Ink's art block-new x-men

[Gremlin]

Dang, that's awesome. I love their poses, especially Clayface's, and those seeds are phenomenal. My only complaint is that Ivy's face looks a little blank.

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still look blank but too tired. lol

[detourne_me]

amazing... my new desktop image 

[billdamn22]

Mine as well. Incredible!!

[JKCarrier]

That's just gorgeous work, Ink!

[bearded]

i made it my background as well. apon looking again, i noticed the artistry of the line flow, directing the viewers eye around and around, exploring all the little details.  very advanced.

[MJB]

Looks nice Ink but I think you forgot to color in Ivy's other boot/shoe thingy.

-MJB

[docdelorean88]

Ink... Ink, ink ink...WOW! Dude, i had no idea you worked on Wolverine and the X-men! That is FREAKING AMAZING! What a cool job. Tell everyone on that end to keep up the good work.
Love the poison ivy and clayface, i think the background seals the whole thing together for me. It is the perfect blend of nature. Great Job!

[ink]

Looks nice Ink but I think you forgot to color in Ivy's other boot/shoe thingy.

-MJB

sure did lol

[Uncle Yuan]

amazing... my new desktop image 

Ditto . . .

[zuludelta]

Haven't peeked into this thread in a while...

Awesome piece ink, but I prefer the un-coloured image (that's just me though, I'm not too fond of overt filter application over standard pen-and-ink illustrations... just a matter of personal taste, mind you). 

[Cyber Burn]

Ink, I'm a fan of your x-men meshes, and now i'm a fan of your newer art. I think it's great that you've gotten into the animation business. Congratulations. I hope others here are able to follow your lead.

[electro]

Good idea ussing the clay & rose darts to show motion

[UnkoMan]

Holy smokes, that's some niiiiice colouring.

[ink]

so i been MIA in for about two months. I had gone to south east asia and drawing on the go was hard and no internet. I came back and i have all these commissions i still have to do but i have this special project due in two days. It's a gears of war pinup of a Marcus and a new female fighter.

Ever since i came back I've been rusty and i am posting because i always do my best work when i get some critiques and some input.

So hack away!


LAYOUTA

I think i like the wide screen but not enough energy in the characters?
LAYOUTB

Marcus in front but the shilloute pose is kind of lame, thoughts?
LAYOUTC

LAYOUTD


The two character are so the same platform, i think the studio might think i can't draw feet so i might have to change this

Less of a wide shot and the girl in front, i like drawing girls more but Marcus is the flagship character of gears.


It's just thumbs right now that i am trying to solidify so i can quickly move on to the next step.  I want the viewer to feel the  swarm and that these two guys have no way out of it but. Does that convey in this piece?

I want the guy in midair to be shot to be pieces so i can show i can draw blood and gore and the background is a broken highway so that way i can show some background depth with some swarming monsters shooting them from high ground.

The main character is the man but the newest character is the female , thoughts on who should be in the front?
Thoughts on anything would be great and thanks for looking, look bellow for more thumbs!






Some cheesy gun poses, do these feel forced? Also do any stand out as better poses as the one i already placed in the layout?



Some of my background and character positioning thumbs


every time i submit i think i over think the piece and don't have enough fun . So tell me if i am overthinking or am i crazy and these all look horrible. lol


Thanks for the all private pms! This fourm still feel like homebase to me

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I came across allot of road bumps today, when i started to render the characters in my previous layout , there designs were so muddled because they were sooo tiny and these character designs have  AMILLION of components . SO i did quick new pinup.

Lazy yes , but at least this one was going the way i want it too.
So i wil have to rethink my strategy cause this one is obviously lackin some action but i can also do a separate pinup for that.

[Blkcasanova247]

Lookin' good so far Ink. I don't think that the poses that you posted previously look cheesy. The poses are pretty dynamic and have that "over the top" comic feel to 'em. I think that I like the third one the best of the four.

[ink]

got some crits and well i agree . I still am not committing  100% i am still resorting on my safety net. Who knew i was scared of a little grit.

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[MJB]

Superb job Ink. I was going to comment earlier that the dude in the middle's expression was a little stale but you fixed it.

I'm not familiar with the material but that piece looks very exciting. Great work.

[ink]

doing some revisions. i have an extension .yay long weekends!

thanks mjb, he's from a game called gears of war.
I am trying to redo all the outside characters and trying some compositional adjustments. It's starting to become a frankstien drawing with cut and paste pieces

[Silverlion]

It is looking good, and I cant' say I mind "Frankenstein" productions myself as long as the final piece is good. (I only have a standard scanner, and many pieces I draw are bigger than my scanning surface.

[MJB]

Mind if I ask what you are drawing this for?

[ink]

yeah it's a test for wildstorm , the have gears imprint and might need a fil in but i doubt i'll get the  job.




a card for a buddy who graduated and loves these two characters

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[Reepicheep]

That is freakin' sweet!!

[PreRaphaelite]

Wow, your project is definitely developing quickly and beautifully. I especially enjoy the rough and ready nature of the characters, which is really heightened by your designs - as well as the facial expression which emerged on the villainous character on the left of the action shot.

I'm looking forward to seeing the final images, and good luck with the job.

(Also, the card gave me a good chuckle)

[Gremlin]

Dude, these are all fantastic.

And the card is awesome.

[ink]

bad cropping on my part lol

Two of my favorite x-men villians

too bad I'm in such a slump lately. I think they look too stiff so after finishing two pieces i want to redo them.

For note i'm learning to ink with a huge brush and because it looked so bad i been using a uniball and whiteout. Inking ghetto style i guess.

All pieces are 11 by 17 in atempts to make my inking look better. lol

[ink]

some seqs and some omega.