Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Axel Alonso

[AxelAlonso]

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k, I have so many ideas for this fantastic challenge, I am so exited lol !!...it will be my 1sth..
So since yesterday that I knew, I ask everybody what they thought was more funny from several ideas,
And this next idea have more votes and I think its more close to be in this challenge, So imagine this; Watching a Vampire in a sunny beach, wearing Speedos, and hanging with a Witch who loves the water, will be really something else to see, and I will add some more ironies on this beach! But for now having a victim will play and show case the real world from the extraordinary world witch will be the monsters.
It’s a quick sketch and I add some colors just to give a better idea of the characters and the role they play.

[icedeyes]

A nice idea and a good sketch... good luck on your first challenge here

[AxelAlonso]

I will guive my best so I can entretain the idea, I am just hopeing to dont get to cluttered since I have so many charcater that I will love to hang on in this sunny beach. I will post some of the the ideas of the charcters soon.
I am also not sure about the composition....but so far the opinions tell me I should just polish it hehe.. what you guys think? keep it and polish it or change it ? hmm

[AxelAlonso]

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the bg will be better in this kinda beach, I think inspired in the beautiful beaches from Yucatan, were I planned haveing a best contrast of culture, tropical weather, and monsters.
what you guys think?

[Slav]

i support my fellow canadians! :) gogo.

[AxelAlonso]

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ok this is an idea for one of my side monsters in the beach a mini swam monster that its afraid of the water and have a kitten pet, whom loves water, so maybe the cat looks to comun ! sooo any thoughts? I will post soon more characters so you guys can vote your favorites....as also envioraments.

[NR43]

Hi
donnow if cats love water (so actually that is a plus because it adds to the strange behaviour factor)
I like the vampire goes on beach holiday better though... you could make a nice tropical beach which would contrast nicely with the cold, dark world we know vampires live in

[AxelAlonso]

-Thanks a lot Slav for the support hope, I can put in a good name the candian artists, or at least not bad!

-Thanks also for the coments Johan, yes the Vampire will be for sure the main one then the witch , and the others, I am not sure yet.
about the bg yes it will be a tropical beach, to play the contrast.I am just not sure if to se some Mayan's ruins or it will be to much elemets allready?. hehe

[AxelAlonso]

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alright this is the concept for the witch one of the many character I think having for my Mayan Beach, she going toward the water and she will be a funny version of the pin-ups of the 50s on green skin. its a 1sth look but not sure about the expression she leaves behind

[AxelAlonso]

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ok another character for this delightful beach, the are playing together and for once the bones are doing catch to the dog, in this case in form of a little skeleton girl, hmmm any opinions? the next post will be the vampire and the other 2 posible monsters...I just want to be over with this idea before jumping to the next one..so comon guys say what you think?

[brujamayor]

I love the idea, and my favorite so far will be the werewolf, and the girl, they are unexpected so it fits better with the challenge, the witch maybe it’s to sexy, why not trying make it more funny? So you can se why not the water it’s a possibility to her

[nandlaskar]

I liked the werewolf and the skeleton girl.Best of luck.:thumbsup:

[nwiz25]

colourful concepts! :P i especially like the skeleton girl and werewolf relationship :D very original and funny :P

waiting to c more dude .. :)

good luck as always!

[UldFerr]

Hello Axel.
I like your ideas and can’t wait to see them together. So far, my favored is the little monster and the cat.

[Kei-Acedera]

Hi Axel! I really like your concept witht the little monster tugging at the puppy! That'll look really cute! Keep up the great work!!

[AxelAlonso]

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This new strange behavior its a sketch of my idea of a big illustration in witch the characters will be separated in 3 parts , the main one will be my vampire-then this with the Witch and then the other with the were wolf and the skeleton girl (and some bg characters). The reason I am sticking with the summer for monsters Idea its because, When I used to be goth. And evil,( 1 of my many phases ) we moved to live to Cancun, as you can imagine, I was devastated about not having my perfect “London” weather, and since there I start to adapt better to other weathers haha! So I think on that every time I see a dark drawings and characters witch I love, I think what will happen for all those poor evil souls, when it’s not dark or grayish? This is the reason, of my decision in taking this monsters, out side of their natural habitat and there fore behaviors.

Please let me know what you think of the idea?

Btw-I don’t like this perspective but I have to make graphic my idea, to know your opinion....Thanks :) before going into composition ideas!...:)

[AxelAlonso]

Bruja-Thanks a lot! I give it a change to the witch. Let’s see if this make her a bit more approachable for the challenge

Rishikesh-Thank you, I will keep the werewolf and the sk.girl, because looks promising to the idea of the challenge. And having good feed back always helps, thanks!

Neville-I will guive my best to put a good show hehe, thanks for the support

Uldison-I will post some other sketches about the werewolf and his friend, and let's hope you find them appealing.

Kei- Thanks so much, I was so exited that you were taking time for feed back, I will keep the little monster that’s the next sketch, I am only iffy about the cat with him or with the witch running in the ocean. witch its weird also I think?

[UldFerr]

Hello Axel,
I almost pee my pants!!! Your devil selling crosses is just … priceless. And in a more serious tone, your idea sounds very good. Keep the good work.

[cbernardo]

Very nice characters and sketches!

Cheers,
Carlos

[chrisbeaver]

Nice start here! I'm not sure which direction you're going, though; after all these different concept drawings. Are you going for just a certain couple, or in the end will there be all these things on the beach at once in a huge wide-shot? (you do have 117'ish days to do it :)) Also, will this be a painting or in 3d?


Suggestion-wise, I have only one at the moment -- Make the kitten gray, and maybe one-eyed or something just to make it look jacked-up. The reason I suggest this is that in Shakespeare's MacBeth, one of the three witches who drive the story is attended to by a cat named Greymalkin. A literary reference is a great way to add weight to an image; anyone familiar with the reference can connect the two and that brings all these subtexts and allusions to the party.

Good luck with your work! I'll be keeping an eye out for it :)

[kingjai]

Hey thanks for hitting my page and leaving a note!
Seeing your post made me wonder why i didn't play around more before I really started, but on well it's a little late for that.. hahha i guess i want to make the monday deadline for that exotique thing..

oh well anyhow, keep those ideas flowing!!! I'm sure it'll be interesting to see how this is gonna evolve! btw i think they're hilarious... hahaha

[Nigio]

Hi Axel, you've done a lot of work, man. And a very nice one :-)
I like the idea and the characters concept. My two cents are that I think a tropical landscape must heve a most brilliant/blue sky.
Cheers!

[musi]

Hey Axel,

You have got some fantasy there! :D I am wondering which direction you will choose to go...
Good luck! Looking forward for an update!

[CyborgJA]

Quoted !

They are absolutely cute !

[AxelAlonso]

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It’s a doodle for an idea I had, when I used to work in an Aquarium..
Soo I will keep with my monsters but I still think I t was fun to have here..

[AxelAlonso]

Thanks a lot for all the feed back. Every one of you, are awesome artists.



Uldison- Thanks a lot for the funny note, I just have to play with the devil, and push his behavior limits, as he does with us, sometimes as well.!



Carlos- Thank you, I will add more funny things and hope you like them!



Chris- I will put all the monster’s teams in the beach in one illustration, since it’s a challenge and we have time. And it will be 2D because I have no patience what so ever for 3d software. I am a bit old school, and having a tablet it’s already to tech for me!! haha… For the cats reference I love your suggestion, I definitely love history weight composition on any illustrations, and I will put my brain to think witch way to approach that design. I had on my mind, a half zombie cat I will post it and let’s see what you think? Because I am going towards a very cartoonist but yet detailed style for my illustration so that’s why I am taking time on playing around for the characters ideas.



King- hey thanks a lot! For the support as well we are practically neighbor’s haha, and yes I will keep posting , because I have so many darn ideas, that its one of my problems, make up my own mind on what to pick. maybe its why I am doing a beach lots of characters.



Giovanny- I am thankful that you like the ideas, because I want to make some laughs (good ones) about my finished idea. The sky will be for sure blue and bright so its more rare in contrast with those strange skin colors of my monsters…and besides it’s going to be clear sand and a Caribbean’s turquoise ocean. will post that more detailed later.



Alexandra-yes fantasy its my real way to live..ha ha ha..So I will pick the direction on the funny and strange, as also cute for some reason, maybe it is part of the strange for me? About the direction will be very stylized not to photorealistic besides the environments, since I like fantasy that way.



Serena- I am glad you liked, hope you like the next ideas, and have a good funny time.

[Tenkiboi]

Hey axel,

I like the werewolf and the girl; the werewolf seem to be excited at something the girl is doing. It's really quite strange. haha, btw nice concepts, it's expected from the dark artist axel alonso. Good Luck!

Best Wishes,
Tom

[chrisbeaver]

That's possibly the cutest jellyfish I ever saw. The aquarium's deifinitely a great place for inspiration; I used to work at one too. Shame I was stuck outside selling tickets :rolleyes:

I would suggest you start roughing out ideas of the full picture; nothing too detailed, scribbles would do. It would just help you out to see these ideas all brought together to figure out how it'll all work in the end. You might even get new ideas for how they might interact with each other.

Thanks for the comments on my WIPs, by the way :)

[SteevieWoo]

Soooo, since i got the invitation to your galery i've been looking for your entry, but i still get lost in this enormous site, thanks by the way.

You know, i find the red devil selling crucifixes really hilarious, but i liked the hot witch better than the fat one (i wonder why). I think if you really meke her aclasic pinup style she shoul be alitlttle less thin and with a cute expresion , that would look weird in a witch, i think, and that is good...

that little octopus thing it's really funny!!

keep the good work!

[AxelAlonso]

Hey Tom,
I am so glad to see you here my friend, its great you are visiting the old friends haha..I was intrigued about your thoughts on the relationship of the werewolf and the skeleton girls, so I guess as long its strange its ok for me!...and yes, you know me Dark its par of me..haha…:buttrock:



Chris- great to see you here more often I am always happy to hear all your feed back its great! :applause:So taking your suggestion this next post its all about the hole concept, I am sure its going to be a lame try, but once we all see it, the better understanding will came out of it!:hmm:

So please let me know what you think? and Iam sorry about been out side the aquarium! It’s like you are inside of the water tank instead of a fish in those jobs.:sad:



Gabriel- Thanks a lot for taking a look , for the “paisanos”:cool: hahaha…About yur suggestion; I also like more the hot witch and the pin up idea…so I will have her as a surfer with a sarcophagus lid shape board…and I will take your great suggestion in the body type and the face as well…lets se if it works:rolleyes:

[AxelAlonso]

Hi my fellow artists!! a very sketchy idea...but hope it will give my idea through, please let me know what you think?...and the characters behaviors as well if you feel I should push more the strange value? Thanks everybody for taking some time in advance

http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/CopositionSKETCH.JPG

[cbernardo]

LOL! I like it! Specially the witch with the coffin running to surf! Very cool scene!

Cheers,
Carlos

[AxelAlonso]

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ok the ofiscial entry ..he he tell also if you see the game going on in the back its called "bollyHead" ..

[chrisbeaver]

Groovy :) You whipped this out fast; I wasn't expecting color and everything. I like the idea of the witch surfing on a coffin lid :D

A few suggestions --

) You could have the vampire holding in his lap one of those foil-covered reflectors that tan-enthusiasts use to toast themselves. That would elevate the vampire from just being out in the sun to actively absorbing it, making it that much weirder.

) Have the Girl From The Black Lagoon's eyes wiiiide open and locked on the waves, to connect her emotional response to the water rather than the kitten. Conversely, have the kitten wide-eyed with excitement and absolutely pouncing the wave.

) A small detail, the werewolf's finger forms a tangent with the octopus in the background. That's an easy fix; just nudge either one a little bit to either side.

) I'm noticing that both the vampire and the werewolf flashing 'the horns'. You could turn the vampire's attention, having him flashin' it back to the werewolf rather than the camera to relate the two, and in so doing, you'll have the vampire leading you into the image rather than being a dead end for the eye-path.

) The liquid in the vampire's margerita needs to be level to the horizon line. Gravity and all that.

That's all I've got for now :) Take care!

