Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Gabriel Vera

[SteevieWoo]

Well, i have just entered the "Strange Behavior", my first challenge, i got a couple entries in the Exposé competition and have been waiting for the next event to come out, so here it is and i think is the best theme yet so i couldn't wait to sign in!
I'll be posting my first doodles really soon and i hope i recive a lot of input!

Thanks Everyone!!

Woo.

[SteevieWoo]

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Hi Everyone, this is my first concept, the idea is a urban portrait of a big minotaur-bison warrior waiting for the bus to go to the battlefield, and the office hottie he meets there. Now, i want the girl to look like she's really flirting at him, so i'm thiking of changing de pose and expresion a bit, if you have any imput on it please let me know! i specially have trouble with composition since the bison is so big, but i thik it would be cool if the comp sinks to the lower center just like the bench so he looks really heavy, how bout' that?
Best luck to everyone!!

[chrisbeaver]

Very nice start, man :thumbsup:

No crits on the concept.. How do you plan to do all that hair though?

[SteevieWoo]

Wow never spected to recibe a response so soon!!! I'll use a combination of photoshop custom brushes an painter for the furr......

I'm puting toguether my CG portfolio rigth now, please drop by again later and take a look at it !

thanks!

[Nickillus]

What a great drawing Gabriel. Can't wait to see it rendered.

[NH]

Hi i like your idea and so your sketch ! Waiting for your next one !

[DeeVad]

Wao ! I really like your way to draw, delicious volume and aliving lines.

[Essen]

Your pic really puts a smile on my face. its pretty amusing :) Love it!

[SteevieWoo]

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OK, as i said i've been wondering about the girl so here are various models of her in different versions i went through, left to rigth:
-cartoony
-oriental mmmmm
-school girl
-Pam! (from the office)
-this is the alternate version of the original and i will paste her with the bison to se how she looks.
well so many options and i feel a little lost so, as always if you have a word on it plaese let me know!

[SteevieWoo]

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Wow she looks good to me...
Something funny hapened: the first one was supposed to represent the very moment the bison sits and bends the bench hence driving the girl towards him, in this second one it seems that it happened already and the girl had a little time to cuddle agains him and start playing with his fur, good or bad? i don't know at this point.. heck, it's just a sketch! i'll be going for the good one in the coming days so i'm taking all suggestions...

[chrisbeaver]

This is better :) She's definitely looking more specifically flirtatious. You might also try a sketch where she's turned slightly toward him, staying braced on her right hand (as she is now) but with her left hand reached across her body to twirl around his arm hair.

I still can't help but chuckle at the fact that, in this Strange Behavior Challenge, the fantasy bison warrior waiting on a bus is the one playing the serious character :D

[SteevieWoo]

thanks for that ill try it!

by the way... you got my point exactly:)......

[Jeffparadox]

If you try lifting her right hand's pinky finger straight towards the beast, almost touching his left arm fur, keeping the rest of her hand as is, it could add a subtle but effective flirtyness..

Great drawing style, I love it. I like your concept too. I think there is someone else that's doing beauty and the beast kind of concept too though.

best of luck

[HFix]

fantastic sketches....this is one of my favorites :) love the expressions!!

[eclipse115]

Looks great! Can't wait to see the first splashes of color. :D

[Kei-Acedera]

Hehehe neat sketches! The girls are very cute :)

[SteevieWoo]

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I was so bored doing a scene for a history book, nothing but soldiers, so i shoved it away and went right to put some color on this thing....
It's just a dummy not the real thing, but it shows the kind of light i want, it is a exterior scene so i'll put all kinds of colorful reflections, but softly so nobody has to notice at first.
Hope you like it....

[nandlaskar]

very cool concept. keep up the good work.I wud surely follow ur thread.Best of luck:thumbsup:

[AxelAlonso]

Hi Gabriel,
Very nice sketch, your idea its lovely and I like so much the style for your characters, and also the way to play for the real world to the extraordinary world, my only suggestion in the idea will be , that the strange behavior its not to strong still since I expect something flirty from a cute girl like your character, and more to a big poweerfull guy.... I hope to see more from your wonderful art and will support you, I mean talent its you! Congratulations! :thumbsup:

me encanta tu estilo y visite tu pagiha wow un monton de proyectos!:eek:

[cbernardo]

Great sketch! This girl is very funny!

Cheers,
Carlos

[MVDB]

Nice idea and good character design!

[SteevieWoo]

thanks everybody indeed!! i'm moved....... gasp:love:

Axel, i agree with you completely, and thats why i stoped alll work on mi sketch twice before deciding to use it. i'll explain later, i promise......

Michael, i saw your work before and i'ts looking real good! by the way, What an amazing avatar you have!!! i love it.

Thanks again to all!!:beer::wavey:

[JackZhang]

i love this one. very nice character, beautiful and rich design. and i specially love what you wrote in your signature Don't be a stranger, just behave strangely! i think a lot of us here are busy making "strangers" and forgot about what's the most important. Good luck and looking forward to see more from you.

[RUBEN-F]

that looks cool :eek: . graet work, I'll have to practice alot to get that good :banghead: .

[SteevieWoo]

Thaksabunch all you people i'm getting al fuzzy inside and stuff.... or maybe just the new shakira video, i don't know.......

I,m still worried about the compsition yet nobody has complained, please let me know if you see somthing fishy with it, Im a little dumb for composition :arteest:an had been learning about it lately, so i would love imput from such talented nice people here....
:p

[eclipse115]

I think the strange behavior is the minotaur as a commuter. Maybe you can play up to that a little more. *edit- maybe he's holding a map to a village he's going to raid, etc.

I like the sense of movement and weight from the sketch of him "just sitting down" and her sliding towards him. Maybe one of her legs can kick in the air and her shoe fly off her foot to show how off balance she is. It might also help to change her expression to more alarmed.

I like the way it looks now but these are just some thoughts . Great splash of color ;)

[Sovica]

Well... I think the composition is good... it's not that dramatic, but this way the illustration focuses on the story told. So I wouldn't change it.

But maybe you could play around with the girl a bit more...? Right now, you can't really tell any more that she slid twards him and bumped against him (she's too relaxed). I would try to stress that more. You know: he just sat down, she bumped in him from the bending of the bench, so she is surprised a bit, but also likes it =)
If you can catch such an expression you're a pro =D

I'll stay tooned,

Good luck =)

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel. Really a nice concept and great sketches. I keep any eye on the progress of your idea :thumbsup: . Mucha suerte y un saludo !!!

[elmasfeo]

hehe, I love your sketches, I think I'm really going to like this illustration when its finished...
about the copmposition, maybe I would try to cut a tiny bit from the bottom and extend the canvas another bit to the top and the sides, I don't know, I don't know how composition works but that's what your image tells to my eye...:shrug:
Mucha suerte! :)

[Kei-Acedera]

She's looking sweet Gabriel! This soft lighting will be a nice touch!

[PBCastle]

i really like that face...i was a caricature artist at sea world in a former life and it just reminded me of all that.....looks top notch, and look forward to more.


=p

[killer-instinct93]

Fantastic drawing, I like it a lot. It's a lot like my own stlye and thank you for using blue :buttrock:

The posing of the bison is perfect, and the only thing I might try is moving the girls left arm so her hand is on her knee. I think it would make her look even more flirtatious, and make an even better silhouette. And the only other small thing I would change at this point would be to clear up the area around the lower leg and bench. The way it is now is kind of confusing where exactly the corner is and how she is sitting on it.

Otherwise, fantastic job, I love to see drawings in this style, and I can't wait to see the next steps.

[SteevieWoo]

OH thanks for this, you all are great help!

as i said I'll do a little explanation on my piece so here it comes:

Well it was made to show a contrast in many ways, first the ovious difference of gender size, occupation, and well... species, but also, contrast of attitude, Bison here is the obvious weirdo but he turns out to be shy and embarrassed cause' of the public furnture destruction he made, which i think is very natural, i'd be.....

Now as Axel points it is to expect from a pretty gal like her to come and flirt to a big hunky guy, yes. but it is a big, hairy, mutant, chimeric, anthropomorphic barbarian bison,
The fact that you can find her attitude so natural brings me to the point that started it all for me: I want to show that, In a way, the natural reaction of this real life girl could be the stragest thing in the scene.:D

Yeah all that, and i really wanted to draw a sexy girl.

I'll post an alternate version of my sketch tomorrow night, in preparation for the good one!
See you around!

[SteevieWoo]

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WOOW Finally, this is an almost completely redone sketch of bison and the chick, watching some bus shelter photos from many places of the world i stumbled upon a new type of bench that would crush in a different way, hope you like it!!
I also exagerated the bison's posture and from that worked an all new girl, i tried to follow all of those good hints from all of you.(THANKS A LOT!!)
Please let your voice be heard! i don't know what face i like the most just now, so...................

[killer-instinct93]

I think I like the other face better, but it depends on what you're going for. If you want the flirtier girl, I think the first one fits that much better.

And I looooove the changes you made to the bench and her position. It really looks like shes falling towards him now, rather than just leaning up against him. I think the subtle things like the show falling off, and oh my goodness are you ever good at hand poses.

Fantastic work

[Jeffparadox]

You could try to give a little more prspective and bleed the right side of the bus stop out of the frame a bit, it could help the composition, not sure.

Another great drawing, it's just fun to see different versions, though i feel like the beast's expression was funnier in the first one. Other than that I think this has a much more dynamic feel. Can't wait for color!

do you sketch in PS btw, or with blue pencil on paper? it has a traditional look : )

[SteevieWoo]

Tkanks! so far we have one vote for the the former girl, keep it coming!!

Hede And Killer: Yes, i'm using a good old col-erase dark blue pencil (i believe Faber-Castell makes em' now). My boss used to provide me with em', since he got more into b5 pencil. But i slowly ran out of em' and they're damn hard to get here in Mexico, so i'm using my last two for this competition. you know, for luck.

[walrus]

Nice work so far...! Your new pose feels as if it's still in motion, as though he'd just sat down and the bench had just busted. Given that, I like the poses and expressions that have more motion and surprise to them. For example, I love the second girl's face/pose, but don't think it would work so well with your new composition. The 4th one, with a look of surprise on her face, might work better in this new shot.
Just my thoughts on them, seeing as you were still looking for input on those poses. Good luck and have fun...!

[Ferx]

Great sketck, the sensation of weight of the bison is obtained very well

I think your other chick is more sexy (más zorrona... hahahha), and the minotauro ( o bison) has a little innocent expression, and maybe this is the strange part, the chick is the wolf and the bison warrior is the sheep :)

[Gord-MacDonald]

totally kick-ass drawings!!!

