CHOW #319 :: The Starbound Outlaw

[Cloud-Yo!]

Here's an update on mines...but before that ...

@ Havok Reed..: Love her attitude..and I like what youve done with the torso armour...the leg feels alittle old-timey-sci-fi :/ but its done well...you gonna keep the little "bang" falg? XD

@ Pixeltuner: Wow! yeah thats tripping me out...hurts to lookat..but its hurts in a good way ;D anyhow I thik I spotted some perspective issues in her anatomy...but toherwise amazing as always..love the booster effect!

@ C mcgreevy: Im gonna go with number 2...I think the other two seem more like an evil general and a robot mercenary...however number 2's pose is a bit off-balance

@ Leoz: Its spacetime-tom-sawyer! I think you just coined a new sub-genre...medieval-sawyer-punk...eheh..I dont want to sound negative, but take alook at your design..does your character look like he is "spacebound"? (and for the pedants in the forum..I mean outer-space XD) even tho you have a glowy orb in his abdomen it could be seen as a magical element considering the rest of the design especially sainco you have him standing on (space) grass...hope it helps :/

@ first0: Sweet sketches! I agree with your choice of the right-most female..seems the coolest of the three..as for the dudes..I think Its alittle hard cuz they look a little fantasy-ish..but I would go with bottom-right with bottom-left's hair XD

@ IDP: Awesome start...I get that han solo at the cantina feel..great job!

@ darklogik: I agree with you..the left one is bad@ss! go with that one! ...cant wait to see it develop!

@ NickyBeats:Cool design and I really like your colours..especially in the pants...however..again i feel like the tech is a little old timey..more steampunkish..it may be all the gold/silver...but then again, it fits nicely with the style....he's got a cool smirk going! :]

@ Ded: You sir, are as good as you are fast...awesome as always...I really love your colors...

phew..sorry my hands are cramping from drawing and typing..more later! I hope no one is offended by my comments..Im trying to be constructive...feel free to return the "favor" ;D

here's mine..looks like an assassin ATM...

[cookiesama]

always wanted to draw something like this :3, first sketch

[Havok Reed]

@Claudio Grassi: lol no I'm not keeping the bang flag. I was just playing around.

Anyway, going to go with this color scheme. Went in and "made" her hand holding the gun. Made some minor tweaks here and there. Will probably make some more minor adjustments before going full bore with it.

[z0mbi]

Lots of great submissions so far. I really enjoy seeing everyone's sketching process.

Probably jumped the gun inking this dude, but I just started inking it and was having so much fun next thing I knew I was more or less done.

[~KJK~]

forgot to post some wips, but hey, it still is a wip. Looking really good everyone

[Dayle]

C mcgreedy - I like 1a and 3a best.

Havok Reed - great texture on the right leg, looking good so far.

Spellsword - Great colour style and design, gun fits perfectly. Always liked world war I / II type relics in sci fi stuff... it will fire lazers though, lazers, right!?!

I'll comment on others tomorrow, need sleep now.

Here are my sketches. Love the topic guys.

[The Fez]

First WIP.



He doesn't quite fit right in the suit... much work to do...

[NickyBeats]

the fez - mannnnn i am really in love with your loose sketching style. just looks so care free and fun, like you dont even have to think about technicalities at all. your doing it right dude. love it, cant wait to see this with some colors splashed on it !

oh yea and parsa - dude. what are you channeling jaime jones now?!! friggin ridiculously good. i could live off a steady diet of your edgework. hahaha im stupid tired right now, but that wip looks dope!

[Quinn Simoes]

These are all looking very cool!

Here's what I got so far.

[~KJK~]

thanks nicky! dont compare me to such masters as Jaime jones please! I am still far away from that level

[Havok Reed]

I just don't know how anyone can do that awesome stuff without a sketch. I need my sketches as a guide!

[Panjo]

Tried to Take Havok Reed's advice! wanted my drawing to be more outlaw oriented, so I cahnged him around a bit. any more suggestions? still working.


or higher contrast on the illuminated areas:

[Havok Reed]

@panjo: I don't think the colors are meshing well. If you want to do a purple / red color scheme, you should follow the triadic color pattern. What exactly are you trying to convey with the purple cap? Is it not finished? These are questions that come to mind.

