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Published: 2009-03-11 17:40:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 6866; Favourites: 70; Downloads: 36
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My primeval Predator. I had two things in mind when I started this pic. The first was that I wanted him to resemble a scorpion persona-wise, so that explains the crouch, the pincer-like arm sticking up to the side, and his club bent upwards and to the front like a stinger. The second thing I wanted was to make him stone age, and to re-imagine the technological side into some stone age equivalents. So his wrist claw is a sabretooth tiger skull, the spear is a set of dinosaur bones, and so on... well, not really and so on, that's really all.Painted in PS on my Wacom
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this is really cool and i love the way its painted great job
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Thanks very much, that's some cool vector work in your gallery man.
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Your welcome and thank you glad u like it
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Lol the lone wolf predator that got left behind is now found! The tribal look is pretty cool. Nice work! One day I'll get there; to pro status
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Thanks, that means a lot; though to be honest, I'll feel like a pro when I start selling on a more regular basis lol
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Your welcome man! Lol Yeah im still "rookie" status.
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I've looked at your stuff, and if I can throw my two cents in - your line work is good, as are your poses. The next step: no more line work. Make everything out of shadows and negative space.
I'm happy to help in regards to this, but I also know people here just want to do they're thing, so either way it's cool. Let me know if you want a couple things passed to you that were passed to me.
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Lol I don't have a thing 
Things i'm good at:
Sculpting
Photography
Photoshoping
Things I think I also Might be good at:
Drawing in General
Writer
Things I suck at:
Human figures
Scenic Vistas
Mechanical Drawings
Anime(I don't know how people do it)
So please let me hear your two cents!
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If you look at the three things you listed being good at, what you have is the beginning of an animation - sculpting, plus stop motion photography, plus the ability to put it together in Photoshop. You mention that you're decent at writing and drawing, so right there is the ability to create a storyboard (storyboard's don't have to be mind-blowing, just straightforward). All of these factors together equal a short film.
The real question is - is that the art you want to create? If you don't know what you want to do, you will know eventually; it just takes exposing yourself to as many different things as possible.
I've never tried anime and scenic vistas is something I want to get better at but haven't found the time for. As far as human figures go, trust me - recreate one of your line drawings without using any lines. Use negative space (like a shaded background) and shading inside the figure to create the exact same form and impression.
And every pic - almost without exception - needs to have an area(s) that's as dark as you can go and an area that's almost pure white, with most of it falling in between. Contrast is huge in most drawings, figure drawing being no exception.
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Ok Ill try it with my ACT marine picture.
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Your Aerial Combat Trooper? Could be very good, have fun with it.
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Yeah theres alot of divisions in my book. My most favorite one is the RET's (Ruin Exploration Team) I have little concept art on them but there very cool looking people.
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There is so much emotion on the face, and such great power is bestowed in the pose, it sends a vehement message of fierceness! So cool!
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Thank you, it's one of my earlier pieces, but one I'm still really proud of and want to expand from creatively.
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It's something you deserve to be proud of, Seothen. ;D
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Hey, thanks - I'm proud of this one.
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Awesome Pic!
Is this a work in progress?
I ask cause I see some *cool detail work that you started that would really be sweet finished.
Looks great color wise.
Some more greens would be cool 2.
Great Job Man!
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* spot texture on head & bone textures
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Hey there, that's totally true, I do have a different texture going on with the predator than the other parts of the pic; I think maybe it's because this was the beginning of a new style for me. If I were to redo it, I'd probably stick a texture layer over the foliage.
Thanks a lot for the compliments, I'm really proud of this pic.
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You should be its cool!
I showed it to some friends they liked it too!
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Rad.
I always thought the predators mouths when they opened looked like frightening toothed vaginas.
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Especially since those things try to have sex with your face basically, haha.
Which one was it that designed the Aliens? I remember years ago there being a line of gory action figures that he designed that were real interesting looking. This was years ago though, can barely remember much about them, except that they were awesome.
And just read, you have a Wocom pad? 
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It was Swiss Surrealist HR Giger that designed the original Alien, though Winston and James Cameron in the film Aliens seem to have cemented the visuals in everyone's minds. Really what Winston and Cameron manufactured was the Alien Queen, how she would look and how to build and move something that big.
Yep, got me a Wacom a couple years ago (back when I could afford one, lol). They are AWESOME. Mine is an 8x10 and back when I bought it it was about $350. That's a lot of money, but some places will try to sell them for $2,000, do not let yourself get ripped off. (Actually, a friend of mine does have a $2,000 one, but it's the size of a desk).
Trust me, it's the difference between night and day moving from a mouse to a Wacom. Since I don't have Illustrator, I still use the mouse and Pen Tool for really clean lines, but the tablet is great.
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Wow, looked up some of Giger's work and i'm definitely adding him to my list. SO much detail, love that biomechanical look.
I think it's amazing how they build the mechanics and all the puppeteer work that goes on in movies like that. I think in the 3rd Aliens they did some CGI or something? Something about the aliens were different and made them not as believable. Moved around kind of dog like. Still a great movie though.
Holy dang. $2,000. Definitely can't afford that. 
Haven't played around with Illustrator though. Definitely on my to do list. lol
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Right on, happy you're liking his stuff. Yeah, they went 3d with Alien 3, but I think Alien vs Predator brought back Stan Winston to work on it, and they looked a lot more believable there (worse movie though, lol).
8x10 is as big as an individual user would really wanna go; I think for a first time out, you might go 5x7; no matter what it's going to be a case of adjusting to it, and I've been told by people that my 8x10 has too many layers of pressure sensitivity, more than an artist needs.
Good luck on the hunt for one! If you're in Canada I'd say buy one from Canada Computers, they seemed to have decent prices.
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I'm glad that they did, even though I agree AVP wasn't near as good. Seems like they brought it back in Alien Resurrection too? I liked that human alien thing.
Hmm, too many pressure sensitive layers? Could still be useful though. If by the time I finally scrounge the money for one if they're near same price i'll probably go for the 8x10 one. Unless the 5x7 is substantially cheaper.
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I did a quick check and it looks like there are new tablets out for around $200 that you don't even need to use with your computer - just draw right on the screen, save it to memory, put it on your computer later. No idea if the companies are quality or not, but it's neat that they're becoming a cheap reality.
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Straight from the screen? Hmmmm, does it have the computer screen on the screen? I'll definitely want to have it where I can upload stuff and play around with it. $200 is a good price.
My dad found an older Wacom pad he had that I could probably use for now, doesn't have any pressure sensitivity though which kinda sucks, but beats using the mouse I guess.
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Pretty sure the ones I saw let you draw straight to the screen - it'd be very interesting if you could draw that way but couldn't see what you were doing until you uploaded it. O_O
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Holy-- that is one scary looking beastie. That's the kind of creature I'm always afraid is crouching in a bush waiting for me to walk by.
The background really added the prehistoric feel to this piece (yes, I did look at the first one). The shading in his face and on his body is awesome, blended perfectly. It really shows that you put a lot of heart into this piece and yet again I'm struggling to find something to pick at! -- Nope, nothing I can pick at. Except the peacock heads covering his naughty bits -- that's a bit weird. Haha.
Awesome work, seriously!
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Hey - thanks very much, I'm proud of this piece, even the weirdness of the bird heads, which I admit is pretty weird. Though someone else insists they're turkey heads, not peacock heads. 
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You're very welcome!
Haha, I kind of like them. I thought they were ripped up shorts until I saw it in full-view. Also, I didn't know that turkey heads came in blue! 
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I know - totally, I was like blue heads??? But I'll take his word for it.
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He told no lies! Blue heads! Well damn.
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I'm gonna hafta go back now and add in those extra details... man, but maybe green instead of red around the eyes, alien turkeys...
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I wish you luck in your fine-tuning of this piece!
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