Lost Gods

[Imp Head]

Inspired heavily by Frazetta and like always, by my pal Jon.

http://www.imphead.com/images/jpegs/lostgods.jpg


Brian

[davi]

this is no doubt my favorite thing i've ever seen from you imp, really stepped up a notch on this one.


bravo 5 stars!


(btw got any wip???)

[gasmask]

thats dope

[liquidwerx]

Love it. :)


~M~

[I.was.ink]

The mood and feel of the whole piece is spectacular. I especially love the little treats you have in their that tell us a story. :thumbsup:

I wanna see the wip of this.

-Iwasink-

[2wocents]

ill..i like the 1st n 2nd reads of it...

[-The Swift-]

Wow, love it. the mood is great. very atmospheric!:D

[Scotty]

Your works are so detailed and have a quality that we all strive for in our works. I almost have a tear in my eye from this one. I love robots, and you are the king of your style. :)

[foster]

each one of these robot pieces is like a nail in the coffin for my own robot book. i just want to see your book. my drive to make robot paintings has been superceded by my desire just to gaze at yours. the character and visual wit in these paintings is peerless. brian, i can only say that i am glad to be your friend.

an idea, a joint robot book. guaranteed i will have to deal with a life time of "jon, yours are neat but brian's rock!" but still it would be cool.

jon

[lyon]

That is a gorgeous painting. Pretty dang inspiring. The textures on the trees are amazing. So sublte. Perfect.

Howard

[NOOSE]

WOW :bow:

[Lohan]

really tight. i love it

['Fitz111']

Amazingly Rendered, your work is fab, Imp!

[Dan Milligan]

OK Now I want to paint robots.
I love anything that make me smile. This makes me smile. Lovely piece.

Dan

[Ian Mack]

"OK Now I want to paint robots.
I love anything that make me smile. This makes me smile. Lovely piece.

Dan"

I'll second that. Mad skills here, good stuff!

[EVIL]

what is the story behind this? it looks like a parking meter bot. like human race is extinct and there is a forest where once a city stood. really cool stuff, the quality is top notch

[killing.people]

love your work imp head.

[el coro]

outstanding.-c36

[Rusty Red Robot]

Beautiful work, as always.

[Mr. Teatime]

Holy frickin crap!

thats beautiful! I love it!
Make some more!

it makes me happy!

[Duracel]

brilliant artwork ... and those parking meters are *smile* .. i used such on my own, they gave a nice nostalgic feeling to me.

[Miau]

i want to say more about this but im stunned! great !!

[endregan]

:-O!


haha wicked

so soft and the lighting is beautiful :)

[ZeroWave]

I can just see some scruffy native coming up and throwing a quarter into the parking meter so he can have time to talk with the Lost God he had been searching for....

very inspiring, big fan of your work

[DRESDEN]

Love the mood of this piece.

Awesome!!

:D

[jilted_one]

Cool work man, really well rendered.

[Nadim]

Tranquility controls me !
Great work.

[Nadim]

Tranquility controls me !
Great work.
Depth :thumbsup:

[MindCandyMan]

you rule imphead

[PhilHolland]

Great stuff.
Your use of local colors is more than impressive.

Phil

[Bomba]

Another classic piece. You've got your style on...only time is your enemy. Keep cranking!!!

[Imp Head]

Thanks all for the comments! I really appreciate everyone's positive remarks.

I.was.ink- Sorry man, I don't have a WIP for this piece. If I don't set out to do a WIP series from the start I don't save out steps. I just work the one image from start to finish.

Jon- A joint book!? I hadn't considered that... We'll have to talk. I'll give you a call in the coming days.

Evil- I feel that it's really the job of the viewer to come up with the "story", I simply provide the launching point. It's up to the viewers and their imagination to fill in the rest. When you, the viewer, engage in that aspect of an image's finalization you become an active participant rather than a passive viewer.

So, in answer to your question, the story is in your head.

Bomba- Hey man, quit reminding me I'm so old!!! Call me, you punk.

Brian

[nova]

hey guy,

this is beautiful. it's kind of translucent.. oo

[tegehel]

awesome!

