Ink's art block-new x-men

AfghanAnt · January 22, 2009, 04:57:51 PM

Sorry Cardmaster but "sweet!"

I really love the coloring on the background on the flash pic and Silverlion looks cool as funk.

ink · January 22, 2009, 10:30:07 PM

Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 22, 2009, 04:57:51 PM
Sorry Cardmaster but "sweet!"

I really love the coloring on the background on the flash pic and Silverlion looks cool as funk.

Thanks AA! your latest skins look "sweet"

ink · January 23, 2009, 11:40:36 AM

I am hacking away but it think my biggest problem is that i spent so much time on the underlay Kyle that the Armour hides all his face . BUT WAIT i have a plan

Blkcasanova247 · January 23, 2009, 02:51:40 PM

Dude!! I love this! As you said the armor does disguise the fact that that's Kyle...but I can't wait to see the finished piece.

ink · January 23, 2009, 07:19:38 PM

forgot kyle's little thought process on his construction

Figure Fan · January 23, 2009, 09:12:42 PM

My oh my..

Gremlin · January 24, 2009, 01:11:01 AM

That is so obscenely cool.

ink · January 25, 2009, 03:05:22 AM

Work i did for the show!

ink · January 25, 2009, 04:44:46 AM

Good old iceman.

Iceman rock consistency was pretty hard for me to figure out, must have drawn countless ice objects lol . I know it just ice but for some reason it wasn't coming out as easy i hope. I took inspiration from the comics and took the ice aura Adam /Andy Kubert used to indicate ice was emitting from his hand but stylized it up a bit and studios even rotate it in some episodes.

Boyd kirkland had wanted a big ice flash in the front so the animators could "cheat" the ice slide and not have to animate it forming. Worked out well except when the footage came back the ice flash looked a little flat. In the future I will do another view for them.

I guess loss in translation

The iceman figure (BOTTOM) in motion is drawn by one of our character designers. It could have been anyone from AJ, Khary,Steve gordon or even Boyd. Not sure who, but it helped me sell the ice beam. SO credit goes to them . The backgrounds are also from the series stock of the danger room.

Storm i guess is next lol

deanjo2000 · January 25, 2009, 11:29:13 AM

I am loving your stuff at the moment ink, i just cant get enough of your style obviously its all breathtaking but kyle blows me away

Have you any plans to do a more meaty character Doomsday/juggernaut for example only id love to see what you could do with them

ink · January 26, 2009, 07:59:26 AM

Good old Storm, these are all the effects i did for her for all 26 episodes. Rain hail and other effects are all weather based and don't have to be color keyed.

Again, the character models are what the production provided us to use. Character designs could have been done by Steve Gordon, Khary, AJ or even Boyd. It's a very collaborative effort as you can already tell.

Boyd my producer who taught me basically as i was hired on was that the word DX stand for double exposure and that if i wanted a glow that's what i would use

I did the color keys when I could, but when it got too busy i had lot of help from the other colorist on the show. Allot of things got lots in translation as you can see as the show progresses but yeah these were my contribution to storm

Glitch Girl · January 26, 2009, 03:53:51 PM

Finally saw the show yesterday so I gotto see some of the stuff you've posted in action...

Very nice. I think it's great that you've gotten into the business and on a so-far solid production. If I haven't said it before, congratulations.

ink · January 27, 2009, 01:50:21 AM

Thanks glitch! I love sharing with the community cause you guys are so fimilar to me. I dont post this anywhere except my d.a and my concept art. Idk why

Vertex · January 27, 2009, 02:22:53 AM

One of our boys done made good.... dang

vamp · January 27, 2009, 02:28:28 AM

Quote from: Vertex on January 27, 2009, 02:22:53 AM
One of our boys done made good.... dang

Sorry, made me laugh for some reason. With skills like those, he was bound to get noticed by some one.

tommyboy · January 27, 2009, 02:39:45 AM

Congrats on your well deserved elevation to the pros.
Nice looking stuff.

Podmark · January 27, 2009, 04:03:49 AM

Wow Ink I am beyond impressed. I'm very happy to see one of our own working on a show like this.

crimsonquill · January 27, 2009, 04:36:42 AM

Ink, Congrats on making it to the big show... and especially one that our community was already keeping a close eye on. Now we just know where to catch your work making an appearance.

However, It brings up an insteresting question... So who is going to make versions of these FXs for FF? And I still find it funny that someone who started doing art for FF goes on to find a career and then is now making stuff that people will want to see made for FF. Does that mean that Kinetics designs from his Danger Room mod might find it's way into the show if he talks to the right people?

- CQ

ink · January 27, 2009, 05:06:28 AM

dude forgot about that mutant! If they bring me on season two i'll sneak that dude in FOR sure. The Hawaiian forge....lol Does anyone have a pic of that skin and mesh? If you can do post it here. Lost all my files, maybe i'll do a pinup of him.

ink · January 27, 2009, 05:08:07 AM

SO yeah i paused on the mutant side of things to post some other stuff from the main title sequence.

The original design was based off James lim and i did a redraw of the head so we could get a damaged version for wolverine to cut off. I had his eyes shut off in the instructions but the sequence was too fast and they took liberties with it.

Also in the start of the intro we have two mutants i did as background mutants for Future episodes. I call them hellboy junior and over weight fish man. See if you can find them and not hellboy isn't red in the intro. These are redress of character designs by i think khary.Whos amazing by the way

and some lasers to shoot angel down with . Tada intro effect .fin!

crimsonquill · January 27, 2009, 06:04:01 AM

Quote from: ink on January 27, 2009, 05:06:28 AM
dude forgot about that mutant! If they bring me on season two i'll sneak that dude in FOR sure. The Hawaiian forge....lol Does anyone have a pic of that skin and mesh? If you can do post it here. Lost all my files, maybe i'll do a pinup of him.

Ask and you shall recieve...

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I'm pretty sure that I missed any previous references you had to developing the character many many posts back... but what was his background story anyway? Besides being the Hawaiian Forge who could run at super speed (including up walls), generate kinetic waves by spinning his hands fast, and taking movement energy from one opponent and transferring it as speed to an ally. All I've ever had to go by was the hero file that came with the Danger Room mod... no other background.

Heck, I even had a friend of mine make one of those superhero avatars of the character just to add him as a member of a X-Men team in a story that never finished...

- CQ

ink · January 27, 2009, 06:34:57 AM

Yeah he was one of my mod exclusive. I didn't really make that much of a background for him, X-men felt like they pulled mutants from all over the world and hawaii was missing one. Honestly i just wanted a mutant to show case my danger room devices. lol

Now there is Loa the other Hawaiian mutant. matter dissolution. Maybe they took surfing lesson together

I guess Morrison team was in at that time, I think right now i see him hanging out with the new x-men, maybe fight exliar off for his love. Yeah i guess he was the X-men resident flash. Lol my ideas weren't always great. lol

crimsonquill · January 27, 2009, 08:34:40 AM

Quote from: ink on January 27, 2009, 06:34:57 AM
I guess Morrison team was in at that time, I think right now i see him hanging out with the new x-men, maybe fight exliar off for his love. Yeah i guess he was the X-men resident flash. Lol my ideas weren't always great. lol

I'll be curious to see what new look you might give him since the New X-Men uniform is no longer used.. and especially if you have him pop up in a episode of the new series. I love keeping Kinetics as the resident speedster since Quicksilver is typecast as a non-team player and usually making trouble in the Avengers titles and Surge has vanished since the school shut down except for her one short story dealing the aftermath of the Purifiers/Messiah deal...

- CQ

Kommando · January 28, 2009, 04:07:05 AM

Quote from: ips on January 28, 2009, 12:23:34 AM
hey ink,

congratulations on your current work. it's brilliant stuff. it's very nice to see you thriving and doing something you really enjoy and have a gift for. thanks for sharing. i'm gonna go make your flash page my wallpaper now.

IPS did a fine job at conveying my sentiments. I've been watching Wolverine and the X-men and have been enjoying it, and its really nice to see your work in it.

ink · January 28, 2009, 02:39:00 PM

Glad you guys enjoy and only you guys know my love for those bloody x-men.lol

All my meshes were X-men

I've moved on to this TINY project.

The car

I was put in charge of art directing a commercial in Hawaii. Fun stuff but yeah i were trying to translate that logo in the upper right hand corner into 3d so i messing around with shapes. If my producer approves this i'll turn this bloody thing. I already turned the surfboard cause it was too easy

i know not my comic book stuff...oh well.

detourne_me · January 28, 2009, 02:42:32 PM

Congratulations on all that you've accomplished so far Ink!
If you feel like coming to Seoul on your trip I've got an exgtra couch^^

ink · January 28, 2009, 10:03:38 PM

Quote from: detourne_me on January 28, 2009, 02:42:32 PM
Congratulations on all that you've accomplished so far Ink!
If you feel like coming to Seoul on your trip I've got an exgtra couch^^

man seoul sounds nice? I wanted to go but i didn't know any one. Is it nice this time of year?

detourne_me · January 29, 2009, 11:52:19 AM

Quote from: ink on January 28, 2009, 10:03:38 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on January 28, 2009, 02:42:32 PM
Congratulations on all that you've accomplished so far Ink!
If you feel like coming to Seoul on your trip I've got an exgtra couch^^

man seoul sounds nice? I wanted to go but i didn't know any one. Is it nice this time of year?

Umm... around 0 degrees celsius, little snow on the ground. but it's really mild, no storms or anything.
luckily i'm going to the philippines next week

catwhowalksbyhimself · January 29, 2009, 04:35:40 PM

Quoteluckily i'm going to the philippines next week

Obviously you've never been there. I grew up there. Nice country, but 80 can feel like 140. Got to love 95% humidity.

ink · February 04, 2009, 04:39:13 AM

The new Bonnie and Clyde of the batman universe. I mean Harley and poison were great but since valentines days is coming up . Well yeah I mean mudman and plant woman ? Think of all the surprise things she could hide in him to throw batman off his game

This was a warmup sketch and TOOOK way too long.

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