Gord

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel,:)

Uuhh !ok I like more this sexy girl with her glasses, add more the strange factor to me.. I like how you bend more the bus sit, as well the exaggeration of the composition it’s looking great! I love the silhouettes very easy to read what going on! Fantastic!..
About your reasons, I understand your point, and I think it’s a really cute concept, and great to see it, in your style! And as long as you are having fun, We will see that as well! Although, we already are!
I hope to see more upgrades, of this great concept!:scream:
Take care!

[sgw]

Thanks for the comment ;)

Your stuff is SOLID. Great image so far, love the style. Its got some serious personality- looking forward to seeing it progress.

[element5]

Thanx for dropping by my thread, Very nice idea here and the linework is great. The colour test of the girls face has a really nice style to it.

Cheers
Mark

[SteevieWoo]

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PLEASE TAKE A LOOK BEFORE THIS GETS BURIED IN PAGE 6 AGAIN!!! :D

So many new entries! always pushing back, don't get me wrong, is great, I gotta get faster!!!
Oh, sorry for that fit, feelin' better now, yeah! So here's another (and right now the final) version of sweet flirting girl, which i'm still to name by the way. Once pasting her with the bison and adequately tracing the background i'll be ready to go. Right now i feel it's taking forever so tell me what you think, i tried once again to incorporate as much of the input received as possible. Hope you enjoy!!

[Slav]

hehe dont worry i got a subscription this one is going to kick butt. close in style to walrus's piece at least right now anyways. :) great work here.

[SteevieWoo]

HOW ABOUT THE BRUNETTE LOOK by the way?

I like her, mostly because the bison's hair is gonna be brown so for contrast, you know.....

I tried to stick close to the second one (the last color sketch) that many said was their favorite.

Well me too on that one!!

Thanks everyone for all!!

[Slav]

save yourself the hastle, if the bison's hair is gonna be darker the the blonds i think it would be a perfect contrast. light against dark work well. and in this case i stand by that.

[icedeyes]

I hadn't seen this thread so far but the concept looks very good and the girl looks very nicelly colored... I agree with Slav on the hair... keep it up

[Smik]

bugaga :thumbsup: very nice

[kikomunar]

Nice curves! I would call her Rhea, Sweet Rhea, the name just pops in the moment i saw her! Is she wearing stockings or a pantyhose, just notice the colors on her legs are different. But she's sweet, oh yeah. Great job, will follow this thread. Best of luck!

[W-I-L]

cat wiat to see it all cpmposed and in colour. girl is great and i like your cartoon style.

[walrus]

Looking nice, Gabriel! The only suggestions that I can see to offer is on the feet and shoes, which could use some subtle tweaking. For example, the heels on the 2 shoes are 2 different sizes... pick one. (Myself, i like the thinner stilettos.) Her heel on the screen-right foot looks a bit large... in fact, you could experiment with daintier feet all the way around, perhaps. On the screen-left foot, you may not need that part of the shoe to the right of the foot - maybe just make it more of a profile shot. These are all really small, trivial little nit-picks, but honestly, they're the only thing I can see to comment on. Everything else is lookng terrific! She looks really nice... I can tell you must be a Phil Foglio fan! :)
Keep it coming...

[elmasfeo]

yes, it's looking great!
for me, maybe I would have given her some warmer colors, she is too blue for my taste, but maybe after coloring the rest of the scene everything matches perfectly... maybe you can make the contrast between the bison and her with the b/w level, and keep everything in warm colors? I don't know, it's my only sugestion, I really enjoy your style of drawing... :)

[Jeffparadox]

It's looking great man, nice to see progress!

I really like the lighting here, I'm also diging how you've changed the colors of your skecth lines, never did that before and now must try! Are you thinking about keeping some of those nice strokes during the paint? cause I think you should....

keep it up 8 D

[nandlaskar]

very nicely done till now.keep up the good work.waiting for another post.

[Ferx]

Hola Gabriel. I believe that the girl of your first and second sketch has a great hair, with more movment, more fluid. I really like the sexy expression of the chick on your second sketch. :) only a comment.
Your progress looks great!!. Suerte!

[SteevieWoo]

AWWW i feel so nice to see i'm on my fourth thread page!:love: i never had one anyways, and it surprises me how great people with weird nicknames i get to meet here!

Hmm Lets see...
RUBEN-F: Thanks. don't worry about that, the important thing is to be on the way already, see you around!
JackZhang: I love the fact that enthusiastic people like you are around in events like this,
feels great to be part of it!
eclipse115: Well, i'm so sorry he will have both hands busy to hold the map, but you willsee
it in the background,(i still think of putting some kind of joke in it) And thanks
for the shoe advice, as you see i put some of that in the last one.

Sovica: WOOOW i wish i will be able to live up to that kind of spectation, you flatter me
a lot just saying it ... please let me know what you think of this one!

elmasfeo:You must mean that name, you look like a foot!:D but you have some good
fashion sense, anyway, Yes you're right! warmer is gonna be better and i will
have it in mind when i do the color. Thanks and keep showing!

Ferx:Yeah i know the zorrita look goes nice with her, and i'll bring back the long loose hair
again, THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!
Kei-Acedera:I hope i'll still se you around! I loved your gallery and the workers pic!
CUBISIS: it's coming, it's coming man! i can't wait either

DogMan3d: Cheers with sake to you too!
PBCastle : Now i wonder if you survived your caricaturist afterlife, people is so sensitive
about their looks, i just wonder if you died stoned or something:D!
killer-instinct93 :THANKYOU! it means so much to me that you liked the hands, it took me
forever to learn what i know now, and you don't often realize you got
better until somebody tells you, Thanks Again!
AxelAlonso: Man What to say, you are always around and take time to look at the detail
and the flaws, Thank you a real lot!
walrus : You are the man. Ah the shoes! i was too lazy to get them look right. from all
people you had to notice:p.
Gord-MacDonald : Great pencils, Kick ass as well, Thanks!

Hede: Buddy, So nice to see you keep coming, Yes i colored the lines and probably will
flatten them with base colors and take them for a ride on painter, although the
will disappear in the end , too bad:shrug:.
Dissipation : Solid is such a nice word in this business,:love: i hope i deserve it........
element5 : Thanxz and i hope to see you here often!
Slav : You're right, i'm testing the blond against dark already Thanks!
icedeyes : Great you hopped in! A Samurai Pizza Cats fan will always be welcome here!
Blonde is coming back.

Smik:bugaga very nice too, Thank you!
kikomunar : AW Thanks buddy, i asked her about her pantyhose and now she doesn't talk
to me anymore, and told all her friends i'm a weirdo (i think i'll peep) ;)
W-I-L : Thanks man, cartoons rule my life.....

So i just decided i'll never decide about the girl (Which now is named Sweet Rita, from a fusion of Zorrita [thanks Ferx] and Sweet Rhea[Thanks kikomunar]), i will just start the color and change her and make variations on the way, there is time, no?

No?... i think i'll finish it on time.... it can be done right? ..... Allright now i don't know!:banghead:

My sight is blurry now, Bye.

ZZzz,,..

[nwiz25]

good god! im so late! :eek: ur first concept blew my mind to bits man! :eek::scream::buttrock: more like .. two of a kind! very very cool indeed! .. n now with ur latest update.. even better bro! :scream:
love her pose a lot! in fact ... thats the one which has always been tough to draw :cry:
lot of attention has been paid! u rock dude! :buttrock: cheers! :beer:

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel,
{ Zorrita jajaja te pasas } well love the primary colors you have in your palette very well complemented, :thumbsup: and dark hair seem the right choice for Rita, also I have a suggestion were the clothing seem perfect for a high class “wana be” executive, and the have that kind of wardrobe, so try to give it some texture on her jacket and skirt maybe a small pattern that complement colors as well, kind of like the Jacky O. look…witch in my opinion, is also more unlikely to be flirting with a big hairy beast guy!

[JackZhang]

i love how the bench crashes in the lasted concept. great action line, a lot more force and impact. big improve. can't wait to see more! keep up the great work!

[mdavid]

I'm super-impressed by your drawings - they are full of life and energy :thumbsup:

[MoKhatib]

You’re good man... real good, love the concept love the characters “though I think a blonde will do better” and I agree with you about the composition there’s something about it, as u said if you could try to transform all the image weigh towards the broken are of the bench “I mean the whole image” I think its would give it more depth.

You rock:buttrock:

[easydoesit]

This is really coming together. I love the folds in the bench.

[Lync]

Really cool concept. I love the characters and their poses. It's coming together really well.

[MichaelZHsee]

heading on the right direction mate,postures and gestures spotted on and it convery the story just right,cool entry u've got here:)keep it coming

[CyborgJA]

Incredible sketches ! Really full of movement !

[nandlaskar]

hi.waiting for update.I will come back :)

[SteevieWoo]

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Yep, can't stay inside the lines... but I like this stage of sketching because nothing is too wrong that you can't fix it. this is only a color scheme test, my final shadow preview will come soon. Oh! since this is for the web i went all crazy and used a green hue for the background i know would never survive printing, but this if one of few times for me that i don't give squat! Feels so good, mmmmh!
O.K. maybe too crazy, if you feel the green is too aggressive or just screws up your peepers just lemme know!
Thanks to all. How's the Simpsons movie uh?

[SteevieWoo]

oh that briefcase!! !! hmm maybe next time :shrug:.

[killer-instinct93]

I really like the way that came out, looks a lot like watercolour. It really works with your drawing style.

As for the green, I personally like it. I think you have to use a solid colour as the backdrop, not clear glass. I think red would be cool, but maybe would be too dominant, blue doesn't often go well with midtones like skin, fur and steel. I think green works really well.

Personally, I've looked through dozens of these entries now, and I'd have to say at this point yours would be the clear favourite.

[W-I-L]

yay... looking very good mate.. nothing wrong with the green.. i love how it looks likehe has just sat down and she has been flung into him. cant wait fo more.. no crits

[icedeyes]

The hair is looking a lot better... The green is looking great imho.. Its not too much... generally, i love this piece so far...

PS. I believe you are the third person i met that actually remembers Samurai Pizza cats... Great humor on that series...

[Jeffparadox]

Hey great update Steevie, I'm loving this water color effect too. I've got nothing against the green, I think it's powerful actually. Though I'd test it a little before I'd go far with it, imho it looks like there's a little too much of it now, or too much of the same tone. When I like a powerful color like that in my paintings I tend to immediately test it with a few different tones and the alternatives of that color - in this case it could be blue I guess - just to double check myself that I'm really digging that color before I invest too much on it. You could also try to play with certain panels of the bus stop, and see how they'd work with that green. Again, just some ideas, it's looking great...

The warm sun and the green light are playing beautifully on the beasts head, along with the cast shadows very nice job already, we need more frequent updates! : )

[walrus]

The bright green of the bus stop could work, especially if you bring more similar cool tones into the rest of the background - distance blues and foliage greens to help push the entire background into the cool range.... Does the car on the left really need to be red? And then conversely, pump up the warm tones of the foreground characters. For example,stronger warm colors for the wood handle and the fur. Maybe a red skirt instead of blue? Metal can be a lot of different colors - don't fall into the trap of thinking that the axe has to be white because it's silver, try adding some warm rust tones.

Anyhow, all just ideas. You have plety of time, so as Jess wisely suggested, experiment with colors before comitting to anything. Good luck!

[Ferx]

Hola Gabriel. I liked your "painting by numbers" :thumbsup: .
As it is a previsualization I will risk to say that the hair of the girl would have to be black (you can reflecte better the green colour and the sun light in her hair if be a darker colour, only an opinion :) ) About her jacket and skirt I agree with Walrus, maybe a red brilliant colour work well ( and red and black are the femme fatale colours ... :D ..... or a mexican pink tone... dont know ...thinking aloud :) )

[OKMER]

Wow me amazed by your style and skills man!
Personnaly prefered the more classy look of the woman in your first sketches.
Me tottaly signed up in your thread,great work!:beer:

[chrisbeaver]

Painting inside the lines is overrated; it's merely the last decrepit strand of control for exasperated primary-school teachers :P

Oi, man, has this grown in my absence. It's vastly more dynamic than your original sketch, and I for one can get behind the green. I'd go with Walrus's idea to make her skirt red, unless it conflicts too much against the green. Red symbolizes passion and excitement and hunger; all those fun naughty-girl emotions that go in with her character. Also, just for the sake of realism (....Well.. Real-world-ism), I might suggest a little clutter on the ground. Cigarette butts, empty fast-food boxes, crumpled sofa cans, what-have-you. No bus-stop I've ever seen is that pristine.


At any rate, this is looking awesome. Can't wait to see what you do with it next!

[killer-instinct93]

No bus-stop I've ever seen is that pristine.
You should move to Canada

[Layer01]

lovely work :)

colours are so fresh and happy!
i'm in awe of your skill and the ease at which you're churning these out. keep it up!

[Slav]

yea i definatly like the blond most of all. keep on rockin.

[ashiataka]

Hi Gabriel, I've seen your thread a while ago and I'm here after your stop to my thread, sorry for that. The sketch, concept and designs are all very well. As I seen, by the comments and your well done work you've progressed so far in a best way. Best of luck and fun! Where you take this scene will be very impressive.
By the way would you mind if I suggest something too, as Walrus told may be if you turned the girls skirt into red would be more contrast to the bacground. See you!

[frozentoast]

Yeah like some other people have said, I have to say I really love the style of this piece. Not sure how to explain it, but it is just very interesting to look at, and it makes me happy. I don't have any other comments now I'll have to see when the Minotaur has his hair. Good luck!

[SteevieWoo]

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Sooooooo.. i made some changes to my color scheme and just because I'm such a dummy I made another version of Rita. now i did not have time left to paste her with the rest but I think she looks so fine on a white background that i couldn't resist to share with you! This time I pulled out my old Elvgren pin-up book and tried to put as much as i could of those beautiful ladies into this one. Hope you like her, and if you don't well, no worries! remember i won't have a definitive version of her until the day I upload the 'Final image milestone'.
Wow, sounds so far away still.... So much fun!
Well, I hope you like the red, cause' I sure do (you all were right). The red jacket didn't work for me because she looked like a cinema employee or something..... Meh, we'll see.

Sorry for the ruff color, I left my stylus back at work, and my muose doesn't love me anymore....

[SteevieWoo]

Massive replies are coming, sorry it takes me so long.:blush:

[DanielSLimon]

Seeing your sketches... your finished work will be spectacular, i'm sure!

Esto... quien fuese minotauro :scream:

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, Rita looks really nice and sexy, great work! :buttrock:The red skirt works well! :beer:

I can´t wait for more updates :thumbsup:

[Slav]

maybe you can try patches of darker fur on him? right now he looks too light to me. :) other then that gogo wicked work here.

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel,
I really like this new version of Rita, she got that spicy element that might hit better in my opinion what I thought of strange on her and here latest victim, sort of speak, I love the Vintage jacket assets a more sophisticated mood to her :thumbsup:! And it does look great on white Back ground!
Well so far the expressions it’s the only one I love it but need to push it more for the flirty part with not so much innocence maybe! But that’s just a spectator’s point of view, not crucial at all!

[SteevieWoo]

Hey Axel Great to know about you! See, I was hoping you could help me out a bit with that 'Jackie O Style' you mentioned, sounds good but i don't quite get it. I'm a fashionwise challenged person, and all fashion that comes to my mind as the style of Jackie O is a little pink hat.
If you can point me to some pictures or so, I'd be so glad.:)
Thanks for all buddy!

[headtrip]

I love the expression on the bison warriors face. Love it. Good luck!

[SteevieWoo]

We-hell, lookit my thread, it has a 'last' button now!
I mean, I never ever did forums before, not even posts, so this feels funny inside,
Thanks a lot!! it means much indeed!!
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........
Neville: Man! So thankful you dropped by! Your tutorial on shinny stuff rocked!:buttrock: I can't wait for you to get to the face and fingers!! !!

Axel: Thanks for the pictures !! i got some ideas already, And even more thanks for taking the time to send them! So kind of you!! More flirt will come...

Jack Zhang: Thanks, I'm working in making more evident the action lines! See you around! you owe us a peepshow.......:eek:

Mark: Thanks a lot, i blush :blush: ohhhh!

MoKhatib: Yes weight is all i have, so I'll use it!! How's the poll going?

Michael Grills: yeah the folds were a little hard to find reference for, they will be fixed a bit, stay tuned!!

Lynda :Thanks a lot, I like your concept, I'm sorry i didn't post, i thought i did.....

MichaelZHsee: I'm glad you and your cool avatar dropped by! thanks a real big lot!!

Serena: Nice sketches too, I had a hard time finding your 'strange' because your signature link doesn't work. but it was worth it!!

CUBISIS: Here i am buddy! Let's keep delivering!! Thanks!

Kevin: Oh I don't know what to say but Thank you!! You are helping me a lot with the color problem, And yet again thanks for all the support! (See 'Kevin again' further below)

W-I-L: Great you see the action happening, that makes me feel so good because sometimes i lose perspective on it, you know...............

icedeyes:Yes the blonde is here to stay, I think. Thanks for the support, and BTW... you wouldn't believe how many many people remembers the pizza cats here in Mexico, sadly half of them hate them to the guts. Mostly because of 'that' song theme.:shrug:

Y. Jeff : Yep I'm doing a lot ot select and colorize right now so i can be sure, but it really takes me longer that I'd wish , stay tuned!!

Walrus:Thanks for always taking the time to deliver a good crit! Yep, I'll play with metal, You'll see. Thanks for red!

Ferx:Yes, i know the dark hair would make it easier.... I'm still on it, and thanks too for the red idea!:thumbsup:

Remko:(Is that really your name? soo cool!) You're right, classy is better! Thanks a lot for that one!!

Chris:Long time no see!! Thanks for showing!! (I'll never forget you were the first to post, like, two minutes after i entered).(see 'Kevin Again' right below) vv

Kevin again: ALL RIGHT let's settle this folks! Untidy bus stops rule most of the world so I'll check how it works, but I would still move to Canada just to see a clean one!

Layer01:Lovely characters on your avatar! perfect clash for your concepts, I almost had a stroke!! Naaah, They're great!! Thank you so much!!

Slav:Nice to see you coming often! Yeah!, The fur is hard, y'see.. Bisons actually have black heads, but it was too much for mine, (the eyes got lost) so i guess I went too much the other way, I'm working on that. let's all keep on rocking!:buttrock:

ashiataka: I'm really fond of your work even before I entered the society,Thanks for your kind words, and see you around!!

frozentoast:Oh, I love your post, I love that you just feel and don't have to know! And that makes me happy back, so Thank you a lot!

Daniel:Great to see you here, I'm very interested on your piece an how it evolves! And yeah you're right, Yo me disfrazaría de Minotauro....... Ahhhh!

headtrip:Thank for turning your attention to the bison! we have him a little neglected here, but that's what happens when you sit besides a Hottie uh?:D Happens to me all the time.

Thanks To You All, Funny-Nicknamed Talented People:bowdown::beer:.. I have no words left but.......... ........ :DHa! I don't have to write it, it'll appear now....

[melkao]

Hola.....
que buenos dibujos tienes ahi...y esta bastante loca la idea...espero que al final sea asi de buena o mejor....a proposito....ya viste mi ultimo update?:thumbsup:

[abscnth]

Well Gabriel you have blown my socks off here, there is some great work on these threads but this one is really doing it for me, sorry not to post before, I only just came across your thread.

As for crits, everything I would have said has been done by you based on others suggestions... glad you have decide to go with the red skirt and blonde hair, boy she is sooo sexy with a cracking pair of legs! One of your earlier sketches seemed to capture a slightly more embarassed expression on the bison which I thought to be quite comical, I think I also prefer the previous girl in the full sketch to this latest - particularly her hand posture. All that said I think with the progress you are making I am certain you will settle on the perfect moods for both your characters.

Love the green, get rid of the pink/red car as Walrus suggested, maybe yellow?

You are onto a winner here me thinks!

All the very best mate

[rbfer2]

Fantastic ! Just fantastic ! Your sense of collors and the overall composition are great . Congratulations . Can't wait to see more !

[SteevieWoo]

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So, this has a lot of changes, but I know is hard to notice for other than the one who made them. I don't know... I'm in this phase when i can't tell if I like what i see or not.(Came early this time...) Help welcomed more than ever, Thankyou!

We-he-he-helll... THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR MAKING ME DUMP THAT UGLY PINK CAR!! it's still there, but blue and really pushed back, and since nobody complained about the big green bus stop, it is maybe the only one thing that didn't change color(little lighter)... Billy's head is darker now, like real bisons. Brings up his eyes.... or maybe not.
Mmmmh, let's se how it works.

Goodnight Everyone.

[mdavid]

Excellent update :thumbsup: I'm glad you changed the car - it fits perfectly into the background now and adds value to the scene without being too noticeable

[AlonChou]

very lovely pic, and interesting story, can't wait to see more!

