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#61

Didn’t see your post there Ataulfo. Thanks man!

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#64

i was out of track for few days with some personal works and missed all the updates…
the updates are looking really cool… the idea of his hand leaving an impression on his dress is all cool! but the only thing that bothers me is the pose… it looks just like any regular doctor with stethoscope feel, it also feels like he is going to take a lot of time with each injured patient…don’t know how effective he will be with large numbers of injured soldiers…
and in other way, the scene seems to continue for quite long time and its telling a story to the viewer which is something i like about it…

so when viewing it, i am having mixed feelings where for the one part i like the mood of the scene and the way it is telling a story to the viewer while for the other part i wonder if he is really effective among all those demons and machines running around, anyways… i am going to wait and see how it evolves and how you take it further… Nice to see the updates, i am kind of stuck with personal work and not updated anything, have to find time somehow but i really fear if i am already out of time…

#65

Hey Nicholas,

Cool updates!! The mood sketch looks really nice, like a lot the head armor. Agree with Nitin, comments. Maybe some sort of magical protecting /cure device for your character, only a comment! Looking forward for more updates! Cheers!! :beer:

#66

Thanks for the crits and comments guys. I’m sorry right now I don’t have the time to post a better reply. just want to let you know i’ve read them, and understand.

thanks again.

#67

Thanks for the comments guys. I can understand the crits you guys gave me, but the thing is this guy is not a combat unit. He is armed for self defense, and provides minor combat roles in the form of defensive support, however he’s not a front line unit so for him to be running around in super power armor is not something I wanted to put across here. I wanted him to look more like he can get around easily, while still having some protection.

Despite the fact that he is not meant to see heavy combat I do agree that he should be able to protect himself, so I designed a semi-automated defense drone that is detachable from a recessed area in his jump pack. The body of the defense drone is a bit larger than a large domestic house cat or a medium-small dog, has deployable legs that can fold to help it fit nicely into he backpack and it’s “head” is retractable. It is armed with a four-barrel small calibre gatling gun, and with it’s pointed legs is capable of mellee attacks as well as rapid fire from the gatling gun.

here are my updates. Did some updates to the mood sketch, I haven’t yet fixed the wounded’s hand, people keep saying it needs to be fixed so I will get around to that after I do some other essential work. The orthograph is now done with the exception of including the drone in scale.




#68

I like to bot, just make sure he dose’t betray his master, those punks have a history, ha! good work. Is the guy jumping for the final comp? :thumbsup:

#69

Hey l2c thanks for the reply :wink:

Yeah those bots man… Well, our friend the clericon has got a few tricks up his sleeve to keep the little guy in check. Speak of, here’s the final orthograph for this character. I’m thinking about doing a color version, but before I do that I need to get work done on the final illustration and some more mood sketches. At least the final illo.

Here y’are.


#70

kick ass, just great and thanks for giving me that peace, I was a little concerned his little pet thing wouldn’t slit his through in the middle of the night, you know machines never to trust worthy. So I glad everything is under control around here, all the best, cuidate loco!

#71

Thanks again L2c :slight_smile: Here are a few updates, I’m approaching the final renders now and all is on schedule.

For the orthograph I resized the drone a little bit to make him more to proper scale, although I think he’s still a tad large. REMEMBER that this unit is NOT a combat unit, and therefore heavy firepower was NOT factored into the design, neither was bulky combersome armor because he is not inteded to see much action except for his defensive roles, and self defense. Most action that he sees will be in the interest of reach a wounded soldier and is therefore equiped with a plasma/electron rifle, and the drone is solely for self defense while he’s performing incantations in hot zones and for scouting missions. I added more decals in the mood illustration, and fleshed out coloring more, and I took all my thumbnail sketches and arranged them into a proper thumbnail sheet. I will add logos and such as I get them all downloaded. I’m still looking for a psd for that damn dominance war 4 logo! If anyone knows where to find one help me please!!!

Thanks kids, here are the updates.




#72

Looks good, but Id like to see somthing abit more millitatistic frm the drone, liiks like a mechanical pet instead of a protector, have you decided if he controls it or if its aware of his threat level. Cleric needs more tech on him.
Great going.

#73

Thanks Air. I’ll tech him up a tad and make the bot a little more vicious. I prefer to keep his compact size, but something can definitely be done about the deadliness factor. I think a heavier caliber machine gun that is ejectable from the main body will suffice, will need a bit of a redesign but that’s no problem.

Any other critique is well welcomed as always.

Thanks again Rob.

#74

Hey Rob, I decided to take your advice a little more to heart than I was earlier on msn. I am expanding on the mood sketch to make room for the bot to work his deadly magic, while the clericon works his healing magic. Also included is a new mood sketch I’m working on.

#75

Love it. Seeing him in motion shows hes not completely vulnerable, if you had his drone firing along side him, like hes on his way to heal some soldies it would be cool.

#76

I like the action as well, I think you could really build on the idea. lets see that bot flying around. big hug :beer:

#77

Hey guys. I will continue to update and work on this as I can but it looks like this is close to the end of my progress on this project. My wacom broke down last night totally unexpectedly and totally inexplicably… I’m still in tears. Thanks for the comments about this latest composition. I hadn’t considered making the bot a flying bot, although I was thinking maybe I could make his gun-head more articulated so he could fire while still still attached to the jump pack. What do you think about the colors in the latest composition? I wanted to try something new for myself, and also wanted to make a color scheme that pops compared to the normal drab washed out gray and grit color schemes so prevalant in modern entertainment art.

#78

Man, that sucks! :confused: You had something going on here… You could always go hardcore and paint it with your mouse!! :stuck_out_tongue: I hope you get to finish somehow, if not then i bet you’ve learned some stuff anyway, that counts for something.

edit: forgot about your question… About the colors, its pretty much highly saturated orange and green. I think you could easily use highly saturated colors and make it work, but its more the composition and relation between different colors and values that makes it interesting, right now the only relation is between orange and green, both equally saturated. Oh and of course your washed out foreground… It really flattens your image putting that saturated orange in the far distance and putting a washed out red in the forground. You could argue that you like that effect but if you want to create the illusion of depth you should think about that colors tend to fade with distance. I think most colors can work together if you compose them well. I think you need to put a little bit more work into your palett and also your color composition before we can cast judgement on your idea.

-Niklas

#79

Niklas - Thanks for the critique and advice. I worked on the composition a bit and blocked in some of the important elements. I’m going to try to get everything blocked in before I rush forward with this piece anymore. Hopefully I can get it presentable enough to submit tomorrow.

Thanks again

#80

Hey Nicholas,

That last imge looks really cool. Like the background in green, for sure puts a great futuristic and apocalyptic touch! Chhers!! :beer: