Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Gabriel Vera

[Smik]

Hi Gabriel! It's all nice and pretty! :)

[SteevieWoo]

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UH.... Don't know..... this is as much as I could put together from the 4 files I'm using now,The floor proved too heavy to do in the same file as the rest since it took five layers to do and I don't want to merge them yet... one of those layers was for dust and weathered effect, tell me if it works for you....... also I don't think I like the car color blue now....
All suggerted changes for the figures will be added for the next one. I'm speeding with the BG to find some time for the pedestrians, that's the part that still worries me most....

Thanks for visiting and have a lot of fun!!

[SteevieWoo]

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I have this sore in my stylus hand......oww... somehow I'm happy this is almost over...
:arteest::arteest::arteest:

[karko]

Hehe, The fur bison is it so sweet ?

"Monday night battle": extra!

One of pedestrians could be one other warrior ?

Marc.

[walrus]

Hey, it's looking nice! The subtle texture on the bricks on the ground really helps make them look like bricks... absolutely perfect bricks, but bricks nonetheless! :) Now you just need to take it to the next level. In real life, would every single edge of every brick be perfectly straight and perfectly parallel with all of the otehrs? Looks out on any street or sidewalk and you'dd find all sorts of imperfections: grime, grit, chips and cracks, a mark where someone scuffed tehir shoe, a stain from where someone left some gum, water stains from the last time it rained, candy wrappers and crumpled buss schedules, cigarette butts, and the various assorted weathering weight of years of use. I'm not saying you have to make it look run-down and cruddy - this is obviously a nice part of town - but even the nicest parts aren't perfect. You're getting there on the curb and on the stone base for the bus-stop seat, now just put that same attention into the rest, especially the ground... (or not, if you don't have time!)
Good luck!

[Nomad]

All looks great, bravo :applause:

[Jeffparadox]

Hey Gabriel,

When did you do all that work! I gues I missed a lot in the past couple of days... It's looking amazing, love everything you did with the floor and the sidewalk! BG is looking fantastic too, you're doing great progress, keep up the speed master! :beer:

[BloodTaster]

Great job so far man, keep it up! The outdoor on the background its a nice touch:thumbsup:

[mdavid]

It's looking fantastic. Amazing work. I personally don't mind the colour of the car either - the blue blends in nicely and that means it doesn't dominate the pic too much

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, the BG looks really great !! I like a lot the buildings, cool mate!! and the billboard advert is a great touch!! :D The aluminum texture for the bus stop is awesome! Again, great work my friend Cheers :beer:
( Ya lo tienes Gabriel, es cosa de un último jalón :D )

[SteevieWoo]

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More stuff... mmm... let me see... the floor is grungier but no gabage yet, worked a bit the light on the big building, made the tree and bushes, the map, and I'm half done with the car...... hope you like it... I can chage it to gold or maybe white, but I knew you'd love it green :D :D :D


my eyelid is twitching...

[SteevieWoo]

Thanks to evryone for taking a look ... Hey Mike, how you see this floor now? letme know! :)

Oh and Karko, I'd love to include something like another warrior but I'll hardly find some room for another human now:D.. Damn warriors are so chunky...

Mark, the car is driving me nowhere but crazytown, what a pain:shrug:
Ferx, you're so right but' the foot I'm blushing now.....

Glad tou liked the jacket shine. I'm keeping it and boosting it a bit

ramitxon, glad to see you here! tell me what you think of this mess...
Overcontrast, thanks a lot is good to know you catch te weir side of this...
Marcos, It would take a batallion of rabid dwarfs to butcher Billy down, but they're veggies..
Hiun, tanks a lot man, I try my best....
Oh and Jeff I'll se the hoof thing soon, Thanks!

Thanks to everyone, enjoy........

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel :eek: Thats a nice BG my friend! Great work! :thumbsup: I love all the little details here and there by the floor, the windows shapes, the add, the map its all selling the idea of a good city, and match the style as well, I think haha:D.....I know you are still working in the details and props witch some times takes more mental and hand time that we thought hehe! :rolleyes: So I am sure this will end up as pretty as I think its already ! almust there hehe, :arteest:

[Sovica]

Hello, again =)

It looks verry good!

But something's been bothering me ever from the beginning and now I know what =)
The girl looks like she has "angry eyes". And I figured that's because a lock of hair is atached to here eyebrow. It would lighten her face very much if you would remove it.

It's good though, when you reach the stage when the picture could pass off as finished!

Good job =)

[Hiun]

Hey Gabriel! You are killing me with your style of rendering this piece! I LOVE IT!:twisted: You did a GREAT job with the car I must say. I am really loving this Gabriel, and as I always say, just keep doing what you do!:thumbsup:

[frozentoast]

Hey man I really love this piece. In my head I can really get a feel for both characters, who they are, what they are like, etc., just from looking at the piece. It's really great. I think the style is excellent and you did a great job creating actual characters, not just figures. Much respect. I'm learning from you.

[elmasfeo]

wow, this keeps looking better and better! I love your close-ups, the small details are the best.... if you run short of time I would just finish the bench and add some more dirt, maybe produced by the breaking bench, peasants would be good, but not so important IMO, I could buy it already as it is now, hehe!
good luck in the final days! :thumbsup:

[Nemesix]

Looks very nice! The characters are splendid, and so the details, like the fur and the background. Well done!

[Korendo]

Greetings Gabriel,

I should say great, clean, fun but somehow it does not sound the same. I will refrain again from attempts at humor on what the Department of Public Works report on crushed public benches and instead admire the view. One very small humble observation, the upper edge of the war ax looks to be almost congruent with the edge of the sign on the building.

