Hard Boiled To The Max, Hoang Nguyen (2D)

[rawwad]

Excellent! I love your style very much, she looks great and dangerous :scream:
5stars for me, Congratz :applause:

[jiuge1111]

nice color , i always like your character design and art style , can't wait to see more of your wonderful artwork !

[HoangNguyen]

You can see more of the art here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/hqnguyen/details.jpg

[AndyH]

Superb work! That chick looks badass!

Nicely done :thumbsup:

Id love to see a much bigger picture of the girl without the comic book frame

[minminxu]

nice style~~~~~~~the girl is very very cool~~~~~I like this picture~~~~~good job~~~~~:bounce: :bounce:

[Rho-Yia]

I like all the details in this image! :applause:

One of the best i ever seen! :)

[Vahn]

very very cool work ! :love::bowdown:

[Monk2]

Jeez, really impressive work on the gun! Is that a texture, or did you do the rendering via lots and lots of individual strokes? Or maybe both? Either way, this is totally badass. The magazine looks really cool too - battered and used. This image is completely to my liking!

[BlackBastet]

OMG... This is something!
Your style is GREAT!
Lovely textures and colors.

Only 5 starZZZ!

[Lman]

Knock me off my feet why don’t you!!!
JUST great love the style and the approach you take to your work an amazing result!

[swarding]

Cripes, that's amazing! Awesome work, I wanna read it!

[meykurt]

wooow!! that is really cool. cover effect is very well done!! keep up.

[blakjak]

Excellent work indeed, just one thing though I'm not a fan of Nazi memorabilia :sad:

[HoangNguyen]

Here is the painting before I added the wear-and-tear book:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/hqnguyen/hardboiled_poster.jpg
Thanks to everyone for your feedback and kind words :)
Monk2 : I did paint the gun from scratch, and added a metal texture to help pop it out a bit.
Blakjak: Please take it with a grain of salt, I'm working on a WW1, action adventure comic book and it does them in there. I hope to one day be able to finish it.

[MichaelZHsee]

nice going mate~somehow it seems like it might look better with her hand pointed straight with the big gun~otherwise its stil a great piece!thanks for sharing this work:thumbsup:

[EhsanD]

Nice layout and perspective .:bounce:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=278744
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=302650
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=280612

[jugeras]

:thumbsup:

[Mex]

greate work with the tectures ! And the face is very cute.
Awesome.5*

[B3liar]

hmm.. yes.. great work.
Nice paining and very good illustration!
The lady looks "nice" :D and the MP5 is very detailed to..
but the "Nazi-design" is not my flavor.. :-/

Although.. good work ;)

greetings, B3liar

[gaianix]

nice work ,....:thumbsup:

[Rolos]

Hi,

Like everyone is used to say your drawing style and your technical knowledge are impressive.
I have to say that it's also motivating for the small drawer like me; Drawer like you show us that everything is possible, so thank you.

If you have enough time I would have know what kind of brush do you use to give this kind of render on your character.

ONE MORE TIME Thank you, and sorry for my english.

Ciao

:thumbsup:

[Aridiel]

really beautiful piece of art man, i love it!

[Kid-Mesh]

Impressive....Im speechless :bowdown:

[HellBoy]

yea good use of perspective m8

well done

[Elsie]

Heh, so cool and full of attitude as always :) I love your style.

[JMcWilliams]

Good work :D

Ignore the 'I don't like nazi's' comments. I don't like criminals, but I don't mind seeing them in fiction. ;)

[mindrot]

WOW!! Lovely work as always... I really like your style.

Quality :thumbsup:

[arielmedel]

HEy, do you have a website, I'd sure like to see more of your work!

[e338]

courageous angle for sure. love the entire thing, pose, chacacter and comicBookCover work.
The nice noisy/gritty style is of course something that cannot let me indifferent ;)
keep groovin'

[Spc]

Niice.
Very good "old paper" effect.
Nicely done.
5 stars.

