Evil Vegitation

[MGH]

First Timer. Damn the torpedoes....
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/thistleAD.jpg

[davi]

very cool, if it were mean i would try to not have the horizon line so bold, yet try to mix the sky's color more with it so they almost merge in the distance.

[ODIN SIX]

That is exactly why I am not a Farmer..

Excelent peice :jawdrop: Are super Hero's making a Comeback???

Your colors are very Vivid and bold,,, nice use of them.....
I agree with Davi,,, and also since it is storming and what not
shouldn't there be wind too??.... Keep it up ...

Lets see some more:D

[John P.]

Wow, this is just so awesome!


Looks like our hero is saying "Shame on you, you nasty green thing! Why, I'm gonna punch you now!" though, with his finger pointing like that! :D

No crits from me though, I think it's great! :)

[MindCandyMan]

You have an awesome grasp on anatomy that's for sure. Great work bro...could you post a smaller version so I can take it all in at once. Great work.

[melmann]

Great stuff! I like the coloring style! How long did it take you?
Hope to see more!
Peece,
Mel

[I.was.ink]

Great job! but isn't he main bad guy missing the lightning like the others? Its not like it looks bad without the lightning, but I think it might help! I also agree with what davi says! awesome job Man! :thumbsup:

[tarwater]

Very nice. Well done. The coloring is great. It reminds me of how the old street fighter box covers were rendered.

[taff]

holy crap! - the low viewpoint and the lighting is wonderful! the hero seems a little undynamic, the green things are just fine, though!

[redehlert]

man.....that's gorgeous!
i agree with davi on the horizon line...it would be rather soft and fused with the sky at that point.
so is the super hero waggin' his finger saying 'i shoulda weeded you when i had the chance, devildil!'.....get it? devildil! like daffodil!
woo-who-who....har-har-har....wheeze...snort.
would love to see more!!!!

cheers,
d

[Happeh]

Super Hero...Bah humbug. ;)

I wanna see a full body of those green guys. Realistic plant life forms are rare. This one is unique in the strength it exudes.

[MGH]

Hi Guys
Thanks for the responses. You're right about that horizon line. Oh well, let's just say it was VERY clear visability that day.
I should have included the story behind this earlier. It was done for a agricultural weed control company with the green guy representing a thistle plant and the blue guy being our hero product. The concept of the hero pointing at the bad guy was, I thought, a bit corny but was the client's idea etc. I definitely had fun doing it as I got to design both characters as well. The bad guy was more interesting and ultimately more rewarding as I had much more creative freedom with him.
Time wise if I include character and layout design, I'm guessing in the neighbourhood of 48hrs.
There are a number of things I would do differently as I don't do finished stuff that often (I'm a storyboard guy for advertising) but live and learn.
Here's the design sketch for thistle guy:
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/thistleguy5.jpg
Here's the design sketch for the hero:
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/flaxguy.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

Coolness...now it makes total sense. I still don't understand why a client would hire a good artist like yourself to create an excellent image and then dictate cheesy things for you to do. Doesn't make any sense...aren't they paying you because you know art (including perspective, poses) better than they do?...oh well...pays the bills though right...at least you don't have to paint a whole sistine chapel hehe (sp. sistine?). Great work man,
jon

[MGH]

Believe it or not Jon, the direction on this would be, I'd say, average for the ad industry. The down side of doing stuff for advertising (the up side being it pays a bit better) is sometimes extremely heavy art direction. As I mentioned I do storyboards for ad agencies and if they are being done for focus groups the 'smiley-happy-people' dial can get turned all the way to 11. It depends on the individual A.D.'s style but sometimes amounts to excessive navel gazing.
Oh well, it keeps the family fed and I get to draw for a living. Not many people can say that, unfortunatly.

[MindCandyMan]

You are right...I would love to one day be able to draw for a living. It's cool though too cause you do get to throw your own ideas in there as well...like for instance you got to design that plant creature...probably cause they had absolutely no idea what to do hahah...but still...your style and creativity is thrown in there. Great work man. If I was your art director I would let you roam free man ;) you got mad skills.

[ChadTHX1138]

Are you influenced by Dale Keown any? I love his work on the Hulk.

[MGH]

Yeah, the client did mention some of his work as a reference for this. They wanted to see that same kind of muscle overload.
Dale's work on Pitt was (is?) pretty cool as well.

[daysoldier]

sorry for being a pain'n'th'ass but a little crit for the anatomy...

i'm a medical doctor and also a freelance comic artist (just for fun, no big time...yet:cool: )

i want to tell that the anatomy is almost perfect...why almost? because there's a flaw (which looks good maybe on comic type super heroes but), the whole thing goes:
the muscles which named as "serratus anterior" (they are on the two sides of the ribcage, below the chest muscles) are too many on your picture. the serratii are needed for the ribcage to expand when we inhale, so they just cover the ribs; with one end they are tied to the ribs and with the other end to "latissimus dorsi" and the back end of "pectoralis minor".so instead the third row (second is too much also but looks good) you'd have to have the "latissimus dorsi" which we use for pulling things towards our body front.

sorry, that was a bit long but hey...we're all here to learn more and i myself, have a lot to learn
for the rest of the picture...it's awesome, the poses, expressions, skintones, colors, everythings damn ok;)
see y'around

[MGH]

Cripes!
Just my luck to have a medical doctor cruising an illustration forum!
OK, you got me again. Something I've learned with the little finished art I've done is MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD REFERENCE. Yes, some of this was done by the seat of my pants (don't nobody tell the client!).
You know, I'm the one who, if I speed in my car only ONCE, there'll be a bored cop waiting for me.
Hey doc, give us artists a break and stick to the ear nose and throat stuff. If you're smart enough to pass your medical exams I'm scared to think what you could do with a paint brush. I don't know about anybody else here but one of the reasons I got into this was because I didn't need high math and science marks to get into art school.

[MindCandyMan]

I feel embarassed hehe...I looked at his post and said, "What in the world is a serratus?"...when I saw it heheh. I'm with you on that MGH...yeah math wasn't my strong point that's for sure. I am finding though (I am a rookie) that I need to become a doctor just to learn how to draw the human/animal anatomy.

All that said...it may not be totally correct...there may be too many serratii...but I think it is cool to be honest. Like you said daysoldier...I think it works because he is a super hero. If I was a super hero and I was fighting a plant bulging from the ground who also has too many serratii...I would probably have too many myself as well. Anybody who wants to take down a ravenous plant needs those extra serratii to pull it off hehe. :rolleyes: