Zerg! - updated 27th

[Mr--Jack]

Swarming, as they do.
So the other day I decided to do a bit of redesign of the current SC2 infestor (http://www.starcraft2.com/art.xml?s=93), and was nicely happy with the results, so I want to just go through the entire race and do a pinup of each of the units (both original and new ones, probably)...
It's not necessarily an exercise in originality, but the two I've done so far have felt like very good practice so far and I'm quite enthusiastic about it so that's what matters...

So, So far, the Zergling and the aforementioned infestor... Zergling's very close to the current model, since I rather like the way they look in the current build.

[Thujon]

Hey these are creepy.....
Looking nice, go on!!!!!
Put them in some envorinment! Would be great!
Cheers

[BiFFF]

I love them !!! it' s pretty hard I think to create creepy agressives deformed creatures , to create the harmony between shapes, colors , etc ... and you did it !!

[Me,Myself & Me again]

Ah mr.jack you've astounded us yet again. Love em there great. Very interesting colour choices, they work very well. Would you ever consider mentoring people sometime? :)
Keep it up!

[Lord Dubu]

Love the buggie wings.

[Duman]

Mr jack, I knew you would be the one to paint these guys up. Post the pic of the ultralisk you made.
Can't wait to see the rest of them.

[Dolgopolov]

very very good! nice work's!

[Mr--Jack]

First of all I will point out since I didn't in the first post; in case anyone doesn't know these are all units from Starcraft, and I'm drawing them with varying levels of faithfulness to their original designs (depending on how much I like them...).

Thujon Thanks indeed! And . . . you've got a point there (and I'll admit my enviro skills could do with some practice) but for the moment they're gonna be straight pinups; easier to focus on form and texture without having to worry about fancy lighting and extra background stuff, not to mention action and whatnot.

BiFFF; Thanks! Well mostly the rest of them are going to be pretty faithful to the current art (or somewhere in between the two for units that are in both games), I don't think there's much that I'm not happy with really. So it makes it easier at least having refs to work from; though I was very happy with the infestor, so I might do some tweaking here and there. (And in the case of units that were only in original SC I mightn't have much choice since they're not exactly easy to work out: thinking lurker here at the moment—I don't really like the current SC2 model, and the big render that was released with brood war looks just too much like a hydralisk with more legs, but the in-game original unit's awesome so....

Me, Myself & Me again; thanks! And... Ah, I don't know; I don't think I'm at a point just yet where I could do so with much confidence, and as far as time-management goes . . . not so crash-hot there. :P

Lord Dubu hehe. Indeed.

Duman :D hehe, yeah, I'll admit it's not such a surprise me doing this... and here's a link (http://Mr--Jack.deviantart.com/art/Ultralisk-79157867) to't

Dolgopolov Thankyou.

Also, for some comparison, here's a zergling (http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2008/028/e/c/zergling_by_Mr__Jack.jpg) I did just over a year ago... So I can pretty confidently say I'm pretty happy with my improvement since then...

So the next one, the new Baneling.
Took me a while to work out how to go about the green sacs but I'm pretty happy with it again.

[HunterKiller_]

Fantastic~!

Can't wait for the rest. :tihi:

[Max Challie]

I really like the first one. Its head/spinal carapace is so.. layered, cohesive, crispy. And the thighs are like pure evilness

Love it.

[Sublimus]

Dang dude! nice shit!!

[ColorExcursion]

I love how you've recreated these. I can just see these killing someone/something. I think I like the Zergling the best. Possibly just because i know that one the most. Keep up the good work! Lookin forward to seeing more of these

[Me,Myself & Me again]

That new one looks wicked. Really bulbous :)
And fair enough about the mentoring but as soon as you think about it let us know :D
Again great creature!!!!

[ColumbusSage]

really fun stuff

[JisRed]

wow GREAT WORKS!!! I can learn something ur some of works

[sourgasm]

i love the random mutation of these. perfectly planned chaos. can't wait to see more!

