Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Grindhouse Edition Tutorial Cover... COMPLETED!

A nightmare made real by Aeron Alfrey (click for more detail):


The pic was done first as the black and white piece above (which has me doing backflips with how awesome it is), and then color was added afterwards.

The result unfortunately wasn't as great. The awesome detail of the original is still there, but is camouflaged by the color. But it's amazing what you can do with digital art these days. Here's something we came up with to retain some color - and horror with the remaining color being blood and brains - without losing the awesome effect of the colorless version.


So I need to decide exactly how to present the piece, but... it's a damn awesome piece. :D

22 comments:

  1. Just taking in all the new art (and the confirmation on the box cover) dismisses the niggling I felt about passing on the original box and waiting for the GH edition!

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  2. Damn, man, this one is even better than yesterday's. . . scary!

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  3. I prefer the B&W version, but i'm likely in the minority.

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  4. I actually think there's more detail to be seen in the color version--makes the details stand out more. In the B&W version, Ming the Merciless looks like he's staring at you; in the color version he's staring away from you. Odd (this is if you click on the pic and see it up close).

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  5. I prefer the B&W, but it's a great piece of art either way.

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  6. I like the second one, but both are wonderful. This might be the best piece you've shown so far, and that's definitely saying something.

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  7. Wait, you have Lo Pan in your game now?

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  8. The story of Iri-Khan will be told... but not here.

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  9. I have to go with the colored version myself. The splash of color highlights the central figures and increases their separation from the background. It just comes off as a better composition to my eye. Plus the colored area picks up a grimy texture which is appealing in context.

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  10. The coloured version for me - it trashes the still perfection of the upper version - it brings out the visceral from the classical.

    yeh, that one. It makes it even more a contrast to the other covers.

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  11. I'd say the B&W, but mostly because I'm not keen on the eyes of "Iri-Khan" in the coloured version, which does give the piece a particular "grimy texture" like Rafial said.

    Tough call.

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  12. The coloured one for me. That raised hand bright red with blood is really effective.

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  13. I like 'em both... but I think the color version has a slight edge. It accentuates the grimy, grotesque atmosphere and pushes the characters into the foreground. The eyes looking away in the second one are a tiny bit more disturbing.

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  14. Color. This whole piece looks so filled with awesome!

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  15. I prefer the colored one as well.

    I think it's a bit ironic that the tutorial's cover might be the one I'd least want my young daughter to see... for this piece is sure to encourage nightmares!

    Good stuff!

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  16. I prefer the b/w version (have not seen the full colored one, just the one with the red blood). I think the b/w version is scarier. Partly because the eye in the b/w version is directed toward the viewer, and partly because it looks like an old woodcut ... with the horrific foreground which is completely out of tune with the "old-looking" medium. Adding the color makes it look more modern, and thus reduces the impact of the vintage-but-horrific effect.

    I must say, though, the color version does pick up that raised hand, which is very effective and not so prominent in the b/w version.

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  17. I saw the B&W and was stunned; I scrolled down, saw the colored one and was floored. All for the reasons Rafial stated.

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  18. The blood and brains version has way more depth; use that version. There's so much texture in the piece that the pure B&W version doesn't have as clear a focus... it feels comparatively flat.

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  19. Colour on the cover, B&W on the inside. Best of both worlds. And the colour version is fucking stunning, too.

    Red Right Hand!

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  20. Yeah, that's true, the colored one does have much better depth.

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  21. DEATH METAL AS FVKK!!

    I prefer the semi-colored version; looks like you were right about these covers! :)

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  22. I just posted the full color version... let me know what you think of that one so I know which version to actually use. :D

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