Cattle II, Neil Blevins (2D)

[cglight]

The color hierarchy gives it the wanted depth; while each layer is monochrome.
Nice colors too.
Great work as usual.

[eightgr]

Always a pleasure to see your inventive art!

[Daffydd]

Very nice, the beast has immediate presence thanks to the aggressive stance. It has that kind of primitive, cave wall purity yet wickedly surreal! I love it!

Did the presence of the sun in the scene decide the colors chosen for the subject? I'm always curious as to color choices.

Again - really interesting and well done!
Daf

[Glosep]

Hey very nice!. I like the color and texture, also the creature design.

[Ghotire]

Awesome! Great colors, abstract feel, and robot-inclusive.

[Ghotire]

Awesome! Great colors, abstract feel, and robot-inclusive.

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Bah, double post silliness!

[charkyle]

Cooool!simple but atmospheric.feeling magnificent. ****

[charkyle]

Coolll!Simple but atmospheric!feeling magnificent!

[scala]

I already told you , I like that one color and style 5*

[Istmo]

Oh, I love it. I´d put it on a wall of my house heheh. 5 stars:thumbsup:

[bearfoot]

hey neil


we dont normally see 2d work from you so this is very cool..

lovely textures and always something new and original.

cheers
n

[waheednasir]

sure Neil, u got what u aimed for, its does have a nice feeling of depth. interesting work and i like the palette as well...:).

cheers.

[GasCat]

OMG!I love it! Great atomsphere! I can feel more than it look.GreatJob!

[soulburn3d]

Thanks everyone for your comments, I'm glad you like it.

Did the presence of the sun in the scene decide the colors chosen for the subject? I'm always curious as to color choices.

The choice of the atmosphere dictated the color of the character. I was playing with the idea of a REALLY bright set of suns illuminating a gas planet. The gasy atmosphere of the planet gets lit by the sunlight, so as you get closer to the ground, less light gets in, and so it appears more orangy. As you get further up, it gets more yellow and eventually pure white. The character is silouetted, so I made him orange, since he's only getting bounce light.

Also, while common practice to make something look hot by showing contrast (ie, placing the bright sun against a dark background), I decided to try the opposite for fun and make the background near the sun really bright, so bright that the suns are almost just hinted at. It gives them this weird shimmering quality that I sorta like.

we dont normally see 2d work from you so this is very cool..

I've been doing a lot more 2d work recently (check my portfolio for examples), obviously they're not as advanced as my 3d work, but they're fun to do, and it's nice to just sit down and paint something in a few hours for a change instead of the 20-30 hour 3d compositions :)

- Neil

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:bounce: *****

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