[kingjai]

hey man,
Your image is turning into a ball of fun, I like looking through it and just figuring out and realizing what they're all about. Though I'm not really sure how all these things are fitting together though, have you seen an old painting called 'garden of delights'?

http://www.boschuniverse.org/hisworks/garden_of_earthly_delights/large.jpg

haha maybe you could push this that much further? Just a thought.. haha it's a fun painting

[AxelAlonso]

Carlos- Thanks so much, I was worry about the witch not been able to deliver the strange factor in my idea, since I really was hopeing to add her. :)I will post some other sketches and hope you can tell me what you rather must...thanks man!

Chris-Everything you said I am working on that I agree, and LOVE the idea for the vampire; I am so toasting that guy! About the flashing horns, excellent suggestion for composition, I will make sure that there’s no dead end in the composition....
I will post sketches of every character since having them all in detail in one big one will be difficult to judge, so more than welcome anything you can suggest.
Thank so much for the support once again!:thumbsup:

King- Very nice reference painting!! Thanks! I was looking at it for more than an hour! I was so thrill wit it. And I will probably not go as far (but I wish, though) because my computer it’s going to burn...haha, and I am up to have fun here, haha

And Hope your are enjoyng the sunny weather!:)

[CyborgJA]

Great to see the whole concept! I love the sensationof depth, can't wait to see how you'll develop it. At the moment I suggest only to add soft clouds here and there right to break the azure of the sky :thumbsup:

[Agostinuke]

Hi axel! I didn't check this thread too! Lol, believe me, I didn't copy the idea of the beach...:D

Keep it up, funny ideas so far...I'm going back to my work I'll check you back later...

[Kei-Acedera]

Hehehe this is gonna be really cute Axel! I love the grey bigfoot? building the sand castle..

[UldFerr]

Very cool Axel!!!
I would love to see the main character interacting with some other caracter in the painting.

[AxelAlonso]

Thanks everybody for the great feedback, its helps me so much to understand better…


Serena- Thanks so much for the great suggestion, since I will add some clouds here and there and maybe to made things more clear of my madness a rainbow?….let’s see haha!


Agostino-It’s great to see you here, and I love the idea that more people like monsters like me …so don’t worry about that, if anything I am glad that I am not the only one…so let’s show them some fun in a peculiar “monsterific” way , hope to hear more from you!


Kei- wow! your awesome! Haha you add, inspiration to the thread to entreating better!...About the “big foot\yeti” thanks I am glad you like it. But I was thinking in giving him the more cold creature factor so maybe instead of the sand shape, an Igloo of sand, and something else with him, hmmm lets se if in the next sketch you like that idea?

And hope you still thinks is cute and fun … I like doing that with monsters haha..

Uldison- hey great to hear more from you! I am glad you like the idea so far, it’s for now, unpolished, but I will keep working on that. About your great suggestion, I will add more inter action between the characters and I think I will give also an assistant to Mr. Vampire to help him refresh…lest see if you like the idea in the next sketches?

[AxelAlonso]

All right! This is the 1sth sketch of study to my skeleton girl “Skullina” coz I am still iffy in were direction to go? The others are more consistent to what I was planning but this little girl its not strange enough for me still, I will also enchase more my Mexican culture, Back Ground, so I will give her some decoration on her skull like we do in the our death skeleton art..haha so please comments....:) it’s the best way for me to understand if you like it or not ?





http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/skullina_studyfaces.jpgTHANK YOU…..:scream:

[musi]

Heeey, she is so nice! I love her lashes and that little flower on the head! Nice sketch and character research...
And sunbathing vampire is one of my favorites :)

Good work! Keep going, Axel!

[icedeyes]

Hey Axel... Skullina looks great right now.. the concept also looks very good but maybe a little crowded imho... i could work great though... adding clouds etc would be my suggestion too... keep it up

[CyborgJA]

Uhm, please, try to describe with words what you've got in your mind for Skullina.
Maybe in this way we will be able to give you a better advice ^_^

Good work man !

[AxelAlonso]

Alexandra-I am so glad you thought she was cute, since part of my dilemma was that…and I will definitely keep that flower, I was only a bit unsure of witch one you liked more if the one attached to her bandana, or the one printed in her head?. Thanks to stopping by …and replaying so fast hehe!:D



George- Thank for the suggestion of the clouds, I must surely add some, since I need more space and illusion of the best weather possible to make a clearer statement of the strange behavior in these dark creatures. And they do seem a bit crowded but hopefully with some more experiments with all of them I will made the right composition and scale, I will be more than happy to hear anything you suggest, Thanks again George.:)



Serena- a very important thing you suggest, that I completely overlooked Thanks!...for “Skullina” since she will be riding her pal the were wolf, I was expecting to make a good strange personality that will demonstrate she’s a kid able to look like the kid and her dog hanging out in the beach….doing some cool stuffs off curse she would be the kind of girl, whose not at all scared of anything , since she got a were wolf as best friend, and she will be doing with him some cool extreme sport…maybe she even might found this boring! I mean she’s a skeleton what else could happen to her..:scream:

[Rianti-Wong]

Of all the idea, i like the cat and monster most. That idea is kind of funny!

Good luck with that,


Rianti

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My CGChallenge Strange Behavior Entry (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?threadid=519101)

[AxelAlonso]

Rianti-Thanks for dropping by the thread, I am very pleased that you like the monster and the cat, they will be part must definitely from the main composition, hope you like to check the updates soon !:)take here and have fun!

[thepineman]

it looks like theres a party going on in the beach. if you animated this with all kinds of animals dancing that, will be very funny. add more animals if space allows it, this will be fun to see.

[CyborgJA]

Mm so the Skullina's keywords are : decision, strong, extreme, no fear. Isn't it?

In this case I think that the description you gave us with the sketches is more like a "sweet, fashion little skeleton". If you notice you described her with stars, perfect hairs, ribbons..like a fashion-system addicted.

[SteevieWoo]

Hey i missed skullina, when did you post her?! but she looks real good, so proud of her waspy waist, (it shouldn't be any other way, so clever) but, no hair? aww c'mon! maybe some piggy tails, i don't know.....:)

[nandlaskar]

hey you have come with a funnier idea.but need to see abetter composition/layout.:)

[AxelAlonso]

Thanks so much guys ! for all the support:) all your suggestions are in mental notes!

sorry I haven’t post anything but Mr. Potter have stopped all my concentration! haha but I almost finish the book...I will post something this weekend it will be a lot ! Like 10 sketches, haha...but that's what I get for adding so many characters! Its like a big casting here, everybody want to be part of the Monster’s Holiday ….:bounce:

Manny-I bet animated will be so fun,:D maybe I will some day on 2d with some cg environments, but I need more time for that!... And I was thinking on adding some animals, as well but I was afraid of make it to populated lol. But no problem with that, just my composition might change of scale, hahaha I was thinking on adding a large whale bullying some sharks out of the water…and some bats painting them selves as seagulls leaving drops of paint in their path ?

Serena- you are right She does seem more fashion than extreme sport girl!:buttrock: I just want that darn flower in her head hahaha…but I have a new version of her, and you let me know what you think! I will post her this weekend.Thank You so much for keep an eye maybe 2 on her!:)

Gabriel- Good to see you again, :DI post her as non official, maybe that’s why you missed her, but I want those piggy tails too ! But a dark friend of mine told me to get over it , and that skulls cant have hair so she made me change her hahahaha…but some resent corpses might still have some right? so I will follow your advice…Thanks!

Rishikesh-I am glad to see you here, I know, my composition, have no layout what so ever, but I haven’t decide quiet right all the characters yet, so that’s why its been difficult to made the right choice, hope to hear your opinion on the final steps of the characters compositions….:)

[AxelAlonso]

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Ok this are all my characters that will take place at the Monster's holiday enjoying the lovely sun ! hope you like them and glad to hear any thoughts....

[AxelAlonso]

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all right 1sth line art of my vampire with his reflector ( thanks for the great idea Chris) he will be flashing the horns, to team of the werewolf, then he got a date and cupid will be as always making it worst! to the FBride whom in anger will be serving him some holy water so Mr.Vamp can refresh himself...she is also an icon for all those plastic surgery woman in the beach, I mean she start it the whole trend lol!

[AxelAlonso]

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well instead of giving them some boring para sailing activity...I thought why not use that big octopus, he might not enjoy it, but will be fun to ! and then the trio its complete! hope you like them I am still not so happy with their expressions I will made more studies since "Skullina" will be pretending to have fun when shes not, its boring, "Wolfred" will be having a blast, and "octavio" will be in horror...

[AxelAlonso]

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Alright! this is one of the favorite characters I think...and I made him more scare of the water, while his kitty pet its anything but that! I get a little bit inspired of the lifesaver of one that I reember seeing in a pool when was little.it was some kind a "flamingo" weird!

[AxelAlonso]

Well my other characters will be the abominagle snow man, or "Yeti" bulilding a sand iglu to his little puddle whom loves going fishing piranas...http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/yeti.jpg

[AxelAlonso]

Here it is, The Surfer Babe Witch “Wika” ! with a very stylish piece of coffin board...design might be to much but it wont hurt show some of my ideas on it!

http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/WitchSurfer.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

Well to finish the combo here it is Mr. Devil! Showing the latest fashion on monsters crucifixes!! Great blink blings! And off curse, I have to add the price tag since some friends told me it could be easier to understand that way!

http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/DevilSeller.JPG

[brujamayor]

Hola! :scream: Axel, this is lookinf FAB and Fantastic! I am so happy to see work that had some style with an inosent touch of fun :eek: I LOVE the Witch she so cool! and also the vamp looks really hot ! bring more fun soon

[UldFerr]

Hey Axel, you came back with full power!!! So many updates! Very good.
I love your characters, all of them; the devil is definitely my favorite. Can’t wait to see them together.

[icedeyes]

great progress Axel... I love the Devil character and the communication between the vamp and werewolf... The only sketch that doesn't really work as good as the others is the witch... the pose makes her feel like she is about to fly and there is something strange going on with the eyes... keep it up

[CyborgJA]

Ahahah man you are a volcano of ideas!

I'll use all my eyes (more than 2 eh :P) on your characters and be sure thast I'll give you an advice if I'll notice something strange.

I love the green witch too !

[AxelAlonso]

Bruja Mayor-Your words as always motivates the any artist to do and bring their best! I am so happy that you found them funny and appealing to your taste! Thanks!



Uldison-So Glad to se you are checking the thread, Thanks motivates me a lot! I am also very glad that you like the characters and Mr. Devil will be glad to that its your favorite! Thanks!



George- Thank you. so much for the comment! You are so right the proportions for the Witch were wrong! I correct them and post the new ones hope you like them! Although I change the pose, I twist it a little bit haha so you can see a better running action towards the water, any how please let me know what you think? Thanks for dropping by again!



Serena- Hello hey so glad to hear from you as always! I will repost the Witch, lets see if keep like in her haha! As soon as I finish the line art of all the characters I can pass to the Environment and start going for more details! You always add motivation in the thread Thanks Serena again!

[AxelAlonso]

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alright some changes I did for bad proportions and better pose for the action to run towards the water

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, a cool idea, very nice !!! I like a lot your sketches. :thumbsup:
About the sexy surfer witch, I think she has a big turn in her torso or if she is turning to view to someone the surfers board perspective dont match. Her legs are some short for the head and torso proportions, only a comment :)
Great work! and for sure I'm forward your nice concept! Good Luck!

[CyborgJA]

Ok man, it will be hard cause I don't manage english so well but I'll try to explain what I see in this witch.

Of course you need to check proportions (I think you simply have to enlong her legs and stop) but now try this experiment :

1. put a white layer over her legs (till the pelvis). See how the "upper" part of her body goes to the image's lower left corner

2. now cover the upper area : see how legs follow the bottom borderline's direction.

This is what, in my opinion, you've to check in this image.

Of course, legs are more easy to redraw than breast and face ...

Ah, if you set her going to the left corner, I agree with Ferx, check the surfboard perspective :thumbsup:

Good work man, I wait updates :)

[icedeyes]

Hey Axel,
I have to agree with Ferx and Cyborg on this one... she looks like she is twisting her waist too much right now... i dont think i need to add anything to the advice provided.. keep it up and keep us posted

[Jeffparadox]

Thanks a lot for stopping by dude. I like your idea! and have been watching your posts, great sketches man, especially love your last sketch of the witch. I'll be checking out your updates, best of luck to you!!!