[Layer01]

lovely work. Its so vibrent and full of colour, makes me feel like its summer here :D

I like the colour set, and the car does look better now its blue.
I'm not sure about this, but her hand (the one not on her knee) looks a little strange, just a funny pose, or maybe its cause the paint is going out of the lines atm..

keep it up :D

[garwiltho]

Hey this is looking awesome. I think the colours work really well. My crit would be that the Bison's features look a bit soft for a worrior. Keep up the good work.:scream:

[shattered-fx]

Hi Gabriel,

The changes looks better than ever, xept for the lady's jacket I assume.. is'nt it better if you keep the blue one to bring up a little contrast to the bison's fur?..otherwise, overall I like what happening here.:thumbsup:


-Raffy





MY STRANGE BEHAVIOR ENTRY (ILLUSTRATION)

[Ferx]

Gabriel, thats great!! :thumbsup: . I really liked the overall composition. (If i can say, I think you need a bit of "air" over the bus stop and by consequence a little more space at the right, its only a comment ).

Really great job Gabriel!!

[melkao]

nice update!...the color looks nice. but i think that you shoul add some more details to the escene, to get an image more rich...like a can on the floor, or a feather, or something:D

[ziriguidum]

very good. Your pinnup is very beauty

[SteevieWoo]

Greetings everyone! this is getting better and better everytime, so much good stuff to look at, sometimes I don't touch my picture at all, just spend hours looking at good pieces from all around the world until I realize it's 2:00 A.M. Once again thanks for the ride!

melkao: Yes, the scene needs some stuff on the floor, I'll work on that in the next phase! Thanks.

abscnth: He he, I hope I'll deliver a nice cracking pair of legs in the end! the legs and hands of the previous one will be back:thumbsup:

rbfer2 : Thanks Man! Let me know what you think of the new colors! BTW your city has a cool name!!

Mark David : I know, I'm done with pink cars for the rest of my life:D

Alon-Chou : Thanks, More to come soon, You'll see.

Layer01 : So glad you feel the summer, I really want to have that feeling in the final on :rolleyes: let's see how good it shines! Yep, the hands look funny right now, and many other things. Too much transform, y'know.

garwiltho : Thanks for dropping by! Billy will have his makeover soon, stay tuned!

idyeaah : I know! the jacket! Some decisions are hard to take and this one still haunts me at night, I will consider it all along! Thanks for speaking up the voices in my head! Bluuuue.... bluuuuueeee ... Oh there they go again:eek:

Ferx : Consider it done Buddy, you've hit the bullseye!! Thanks as always!! :thumbsup:

ziriguidum : Thank God for cut and paste is your nickname difficult to spell!! And thanks to you too for your comments Rodolfo! Classic Gil Elvgren Pin-ups are my main inspiration on this one. Oh those girls!:love:

Yesssss, Gil Elvgren was the Chief and still is for me when it comes to ladies, even The bison's eyes have his influence if you look closely. I don't know... but it's what I like to think all the time I work on it. Hope you enjoy.


They should make more words for thank you. many more.:)

[ziriguidum]

ziriguidum : Thank God for cut and paste is your nickname difficult to spell!!

hahUAHUhauhuHAUhaHUAH.. You are funny, dude! hehehehe

[icedeyes]

hey Gabriel... I love how the colors look right now... much more vivid and the shadows on the bison work just fine... you might want to change the coat on the lady though... other than that everything looks great... keep it up

[TwinSnakes]

Really nice premise and presentation. The beast looks younger than the woman though. I would maybe toughen him up a bit. Maybe give him some battle scares or something.

Great drawing style.

[NH]

Hi Steevie, thank you for your cool post ! :beer:
I discovered the evolution of your concept this morning ( i was on holidays before ) it's great ! I like the girl, she's so sexy :love:
Just one crit : don't you think that there's too much green in your image ? I think that you need some warm colors around your characters ( some coke red cans or somethig like that might help, may be a bin, or some weapons lost buy other warriors :D... )

Excellent work ! waiting for your next one, cheers mate :beer:

[SteevieWoo]

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I think it looks better this way, I like blue. And that will be it for color test for now, Unless you find other fishy areas and let me know. any problem that will pop out when I start painting (At last!! !!)can still be fixed Soooooooooo... Let the games continue!! Only 80 days left... [o_0)!!
Big thanks Everyone!! Such kind words...

[fido972]

Awsome job. beautiful sketch. I really like it.

Keep it up And good luck!!

[SteevieWoo]

Hey, BTW!! All of your good suggestions will have room in the picture when the time comes for it, so Billy's expression, Sweet Rita's hands, the shoes, the axe, the junk on the floor and that stupid briefcase I keep forgetting about, they all will be taken care of soon!

I will be off a couple days, I hope I could say it is a business travel thing or something that cool but, Naaah! I'll be fixing a wall in my room that looks like crap now. in the meantime have lots of fun and recurrent obsessive dreams about your projects!

http://www.gifmania.co.uk/Spongebob/spongebob.gif:beer::beer::beer:http://www.gifmania.co.uk/Spongebob/spongebob.gif
Cheers boys and girls!!

[melkao]

I love that bison....he looks amazing....nice job!:thumbsup:

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, i like the blue jaket, nice contrast with the Bison fur and with the red skirt!! :thumbsup:

(I was going to say you that if you could turn the Rita´s legs a little towards to the front... :twisted: , but you dont do case to me, I'm a dirty mind hahahahahaha .... I only express that all people are thinking.... dirty minds!! :D )

P.S. Dont paint your wall with green colour ! :D

[SteevieWoo]

Hey Ferx! I can't belive you!! Dude, there are sites for that kind of stuff:D!!
Heck, Now I'll have to try that!!:twisted::twisted:
But I don't know if i'm gonna let you see:surprised, I'll ask Rita if she's cool with that:D.

[nwiz25]

hey bro! :p still goin on good with ur concept! :bounce: very cool indeed!:buttrock:

just an idea ... instead of blonde .. how about a red head? :p c wat works best bro .. u da man! :D

good luck buddy! love ur concept all the way! :thumbsup:

[hollietree]

ok, just a tiny suggestion concerning facial expression of the girl -

did you consider a surprised look, i.e. 'ooooooo hello, big boy!'
she's surprised that she suddenly slid down the bench to this huge bison, but she's savouring the surprise :D
so slightly wider eyes, less of like she intended to slide along the bench, more a pleasant shock.

[Jeffparadox]

Hi Gabriel, hope your wall is doing better! the colors are looking great, and I can't keep myself from wanting to see some variations actually, just out of curiosity... Hoping to see some updates soon :D

[Sovica]

Hey Gabriel!

Is this the final cropping?
Because, I thing it looks a bit stuffy now... and it's a bit harder to tell that this is a bus-stop now...
Just my thought...

But I really like the way you placed the girl now... she's obviously enjoying the big creatures clumsyness =)
Good job!

[daBirdninja]

Those sketches are great. I can't wait for the final piece.

[elmasfeo]

I liked the brown jacket. hahaha, I think you just cant make everyone happy at the same time :D, so make it in any colour you like, because at the end we are all just waiting to see the next step of your drawing!
:applause:

[saghar]

that's great.:buttrock: I wait to see your final wrok.

[icedeyes]

This is looking amazing Gabriel... just one remark... her face seems a little skewed on the left side and i think its because of the way you have drawn the eye but i am not completelly sure... If you follow the line on the bottom of her left eye, is seems to deform completelly differently than the one on the right... i might be wrong though... keep it up

[AxelAlonso]

Love it! :DAll that green glass! Perfect color for the mood! And the car has great volume and color for depth in the composition! I also do agree with Fernando about adding some, tiny more space! Just to give them more importance to them! and not so much to the bus stop and their surroundings! As for her out fit, I think nothing is final yet! So keep shopping! Haha! I like a lot the more darkish hair on him! I think it will benefit better his looks as you said so already! Well amigo! Keep us posted!:thumbsup:

And enjoy the food for me would ya!:scream:

[kikomunar]

I agree about giving it more space on the borders, overall it's looking good! I can't wait to see more! Keep it coming!

[BloodTaster]

Man, great work until now! your style is real nice, I will folow your progress:thumbsup:

[sadrack]

wow man your drawing skill are amazing, i follow all the wip, buena suerte eres tremendo dibujante.

S

[SteevieWoo]

I'm Back... It's coming..... .. .. Soon ...... .. .. .... . . ... thanks y'all......... ... .. . .. .... ....

... .. .. ... ..
... .. .... .. gotta.. go... ... frame bigger. got it..... ... ... .. thanx.. . . .. .. . ..out.


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[Jeffparadox]

ehm.. not sure if it was mentioned before, but, I think the composition is a little tight maybe? :D

just kidding.. I'm waiting for that soft lighting I see in your portfolio pieces... ;)

[headtrip]

Still keeping on eye on this one, I really like the concept.

I'm enjoying your watercolour style and the palette you are using.

Keep going!

[SteevieWoo]

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Sorry it took me so long but I'm back to the second half of the process,(the one we all like most, of course). Yep, things are to be done carefully from now on, and this is the start.
So, using Banishing Point I remade the bus stop and added a nice tiled floor which is gonna be embellished with some garbage later on, as soon as I get my printer running I will get it down on paper and add the ALMOST definitive versions of Rita and Billy, and we will start to see some Painter smudging at last.

Thank you all frequent visitors and new ones too!!, You all help me a lot as I fathom into the process and lose a fresh point of view more and more. You Know that feeling... Maybe I'd flip it Jeff! :)...

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, I'm glad you come back my friend !! (surely to put more pressure on the challenge :argh: ) great work!!! I liked a lot the bus stop! :thumbsup: Wow the tiled floor is superb! great! and I cant wait to see Rita and Billy in this bus stop! :beer:

[OKMER]

Yep GAbriel!Woww nice linework man!Illustrator or the pen/tracer in toshop?
Thought that the idea Neville had about the red hair wasn't a naughty idea at all, the red will nicely contrast with the green of the busstop?And then maybe you can get back with some lighter colors in her clothes..Just suggeting ofcourse as the image totaly rock's and it really made me laugh!Love the Bison's expression!
Anyway keep coming the great work!
Did your wall worked out well?:grin:
Later ;-)

[akahraman]

Woo, u have a nice dreaming world... this guy looking like a tauren which i like them a lot... (i had some addicted wow-computer game- days but not anymore..:))

i like your shiny works... GDLCK:bounce:

[Jeffparadox]

Mmmmm nice design! i wonder if it'll losen up when you start to slap it with paint ;)

[Jeffparadox]

Are you telling me that I just missed all that with one person!!! There, is my level of luck, I guess I should just give up on everthing : P

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel:wavey: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)
I like that line art! I suck in prespective point on photoshop..haha so I end up doing it, old fashion! :scream: I like the tile for the floor!, they reemind me a bit the old down town in the "talavera stone"love those colors and textures hmmm! and congratulations you made it to the production step already yay!:buttrock:

[SteevieWoo]

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AND THERE YOU HAVE IT PEOPLE!!! THE LUCKY FELLOW TO INAUGURATE THE TENTH PAGE OF MY STRANGE BEHAVIOUR THREAD!!!:applause::applause::applause:

Big Buddy and prominent visitor Axel Alonso wins a Date and a kiss with.....................................................................................
BOBBY BUBBLE!!! Our charming and classy Strange Behaviour mascot!*:D
*(no french kissing please, he's kinda shy, you know.....)


