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axelgnt [2009-02-16 14:28:49 +0000 UTC]

i got to say i love the draw technique you use for this artwork its very original and cool

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jamesprower [2009-01-22 18:43:25 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely adore the giant Ness fac eon the Devil Machine. It's basicly what nightmares are made of, and that makes it awesome.

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footnoodles [2008-10-17 21:59:36 +0000 UTC]

God you're amazing D8 <3

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Stormful [2008-10-02 02:07:56 +0000 UTC]

Shading and coloring is incredible!!

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supersysscvi [2008-09-30 02:16:22 +0000 UTC]

>_> ... for some reason, when I saw this, this phrase came to mind... although... it falls out of reason for more reasons than one.

"Fapping to Pokey"

... but I didn't say that. No I didn't... well... I did now, didn't I?... I'm a horrible person...

ANYWAY. Your art is still awesome. What's new?

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zelakzanai [2008-09-29 20:40:30 +0000 UTC]

This is so cool, very awesome job!

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scheherazadenerai [2008-09-29 19:44:19 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, natural-looking colouring

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GuildmasterPhill [2008-09-29 15:47:52 +0000 UTC]

very nice work, you really captured the whole atmosphere in the end of earthbound. very creepy and all. good work!

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thekesshawk [2008-09-28 12:18:06 +0000 UTC]

Lul. Nice job, either way xD

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GameSaver [2008-09-28 02:33:00 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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johanalee [2008-09-28 02:28:52 +0000 UTC]

Imma have nightmares..... wah

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Taefaros [2008-09-28 01:46:12 +0000 UTC]

Fuuuudge, I heart the strokes on the spidah-bot. You're pretty kickass with Prismas.

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blueflare7 [2008-09-28 01:04:03 +0000 UTC]

Yowza, that's good. The Ness face creeps me out. Also, I like Pokey's smile. It sort of encompasses his attitude of the moment.

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TheRareHunterHunter [2008-09-28 00:56:36 +0000 UTC]

I can give CRITIQUE?!!!

Well first off I gotta say I really love this.
You said you were unhappy with it, so my question to you is: Did your scanner cut the quality?
I tinkered with the image in one of my programs in order to restore color that may have been lost during the scan and here's what I got: [link]
But really, this picture is great- huge and dynamic! Your colors are wonderful. And o_O Ness won't be leaving my head anytime soon! It's amazing how he looks like a total creep sitting on a cushy pillow!
Your dynamics work so well because you've really got a direction going on. The tentacles slide downwards towards the audience, with Porky's robot clinging ominously on them. You even established a direction with the tentacles at the side (They seem to plateau into a straight line there), so that makes the experience all the more real for the audience.

Now I'mma do a critique.
#1, it's very important to consider overall shapes, especially when drawing a large and complex picture. One issue is the circle and dome shapes you utilized. The circle surrounding Ness' face is a little oblong and uneven and the shield dome on Porky's spider mech isn't shaped roundedly. With Ness' face, it reduces the impact of the fact that he's looking at us, and that should be a very strong impact in this pic. And even though you got the highlight spot-on on the spider mech, the unroundedness of the dome throws off the audience.
Speaking of shapes, check out the black-ish body of the spider mech, and look at each of its sides- it's right (our left) side is drawn up a little bit compared to its other side, which is a little lower down, and thereby we process the spider mech's body as uneven.
The important thing to do is to take a step back from a picture while you're drawing it. Instead of focusing on each area from start to finish, take a few minutes every so often to see the picture overall. Is this shape correct, and does it correlate with that other shape? Try very hard to actively consider how you NEED to make your figures.

Lastly, I'll consider the way you do lines to create shading/effect. It's a really wonderful skill that you've picked up, and overall you did an amazing job. But just as you need to consider the composition and proper shape of other objects, you must consider the dimension of each object so that you're sure that you're puting your lines in the right direction.
Straight lines racing across the top of a surface, like you did with the tentacles, establishes the top, flat portion of the tentacles. But you must also consider that the tentacles are rounded, so there's a chance that you'd want to put the lines in a few different directions to show dimension (Like, curve the lines towards the bottom for example). But that's totally your call, as they already look fantastic.
Also, I wanna bring up where you're shading the tentacles underneath the spider mech. When you darkened those areas, you went in a totally different direction with your colored pencil with the dark area as opposed to the lighter area. This actually dissociates the darker part of the tentacle from the lighter part, even though they're the same thing. It would be ideal to go in the same direction with the lines in the lighter area so that the darker area "blends in" and looks more natural.
Also going back to the shield dome on Porky's spider mech! This is really difficult to understand and master, but look at the blue shading you used for the dome. It's direction is essentially: curved at the mech's right (our left), then move straight until the end of the page (at our right). However, the blue shading should actually curve up at our right, because the object does indeed go on to create a full circle. So the impact of the curved blue lines should be present at the back, as well!

Once again, wonderful work! Totally appeasing to the eyes and overall not that awkward! Just learning to master proper shape for objects and learning to control your shading will help you out!

I hope I didn't talk too much! ><;

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