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Krande [2011-11-20 20:19:13 +0000 UTC]
I screamed like a fangirl (well... I am a fangirl) when I got to the Forge scene and I remembered this picture. Megatron is working on the Sheer Pure Awesomeness in this picture. And he seems to know it. As usual.
His crown (he was created with it, fraggers!) just adds to this all.
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Krande In reply to Ha-HeePrime [2012-01-14 11:22:03 +0000 UTC]
Isn't it funny that he's right?
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GabbyTronRulez [2009-06-06 17:10:46 +0000 UTC]
awe man. it looks even better colored!
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TeaDarkA [2009-05-14 01:01:39 +0000 UTC]
wow
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WiEGoP [2009-05-05 18:25:01 +0000 UTC]
THE CREST OF DOOM!
The colors on this are AMAZING! I love the glow of it especially, it's dark, yet warm.
and that Crest...Slag but he looks SEXY!
Awesome job there friend, awesome job!
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coraxonyx [2009-05-05 01:10:18 +0000 UTC]
I think the thing that's bothering you about the raised arm is the foreshortening. The section from the elbow to the hand is a little stubby to my eye.
I like the combination of the elements from the G1 frame with the Megs: Origin crest. It's like a little mini-biography of His Nibs. I agree that the face is quite good. It's surprisingly tranquil, given the subject. And your pose is very realistic. There's no "Draw the Marvel Way" hyperkineticism there. It makes it look a little static, but that may just be an artifact of the way we have been "trained" to look at comics thanks to the "House of Ideas" (get CiD Megs to go off on Rob Lilefield sometime if you want to bust a gut, btw.)
I can't speak to the color, as you said the scanner butchered it, but the lines on the legs are vair, vair smexy for some reason. Maybe I just like strong thighs. The tools seem a little small but, maybe it's just that the blacksmith I know is a great big guy, so he has oversized tools.
I know what I'd like to see. Some bright sparks coming up from the fire in the background to indicate that there is forced air under there somewhere. It'd give you a source for your highlights, too.
Overall, very nice. The figure in particular is good. I bet monochromatic 'ol Megs is a little harder to keep interesting that some other 'bots. I can't wait to see what else you come up with!
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Ha-HeePrime In reply to coraxonyx [2009-05-05 03:28:42 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for your thoughts, Little Pal.
I'm totally going to "Ask Megatron" about this Rob Lilefiend <--HA! typo too choice to change!
Design elements - I'm glad you like. I just throw on his tank tread backpack whenever I'm trying to show he's not in Earth/Gun mode, and hope it works! I can't draw all that kibble! (But at the same time, I find his Earth mode BORING by comparison.)
Tools: I had him holding a much bigger hammer, but he'd need a smaller, more precise one to work on a little thing, so I smallered it. I probably should have made his plier-things longer though. Uh, he's made of metal and doesn't burn as easily! Yeah, that'll do as an excuse!
I also really wanted to do sparks, but I didn't know how to do them in a way that wouldn't make the background seem polka-dotted, and mess with the overall flat, graphic nature of this picture. So I compromised by using colored pencils to accentuate the lighter areas in the scribbled background. But yes, the fire is mostly fail. I just didn't know how to make it work. Spikeier upward-y shapes of fire/light, maybe... I dunno!
Hey Megs old man -- my little human friend thinks your thighs are smexy! *snerk* (I hafta tease him, occasionally, because his reactions are so joyous. )
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MBlackwood [2009-05-04 22:01:04 +0000 UTC]
Mmmmmmmmm, that's some SMEXY Blacksmith!Megatron action goin' on there. Also, your remark, "That's right, iron, I bend you to my will!!!" tickled me something fierce. XD It strikes me as a very Megatron thing to say, and, frighteningly enough, I can hear him saying it in my head. O_o Prime, I think you need to come reclaim your ex-warlord from my brain's lost-and-found. If he'd let anybody claim him, that is.
I think you're right in that the highlights would look better in person than through the scanner. It's the traditional medium artist's bane to deal with uncooperative scanners that murder coloring jobs. However, the power of the piece does indeed come through, and that's what matters. ^_^ I do hate to nitpick, but Megs' upraised arm strikes me as a little bit off. I don't know how, exactly, but it does. Sorry. All in all, though, I love this piece and I can't wait to read the corresponding plotpoint it depicts! *eagereagereager*
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Ha-HeePrime In reply to MBlackwood [2009-05-05 05:37:17 +0000 UTC]
Thanks little pal!
It's funny - on the one hand, it is good to hear what is working and what isn't in a picture. But at the same time, I always respond with feelings that go something like, "But it's fragging DONE; I can't FIX any of it...!"
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MBlackwood In reply to Ha-HeePrime [2009-05-06 00:26:07 +0000 UTC]
Mrrrfff, sorry 'bout that, Bossbot. I know how that feels. I did that with a piece I made a while back. I looked back at it months later, after I'd colored it and posted it, and I stared . . . the character's arms looked like they had no shoulder connection points to the body. Fail!
Regardless, your figure-drawing is very skilled AND you dared to draw our dear subject from an angle that wasn't the easiest (you cited the headfrill specifically, and I can totally see where you're coming from). This, I think, makes you a better artist than if you'd just chosen to draw him head-on or in some other manner. Does that make sense? Hope so.
Anyway, I reiterate, you did admirably on this piece. Don't come from it wanting to Fix something in it; rather, use it as another stepping stone on your journey as an artist. You've certainly improved in the time I've known you, and I'm certain you'll continue to do so as time goes on.
. . . Holy slag. Here I am talking The Prime's audio off about perserverance. That would be my que to just post the comment. *salutes* Blessings to you and yours, Prime! ^_^
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Schattenkind-Moony [2009-05-04 10:55:20 +0000 UTC]
I can't help but this picture remeber me to "lord of the rings" X'D
I'm sorry, really but this was my first think ^^"
Very nice picture *_*
Coloration is awesome!
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MissusMarler [2009-05-04 10:29:03 +0000 UTC]
Argh! That crest! I can completely sympathize with you on how near impossible it is to draw from any other angle! One of these days I'll get around to finishing something I started ages ago and you'll see how bad it can actually be!
Nice job Ha-Hee, yet again! Although, there was something about the pencil sketch that I really, really liked. I can't even put a finger on what it was.
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