Uplift Universe - Image Entry: Gabriel Vera

#41

Really nice work on this Gabriel. I just love images like this with many stories going on. They really draw you in and keep you looking for new things. Can’t wait to see what you have planned for the colors.

cheers!
-love

#42

Wow!! I’m really thankful for all the comments I receive, even more because I haven’t post that often, just when I think no one is givin’ squat abut me anymore some nice comment comes in.

DaVee: Glad you like the scale difference, I was dying in despair when that very simple concept came to me. I was lucky :slight_smile:

[color=Pink]laurentino: [/color]Cheers my good pal, glad to see you here, I worked the gexgirl’s way in to the pic again, well, a tiny version of her. I like her too.

andreas-V: Thanks a lot, I really glad the hand works for you. let me know if you think the high five idea is clear enough. :slight_smile:

AxelAlonso: Vintage colors? mmmm yeah I have to try it. my first color doodle was totally random. Yeah I miss some agree on it too… and oh your social issue… as I said above I planed them to be assistants to humans because of the book reference, but I think I will add some more equal opportunities for them too :smiley: Oh and the lazy mom looked just sweet there and is my only way to set the time of the day at this point.

walrus: Hi Mike good to see you! Yes I have checked the colossus game but never played it (damn PS roasted days before I could get it) I’m gonna try to play some tricks to imply great proportions and distances like they did. and some big shadow blocks maybe…

Ferx: Thanks Fer, If one thing I regret is not having the guts to make em’ even bigger :smiley: Cheers busy! and I still consider the contents of the crates… that’d be cool!! and yes, I know about the face, what to do there?.. I’m too lazy to turn the whole pose around now :smiley:

[color=YellowGreen]GaeasHerald: [/color]Hehehe. muchas gracias. que bueno verte aqui! I wanted to show that the kids are not just being imprudent or something. the mom served well as the definitive testament of the alien’s good soul. Y’ know moms :smiley:

jeromoo: oh sorry I had you going through that! now I hope you see the whole pic and tell me if it gets clearer for you :smiley: I added a face to face contact like the one you describe in the other side of the canvas…

mdavid: Oh man. I see your point! trouble is if that big guy rises his arm it will fill even a wider canvas :smiley: :smiley: I promise you I’ll try that in a thumbnail to see how it works.

scala: Thanks for the visit and the comment buddy! Colors are coming real soon.

SaphireS: So glad, thank you! I think the widescreen looks better too. I’ll do my best to have it done in time :slight_smile:

Fetus23: So good you liked the little actions, I hope I find the time to add more, but the deadline is getting thigh for me, we’ll see… Tanks!

But as of now I’m gonna redo the whole alien head. I just find it weirder everytime… the new one will be still weird but hopefully work better.

Thank you very much.

#43

The new updates are fantastic. I love the wide canvas and geckos climbing the walls. The funny thing is, since you widened the canvas and added the new stuff, I now think the high-five thing is working just fine. (I understand what you mean about the problems of changing the pose of the giant.)

I think the pose of the boy is so well-drawn and so clearly a high-five that the message does get through and somehow the new wider canvas seems to help. Also, I think there is now obviously so many other delightful interactions between humans and other species that the high-five feature is perhaps no longer required to be so noticeable anyway. I’m not expressing myself well here, but to sum up I will say these new updates have changed things a lot and give me a really good idea of what you were aiming for. And it’s really good :thumbsup:

#44

oh that’s funny! I thought it would be a problem for the high five to have more things going on than before, You make me feel relieved whew

I’ll still try to work color so the hi five gets the atention, but this is a good poit on my struggle.

Ferx added that the Kid’s obscured face could be a problem, I’ll try to draw him facing the viewer, but some how I don’t think it will fit well, I’ll let you know :slight_smile:

#45

Nothing final at all, but I start to see a palette there,even if many colors are in the wrong place, once I get them right I will add a general shadow layer and start with the issue of the huge shadows the aliens would project, that keeps me a little nervous :smiley:
I didn’t find time to redraw the head today, but that can be done some other time before the real painting step starts. stay tunned.
Thanks and good night…

I had to edit the post to add that the right side alien has some kind of tool hanging from his hip (he should have a belt too), That’s not a gun, but all of sudden it appeared tome it was a gun. When did that happen??
Rats! I hate when the drawing changes witout asking me…

#46

Hey Gabriel, really great updates my friend!! The gecko workers are amazing!! :smiley: The gecko carrying the wire is simply a fantastic touch!! cool!! hahahahahaha :thumbsup: . The first pass on color works really well, like a lot the purple and blue value on the main cargo ship. Only one observation, I think the background transporter ( on purple too :slight_smile: ) is a bit out of perspective in relation with the general perspective on your image ( a minor detail :)) Again, superb work Gabriel!! and cant wait to see the shadows on action :smiley: Cheers!! :beer:

#47

Hey thanks Fer, youre right te ship it doesnt fit well the perspective ,I have to work on that too…
Glad you liked the geckos, I hope I’ll have time to add some more.