[AxelAlonso]

Alright! I was smoking crack when I draw her hahaha! (Well at least, not really fresh LOL)

Yes the legs are completely wrong for that head, and torso, thanks Fernando, Serena, and George, for the quick replay, thanks so much guys! I will post again today the new pose and the surfer board to se if all fix now! Thanks again :)



Jeff- Thanks a lot for the support your thread it’s really amazing! I am glad you like the Witch she just need some quik spells for anatomy! And ready to splash the board!

[SteevieWoo]

I'll be waiting for the next witch, she's getting a good shape indeed...:scream:

See you around!

[Ligo]

Hey, This concept is certainly a happy concept, sure gave me a smile. The witch turned out good too. Will keep my eyes open for this thread!

Have a nice day

[AxelAlonso]

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well the new pose and some perspective in the board I haven't done any value on the edge, hope isn't necessary from this point, to get the idea across!Thanks everybody for the great support! and feed back, helps so much!

[AxelAlonso]

Gabriel-Well I am glad to see you here, I appreciate all the kind comments, and hope to keep you entertain in a fun way! and lets see if this Witch have the hot factor! and the fun factor as well?:)

Linus-Thanks so much, for the support and the nice feed back! If it made you smile then I am for sure, in the right track, for the mood I am going for! Thanks! And comment all you want please! Take Care!:)

[SteevieWoo]

Getting Hotter Yeah!!

Uh, Axel, I think you're missing something: her left leg is in front so her left arm should be going back for balance, that way you would achieve that dynamic 'Bay Watch slo-mo' feel that everyone remembers with joy.:D right now the arm is in the middle of it's action so it's a little static, i think.
Hey wait, if you do this then the right arm (the one holding the board) would be going front, to show this you could tilt the board clockwise a bit.

Hope it helps!

[icedeyes]

hey Axel... the leg and board are looking a lot better but i was thinking what steeve wrote before i read his post... the normal way of walking is, for example left foot forward, right hand forward... This (using some great info from the animators survival kit) can be changed in any manner to show a certain goofyness in the character or add something to their personality... While this would work in motion (all the anticipation to get in the water etc) it doesn't give your drawing a dynamic enough feel... She feels more posing than running at the moment... keep it up, i am sure you will make it work

[nwiz25]

damn!! i missed a lot over here! :eek: theres so much in your work not to mention a very good selection of characters too! :p :scream: .. your latest update is really cool! by the way speaking of which ... how about changing the patterns on her bikini to smthin like
crazy laughin pumpkins or black cats or even skulls :p and as for the pose n all ... try getting ur hands on archies comics and have a look at the beach scenes .. lots n lots of ideas! :p
waiting to c more my friend! :love: :p
take care! n good luck! :thumbsup:

[CyborgJA]

I quote SteevieWoo but of course this is an improved version of your witch. Bravissimo :thumbsup:

[Ferx]

Hola Axel !, very nice change on the hot witch :love: and the surfboard perspective :thumbsup: I agree with Neville about the bikini design :D I think the surfbord is a bit wide and the hand (right hand) that holds it, not seen. Only a comment :) Great work! Suerte!

[AxelAlonso]

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This one has upon request a skull's pattern swim suit, hope it helps better for her character, and also the arm back and the surfer board a bit more tilt clock wise, Well hope its what was going wrong, in her I am not to happy with her hands, but I guess that pattern wont help to made to much character in the pose of her hand..
All comments are so helpful, please don't be shy, I take all the advices from your experience and artistic knowledge Thank you!

[AxelAlonso]

Gabriel-Thanks so much !I try to see al I could on reference, upon your great suggestion, :wise:sometimes I just don’t see reference any more when I draw, and I forgot basic balance information, but I will give my best so it wont happen again! Thank you!:scream:

George-I am glad to hear all your comments they were all, so very right, :DI hope the next post will show some solution to the problem.

Neville-Always your post, are so full of positivism,:arteest: and happiness:D they always inspire to give their best, I thank you so much! I’ll try to keep less problems happening hehehe!

Serena-So nice to see you! :scream:Thanks for the kind words; I am just posting a new image I hope it works better!

Fernando-Thank you! For all the support I really appreciate it, and glad always to hear anything you got to say!:)

[AxelAlonso]

well I post a diferent position for the board, at the height og the chest since she will be handleing the board from her shoulder and palm, as also less wide:shrug:http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/WitchSurfer21.JPG

[SteevieWoo]

Wow... I hope i could get my hands on some old time Archie comics like Neville said, But in the mean time try googling 'jogging' for nice pics of running girls, or.. you can google 'running girls' for that matter, what do i know!:rolleyes:
But, Yep, aside of the hand i would say you got it nailed, Good work:thumbsup:

[chrisbeaver]

Took me a little while to catch up on everything you've done; it's lookin' good :) A couple notes on the pose:

) Considering her weight is borne down on her left foot, her left hip should be lower than her right one.

) I would suggest pulling her elbow and forearm just a liittle higher up, firstly so that you can get the most extreme pose possible, and secondly so you can get her hand out of the detail-work on that coffin lid (I wouldn't mind being buried in that thing, by the way :D ). As it is, her fingers are forming all kinds of tangents with the detailing and making it confusing. You can get the most out of both the hand and the detail by separating 'em a little.

)Try closing her grip. People tend to run with their fingers more reined in. Might help :shrug:

I look forward to your next update! Keep it up!

[AxelAlonso]

Gabriel-I know Archie its so fun! I love Veronica, haha:D
btw yes, I just finish some drawing of Witches runing, hope they help I will post them once, I am back at home.and what I did about the referense, was watching olimpic old records haha...sad no 1 had a board or a coffin for the same matter!:scream:

Chris- Thank You so much. for the feed back, I think I will change the hand, and also post 2 other Witches, and see witch one dlivers better the running towards the water :). since I like the board design as well ! I think I will keep it, but that darn hand gota move..and so the hips thanks so much !

[AxelAlonso]

Well 2nd Witch :shrug:, I think the left feet its not in the righ profile I just like doing little piglets hehe.but besides that I dont know if I should add the finger coming out of the board of her left hand?http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/WitchSurfer22.JPG

[Ferx]

Hola Axel, oh man !! great great witch, a great change! :applause: I love it!! nice running pose.

About right hand, I think you need to show ( the fingers taking hold the board) The surferboard is more strech and looks really nice !
About feets. They are a bit turning to the left (to the camera) . Turn a bit to the right (guides by the navel of the witch )

I think that some hair over left arm will be nice. Only a idea :)

I really liked your sexy hot witch !! and her lovely bikini, yea!! :beer:

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Fernando! amigo mil gracias!
I 'll work on that for sure, THANKS!:); The hand grabing the board, angle of the feet, as the hair also and post it tomorow, I just got so much homework still ! hehe..but I can do it,:thumbsup: its like a break to me to be able to draw and forget 3d witch is not my best interest! love it from some else though:D

[CyborgJA]

References for feet :thumbsup:
Hope they help :love:


http://www.gardel.it/images/piede.jpg




http://www.cnamilano.it/static/images/piede.gif

[Slav]

cool stuff here! ill be looking out for more wips. :) keep up the good work.

[SteevieWoo]

Hey Axel!! Seems that I missed your last post, maybe because it was a foot, :D Anyway I have to say you're doing your homework with the witch, Good!! Yeah, that reference will do fine.
Now maybe i could bother you with the hair, as Ferx suggested before, it could drop on the shoulder, but I would add that it could flow more naturally, right now all the mass of hair follows one action line (Thats OK), but it only starts to divide at the very end of it, letme show you a picture, is easier (http://www-evasion.imag.fr/Publications/2003/BKCN03/comparisons.jpg)(the upper right one) Here's another one (http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2471802/2/istockphoto_2471802_carefree_woman_with_long_hair_in_motion.jpg)I know this is damn hard to draw but I mean you could represent that feeling of motion in your drawing.

Mmmm I liked the previous position of the board (not the sape, the shape is much better now) , but don't mind me.

As I was looking at pictures i found one that could help you with the first position of the girl, but since you changed it i think is not very useful now, anyway here it is. (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/mel212/Woman_running_beach_dupe.jpg)

Thanks again for the Jackie O reference!
See you around!!

[AxelAlonso]

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I am so sorry for the late post, but everything happen to me this last weeks, but I am back to normal! well as usual, better said! and since I have also my sister is now! liveing with me, she is a tough judge, and serve me for inspiration of this character, hope looks better!

THANK YOU SO MUCH everybody I read everything! you guys are great!

[AxelAlonso]

:)Serena- OMG!!!:bounce:Thanks so much for the reference; I did feet for a whole week! Mean while I was on bed! Since I went sick, but back to normal! And I have so much to scan now! haha! You are like the angel of anatomy! THANK YOU

:)Slav-It's so nice to see you here at my humble thread...hehe and thanks for the support!



:)Gabriel-You are great amigo!! :thumbsup: Everything you post as links, I did as study! So I can get a better flow, on the Witch! so for Now I am happier with her, although a bit scare if any other character looks bad? But at least, I already finish the environment sketch, so I will just clean it up! And let’s see how everything will come together! ..but I want so much to start painting , or else I will just keep adding ! :banghead: mooree!!!

THANK YOU! everybody:love:

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, cheers that you are again here and everything goes well amigo mio!! :D :beer:
I like a lot the new witch's hair , nice!!, and i see that you put the right hand grabing the board. I think the hands proportion are a bit little in reference with all body (more the right hand), perhaps the left hand need to be extended to brake the bottom line of the board, only a comment mate :) Again nice work ! :thumbsup: and I´m glad that you come back to the challenge :beer:

[icedeyes]

Hi again Axel,
the witch is looking much better... the only remark that i have is that its pretty much impossible to hold a board like that while running... I would give it an angle (in perspective) and i think that would make things much better...

have fun,
George

[oszolya]

hi your ideas are great :thumbsup: so far my favorite is the little monster and its pet..it is just adorable:) i can't wait to see it finished
GOOD LUCK

[SteevieWoo]

Ah.. don't worry the girl is always the hard one,:thumbsup: you have half of the though work done now:D

[UldFerr]

Hello Axel, glad to see an update from you. I know you are probably tired of hear about her, but there is something weird about the way she grabs the board. Maybe she is too skinny to handle such a big board or the balance it is not right. How about try making her grab the center of the board like in your earlier sketches?

[AxelAlonso]

Fernando- Thanks so much amigo!:D It’s great to be back! And keep enjoying the challenge’s environment, with awesome artist like you! Lets see how the Witch will end up in this next post. As for the hands I work on the scale a little, I just didn’t want to use a big hands to make her more feminine! I like long fingers more! But they won’t show in that pose...hmm



George- I am glad to hear from you, always good advises my friend,;) I just add some perspective to the board, so I think it’s more natural! But I am not sure? I will work on her until it looks as it should! Thanks again …and comment all you want as always!



Oszolya-seen your support, it’s a gift for me! Thanks!:D I love that chicken monster as well! It reminds me a bit my self haha! Funny thing I end up in the swimming team, at the end! Ha!



Gabriel- Holaa amigo! Well those girls are the tough cookie,:hmm: definitely but I don’t mind I guess I was to rusty with all the 2d, since I have more 3d stuffs for homework! But I will work on it! Thank so much for all the help!:lightbulb



Uldison- Hey! So nice to hear, well to see form you! :cool:Hehe…I don’t mind changing that Witch, its just takes, some spell for transfiguration haha! Easy task! Yeah right! :banghead:But please let me know all its in your mind, I appreciate it a lot!

[AxelAlonso]

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well the board its a bit different and with some perspective! as fore the hand more close to her! hmm thats all I change here! I have no one now to tell me what its wrong! let me know what its not working so I can work on it as soon as possible! haha THANK YOU!

[UldFerr]

http://www.ncdc.gov.uk/media/images/i/8/Surf_Academy_640_1.jpg
Axel, I hate been a bitch, but see how the board is lower under the arm? I think that is the big mistake you doing; your witch almost doesn’t have a "shoulder/armpit" and unless she is very strong she still grabbing the board in a wrong spot. I really hope i am helping you and not making you angry. Best of luck, your friend...

[Jeffparadox]

Hi Axel, I really like the new girl, great drawing!

