Newborn

**Black Spot** · June 28th, 2009, 01:17 PM

Looks awesome.

**Leonor** · June 28th, 2009, 02:16 PM

This last one is winner material for sure. Only his neck and his hand look somewhat off to me, maybe you should just double check those?

**Baron Impossible** · June 29th, 2009, 04:22 AM

Black Spot - Thanks!

Leonor - Hope so

Yes, the lighting is a bit weird on neck and hand but I'll stick with that now. Cheers.

**Delmar** · June 30th, 2009, 10:48 AM

Great work on the last one !!!!

At first I also thought his hands could be a bit mor refined, but on a second thought it kind of fits the style perfectly.

Man this contest is going to be epic!

Cheers

Andi

**Baron Impossible** · June 30th, 2009, 06:11 PM

Delmar - Thanks!

**Huey Yeng** · June 30th, 2009, 07:43 PM

Great work Baron. Nothing much to comment and it is fantastic to see the process from the beginning to the final work.

**Irawan** · July 1st, 2009, 05:56 AM

great work! i like the style and the concept.

**Baron Impossible** · July 1st, 2009, 06:55 AM

hueyyeng - Thanks, posting WIPs helps me learn, I think, so it's a win-win

Irawan - Cheers

**NicHolS** · July 1st, 2009, 07:40 PM

wow all your entries so far blow me away, such commitment to the image is really awesome to see... only thing i think could help the last one is to make the seat a little less the same color of the background. your character really punches out (perhaps a little too much even?) yet the seat really fades back into it... very subjective but just a thought. good luck! i think youre a huge inspiration! great job : )

adam

**Simon Boxer** · July 2nd, 2009, 12:03 AM

Way to kick ass, Baron. I know this is a massive retrospective, but I loved your Thunderdome entries, too.

S

**Baron Impossible** · July 2nd, 2009, 03:57 AM

NicHolS - Thanks, appreciated. Yep, with the seat I was trying to get it so it didn't compete with the guy but at the same time didn't fade into the background. I agree it could use a bit of value tweaking. Thanks again!

cognition.sb - Cheers! Great to know you remembered my entries in Thunderdome LMS - you've a better memory than me!

**DefiledVisions** · July 2nd, 2009, 09:44 AM

Really enjoyed the process. It looks fantastic, the depth, the mood, the motion and the painterly feel

sweet.

**Baron Impossible** · July 3rd, 2009, 04:25 AM

DefiledVisions - thanks, appreciated

**pearlyking** · July 4th, 2009, 07:25 AM

Two cool pieces Simon, and both finished already!! I will have to get skates on skates!

**Baron Impossible** · July 4th, 2009, 04:52 PM

Cheers, Bill. Plenty of time left yet, though, no rush

**oren90** · July 4th, 2009, 05:50 PM

awasome work this contest is going to be great lots of great works we have here

**Studio Colrouphobia** · July 5th, 2009, 01:13 PM

I'm in awe of your artrage escapades, especially after having tried to figure it out (went mad without a tilt-function on my stylus).. good job!

**Silverene** · July 5th, 2009, 01:29 PM

And we have a winner.

Seriously, this is great already!

**Baron Impossible** · July 5th, 2009, 02:40 PM

oren90 - Thanks. Yep, should be a good contest

Studio Colrouphobia - Thanks

Yep, I love ArtRage. v3.0 coming out soon, with watercolours, so I'm looking forward to that.

Silverene - Heh, if only

Thanks v much

**Vaejoun** · July 6th, 2009, 02:07 AM

Hi again, just looked through your homepage. Great stuff you have there, I hope I get as good as that too. I quite like my pics as well, but I have the feeling that they still miss something.

By the way, how did you make your page ? It seems you can make updates really quickly. Did you use a programm like Dreamweaver or golive ? Or just html and that stuff ?

**Baron Impossible** · July 6th, 2009, 07:45 AM

Vaejoun - Thanks! Well, it's all just practice really and you're certainly on the right path.

I programmed my site in PHP using Dreamweaver, linking to a couple of MySQL databases where all the content is held. It has an admin control panel behind the scenes so I never need to load anything via FTP, I update images, news, new pages, etc. through the panel, plus alter the gallery layouts, turn certain areas on / off, etc. I actually intended to market the software bundled with a hosted web solution for a monthly charge but I couldn't be bothered in the end, so it's kind of overkill for my own use but it was fun to programme!

**Phill99** · July 6th, 2009, 08:23 PM

wow, amazing works. Can't wait to see the final images!

**Baron Impossible** · July 7th, 2009, 07:41 AM

Phill99 - thanks, glad you like them

**harris-ejaz** · July 7th, 2009, 08:09 AM

those paintings are exceptional... but they're not conveying 'newborn' to me so much...
maybe if you showed something emerging from that pupa/cacoon there?

**Baron Impossible** · July 7th, 2009, 04:00 PM

harris-ejaz - glad you like them, thanks. I've not submitted the first one, it was just a trial run, really. I didn't go too obvious on the second one so I hope the judges can figure it out, fingers crossed

**tengu nz** · July 8th, 2009, 01:54 AM

Awesome work! good luck

**Artboy** · July 8th, 2009, 02:16 AM

Hey Baron, that's just plain awesome. Great work and good luck!

**Kan Muftić** · July 8th, 2009, 04:39 AM

Hey Simon, looking good.
The only crit I have is that his face is quite flat. You can put a lot of bumps into this expression.
Good luck,

**Hideyoshi** · July 8th, 2009, 08:17 AM

Simply masterful! You have my greatest respect for being able to tackle everything in Artrage, wow!
Sorry I want to offer crit, but think it would just be too subjective... I do agree that the face is one of the areas that could be taken to another level, maybe adding a little more fantasy characteristics...?
Love how you added the birds to direct the viewer towards the creature as a 2nd read.

**Baron Impossible** · July 8th, 2009, 08:42 AM

tengu nz - Thanks

Artboy - Cheers!

Chupacabra - Thanks, mate, yep I think you're right about the face. Too late now, already submitted, but I need to work harder on the faces next time.

Hideyoshi - Thanks v much. I agree completely about the face, and don't be sorry about giving crits

- that's part of how I improve.