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Published: 2008-06-12 10:24:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1176; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 0
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EDIT: I finally got a chance to upload the changes I've been making to this piece - especially on Big Brother and a few changes to Little Brother, according to advice and critique given by peers and teachers! Thanks especially to ~morninghasbroken and ~BlueFlamedPhoenix , and any who gave critique on the thumbshare forums!
The world has changed a lot since the days of the Old civilization ended... oh, what's it been, five, six thousand years? We thought most of the remains of their society had rusted away eons ago.
Even so, people still hunt down the ruins of the old machine-cities to pick at the scraps left after the Purging War; the alloys they created are impossible to duplicate, and they're worth a fortune, if you can find enough.
That's what brought me into that city, but I found something far more valuable: I found Little Brother.
It is done.
My final project for Advanced Drawing is done.
And now, to sleep.
Photoshop and Corel Painter X
Big Brother and Little Brother belong to me.
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Great job for an edit, but I personally feel like you should have just re-drawn it since you made it so long ago, just to demonstrate your current skill level.
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I suppose. I'll have to throw down a sketch of that and see what comes of it.
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Good idea man just keep at it. make this your version of my "Saxxon."
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You think this has potential as a story?
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I don't remember the story behind, but if you think hard enough and try to avoid sounding the similar to another story then yea.
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In a nutshell - a young man goes into the ruins of a Machinist city, looking for treasure, and ends up accidentally activating a 2000-year-old worker drone, which, having no masters to take orders from anymore, starts following him like a 15-foot-tall mechanical puppy.
The specifics are still up in the air at the moment, but I at least have that to start on.
What do you think?
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Hmm, Does need work, I see it as there should be a shroud of mystery, and there's more to the robot then there appears. Maybe the city is long forgotten (like no history remembered, forbidden) the kid stumbles across it, attacked by some wild life, and is saved by the robot, and they go on a quest of the world helping people.
Dunno, man look at some stuff for inspiration and twist and bend it into a story.
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I think I've got a good pitch line for it, though.
"A young treasure hunter finds himself the accidental master of an ancient robot."
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mmmha. Sorry but it didn't spark anything, it just feels cliche. Sorry.
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Thanks.
Still working on it.
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Damn. Looks great man. The robot's got a good texture to it.
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Thanks very much. Keep checking back - I'll be making more improvements to it.
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Very nice! I like your style of digital painting.
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This was me being experimental - usually I leave the linework and paint under it, but this time I decided to paint over it and see what effect it would get me.
Thanks for looking!
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Red is always a good choice. It's a very evocative color. :3
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loved your Journey assignment..turned out really good....you need to do more!!!
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Biggest issue here is that the subjects almost blend into the background. If you make thier forms a bit crisper or the the background darker you could avoid this problem.
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Gah! How did I miss this comment?! I thought I replied! I'm so sorry! X(
I hope I followed your advice well enough! It looks a lot better now... at least to me.
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lol no problem!
yep it sure does look better great job!
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This is beautiful... You must have worked very very hard. <3
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You have no idea.
The fact my quarter grade was riding on it helped quite a bit, too.
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Betchu got a really good grade then. Right?
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Sometimes, I think this painting is the only reason I passed that class.
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Jeez. Well at least you passed right? 8D
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That sounds like something out of a book I'd like to read ^^.
And how you find the patience to paint robots is beyond me... D8
I like the texture you made on the metal. What brushes do you usually use when you use Painter?
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Me, too, sometimes... though having your semester grade riding on it helps.
Painter still confuses me a bit. I mostly stick to the oil brushes - simple and smeary round brushes, and the oily blender on occasion, though the Just Add Water blender made that AWESOME plume of steam coming out of Little Brother's exhaust vents.
I'll admit, I painted the basic color and some simple shading in Painter and did most of the rest in Photoshop, including the rust texture on the metal and the smoky red background.
I'll probably keep working on Big Brother. I'm not quite satisfied with his hands or his face.
...but I'm NOT touchin' his boots! I got those PERFECT.
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Hey cool! I use oils too 
I see a lot of digital painters use the same technique: lay it out in Painter and finish it up in Photoshop.
If you ever get an art block when touching up Big Brother, I suggest looking at photo references of people. That tends to help me a lot ^^.
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I'll remember what you said. Thanks.
Any other brushes you think I should try?
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Nope. I'm pretty stuck on the oil brushes
But I thought some tutorial stuffs you might like to look at!
This artist uses Photoshop. She has a hair tutorial that helped me a lot with my Mad Hatter painting: [link]
And this artist is just plain awesome in general. I don't use his technique fully, but I learned a good deal of stuff from his tutorial that I still use on my art. : [link]
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Funny how you played on words.. Big robot being little brother is classic
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Of course. Everyone loves irony.
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it tastes like Cheese is probally why
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@_@ WHY the hell have I not faved this thing?! I was convinced I had - AGH! Forgiveness, mon!
- You've gotta tell me these things, people, I've only been noodling about on DeviantART for five years!
ANYWAY. 
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Who's awesome?
I'M Awesome.
And you, too.
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QUITE RIGHTLY ON BOTH COUNTS! >D
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Wow! NICE!
First off, the colors are wonderful!, as is the picture itself, and the steam is a lovely touch! The texture on the metal adds a lot to it as well, great piece!
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Thank you very much! I tried going for something new with this one; normally I just color under the line work, but I decided to try painting over it this time. I'm still not quite satisfied with how Big Brother came out, but I'll work on that a little later.
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Nice... you pulled off an awesome pose with the guy sitting on his shoulder like that. Man... now I REALLY want that requested Melchiah piece XD
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And now that I actually have time to work on it...!
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Thank you very much! I'm not quite satisfied with how Big Brother came out, though, so I'm going to keep working at this.
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This is cool, I like the rust texture on the robot. :]
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Thanks very much.
That was me fiddling around with some of the brush settings and layer styles in Photoshop. Amazing what a little doodling around will get you sometimes, huh?
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