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This guy has talent

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TOloseGT
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1145 Posts
April 28 2011 09:07 GMT
#1
I recently stumbled on this guy's deviantART page, and I was floored. He has amazing talent.

Randy Atwood

http://randy-man.deviantart.com/

Here are some particularly mind blowing drawings of his [risque, NSFW warning]:

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Thereisnosaurus
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia1822 Posts
April 28 2011 09:14 GMT
#2
He's pretty good, but all his pics are referenced. I'm not saying he's a scrub, but when you're working from a photo reference, quite probably on top of it, if he has a lightboard or works digitally, such photorealism isn't super-ultra impressive. The few non-reffed pics he has uploaded are of far lower quality.

You can tell a true talent by their ability to draw sans-reference, or compose from a multitude. Guys like Alexius or James Gurney. This guy is good, but his work has little soul.
Poisonous Sheep counter Hydras
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
April 28 2011 09:19 GMT
#3
He's very good, but there are actually quite a lot of similarly talented artist around if you look.

I'm always vaguely disappointed when I see people like this just doing portraits and movie scenes etc... I mean they've clearly got the mechanics and skills down. They really cant think up something fascinating and original and creative to show the world?

In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
April 28 2011 09:26 GMT
#4
http://hackyscott.deviantart.com/gallery/797073
Beforrrr
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium94 Posts
April 28 2011 09:52 GMT
#5
awesome pics!!!
go pro
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
April 28 2011 10:22 GMT
#6
http://ddzim.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://snow-owl.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24
http://rajacenna.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://dizzykid.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://nimra.deviantart.com/gallery/

and I'm not even scratching the surface
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
April 28 2011 12:41 GMT
#7
As other stated, nothing worthy of attentions, it has been done and it has been done better, and most importantly, it is not something impressive.

Aside from that, the tits on the last pic look awful
"If anything, the skill cap in sc2 is higher [than sc1] because there are a lot more things you can do at one given time. " darmousseh
TOloseGT
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1145 Posts
April 28 2011 19:25 GMT
#8
Damn, this topic has opened my eyes.

I especially love rajacenna's drawings. Amazing detail.

On April 28 2011 21:41 Mortician wrote:
As other stated, nothing worthy of attentions, it has been done and it has been done better, and most importantly, it is not something impressive.

Aside from that, the tits on the last pic look awful


I disagree. While he was drawing using a reference, the time and commitment he put into mastering his technique is something to be impressed about. Even though many others have done what he's done, and many others are "better" than him, I think it's still worth noting. I made this topic having only seen just the tip of the iceberg.

Thanks sob3k for showing me those other artists. I especially love rajacenna's drawings.
Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
April 28 2011 21:16 GMT
#9
The technique is indeed impressive, but it will never ever compare to other works of art that aren't so heavily dependent on reference/
Vlare
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
748 Posts
April 28 2011 21:26 GMT
#10
Lots of talent ^_^ Im so awful at drawing haha
Mass zerglings doesnt fail
udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
April 28 2011 22:03 GMT
#11
On April 28 2011 18:07 TOloseGT wrote:+ Show Spoiler +
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E-Sports is competitive video gaming with a spectator fan base. Do not take the word "Sports" literally.
Bereft
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1007 Posts
April 28 2011 22:11 GMT
#12
this one by rajacenna is incredible!
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