[pepps]

woah! amazing work, really =)
i like the design, but i´m impressed by the way you managed to communicate all the informations so well. And it looks faithfull to the original art direction aswell.
very inspiring!

p.s. i absolutely love the baneling =)

[Noplz]

Cool stuff, keep it up! :>

[Mr--Jack]

HunterKiller_; thanks!

MaxChallie; hehe. Crispy indeed! Thankye.

Sublimus; thanks!

epicnoses :D good to hear.

ColorExcursion; such a perfect zerg unit, after all, the zergling... Second only to the Hydralisk, methinks...

Me,Myself & Me again :D well shall do; in the meantime—thanks!

ColumbusSage; thankyou

JisRed; always glad to hear it.

sourgasm :D thankye.

pepps; Thankyou indeed. It's been (and continues to be) a lot of fun!

Noplz; thankyou.


So, next in line—the Roach.
Hardy little bugger, difficult to kill if you don't do enough damage to kill it outright... (pretty sure with its regen-rate it's physically impossible for a zealot to kill one of these 1 on 1).
So nice and scarred and all, this time. (not that the others aren't, but still.)

Crits and all that encouraged!

[Duman]

Neat, really liking their designs. Their poses are also top notch. Where are you getting the info on all these guys? I have checked the starcraft website a few times, but saying that they update slowly is an understatement.
(almost as slow as they develop games, ha)
Keep up the sweet pics.
I would love to see the whole starcraft cannon be painted up by you.

[psychoboy]

amazing and clear work, Salut!

love the Violet, wud love to see a Humanoid version

[Lotet]

wooohu dude, that freaking sweet!
love the rendering style, keep it up.

[Mat Kaminski]

Super sweet! I would suggest that after you get done with the zerg, move onto the protoss and/or terran :D This could be a major step for you hehe (Possibly land you a job?)

Or at least that would be hoping eh? :)

Keep going... I'm saving them all as they look super sweet!

[Mr--Jack]

Duman; slow? hehe . . . yeah . . . there's info of all sorts (all small mostly though) leaking out relatively regularly but the official website's been pretty quiet for quite some time...

psychoboy; cheers! And there'll be an infested Terran at some point so there'll be at least one vaguely humanoid creature, though it will be in (some) armour...

Lotet; thanks! :D

Matte_Art; hehe. Perhaps :D (on both counts)
Not sure about the other races, might be itching for something a little more original by then . . .

So nothing new just yet but I'm putting the linework up in my sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=122981&page=5) if anyone's interested.

[Furitsu]

Great characters. Especially the Roach is quite well done. Love the solid strokes and colors. :)

[dkounios]

sick concepts mate!
cheers!

[ayaoyoyo]

oh ye!! I love that zerg~~. waiting for the protoss -O-

[Mr--Jack]

Furitsu; Thanks :)

dkounios; Cheers indeed! :D

ayaoyoyo; hehe, you might be waiting a while. We'll see!


So, update...
I realised I'd forgotten the backbone of the zerg hive—the drones and larvae!

So before I get any further up the tech tree here they are...
It's fun making such mundane units cool, methinks. . .

Enjoy, as usual!
There's also a step-by-step of the larvae up here (http://Mr--Jack.deviantart.com/art/Larvae-progress-112619933) if anyone's interested...

[Dizon]

Cool! I love the loose coloring. It works.

[Emil_J.]

wow very impressive. and thanks for the tut :). I will definitely look forward to future updates!

[Vorace]

the queen of blades would be very happy to see these killer zerg!! good job!|

[Pseudo-Kidney]

I'm especially fond of the green and black critter.
Very cool concepts overall, I'd love to see them in a unique setting! :)

[HunterKiller_]

When are ya gonna get to the Hydralisk already? :P

[KevinP]

Hey Luke, great stuff. You've been busy! I love your Zerg treatments. Top notch. I'm glad to see you are posting here. I had a good time kicking around with you at Blizz. Keep posting!!

[Dahami]

The Zerg Overmind is pleased.