[shattered-fx]

So far so good man! I like how this is turning out..Everything looks perfect ,however for the overall atmosphere, dont you think if you would make the sky more sky bluer, it can help your characters and foreground pops out more?..Just my final 2 cents:). ..Good luck!

[SteevieWoo]

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I'M STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN.....

Well not really, but I wanted to show you the designs for billy's Axe that I'm adding just now.
I also included the doomed belt buckle doodle that I added to the image but will not be seen in all his glory because in the new pose that area is obscured almost completely.... too bad......

tonight I hope to post the 99% final image and get some corrections from you so by friday I can send the big one and be able to finish MegamanZero2 at last!! Who am I kidding... I'm stuck half way throgh it.....

[SteevieWoo]

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So I sayd I would, and mostly I did, this is my first try at a final image... oooh it feels so good!! I'll try some new things in the coming days. As I said, I'll not upload the big one until saturday so there's a little time to try the bystanders that I already have sketched...

Funny, I just noticed a patch of fur is still half done, and I still have to work in that right eye of billy... don't like it much....

Sovica poited that Rita has sort of "Angry eyes". Well, remember a long long time ago I said she would not be definitive until the end, the final features and the hair variations are still to come. also I hope you like the shoes, they gaveme some big lot of trouble to do....
let me know...

Oh! the garbage!! yeah... letme see that too....

More checklist entries tomorrow. ENOMOUS THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, I'll post replies tomorrow too! Have a thrilling last few days.... I'll do. :D

[SteevieWoo]

I always forget things...
:wise: The sky is just a test... I know it sucks...

:shrug:I added a little blur to the bildings and stuff... tellme if you like it, I'm not sure
(It looks good from close).

:) I will ad a signpost on the other side of the street. Just thought I'd let you know...

[scala]

Beautiful sketch and illustration I'm sure it's gonna be wonderful when is gonna be finished because it is already. Congratulations

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, that looks awesome my friend !! I love the nice atmosphere on the scene, and the new axe is really cool!! great . The car on green colour match really well with the overall colour on your image, I like a lot. The crunched bench is simpley awesome!!. ( and down a bit the building was a really wise movement.... hahahahahah :D ) Again, great work my friend!! Cheers :beer:

( Vamos Gabriel ya casi estás ahi !!! y la banca quedo muy perrona !! vientos!! )

[nerdyninja]

I think it is looking great! I love the blur and everything!!! Innocent bystanders would be great! Especially if they had a look of disgust or shock..it would be so funny! Or other buffalo or other type animal creatures! maybe an 'old man' giraffe or something like that! haha

[BloodTaster]

Hey Stevie!! Amazing piece man! Great style, I liked a lot. If you have time..maybe you can add
some streetlights with wires.. or people passing by...stuffs liked that. Will make the background more rich and beliveble. If you already think that...just ignore my comment hahaha:scream:

Awesome job!:thumbsup:

[Feline168]

the skills you handled with those fur are very impressive!
and i love the light shade over the office hottie.
this piece is full of exquisite details and worthy to be enjoyed.

[melkao]

looks great...than 97% for me is done!....i don´t what you gona add to this amazing piece!...i love the bison...and the girl is just beautiful...good work.

Pd: you shoud se my entry...is almost done to!:thumbsup:

[Korendo]

I thought the ax looked OK before but the new improved one is much better. And the slight adjustment in the spacing with the sign above is an improvement. My fine art background skews my perspective toward suggesting a touch more grim and maybe a touch more litter. :)

[Nomad]

Yeah thrilling last days, thats the word :D

Great image, looks like finished for me, you know the little details to fix but for me it looks fantastic.

But if you have time... I newer seen a so clean bus stop, there is always a paper here, a cigarette there... some gum sticked on the ground forever :D


Exellent work so far :thumbsup:

[SteevieWoo]

Grit is coming I swear:wise:....... you guys love it down and dirty,:D so I will not disapoint.....

Oh, drop by tomorrow for some glass fx goodies, It tookme all day:shrug:

Thanks everybody. personal replies soon......

[Jeffparadox]

Hey Gabriel it's looking amazing my friend! i love all the changes you did, the axe is much more interesting now... The blurry buildings feel like they either need to get blurrier, or be crisp as they were in the beginning, now they look a bit soft to me, but that's just my opinion... Keep it up amigo, can't wait for the grand finale!

[Hiun]

I agree with Jeff on the buildings Gabriel. The previous crisp attribute was not hindering th efeel of depth because you have a lot of light hitting them so they already felt far in the background. Can't wait to see that final!:bounce:

[SteevieWoo]

Some Hi-res close.ups!! have a peep!

RITA (http://us.share.geocities.com/steeviewoo/fullres1.jpg)

BILL (http://us.share.geocities.com/steeviewoo/fullres2.jpg)

MORE TO COME I'm working on the crowd right now............

[SteevieWoo]

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Click the links in previous post up there....:D
Just to fill space until the good one.
Thankyou very much for so much nice comments I recieved!

Most cents are on more garbage and the people, and that's what you'll see tomorrow morning....
;)

[mdavid]

It's looking excellent. I especially like the marbled effect in the horns and hoofs. For some reason I can't get the links to the high res shots of Rita and Bill though

[SteevieWoo]

if damn links don't work I'll try it the boring way.......

RITA
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/fullres1.jpg

BILL
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/fullres2.jpg

Just use photo bucket (not a commercial, that site is the only one that hosted em' with no silly scuses)..........

[digital-bobert]

Looking great Gabriel. Love the characters!

[SteevieWoo]

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Not really final, but what the heck....

