Blade Girl Pinup, Ben Neall (2D)

[Riddick]

Great design,great render and lovely subject!
Well done man!

[bolchover]

very good image, nice colours - I particularly like the splatters of dirt etc (especially on face) :thumbsup:

[MoonVisionStudio]

Would love to see a bkgd for this.

[AndyH]

Excellent work - really like this one. The only helpful suggestions i can think of is that her left forearm looks a little short, and the specular in her right eye looks different to the other one. Is it a glass eye or something?

[noelt]

I just love this one, it's so smooth, i especially like the right hand blade. I love the lighting on this, my only crit. is that the rear flap of her skirt should be a little more flexible right where that belt hits it. 4.5 stars :applause:

[Goldenavatar]

This is so smooth, and the look she's got, I wouldn't mind being killed by a looker like her, but one thing I noticed, for someone who's using such large bladed weapons, she's got so little blood splatter on her. Her arms and body especially are WAY too clean for me to believe she used them to kill something. But all in all, this is still nice too look at.

[J.K.Makowka]

Love it!

Got a webpage with more stuff?

[Baybeestar]

SWEET! I can't get enough...wish I could see more of your work :)

[momo2004]

excellent!

[Âme noire]

Very nice :) I like this kind of comic-style, and her very luscious look :thumbsup:

[Topspin]

Pretty nice character, I like the style!
Cool the little smiley on her dress :)

[mickman]

Can you put up the original sketch before taking it into Pshop ?? Please..

[Rizo]

Amazing Rendering.. i must say that's one of the most impresives pieces i've seen in several days.. Show us more! :bounce:
Rizo

[Briareos]

mickman: I'm doing everything digital now, including the sketches and line.

andy: the eye is supposed to be damaged, there is a scar across her face there, probably not apparent enough :P

jose: i've tried in the past and failed.

thanks everyone :)

[jsandoval]

Excellent image with attitude, man. Nice rendered materials and imperfections. My only crit would be her right arm too clean, very polite according her job. And please, put some background... such good work needs placement references.

[luhna]

Great work!!

[giza-di]

that's f***** brilliant!!!:bounce: i love the smoothness of colour,
but

---get a background , it will earn you one more star at least:)
---blade grit is unnatural, blotches and decay too digital
---overall tooo clean-cut , both as sketch and char to pass as post-apocalyptic.'feels; like a studio shot

(crit is mostly subjective)
there's lots of attention to detail so 4stars 4u, you make me want to post something new
on the post-apocalyptic theme

[tAstyBITs]

Awsome work.


I read that your doing everthing digitally I'm wondering how you get the perfect outlines and line work? i.e do you use a wacom tablet and draw them freehand, or do you use paths?

[jody]

Nice~~~~~~:thumbsup:

[Horsea9788]

good color!
i like it! :)

[elnady]

Nice work man
good job:thumbsup:

[noelt]

How did you go about doing the outlines, i thought for sure that you scanned an inked drawing into the computer. Please share this process if possible.

[Jackgadot]

:bounce: *Very exciting .& excellent detail... :applause:

[MoonVisionStudio]

jose: i've tried in the past and failed.

thanks everyone :)

Try again. They couldn't have been too horrible. ; )

[zero-bALANce]

Nice work, though "floating characters" in space are just that. Though I agree with Jose. Some type of background would polish this badboy off. Just doing a simple textural background ie an alleyway wall ( graffiti, old torn paper posters... brickwork ) and a simple dropshadow would really finish this off. If you were worried about losing the character in the background, just fade the bg back a bit. 'Nuff said about that. Otherwise the character is well done! Love the style, love the coloring. Look forward to more for you.

[mindrot]

Awesome work. I love here face.... colouring is spot on man!!!

5/5 from me

[Keroberus]

It blew my mind into a million of delicious pieces! So much detail, so much coolness! High five my man, it rocks!

[LordDubu]

Ugh. Love your clean line work. It's just not in me to do clean line, so I embraced the sketch... but I always am deeply envious of those who can keep it clean.


I like this one alot, not much to complain about really. Besides I think all the constructive criticsm that can be given already has.

[mrgrundy]

gorgeous piece, love the color scheme. just amazing....:thumbsup:

[tuck]

Very nice colours. :eek:

[stunner]

wow very impressive illsutrations, great job !
Your line is very clear, is this the original sketch line or have you done the line in photoshop.

