book project : Update #3

**khangle81** · April 24th, 2003, 07:41 PM

I'm updating a bit early this week because I'm off to Yosemite with friends over the weekend. This image follows the last one. It shows the old man behind the intricate hands.

Here is the closeup

**keyth** · April 24th, 2003, 07:56 PM

oh my:eek:

**I.was.ink** · April 24th, 2003, 08:04 PM

I agree with Keyth. Closeup, its just a bunch of colors and squiggles( placed in the correct place, of course) and boy does it look fantastic. Good job! :thumbsup:

**endregan** · April 24th, 2003, 09:04 PM

working high res is def harder and you can see how big you went then resize and it looks very well detailed, i like that. good work

**mtomczek** · April 24th, 2003, 09:40 PM

WOW! very very nice, these pieces are excellent! Keep em coming!

**Zaphod** · April 24th, 2003, 11:42 PM

Great picture!

The two minor things that stand out to me is that firstly the head seems to be sitting too far down on his torso. The helmet is a little too tall maybe. I guess it boils down to what design you are aming at. But right now the head seems to be floating in front of him.

Secondly his left cheek bone (our POV) seems have gotten quite a dent. If that's just his face being a little weathered it's good, but otherwise it, together with the shadow on the nose, makes his face look a little "twisted" counter-clockwise.

That's all. Those things came up when I was looking at it to find some faults. I didn't really notice it to begin with, other than that it's a really great picture. I love the lightning on the beard!

Keep up the good work!

**nardfrog** · April 25th, 2003, 12:39 AM

HEY! Its a zoom-out of that other pic you posted, ya know... the zoomed in pic. Badass.

**keun-chul** · April 25th, 2003, 04:01 AM

great!!!!
i envy you//
:chug:

**Peter Johansson** · April 25th, 2003, 05:16 AM

nice & moody painting khang.
cant really crit anything since my
comp screen is broken, can only see
the lower half of the color scale.

but i like what can see :beer:

**Tomasis** · April 25th, 2003, 06:12 AM

AWESOME!!!

**Steve T. Laws** · April 25th, 2003, 01:25 PM

Oi, I am in great envy of your skills.

My hat's off to you, sir.

**jayceel** · April 25th, 2003, 01:31 PM

I think we have a new James Gurney in the making.

Great Work

JayCeeL

**foster** · April 25th, 2003, 03:44 PM

only praise and heaping amounts from me! i am so very excited to see this book. we all have to make sure you get it published!

jon

**taff** · April 26th, 2003, 08:32 AM

your style is just amazingly wonderful. i am stunned.

**Yaseck** · April 26th, 2003, 09:56 AM

it kicks my ass..

**saturnfive** · April 28th, 2003, 08:17 AM

that is fantastic

**ElVeN** · April 28th, 2003, 09:23 AM

Personally i can't get enough of the lighting. superb bro. and the pictures are amassing into a narrative. the reverse of the classical illustration process. keep up the good work. it's much appreciated. i'll be high on the list for hard copy when published.

cheers

r

**Tedsuo** · April 29th, 2003, 04:18 AM

That rocks. Glad you're keeping with this!

**creedguytrent** · April 29th, 2003, 03:22 PM

Awsome lighting! You rule baby.

-trent

**marc_taro** · April 30th, 2003, 08:16 AM

Great brushwork! But I have two minor design quirks with it...the posture of the figure (neck down, elbows up) and the deep rim around the table, this seems like an amazingly uncomfortable working situation for someone doing detail work like this. Also the huge bank of lights behind him, and the underlit table, would combine to make his work really hard to see wouldn't it?

(edit - oh sorry..no rim, I thought the boxything to the left went all the way around the table...but anyway, elbows up...endedit)

I know it's not 'artistic' to worry about this stuff...but it sort of undercuts the reality of the concept.

Does it bother anyone else or am I being an old woman?
~mth