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Published: 2012-08-04 00:35:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 11597; Favourites: 193; Downloads: 6
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As requested as a commission piece by ~Worgen , here is his OC, Bowenford and his Falcon Mech. The design of the mech was inspired by an SNES game BattleClash, Star Fox, Gundam, and Armored Core.I apologize for taking a long time, but I hope you like it.
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Oh boy... I think I just killed someone with my art.
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WOW!! It definitely looks so much better now that you have finished it. Great job with the details on the Falcon Mech's armor, jet thrusters, and weapons. Excellent job with the glowing effects for the eyes as well.
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Thanks!
It was tough to render out the robot because the whole body is not like an organic body like a person. It was the angles that were difficult, but I learn something new everyday.
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I believe you when you said that it was tough to render out. When I compare the incomplete version to the final product, it's clear that you had made major additions to each area of the mech, and you even dressed Bowenford in a matching space suit to complement his mech. It's great that you're still learning to enhance your already-amazing skills every day. Keep on truckin'!
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I get a Gundam/Eureka Seven vibe from this.~
All it needs is a mechanical hoverboard and it would look like just like the mechas from Eureka Seven! ^^
You're really talented, I wish I could draw like this. ^^
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I know of Gundam up until the Wing Series and a bit of Eureka Seven (if you count watching only 2 first episodes 
Remember learn, draw, practice! That's what all artists with ambition at all levels of skill are doing. And with that, it all comes down to time. I know you've been practicing as well. I can see it as you made further refinements to your OC Frank. ^^
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I highly recommend watching Eureka Seven as a whole whenever possible, it's one of the best series I've ever watched and it's also one of the main inspirations for my own SF canon setting and story. ^^
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Kewl, kewl. I wonder if it is available on Hulu?
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Awesome, bud. Now if only they had something like this in future Starfox games for the SF team which their Arwings can be like the Veritech fighters from the Robotech(Macross Saga) series. ^^
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Ya know, I think they were gunning for that very idea in SF2 or in a similar way at least.
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I believe the same way also.
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ALRIGHT!
Well, for starters, I think this is absolutely epic. I doubt I would have come up the idea to take the "Falcon" part of the design literally. It was a little jarring at first I'll admit, but then when I placed it in the context of the other designs that were seen being used in Star Fox 64 against the Colonial Navy I realized that it works. It could be in the history of the ST (Standing Tank) that the Falcon once belonged to an avian pilot who bequeathed the machine to his XO upon his death, with said XO being the lupine character I mentioned in that file I sent you in the past. Most STs are customized to represent the species of their pilot, but in the Falcon's case the design remained the same and will continue to remain the same.
The weapon designs were another unexpected benefit that I was a bit iffy on at first but over time grew to appreciate, because they have a kind of modular appearance that suggests that the pilot of the Falcon is able to swap 'em out for different things should the need arise. I think my only real gripe, if you could even call it that, is the scale. Humanoid mecha in the Star Fox universe have always been traditionally around the size of single-person aircraft like the Arwing but slightly bigger. With as big as it is here, it could be considered a CDF "boss", which isn't what I was aiming for.
And... yeah. I think that about covers it! All the image needs is to have the pilot up scaled and perhaps an actual picture of Bowenford dressed in his flight suit in place of the stock design. :3
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Alrighty then! I'm already in the works to add additional details, refine shapes, and adjust the size of the mech. Thank you for your input.
Btw, you mentioned you would like to add Bowenford in his flight suit into the image. Can you provide reference images to your character?
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Sure!
[link]
That'd be him on the right, cosplaying with my / his ex as a Gallian soldier from Valkyria Chronicles. I'm not quite sure what a ST pilot's flight suit should look like though, so I'm just going to link you to [link] and direct you to the one on the far left. It seems as good a choice as any, unless you want to take a crack at designing the suit yourself.
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Very cool combination of elements from some very awesome games and one of my favorite anime series. Nice action pose and choice of colors.
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This... is... AWESOME!!!
...Sadly, I'll never be able to draw like this....
NO, I CANNOT SAY THIS!! I will someday draw something as awesome as this!
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Hey that's the spirit! Learn, do, and you shall have the power!
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Hey JC, I forgot...
Me or you make a concept design 4 our space ships ?????
Or other vehicles????
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I've sketched some out, but I haven't posted them yet because they are not of sufficient quality.
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It's ok.
Just take it easy.
And JC, there's some thing concern me...
Should we post all of our concept art here before we complete the project???
I mean...there will be some guys will try to copy all of our work.
Or we should exchane everything by Gmail ???
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It's really up to you and Kuba to decide that. Though, I personally had great success with viewers to showcase my work in progress. Take the Halo franchise for example, they showcase some of their games' content openly to the public to build excitement.
I don't mind if they copy our work. I had many requests from fellow artists to copy Nora and gave them permission to do so. Fans even to go so far as to include her and the rest of the Crimson Fox team into other fan fics.
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kay then...
when I've finished the concept art of my OC, I'll send you a link
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That is an awesome concept that you have so far combining all those aspects.
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Thanks! ^^ There are still changes to be made. I still need to get some input from ~Worgen before I finish this up.
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Cool. Btw, I was wondering out of curiosity. How's my request coming along? Hope you don't mind if I ask this. ^^
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Here's your request at it's current state. [link] Feel free to make any suggestions!
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Give me a little while to get back on my feet and I'll give you a proper critique. (Sorry, I hit Enter prematurely.)
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That is absolutely jaw dropping! I love it! 
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