Big Catch

 

I wanted to make this image since a long time ago, but there were some... Uhm... Perspective issues...

Anyhow, nothing new in this one except for the spiraling effect on the clouds above the angel...

Now, to the important issues...

Have you seen the new Evangelion Q trailer!?
November 17th!!! 

I can hardly wait... Good luck I'll have my birthday, 2 Resident Evil movies and Resident Evil 6 to wait XD

The day Tokio III stood still

Well... Over a month since last post!

This time it actually took me quite some time make this one... When I first conceived it it didn't seemed that hard...

So, episode 11, Eva 01, 02 and the recently refurbished unit 00 go out and fight a big spider-like thingie...

Posing the figures was tricky as I didn't knew how wide the shaft was going to be, and since it couldn't take the photos in a 3D space I think Eva 00 looks like it's adhered to the wall à la Spider-Man...

The rifle was also a question mark in the sketch... I actually wrote on the side of the drawing "who was carrying the rifle?"

After a careful analysis of the episode I came to the conclusion that the rifle appears only after unit 02 fall on top of Eva 00 (really! it does!)

So, I decided to include it in a strap attached to Eva 00 (it appears that it had the rifle all along)...

The rifle, BTW, is also a bit of 3D design (a simple extrusion, I'm still playing with 3D tools)...

The batteries are simple black rectangles with some details, I originally intended them to be 3D design too but went against it as I couldn't match the camera angle to rasterize it on the Eva's pylon...

Bit of shadows here and there, glow in the eyes and green of Eva 01 and done!

Well... Now I have no excuse for not making drawings (I'm on vacation now)

See ya!

Battle in Bethany Base

Really complex (took 4 days D: )

In fact... This image contains my first dabbing with 3D design: the pillars on the background and the angel's bone tail are made with the 3D capabilities of Photoshop CS6 (I guess it can do much more, but for now I'm learning)...

So, the first and last battle of Eva 05, moments before its self destruction...

The mechanical legs of the Eva have already been separated from the body and are exploding... Meanwhile, the Eva releases it's lance to use it's free hand (er, claw) to crush the angel's core...

All with several layers of snow, smoke and explosions...

The neck of the angel was made with the vertebrae that can be detached from the figure, however, the change of perspective they do when reaching the main body couldn't be accomplished (hence the convenient explosion there XD )

Anyway...

The student committee has gone on strike 'cuz they were accused of stealing money from the budget (imagine that, the dudes that are meant to represent the students, falling into acts of corruption)...

Well... At least I got a free day, enough time to finish this and the new banner...

I love that I keep the Photoshop file of every pic I make... I don't have to take new photos...

I just take the layer with the Eva from another and re-size it... Ahhh... Lazy me...

Expansion of Blockade

Wow... Almost a month since last post!

But well, real life was calling (she said I had to press 20 algae and prepare them to herbarium standards)

So... Eva 01 after 3rd Impact as seen in End of Evangelion...

Man this one was hard... 

Earth? Nah... Just some color swap...

Space? Nope... Star brush...

The Lance? Nein... Basic editing...

You guessed right... The dammed crosses... I used a brush to make many in different sizes, the cloned the layer and relocated it to give the appearance of depth and distance... A final edit: perspective, gave the crosses the impression of rising... After giving it the glow they have (which I didn't like much) the image was done!

The Eva and the core are nothing new, have used the technique in several other images...

Anyway... My semester will end in the 1st week of June, so I hope I can make many drawings during vacation time...

Cancelled my MP Eva Complete Edition pre-order... finally decided it ain't necessary...

I'll save my money for when "Q"  is released...

Mobile Phone Wallpapers

2 images meant for cell phone wallpapers, one is for any iPhone model except 4 and 4S (that have different resolution) and the other for BlackBerry 8500 or 9300...

To compensate for the lost week, LOL...

Now, I'll do some community service: under request I'll make a custom image for your cellphone, just answer the following 3 questions in the comments area below:

Which one is your cellphone model?

What is your favorite Eva?

TV or Rebuild version?

I'll do it for the next Saturday!

Burning

I borrowed my sister's camera XD

Now, this is some sort of continuation of an image that has no beginning... If you remember in HERE I stated that Eva 00 was supposed  to be the Rebuild version... This scene was supposed to go next and since the angel is not seen, I used the Eva originally planned...

So, there is a lot more in this image that meets the eye, for example, there are new stars in the sky (not the ones I've recycled about 10 times) and the ESV can be seen melting away at the Eva's feet (after careful analyzing of the scene in 1.11, I discovered (late, of course) that the shield melts from base to top and not as depicted here... 

The angel's doom bean was tricky to make, but I think it came out right... Hard as always, the sea of flames below... For some reason, and after trying many sets of brushes, I rarely draw flames that satisfy me...

I'll try to post something next week...

A minor setback

Well... 

After several field trips for botany, growth biology and zoology, my camera is totaled...

So, image production will be suspended for a while until I can buy a new one... 

Happy Easters everyone!

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