Originally posted by Atwooki
[B]other than the ‘saturation’ and ‘highlighting’ of his tongue (looks too much), and the angle of it’s shadow perhaps…Atwooki [/B]
:surprised Oh bugger…yeah see what you mean, is at least a quick fix, thanks mate 
Machineflesh 2D Challenge Entry: Brian Read
flyingP
#281
Cartesius
#282
Man, I wish I could paint only half as good as you… The colours, the shadings, the blending of tones, the shadowing, it all adds up to one truly great piece of art! :applause:
/Anders
Luter
#284
Great work ! Could you show us some close-up please ? I would like to lose myself in the colors and the lines…
flyingP
#285
Ok a couple of close ups (which should show up the rest of the mistakes 
)
I’ve still to correct what Atwooki pointed out before too.
JamesMK
#286
Without any eloquent feedback as could be expected from more seasoned 2D critics, I’ll have to resort to stating that it looks bloody brilliant and completely awesome in all aspects of it.
What gets me the most for some reason, is the way the depth of the creature itself is handled, the subtle tonal shifts and lowered level of detailed strokes on the parts further away. Brilliant it is.
artjunkie
#287
Absolutely brilliant… man, you’re talented! Great dynamic pose, wonderful use of color and a disturbingly brilliant blend of machine and flesh. I hope you win this one… inspiring stuff!
Luter
#288
:bounce: :wavey:
Thank you ! Thank you! Ah…I take a great pleasure t o look your work closely…I like it ! You do something I don’t know… you go to the essential and it is…essential. Thank you again. I think you gonna win.
Virtuoso
#289
Even more wonderful close-up!!!:buttrock: …Everytime i look upon your piece here Brian i somehow picture or see it moving,what nice flow and such a great dynamic set up.Colors,style,it’s all here.1 Frame but looks like a few seconds of movement,great sense of action and movement in one frame…Lovin it…:buttrock:
flyingP
#290
Virtuoso you are as eloquent with your words as with your modelling, many thanks 
artjunkie, goli Thanks guys glad you like it, as to winning… ahhh let’s just wait and see, there are a few others I’d like to see win as well.
pigwater
#291
holy smokes!!! … (those were my exact words) … i had no idea this coolness was goin on … serves me right for not lookin over here
this thing is fab!! … this is really,really nice … the colors hit me right off … you’ve captured the translucency of water as well as the feel of the distorted movement it possesses … then the contrast of the yellows and oranges kick it up another notch … wonderful details and intricacies of the seperate components … great pose … believable anatomy … this is sweet
crits …none
thanks for the link (and wallpaper??) …the power of pork definitely shines in this thread
a little late but now subscribed
vincentvv
#292
Still beutifull…in the close ups it is like u can se the the brushes almost like a real oilpainting, its a very classic techniq u have, where im using dogde/burn/smudge/soften etc etc tools it looks like u just paint and paint and paint:)
flyingP
#293
Originally posted by vincent_v
it looks like u just paint and paint and paint:)
Then it looks right, that’s what I’m doing
@ pigwater power of pork, hehe I like that, and thanks for your words
Cheers
flyingP
#295
I’ll have to look a bit later got to run ATM, but I tend to vary it, and it’s linked to pen pressure.
:wavey:
sketchfiend
#297
I dont know how i could have ever missed this awe inspiring piece of work, love what you have done. Truely inspirational and motivational, ive only recently come accross the challenge so im starting very late, but i hope to get into it very soon.
Absolutely wicked, i did like your story of the underwater white collar adapted freak, but im glad you stuck to whats more real. Great piece of work. :applause:
flyingP
#298
Originally posted by sketchfiend
i did like your story of the underwater white collar adapted freak,
had more or less thought that had been ignored up until now, I’m still in two minds about that one myself.
flyingP
#299
OK I have some spare time on my hands, so I thought I’d go back and play with the first concept a bit, working here a bit on the head and the download tower…not really happy with download tower on the right, but it’s a starting point.