[Mr--Jack]

Dizon; Thanks :)

Fumble; No probs :D and cheers!

Vorace; one would hope so! (she's not one to displease, after all)

Pseudo-Kidney Thanks

HunterKiller_ :D well well, I believe you'll be pleased with the next update, then...

KevinP; ahoy! Thanks indeed, and yeah, 'twas fun indeed! (I'm not sure if you tried or not but it turns out the email address on the card I gave you didn't actually exist so apologies there) :D

Dahami; I'm glad to hear it. (even in death ;))


So, without further ado, the Hydralisk! The most complicated and time-consuming so far, and I've a feeling they're not going to get any simpler, but still. All fun, and the motivation isn't falling away yet so . . . . :D
Thanks for the support, and enjoy!

crits + such encouraged

[phoenicorn]

Really loving your latest piece. Time well spent in my opinion.

[HunterKiller_]

He's... perfect. <3

Btw, how did you find out that the Roach has regenerative health?

[dem0n]

I think I'm in love.

[Hive_minD]

u need to come up with some tutorials, or screen capture. Love the way you paint

[HunterKiller_]

u need to come up with some tutorials, or screen capture. Love the way you paint

You should check the first page....

[Lotet]

sweet mother of good, that hydralisk is looking awesome.

[Duman]

Its no fair, you should really send some of these into blizzard. I am sure they would be interested. (any job openings?)
But really, keep it up.
Amazing work.

[Knarf]

Mr. Jack, just wanted to show my appreciation on your speed paint on the green mech. Really helped me gain some insight on more photoshop options on digital paintings. Keep up the good work.

Need addition Pylons,
-Frank

[keith_v]

I love the use of the chunky black outline! It really makes the whole image stand out.

[Mr--Jack]

Replies'll come with the next update (but thanks :D!), but in the meantime I've got a progress/tut thing (http://mr--jack.deviantart.com/art/Hydra-Progress-113069710) for the Hydra as well if people are interested.

Cheers!

[Noplz]

Looking good! However there is something about the hydras belly area that feels strange. It feels like its poping out a bit too much. Everything else is great! can't wait for the next update!

[Nexus]

These are great Mr--Jack. I can't wait to see your take on some of the special units like Kerrigan and the Infested Space Marine.

[dkounios]

really wicked stuff man. nice style - clean and detailed.
please keep posting more!

[MrSmith]

dude these are insane. 5 stars

[- Anarchy -]

Damn! Man, yours zergs a best!

[Eveningkiss]

I wouldn't want to run into those guys in a dark ally.

or a bright one.

[Line]

I say Metroid! Great stuff!!!

[Mr--Jack]

phoenicorn; Cheers! and I'm glad to hear it. . . hehe.

Hunter_Killer; thanks! I follow the updates (on the battle.net forums, the SC2 site hasn't been updated unit-wise for months) pretty closely, and the roach has been pretty much as it is (aside from cost + hp/damage tweaks) since it was first revealed.

Lotet :D thankye!

Duman hehe. Apparently concept positions open at the moment are 'senior' but as soon as I kick myself out of this hesitation I'll send off an email anyways :)
Cheers!

Alm0st; no problems! always glad to hear they're of use.
And thanks!

keith_v; thanks! Yep, I'm comfortable working with this style I've got going here...

Noplz; Cheers! I see your point; i think the little specular highlights around the centre of the chest might be a bit much, always something I've got to catch myself not to go too overboard with.

Nexus; thanks! Kerrigan's not going to be for a while (I'm thinking she's gonna be last) but the infested marine's only a couple off at the moment :D

dkounious; thanks! And I shall

MrSmith; Much appreciated :)

- Anarchy -; thankye!

Eveningkiss; or an alley during the evening or while it's overcast . . . can't really think of a situation where I would like to run into one, really, now that I think about it

:D

Line; ? Thanks!


I was a bit worried about the pose on this one, since it was looking a little odd, but once I got the shadow on the BG in it seemed to sort itself out pretty nicely; I suppose it's just a little odd looking at something with 5 legs.

