Draculahaha!!!

[mirror]

Beautiful image, and I would say the blue/purple overtones win.

[AlteredState]

Nice work. Great image. They're both about the same for me. Maybe a slight edge to the lower one..

[Mandrake]

:wavey: ahh i knew you're alive and hiding somewhere!:D:

lets see.. maybe second one.. or first.. hm, second is good..
but first good also.. gh yes first... no no second please...
or maybe first... just a sec to think about.. hm..Damn you I wanna sleep tonight!:D

[dinfet]

I would say the first one simply cause it feels more older in the visual area, but the second one looks good too, you cant go wrong.

[Ewan Lee]

Number 2! Number 2! Milord!:buttrock:

[Zukum]

Numero uno !
In more ways then one ;)

I like the sepia tones harmonizing with the theme of your art. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Kirt]

:beer:

Always good stuff Totich! The bats are just awesome! Personally I like the blue one better. It makes the night seem cold and eerie.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[katon]

Originally posted by dinfet
I would say the first one simply cause it feels more older in the visual area, but the second one looks good too, you cant go wrong.
i would have to agree, but i also like the cool feeling to the violet tones. but the style fits with the colors better on top. great work:applause:
i love the smoke, it reminds me of the new zelda game

[One X]

Very nice ;) reminds me of penny arcade

[facial]

Cool work, nice to see your work here again.
I think both are geat, I will chose the second one if for night color. :)
Keep post up more :thumbsup:

[MCronin]

Of those two, I say second, but they both have the same problem. the carriage, horses, and vampire are blending into each other and into the background. kinda really have to look at it to pick apart what's happening.

[tubby]

good to see you posting again totitch! really nice work, you guys are really creating some great work. awesome characters and design. i like the first one more too, seems to catch my eye more than the blue one. :)

[JahnkeKong]

Number 2 big time. The cooler tones help dampen the bright light of that lantern, so that your eye isn't stuck there, and the cooler tones also make the moon pop out more.

The lower one makes the coach blend in more in the background though, whereas it pops more in the top one... But to me the harmony of the composition is preserved more in the lower image, where your eye bounces around the scene.

LOVE the image.

[MikeRhone]

I love the style...!

Personally I like number 2. I think it would be great if the BG was a little more blue/less red to give it a real moonlit feel.

Very very cool. I love it a very distint style in a 2d artists work...!

Mike R

[Aearon]

awesome :thumbsup:

i guess the blue tones are better for athmosphere and overall feeling, but i still like the warm colors better :bounce:

somehow fits the characters better in my humble opinion

[dpvtank]

i would have to vote for the second image.

[Cronium]

Cute! :thumbsup:

I like them both, but i think the first one suits your drawingstyle better! The second one could be a little bit darker, maybe that will do better?

[Indavisual]

Have you tried using blues for the background and sepias for the foreground. I dunno if that would clash but it would be like dark scary horror stuff meets dirty old west carriage riders as far a s colors go. Hmmm its late. Ill come back in the morn to see if that made sense.

There both great though. I would choose number 1 if i had to pick betwwen the two though. The dirty look wins in my opinion.

[manutara]

Go for the Purple one!!!

[Gremlin]

number 1 is superior... cause #2 would be the obvious choice to the simpleton (heheh, did I just make enemies?) but when you think about it, ghosts and bats and crap... thats kinda, a bit beyond a dark forest, thats more of a dark, dirty, horrid place to be, and the greenish tinted version (number 1) is definitely more of that setting.
Cheers,
:beer:

[Book]

Number 1!

Seriously, I saw the first one without seeing the second, and I thought "Sweet - finally somebody did a succesful night scene without resorting to the standard cool blues and purples". It has a great muddy thick atmosphere that disappears in the standard cool hues. LOVE the style.:applause:

[MrBraun]

Great !!!! Are bw good !!! :drool: :thumbsup:

[Rotamus]

i love the first one
it totally rocks :buttrock:

[Hellwolve]

I like number two better.

But, that doesn't mean number one is bad ;)

[Dearmad]

#1.

The #2 colors are too kid friendly and easy on the eyes, the #1 image has more conflict and energy, and an off-balance feel.

[aylora]

very nice picture. I like the top one. In the lover one , it just feels like everthing is too blue and purple.
Despite what everyone else say, I say go for the first one ;)

/Ramona
aylora@spray.se

[rasmusW]

that was about time, we got to see something from you:)

well... thats a tuff one...

i think i like number two the most, allthough i've always loved these green/brown tones

but anyway. both of 'em are really cool.
love the fine lady and the bats.

[raden]

NUMBER 1

cool job Totich!

so when do we see the trailer?

:beer:

[dell]

thats cool man, I like the first 1 it seems to bring out the environment a lot more, either way there both good.:thumbsup:

[shoey]

Great to see some more of your work again totitch.:thumbsup: Both are great and its very hard to choose between them, but i'd also probs pick the second one. Great work:applause:

[elvis75k]

RESPECT

Love bats and castle ala CAULDRON (c64)...ù

and here's for the joy of us:

http://www.cauldron-2.com/main.htm

[xavier-marquis]

very excellent ! number 2

[Clanger]

Is this turning into an episode of the Tomorrow People (The Bue and the Green)?
I will vote for the first one, I think the stagecoach sits better, on the bottom picture it looks more like a cutout.
It's a close call but I think you know that by now.

[jason-slab]

like most ppl say number 2!

exellent work:buttrock:

|jason

[chatta]

I love your style, very good work :beer:
I prefer number 1. number 2 is too dark for me.

[fnselmi]

Number 1 by far. The colours suit the style better. Great peice

[christianJ]

love the designs, number two is better because of the cooler tint of the background. Could be a little lighter though.

good stuff.

[ninjacore]

oooooOOOOOooooooHHH!

i dunno which one to go for, cos they both rock my bitch ass too much.

so how did u do it?? did u draw first then do photoshop? or use illustrator? or even flash first, then photoshop??? EE GAD!! I HAVE GOTS TO KNOW!!!! :D :D

this has got me all inspired to do some 2D shiznit.:buttrock:

[CGmonkey]

awesome job mate! :buttrock:

[mimo8]

YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHH°°°°°°


dracula on the run

keep on biting

[paulogm]

Number 2

:applause:

Amazing....!!!! Brazil loves your work!!!

Flash MX?

[Virtuoso]

Hi Totitch......
:wavey:

I'll take one of each. really I'll leave the choice to you,both grab me in different ways. The second a little more ambiant,the first a little more eye catching.No help I know,but none the less they both are winners.:beer:

I like the piece very much mostly because somehow you have made it look like everything is in motion.It's a still,but still it looks like it's in motion, alot is going on within the piece. From the bats in the distance around the castle to the stagecoach and characters,the little ghost is extra fun.Well done,a fun piece.:thumbsup: :beer:

[BadKarma]

thats some really great 2d work there fella, i think that the second one is the best, just from the colours, its looks more eye catching.

but if you have to pick em for a certain topic, like a "old day scene" i would go with the top one as it looks like its been taken from an old cowboy flick - the way its that strange browney colour u get me?

other then that i really like ur work man very good - im loving the ghosts too lol

BadKarma

[goodlag]

I love the style& color

#2:bounce: :bounce:

[nibo]

#1

[niut]

really great work!!! The blue is my favorite! great style!!

[eric3dee]

So what software was used? Flash, Freehand, Illustrator? what? VERY cool. would love to see it animated. I'm EXTREMELY curious to know what software you use and your process of creating these image

BTW- I would suggest for the most part #2 but maybe on the good guys use more of the #1 palette.

[KOKE]

Looks great, I like both, but maybe I would keep the first one, although I dont know why.

:shrug: :thumbsup:

[nat]

I prefer the 2nd one, the first one is too green...I prefer blue tones :)

Anyway, great work, I love the little ghost in front of the car:applause:

[theartspark]

Great images! :applause:
Initially I chose number two but, I have to pick number one though. I think represents the idea of the night being lit by the lantern around the carriage the best, although it's just a bit too yellow for my own tastes. Both images are great, making it very hard to chose one so I had to look at them both for a while.
:applause: Very nice!

[aDiaNDi]

nice image :D

[Gentle Fury]

YES!!! Count Chocula's revenge!!!!!

I'm usually a sucker for subdued blue and purples, but im gonna have to say i like the warner one better in this case........no 1 for me........it just really makes the action pop more, gives it more movement.

great work as always!

[Phoe][iX]

:applause:

[skygunner]

I like the first one, it has a very "Old West" feel to it. It's a nice twist to your horror theme. The color scheme of second one is more consistent with the horror theme, but seems more uninteresting to me. Very good work. :)

[kurt30]

Number 1

It gives it a more unique look. I love this style!!!!!Great work!

[Obear71]

Number 2

[pants]

i dig number 1 for all the aforementioned reasons plus it reminds me of halloween, which means one thing....
...
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....
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.....

:scream: :bounce: CANDY :bounce: :scream:


:shrug:
awesome picture. as someone else mentioned, it looks like the new zelda, and that ain't half bad. good work :)

[Terminator]

I really like the first onle a whole lot not only the characters satnd out a lot more so that u can pay attention to those details but the second one is too blend it really brings it down also i dont know what yur intentions were when u created the painting but it seems to me like it was toward humor and second is too eerie that's my 2 cents:drool:

[Frinsklen]

he..... he........ he's .....alive! aliiiiiiiiiiive!

good to see you're back. I had just found out ahahah-studio and now you pop up with this! sooooo much new stuff to see... thanks! :D

#2


:beer:

[ZVAN]

no.2 is a more suitable mood, but i like no.1 's colour.. very special.. good combination... welldone for both..:applause:

[Douglask]

I like the second one alot. The style reminds me of that in MTV's Clone High. EGG WHITES ONLY!

