Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Holli Alvarado

[halvarado]

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Not sure about this one - but the idea in my head looked fun.

[halvarado]

I don't know why I have double posts - oh well.
This is my first CG Challenge. i am a little unsure of what to expect by posting so I will just ask for what i hope for.

I am not sure which idea I like best - which comes across to all as a funny image. Any advice would be great. Or simply a vote for the image liked best so far. If I have more ideas I will post them later!

[halvarado]

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Sometimes we really are what we eat.

[halvarado]

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Mime on the phone?

[Qais]

excellent idea :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
good luck

[Ramitxon]

Cool concept. In fact mimes are great conversationalists.

[swarding]

Great listeners, at least.

It's like Marcel Marcaeu once said:

" ... "

[sgoob]

i can't wait to see how they come out! :)

[halvarado]

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This was another idea I had - I am not sure if I want there to be a fish on the end or a person - but I just liked the idea of a mermaid fishing - I also like the pin up style. I have never done one before.

[cbernardo]

Great ideas! I really like the mermaid! Very pin-up style!

Cheers,
Carlos

[halvarado]

Dogman3d: Thanks! I am sort of leaning towards her too. I had some more darker ideas - like a woman in front of a vanity mirror cutting he rlips off with a pair of scissors....but that is a little dark for my nature;) I LOVE your suchi master - from wha tyou said you are going to model him? No paint - I only ask because I like the painting you have going on. Either way it is a strong piece.

sgoob: Thanks for the encouragement ;)

Ramitxon: Thanks for taking a look at my stuff - Expose was such a surprise and a something I will remember for ever. Like I said in the Limited Edition - I just make what I want and if others enjoy it - that is really great. I follow what clients want all dya at work, so my personal art is really just what I want to see. :) I am glad you liked it.

Qais: Thanks - I have a problem having too many ideas and not moving on any of them - will need.

[Gord-MacDonald]

you have got your imagination in gear - good luck!

Gord

[halvarado]

Thanks Gord!

I am actually working on the mermaid as I type - I like that idea and it is a challenge for me to do the pin up style :)

[halvarado]

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Just working - I have been mostly thinking about colors, brushes and composition - I am usually a fan of negative space - but this one I don't want it totally clean color - I am probably going to take the blue background and make it look like older orange/brown/blueish paper, water stains and texture.

[cbernardo]

Hi, Holli,

I love the colors and compositon!

Cheers,
Carlos

[sgw]

cool idea. the fish is turning out very nice. dont forget about the big splashes ;) i think it will add alot to the action element.

[halvarado]

Thanks guys!

I think the color change was a good one !

As for the splash - I totally want a big splash and drippy water - I will probably add a little basket behind her with other catch of the day.

[octopus7]

This is a really great idea and it looks like you had several interesting concepts to work on. But I like the mermaid the best. I was thinking of doing something sort of similar with a father and son marlin or sailfish going big game fishing for humans. But I never went with this idea mainly because my organic modelling ain't quite that good. Anyway best of luck with your work:)

[halvarado]

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It's been a while since I have been so busy with life, work, etc etc....so this is the first time I have had to work on her....

[halvarado]

Sooo....I started working on my mermaid last night...and as much as I like her, I am just not as in love with her as I was when I started. (my husband said she looks like a Tommy Bahama t-shirt :( )
AND yesterday in an email chain between myself and some coworkers, I was joking about putting a neon Live Nudes sign in a window of an image I am doing at work (our work is really conservative and I just wanted to try to get away with it) and in the email chain someone said - "do you think anyone has ever really thought about Live Nudes - as opposed to Dead Nudes?" (yeah - yuk) and I said what would be even better is....

UNDEAD NUDES.... :)

and that is where I am thinking of going. A pole dancing zombie - less photoreal and more style and paint. I always have this habit of trying to hit photo real - it must be real...but zombies are not real (or are they) - so I put the question out -

Would everyone out there think that watching a pole dancing zombie is stranger behavior than a fish that fishes for fish?

[Artisan-Hawks]

hello just read you last entry and I am thinking you should totally stick with the mermaid fishing! It can be so easy to go the sex route to try and win but the mermaid idea is totally original in my opinion. I think having her have a look of come to me..... mwaha ha ha. would work as well. Also I would embrase the 50's flygirl look for this illustration, it would totally work :-)

[halvarado]

I didn't think o the sex angle really - or of sex being a winning piece - I was thinking it was more comical to see a half dressed rotting corpse with one arm still grabbing onto the pole as she is falling to the ground - arm completely detached...

but maybe I will keep working on my lady.....


Thanks for the feedback!

[Ferx]

Hey Holli, I like a lot your mermaid idea, really cool !! and nice sketches!:thumbsup:
I think that if you used a low angle shot the composition would have more perspective and would be more interesting visually, but it’s just a personal thing :) , only a comment. Again great work! and best of luck with your entry and for sure looking forward for more updates !! :)

[halvarado]

ok I am going to keep working on her - I think some of the new ref I found on the net has inspired me, and a little bit of perspective and I really wanted this peice to be trying something new for me and I fell into my old habits - so I am going to keep the same image, but rework the colors, textures, look. More linework and "pin up bomber style" and more water colory feel. I know they are not popular (digital watercolors) but I don't care. I think they are sometime the most beautiful - so here goes another shot ;)

Thanks guys for the good support!

[Artisan-Hawks]

Yay! long live the Mermaid!!! :applause:

[halvarado]

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It might not look like I am doing much - but I am having a lot of internal conversations with myself about where I ant this to go - if I were speaking out loud someone might think I were crazy for arguing with myself so much :)

So yeah, lets see I flipped it, I am going to be redoing her face - something more coy and flirty, her top - UI have made it yellow and a little more covering (something 60's like) but I am still not sure if I want to use sea shells instead...

I have reworked the water, the pier and I want to redo the paint - just something more smooth and - hand painted looking. So there is a lot going on in my head for this image...doing some research has really helped bring back my inspiration for this image.

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