jack

The rigging is complete. I emerge victorious.
 
Thank you to all who submitted and voted, it was a lot of fun. Not sure when the next one will be but stay tuned.
 
Payout:
 
@jack 5 TPE
@Beketov 4 TPE
@solas 3 TPE
@Mr.Baller 2 TPE
@boubabi 2 TPE
@Wasty 2 TPE
@Daniel 2 TPE
@gorlab 2 TPE
@Tim 2 TPE
@Kendrick 1 TPE
@Draper 1 TPE
 
 

jack kraken
 

This is really nice. Has a bit of a kora vibe going on. Text is really cool, nice work there. Render effects are good, but the face seems a bit out of place because of how saturated it is. Maybe tone down the saturation levels there. Other thing is the right side seems a bit too empty. Otherwise great work.

After spending the last 3 years jumping from team to team in England, rumours have been swirling this morning that the young Catalan defender Hèctor de la Riva plans to come over to the United States to start this season in the VHLM. We reached out to de la Riva for comment, but as of press time we had not yet received a response confirming the veracity of this rumour.
 
Over the past three years in England, de la Riva has struggled to find a home as not many teams have been willing to open their doors to the hard hitting defender after he famously lit a Spanish flag on fire and ran through the streets of Madrid just before beginning his first season with the Blackburn Hawks. We had the chance to speak to a few of his teammates on his current team, the Coventry Blaze, who had nothing but good things to say about him. All spoke highly of his skills on the ice, and his leadership qualities off the ice. There were no mentions of any potential on or off ice difficulties for de la Riva during his time with Coventry, but it's no surprise that he's chosen to make this jump to North America's VHLM - he gets a fresh new start, and his skills are already where they need to be at to compete in the faster paced North American game.
 
We'll have more on this story as it develops.

It's a place dumby. Didn't you ever wonder where Settlers of Catalan came from?

Pretty shit career, let's hope this next one's better.

@701 you asked almost every week, you better like this.

You have some cool ideas going on here but the execution isn't quite there. I like the paint splatters, especially with the varying colours. Would be nice to see a bit more with the background though. I find the pure black makes it hard to add anything else to it. Text isn't bad. I think the font is nice but it's a little boring without much blending or stock work going on. Keep at it.

I really like the stock work on the right of the render, but the circle at the bottom left is a bit distracting. Background is really nice. Smooth but definitely gives some interest. Not my favourite font choices but the text gets the job done. Not too distracting. Good work as usual gorlab.

Early 2012
 







 
2013




























 
2014




































 
2015








 
July 2015 and later








 
probably missing a bunch

This has some really nice flow to it. Composition is excellent. I like the stock work and the colouring is good too. One thing to improve is the sides of the signature, on the left it's too dark. One way to combat this is to make an Exposure adjustment layer (if you're in photoshop), with settings 0, 0.0165, 0.89 as a starting point, and adjust from there. The right side is also a bit weird since the colouring fades out a bit too harshly. Good work overall though.

What a beauty. Colouring is excellent, and stock work is great. I especially like the render effects, super slick. One thing I'd change is the stroke on the sub text. Maybe brighten up the blue and remove the stroke. Otherwise I have no complaints, nice job.

damn this is cool

Any .psds I upload I'll post in here
 

 
http://www.mediafire.com/download/abt627sjdtc74fa/von_karma_-_v2.psd

Any .psds I upload I'll post in here
 

 
http://www.mediafire.com/download/abt627sjdtc74fa/von_karma_-_v2.psd

I'll probably upload the .psd for this one after I clean it up.

can't wait for this season

Lord Giffgon emerged from the Vasteras locker room, completely naked but for a jock clout, and holding a roasted leg of capon, lightly buttered and spiced with red hot Dornish peppers.. His mischievious blue eyes examined the world around him, and he took a bite of the capon, grease dribbling down his chin. He espied Lord Paramount Kesler across the room, who was trembling in witness to the apparent madness of the Giffgon. Giffgon slowly approached Brovy, and their eyes met. An eternity seemed to pass, when suddenly there was steel in the hand of the Giffgon. He drove the dagger swiftly and silently into the eye of Lord Kesler, and the boy king screamed as a maid drowning in her own blood would.
 
As Kesler's lifeless body crumpled to the floor, Giffgon turned to the rest of the citizens of Vasteras. Still holding the capon and dripping bloody dagger, he raised his hands high in the air, as though a pair of invisible angels may come at any time to hoist him to the heavens.
 
Finally, he called out, "AND THAT'S WHY YOU ALWAYS CARRY ANUS DAGGERS!"
 
The men and women of Vasteras broke out into a raucous roar of approval. The day belonged to Giffgon. The realm belonged to Giffgon.
 
 
~fin

But so much more significant

Jock would doubtless represent how you two spend your private time with one another.
 
But maybe Giffgon Schjeltz. Or just Giffgon, then you kind of sound like a Game of Thrones house.

whats the bitches name in the bottom left corner? shes a ho.

Any .psds I upload I'll post in here
 

 
http://www.mediafire.com/download/abt627sjdtc74fa/von_karma_-_v2.psd