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Gaiking: Legend of Daiky MaryuColored my portfolio sketch of Gaiking, the original can be found here: [link]
The background was fun to do. Started off with a pair of gradients, then painted in the clouds and lighting using my cloud and sparkle custom brushes. I had a different background plate made using the same gradients, and used the Lens Flare filter to see what the effect looked like, then recreated the look with my own brushes.
The whole coloring job probably took close to 10 hours, spread over the better part of this week. Gotta rest those eyes (and cool off that computer
)!Accidentally reuploaded my Avatar pic the first time...
Pencils on A4 Vellum board, colors on Photoshop CS3 with a Genius G-Pen 450.
Gaiking and all related characters created by Go Nagai
Original Art by Jon Mallari
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Wasn't his torso the head of a giant dragon like robot? A huge blade can be extended from the dragon-bot's torso and slice its enemies - alien robots. I can't read Japanese, but I saw comics and specs in those little Japanese sf mags. I had a few of those little mags as a kid. Lost them
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Yeah, the original Daiku Maryu, or the Space Dragon as it was called in the Force Five translation, did have a Giant Cutter attack that came out of the dragon's main body. In the Gaiking remake "Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu", the Giant Cutter was given to a different mechanical dragon, the Tenkuu Maryu, where it had the ability to detach the Giant Cutter so it could be wielded by its respective robot, Raiking.
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"based on...?" Well, there are several ways to answer that. If you were referring to what the robot is, it's pretty much covered in the Description, particularly the link to the pencilled line art. Basically, Gaiking is one of the classic giant robots from the 70-80's, and pretty much my first favorite giant robot.
The pose is nothing special, it's pretty common. I mainly thought of the scale of the robot, and put more size near the feet, to add to the effect. Joints and stuff were inspired by modern joint designs for action figures, just made more mechanical.
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I meant was he based on an overall thing, like (and I know he's not now, he's still awesome) an ultraman villan, you know, same name, new look. P.S. HE RULES!
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Thanks! If you get the chance, I would suggest checking out the anime remake of the Daiku Maryu Gaiking series. Modern animation, but chock-full of the good stuff found in classic giant robot anime, and plus it's a good two seasons long, which is neither too short or too long when it comes to completing a story.
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This is awesome. The colouring is great and nothing is out of proportion.
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Thank you very much! A lot of my more recent development when it comes to coloring and the like came about thanks to this piece.
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AH! Found it. I totally overlooked this when I was looking for where your avatar came from. I noticed it when I went to the Tformers.com link you provided and saw your avi there. Nice.
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Although looking at it, I really should update my avi here... I took this one when I was still coloring it...
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and i am glad that you made this!
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Love it! the pose, the colors, the sky
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Thanks!
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