Grand Space Opera 2D Entry: Daryl Mandryk

#361

Superb work, Daryl. The piece has the same great energy and life as your speedpaints, and that’s no easy task in an image with such a high level of polish and detail as this.

Excellent job!

#362

Now I remember why your illustrative style seemed so familar to me: you won the 2D Grand Prize for the Machineflesh Challenge (I was using you image as a desktop for 2 months).

#363

hey thanks a lot guys, I’m happy you like it.

Evil Gerbil; thanks jason - I’m pretty happy with the way it finally turned out…There are parts I like better too…I think I’ve refined my technique a bit between now and machineflesh, so maybe that’s starting to show.

doug; thanks - yeah I start out very small…500x700 is a usual starting res, and the final one was quite large…3150x4494…I uprezzed twice during the process.

MattDixon; thanks matt - my only question is where was your entry? Surely you would have kicked some major butt.

ArtisticVisions; glad you liked my machinefelsh pic! They were both fun to do.

#364

This one is a front runner in my opinion. Really nice work.

#365

This is an awesome peice and has my vote. Nice compostion and overall style

#366

Ur final picture really covinced me… it is again a true masterpiece, using right strokes to imitate lots of details. U r a true master and during ur process I learned a lot, so thank u once more time for ur participation :slight_smile: It was a pleasure wathicng ur thread!

#367

Awesome Work. :applause:
You Had my Vote!:deal:

#368

thanks for the support guys - I’m really happy that you got something out of this process.

#369

The best one of its class

Really awesome image.:eek:
Congratulations!:thumbsup:

#370

Congrates On your win Daryl :thumbsup: Nice one.

#371

:stuck_out_tongue: man u so lucky , hhaha j/k , good work dude , the pic looks great on the book cover :thumbsup:

#372

Congratulations, I can’t wait to see your tutorial. Awesome job, really top-notch. One more win and it’s a Dynasty!

#373

Congrats Daryl… I think it was a foregone conclusion right from the start! Awesome work!

#374

Daryl, freakin congrats man! You deserve it! Winner twice out of thousands of artist, I wish you the best of luck (as if you need it now;-)
take care!

#375

Wow! Congrats Daryl, if you keep this up you’ll be able to open up a computer store! ; )

#376

Hi,
All my compliment with gaining, congratulations. with the
pleasure, for a forthcoming challenge.
E.T

#377

Wow - thanks a lot everyone for your kind words. I actually think there were several entries that could have easily taken top spot (tranchefeux, you were definatley one of them), so I’m suprised and honored. What an awesome challenge - the next one will be even bigger and better.

#378

What an iconic image you’ve made - clean and powerful. Many congrats to you and much luck on your future projects! It was a definitely a pleasure participating with you in this challenge.

Great work! :slight_smile:

  • Patrick
#379

Congrats buddy!!!:thumbsup:

Cheerz

Tom

#380

Hi,

Congratulations!! Nice to see your Image on a Book Cover :bounce:

Absolut great image with a great color scheme, and great sence of Action! AWESOME!!

Only good that you are on the 2D Site of this Challenge, if you are going to do 3D-Stuff so please tell me. (than i wll quit) :wink:

See U