Tim Schafer's [DÜDLE] Legend

TheExAm · May 2012

Reminds me of both Ghost in the Shell and Mega Man Legends.

Lewis Rice · May 2012

BOTP!

Tam wrote: »

nice

i dwawed a wobitz

Siegfried wrote: »

Update, slightly more consistent lineweight and changed some sizes, hopefully this makes it better:

zapattack wrote: »

About time to move onto colour I think!

Nic · May 2012

Lewis, I like the "fish eye" curvilinear perspective you have going there, but I think you need to push the contrast a bit more and clean up your values, some of your gradients are a bit muddy.

Also are you working according to a grid setup, or are you trying to eyeball the fisheye perspective? I think there's a bit more you can do to improve the arc of the perspective towards the center.

It's a very ambitious piece, and a fantastic idea, I applaud this line of thinking so keep it up!

Edit: punktuashun :B

rts · May 2012

Here are some spaceship thumbnails I have done recently. I already painted #F as 30x48' oil on canvas, which I am also posting. Also the orange painting I was working on before.
I think I am going to paint #B next.

rts · May 2012

Here is the digital color comp for the next painting:

tynic · May 2012

I love the thumbs. I think it's because the crisp edges on the ships really make them pop against the more smudgy backgrounds. It's a pity that effect gets a little lost in the paints. It seems like your canvases are quite large, have you considered going in to some of the areas with a really tiny brush, to give some cleaner lines and detail contrast against the great background swathes?

rts · May 2012

Well, that's the idea. Easier said than done and all that of course. Working large means working on canvas. I don't really want to invest in linen for a painting this size so that means the texture is pretty extreme and small details can be difficult. Though I have a new technique in mind for this coming painting and we'll see how it works soon enough.

tynic · May 2012

Yeah that's fair. I figured you were aiming for that effect but I wasn't sure to what extent you'd achieved the look you wanted vs being hampered by physical issues.

I do like the colours you're using, too.

earthwormadam · May 2012

I did a thing.

Didn't feel like trudging up an old thread of unfinished projects though.

m3nace · May 2012

Holy fuck Cake... holy fucking fuck.
edit: also, you remind me I need to draw more with pencils... what hardness are you using?

rts · May 2012

Thanks menace. For my thumbnails I just use a .5 mechanical pencil with HB or 2B depending on what I have at the time. To cover large areas and get texture quickly I usually break of a chunk of the lead and scrub it into the paper on it's side with my finger.

Here is the current state of the comp for the next painting:

tynic · May 2012

I'm surprised you're not finding an audience for these, they're really appealing. Maybe you need to tap in to a nerdier customer base.

rts · May 2012

I wouldn't expect to have any work yet. I have done all of three paintings, and while I am happy with them I also know that I can do better. But in my experience at illustration conventions and by talking to other art collectors it seems like in general science fiction work is less popular with collectors than fantasy. But there is also a lot more competition in fantasy, so it may not be as bad as it seems.

Prospicience · May 2012

These are fantastic cake. I know it might not mean much, but if I had the income, I would definitely buy one of these.

A thing I'm working on, crits incouraged as usual. My first digi inking in... over 2 years I think, need to get rid of the shakeyness again.

PierceNeck · May 2012

Those are great, Cake. I don't remember ever seeing anything of yours outside of portraits.

NibCrom · May 2012

Really cool, Adam. Illustrator? Photoshop?

rts · May 2012

Alright this is the final sketch that I am projecting.

I will spoiler it so if anyone is interested they can check it out without my images clogging this page anymore than they already have.

Spoiler:

earthwormadam · May 2012

Niiice cake nice

Thanks, It's all Photoshmmoppp

I just put up a progression post if you hit my sig Nibz

bombardier · May 2012

Tam wrote: »

nice

i dwawed a wobitz

Early Tachikoma?

Molybdenum · May 2012

rts wrote: »

Alright this is the final sketch that I am projecting.

I will spoiler it so if anyone is interested they can check it out without my images clogging this page anymore than they already have.

Spoiler:

I'm a fan of the neon yellow going away. feel like you could even take the saturation down a few notches still on the tiny ship. Your "F" painting is fun because of the slow realization of scale; the same principle can work here as well, but you'd need to downplay the focus on the foreground ship to tell the story of how awesome that really cool citything is. There's also the interesting play of wow that ship is tiny in comparison to that city which is tiny in comparison to that holy crap is that a sun - but that could get lost if the foreground ship draws too heavily.

Those thumbs though? Glorious. It's like looking at the world through an f .95 lens all the time, but with more ...spaceships. Is the tiny one going to be the same across all of these paintings? That'd make a pretty neat travelogue series, or spaceliner ad.

NibCrom · May 2012

earthwormadam wrote: »

Niiice cake nice

Thanks, It's all Photoshmmoppp

I just put up a progression post if you hit my sig Nibz

Losing the black outlines made it good to sooo good.

earthwormadam · May 2012

NibCrom wrote: »

Losing the black outlines made it good to sooo good.

YAY - thanks

Good to hear an outsider opinion, I thought so too!!

victra · May 2012

A copic sketch commission I shipped off this morning of Morrigan!

Prospicience · May 2012

Think I'm done with this.

rts · May 2012

Finished the underpainting. It's 46x26".

Spoiler:

Tam · May 2012

dang that's gonna look great

@Bombardier
tachikoma indeed sir

ninjai · May 2012

looks super cool man!

Fugitive · May 2012

@victra @rts

Dag, yo

Kendeathwalker · May 2012

cake you actually finished one? joking jokin..

the comp is really interesting how it is right now.. just refine the edges on the foreground buildings and push the atmosphere on the purple ones. The texture is really nice.

rts · May 2012

Thanks man. Keeping the texture in the painting itself is a bit of a struggle but I am going to do my best.

Obilex · May 2012

rts that stuff is awesome, keep doing it. What I'm working on now, 4'x6' acrylic and guache on canvas.

m3nace · May 2012

Cake do you use any sort of color ref or is it all on instinct? Either way it's freaking awesome.
Also, will you exclusively be doing illustration for books and for selling, or do you think you might work on some comics or something sometime?

amateurhour · May 2012

That looks awesome rts

I just bought some starter acrylics and brushes and small boards and canvases at a sale at Jerry's last week so this weekend I'm starting ART101 in my studio and learning to paint.

I'll be bugging you

amateurhour · May 2012

Also, random facial expressions and some sci fi for an upcoming project.

NibCrom · May 2012

Prospicience wrote: »

Think I'm done with this.

I don't quite get this, but I like it. I mean, I know it's that color blindness chart test, and he's a chameleon. But I couldn't describe to you the exact concept. But it interests me.

You're welcome for the awesome critique.

Godfather · May 2012

I couldn't resist, it was too good a moment to pass up

nakirush · May 2012

melting_doll · May 2012

NibCrom wrote: »

Prospicience wrote: »

Think I'm done with this.

I don't quite get this, but I like it. I mean, I know it's that color blindness chart test, and he's a chameleon. But I couldn't describe to you the exact concept. But it interests me.

You're welcome for the awesome critique.

I was thinking the chameleon was caught belly up, whereas his back side was camouflaged, so he's all surprised and stuff

Mayday · May 2012

Does this look right, guys?

FANTOMAS · May 2012

The body itself looks good, if a little long maybe, the chest itself... or the thorax, may look a bit short compared to the abdominals... also his lower legs are reaaaaally short

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