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Under New Management · Original Minific ·
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Hostile Takeover
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#1 · 2
· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
Until I can give a proper review, I just have to mention how lovely that restrained little flame is on top of the skull. Frankly, it's adorable.
#2 · 2
· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
I'm curious, where can I buy Hell stocks? EA? Also, if the value of the stocks plummet, does that count as Hell freezing over?
Anyway, good job on this. I really like it! All the little details make the drawing shine.
The new CEO's facial hair makes me think he died on the 90's and has been working his way up Hell's corporate ladder. Good for him.
#3 · 1
· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
Not so jazzed about the guy's design, but everything else is nicely detailed. You could've gotten away without drawing the stalagmites and stalactites, but you went one step further and I thank you for it.
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· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
He does have an evil little beard, and the skull has something resembling one of those rage-inducing man buns. I can't tell if the man is frowning or has the mustache going on too. But if he really wants to maximize profits, he needs to get off his ass and do something.
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· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
We have a few rougher sketches this round, but I personally feel this one pulls ahead of the competition. The color, the detail, and the composition are all coherent, and convey your subject quite well. The color blue does a really bizarre thing to the image, being such a disparate color to the rest of the sketch. It neutralizes the aggressive red/brown of Hell, practically subdues it. I get the same feeling I got from the Pixies overtaking Fairy World in The Fairly Odd Parents from this drawing.

It lacks a bit of depth in the shading of the teeth below the throne itself, and I can’t really tell if the stalagmites are meant to be flames (but that might have been intentional. If it was, I don’t know why).

Works really well with the prompt, and has clean, clear imagery. Nice work, and good luck!
#6 · 2
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>>Rocket Lawn Chair, >>Zaid Val'Roa, >>No_Raisin, >>Pascoite, >>Rocket Lawn Chair

Hostile Takeover

Congrats to Zaid and Nonny, and thanks for the bronze!

At BC in the Quills and Sofas room, one table had some colored pencils set out for general use. I considered the “Businessman takes over Hell” theme, thought about the resemblance of a skull’s cheekbones to the armrests on a chair, and the thing grew from there. I am not happy with his proportions and should have redrawn the piece, but considering the time constraints I let it slide.

The stalactites were added in Photoshop, using select areas of the skull and the cloning stamp. I then inverted, recolored and distorted them to make the flames at the bottom. “Anything that works!”

Thanks for all the great comments!