Costume Contest #32 - Aquaman

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Om1kron

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#51  Edited By Om1kron
@deadpool1109 said:
" @Om1kron: yeah i guess so, but hey its a bunch of superheros, if it was supposed to make sense to us mere mortals, they wouldn't be superheros now... would they?? "
And they wouldn't wear spandex lol. 
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#52  Edited By tonis
@EGoD said: 

@tonis:
Colouring is the one thing that takes me the longest and least favourite since I do it all by hand, thanks :)

wow, knowing that's colored by hand moves it to a level of 'special' in interpretation. Fantastic job in tonal shading and huge props for patience. 
 What kind of pencils/pens are you using to accomplish that kind of coloring?
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#53  Edited By spawndon
@egod: wow I like it
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#54  Edited By deadpool1109
@Om1kron said:
" @deadpool1109 said:
" @Om1kron: yeah i guess so, but hey its a bunch of superheros, if it was supposed to make sense to us mere mortals, they wouldn't be superheros now... would they?? "
And they wouldn't wear spandex lol.  "
Or there underwear outside... :P
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#55  Edited By EGoD  Moderator
@tonis:
just blendable coloure pencils and paintbrush markers as a base mostly.  I sometimes use wax pencils and occassionally use these sketching crayons but those things are like chalk and incredibly messy for a left hander.
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#56  Edited By tonis
@EGoD said:
" @tonis: just blendable coloure pencils and paintbrush markers as a base mostly.  I sometimes use wax pencils and occassionally use these sketching crayons but those things are like chalk and incredibly messy for a left hander. "
I know all about the mess we left handers make :) 
I like the look the approach makes, and can only begin to imagine the time & effort it takes.
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#57  Edited By tonis

I might need a couple hours more to finish mine, computers rendering like a turtle and I've got some things I can't finish till it's done. 
Any chance we could push the deadline to tomorrow sometime? I don't think I'll be finished by midnight tonight.

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#58  Edited By spawndon
@tonis: is the maker of the thread even online? you better make double time...
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#59  Edited By tonis
@spawndon said:
" @tonis: is the maker of the thread even online? you better make double time... "
No I don't think he's been on for about a week, sent a PM but haven't heard back yet. I'm almost done now, will be finished before I go to sleep for sure in the next 4 or 5 hours.
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#60  Edited By tonis

  The first thing I thought when I decided to make something for this was 'How do you make Aquaman look cool'?

Om1kron kind of echoed my sentiments and what I decided going into this was that I wasn't going to try giving him metal-wear and other things that didn't make sense in the water. A body suit seemed sufficient enough for a costume. That was the easy part.

Water is a bitch when you want to reflect/diffuse it, whether you draw or render it. To top that off I really wanted to portray the sea creatures as the 'utility belt'. What I ended up for a final required ever ounce of my computers power. To make a test scene took on average 30 minutes, the final 3 renders took over 6 hours each to generate. In the end, I was happy with the results and it's a first for me in that 99.9% of the image and effects was 3d designed and the only thing I did with photoshop was add the cover overlay and a few splashes of water to bouncing objects. 

The concept I grabbed inspiration from was a Superman mini-series done back in 1985 call 'The Secret Years' where they introduced new stories about the time between him being a kid and becoming a man. Here's Arthur at the moments between prince and king, presidential at best. 
 
He does have an entourage of sharks with a secret service of orcas and a dolphin sidekick. They're considering running in 2012 as the 'Sea Party' just to keep things interesting for us land dwellers. 
Watch out for Mera Palin :)

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#61  Edited By Gambit1024
@tonis: Wow. Really awesome job! I like the chest pattern you did there
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#62  Edited By Decept-O
@tonis:
Impressive, to say the least.
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#63  Edited By tonis
@Gambit1024: @Decept-O:  
thx guys, my only regret is that I couldn't find a way to have him throwing a starfish like a Chinese star, I was dieing to try that but couldn't get it to look right :)
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#64  Edited By deadpool1109
@tonis: wow!! really impressive man. I see all that work paid off. Brilliant rendering!!
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#65  Edited By Om1kron

I like the hair, reminds me of mitsurugi from soul caliber. 

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#66  Edited By tonis
@Om1kron said:
" I like the hair, reminds me of mitsurugi from soul caliber.  "
yea, I never liked his original hair and didn't want to go full blown king with the concept so I figured at this point in his life rastafarianish with a ponytail and light goatee seemed fit for the water :)
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#67  Edited By J_Evan

Hey, guys, there've been a lot of great entries so far. Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner, Tonis, but it seems you got it knocked out pretty spectacularly.  I've been busy with school and real life and stuff and I don't even think I'm going to be able to get mine done tonight. Does anybody care if I push the deadline a few hours, say, tomorrow morning?

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#68  Edited By J_Evan

Nevermind, just saw the voting thread. Oh well.
 
Just for shits and giggles, here's the sketch I had been working on:

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#69  Edited By Om1kron

It happens J haha the participants are so eager for results haha.

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#70  Edited By tonis
@J_Evan: nice one, he looks ready to kick someones ass :)
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#71  Edited By J_Evan