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Wicked Lightning Strikes.

What would the game be all about, dare I ask? Ninja platforming action? Ching Chong Beautiful's Prequel? :P

[Gatsu vs Grifis]

Wow! REALLY cool!

How the hell do you get that grainy effect, or seperately that canvas texture illusion? The secret behind your coloring methods! AUGH IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!! Very well done! The backlighting behind the character on the right's face highlights him well. The chrome effect on the helmet, the pale skin beneath it...it all just looks fantastic. If you could PM me some tips and tricks on how you got that texturing done, I'd be in debt to you for sharing your wisdom. :D

Easy 5 vote!

[Anima Commercium]

WOWWW

Any art that immediately makes me impulsively "WOWWWW" deserves nothing less than a 10. Doesn't need color, this is BADASS.

I would buy this poster in a heartbeat.

Ikarus777 responds:

Thank you so much!!! I'll let you know when a print is available if you would like

[Happy holidays]

That's nice!

Thank you! She looks great! I especially like the arrangements of colors in the dress, and how everything else helps them pop out. You also did a fantastic job on her eye and lips. Hair looks great too, and let's not forget DAT ASS.

Fived and Faved!

[General Abrams]

Very creative

While his claws definitely look very "Cyborg Big Cat", there's many conflicting structures about him. The first thing that stands out is that his head is almost comically tiny. Like, his full head could be shoved into his hollowed out leg or even bicep....I was about to say, judging by the size of his torso, his HEART could be the size of his own head, but the benefit of the doubt goes to his torso seems larger because of all the armor...still doesn't justify that neck-hole compared to the shoulders...

The bionic arm (and hand!) could justify why his arm length might be 4/5ths (!!!) of his standing height, but it also makes him look a little clumsy and top heavy...could those dinosaur legs really cope with that much MASS lugging around? Which, going back to conflicting structures, the legs and even tail look more dinosaur-like than cat like.

The bionic arms DO look wicked cool, but the attempts to imply armor everywhere else seem to fall short...especially when his itty bitty skull is heavily protected by a hat and unused goggles. We got Batman-like six-pack abs plates to IMPLY he's cut, hints of metal all over the place around the sides of the torso, OOH and heavy plates around the pecs...but neck is exposed and the crotch, well...it has a zipper. Good thing, in case he trusts his giant talons attached to arms the size of a Buick to reach in there and delicately unzip his pants so he can take a leak during a mission.

But his legs? Fuck that, he's got KNEE-PADS, that's all HE needs. The arm with the most flesh? They'll be fiiiine, wouldn't want him looking like Jax from Mortal Kombat. But what really throws me off, besides the size of the head, is that shoulder plate. Because there's no geometry implying thickness, or even really ARMOR-ability, the sense that it's a successful tool in protecting his small, small head is lost. Without any visible thickness or features that imply ballistic durability, it comes off looking like a thin plate of metal bent around his shoulder so he can do his best Dinosaur Cat: SWAT team of Halo Reach cosplay. It especially stands out to me because, literally, EVERYWHERE on his body, the armor conforms to his body's shape. The six-pack BOWFLEX ABS plates, the pecs, the bionic arm, even the shoulder pads...all conform...and then we have this giant metal taco mounted on his shoulder and all I can think about is him going "Hey, I already have a giant blind spot to my right because of this Armored Core cannon, why not put a blind spot on my left to keep it balanced?" It doesn't seem tactically sound and it conflicts with the general theme you've established everywhere else in my opinion. By all means, include a "Cloud Strife" like singular shoulder armor, if you wish, it could just use some aesthetic revision.

It's an interesting character, with really cool looking features, but he could use a lot of refining and balancing. Hope my ranty, tongue-in-cheek review was somewhat helpful to you as an artist :D

Undeadkitty13 responds:

i was going for a swat dino cat, i tried using references of swat and military police
his arms are long because he suppose to be able to run on all four
since he is a heavy unit he wears heavy armor and arsenals which kinda makes his head small and its was suppose to imply the he is a massive giant thought i might have made the a little too small

with the name his was inspired by the Abrams tank ( yes i know it look nothing like a tank) the abrams tank has equipment, using radar that allow the driver to to see almost 360. you can see it on some tanks
the pack on Abrams back it based on that equipment.

why he's wearing a cap with goggles , simply because i thought i looked nice

abrams uses his shoulder as a battering ram which is why the shield is there
and nothing is more terrifying seeing a giant alien bulldozing his way into your house
using the bathroom..... okay i didnt really think that through but im sure his race came up with something maybe making the hands both capable tearing a car apart and holding and egg without crushing it

seeing him in halo would make me vey happy :D

i do see the flaws you mention and ill work on them just wanted to explain why i did it that why
thanks :D

[Hands on Bottom]

Poster.

