CHARACTER - Zombie Pirate

[charlie brown]

im thinking really well done, now if your trains arrived go and paint it.
slightly unfortunate pose dont make his hands the focal point.

[Prs-Phil]

yeah he has style :) but he doesnt look like a zombie to me, he looks more like an evil warrior but not an undead one.

[Aros]

Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the black Pearl ? :D

Anyway.. it's looking pretty good, but I think his skin and clothes could be damaged bit more.. The skin of a zombie has gone rotten and so damaged :)

Keep it up :thumbsup:

[KazuyaMochu]

Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the black Pearl ?

Sorry, I actually don't know any thing about pirates... well, I think I named this one a pirate, because of the boots and the cape... It's one of thoes drawings that come out when you're drawing it.

so... Also the damaged skin, yes, I agree, but I hope to put that in, when I color it. I hope! Also I'll too make him look a little more undead.

CharlieBrown, didn't quite get all of your post... sorry:shrug:

Well, Thanks every one for the comments

Kazuya Mochu

[xsimike]

KM great start to a very neat and potencially fun project. Keep us updated.:bounce:

[lindavanbruggen]

Even he is not a zombie to me, its' a great character!!well done!
:bounce: :eek: :bounce:

Maybe he needs some more blood and all that stuff in his face to get him more zombie-like.
But why make him a zombie, this character is finished, it only needs colors.:arteest:
I am really looking forward to see the result!
regards

[KazuyaMochu]

well... I confess! when I started doing this, I had no idea what it would come out as... So at first I tried to make a "zombie like" face. Blank eyes, dirty hair, skinny face... So after a while, it started to look nice. So I decided to do the rest. You can see I wasn't going for a body drawing, because the front leg didn't fit in the sheet...:rolleyes:

oh well, then I just started adding detail, and I felt like it could go for a kind of pirate, from a ghost ship. that's when I came up with the idea of a zombie pirate. It's more like a "Undead" kind of guy.

But I take any sugestion as to the name or title, for this character.
I had some friends say it was a barbarian... :shrug:

Best regards,

Kazuya Mochu

[KazuyaMochu]

hey, a friend of mine sayd there was something weird about the left foot. I sayd.. "maybe de size... to small"

and he replayed "not just that... theres something else"

can't se what. any one have a clue?


Kazuya Mochu

[KazuyaMochu]

Ok, got my ands on photoshop and started painting the top part. (can allways change the boot later)

so, tell me what you think

http://kazuya.gamedev-pt.net/public_img/pirate_2.jpg

best regards,

Kazuya Mochu

[Levitateme]

hi Kazuya Mochu,
i think its coming along great, when your done maybe i would do some color corrections? i think if you were to do it like in a night time lighting could be very neat. but im sure you are already set on your mood. that is just what i would do, it is looking really great though your very good at painting, can you tell me your method? like what brushes you like using and the settings? im still brand new to painting in PS.

[dmcgrath]

Kazuya, youve got a really great style. Its nice to see how other people work. I am really amazed at the level of detail youve gone to without doing the rest of the character first. My only recommendation would be on the pose you drew. I would change the right leg a little. Maybe straighten it out and make it go at an angle. Just a suggestion.
So far so good, I look forward to more updates. :)

[JonasNoell]

That's a very nice one Kazuya!!!
About the right foot (his left one): I think it perhaps is too thick. You may just make it a little thinner in order to give him more shape or so. The height or size of the foot is ok!
I really look forward to see him finished textured. What about the colors, will he stay brownish? Anyway it's already looking really plastical and 3dimensional, keep it up! Didn't know you draw as good as you model!

:beer: cANt

[schmu_20mol]

nice one so far...well imho i think it's his right foot that seems off .... i took your pic to show you what i think makes it look off... the yellow one is what the image looks to me for now and the red one is what it should look like imo (don't mind those reddies in his legs - they're just for orientation)....

hope this helps

[SoulSurvivor]

My stile of drawing is the same.Well,done but i don't know how
to paint in photoshop my things.i'll try to make something like
that and show respect to you.Keep it going!!!!!!!

[BiTMAP]

the back foots ankle is HUGE! thats whats wrong with it :D

[KazuyaMochu]

the ankle! that's it! cool. yeah, it does look a bit big.

gonna change it!

schmu_20mol, yeah the front foot is lame. I think that it is also helping the other foot to look wrong.

rest of you guys, thanks! that's very motivating! I hope to post some more stuff today. (latter)

ok, I'm going now.

thanks again!

Kazuya Mochu

[Rey]

Wow. Cool Character.
The way you paint this will determine if its a zombie or barbarian.
Looking good.:thumbsup:
There seems to be an excesive amount of cloth bunched up on the pants of his lower left leg .(compared to the right).?????

Hope to see an update soon!