It seems like you're about to go crazy with this board :D I'd probably separate it, if it's not already, and play with it independently for a while on another layer. You may find out that you'll need to change it once you start painting too, so I always think that it's a good thing to keep things on separate layers, you can always merge them later. as far as the board, I think you don't need the perspective - it actually looks a bit wrong, your 2nd last post has the board very nice, all you need to do is to make it thinner a little, keeping the part that touches the hand in place, thus giving a bit more space between the shoulder line and the top contour of the board. Also you could slide it to the left a little so that the center of gravity makes more sense with her hold. You could very quickly do these, if the board is on its own layer.. Keep up the good work buddy, this drawing has come a long way and it's looking really good now, waiting for other characters :beer:

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, I agree with Jeff and Uldison. I think you need to strech the board, the witch grabing on the center of the board (like your previous "green" witch") , like says Jeff. Keep the good work amigo !! (and I love that sexy witch!! :beer:)

[AxelAlonso]

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Well I think the board was all wrong! haha! so I made it again! but sadly all my file went corrupted ! so I have to re do it all again! hope it looks about the same? THANk You so much for all the comments!

[AxelAlonso]

Uldison- Thanks Friend :) BTW,I will never think you are "that"unless you ask me to ! haha:scream: Since if anything, I am so very grateful, for all the comments.... and to apologize since seems that, I was under some crack when I did it! Sorry for so many post haha! You were right in all the subjects mentioned, thanks so much

Jeff-I am thankful for all the tips! :thumbsup:


I had them all in action already! Since I am still kind of, new to all this digital techniques! And still draw in the tablet, very similar as I do on my sketch book, erase, and draw in again! hahaha! Thank You! Hope this last post will be better?




Fernando-Amigo! hey gracias por el apoyo! :D Thanks so much for the support! I think I am doing the same mistake over and over again! I have no problem doing things again! Just feel bad for so many posts with mistakes hahaha! But I have the tendency to always do things until they feel right, not to perfect coz, its boring!



Thank You! For the support everybody!And I am glad the Witch its looking wicked!

[Jeffparadox]

hey buddy great job! this looks much much better, I think it's certainly good enough for you to go forward, you'll be fixing some things during painting too, anyway, this sketch is working nicely.

:beer:

[SteevieWoo]

Yeeeess ssiiiiiirrrrr! that's the perspective!! hard one but I think you got it, and I could also suggest that you don't sweat it too much:D I know how bad one can get obsessed with these drawings of sexy girls (I'm a recovering addict to it). and maybe that's why you had so much trouble with the board. the sight becomes narrow of looking so much at the same picture.... There is till a lot of time and chance to change everything and she's looking neat just now!!
OHH i'm actually wondering about skullina getting this treatment,:love:that will be great:rolleyes:.

See you around Axel, This is getting so interesting now................... :drool:

[musi]

Hey Axel,

Beautiful progress :thumbsup:!
Last pose for witch is definitely better, it's more dynamic. And very nicely designed board!
If I may... there is still something not entirely well with her feet... may be they are too small?
And with skeleton girl, I loved that band flower on her head. And I like actually that she is kind of fashion girl :).

Sorry for not stepping by for so long - I had a busy summer.

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, thats great !! really cool and the board looks sweet mate!! nice!! :thumbsup:
About feets, maybe a bit little, but are a sexy feets :D (perhaps the right foot is smaller than left)
I love your wiked and sexy witch ! Está buenona hahaha :D Great work my friend !! :beer:

[AxelAlonso]

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Well this is 1sth preview of my BG haha I think I spend more time doing the little plants in the FG, ( well in the big one they will stand up better) maybe I will bring the sand from a bit more far! o and this "pre hispanic" culture its based on many others but it doesn't really exist though:rolleyes: (some ancient mosnter culture I guees?) well I think I need more sand ...darn characters! the water looks like its not close enough!:banghead:

[AxelAlonso]

Jeff- thanks sooo much ! I think I will have to fix something else here, and there....hmmm Although ones paint time starts! like you wisely said :arteest: hahaha! but at least I can move a bit more!

Gabriel- Holaa mil Gracias! a thousand thanks o great guru! hahaha! But really, I learn so much from everybody and off course you ;)! thanks so much for all, its like a treat, all the wise and kind words for support ! I hope I can improve all the concepts so it will demostrate some advance on my own way to illustrate! and can wait to start touching colors already!

Alexandra- Hey hope summer went great! I miss you ! haha:),,,you are very kind for all the suport thanks so much! and lets see if this Mosnters can deliver the fun! haha! please let me know anything else you see ! coz I noticed also 1 feet was to small, but thats an easy one haha ! well... sort of, ones it's spoted:curious:hmm

Fernando-Gracias amigo! jaja la bruja buenona jaja! si ella lo es mas le vale! Thanks for the comment I will fix that THANKS! for all the time on helping once more...you are great!:scream:

[Ferx]

Axel, increible, está de poca m tu background con el diseño de piramides y los detalles de las calaveras! :thumbsup: great design for your background with the piramids and skulls details, great!! i really like! That will be a great great scene!!:buttrock: My only comment is about the cliffs, your tonal looks more like clothes than rocks, nothing that does not have adjustment:D

Again great work my friend!! Cheers ! :beer:

[icedeyes]

this looks like a very good idea for the enviroment but i think that the perspective of things should be corrected a bit... keep it up Axel

[SteevieWoo]

The design is great on this one and will add big to the overall concept!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

I think the two troubles you describe come from the same source: You need a vanishing point, right now the buildings look kinda isometric, remember perspective is what does the magic trick of bringing front the closest objects(the sand and sea and waves) and pushing back the far away ones (the buildings and beach as it fades into horizon).
Your horizon line is about in the middle of the picture, but the pyramid's bottom lines point to somewhere way up, and that's what causes the effect of the picture being taken from above. In fact, if the vampire sitting on the chair would hop down of it, he would fall some 7 feet and chip a fang!:D
If you have trouble with this (I know well that perspective is a pain in the rear):) just let me know, there are many ways to go without having to dust off your giant geometry squares and T-ruler (yuck).
Keep us posted!!

[musi]

Hey Axel,

That's a very nice start of the environment design!:thumbsup: Love that palm tree and that round brick thing on the foreground (though I don't know what's it :D)!
I agree with Gabriel about the perspective, things are looking a bit flat right now... But you going to fix it for sure, unless it's a part of your style.
Good work! Keep going! :thumbsup:

[AxelAlonso]

Well Let's see if this looks alright? :shrug:some spots need palm trees, but I guess I will add those untill the composition, reads better.
http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/linework.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

Fernando-¡Muchísimas Gracias Amigo!:) Ayuda mucho tus palabras de apoyo!

I am glad you like the design of the skulls, since it was my intention to go for the “Mayan /Toltec” style, and yet to cover the monster tropical mood! I agree in the cloth texture though, it was a quickie just to see how high Hill be those pyramids.:D



George-Thanks for the comments helps a lot!:thumbsup: Yes that perspective was all wrong; I guess I was wondering if the pyramids will work as well for design and all that! although,I will keep working on it Thanks again!:)



Gabriel-Hola Mr. master de los consejos!:thumbsup: Ayudaria el saber despues como usas el vanishing point en PS.?jaja

Well I think I correct the horizon line at the BG, hope looks better with everything else let me know please!



Alexandra-:wavey:Hi there! and Thanks so much for the kind’s words of support! I am glad you like the “pillar of the sun” (that’s how I decide to call it) haha were did it came from? Probably from some lost pyramid that went to the ocean were, Mr. Vampire it’s taking base on, for his sun bath! I am fixing all the perspective, so do tell me all you think on, plase! Thank You!:D




Sorry for the late post, to much work lately! :rolleyes: But you guys are Awesome!:applause:THANKS

[digital-bobert]

Alright! Keep going Axel. Pretty cool buildings

[BlackCandy]

Hi Axel! :scream: I like a lot the design you did for the buildings! it match very well with all the characters, I like them all,and they are acting odd, so you narow it ! good the idea, I think!:thumbsup:
:love:Love the Witch she looks very sexy for a green wicked witch,and the WereWolf, he's sexy!:rolleyes:

[AxelAlonso]

Thank YOU! Bobby!:D What an honour! Wait for more pretty soon color updates! I am so glad you like the buildings, I change them a bit well for a better perspective I hope!:rolleyes:

[Jeffparadox]

Hi Axel, sorry man, I wrote a long reply to you some time ago, but when I wanted top post it, cgtalk went into maintanance :P :D so everything I wrote was gone...

your characters are fantastic, and the FG elements in your environment are delicious... I'd like to mention 2 things:
1) I'd try to spread out your characters a bit more into the scene, change their sizes so that some of them are close-up and some of them are far away from the scene. Right now it looks like there is a Fg and a MG for the characters, I think a character or two in the bg could improve your setting.
2) your horizon line corresponds to the base of the bg buildings, in that case we wouldn't be seeing the ground on which those structures stand. right now it has a feeling of downhill a little. If you redraw your hill in a way that we don't see the ground on it, or we see it very very thin, it'd be a lot easier for you to get the right perspective for the buildings... well, these are my 2 c buddy...

keep up the good work, can't wait to see those characters painted!!!

[Korendo]

Great start on the beach, you have a fine style.

[CyborgJA]

Ehi man, long time since I do not visit this thread and I've to admit you did a great work !

[AxelAlonso]

BlackCandy-Hola Brujilla del Mal!MIL GRACIAS! :scream:Thanks so much for all the mentioned! I am so glad you like them you are so tough to please!:D And thanks for giving some of your time, to check my ideas!

Jeff-Hey! So glad to see you! :scream:And Thank You! For writing back I know sometimes it gets a bit high maintenance this forum! Ha-ha! About all you mentioned already, I agree and I am working on it! So please take a look on this last line art, post, I hope since this one works better, I already start to paint some characters, and I am waiting for the thumbs up to keep going with the FG and BG.:shrug:?

Ralph-I am very thankful, for the kind words, and very glad you like my style; :rolleyes:I hope the next postings will entertain you as well! And please comment all you want! Ooh! I love the fairy you did! Very nice!:thumbsup:



Serena-So good to see you!:) No worries I bet you have been busy, like almost we all are at the end of summer! But I am so glad you like it, it encourage me so much to keep improving my techniques! Thanks:scream:

[AxelAlonso]

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This time, I changed the pyramids, from the back to match better the perspective and also add some palm trees, I also re arrange the characters like Jeff suggested, Thank YOU! I like them more like this, hope its what you were trying to say?

[AxelAlonso]

Well this time I put about everything I am painting right now! please comment ! if there's a problem I still dont see:shrug:http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/bgtest-012.JPG

[Ferx]

Hola Axel, como has estado? hace algun tiempo que no te veía por aquí :) Me gusta muchisimo tu concepto y tus personajes están de poca "m", la verdad te va a quedar una ilustración muy fregona :D

Hey Axel, great update my friend, i love all your characters, really cool!! :thumbsup:
A question, the werewolf and skullina are fying with the octopus?

I think the "diablo" need to be left beside of "big foot", and the octopus group moving a bit to the left (diablo between octopus group and big foot)

I like a lot your pyramid designs, really great , perhaps more mountains in the horizon, from your last mountain, diminishing them, to behind bigfoot, only a comments :)

Again, great work Axel Cheers :beer: (creo que ya no podemos estar cheleando mucho y ya hay que darle prisa a esto o no acabamos... jajajajajaja :D )

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Fer! mil Gracias por el apoyo amigo ya se no mas chela ni rompope, por ahora nada de estar tarde como buenos mexicanos jajaja..:D

Thanks so much for the feed back, and comments,:thumbsup: as for the Devil and the Octopus party team! I already switch them to see how they work, maybe the mountains will be added, if the heavy clouds that I am planning to add from the left side won’t work! :rolleyes:And the Octopus supposedly it’s like a parasailing thing the like to do, there will be some bats caring the octopus I just haven’t done those yet! Becaouse all the strings that make the composition a bit too messy! With out color! :sad:

And I am very glad and happy you like the buildings, trying to get in touch with my culture back grounds haha!:buttrock:


Y a cambiar el tarro por la taza de cafee!:argh: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

[AxelAlonso]

Hi everybody!:D late night of work! and Here are the Bats! (they will be polished once I start painting them don't worry:rolleyes:) Since ther will be no seagulls allowed in this paradise for monsters!, and I didn't add too many of them because they are vampire’s bats so they should be strong enough to hold them all! By the way thank You Fernando :)! I changed the characters like you so wisely mentioned before and it work like magic! THANKS!:scream:

http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/bgtest-013.JPG

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, trabajando hasta tarde?.... hahahahah, no nos queda de otra, aqui sigo yo también dandole un rato, pero creo que ya no voy aguantar mucho.. :D

Really cool improvement, i like a lot ! the bats are a clever and great touch, really funny and nice!! :thumbsup: and the new mountains are more than enough for the landscape, great! Again, great work ( y pués tendremos que cambiar las chelas y el tequila por café, para aguantar las desveladas :D )

[thepineman]

its been a while since the last time I was here. woa, you change the composition. its looking better with those buildings. you know i could already foresee how this will look like when painted in full color. good luck with this one.