Once I finish the back hair I'll upload this one to test FTP speed, then later at midnight (or tomorrow if upload is not slow) I will send the good one.. I understand there's no problem sending a revised version of the final one.....

Rita's hair just doesn't look right red, I tested, I'll show you tomorrow, purple hair looks amazing on her (that always happens) but I'm not crazy, so.... lets see later....

Please tell me what you think of the people!! I think the one on the left kinda looks like Charlie Sheen, but I don't know if that's good or bad. ;)

Great works around!! I'm so proud of being here with all of you!!

[SteevieWoo]

Ouch! is so blurry, here's the Hi-res

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/fullres33.jpg

I removed the blur from the big buiding in the BG just to check... now I should lower the contrast to make it look more far away than the giraffee girl.... Let me know if you like this mess....

the garbage.... got it ... It'll be there I promise:wise:

[Jassar]

LOL! the people are a great touch :thumbsup: , no crits from me!

[scala]

You know something I'm quite sure Mickey was sitting there 5 sec ago , bad day for mickey.
But Wonderful work for Gabriel. Congratulation

[AxelAlonso]

WoW Gabriel this is wonderfull! FELICIDADEZ! :love: *I love the people and I can see your avatar in there, the creature in the back its fantastic! a bit hard to read! but love it!..... and you have done a true success! and a wonderfull and fun art moment! congratulations my friend!:applause: Need more time to gather all the information in there great details and a very unique style in color and design! :drool: :arteest: :beer:

[ashiataka]

Hey Gabriel! Congratulations. The image looks great. You did so much good detail.
Good luck! Cheers!

[walrus]

Hey, Gabriel, I really like the humans that you've added in the background. Having them there adds life to the scene, and their poses and expressions really add to the feeling that something is Strange. I don't care as much for the non-human ones: It's harder to make out what they are - at first I though the giraffe was a palm tree, and it's on a funny tangent with bart of the roof of the bus-stop - but alos, having more animals in the scene makes your main chracters behavior and existence not all that strange.
Just my thoughts... good luckand great work either way!

[sadrack]

great job, good luck...escucho por ahi un brindis de chelas!!!

S.

[SteevieWoo]

Hi everyone I'm feeling real good to be a this point an mos of the 'Good' part is because of you coming to take a look... Thanks!

Sovica: This is the last day so I'll fix Rita's face for good.. Hope you like it ....

Hiun:What can I say buddy... Thanks a real lot! I'm on the building thing...I've seen your final already and will post soon, I love it indeed..

frozentoast: Thanks a lot for your comment, feels good to know you catch it so well... If we all learn a bit from all this challenge then Ill be more than happy...

elmasfeo : You mister Fanciful Foot deserve all my gratitude... I'm dying to se the rhino done!

Nemesix: thanks a lot, BTW I met Mr. finch... What a mind-fertile guy!

Korendo: Thanks for the good and timely suggestions, I got to say that the PFA (Public Furniture Agency) is pressing charges for vandalistic crushing and Bill is nowhere to be found now, this is getting to international politics now since he is believed to be hiding in Cuba... let's better not joke about this........... more garbage on the street soon

Raffy: HI pal!!! glad to hear of you!! the sky at this moment is still WIP, who'd believe....

Steevie woo: Wait a minute that's me..............................................

scala: Thanks a lot Erick... lets whack that rat and take this to the end already....


Ferx: You, my pal, are the only one that even mentioned the car, and I'm damn glad you liked it.... love green... Thanks for all my friend. Salú!

nerdyninja: Hey Celine hope you like the crowd, and thanks for the giraffe Idea. no other beast could fit in that space......

BloodTaster: Taking care of that sir! Ill see that this corner looks as alive as possible in this last hours....

YuChi: Really glad you liked it, Thanks a big bad lot!!! Feels great coming from you!

melkao: hey Carlos is 99% now almost there!! Thanks a lot!!

Nomad: I'll certainly use your 'gum' Idea (I love it) and many others Thrilling days indeed, Enjoy!!


Jeff: I removed the blur, see if you like it better, I think I do... Thanks a lot as always Buddy!!

Mark David: Thank you very much for visiting. I actually based the effect on some hoof photos, but yes, It always looked somewhat marble-ish... was not easy.

Bobby Chiu: I feel so glad you visited my thread!! You're one of the big guys for me ever since I saw that enormous dog!! then I flocked! good you liked it Bobby, thanks a lot!!

Jassar: Thanks for taking a look ...Is really good you had fun!! that's the origin of all this..

Axel: Gracias de verdad! me has ayudado mucho! That's not really the one of the avatar but is in that direction too. I find him hard to read and maybe will change something there in the end. Keep pushing Buddy C'mon!

ashiataka: So glad you like it! Thanks for keep visiting... Dang I haven't post you in a long time but I've been following! I love it!

Walrus: Thanks again Mike. You always have a point! I blame it on the resolution limit... Once I saved the JPG I felt the same way about the animals... Funny: too little ,too crowding... I'll work on that.

Gustavo: Lo que oiste fue un frasco de peptobismol que tire con el codo pero espero que pronto sea una chela.... Glad hear of you now at the brink of the end...

I'll see you all at the finishing line!
THis all was a really good time ... TAHNK YOU!

[SteevieWoo]

The HI-RES are finally here YEAH!!! look above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[melkao]

oh my friend...thats so cool.....your image is on my image collection now...Good luck dude!:beer:...this is one of my favorites...one of the more strnager of this challenge!

[BloodTaster]

HEY STEVIE ! Amazing job man! The last details are great, fantastic. Good luck man!

