LexCorp Evangelion - JL: Legends1

[Bic]

Aloha all!

Well here is my latest excerise in doing a complete digital drawing in PhotoShop 7. Anyway, on the JL board their was a discussion about the Robot from the begining of JL: Legends pt.1. It has a very Neon Genesis Evangelion feel to it, though it was animated as a lumbering bemeoth. :mad:

I wanted to capture NGE feel with the robot, and that's how the following image came to be.

Just for kicks, here is the rough sketch done in PS7, I flipped through a NGE artbook to find a striking pose to 'borrow' as giant robots are not in my bag of art tricks. ;)
http://www.shaka.com/~bic/er/graphics/vm-LL-EVA0x-wip1.jpg

Next I used that rough (turned the layer to about 30% opacity) as a guide for the final lines which were done on a seperate layer.
http://www.shaka.com/~bic/er/graphics/vm-LL-EVA0x-wip2.jpg

[Bic]

... and now the final image!
http://www.shaka.com/~bic/er/graphics/vm-LL-EVA0x.jpg

Hope you ladies and gents enjoyed this, cause I did. :D

[The Flash]

WOW! Great job!
http://community.sierra.com/Images/emoticons/wow.gif

[Watagashi]

Man, that looks incredible! :D Keep up the good work! :p

[Bic]

Thanx guys! Glad you liked it!

[Wyld Thang]

Its Brainiac in 2003 :wakko:

[DerekPowers]

that looks great. can you tell me how you did it? like what tools did you use to make the coloring look like that, as if it was done w/ markers or paint. and how did you do the background and those cool images in the windows?

thanks alot man, that looks dope. peace.

[Blackjack]

DUDE!! SWEET!!!

[D-Mono]

I'm with Derek - just how did you acheive that fantastic effect? :)
D-Mono.

[Mecha Washu]

very nice work, I am a huge fan of Evangelion and I have to say you really captured the look of an aggressive eva quite well.

[Bic]

Mecha Washu: Woohoo, a Rei fan!!! I keep a Unit-00 on my workdesk myself, I don't think the boss would let me get away with a Rei in lingerie resin kit. :(
Glad you like the agressiveness of it.

Blackjack: Thanx!!!

Derek & D-Mono:

that looks great. can you tell me how you did it? like what tools did you use to make the coloring look like that, as if it was done w/ markers or paint. and how did you do the background and those cool images in the windows?
well.... this may take a while... probably better told over some sushi and beer... but I'll give it a go here.. :D

It all started, as all great stories do, about a woman. She was ...oh wait, wrong subject.

As stated previously, I did this completely in PhotoShop 7. I used a Layer for every step, the sketch, the final inks, colors, BG, etc. (Note each color has three layers - flat, shades, and highlights.) Once I get the desired look, I merge the appropriate layers together to save memory.
Here (http://www.shaka.com/~bic/er/graphics/vm-LL-EVA0x-layers.jpg) is an example of what my Layer Palette looks like.

I used primarily the Paintbrush tool (B) for all the coloring of the robot and the windows. The new brushes that come with PS7 are very cool, but a tad tricky to work with at first, especially as I generally stuck with the airbrush tool in PS3-6.01. You may have to play with the settings to get your desired look. Since I opted for a marker style feel, I used a lower opacity for my shades and highlights.
To get a more ‘film grain’ feel to the robot, I used the Filter->Texture->Grain set to about 12 Intensity, 50 Contrast, and Soft for each colored area after I combined the flats, shades, and highlights of each color instead of just doing a single grain filter on everything at once to make it feel more natural.

As far as the Background went, it’s the same building in the reference image, though I did it from scratch. I used the Paintbrush tool to make the windows panes and building edges by holding down the Shift key to get a line.

The texture for the stonework is actually just three filters.
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Set the colors to what you want (in this case a light and medium grey), the run the Filter->Render->Clouds. This will give you a nice range between the two colors. If it’s not right, just redo the filter (CTRL-F).
To get the cracked textures, do Filter->Texture->Craquelure. (I don’t remember the settings so you’ll have to play with this a bit.)
Finally, since there is motion, I used a Blur Filter. Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur set at about .7 or .8 pixels. Since speed lines would indicate motion, I did not use the Motion Blur Filter.
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Speed lines were created by a trick I learned for star fields way back when. It’s really easy, takes only a couple of minutes and you are done.
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Make a new Layer (SHIFT+CTRL+N), and Fill (G) with Black (RGB:0,0,0).
Use Filter->Noise->Add Noise at default settings but make sure Monochromatic is checked. Apply.
Go to Image->Adjustments->Levels (CTRL+L) and slide the black way over to the right so it’s practically touching the white slider, then apply.
Next is Filter->Blur->Motion Blur set at an Angle of 0 degrees and a distance of 999 pixels. Viola! Instant Streaks!
Set the layer to either Multiply or Screen at about 20-30% and you’re done.
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This trick is very powerful, I have also used it for rain in the distance as in this example (http://www.shaka.com/~bic/er/graphics/VM-BigO-LC.jpg).

I hope that helped. Thanx for the praise and good luck in your endeavors.

[Green Guardsman]

not to nitpick but, lex luthor isn't with lexcorp anymore in JL, he's now just a scientist who only wants to kill the JL.