ooh i see o.o;

great details on the mech monster thingy :D

That is... amazing :D

That is one impressive looking whatever you call it. Oh, and the dino is cool too.

kekekeke

I need to look up this series.

That's an awesome biomechanical creation. If the show's creature looks half as good as this does, I'll be impressed.

Yes it is, just look at those screencaps... :)
http://www.gearsonline.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10655&sid=8e44325e0e97cc22e0a05d026336f824

Note : these are the screencaps of the OAV series, called "Lord of Byston Well", not the original TV serie "Dunbine"

Holy sh*t that is awesome!Give me your talents *Brain suck!*

wow very interesting indeed..... and the link of reference shows something like off of Escaflowne, which is another greate Bio Mech

But Dunbine was first, and by MANY years ago... :)
Anyway, Izubuchi was mecha design consultant on Escaflowne the movie too, which explains the mecha DO resemble a little more to those in Dunbine there...

Havn't seen any of these animes mentioned, but the first thing I thought of was Nausicaa...
*gets idea*

Idea you said ? :D

you'll see it later! =X

:) :) :)

LOOOOL !!! XD XD XD

i'm sure anybody would be pissing in their pants if they saw a bioroid like that. :D

never knew that aura battlers would take on a more biological design scheme after the TV series.

As I said a little higher, there is "another version" in those OAVs, where the Dunbines seem more biological than mechanical, contrary to the TV serie.
Anyway, mine is a pure creation inspired by those, and probably a third kind of "dunbino�de".
In the serie (as far as I know by the design books I got, having not seen the serie nor the OAVs), they were 100% man-created creatures with a skeletal frame and much "organs" being mechanics and electronics, but with some biologic-like muscles.
In the OAV, the organic and the machine seem more intimately mixed, looks like genetically-created living creatures developped around some metallic frame (internal and external).
Mine should be more a creature wearing an armor, much like the creature in Patlabor WIII

well, from what i could tell of the TV series, the aura battlers are constructed with a mix of magical and Earth technologies. the body parts, armor parts, weapons, all the mechanics are constructed from beasts around the world (the dunbine's armor's made from a certain giant beast's shell, i believe), while the means to manipulate the... say, muscle joints, aura conversion and output, control systems, etc. are all done by imitation Earth technologies, as in what the byston well scientists have been able to figure out from taking apart... say, sho's motorcycle.

however, since Dunbine took place in the early 80s, no one could really figure out how to make an aura battler look bioroid-like, unlike today.

It does seem to nicely blend the 80s 'real robot' aesthetics of the television series with the true blue biomechanical nature showcased in the OVAs under Yutaka Izubuchi's artistic direction.


BTW do you happen to own the B-Club specials (for the OVA and 'Aura Phantasam'?)

Holy Awesome

:)

Good LORD! Does EVERYONE have a Bunny_Soul icon? Oi gevalt!

I really dig the creature's eye! And the fairy adds a lot of character to the drawing.

Ooo Range! More than just TailSpin cuteness? *grin* *BLUSH!* Love the eyes!

Ha ha, yes, that was an era where "Talespin" was a word totally unknown from me, just as "Rescue Rangers" and the likes... ^^

Wow.. truly amazing!

Thank you ^^

damn that's smashing! :0
amazing detail
I just love detailed monsters cB

Heh heh, thaaank you ^^

This reminds me of a creature i drew a while back, having very large orb-like eyes. I think it's well drawn, but i would very much like to see the shading pushed further on this puppy.

;)

This is awesome :)

Thank you !!! ^^

Ooo, a serpentine biomecha. 83

The definition I've ever heard about it :) :)

Me and my tendency to wake up mords. X3

LOL I forgot a word : "the BEST definition"... ^^''''

Oh, thanks. ^_^

Dunbine is my alltime favorite series

this thing is awesome, i gotta say this thing reminds me of so many bosses from old Nintendo games. especially space ship games where the bosses were freakishly so weird that they looked awesome. very nice pic

Thank you !! ^^

this is crazy awesome. Is this pencil, or ink? Your hatching blows my mind.

Pencil, as is all my works :)

Coool...

I wonder what those little warning stickers say?

"no finger in the nostril" XD

You would have to be a trained professional to pick *that* nose.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet.

When I first looked at your artwork it was difficult to tell if you were actually trying or just idly drawing. The difference is especially clear now thank you.

Idly ? o.0
The simplest looking pics are sometimes the most difficult, you can't go back if you made a mistake.......

You don't say? My appologies if I happened to offend you. I'm friends with a couple artists but we never talk about it and I've never learned anything in school about drawing, it was always metalworking.

So why would the more complex pictures be easier to render?

You didn't offend me, just surprised LOL But it's true that you can't always feel the amount of work in a pic.
Let me take an example : Mickey, he is one of the simpliest characters to draw. Well, the smallest proportion mistake, the smallest wrong line, the smallest diversion from for example the circles composing his head or ears is IMMEDIATLY visible and makes it look awful.
Now as for my own pic, that's in fact the contrary : my style with many hacking lines makes it easy to correct most mistakes and gives the impression the wrong line is naturally part of the whole. Yet, if you compare the few roughes that are in my scrap gallery with the finished pics on my main one, you will see that I do many corrections in the process, and that even the fastest-looking pics required some detail redraw - not to mention that the creation itself requires a long process to set the proper positions, proportions, interactions and so on.

This is true, it's probably one of the reasons most of my inkings turn up looking really awful.

