Newborn - Follow me (FINAL image)

**diissar** · July 14th, 2009, 07:24 AM

hi all,finaly got time to enter this challenge,im not sure i will be able to finish my image before the deadline,anyway lets give it a try!!!
so here is my first concept:
'Shazim' is a demon king using human souls to feed and help the born of his son and successor,to do so he should catch human and bring them to the soul river to change them to energy that can be consumed by his son.
after killing 1000 human his son can come to life in a full form.

any comments or critiques are welcome

**Huey Yeng** · July 14th, 2009, 09:09 AM

Nice composition mate. Maybe you can show more of the river by expanding your canvas to tell more of the story. Right now it looks like a pose shot for Shazim.

**Nickillus** · July 14th, 2009, 10:37 AM

Great character and viewpoint, Dissar. Coming along really fast and very nicely. I don't see you having any problems finishing in time if you go at this pace.

**miycko** · July 14th, 2009, 11:54 AM

looking good so far, i agree with hueyyeng if you expand your convas you'll be able to show more of the river & maybe you could show a bit of shazim's son coming out of the soul river as well.

**diissar** · July 14th, 2009, 06:04 PM

hueyyeng: hi,thank you for your comment,i was planning to change the canvas to a wider view,i will definetly give it a try.
Nickillus: thank you mate,really apreciate your support.
miycko: thank you very much for your advice

**Leighton** · July 15th, 2009, 08:33 AM

Love his horn-like hairstyle and the angle is working really well too. Are you going to expand the canvas at all - would like to see more of his world.

**diissar** · July 15th, 2009, 02:57 PM

hi Leighton,yeah i will expand the canvas,to show the hero son meditating,or raising from the river,im very busy right now,ill post more images as soon as i get free time,thanks for droping by!

**Jason C-M** · July 15th, 2009, 03:08 PM

Great pose, and I'm loving the modeling of the face. It'll be cool to see how the other elements shape up -- I'm excited to see it.

**diissar** · July 16th, 2009, 09:27 AM

hi,before expanding the canvas i decided to work more on Shazim,now his face and clothing are almost finished,only few things to fix,now i can go ahead and change the canvas and add his son.

**WOMD** · July 16th, 2009, 09:39 AM

are you going to leave the piece black&white ?

**Phill99** · July 16th, 2009, 09:43 AM

Nice sketches! Keep it up

**miycko** · July 16th, 2009, 10:42 AM

i like the kane, i'm not sure about the bottle of wine though.

**diissar** · July 16th, 2009, 07:51 PM

WOMD : Hi,no i will add colors of course,just need to get the comp and right values first
Phill99 : thank you for your support.
miycko : hey,thx for your feedback,im not sure about the bottle too,i may change it later.

**Irawan** · July 23rd, 2009, 02:57 AM

hi younes,nice to see you here,great progress!i like the concept as well,but i am not sure with the bottle of wine,imho.

i have new concept for my newborn,have a look,i am working with cartoon style right now and you do realistic(flip),and i know you are the master of cartoon, tell me something about my thread,thanks man....

we are busy with challenge.

**scorge** · July 23rd, 2009, 03:18 AM

This one is turning into pure awesomeness. Such beautiful materials(skin, clothing, rocks) Looking forward to the final. (I won't mention the wine bottle) Doh!

**diissar** · July 23rd, 2009, 07:53 AM

Irawan:thank you my friend;really apreciate your kind words,wich are too much for me i think.i posted a comment on your thread

scorge : thank you for your kind words and support : )

**diissar** · July 27th, 2009, 10:20 AM

hi,sorry for the delay,i was very busy,now i can focus on this piece,i added colors and Shazim's son,wich look's big already,haha
im waiting your feedback!

**Jason C-M** · July 27th, 2009, 10:34 AM

the wisps and tendrils are looking really hot, and lend a lot of energy to the piece. There are places where they feel more on the surface of a painting than existing in space, but I'm sure that'll resolve pretty instinctively as you work on things.

I love that he has his dad's hair.

**diissar** · July 28th, 2009, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Jason C-M

the wisps and tendrils are looking really hot, and lend a lot of energy to the piece. There are places where they feel more on the surface of a painting than existing in space, but I'm sure that'll resolve pretty instinctively as you work on things.

I love that he has his dad's hair.

THANK you for your comment Jason,im working on it now

**Huey Yeng** · July 28th, 2009, 09:30 AM

Wow I'm loving your latest progress.

Nothing much to crit as everything looks in place for me. I know you're going to touchup the colour since it looks more of a mood colour at the moment.

**Vaejoun** · July 28th, 2009, 09:47 AM

Somehow I liked the b/W version better.
The green and red color dont match to him...yet ^^

The man looks really good and elegant.

**diissar** · July 28th, 2009, 11:52 AM

hueyyeng: hi,thank you for your comment : )

Vaejoun: thank you,me too im not very excited about the colors i used,i made the image darker and it looks better now(i think)haha

**diissar** · July 28th, 2009, 11:10 PM

here is my final image,comments and critiques are welcome.

**Master Chill** · July 29th, 2009, 07:52 AM

Stunning piece you got here - seeing this now, I think I shouldn't have gone for a more comical approach. But nevertheless, it looks awesome.

Cheers

**Huey Yeng** · July 29th, 2009, 08:01 AM

Great piece but I prefer the black and white rendering.

If you can create a strong focus area with colours with some varieties in it, that will be awesome. My 2 cents.

**diissar** · July 29th, 2009, 08:23 AM

Master Chill: thank you

hueyyeng: thanks a lot,can you give me suggestions??

**Huey Yeng** · July 29th, 2009, 10:14 AM

The colour in your final piece is not that harmony. It consists mainly of strong vivid blue and red colour.

You can try to make the sky with a deep purple hue to compliment the red and blue colours in the scene. Sometimes a picture worth a thousands word so if you don't mind I did a quick paintover of your work.

A real quick paintover so take it with a pinch of salt.

**miycko** · July 29th, 2009, 10:58 AM

looking very good diisar, i actually like the colours you used but you could drop the saturations down a little bit, please have a look at my thread

**diissar** · August 1st, 2009, 11:48 AM

hueyyeng : hi,thank you for your help my friend,i just came back from a trip and the challenge is already over,anyway thanks for your support,really apreciate that

miycko : thanks