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WarrenLouw 10-14-2009, 10:09 AM http://features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g84/189384/189384_1255511394_medium.jpg
Title: Becky IFX
Name: Warren Louw
Country: South Africa
Software: Photoshop
Becky - The cover girl of ImagineFX, issue 49 November 2009.
So my very first appearance in an IFX mag makes the front cover, including a full on posing workshop inside the issue. This was definitely the most exciting artwork I've ever worked on in my entire art career to date. The entire process was a complete pleasure and flowed far smoother than I had anticipated.
They ended up choosing her with red hair for the cover, which I also totally love, but thought id share her with you as I originally had her from start to finish.
Anyway, I seriously recommend this issue to those who are wanting to learn more about how to approach posing. I shared as much as I could and even exceeded the limit they asked me to keep to, so Im sure there will be something for all of you guys to take and use to your advantage!
Lastly, this is for those of you who want to see how this ImagineFX cover turned out - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/WarrenLouw/IFX49cover.jpg
And to get ahold of this issue, go here: http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754333397132143/imaginefx-issue-49.html
Hope you all enjoy!
• Lineart and colours created in Photoshop CS3 by Wacom Intuos 3
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linainverse23
10-14-2009, 05:12 PM
Not a bad use of cartoon proportions (very hour glass body shape). The rendering of the torso skin tones is very nice, and I like the line contours and the arms (even the foreshortened one). I like the googles on the hat and the stitch work on the gloves. It adds a nice level a detail and more character.
Her nipples way be a little high (just a little), and you may have tapered her waist a little too thin (but that becomes a matter of opinion, but the nice work on the hips isn't helping). Maybe if you thinned it further down it may help. Up to you. Her face isn't harsh but more easy-going, which works for this pose (which isn't overtly threatening, just implied). Her hair design is nice as well. Keep it up. Good work.
lkermel
10-14-2009, 06:33 PM
As always, I really dig the way how you draw girls. Your clear and outlined pictures are always awesome. As linainverse23 said, I think her nipples are a little bit high but I really like all the rest, the pose, her look, the subject. Incredible work !! :)
DrZenith
10-14-2009, 06:41 PM
Amazing.
I knew she was yours as soon as I picked up that issue. Your tutorial inside was awesome too. Thanks!
phr0stbite
10-14-2009, 06:52 PM
Great job. I really like the style of this one. I agree with the post above mine about the attention to detail on the hat, gloves and goggles. I also like the paint under her eye, it gives her an even more stylized look. I do like the black hair version more than the one on the image FX cover as I think the black hair one gives it more contrast and makes the image pop that much more. All the colors work very well together, and the rendering job is fantastic. Very pretty and sexy character, I like this one a lot.
Flayer
10-14-2009, 07:20 PM
Awesome! SHe's quite a looker and nicely exeCUTEd!
KrakenCMT
10-14-2009, 10:30 PM
Beautiful work! I really like your style!
Emptyshell
10-14-2009, 11:35 PM
Niiiiiiiccccceeeee work. love your clean, crisp style and your character portrayal :-)
Yeah, let's get some action, girl! :D
Sweet and clean work :thumbsup:
Stokto
10-15-2009, 08:19 AM
Nice and clean drawing.
She is Beauty. NJ
RobertoOrtiz
10-15-2009, 11:19 AM
Great work!
Plugged.
Could you please tell us a bit more about your methods?
-R
cardboarddog
10-15-2009, 11:30 AM
Fantastic work, very pretty..
shadermonkey
10-15-2009, 11:36 AM
Congrats on another amazing finished piece.
You always manage to create such beautifully innocent yet sexy female characters without crossing the vulgar line.
Keep on, keep keepin on! :buttrock:
JoshBowman
10-15-2009, 11:42 AM
:drool::drool: what a tease! great work, love the toony colouring, her face is awesome, great work man :)
Littleberu
10-15-2009, 12:15 PM
A girl on the cover of ImagineFX!?!? How could this happen!
Ahaha, great work! Really great lines!
Paulo-Peres
10-15-2009, 12:24 PM
Great job, as usually. I really like your style.
My only critiques is about the left forearm that looks strange to me, and the right side of the glasses that seems a bit little for the left.
Congrats! This is a nice babe!
cpa360
10-15-2009, 01:20 PM
Fantastic style, great work!
ChewyPixels
10-15-2009, 02:56 PM
Big fan of your works! This one doesn't disappoint. She's a beauty! :thumbsup:
ZayneoO0
10-15-2009, 02:57 PM
Cant keep my eyes off her, amazing stuff man, im humbled to see an SA artist produce such high quality stuff 5 stars from me :buttrock:
Katachi
10-15-2009, 03:13 PM
ha! superb idea. I was first saying to myself:"man, that gun looks like an old photo cam of mine.....hey wait, it is...or isn´t it?". Then I was distracted by her boobs. lol
Indeed charming and creative work. :thumbsup:
littleac
10-15-2009, 03:18 PM
Others have said already, but really like the clean style of art you have. You make your characters look sexy, but not over the top. Awesome as always!
evolucian
10-15-2009, 03:27 PM
she looks a lot better with dark than red hair but i guess someone somewhere loves redheads lol
JackZhang
10-15-2009, 03:46 PM
LOVE IT! my new desktop!
Ballo
10-15-2009, 05:00 PM
I love the pose and rendering, very nice work indeed.
:)
Grizzlybrice
10-15-2009, 05:29 PM
Awwww, I miss shooting on a Bolex. Might have to go snag my buddies for a weekend and burn some film!
thepineman
10-15-2009, 05:52 PM
nice work!
Piramide
10-15-2009, 06:19 PM
very nice, love it :applause:
davius
10-15-2009, 06:50 PM
Great work! Loved her face! She seems so calm yet dangerous! Her silhouette, pose, eyes, color palette, it all matches so nicely that it's almost impossible not being hypnotized by her! Smoking hot! Congratulations!
nice light work the gradient are above par i would say...two thumbs up!!
rawwad
10-15-2009, 09:53 PM
Great job, I saw your pages in magazine, fantastic skills man, you have girls in your eye. Well done :D
yamobust
10-15-2009, 10:49 PM
Is that a Weyland-Yutani logo I spy on her pouch? :D
Kaspaas
10-15-2009, 10:56 PM
Jis dude, jy impress my maar net elke keer met jou werk. Congrats op die imaginefx cover, well deserved.
Blanks
10-16-2009, 01:48 AM
Great rendering!! Love the style and concept. I don't agree with the comments on the nipples being too high because I believe it helps to add weight. Kind of looks like she has breast implants.
Tysall
10-16-2009, 03:27 AM
Just like to take the op to thank Warren for creating such a great cover image. He's a very pleasant chap to work with, open to direction and exchanging ideas - which really helped evolve a stunning cover illustration within quite a tight deadline. "You've done a man's job sir..."
elevationson
10-16-2009, 04:47 AM
that's a great pose and rendering
Tysus
10-16-2009, 06:23 AM
Just fantastic, your work is genius!
FistOfGod
10-16-2009, 09:30 AM
Awesome work! I thought the image looked familiar when I saw it on the front page.
Waylon
Felideus
10-16-2009, 10:25 AM
This illustration is awesome, very good work :applause:
Maitreya
10-16-2009, 10:58 AM
i like the style
artsun
10-16-2009, 11:52 AM
great artwork!!:buttrock:
Ripmork
10-16-2009, 11:56 AM
Gosh, I´m in love:D
Fantastic style, a pleasure to look at this illustration, that is all I can say.
eXcrem
10-16-2009, 12:51 PM
Awesome! but logo from " Aliens " :D
Phonos
10-16-2009, 04:30 PM
Amazing work. I definitely like the brown hair more than the red.
RobertoOrtiz
10-16-2009, 06:48 PM
Awesome! but logo from " Aliens " :D
and I love the TRON reference.
tazmanian
10-16-2009, 07:27 PM
awesome work! its very clean design. i love it. good job.:)
vfxart
10-16-2009, 09:16 PM
Fun piece, and the use of OCP, W-Y and Encom will be cool...? Excellent...
Curia
10-16-2009, 10:54 PM
Good work, and congrats! I like the brown hair, you're idea is great. Sexy as hell, with grenades. Questionably immersing, and thought provoking.
eldee
10-17-2009, 12:37 AM
nice work!
gauravanim
10-17-2009, 08:33 AM
You create wonders :bowdown:
Melstrom
10-17-2009, 01:04 PM
Great solid feel to her figure, following you tutorial in ImagineFX. Looking forward to more from you.
HerrMacintosh
10-17-2009, 01:04 PM
Great work. :bowdown: I just love her expression. :thumbsup:
Nice character!:thumbsup:
She is so sexy;):bounce:
AtrusDni
10-17-2009, 07:45 PM
Nice work! :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:
phoenix
10-17-2009, 07:56 PM
Very nice work
regards
marcotronic
10-18-2009, 05:26 PM
She´s sooooo sexy. Wow. Great expression. A masterpiece.
Marco
Coldframe
10-18-2009, 10:05 PM
Beautiful :)
Regards
IsmaiL.
FireForce
10-19-2009, 12:52 AM
I'm not one to comment on illustrations\drawings of female figures. This one I will for one reason, the physical look is the type of women I find attractive. Nice Work, it's probably more appealing when the illustration\drawing looks like a women you'd see in real life and find attractive, although one has to ask is her personality compatible with yours ? That is the question :)
Satriinus
10-19-2009, 02:10 AM
Dude... absolutely perfect! I love the style, I normally hate eyeliner and mascara, but for some reason, it really accents her. So many nice touches... just breathless.
Kskovbo
10-19-2009, 04:11 AM
really nice! Love her face!
Congrats with the cover!
Relics
10-20-2009, 03:09 AM
It really is a beautiful illustration. But to spoil it the camera seems like it is at a slightly skewed angle to the hand holding it. Its picky but that's why we're here, right. Love it otherwise.
exanimate
10-20-2009, 12:13 PM
nice like all time.:thumbsup:
metalliandy
10-20-2009, 12:23 PM
Nice work...I love it :D
Its a shame that they changed the colour of the hair for the cover as i much prefer the brown.
Amazing stuff!
DBorder
10-20-2009, 07:34 PM
Weyland-yutani? i thought it was the Wumpscut Logo on her pounch. and i guess it the OCP ( from Robocop ) logo on the lens?
jacke8824
10-21-2009, 03:27 AM
i like it. It so good
Lotek
10-21-2009, 01:40 PM
:thumbsup: Dang she's cute.:blush: for a toon. very nice work.
vfxart
10-22-2009, 07:49 AM
The issue hit the stores near me this week... unfortunately, like a few others, it's 16 bucks a pop. I have most of ImagineFX, 3DWorld, 3DArtist... but man, pricey.
Still, back OT, congrats again on the cover!
IllustriousWarriors
10-22-2009, 04:54 PM
Ah Wow, now that's sweet-O. Cool as f-word. I'm so inspired to sketch. Awesome art Warren Louw!
Hesketh
10-23-2009, 04:52 PM
I see the cover for Imagine Fx very very good, your artwork is first class
Hesketh
www.graphicpainter.com
ArminS
10-25-2009, 05:30 PM
Beautiful!
abynum
10-25-2009, 06:09 PM
Hot stuff. Great job. The seams on the gloves are excellent. It's a bit of a shame the final cover of the magazine is so cluttered though.
Awesome! This looks like art that I would love to create :)
Makes me wanna draw stuff.. Thanks fo sharing ^^
Jacob Potts
10-27-2009, 10:56 PM
Not a bad use of cartoon proportions (very hour glass body shape). The rendering of the torso skin tones is very nice, and I like the line contours and the arms (even the foreshortened one). I like the googles on the hat and the stitch work on the gloves. It adds a nice level a detail and more character.
Her nipples way be a little high (just a little), and you may have tapered her waist a little too thin (but that becomes a matter of opinion, but the nice work on the hips isn't helping). Maybe if you thinned it further down it may help. Up to you. Her face isn't harsh but more easy-going, which works for this pose (which isn't overtly threatening, just implied). Her hair design is nice as well. Keep it up. Good work.
Dear linainverse23:
I agree with you that, in general, the nipples on the breast are lower than what the painting showed, but there are models whose nipples are relatively high: http://www.gracefulnudes.com/Galleries/Corinna-Divine-Stefan-Soell/Corinna-FEMJOY-012.jpg so it is not totally out of the question. Perhaps it would be a matter of whether or not, or to what degree, one likes plastic surgery??? Or am I off base here?
But mainly, I agree with you: it is up him. :-)
Just something to think about,
Jacob Potts :-)
FattyToro
10-28-2009, 11:37 AM
Great illustration. Very nice detailing, on the gloves for example.
mostafabibin
10-28-2009, 03:23 PM
Nice.Really Nice Shading.
linainverse23
10-28-2009, 03:31 PM
Just keep at it. Overall, you're doing very well.
love it. bravo. can't see any default. oh yes : you did it, not me.
thanks for sharing,
gep.
clairehowlett
11-02-2009, 11:41 AM
Thanks again for creating the cover for us, Warren,
More details on what else is the issue is here: http://www.imaginefx.com/issue49
Warren Louw workshop, Michael Whelan interview, John Howe sketchbook, a cool storyboarding workshop from Tom Nelson and much more...
pschoboy
11-07-2009, 05:25 AM
sexy, beautiful work
Davidser
11-09-2009, 03:46 PM
fua que belleza
tus trabajos son muy sexys
este trabajo es exelente
fua that beauty
your works are very sexy
this work is excellent
Red Wolf
11-13-2009, 08:06 AM
http://features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g84/189384/189384_1255511394_medium.jpg
Title: Becky IFX
Name: Warren Louw
Country: South Africa
Software: Photoshop
Becky - The cover girl of ImagineFX, issue 49 November 2009.
So my very first appearance in an IFX mag makes the front cover, including a full on posing workshop inside the issue. This was definitely the most exciting artwork I've ever worked on in my entire art career to date. The entire process was a complete pleasure and flowed far smoother than I had anticipated.
They ended up choosing her with red hair for the cover, which I also totally love, but thought id share her with you as I originally had her from start to finish.
Anyway, I seriously recommend this issue to those who are wanting to learn more about how to approach posing. I shared as much as I could and even exceeded the limit they asked me to keep to, so Im sure there will be something for all of you guys to take and use to your advantage!
Lastly, this is for those of you who want to see how this ImagineFX cover turned out - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/WarrenLouw/IFX49cover.jpg
And to get ahold of this issue, go here: http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754333397132143/imaginefx-issue-49.html
Hope you all enjoy!
• Lineart and colours created in Photoshop CS3 by Wacom Intuos 3
good job
love your clean, crisp style
TheKrakan
11-17-2009, 04:13 PM
Phenomenal !
So this is how the real talent work look a like .. 5*
signin
11-17-2009, 05:15 PM
Wow, super Sexy!
Looks like the Babes in my portfolio!
:)
travisherdt
11-20-2009, 08:41 PM
Clean, bold style... soft shading on the face ...
love this piece and same goes for the rest of your portfolio
schizoides
11-21-2009, 06:36 PM
really sweet:)
maradona
11-25-2009, 07:17 PM
I REALLY like the way you have toned and lined out this image....simply STUNNING !
You have caught the essence of artistic brilliance...it simply can not be done any better !
It would be very interresting to hear what techniques you have used and what background you have in drawing the human body....that kind of quality usualy requires a LOT of studies !
Keep it up and feel free to send me more info on your work! :)
/ Gunnar in Sweden
yasser1970
11-26-2009, 07:07 PM
I have never seen this beauty in art with photoshop before and i wish to learn some of how do you make so beautiful and magnificent art.
ten25
11-27-2009, 04:29 PM
I know this is supposed to be a "cartoonish" representation. But the body really distracts me in a negative way. I agree that the nipples are indeed too high, unless she has had implants. Which is most likely the case since she is so ungodly thin.
I'm not a fan of hypersexualized characters.
On a positive note, the implied concept is brilliant "lights, camera, action!" And the lines are really fantastic. Congrats!
chaneser
11-28-2009, 06:08 PM
very beautiful art!
dzpotter
12-01-2009, 09:25 PM
Very nice.
ARTOONATOR
12-03-2009, 08:41 PM
Great work Warren, you're getting better and better.
It is not perfect... but, really, you did a great job. I like your style in this girl, she looks cute and modern, great job!
Assassinator83
12-09-2009, 12:37 AM
Seeing her made me practice photoshop. thnks for the good work!!!
yasser1970
12-09-2009, 03:18 PM
Her face and eye are for a beauty goddess, but yes, the nipples are a little high and the pelvis is too thin, a little fat around the pelvis will make her more real
yukicomo
12-15-2009, 03:01 AM
Nice,
I love it !
the line ,colour
so beautiful and sexy girl !
VALVE
12-17-2009, 05:35 AM
Very Good Game Character , Great.
arunlalkv
12-23-2009, 12:45 PM
amazing bro. i love her . :wavey:
Blue1982
12-26-2009, 07:17 AM
exsatid job!!
Manzieri
12-29-2009, 09:49 AM
I like comp just as it is. Natural pose and smart-looking beauty. I can understand why ImagineFX fell in love with her... :cool:
Wooww man that is so sexy!
Fantastic style :cool: great job !
anezka
01-11-2010, 09:40 AM
Professional styled work. I like the pose, using of details, girl's face. Me seems only her waist too thin - but it's only my opinion :-)
http://www.female-anatomy-for-artist.com/
nightwoodwolf
01-15-2010, 12:26 PM
impressive !!
Arisgate
01-25-2010, 07:49 AM
Definetly great! I love you style budy! :D
Vedanta
01-25-2010, 10:33 PM
great drawing technique with a lot of sex appeal
lilastudio
02-13-2010, 03:47 AM
I just love your drawing style! I love how you blend both realistic and cartoon style in your girls. The cover turned out great! :)
FailureT
02-17-2010, 02:40 AM
beautiful girl! Nice work!
One of the most beautiful cg characters ever!
MalumBathory
04-01-2010, 06:43 PM
Its so simple but very well done. For some reason i can't seem to get the highlights right. when coming to a hard edge on them they just don't look right. But it's really nice
is that.....is that a Weyland Yutani or a Wumpscut symbol on her pouch?
Either way it is Awesome render....this just makes me want a wacom pad even more.
heyjean
06-02-2010, 03:33 AM
the expression on her face is tempting, and her gesture is really making me wondering.nice shot~!
FaramarzMB1
06-05-2010, 08:25 AM
great work... i love this technique but i can't imagine it.
phoenix
07-25-2010, 10:09 AM
Lovely, very nicely done.
Regards
timjiang
09-04-2010, 06:47 AM
like your beautiful girls very much, I have a collection, like your style of painting beautiful, very clean, colors are beautiful!
TheOv3rminD
10-23-2010, 06:01 PM
I joined to forum just to point it out =)
Cyberartist26
08-09-2011, 05:35 AM
Very beautiful! Nice choice of colors too =)
webhead
08-09-2011, 06:33 PM
Very nice piece of work! How'd I miss seeing this before now? :shrug:
BusArt
09-08-2011, 01:12 PM
She's beautiful !
great job ;)
kaisorn
09-20-2011, 04:24 AM
body perfect she so sexy.
LoSpiritooo
11-03-2011, 08:55 PM
Respect! Impressive work! Gratulations!
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