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Mergatroid · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:12 am

[img]http://216.86.197.72/kenken/sourcefiles/large/avsp_l.jpg[img]

I hope this works!

Mergatroid · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:14 am

quote:
Originally posted by Mergatroid:

I hope this works!

Mergatroid · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:16 am

Mergatroid · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:22 am

It finally worked!!!! I thought I was going to lose my mind.

Anyway, this is a package illustration for Alien vs. Predator. It was all done in Photoshop.

I'm going to bed now......

saripol · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:40 am

holy cow!

love it!

beautiful lighthing it sets the mood perfectly

Tiger Eaten · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:46 am

Excellent. Wonderful subject of course. I noticed your homepage link does not work at the moment. What is your background? Are any of these (this and eden) work related peices or are they fan art? Excellent detail. What rez did you do the work in?

Pat · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:54 am

Heavens, Mergatroid, that's sweet.

No crits or other comments. Just a warm fuzzy feeling.

-Pat

BooMSticK · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:59 am

Very very nice... would love to see this in abit higher resolution..
,Boom

PixHortHiT · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 1:33 am

Jeesus Christ.....

You da man, man!!!

Quasar · member Member # Joined: 01 Oct 2001 Posts: 355

That rocks!!

steady · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 6:40 am

they should seriously make a movie of Aliens vs Predator, that would so own

awesome artwork

n8 · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 7:47 am

yeah...i got a warm fuzzy feeling too...umm..hang on..nah..its just the Jim Beam going down..hehe...umm..crits...just one crit...why is both the alien and predator against the soldier?...i guess itd be too had to have all three trying to go at each other...or have each of them at a stand off or sumthin??...but other then that...very nice indeed

-Tepox- · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 10:19 am

Awesome! and nice technique also!
Somekind of crit: the lighting of the predator looks slightly odd to me... naah.. I'm just too hypocrit...

Probotech · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:00 pm

Hobba Hugga!

I stand in awe...

jcFIG · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:12 pm

Excellent painting, Megatroid. I am inspired. Later.

LeChuck · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 3:04 pm

Wait a minute. I hate to interupt this "kissing of the ass" party. But why does the Predator have human toes on its right foot?

Dont get me wrong I like this Pic as much as the next guy.

Mergatroid · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 4:01 pm

lechuck, I have no idea but it doesn't matter cause the toes get cut off on the package.

Tiger Eaten, I'm an illustrator in Santa Monica mainly involved with packaging. This package should be on the shelves soon.

Thanks for the kind words from the rest of you!

Alen · member Member # Joined: 27 Oct 1999 Posts: 80

sweet!
i love it, this is for AvP1, right?
will you be doing anything for AvP2?

Gothic Gerbil · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 6:09 pm

Wow, really impressive! Only thing that is really bothering me is the predator's shadow, should it really be there looking like that? It could just be my knowledge of lighting isn't enough.

Akolyte · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 6:36 pm

BADASS.

Shadowman · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 11:11 pm

Great work Mergatroid! Very profesional looking style.
I'm not to familiar with the Alien vs. Predator comics but to me this looks like Alien and Predator vs. the other guy. But I still think that it is great.

Brain · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2001 12:36 am

Merg, long time no text. How's ya been?

Dat picture, it be pretty @:-D

nil900 · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2001 12:44 am

All the pics you posted recently are great. So you should't say you are sorry for posting that much instead we should say thank you.

chip_artz · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2001 1:11 am

Cool ass pic dude, you;ve got talent.

DiXter · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2001 1:44 am

Impressive pic.
:eek

Duracel · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2001 2:02 am

I've heard of some rumours telling something of "editing is possible" ... what could that mean???

The picture is great, without doubt, but it seems that you dont know how to handle the forum.

[ October 09, 2001: Message edited by: Duracel ]

morphgfx · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2001 3:45 am

cool painting!

i don't know if you studied the predator and alien before you painted this, but if you did so, could you please post your reference or send it to me via email? would be very useful

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crits:
i think you used way to much black in this, althoug it is actually dark in this tunnel; maybe you could create more depth in this piece if you find out which area in the scene realy have to be the darkest and this should not be somewhere far behind the main focus of it.
the green illuminated pipes left to the right leg of the predator is a bit blurred, would look better i think if you would make them colder in color or less saturated and more subtile (make this any sense at all?) instead.

oh and another question related to sijun lesson thread... there seems to be no white light source in your scene... so can there be any white reflexions on the head of the alien?

docfunkalot · member Member # Joined: 08 Aug 2001 Posts: 78

Awesome. Did you use burn and dodge or separate colors smudged. What type of brush do you use?

Thanks,
Logan

Mergatroid · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2001 10:06 am

I totally agree with alot of your comments but it had a lot to do with the clients needs and with layout issues. Type and stuff had to read off the BKG. In the end it doesn't really matter cause most of it gets covered with screen shots.

Hey Brain, I'm still picking on the 5-string! Trying to learn the songs of the Stanley Bros., already got Hard Times but having a difficulty with Clinch Mountain Backstep.
How have you been?