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hansime β GeeTwo Megatron (touched up version)
Published: 2013-11-25 17:40:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 2689; Favourites: 85; Downloads: 25
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Quickly touched up version of this oldy of mine:
hansime.deviantart.com/art/Marβ¦
Never was content with the background, so tried to up the contrast between fore and background by making the lines of the background lighter (while adding a bit of dust) and especially trying to improve the clouds of dust a bit.
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Oh -- and taking off the demotivational poster thing was a good call as well -- this is art, and needs no extra bells n' whistles.Β
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I agree that this is an improvement. Congrats on learnin' sumthin'! Always nice to see personal improvement, eh?
~littleiron makes a good point about perhaps using a different gray tone (warmer, perhaps) on things-that-are-not-Megatron. But that's a choice with no definitive right answer; there's also something to be said for the way you've made this pic so monochrome. Megs does tend to be single-minded, and a mono-color-scheme speaks to that. The background looks much better; even though you've lowered the contrast and intensity, the warm brown of the dust is actually popping better now. What I'd like to see you do in version 3, if you ever decide to come back to this one more time, is for you to find a focal point -- or one with a couple of secondary focal points -- and give it just that little bit of extra pop. The red parts of Meggsie's armor are a nice bit o' zing, but now this needs for the most important parts to pop out like those red bits do.Β
Wish I had a magic bullet to suggest for doing that...............
Still think your marker skills are leet, yo.
Hope this was helpful! Cheers.Β
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Aye! And it always bothered me I left it at that.
Also agree on the demotivational poster section, it distracted a lot. And was even had a spelling error (shoe instead of shoes...).
I kinda made it monochromatic to show the effectiveness of a greyish urban camo. And lack of other markers. The only touching up I had done before was add a bit of white and red glow and some minor shading additions to up the contrast. I'm not sure if the shading added sufficient contrast, I think it could be improved still.
There are definitely still parts of the image (especially the details at the gun mantlet) where it lacks proper shading, which makes it fall flat. I'm also pondering if I shouldn't make the guns a darker tone of grey.
As for the focal points, I'm not sure. I could up the shading on the chests and make the headlights beam and stand out, maybe have some of that light show on his hand and use that to contrast the gun shading more and make it stand out more.
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Those sound like good ideas. 
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NICE!
To make things looking more layered, maybe you can also try to color the linearts, as well as give the cement block a different tune from MEG himself.
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...unless of course I add a lineart layer over the existing image...
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Right, it's mostly done by using those layer options.
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Thanks!
Not sure if there's a good technique that lets you only colour the lineart in this situation. :/ *am sooOooOOOooo out of practice btw* >.<'
PS: Would love to see someone else take a shot at drawing this GeeTwo Megs. Wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean?
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I remember having a G2 Megatron figure. Except he was a bright neon green and purple and he changed into a tank.
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Take your pick:
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www.deviantart.com#/art/GeeTwoβ¦
www.deviantart.com#/art/GeeTwoβ¦
www.deviantart.com#/art/GeeTwoβ¦
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Nice work! I remember the original one. Good to see it has been upgraded!
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Evil or not, don't mess with Megatron!
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why does the bad guy always have to be megatron
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Because he keeps shooting the usurpers.
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Technically that's still Megatron.
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