#48

I really like the overall look Gabriel, I love those crane like aliens that’s a whole new slant on the interaction thing. V cool, I will definately be keeping an eye on your thread!

#49

hi gabriel, your image is coming along great and like many people here i too love your geckos! specially the one by the family, hopefully you do some hiress closeups when you finish :drool: please! :scream:

#50

It’s looking really good. The colours work well too and are doing a great job at defining the scene. I can’t crit it

#51

IS THAT A GUN?:curious: Haha just kidding! It looks like a tool belt or something alike, that this friendly alien should have use! But it doesn’t look like he is violent or anything like that, if anything reminds me for his body language to a turtle and a giraffe behaviour.

About the geckos and the idea of helping as you mentioned to be able to do that concept form the book, I think it’s great! I really like to see the society going on so strongly well balanced, and for the humans I like the relaxed attitude they show! I am a bit not too crazy about the uniforms from the big aliens though, but I think they offer some constant concept to the whole idea. So keep them if that’s the mood to be happy with it!:surprised

  As for the colors

hmmmm I like the blocking of them but I think the yellows are going to mix with the morning shades and the pale blues? Then again it’s a new world’s mornings so could be different?
and I think you will do great on the shadows just cast them were you want them to be, and then develop that crazy sun light! hahaha!:scream:

Ok I am going back to work!:banghead:

It’s looking fantastic my friend!:wavey:

#52

some more work on the palette, I’m going for warmer colors in the foreground now.
Let me know what you think :wink:

Thanks a lot!

#53

those pastels colors suites perfectly with your style, very nice and original!!
Muy muy bonito!

#54

Hey Gabriel, I think the warmer colors work really well, great! I think the transporter behind the alien on first plane ( the transporter with the gecko workers :D) need some cooler tones ( the ship, no the craters in it :D), only a comemnt :slight_smile: The image is really great, I like alot the composition on it :thumbsup: Again awesome work my friend !! Cheers!! :beer:

#55

I agree with Fernando that some cooler tones might work better on the transporter - at the moment I keep seeing it as something confusing with the foreground. But apart from that very small issue, the overall image is coming along brilliantly. It’s a real fun scene with a lot of great stuff going on in it

#56

Pearlyking: thanks pal! I really apreciate you like it, I’ll be glad to hear more of you.

Octostatue: Haha Don’t worry I will probably do a nice gexgirl pinup by the end of this madness, Thanks!

Mark: thank you for all your comments and the enthusiasm, that keeps me going! I’ll check those details and jump into painting really soon :slight_smile:

Axel: Hahahaha :smiley: Thanks buddy I will keep the sunshine very earth like, no big deal, and the shadows will help to get things right, as you see they don’t wear as much as uniforms, just some sort of utility clothes, to keep away from a regime impression.

Jaba153: Thakns for the comments! I like that you find it muy bonito :smiley: that’s the message.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]Fer:[/color] You’re right , I have to chage that one maybe to more of a green, that area is giving me some trouble, thanks a lot for pointing that!! I owe you some crates too :smiley:

#57

very fluid, great sense of movement,
you might move the alien on the left into the canvas a little more, the negative space between him (or her:)) and the transport craft seem a little awkward.

beautiful style!

#58

Hey thanks for the tip! that’s one of the zones where I didn’t care enough to fill with anything, I will try what you suggested instead :wink:
About the fluidity, My first idea was drawing them to look like they were stretched from a ball of silly putty, wavy and rubbery, I’m glad you like it!

#59

Very cool indeed. I like the way you have stylised the characters, and the subdued colour palette.

#60

Thanks Rupert! I havent post anything new in a while and the time is getting near…, for the alien style issue read avobe, :smiley:
And I guess I have the general palette now, everybody seem to like it so I will start to paint at long last. Thanks to everyone!!