[AxelAlonso]

Hi Manny- Thanks so much for taking time to check it out all my crazy ideas! And the support it’s a gift for me already! Thank You! Let’s hope the color version will turn out better than the expected! Ha-ha!:)

[SteevieWoo]

hey Axel long time no see.... forgiveme for not posting right away when I saw your new one yesterday but it was like 2:00 AM already, boy, this afterhours are killers! and I just seem to get nowhere.. Im glad you are doing better than me because I see a great improvement here......

Woha... the wacky octopus expression finaly has an explanation and it's cool and funny indeed, only I think that now this group looks like the main element in the picture, if you mean it that way then no problem, but being that the case then I remember a previous post that showed the wolf and oct at the right of the picture, thus creating a diagonal path as you follow their relationship with the vampire, and I think it could work better for the rest of the chatacters to be in between of those two.

Right now the witch is fleeing from the picture. Her, the horizon line and the diagonal edge of the sea create kind of a composition arrow pointing to the right, and that could draw all the sights away of the actions in the middle and specially from your cool pyramids in the left!! Oh, that woud be bad!! !!

I could suggest to grab the four character on the sand and move them to the left, then fly the wolf group to the right corner and see how it works, I'm not sure, but that could help.

Oh, and I think the sea kid's eyes are looking a bit to high, Hey! he's staring at the witch!!... the little peeper.....:eek::eek: oh heck, I would do that too if I was standing right there.

See you aroud as always Axel, and excuse any typos, my mind went to sleep like half an hour ago...

[brujamayor]

Well I see you are ready for painting! :thumbsup: Love all the composition maybe the BG pyramid its abit to big the one with the big skull design on it, (very cool also) just try decreasing the size for a bit! And the idea of the bats its Fantastic! waiting to see soon a color post! Have fun!:)

[BlackCandy]

Hi Axel!!:bounce:

:applause: :twisted: I like a lot the vampires bats or whatever you want them to be! I like them! about the BG I like the pyramids, but I think you need a bit more of space in the back of the last pyramid like more hill space in the back and a bit up..:hmm: Hope I could explain my self!
BYEEEEE:beer:

[AxelAlonso]

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Well I start today! coloor hurray!:D OMG so much to dooo! ooh THANKS SO MUCH for the quik replays on the composition here comes next both proposals, for the way to put the characters::rolleyes: ?
Gabriel! thank you my friend you are awesome! please let me know alright! Fer, same please!:)
Bruja Mayor! Thank you it's an honor to see you again here! I worked on the size as you told me for the pyramid! hope it works now?:D

[AxelAlonso]

OK Here it is OPTION#1

http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/Composicion2.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

OPTION#2 MUWAHAHA! sorry to much cafee!:bounce:
http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/Composicion1.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

Gabriel- Thanks so much for all the time to xplain to me what O just cant see at naked eye in this moments! I agree in all, I just don't know if I did right in doing what you sugested? hope I did! oo! and I am glad you like the bat's idea! hurray! so the fly team! can have a better explatation, also I changed a bit the shape of the ocean to see if favors better the Witch!, and the eyes of my little peeper haha will be fixed thanks:) , coz he needs to take more atention toward his worst fear! water! hahaha..And don't stay up to late! or at least drink up some favorite of mine "cafee de olla" mmm cinamon!

[Korendo]

I am in talkative visions mode. My suggestion regards the beach an attractive witch and a handsome vampire, so far nothing new. Now use a different ending to the Wizard of Oz, there was yet one more evil witch and she takes Dorothy and the remains of her crew to the beach and is joined by her vampire friend. The shell of the tin man is seen as rusted and sticking out of the sand, what’s left of the scarecrow is sticking out of a fire. A rug under the table a looks a lot like a human-like-lion, and over the fire a small form is roasting (Toto?). As for Dorothy the Rudy slippers are on the witch’s feet. Perhaps other indications of Dorothy demise such as the large hour glass with all the sand at the bottom. In the sky a dark lettering stating “GOOD RIDANCE DOROTHY” that is reminiscent of the “Surrender Dorothy” seen in the original film. Maybe this will give a conceptual and visual context, via multiple cliché abuses. I am not familiar enough with these forums to know if suggestions for major concept shifts are appropriate, if this is inappropriate then my apology. With the short time frame it will take some magic to pull off!


Again thank you for your recommendations, of course it is harder to implement than understand.

[SteevieWoo]

Yep, that's what I was meaning, Now see if it works for you, and lets see what everyone thinks too!

Hey, the yety took a safe place this time... I was thinking he was too close to the waves and they would destroy his little igloo and he would cry...... Wahahaha!

Finally into color, the background is great!!

Cheers buddy:beer:

[Hiun]

This is a very fun filled day:eek:

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, me gustan mucho los cambios de la opción 2 ! y el fondo está muy fregón!!

Axel, i like a lot the changes on your composition, cool mate! and the background is really great, and with colour, pop beautiful! :thumbsup: (perhaps the only test that you need to do is flip bigfoot, i think if he face to the right, all the characters now center the action on the beach) Again, really great work my friend ( and i love the sexy witch!!) Salud con café de olla !! ( y no le vayas a poner ron a tu cafecito, eh? aunque no es mala idea hahahahaha :D )

[Jeffparadox]

Hi Axel,

Your color palette is just great, and I love the distant mountains! So I guess I liked the composition with the witch running in the water, mostly because i can see more of the background there, and you could do splashes...

You could also try to shrink the werewolf/bats/octopus combination :D to about 20-25%, and move them to the upper-right corner of the composition in the sky, flying away. That would fill up the gap at that area of the canvas, and leave you all the room for you to render a nice background and clouds in the middle of your composition, which you already started. You could also try making the tanning guy bigger, about 150%, and rotate him clock-wise so that his foot gets out of the canvas (sometimes breaking the canvas like that may work nicely); which could bring him closer to us, and create a more powerful depth. some ideas anyway...

The new buildings in the bg look great! keep on rocking dude! loving those colors... :beer:

[CyborgJA]

I love the sea-sky-rocks palette.
I think you can improve a little bit the 3D sensation of the building cause now I see it a little liiiiittle bit flat.

Only an opinion eh !

Good work man !

[nwiz25]

damn! love your palette! looking at the beach scene makes me wanna take a vacation! :cry: sighhh .. the good ol beach! love it! :p

i think i'll go with option 1 .. it leads the viewer right from left to right ... or more like a down slope .. also ..
> add the shadows to see how it works with the characters and with the entire scene ... it makes a big difference .. ( me found this out while painting the background ;) )
> more contrast to the mountains .. just like the buildings ..

thats it i guess .. maybe i'm missing smthin .. really eager to see your next update :p

cheers my friend! god bless!

[Korendo]

Axel, Axel.... Where are you!! (Virtual you)



I strapped on my heavy Herman Monster boots to keep me grounded. {8>)> The Bewitching Beach, the apex of the Bermuda Triangle? Can’t wait to see you’re latest, I have my suntan lotion on, garlic just incase, and a small bag of salamander eyes has a host’s gift.



May the force be with you!

[AxelAlonso]

HI Every Body THANKS SO MUCH! Sorry for replaying so late, I am in painting mode!:arteest: Your opinion, comments and votes, Mean a lot to me ... Thanks so much:love:

Ralph- Wow! So many clever ideas you got! Love the idea of the Witch leading the innocent Oz Team! To a new path, but for reasons of time, I am a bit late to change the whole concept! I hope I can spice up a bit more the personalities so they won’t look that ordinary! ;) And Dorothy might go to a sequel project in the future! But I can’t BQ poor Toto! I like dogs! I can BQ Dorothy though!:rolleyes: JK….And for the help and support and effort to make a better artist in me! THANKS! I appreciate it so much!:D



Gabriel-QUE HONDA! JAJA! A thousands thanks, I think the new composition will work better 2nd it’s the winner so far , lets put all the crazy guys together! And that’s it! Haha , please let me know anything else pop up in your mind! Just vent over the thread!:wise:



Kamal- I am glad to see you like the fun day! They better have some fun after all my efforts to expose them in this weather!



Fer- Gracias Amigo! You are the guardian angel of the posts and comments! And I think the “Yeti” if I turn him to see the other guys, the little puddle won’t show that much! But once I update them we can always change our mind! All you said its very true! so I have it in mental note! Thanks again for keeping an eye on my thread with so much help!:scream:



Jeff- Hey you! Mr. Pro! Haha Can’t possible see a post form you with out learning something new! OMG you are right I change them and they look good! Only problem it’s that we had been alone on that idea of sexy Witch splashing water! So I will keep painting and see if still Works! Its awful to see same thing over and over and don’t came up with a clever way to put them! The Vampire, I changed a bit his place and rotate him as you said, and the Werewolf’s team I shrink him, but lead him at the left corner so it can made some eye contact with the witch! Thanks for the time and patience! Haha:)



Serena-I am so glad to see you ! I think so too those buildings need more contrast, let me know what you think in the next alright? Thank you Thank you!:thumbsup:



Neville- Hey my friend! I am very grateful for the comments and ideas! :DI miss the beach as well, so maybe that’s why I will try to picture it as perfect as it can be, for a good monster’s holiday! We all need it! Please let me know what you think in the future post! Your comments help so much and motivate as well with your always kind words!

[AxelAlonso]

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Ok I need more texture in the sand and ocean! but since I need to pose those crazy guys 1sth I am still working in that I will post next the almost final decision for all and let me know!please ! haha!

[UldFerr]

Hello Axel,
great work and beautiful colors, can't wait to see the caracters in place.

[Jeffparadox]

wow man you got that real quick! Loving your paint job, and your colors so far. no critique from me. water looks great, ( I suck at painting water :D) waiting for your final composition...

Hey! those distant mountains reminds me "The Goonies" haahahaha. Awesome!!!

p.s. i think i'm liking this flipped version more :D

keep it up dude...

[SteevieWoo]

Wow you have a lot done since I last saw it! I see you have an extra stone for the vampire to lean on... good....

I like the flipped vesion Too, but that happens all the time. lets see how the characters work on it!

I still think the pyramids got almost lost:shrug: what about moving the little one abit to the left,
like that is the scenic area and quite a dangerous fall too:D

[musi]

Hi Axel,

You flipped the whole thing! I wander how it will read with all the characters...
Beautiful background painting, specially like the close up water! :love:And just lovely color palette!
Axel, it's really good, my friend! :thumbsup:
I agree with Jeff about shrinking the octopus group, I guess it can place it away from camera and enhance the perspective... But I see you already tryed it out!

Looking forward...!

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, i love the colours and textures, the beach looks awesome!!, really cool!! :thumbsup:
I agree with Gabriel about the pyramid and perhaps down a bit the smallest palm and some big rocks in front of the pyramid´s cliff can works well :)
Again, awesome work my friend !! (y hay que pisarle al acelerador !! :D ) :beer:

[Korendo]

Greetings Axel,

Ah you are back! The virtual you that is (which is what I was referring to). I was worried that you had gotten into an altercation with Sponge Bob. Sponge Bob was upset; he thought the levitated octopus was his neighbor Squid Ward. I smoothed the whole thing out.... Maybe that's what scared all your models away! He is a bit spooky.

Hope they will reappear soon, it looks like a wonderful beach to hang out on.

[AxelAlonso]

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Well I don't post the Bg yet coz I am working on it and I had the urge to post this colors in case they don't seem ok to change them although will help a lot to post all together so next one will be all of them but this is my heavy team! and I still must do all those bats! haha oo I havent finish them off corse so there's more moree detail to come!

[AxelAlonso]

Uldison- Thanks so much I am glad the colors are doing some points to help out the mood! its nice to hear from you like always! you are going really goood as well!:thumbsup:

Jeff- I lovee Goonies! I'd like to sayd I saw the movie for inspiration, on the mountains! add more flavor to the env. but sadly was a lack of sleep the result of that hahaha! and I am pleased to hear you like the colors theres more so please critic and comment with your wizdom of pro! :) ooh I will flip it ! Thanks!:D

Gabriel- yes the stone was a must! so glad you noticed that! hope its not to hard to lean on for Mr. Fangs! haha! I will move those pyramids for sure!:thumbsup: Gracias Amigo!

