Squirrel_Mark1

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    We're all thinking it.

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    LOL...I love your comics, but I also LOVE the Luddites. They're one of my favorite enemy groups in both games.

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    The Luddites are bad and you should feel bad.



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    The Luddites are one of the most original villain group ideas in the whole game. They have a really well-thought-out background which meshes with the overall plotlines really well, they're deceptively difficult to fight, and they have hysterical dialogue. Of the enemy groups made for CoV, outside of Arachnos, they're my favorite.

    How could anyone not love the Luddites?

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    <. .> Tech heroes! <,<

    What? <,<
  2. Lol Xyfen <,<

    /em guilttrip~

    <,< Nah, I think its just sometimes random. People don't check every day, etc... <x.x> sometimes you get pushed near the bottom of the heap too.
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    It took me a lot of work, went through a lot of problems, but I've finally finished the big guy.

    With this one, I was going for the opposite of AoT and I think I managed to pull it off. I was attempting to emphasis TA's connection to higher powers, to being an earth bound avatar of a god. After a lot of work, and about 5 poses and numerous idea sketches, and a little help from the boards, I believe I finally have a rendition of Thor's Assassin that I'm pleased with and I'm sure the big guy will be too.

    So, here ya go TA...

    I'm a Pretty Assassin!

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    Graver. You win at life. And the internet. >.< That was so funny I went from being in a pretty foul mood to smiling ear to ear! <,<

    TA >,< you rock just for allowing something like that lol >< too cool.
    (Die regen scrappers! DIE!)
  4. <;.;> odd, my opacity is at 100%... and I'm just using the normal paintbrush for most of it (the vest was airbrushed though).

    <~.~> I'm prolly missing something simple aren't I?

    (Using 6.0 <~.~&gt

    Thanks for the feedback!
  5. Not a clue Juggertha, not a clue... I comment when I can; sometimes things are so far out of my league the best comment I can make is "/oogle" (which I do mention when it feels appropriate! (Artists have big egos <,< by necessity!)

    But for myself, I comment because I love having the two-fold power of A) Making someone feel good about what they accomplished, no matter how minor. Truth is, anything you create is significant; and it deserves at least some acknowledgement. B) The ability to help someone grow. I can't help anyone like GillBates, or you Juggertha; but Aaron123, ColdfireKaiser, some of the other starting artists, I can give a few pointers here and there, encourage them in success... and well, it feels good to be able to say to someone "I think your leg is crooked - here's how to fix it!"; And its even better when that person then comes back with a pic not 3 days later thats twice as good as the previous one.

    So for me; thats why I comment. Though the last few days I've slacked off badly; I've been in a nasty creative slump and a little grumpy too.

    Everyone else... I couldn't say though. I'm impressed at the lack of "omg ur stuff is ****" types though; thats the only reason I even started posting in this section; I'm terribly shy with my own stuff.

    Well, I'm rambling lol <x.x> I'll shuddup.
  6. Try not to feel bad about it. I don't get much comment on my stuff either; different things but yeah. Its hard to tell if people like your work and just don't feel like commenting, or think you're a moron.

    I for one like your stuff though.
  7. Decided to post something I'm working on... not sure if I'll finish it or not but; its a coloration of a pic I did (I think the second?) When I first came to the Screenshots and Fan Art section.

    Yumii - Grrrr (Unfinished)

    Its not that great - I'm having a seriously weird problem with photoshop in that - I can't seem to 'let up'; if I stop holding the paintbrush down for one second; when I come back over that area, it'll overlap the previous colors and make it darker, which would be fine when I go to add shading - but its terrible when I'm trying to put in the flat color. Its weird. Trying to figure it out though.

    Anyways; I know its not that great but, if anyone's got an opinion, especially constructive criticism, I'm happy to hear it. The lineart isn't the greatest either (the original lineart is in my photobucket if anyone's interested); that's why the sword is so 'off'; but I just wanted to get some coloring practice in.

    Anyways, yeah hehe, that's it.
  8. WOW! >< Great stuff Zikar!

    I'm not sure if I saw the original; the song is familiar but then again, I have it on my comp so that very well could be why...

    But there are alot of very strong elements to this video. Imho the best 3: The "Watching us" bit near the end - near perfect; specially the sniper malta guy and the observers; the part where you leap off the building, nearly hit the ground, and zoom off; and I have to say the Nova.

    The rest of it was all excellent too; but those three stuck with me!
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    Nice backstory. One question about the Titans. In light of the newer armor sets that came out with I7 for NPC's, will the Titans get a 'modernization' to their look in I8? Compared to the PPD and Crey scorpion armor, the Titan's look kind of Robby the Robot-ish.

