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Published: 2010-03-05 04:40:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 1417; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 12
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Here's Son Goku the way I always liked him. Flying around on kinto-un with his nyoi-bo and looking for trouble. I think I much prefer him from his younger days as a child, but my first exposure to the Dragon Ball series was a poorly dubbed DBZ movie called "Dead Zone" and this was how he appeared so I decided to depict him from that era.Goku has become so powerful that he eventually didn't need these things anymore, but they remind me of a simpler time in his life that I've always enjoyed.
My default drawing style really isn't manga-based at all so trying to figure out that hair of his can be quite a challenge. Had a tricky time trying to figure out how to draw a cloud for a man to ride on, also. I'm still not quite sure I pulled that one off.
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no prob, keep up the great work
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I too prefer DragonBall to Z. The Z stuff is too grim and dire...I prefer the charm and unabashed creativity of the early years. DragonBall is about the only comic book I can think of that compares to Savage Dragon in terms of imagination.
Great rendition, Mark, old boy! I feel compelled at this juncture to request MegaMan, because I think you'd do a good one. Actually, when I saw the thumbnail of your Kick-Ass piece on Facebook, I thought for a second you’d done the Captain N version of MegaMan (I’ve never read Kick-Ass so I didn’t get it immediately).
I think the only problem with the cloud is the tufts are just too uniform.
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MegaMan, eh? I've never been a huge fan of that guy. Maybe because I didn't have a Nintendo growing up and when I got the opportunity to play at a friend's house, the game was way too hard for me. I can probably find time to do one of these for MegaMan.
Yeah--the cloud. Sometimes it's tricky to make things look random. Playing around with it in photoshop shouldn't be too big of a problem, since it wouldn't mean redrawing anything else. I'm still on the fence about going back and fixing it after I wrap a few other projects up first.
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Definitely has a kind of young Clark Kent vibe, your Goku. I like the redesign, and yea it's not easy to make a cloud look solid without it looking like the body of a sheep, ice cream, or something. Its very cloud-like though, especially with the style you drew this in.
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Thank you for taking the time to look at this and offering your feedback! I was hoping just drawing him in a different style would be enough to count as a redesign. Heh. I certainly think if I'd fluffed the cloud up too much, it would look more cartoony than the rest of the piece and become a bit distracting. It's a tough balancing act, for sure. Someone more talented than me could easily pull this off better, no doubt.
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Oh I wouldn't say that you didn't pull it off, as it very much looks like a cloud. ^_^
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for some reason, he reming me of the 2000's Superboy. you know the ome that show up when superman was dead?
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Interesting! I tried to keep him younger looking, so maybe that has something to do with it?
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I think you've done a good job, overall its a very polished piece.What filter did you use to get that effect.
I do agree on you with the cloud, it looks like you struggled a bit. The lines seem thicker at the back and maybe it should be the other way round.
Good job all round I think
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Thanks for the kind words! I used a color-halftone effect which looks kind of weird when reduced in size like this, but I can still kinda dig it.
Yeah--that damn cloud. It just looks like lumpy mashed potatoes to me. I think I was trying to stiffen it up a bit so it would make more sense for him to stand on it but it needs to be fluffier. I think I can still go back and fix this at some point.
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