Astronauts, Michael Kutsche (2D)

[lordbiernac]

Awesome :) I never knew you work in Painter... Gives an extra motivation to improve my skills using that program :)

[Herne]

*June|07.09.3012| latley dicovered infrastructure | Neo York*
Worldtime 0630 morning
Temprature: - 70 degree
Liveforms: nothing yet to mention

"....they had arived a couple of ours ago, or so.The "ISS-INFINEON" had recently caught radio activity in the outer sectors of the solar system.. .


"...Long time ago humanity had to flee the old earth...since then their raged a war between several different unions, this had better be a friendly cause of action sending radiowaves that far, that we had to cope with our oldest history, otherwise me and my boys would be very disapointed.Dawn spreads and i can already feel my limbs numbing, with the winds of 250 mph + the range we could see would be less then one yard soon... we hadn't caught up with the signal yet..I am Commander Higgs and i don't like knowing nothing about a situation.All that's important are facts....and so far, we had none..."

Hey There, this is what i felt/saw/imagined according this great picture :)
I'd like to see more of this !
Cheers and Greets Herne

[marilenamexi]

Hello Michael,
This is one of my favourite work of your works,
awesome piece in terms of color and composition.
The next cg choice award maybe is yours:)

[pixela]

Very nice and inspiring.

[djudju]

pfiouuuuuuuuuuuuu ! good stuff...

[JiDy]

Good colors and details My last post (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=133&t=781011)

[Felideus]

Very good work :applause:

[Damselfly]

Great stuff, Michael! Love the subtle use of colour and how the background keeps directing your eyes back to the character! Another winner!

[lapislazuli]

Great work Michael!

[TwentySixPM]

Amazing, this picture has so much story in it. It gets my imagination cranking.

[PapaNinja]

Amazing Michael :buttrock:
I've seen it on DA a few weeks ago. The rendering is astonish.
Another Award ? :D

[Louie Louie]

Nice contracts, colors and imagery.

[Abazaba]

very nice indeed. love the look of experience on his face. feels like it could use some more atmosphere to sell the cold, but it doesnt detract from the piece. thanks for being a constant source of motivation.

[WWWoj]

awesome ! :o

[abynum]

I like the high walls, dirty as they are. Also love the idea that they're determined to fight for their life, fighting off the prospect of fading away...

[michaelkutsche]

thanks for all the kind replies and sharing your thoughts! :)

[PC]

Great work..Love the colour scheme..;)

[Trurl]

Nice painting! Congrats!
I love your panting technics.

[thyn]

It's always a pleasure to see your works.
Great job !

[naetronic]

Killer 5-Star Work! lighting, composition, mood - it's SICK
best wishes,
Nathan

[diissar]

as usual another master piece,5 stars!!:applause:

[alserov]

Very nicely done! This work has a 3D feel in it :) What an impressive job!

[Ferrick]

:bowdown: Amazing technique! Your portfolio is one of the best in all CGS. I like the athmosphere and the light. Great, man!

Congratulatons.
Ferrick

[rawgon]

Great illustration! and scary at the same

the textures are amazing, inspiring work.

thanks for sharing

[PavelPetrenko]

Great work Michael! Very atmospheric!

[michaelkutsche]

:bowdown: Amazing technique! Your portfolio is one of the best in all CGS. I like the athmosphere and the light. Great, man!

Congratulatons.
Ferrick

Thanks man, really appreciated. Love your art.

[MR]

Nice illustration.. I totally agree with you that an image should speak for itself, but sometimes a little sory or just a good chosen title can extend the vievwers imagination a lot.. anyway i love your work... keep posting

[frameboX]

Brilliant! As always...


Greetings from Hamburg,
der Nowakbruder

[michaelkutsche]

Brilliant! As always...


Greetings from Hamburg,
der Nowakbruder

Thanks a lot, Till. Hope all is well! Hope to meet you in real life some day ;)

Cheers

[Eomer41]

Nice work!

It looks like a different planet with astronauts heading back home or getting ready to fly. If the title was not "Astronauts" I would have thought it was a group of people walking out of the city.

[PapaNinja]

Congrats ! :D

[ekah]

Very cool illustration. Love the looseness of the background figures.

[Leshiy3d]

he he, I love them
great job as always :thumbsup:

[flaviomonteiro]

It was a good concept!

[waheednasir]

congrats!!!

fantastic work...:).

[Boykinov]

Amazing colors and mood , like in all of your paintings !
Regards

[coochaki]

i love this artwork

[hesten]

Great painting!

The less than glamorous astronauts and the color-coded plastic bags that is crammed into this frame. Some are even tied on to it… Made me think this might be about consumerism, of course I may be totally wrong (:

[nightwoodwolf]

very nice one

[olive2d]

Waw!
Very nice!
Love atmosphere, colors...beautiful!

[kaparo]

Absolutely beautiful image, Love the overall texture and mood. As you said it tells a story by itself, it makes us hold on to the image and not let go until we knew what is going on in there, whatever it is. Congrats!

[Jason-Seiler]

Your work is unreal, awesome piece . . . a stunner for sure! It's cool that we both worked on Alice!

[bbparis]

An awesome drawing, wooow woooooow, I like your drawing sooo much, can you show me ( and for sure show all members and visitors ) the making of this drawing ?

one more question, do you have an Art study to be able to do this kind of beautiful CG painting ??

[domoarigato]

hmmm...the way I interpret is that the "astronauts" are cleaning up a bit, gathering the waste on the earth, and heading for the moon. I initially thought the red white and blue had some significance but..meh...awesome work man!

[Afterglow]

Nice lighting!

Im going to say that its a few existentialists roaming around, with that obscure perspective of the world, exploring like 'astronauts'.

Keep them coming.

[arnie001]

An outstanding piece indeed!!

[Crayfish]

still an awesome work :arteest:

[MichaelMorisse]

I am a big fan of your work! thanks for sharing and inspiring.

[majid-smiley]

wow ! i love it !

[Delta-CG]

Well done. Amazing piece of work.

[Shahanart]

Amazing As Ever

[mustafacetin]

Great Atmosphere!

[ratus69]

What these guys have to do with astronauts ??
Nothing to look like astronauts, perhaps guys from east european army forced to lift bags of garbage or clothes
Astronauts make people dream, these guys not

"I truly believe that an artwork should speak for itself, it has to work even if the viewer doesn't read an instruction manual or the biography of the artist."

I don't know because here, an explanation is really needed ;))
However, amazing technique !!

[leigh]

What these guys have to do with astronauts ??
Nothing to look like astronauts, perhaps guys from east european army forced to lift bags of garbage or clothes
Astronauts make people dream, these guys not

"I truly believe that an artwork should speak for itself, it has to work even if the viewer doesn't read an instruction manual or the biography of the artist."

I don't know because here, an explanation is really needed ;))
However, amazing technique !!

Personally, I don't think any explanation is needed at all. People can probably come up with a lot of appropriate interpretations. To me, looking at this image, I immediately interpret it as guys who are doing a boring job, who are daydreaming that they are astronauts so that they do not feel bored.

[danepioli]

This is unbelievable! Really well done!

[madbot]

Michael the detail in your images always blows me away. This one is no different. Well done, a very inspiring piece. Regarding the discussion of whether they look like astronauts/the need for an explanation, etc, I agree with Leigh. No need for one, it should be up to the viewer. To me these guys could be astronauts who have landed on a cold, barren earth-like planet. Maybe they are currently making their way to their base. Anyway you look at it, it's a brilliant image.

[ratus69]

Well in fact the point here is the lack of consistency between the idea behind the drawing and the drawing...
I'm astonished to see really good drawing technique used in a way that means nothing really interesting.
What is the aim of such a painting ? What the painter wanted to tell us ? Why having named this piece of art "astronanauts" ?

The explanations given by Leigh
"I immediately interpret it as guys who are doing a boring job, who are daydreaming that they are astronauts so that they do not feel bored."
Doesn't convince me : they look old and one is smoking...are you sure they are dreaming to be astronauts ? they do not feel bored ? hard to tell....

And Madbot told us :
"To me these guys could be astronauts who have landed on a cold, barren earth-like planet. Maybe they are currently making their way to their base."
Have you ever seen an astronaut smoked ? earth-like planet ? it would take ages to find one and if one day we will find it, I'm afraid clothes won't look like old clothes from Russian or Chinese army

And here we can see that all "serious" explanations given won't stand because of the lack of consistency of this paint : plastic bags, cigarette, boring guys...does-it really make you "instantly" think of astronaut's world ????
Sorry not me

But if it's just for fun, it's ok ;)

[RaVirr]

No words, it's absolutely amazing work. Your picture motivate me to paint something ;)

[KIDI]

i love your style :thumbsup:
great work !

[Plantman]

Its quite disappointing that most of the CGsociety members dont really seem to 'get' this image. Its quite clear, (unless I'm completely mistaken,)

This is post-apocalyptic America (hence the red white and blue) These are the astronauts that are left. The American space race was massive political and patriotic effort. So this image is saying "ooh look at America now; theyre all homeless hobos with carrier bags instead of space suits."

If the title doesnt add up then the background could have been painted at a destroyed Kennedy Space centre? With an old space helmet cracked, on the ground? The image could then concievably be left 'untitled'

Its ok to have it called 'Astronauts' but without that exact title the image looses its meaning.

[michaelkutsche]

Thanks to all for the feedback, much appreciated!

[michaelkutsche]

Your work is unreal, awesome piece . . . a stunner for sure! It's cool that we both worked on Alice!

Thanks a lot Jason, really appreciated! Liked your art on "Alice" a lot, can't wait to see the final film!

[aviani1983]

simply awesome!!eye catcher.:)

[dbisme]

thanks for all the kind replies and sharing your thoughts! :)

Here I am, on a hot 25 C summer day and your work takes me right to that street, right beside the astronaut! :-)

Suddenly it's the middle of winter, walking on the moon!

BTW-what Painter brushes did you use? Care to share?

Cheers

Doug

[abo-abdalaziz]

i cant say any thing...just5*

[anezka]

Great job. The atmosphare, the nain figure - his face, details, background - everythink I like.

http://www.human-anatomy-for-artist.com/

[Hesketh]

Amazing specially that you done it in painter,







www.graphicpainter.com

[Morphecy]

Looks amazing.

[Timmer]

Top Class work man, really great painting!

GrtZ, Tim

[Jydekris]

MAD!!! I like the perspective and brush strokes

[boxy]

I am such a big fan of your work. This is another MK masterpiece! There is always a great quality to your paintings, a perfect mix of contemporary and 'old master' styles. Irresistible!
Boxy

[solosalil]

That's really awesome concept man:thumbsup:...I visited your web site also & I have become a big fan of your's. what I liked about your artworks is that your handling of different art styles is really amazing. I am inspired by this artwork...no doubt that this one got an award

[DorothyBallarini]

Awesome!


I loved the lights and the gestures of the brush strokes and the camera angle you chose!

[MarkWaikien]

Sweet narrative Michael! It does indeed speak for itself. Atleast to me it looks like they're on their way to a colony of some sort.

And congratulations on Alice!

[Monaforest]

I love this style.Nice work

[Imperial-Jade-Seal]

Very nice and inspiring

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