Uplift Universe - Image Entry: Gabriel Vera


#21

Hi Gabriel,:wavey:

I love this mood for concepts in aliens different and yet very well balanced in appeal! I like those big aliens and their friends hanging out as regular day routines! as for the female alien I think she can be there in one table sharing café morning news! with the neighbors haha!:cool:


#22

Hey there Everyone! I’m so Happy to see you again! I will have to gear up for this challenge, dang things keep getting in the way and I only have +10:00 p.m.'s to work on it. I think I can fit the uplifty geckos in the image, I guess they could be very useful if they can climb up those big crates and ships, and I could place the gexgirl right besides the balcony family, as an assistant of sorts, I will post that tomorrow plus the redraw of the aliens, to better land their anatomy, stay tuned!!

mdavid: I will definitely extend the canvas to panoramic and see what happens !! Thanks for the tip buddy!

Jack Zhang: Glad you liked both because I’ll try to fuse em’ into one as much as possible, the gecko girl would look great modeled in such style! :smiley:

maxspider3000: Thanks For the words Yusuf, I will work hard on it, stay around! :slight_smile:

Marco, Pal!!: so glad to see you! Your words are so kind! I’m really happy to work besides you again!!

Pearlyking: I hope I live up to the expectations :smiley: Best luck to you pal! I really liked last time’s suicidal toast! I could swear I posted sometime but I don’t see it… weird…

Slav: So great to see you around again! Don’t be a stranger buddy, I really appreciate your input.

beelow: Thanks Pal! the gexgirl has many supporters and I will try to please them even if she makes just a small cameo there… Good Luck and good times to you too :slight_smile:

[color=YellowGreen]scala: [/color]Eric my friend, this wouldn’t be the same if you are not around :smiley: I’m a big idiot and haven’t visit you yet, I’m in shame… still on time to catch up. best luck buddy!

bouboul: Hehe, It feels so good to see the fellas gather… keep in touch and best luck pal!!

elmasfeo: Checking my posts I suddenly stopped and said: ’ Hey!! I know that foot!! !! yes it’s the real one!!’ Fernado, I’m really glad to see you took the time to visit! I hope I’ll hear more of you! thanks a lot! I’ll try my best…

Axel: I leave you for the last as a way to honor you pal hehehe, naaah really, I’m glad to see you around and to know you’re joining too, you’re getting better everytime and it’ll be terrific to see your process again, don’t forget to point at the lousy spots, and be sure I’ll bother you with clothes issues whenever I need it hehehehe…

Games are heating up and I can feel it… bloody goody…

G’nite.


#23

Not much , but hey!, the point of this all is to show the real process as it happens no matter how uneventful :smiley:

I’m working on a more ‘natural’ pose for biggie here, and over that I will work the detail. I was thinking of drawing the whole skeleton first but it ended up being a big distraction, and I still plan to sleep sometime everyday, so for now I think this will work well, if you see something ugly about my drawing (except the subject himself, we’re not here to judge anybody) let me know, I’m a little insecure about it still…


#24

Great concept, i like contrast between Giant and little tiny insignificant humans :smiley: .

Nice sketches too.

DAvid.


#25

hey pal

very nice concept
i feel a little sad because of the gexgirl, but i think this image is stronger and more powerful!
good work =)

and who needs to sleep? … auehueuae

see ya


#26

I like the second concept.
That handgesture looks very good, this will be a good image.
Good luck


#27

hey my honored friend! haha LOL:lightbulb:wavey:!!

I think the skeleton idea it’s good but as far as I see the neck and the anatomy’s language, I thought he was more like a flexible snake like neck, and his body a bit more close to the alien part of wrinkle flesh and odd movement, since they are so big maybe they don’t move that much and that’s why the are so big? Or maybe not? hahaha…the big hand are very important, and the gesture looks good, but why this gesture? is he going to pick up the boy? Or just to say hi, and later on
squash him hahaha? this are the question that your sketch does to my way to see it so far… And I am sure the vintage 50’s colors will look great in this composition…the light green it’s a must …:blush: Or maybe not…?


#28

Hey, Gabriel, good to see you here again. Interesting concept! Have you ever player (or seen) the game “Shadows of the Colossus?” It’s a terrific game, but they also have building sized-creatures in it. Could be worth checking out for inspiration, they do their beasts really well (and as I said, it’s a great game!) Good luck with everything!


#29

Hey Gabriel, first sorry for not to be more often here :smiley: Ok the DW is over and are not more excuses… hahahahahahaha. Seriously, really cool approach, I liked a lot the giant alien design, great!! The scale between aliens and humans is awesome with great posibilities for a superb illustration. Again, really great work!! :slight_smile: Cheers my friend!! (and looking forward for more updates) :beer:


#30

Buena Gabriel! I’m loving the scale of it. I just saw the mom at the coffeehouse, so at ease with her children playing with the giant. It reinforces the concept of peaceful giants, very inteligent. Keep it up.


#31

This is what I wish will be definitive linework. Say hello the gecko gal again, I think it makes scene for the scene and the line of work to have many wall-crawling employees, you’ll see them in the next post climbing big crates and such.

I see there’s some confusion over the action between the kid and the main alien. Well, I really hope it’s clearer in this close up AXEL. hehehe :smiley:
Well I meant it to be some sort of High-five greeting, the open palm kind didn’t work well because the big guy might look menacing, and the kid like merely touching the alien like he would do at the petting zoo. I think the fist greeting looks cool but I’m not sure it reads well. Obviously the alien can only give his knuckle, and that complicates the layout, not to mention It can always be mistaken for the alien trying to squish the kid, AXEL. hehehe :smiley:
Oh, help me please with that part!! it is very tricky and I would like to get it right before diving into color, All your suggestions are most belovedly welcome.
Joy to you.


#32

Here’s the zooming


#33

Aaah! I get it now! hahaha!:argh: No he is a good guy now! I am not reading second intentions anymore! His and the boy’s hand it’s doing all the action of a good friend behaviour, and then again like they mentioned before the mom been there with the café add a better reinsurance to the whole picture! :wink:
The Gecko girl is back! yay! She’s not having any café! Why that’s racist! haha just kidding my friend! It’s good to se different actions in the same set! Adds better value! :lightbulb

So I will say its line art already! And keep it up with color choices already! aaaah! Why is she wearing a rope is it that morning, or to emphasize the laziness of humans, and how we abuse others best? (Gecko girl it’s already dress up) that’s why I say so haha!:wip:


#34

Hi Gabriel! Good start on the entry! At first, I didn’t know that was a knuckle from a rather HUGE alien. I thought it was a head of some sort of alien creature. I’ve been trying to understand the features, searching for its eyes, nose and mouth. I thought the round thing at the top centre is the eye. But after reading your description, I understand it to be the hand. But yeah, its too huge. I would have love it if you make it a head instead of the hand. More emotional impact and better communication this way. But its too early to tell here.

All the best and I’ll be keeping tabs on your entry!


#35

Hey Gabriel, cool update my friend!! :smiley: and like a lot the gecko girl on the scene!! :thumbsup: ( and she have a great expresion) really cool touch for your concept. On the closeup the alien hand design looks awesome. Maybe the boy need to show his face and show he enjoy and love that “littles” aliens :smiley: And can you put some crates with “Tequila” label ?? :smiley: Again, great work !! Cheers my friend!! :beer: ( muy chido Gabriel, vas muy bien !! )


#36

It’s real fun to watch your new thread develop. I love your beautifully drawn characters and environment. As for making the giant look like he’s being friendly and not about to squash the boy, well that is tricky, yes. The only suggestion I can make (and I’m not 100% sure this would work) would be to have the alien almost perfectly matching the boy’s body pose (as much as its enormous alien anatomy would let it). That might help people see it more as a high-five between both of them, and also provide a bit of comedy to the scene. Currently, because of the giant alien’s pose it does not look like a high-five and I think that’s what’s causing the confusion.

But like I said, I am not 100% sure that would work and don’t want to waste your time


#37

Gabriel WONDERFUL IDEA my friend (should I say like usual ) And now I can’t wait for the colors …


#38

Hi!
tell me please if you like the new frame, I think the wide canvas is good for the scale of the image, but I’m fraid’ the the highfive scene will get lost with all those big things passing on. of course I can use colors to bring that up, and I’m already on that.
you will also see some of the minor actions taking place over the crates, they’re not important at all, but I wanted to show stuff going on in that area.
Thanks to everyone! I’m glad to hear of you everytime!


#39

Yes, I definitely like it!
Wide canvas is better imo.
Looking forward to the finished piece.


#40

The people.
the geckos are all as asistants because what I read from the uplifted species having to pay tribute to the humans for a while but I’m thinking of ignoring that so the geckos won’t feel bad about it, i don’t wanna get all politically incorrect here…
anyway heres a little zooming of it