I would buy this poster in a heartbeat.

The only thing that throws me off is how the progression of hands switches from left hand to right hand a couple of times...but fuckit, that's creative. 5/5 10/10!

[Dual overkill]

Good Practice art, it's looking good!

But if you don't mind, I'm going to be a little critical to help you improve.

Consider the guy, "NOT-Marcus". Let's say that the direction facing out from the front of him is zero degrees. His hand supporting the rifle looks like it's accommodating a rifle at 45 degrees from him, and the rifle is pointing almost exactly 90 degrees. By having his fingers arranged in that way, it's implying depth to the guns dimensions that simply don't seem to be there.

I understand practicing in your weak-spots...it's why I draw legs, feet, and noses a lot. But people below me are just like "ehh, work on drawing humans" and not pointing out what looks "off" to them. Allow me to try and elaborate best I can.

"NOT-Marcus" has a bit of a baby-face going on. He looks young to begin with, but having that youthful appearance while having so much...MASS to his head, coupled with wearing a backwards baseball cap just makes him look like a giant pissed off baby with a couple of scratches on his face. The cleff in his chin sort of helps with implying age, but it's not enough...the skin in the wide, vacant spaces in between his eyes/mouth and ears are too smooth. Try adding even subtly defined cheekbones, wrinkles, texture, and even facial hair. Remember at all times when drawing a face, beneath it there's a skull. Someone with a face that big should have meaner looking eyes than just two horizontal lines and a circle within a circle. Proper use of shadowing could help with this too, but moreover study how eyes could look...research for your character and then make it your own based on what you SEE.

The girl is just baffling to the situation in my opinion. I mean, the scenery behind them is nice and serene, but he has a gun and looks pissed off while she has...heh..."firearms" ...there's no visible enemies in the shot. Not even bodies of conquered foes, or any sign there's a conflict at all. So either these two are running into battle with a purpose, or HER arm spontaneously combusted, NOT-Marcus is running away from her afraid he'll get burned, but she's totally into it because she enjoys pain.

I mean...what's her story? I fail to see the tactical advantages of hoochie shorts, a thong pulled up high, and a white tank top for battle. Even NOT-Marcus seems more geared for a Slayer concert with his lucky John Deer hat than he is ready for combat...the only items that even remotely imply "war" to me based on their clothes are belts that only seem to hold a limited number of bullets like for a revolver in the wild west...and I don't see holsters on either of them. Hell, with her, ALL she has a thin little belt that either holds 3 .45 Long Colt bullets or 3 Triple-A batteries...and I don't see a dildo holster for her either, but I imagine she's gotta do SOMETHING for herself when NOT-Marcus is around...her arm appears to be an effective Icy-Hot for those long lonely nights.

Finally, it's their body language that's kinda awkward. Look at the bandages around NOT-Marcus's enthusiastic skull knee armor...now look at those same bandages that are supposed to be the leg in the background. Because they're similar in size and angle, it almost looks like he's a creature with one fat armored leg to hop around on instead of him running with one knee in front of the other...which, I might point out, is a really odd way to run when you have bulky armor around your legs...

She doesn't look like she's running as much as she's about to fall over, captivated by the camp fire in her palm. Her tattooed arm, if you look at the line that leads up to the shoulder, I don't think that should be a solid line...there should be a break, even a small one, right after the back of her armpit. Moreover, we got contradicting perspectives, looking down her torso for her breasts and looking directly beside her legs...if her waist and legs were at that angle, we'd get a different picture for her torso...but I'm all for getting the cleavage in the shot, so the legs may need to be revised to compliment that perspective.

Keep up the good work! Keep drawing! Voted 5.

Deathisawesome responds:

I have to start with saying that this is probably the most awesome comment ever! Thanks for taking the time man :D

True, I tried to get that right untill I finally just gave upp :/

Alright, I'll do a big sketch full of faces, with a skull under, no big babies here :P

As for that, it's more like they're a team, though it's hard to explain exactly how I thought. I might develop that for later art, but for now, she's something of a mage or wahtever while he is some sort of "guard".

LOL, well, I felt for drawing that way :P

Well, that is only one leg you see there, maybe I was to subtle when I drawed that though.

Good point, I'll try to have that in mind for my next pic :)

Big thanks, most helpfull review ever :D