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    Actually, I've always loved Malta's Titans >.> They remind me of Battletech, which I adore. Not to say I don't love the PPD armors as well; but the Titans are distinctive and I love em as they are. Just as I wouldn't change PPD for the world either.
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    Main thing I'm noticing The_PMD, is the feet >.> they seem too small for the rest of the armor. Technically that could just be the way its meant to be <,< it just feels 'off' to me somehow.

    Otherwise I love the perspective though <@_@> very dynamic!

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    I think you are correct, especially with the right foot. Thanks! I'll get that fixed in the painting stage.

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    Can't wait to see the painted version <^.^> (I've always liked TA work for some reason <'x'> he seems to spawn interesting work! <o_+&gt
  11. Main thing I'm noticing The_PMD, is the feet >.> they seem too small for the rest of the armor. Technically that could just be the way its meant to be <,< it just feels 'off' to me somehow.

    Otherwise I love the perspective though <@_@> very dynamic!
  12. Strong start imho <^.^> Love the body shape. Mine are rarely so muscular, but it seems you've got that style down quite well!
  13. Always glad to help where I can hehe <^.^> its good stuff! I hope to see more.
  14. Pretty good overall <^-^> I'll mention a few things though; because they marr the comedy >.< just because they're a bit jarring.

    You have several sentences that are hard to read because while they make sense... they don't 'flow' right... I'll lay out some examples:

    "The only reason the ransom was never met, was because of all the past ransoms we had paid him."

    The sentence, while it makes sense, doesn't flow right imho >.> a better version would be:

    "We didn't send the ransom, because he'd already recieved payment and just wanted more, there was nothing we could do."

    Another thing:

    "Overridden" isn't the same as "overloaded"; when you talk about the powerplants being 'overridden', it sounds kinda weird >.> Overriding something is basically 'to go beyond' it... so if you 'override security protocol' you hack it, and go around the security - you can't really do that to a powerplant. You *could* overload it.

    Or, if you meant to say "override the computer controls on the power plants" that would have been better... simple 'override the powerplants' is hard to make out imho <;.;>

    "And surely, after his time in the Ziggurat, he would know better than to try to take over Paragon City again..."

    The problem here is - you're mentioning the city where the people already are... it just feels out of place; largely its just that you've added "city" to it >.> Saying "Take over Paragon" seems to fit better; or "The City"; but Paragon City makes it sound... artificial.

    It really is good stuff though <@_@> don't take this as bad criticism! Just some things I noticed (I spend alot of time writing <~.~>, I think you've got a good start, just need to practice sentence structure and work on language usage I'd say. Course, that's just my opinion too <,<
  15. Thanks hehe <^-^> appreciate the compliments, both of you! <^o^>m Hopefully I can keep getting better! >_< (I was afraid for awhile I was starting to stagnate <x.x&gt
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    Well the inlaws are gone and now I can get back to doing what I want. Here is a portrait of my main Julius i did this morning. It was penciled free hand then inked and colored on photoshop. If you look close its pretty rough, but i'm, happy with it.

    http://img429.imageshack.us/my.php?i...itlarge5md.jpg

    I'm getting better and better at photoshop, but i think my pencil work is still better:
    http://img190.imageshack.us/my.php?i...chlarge0vx.jpg

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    From someone who just likes to look at what you all do, I find it amazing that when I look at the colored piece, he appears as a young angry man. When I look at just the pencil, he appears to be a an older, wise, weathered and sincere man. At any rate, I like them both!

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    And just to show how subjective art is <,< He looks like a grumpy middle-aged man to me in both pics! <@_@>

    Crazy eh? <,< Great stuff Mr_Jesse <@o@> I been lurking this thread fora while hehe <'x'> finally had to comment.
  17. On the advice of Katfood >.> I am creating this as a sketchdump for myself <,< so any squirrely pictures may be found here from now on <@o@> The exception is for people who are listed in my "Practice Time" thread, I'll still post their pictures in that thread when I get back to them.

    I shall be including a link to my Photobucket, just for kicks... *warning* Its kinda messy (don't mind the dust!) <,< And some of the pics there need re-sized <'x'> The main focus is newer work, but feel free to comment on anything at all <@,@>

    Anyways - to innaugurate this tree <. .>

    Scars (Updated!)

    Its not "done" yet >< but I'm struggling with the background at present; and I wanted opinions on what I've done so-far >,< (Thanks a *TON* to The_PMD for explaining photoshop to me >_< helped alot!)

    My Photobucket - This is mostly older work, but its an archive of some of my stuff; I may upload some of my much older work at some point just so people can see my full progression (because I'm an attention [censored] like that <,< but for now, its just a couple pages mostly of B&W Sketches.

    Well <. .> Thanks for looking all! <^o^> <finishes unpacking>
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    Newest pencil:
    Nemesis Empire

    I'll see if I can ink it sometime soon. I love how it came out, though.

    Edit: Here's a darkened version, if you prefer.

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    Excellent work on this one Aaron! Sorry I haven't been in the thread alot lately - good stuff! Especially this though. You've got a good eye I think.
  19. ... /tickedoff...

    Well, I *had* just written up a pretty long thing about several people's style <-.-> spent about a half an hour on it... the forum seems to have eaten the text when I hit 'preview', all that was left was the few words I typed at the start...

    So... I shall get us back on track later >.< anyways, this is honestly an intriguing thread Juggertha, I think I'm realizing why not more people have posted - its alot of work ; and there are a freaking *TON* of artists in this forum <O.O> I was looking through the various threads and uhm... just wow.
  20. Well <^,~> in all fairness - he did say he was really really tired when he did this <'x'> cides <x,x> at least myself I'm definitely not good enough to have someone come up with an opinion of me... ya know what'd make this task much much easier? (And I mean this in-general)

    We should have a signup sheet stickied in this forum where you can add your name as an artist here - just to keep people straight ya know? <@o@>
  21. I know who you forgot! <O_O> ME! <,<

    (JK <,< I'm not really worth mentioning <'x'> lol; but my ego required me to pipe up <,&lt

    I should probably attempt to add something useful to this discussion... I shall have to think about exactly what to say about all you crazy people though... <¬.¬> <think think think>
  22. Bwah

    Funny thing is, I took that to show off the costume; but looking at it it fits for a desktop nicely.
  23. Damn you're fast <O_O>;

    And wow... that new one is *leaps and bounds* better than the previous <O.O> Great work there!

    First of all; you got *alot* of things right in this picture, your proportions are quite good and the posing is again, excellent. Very villainous looking <,< (And I love the spine extending from the edge of the right leg!)

    The robotic arms are also tres manifique! <,<

    My biggest problem with this one is the face... its a tad too pointy <@.@> at least imho; like she doesn't have cheeks. Course then again, that may be what you were going for! So take this particular criticism with a grain of salt.

    The other problem, and its one that I too have... >< the 'energy' build up on the hand thats in the background... it looks odd somehow, not three dimensional you know? I can't really explain how to fix it though; cause I'm not good enough to do that kind of thing yet either ><

    Anyways though; all in all alot of progress <@_O> jumpin jeebus!

    Glad I checked this thread again <^.^>
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    Critiquing is an act of LOVE!!!

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    As both writer and artist - I think you! >.< Yes! This is truth to the millionth degree. I try very hard to give constructive criticism where possible for exactly this reason - its great to get "This rocks!" from 10 people; but you can't improve unless you get the one guy who says "Hmm... nose is a little off."

    The problem of course is 2 fold - the critiquer is afraid they'll be seen as simply badmouthing the artist/piece (And of course, you have people who DO just badmouth the artist and piece; and simply claim to be critiquing - which they aren't)

    The other problem is that the critiquee can feel beat up after a critique - simply because after you put so much of yourself into your work, finding out you 'only gave them four fingers' is not only humbling and embarassing - but can feel downright crappy.

    The trick is finding language that is helpful, and pointing out both the good and bad in the piece >.<

    Sorry >_< I had to expound on the idea that critiquing is very important and a positive thing - in my artwork and writing both I encounter a great many people who say "It's good!" Which is great <;.;> But it makes me wonder if A) they really cared enough to look; and B) if they did, are they giving me an honest assessment?

    Of course I'm paranoid in that respect! <,<

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    Having said that <,< I'd be hypocritical not to give a bit of a critique here <@o@> Here's what I'm personally seeing right and wrong with the piece.

    Right - I think your pose is very good, especially the way he looks like he's descending to the ground, looking up at the sky and thinking 'why?'

    Thats what I got from it anyway >.>

    Also, I love your wiring. You captured the feel of the 'tech wired' costume bits *perfectly* imho >.< So great job there. The visor and breastplate are both excellent as well!

    Could improve -

    His knee bends at a...disturbing... angle. >.< as does the hip on that leg - just need practice drawing legs really is what I'd say. That comes in time though <@_@>m

    Too thin; overall TA looks just a bit too thin; like he's been fasting too long or something <~.~>; Its not so much his stomach, as his hips. I think they could stand to be just a tad wider or something >< I'm not sure what to describe it as <;.;> I'm only so good myself lol <~,~>

    Thats the way I see it anyways <@o@> nice job overall, we want more! <,< <holds up a sign /em demandart> <'x'>
  25. Cool stuff Rox! <^o^>m I like the coloring especially, simple, but not flat <@o@> goodness!