[malo]

@ Kherns - Hey mate, glad that I could make you smile a bit !

@ Mike - Thanks a lot, buddy! Much appreciated!

@ Jose - Thanks a bunch, bro

@ Heri - HERRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIII WHERE ARE YOU??? You're so quiet. Hope everything is fine! Thanks for the compliment my friend. Highly appreciated.

OK - I was ask by a buddy of mine to join a challenge over at IFX - called Blade Runner Finally found the time today to work on that image. Its my own interpretation of it. but I tried to capture the mood and the color theme.
Hope you'll like it and C&C are always appreciated.

OK - here are my WIPs…



and the close to final (I think)




Cheers

[JoseVega]

very very very cool man!!!
love the lighting and color going all around...
really like the feeling i get by tilting the buildings a bit... nice touch..
i do think the reflection of the "open" sign u wont be able to see it since its so high up... i think the pepsi one will be the one showing up more!
but u know...just my humble one!
keep it up man!

[irawan]

hi markus,
quick paintover, nothing special.
i just want to show the layers/depth.
to be honest in a second sketch/tumbnail is much better the depth then the final one.
but like always great work.

[kvick]

Ey' man, killin it with the updates

The last piece is lookin great, I think you could improve it a lot by simplifying the values though. The structure is real tight, and that's great (that's generally for me the hardest part). But now if you go back and just unify some values I think it will be a much stronger piece. Currently the focus goes up to the top right when it seems like you'd want to make the dude the focus. And if the dude is the focus, refine his gesture more til you get it super slick and exactly what you want, putting an extra 30 minutes to an hour into your foundational elements will make loads of difference. Great stuff, im gonna start a painting now that I haven't been doing any lately haha.

[ZuluSplitter]

Good new work Mr. West
I like it to see your process, BUT what I see in all your work is, that you sharp your outcomes tooooooooooooo much... The overpaint from irawan is pretty helpful, it isn't so sharp and that makes the atmosphere in your painting more realism.

Keep it up Markus great process at all

[MikkoVoipio]

Man your colors are sooo good!!! In my opinion your main focus should be studying the figure and drawing as many characters as you humanly can. With this understanding you have of colors and landscapes combined with a bit better characters and you'd be devastatingly awesome.

[Pr0x-E]

Amazing work as always malo, the last 2 pieces are just crazy. Neon lights look so fun and crazy to paint. Although i do like the paint over effects that Irawan did to the last piece. Never the less, great work as always keep it up.

[Kherns]

Right but in my opinion I just prefer the original one, more rough, more black, more creepy good feeling

[DonnaNoodle]

I felt lots of emotions looking through this. Most were fear and terror when I saw all the creatures with more than two eyes D: Haha. Anyway, seriously great work.

[Amaakir]

Love the WIPs, its always refreshing and educational seeing how such a great artist accomplishes his artwork. I'm really avoiding environments until I get better, but whenever I decide to tackle them you'll be my first source of inspiration!

[JoseVega]

YO, where you at man???
CGHUB not letting you post anymore cause of your awsomeness???
I hope all is good man!

[Vaejoun]

Nice take on it. I would experiment around a little to see if you can bring the focus stronger to the man. Maybe by softening the edges (especially in the upper left corner - the text there is very crisp)

Keep up the cool stuff.

Maybe next a forest scene ? Like we are wandering into the woods.

[kovah]

Looking awesome Malo as always

[FrankTop]

As usual awesome landscapes.. like that orange mist on the water in that one at the top of the page. Cool atmosphere.

I think Irawan did a very nice with fixing what I felt should be fixed in your latest image. Just toned it down and unified it a little. But you were on the right track cause he didn't change that much.

As Placeboast said, it would be nice to see some characters (like, full body stuff). And I should do the opposite (more landscapes) xD.

[malo]

@ Jose - thanks a bunch, bro! I did a couple of changes on that image. I'll post it later on.

@ Heri - Thanks again for your consistent support. much appreciated my friend! And as always you're right
Finally I made the 2nd place on that challenge and at least some fun.
Hope things are better on your side!!!

@ kvick - Thanks a lot, buddy. Yeah - I did spend a little more on it

@ Zulu - Thanks a ton, Mr. East Yeah - I know. But sometimes it adds a lot to the images. But I'm working on my "brush-sharpness-softness-balance"

@ Placeboast - Thanks a lot, pal! Yeah - this is still something I really have to work on. Thanks again!

@ Pr0x-E - Thank you, mate!

@ Kherns - Thanks a ton, bro! I'll try to get back to your PM asap. Hope thats OK?

@ DonnaNoodle - Thanks a lot, ma'am

@ Amaakir - Thanks, my friend.

@ Jose - you know already

@ Vaejoun - Thanks a bunch. Yeah - like the idea of the forest entrance Will come soon

@ kova - Thanks a lot for the kind words

@ TheMentat - Thanks, mate. Yeah I definitely will start some characters studies soon. Have to finish some work and I'll get back to some characters.

Sorry guys and gals for being quiet of the last time.It's pretty busy here at the moment. Lots of work to do.
And - (wonder happen) I've got some commission work as well
Some nice jobs, but I'm not able to post it. Maybe later on.

I did found the time during this week to paint a bit for my private fun. Just some studies. Hope you'll like it. And as usual C&C are appreciated



and on this one I'm not sure if I like the tree in the foreground and the background as well…



Cheers and sorry again!