[OKMER]

HI Gabriel!!!Woowww great,great work man!!Kind a sad , couldn't be in here with you guys more.
Agree with Mike on the fact, those giraffes and so makes your principal scene a bit less strange somehow.
One though though is that maybe bringing some more dirt and scratches on the busstop and the card,etc,etc could maybe make it look even more realistic as it already does.Seems so clean to me right now.
The people you brought in are really great indeed and love the expressions you gave them!
Anyway one more time huge work man!Love it!
Hope to see you in the next challenge and the very best of luck to you Steevie Woo!!!
:beer:

[SideAche]

Excellent work Gabriel - wonderful technique and execution. I do agree that the other animal characters aren't really needed. Bravo on a really well done illustration.

[overcontrast]

wow awesome job man!!.. this image is STRANGE i tell ya.... i love it... a tiny little tho... i'm not sure if i'm seeing right.. the hair on the big guy's head looks kinda unfinished... was that intentional... for some reason its not going with the rest of his hairs, which looks stunning... mayb its just me haaving too many sleepless nights... anyways all the best with the judging!

[SteevieWoo]

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!! SOMEONE FINALLY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE UNFINISHED HAIR!
Zubuyer, you have an eye! I'm sooooo lazy now but in the coming minutes I'll star to apply detail to that final pach.............. it is only 99 % remeber:)

thanks for reminding me....:thumbsup:

[DougFerreira]

It's a very beatifull piece Gabriel!A minotaur on the bus stop?that's strange all right!You asked about people in the background:the one that caught my attention is the boy behind the bus stop,his attitude/personality reminded me of Michael J Fox on the fisrt Back to the future!! Best of luck for you on the final Judgement and thanks for your very nice opinions on my thread,you'll see then on my next post!

[Hiun]

Magnificent is not even the word Gabriel! What in the world! That Giraffe :scream: Hahahahahahahaha... that Giraffe was so nicely implemented :D I wish you well my friend and all the best!

[kikomunar]

Absolutely stunning! I enjoyed watching your progress, man, as I said I love the details specially on Rita!:) Good Luck!

[AlonChou]

it's glad to see your final here, you did a great job.
good luck!

cheers

[gpepper]

Excellent ! great job Gabriel !

[SteevieWoo]

THANKS EVERYBODY NEW DEADLINE!TWO WEEKSWHATTHEHECK I GO TO SLEEEEP!! !! !! ! ENJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!! !! !! !! !
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i'm done..

[Rianti-Wong]

GREAT JOB! I like the details very much...the girl cute too. Good luck.

Wish u the best,

[Art2]

Very nice work Steevie!
Lovely colours and very cute girl.

[laurentino]

Hi Gabriel!

This scene is absolute wonderful!
=)

wish you luck man!
and thanks for all the help you gave me =)

[handlebar]

Fantastic work, so much attention to detail and style, it's been great to watch the image progress. Best of luck.

[Nomad]

Ahhhh exellent (pre?)final image :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Will you use the deadline extension to add some details?Good luck in the final vote :bounce:

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, awesome work and concept !! I love Rita !!! :D Great details and atmosphere in the whole image. Billy is simpliy amazing, is a really impresive character design!! You put a beautiful city enviroment on the image and a great touch on it with the persons and creatures around the bus syop, cool!!. And now with two weeks more, maybe we can help you to find the Rita´s briefcase :D Where is the briefcase??? Perhaps the giraffe was stolen hahahahahah :D Again great and awesome work, and waiting for your final . final image ! :) Cheers my friend!! :SLEEP!!: :D

[nerdyninja]

This is brilliant!! Love all the new details and the giraffe with the hat is helarious as well as what i think is a camel on the left side...haha Great job! :deal:

[SteevieWoo]

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I'm gonna use this extra time to show you details and stuff, this is the latest work on her face now, I uploaded the final already but still, anything goes and you're free to comment for what will be the final-final I'll submit next week.

for now I'm not working anything of it... I really want to gain a fresh look on it before the closing time and try to see it as anyone else would.

I'll start work on another of these 'cute girl' pin-up esque pics soon, (a groovy red head hippie) but I have to say sweet Rita will always be that special one.... I like her, and she's the result of at least two years of me drawing all kinds of girls in any spare time and not really liking them that much... It pays off, my good friends, it always pays off sometime :D

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, Rita is a blast.... really sweet, great painting work on she :thumbsup:

[Goro]

sweet details man!
Love it

[Jeffparadox]

Hey Gabriel, this is looking awesome as expected from you amigo. The buildings work better for me, don't hide those details you've worked on!

More time is more art buddy, grand finale just got bigger. Keep it up!

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! :scream: me with everyone else! :bounce::bounce: awesome details and expression! :eek: i've been showing almost all the other member's entries ( and your's too!! ) to my colleagues here at work! .. n man they went nuts! :surprised
congratulations man! :applause: good luck to you!:thumbsup:

[SteevieWoo]

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Looks nice... I was playing with layers now that is all done... and liked this image, first, you get to see well the garbage that will be there to just not be noticed later :D . Second, you can see the work on the shadow layer, is messy but good nuff' to do it's chore, it lands all elements in place just good. And last, because it reads well and looks pretty cool to me, hope you enjoy!!
this was the loooongest week for me, finally getting rid of the insomnia (again) and having some good old, rushed, no-brainer, commissioned work to do...(again). Home...

