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Sketch process on Lightning Lad for the heck of it.
Between the first two, I decided the further leg didn't look right and that the torso was too long. Used copy/paste to edit the torso length (actually removed the lower half from below the belt down and reattached it slightly higher up) and redrew the leg.
Going to work up my own version of Brainiac 5, next, and not follow the 'toon so heavily, I think.
Also, I've had too much candy and soda. Erm...gonna be one of those nights.
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*laughs* you're like Issac from Heros. (awsome show) draw the most awsome stuff only while you're high...suger high that is. unfortunately, I went swimming just a few hours ago and it's 40 degrees outside, I'm sitting in a 50 degree room with thin pajamas and still wet hair, so I think I better curl up in my nice warm bed before I catch a cold. but I will be WAY looking forward to some new artwork in the morning. don't let me down.
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Solid work on the shading there. Any chance of you showing the process you did? (You mentioned that you saved the steps, yeah?) EDIT: Okay, I'm a dumbtard and didn't notice the second page. Yaaarr!
Small nitpick: His head seems joined to the neck oddly from the angle the collar of the tights is drawn (I hate drawing heads from worm's eye view), and the feet look rather stiff. Other than that, I love it! Especially the way the muscles are implied, and his adorable, adorable face.
Oh, and I didn't comment so on your other thread, but that Brainy picture is total rawk.
quote:Originally posted by Lurker Lass: Small nitpick: His head seems joined to the neck oddly from the angle the collar of the tights is drawn (I hate drawing heads from worm's eye view), and the feet look rather stiff.
I'm still trying to get the hang of the worm's eye view thing, so yeah... I see what you mean. I played with it a little while working on it, but couldn't seem to get it to look just right at the time and ended up leaving it. Kinda lazy of me, but...eh. x_x Nothing for it but more practice, right? I'll keep at it. And thanks for the concrit!
Busted out a lot of Rockman and Rockman X music for the next one...
...knew I was going to drag in some Mega Man X and Transformers influence without hesitation. (And, in a way, his face kind of reminds me of Red Alert's from Mega Man X7.) Decided not to do the gradiant render thing on this one, though. If I do color it, I think I'd rather go the whole way, since his costume has a lot more color contrast to it against his green skin as opposed to the color shift variations in someone like Timberwolf.
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you have made my cute adorable geek into some rock robot...yet I can't hate it! it's an awsome drawing with a greek quote to the side, and the details are extensive and exact. although I didn't particularly like the changes to the face, I still loved the drawing and would so like to see it colored.
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I think that Brainy looks terrific! Nice work Straya.
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I've always loved how you put in little wrinkles around the knees. Nobody can say anything horribly mean unless whoever says it is heartless. ^_^
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I like it, a more classic look for Brainy. Looks like he's ready for a long day of work in the lab and the mechanical shop.
Of course, this may not be a positive thing considering he spent his first 30+ years in very fashion-challenged purple mechanic's coveralls.
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quote:Originally posted by Copycat Girl: you have made my cute adorable geek into some rock robot...yet I can't hate it!
I think the problem is that I've loved Transformers since age eight, and in recent years, have come to think of many of their faces as being extremely attractive with the facial lines, chin guards, simplified noses, battle masks, visors, etc. And since I started taking mecha art seriously in early 2004, I've been trying to ramp things up a bit whenever I draw anything robotic. More details, more mechanical kibble, etc. (I actually tried to take Mega Man X himself to another level by drawing him as a Transformer.)
I may try some variations, though. I mentally played with the idea of a visor, but didn't actually try it. (And, if anything, it's probably the added lines and nose that are turning you off a bit because they make him not only more robotic, but older. The funny thing is, though, is that the spots were I placed the added lines are actually where his face divides and resets for battlebot mode; they're just more like invisible seams in the cartoon.)
quote:Originally posted by Vee: I think that Brainy looks terrific! Nice work Straya.
quote:Originally posted by Awesomegirl: I only have two words for your drawings: FREAKIN AWESOME!!!
Thanks, guys! ^_^
quote:Originally posted by Tamper Lad: I like it, a more classic look for Brainy. Looks like he's ready for a long day of work in the lab and the mechanical shop.
Of course, this may not be a positive thing considering he spent his first 30+ years in very fashion-challenged purple mechanic's coveralls.
LOL, sometimes the fashionable challenged ones are the most fun... Because then it's an excuse to draw them in clothing variations. XD Plus I'm very much a fan of WB!Brainy's snarky side. Tried to put that through on this one. "Don't bother me, I'm busy!"
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Awesome work! Great to see so much new work here
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RAWKMAN X!
I love the more robotic look that you've given Brainy, actually XD Makes it less anime-ish, more... okay, gundams are still Japanese, but you know what I mean. Hee hee, HUGE feet. (There's a joke here, but I'm going to let it pass.)
Interesting combination of fabric and machine - although, since the 'clothes' part of him transform too, I would've thought his outfit was just emulated tech. But of course, this is the future. In space. Anything can happen.
And for some reason, I have fallen in love with your ear interpretation. And his clunky little fingers. Brainy looks a bit older, here!
quote:Originally posted by Lurker Lass: RAWKMAN X!
I love the more robotic look that you've given Brainy, actually XD Makes it less anime-ish, more... okay, gundams are still Japanese, but you know what I mean. Hee hee, HUGE feet. (There's a joke here, but I'm going to let it pass.)
AHAHAHA, omg... I actually made the "huge feet" joke to a close Transfan friend on AIM while I was working on the sketch and we both just sat there and giggled about it. XD
quote:Originally posted by Lurker Lass: Interesting combination of fabric and machine - although, since the 'clothes' part of him transform too, I would've thought his outfit was just emulated tech. But of course, this is the future. In space. Anything can happen.
I'm still trying to figure out whether it is fabric in the series, or something else. Drax actually grabs Brainy by "the shirt" in "Phantoms", making it look like it is a shirt and it is cloth. At the same time, everything folds out and transforms when he goes battle bot mode. ...some kind of nanite tech? Dunno.
quote:Originally posted by Lurker Lass: And for some reason, I have fallen in love with your ear interpretation. And his clunky little fingers. Brainy looks a bit older, here!
...Hawt.
I blame the fingers completely on the recent slew of Transformers comic artists (like Don Figueroa, Mark Brooks, Makoto Ono, etc.) who have upped the anty on drawing TFs with heavier amounts of detail. (Makotron's Rodimus Convoy art is a good example of it.)
The ears... I think I almost wanted them to look like they could expand and contracts like mini-satellite dishes or something, LOL. I think I picked that up from how Mega Man's robocat Tango looked years and years ago.
BTW, im in ur blog, stalkn u on elJay. Heh heh. (But don't worry, I don't bite. Usually. )
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That is probably the coolest brainy picture I've ever seen! *dies squeeling like a fangirl with rabies* I love the Rockman look to it!
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you have made my cute adorable geek into some rock robot...yet I can't hate it! it's an awsome drawing with a greek quote to the side, and the details are extensive and exact. although I didn't particularly like the changes to the face, I still loved the drawing and would so like to see it colored.
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