The Guardian

I love this piece, not only because of its Japanese-style artistry, but the use of only a few colors, concept, and hierarchy of the entire piece. Believe it or not, this is all done 100% by the pen tool. Which is just insane. The pen tool is a Photoshop tool that uses lines and curves to make shapes the user wants, but it is very difficult to control, let alone master. I fail to see how the artist did the female face. However, I shouldn't as I have seen things made with the pen tool that end up looking 100% real. This had to be made with diligence because regardless of how good you are, you'll mess up with the tool here or there and have to go back and fix something, even if you save often, it will not help with that accursed tool.

Penance

This piece doesn't have too much going on but I like it nonetheless. The colors and contrast are just great and I love the sunset feel to this. It matches the story behind it. The artist on deviant art said this is about a man reaching the end of jis journey, looking for forgiveness and whether or not Penance will hear his call will be seen. The figure reaching the sunset-like light symbolizes the end of the journey as do most artists, writers, etc. when thinking of sunsets. The large thing in the background is called an Abstract C4D render and was probably made in Cinema4D by the artist or someone else. Though it looks cool and fits back here, I do not sense a real purpose other than to look cool. Maybe he was wanting to draw the eye to the sunset more or show the sunset like it was exploding. Aside from that, I like how it has a story about it. Some pieces of art can be created off a simple line of text, reflecting that moment.

From 8bit to Metal!!!!!!

The above song is a cover by the band Powerglove. I LOVE this song. Not only because it is from one of my favorite games but how they went from one great piece from the game to another so good. Powerglvoe does their versions on metal and it is crazy how they can take a song performed in only 8-bit sounds to......well this! The drums although do get a little heavy. This band only does usually popular songs and only from video games. Which is probably why I like to listen to them. There are several bands who do this. Some examples are MegaDriver and The Megas. The bands used the term ReMix, not to be confused with its cousin remix, to refer to new interpretations instead of alterations to the song itself.

Dissidia

Please ignore the text that appear at the beginning. The video is mirrored so youtube wont mess with it. Enjoy the CG video.



This is the opening to the PSP Game, Dissidia: Final Fantasy. This is what I want to do in the future. Not only this CG content but the games itself. I want to design and make these games. This clip catches my eye not only because I am a fan, but all the action and details of the opening are amazing. I really want to do things like this. the game was made to celebrate all the games in the Final Fantasy series and to basically give the best fan service they could. Being on of the company's only fighting games, it did exceedingly well with fans and people who are new or not even a part of the franchise. The game utilizes the PSP's graphics to the fullest. Being a handheld video game, the content was amazing. Technology is rapidly increasing and so does the need for new and higher forms of CG and graphics like this game produces.

Wen-jr yet again

Ok so I am being redundant with this artist so this will be the last one for a while. This piece sure is different though. What catches my eye is the colors used, the great lighting and contrast, and especially the surrealistic look. It has a humanoid......thing almost like it is tied into this spider looking machine. I have no idea where he is going with this and I dont think he does either. He said he is not inspired with it so it is not moving along in the way he wants it. The title of the piece is called Magus Compo II. This is one of the first non model/CG work from Wen-jr, but............I do not get it. Though I still like how it looks. Surrealism has long roots in history and usually displays odd looking things like this. Not possible........yet.

First Tsurugi

Ok, so I love swords and video games and animated movies. So what happens when a sword from an animated movie(CG) based off one of my favorite video games of all times is made by an artist? My mind explodes is what happens. This sword is just awesome. It is made up of 6 separate swords with different ranges and functions. However, I am here to discuss the picture. The detail on this work is just amazing. The small scratches and usage appears on it. The fabric it is on in the back is very details as well. Wen-jr yet again amazes me in his abilities. I hope to be able to do this in the future. Also a little note on this sword. The company who made the movie actually had the combing sword made but together it weights 720 pounds. Which is impossible for MOST people to pick up and wield. The guy in the ovie and game however wielding this like it was a stick.

Vectors

The above piece is simple yet it is great to look at and makes your eyes follow the swirls of vector water. I personally love it for the style of vector and the blue colors. It really gives me the feel of swirling water. The lightning is good and has some simple but good shading near the edges of the vectors. Vectors are 2D, flat types of art with simple, solid colors. Like cartoons and Anime for example. They have 1 solid color which is sharp and everything on them instead of a smooth transition to it. That is vector. Limited colors that create an art. I like this style as well as very detailed.