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Gangus
November 14th, 2005, 06:13 PM
Here's a piece based on the whole crossroads myth of Robert Johnson.
Since there are only two known photographs of him in his early career I tried to imagine what he would look like if he were still walk'n the earth today as a souless tortured ghost of a being.

I'll include the pencil, the tonal (before I go to colour) the final and a detail
of the piece.

Pencilled by hand, scanned and painted in Photoshop (16 by 20 inches)
Hope you like.

Respectfully,
Gangus
www.gangus.net

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stoph
November 14th, 2005, 06:27 PM
holy freaking crap.. this just stomps all over my work :nohope: haha. amazing texture and detail, definately one of my faves of the moment :yayca:
Maruchan
November 14th, 2005, 08:45 PM
Yeah uh... wow. Hellin damn cool dammit. Cool mix of realism and kinda wacky charicture-ish stuff. Two thumbs up!
THUNDERCOCK
November 14th, 2005, 09:12 PM
sick styles man....very nice work
capt underoo
November 14th, 2005, 09:37 PM
freakin' awesome....
zao75231
November 14th, 2005, 10:40 PM
sick details man, shweetness everywhere.
redehlert
November 15th, 2005, 01:50 AM
yep. creepy. love the textures (echoes zao)!
and photoshop to boot.....swwwweeet.
peace.
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pogonip
November 15th, 2005, 04:26 AM
The big eyes on the snake fingers make them look kinda cutsey and that IMO takes away from the over-all dark edgy look of the piece . Otherwise it's awesome :)
ElvisMcVegas
November 15th, 2005, 09:42 PM
Damn thats nice, it really brings the feeling of it being a jazz player and the atmosphere works as well. Fucking awesomes, I'm saving this one.
Egets
November 16th, 2005, 05:50 PM
aahhh what a mood and character, loving it !!!!!!!!!!!
stinky 07
November 16th, 2005, 11:49 PM
Very nice. I especialy like the crazy eyes. Perhaps a little more definition on the left side of the face. The colors & textures are outstanding! CHEERS
AntonioSeijas
November 17th, 2005, 03:12 AM
Which brushes did you use?
Pixelbrush
November 17th, 2005, 03:32 AM
Heh. This is nice :D
Awesome details.
Zaknafain
November 17th, 2005, 06:33 AM
Thats just great! Thanks for posting a closeup and the process.
Gangus
November 18th, 2005, 04:57 PM
Thanks for the response on the piece.

For the question as to which brushes I use - Oddly enough I don't stray from the basic brush set - I find (personally) that I get distracted if I give myself too many options.

Regards,
Gangus