Sijun Forums :: View topic - A samurai, and a Mena Suvari looking babe

vebjorn · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 3:44 am

Just though I`d put some my latest work in one post. I`m currently playing alot of Kengo on my Ps2 and got some samurai kick.
Also decided to make a pretty standard babe, but with clothes on and a face inspired by looking at a certain Wheatus video featuring Mena Suvari...me likes;-)

-Veb

br0un0 · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 3:53 am

The samurai is so powerfull... Your latest work is very agressive. It amaze me everytime.
Keep on your dynamic style.

[ May 05, 2001: Message edited by: br0un0 ]

Socar MYLES · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 3:56 am

I like the girl, but I LOVE the samurai. The stylization and sense of motion is really nice. Not to mention the violent red background--I really like that.

I think the one thing that might make this already excellent image a little better would be if the hair extended a little further up & to the right. That would carry the motion through slightly better....

Lovely work, though, as always.

-Tepox- · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 5:34 am

Damn good work man! Good quality like always in your work. I like the "suvari" pic best. The background is so amazing in it. Hmmz. I really have to think what to crit... Girl's sword looks too much line work to me. Girl's
Suvari face is pretty and well done. But maybe she looks too innocent to hold sword like that!

I don't have anything to crit about samurai pic. It works just fine.

Jenn · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 5:47 am

woooo i love the first one! Awesome stuff as always

Dude · member Member # Joined: 27 Jan 2001 Posts: 144

Holy Crap That was friggen' weird

Wheatus starting playin' from my winamp list while I was reading your post about the wheatus video....

travis travis · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 7:15 am

well, both these pics are of exceptional quality. the babe is my favorite one I've ever seen of yours (and she's even clothed!) and the samurai is great. plus I'm diggin your crazy texture backdrops

Cicinimo · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 7:35 am

Kreuze · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 8:07 am

Wow. Your ability to draw people so well without reference is great. I love the sense of action on the samurai. One crit: The girl looks too smooth in front of the textured backdrop to me, I think maybe she could use some more texture. Or maybe I just need to get used to higher texture in the background

[ May 05, 2001: Message edited by: Kreuze ]

Metz · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 8:21 am

awesome stuff, i really like them
so great coloring

are they digital ?

-Gux- · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 9:30 am

Mmm...Awesome style on the samurai image. His face resembles the style of those old japanese illustrations.

Bishop_Six · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 9:50 am

Man, veb, you can do some awesome stuff. Being a lover of samurai and japanese history, I can't help but just sit and stare at that samurai...

vebjorn · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 10:08 am

It`s photoshop, with filters of scanned brushmarks I made, coffesplatters and various texture references of rocks etc, on top of a pencil sketch. Some more worked over than others..like the Mena face does not even resemble the sketch much.
The red samurai background is a part of a big sheet of paper I covered with reddishbrowm, thick brushmarks and scanned.

-Veb

Holly Jolly · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 10:12 am

Awesome stuff! I love the colors!

kombosagi · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 10:44 am

sweet samirai!!

Katana · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 12:07 pm

Vebjorn. That is one awesome looking samurai. I think that your style suits this genre very well. I too have been on a samurai/Feudal Japan kick too lately as well as a sudden interest in Spaghetti Westerns (which is not so surprising since they are pretty much the same thing.) Anyway that kicks untold amounts of trash and wanted to tell you that I love your samurai based stuff!

vebjorn · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 1:25 pm

to Nori: read my post above, the brushmarks are scanned from the real thing, no way could I make so varied/realistic strokes in painter;-)

-Veb

Collosimo · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 3:50 pm

Cool. As I always say.. nice textures and colours.

The girl pic... pretty... very nice, stupid look! hehe cute.

I couldn't help notice the chain though... its just a black set of lines and when you notice that area of the pic, IMO it wrecks it.

pastaboy · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 4:08 pm

very nice! I love the Samurai. The other one is awesome too, but the Samurai is my fav. Keep up the good work.

Blitz · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 5:58 pm

DAMN.....I am in love with the first pic man. JEEZZ...Is there a larger virson of it somewhere.....

I especialy like it because I just got my first Katana today. Finaly came....Its Hand made in China....Its so sweet...I love it.

Stay cool and I look forward to seeing more from yas...YAH

Blitz

nori · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 11:02 pm

that samuari is amazing. How'd you get the red brush stroke effect? painter?

Subhuman · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 11:18 pm

mena makes me drool

synj · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 11:24 pm

love the first one so much. there's a ton of movement and feeling. love the pose, color, etc etc. and i smile.

sorry, but the second one looks like you gave some girl that i used to go to highschool with a sword and she tried to look like she's capable of using it. hehehe i'm not fond of the pose at all. that's really why i think that.

schabe · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 11:26 pm

very nice.
both pics are awesome.

EviLToYLeT · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 11:37 pm

Hey veb, very nice stuff. No naked chicks with bounceables this time

Anyway, the first piece conveys a great sense of... well... violence. I'm guessing the samurai just got the shit kicked outta him or watched someone get the shit kicked outta him....otherwise he just...

so many interpertations, so many interpertations!

Anyway, the girl. *wowee* Her face is .. absolutely incredible. I find myself going for women that have a .. sorta stupid look on their face.. kinda cute. Hehe... anyway, Looking at that picture I don't even pay much attention to the sword, and kind of gives me the impression that this girl could make a great character. She looks all stupid and seems to have found the sword in a cave and when you go up to make her move on you she goes *kaiya! * and slices off your....

Great stuff veb, hope to see more from you