2000 Light Years Away

[Gezstar]

hi guys, here's some new stuff.

these are for a kids' book about astronauts:

http://www.gezfry.com/pics/gez_astronautfloating.jpg

http://www.gezfry.com/pics/gez_astronautwindow.jpg

these are for firetrap clothing:

http://www.gezfry.com/pics/gez_firetrapbavarian.jpg

http://www.gezfry.com/pics/gez_firetrappoplingirl.jpg

virgin inflight:

http://www.gezfry.com/pics/gez_boxers.jpg

http://www.gezfry.com/pics/gez_board.jpg

for a kids' book about down syndrome (not much time for this, hence the sloppy background):

http://www.gezfry.com/pics/gez_p50.jpg

lastly, just finished this one for evisu clothing:

http://www.gezfry.com/pics/gez_evisu.jpg

hope you like em!

[blackacidevil]

exellent as always :)

[SIggE]

wow great stuff, wats the story behind the boxing one? doesent seem like the same style?

[max-cant]

love the astronauts and firetrap stuff.

2nd astronauts one reminds me of patlabor and appleseed stuff -
great highlights on the equipment - nice touch - no atmosphere is space = super bright light - smooth!

firetrap girl makes me think of jackie from "that seventies show" - always a pleasure

cool stuff.maxcant

[gallon]

this looks damn inspiring...
damn nice stuff...
Speechlless (haha what a cliche post).

[Dementist]

Goddam... excellent, as always, though I don't like the lines on the first two, at least compared to your smoother style.

Same comment as Sigge... is that piece a collaboration with Cheeks?

[meowy]

Dude, great stuff~ a beautifully blend of Japanese Anime/Manga, Western comic/Cartoon and fine art style, you rock!

[Art_Addict]

wow, look at those clean lines! :)
Nice smooth coloring especially on the girl. I like how you handled the background there , nice work!

[kingrobot]

I read the "Creative Arts" interview and was knocked out by your work. I'm glad to see more of it. I love the "hazy" feel that some of your images have, a kind of glow about them. The illustration for the Downs Syndrome kids book has this quality about it. Is this a technique you could share with us?

I also love the linework. The attention to detail reminds me a little of Geoff Darrow, especially the camera in the first image, and your treatment of materials and folds in the clothing is great.

Inspiring stuff. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Aly Fell]

Good work Gezstar! Not only are you an excellent draughtsman, your design is cool too. I love the cut out trees on the girl! :teeth:

[Feng]

wow, nice work! Really cool stuff. I dig the last one a lot..

how are you inking your work? Pen or digital?

-feng

[nicolas]

:yayca: :yayca: Really nice!!!!

[Raxx]

For the last one...where's the other shoe?

[Gilles]

Really great work!

I'm really wondering how your creative progress goes, just as feng I'm really interested in how you get your lines so tight. Maybe you could do a quick tutorial on your website? Anyway, keep up te great work! ;)

:B:

[poopinmymouth]

So nice, they look like stills from a feature film animation!
My favorate is the guy in the green vest. Your color choices for him are outstanding. I particularly like the creamish colored main light, and the soft color bleed throughout the whole thing. 8-)

[JoshuaTheJames]

ROCK ON HOMIE!!!!!!!!


ROCK THE F! ON!


You have great range and ability!


-Joshua James

[Pesmerga]

This is simply amazing! I like your style dude.

[rothgar]

As always, I love your palette on each of these. That background for the firetrap girl is a fun fun background. The use of negative space just helps it read so well. Great work all around.

[Kian]

Total thumbs up! The the flat shading is spot on, and so are the firetrap models. But the last one!!!...........f***ing awesome :D

[slickcoder]

First and only manga-style illustration I've liked in years. Most manga-esque artwork is underworked and overdone, but this stuff is TOP NOTCH!

Great work!

[Blackarts]

damn these are slick and lively. Gorgeous work.

[JoshuaTheJames]

First and only manga-style illustration I've liked in years. Most manga-esque artwork is underworked and overdone, but this stuff is TOP NOTCH!

Great work!


