Queen Triffidia , John Kearney (2D)

[G-FLUX]

Dude this is friggin wicked. Its perfect man, definately five stars in my book.


G-flux

[MoonVisionStudio]

Superb execution!!

[hakanpersson]

thats some scary shit. she really gives me the creep. Brilliant and well made:thumbsup:

[bao]

This is crazy good! great job with the overall textures, and the skin work as well, especially on the pretty one.:]

awesomeness!!

[elnady]

Great work man :)

she is very pretty and creepy
I like it!

[AndyH]

I guess this is the one that finally gets you that choice award you deserve!

Aint you gonna post the human version?

I love all the subtle tiny bits of specular on the skin - makes it look very believable and organic.

Fecking awesome work! :thumbsup:

[amusdey]

really good. i am Impressed

good look, this is a really art

[NAUTIKA]

Amazing!!! 5 Stars!

[TRHaDEs]

wow~exellent works ,good lighting and skintones,really pretty good ,love your concept!looks so cool!nice character!:thumbsup:

[su]

great job! 5*

[J-K]

Helloooo!

Just like to say thanks to everyone for taking the time out to post - I really appreciate it! :D

AndyH: I don't think I am going to post the other version - It's fairly similar to this and people can check it out in my CGPortfolio if they liked this one! Don't want to shove it down their throats :D And umm, the elusive CGChoice Award would definitely be great, but I won't hold my breath. Anyway, thanks a lot for the questions/comments :D

Here's a close-up shot at 100% for those that are interested:

http://www.j-k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Temp/Triffidia_100.jpg

[Micro26]

Amazing work jk, wow, stars from me *
she is scary...like the details man:thumbsup:

[Mythmaker]

Oooooh... That's some seriously sexy work John!...

...well... maybe sexy isn't the right word... but well... you get the idea! ;)

I like how clean the paintwork is in this.

[Kyena]

wow - that just totally leaves me speachless. Such a welcome change from all the "normal faces".

Breathtaking and I seriously hope too that you get an award for this.

[LukeMrozek]

That is sooooo beautiful, my friend...wicked...Great image and 5* for sure from me!

[Ishtar]

Ooohhh Beautiful Queen Triffidia ! ;-) the treatment of the skin is fabulous, the glance is very expressive, one is afraid! very beautiful work !! Cheers ;-)

[Intervain]

I've already said it but I'll reiterate - awesome!! The detail is amazing and I love how it works with the other painting! This is front page stuff and I hope it'll get there :bounce: soon...

how big is the original, if I may ask?

[Abyssis]

...superb brushwork :thumbsup:

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[NR43]

looks even better printed :D
that skin looks really scary *whistles*

love both pieces!

[paperclip]

:applause:


This I love! Any chance of a tutorial or step by step on how you did this?

[Rebeccak]

Stunning - plugged.

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[vlad74]

Great work. Her flesh is amazing. When buying Imagine FX I had to choose between the two covers and my choice was this one. The other one is the same quality by the way. *****

[ReinaldoRomero]

Superb work, five stars from me :thumbsup:

[Dianae]

Wow, wow and wow, simply perfect! 5 stars well deserved!

[MrPositive]

That is wonderful. However, I wouldn't let her take me on a date even if she paid.

[Jadetiger]

Wow, hehe awesome job. Is that your ex? :D

[Dracanus]

Just amazing. ***** I want to kiss she :drool: :scream: :scream: :scream:

[SePu]

excellent work .... perfect ! 5 stars from here ......
she is just beautiful !

[varunbondwal]

its insane man .... i'm going to get nightmares tonite

[danielh68]

That's gruesomely awe-inspiring. Excellent entry...it makes me want to subscribe to the magazine. :)

[ThePhotographer]

Well, she's not exactly pretty, but what a splendid job ! I love it and it has largely deserved 4 stars if not 5. Bravo !

[unwrap]

Beautiful! :bounce:

[jdsb]

wow, thats f'ing sick man! freaky 5 *

[X96]

You have captured the innre beauty of my ex-girlfriend.

Nice pic though I like the color use and the ridges on the face.

[snowkiwi]

Hi,

I went to your website, and wish you luck as a freelance. I hope by chance that you could squeeze in a good hair tutorial for us.

[kary]

That is great. Unnerving, but great :)

[JasonLin]

love every detail on her...
really great:thumbsup:

[Tilstrom]

great design, i love this. :cool:

[dreamsunlimited]

scary! but very well done .i like the hairs. :bounce: keep it up man. :thumbsup:

[swampthing]

This is probably one of the best paintings i have ever seen on here by far. It seriously is so good it creeps me out in a way. She is very disturbing and scary to look at for some reason. Excellent, incredible work.

[Gord-MacDonald]

this is a really exciting image!


Gord

[HoangNguyen]

WOW! I'm speechless, breathtaking work. Congrats!

[adel3d]

great skin shader:thumbsup:

[warpy]

hey john,

the finish level on her is beyond anything we have seen lately. i think you raised the bar :)
5stars

[coochaki]

Wow...great man great!

very nice skin!
nice detailes!

[J-K]

Oh my God! I am truly humbled by the overwhelming response. I'm still half asleep (after a rough Saturday night) but I'll try my best to coherently answer some questions and comments etc!

Mythmaker: You can call it sexy if you want - sounds fine to me! Thanks :D

Kyena: Hello, and thank you for taking the time to reply, I am very pleased that you like the painting and I appreciate your support. Your work has been very inspiring so it's great to get some feedback from you :)

Intervain: Thank you for all of the kind comments and questions. The original painting is 2622 x 3425. Take care :)

NR43: Cheers! I'm glad you like it printed. I was nervous about how it'd look to begin with, but I was really pleased with the way it turned out.

Paperclip: I'm not sure if I can do a tutorial on the making of it as I'd obviously need the blessing of ImagineFX - Things get a bit complicated with commissioned work but I'll find out what's what and maybe I can do something in the near future - thanks

RebeccaK: Hi Rebecca, I'm really happy you like the painting! Thanks a lot for plugging it - and your guestbook entry - cheers :D

Vlad74: Hey Vlad, cheers - I'm really curious to find out which cover is the most popular. I'd love to hear how many people chose the beauty over the beast etc. It's been a split decision between my friends/family so I haven't got a clue how it's going to turn out!

Mr. Positive: lol - I can see your point

Jadetiger: Nope, not my ex, I'd say my sister is the inspiration ;) (for the beast version) - And well, I just hope she doesn't read this forum

Danielh68: Hi Daniel, that's a wonderful compliment - thank you so much. And speaking as an art fan, I honestly feel that ImagineFX is worth a subscription. It has so much fantastic artwork in it every month - I personally find it inspiring

X96: haha, well hopefully I haven't helped to bring back too many memories! Cheers

snowkiwi: Hi, I have completed a mini hair tutorial for ImagineFX magazine. I suppose I could have a go at doing one that's a little more in depth, though. I have been thinking of preparing a few tutorials to put on my website so this subject matter will definitely be a possible choice. Thanks for your input!

swampthing. Wow, that's an incredible thing to say, and I am honored that you feel that way about it. Thank you for taking the time to reply :)

adel3d: Haha, please don't talk about skin shaders with my 2D work! If only you knew how long I have spent doing skin shaders for my 3D work - which I have yet to show! I have spent more time on my 3D than all of my 2D images combined. Hopefully I can show it was worth it sometime soon ;P Cheers

warpy: Cheers m8, you've made my Sunday morning :)

And for everyone else that bothered to reply, just a big big big thanks! Means a lot to me :)

Here's part of the other image that I painted for those that haven't seen it on my CGPortfolio:

http://www.j-k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Temp/Triffidia_Face.jpg

[0754758]

That's one ugly mother****er, and that is a complement. :buttrock:

[Limponi]

wow............just wow...

its so scary creepy image


great work

[everlite]

Hey man, been buying this since issue one and must say when i walked into smiths the other day it almost jumped right off the shelf and bit me in the arss! seriously it was very striking sat next to all the other cgi/game magazines. Well done, i've been glacing over it every day trying to digest how you managed to pull off the sub-surface scattering effect.

Well done - Dave.

[raufaamir]

I have seen perfection and realism in your work. Great job!
http://www.smileyarena.com/preview/pac/3dmisc.gif

[Dextroyer]

Love the texture detail! Excellent job!

[Sercox]

That's some scary good stuff! The specs are awesome

-Robert

[LightSovereign]

Incedently, i visited your homepage a couple of days ago, and was totally blown away by the massive giger-esque cave cricket that you did also for imagineFX...I'd love to reach this level of skill. Congratz on a totally unique illustration :D.

Marley

[everlite]

Can i ask you a really cheaky question? how much did you get paid for a painting like that? ;-)

ok, i know, taboo subject :-)

[dtoxxx]

Wasn't the other version posted already some time ago?

I remember seeing another image that looks a whole lot like this one, but of the human side.

If it's the image in question, it's great.
Just like this one.

[snowkiwi]

Thanks John.

[lixiaodong]

wow!cool~~

[sachin3d]

great work man. its one hell of a creation. keep it up.

[qtl531]

HOho~~~,amazing work.
I like the image so much,5 star for you

[neacser]

wow it looks amazing!!! especially the detial!!!:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[michael-olszak]

cool painting man. love it!!

[dhilipsomesh]

NO words master.................


my portfolio (http://www.nullworld.com)

MY Sketch BOOK (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72098)

[GreenShellFactor]

Looks like my ex-girlfriend. Sweet work, dood. The little spines coming out of the face and the texture on the hair is astounding. Keep it up, and post some process stuff. Everyone always likes to see the wizard behind the curtain:)

green

[D-E-A-N]

incredible work man. :thumbsup:

[madscorpio]

Its simply amazing......gr8 work man ...5 star:bounce:

[Djampa]

Hey !


Front Page ! :bounce:

Congratulations !

I've already told you how much I loved this work, but anyway...

It's awesome !! Great ! Once more congratz and best wishes !

[rawwad]

Great work man! 5stars and yes, it needed to be at front page, congratz

[PTimm]

simply amazing!!

[SONIC-X]

That is such exellent work dude.If I stair at her for more than 5 seconds I start to get the creeps.The eyes and the mouth - scary.

I'm going to check out your portfolio now-you do great work.

[souleage]

Skin work AS "abnormality":buttrock: Reality of the material, very well guy!

[UmbrellaDays]

Thats beautiful, great detail and it comes together well to give us a frightning image.

[Neil]

Those eyes are superb!

[Naseem]

i'm in love

u got ***** from me :)

[Da3X]

Simply amazing! WOW! I can't find words for that... I've compared both images in hires and switched back and forth... GREAT!

[JO-animator]

great work .beautiful job.
:thumbsup:*****:thumbsup:

[svenie]

Mirada mas terrible que MEDUSA...Boca carnivora de la mas feroz de las fieras...Y la magia gothica de las ''hadas nalditas''...

[mattgamer]

can't believe how stunning this looks. great work!

[cju]

its very cool, i love the hair and mouth part. so good of flower its more highlighting of the image.
can u assit me to hair painting

nice work
shiju

[paperclip]

What are you waiting for, then? Give the man an award!

[PavelPetrenko]

Nice, sexy girl! great work! :thumbsup:

[Jerusha]

:bounce: She is an absolutely exquisite creature! How hideously perfect. The detail with which the piece is invested is gorgeous. I'd love to have a huge print / poster of this.

[Jerusha]

:bounce: She is an absolutely exquisite creature! How hideously perfect. The detail with which the piece is invested is gorgeous. I'd love to have a huge print / poster of this.

[svenie]

La Bella y la Bestia en un mismo ser...

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