LadyJudgement

Since it's free, I don't think you can ask for "more" realism...

Full color wallpaper and magazine version size to come soon...

Left to right the demonic ladies are:

Sinfernal, Maiden of the Pit & La Diablesse.

LJ

fixed... hate my new keyboard!

1st place winner for last month's CC contest for the Breast Cancer Awareness Event on Freedom...

LJ

lol I love it...

I need to see examples of your successes and failures in order to gage what you're looking for, also is there someone you're looking to emulate?

Bookswise, I have plenty to recommend, but again without seeing how much you do or don't know, I'm going to hold off suggesting anything either too advanced or too easy for you to start with...

The instant suggestion I do have is, do you have access to a model (generous female friend/girl friend/in shape relative)? And if not that, this female "Manikin" by artist Art S. Buck which also comes in a male version is a pretty good reference... but again I need to see what you know.

very nice!

I believe because it's a single sale, and yer not doing mass production on any kind of scale to hurt their sales, ie prints/posters/other merchandising.

They probably equate the sold convention drawing as some kid in China giving it to their friend. My point is they're not concerned with the quality, only the intellectual property and exact sales.

Jim Lee draws something for his sketchbook and sells it at a $25 package, even that won't hurt their world wide sales in the 7 figures.

nice i like the glows...

you can make it, but you can't sell it unless those companies let you i.e. you're on their payroll... as far as i know

I saw that one, I thought I'd let aerones or buck handle that one, though without the dialog it just looks like a beat down's about to happen...

This was done for Cypher D, the 2nd place Winner of last month's CC for the Breast Cancer Awareness Event held on Freedom.

LJ

Definitely my fave of his sketches... great piece, congrats!

Weapon X update will finish today or tomorrow...

LJ

Terrific piece...

glad you like it

great job!

Oversaturated Disney Filtered chopsockey!

that's not bad... i like your style.

very nice, i love renders that make me guess about their origin, great Lightsinger too!

Awesome, added to my signature...

If you look at this artist reference that Igniitus provides... you'll see that he's actually quite large in a more stocky sense... On this version I did indeed take artistic license, and the effect of small head/large body is on purpose as it creates the illusion of a more powerful brute like figure.

My first take on Iggy was drawn with normal proportions, it suggests a more youthful character, as well as leaner and less powerful than one that could melt through a wall. My goal here was to show his power.

I'd dare say the head isn't even an important part, as the hands are the most dynamic element. This technique is a time honored tradition since the Renaissance, where sculptors such as Michelangelo would increase height, or the size of the hands and feet to make the figure more striking.

Here is an interesting quote from an art historian discussing Greek Sculpture -

As art historian Gisela Richter writes: "...proportion is the element that redeems naturalistic sculpture, preventing it from becoming merely representational."

I could make the head larger, but you wouldn't have noticed it then being small, and his limbs being purposefully large. I tend to draw small heads in general, and elongated figures which I find more pleasing.

Thank you for looking...

LJ

should be working on this in a few days

I should link the artist who created the grunge wallpaper, which I used on the metal layer. I had so much fun doing that part, it was a shame to cover it melting steel and flame. Which is why this version has less overwhelming yellow than the color sketch.

Has anyone actually used this system to transfer currency across servers?