You will see the day after tomorrow the official final-final-final one, reglamentary Back-up story included, I'm working on that just now....
Thanx a lot again to everyone, I have lots of fun watching all those great finished ones as they come ;D

[Carbone]

Hi Gabriel. Impressive "La Belle et la Bete" concept...This girl wanna have fun indeed ! Nice detailled work and great color palette. Bests.:thumbsup:

[AxelAlonso]

Gabriel Rita looks great! The briefcase it’s a great prop also! Adds to her more character in her mood and history! Love it!:thumbsup:

[Liuba]

Hahahaha! Omg! That's perfect! =)))) I like it much! Emotive and funny picture ;)
Good luck!

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, nice update!! great garbage and the briefcase is superb!:thumbsup: great touch! and i cant wait to see your final image with story included :D Cheers my friend :beer:

[Slav]

so so, where's the final man! common!:applause:

[SteevieWoo]

Thanks everyone! Oh my!... so glad to see the regulars and newcomers too! this is the end of all things and I'm pretty much done. Tonight I'll post the whole thing as the100% and call it a challenge... .................................................. so losng ago good ol' Chris beaver posted here for the firs time, I feel like it was 6 months or so... and heck, I didn't know it would be this hard, the pic has more detail and care than what I planned or expected to have time to add, and that is all thanks to you that kept pushing ahead and posting such great pieces along all the time...

This round goes for you and for all strange minded challengers that gathered this time and would never have any otherwise...
Cheers, boys and girls... good times!!!
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[SteevieWoo]

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Outdoor cafe 9:00 A.M.

Guy 1:Ahhh.... what a crazy morning, still so much to do, but is good to take a break and see the sights.
Guy 2:Yeah....hey, cover up for me back at the office, Say I was sick and had to go home....
G1:You wish...
G2:Ah, come on!
G1:Shhh!! Hey, lucky day, here she comes again.....
G2:Who?
G1:The girl I told you about, right there across the street at the bus stop!
G2:Oh man!..
G1:Yeeeeah.... What a girl uh?, this is like the fourth time I have seen her from here at this time, I went there and tried to pick up a conversation with her the other day but she wouldn't even look at me...
G2:Ha ha ha, what a looser!
G1:Wa wa wa... so what? it was just a first try, You know these fancy girls, playing hard to get and all, just give me another week...
G2:For her to even look at you?
G1:Oh, shut up!
G2:Ooooh, you told me to shut up... I guess I should obey and do it th.....
G1:HEY! Look at that!!
G2:What now?
G1:Isn't that Billy?? !!
G2:Billy who?
G1:Billy Skullstomper! From high school...
G2:Mmmmm... Hey yes, that's him!!
G1:He just kept growing, didn't he? I almost didn't recognize him...
G2:And it seems he's a warrior now! Wasn't he more into the video game programming thing?
G1:What?! you didn't know?
G2:Duh?
G1:Jeeeez...... Well it comes out that his dad is the owner and president of "Skullstomper Interest Conflict Solutions".
G2:No waaaay!
G1:Yep, Isn't that curious?
G2:I thought he was just another guy named Skullstomper...
G1:Me too, who'd know!... Well, so Bill happens to be his youngest son, and he wants him to run the business some day, so he took him out the Tech and gave him a job in his company...
G2:Oh, too bad! he was so fast at typing!
G1:I know!! So his dad made him start from the bottom and now he's a trooper in the Warfare Fields case. That's a big one!
G2:I heard if they win that land they'll make a Six Flags there!
G1:Nope, the SICS was hired by a clamshell packaging company, they want to build a huge factory there.
G2:Pfffft.... I hate those things...
G1:It is not so bad, If the "Dwarf Horde For a Price" wins, then it will be a sewage water treatment plant, and the dwarves get an artificial swamp-side spa area as part of the deal...
G2:Ugh...
G1:Told you...
..........
G1:Looks like Bill's waiting for the bus too...
G2:Yes.... Oh! you don't think he's gonna try to make his move on the girl, do you?
G1:No.... he's a big geek... he won't...
G2:But he's sitting next to her!
G1:What!! I saw her first!! !! that big .......
(Loud crushing metal noise)
G2:Waaahh Hahahahaha!! !! ha ha .. (shouting) Those benches can only take one ton at a time you dummy!!.....
G1:Hahaha! way to go Bill, was that your move?? !!
Both:hahahaha!
G2:Uh, wait a minute , it worked!
G1:What?! The girl's smiling at him!!
G2:check that out!!... was that a smooth move or what.......
G1:he didn't even mean that, the big lucky goof.......
G2:And yet she fell for it ...
G1:Oh C'mon!... me... I.. I was...........she wouldn't even look at m... Aww... ... ... ..wh.. what's wrong with girls man?
G2:Dunno......................... maybe it is that stupid goatee of yours......
G1:BILLY HAS A GOATEE TOO!! !!
G2:Uh... yes..... then it is just you....
G1:Oh, shut up.





This is it Fellas... I'm done, let me thank once again everyone for taking the time to look at all my 30 steps on this challenge, not many I guess...I don't really know if I did that well, but I tried to be as illustrative as possible of how this all developed in my head, if anyone has comments it is still time for it, BTW, I feel all of sudden that the space left by the camel thing, (that I intended to be a lizard, just not green :D ), is a bit empty now... I miss him... so I might be adding that puzzled cop that Axel suggested instead, just might... what you think? wouldn't it be cool if he looked like Leslie Nielsen? Oh, here I go again.... I just don't wanna finish it... it is like an obsession now.... I better stop here and see what happens in the coming six days...
Right, this was the technical part of the final image post, the emotional one will be the next..... it's really late now...
Loved the challenge, hope you all did too!
Best regards.
Woo.

