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BoxofLizards In reply to OmarSzkarr [2018-10-25 07:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, that pretty much sums it perfectly, draw something awesome and you have no idea what to do next or your ego so big that it quivers when you start the next piece that it falls apart.

Thanks I might have went too overboard with this one that its daunting the amount of time need to complete the piece. The second largest building (green one) I was working on a near pixel level of 400 PPI by 4000x8000 or 10x20 inches, a bit too much not to mention very draining since I was drawing details though flat that will never been seen. Parts of it where mirrored, but it still took hours to draw one side, and virtually every window is drawn to be different and unique.



Not to mention while drawing the building I wanted to take inspiration from some of the work I did while doing concept sketches for Troll World. One of the things I wanted to incorporate into this world was that all the buildings took on the appearance of monsters with large jaws and eyes on the decor. This idea came from one of my favorite scenes from Metropolis in which the character Freder hallucinates this massive machine that had exploded as Moloch and the workers are being sacrificed into the monsters month. Thus felt the idea would fitting be to incorporate into these massive office towers that took on the appearance of monsters fused with the architecture.    

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OmarSzkarr In reply to BoxofLizards [2018-10-25 13:14:38 +0000 UTC]

Damn that's TOO detailed, you'll soon be drawing every person in the windows of the building

I had forgotten that moloch scene, what a great movie. I should have guessed that you took inspiration from it, your cities can be very metropolis-like

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BoxofLizards In reply to OmarSzkarr [2018-10-26 12:23:30 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I might since you brought it up because I'm crazy like that, I could turn into a where's waldo drawing

Thanks, always like the monolithic type buildings transgressed by the fears of the period, that and the just pure fascination of big cities. Speaking of Metropolis have you ever seen the anime Metropolis (2001)? Which is not based on the silent movie but at the same time is, but not, but kind of is. Always like the visual style and soundtrack, and that one moment where this incredibly expensive film looked like it ran out of money and turned into a Ralph Bakshi movie for like three minutes.  

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OmarSzkarr In reply to BoxofLizards [2018-10-26 13:14:10 +0000 UTC]

Yeeees Where's Alicia?

i saw that metropolis anime, it pissed me off a little that the only thing in common was the city design, it was more like a "art noveau astroboy"

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BoxofLizards In reply to OmarSzkarr [2018-10-27 05:43:33 +0000 UTC]

She's... somewhere not in the image... yet. Though I 'might' do something with the character again since I really liked how her design came out, but never got around to showing off all the scars she has, but too scared of the concept at the moment.

Yeah I can see what you mean, in fact not only does it not have any real connection to the 1927 it also doesn't have one to the manga its based off. And don't get me wrong its full or problems with many interesting but half baked concepts making what is a really pretty film into a mess. But yep at least the city looks cool. 

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OmarSzkarr In reply to BoxofLizards [2018-10-28 02:43:58 +0000 UTC]

It's based on a manga?

Alicia should be in one of the balconies, waving to the front

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BoxofLizards In reply to OmarSzkarr [2018-10-28 04:31:05 +0000 UTC]

Yep, a 1949 manga by Osamu Tezuka (Astro-Boy fame). Didn't know that myself till years later as I wasn't too familiar with Anime and Manga back in the early 00's.

Not a bad idea will have to keep that in mind.

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