:eek:

[Darktwin]

This is really awesome illustration, the colors the textures, oh man the textures are beautiful. I love the way you paint it has a old chinese calligraphy/painting feel to it. The only thing that bothers me is the way she's holding the gun. i would have fully extened her arm, it looks kind of funny to me. But over all really nice piece man. Keep it up.

[Djampa]

I love your style,

By the way, thanks for the tutorial :)

You did another great piece of art!

Congratz! See ya

[PhuongDPh]

very nice !
congratulation !

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5 for you of course hehe
đẹp quá hehe

[roqsteady]

gasp! that freakin lovely i like the feel of it nicely captured and its always a fresh breathe of air to see some good ol foreshortening

[Sulla]

Nice idea and execution. Really nice to see something a little different.

[jais]

Its nice how you really made the gun stick out of the paper. Very spatial.

[Sagii]

I love how you finish your work by making it look like it is an old photograph or in this case an old comic. It gives it that used and real object look it. :D great work!

[HoangNguyen]

wow!, I'm speechless. Front page plug! Many thanks to the staff at CGTalks. And thanks to all for your feedbacks and compliments.

sh@ke (sh@ke); Agree, I should have done that, the way she's holding it, she might get a black eye when she start to shoots :) Good call, I'll have to revisit this one.

ehsan d; Thank you

Jugeras; Thanks

Mex; Thanks, I usually hand paint the whole image first and then added textures to help enhanced and weathered the image. I'm glad you liked it :)

B3liar; Thank you, I hope I didn't offend you or anyone else for that matter. It was not my intention to glorified or bringing attention to them, rather it was a design and artistic call. I'm working on a comic book that feature them as the main villian and she is one of many assassins in the book. I do appreciated your feedback, thanks.

Gainanix; Thanks you

Rolos; Thank you, believe it or not, I don't really have any hand made brushes. I used the standard one that came with Photoshop 7 I used the number 3 or 5 pixels brush for details and the 300 pixels on for covering large area. No wonder its taking me so long to paint, I need to start experimenting with some customize brushes. Any body have any to share? :)

Aridiel; Thank you

Kid Mesh; Thank you

HellBoy; Thanks, I still struggle with the prespective to this day, but I won't give up on it. I still think that you can achieved a much more dramatic result if you go for foreshortening.

Elsie; Thank you

JMcWilliams; thanks for your understanding, my goal was not to tried to glorified them, but it was just part of the design.

mindrot; Thank you

arielmedel; Yeah, it's pretty crappy! I haven't updated for over 2 years now, I have allot of stuff that I can't really show. Since its related to work, but here it is: www.liquidbrush.com (http://www.liquidbrush.com/)

e338; Thank you

Spc; Thank you

Darktwin; You are right about the hand, I'm not too happy with how the forearm came out. I should have extended the arm. I'll have to come back to this piece again, just a bit burn out, but thank you for your critique. Good eyes :)

Djampa; Thank you and your welcome, I had allot of fun working on that tutorial. Hope it give you some insight into how I approached my work. More to come, I usually work on 3 or 4 paintings at any one time, since my attention spand is pretty short.

LATROMMI_SUINEG; cam on, Thank you!

roqsteady; Thank you, I love to do foreshortening, but its a daily struggle for me. I was please with how this piece turn out, but there are still flaws. Especially how she hold the gun.

Sulla; Thank you, glad I could obliged.

jais; Thank you

InesD; Thank you, I'm always partial to old things, they have allot of souls to them. New building, houses, etc... seems so stale to me.

[HenningK]

So groovy.
-hen

[loocas]

Wicked stuff :)

Very nice poster, very out-lawish I'd say... ;)

http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_4.gif from me :applause:

[geniussteam]

i just want to say:it is perfect!

[ShinChanPu]

Excellent work!!

I love your style, man.

[littleac]

Man, everything about this rocks! The idea, the pose, textures- all skillfully done! A definate favourite of mine!

[dinodog-jr]

Hoang~.. Yo.. i incidently saw this artwork in Conceptart.org yesterday.

Deeply getting impressed by the style u had bring out in this piece!

Love all the details..N her coolish eye-sight..

definitely a promising art from Master again!..

[Lingolas]

It looks really darn good! the painting's just awesome, you've applied a great perspective of the gun and that lassie in the picture. excellent job on the texture, I really, really love it,the whole image really has some great old musty effect yet looks very real as if I could touch it!

[michael-olszak]

i know what you mean man. whenever i pull my collection of comic books from the shelfs i get that too. it's awesome!!


this pic is very, very cool i just love the sad/pissed off look on her face.


great job man.

[MARTSMONDE]

exellent:p
I like your style

[Grooveholmes]

brilliant work mate!

[IllustriousWarriors]

This is just super sweet, I am in aw'. Awesome work man.

[DrQuincy]

Great work - well done. Everything about it is perfect.

[kuma cub]

i love this work. fantastic in every way, pose is very cool i like the way she is holding the gun, sort of unusual and compact yet quite natural. Also love the expression on her fave sad and dark, composition, execution, details all beautiful. the nazis were evil but there imperialistic styling has a dark grandeur, they themselves drew the styling from older sources, combined with cute petite girl nice contrast. cool work :twisted:

[HoangNguyen]

HenningK; loocas; geniussteam; Shin Chan Pu; littleac; dinodog_Jr; Lingolas; Cr@sH (Cr@sH); MARTSMONDE; Grooveholmes; Chantyloc; DrQuincy; kuma cub;

Thanks you all very much, I'm glad you like my work :)

[greenj2]

Very cool man, good style and character design. :thumbsup:

[Tilstrom]

great design, i like the old and decrepit looking effect you given it. :thumbsup:

[LordDubu]

I love this!

Years ago I wanted the bulk format pulp-comic to catch on here in the U.S. having seen the way they are consumed overseas.

I'd gladly pay my $10 to find out what makes this Hard-boiled-to-the-max Detective tick.

[OZ]

Simply splendid..................I have never enough of your works!

[Loulu79]

*sight* :sad:

This reminds me of my very own comic book to work on...unfortunately that'll have to wait. Unless....we can team up. :deal:

[vANON]

beautiful! love the texturing and the colors
the only thing, remotely bothering, is the fingers at the gunhandle. they look a little flattened, or compressed, against the gunsurface, don´t they?

anyhow, great piece

[Urrgos]

I love the concept. I am a big comic book fan and I know exactly what you mean about pulling out those old books. Excellent execution of your idea. The main character has a really nice expression on her face... one of contempt and anger. The aged effect of the cover is also really well done and very convinving. Fantastic work!

[viiltaja]

WoW Nice work man. :applause:

[mondo-ray]

oh WOW this is some seriously amazing work...!
love the style and the look, it really goes with the theme 'n all.
wow... makes me wanna go start drawing...

[Velinov]

Superb artwork!!! Nice to see you around! :thumbsup:

[Naseem]

a very fine art, worthy of 60hrs work :)

[HoangNguyen]

WhiteEagle; Thank you

Tilstrom; Thank you

Lord Dubu; Me too, I wish comic was as big over here as it is in Asia and Europe. It's a shame, there are so many talented comic artists that never get the exposer that they deserve.

-OZ-; Thank you, I'm working on another painting that I hope to show soon.

Loulu79; I hear you, there just isn't enough hours in the day, huh?

vANON; They sure do, thanks for the critiques. I'll have to re-visit this piece again :)

Urrgos; Ah, a fellow comic lover :)

viiltaja; Thank you

mondo-ray; Thank you, glad to hear that this piece was able to inspired you :)

Velinov; Thank you, I'm also a big fan of your work.

martok; Thank you

[DarkSkills]

Very inspirational! I love it! :thumbsup:

[prophecy313]

Good job, i love your usage of colors. It gives it the feeling of having been just pulled out of a old box of comics.