That's a really awesome looking critter. I love the way you blended the biological and cybernetic traits. the fairy looks awesome, too. You did a great job of making the wings look insectoid.

:) :) :)

So then how long did this particular one take from thought to final product in comparison?

I really can't tell you for two reasons : first, as you can see, I did it long ago, thus I don't remember its process. Second, I don't do those big pics in just one shot, but little by little, often in the transports. Again, as you can see on the pic, this one took me many monthes to complete, but not regularly.

It is truly something worth taking a long time to stare at and admire. I have a couple more questions but I would rather send those in private, unless of course you mind.

No problem :)

Oh, Wow! O.o I love the reptile's eye!

Heh heh, thank you veeeeeeeeery much for the feedback !!! ^^ ^^

At first, I thought you only did cub artworks, and now... Good gawds.. very nice ^.^

For some reasons, that's what I was most known for - above all thanks to those assholes on the chan boards -, although I always displayed far more other works than on this subject... that does sadden me but I can live with that.

Thank youuu ^^ ^^

wow.. really.. really nice.. the shading is superb..
in the mouth it just makes it pop off the page.. oh my! how ewonderful.

Heh heh, thaaaaanks !! ^^ ^^

The detail for something like this must be a bitch to flesh out.. but god does the end result look awesome.. me wanna see more XD

You should on that new account I opened... When I'll have time to scan all those old pics I got ^^'''
Thaaaaank you Drayk !!!! ^^ ^^

what's the new account o.o I'm a wee bit retarded atm

See my latest journal !! ^^

... Oh, not active yet so you'll find nothing for the moment. But soon...

Biomechanical orgasms explode inside my rusted brain!!!!

Amazing work. It inspires me.

I hope so ^.^

I love how you managed to have such a soft look on parts of the skin while using black ink.

:) :)

holy supercool!! the detail of the layers of bone or whatever on that creature are great. The eyes are AMAWZING :D!!

Yup, I never was able to do eyes this way again after !!!

SWEET MOTHER OF MEAT! This... This is AWESOME! :O

Heh heh, thaaaaaaanks ^^ ^^ ^^

I love the dragon! He looks so cool and the shading is fantastic!

Thaaaaaaanks !!! ^^ ^^ (sorry for the long time to answer, your comment didn't appear in my comment box and I had to wait for the one of somebody else below to realize you did it !!! )

Detail explosion! Love it!

Very glad you do ^^ ^^

Lured in by your Krystal pictures, I had to see THIS thumbnail in full size... it's sharp, it's futuristic, it's got nudity (tastefully I might add, even though I can be quite a slob for lewd and lascivious looking art, too! Haha, I'm SUCH a furry!) As the last guy said, DETAIL EXPLOSION!

I could sit here and BS you by saying, "Oh the rhythmic feel, the shading and the juxtaposition of the girl upon the head of the creature... It creates a sense of...!" And no matter what I finish that last statement with, it goes right back to, "COOL!" Yeah, I know, I'm a real classy bastard, aren't I? Regardless, this piece REALLY details your talent for details. (you know you like that play on wording. And it wasn't even intentional at first!)

It showcases you as more than just an anthropomorphic artist. Kinda' like how I'm writing a lot of fan fiction (mostly about StarFox, Sly Cooper and Castlevania) but I'm still serious about work outside of Franchises that aren't my own and / or any creation / intellectual property that belongs to a big-ass corporate entity like Nintendo, Konami or Sucker Punch / Sony.

So I say to you... fuggit! you're a great artist, fur, tits and yiff put aside. Swell job!

Kit Karamak

Oopsie, below ^^'''

Thanks again :D :D

Very impressive!
Beautiful details, crisp lineart, an excellent sense of proportion, great shading, and an incredibly high overall quality.

Nice work.

Thank you very much :D :D

Le dessin est très bien fait!

s'il vous plaît pardonnez mon mauvais français...

Cheers,

SDE

NB: Je ne parle pas un mot de français, lol

Ha ha ha, no problem, your try was quite good ^^ ^^
Thank you for your comment SDE, extremely glad you like the pic :) :) :)

peut-être vous pouvez placer cette image sur la 420chan/dino

(Again, please pardon my poor French, even though I live in the American West, where French was long the "lingua franca.") :D

I never go on any chan boards, I'm allergic to those places where the worst of human nature expresses wildly, hate, jealousy, frustration, gratuitous mocquery....

Thats truly amazing

Thaaaank you ^^ ^^

Very impressive style! You draw bloody well but use of lines and shadows -- reminds me of ink drawings -- is what really makes it amazing.

Thank you very much !! ^^ ^^

absolutely gorgeous detail :)

Heh heh heh, thaaaankies ^^ ^^ ^^

This is amazing. If this is the right place to mention it, I'm also a fan of mecha.

Thank you !! ^^
You should go see my other account then,  madox-00... :) :)

incredible detail

^^ ^^ ^^

THe onster thingy looks awesome

Thaaaank you ^^ ^^ ^^

This reminds me alot of one of my favourite songs for some reason. The name, you ask? I believe it was called "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," by Skrillex. Also, beautiful detail. You just earned yourself a watch!

Thaaaaank you ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

Awesomeness!!!

Love this work.

Wondering if I can still do this kind of things nowadays, I mean, I still more or less have the technic, but not the ideas nor the patience anymore...

I am sure you can. Et avec 20 ans de +, ça devrait être amazing!

Avec Toi comme muse, I know I can