That's not saying much. Most anything on this planet is crap compaired to the good stuff. There is a TON of great Anime and Manga and you are not going to find it on Cartoon Network or even the lastest released in America.


Sorry for HighJacking your thread like that Gez. I felt the need to say something.


-JtJ

[mogando25]

Really great work. Is the last piece "real" ie watercolour and not digital?

[bwkeough]

Yeah, I think we're all begging for a WIP/tutorial on your methods; lots of folks are trying to use colored linework but precious few have results like yours.

Great lighting in all of these, particularly the firetrap and astronaut images. What I like about the Down's Syndrome image is that the kid on the left looks the part but there's no appeal for pity in the way you represent him; it's a very happy image. Excellent.

[nacho_grande]

wonderful jobs and excellent scenes with perfect point of view.

[angel of light]

great work as always. I especially love the little hokusai inspired bit on the last piece. :)

[ulvdemon]

... is WOW!

[felipekohl]

AWESOME! I loved your style! it reminds me of akira =]

[Glenn K]

Really Great work Gezstar

I like the use of white for the trees in the image with the girl. Very cool.

[Shoe]

Great stuff all around. I will have to agree with Glenn K, the trees work really well with the girl illustration. Nice touch.

[jetpack42]

Thanks for showing us so much of your artwork !

Along with everyone else, I dig it!

[Gezstar]

thanks a lot guys!

sigge - thanks. when i read the brief for the boxing pic i thought it called for a cartoony look. it was fun to do, always nice to have a change of pace.

max-cant - thanks! i've only watched that 70's show once, so i don't know who the girl is. i'm curious now!

dementist - nope, all me. thanks.

kingrobot - cheers. about the shading technique, it's just your regular cel shading, as used in anime.

feng - thanks! that means a lot coming from you. about the inking, most of them were done illustrator, and the last one was photoshop.

raxx - someone nicked it.

gilles - not much to it, just a thin brush in illustrator :)

J the J - thanks dood! and of course i agree about anime - i'm not a huge anime fan, but the good ones are great (like any genre).

mogando - these are all digital.

bwkeough - cheers. i'm glad you thought that about the down syndrome pic, as i wanted to make sure he wasn't a figure of fun, but rather a kid having fun.

angel of light - thanks. yeah there are a couple of hokusai homages in that pic.

thanks again everyone :)

[slickcoder]

That's not saying much. Most anything on this planet is crap compaired to the good stuff. There is a TON of great Anime and Manga and you are not going to find it on Cartoon Network or even the lastest released in America.


Sorry for HighJacking your thread like that Gez. I felt the need to say something.


-JtJ

You're right there is a ton of great anime and manga. I appreciate you assuming I only watch cartoon network for my manga fix. I hate TV.

I guess I meant to say that I've been reading these forums for years, and 99.99999% of Manga-esque artwork I see posted in here makes me want to vomit. Pictures of Chun Li and that sort of tripe. Varying from colored pencil on lined paper to digital paintings on flat white backgrounds of "ninjas" or some crap. ... inevitably, after years, it drove me to the conclusion that anime-style work attracted a lot of lame fanboi artists, and since I hadn't seen anything good manga-style in the way of "hey guys look at this" sort of posts, I was beginning to detest it as a cliche genre for teenagers with dellusional aspirations. This thread and the above pictures has renewed my faith that there are fresh new artists out there with more than enough talent to do manga and do it really really well. Gezstar is outstanding and will definitely be one of my inspiration points when/if I ever attempt to tackle any piece "manga"!

Proof? I came back to look at it again, didn't I? (I was actually showing a friend)

There, Josh, I hope I explained that for you. And I hope it was saying enough.

Gezstar... fabulous work.

[Needlelhead Puppet]

Wow these are really one of the best linework if ever see...great honest to you

[Red_Rook]

very slick, you amaze me repeatedly :O

[James Kei]

I love these,...just love em'
Beautiful sense of design.

[se7en_]

Of course these are great Gez you rock - especially love the firetrap girl... the way you used the neagtive of the trees for the border and she has great boobs : )

[cam]

good stuff, gezstar, i really like all of them. some nice variety too. do u ever do vehicles or straight architecture? i'd like to see, if you do.

hey slickcoder, i know exactly what you mean about the whole 'l00K @mai anIM3 kUNg f00 Maenz everyw0Nz' sorta thing you see here and all over the web, it does get tiring.
There might actually be a few more quality 'anime/manga-sorta-style' artists here on conceptart.org than you've seen, like Tony 'Koro' Leonard (http://www.tonikoro.com/fp.asp), Maxx Soul (http://www.maxxsoul.com/gallery.htm) and even bengal (http://www.cafesale.net/bengal/index.php3).
There are probably more that I can't remember, but check those guys out, i reckon you'll like them.

[liquidwerx]

Those firetrap clothing pieces rock. Good job dude.

M

[tensai]

haha! i love the evisu logos flying around in the sky with birds. half expected them to be little waves next to hokusais wave aswell..

these are all great but i really dig the design and texture on the evisu poster. is it a paper overlay or a printout scanned - cause the borderlines also look nice and natural?

keep it up.

[cateaic]

Beautiful work!! Every piece you do is Golden. You have some serious painting skillz...Thanks for posting these =)

[tovette]

These illustrations are tight. Great art I really dig the first few! :bashful:

[Kenji]

Gezstar: You got some very serious work! I really like the line work and the quality to your colors. But most of all very good design! It's very fun looking at your art. Very serious indeed! Keep up the great work Gezstar, very inspirational and is a good display of skills!

[Ra Havok]

I'm yet again baffled by the astounding quality of your illustrations, Gezstar.

You are truly a great artist. I hope you realize this.

[p4b10]

wow beautiful, nice to see an artist with such different render styles, all great!

[Ved]

great stuff man. lots of variety in styles along with great design elements and composition. Pleasing to look at:) Thanks for sharing

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[slaine978]

man the 3rd one is freakin amazing. the guy with the jeans. your painting on this one is beautiful. looks like you didn't want to keep your line art in this one. the painterly look really shows. what software u using? Painter? anyways. keep it up. :$ :$ :$ :$

[Francis]

Man, that last one is great! I love the Hokusai flavor. Any place in particular to see that in print or full res?

[hopeless shade]

wow, really fantastic! the second one is really spiffy, its true to the style and yet it doesnt look forced. and i love how you can have so many different forms of what is basically the same style! such nice clothes, and im really loving the lines on that shoe ad.

[steak-tron]

these are way too cool, I just want to keep looking at them and finding new things. Thanks for posting!

[Capprotti]

Wow man, I'm seeing such improvement from painting to painting!!! And you were awsome to begin with so that's sayin a lot. Your work keeps getting tighter and tighter. Please keep 'em comin man, post stuff that you might even think sux, we want to see it all. Really good stuff!!!

[EKG!]

awesome work! just viewed your website too... very clean and tight illustrations dude, thanks for sharing

[Eutrophika]

I enjoyed all of them, especially the astronaut ones. Love your style...

[Kogut Drums]

what to say profesional work i hope you dont screew up you talent every one of those is absomadafuckingluthly !! :rendered: stay sharp !!!

[Gezstar]

thanks a lot guys!

cam -　funny you should mention tony tamai, bengal and maxx soul as i love all of their work. and tony's my mate :)

tensai - thanks. that's a texture i made by scanning some traditional japanese paper.

slaine978 - i use photoshop, illustrator and painter.

francis - thanks! it'll be going out in men's mags like FHM and GQ as far as I know. Haven't seen the media plan yet so I don't know which countries.

capprotti - dude.. stuff that i think sucks, really does suck. stuff that i don't think sucks sucks too, haha.

kogut drums - i'll do my best not to screw up :D

[JoshuaTheJames]

Hey Gez!

Notice annything Maaaagical near your avatar. Hahahah.

Sorry that was neglected for so long.


-Joshua James

[Gezstar]

ooh! cheers matey :)

[MattyRyan]

Beautiful! Show us more.