Just Drawings Now

[UnkoMan]

Okay, here's another art thread. It's got nothing to do with avatars. Well, except, hey look there's a picture of my avatar. Whatever, I just like doodling.

Yeah, there's a lot of mistakes. Heck, I even added more to make the thing feel more frantic. It's a bit big, though.

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There's an even bigger version HERE, if you want a wallpaper.

And, here's a picture of the female by herself, that I used to test a colouring style.



If you are wondering just who she is... Her name is Crux. She's an ex-girlfriend of Unko Man's. She partnered with him for a while, hense the similar costume, but eventually they broke up and she turned to crime. Nothing too bad, just enough to be really annoying. She has a vast array of mental powers, most notably the ability to confuse people, none of which work on Unko Man, due to his unique mind. However, his gumballs are extremely susceptible to mental control. And yeah, she's semi based on an ex-girlfriend of mine, but it's all in good fun. I swear.

EDIT: Hey... any ideas for meshes or mesh pieces I could use for the lovely lady? I just might have to skin this one.

[vamp]

Looks awesome. Though I didn't know gumballs could bite. :D  You should bite back

[zuludelta]

I recognize the rendering technique from that link you gave a couple months back. Awesome stuff!

[UnkoMan]

That is indeed what that is from. I've got to look for that link, actually...

Ah, here we go. http://www.jonnycrossbones.com/ljcbtut/02.htm VERY good stuff. The comic is swell, too.

And I did a super aged version:

[psychopanda]

I like it, you can tell she's causing him problems!  :lol:


Edit: was just looking thru the Jonny Crossbones site and discovered he's in my home town! :D

[UnkoMan]

Wow. Haven't even tried to update this thread in forever. Most of the things I do end up in the challenges anyhow.

But... I've been thinking of a new character lately. I really fell in love with this fellow.

EDIT: Picture down... Down...

[UnkoMan]

I guess I might as well link to my barely used DeviantArt site...

http://jowsome.deviantart.com/art/The-Corpse-Rainy-Night-Jump-85874207

[UnkoMan]

The Corpse is mine, but The Ghoul is not.

[UnkoMan]

I've been thinking for a bit that I've just gotta change the skull buckle on The Corpse's belt. Either something that could lend itself to a logo, or something that would look more skull like. I'm not sure. Just not what it is now.



I drew up a bunch of ideas. Also included are two new character sketches for older characters of mine. Don't worry about them though. They just are around to look cool.

[zuludelta]

Does this help?

[zuludelta]

Here's one with less of a "Dr. Zoidberg" look:

[UnkoMan]

Well... it adds one more choice and caused me to draw up a couple new skulls. I don't think I will go with something that has a letter on it, though, and probably won't have a nose hole either.

I will keep drawin'.

[Figure Fan]

Here's one with less of a "Dr. Zoidberg" look:

Did you make this in Illustrator, Zulu? Looks nice.

[zuludelta]

Did you make this in Illustrator, Zulu? Looks nice.

Nope. Photoshop 7.

[MJB]

Eh, I gave it a shot.



-MJB

[UnkoMan]

Hmm... that's pretty cool. I am going to just keep toying with it.

[AfghanAnt]

Your design always invoked this silver-age like quality that I just love.

[docdelorean88]

Well, I have a whole sheet of skulls i made on paint, but i can't figure out how to post them. Yes, I'm a newb. I would love to show them.  Could someone please give me the readers digest version of how to post an image?

[Placebo]

upload them to an image server (something like http://www.photobucket.com would be ideal) then get the web adress, and post it in image brackets, ie:

Code Select Expand

[img]http://www.imagesite.com/imagename.jpg[/img]

:)

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gah! how rude of me!!
really nice work in here, comparing your sketches to the 2 offerings, i'm inclined to say it seems more in place to go for the "open eye" look without the angry eyebrows, and avoid the sharper lines, the roundness seems to fit IMO :)

[UnkoMan]

Well, I've tried some other styles but... I keep coming back to this.



What do you folks think? I like the one with individual teeth better. I know it's drastically different from the type of skull I originally used and the designs MJB and Zulu came up with, but... I don't know. I'm drawn to it.

PS: Here's a little doodle I did in Photoshop.

[MJB]

-MJB

[UnkoMan]

Thanks once again, MJB. I like the little lightning bolt. Reminds me of Madman.

But, ultimately, I went with my own version. Of course that was bound to happen. I also toned down the hair a bit and changed up the boots, since I'd always felt the cuffs were a little clownish. I briefly tried furry cuffs, then just decided why not remove them all together, making tiny boots instead?

Now the only question is, better with smoke or without?
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[MJB]

I say without. The smoke looks a bit too much like a bad Photoshop FX. No insult intended of course. ;)

-MJB

[captainspud]

"Some" smoke is good, because the pic's too empty without it. But like Meejub said, THAT smoke looks canned and doesn't fit the rest of the pic.

[zuludelta]

The rendering on the smoke doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the image. Maybe a more organic, "drawn" smoke would work better?

[UnkoMan]

Hmm... alright. I agree that it doesn't really match, since I just use photographs of smoke and mess with them.

I am starting to play more with photoshop brushes. I wonder if I could get any good smoke out of that? I will have to experiment further.

[vamp]

Hey there is room for only one furry guy running around at night and thats me :angry:

Seriously though, these are pretty nice. You should make cartoon or something like that.

[Dr.Volt]

Unko, nice work there.  I really like Corpse, Crux, et al.  Nice work all.  Ever consider doing a comic?

[UnkoMan]

I had some webcomics going for a while, but was never really series about them. Really, it boils down to me just being too easily distracted.

On the other hand, I did whip up a couple tributes to favourite super heroes of mine.

http://jowsome.deviantart.com/gallery/#Favourite-Super-Heroes

I'll probably be doing more, later.

PS: I did an Unko Man picture, too. I might use the same picture in a different setting though. I don't know.

[UnkoMan]

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