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My hydralisk fanboi art.

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Malminos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States321 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-06 06:58:30
February 05 2011 05:59 GMT
#1
Hey guys, i thought i'd share a bit o fanart of my favorite unit from my favorite race. I started it on a notebook during a meeting at work the other day, then worked some on it at lunch today, then finally brought it home tonight, cleaned it up, scanned it and here it is.
It's not really supposed to be exactly like the SC2 hydralisk, but more my own spin on it. Hope u all like.[image loading]

[edit] fixed that old link. some people couldn't see the image. linked it elsewhere.
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imyzhang
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada809 Posts
February 05 2011 06:03 GMT
#2
looks good, but u should get an unlined notebook from now on ;P
bleh
minimat
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia344 Posts
February 05 2011 06:05 GMT
#3
That looks so sweet, nice work man.
DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-05 06:07:05
February 05 2011 06:06 GMT
#4
I have no idea how people can make fan art as good as this. It would be hard enough making drawings of humans, never mind a drawing of an alien race of unknown anatomy. GJ
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Hyren
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States817 Posts
February 05 2011 06:10 GMT
#5
gaaaaah so jealous! I wish I could draw half as good as you QQ
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GullyFoyle
Profile Joined October 2010
United States103 Posts
February 05 2011 06:13 GMT
#6
Really nice! Seriously, if you can draw like that... start your sketching on drawing paper hehe.

Hope it's off creep, 'cause as a Terran I don't wanna be this up close and personal...
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andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
February 05 2011 06:16 GMT
#7
Omfg so good! Mad props!
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NrG.NeverExpo
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2114 Posts
February 05 2011 06:17 GMT
#8
On February 05 2011 15:03 imyzhang wrote:
looks good, but u should get an unlined notebook from now on ;P

u sure those aren't drawn on or something?

Im sure the guidelines really help with keeping proportion etc. It doesnt look bad with them :D
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Zerkaszhan
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada120 Posts
February 05 2011 06:21 GMT
#9
so tits. dude keep up the good work
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rexelus
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada13 Posts
February 05 2011 06:23 GMT
#10
freakin awesome...you should draw more zerg units
Nazeron
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1046 Posts
February 05 2011 06:24 GMT
#11
pretty sweet
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ranjutan
Profile Joined November 2010
United States636 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-05 06:30:23
February 05 2011 06:30 GMT
#12
On February 05 2011 15:17 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
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On February 05 2011 15:03 imyzhang wrote:
looks good, but u should get an unlined notebook from now on ;P

u sure those aren't drawn on or something?

Im sure the guidelines really help with keeping proportion etc. It doesnt look bad with them :D

I don't think those are guidelines, I think that's just standard notebook paper
or am I missing something? O_O

anyway awesome fanart = )
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Geovu
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Estonia1344 Posts
February 05 2011 06:30 GMT
#13
I don't know why but when I look at this I see a combination of the Gears of War locust drone and the rock worm.

EliteReplay
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Dominican Republic913 Posts
February 05 2011 06:39 GMT
#14
pretty good job, how much does it take to draw this?
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MaxField
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2386 Posts
February 05 2011 07:01 GMT
#15
bro i am so impressed right now.
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imyzhang
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada809 Posts
February 05 2011 07:08 GMT
#16
On February 05 2011 15:17 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2011 15:03 imyzhang wrote:
looks good, but u should get an unlined notebook from now on ;P

u sure those aren't drawn on or something?

Im sure the guidelines really help with keeping proportion etc. It doesnt look bad with them :D


"I started it on a notebook during a meeting at work the other day"

i would assume that he was drawing this in a ruled notebook =/ and.. i think he tried removing the lines around the hydra in photoshop.
bleh
On_Slaught
Profile Joined August 2008
United States12190 Posts
February 05 2011 08:14 GMT
#17
Pretty good. A small bit of criticism, you should make the head a little bigger in the future. iirc, their heads are usually much larger (the fan part).
epidGoaty
Profile Joined December 2010
United States219 Posts
February 05 2011 09:58 GMT
#18
On February 05 2011 17:14 On_Slaught wrote:
Pretty good. A small bit of criticism, you should make the head a little bigger in the future. iirc, their heads are usually much larger (the fan part).


I quite like the proportions he used there, makes it... realistic? lol, anyway nice work!
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nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
February 05 2011 10:04 GMT
#19
holy shit that's like the mother hydralisk or sth D: looks so sick

mad props bro
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famz
Profile Joined May 2010
United States78 Posts
February 05 2011 10:07 GMT
#20
that is bananas....B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Red.
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Spain228 Posts
February 05 2011 10:08 GMT
#21
woah men, congratulations i would never be able to do this kinda godtype drawning
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Ashok
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia339 Posts
February 05 2011 10:14 GMT
#22
That's really good man
Tankbusta
Profile Joined May 2010
United States109 Posts
February 05 2011 10:18 GMT
#23
i like it

remember that chris metzen created the art for diablo from his highschool scribbles, and now he's swimming in dosh
Smigi
Profile Joined April 2010
United States328 Posts
February 05 2011 11:39 GMT
#24
Awesome.

Make a mutalisk next!
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Sanski
Profile Joined August 2010
United States57 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-05 12:54:24
February 05 2011 12:42 GMT
#25
for some reason i can't see the image

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Droogby
Profile Joined February 2011
France10 Posts
February 05 2011 12:45 GMT
#26
Really nice work ! How long did it take you ?
Darksoldierr
Profile Joined May 2010
Hungary2012 Posts
February 05 2011 12:50 GMT
#27
Looks cute
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Malminos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States321 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-06 00:09:54
February 06 2011 00:07 GMT
#28
Wow! thanks for all the feedback guys i really appreciate it :D I saw quite a few questions, maybe i'll try and hit a few of em.

On February 05 2011 15:03 imyzhang wrote:
looks good, but u should get an unlined notebook from now on ;P

Hah yeah, i have a decent sketchbook but couldnt find it at the time. I almost prefer drawing on lined paper just cause i've drawn on lined paper since time begun for me and it just feels so familiar and isn't as intimidating as a blank sketchbook pad.

On February 05 2011 15:06 DeltruS wrote:
I have no idea how people can make fan art as good as this. It would be hard enough making drawings of humans, never mind a drawing of an alien race of unknown anatomy. GJ


Yeah, the alien anatomy thing is more of an advantage than a disadvantage. With alien anatomy you can just make stuff up, then turning muscles into carapace is just knowing where muscles fold underneath other muscles and turning that into a shell that loosely looks like a muscle from actual anatomy. If that makes sense.

On February 05 2011 15:13 GullyFoyle wrote:
Really nice! Seriously, if you can draw like that... start your sketching on drawing paper hehe.

Hope it's off creep, 'cause as a Terran I don't wanna be this up close and personal...


Oh yeah, since this one is more based off of the "slimmer" sc1 hydras, being off creep doesn't matter. so watch out!

On February 05 2011 15:17 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2011 15:03 imyzhang wrote:
looks good, but u should get an unlined notebook from now on ;P

u sure those aren't drawn on or something?

Im sure the guidelines really help with keeping proportion etc. It doesnt look bad with them :D


Nah, the lines are just due to me only having lined paper at the time. I used to use guides for proportions, but nowadays i am comfortable just eyeballing it as using guides etc. seems to make me draw really tight. which isn't good.

On February 05 2011 15:39 2GRe-Play- wrote:
pretty good job, how much does it take to draw this?


It worked about 45 min in a meeting, then an hour over lunch, then another hour and a half to two hours cleaning it up, scanning it, uploading it, etc. so i'd say 4-5 hours total.

On February 05 2011 17:14 On_Slaught wrote:
Pretty good. A small bit of criticism, you should make the head a little bigger in the future. iirc, their heads are usually much larger (the fan part).

lol yea, if i draw another one i might go all out and make it fatter with a big head/crown, kind of like the SC2 hydras which IMO are a bit fatter than SC1 hydras.

On February 05 2011 20:39 Smigi wrote:
Awesome.

Make a mutalisk next!


Mutalisk or overlord i think i want to do next. no timeframe when, but i'll title it with "fanboi art muta" etc. so it's easy to spot. I might do the next one in photoshop or something and do a video of it just for fun. I just downloaded camtasia so that might become a reality. Anyway, we'll see.

And again, i never thought i'd get so many compliments. i really appreciate it guys/(gals?). Yall are the best! thanks!. :D


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DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
February 06 2011 00:11 GMT
#29
Damn, yo. This is sick. I like how it's not as burly as the SC2 hydralisk. The SC1 seemed a lot more limber.
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Kage
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
India788 Posts
February 06 2011 00:11 GMT
#30
My god dude, this is super impressive. You should draw some! Fantastic work keep it up!
SpaceFighting
Profile Joined January 2010
New Zealand690 Posts
February 06 2011 00:17 GMT
#31
On February 05 2011 15:21 Zerkaszhan wrote:
so tits. dude keep up the good work


so tits? LMFAO! i lol'd hard.

anyway i love the drawing...cant believe u just did it thru a meeting and thru abit of lunch...damn...it sounds like u were just casually drawing a hydra as if u didnt give a crap, and then it comes out as badass as this..i wanna learn how to draw now QQ
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Cakez
Profile Joined April 2010
United States73 Posts
February 06 2011 03:12 GMT
#32
Well done, you're very skilled indeed
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Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
February 06 2011 03:13 GMT
#33
oh wow that's impressive. Really captures the 'dark' side of Zerg race.
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oo_xerox
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States852 Posts
February 17 2011 05:01 GMT
#34
wow.......some people are just born with special skills. I draw cartoons every now and then.......and man sometimes its very hard and u have a really hard time trying to draw things from a 3d perspective. Maybe its true what they say about People with this mad drawing skills, they see things diferently or ar able to notice things that we skip.
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Wartortle
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia504 Posts
February 17 2011 05:13 GMT
#35
most impressive.
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
February 17 2011 05:15 GMT
#36
well done!
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LoStYouRSkiLLS
Profile Joined February 2008
Australia223 Posts
February 17 2011 05:17 GMT
#37
You got some artist skills man
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Sava90
Profile Joined July 2010
Denmark144 Posts
February 17 2011 05:20 GMT
#38
Very cool! Left arm looks a bit weird though.
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douche
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden42 Posts
February 17 2011 05:22 GMT
#39
I like it:D
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Assault_1
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada1950 Posts
February 17 2011 05:23 GMT
#40
it should be more squished against the ground.. hydra's slither
your drawing looks like its walking on 100 tiny legs

anyway nice work
ccou
Profile Joined December 2008
United States681 Posts
February 17 2011 05:26 GMT
#41
Do overlord instead of mutalisk next. Overlords are more complicated and interesting I think.
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Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10366 Posts
February 17 2011 05:27 GMT
#42
wow that is so good o.o style and detail and everything!
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MHT
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1026 Posts
February 17 2011 05:29 GMT
#43
Thats badass man looks like a hydra on steroids.
GagnarTheUnruly
Profile Joined July 2010
United States655 Posts
February 17 2011 05:36 GMT
#44
Awesome! Very skillfully done
Qzy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Denmark1121 Posts
February 17 2011 07:09 GMT
#45
Awesome! Now draw a female hydra! :D
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Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10366 Posts
February 17 2011 07:12 GMT
#46
Awesome! Now draw a female hydra! :D



Haha that will be interesting. Creative drawing ftw
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OriginalBeast
Profile Joined September 2010
United States709 Posts
February 17 2011 07:45 GMT
#47
looks really good :D
More gg, more skill.
Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
February 17 2011 07:54 GMT
#48
I have a hard time drawing a car. And I mean drawing a car like a 6 year old.

This is incredible. Nice job.
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Turbo.Tactics
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany675 Posts
February 17 2011 08:02 GMT
#49
Very cool! Wanna se moar :D
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Profile Blog Joined March 2006
China5098 Posts
February 17 2011 08:10 GMT
#50
oh damn...
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Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
February 17 2011 08:12 GMT
#51
Should go down the evolutionary chain and draw lurker next ;D
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BasilPesto
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia624 Posts
February 17 2011 08:25 GMT
#52
Really nice job. Level of detail is awesome.
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Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom533 Posts
February 17 2011 11:09 GMT
#53
Very nice! I think pencil drawings look slightly better than coloured ones
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Swatch
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany114 Posts
February 17 2011 11:16 GMT
#54
Wow, how long did it take you? Really nice work.
blackbrrd
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway477 Posts
February 17 2011 11:19 GMT
#55
Awesome!

You should just photoshop the notebook lines, they are a bit annoying, shouldn't be more than 5 minutes of extra work.
johlar
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden165 Posts
February 17 2011 11:25 GMT
#56
O_O Mind = Blown
Narcind
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Sweden2489 Posts
February 17 2011 11:37 GMT
#57
That's really impressive
FarbrorAbavna
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden4856 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-17 11:40:09
February 17 2011 11:39 GMT
#58
shit is dope! if this were in a size fitting for a wallpaper I'd put it on my desktop nao.
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waffleduck
Profile Joined August 2010
125 Posts
February 17 2011 11:49 GMT
#59
Why does everyone draw Hydras?
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