Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Lusius, Cyborg Saint



...And another version of the same guy (you'll notice some design differences). Here's how I did it.




The second sketch (and the idea, really) was based on an older drawing I did about a year ago...

8 comments:

Kennon said...

Wow. These are awesome. Is this a character of yours already or did he come from scratch? I really like the stone effect. I'll have to pick your brain sometime and figure that one out. Nicely done.

Dylan Edwards said...

These are both amazing, as usual with your work. Those are some extra-creepy teeth he's got there!

Rubio said...

Thanks guys!

Kennon: I came up with the character today actually, but the idea is about a year old. I drew a female version of this type of cyborg and saw this as a perfect opportunity to do more. I'll go ahead and add the old one to my post.

As for the stone effect- the whole painting is just a bunch of dodging and burning over a photo of concrete and incorporating some of the natural texture into the drawing. This technique is soooo forgiving and simple, the whole thing took about an hour and a half, (on and off throughout the day) from start to finish.

Paul Adam said...

Very cool. Dig the slick color job and the "Giger" take on it. Well executed!

Rubio said...

Here's a tutorial.

Thomas aka Goatboy said...

great work as usual rubio. This is going to make for some fun themes haha.

Manton said...

Looks awesome, John. Thanks for posting the tutorial too!

CS Jennings said...

also, awesome. i feel sorry for this guy when he has to eat or drink out of a straw. food would get everywhere!