Ewzzy's Efforts - ?Blue Demon!

[Ewzzy]

@Blkcasanova247: Hey if that's what you're into.
@Jakew: Invincible is actually the only comic I'm reading regularly anymore. I've never been one for buying monthly books and since Ron Marz left GL Invincible has been it. I realized that my Allen isn't tall enough after I took that screenshot. He's going to be fixed before final release.

I've posted the much requested tutorial on using Blender to modify meshes. Check it out here. I don't want to jack my own skin thread so I created a thread for discussing the ramifications of this in the hex forum.

In the tutorial I walk you though creating this weirdo.

[herodad1]

glad your making him taller.the right heigth/build for a character is important.

[murs47]

nice, thanks for making this tutorial

[ghazkul]

Love the Invincible work my friend! May I make a small request though? can we see some more> I'd love a Dupli-Kate, Wolf Man and all the kick-butt bad guys.

[Outcast]

Terrific job on Rex and Allen, Ewzzy. Keep up the good work.

[Ewzzy]

Jeeze, between real life, writing that blender tutorial, and Scribblenauts I just haven't had enough time for skinning. I spent some time today making two relatively simple characters. Check em out.

Dupli-Kate and Multi-Paul!
Expect releases of my Invinci-pals this week.

[murs47]

very very nice

[Ewzzy]

After watching the Cowboys vs Giants game (go Giants!) I started working on a new skin. Before I knew it, I was done. Take a look.

The Immortal!


The toughest part was figuring out the back of this costume. He is drawn wildly inconsistently. I think I've got stealing Cory Walker's colors down.

[Jakew]

 

That is AWESOME!!! The Immortal is kind of a punching-bag in the comic, but his costume is undeniably one of the coolest.

[Gremlin]

Good colors, and his face is perfect. I think he could use a little shading between the colors, however. Right now he looks a little flat.

[Ewzzy]

@Jakew: I've been a big fan of The Immortal ever since

Spoiler

they hinted he was Lincoln

. I love his costume because it's one that I would never think of despite it being relatively simple.
@Gremlin: I couldn't sleep so I opened Photoshop back up and adjusted some contrast levels. How do you like this:

I'm still partial to the flatter style, but I can see why you might want the darker hues.

[spydermann93]

He looks awesome! 

[ghazkul]

Dupli-Kate! YAY!
Thanks man, you supply all the characters on my wishlist! The copy-twins look great, and the Immortal is cool to. Are you planning any more characters frm this community? The Wolf-Man say? Or Pitt? Or even a few bad guys!
Here's hoping ^^

[cascarudo]

they are great skins love allen, the immortal and that killer rex-splode

[AfghanAnt]

I have no clue who any of these characters are but I do like distinct flatness in the color - it mimics the source art well. Dupli-Kate's face is very nice. Is she and Multi-Paul related? If so, why not try to make them look more like each other (I know the nose on the mesh you chose could be problematic).

[Artemis]

Great work again, I'm dying to use your blender tutorial I just need some free time .

The Immortal is my favourite of the three, and I like both versions - the flatter colours do seem a bit odd at first but as AA said it channels the source material and that's a very good thing.

[Ewzzy]

@Spyderman:  Right back at ya!
@Ghazkul: Your wishlist lined up with what I wanted to do. I'm not as interested in Wolf-Man or Pitt. I'm trying to focus on characters created in the Invincible book.
@Cascarudo: Thank you armored catfish.
@AfghanAnt: Yeah, there supposed to be twins. I'm god awful at skinning faces and can't seem to make them look alike.
@Artemis: There you are! You haven't been around much lately. The tutorial can be completed in a half an hour if you don't get too experimental.

[AfghanAnt]

@AfghanAnt: Yeah, there supposed to be twins. I'm god awful at skinning faces and can't seem to make them look alike.

Take her face and either cut it and overlay over the male mesh or use the distort feature in photoshop and align using the wireframe of the mesh.

[Podmark]

Sweet the Immortal. You're going a great job here.

[Jakew]

In terms of character design, I'd say Brit and Titan (the Invincible bad guy with the stone skin) would probably be the simplest designs in the Invincible universe.

I've really wanted to skin the Noble Causes characters for awhile ... I may try when I have time. You're inspiring me with this Invincible stuff.

[Ewzzy]

@AfghanAnt: I'll try it!
@Podmark: Thanks. I swear the only reason my skins seem like they're any good is because I try and skin characters nobody has done.
@Jakew: They're simple designs, but because of that it's difficult to make them recognizable. It's easy to make a stone guy in pants but to make it be Titan is another matter. Their looks just aren't iconic like Invincible and The Immortal.

I almost made myself a liar, but sure enough here's a new release today. Download Rex-Splode from my blog.

[Podmark]

@Podmark: Thanks. I swear the only reason my skins seem like they're any good is because I try and skin characters nobody has done.

lol that's been my strategy for years!

[Gremlin]

Hmm...I like the color of the flatter hued skin, but the texture of the darker hued one is a lot more interesting, methinks. Although AA's right--it DOES look like it came straight out of the comic that way.

[Ewzzy]

@Podmark: It works pretty well doesn't it?
@Gremlin: It's kind of like how C6 went though a black period where every skin's darkest parts were pure black. I'm avoiding using black or white altogether.

It's not midnight here on the West Coast (yet) so I'm still posting this in time for my release-a-day schedule to stay intact. I fixed the height since you saw him last, but otherwise not much has changed for Allen the Alien.

DOWNLOAD ALLEN

[Ewzzy]

I fixed up this skin a lot before release. I couldn't stand the colors I had in my previews. I think I could still do a lot to this, but I don't want to complicate it more than I already have.

Robot is available on my blog.

[Jakew]

These characters have extended the play time of FFvTTR infintely for me. Thanks!!!  Great interpretation of the comic book colouring, too!

[ghazkul]

Damn you!!! I've had to buy 7 volumes of Invincible because your work is so good (and my individual issues are in storage), keep it up!

Any viilains on the way by the way? The Lizard League, Furnace, Bi-Plain, Battle Beast, Mauler Twins, Octo-Boss, Conquest etc.

Also, even though the design is a little.... "awkward", what do you think about Kid Omni-Man and Monster-Girl?

[Ewzzy]

@Jakew: I guess I'll just have to keep stinging you along with more Invincible.
@Ghazkul: Owning issues, trades, and ultimately hard covers I know your pain. I'm working on a secret non-Invincible project right now, but Monster Girl is next on my list. After that i'll be working through Invincible like I worked through Dr McNinja, with no discernible pattern.

I changed these two a lot since you saw them last. I tried AA's face matching. Ultimately settling with changing her skin tone to match his and using and altered version of her eyes on his face. I also changed Multi-Paul's mesh to male_basic to give him a more adult look like his sister.


Get them on my blog. Tomorrow, with the release of The Immortal, there will be a new Invincible section at my FF site.

[UnkoMan]

Much nicer than the originals. From Rex Splode on I think you've been doing quite well with this flatter cartoony look. Robot and Rex Splode are highlights for me. Allen's leg muscles seem a bit much. Same with some of Multi-Paul and Dupli-Kate's. Maybe you ought to just go ahead and make your own base.

Come on, you can do it!

But, yeah, I'm loving where you're going here.

[Outcast]

I think you really did a fine job in using the flat colors to make these characters seemingly jump right out of the comics.

Oh, and great work on the faces of Multi Paul and Dupli Kate. They definitely look like brother and sister now.