Life?

Painting \ Figure | 09/25/05 @916 | MrBook | critiques (34) | views (2734)

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I'm sticking with the gentle giant concept here, but I tried to add a little depth of the story.

I thought it would be a cool idea if a machine built to cut down trees could suddenly have an appreciation and curiosity about life. (Life?) I thought that the delicate pose of his hand cradling the frog would illustrate this. I haven't drawn a robot since I was a kid and never to this level of detail, so I refered to about a dozen different designs. Basically trying to make him look like a humanoid bulldozer with an expressive and inquisitive face.

I just did this one for fun, I hope you like it.

Comments are very welcome.
Photoshop CS. (1 weekend)

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ARTOONATOR

09/25/05 @932

Great work Hardy. I love the bot in the background, carrying the tree.
I think the rendering could use some more 'spice'. Rust, shiners, damage, etcetera. Just to give it more life.

Edit: Much better now

Juro

09/26/05 @965

Great work, Arnie's comment on the texturing is a good one, he's obviously a worker bot so it's probable that he'd have scratches, dents, dirt or even some rust. This adds more depth to the character, still very nice work, well done.

MrBook

09/26/05 @979

Can't say I don't take comments seriously. I added some scratches and stains, but tried to do so sparingly. Don't want that to compete too much with the focal point. Thanks guys, good call.

deathsythe7

09/26/05 @036

Cool idea and well done. The one thing that I think would make it better is the highlights on the metal were brighter.

mol

09/26/05 @040

+9 This is amazing. I just wish it had more brushstrokes. =P I am just messing with you.

MrBook

09/26/05 @161

I'll just have to add some brush strokes for good measure! =P

Eskarina

09/26/05 @429

great painting, i like so much the subject ,very poetic....

kemp

09/26/05 @485

Very great work, with good concept and excellent execution. The little frog is a bit hard to see though...

J.

ChristineG

09/26/05 @648

Nice shapes in this, very strong.

SudnDeath

09/26/05 @678

cool robots +9 great concept

MrBook

09/26/05 @690

Thanks for the crits everybody. Kemp, that was definitely a concern of mine when I compressed the file for this site. I tried adjusting the proportions but it never quite looked as right. I also wanted the frog to seem tiny and fragile by comparison. Hopefully it was apparent that it was a frog.

Also, thanks so much for the votes, everybody.

kittyKat

09/26/05 @854

GREAT work I love it

bluewaterkidd

09/27/05 @980

Oh MrBrooks you've done it again! +8/8

siffert

09/27/05 @705

Love the concept. Good work!

MrBook

09/27/05 @709

Thanks so much everybody, glad you like him

JapiHonoo

09/28/05 @999

i love concept, color scheme, and specially the pose robot...
great illustration...10+

dragonil

09/28/05 @591

Great expressions.Very good work!!!+9

pangu

09/28/05 @592

good work !
+9

SinisterUrge

09/29/05 @417

Love the theme and its really well executed 9/9

darturbrain

10/01/05 @474

ooo thats really good paintng, the robot at the back add so much to the atmosphere, really great

BaronImpossible

10/01/05 @482

Good colour palette and subdued textures

Effective sense of depth

Good bot design

Well done on the clarity - sharp without being scratchy

The idea is a very cliched (so much so I admit to using it myself fairly recently

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Tree stumps on the left - perspective is off and the top edges are too rounded

The stretched-out leg, especially bottom left, tends to lose its 3D-ness and doesn't help the composition. I would have liked it bent at the knee to show a bit of ground in the left-hand corner
+8/10

MrBook

10/01/05 @810

Thanks everybody for such a great group of crits. Baron, very helpful. Thank you all

mdgolestani

10/02/05 @016

nice atmosfer

Jaq64

10/03/05 @547

great work !! Good idea !

Morte

10/03/05 @767

I love it

MrBook

10/03/05 @903

Thanks guys!

slaphapy5

10/04/05 @585

awesome work. great detail. and I like what's going on in the background. it explains a lot.

+10
~slap

Stormchild

10/04/05 @808

Great concept and very well done! Good use of "fog" (desaturation) to isolate the subject from the background. I really like the placement of the subject; I feel like I'm standing right next to the main robot. Nice textures as well.

Top marks.

felixdasilva

10/05/05 @861

Excellent work

+9/9

Azurelle

11/18/05 @572

I didn't comment on this one yet because I somehow missed the chance.
But I wanted to let you know that this is an amazing piece of work.

SupermanGFX

11/23/05 @840

awesome work! looks like it was really fun to paint! how many layers go into a project like this...thats what always boggles my mind.

keep it up!

sdavis75

02/21/06 @016

Woah, sorry so late. This is just extraordinary. Straight to favs! +10

loneorbit

09/08/06 @019

Great environment. Light skims gracfully through a once vast forest that has become mostly stumps. Pose of close robot seems generally interested in the small frog, which is usually a trait known as human trait.

yifatshaik

05/17/07 @390

beautiful work... I think that it would have worked better if it was a bit more closeup...
I love the robot in the background

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Life?

Painting \ Figure | 09/25/05 @916 | MrBook | critiques (34) | views (2734)

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