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Oban BABY
Published: 2006-11-05 19:03:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 16028; Favourites: 354; Downloads: 188
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Here is my entry for a BATTLE over at Satellitesoda.com, its m original character from Oban Star Racers, Tons of fun, hope you likes, PEACE and ENJOY!Related content
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This is absolutely amazing!!! I have this idea of making an version of Oban in Steampunk style, and your character is exactly as I imagine the things on this version!
Congratulations!
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I like how you used the style, and you have quite a skill in traditional art. Awesome work!
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Soooo awesome!! That Big Ben must have been a lot of work!
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First and foremost, I am a big fan of that show, and I do fan art for the series. And I am surprised that one of the shows that I like actually gets a DD, and it's an awesome piece of art. So I'm a person who is commenting and actually has seen the show and loves it.
You for one, have done one of the coolest looking character designs I have seen. The guy really takes off from the tattooed star racer pilots seen in the series and I like that he has a tattoo of an arrow pointing to the place were his nose is at. I love the star racer too, though in the show the Earth starracers have a defined model, though this one kicks booty too. Maybe it's an older model 
Oban rocks, you should really check it out if haven't yet. It's one of the few Jetix shows that's great to watch. It's also on DVD.
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That rendering of Big Ben is pretty fucking awesome <3
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wow man rediculous picture, lol im sure u get it a lot but im sure u also dont hear it enough, great work man!!!!!
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i have to say, the most impressive thing, along with your great design work, its the clock tower, Fantastic.
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you have extraordinary clean line work, im just in awe!!!! luv the perspective on big ben!!!!
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Excellent, really excellent, the composition, the lines, and the detail in this piece!!!
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whoop! details..!! sick!
been a while i didnt hav a time to surf friend's gallery..will do it now..
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This is one of my favorite pieces, you really cold join their art team...OBAN is an underated show...my girl can't get over teh no noses thing 
Still the level of detail and composition in this are BIG...these angles are quite interesting...frankly I wish I had drawn it
Still...This really needs to be colored...
FAV!!!!!
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Loving the detail on the tower of westminster. Really captures the majesty of it
Cool design on the character too.
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w00t, this peice of awsomeness just keeps getting comments dont it?
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This is frigggin amazing man!! Even the absurd amount of detials on BB doesn't steal the show on the peice, incredible man, incredible!
and DD was the least this piece deserved! o/
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Geez thanks man, i feel good now getting the compliments from you. I would love to do another piece from this series, im pretty sure that after the New York Con i will have some time to do more pin-ups like this.
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o my GIAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!! 
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wowsers. this is spleen-crunchingly awesome. i like the smoke, kinda pointy but floofy at the same time. and of course the big ben is worth about a pint of drool. the intricate detail is really....entrancing in a way. many favs. what kinda stuff is good for practicing detail?
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Thanks man, im glad you like it. As far as what i practice, i mean really details like this are pretty easy seeing that the Big Ben is an actual structure, and on top of that i simply add some little SCRAPES here and there. I think for me doing a building or any type of structure in a plain way makes you realize what is needed so go ahead and start just drawing em , and then you will start to fill in the spaces where they need to be filled through looking at real buildings and stuff like that. I hope that helps, PEACE!
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Big Ben really leaps off this page. That's the most detail I've seen you use and it worked fantastically for you. I think for most it would've fallen horribly flat.
The guy's nice and thick. There's stronger lines where there needs to be, including his hand, and the arrow so blatantly pointing out his lack of a nose is hilarious.
You did fall flat on the plane, though. The flag on it doesn't follow the curves and angles of the side of the body. It's right next to the cockpit, but completely contradicts what we see the shape of the thing being. If you'd left the flag out, that wouldn't be so jarring. Maybe put it on the flat surface of a wing instead? In general, the design is much too clunky and lacks a feeling of being based on reality.
I hate to do something as callous as compare you to another deviant, which is really not what I'm doing as I'll explain, but I want to show you this design [link] though you may have already seen it.
The basic layout for your design is feasible, but it takes a certain degree more doohickies [genuine engineering term 
I'm not comparing you to *Malaveldt because you're in a completely different area, with specializations all your own.
You could have benefited enormously from some reference materials. Some planes I think might be of interest to this particular design:
B25 Mitchell [link]
Vought Corsair [link]
JU-87 Stuka [link]
P-38 Lightning [link]
If you ever decide to do anything out of this image, those references ought to help you. Let me know if you want to discuss further.
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WOW! Thanks for the depth, as far as the plane goes, the issue with it is that when looking at the cartoon, the engeneering on the vehicles are VERY simple, a trait that i was ATTEMPTING to stay true to. I think i might add some things to this piece to show how i do, but that'll be when i have time maybe, thanks again YO!
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Oh, I didn't realize it was based on something. Sorry! Never mind that, then.
As a pin-up, you really need to not worry about updating it until you need a break from the continuity pages you're busting your ass on.
Any help I can offer, I'm happy. You're more than welcome.
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Yeah it was based on a Cartoon, however, there is still some validation if what you were saying is that the CONTINUITY of the stylization in the piece was thrown off, then i can see what you were saying, thanks man for the words either way man, it is things like that which i consider or atleast try to consider more when i do a piece, so thanks.
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Oh, yes. That is still a point.
It's good to stop in the middle of a piece and look at it from a bit of a distance. Maybe hold it up to a mirror and look at it backwards, upside-down. You don't always have the time for that sort of thing when you're being stared at by a deadline, but it can help you see the whole piece together and not just the little details separately.
Some authors [Stephen King, for example] have to set manuscripts aside for years before they can actually look at it critically and make corrections. Otherwise they're still just too close to see the forest, et cetera.
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Yeah man I LOVE this piece.. you're pretty sick wit the style here.. it was great to meet you and your wife today !
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Thanks Carlo, glad you like it man, it was great meeting you too, look forward to chilling again soon mang, PEACE!
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Thanks man, sorry about the late response, i lost all of my comments, and had to go and search through each piece, lol!
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you're welcome, no prob!
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This is really really great, I like this very much man! Your tecniques truly amaze me. Great feel for shape n all that damn detail on the Ben! This in color would be orgasmic. keep it up man!
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I though that I fav'd this one before when it hit the Daily Deviation. Oh well, must fav again. no biggie.
Hopefully I'll be able to get a DD one of these days.
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Very nice work. Congratz on the well deserved DD. I tried to check as many comments as I could so if this criticism has been said, then I apologize. Blame it on your pooularity and my short attention span. I think you got into the mode of drawing every little thing when you were doing the inside of the jacket. It works great for the architechture and the fighter plane, but the lining of the jacket has me thinking popcorn. I would try to tone that down a tad. I am only being so nitpicky, because this piece excels so completely in everything else. Cheers.
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