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AdamHunterPeck — No One Saw It Coming
Published: 2007-05-12 17:26:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 11158; Favourites: 350; Downloads: 256
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acrylic on gessoed board, 2007Related content
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i think the only way to decribed this piece is briljant
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I really like the smoothness of this, like it looks so soft and elegant but its a huge robot terrorizing haha its awesome.
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I always found drawing things at that angle quite tricky, but you've pulled it off beautifully. Loving the giant robot!
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It's surreal!, I love it. Could you tell me where you got your inspiration for this?
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I was actually in an illustration class taught by Jon Foster and the assignment was to do a cover for a specific issue of "The Goon" comic. I didn't want to incorporate any of the copyrighted characters into my portfolio (plus the cartooniness of The Goon didn't fit my portfolio either) so I took one of the very general robots that appears in the comic and make that the focus of the cover. I'm glad I made that copyright-free decision, because this piece has since been used as a cover for a magazine, and won a spot in Communication Arts.
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wow, I like the style/medium you used. looks great.
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Very nice! Makes me want to watch War Of The Worlds...
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This has gone to-- Like-- An extreme level of awesome.
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Loving the perspective and the colors.
This is a striking illustration.
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omfg, i love tha big robots spreading terror in the city xD i wanna make a colletion whit they
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I love the exaggerated feel of this. 
You have a great, diverse gallery here!
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Thanks very much! I was familiar with Mr. Despain, and his robot pieces are some of my favorites! There's one on the wall right next to me.
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Reminds me of Iron Giant (but not so nice). Love it. Great job!
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OH! I just watched "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"! This one hit home dab smack right into that style. ;-D HA! Never seen your work before but found it through someone's favorites. ;-D Awesome pic!!
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Yeah, sky captain! Thanks!
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Wow... I am currently doing an "Retro Style" monthly challenge... but this is way better than ANYTHING I've done...
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Totally unexpected.
Love the idea, I'm always especially fond about gigantic robots.
I'm also loving the atmosphere and the greyness of it.
Fantastic ;D
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oh my holy god. You are amazing at painting. I aim to be this good one day when I granny a bit. Really like your style, it reminds me of my vision of what the iron giant looks like.
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yay! thanks again so much!
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It's like those old Superman cartoons 
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Beautiful, absolutely beautiful...it has such a warm vintage charm
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yay! thank you! vintage is a good word for it.
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i love how it has an old movie feeling to it steampunk i think its called not sure but love!
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My goodness, this is great! I love the style, it's so appealing. Beautiful work!
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this is so nice! i luv this it's so vintage looking! great job!
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this reminds me of Sky Captain - great atmosphere and softness.
Love the composition.
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beautiful piece, my favorite in your gallery! i love these slightly retro-ish colors and the whole composition. the car is so cool and i love the lighting, it's kind of hazy. impressive that you did it with acrylic too, i have a hard time with non-digital mediums... seems you've mastered both.
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Thank you kindly Miss Loish, but you're the master.
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Excellent work. Your paintings are great. How do you blend the paint? Could you explain your process to me?
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Thank you, yes I can explain this one. (It's different than my usual process, but one which I think I'll be using more in the future.)
- I started sketching quite small, basically a black and white silhouette thumbnail. If something that tiny is clear and recognizable, then it will work when it's finished.
- I toned the whole thing a slightly-green mid-grey.
- I did the painting in greyscale first (using acrylics, just mixing white and ivory black). This was a lot easier and faster than a usual painting. In terms of blending, I sometimes blend quickly during the short time when thick acrylic is still wet, but more often I drybrush to create an illusion of blending. For drybrushing, I think it helps that my surface has a crazy mountainous gessoed texture.
- Once it was a finished greyscale painting, I glazed watered-down colors over their respective areas. Really, the only places I layered glazes were the buildings (brick) and the robot's eye. I probably slopped around some really really watered-down browns all over the place too, and the occassional light green. The best thing about this glazing process is that, if you put a glaze down and don't like it, it's easy to wipe away because it's so watery, yet you've still got the architecture of the painting underneath.
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Thank you that was helpful. I just finished a small piece that uses a similar technique. [link]
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OH NOES!
I wish the pic was a little bigger. I love the retro feel of the robot and the car. The fuzzy/blurryness makes it remind me of a children's book cover.
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