Dance Workshop

[Kress]

hey - this is something I've been doing the last few days. It's going to be a poster/flyer image for a freestyle dance workshop that will last a couple days. It should be tight, lots of breakers and freestylers are probly going to come out for it.
They're sort of flat cuz it's just a plan for the digital painting and it's a WIP (ok ok no more excuses!). Anyway - consecutive phases in order:
http://www.dropship1.com/art/workshop/1.jpghttp://www.dropship1.com/art/workshop/2.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/workshop/3.jpghttp://www.dropship1.com/art/workshop/4.jpg

The last one is where I'm at now and I kinda' like it how it is. We'll see if my buddy wants any changes :( Her right arm is too long, I know...

[Deth Jester]

dude!
so sick!

can't wait to see em finished...

[Forge]

yes.. it's good makes me feel like gunnm mecha-design...

[deschamps]

Wow, those are some great drawings!

[egerie]

I'm always in awe of artists that can produce robot/mecha things... Thus, *awe*

[Atomicfate]

i really like the guy doing the handplant in the top left pic. and the cracks in the ground is a great idea, like he's planted so hard he's damaging the earth. i would go with more stuff like that. as far as the drawings, they are all incredible.

[BluePencilArtist]

How interesting drawings.........:chug:

[I.was.ink]

No crtis here man. Just praise! great job! :thumbsup:

[behemot5]

very good drawings.......

[wood]

I really dig, it, I like the direction this piece is heading. Nice improvement over the original concept. I hope you post regular updates so that we can see this baby grow up :) I have always liked your style, never lose it.

-wood

[MindCandyMan]

dude man...look at the poses on these people...bizarre poses and yet they are really convincing. Kress you are the man. :beer:

[Dryfire]

whoah, those are tight man! They look reaqlly good, I love those mechanical figures twisting to the radical poses, excellent!

[Balton]

they are RAD!

[Kress]

Whoa - thanks a lot all. I'm real glad you like them. It looks like a lot of dancers are going to see this, which I'm stoked on :)
So my buddy OK'ed the drawing, and I'm off to paint it, but I can't decide on color scheme!!! Ack! Anyone have any input?
http://www.dropship1.com/art/workshopColor1.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/workshopColor2.jpg

[Big-Dave]

Personally I think the one on the left looks better. It's got more of a contrast between the two characters and makes the woman seem more like the middle ground, whereas the brightness of the yellow on the right one makes it seem kinda like she's above the guy raher than behind him

[MindCandyMan]

yeah the cool colors of the woman on the left help push her back in space...I vote for the one on the left too...great work kress...awesome

[Kress]

Right on right on. You guys make a good point about her coloring, funny how I didn't even see that. The learning process goes on!! Thanks for your feedback, big help. The left one it is :D

[Landmate]

wow! Im a big fan ^^

your figure stuff is so cool

only crit is the figure in the back in the 2nd 2 figure piece could probably have its legs elongated a little more.

[Carnifex]

on the colours i'd suggest you mix the two:make her lilac and him blue-orange mix(instead of gray-orange),but that's just me.good work:thumb:

[Big-Dave]

I think I'd agree, the orange-blue combination for the guy does look better

[Kress]

hey good idea about the blue. I still have time to fix him, so maybe I'll change it up - thanks.
Anyway - here is where I cannot escape my inadequacy. going to have to do something to snazz it up, some surface effects of some sort.
http://www.dropship1.com/art/workshopColor3.jpg

[I.was.ink]

Damn, Kress. this looks sick! One question, what are you going to put in the background?

[Roam]

Something's not right about the head of that cyber woman.. looks almost as if she is looking over her shoulder instead of from the front. It might have something to do with the collarbone area, or maybe it's just me...

[Deth Jester]

dude!! its look'n sweet... Im invisioning this crop circle patter in some form of reflective metal tiles and the circle is luminating a hint of underlight.. but thats just me..

cant wait to see this thing finished..

keep on truck'n

peace

[Gray]

jawdropping stuff.. Excellent work

Though Roam has a point, allthough i didn't see it at first. Her head is up to high on her neck. The muscle from her jaw to her chest is too long I think.

A bit of nitpick perhaps.... ;)

[Erik]

This is very cool!

It could be made to go on a sort of 'raw' bg i think, i don't know if the figures could use texture. THey're pretty clean and texture might mess with that too much.

Did you see El Coro's piece with the dj's ? Maybe that's a direction to look at with all the colors and transparency going on it would make the piece explode of the page more.

The woman's head might need to go down and right a little, and her left (our right) hip seems a bit 'weird'

But man these robotics are too cool! I like the ones with the hats very much.

What is your composition going to look like?

Keep at it!