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"The City beneath the One-Eyed Colossus, in color" by Charles-Emmanuel Ouellette

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SciFi and Fantasy Art The City beneath the One-Eyed Colossus, in color by Charles-Emmanuel Ouellette

Here my color rendition of this pic of the Quiet Mystery Fanfare justice trio. I like to use only flat colors to keep a retro look and feel to my work. For this pic, I used nice techniques I learned recently which consist of grabbing the palette from another picture via photoshop. It help coming up with an interesting, out of the ordinary coloration. For this pic, I made my palette using a scan of the «Zardoz» movie poster. It helped create the retro, yellowish feel on the background to my senses.

Date	Name	Comment
15 May 2003	Thomas G. Bates	Loading... I visited your gallery a while back, but left no comments (shame on me). But now I have returned! I think you've definitely achieved the retro look here. Even though using flat colors should make the picture look flat, you've used lots of different-colored details (like the floating rubble, lines on the trousers and cloak, etc) to add depth. There's lots of cat furries out there, (cats are graceful, sexy, slinky animals), but not many cows. You've made a tough-looking, sexy cow here. I like that she's always chewing on the hay. And the other characters are interesting, too. Also, I like the way you've done that human-looking building in back. Charles-Emmanuel Ouellette replies: "Glad you liked the pic, and happy you spotted the effect used in flat color to bring dept. It's quite simple, but there are many tricks that can give much life to a pic with color. Just in here, notice that the characters are all in cold color, and the background is in warmer ones. It help define them. The background lines are also thinner and lighter. As for Cika the cow character, where not many indeed, in here or anywhere, to do furry cow. Vanessa Cox also do some great furry cow in the woods http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/v/a/vanessaann/. I first found doing a sexy cow was a funny idea, and I loved the pattern it allowed to make on her skin. Incidally, «Cika» and «Holstein» are both catter brand name. Finally, for the building, I draw them taking my break at the job and at a cafe, both located in the old Montreal, where there's real nice buiding in here, part British, part American, part French... The one shaped like a one-eyed idol came at last, as I found the whole pic needed a little more of surnatural spice! I also have a look at your gallery, you have real neat little space pinup in here! Keep on!"
11 May 2004	Paola Benuzzi	Loading... This picture gives me a very Moebius' feel, especially for the buildings and the floating head detail. Was it planned, or simply a part of the retro look? Are you planning on drawing a comic? I would like to read it!
21 Oct 2004	Aaron Weaver	Loading... Looks great. Like the look of the characters and environment. I would like to be able to make characters like that. Well not exactly like that, that would be stealing.