Castle Paradox

Bob the Hamster · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:17 pm Post subject: I miss casual Fridays (finished)

Here is a little silly something I ~~am working on at the moment~~ just finished.

http://gilgamesh.dnsalias.org:8080/gallery/DrawingCG-CasualFriday

*edit* added inked version... now to think about the tricky part-- color!
*edit* added flood-filled version, now for color-tone and shading
*edit* added finished shaded version

Moogle1 · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject:

Wow. Nice.

Too often fantasy people fall into the trap of reusing common mythological monsters. While this works for books (where it's difficult to convey what exactly a grobbenthorp is), visual media forms should have more stuff like this.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks!

What's cool is how easy it is to make something original if you get yourself out of an unoriginal mindset.

All I did here was combine two fantasy cliche's, the Lycanthrop (werewolf) and the Centaur... that alone isn't all that original-- a quick google images search shows that I am certainly not the first person to think about it (in fact, wolf centaurs seem fairly common in furry circles)

But adding a business suit? I was ROFL when I thought of that. Betcha won't find another wolftaur in a business suit anywhere on the internet (especially 'cause 85% of the "furry" wolftaurs are conspicuously nekked...)

KainMinter · ***~*** Joined: 10 Jan 2004 Posts: 155 Location: Austin

That is a very awsome picture. I love the art style, proportioning, and the poses you drew it in. I didn't know you could draw like that. ^_^

RedMaverickZero · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:54 pm Post subject:

It's cartoony and fantastic looking. Great job James. You should post more of your artwork so we can see your talents. It'd be cool to see some pictures of Bob the Hamster now, or what would be even cooler is if (doubt it) you had pictures of him in his designing stage.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:58 pm Post subject: inked version up

as far as art goes, drawing is my first love. I have been doing it more than twice as long as I have been programming.

Maybe next time I get around to working on the next chapter of Bob's Comic I will post WIP pictures of my process.

But for now I want to get this guy colored. Color has always been a struggle for me.

Inferior Minion · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:03 am Post subject:

Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

It's very awkward, but well done. I don't quite get it, but I don't really understand a lot of things. Nice job, boi.

Bob the Hamster · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject: