Posted by Alien Freak
- Sep 01, 2007, 02:55:50 PMJeez, that's amazing!
Posted by arachnophilia
- Sep 01, 2007, 12:12:09 AMQuote from: ShadowPred on Sep 01, 2007, 12:00:51 AM
Amazing, but if you can pull it off with colors, Iw ill praise you!! I don't have the sack to try and color my drawings. color to me is my enemy.
aliens are so hard to color. i mean, people do the queen in blues and grays sometimes. and the regular aliens in muted putrid browns (or sometimes, vibrant ones, ala alien 3). not a really great color palette. i think giger's one of the few people who can actually use that near-gray color scheme effectively. i know i can't.
i sort of like them in BLACK with just a hint of coloration from the gloss in their exoskeletons, and cast lighting. i especially like the queen in black.
i probably won't have time to work on her tonight, need to catch up on the sleep. more this weekend, i wanna see how far i can take this. i normally get bored and move on at some point. adhd is MY enemy.
Posted by ShadowPred
- Sep 01, 2007, 12:00:51 AMAmazing, but if you can pull it off with colors, Iw ill praise you!! I don't have the sack to try and color my drawings. color to me is my enemy.
Posted by arachnophilia
- Aug 31, 2007, 09:38:31 PMQuote from: roguepl on Aug 31, 2007, 12:42:03 PM
This looks really awesome. If I had to point some issues, I would say it's the upper teeth. Seems kind of too big.
it's possible. i like to emphasize the teeth on aliens. i don't know why. it'll probably look a little different if and when i put some gums in.
Posted by roguepl
- Aug 31, 2007, 12:42:03 PMThis looks really awesome. If I had to point some issues, I would say it's the upper teeth. Seems kind of too big.
But other than that - splendid job. Can't wait to see the finished pic.
But other than that - splendid job. Can't wait to see the finished pic.
Posted by Six-String-Samurai
- Aug 30, 2007, 09:12:53 PMvery nice keep up the good work 
Posted by arachnophilia
- Aug 30, 2007, 08:57:49 PMQuote from: Master Chief on Aug 30, 2007, 08:50:52 PM
Looks really good man. You did that in 2 days...how long were sessions? If you can add the Loader, it'll make that pic that much better.
i dunno, a couple hours? i lose track. it's kind of a meditative thing. i used to doodle aliens in class all the time.
i did a drawing in like fourth grade once, on two sheets of notebook paper, of ripley in the loader fighting the queen. it was awesome, considering i was in the fourth grade. if i saw it today, it'd probably suck. this feels like it's an update of that, only it'll be two 18x24 sheets. this is only a small crop of it.
Posted by Master Chief
- Aug 30, 2007, 08:50:52 PMLooks really good man. You did that in 2 days...how long were sessions? If you can add the Loader, it'll make that pic that much better. 
Posted by arachnophilia
- Aug 30, 2007, 08:48:22 PM
on 18x24 paper. from a photo reference. i'm not rich (or insane) enough to have one of those super accurate maquettes.
this will be mostly ink when i'm done, though i think i'm going to use some (colored?) pencil too. you can see i've put some pencil-shading in on the crown, to work out where to put the pen. i think it's interesting to show the process sometimes. this is about two night's work. will post updates as i go...
it'd be cool to make this a fight scene. i'll have to find a good picture of ripley in the loader.
