3:37 am

Thanks...

Well the legs are ok I think... But i think your right I need to do the feet that my fix up the illusion of them being to small

Joachim · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 5:29 am

like grendel, I think the colors and shading on the skin is really nice.
The fingers need a little work and it would be really nice to see him in a background though.... anyway, keep up the good work

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Gecko · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 5:35 am

Lovely armor, but there's definitely something funny going on where the left arm and the torso meet.

Edit: the left arm, not hand :Q

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Frost · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 9:06 am

Nice work!!! You should really have spent SOME time on a background, anything to give an ambiance/mood... value and color doesn't need to be precise...

PS - Fix the signature.

Andromeda · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 9:13 am

His right hand ... it doesnt seem to graps his weapon properly ...

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opticillusion · member Member # Joined: 22 Sep 2000 Posts: 255

other than the above comments, looks great!

makes me wanna have a go at some gladiators

Freddio · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 2:00 pm

Thanks for all the comments....

Ill see what I can do...

Freddio · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 3:03 pm

Ther I fixed the hands up a bit more they are not 100% but they are much better than my last ones

and I refined him just a little and put a better signature in haha

Im hopless with my signatures but I dont really think that the signature matters that much...

Dryfire · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 3:22 pm

Wow, that really kicks a lot of ass! May I ask what brushes u used and if you changes resolutions, or better said, what resolution is it in now! wow thats nice

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Freddio · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 4:18 pm

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Freddio · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 4:18 pm

Hey Dryfire... I painted the image at 1200x1200 which isnt that much but I did alot of zooming.

These are the brushes I used

and this may also jelp if you missed it...

daz199 · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 4:33 pm

very nice...but like a lot of your other pics...u have excellent colours/detail but the image is always out of proportion...i would put more work into the initial sketch to make sure everything is proportioned right be4 adding detail
ok?

jasonN · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 4:39 pm

Cool!!
Lighting and flesh tones really gives him a gladiator feel!
Make sure you do a background, this pic kicks ass!

-Jason

Snake Grunger · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 5:11 pm

One thing's for sure, Freddio, is that you have the right painting technique for this kind of stuff. Detail is what comes last

Liquid! · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 5:37 pm

Great Gladiator pic!

The proportions are a bit off, although personally I doesn't seem to be bothering me too much. I did notice that in the second stage of the sketch the gladiator seemed to be turned slightly to his right which then ended up just being sort of a straight on shot. The reason I mention this is that the 'center' line is a bit off, depending on what the body is supposed to be doing...

Nevertheless, personally I think this kicks much butt! Just put in a background tho...

Freddio · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 5:48 pm

Thanks Jason, Snake for your comments..

Daz199: ok ill try

Yep Liquid! the chest is a little off, Ill about the background maby just one of the arena imnot sure yet... thanks for the crit

Sergenth · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 9:21 pm

Thanks for posting that progression pic. It is really helpful and interesting seeing how this picture developed. !Grandisimo! That's oilriffic

Muzman · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 10:41 pm

'tis very sweet (9 hours is nothing; even if I picked the colours as well as you to start with I would have screwed them up while detailing and had to re tone for a very long time ineed)
That left shoulder is pretty weird though; looks like he has two overlapping pecs or his shoulder is out of joint

Bg · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 11:08 pm

Hope this helps.

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Freddio · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2000 6:08 pm

Thanks for the comments Muzman...

damn whats this about his left shaoulder

????

It seems fine to me... I dunno..ü