Oh! and go to the thread for the HI-RESOLUTION version!! tell me if you can read the signs! they are so small :(

[SteevieWoo]

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/fullres4.jpg
There.... I will post some close-ups tomorrow!:thumbsup: Oh!! ! I can't belive I didn't add a shadow for that cigarrette butt! It's flying I'm sorry!

[AxelAlonso]

Gabriel SUPER FANTASTIC! :drool::applause:I enjoy all your ideas! from the start!:thumbsup:Its one of my favourites for sure and I hope you earn a good place for this because you deserve it! Looks really fresh and full of life, color, right mood, and style! The art of communication has fulfilled through your image, the best! Rita and Billy are proud! hahaha! And I’d hope to see them in the future having some fun again!
MUY BIEN PAISA! jajaja:D:beer::buttrock: Its oveeeer YAY! :bounce:

[scala]

Well Well Well the illustration was already really good ,but with the text it's "Monstruosly" GOOOOOOOD ! Thanks a lot for the fun.

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, what awesome image my friend! I love the whole concept and the amazing story !! hahahaha really cool!! Your drawing and painting skills are superb!! The all image and characters are really fluid, all the action captured in a great instant. The Billy´s fur is an impresive work! and Rita is so hot and sexy :D The atmosphere on the composition is great and incredible well balanced with the range colour of the characters. The painting details are awesome, from the garbage on the floor (the shadow for cigarrete is a simply detail :D ) to the man´s reflection in his car... woooow amazing my friend!. The expression of Billy with that eyes is simply cool!

It was an incredible experience (and a learning experience) to see the development of your concept from your great sketches to this awesome painting and great story for it ( and it was fun to share the pressure of the "first" dead line :D ) Congratulations Gabriel for this superb and awesome art work !! :bowdown: You rock man!! :buttrock: Best of luck!! ...... y ahora si es hora de tupirle duro a unas chelas bien muertas y unos buenos tequilas pa que pasen bien! :D Salú compa! :beer:

( Y ya sabe usted que pienso de su ilustración.... esta de rompe hue..... hahahaha.... hahahaha :D esta chi.... disima... yo creo que ta va ir muy bien !! Suerte Gabriel!)

[Korendo]

Gabriel,

I agree with the eloquent words of Fernando. Super job, congratulations and best of luck

[Slav]

i want an axe too. brings me back to the days of WoW this is truly an awesome image with attitude. my only 2 cents is that its still not grungy enough for me. looks like a city superman would live in. everything is ... just too perfect. :P

[Hiun]

:applause: :applause: Congratulations Gabriel!! :applause: :applause: Believe me... you are DONE!! Just sign that name of yours! :thumbsup: Beautiful finish my friend, I am not in any form unsatisfied, you did a FANTASTIC job!! I wish you all the best Gabriel!!:bounce: :buttrock:

[mdavid]

Hey you've done it. Fantastic finish. This image is superb and also a lot of fun, just like this thread has been a lot of fun. There's a lot I love about your image. Billy's hair is amazing and little details like the clouds in the sky might be subtle but they are done beautifully. In fact there is so much to see and admire in this illustration that it really rewards a good inspection. Congratulations!

[BlackCandy]

Hi Gabriel, Axel told me you were really talented and it's so true!:thumbsup: Its very pretty all of it :applause: The animal body and the face in Billy look really original. :D And also Rita's face she’s very pretty! Good job man! I wish you the best of luck! I am very proud of talented Latin artist like you, which have brought style, art, and new ideas to the world!

Ojala ganes !:)

[Istmo]

haha cool one! good luck with the contest!:thumbsup:

[Sovica]

I still love it!

Very goor job!

It's a wonderful illustration =D

[elmasfeo]

"Wasn't he more into the video game programming thing?" LOL :scream:

hehe, congratulations Gabriel, you did it!! it's a great illustration that comes after a great concept, I love it :love:...ill be loking forward to seeing you in future challenges, mate!

Good luck!! :beer:

[abscnth]

Well my friend you made it and a very hearty congratulations on doing so. I have watched you take this every step of the way and your commitment has been a true inspiration - so I will also thank you for the boundless enthusiasm that you have shown for my own entry.

You have met every aspect of this challenge, I figure you have learned from it a very great deal and I sincerely hope that it pays off come the announcement of winners. One thing I know for certain is that Rita (and those legs to die for!!) will become a legend in her own right, admired from near and far just as she is in the story.

The very, very best of luck
Your friend
Sean

[SteevieWoo]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13381/13381_1195113711_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13381/13381_1195113711_large.jpg)

I couldn't help to send another one with the very last changes... an overlayed yellow light on the left side that you won't notice much, a couple more reflections and sharpened the detail on Billy's right leg which blended too much with the background.

I'm a bit sad... I don't know what happens next, but I'll surely miss this whole Challenge days, I guess the forum is archived and you don't post anymore, so I'd like to Give my compliments now to all the great people that met here to share the sweet filling of their weird dreams...ah, Come on, please follow me to the thread now!..... ;)

[medunecer]

Amazing! This is real a great piece! The two characters are fantastic and your technique is an inspiration. I'll study it better to improve my style. Love the beast and its fur and the girl is so sexy. Also the BG is really well studied and the guy and his expression behind are great. Again, congratulations for your entry and good luck!