[earthrokk]

Great work on the Image. The drawing looks great and the choice of colors is pretty good. I would have continued to push for larger range of shadows in the image. Even tought the image looks good, The girl still looks a bit flat. This may be addressed by adding two layers of shodow to the overall composition. An example is around the elbow on the right side of the image that looks very flat. I see a sharp black line that divides the fore arm and the bicept.

Overall, Great Job! :thumbsup:

[snix]

geart job as for this style of painting! i like the character's apparel,it makes me bethink a character from <ffx>.and the two falchion r very cool!!

[W-I-L]

The style and look are ace! The eye's are different but I do not know if that is supposed to on purpose. Also I agree that the arm may be slightly to short. And yes more blood. But the lighting is excellent, very subtle. One thing I do not like is the black line going all the way round it. But overall an excellent piece and great character design.

[Eiyon]

It turned out really well. I love the design. Great work ^^

[Luke Mrozek]

Its a great concept and Your technique is very good.

[J-CoM]

Beautiful coloring and very smooth. Such style too. One day I wish to be as good as you. Any tips?

[Seraf]

Nice work, i love your colour effects, impressivehttp://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[Common Terry]

Very Nice. Good technique. Especially like the costume design.

Curious if you used illustrator to make those outlines so clean.

[Milivoj-Lemonade3D]

realy great work! Would love to see the wireframe,any chance you could post it? please!:)

[Briareos]

thanks for the stars and feedback everyone! glad you like it! :thumbsup:

here is line and closeup

for people with questions regarding the line, its just me with a wacom and hard edged brush in photoshop :D

http://www.doublemoonproductions.com/blade_line.jpg

http://www.doublemoonproductions.com/blade_closeup.jpg

[Christoph_H84]

Very good picture! Great character design. Love your precise way of drawing and that chick is hot.

[LordDubu]

wow your lineart is simply breathtaking. I afford you my utmost respect and admiration.

[stunner]

yeah you've got a really amazing line man ...

[Greyfox]

WOW - simply breathtaking - just perfect!

[habashart]

The Girl is beautiful, the color and texture are beautiful, the light and shadow are beautiful
in conclusion: BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL

[Tone]

Great work youve done, its amazing.

Its funny, it look like the butchers wife from Gangs of New York. :D

[Cityboy]

I would never try messing around with this girl!

[rootdown]

Man, that is great, Ben. Nice to see you posting here. =)

[C-A-U-T-I-O-N]

really love your work, been a fan of your work for a while! you've really progressed in your style! it's alot more realistic and detailed! i like it!! ;)

[Prinova]

this a perfect artwork, love the style..
if I may ask, did you make that outline by the pen tool?

[Decadence]

I love it, especially the blood on her face. Beautiful!

[sgoob]

that is amazing man. very inspiring. and you did that with just brushes and a tablet? i'm impressed.

[TheShow]

Very nice work. I love it. I'm impressed that you can get that quality of line with a wacom. What size and model are you using? Do the larger tablets make a lot of diffrence?

I think that for a "finished image" a background would be nice but she is detailed enought that there is enough to look at without the background. I wouldn't change anything.

[Briareos]

4x5 wacom intuos :P

[Jamu]

very nice...

[jazmzngr]

very nice piece...my favorite thing about this piece are the eyes. I think it connect the viewer in a different way than what is normally seen.

I think it's nice that you are going digital...hopefully we will see more character pieces with backgrounds


keep it up

[Lanius]

Like a previous post, i feel that the eyes are a little mismatched. Is there a reason fer this? I'm personally an 'eye' man and feel that the greatest care should be take fer eyes.

That said, this is great work. Concept wise it does answer to you post-apocalypse look and feel. Love the detail of the splattered blood across her face the the textures of her blade and leather outfit!

[tmahony]

I really like this piece. The eyes have it, of course. Fine work.

-taylor

[turtle-rn]

Great airy style. so sweet! =)

[sam4grafix]

EXCELLANT.. tahts what i can say!
Have great ps ahead!!:thumbsup:

Sameer K (India)

[goldfishy]

First off, great image. I'd really like to see it without the line drawing on top though, just the painting underneath. Can you talk a little about your process? (I didn't see anything browsing through the other posts.) Did you draw straight with the wacom or had you done concepts on paper beforehand. Also, can you show a few progress images as you built up the paint.