So yeah, this is sort of in-between the old lurker and the new model; I don't exactly know what the original one looked like, really—the in game model was a lot bulkier and cooler looking I think than this render (http://www.blizzard.com/shared/blizz-com/images/broodwar/units/lurker/cglurkerhigh.jpg) which came out at the time BW was released, which imo looks too much like a hydra with a couple of extra legs. Not entirely a fan of the current model either, so,this is a little more original on my part than most of the others. I like to think it's still recognisable, though...

Quicker than the Hydra, maybe 5 hours.

[Kvick]

These are beautifully gruesome renders of originally low res works. Awesome works, are those muscles from any specific type of reference or just improvised? they look right at home

[Duman]

Is it just me, or are these things getting even better?
I mean, these are improvements on the actual art blizzard is currently using.
You and your cyborg hands.

[Azuma, Hironori]

Gonna have to give this thread 5 stars. Great work- although with the hydralisk specifically you had an opportunity to really highlight a bug's often smooth and otherworldly carapace and your rendering technique would have done that very nicely. You did seem to be going in that very bug-like direction of "organic machinery specifically on the scales on his underside as well as the claws and the face. The one thing I do not like about the Hydralisk is that you made the top of the head rather lumpy after the very graceful and well-formed crown that you gave him at the front of his head... instead of something you'd see on a bug-creature it feels rather "beef jerky".
This type of interpretation seems to have made it across also to the lurker but not so much so. For how good all the other forms are on the creature, this one which should be most iconic and crisp does not seem to be so.

Regardless, I love starcraft and you've definitely done justice to its art.

Lurker is great and the explody green one (forgot the name off the top of my head) has a definite "Alien queen" vibe about the front of its head which is a really neat incorporation. Really nice what you did with its green bubbles. Colors and musculature definitely show you were having a great deal of fun with these.

[acapulco]

Uah, nice, I friggin love lurkers! Those are all awesome!

[Kogaras]

woah mr Jack didn't know you where on Conceptart.org too =D
just one of ya devwatcher passing through
your monster/creature concepts are as cool as ever

[Mr--Jack]

Kvick; Thanks :) and no, no other references really, just working with what seems right.

Duman; well I'd hope I'm improving, after all that's the point. Thanks!

Azuma, Hironori hehe. I see your point there; I tried to make it a bit of a separate plate after the headpiece since in the pose I'd given it the head is twisted in our direction, and solid carapace doesn't bend too well I don't think... And yeah, I suppose it could've been smoother but I did at least try to keep it all symmetrical :)
Thanks!

acapulco; thanks! (and glad to hear it)

Kogaras; well hello then! And thanks :D


And now the latest, with a slight variation in texture (at least in some areas)... the Infested Terran! Always a fun unit. This one was considerably quicker than the last couple (under 3 hours as opposed to 6 or 7 for the Lurker and Hydra respectively), and the rendering's all a little rougher but I'm pretty happy with this one.

I recorded a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy84TKDIcIs) of this one, too, so . . . enjoy!
(anyone know how to directly post a youtube clip? 't'd be much simpler..)

[HunterKiller_]

fy84TKDIcIs
:)

[Mr--Jack]

Cheers! I'll remember that.

[wi2rd]

beautiful works!!
i am in awe

[SinnerMan]

[Roachophilia coming over me]...WHAAAA those things are friggin cool.
Wicked jod dude, I wanna see more:D

maybe a beefed up ultralisk.....

mmm...

[Loru]

Wow, nice! I like the colors.
Keep 'em coming :P

[Duman]

I really don't know how your making these pieces so fast. And effective.
And kick ass for that matter.

Are you a sorcerer?

[wizo5454]

Thanks a bunch for that vid, awesome to see how you pump those out. Your technic is ultra efficient.

Keep up the great work!

[Mr--Jack]

Wi2rd; thanks!

SinnerMan; hehe.. cheers! And the Ultra's not too far off...