Now seriously, THANKS TO ALL THE FINE ARTISTS WHO HAD DROPPED BY MY PLACE AND TOOK THE TIME TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS AND KNOWLEDGE!! I've never had a thread or a forum or even a post on one Before, so getting to page 10 is really a funny and nice feeling for me, not because of the number, but because each page is filled with post of people who CARES. I love that.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL. http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/happy065.gif

[SteevieWoo]

Sorry Jeff ... but, HEY! the price is for everyone, you just have to book up for Bobby Bubble's next open night. And just because you're my friend I will sneak you in for the Rita's centerfold session;) Comming soon!

Cheers to you buddy:beer:

[SteevieWoo]

MMM for some reason jeff is now at the top of my page.... I have noticed a weird order in the postings today, maybe I clicked on somethig, also an annoing 'you can only post once every 30 seconds' message. I dunno, but that only means YOU WIN TOO JEFFPARADOX!!

Whee... Bobby's gonna be busy:D

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, I´m posting before Jeff !! but for some reason it was not sent ( need I to click some button labeled "submit replay"?? :banghead: ... that was my error.... uhhh I 'm not going to know Rita :cry: ...... I love Rita !! :love:
There will be more opportunities to have a date with her?? :D ...

[Smik]

Good design your bus stop, and very clearly. )

[mdavid]

Hey, happy 10th (page) to you buddy. Great to see you enter the next phase of your illustration. Bring it on!

[SteevieWoo]

Hey Gabriel, I´m posting before Jeff !! but for some reason it was not sent ( need I to click some button labeled "submit replay"?? :banghead: ... that was my error.... uhhh I 'm not going to know Rita :cry: ...... I love Rita !! :love:
There will be more opportunities to have a date with her?? :D ...

Boy that's too bad! somehow it became a series of mistakes that made this a mess, I tell you something was wrong yesterday, I had to wait like 3 hours to be allowed to post my last reply, What a big mess....
Anyhow you got it wrong! Price Date was not with Rita was with Bobby bubble (http://squeezestudio.cgsociety.org/gallery/464953/), best known as the big orange wacky beauty that greets you everytime you load the challenge's page! looks that either I wasn't so clear or everybody thinks he's a great date,:D I won't ask, there's nothing wrong with that....:rolleyes:

[SteevieWoo]

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Geeez... Bisons are like walking carpet samplers... they have all kinds of fur on em', many colors too. thankfully there are close up pics of every part of a bison you could imagine on the web, even the eyelashes. Lucky me!! .....

Well, Here's the first Teaser of Billy's fur!!
Nah, actually I had to crop it that much because it doesn't look good from far away just yet.
I used a sampled brush with a little scattering to make a base furry texture, then I'm passing with lighter colors everytime, eventually it will be good enough to show as a whole. for mow, just a little WIP. don't worry if the expression looks a little different, I'll fix it later.
As always our free pizza bar is open for you to visit!! please click this thingie below....

[kikomunar]

I like the detail! Great job! Can't wait to see the detail of Rita, man. :)

[Ferx]

Thats great Gabriel!:thumbsup: definitively a lot of work on fur and the WIP looks really awesome! great mate!! I like the yellow eyes for Billy, nice!! Great work my friend!! :beer:

P.S And when we can see Rita ?? I miss her ! :D

[Nomad]

Wow! Great work so far Gabriel :thumbsup:

I love the girl :love:but apparently she loves the minotaur and not me :D


To add a constructive comment IMHO I`m not sure about the green/blue background. Just doesn`t fit with the bisons browns for me. :shrug: maybe some pastels not so saturated colors...

Anyway I`m looking forward for next fantastic updates :bounce:

[GonzaloGolpe]

Hola compañero,

your idea´s very cool and funny. It´s a patient bison:D

Ándele!!:thumbsup:

Good luck!

[medunecer]

This is simply awesome! Amazing style (love the sketches of the whole scene and the female character studies)...Good luck!

[Jeffparadox]

Nice texture work my friend! At last we're seeing some real paint of yours ;)

So is this gradient lighting effect applied to the paint layer, or to another layer above the paint?

[SteevieWoo]

TwinSnakes: I hope Billy looks now not so young as you suggested, Thanks!

hollietree: I will make a combination of previous expressions for the final so it will go in the direction you point, Thank you for the tip!

Sovica: Your post started an avalanche of people asking for more air on the canvas, so it will be there in the final! Thanks a lot!

elmasfeo: Mister,you make my head spin! I really like the red coat too but lets se how it fits later. Thanks!

Icedeyes: Thanks a lot buddy, i'm fixing that eye for sure, maybe it was the wink that caused that.

kikomunar: yes Rita will be a nice thing to see done, I can't wait either!

OKMER: It is The Banishing Point Plug-in at Photoshop that helped me with that one, I'm a little rusted on vectors right now.:shrug:

n2blast: Tauren are the most ass-kicking bulls ever!! There is no way I could avoid their influence! :D

AxelAlonso: Me comi unas enchiladas de mole la otravez en tu honor, la verdad no se de que te nutres por alla:D:rolleyes: read the Ferx response to find about the floor!

Ferx:The tiles are there because they kind of remindme of the ZONA ROSA, (not that I was big on the bars there, I visited more the arcade in my wee days!:D) anyway is a nice variation on a lame sidewalk so I'm glad you liked it!

Jeffparadox: Yes I know the bus stop looks a little too stiff but I hope in the end all that detail goes ignored and just does it's part as mere props, the good stuff will be sitting right in front!!:D the hair is all is one layer, I just passed a little dodge tool in the end.

Mdavid:Thanks! I'm a "teenpager" now, I guess that means I'm gonna be annoying, have pimples and laugh about anything for a while...:D

Nomad:You know girls, one day they like Bison warriors, the other they like artist... Who knows, as for the green it will be on a separate layer until the end so, no worries! we will see......

Gonzalo: Andale! I have seen your wacky avatar photo around, so glad you dropped by. I liked your tutorials!

medunecer: Thank you very much!! ow, I blush:blush:

daBirdninja, bouboul, saghar, sadrack, headtrip, BloodTaster, Smik, and the Golly old Neville!! BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!! !! !! !! !! !! !!

[SteevieWoo]

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It's all and only the different hair effects that I'm working on right now, there's no shadow values as it should, not much atention to the expression, no projected shade and just a little bluish reflection, that all can be added later (that lazy I am) but I wanted to show this so you can tell how the fur works for you. Like the colors?
The hair of the legs should seem more thick, a little more wooly in the next post. I'm also having trouble with a dark, straight haired collar that older bisons have, you can see a little indication of it over Billy's noggin but I don't like it much, maybe I'll just ignore it....
So, all crits are more than welcomed, I also posted responses to later posts if you want to take a look ;)

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, I really like the Billy's fur, is a totally bison fur! great and awesome my friend!! I think the fur over the head is a bit lighter and make the sensation of a blond fur, but like you say, no sahades on the painting. I like the brown red tone of the Billy's face fur. On the legs are the same blond fur tone because the light, but i think the bison fur is more difuse and almost nothing specular..... mmmm i'm thinking on a photorealistic approach... hahahah... forgets what I said :D ... briefly :D I really like Billy´s fur, awesome work my friend!! :beer:

[Jeffparadox]

great job! that's a nice base for the fur. Now I can see his expression better too, from this distance. There's gonna be bunch of colors on the fur for you to play with it's awesome :D His eyes are popping nicely already; I can't wait to see them both - I mean the characters :D..

[AxelAlonso]

aaw! They are looking more real romantic corny couple (in the best way) yay! :scream:
Love the texture it’s forming already for the fur, although I had still the impression of the animal and still not so much of the character, maybe if he were a bit more grayish, silvers, and blues.:shrug: And for her more warm colors just to shake color palette’s spectassions up a bit more! And I know it’s far from the normal way of the Minotaur! But that’s something I wouldn’t expect, so might give a path to different ideas from your great imagination! :arteest:
And can’t possibly escape from telling you, about his nose its great! Love the doggy nose squishy texture hehe…Great Work! As always Gabriel:thumbsup:

Dame enchiladas! aqui hasta el chamoy es caviar para mi!:rolleyes: grrrr! y super lo de la zona Rosa jaja!

[medunecer]

Fur and hair are great!

[melkao]

really nice progress with that bison...you are almost there!...keep going!:scream:

[handlebar]

A great foundation for the fur Gabriel, i think the two characters you have chosen play off each other very well.

Steve 8)

[mdavid]

I agree with the others - that fur looks excellent

[sadrack]

Hola Gabriel

Me gusta bastante la tecnica es como lo que hace Moebius en las portadas de sus libros o los blueberrys, y la verdad el inicio de tu mancha no tiene nada que envidiarle, suerte con tu wip.

GA.

[icedeyes]

The fur looks great but a little too sharp right now... keep us posted...

[SteevieWoo]

Because I think the word 'FUR' hasn't been repeated in this page enough. :DAnd let me say tanks for the nice comments I keep getting, I really feel like the good stuff is finally showing, I mean, it's been so long since I started sketching it that I felt a little lost in my perception of what it will look like in the end, now is coming back to me, which is very nice!

Now let me explain, Yes Fer, the idea I had was to show Billy as a blonde, Mainly because black fur is not much fun and my first tests with darker colors didn't look right, I'm planning to post a brunette version of Billy, just in case, but as Jeff pointed, I'm gonna use a lot of hair tones so he doesn't look boring, and the legs being blonder are part of the plan. I also included a sort of gradient (Is hard to notice now) on the arms, they go from brown on the shoulders, then reddish, then I plan to make the hands way darker. This sweet Photo was my inspiration:
http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/27229/2004688168924107864_rs.jpg
Seeing the photo you will say: 'Hey, the fur there looks different here!!' but I'm grabbing things from many pictures, and they vary a lot from each other. That kind of hair on Billy's arms was taken from a pic of an older bison, but that one is all black and dark, dusty brown, Who wants that? that would suck all the light from the picture.

