Ewzzy's Efforts - ?Blue Demon!

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Yes, very nice.  Thanks for doing this.

[herodad1]

how about "you like me because i'm EWZZY!".....thats all ive got.

[Ewzzy]

@Herodad: I'm glad that you're glad. I wanted it to scream Odysseus, but Greek's Greek ya know?
@Benton: I don't do requests often, but I'm glad I could work on this with you.
@Podmark: Cool.
@Harris: I don't like designing my very often because of my indulging bad habits of over design. I tried to keep this one as simple as possible and avoid that.
@Delorean: The Odyssey was probably my favorite bit of assigned reading in school.
@SteamTek: Thanks!
@Scorp: Very very far behind. As I said, this is a rare request job. I love myths as much as the next guy, but I've got a long list of characters ahead of them. (very long)
@JKCarrier: That worked perfectly!  
@Gremlin: That, you will.
@Cat: You're welcome.

Thanks to JKCarrier's perfect tip I was able to finish the skin's reflection and ship it out.

DOWNLOAD ODYSSEUS

[edit: Holy Crap! This is my 1000th post!]

[ghazkul]

Man that looks great dude! 
Seriously, you supply gem after gem.

Out of interest, would you be up for skinning and/or meshing Skaar, Son Of Hulk? I started a request thread for him a few times but no one seem to like him. I think that you however would be able to do great things with the character.

[Gremlin]

Bad Ghazkul! No requests! We need to keep him fresh in case he wants to do any more Liberty Bay stuff!

[steamteck]

very cool! I'm very excited

[Scorpion13mk2]

Mmmmm.....MMM!

That skin/mesh is mythlicious. I loves it.

[murs47]

that turned out real nice

[UnkoMan]

That is a VERY nice design. I dig it quite a bit. Can't wait to see him in action.

[Locke]

Must say, Ewz, this is the first time in a long time I've checked up on this.  You have kept yourself busy.

Though I'm incredibly impressed with your Incredible skins (for some reason Robot jumps out as the best done after his color tweaks), I must say the Odysseus skin is, in my opinion, your best work yet.  I know you're great at interpreting from the comic format (the more cartoony look of the Invincible series is stunning) this makes me hopeful that you're even better at designing original characters.  Do that more, because my god Odysseus looks fantastic.

Keep it up, dude.

[The Hitman]

Must say, Ewz, this is the first time in a long time I've checked up on this.  You have kept yourself busy.

Though I'm incredibly impressed with your Incredible skins (for some reason Robot jumps out as the best done after his color tweaks), I must say the Odysseus skin is, in my opinion, your best work yet.  I know you're great at interpreting from the comic format (the more cartoony look of the Invincible series is stunning) this makes me hopeful that you're even better at designing original characters.  Do that more, because my god Odysseus looks fantastic.

Keep it up, dude.

What he said.

[laughing paradox]

Nice skin/skope, Ewzzy.

[spydermann93]

This is great!

[Epimethee]

Veryyyyy nice work on a great character! In particular, the dosage of classical Greece and comic book feel is to be commended.

Thanks!

[Outcast]

Again, awesome job on the face here Ewzzy. I also like the little details you've added to his armor. Nice sandals too. Looks great all in all.

1000th post? Well here's hoping you'll add 1000 more posts to it. 

[Ewzzy]

Thanks everyone. I'm sorry to announce this, but I'm taking a break for a while. I've hit a though time in my job search and it looks like I might be moving cross country again soon. I might do some skinning here and there, but my output will be approaching zero. RL is hard, you know?

PS: If there is anyone in the Dallas area who knows a place where an occasionally brilliant young digital artist can work I'd love to hear it.

[Blkcasanova247]

Good luck man. Thanks for all the hard work and great creativity over the last few months. I'm sure when there's "real" time that your ouput will increase and then we can all enjoy your talent again.

[BentonGrey]

Thanks everyone. I'm sorry to announce this, but I'm taking a break for a while. I've hit a though time in my job search and it looks like I might be moving cross country again soon. I might do some skinning here and there, but my output will be approaching zero. RL is hard, you know?

PS: If there is anyone in the Dallas area who knows a place where an occasionally brilliant young digital artist can work I'd love to hear it.

Oh man, I'm really sorry to hear that Ewzzy!  I've been in that position, and I actually spent a year working odd jobs because I COULDN'T move cross country to find a job in my field.  I spent many a lonely night working in Blockbuster, wondering how Mrs. Grey's bright young son had come to this.  That's what happens when you're married to a lovely lady who is partway through a doctoral program, it rather cuts down on your options for employment to whatever is in the immediate vicinity. 

Good luck man.  I know things are tough right now, but you are a talented guy.  I have no doubt that you'll be able to find something, even if it does mean a little enforced sight-seeing. 

[Outcast]

Thanks for all your hard work Ewzzy. Hope everything works out for you in RL. 

[murs47]

please dont leave

[Ewzzy]

Thanks everyone. The main reason I took up skinning this summer was because I could only spend so much time job searching. I still haven't found work but LA has proven to be a bad place for me emotionally so I'm moving in with some friends in Dallas. I appreciate everyone's kind words. Freedom Reborn means a lot to me because of people like you. Don't worry Murs, I'm not leaving FF entirely. I'm working on another project which you can see here. It isn't my usual fare but you might think it's cool anyway.

[Jakew]

Thanks for your Invincible stuff, Ewzzy ... it's great! Still can't believe I can finally play with Allen the Alien in FF!

[Cyber Burn]

best of luck on the job hunt ewzzy. hopefully dallas treats you better than la.

[Ewzzy]

WIP:


Every time I think I'm back FF keeps pulling me back in. If you haven't been reading El Gorgo then you should know not only is he a gorilla, "He's a Rock Star, a Professional Wrestler, a Historical novelist, and a Freakin' Superhero" (and the world's greatest surf guitarist). I won't bore you with where I've been unless you really want to know. Lastly: is there a good mesh for a Luchadore gorilla?

[spydermann93]

Looks interesting!

[daglob]

I'm gonna have to finish Santo now...

[BentonGrey]

Awesome!  I was really sad when you retired before Ewzzy, but this just proves my point.  We're all FR'ers for life.   I love that mask, very cool!

[murs47]

That style is really cool ewzzy! I know nothing of the character but I like what's going on so far. I'm glad you're back too.

[Podmark]

Got to echo others statements, that is a really cool style.

[Ewzzy]

It feels good to whip up a new skin. How does he look?