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Containment Breach:Sub-Level 5
Published: 2008-07-05 17:51:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 180522; Favourites: 5924; Downloads: 4007
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Full-view for details.Created from sketch to finish in Photoshop7
Ive been dying to do a sci-fi monster piece for a long time now and this one has elements that ive been trying to incorporate into a composition for a long time.
I glanced at a few photos of various abandoned factories, camcorders and CDC biohazard suits for accuracy's sake, in addition to several close-up stills of a couple 80's horror movies used to get the expression I wanted for the foreground victim.
Thank you in advance for coming by my gallery - comments are always welcome.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did drawing it.
2008
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reminds me of a scene out of a movie.
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Awesome piece, thanks to the Daily Deviations at the bottom of the page, and lagging computer (which left me enough time to be interested in this piece, and open a new tab).
Reminds me of the "Half Life" series:
"Experiment is going as predicted; no signs of any abnormalities"
Later, when you replay, you sit there laughing "Oh, yeah? Are you sure about that? Well, nevertheless you're screwed."
By the way, what is the original species of the creature if it didn't look like that to begin with? Perhaps a human being? (I think I can see some features of a human, even some beard stubble)
Also, who's handling the camera? To me, the camera person (if any) seems to either be greatly enjoying the moment ("You'll be the first to go down!"), or is terrified enough to escape well beforehand (hence another reason for the expression of the person facing us, and for the camera distortions).
Those things also leave us to our imaginations. 
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I dont know - was he once human? perhaps alien? perhaps a combination of the two..or something much more sinister?
And who is handling the camera?
Did he/she ever escape?
These are all things left up to the viewer!
Thank you so much for this commentary - your questions and observations (beard stubble)are inspiring and let me know im on the right track with involving the viewer.
I appreciate ya.
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Wow...this is amazing! I mean just the sheer amount of details on the man's expression...
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Thanks tainted!
Im glad you dig the details - I really do enjoy putting them in to be hopefully discovered.
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Np! You deserve tons of awesome comments for this amazing deviation...I'm definitely going to be checking out your gallery.
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Awesome mate. and the angle really works!
Just to chuck an idea your way. Have the camera display the mans distressed face with a slight bit of the monster showing up and have the camera covering the real mans distressed face instead of seein two.
Looks awesome though Fav+.
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Thanks for the fave and insightful comments!
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wow. ^^ The Coloration is really amazing. With Photoshop? omg, marry me. ^^ I'm always surprised, what people like you can do just with Photoshop . Stunning scenery, you did a great job.
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I really appreciate that Spinat!
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congratulations bro, i knew u'll got a DD sooner or later with this piece!
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I sure as hell didnt expect it!
Thanks so much!
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wow.. simply amazing! i love all teh details and the colors!!
a well deserved DD
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Are you sure you drew that? Cuz it looks real, and I'm not confortable with monsters running around lol.
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Haha!
Thank you for that!
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im feeling this, i like the way you got the expresion on his face and the cctv bit, i find it so hard to paint faces small did you soom up close to paint the mans face?
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I did indeed.
I usually work between 25-400% magnification.
It would drive you nuts to watch since I constantly zoom in and out to cross-check my work to make sure the piece is balanced.
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thanx 4 da reply and advise, as i jst gettin into digital work its good to get some knowledge of it
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AAAHHHH! It reminds me a lot of the bloodsucker from Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, but beefier (more muscle-e), particularly in the lab environment and everything.
Great job
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Thanks!
It seems stalker and doom3 are what this piece reminds a lot of folks of - im gonna *have* to check them out.
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Wow... that's so well done, it's giving me shivers. Even if I were just watching the monitor that it's on I'd be wetting myself. It's not often I see pictures that evoke their own atmosphere, but this one really, really does. It's scary and beautiful at the same time. And it'll also keep me awake at night
Well done!
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Oh wow this was cool to read - thank you so much.
Im really thrilled you got a sense of atmosphere that was personal and scary, its very inspiring for me.
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Woah, dude, hectic. Nice work.
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Thats very dependant on your level of desire to learn to use them
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I see... well I can't draw anyway
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the textures and shading are awesome on this! i especially love how the foreground victim's scream is fogging up his visor. the angle and sense of motion rocks-- i definitely get the feel that i'm there, too, trying to run for my life and tripping over my own feet in terror (and that in about three seconds i'll drop the camcorder and get eaten messily).
the monster kinda reminds me of cthulu. X3
again, wonderful job!
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Thank you for this!
I really get a kick out of it when the viewer tells me what they like about a work and tells me the story they have - it really is inspiring and thrilling for me.
I appreciate you.
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