Spectacular 2D Entry: Eric Claeys

#121

Great image, I never expected you to finish this, a lot of detail in this image good luck!:smiley:

#122

excellent image ! you done it! very great detail and emotional image too! good job , hope you finished on time !

#123

This is coming along nicely. And, man, you’re quick!

This is defintely in my top three. Good luck, man!

#124

Very beautiful image!!:thumbsup: Good luck to you!

#125

Just looking for some feedback before I post my ‘final image’. Bascially I just added some more detail, souls, corpses, and a little vegetation.

#126

It’s awesome. It is a beautifully polished piece.

Well done!:thumbsup:

#127

You are the winner man! :]

#128

Story: The beauty of the dead bird’s ascending soul is all that the immortal mechanical monkey sees. He is unable to comprehend death - innocently fascinated with what happens when you squish little fuzzy things.

Basically, I wanted to create an image that gave a little tug to one’s emotions. A glimpse of the monkey’s blissful and innocent disregard for life contrasted against the darkness of his actions and the apparent lack of a concious. He unable to comprehend death - seeing everything as an eternal infant.

With a bit of feedback from my wife and friends, I decided to remove the small tree (it was too distracting), and shorten the image a bit - there was a lot of dead space above the focus.

I really appreciate all the guidance and encouragement. Hope you enjoy it, I did.

#129

It is already good enough,I think adding more detial is meaningless,is detail enough
my suggestion is adding some blue reflection on the robots head, and that should be perfect
anyway thats really a awesome piece,amazing skill dude:)

#130

A great pic! Congratulations!

I really love the texture work on the robot - very effective. :thumbsup:

#131

Glad to see this finished. Congratulations and best of luck!

#132

good luck , this one will be one of the finalists for sure.

#133

Congratulations with this amazing image. It’s definitely one of my favourites. :thumbsup:

#134

Eric,

I just read your thread…congratulations on your marriage and finishing the challenge :beer:

This is a beautiful piece, one of the best in the challenge in my opinion. Your technique is impecable but what really gets me is the emotion you manged to portray. I really is a striking image.

Theres not much I can say that hasnt been said already. Good call on removing the small tree although I think you would have been ok with the overall length since the souls floating upwards would have made it ok. Either way, I think your final image is outstanding and definitely merits serious props. Awesome work! - Joel

#135

:applause: amazinggg mann…

best luck now… c ya !

#136

Give. me. your. skills.

#137

Man… The texturework looks awesome! The whole image looks great… Good job!
Congrats on finishing and good luck with the judging!

#138

congratulation mate~very very welldone~:thumbsup:good luck to u in the finals

#139

wow this is really good. Good job. Good luck on the judging.

#140

Really great work, Eric. A wonderful attention to detail. (And your wife didn’t steer you wrong - I think the piece looks better without that small tree, too! :slight_smile: )
Congrats on finishing!

-mike