Keep it up!

[Headley]

Geez! Are you sure that isn't just a scan? That's amazing! :D Top work all round! :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

[raghu g]

nice concept!!

[brilopad]

Great image, but what is she looking at? She's holding the gun too high to aim and she's not looking down the sight if the gun. Great hair though.

[sestanis]

Great stuff man, really nostalgic

[AirbORn]

Too cool for art school!

[roqsteady]

your also a cool artist because you actually address post !!! that makes you twice as great

[chanchan222]

Very nicely done. I was wondering.. Did you ink your drawing or just used the Pencil sketch?

[hellgatemedia]

This is really impressive in so many ways. This blows away a lot of the currently published comic art that's out there right now.
Just out of curiosity, Hoang, there was a comic book artist with the same name
as you, whom I haven't seen art from in years, that isn't by chance you is it?
Also, sorry with the questions, but I think you touched on this with one of your replies, but is this going to be part of a published work?

Thanks,

Marc

[HoangNguyen]

DarkSkills; Thanks dude

prophecy313; Thanks, that was just what I was going for, glad you liked it :)

Headley; Nope, the whole image was created from scratch; the only exception was the worn out edge of the book. I scan in a bunch of my old books and did a paint over, then I composited the artwork on top. Thanks for your feedback.

raghu g; Thanks

brilopad; She not really aiming down the sight of the gun; I was going for a more threatening look. Like she was really sad and pissed off that she had to take out someone. Thanks for your comments.

sestan; Thanks, just what I was hoping to achieved. :)

AirbORn; Thanks, stay in art school, ha ha... those were the best time of my life :)

roqsteady; Ha, ha... I love to reply to everyone posts, especially yours :)

chanchan222; Thanks, I used the pencil sketch and used it as a multiplyer in PS. I also added a second layer (the same pencil sketch) at 50% opacity to get a better contrast. Years ago I would inked all my pencil work, now I'm just too lazy. :)

hellgatemedia; Ha, ha... I actually have a fan :) Unless there was another artist, I'm the same guy that used to do comic a long time ago. You can see some of the old stuff here: http://liquidbrush.com/comics.htm

This is going to be a cover for a comic book that I'm working on, I'm not sure when I'll be able to get it done though. I got so many projects and I get bored so easily :)
Thanks for your feedback and ask me question anytime.

[hellgatemedia]

Oh my God, it is you!!!
I saw the name, and than the face of that character, it was a little different than what I was used to, but I knew it had to be you. There is a certain something about your art that no one else has.
Actually, I'm a huge fan, HUGE fan, I have every comic you illustrated. I absolutely loved your work on Punisher.
As I am sitting here writing this, I am at my desk, and above it on my wall in frames are several original pages of comic book art, including one of your pages of Alien Legion.
I collect art, and I always wanted to have something of yours.
All the sudden, you just kinda vanished, and I never understood why, but obviously you've gone and found success in the video game industry.
Now I'm really glad I came on these CGtalk boards....



Marc

[Gayl]

the girl remember me of YIU a french comic hero

[siridech]

wow ! Beautiful

[armocelu]

I like very much the textures, the character has a lot of personality, and the silly titles are very convincing ;)

[croovman]

When I saw the little image in the newsletter of this, the very, very first thing that came to my mind was the comic written by Frank Miller and drawn by the marvelous Geof Darrow, 'Hard Boiled'. Perhaps, I thought, this fact will make you glad.

-Stav

[croovman]

When I saw the little image of this in the newsletter, the very first thing that came to my mind was the graphic-novel, 'Hard Boild', written by Frank Miller and illustrated by the grand Geof Darrow. Perhaps, I thought, this will give you a smile.

