Gorilla Fightaaaaa

...enters the ring!! XD

DONE FINALLY. Took a while, but I'm happy with the results. I also obviously decided to desaturate and darken when I was done. I like the mood much better. Gorilla's gonna punch your skull in. OH YA. :0

YEAAAHHH

Still working on it. X_X Gawd, this is takin forever. Though most likely with my old technique I wouldn't be nearly as far along. Finished (mostly) the front dude. Though as I post this WIP now I already see some things I need to fix.

Hope to finish this tomorrowww.


Also, I'm noticing. I kindof wanted this to be a dull, muted piece. Not completely gray, but definitely more dark and desaturated... and it's turning out SO COLORFUL. I apparently can't help myself. Perhaps I'll toy with desaturating it when I'm done. Or maybe I'll decide I like it colorful.

Gorilla Fighter Update

I'm trying a new method with my digital painting. Something I saw Arnold Tsang walk through in his tutorial in the art book I bought recently. He worked on black and white first and then put on color, so I thought i'd try it out! I can already see the benefits from the method - I'm already more concerned about contrast, layout and the overall placement of light and shadow than I would be if I were starting with color. I get so wrapped up in color and particular pieces, I forget about the big picture.

So even if I don't stick with the method, I'm at least learnin' new stuff.

Here's a "rough" black and white of the image. I got lazy on the girls hands coz... goddamnhands.


And I did a quick QUICK color test before shutting down today to see if it would work with my sort of thick lines style... which I wanted to stick with for this piece but wasn't sure it'd look good with the new process.


Time for sleeeeeep.

Gorilla Fighter Sketch

The sketch I'm thinking of using for Erik's Gorilla Fighter artbook. I know what you're thinking. WHERE ARE THE GORILLAS. I wanted to maybe try something less literal, and maybe something no one else would do... not that it's incredibly original or anything, but I try.

I'm hoping this is actually somewhat vaguely Gorilla-ish, so Erik doesn't have to find a nice way to say. Sarah, wtf is this shit. Anyways. Gonna let the picture speak for itself naooo.


PS - He does have pants. Imserious.