[Livio]The idea behind this painting is X-Men villain Apocalypse has been hibernating beneath a desert for some time, and has just awakened to rise up through an unfortunate settlement of nomads. I mainly wanted to portray Apocalypse as a force of nature, one that would barely notice if he crushed an entire village of people beneath him. I wanted to treat this one a bit more cinematically, like if David Lean shot an X-Men film..so I added "widescreen" black bars because I'm a big movie dork. And below are some of the initial steps:
Image 1) The painting in progress. At this point the painting is super loose and dark as I'm just throwing down shadows to make sure Apocalypse will have a dramatic contrast when I eventually put some atmospheric perspective in. There's also a bunch of scribbly notes I write to myself as I work, if I happen to get ideas along the way.
Image 2) My first sketchy thumbnail.
Hope everyone enjoys!
-Livio
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12 comments:
That is really cool, man. Big and dramatic.
This is pretty insane! And I like the 'cinematic' feel you attempted. I think you pulled it off really well. The image looks like a detailed storyboard from a film.
great piece Livio I love it.
ricH.
How F'N Cool is that?!?!!
Damn, that's cool.
Holy JESUS that is one epic, impressive image! What is the original size of the painting? When can I get a Litho?
~Kris
Hey everyone!
Thanks for all the kind words, much appreciated.
And Kris- the painting is a digital one and though I'm not doing any litho's of it, there are going to be some 11 by 17 prints available.
Drop me a line at LivioRamondelliArt@yahoo.com if you're interested!
Thanks again, everyone!
Very cool piece. My first impression was that it reminded me of the god-warriors in Miyazaki's Nausicaa.
Wow, that is massively awesome. I'd love to see a gigantic full-powered Apocalypse show up in X-Men right now.
damn!
Very sweet dude, I totally agree with your take on him. Apocalypse = badass!
Also, the silhouettes of the onlookers are neat.
This was incredible! Great painting! I am thoroughly impressed! And that's saying something, considering it's on this blog site!
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