[Totitch]

Thanks everybody!
Thanks for all the kind words, opinion and critics!

just to answer to Eric3dee and all the people interested in, i only use Photoshop after a very very clean draw! to clean i use a pencil (hb or 2B) and classic paper! I scan in 300dpi...Sometimes 200. (i always work with big pictures then when you reduce it, it looks as if it was vectoriel). With vectoriel, it's better but really to long!

Here is a picture after scan! Here (http://mapage.noos.fr/totitch/ScanQuality.jpg)
and here is the final one: Here (http://mapage.noos.fr/totitch/Final.jpg)


I can't answer everybody one by one!!! Too much! :D
But because you are all kind, we show a little more! Less work!! Hope you will like it too!
Soon we will put more stuff at http://www.ahahah-studio.com/ , GhostHunters section! Stay tuned!

http://mapage.noos.fr/totitch/GhostHunters3.jpg
http://mapage.noos.fr/totitch/GhostHunters5.jpg

[Clanger]

Love this style, I'd be very interested in how you developed it, influences etc.

[eric3dee]

Wow. Thanks so much for the reply and extra stuff. very amazed to here it isn't vector-based. So, I assume you use a Wacom-- what sort of brush tools do you prefer? What I am especially curious about now is animation-- I assume you guys are animating this stuff. So what sort of software/procedures do you use to do that (don't tell me frame-by-frame in Photoshop with a dope sheet resulting in a sort of jumbled TIF sequence!)? You could do really well to take your techniques and put them in a cool detailed how-to-draw-cartoons-the-modern-professional-way and easily outsell any of the Christopher Hart, Lee J. Ames (or whatever else is out there) books. Again, I totally appreciate the last reply- so if I may kindly ask you to grace this forum with a little animation process overview? Keep up the awesome inspiring work.

BTW-- (this is a great compliment) your work is very Genndy Tartovsky meets Disney ;)
:applause:

[9th Legion]

I really love the style you have. You really know how to put emotions and the i-don't-care-there-is-a-monster-in-my-cuppa-tea feeling :drool: lol, ít's hard to phrase wat i mean, but take it as a compliment. You should consider starting a cominc line:applause:

no comments on your drawing, just praise.

cheers

[LichiMan]

WOW!!! Totitch... my old friend... What can I said? WOOOOOOOOOOOW YOUR STYLE IS AWESOME!!!!
Hope I see you on the top of cgtalk's homepage more times.
I'm glad to see you. I wish the best to you and your AHAHAH-STUDIO.

[ninjacore]

your work is very Genndy Tartovsky

i agree.

WOW, this is facinating. you hand draw that stuff!! wow. thing is how do you get that perfect thick black line that goes right round the character. also what kind of pens/brushes to you use. i would love to see your work process. :D

[ivanimal]

Stop asking people which draw is better.:xtreme:
Mandrake gonne crazy because of that." First one , no second one ....... hmmmmm maybe the first ? , ....or .....second...? :banghead:
He he he he he he he he ......




A sad ozbiljno ...... sve je MMNNNOOOOOGGOOOO dobro!!!!!

[lmc]

I prefer the second 1 more coz....for me its can more presentable bout the mood of the drawing.....good work :applause:

[devilishman]

i like the 2nd one as well! still hav this kind of drawin style?

[Totitch]

Thanks everybody!

eric3dee I don't promize you do to a tut man, but i will try! A really simple one! ;)
And thanks a lot about the Genndy Tartovsky ref! i like Cartoon network productions! Samourai jack serie is just Amazing!!!!

Clanger , I will give you the name of my main influence... A french cartoonist called Fabrice Parme! He did a lot of comics ("Le roi catastrophe", "Venezia") and a great cartoons called "La Famille Pirate" (unfortunatelly, french products (as a lot of european products) even if they are really good are not exported in the world as American super productions are...Sad but true! i hope it will change! We got thousands of amazing comics here that the world don't know!

LichiMan Ehehe! Thanks buddy! And what about a little post from you!!! Show us your work!!! Oh and by the way, what happen with you all Spanish people!!! :eek: :eek:
A lot of talented CG guys in you country!!! I'm waiting for "El CID" ! (link) (http://www.filmaxanimation.com/)
and a lot of other Spanish great productions too! What's happening in Spain with CG!??? :bounce:

ninjacore Look at the post before, i think i answered! Simple HB pencil...Simple Paper...And a really net clean! Big Scan and for the big black line, just a scale of the selection in an other layer...

ivanimal Thanks buddy! Thanks a lot!

E=mc² Then forget me and go to watch "Japanese Anime"... :rolleyes:

lmc, devilishman thanks guys!

[Brown_V]

Top :D

[KolbyJukes]

SWEEEEEEEEEET!

Very cool pics!

-Kol.

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