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xenomanic — The Maxx - A Collaboration
Published: 2004-10-19 08:19:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1496; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 89
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Kaiserbot did the lines and I did the coloring. This is our first attempt at a collaoration image. Let us know what you think!The Maxx belongs to Sam Keith , my hero. ^^
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who am i to critique, i don't even draw! i just love it as a whole...
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Wow, this is awesome, you've captured the two very well. I agree the background isn't quite as effective as it could be but it doesn't really matter. Julie looks perfect, yes she does have a tummy, that's part of the opint of her, she isn't some skinny blonde, she's just a normal person with a crappy life. It's perhaps a little too dark to see some of the detail but it's understandable with the sun coming from the right. Overall I love this, I only hope that I can develop my artistry to this standard in time!
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great work, i dont know why anyone would bitch about Her having a "huge gut" if they really read the comic or saw the show, they would know one thing about juile and thats that she does have a tummy
which is kinda sexy
great work
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beautiful colors and bg..i like the drawing..the whole piece !!!!
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i personally can't see why the lighting is so directional. an overcast sky makes the light ambiant, and this spotting of clouds wouldn't really affect the direction of the lighting enough to be noticible on small objects (like...humans...). I agree about the trees, but you know that. The shading and coloring otherwise came out quite awsome. The grass too. The tones I get in general are good, and I won't really complain about the characters simply cause 
Kelida
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The thing is, it's very possible there's a flying whale overhead (which were in the comic series), I mean, I originally had one drawn overhead but nixxed it to give Seth more freedom, and that's a very plausible explanation!!!
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that chick looks like she's got a huge gut.
maybe i'm wrong..
nope, definitely a big gut.
other than that, coloring/shading is great. The image is slightly unclear as others have said. Other than that, good job.
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It isn't that she has a big gut, I think it's the angle that she's leaning in. Although the way she holds on to the Maxx seems a little painful.
I never got around to reading the maxx, but this makes me want to. Also a comic with the three of you would be awesome. Oh, and just in case you need a scripter or story-writer, I"m always open to help out.
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Dude, I absolutely love what you did with the picture, I'm glad that I took out the background elements I had scrawled in there because it's breathtaking what you did with the plains and the sky, and those gorgeous clouds. Thank's man! I can't wait for our next colab, we'll have to talk about that, see what you'd like to do the pencils (inks optional) for!
It would've been cool to get Jon involved in this somehow, but I haven't heard a thing from him for weeks and weeks, is he still alive?!?! Anyways, I'm glad that we finally saw an idea to it's end, which is MAJOR PROGRESS FOR US...hahahaha
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lol, you name it, I'll draw it. I try inking it too, and if it doesnt look good, you can do em. ^^
Jon is very interested in doing a comic, and I told him that I would help out. He suggested starting, then pass the skectches to me and add my style/ideas to it, then he would ink it, then i would color it. It hasn't gotten a start, so that means there's more than enough room for you to join.
Yeah, I am glad we got through it with such motivation and dedication! Next time I'll put more time into the background. ^^ yeaa completion! lol
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The color really work amazing on Bot's linework here. I really dig the heavy shadowing of the clouds passing with the bursts of light inbetween. I also think the grasslands savannah came off really well. I really dig teh texture you pulled off on his teeth/mask.
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Glad to see someone keeping the Ol' Maxx alive. I too am a Sam Keith fan. Fanboys of the world unite!
Now for a little critique.
Overall I like the concept. The Maxx seems to be done fairly well, but Julie could use some work on the face (nose looks like she is wearing a clown nose) and her left arm (our right) looks like it is too long. As for the coloring, I think it would have been more effective to be lit from the upper left instead of the upper right for a few reasons. 1. It shows off your characters more where it counts instead of on their backs. 2. Makes them look down on a lit valley instead of a dark one, making you think..."what could they be looking at in a dark valley?". 3. The solid areas of the inking play more toward the light from the upper left.
Last but not least, the background. I like the clouds and the feel of dusk, but the trees seem to be nothing more than an afterthought and were scribbled in. Might take some more time with the trees.
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and thanks for the entensive comment! ^^
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I'll keep the lines in mind when thinking about the lighting next time. and yeah, those trees suck, sorry Ev. I'll spend more time on the background next time. I was quite intemidated by that background and left it til the very end.
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Dont feel bad...I suck at backgrounds. They scare me...scare me bad.
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I don't think it's a valley, I just think they're on a rock in the middle of a grassy plain.
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Yeah I see it now...but I still think the lighting needs to be re-thought
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Clown nose?! Must be the curl of hair in front of her nose bleeding together with her face on darker computer-color settings.
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I took a real close look and I think I see the problem...what I am seeing is a part of the Maxx but Julies face is a bit smushed and the round place on the Maxx is where her nose should be, so I mistook it for her nose...hard to tell cause of all the shadows.
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Very good. The Backgrounds to diffuse for my taste.
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