Great job!

[ikloklo]

This is, seriously, the most attractive picture I've seen this year. She has a rough attitude but a good heart. This picture makes me want to write a story about her. The only thing I can think of that's wrong, is her breasts. They seem so far apart it hurts. I'd love to see the rest of her, what kind of shoes she'd be wearing. Again, I love this one. Gives me shivers.

[Rasmus Moller]

Nice Comic style I like not something you see to much of on this homepage. Nice linework and coloring:thumbsup: .

How much time did y spend on this?

[Artodeeto]

Very "strong" concept ,I wonder how it would be without the comic style lines?

[matashi]

As Goldfishy asked, what sort of process do you use to achieve such a polished look? It's probably too late to see a WIP on this, but I, for one, would be highly interested in the steps you take.

[TeamoVosa]

thats nice and cool.can you talk us the simple step?:thumbsup:

[TeamoVosa]

thats nice and cool.can you talk us the simple step?:thumbsup:

[Briareos]

Sorry I don't have time for a in depth making of. I put together a few shots of what I had as far as progress. Unfortunately I don't save many stages of my work. Maybe I should in the future ;)

http://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/1.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/2.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/3.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/4.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/5.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/6.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/7.jpg

[Briareos]

Continued...

http://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/8.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/9.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/10.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/11.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/12.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/13.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/14.jpghttp://www.doublemoonproductions.com/makingof/15.jpg

[keyframekid]

I'm glad women are still beautiful after the apocalypse! Very nice style and execution.
I'm impressed! :buttrock:

[Emmanuel Rodrigues]

perfect, just perfect...:thumbsup:

[DoInferno]

Hey! My first post in CGTalk is just to say that i´ve been entering here a lot of times and i just freakkin´ love this work in particular!

Great job man!

[eturnl]

Too bad your site is down. I'd like to see more of your stuff.
Very nice.

[armocelu]

Awesome. :bounce:
i have no crits, just a question, How much time you spend doing it?

[film8ker]

Excellent! I would love to see her animated.

[Dutchman]

Awesome style! I really like that 'nice rendered', but liney look! :) Just great stuff!!!

[ZombieFrog]

awesome, no crits

[guzu_ligo]

Great art!! I like it :)
I think that you didn't forget even the smallest of details.

One point though. I think you should've put more position details of the legs. Their position doesn't seem clear enough. Maybe adding shadows and curves to the clothes.

[davedavidson]

stunning work
love the details

[alauron]

Very Katsuya Terada-ish, Looks great!

[MadClowns]

Awesome.. at the same time kind of sacry.. this looks exactly like a girl i had a crush on in highschool.. i'll be sure to lok for the yearbook pic.. its really weird.. but in a good way..
awesome metal texture dude

[westendgirl]

good stuff! Hope to see more...

[thesuit]

terrific!
no crits here either :eek:

[Paperboy]

Excellent character design, love the details especially the blood splatters and stains.

Cool work!! :thumbsup:

[Dragonrebourn]

Wow! This is fantastic!! I can't imagine using Photoshop on this level (no yet anyway). Great work. Show us more.

[ghosty9]

very cool,
great use of photoshop love the strappy body armour and tatoo

[bigkrull]

Really cool !!

I like a lot pinups, when they get this state are like icons.

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Take a look at this site:
http://www.soniaroji.net/gallery.htm

Really awesome pinups !!

[Jesster]

Wow Great work!

What did you use or do to get the water/blood stains in Photoshop?
I have tried to do this but it has not worked out for me. Can you give a tip or two on how to make a water/blood stains in Photoshop?

Big Thanks
-=Jesse=-

[goktugg]

wonderful artwork!:thumbsup: so much beauty!...nice details and colors!

[TheWood]

Dude! As a belgian and comics lover (belgian is said to be the birthplace of comics... who knows), I can say this is one of the best image I have seen so far. This is just awesome! I love her look and I think the choice of colors is just perfect. At last I have a wallpaper worthy to be looked at.

Thanks for the details about your work.

Cheers!

TW

[JustCasey76]

Love the piece...I was wondering how you got such a clean outline?

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