[SteevieWoo]

Well, I was talking about all the great talented friends I met here; i couldn't possibly name them all as I should, but here's my try:


Chris Beaver(the first one, you are missed pal!),

Jeff Treves(Master of green air masses),

Holly Fix,

Lindsey Smith,

Kei Acedera,

Rishikesh Nandlaskar(I miss dragon girl),

Axel Alonso (Unspeakably nice guy),

Carlos Bernardo Junior,

Michael van den Bosch(best avatar in challenge),

Jack Zhang(we missed you too buddy),

Ruben Fernandez(keep on it pal, it pays off!),

Lindsey Smith,

Maja Cuk(Allways helpfull! hope Rita meet the spectations),

Fernando Porcel(I owe you a big lot Pal! Tequila included!),

Fernando Garcia(fancy foot Fer :D),

paul b castillo,

Kevin McCullough(you really helped me alot, and very frequently too, thanx!),

Michael Dashow(I'm speecheless Mike, A pleasure to meet you here!),

Gordon MacDonald,

Shawn Wood,

mark alford,

Slav Kravchenko(great comments evrytime, I love your work!),

George Kiparissous(long life to the samurai pizza cats :D),

Alexander Mikirtychev(Tnx a lot for visiting evrytime),

Francisco Munar,

William james Hallett,

neville dsouza(no introduction needed, Big Friend of everyone here!),

Mark David(love the crazy cars!),

MoKhatib,

Michael Grills,

Lynda Young,

Michael see,

Serena De Biasi,

Remko Troost('THE' capitain Panda),

Peter Soderbaum,

Y.Soner Yurtseven(That little sad clock... awww),

Matt Burns,

Daniel Sanchez Limon(quien fuese minotauro:D),

Andrew Komoder,

Carlos Eduardo Montoya(thanks for all my fiend),

Sean Counley(hero of mine),

Robberto Fernandez,

Alon Chou(prankin' godess expert),

Gareth Thomas,

Raffy Dematawaran(love your pic),

Rodolfo Roth(Puzzling nickname i wont even try to spell here :D),

Lutha Jenkins,

nabil hamadi(TNX pal),

LOWINSKI Eddy,

Hollie Taylor,

Justin Pageau,

zeinab nematzade(love the cat!),

Vinicius de Sá Menezes(smoot artist, oh boy!),

Gustavo Avila(gracias por todo :D),

Alperen Kahraman,

Maciej Frolow(brocken hearthed... me too :D),

Gonzalo Golpe(gracias Y andele!),

Marco Fantechi(TNX for coming back to wathch all the time),

Steven Bateman,

Von Caberte,

JuanPablo Monroy(I love you liked it Homie!),

Al-Haitham Jassar,

Jimmie Jetpack,

celine bellon(Gee celine, I'm so sorry I had to remove the jiraffe, I liked her too, but she was trouble so tall:D),

Virginia DiGuiseppi,

Wesley LeBlue,

Filipe Laurentino(A honor my friend!),

Kamal Khalil(You rock!!),

Geoff Shupe,

vincent guibert,

Ralph King(make those pickle dreams go away!),

Manny Pineda,

Ramón Acedo(thanks for showing!),

Zubuyer Kaolin,

Marcos Miller(thanks for the dreams I have nowdays :O),

Jeroen Coert,

kris wimberly,

Marc Thierry,

Nemesix C.B.,

eric scala(great works!),

YuChi Yang(Hero of mine too),

Bobby Chiu(big one in my book, Still can't beileve tou came to see the works:D),

Cliff Cramp,

Doug Ferreira,

Gilles Pfeiffer(my animation pick)

Rianti Hidayat,

Marlon Kromodikoro,

Goro Fujita(I'm so flattered you showed here, I love your stuff!!),

Philippe bonneau,

Liuba Zelinskaya(Oh sweet girl, I loved your website!),

Dulce(Glad to have you here! thankyou very much).

And here goes a hoping I did right and didn't miss anyone, because ALL of you were great help in this crazy months, This is the very first time I have a chance to dedicate a work to someone and it is to you guys and gals, What a Strange experience here, And I loved everyday!!

WE FRIGGIN' ROCK!!http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/happy014.gif

[Jeffparadox]

Congratulations my friend! you've completed this piece as expected from you: With incredibly delicious soft brush-work, a smooth and soothing lighting, a dynamic composition, and a sense of humor of course...

I just want to say that it was great to have your support and help all along. Honestly, I observed your portfolio images carefully at the beginning of the challenge, becuase they have a unique quality that I was after learning. You can draw, period. So it was a pleasure in itself to see all the sketches for this piece; I think you've put the right amount of time in them to get the best expressions needed. And paint, ahh, love your colors, textures and all the little details you've added, they really make this environment some place that is being lived in. And your background is completed deliciously with the sky you've worked on the last days. You wanted green, and you got green, you disproved us skeptics, so this palette is definitely something different than usual...

It was a great learning experience to watch you work, and see how you evolve a painting master... I can only hope for more...

Best of luck to you with the voting amigo, and hope to see you sooner than I expect... :beer:

[SteevieWoo]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13381/13381_1195190979_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13381/13381_1195190979_large.jpg)

Enjoy! Thank you all! it's great to be here to witness the final minutes !! !! !! GLAD YOU MADE IT PALS!! !! !! ;)

[SteevieWoo]

JUst gimme a minute for the close ups they're uploading just now!:blush:

[SteevieWoo]

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/01.jpgWhat's that green glitch there?.......... Damn I keep finding stuff like that!

[SteevieWoo]

clearer eyes... changed a finger... not much... :P
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/02.jpg

[SteevieWoo]

I don't know about you guys but I like those bold strokes on Bill's hand, they remindme of the old oleum days.... the smell ahhh...
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/03.jpg

[SteevieWoo]

Stupid me, what wouldn't I post them all in a single message?:banghead:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/04.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/05.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/06.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/Steeviewoo/07.jpg
that's more like it ... sorry

[OKMER]

HI Gabriel!!!Yessai!!!Just one more time I say "you rock"!!!You made it man!And with a great great pic!Now you deserved some party!haha
Wanted to thank you for your great support man!Kept me going!Hope to be by your side next challenge again!I'm wishing you alll the best on the final judging!One more time CHEERRSSS!!!

:beer:
:beer:

[OKMER]

HI Gabriel!!!Yessai!!!Just one more time I say "you rock"!!!You made it man!And with a great great pic!Now you deserved some party!haha
Wanted to thank you for your great support man!Kept me going!Hope to be by your side next challenge again!I'm wishing you alll the best on the final judging!One more time CHEERRSSS!!!

:beer:
:beer:

[scala]

You know Monstruosly GOOOOOOOOd !

[Istmo]

Cool details,hehe. Y ándele otra vez!:D

[AxelAlonso]

Those close ups! Are sweet!:drool: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) I liked all the detail and work in all of them from the buildings, to the shadows of the smallest props, the textures are exquisite! All the parts in this composition are so solid, full of the best color and lighting I could recommend to see for the beautiful style you got! Congratulations my friend! :applause: I have gain so much from all this experience and learning a lot from you! Thank you!:D

[unf0rg1v3n]

Awsome man! really nice closeups. Im definitely jealous of the warrior cuz that Rita girl is HOT! I also wanted to ask you about the texture on Rita's jacket - I really struggled to get that nice threaded look on my characters trousers but it didnt work as well unfortunately. Ayudame porfa vos!

Anyway, awsome finale! coming to your thread is a definite inspiration whenever Im out of gas! thanks again homie!

[nethken]

WOW! Fantastic job! I love this image! The style is great, I really like your designs, and your painting technique is really really nice. Cute girl! I also like your attention to detail. really well done! Best of luck to you in the competition, super duper work man!

[gpepper]

Your final is amazing ! I can see this picture during hours ! Lots of details ! Great !

[laurentino]

Hi Gabriel

i'm here to wish you the best luck in this challenge!
your piece rocks!
:buttrock:

thanks for everything!

see you soon =)

[Kei-Acedera]

Awesome work Gabriel! Its a really fun image! great details--Congratulations on a terrific final! The yak is so cute!

[SteevieWoo]

Shhh don't tell anyone I was here........

Ha! like someone will come and read, yeah right.... Okeeee.... thanks for showing in these later decompression days...

Marco, thanks man, I learned and catch some good inspiration from your pic too, I'm very flattered, thank you! you posted just as I was typing my thanks post so I went all D'oh! when I noticed , Hope you read this now :D

Jeff, Green rules man! and you know that too, you used green as nobody else did in the challenge :D I'm in eternal debt with you from being such a good sport! It's been a pleasure Sir.

Capt'n Panda, words fail me, Thank you! Hope Little Miss panda is getting all well real soon! Best wishes.

Eric, Thanks for visiting again, you're the second to talk about my monstrosity factor :D, I guess you saw My Myspace pictures!, no, seriously thank you very much fella, Hope we meet again soon!

Gonzalo, Gracias por las visitas viejo, ojala veamos mas de tu estilo, me gusta mucho :)

Axel, this must be like the 1000th time I say thanks, but I still mean it completely!! thank you my friend!

Juan pablo: If it served as inspiration in anyway I'm just more than rewarded, Enjoy Homie, Help is on the way I promise :D

Kenneth, Love to see you showed by pal! I'm very glad you enjoyed! See you around and thanks for the thrill ride!! :D

Gilles, Thanks man, I stared a it for hours and I can't ensure your mental health after that, I still wake up screaming every night :D

Filipe, You're the man!! I will expect a great work from you in the next one too, And it will be a great pleasure to see you there!

Kei, Oh my! thanks for taking the time, He's not a yak but who cares, I will send him your message just to see him blush!.... nice... :D

Sooooooooo ..... Does anyone know what will happen now? when will we know the results? Big mystery to me, let me know!

I'm off now, still dealing with the insomnia... damn, It was worthy...

Best Wishes to all....
Woo.

[nerdyninja]

oh its ok that you took out the giraffe! I forgive you! haha next time maybe...lol


Great finished product and I love all the close ups! It was great fun following your progress on this piece! Good luck my friend!:thumbsup:

[unf0rg1v3n]

That was an excelent tutorial man! thanks for the help, I started to work on it and its lookin a lot better than my stripped pant look.. And its so easy with Photoshop, you just have to think of how you can use all those options to your benefit - It would have never crossed my mind to do it that way.

They'll probably anounce next week though, so stay put homie. haha. Hopefully all that hard work and community help will pay off for you! If not, its still one of the top threads on this competition!

[SteevieWoo]

Celine: Thanks again for visiting, this general sluggishness is killing me, so I guess I'll do some side-picture just for fun, that giraffe still floats in my mind, they're so cute......

Juan Pablo: I'm glad it helped, If you need anything just ask! In the end the only way to really know the full photoshop might is to share among the users, No guide book gets even close to that ;)






I love to singa... I love the na na nanana .... ah, screw it! nobody to listen...

good night.

[Smik]

Hi Gabriel! It's very funny behavior and so strange! I like see it :) :applause: :applause: :applause:

[SteevieWoo]

Thanks a lot pal! always a pleasure to hear from you!:)

[Readme2]

Awsome work..!!

one crit:
the reflection of that guy who is opening the car's door is not correct. F.E, it's impossible from this angle to see both his eyes. you should see more of the hair and the back of his head.

[SteevieWoo]

Thanks Ido! you are completely right!! I missed that one. With Rita's reflection I did modify the position of her head, but I completely forgot when I did the guy .

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time! I really apreciate it!:thumbsup:

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