Loru; thanks :)

Duman; I'm not entirely sure, but I've got a fairly simple sort of process set out for these so there's not much worrying about how to get what effects or look, it's just do it; which makes it a lot simpler.
No sorcery yet . . . ;)

wizo5454; Thanks! And no probs :D


And now... The latest, which is the first one I think that doesn't have a direct version in SC2—the Defiler!
Lovely units... nothing like a bit of Dark Swarm :D

enjoy! Crits + such welcome.

[Arbinn]

I LOVE your artwork! I've been drooling over it for over a week now and even tried to draw a hydra of my own. I just don't get tired of these. I could watch them for days if I wasn't busy trying to figure out how you draw them (even though you've showed it x)).

More please!

[HunterKiller_]

Sweet! Great take on the dark swarm.

[MrSmith]

keep it up! these are great.

[Bralt Hannicart]

Excellent work on these! Will you do the other Starcraft factions too?

[Azuma, Hironori]

Defiler definitely is one of the best of all of these. Carapace is beautifully done and it is rendered in such a way that makes me really think it'd be neat looking if sculpted. I really enjoy the consistency of all these.

[TheGnoll]

wow wow wow, really cool work man, and thanks for sharing the vid (would have liked a slower vid tho hehe, wondering what you did in the initial coloring steps)

again, beautiful work, 5 golden cookies from me :)
thanks for sharing!

ciao

[aka_sova]

Awesome works! I really wanna know to draw such a things :p
Can you give me some advices? What graphics tablet do you use? (i believe you don't use your mouse for this drawing...) I wanna buy Wacom Intuos3 A4 for me, is it good one?

[polipol]

great take on the zerg man, digging the style, these are awesome...

[Diverse]

Man i looked at all your concepts and i love them! Please post more of this sick stuff. Your style is great.

[alter-egos]

Very cool. I like your creature concepts and the style. The texture and design remind me of insect type of characters and the more humanoid one just posted with the video i think is amazing. It meshes together mechanical and organic materials creating a very interesting piece. Keep up the good work.

www.alteregos.artspan.com
http://alter-ego-dezines.blogspot.com

[Mat Kaminski]

LOL! Your painting is so good it almost makes me wanna cry! :P

Watching that video was like me getting my ass kicked in a kung-fu battle! KEEP IT UP!

[Lotet]

sweet! so, when ur done with the zerg can du do the protos then?

[Mr--Jack]

So it took me a while to get here after the initial flood, but another update :D

Arbinn; hehe... Thanks!

HunterKiller_;Thankye, twas fun.

MrSmith; Cheers!

Bralt Hannicart; Ahoy, and thankye! I'm thinking about it, but I've got to get through the zerg first ;)

Azuma, Hironori; thankye! (Sculpted? Awww, now that would be cool...)

TheGnoll; Thanks! I'll remember that next video :)

aka_sova; perfect choice, I'd say. and Thanks! :D

polipol; thanks :D

Diverse; cheers! Getting there with more o'em...

alter-egos; Thanks kindly.

Matte_Art; haha; don't worry, there are plenty of artists here who make me feel exactly the same way... though I don't know if that's necessarily reassuring ;) Thanks!

Lotet; I'm thinking about it; still got a way to go though!



Thankye all for the continued support!

Alright, finally got around to the next one: the most complicated and time-consuming so far, and for good reason; the Ultralisk! Always fun, I think.

hi[er]-res can be found here (http://www.gamer-source.com/index.php?cmd=media&sec=artwork&act=view&id=228)! for enjoyment and all that.

[~Faust~]

awesome.

[Duman]

Whooowhowho. He looks pissed! And beautiful. (that sounds weird)
Anyway, It reminds me of your first version, but more action packed and more professionally rendered.
Glad to see that you haven't forgotten about us!

