[Bilbo]

looks great Gecko.. the purples and violets work great.. i love the way you paint eyes- every creature you paint, whether it is a small bird, a giant sea monster or a robotic alien have this wonderful sad look their eyes.
as to the see montster- i think i liked the colors of the previous version better.. but this one is definitely better in composition.

[SoMK]

Very cool,I love his eyes !.. someone will have to write something about the "eyes � la Gecko" one of these days :p you definitely have your own style !

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[Simon Gustafsson]

I really like the seamon-ster!



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[Steve Goad]

man... your artwork gets better and better with each piece.

I like them both but that first one is pretty sweet!



[This message has been edited by Steve Goad (edited March 02, 2001).]

[Bg]

The sea monster is now at least 10 times better. I think you have the ability of changing your paintings compeletely and not just fixing some minor things here and there. In my opinion you could use green colours to make the atmosphere warmer.

PS. I liked the submarine in the first version...

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[Lomi]

nice man, i like how relaxed these two pieces look, although the alien doesnt look to have alot of character and the sea monster's head has much more detail than the rest of the image

[Icannon]

they're both great, but i really love the second picture. it's so life-like\stylistic\creative all at the same time
i happen to think the detail's just fine

[Gecko]

These purples and violets never find their way to my pics, so why not make up for it using only them this time :)
It's supposed to be an alien, jealously guarding his side of the fence to make sure the neighbors cyberdog knows to stay away :]
(and no, no there's no weapon whatsoever in the scabbard)

janne, sorry in advance.



This is how the monster turned out:





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[Frost]

It's looking good Gecko. =) I like that robot thing's head.

[Rhomb]

I like both of them. Good looking pose on the alien. He must have thrown his sword at that freakin dog. That final version of the seamonster is great but those bubbles look a little too much like a cigar smoke to me. Maybe they should be broken up more or they shouldn't be so bright? The textures you got going there are really nice.

-Ville

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[Farwalker]

Wow, great lighting on both Gecko! Nice work!

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[sear]

excellent works gecko!

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[PlantMan]

It looks alive! Like a Prehistoric thing.
Gecko, your heading for the top!,
and when you get there youve gotta sturrr it all up

[TheNexx]

-Geico, can you save me up to 50% on car insurance? )))
-Im Gecko, not geico. And stop calling me....

Just a thought ))

Looks great BTW.

PS. Joke for Americans only ))

[TheNexx]

I wish I could draw in this style ...

Gecko, maybe you can save ~$100 on car insurance ))

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[Jason]

Geco I was wondering how you got thet that transparent brush stroke some times in your work. Ive seen it on others work like Craige moluns. Im using a wacom. Any pointers. Thanks.
jason
my email is [email protected] if you whant to email me or just post it here. THanks!!!!

[paltsi]

awesome work...finnish artists rules... =)

[Gecko]

Great to hear the eyes are looking nice, but since they all seem to be sad, i gotta learn to do some happy angry and other kind of eyes too :]

bg: If you're ready to sacrifice what you've painted so far to get something better instead, a lousy pic can be turned to something good. I didn't really like the first seamonster because of the total absense of sea element, so whoop all the color had to go. Although digitally anything doesn't have to sacrificed, you can always go back.

Jasn:
Heh, play with the opacity??
layer opacity & brush opacity. different layer blending modes? dunno how to use them but see if they can help.

lomi: the point is, the sea monster fades into the sea as you look farther and farther, thus, most detail to head.

Yeah the bubbles suck :]

What's with the car insurance??

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[Cos]

Really nice work gecko, the sea monster is fkkin class!