Farewell Kiss, Michael Dashow (2D)

[minminxu]

wow~~~~~I love this picture~~~~~ I like the funny style~~~~~it looks very "liveliness"~~~~and I like those colours with I like the scene~~~~~great job~~~~****4staaaaars from me~~~~~~~~:bounce: :bounce:

[waheednasir]

impressively done walrus...:thumbsup:. im really enjoying it...:).

[digital-bobert]

Hey wonderful image walrus! I wish you the best of luck! I wish I could have entered in this one but just didn't have time away from work.

[paperclip]

:wavey: from your fangirl!

I really like how this one turned out, but then again you knew that. :D Hope you get yourself another trophy with this one and a win in the challenge, you deserve it.

How's the brainbots coming along? I sense a lack of work in that area!

[matt0917]

This is one of unique, stylish and warm theme.
Good luck!
I'll be joined for the next project. I have to keep it up mine.

[notpill]

Walrus (showthread.php?t=322580) Lovely entry. Detail, atmosphere, storytelling...

What can I say? Good, good, good.
Where is the 10 star button? Ouch only five?

[DamonDuBois]

Outstanding. Easily 5 stars.

IMHO it's all incredibly well done. The color, lighting, composition, technical execution, style, everything. I'm hard pressed to see any area where this image could be improved.

[G-FLUX]

This is tight, I love the colors and those rune looking things in the background. Worthy of Fives Stars.


G-flux

[jeromoo]

Aha, finally see your entry on the finished thread, Mike! Great work here and it is quite insightful to see how this work is being produced from scratch. Thank you for sharing so much with all of us and then some!

I hope we can continue our God-Ray scourging (as TheresaClip put it) during the next challenge! It was a lot of fun! :D All the best to you for this challenge!

[lordpenoy]

nice... 5stars 4 u

[Garciar]

wow!!, i enjoy very much this lovely escene!! great, i can feel inside the picture!, 5 stars for you:applause:

[Raido]

I believe, you've already got a bunch of compliments, but anyways: this is an amazing piece. The characters and the concept of the world together with wonderful colouring are just charming. One of the best things I've seen lately. Thanks for posting

[rawwad]

Excellent work Walrus! Beautiful idea and colors, I like it very much. Good luck in challenge :thumbsup: 5stars

[Pegahoul]

Ooh! This is soo likable! Great warm color!

[mossyoak]

Thats nice :) very cute.

[flyingP]

Very nice indeed !

and the expression on the bird is just classic :D

[alfy]

Such a cool atmosphere! Congrats, turned out great. Such happy colors xD

[AlyFell]

You've really ended up with a fab image Michael. Great depth, colour, characters and composition! Good luck with it sir! :)

[MichaelZHsee]

nicely done michael,everything is there~i like the gestures of the characters ,the overal depth is awesome and definitely dig the design for on the buildings structure,good luck again my friend:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[MoonVisionStudio]

It's worth repeating: It's a Masterpiece! 5 stars

[frameless]

Ah, my favourite contest submission is finished at last :)
Definetly top-notch, i like everything (colors, compostion).
My vote is yours!

cheers!

[Mirzoyan]

Perfect mood!

[rubenmontecinos]

the image is great...nice and sweet

[xhui]

really beautiful painting！！！
very cool idea。Miraculous environment。
great work。:thumbsup:

[walrus]

Thanks folks! I appreciate the kind comments!

Bob - we missed you this challenge, hopefully you'll have a month or threee free next time around to participate!

Theresa - I plan on getting back to Brain-Bots soon, but have been sidetracked by a vacation (yay!), in illustration I'm doing for the Sierra Club, and updating my web-site. And add to that the fact that the last time you commented on that thread, you thought the characters were out of perspective, so now I have to build 3D models and position everything and make sure they're all at the right perspectives. Whew!

Jerome - Yeah, this wa a fun one. Hooray for the God-Rays club!

flyingP - I'm glad I went with the bird, it really gave me a change to lighten up the picture witha face like that!

Aly - Sorry you weren't able to join us all the way through this time, maybe next one...?

frameless - your favorite? wow, thanks! I hope the judges agree with you! ;)

and eveyone else - thank you all as well, too!

-mike

[SquarePixel]

Very well done! The colors and environment really tell a story to it.:)

[Matellis]

Amazing Painting! i love the expressions, great jod , I would say keep it up but i know your already on that :)

CHEERS!

[ambient-whisper]

been meaning to plug this image for a while now because i just love it. keep it up.

[VishyP]

wow,good perspective and really liked the overall look you have given to the artwork

[Firelark]

Liked the style very very much. Wish I could make something like this. Good work.

[paperclip]

Front page, Mike! Congrats! You deserve it, so you do! :buttrock:

[ravioli_rancher]

Walrus,

:eek:

Every year you reach a higher level of mastery. I learn more from your WIP threads than any other. Thanks for showing so much of your workflow.

And though you escaped the dungeons of Blizzard looong ago, and it has absolutely nothing at all to do with this gorgeous image, any chance that one day you can put together a making of the modeling and texturing of your Barbarian Diablo game characters? From start to finish, mind you. No skimping. :)

Of course, after the Sierra Club is finished with you, The Elks will call, then the National Geographic Society. Audobon and McCall's. Grrrr. :banghead: Stupid paying clients. They're hawgin' all your knowledge and talent. :cry:

Anyway, your work is a pleasure to study. Thanks for all the details and explanations. :buttrock:

[unwrap]

Excellent! Good luck! :thumbsup:

[loocas]

Nice! Very nice! :)

I love the style and the colors, really unique!

http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif no doubt! :thumbsup:

[flyingP]

:D nice to see this one get to the front page

[ChewyPixels]

Saw your progress during the challenge. Impressive stuff and well deserved front page material.

Congrats! :thumbsup:

[Ferocitas]

I really like this style, great job - i dont think theres anything more to add. So 5 stars, but one more thing, i don't suppose theres any chance of getting a hi-res version? :D

- Marko

Edit: Nevermind, found it :D http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/12/9566/9566_1147540807_large.jpg

[Bizarre]

Lovely picture. The world you've created is definately eye-catching.
Vivid colors, nice concept and a well-detailed environment.
:applause: :applause:

[ahbeejieh]

The beautiful-morning-my-darling-breakfast-cereal-kiss-before-the-long-journey made it to the front page :P Congrats :)

[Djampa]

Very nice ! :thumbsup:
I liked the balance you gave to it, the comp is well planned with the depth giving the ´journey feeling´, so good. Nice choice of colors too. And sure, very good drawing and painting tech !
:applause:

Congratz

[Goro]

hey walrus that's freakin' impressive man!

Awesome work Good luck!

CHeers!
Goro

[Tilstrom]

great design and style, well done. :cool:

[lildragon]

Got a bigger pic? WOuld make for a great wallpaper :)

Cheers! and congrats on the finish

[SylvanMist]

I just love the colors, and the style is great. Awesome work!

[danesh]

Wow Michael! this is realy great! i like the bildings in the backgroud...and all the scene!:)
Good Luck man!

[walrus]

ambient-whisper - What a fun surprise it was to log on this morning and see 2 lovers and part of a bird up above the forum listing. Thank you so much for plugging this image, I am very honored!

ravioli-rancher- Thanks for the support. 'Fraid there's zero chance of my putting together any kind of step-through on and Diablo II art asset creation. All of those properties are owned by Blizzard Entertainment, and any kind of behind-the-scenes look at that art would have to be with their permission... which I somehow doubt they're going to give to an ex-employee. They also tend to be strict about that sort of thng, I wouldn't have been able to do that when I worked at. At one point I had (with permission) a ton of concept art from dead projects up on my site, and then they changed policies to not allow me to have that up any longer either. Oh, well!

And as for the Sierra Club project being a paid gig... guess again! I do that work pro bono, it's my way of volunteering in some other way besides just giving money, because I believe in their cause.

lildragon (and anyone else who is interested) - I have desktop-scaled versions of this image on my website, at http://www.michaeldashow.com/downloads.html#farewellkiss. If that's not large enough, Ferocitas above posted a link to a larger image.

everyone else - Sorry I don't have time to reply to each individually but there are only so many ways to blush and say thank you. So thank you everyone, for checking my piece out and for your kind comments!

-mike

[JTD]

Great job, walrus! I followed your entry forever until I got too busy to even finish mine. Love your stuff. This is well-deserved recognition.:buttrock:

[GoranNF]

Fantastic,nice colors,mood and lighting.It has a great feel to it.Congratulations:thumbsup:

[redehlert]

Awesome job! Mood, environment and rendering really get the journey started on a good foot!
Cheers,
Dave

[ravioli_rancher]

Walrus,

Thanks for at least considering it. Corporations are scary beasts. Take take take. Course, I was asking the same of you, only for free. :sad:

I'll follow your lead, and just figure out for myself. :thumbsup:

You're an exceptionally generous artist. Knowing that you share your talent for a cause you believe is yet another sign of your mastery and professionalism.

Thanks for the response and looking forward to your brain-bots color cycle.

Paint like you own the Sierra Club (and while we still have a wilderness for references.) :buttrock:

[Dominus]

bravo walrus! incredible illustration, love the colors, the setting, the mood, the characters!!! :love:

can i have an 1280 desktop version?! plsplspls :scream:

[MatteoM]

Very Nice Idea...

Good Work ;)

[walrus]

Hi, everyone! Thanks for all of your comments. And especially, thank you to Leo, Paul, and the entire GTSociety crew, who just bumped this thread into theCGChoice Award section. I am honored!

...and Dominus: I've added the wider desktop version you requested on my website. You can find it here on my dowloads page (http://www.michaeldashow.com/downloads.html).

-mike

[kornel]

Congrats for the award! :applause:

cheers: Kornél

[Dominus]

thanx mike! amazing pic :love:

[DeeVad]

You merit thousand greats awards for your work Mike, I'm sure you are on the way to be a 2D world reference. Congrats and and keep your positive and nice painting touch.
-David

[AnalyzeThis]

5 stars of course

[TheCheshireCat]

It looks amazing, you have great talent and skill.

[corcoran3d]

Aewsome! I love the style that you created.

[RedDream]

very wanderful & amazing & lovely work!!

fantasy

[Ramitxon]

Congratulations for the award and the prize Mike! you deserve it. :thumbsup:

[luwin]

Sweet PIC sweet feel

U've show us a comfortable and funny world, attraction, really wish to live in that world.

[tddtk]

Beautiful.
just like a fairy story.:shrug:

[Fiasko]

Very nice cartoon style :applause: 5 stars

[claudiasutton]

Walrus,
Well Done. This is very nice. I love the characters and the colors.

[Mcuzino]

Nicley done. I enjoy you style and creativity.

[itobe]

very liveliness very kind

[walrus]

Thank you, everyone! I'm glad that you like it. Thanks for commenting. :)

-mike

[neacser]

nice work! you got a very funny style , i really loves your design and the choice of color:love:. very, very talented!:buttrock: you rocks!

[fullofthorns]

Yess... great job man!
The colors, composition, style...
Congrats


Djalma

[Mr-BlueSummers]

Playful and smart; a pleasure to look at! 5 stars!

[jeakewzb001]

wo...very good...

[anzeversnik]

this really is a lovely ilustrations...i just love that style :)
enjoy

anze aka vevrca

[Sovica]

Wow! This picture is darling!
The stile you used is perfect! And you are very good in drawing atmosphere, so the picture really takes you inside.
Also the plot is very sweet... Kind of the way I would pull back my sweetheart if he had to go away =)

[OskarYang]

Nice work!!! I love it!! 好东东!! 我喜欢!!

[Muneer2005]

very nice work


great

[ALSWEEDY]

Excellent work

[Liuba]

Ah, I like it very much! Romantic picture ^_^

[Joanimation]

Hey there!

Thanks a lot for publishing a step-by-step from your work. I really learn a lot seeing other people's workflow. Your final render is really, really great! Lot's of dynamic poses there. Are you somehow involved in animation?

Juan Vilato

[Shramir]

i love this picture so much. i know the comment is awhile coming, but i really wanted to tell you how great i think it is. you have such a wonderful style and this picture gives such a good feeling. :O)
plus i love ancient giant things so the bg is just awesome. anyway, haha just wanted to say it...

[takezo3001]

YARRRGHH! I need a wacom! Ya know how HARD it is to draw with a mouse? Your work is absolutely astonsishing! Unfortunately, your work has inspired me, and can't do anything about it without a wacom!

[shambok]

love your work man! i love to see people who know how to draw and who do it so well!!!

[walrus]

Wow, still some life in this thread yet!
Anyhow, thank you everyone for the kind words and comments!
Frikimon, I used to be an animator years ago, but not recently. But still, some of the old animation skills - like making strong silhouettes for characters - are just as an important part of illustration as well.

Cheers, all, and Happy New Year!

-mike

[viniciusvinci]

Happy mood. We almost forget about the fight, blood and fire to come later.

[chubi]

This is something awesome! I had to put this pic to wallpaper. Love it!

[oogiboogi]

This has everything I love about art: humor, fantasy, feeling, and great workmanship!!

[ario]

hey! nice colors, idea, nice mood. really love it. 5 stars:thumbsup:

[mimibooP]

Good job.........I like.....

[AlucarddraculA999]

...I'm speechless, this painting is too beautiful, you have talent man, don't let anyone tell you differently :) keep up the spectacular work.
:beer:

[boboo1]

Wow! Very good job! Very interesting composition and nice use of colors
l like it so beutiful

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