i'm not gonna eat that snake, i prefer mcdonalds!

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i'm not gonna eat that snake, i prefer mcdonalds!

Post by skajme » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:07 pm

Having became obsessed with the latest and in my opinion best metal gear solid game, Metal Gear Solid 3: snake eater.
i thought i'd draw a nice little picture inspired by that very game.
And here is that very picture!

i am aware there a few bits and pieces wrong with it, but theyre not glaringly obvious, so i just left them in!
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Post by archonix » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:54 pm

That's pretty cool. Ever thought of doing a web-comic? :)
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Re:i'm not gonna eat that snake, i prefer mcdonalds!

Post by Jon » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:17 am

^^^I hate to discourage this, but please don't think of it unless you are unbelievably funny. Otherwise, you wouldn't really be doing anything too creative, and you'll just follow along the footsteps of dozens of unfunny, unoriginal, video game-playing art majors.


That said, that's a damn good picture. The only thing that bugs me about it, is that unless I'm mistaken, it looks like you're using a few photoshop filters, especially for some of the shadows. I would really recommend trying to stay away from using them.
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Post by skajme » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:59 pm

i had thought of doing it, but i agree with jon on the subject which is why i havent. im a bit crap at the writing, coming up with ideas and things like that!

Also jon. yep you are mistaken! i've only used one filter, and it was just the lighting effect to brighten where the trees are in the background, everything else is coloured by my fair hand! it took bloody ages too!
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Post by Jon » Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:20 pm

In that case, good job.
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Post by D.B. » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:58 pm

skajme wrote:i am aware there a few bits and pieces wrong with it, but theyre not glaringly obvious, so i just left them in!
Handy for me, as I'm too tired to go nitpicking. So I'll just do the praising bit.

Good job! ;D
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Post by Dagdamor » Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:26 am

*automatically turns head to the left, to look at the victim*
...wow. :o I never played this game, but the pic's atmosphere is thrilling. And the number of great details on their uniforms really makes an impression. I just have no words to describe. Great work!
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Post by Ekko » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:54 pm

Look out ya' idiot! Seriously though, why are enemy grunts so stupid? Having their backs turned to an open area and the like. Jokes aside, it's a great pic, even thought Snake is blatantly obvious crouching behind that rock. Colouring is great, above par that's certain, and the style itself has a comedic air to it.
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Post by Gazmanafc » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:33 pm

Thats pretty good.
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