Sasha- Well ! cant be more happy to hear you like the colors and the water, since it is very important to came across that part to me! there will be more extras in the water, and sand once I placed de Witch and the Kitty with his cowardly master, since there's some splashes to consider here and there, I will shrink that group and post it soon! Thanks so much for droping by my friend:D!!!

Fer- Holaaa amigo! que honda? jajaja!
I will move all you mention it thanks so much ! post it if not today tomoorrow morning and let me know alright? and thanks again for the support!:scream:

( yo te hecho porras! nosotros podemos! jajaja! )

Ralph- Sponge Bob it's my pal! hahaha! so I am glad you told him that! the mosmters are bikini shopping for now! You know holiday and all that! no superficial needs at all! They will be back! really soon! Thanks so much for keep both eyes here!


(sorry the bad spell system of my over tired hand ) hahaha!:rolleyes:

[AxelAlonso]

:rolleyes:Ok since I post by accident another! here I will post how I think this guys will all work together, sorry I havent add all the characters in the current colors but ! I think its easy to understand this way :wise: Please let me know if the modification I did were alright or they just dont work yet? THANK SO MUCH!:scream:http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/02ColorBGNEW.JPG

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, cool colours my friend! I like a lot the Octavio´s expression. Perhaps Octavio´s colour more to a purple tone or purple spots. Think he need spots on his skin :D ( i really like the purple colour...... Ok, no more Hendrix´s music ...... hahahahahahahaha ... ok, ok.... no Prince´s music too....... hahahahahahahaha :D )
Check the right foot of Wolfred ( hahahaha nice names !), seems like a left foot :)
and maybe you can make Skullina a bit bigger.

Again great work my friend !!! Cheers :coffee: <---- not more beer for now , hahahaha :D

(Me gusta mucho ese grupo, las expresiones son muy muy buenas y me encantan los ojos undidos de skullina, genial! y pues a seguirle dando que es mole de olla :D y yo aqui te sigo apoyando, la verdad tienes mucho talento, vamos amigo!!! ( y no dejes de checar lo del pie derecho de wofredo))

[digital-bobert]

hahaha... great characters

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Fer amigo ! que buena honda que le sigues hechando un ojo!

Thank You! Fer I already fix Wolfred's right foot! next post more characters coming out! yay! :bounce:!! and working on Octavio's colors not sure if purple dots or some purple hues here and there, Since I also love purple its such a fun color! and very flexible! And about Skullina's size she got more size ! hurray!:D



Bobby- OMG its a big dio for me that you like the characters ! haha! but I am not finish yet haha! please let me know anything you can bring will be learning feed back for me Thanks! :thumbsup: for all the great support!

[Korendo]

Unquestionably a wide spectrum of powerful inversed behaviors and inversed characteristics are displayed with a great background. I have trouble seeing the vampire guy’s canine teeth, and his bluish skin tone could be confused for one of those powerful blue sunscreen creams, so maybe try a touch of some light grays with a touch of sickly green?

[SteevieWoo]

That wolf is a wacko!! I like him a lot but his tongue is not too clear... it need some shine.......

The comp looks good to me now! maybe later you can add something fying in the middle of the sky area, I don't know... an owl with sunglses or something, :D but lets see later....

Hay nos vemos en una de estas nochesitas......:beer:

[thepineman]

i really like the surfer girl and the flying octopus. the girl looks like shes so excited to go to the beach reminds me of baywatch. maybe you could add some boat or kayak? but probably that will add more complexity so just stick with this idea and hope you finish it before the challenge is over. good luck.

[Nayra]

I know! sorry about the late comment....y como tu dices soy de lo peor :twisted: hahaha!
but like I said b4 u have a gift this is all great and I love ur work...
2day I dont have a star but I have 2 thumbs up hahaha! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I can't wait to see the final results Im so exited!:bounce:

[nwiz25]

hehehehehehe :D wonderful expressions my friend! i can imagine Octavio goin AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!:eek: and skullina and wolfred goin WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! :bounce::D

- i think octavio can have that wet look .. more specularity ..
- in addition to what Ferc mentioned about the skin tone ;) :)
- add highlights to wolfred's teeth ..
- oh yes! character shadows have to be added :)

really looking forward to your work my friend! wishing you the very best as always! :thumbsup:

[Hiun]

Your image just keeps gets more and more fun... Now you make we want a vacation.

Keep up the great work:bounce:

[UldFerr]

Now you talking!!!
I love the whole thing.
I know you are working on it, but right now all the characteres are floating, right? So everybody needs some ground and... the background looks too soft, maybe?!!! I hope I am helping you. Good luck my friend.

[Jeffparadox]

hahahahha, this is looking awesome man, you've got a great eye for color, keep it up!

[AxelAlonso]

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Sorry for the late post! I am so very Happy to hear from everybody, my internet was all wrong this last days, so I am back with more characters to fill out the Back Ground, the Witch "Alfalfa" its next, then "Chicky" the mini swam monster, and his cat, and so the Mr.Hot Devil,phew! so much still to do ...and none of them are full done since I think I still got to finish them once all of them had at least a 70% done

[AxelAlonso]

Well 1sth will be; the Yeti's team, were Thanks to big help from Gabriel (Gracias Amigo:thumbsup:) I know how to paint better fur ! YAY! and also I am pleased to say I have my little baby here "Channel" my puddle dog, I always have the tendency for personal project to add some one dear to me! So this time its her, and next time maybe my black cat "Edea" muwahah!:D So I am not done in all the shadows and texture for the sand castle and the Yeti's skin and horns, but since in the compsition they are a bit small not sure how much more should I go in details here besides the mentioned...:rolleyes:?http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/Yety.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

Here comes the rain again! JK. haha! The Wolfred's Team I havent done much yet on Octavios skin I will add all mentioned already from Fer, and Neville Thank you! but I am almust done with Skullina and Wolfred, like nails and some better shadows once I placed them finally with all the bats, till then I got this, so its never to late to change something:rolleyes:? and hope the purples and fiushas are better in Octavio? the spots on him I am still working on them!
http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/OctavioSteam.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

Next The Vampire "Victor", I have start with him already since he is one of the Stars and I want him done in any detail possible! I need reference for that darn foil tan thingy! but for now that crapy texture its doing some work in my head! I was going to made his skin a bit more grayish and pale! but he blends to much with the sand, so I am adding some purple/browns hues in his charming tan, ooh! he will have some props like the blood cocktail, and the towel maybe....hmm what about holy water? ooh and the expression its not my fav so far hmm! maybe its that weird right eye?
http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/VicitorVampy.jpg

[AxelAlonso]

Ralph- Hey Thanks so much for all the help in the tones for the vampire :) I am still working in that green, the grey looks good on him the only bad thing it’s that he kind of looks so far like a statue hahaha! So with in this time I will give my best shoot! Thanks Ralph

Gabriel-Gracias amigo! I worked in all the coments you mentioned in Wolfred's colors, hope it looks a bit better now? as for that flying object love the owl idea!:thumbsup: but I was thinking in doing my black cat flyng by mistake in a broom? but maybe thats to much, so a crow could be cool also haha!Thanks so much for the great idea!

Manny-I am so happy you like my Surfer Witch! :D She’s so ready for some action in the water, and she does have some serious thrill issues! Hahaha the kayak idea was great! Only bad thing its time at this moment! But could be added in version 2 though!

Nayra- Amiguitaaa de lo Piors! :love:Love to see you here Thank YOU!
You know I always enjoy anything you commnent about my work its always a good thing to know what the friends see in my work!

Neville-I am so happy with all your kind words :D Thanks my friend! I am following all the comments you mentioned already, in Octavio's skin next post will be definitely showing it! And you are hired for the animation project hahaha ! Well considering there will be one some time hmmm?


Kamall- You must go to a vacation with them:buttrock:!They sure will add something new to the holiday and you can never have too much fun! Thanks so much for the support! And for letting me know what you think of the progress!


Uldison-Hey my friend! thanks so much for all the advice its all sooo very true! :thumbsup: I need more contrast and ground on them ! working on it for sure! Thank You! and Thanks again for you help and support ! I love how your painting its going!


Jeff- hi there! Thanks! Well what can I say more that pleased to know you found them funny like I do! Thanks for that, and I am very honoured you like my amateur color palette hahaha! I guess I do what I think I should do so thanks again for the support and words of encouragement!:thumbsup:

[Hiun]

Oh WOW Axel, this is really coming along BEAUTIFULLY! feels like a huge jump since my last visit :eek: This is awesome! The only thing that really needs to be added to set this all off as Neville said are the charater shadows.

Wow, I really LOVE this!:love: I was feeling so lazy when I woke up, I feel a lot better now. Thanks Axel! I need to go take a run then start working on my piece, be as busy and productive as you :D

[Korendo]

Hello Axel,

This is really shaping up! As for the skin tones, a touch of flesh (peach) just here and there, some slightly blood shot eyes, reddish blush on the lip and the touch of blues veins here and there should bring him back from the dead.

[AxelAlonso]

Hi Kamal, Thanks so much for the kind words, always brings up a smile to see some one haveing fun in the life so I am glad I had capture some part in them, and glad you like them to :D do some run take some cafee, and do your wonderfull piece of art its comeing along so nicely!:thumbsup: ooh! working on the shadows as well as soon as I have color in all of them a bit more....
I am off to work in the park! :arteest:and do some painting mean time my dog runs and eats people ( hahah one can only hope ):surprised

Hi Ralph- Hurray! I am so going to use all your color advices haha! he needs some touch up for sure! I was all night doing his skin :cry: !So your are so helping me to take less cafee today! Thank you;)

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, woooow awesom work my friend!! The Yeti´s fur its great!! and "Channel" its a really funny touch!! ( and the Channel fish is cool!! great design!) The wolfred group is comming along very nice!! ( I love the skullina´s eyeslashes!! She is sexy !!)

Victor is cool ( me gusta su pose de "galan de playa":D ) Perhaps on the props you can add a pair of sun glasses (Like in your previz sketches). I think the foil can be nice if reflects sunlight to Victor ( if not, maybe you can take out the foil :D ) I agree with you, the right eye looks a bit weird. The holy water sound good. maybe a bottle branded "Holy Water Tan Oil" - Sun factor protection 13 ( perhaps 666 but sound more diabolic... hahahahahahaah :D )

Again, great and awesome work Axel!! Cheers !! :COFFEE: ( not beers for now :sad: ... hahahahaha :D )

(Esta quedando increible Axel, los colores de la playa me encantan, está muy bien logrado, se ve que estas trabajando muy duro, hasta en domingo... hahahah, muy bien. Creo que debes eleminar la lámina de reflejo en Victor, pero sólo es una opinión personal. Y a seguir dándole, que ya pusieron bandera blanca, o sea, última vuelta.... hahahah soy bastante fan del automovilismo hahahahah:D)

[Korendo]

I set the brushes to color mode, just added different colors, warm ears, fingers, cool shadows and some reflected light, I doubt there is just one color that will meet all your needs for our vamp friend. Made a quick example...

there think I got the link right

http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff257/korendo/?action=share&pic=VicitorVampy2.jpg (http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff257/korendo/?action=share&defaultTabType=FacebookTab&pic=VicitorVampy2.jpg)

[Kei-Acedera]

Hi Axel! wow you've gon along far! looks good..

[AxelAlonso]

Fer-Holaaa amigo!:bounce: Thanks sooo much your support and advices are great and so positive always thanks! I am so doing more work in those crazy guys! But I am happy to hear there are good things in them! And I have the rush of late assignments feeling already haha! So bad! But o boy you are doing great! Hope I can keep on this rhythm:argh: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

(mil gracias por todo lo que comentas y apoyas Fer ojala pueda poner una estrellita de bien hecho como tu jajaja);) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)


Ralph -Thanks so much! I like the colors tip so much, by the way, sorry I cant see the link :sad: maybe its my darn explorer? :shrug:But I am using all you mentioned to boost that Victor Vampire hahaand Thanks so much for the help!


