Alien

[K F C]

WOW! I managed to post an image (see image test thread!!) Okay, now my slow brain has caught up with the rest of mankind, here are some of my Alien paintings. None of these have been published, they were all done for fun, but a few were private commissions. Hope a few of you like 'em dudes!!!

http://www.kevcrossley.com/aliens/aliennine2002.jpg

http://www.kevcrossley.com/aliens/alienseven2000.jpg

http://www.kevcrossley.com/aliens/alienfour1998.jpg

http://www.kevcrossley.com/aliens/alieneight2001.jpg

[Fozzybar]

They are all great, but the last one is my fav..awesome composition!

What technique are they btw?

[K F C]

Cheers Fozzy! These are all painted using high grade water colours. (I used to use cheapo ones, but they get 'muddy' really quick if you mix 'em too much) I then pick out the highlights with white gouache before scanning them into Photoshop for a final bit of colour correction. The last one.. the blue one was an interesting example of why traditional painting is so exciting and surprising. For some reason after I'd prepared the paper, it became very 'fluffy' hance I was finding it hard to maintain any really crisp lines or edges: the paper just soaked up any paint I applied and blotted it, making my brush strokes irregular and blotchy. I decided to work around this, and the result is a painting that is unlike any I've done before or since. It's surprises like this that will keep me painting traditionally rather than digitally.. I just love it! :D

[Aly Fell]

Hello Kev! Good to see you here. Fab stuff!

[K F C]

Poshspice.... is that you Al?? Long time no see if it is dude!!!! here, you might like this girl....

http://www.kevcrossley.com/weird/weirdgirl1.jpg



.... when I was drawing her, I refered a lot to some of your drawings mate! It was a great help!!! :chug:

[Aly Fell]

Yup it's me! Still not got round to posting yet, but it's in the works. :chug:

Wibble!

[Molly]

KFC - these are cool man, so cool!

Thats all I can say at the mo....

Mollyx

[Wart]

Damn those aliens have life to them. I... I have nothing else to say. Now, post more you talented freak.

[K F C]

He he... talented freak... that about sums me up... well, the freak bit anyway... just for that, here's another couple of Aliens I did once, long ago. I'm on the verge of doing another of these things, but I just don't have the time!!

http://www.kevcrossley.com/aliens/aliensix1999.jpg

http://www.kevcrossley.com/aliens/alienfive1998.jpg

thanks for the commenst dudes!!! :chug:

[lil'Tao]

thems some nice aliens KFry, you does some nice alien works there. good aliens. yup

[N D Hill]

I've said this before but I'll say it again. You have very original interpretations of the alien. All of them are very cool and the ammount of twisted organic detail you use really brings them to life.

If I were to crit on anything though it'd just be the backgrounds, which certainly don't detract from anything. It really has most to do with the blury digitally enlarged look contrasting against that encredably sharp drawing you have in front of them. The first alien you've posted doesn't have this and it seams much more straight forward and painterly. Again though, it's certainly nothing serious and it may be just me (as I'm notoriously afraid of complicated backgrounds on cencept pieces).

Again, outstanding work. If Darkhorse had actually used art like this in their last alien books instead of those mediocre crossovers with superheros, people might actually buy them again.

[egerie]

They are so dynamic I feel like I've been whiplashed accross the face. No scars so it's all good ! :chug:
Definately a new style you're bringing around here.. welcome!

[Crash]

i love that your style shows in the aliens but some of them looks kinda over the top and it gets a little to much of the goodies.


but then im a nitpicking fuck that no one should listen to.



superb stuff

[jasond]

Good job!
I really like Giger's work but in some ways I wish he utilized color more. I think you really have captured the original ideas of Giger and gone a slightly different and great direction!
I love the flow of the curved tails.
Like Giger you do an excellent job of believable organic bits and chunks mixed with bone spurs and the like. Very cool!!
:chug:

[K F C]

fair point Crash. When I was painting a lot of these I was trying really hard to cram in as much as I could... I think I'm learning restraint, so if I do another one then hopefully you should see a difference!!!!

[Chris J. Anderson!]

:chug:

[Groover McNab]

Whoa

Great stuff.

[LEN]

I can't wait to seem more, terriefic mood.

[Carnifex]

intense!harcore!bloodfeast!babam!
:chug:

[Teeth]

I love the coloring. It's beauiful. The girl's head looks a little flat on top though...

[Ian Mack]

Great use of silhouettes.

[sparky | emily]

nice.

the aliens actually look a bit playful. I'm not sure if that was intended.

[Rellik]

The first on the first post and second on the second one are GOLD. You should try to get them published.

[Loga4]

Yup,those are very
good looking aliens!
Great jop KFC!

[tegehel]

game over man, game over!

C.

[Fabrys]

There is some humor in your aliens, I really like it.

I don't like the tribal tatoo on the woman (actually, I don't like tribal tatoos anymore), it break the picture.
There is a problem with her anatomy, if the right shoulder is up, the hips goes in the other way.
Anyway, nice work, go on !

[Ant4d]

wow. just wow.
and the LOTR stuff at your homepage - I'm your fan. especially love Khazad Dum drawing. absolutely stunning

[Aly Fell]

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit... It's the only way to be sure... :D

[Rimshot]

WOW

[Zwalharulzuki]

HOLY crap! outside of giger, these are far and away the best Alien Designs ive ever seen!

[Joatley]

I've never seen the alien so expressive and fleshy. Thanks man, this one's going in the inspirado section.

[Zwalharulzuki]

WHERE'D THEY GO ALLUVA SUDDEN :( :(

i wanted to download em and now i'm gettting naught but red x's!

[K F C]

Crapolla! :eek: Sorry dudes, but I think my website has exceeded it's... er... bandwidth or something. (I dunno the technical stuff.. something to do with too many hits or something...) anyway, it's broken my website for the time being, so I have to buy some more... er... something or other and it'll work again. Hopefully it'll get sorted out tonight or tomorrow, so the Aliens and other thoroughly awful things on there will be available for your down-loading pleasure.

Gawd... my lack of Web-site savvy is not encouraging is it?? It's not just the internet I'm crap at understanding either; it's ANYTHING technological!!! I can't even set the video recorder. Heck, using the toaster is pushing it......

..Anyway, I'll probably post up a fresh link when it's sorted out, if folk are still interested of course.... :confused: :chug:

[Wart]

Yes, we are.

BTW, try photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com). It's a free image hosting site, and you don't have to worry about getting too many hits.

[Scarecrow]

Holy shnikeys! The aliens are like... god aliens... The poses in some of them remind me a bit of spider man. all the dynamic-ness and whatnot. great job, dude.

[JeffZNY]

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I hadn't seen these, and you know what they say...If you haven't seen it, it's new to you, er, me! These are sickly good, man. I'd like to see some original designs too...maybe I will find them if I poke around a bit. Great stuff!