[KazuyaMochu]

No much, just some color separation (helps me to work!)

and I started on the cape, but I think the shape is wrong. I was going for a rain cover cape. I wanted it to bend to the wind, as much as the hair, and the sword. I wanted to aligne then all. but I think I'll have to change the cape.

so, I'll keep showing.
btw, the cape's coloring is just very early, don't tell me it looks unfinished! :)

http://kazuya.gamedev-pt.net/public_img/pirate_3.jpg


best regards,

Kazuya Mochu

[GandalftheGrey]

Very good artwork, you are obviously a great artist! I would love to see more from you!

[fellipe]

poderoso!

[Mangled Poly]

this is looking simply awesome... keep it up!

[Levitateme]

kaz, i was thinking for they eyes. maybe you could do like a no iris look to them. not like all white. but maybe like "not seeing" i dont know if that makes sense. cause pure white eyes is overdone, but i think if he had like iris in his eyes but almost not noticiable i think that could give him a nice undead/not there look. hmmm i cant explain anymore, its your picture, but if i had that iw ould do something like that i think. just a idea. ciao

[KazuyaMochu]

hey, little update. hope this doesn't go agains the forum rules... postiing all this images...

ok, ot the cape as I like it. think it still needs a little work. and started on the sword, hands and casted shadows on the legs.

tell me what you think.

http://kazuya.gamedev-pt.net/public_img/pirate4.jpg

again, thanks for all the kind comments.

best regards,

Kazuya Mochu

[Levitateme]

the cape is looking great , i see what you meant earlier, looks really great now. i like how the sword is coming along as well ciao kazuya.

[ms@zx]

this is certainly a great piece of artwork..although he's not zombie enough...besides that..hmmm:thumbsup:

:)

[ZVAN]

wow... cool.. using painter? what media?

[KazuyaMochu]

using photoshop. and wacom... allthough the orignal drawiing was pencil on paper.

[Vizualbyte]

hey great work:)
my only gripe about this is the positioning of his hands and the sword. its kind of like between his legs...
i love the way you rendered the cape:thumbsup:

[Rey]

Nice rendering on the cape and sword.
Have you had a cance to do any more work on this?

[KazuyaMochu]

well.. I hate do admit it, but the boots came out as crap....

so, i'm waiting untill I feel I have a good solition for them, or get a nice reference image. other wise, I'm afraid to ruin it, trying to get it finished quickly.

thanks for the concern!

Kazuya Mochu

[KazuyaMochu]

well... jot a bit of time, and determination, I thought I would "reboot" the character. only did one boot any way.

I hope the link works. I think my server is down or something!

http://kazuya.gamedev-pt.net/public_img/pirate5.JPG

also added a quick background!

as allways, crit away!

Kazuya Mochu

[Levitateme]

hi kaz, i don tsee the pic either.

[KazuyaMochu]

well.... gess I wont be puttin any thing up in the next week or so. my domain has expired. I'm waitinf for it to be deleted so I can register it for me.

well. and since attachments are only 20k... can't put any thing decent for crit..

I'll be waiting!

Kazuya Mochu

[JonasNoell]

I might upload the pic for you if you want ;)
Just write me a mail if you are interested...

[KazuyaMochu]

and there we are! thanks to the allmighty cANt, I've got the imagem uploaded.

http://www.josh.ch/phpmywebmin/_uploads/cANt/pirate5.jpg

thanks cANt!

so, I hope to get my domain back, since all the other progresse images are there...

thanks for wathcing!

Kazuya Mochu

[nina]

I really like the cowl.
Looking foreward to se the progress, like your style!

[JonasNoell]

I really like it, but what somehow catched my eye is that you use the same way of drawing highlight on every surface, means that the robe, the skin, the trousers and the boots are highlightet the very same way, which gives the whole thing maybe a too artifistic look. Remember that every surface has it's very own way of reflecting light. Maybe try to fix this a little here and there.
Anyways I really like this one, keep it up I'm already very excited about the finished version ;)

:thumbsup:

[art7sayan]

I agree with cANt about highlights, maybe one more light source ( blue or somethin')...just my two cents :rolleyes:

By the way, that's a strange way to hold a sword...and this one seems really heavy for him but looks so small for us...maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I see so far...


Anyways, keep it up Kazuya, it's goin' to be a really great piece!

[KazuyaMochu]

well, you guys could be more correct, but 'im still trying to get all the lights and shadows here and there. I think I'll go back to that when I'm done shading. also Iwas allready thinking of a back light, like a moon light, than you can see on the background.

I hope I can get them there!

thanks

Kazuya Mochu

[Rubberduckie]

Agh! Cant see the pic! :surprised

[jerbille]

Dude i Simply love your work !!! GREAT JOB !!! Dont Stop !!!:eek:

[Rey]

It keeps getting better & better!
Any updates for us?

[KazuyaMochu]

I FINALLY got a new space. thanks to a friend of mine!

gonna have to change all my posts that include pics... oh dear!

but I have having broken links!

thanks for viewing

[gmask]

Kazuya,

Look great.. could you explain a little bit about how you mix and blend colors to shape the msucles and such?

[KazuyaMochu]

i use the smudge tool. I just pick a color, or the burn/dodge tool, and place the high light. than I smudge it to create the lighted area.
this is done with a dark background color. You may want to add some even darker areas, but I'm not to sure if this is correcte every time. I mean, I shouldn't even be tipping you off, as I'm no very experieced at ilustration. I usualy make game textures.
this one is acctually comming out nice, If I may brag.

ok, any thing else, say so.

Kazuya Mochu

[KazuyaMochu]

It's not as good as I was dreaming!

but it is better than I though I could to.

but it's how they say: "if you can dream it, you can do it!"

ok

so here's the final version of the guy!

http://kazuya.gamedev-pt.net/public_img/pirate06.jpg

hope you like it.


I'm going to the finished gallery

Kazuya Mochu

p.s. Thank you for following this thread

[gag]

nice global rendering!

it's maybe a little too dark but i guess that's what you wanted to do
it reminds me the warland comics book

i especially love the pants.....

nice piece of art, well done

[trz66]

i would tone down the black in the background, too much contrast back there. use atmospheric perspective a little bit, and lighten it to a dark gray (maybe 70% at the most).

i might also sharpen the edges on the sword that are closest to the viewer.

[stxd3]

i see no zombie and i see no pirate show me the zombie

stxd3

[stxd3]

zombie yes your no

[KazuyaMochu]

hum, the "zombie" came out as a big problem I gess.
I think it all has to do with each one's perception of zombie.

When I made this drwaing at first, pirates of the caribean was not out yet.

now, that most people have seen it, they all expect to see pirates of the carebean on may drawing.

Gess if I did make it look like pirates of the caribean every one would go like: "bah, thats a rip off. Lammer"

so, as to me, a zombie is someone dead that still beahaves as living. Or some one alive (in a certain way), shoing some signs of death. But one thing I put in all zombies. blank eyes.

ok, so now I have greyed body, wrecked cape and some blood stains, and also a big piece of with cloth sorrounding the stomack area.

maybe a should have called him Bill. or Khumarth, or Gurluth. that's be cool!
how did the pirats of t he carebean walked? with no muscles? no tendons... talking with no vocal cords...

I gess my zombie should have stayed barried a couple more decades, right?
why couldn't he be hurt just an hour before? But one thing is right about the pirates of the carebean! they did not all wear the same clothing. So I gess I can get away with this blue pants

so that's it. This is my opinion on what's a zombie or not, and why I think you should not take the word zombie so directlly.

Kazuya Mochu

[nobrain]

Originally posted by dmcgrath
Kazuya, youve got a really great style. Its nice to see how other people work. I am really amazed at the level of detail youve gone to without doing the rest of the character first. My only recommendation would be on the pose you drew. I would change the right leg a little. Maybe straighten it out and make it go at an angle. Just a suggestion.
So far so good, I look forward to more updates. :)

That is good drawing, and yes there is something off with the pose and its not the leg dude, like it was said kind of unfortunate pose. (i guess it can be overlooked anywayI suppose its just immature ignoramuses like me who've got nothing better to crit at. But really inspiring work, great drawing and paint skills you got there.
p.s as for the title I think undead will do.

[W!zard]

Your work is great, Kazuya, i dont care if this is zombie pirate, or pirate zombie. Ive watched that work from beginning, and it gives me much /im new in digital painting but not in drawing itself/. I would like to thank you for sharing your process of painting, and im looking forward to see finished, full textured piece.
Best regards!

[nullUser]

just thought that if he is both a zombie and a pirate he may perhaps need a few injuries or scars, unless he died from a ruptured aprendix or something.

i hope that is a cutlass he is holding and not a huge steel shlong.

it looks really great, but as it is now the colour of the skin against the backdrop make me want to vommit.

[W!zard]

Kazuya, i would like to ask you - what is original/work size of the image?
Thank you!

[KazuyaMochu]

it was a ISO A4 sheet

I scanned in, and it was something around 700x1000

a bit small for painting... I gess

[W!zard]

Thanks, Kazuya, even on these pixels your work looks great. btw. im working most of time on 2500x2000 and higher, but i think that good work didnt depends on pixels, it depends on artist! :)
Best Regards!

[nobrain]

I prefer to work with smaller resolution because everything just runs smoother, but no matter what the resolution I always set 300 dpi so its printable

[tejani]

great work
could u please give me the psd file (please)
just to learn

[batavia]

I wish I can see the pics

[mariana]

hi

I liked very very much de 2 first images that you post. But than i think that you lost expression and depth. There is missing some shadows and the textures are all the same and very plastic.

anyway, is very good work !

mariana

[ryusen]

if he's a zombie, shouldn't the skin be somewhat a greenish or blueish white with disgusting ooze all over? maybe with some bones showing in some parts? and for a zombie those clothes are really clean..

anyways, great painting.. i was only nitpicking on the title.. heheh.. i really like your skin tone.. it really brings up the muscles..

[Downwrdspiral]

I think the skintone works fine. Maybe hes freashly been killed and hasnt had time to rot. Pale skin works fine.

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