Finished work - 2D

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

fabledgoat — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:28:26 GMT

he's definitely one of my favs. hope to see some more stuff from you soon!

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

JohnTrevorWalters — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:52:25 GMT

Thanks Fabledgoat, I'v sometimes considered a more comic book approach, don't think I'll be as good as scottie though, very talented man, his facial work on his characters are especially good!

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

fabledgoat — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:23:49 GMT

Here's a link to his gallery John. It's a great look see. Enjoy!

http://www.skottieyoung.com/gallery

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

JohnTrevorWalters — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:19:34 GMT

Thanks for you comments guys, yeah I think the reason the picture took on a more flat look was down to me thinking about old roman coins, the heads on coins are great interpretations and have a quality of there own, thanks for your analysis though i'm always appreciative of anything constructive. As for Scotty Young I'm not that familiar actually but I will look into it,thanks fabledgoat

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

fabledgoat — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:46:59 GMT

definitely a great image here. it's really got a Scotty Young quality to it too. Any influence from him at all when developing the style?

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

Purd — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:07:52 GMT

Nice take on the god, although he does look a bit flat, his shoulder and chin seem to have the most form, maybe you could expand that to the rest of his head?

Cool design :)

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

armilar — Tue, 15 May 2007 21:34:36 GMT

You're welcome :)

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

JohnTrevorWalters — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:48:09 GMT

Thank you armilar, and thank you for the further comments made on my page. I really do appreciate everything.

Cheers

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

armilar — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:48:16 GMT

This picture looks fantastic!!
I adore your interpretation of Hades. It's very original e suits very well the character.
I really how you drew his eyes and nose and mouth, the angry experession is also amazing!
i think using the flames for his hair and also in his chin was a great idea.
I think the colouring is very well done, the textures are amazing, specially the rock texture in some parts of his head and neck.
In my opinion I just think that the reddish colors are a bit too vivid for a God of the underworld and also the red migth make some people mistake this God with Ares, god of war.
Still I realyl like this picture a lot! I'm very glad to see a character so originally done!

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

JohnTrevorWalters — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:09:19 GMT

Thank you Darkness, all comments are extremely appreciated, thanks for the critique.

Cheers

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

TheDarkness — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:39:50 GMT

VERY nicely executed, JTW !!

I dig it cos it makes it feel as if he IS the Underworld or rather a part of it, instead of just being its lord.

Only crit (personally) is that he looks a bit "old" there. I'd like to imagine him being more noble, and "elegant" looking, cos in my head he's the lord over dead souls/people as much as all the rest of the pantheon together are the "lords and ladies" of the mortal realm.

PS : love the ear-lava-flow

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

JohnTrevorWalters — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:20:57 GMT

Thanks very much Saiaii, its well appreciated!

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

saiaii — Tue, 01 May 2007 17:24:33 GMT

very cool image, i love the lighting and textures!

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

JohnTrevorWalters — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:07:19 GMT

Thanks Man

Re: Hades, Brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld

jono2511 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:34:52 GMT

woahhh thats dam cool!