Key- HI I miss you here haha, but I bet you got so much work in your shoulder already!
Love your new idea, and thanks so much for the help and support!:scream: I will guive my best to finish this guys, and I hope you enjoy the almust final round!:wip::arteest:

[Jeffparadox]

Hey Axel,

your painting is looking great man, just enjoying the show here. Keep up the great work!

[Korendo]

This is my first use of this outside posting site hope I can find a URL that will work..

http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff257/korendo/ (http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff257/korendo/)

[AxelAlonso]

Jeff- Hi my friend ! so glad you had a good time in this ideas so far!:scream: I'll keep working hard like you said hahaha! Lots of must "do" right now hehe.


Ralph- wow love the colors in greens, and pinks much more alive he looks like youu said, I am def, takeing all those considaration now and also I did a little change in him for the skin color I'll post it today and let me know when ever you can? thanks so much for the help my friend!:)

[UldFerr]

Damn, holly water as tun oil is a funny and crazy idea. I love it.
Axel, the fur on the yeti looks great, good job. Everything is looking fantastic. The vampire's head make me uncomfortable though. I think it could be more relaxed; he could be resting his head against something, maybe. Or perhaps he could have some sort of more comfortable seat. Well, just an idea; I hate see such a stud suffering in such a hard surface.
Anyway, you are the only person on earth that call me Luiz, so you own the right to keep calling me that.
See ya...

[AxelAlonso]

Luiz- :) Hi my friend thanks so much for the help! I know Victor looks not that confy for now I am working on a nice towel for him and some fresh cocktail or water ! and I hope I can put his pose a bit more ralexed ;) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

Ralph I did a quik change on Victor hope you like this one better?:D

Well here come the new Victor not done yet but I ma a bit more happy with this tones, since the original idea was his skin a bit more purple hahaha! so there I go with my favorite calor once more...:rolleyes:
http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/VictorandYeti.JPG

[BlackCandy]

Hey Axel Than Vampire its loking hot! :drool: as they should, I like much more the new face and the fangs, :thumbsup: I will sugest to add more reflection to the face from that foil, but you might be working on it already, so never mind if you are :D......

I want to see that kitty and the Witch Alfalfa hahaha very nice name:buttrock:! Keep on that step fast like you know it!:wip: and great work! its looking really special and fun all your ideas and colors:love:

[hischam]

Hey Axel,
Nice work there man, you have my vote.
I must say that I always liked you're style of design back in AI, especially character design class.
And also this time I like your characters, especially the swamp kid with his cat who's running towards the ocean haha....brilliant.
good luck with the competition, and hope to stay in touch a bit.

Greets

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, Victor looks nice, and I can see that you are working on the foil reflect in his face, that is great strange behavior for a vampire!! cool!! Perhaps his fangs are a bit large, but i cant see your before large images :shrug:.

Again great work my friend !! :coffee de olla: ....:D

(Ayer vi tus acercamientos, pero hoy no aparecen ... entonces no puedo comentar mucho, pero mañana me doy otra vuelta :) , y a darle duro !!! )

[icedeyes]

Hey Axel,

Sorry for being away for so long but i have been too busy at school... Victor looks good but just as a suggestion, you could add some burn marks on his skin... And maybe tone down the green tones in the shadows... looking good overall...

keep it up buddy,
George

[musi]

Hey Axel,

Very nice progress on vampire and the snowman group! This is really going the right way, my friend :thumbsup:!!!
Just a tiny-bitty suggestion: you may make a bigger contrast between lighting on his sun side and shadow side, and may be even add some glow on skin on some hotspots? Just a thought...

Good work!

[Nayra]

Looking good my dear friend! :applause:
everyday is getting better and better and channel looks great love it! :love: ....she is so glamorous like always hahaha! and whos the vampire????:eek: presentalo hahahaha!

[Korendo]

Axel,

The Vampire is looking great! I like the new fangs but I would shorten them just a touch, and maybe a little stronger shadow under his foot. The fur and detail on the “Snowman” are also looking great, my only concern there is he seems to have the same skin color as the Vampire, maybe a touch more blue?:)

[AxelAlonso]

Dulce- Thanks so much my dear friend :love: !! Love to keep those vampire guys, in your standard level haha ! but I did some changes on him hope you like them hehe! in the next post ?

Hischam- Hey you Mr.VFS ! hahaha you should put your demo reel's link in your post so people can see it more GREAT ANIMATIOR! thanks so much for you help and support my friend ! the little swam monster its about to come more detail and crazy than ever maybe by tonight I finish him haha!:beer: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

Fer- Hola amigo Correle! jajaja! Well so nice to see you here with some time we all are now painting like madly!:arteest: But thanks so much in all the tips I changed a bit his skin color and pose in the legs, and I get rid of the foil thingy coz it just wasn't working as goos as I hope! in all the composition, to much white squares! hehe but next post comes an idea you gave me for tan lotion??:rolleyes:....

George- Soooo nice to see you here , I hope school it's not killing you like always does, the darn renders! haha! and Thanks so much for the comments and help, I changed Victor's color skin and lighting concept...hope it works? thanks so much!:)

Sasha-I am glad its working something there hahaha! but I changed him again!:D coz I need more contrast like you said its a bit plane still but I am overwelmed by so many characters hahaha!

Nayra-yay! so happy to seen you here again!:applause:!!! thanks so much for all the support my dear friend! and please let me know if something its not rigth with the others in the next post haha!

Te lo presto al Victor, una vez que acabe de hacer su trabajo jajaja! Y la Chanel ya savez no debe faltar "The Glam Touch" jaja!:D



Ralph- thanks so much to you Ralph I was a bit lost in my hues and colors for the dead skin and yet appealing, but I changed another color "purple" a but more than before so let me know alrigh?THANKS sooo much my friend:thumbsup:

[AxelAlonso]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/12978/12978_1192902648_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/12978/12978_1192902648_large.jpg)

Well I work already in all of them! HURRAY! so now comes the part I enjoy more details hahaha! love them but I still need so much shadows and cast light to do, but this weekend its a must to finish at least a 90% of all so maybe before Wednesday I am done ?

[AxelAlonso]

well I changed! Victor reflector idea, coz with every body in there the foil was makeing an strange frame on him and its was to light to balanced the composition, so I dis some changes on his pose a bit more relaxed his right leg, and color skin, well a bit his hair style and fangs...:rolleyes: ooh! Thanks Fer I did the greta idea you told me on him about the 666 sun protector lotion haha!http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/VicitorVampyDOS.JPGhttp://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/PropsVictor.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

Ok Yerba its more sexy than ever in her new 2 piece swim suit! haha inpired by what one of my friends told me once, " I want a pupkin suit for summer" so there! haha:D well I am bit happy with her board design it looks like its not an actual surf board, but a coffin lid, and it does make the trick for floating on it for sure! haha:rolleyes: the hair its shorter that what I draw origunaly alsohttp://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/WickedWITCHYerba.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

Well here it comes the Bad Evil "Mr.Cruz" , seller of crosses, and he might even get some of them,in the pyramids above, you know ..he doesn't care anything if he get something in return ...haha, well I was going to add much more detail but hes a bit far way so I just think in the future I might post them separate so they can show better textures and contrast.
http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/DEVILseller.JPG

[AxelAlonso]

And here comes the Swam Monster, whom I just start doing colors and magics with hime, hahaha, the cat its fun to paint! so its very basic now maybe by tonight I manage to finish them with all the Efx they need in the water and shadows ...http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/SwamBoyKITY.JPG

[Ligo]

Hey look its coming toghether :) nice to see, looking forward to the finish on it! Thanks for the comment on my image by the way, please give me some feedback on my latest update, needed in this final of hours ;) one thing i am a little drawn to in your image is the purple mans leg he has in the air, a little flat looking maybe, pherhaps shading in the top part more and separating the caf ( dont know the spelling on that one, from the thigh would do it too. Keep it up, only a few days more man!

[AxelAlonso]

Linus- Thanks so Much I will sure work more in Victors contrast , Thanks so much for the help, and You are almust finish! hurray :thumbsup:!
I will do my best to do it so haha!:)

[cbernardo]

LOL! Great scene! I like very much the colors!

Cheers,
Carlos

[Korendo]

Hi Axel,

Great going, being a digital work there really never is an ending if you want to keep refining it.

Great to see it all come together. Love the witch’s bating suit, surfboard, her makeup and hair and the Vamp’s suntans lotion. :thumbsup: The cat’s leash is a bit day glow; needs a shadow and the witch’s feet are bit on the short side, unless you like shorter feet. I used the liquefy tool to stretch them out a bit (digit abuse?).

http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff257/korendo/

Look forward the your final and your artist statement! Thanks for all your helpful comments and encouragement!

[Ferx]

Hey Axel, really great updates my friend !! Amazing characteres !! and the colours on them are really cool!! Yerba is really hot, and i like her black hair and her ultra sexy green skin!!:love:
Great detail on Victor´s bloody mary glass, and the bottle of sun protector its a cool touch ! hahahahaha :D Very nice expression on the swamp boy and his cat ! ( I love that fearless cat!) oohhh y Mr. Cruz is an authentic devil!! :twisted: hahahaha, awesome character design!:thumbsup: Your concept its growing in a cool way !! Again, great work Axel ...you are going out of the last curve and entering in the final straight, put all the gas !! go, go, go, go Axel
:cofee de olla: :D

( Vas muy bien, falta el ultimo empujón y ya estamos . Para las sombras de los personajes en la arena, después de la deformación, da un retoque en ellas, por ejemplo la sombra de los pies de Yerba, no llega a sus pies, pon un poco de sombra debajo del pie en la arena del señor cruz :) . Y a seguir dándole duro, que está quedando super bien!)

[Hiun]

Holy :eek: This is GORGEOUS!!:bounce:

[AxelAlonso]

Carlos- hi there!:wavey: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) working hard here with those colors still :wip: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) hehe but thanks so much for the support Helps a lot thank you for the kind words:)


Ralph- Thanks my friend I did the change in her feet, maybe small feet works some times, not this one ( I like them at times:shrug: ) but they work better a bit bigger haha! thanks so much!:D

Fer- Hey my friend :bounce:got any moore "cafe de olla" haha I am needing a bit more to finish :banghead: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) hehe... I am sure I will step on to finish this holiday sort of spek ...soon very soon haha! Thanks so much for the support! and encoragement grrr need for colors haha!:arteest: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)


Kamal- Thanks So much almust doneee buaaa! :cry: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) I am so glad you like so far all thanks so much!:)
(http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

[Jeffparadox]

Woww Axel such great colors and amazing progress!

An absolute eye-candy I love all the bright colors, they all blend nicely... You're going fast, enjoy the details :D

may be a few colorful stones and shells here and there, to tie up the environment with the characters? just an idea my friend, can't wait to see the grand finale!

[AxelAlonso]

Hi Jeff, Thanks so much for the help. For sure will add some shells and stones like you said:thumbsup: sure will be a nice touch! I was even planing on doing some crows but I'll have to finish all the others in time 1sth:rolleyes:.....hmm so little time...hehe Thanks!:D

[Ligo]

Thanks Alonso for the comments, and now i finally got my screen calibrated so im just tweaking and making changes, kind of satisfied but could have been done better. Can you check so the contrast and everything is better? so hard this thing with screens :P Your image is really looking nice, a good day at the beach, glad we have alot of happy pieces here in the competition! :) Keep it up these our last comp days!

[brujamayor]

Thanks Alonso for the comments, and now i finally got my screen calibrated so im just tweaking and making changes, kind of satisfied but could have been done better. Can you check so the contrast and everything is better? so hard this thing with screens :P Your image is really looking nice, a good day at the beach, glad we have alot of happy pieces here in the competition! :) Keep it up these our last comp days!
Hellow again,,,,looking for your advance every day.....it is nice to see how can you growup each draw and color change....excelente amigo........buena suerte

[brujamayor]

Thanks Alonso for the comments, and now i finally got my screen calibrated so im just tweaking and making changes, kind of satisfied but could have been done better. Can you check so the contrast and everything is better? so hard this thing with screens :P Your image is really looking nice, a good day at the beach, glad we have alot of happy pieces here in the competition! :) Keep it up these our last comp days!
HELLOW AXEL I AM BRUJA MAYOR LOOKING FOR YOUR ADVANCE ....KEEP GOING....YOU DONE SOO WELL...

[UldFerr]

Hey Axel, great updates. I love all the characteres. I would like to point one thing and sorry if you already read this somewhere, I did not went back in your comments to check, but I think the background is too soft against the sharppines of your figures and I think it helps make them look like they are floalting, not grounded. I hope this can be helpfull somehow.
Again, great job my friend.

[BlackCandy]

Hey My Friend! I am in love with the Mr. Cruz character! Bravooo!:love: And Octavio's skin needs better texture and color contrast I think...maybe working in that already hehe so never mind..and the bats the 1sth strings look weird, maybe guive them a better tention to them, The Vampire Victor looks hot but maybe to purple, and the Yety I think needs some changes in his skin color to look better at distance:D..haha I am sure you are working on it so just to tell you GREAT WORK! :eek::twisted::thumbsup::arteest:

[na]

I like your idea, there's a lot going on and it's a lot of fun :)

Good luck to you!

[artozi]

It's one of those concepts that brings smile and pleasure! There are some technical issues, like size of those creatures comparing to the coast. They are huge! It is still fun to observe the intensive action there. Go on!

[brujamayor]

HELLOW AXEL I AM BRUJA MAYOR LOOKING FOR YOUR ADVANCE ....KEEP GOING....YOU DONE SOO WELL... OIGA ME HA DEJADO CON LA BOCA ABIERTA AHHHHHHHH ESTAN PADRISIMOS TUS DIBUJOS SUPER CREATIVOS HECHALE MUCHAS GANAS QUE TENDRAS MUCHO EXITO SUERTE TE QUIERO .. EMY

[Korendo]

Time to crank this thing out! Let her rip. I do hope to meet your witch friend in person she is quite a good looker! :)

[Kei-Acedera]

You're close to finish--keep it goin! The kid sea monster is my favorite :)

[AxelAlonso]

Thanks to all this is more fun than what it's usually is! I will replay more extended once I finish better the next post...Thank YOU for all the support and help!:love:

Linus-Thanks again for the support I will surely keep on eye there we all need help ! and always glad to guive some...well at least I hope I do some haha!

Amparo- Yay I am working as you can see really hard on all the sugestion and enjoying the late paint nights haha!:scream:

Fer- Thanks so much my friend! always glad to hear all your support and helpfull ideas! you almust finish! looking great!:thumbsup:

Uldison- well you got all right everything you mentioned Thanks so much for the good eye :) I need it a lot! Thank you my friend next post will look better ....I hope?

Dulce- Ok Ok I will do it hahaha just kiding sure will do! Thanks!

Bill- love your avatar ! Thank you! I will surely be glad to keep your support ! thanks!:)

Mateusz- Very glad to know you like the mood and concept ! thanks I will work in the scale better yet for the next post, let me know if works better? haha! Those darn huge monsters!:scream:

Ralph- My man! hey rush ahour here with lots of sand in my tablet haha!:bounce:

Kei- OoH boy! great to hear from you ! my little swamp monster will look great! its also there for all the support from you Kei :) Thanks! so hope you like the final result? :surprised haha!

[AxelAlonso]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/12978/12978_1193505030_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/12978/12978_1193505030_large.jpg)

I had so many things more to add but the time wont let me ...to bad i decide one idea so late ! hahaha..so far my only problem its that my characters can't show all the detail I'd like to...so working a bit more in contrast in general..and let me know if anything doesn't work Thanks !

[AxelAlonso]

http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/StrangeBehaviourMONSTERsHoliday1.JPG
well

This shows better the textures and colors...o man did I have fun with Victor's color skin, (not) hahaha and hope my cat looks haveing fun at the sea..with his not so crazy abou it "pal" ..Wolfred's team looks just like I picture maybe I could add more time in them but drives me crazy when deatils wont show up! heheh well just let me know..

[Hiun]

I know what you mean Axel about not being able to se ethe texture, especially when you put so much time into it. Well that's why you can always crop sections and show them in all their glory :D . The most important thing though is that the image as a whole works. It would suck to have amazing details and superb texturing and the image doesn't even fit, or worse doesn't say anything at all. You need not worry about that because your image speaks! There is a lot to be absorbed from your piece and I hope you finish the way you want to my friend!:thumbsup:

You have my best wishes, keep it going.

[AxelAlonso]

I need to know at this point if the env, its comunicating all the idea with everybody and the colors are shadeing correctly....so please if any cents are left in our busy weekend I will love to know haha!:surprised:)....

http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/CloseUpTWO.PNG

http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/SWAMPBOYandKITTY.PNG

http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/WolfredsTEAM.PNG

http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/VICTORSVAMP.PNG

[AxelAlonso]

Thanks Kamal! I will surely end up haha hope it will be as I wish so hehe:curious:...and for the love of Halloween ! preetty soon!:bounce:
Thanks so much...

[Ligo]

Hey, thanks for stopping by again, you are my foremost visitor ;) hands down.
Soon your there also and i hope you enjoy yourself as much as i have!

So now for my cents, love the water where it hits the sand but i am missing a little more color in the water further out, just to pop it into life a bit more, blends with the sky a bit otherwise but sure hope the halloween party at school next week is as great as this will be! Rock the last days now! tell me when its finished, want to see.

[Korendo]

Love the all your fine details; the ocean water near by is exceptional. This is such a fine work, both beautiful and surprising. All the best,

[BlackCandy]

Wow! The details are Superb!:eek::bounce::love::thumbsup: The Swamp Boy and his cat, looks just fantastic and funny all his efects are sooo sweet! I also like so much the final result from Victor's skin tone.. :twisted: :thumbsup: looks much more like the vampire and blends the style perfectly, Wolfred looks soo great he kind of resambles the dog personality as well as the wolf's , and Skullina she is a fun girl to hang out with all the team looks great, Octavios skin colors and efects are an eye candy for sure! Hey I can't see anything to critic right now...:curious: Maybe you just need to finish your own idea like you want to and thats it...Great Work Axel!:scream:

[brujamayor]

Hola Axel! los detalles estan quedando con mucha magia y vida como tu personalidad siempre lo demuestra! Me esta fasinando todas tus idea y personajes!:love:


Fantastic colors full of magic and fun times, to enjoy! all your characters are one of a kind! great style!:thumbsup:

[Nemesix]

Very funny one! Lots of chracters and details. very fresh! Me encanta! Well done! Good Luck!

[AxelAlonso]

Linus- Thanks Man. I enjoy a lot your idea it is so cool! And thanks also for takeing some time to help in mine I just color correct all the values in the ocean Thanks...you will see in this next post witch will be The final one in 99% haha...:scream: and enjoy that party like a monster!

Ralph - My Friend! Thanks so much I am so glad you like the water since its is the important point in that BG also...so Thanks again for help and suport.. its great to hear always from you!:)

Dulce- Darling! haha...:surprised wow I duno what to say:blush:.... Mrs Crtitics :curious: haha I am honored!:) Thanks! wait for more....

BrujaMayor- aww thanks :love:I am always up to make people happy and Monster to Thanks! I am glad to see its working

Zara- Great to see you here Thank so much for all the kind words and support you are a very talented artist! Thanks so much!:bounce:

[AxelAlonso]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/12978/12978_1193591794_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/12978/12978_1193591794_large.jpg)

Thanks To Gabriel and Fer I could gather enough energy! for more updates and 99 done where's the 1% left hope its only my signature..haha and Let me know before tomorrow if possible so I can post it tomorrow morning! Thanks so much this Holiday seems more fitted to me once I finish all the work !

[AxelAlonso]

Here it is a better close up! the sand took me some time to get over to many test the right texure I want it! Lets see ..if it shows...the ocean better contrast and the sky less plane and adding some flavor to the beach!

http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/StrangeBehaviourMONSTERsHoliday99.PNG

[AxelAlonso]

Here come all the corrections I did...and also all my cafee time's worth! So hope you guys enjoy...any thing wrong let me know! Please !:love:

http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/VICTOR99.PNG

http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/WolfredsTEAMnYerba.PNG

[Hiun]

Hey Axel... you did a really great job on the water! And those details in the clouds hahahaha skulltastic! :D You have a lot of nice things going on. The touch with the clouds has dramatically enhanced the image I must say. It seems even the clouds are enjoying themselves!

[AxelAlonso]

Kamal- Thanks so much for the great support and help!:) my friend...I am so glad to hear those clouds are adding the extra touch, and also that the water looks like water...yay!:buttrock: my poor hands are tired but I shall finish! I havent even start doing my costume! hahaha! maybe the only thing so far I know that could change its the space in betwen the Yeti and the Mountain...so I will post again! :scream:

[NR43]

very vivid colors!

Not sure if it has been mentioned yet so just in case: your dracula has too many abs (8 pack iso a 6- pack).

this is a great fun piece and very pleasing to the eye
the expression on that octopus' face is hilarious!

[AxelAlonso]

Johan - Hi Thanks so much! for the support! :thumbsup: I am glad you like the colors, and Octavio's face, I am really happy you enjoy the moment! And thanks for Victor's sugestion, but I gave him that anatomy to exagerate a bit more the vampires body, Since they are really strong! and also some people can show that defination depending in how tall and ripped they are :) Thanks for the support!

[OKMER]

Hahaha, love that werewolf!!!Hilarious!Nice pic man!Gogogo Alex!Good luck & Cheers!:beer:

[AxelAlonso]

Hi Remko! Thanks so much ..hurray! for that were wolf Wolfred!:beer: glad its doing his work in there..haha! and thanks so much for the support ...you are working fast and great! :thumbsup:

[Korendo]

The skull face in the clouds is a great touch. Best of luck with that last 1%,

[AxelAlonso]

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Well Hurray! we got more time but I finish all this tonight so I guess its best to show up the new things I add , like the Witch's coffin, I add this prop to give a better history to "Yerba" adding the purple towel, and some pumpkins instead of watermelon, as we usually take to the beach! I also add another cloud so the sky wont look with out any flavor! hate not having details in my ideas! haha! and also I did and upgrade to the pyramid temple so it will look more tall and adequate to the environment...oh some more blue in the ocean as well! haha! Thanks guys I will keep smoothing this ..but I need some sleep! hurray!

[AxelAlonso]

Well I bet you didn't xpect this! AHA! hahaha love Izma! shes just like an inner me! hahaha well at least one! OK soo here more details! I dont know if I should guive some faces to the pumpkins?http://www.geocities.com/aezequielbravo/NewUpdatesSpookyH.PNG

[BlackCandy]

Axel hahahaha! :love::eek:This looks great! The clouds and the pyramids looks wow fantastic very original my dear evil friend! and the cofrin seems to be the perfect beach accesorie for Mrs.Witch Yerba ( cool name):twisted:...I want to see what else you are goint to do there ...it looks Fantastic wow!:applause::bounce:

[musi]

Hi Axel,

Wow, looking fantastic!
You have got so much more depth in it then before! And those clouds are amazing, I didn't even notice at first their skull shape :)!
You could get your devil character little deem in color - just to suggest that he is feather down the beach. And that wonderfully looking frog boy could use some more translucency may be? Just some suggestions :)!
And hurry up, I want to see this finished!

[Hiun]

Pumpkins for everyone!!:D You know Axel... those pumpkins did a really great job in activating the space. Now that you have added those, the image is becoming a lot stronger. I have a little suggestion maybe... Those palm trees far in the background... do you think you could make another one a bit closer to us tilting toward the water (bending to the viewers right) Just for experiment, it may add a lot to the image. I was thinking that it might be able to somehow bring us closer to the characters even more in the active area and not have us look far off into the distance at those bunch of distant palm trees.

The image works great as is! Just something you could experiment with. Might just reveal something new to your eyes too :thumbsup:

[UldFerr]

Hello Axel,
your scene are looking fantastic. I love the clouds, they give a very nice touch to the hole scene. And good for you, you have another two weeks to work on it.

[SteevieWoo]

Hey Axel I loved the closeups you really did a great job with that wolfred... hes so wacky...... and I like the hair fowing with the wind, his group is very funny and I think they were really well placed in the end, I also like the new ocean hues a lot!

Great work buddy .is great to see Yerba fully use the parts of her casquet. it makes good sense indeed!:buttrock:

[Jeffparadox]

hey Axel amigo! i've been away from the posts, and you went full speed, this is looking awesome man! everything is turning our great, colors are fantastic, and those clouds, hahahahha. You did such a good job with them, i wasn't expecting skull clouds :D

the brown hill on the BG ends very steep, it looks a little boxy to me, i think a slight slope could make it look better, but thats just my opinion buddy, keep it up. more time, more art!