Axel, Thanks for the comment on the nose, I like it too, I think it's gonna be darker still, but I will follow what I have right now. Steve, I'm glad you like the chemistry between them, once I get into the eyes and expression, its gonna be all about it! and as Icedeyes said the picture looks a bit too sharp because I pushed the contrast up at the moment of saving the JPG, I don't think it was necessary now.:shrug:
And Sadrak, you flatter me a lot, Moebius Is mad about detail but in his very personal way. Damn, He rocks! As for the Blueberries reference, I'm a little lost there, It would be great if you give me a link to some of that art, I googled for Blueberries art but I keep getting pictures of pie.

Marco. Carlos and Mark, thank you very much for your comments!!:beer:

What the hell, Enchliadas for everyone!

[cabertevon]

Here you are.



Your doodling skill is very impressive.



Like everybody else I like your idea too. Thus, here’s my two cents:

1. I think it would be cool to make the girl’s dress look more corporate looking attire to give a drastic contrast between uncivilized and civilized beings.



2. Background color is too bright



All the rest are great.



Cheers.

[unf0rg1v3n]

Que honda! the concepts are spectacular man. I can totally see the strange behavior, and your character style fits the theme perfectly. I have to see this one finished! Great work homie!

[SteevieWoo]

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Nothing Big, I promised I would post a brunette Billy and since I didn't have much else to show (I'll have time tomorrow so expect a better post soon) I decided to leave you this one so you can pick your favorite and please let me know.
The right one also has a less saturated fur on the other hairy parts for a more realistic approach to bison colors.

Well, see you all soon! And thanks in advance for your allways helpful comments!
Woo.

[SteevieWoo]

Hey and by the way!.......

Thanks cabertevon for your kind comments Yes, the GREEN is still a subject of controversy around here, but have in mind it will be a translucent hue over the background so I'm hoping most of the bright color will mix with it and look less crazy. I'm really looking forward to reach that point and see what happens..........

And Juan pablo! ¿Que onda por ahi? I'm so blushed .. Hey gracias!:D I'm glad you see good fit with the 'strange' theme, sometimes I still wonder if it was weird enough from the start, so you give a rest to those obsessive dreams. Thank you again!

Sleepy.....I must crawl away now...... I see nothing but hair when I close my eyes. -_- Zz.

[Ferx]

Que pasión Gabriel?? :D I still impressed with Billy´s fur , awesome work my friend!! :applause:
About colour for Billy , i like more the right one. I think a darker colour like that can be a great contrast with Ritas´s blond hair ( reminds me "Karate kid" when Daniel show to Mr. Miyagi his photo with the blond girl - i dont remember her name- and Miyagi says there is balance between both:wise: :D ) Again great work Gabriel san !! :D :beer:

[walrus]

I like the one on the left more - it feels more natural. THe one ont eh right doesn't just look dark-haired... the colors on his head are so much more desaturated from the rest of the fur that it doesn't really even feel like they go together, at least to me. Just my thought on it... :shrug: Good luck!

[Jassar]

Left one! go with the left one! I like your painting style by the way :thumbsup:

[mdavid]

I'm leaning towards the one on the left too, for the same reason as Michael mentioned - the colours fit better with the rest of the bison

[Jeffparadox]

Hey man I appreciate the mini-circus on my thread, it's like the pearl of the thread!I'd say west side looks good to me. but that's just me!

mmmmm, this picture is cooking nicely by the way :D

[melkao]

i like more the black one.....the other looks...well....so fashion!:curious:

[SteevieWoo]

Uh... quite a landslide!! Well, let's give it some more time to see........... In the meantime I'm working on the background's color blocks I'll post tonight. Stay tunned!

Yes, that's the problem with dark... I have to put down the contrast so it doesn't become a big hole in the middle of the picture,:sad: I wish could find a better way......


Thanks for voting!

[SteevieWoo]

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Here's some WIP on the background! I serves mainly to see that the crazy green of the glass will not be so loud in the end (or maybe) :) ALSO THE POLL FOR BILLY'S HAIR IS STILL GOING so, come take a look! it is free......

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, great mate!! the tile design is really like the "zona rosa adoquin" and the green tone of your "plexiglass" looks really cool:thumbsup: , great work my friend!! Salud!! :beer:

[elmasfeo]

I vote for the right one! I prefer the darker hair, for me the blond tones doesn't look so good on Billy, even if real bisons are like that... just my opinion

great 3D background... and I think that if at the end you still think the green glass is too crazy you can still make it transparent, no? but I don't think it will look bad in green, keep working on it, we are thirsty for your updates! :bounce:

[melkao]

nice sketch....can't wait to see this full texturized and illuminated!

[SteevieWoo]

Hey thanks Folks!! I want to leave clear that I'm not using any 3D aid With this image, (Mostly because me and Ferx agreed not to use it.:D Hi pal!) The backgroud was traced on Photoshop's "Vanishing Point" plug-in for perspective. then I had to retrace most of the shapes to get rid of the lines which was a bit stupid of me, I could just give perspective to the color blocks from the start, But eh...y'know........... :shrug:

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Grabriel :wavey: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)
I love the clean perspective, and I like the green glass, Me thinks adds better mood to the characters, as for the hair I rather the black one for same reasons. Great updates! learning a lot from you ! :)

[shattered-fx]

Hey thanks Folks!! I want to leave clear that I'm not using any 3D aid With this image, (Mostly because me and Ferx agreed not to use it.:D Hi pal!) The backgroud was traced on Photoshop's "Vanishing Point" plug-in for perspective. then I had to retrace most of the shapes to get rid of the lines which was a bit stupid of me, I could just give perspective to the color blocks from the start, But eh...y'know........... :shrug:




Hey Steve!

You cant blame us thinking your using 3d app here, cause it looks really like one with the basic lighting..:scream:..well anyway we all know that photoshop can easily do this trick now..:D

About the green plexi, I kinda like it actually !.Coz I think that it will compliment your chracters color later on, most particulararticular on Billy's fur..

Cheers !:thumbsup:

-Raffy

[SteevieWoo]

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Nevermind if you see Rita's eyes a bit weird, is because of the eyelashes I forgot to fix...
Just here to ashamedly show you the big mess of a file I'm working on tonight.
It's a 21 layer baby and most of em'I don't even know why are still there, but I'm too chicken to trow em' away just now. By the way my new canvas (extra space at the upper right included)is 13x9 inches at 300 DPI, you think that's a good resolution? I have noticed some of the originals around are very very big and close ups are so crisp, so I started to wonder, since most of my professional work is way smaller and with this kind of fancy pics I never stop to think too much about an exact size...
I could boost it up now that nothing is too sharp yet, so ... What do you think?

Thanks for still posting even when I havent show nothing really interesting in the last two weeks, that shows you care...... aaaaw! :)

[mdavid]

Great to see you still powering on buddy. Lookin' really good.

As for how big to make your file, I guess that's something only you can decide. It depends on how you like to work and what you plan to do with your artwork. 13 x 9 inches at 300 dpi is plenty of resolution for filling a glossy A4-sized page.

Some reasons why you might want to go even larger could be:

to print it even bigger. For example, a high-quality poster-sized print
to give you the opportunity to crop some of the image and still publish it at a decent size
or you might simply prefer working at high-res. Some kinds of fine brush work, for example, can be easier at high resolution

One reason why you might not want to go bigger:

because it'll slow down your computer. Remember that every time you double the image dimensions, you multiply the number of pixels by four, with an equivalent increase in file size and memory usage

Hey you probably already know all this stuff...

[SteevieWoo]

Hey Mark, How's the hippie tripping going?

Yeah, I know some of this but I get a little unconfident since I've never been commissioned to work on a piece like these we're doing. Most of my work is for text books and image size is always 5x7 or so to be printed even smaller, that's a big difference; and working on Rita's pupils I started to notice the pixels, that was when I decided to ask to the Pros.

Do you crop your close-ups from a whole render or you render just the part you want to show? It is exactly posts like yours that always look so detailed that make me wonder if my res is a bit low.
It's just like you say, damn computer always growling and showing their teeth to me!
But I have a whip.....

Thanks a lot!

[mdavid]

Do you crop your close-ups from a whole render or you render just the part you want to show? It is exactly posts like yours that always look so detailed that make me wonder if my res is a bit low.I don't think your res is too low.

I've set my own requirements for my stuff. Those details I show on my thread are taken from the actual high-res full image. They aren't rendered separately/differently. So that gives an indication of how big the whole thing is (which is 4,400 x 2,657 pixels by the way)

One reason I'm going that big is because it's so easy to just tell my 3D app to render it that size. But the real reason is because I plan on getting a large print of it (on photographic paper) to hang on the wall so that's the main reason for that especially high resolution. Plus a lot of my post-work is easier at high-res. I show the high-res details because they look better and indicate more clearly what I'm doing, but I sure don't mean them to suggest how big anyone else's files should go.

I think the most important consideration is that the final image works at the intended size, which for this challenge I guess is to imagine it filling an A4 glossy page. Despite the fact that I'm going a bit bigger than I need to, that's my main consideration too

[soapy]

I like the left hair more, it looks better and is more funny, as if perhaps this buffalo put highlights in his hair? haha. Really nice work so far, very funny stuff.

[nwiz25]

heyyy dude!! long time man!! :bounce: love the way u playin around with colours n all ... waiting to c more! ;) .. rockin stuff man! :buttrock:

[abscnth]

Hiya Gabriel, sorry its been a while. This is looking great my friend, I still love the green, I am in love with Rita (like many others i reckon - she is sooo sexy!). As for your latest hotbed of controversey - I like the right side darker hair, it contrasts nicely with the green plexi-glass behind him, the blond is too heavy in the yellow to sit up against the green imho.

As for resolution 300dpi on A4 physical size will be quite ample, I think my file is around 5000px on its longest edge but that is because I tend to have poster prints produced so it needs to be bigger. Anyhow, I have never had any issues with the detail levels of your posts so I would'nt worry mate.

Keep it up and good luck

[Jeffparadox]

hahaha, I see that my good buddy Gabriel is working hard on the hottie at last :D nice image dude! It already looks like a finished comic frame, meaning there is great stuff going on already!

To be honest, I'd play with the colors of Rita and the bus stop, and experiment for an hour or so, because now I see all the basic colors in the focal point of the pic, which could give you a hard time in creating a general mood. On the other hand, you could choose to keep those bright colors and really work on making them fit together, since it's a bright sunny day it'd make sense, and that's how I went with my own illustration actually. Or, you could ignore everything I've just said also. hehehehehe

About the image size: I think you're working on a good scale, and it'd be totally cool with the challenge. On the other hand, I personally try to go as big as I can, depending on how exciting the subject is, because I always see my illustrations as being printed poster size in the future, by me at least heheheh. Only downside is the processing speed obviously. So my suggestion would be: you are already in the ball park for the challenge, paint the image as big as you would want to see it...


As far as the layers go: I used to paint exactly like you've described, which is not a very advatageous way i think. I guess the best way is: trying to reduce your layers to one layer per object, or something close to that, during the first half of your painting. During the second half of painting you'll be fine tuning, and adding effects anyway, which will increase your layer amount drastically. At least this was my experience...

hope these are helpful, cheers buddy

go go go!

[nerdyninja]

I think this looks fantastic! Love the style! I was thinking when i first saw your image about making her look a little bit more flirtitious (which she already does) but what if with her hand that is closest to his arm ...she could be running her finger down his arm..could be an idea..anyway love it! :bounce:

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, Rita again!! cool !!
Your resolution is correct for the challenge ( the guide resolution for the challenge is 3636 x 2657 pixeles at 300 DPI <12.12 x 8.857 inches> )
Cheers my friend!!! :beer:

[BloodTaster]

hey, man! really nice stuf here!! you will go crazy painting all that fur :thumbsup:
good luck man, I'm stay tunned.

[Stormchylde]

Wow, this looks AWESOME! I loved seeing the progression over the first dozen or so pages, you've come so far and I can't wait to see the finished product! Your -first- color blocking is better than my finished products! XD Do much action and dynamic poses and expression! Awesome job, it's really active and friendly and great!! I'll be watching for more updates! n__~

[SteevieWoo]

:eek:You won't believe this but in the end we had a tie on Billy's fur issue...:eek:

Ferx, Abscnth, Axel, Melkao, and "Cool foot Fer":cool: liked the dark haired one.

Soapy, Jeff, Walrus, Jassar and Insane vehicle designer Mark David went for the blonde.

Let me re-count..... .... .... .... .... ... .yes.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... I'm gonna try to make a version that doesn't have too much of either, Y'know so no one has to care a lot for that part, if that doesn't work I'll make him wear a rasta hat...............

Expect my first post of the whole thing as it gets real shape, here tomorrow night!! I was going to do it today but I sat down to watch 'Superman Doomsday' (kinda cool) and now is really late.................................... I'm ashamed:blush:

G'nite....................
Woo.

[nerdyninja]

oh yeah forgot to say that i liked the dark hair one

[SteevieWoo]

That does it!:D

[SteevieWoo]

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Don't you hate to have only 3 milestone titles for your illustration post and neither seems to fit? Jeezzz.....

Well, this is the pic as it came out after putting together all pieces from at least 4 other files. Here are some things that I will add in the coming days:
1. Real foliage, yes, what you see is the old and washed off leaf brush that comes in Photoshop, but is great for a easy sketching!!
2. The detail and proper perspective on the buildings.
3. A billboard.
4. A trash bin maybe.
5. Some more trash out of the bin as suggested.
6. More buildings far away.
7. Maybe a sign post, but only if it doesn't clash with the axe (I don't think I need two vertical lines there).
8. Rita's outfit design.
9. The map.
10. Detail on all you see now.
AND OF COURSE THAT STUPID BRIEFCASE, but I'm pretty sure that will be the last thing before I send the final.

Once again everything is WIP and can be changed so don't miss the chance to add your little spice into it! this little reply button is just begging to be smashed!!

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, that is more a beautiful playground than a sandbox :D I like a lot your overall composition, great mate!! About your homework :D : Agree with you about the sign post (perhaps a post on the other side of the street behind the car.. dont know... no, is not a good idea... hahahahah) and i see you put some people walking on the street and behind the bust stop, that will be really great. Great work my friend!! :beer:

[SteevieWoo]

AGAIN THE FIRST TO POST!! MAN, I WAS GOING TO SAY I OWE YOU A ROUND OF TEQUILAS,:beer: BUT NOW I THINK I OWE YOU ONE OF THOSE BIG PILES O REMPOPE BOTTLES THEY BUILD AT STORES, AND THAT WOULD WORK TO KEEP YOU GOING UNTIL "THE DAY"

Gracias Fer, Y que duermas bien, yo ahorita ya veo doble y sin ni una chela.....:surprised

[medunecer]

next days will be hard for you, but the final image will be amazing! Great job!

[nwiz25]

cool update! :p all the pieces are falling into place .. ( which on the contrary i missed out on! :cry:) but hey! ... now the scene is building up really well indeed! ...
i'll wait to see the next update with the all the additional elements ;)
cheers dude!

[nerdyninja]

Stunning!!!

i was wondering if you were going to grunge up the ground? :wavey:

[melkao]

thats so cool..nice update my friend!:)

[handlebar]

This is looking great, good luck with tying things up, realy looking forward to the final.

[mdavid]

I agree with the others. Seeing the whole thing assembled like this is really good. It's looking fantastic. I can't wait to see the addition of the new details

[SteevieWoo]

Wow I received seven post in one day! Thanks a lot Fellas I work hard here to deliver!!

I guess it shows I'm doing something right............... Nice........

Hey NEVILLE, Pal!! good to see you're back! Please be careful with those feet, we artist need them to paint!
Not, seriously I hope you're doing better now, take care!

Oh, and yes, NERDYNINJA, I will try to add some dirt to the floor and make it less 'new'.

Actually I will change just a bit the hue of some of the tiles, that always work good for natural random feeling, and I will add an slight emboss effect too.

As the time is getting close, I'm just having more fun!

[Jeffparadox]

coooool, this is going great! Now I started really liking your color palette man, things are fitting very nicely, and at the end it looks like you'll have an amazing color scheme!!! No critique from me. I agree ferx, people walking around will add a lot!

rock-a-bombalabumbum

[blue80boy]

I like your pic, the body language is prefect and your earlier sketch as well. It maybe to late but since your so good at capturing body language it would have been cool if you dew some other people avoiding the bus stop. Like walking around the booth in stead of in front or someone esle relly surprise to see the bison there like they just walked up and bamm!, make the person jump back a little. Good work either way keep up the good work and thanks for the feed back on my pic.

[SteevieWoo]

MMMh thanks blueboy, that could work....., Letme see if I find the right place for that.

[ashiataka]

Hey Gabriel! Every detail, your color palette seems fit together very well. Keep up this good work. Cheers!

[elmasfeo]

hey Gabriel, hola de nuevo ;)

"cool foot fer"? hehehe thanks for the rename :scream:

and I have a small crit to make you.... isn't the scene a bit too bright? maybe it's just personal taste, but I find that there is a lot of whites in your scene right now, it reminds me of a movie set with all those bright artificial lights coming from everywhere... maybe its just that the sky is too white for me...

[laurentino]

hi gabriel
thanks for your post .... i answered it in my thread =)

and about your drawing .... nothing to say .... it's just amazing.
the hair and fur are perfect =)
the girl is really nice ..... if i was the bull i'll certainly forget the war! =)


nice work man

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel! ya no tome tanta chela! jaja! que barbaro esta quedando super padre!:scream:

Well I am so glad to see the hole thing already!:eek:
I love how this its going! GREAT WORK! And to comment about, it will be that, I agree about adding some people reacting to the scene, the tree will be nice to give it another texture besides, the “ficus” one, Maybe because its to much green, with the bus stop glass, and the tree, coz for a moment I imagine it in hues of fall season. Or Spring to develop a bit more the romantic scene! And the light concept seems to be good for a warm season! So here’s the name of some trees I think you might like to check the texture, for purples “Jacaranda”, and “Californian Lilac”, and for foliage shrubs, “pride of Madeira” , for warm tones; “Magnolia” ( it got nice contours shapes for the branches) there’s also the very typical Mexican, “African Tulip Tree” love the big orange flowers that point any were, as for a nice yellow or green-yellow; “Tulip Tree”, and if the idea is ever green, “Yew”, “ Cypress” and “Elm”, hehe Well hope it helps at least to inspire you! Ooh! I an not so crazy a bout the trash can. Maybe I would prefer an interesting news paper box! They have poster as well! (And you can put one of those advertising of dating services!!! haha) Well so far that’s about it, since you are not done yet with her outfit! Love the legs though! You are going so darn good! Great Work Gabriel!:thumbsup:

[Hiun]

I am sorry I wasn't along for the complete ride Gabriel, I am having to play catch up :D I am loving this piece! The only comment I have is, probably just me but, that car is very bugging, it squeezes the image a bit too tightly. Your painting by numbers concept image stands out amazingly, because that car is really pushed back with minimal detail. I know you aren't finished and I leave the magic up to you:thumbsup: I just feel a bit trapped with the car standing out so much, it keeps pulling my eye. Like Blue80boy was mentioning adding people, lovely idea :) I know you probably have that composition locked, but maybe on this ocassion expanding the canvas could let the energy of your scene breathe a bit. You can always re-crop :) (Painter wants you to, haha:D )

Lovely art:love:captivating!

[AshCR24]

been watching this for a while (thanks for the comment!), it really seems to be coming together. great postures, great environment. love the subtle palette!

[authentic]

Excellent work. Very promising, I really like the poses.

[OKMER]

Hi Gabriel, been a while..
Great evolution man!!!Love the pic!Love the Bison's expression too!!haha!
Maybe the shadow on the ground could be a bit more darker to make the characters pop out even more..
Great work again!

[Korendo]

Greetings Gabriel



Looks like you are steering this in the right direction. {8>)>



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Will this breast take advantage of a moment of poor judgment, or is she wearing the wrong perfume, which a quick dip in some manure could cure? Or is his expression the lasting imprint of the Spay and Neuter Program?



I notice the beauty of the blue line art. And the cleanness of your work compared to my scribble tendencies, and the attention to detail. No bull, you have a lot going for you and your wonderful work.

[SteevieWoo]

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No big deal but I really wanted to show you how it's going... I focused on the part where the two of them meet, I acually changed a bit Rita's position so she looks more 'bumping' and out of balance and less 'posing'. Also, you know... the hair contrast issue raises its ugly head! Let me know if it works for you or not, I'm still on it.....

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, I love Rita!! I like the new "bumping" position and the colour of the clothes are great. The expression is really cool !! :thumbsup:

Perhaps the hair of Rita from yellow to orange (naranja, naranja ! :D ) tones for a bit more contrast with Billy´s fur and some more hair in front on the zone of the hard light (se ve un poco pelona en la parte de la frente :) ). Maybe the eyebrows more darker ( and a big eyelashes)

Great and awesome work my friend !! Cheers :beer:


( Gabriel, está quedando de poca "m" , las piernas y las medias se ven super sexys !! .... y veo que ya te estas desvelando cañon... jajajaja, no queda de otra, a darle!! )

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel! con que desvelandose como debe de ser jajaja!muy bien!

