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EyeS-L
02-28-2009, 10:18 PM
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Title: Gang$tar 2
Name: Arnaud SIMON-LAFOREST
Country: France
Software: Photoshop

A pack illustration for the game "Gangstar 2" from Gameloft.
Line (characters): Pencils
Colors: Photoshop
BG: matte painting
I chose the typical low angle we can see in most of the rap/hiphop videos so the characters look like they "own" the city.
All critiques and comments are welcome :)
Braso
03-01-2009, 03:03 PM
Very cool piece and i love the angle. Great job :)
largil
03-01-2009, 03:13 PM
Well done man !! great composition!:thumbsup:
phoenix
03-01-2009, 03:48 PM
Another nice painting. love the chick.


Regards
Samuraikuroi
03-01-2009, 07:07 PM
Awesome illustration!
MoonVisionStudio
03-01-2009, 11:27 PM
Very well done, good lighting and posing. :buttrock:
nightwoodwolf
03-02-2009, 02:52 AM
great work .. the colors and lights are awesome
gauravanim
03-02-2009, 04:45 AM
Awesome awesome :thumbsup::buttrock::bounce:
vindow
03-02-2009, 05:19 AM
gr8 job. nice lighting and perspective.
CyrilT
03-02-2009, 05:57 AM
Really nice stuff, the lighting the colors and the composition are awesome. I love the lazy pose of the girl, the pin up style on the car with the light on her hair.
Entre "Pirates of the Seven Seas", "Zombie Infection" et "HERO of SPARTA" l'autre jour tu nous offre une très très belle fournée; mes petits yeux te disent "MERKI".

Keep up the good work Arnaud :buttrock: .
Irawan
03-02-2009, 09:07 AM
this one is great! i like the composition and the frog camera.
ario
03-02-2009, 03:23 PM
Great composition and colors. nice work man!

cheers:
Alireza
MarioVeltri
03-02-2009, 03:59 PM
I like alot the first character on the left :D
coldarif
03-05-2009, 02:40 AM
you are the Rockstar.........man.....:buttrock:
projectxero
03-08-2009, 05:15 PM
Very nice!

The perspective is very well done considering the angle. I was wondering if you used any reference to help get that angle.



Also one little nit pick (now this may just be the angle or the negative space playing a trick on my eyes) the girls left foot seems a bit smaller than her right. That or her right ankle is thicker than her left, but like I said that may just be my eyes playing a trick on me. Also her foot could be at an angle too. That would account for it.




Anyways man I wish I had those kinds of skills with illustration. I’m color blind and legally blind so my eyes hinder me, but that doesn’t stop me from trying.
RobertoOrtiz
03-13-2009, 07:47 PM
Well done
Plugged.
-R
Rabid1
03-13-2009, 08:30 PM
Cool pic...i like how you combined various elements into one seemless composite. The characters are very ganstar...you achieved the rap video feeling perfectly. My only crit for you is this: those palm trees look flat. They look like cut-out photos and the bark just doesn't seem to have the correct shading? Other than that its stellar! Well done.
blenderhead
03-13-2009, 09:52 PM
I like everything in the image apart from the foreground guy's face. It just looks a bit too plain. Pity, because the rest of the image is great and the guy is smack bang in the foreground...
dnk
03-13-2009, 10:38 PM
shit, it's great! :D
DuttyFoot
03-13-2009, 10:52 PM
Another nice painting. love the chick.

me too. i think i saw those smooth legs before i saw anything else...lol
really nice artwork
JonasNoell
03-14-2009, 04:23 AM
Yeah, great stuff! But why this standard newbie-ish Photoshop lensflair? :) I think it doesn't match the style and quality of the image...
mcteapot
03-14-2009, 08:28 AM
mad props on this one! it seems like getting form Hollywood to Venice is a hip-hop skip and a jump apart...
IllustriousWarriors
03-14-2009, 05:39 PM
This is tight, 5 stars. I love the focal angle. The details with the West coast hand sign and the graffiti on the wall, really cool.
seba089
03-14-2009, 07:26 PM
Awesome job!!
5*:thumbsup:
Mehdishay
03-14-2009, 08:46 PM
This is really great :eek: , that's all I can say. . . .
ChristopheFauconneau
03-14-2009, 11:09 PM
yeah man...
downstairs, in my street, it's like that !
:thumbsup:
K0mba
03-15-2009, 01:52 AM
Nice. Like the perspective....
Ammarkk
03-15-2009, 08:08 AM
It's awesome,I love the concept.:bowdown:
MARTSMONDE
03-15-2009, 01:34 PM
Great composition Arnaud :applause:

French touch :beer:
ajfrank
03-15-2009, 03:41 PM
Wow! Very nice job! I love the color combinations you have going on. The warms mix with the cools works perfectly. If that was a poster I'll buy it. Very nice job :thumbsup:
chalkeye
03-16-2009, 05:05 AM
you had me at Filter>Render>Lens Flare
yahyaehsan
03-16-2009, 07:46 AM
i LOVED iT. $(_)Per H()t
gaianix
03-17-2009, 08:52 AM
nice..... shot:applause:
Djampa
03-17-2009, 06:10 PM
wow, very nice !
5 stars !
Nice comp and well chosen poses.
Soon2bAnimator
03-17-2009, 06:17 PM
i really love the perspective on this one keep up the good work:thumbsup:
frogchild
03-17-2009, 06:23 PM
Wow, more hip-hop then hip-hop.
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