[Panjo]

@ Havok Reed thanks for being so responsive! are the colours in the skin tones wrong? or just the (intended) jewels? The cap is simply supposed to be a sensory/information system.

I can make the skin more pale,yellow-green? and its not completely finished, wanted to get some feedback and do some touchups

[Cameli]

Very nice stuff and a very nice Chow this week, couldnt resist of not doing this!Heres a wip on my outlaw, hope ill finish it in time

[MasterTroglodyte]

Tried to make her more sly, less giddy. Now I need her skin tone to be more alive, less plastic.

[Davie]

She's coming along nicely! Kind of wish I'd picked a more interesting pose though.

[worjord]

Damn there are some really good starts here!

Here is another WiP of my guy

[Baranha]

Having a great deal of fun with this one. Lots of amazing entries and designs. Here is stage 2 of my Starbound outlaw. Decided on cigarette smoking female.

[kliest]

Legless Pirate & Parrot..

[Havok Reed]

@ Havok Reed thanks for being so responsive! are the colours in the skin tones wrong? or just the (intended) jewels? The cap is simply supposed to be a sensory/information system.

I can make the skin more pale,yellow-green? and its not completely finished, wanted to get some feedback and do some touchups

I know this is all still a WIP, so I may mention things that you already know or intend to fix.

1.) Well, I'm not entirely sure what your goal is with the skin. Right now it's borderline maroon. Play with it some more. Skin has more than one color to it, it has many.
2.) Oh those are jewels? I thought they were marbles or something. Look up some reference on precious jewels and gems and really pay attention to how they react to light as well as their shapes
3.) If that is supposed to be a special sensory helmet, you really need to work on conveying that to the viewer. Right now it looks like a cap that just blinds him. I think this is the weakest point of the whole piece so far. Keep working on it and you'll get there. And keep posting for more feedback from people.
4.) If you are still going with the holographic limbs, which I think is a neat idea, you need to convey that as well. Make them more transparent, glowy, and maybe throw in the wire frame on them. Have the holo-emitters throwing off some light too.

Well, I hope I didn't ruin your breakfast with this :b Keep at it, there is plenty of time.

Quick update before I leave for the day. A good close up at where I left off before I went to bed last night. Wish I could stay home and work on this >.<

Also, do you guys think the skin tone is too saturated? Too much yellows? Reds? Im curious because my new tablet monitor is a bit on the cool side, I may need to readjust the settings.

OH and just for shits and giggles, I tried that color mixer thingy. Very subtle with it though.

[ded]

update. please ignore the eye~

[B.D.B]

Upd

[NickyBeats]

wow im always really shocked at the amount of skill in these challenges, you guys are all doing some seriously awesome stuff!!

heres another update on my guy~

[tsad]

really cool works guise! can't help but try- to join :]

heres what i got. went a bit cultural. someone that hops around places; planet to planet. and could blend in well with the crowd. an expert stealth in the open; often switch acts and mash up techs and clothes to change his identity. pretty much a colorfully sly chameleon. a con artist maybe? an outlaw to outlaws. sort of


not liking the arms position atm. and the left one might need a backstory. and the headdress looks weird lol

[BozoTheClown]

A couple thumbs, I think I'm going to go with number 6. What do you think?

EDIT: I think I might have made most of them a little too "knight"-ish

[Spellsword95]

I don't think I'll make it in time, but still, here is update.

[worjord]

@Bozo I like 6. He looks armed to da' teff!

@tsad I like that guy. You might want to scrunch down your vertical hieght... actually I think it's just a combination of the pants and the long robo arm. I like the cowled head.

[sozo]

Some great entries so far all aound. My two favs at the moment:

Fez- Love your loose lines and your concept. Great start!

KJK- Cool Star Wars feel to your design. Really liking where it's going.

Here's my wip. It's still early and I don't know if I'll have time to finish due to my job, but here it is anyway. Still have to clean up his cyborg arm so that it's easier to tell that he's lighting his cigar with it.

[Uncle]

Some really great stuff in this CHoW!



I'm going for a space pirate type character that hijacks ships. Still a lot to be done!