[ChadTHX1138]

damn thats great Brian, I love the trees and the odd out of place parking meter. You have a great imagination, that leans a bit to Gilliam:D

[strych9ine]

So effing good.

[Imp Head]

thanks again to all who responded...

Chad-"that leans a bit to Gilliam" Best compliment evah! Thanks!


Brian

[ChadTHX1138]

You are welcome...I really like those quirky kinds of things and sometimes wish i had it in my work... i need to spend more time painting too.

Damn I need to update my links consider it done dude!

[lilalex]

In order to avoid all those; “Great Work!”, “I love it!”, and “Brilliant!” posts, I’ll try to offer some real “non-objective” critiques;

1 – what’s up with that parking meter in the back? he seems completely indifferent to the he goings-on in the foreground; professional jealousy perhaps? I’ve seen better emoting from a Fire Hydrant at a Dog Show.

2 – maybe he’s taking his que from the meter in the back, but I detect an attitude coming from the Main Meter; were you shooting for “Lost”? because I get more of a “Perturbed” vibe from him. Maybe a nice ham sandwich would brighten his mood because he’s looking a bit too skinny if you know what I mean. The signs of vitamin deficiencies are clearly displayed in his eyes.

3 – I’m generally pretty cool with subtle sexual subtext in art, but not only do you have the main tree with a protruding giant penis in the foreground, but you seem to have overplayed your hand through the obvious additional reference to genitalia with an erect penis for Mr.29’s head and giant metallic testicle for a torso. The key word here is “subtle”.

All in all, it’s a rather nice piece Imp – I’ve just pointed out a few crits that can most likely be easily resolved with better direction and more motivated models. You may also want to think about putting some pants on all of them.

Btw – very impressive work! it’s great piece man, and I look forward to your next.

la

[Imp Head]

lilalex- That's got to be, hands down, the BEST critique I've ever gotten... Clean up that spelling a bit and it'll be the best I'll ever get.

" You may also want to think about putting some pants on all of them."

This part actually made me fall out of my seat I was laughing so hard.

Strong work!

Brian

[Oblio]

Brian and Jon robots book? Boy.. THAT will shake the world.

Btw, Stalecracker is counting your days. Why don't you show him justice? (see the trunderdome challenges - you have been called out SEVERALL TIMES! :bash: )

Oblio :chug:

[Main Loop]

wtf @ lilalex's crit.. hahaha.. i hope you were being sarcastic or else you'd look really strange to me... male genitalia huh? thats reading into it on a whole new level.. Foster/Imp Head collabo book? Nutso! id love to see it

[keun-chul]

great work
I like this image
great job !! awesome man!!!

[Fozzybar]

is it a hobby the last days digging out threads which are older than 1 year?

[keun-chul]

oh.. my mistake ^^;;
forgive me Fozzbar~~~~ :yayca:

[Fozzybar]

oh.. my mistake ^^;;
forgive me Fozzbar~~~~ :yayca:

ok, i think i will.....er.......or not.... ;)

[bracomadar]

I love the mood, subject matter, and the colors. Only thing I think I would do to it if I were you would maybe place more trees further in the background. Of course it has a fog effect, so maybe the fog is obscuring them. Great name for it btw. :wink: Excellent piece.

[syris]

really nice piece, i like the robot alot.
fozzybar, i've noticed it aswell, especially in the dsg section, alot of old posts are being brought back :dur:

[Highfive]

Great work again, Brian! I love how each new work you do brings an everyday object used in a completely unexpected context, and today it's parking meters. The mind boggles to think how they got there!

[dfacto]

Before posting a crit, remember that this is

O L D

Thank you.



(is there a way to automatically lock topics older than 6 months or so?)

[fungi]

December 6th, 2003 06:04 AM

for christs sake not again.

[ElvisMcVegas]

This is well done, but I think its kind of boring since hes just sanding next to a tree, you should slap another octopuss on his head and make him running from a giant tea kettle. That would be sweet

[egerie]

^ Nobody reads previous threads or what ?