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mikeg8807 — Another Halo WIP
Published: 2007-08-01 08:41:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 497; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 4
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Alrighty, need some feedback. Musuko said my poses suck in my drawrings, so hopefully this is better? The texture isnt completely hand drawn, more like half drawn, half various textures from Mayang (still, before people brush it off, it takes quite a bit of work trying to get it to look natural, both with the shape of the armor and the lighting). Anyways, that thing he's standing on will be a Brute, unless hair is too hard to draw in which case itll become an elite.I'm open to suggestions on the b/g. Ive thought of a post-apocalyptic style blown up city with a destroyed cathedral behind him, or a Silent Cartographer-esque beach landing, with either Pelicans or something. I'm not really sure what i'd like more. The city style one would be more interesting to look at, but then again its kinda cliche, almost. The water one could be cool, but sand and water seem like bitches to draw (sand more so. I have no idea outside of stripping textures to do it, which i want to try to avoid since i dont feel i'm the one doing all the work).
Anyways, i really need feedback, not just "It looks cool," or "It looks goofy," or "Mike, for the love of God stop doing Halo paintings. Its an overrated FPS that gets too much attention for how unoriginal it is," or whatever.
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P.S. Scraps, btw, suck balls. I can't even figure out how to view my own scraps in my gallery. Lame.
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this is flippin awesome! the city would be sweet, giving an emotional/dramtic appearance, which was bungies intent in halo 3. also you should add in the marines, but add them in next to brutes, totally kicking their ass! like all ravaging and fearsome, that'd be cool! make the chief fireing his rifle so it doesnt make him look like he was posing, instead of helping his poor comrades... i love how you did this, the technique is astounding, but how'd you do it? photoshop, or natural painting?
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Its all Photoshop. Thanks alot, btw. Its a combination of about 50% painting and 50% stock photos for textures (like i'll get a picture of a concrete wall and set it to overlay or something to give that rough, weathered texture. theres a lot more to it than that but thats the condensed version).
Good ideas man...if you want to see a more updated version, go here [link]
Check out my gallery, too, you might see some more stuff you like. Thanks for the comment man, I really appreciate the input.
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But then it would look too much like adonihs' piece. Ive already borrowed too heavily from it, dont want to straight rip off his idea.
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Oh, well, then... Hmm... I guess a city scene would work...
Don't forget the dead marines!
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Mike, you suck.
It's looking really good so far! From what I can see, there's a lot of detail, so stick with that. I think you used that machine gun last time... I think you should use a different one.
Oh, and what will the dead dude be? A brute (I think that's what they're called... I don't have Halo...). Right now the dead thing looks like a gorilla.
For the background, a city would look great, try to throw in a few aircrafts, those are always fun to look at.
And like Musuko said, maybe some blood would spruce up MC and the scene a bit.
PS: I can never find my scraps either, it's a pain in the arse!
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sickening
-ly good
ill crit soon but i dont have time right now
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Its fine, i dont want to hear what you have to say anyways.
Just kidding!
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ha, same here man. I've got a terrible habit of not finishing stuff.
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the gun and legs need work, they lack colour and look like a 2 year-old drew them. what's with the grey lines?
seriously though, holy shit. please keep doing what your doing.
for the background i say a ruined city (ala the e307 halo3 trailer)
maybe some blood on his visor/armour too.
when did i say your poses suck?
on your profile page on the right hand side under the '
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and btw, what do you mean by e307 trailer? What part?
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at the start when the narrator is like "we will leave nothing" etc. and they show footage of a messed up city.
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Dood WTF DA totally messed up the legz and gun!!!
Well, you didnt say they sucked per se...but awhile ago when me and hyb got into a silly argument you said my last Halo piece and the Gears WIP i showed you guys were both kinda flat/plain in terms of character stance, and I kinda took it to heart since I agreed with you, so I'm trying to make my pieces more interesting.
Thanks for the comment though. Sounds like post-apocalyptic world is what its going to be.
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The armor is looking good, and I certainly don't mind that you used some pre-made textures. I certainly couldn't do it on the best of days (maybe someday :sigh
The idea of a post-apocalyptic scene. Lots of rubble behind mc, and some particles flying through the air, etc. It may seem cliche, but you really have already set it up for this scene with mc's stance of triumph on the elite or whatever it is going to be.
I must say, I hope I see the end result on this one.
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Thanks man, thats the kind of comment I wanted. Some new ideas and stuff to get me thinking. I like the dust/particles idea..could give it depth and make it a bit darker (not light/color-wise, but theme-wise). Maybe an explosion or something, with a warthog and a couple marines behind him.
Thats a little too ambitious, i know, but i can always cut some of that stuff out. Thanks alot for the comment!
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Sometimes I have the urge to give a nice long critique or feedback. You're a lucky one!!!
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