So, the Mutants & Masterminds GM Guide is out in stores today so I thought I'd post the pieces I did. These are all pencil line art with digital color. They represent villain archetypes that people can customize to use in their games.
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I like the psycho and the mimic the best. The psycho totally looks like a grown man wearing a children's costume and it's really creepy, and I LOVE the folds on the mimic's waist.
I have to ask, were Snarf from Thundercats and Kaylee from Firefly the inspiration for the imp and the mad scientist?
Awesome stuff as usual, DMAC. Would the pieces benefit from a simple shadow on the floor to ground them? I guess it kinda depends on the context of the piece. I wouldn't mind seeing some figures that were a little more dynamic/dramatically posed.
Yeah, one of the things with these is that they need to more or less fit in a vertical column for the page layout. Doing anything too dynamic means they won't fit with the type.
Thanks. The finished illo actually started out looking like this:
And then the client for these pieces learned that while you can use Frankenstein('s Monster) the character, you can't make him look too similar to the Universal Studios movie version.
I believe there are 5 distinct points they claim ownership to: the bolts on the neck, green skin, flat topped head, scar/seam across the forehead and... something else. You can use some of these elements but not all of them together so I ended up making the skin grey and moving the bolts up to the sides of his head.
amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
Personally I like the first three headshots in the first image more than the finished one, but that's just my opinion. The finished piece still looks great
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Idris Elba as DCI John Luther:
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes:
I have to ask, were Snarf from Thundercats and Kaylee from Firefly the inspiration for the imp and the mad scientist?
j/k
Awesome stuff as usual, DMAC. Would the pieces benefit from a simple shadow on the floor to ground them? I guess it kinda depends on the context of the piece. I wouldn't mind seeing some figures that were a little more dynamic/dramatically posed.
The style seems a little too friendly for the subject matter at times - murdering psycho skeleton guy seems a little out of place.
Nice stuffs as always MAC
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I might have a crush on these dudes too.
Not in a gay way... in a viking way.
Upon closer inspection, I'm also really diggin' the hard and soft shadows you used in the shading.
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And then the client for these pieces learned that while you can use Frankenstein('s Monster) the character, you can't make him look too similar to the Universal Studios movie version.
I believe there are 5 distinct points they claim ownership to: the bolts on the neck, green skin, flat topped head, scar/seam across the forehead and... something else. You can use some of these elements but not all of them together so I ended up making the skin grey and moving the bolts up to the sides of his head.
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Insanely clean and perfect as always DMAC, I could eat dinner off your art.