[SINII]

Very COOL artwork, i like much this comicbook style, a lot of work done. Respect :teeth:

[Bomba]

Well done and thought out! Bravo on keeping the style of the game in mind while really pushing the look. If you said that you work for Blizzard and this is your work, I'm totally sold. Keep up the great work man, you are on a roll,

-J-

[Vorace]

I prefer a lot your zergs vs the official ones... far more brutal and savage!! great job again!

[Kristo Novo]

damn cool :D

[Mat Kaminski]

I think I agree with Vorace ^^^ above... yours in my opinion are better than official released concept art! :D

[Azuma, Hironori]

If you couple these renderings along with some good quality original creatures/machines/environments you could have a decent spot at Blizz waiting for you some day. Even if they don't say they are hiring in Concept Art you can still apply and make yourself seem worth their while. Not sure if that's even what you want but you'd definitely be cut out for it. I prefer your drawings over Samwise/Metzen for the most part anyway.

[Atlantean]

Awesome work. Love the loose rendering.

[Muscari]

brilliant creature design and rendering man, can't wait to see more <3

[HunterKiller_]

Zealot gonna get PWND. Badass to the max.

[rucish]

awesome work! really love it, cant wait to see more.

[Eytan]

holy fuck.

your sense for color is godly

[unfor54k3n]

holy fuck.

your sense for color is godly

second that lol ... awesome style!

[Mr--Jack]

Again, a bit more of a delay, but work'll do that eh?

~Faust~; Cheers!

Duman; thanks! Weird? Not at all! Perfectly understandable. And thanks!
(and how could I forget?) :D

SINII; thanks kindly!

Bomba; Much appreciated, and shall do! :)

Vorace; ! thanks! :D

Kristo Novo; thanks!

Matte_Art; Thanks indeed!

Azuma, Hironori; Thanks kindly! I'm in sporadic contact at the moment, so they at least know I exist :)

Atlantean; thanks!

Muscari; Cheers!

HunterKiller_; haha! Thanks.

rucish; cheers!

Quick_Sketch; :D Thanks indeed!

unfor54k3n; and thanks :D



Alright! Next one; they might be coming out more slowly now but I'm very happy with this one so hopefully that makes up for it :)
The last ground unit now! Air next, should be fun, and a bit more variety too.
But first of all, the Queen! From SC2, that is; and pretty freaking sweet she is; lots'a fancy abilities, and packs a fair punch as well. Should be a lot of fun to use.
(I will do the queen from the original game as well, when I get there).

so Enjoy!
(and ha! just realised that apparently this thread was last updated on the 11rd of march. :P)

[JohnBoy.3]

DDDDDDDDUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDDDEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! You are so awesome that I almost hate you!!!! I have a Q for you though. I was watching your video that you posted and I was wondering, what are you doing when you are changing the color values back and forth really fast. Are you just trying to find a cool color scheame? And also I saw that you would paint in like a redish orange color in the begining and then all the sudden it was gone. Whats up with that??? Anyways, AWESOME FUCKIN ART BRO!!!!!!!

[mariusz]

Nice work on the Zerg

[Duman]

Curse your incredible talent. Can you spare any of your magic pixy dust for me? I want to be talented TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Oh, and may I inquire as to what you are planning to do in total? The new zerg, the old zerg? (other races, pleaze!)
But really, am I the only one who sees obvious likeness to the tyranids from warhammer 40k? You know, the guys the zerg are based off of?
(and don't dispute that, 40k was out long before starcraft)

[Vaejoun]

Great job. Thy hydralisk and the defiler are my favorits, though I like the others too. They all give me this "Zerg are nasty" feeling. ^^ I hope they can catch some of that in the game.

You have a really good feeling for the volume of things I think. I tried some Zerg bevore too but they never looked so massive, more flat.

I am looking forward for the air units.

[GRMC]

really nice job, love your works man. did you draw Terran and Protoss? I really wanna see those kind of races that you draw...
...keep up with that great stuff. :)

[Mr--Jack]

Well it's been a while, pretty flat out at the moment . . . which is no bad thing.

JohnBoy.3; cheers man! So to the questions; yeah, I had the blue metal on a separate layer so I was just sliding the hue up and down to see whether it was the best colour for the armour. The red painting at the beginning is using quick-mask mode (press Q and try it, it's easier than explaining fully) to create selections.

Marlusz; thanks :D

Duman; cheers! But I'm afraid the pixie-dust doesn't hold up too well with travel... And no, you're certainly not the first person to notice...

Vaejoun; Thanks!

GRMC; Yeah I'll get there in the end, but it might take me a while... :D thanks.


So a double-billing here, Overlord and Mutalisk. Ah... Not too much else to say, sketchbook pro for the lines and photoshop for the colouring.

Enjoy!

[HunterKiller_]

Excellent, excellent.

[Duman]

Yes, very nice.
I hope you enjoyed your little siesta. Im sure it was murder for us...
As for the mutalisk, don't they have tongues with mouths on them? Like Alien? I could swear I saw something like that while looking at the profile picture in the game.

[Rabbi Satan]

Excellent stuff Mr. Jack, very lovely and vibrant. A veritable feast for the eyes.

But I have a question for you, if you don't mind. How did you get the gradient in the Hydralisk at http://mr--jack.deviantart.com/art/Hydra-Progress-113069710 at stage/step 3? I can get a gradient on the outside easily enough, but when it comes to the gradient inside the line/shapes, I'm utterly confounded.
I had a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy84TKDIcIs&eurl , and the video is too fast for me to make out how you filled the gradient inside the lines of the infested terran. I have had some success by using the magic wand tool and selecting the outside of the lines successively, but I'd like to know how you do it.

Thanks - and once again, lovely work.



Edit:

I think I got how to do it now, played around with masks, white blank silhouettes, and alpha channels. But I'd still like to know how you do it, as my method isn't exactly accurate. Thanks :)

[Vorace]

wow the muta is brutal, I love the way he looks more tough and bulky than the original one.

[TheGnoll]

i think i tried to rate this thread 5 stars at least 6 times by now
i think i'm allowed only one vote :P

really really badass creatures, love how your drawing style keeps its freshness even in the final painting, love the color and the lines

thanks for sharing!
ciao

[Jinsu]

This is absolutely mindblowing. Your lines are so sketchy and jet so extremely tight. Love the way you color your works as well, keep up the good stuff! You are making my day here! :D

[JohnBoy.3]

Bad Ass!1

[dem0n]

Oh snap.. he did it again! ;)

[Krato]

wow these are pretty good :D

[monsi]

oo didn't know you were updating here with them.. just jizzed my way through all of them again.. Really really love the composition in the Ultralisk one.. Very strong connection between the two characters, and the flow through the whole image is just superb

[Miniature_Rich]

Awesome looking work, really like the concept to all the Zerg pieces, it's almost tempting to have a go at sculpting all of them.

[Monsieur]

Very good stuff. I saw your stuff somewhere else, and what grabbed me besides the colours was how well you describe the forms. These are messy, slimy alien insects, but they read so well. Don't understand the 4 stars. It does deserve 5, however, I would love to see you go outside your zerg comfort zone. Someone mentioned Protoss and Terran, but I wouldn't mind you stepping outside the SC universe altogether.

Anyways, thanks for some really juicy creeps!

[Monsieur]

Sorry, followed your Deviant Art link and saw your other stuff. Brilliant!

[BSUR]

really impressive creatures. Love it!

[Dr Midnight]

Gorgeous friggin' stuff. Your bony carapaces are wonderfully textured.

[vertebra]

May the motivation continue to flow free for you sir! major kick in my business, thank you.

[J-boogie]

wow....best I've seen in a while concerning creature concepts..

[elyo11]

All those -lisks rocked man!!! I haven't been home lately cuz of work and stuff so seeing this after a few weeks makes my whole week better!!!
the ultralisk... how did they design that thing?? XD

[Quietus]

Awesome work! The defiler is sweet. The hydralisk and ultralisk are my faves of the bunch, but they're all great. Love the zealot used for scale in the ultralisk painting.