[Visual] The Soulless

garygill · October 22, 2007, 05:35:28 AM

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Did this over the summer. Couple weeks worth of work.

Process:

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JAP · October 22, 2007, 05:53:58 AM

Good one.
But somehow I feel that it's more focused on the sky rather than the people...

djkdjl · October 22, 2007, 06:13:55 AM

damn,,looks bloody scary

would make an awesome mousepad! haha

garygill · October 22, 2007, 06:44:57 AM

@jap0911 - I didn't notice this before but you're right. It's probably because I made the smoke so bright. Making it darker would probably draw more attention to the people.

@djkdjl - Yeah I was going for a creepy effect.

firerain · October 22, 2007, 01:23:07 PM

biohazard · October 22, 2007, 11:40:57 PM

I love it, a few things though really:
I'm not sure why, it has great shading, but it seams flat, other than the old man
In my opinion, even if they are soulless, more facial expression is needed, as well as maybe some gore (A missing arm on the man would look cool)
Once again, the sky needs some work
The ground they are standing on in the foreground is too mushy.

garygill · October 23, 2007, 12:37:21 AM

Great critique, thanks. Some of the things such as lack of fatal wounds on the standing figures and very expressionless faces are intentional. But things like the overly bright sky and mushy-looking ground were mistakes on my part.

Lord Dante · October 23, 2007, 12:54:10 AM

Its good, although I hope that everything that is still orange-lined gets turned into something, as it kinda looks like they're still in the guideline stage. However, this is really good, so...keep it up ^^

garygill · October 23, 2007, 01:28:09 AM

No that's as done as it gets, haha. It's supposed to be reflected light but I guess it ended up looking like guidelines. =(

Lord Dante · October 23, 2007, 01:52:25 AM

Ah, I see it now. In that light ( no pun intended) it looks good ^^

I don't really think the sky draws the eye away from the figures too much, but I think that the piece needs more blood

garygill · October 23, 2007, 02:04:30 AM

Wow you guys sure like killing don't you. Okay I will post up another piece. Maybe you will like that one more.

EDIT: =)

biohazard · October 23, 2007, 02:19:11 AM

We love your pieces, but saying that over and over won't help you be better.

garygill · October 23, 2007, 02:27:26 AM

Oh for sure. I was actually smiling when I typed the above post.

biohazard · October 23, 2007, 02:30:09 AM

Good. I hope you keep doing stuff and posting it here, it's really some great artwork.

Lord Dante · October 23, 2007, 03:20:16 AM

yes...Although you make my art look crappy XD

Leventhan · October 23, 2007, 05:23:53 AM

He makes all our art look crappy !
In a positive way, of course.

The sky background looks to smoky.
And flat, fortunately.

But the people looks pretty good.

biohazard · October 23, 2007, 11:55:14 AM

Quote from: Leventhan on October 23, 2007, 05:23:53 AM
He makes all our art look crappy !

He uses photoshop, it is for quitters. I use MS paint.

garygill · October 23, 2007, 03:11:42 PM

Quote from: biohazard on October 23, 2007, 11:55:14 AM
Quote from: Leventhan on October 23, 2007, 05:23:53 AM
He makes all our art look crappy !
He uses photoshop, it is for quitters. I use MS paint.

Painted entirely on MS Paint in about 1.5 hours. Obviously it would look better if I had more time to work on it.

I didn't want to post this before but I had to prove a point. Photoshop is undoubtedly a better tool than MS Paint but if you understand how to draw something, you can draw it with simple tools too.