[Francis]

Here's something I farted with after hours over the last few days. Just to clarify, this is a character from a comic book of the same name from Chris' studio Liquid! graphics. I took some liberties with the character design, mainly because I'm not 100% familiar with it.

In case anyone is interested, I also have a couple of different versions for download - a higher res version and the line art version, just because there are a number of aspiring colorists here who might find this useful.

giant resolution (1600, 145K):
http://www.teamgt.com/forum/protomecha1600.jpg
line art only (2100, 219K):
http://www.teamgt.com/forum/protomecha_line.jpg


...and the post version, with a 1:1 detail:
(Why so many versions? Um, I dunno...)



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Francis Tsai
TeamGT Studios



[This message has been edited by Francis (edited October 18, 2000).]

[GeranEX]

That picture is definatly stylin'

[Liquid!]

Francis -

You're a FREAKIN' STUD! That pic looks AWESOME! I L-O-V-E IT!

Love the Arms and wings looks pretty damn great. You did a great job, I just wish I could see her face

You did a great job on this - the tech is really gorgeous. I'll send the link to ALE too!

-c

[Kyri]

That's really great work Francis. I really like it. You have a great anime style.

[Nex]

kowabunga, this kicks!

great work francis, I really love the dynamic flow of the figure.

[[CSM]]

Nice work Francis,

Really like the pose and shading on this one. The only thing that bothers me is that the transparent "wings" looks way to flat. I know it�s anime style, but it doesn�t really match with the shading on the rest of the pic. Maybe I�m wrong, I�m not exactly an anime expert.

Love it anyways, [CSM]

[Jenn]

FUCK YOU ROCK!

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DarkChyld

[chumps]

i disagree w/ csm i love the way the wings look, my fav part of the pic cept the nice ass

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Stroke my ego.

[spooge demon]

Kewl, man!

[sear]

hey francis. i really appreciate that pic. nice colors and i love the drawing itself as well. keep the posts coming

[Rob M]

Damn man! Every time I see your work I cant believe how awesome an artist you are! What did you study to get so good?

You rule!

[Dhabih]

Love it Especially the wing design!

-dhab

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[Shane Caudle]

That is KICKIN dude!!!

[Chapel]

Nice work Francis. This should go in that other thread Dhabih started that we aren't supposed to talk about. Anyway, I'm not too big on the wings either. The main part of the wings seem a little big. They are supposed to retract to where they are hardly noticable. But that is just me being nit-picky (is that a word?) I definetly think you should add more transparent blades to the wings. Would make more since for them being so big. Check out http://www.protomecha.com/ for references if you didn't already know.

[Frost]

Great drawing Francis! Love the mechanics!

[PuckDewd]

I really like it Francis, the detail on it is really amazing. Thank you for posting it..I now have a new desktop wallpaper
-Puck
*edit* Man this forum really needs a spell check

[This message has been edited by PuckDewd (edited October 18, 2000).]

[Joachim]

that looks really nice francis. Love the proportions and the tech-design.
the pose is very nice too, though that finger pointing is a bit of a clich�, esp. since almost 90% of frazettas girls do that. But, who cares about that kind of stuff

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Joachim's Place

[nori]

wow I just shit myself! and then I opened this thread and saw your picture and shit myself again! that's great! That's cool how you included the linework. Very interesting.
I want to eat you and steal your spirit like windeego.

[AliasMoze]

N1, Francis. I too like the wings best.

[Seph|roth]

Good work as usual Francis, I love the dynamic pose of the character and the wings as well.
Keep up the great work

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- Seph -
Listen Without Prejudice

[Bear]

Hey Fransico, Nice work. You've really been pounding things out lately. I think everyone else has really nailed it in their comments already. It was a great idea to post the line art as well.......

[Plop]

I've been staring at this thread for 15 mins now
Kick ass picture Francis. Very nice gluteus maximus. Great dynamic pose. The image went to my collection.

The feet look a lil bit too small, i mean the bottom of her foot is just as long as her palm of the hand. Maybe my feet are too big, what do I know.

[Axl]

Hey Francis, great picture, a metal angel. Nice pose, simple yet dramatic. How long does it take you from the drawing stage to the final coloured piece to complete?

[tanis]

Cool Francis! You really know your way around human anatomy! I love the tech-design of the wings!

[silber]

hi francis
awesome pic

say did you draw this pic
or did you ''just'' colored it?

your post says (so I thought) you colored it
but the other posts says something differen't
hhmmmm I'm confused

maybe I should take more attention at english lessions

well doesn't matter anyway
you did a great job in both cases

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-----silBer--
http://silber.atariflys.de

[Capt.FlushGarden]

Can't you do anything better? hahahah...just kidding...
Man! The wings makes me more horny than her butt does...hehehe

[Lukias]

It's.....not.......bad

*sniff*

[Francis]

Thanks for all the lovely comments!

I admit to not knowing a lot about the character, so that's probably where the wing thing comes from. And I did get a bit lazy in trying to figure out how to render the transparent wings.

RobM, I dunno that I'm that awesome - I still struggle with just about everything. You can read my bio if you want the whole story.

Joachim, yup I agree - but couldn't come up with anything more interesting.

nori you always have the weirdest comments. I love it.

Axl, I think I have a total of maybe 4-6 hours in this.

silber - including doing the line drawing, yes.

Lukias - tell me what you don't like about it?

Also I have to thank Fred for some anatomy and composition help.

I'll have a new Boba Fett drawing to show soon. I hope someone does their own color version of the protomecha line art I posted - I would really like to see that!


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Francis Tsai
TeamGT Studios

[Cos]

hey cool, i really like the mechanical wings and armour. Good job!

[Chapel]

Francis: I'm going to print it out and ink it first and then I'll attempt to color it. Course I have tons of other things I want to do, but this pic will probably get bumped to the top.