I Love Rita's outfit! great choice on her skirt and the print its great for her personality! the shirt looks great, but I will sugest go for a bit more pale pink, to complement better! not that its needs to, just a personal choice!:)... the legs look great! and the hair also complements good to Billy's fur, but maybe add a bit of more hair, like Fer sugested just to add more volume to that sexy Rita! :D

You are going great! I am enjoying every post! good work!:thumbsup:

[kikomunar]

I love Rita's blonde hair and the new bumping pose, i love the buffalo warrior's fur, i love the bright lighting and the fresh, translucent, green bus stop shade. Man, this picture has all the textures and shades...I can't wait to see some more.

Awesome! Keep it up!

[melkao]

oh...amazing dude...the bumps is very nice....tell me...where did you get that crazy idea?:twisted:

[mdavid]

Rita's clothing is perfect. And I love the way her hair sort of messes in with Billy's hair. Great stuff buddy :thumbsup:

[Korendo]

Great image, love the textures, and I could go on and on with jokes and stories your image evokes.

[Jeffparadox]

Nice update Gabriel, She is looking great! her clothes turning out awesome, i'm loving all the colors and the premature textures you got so far. It doesn't really bother me that her hair color is close to the color of his fur, but I also like the idea of givig a quick shot to a few other colors for her hair like others mentioned. design of his belt is also fun, fits very nicely to the style. I'm curious what size you've decided on btw. waiting for more mate :beer:

[nerdyninja]

This is looking awesome! Love it! The hair isnt bothering me either. I love the warrior. i want him as an action figure in my house!!! lol

[Hiun]

:bowdown: Just keep doing what you do Gabriel

[SteevieWoo]

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OOOOOOOOHHHH!! !! !! !! thanks so much, I have received a lot of nice words from all of you, and you seem to like the new stuff as much as to forget about Billy's toupee.... :D

I will redo his whole head piece, so don't worry it will look right someday.

I will test a couple things with Sweet Rita's hair too, as some of you suggested, and..... so it'd be in the coming days.

I will also post some responses tomorrow... I'm really sorry it takes me so long.

I will also stop writing phrases that start with the words "I will".

Thanks. and sweet rushes! -_- z Z...

[thepineman]

very nice work. the bull looks like he just got out of pamplona spain and the girl is having fun. i think you are doing good with the deatails of the bulls fur/hair. lots of potentials here.

[Ramitxon]

Awesome work Gabriel, I think the hair looks just great. Good luck my friend. :thumbsup:

[blue80boy]

Nice update I see your starting to pull it altogether with some nice detail! keep up the good work.

[overcontrast]

hey Gabriel, I've been following this thread for a long time now... and I think u are doing an awesome job with it. The hair looks fantastic and the girl's pose is stunning.... I like the over all strangeness of this piece... keep up the good works... will be waiting for ur next update...:thumbsup:

[SteevieWoo]

Ouch I just lost some 40 minutes of work 'THANKS' to a classic, nice, and completely unexcused Photoshop crash... y'know .......

Man, I'm going so slow, I Know you'll think it is because of the hair but is not that, that is quite fast, is just that i think of so many things still missing and just don't know what to do next....

Anyway, I wanted to squezze out my frustration by saying hello to everyone, Hey I have newcomers too! Ramitxon, thepineman, overcontrast, Authentic, Korendo, AshCR24, Laurentino, oh, and Hiun, I will see that the car doesn't steal the atention too much, Thanks a lot to you all for droping by and take a look around.

OH and the good old pals, you know you areas always welcome!! MMM.. for Ferx and Jeff Letme say I will do some test of hair colors for Rita, but I tried red already and didn't look so good, just letme lay down a bit more detail on Billy's arm and then we'll see....

Remko, I know, the shadow can be darker and I will try it.... but again I'm waiting to have the figures done to see how it looks better... thanks buddy.
Oh and to "sunlight-sesitive foot fer":D you're right... the sky is mostly white, I don't even know why.... I just left it like that, but now is fixed ald once buildings are added I think the light in that area will make more sense...
Axel, I will use your tips on plants and bushes, You'll see i have good plans for them now! Thanks!
Oh, and Nerdyninja, there's no plans for a Billy action figure since Mcfarlane toys made one a while ago and I actually stole a bit from it to make Billy:blush:, What about a plush doll instead? AW wouldn't that be cozy!!!:D

Thanks again to all for taking the time, the end is near, so little spare time... and I apreciate your visits more than ever!! !! !! I do.

Good nite.

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel! Love the texture in Billy's hand, and love the design his outfit its showing really great!:thumbsup: The combination in them seems great, every time even more! I hope Rita’s hair wont change to drastically coz I like this one already hahaha! The textures in general for what you are doing are looking fantastic! Keep on the good work!:bounce:



Sigale! Y no se duerma mucho! :scream: Jaja! bueno solo 8 horas cada 40 jajaja!

[Azagthoth]

Hola! Gabriel, (sorry my english)

very nice illustration! I like your draw style and the illustration Idea is funny :)

I am imagining...the warrior entering the wrong bus...and the bus takes him directly to the slaughterhouse... How many butchers will be needed to transform it into a sausage? haha! :)
well,
good luck and best regards!!
ps. thank you very much for your message in my guestbook! :thumbsup:

[jeroentje]

Very cool. I like the illustrative style. Just replying to be warned for updates ;-) Good luck on the challenge.

[Jeffparadox]

Looking awesome Gabriel! Oh man, I know, You are going through that painfully slow decision making phase. Just hang in there man, soon you'll be enjoying details! :beer:

[SoulKontributor]

dude this is awesome! the idea is funny and the colors are pleasing. keep up the good work.. :thumbsup:

[melkao]

looking goo...the details are very nice...now this is getting a good shape!...the shadow work too...good luck!:thumbsup:

[SteevieWoo]

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Hi!!, for the first time in, like a month, I had a whole day for this thing. And this is some of the stuff, Please let me know how you see it, I try to get it as close as to the original palette as possible but I have to change some colors on the way, and is kinda hard for me to tell if they look better or I just screwed up big time...

I'd say billy is some 80% done and Sweet Rita is abut 70%, I already have a lot of the bus stop done in a different file at work, lets see how this all wraps...

Thanks a lot for the posts! amazing how people keep entering the contest with such good ideas!

I really wish just everyone will finish on time, Keep up!

[walrus]

It's looking really nice, Gabriel. Good to see it all coming together. what a lot of work you've put into the details, especially all that hair and fur texturing - wow! Speaking of hair, I like how Rita's haid casts a shadow on her forehead, as you would expect it too. The bison's doesn't have the same effect: Given how much his toussled haid overhangs his head, might be nice to see more shadows from the hair onto the rest of the face.

Also - and this may just be because you haven't gotten there yet - the lowest panel that you just posted looks really, really clean. The armor and the ground tiles all look impossibly brand new. I assume you just haven't made it to grunging them up a bit - I'm in the same spot with my own floor tiles! But just thought I'd point it out.

Good luck!

[Jeffparadox]

Gabriel, this is looking great, so fun to watch as you pick up speed! I love your designs at various parts of billy, the details are turning out delicious. One thing i can point out is the color of billy's hoofs, which look a little metallic to me now. Maybe a very suble yellowish hue could make it look more organic? Great job on billy's mouth/nose area! waitn fo mo...

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, nice details my friend!! I like a lot the Billy´s axe, cool!! and great armor for the legs!! nice!!:thumbsup: Perhaps a bit darker colour on the tips of the hoofs, only a comment:) Again great work my friend !! Cheers ! :beer:

(Y a seguirle dando duro!! a y desvelarse un rato más, ya que nos queda :D )

[SteevieWoo]

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Well, tell me if you like what you see... Heck, I do!! But i'm partialy "Bison&blonde - blind" now, Please spare two cents for me!

Oh, yes! My good pal and Rita's fashion advisor Axel Alonso helped me to come out with all this nice cloth textures and colors, for the jacket I took refference on a hat picture he sent me. The jacket texture (hope is clear to see in this file) is kind of a thick-knit cotton fabric. and the sleeve ends and edges are supposed to be silk textured, I like the silky shine, but I already used it fot her shirt, and maybe I'm abusing it now with the jacket, so this is the 'before and after' applying the shine, what's better? C'mon, help the near sighted...

Thank you all again by the way, the nice coments keep coming, I hope you enjoy visiting too!

[AxelAlonso]

Hola Gabriel, :thumbsup: LOVE HER out fit ! just great and the textures are fantastic! the lighten of the silk in her shirt its great ! what can I say you are really upgradeing all her look! And Billy its showing all the nice details of a warrior in his costume great work! :thumbsup::scream::applause:

[SteevieWoo]

No... the texture doesn't show well so here's a bigger one....

http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/Ritabeforeafter.jpg
or go: http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/Ritabeforeafter.jpg (http://www.geocities.com/axelealonso/Ritabeforeafter.jpg)
still hard to see uh?... you be the judge.....:wise:

[SteevieWoo]

Oh.... I keep forgetting things........

Her lower calf is all misshapen, I have to make the ankle thicker and maybe change the longitude of it, I also think the two shoes are not the same size... what do you think?:shrug:

I go, Good nite!

[Ferx]

Hey Gabriel, sweet Rita is really sweet!! I like a lot the silk shirt, and the specular brights on the edges of the jacket ( in the right pic) puts a more bright fabric, but not totally silk (perhaps a small and more bright specular), but i think the jacket looks really nice with that texture.:thumbsup:

The Rita's right leg and right foot from the knee to the toe looks turned like a left leg and left foot.

Agree that the left ankle is less thicker than right ankle.

About Shoes, IMO looks for the same size, maybe the heel of the right shoe is a bit biger than left :shrug: :D

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

( Creo que el saco se ve muy chido como está ahora y que ya no le debes mover más :D y probé la pose de piernas de Rita ... hahahaha.....- lo bueno que nadie me veia - hahahaha y siento que la perspectiva del zapato derecho debería estar un poco girada hacia la izquierda, pero me gusta mucho como se ve ahora :) )

[Hiun]

You're a monster Gabriel!! Subtle and sweet. I see what you are saying about the ankles but the shoe size is right though. The value on the heel of the left shoe doesn't show the full form well though so it seems skinny. You are doing really great stuff! Please keep doing what you do!:thumbsup: