Cool idea! Definitely original…just have to stay away from gunganisms (is that a word?) 
Wouldn’t pulling it down be ‘weight’, if it is full of air and underwater? ie working against the bouyancy?
Beast of Burden- Character-wildsheepchase
hypercube
#4
Thanks for the comments:) I’m trying to rework it a little…I think instead of just a bubble, there’s going to be a city in the bubble, so the beast is kind of like a giant transport. He’s going to be wearing giant weights around his neck, belly area so that he doesn’t float to the top.
Jeroente: I might make him ugly, but I don’t know about pimply…that might be too gross
Puddlefish: Hopefully my next update will give a better sense of weight when he has his weight belt on
Hypercube: I am worried about the gungan thing, because the idea is getting closer to that, but I think my drawing style and take on the subject will make it much different, hopefully…we’ll see:D
Thanks for the feedback:thumbsup:
Tommy_Lee
#8
Yeah this will be great…Realy GREAT!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!BIG MONSTA!!!:applause:
Keep´em coming!!!
Stygian
#9
cool idea man. congrats on thinking outta the box and putting the beast in a non-standard environment. :applause:
Sangotten
#11
To be honest, I thought your first concept was better (love that one!!!), it was original enough not to get weird but this one is … WEIRD!!!
Maybe I’ll change my oppinion later on when more has become clear and worked out…
Sorry for the negative crit.:shrug:
Arco
#13
weird dude. I wouldn’t say bad, more artistic than bad. The colours in particular are very sexy.
Arco
Gamoron
#15
You’ve got the beat style here Wild and this is screwy. looking to see where it goes next.
Sleepless
#17
The joint is jumpin here in 2d challenge land. I don’t even have a bad idea yet…nice concept. My only suggestion is one of technique… Maybe try and use bigger brushes to block in some shadow shapes on the creature. It would help simplify the structure and lightsource.
go:applause: :applause:
ps. your last challenge turned out looking great IMO. I liked the style.
wildsheepchase
#18
Thanks for the compliment and tip, Sleepless! I’ll give your suggestion a try…the light source issue has been bothering me about this one. It’s underwater, so it’s supposed to be dark, but I’ve been thinking about making this guy bioluminescent…just trying to figure out how to do that.:wip:
Thanks again!
wildsheepchase
#19
Here’s an update…trying to give it a sense of light coming from the pods, though it might be a bit too much right now. C&C always welcome;)
Slacker
#20
lookin’ good!
I kind of liked the school of fish thing you had going on in the bottom left of the picture a few updates ago. It brought in some nice light and some good atmosphere. keep it up
wildsheepchase
#21
Thanks! The school isn’t gone, I just didn’t have that layer visible on the last couple of saves…it’ll be back!
Sleepless
#22
This is going good. Your broader/simplified strokes clean it up.
>“but I’ve been thinking about making this guy bioluminescent”
That’s a hard one. You’ll figure it out. This guy is standing on the bottom right? I’t pretty dark down there, you could push the values darker on his leg and underside so it’s closer to the seabed value. Murky Darkness. (Am I making any sense)
Have fun.
dmcgrath
#23
I get a sense of the caharacter staring at me. But his eyes are all different directions. Some animals can do this to be sure. But when you want us to look at his face with three eyes, they should be engaging us. Not looking in three different directions. You could pull off the three eye thing by not squaring off the head directly at us. Try a more oblique angle, with the nose pointing downward towards the bottom right corner of the pic maybe. If you need any more help, I’ll keep checking back. I like where this one is going. There isn’t enough sea creatures here and yours is truly unique.