Ooooh, that's so cool and hench looking! That's right. I said hench. There's that word again, hehe.

Great job Sam! I especially like the background.

Thank you!

Over all it look good and your choice of colours is spot on.

The black shadow part let the drawing down a bit. If the black part look darker, smoother and more solid (think black marker) it'd provide more contrast and your work'd look more striking.

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Yeah, I know what you mean... the original reference didn't have anything there and I didn't want to just leave it blank so I put that black part in... the way I see it, it's supposed to be smoke; kind of giving the impression that he's just getting up after having been knocked down by some kind of blast? (I know it sounds a bit contrived )

The black bits of his body really do look pretty terrible though, I've got to agree with you there. Maybe when I get back home I'll take a black marker to it like you suggest

Thanks for the comment!!

You're very welcome.

I know what you mean. Sometimes we don't have a perfectly clear ref to work on and we have to cover up the 'unclear' part which isn't easy. My best suggest would be finding another ref to find the details to fill up the gap or put the solid shadow over it as if it means to look that way.

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Awesome, Sam. Looks real nice.

-Anders

i LOVE colossus! this painting really rocks! a very faithful depiction of him, i'd say. very good work on the muscles & overall body. he probably looks a bit older than i remember him but maybe that's due to his face being overshadowed. i like the effect around his left side from the torseo downwards. i also like the background colors although colossus MIGHT find them a bit girlish... maybe you should do him in a giant pink romper with a bow in his hair once or soemthing, that would be major fun.

Thanks! Hey, you're here too

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Thanks very much for the comment! I'm so glad you like it!

For the background colours I wanted to give a kind of "angry" impression... the idea was that he'd just been hit by a blow of some sort (hence the "smoke" effect below his left torso) and was now gearing up for swift and awesome retribution. But I think my reds were a little too pink perhaps, which is why they look girly. Not something ol' Piotr would like, I expect Then again, what's his opinion got to do with it? He's only the character!

Thanks again for the comment; I will try and return the favour as soon as possible!

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