-Stav

[chriscurra]

Sweet Render...looks kinda like that chick from that new game Sin Episodes.

www.sinepisodes.com

[etni3s]

wow nice image.
one q tho:
what type of smg is it supposed to be? i noticed it has two different sized magazines.

[Attaboy]

hi, the work is very nice. your theme is something close to my heart , i guess almost all comic book collecters have gone thru what you have experienced. good work. love to see more on the same lines.

[redneckstudio]

I love the concept and the art itself. I've always loved the pulp look as well.

[giza]

Really well done work!!

[synce]

Great idea for a project. Wonderful execution. But $10? :eek:

[HoangNguyen]

hellgatemedia; Ha, ha... thanks, I got burnt out working on comics so I went into the game industry. Glad to see your here on CGTalks :)

Gayl; although I'm not really familiar with the character that your refering to, thanks for the comparison. Its really hard to get imported book over here :(

siridech; Thanks

armocelu; Ha, ha... I'm glad you liked it :)

croovman; Thanks, it did give me a big smile :)

chriscurra; Thanks, I wasn't aware of that character but I appreciate the compliment.

a_nilsson; Thanks, it just an MP5 a deck out with allot of accessories. The extra clip is just attach to the other side for quick reload, its actually the same size magazine. I'm not really an expert on guns, I do take some liberty when drawing them.

Attaboy; Thanks, I'm glad we share the same view on our favorite pastime.

kntemplar; thanks, you and me both :)

giza; Thank you

synce; thanks, the $10 buck was meant as a joke. I remember as a kid I could get 2 comic book for just a dollar, now-a-day it just cost too much :(

[SKETCHONE]

The whole book cover concept is cool it realy stands out with the overlap of the gun

[SKETCHONE]

The whole concept is cool. I like who it looks like a pld book cover, and the gun overlappin the page realy makes it stand out

[khemist000]

This is one of my favorite 2D pieces on CG Talk. The girl reminds a bit of Bjork. 5 Stars from me!

[chuckMATE]

i like this alot.

her face and the use of textures most of all.
the perspective and hold of the gun kinda troubles me, but it still wonderfully done.
kudos.

[booker-digital]

Nice!! I'm a 2D artist myself & I really dig this. I like the character's style and the execution of the whole piece - good concept with the pulp book cover. However, I feel a little more of the right forearm should of been visible & a bit longer with the foreshortening. Great piece over all!

[clamp12128]

http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/1538/oeh4co.jpg

I am come from Taiwan. Thanks everybody.

[solidcube]

Too many doodads on the gun. Does she really need a telescopic sight, a ringsight that's made irrelevant by the scope, AND a xenon flashlamp?

Are those two clips junglestrapped? What kind of internal feed mechanism would allow simultaneous or selective feed from two clips that aren't in line with the barrel?

On the other hand, the gun really does have a sort of 4th-reich look to it; it looks quite a bit like a luger. The girl's face is AMAZING and stylistically it's awesome.

[etni3s]

also; i've never shot an mp5, but i would imagine she would have to get stitches in the face. ;)

[Screeny]

I love the whole 'look' to this pic - the old, battered Detective book finish tops it off - great work.

[Vixen]

Love it, love it, love it, love it, love it, love it, love it, love it!!:love:

5 well earned stars!!:thumbsup:

[Shimuzu]

The subject title says it all really! I think this is one of th best pieces of work I have ever seen!! It just exudes 'cool'. Looking forward to seeing more. All the best, Matt.

5 Stars from me!!

[AlonChou]

cool!! love the style of your pic!!great

[eight-bit]

Love your work. Its a great mix of manga and classic Arthur Rackham type fairy tale work. :)

[yjung1]

I feel some threat from the girl.

Kinda scary which means She has amazing expression with the Gun.

It also fits to Megazine so well~

[Decadence]

Fantastically done, I love the concept!

[Ilacha]

This one is Great...very good work

[n1k4r0]

Great composition, well balanced, a nice cover.

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