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MOTU, Mini-Statues, Jitsuby *valstaples

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Emiliano Santalucia and I have been doing all the packaging illustrations for the MOTU mini-statues since they began.
Emiliano draws 'em up and I ruin them with my colors.

I was really happy with how Jitsu came out.

They never print exactly how I want, but does anything ever print like you want?

The figure is on a gray background because the figure is on a layer so it can be transfered to the packaging template.
In instances like that, I always color over gray so there is a neutral influence on my tonal range.

Tony Moore gave me some good advice on how to approach rendering in the future.
Work with mid tones and work out to highlights and shadows.
In the past, I've always done midtones/shadows out to highlights.

I did a little of that with Jitsu and the shadows, which allowed me to shadow his ribcage; leaning his torso forward,
and it allowed me to push his legs back, bringing his metal hand and arm forward without the aid of planial gradients to mask back areas of the figure.

I still haven't pushed shadows as far as I should.
I'll be working on that as time progresses.

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~Phenometron May 19, 2012

Jitsu is a warrior with a heart of coal. x]

*valstaples May 19, 2012

it's a furnace in there.

~Ryusukanku Mar 28, 2012

Great picture there.
I like how the hand is now an oversized artifact-like thing rather than just a metal replacement for a hand.
He looks genuinely Formadable rather than just a bad guy with a gimmick.

*valstaples Apr 11, 2012

Emiliano did a great job with the art, and the 4H with the design!

~dollarwine Nov 7, 2010

i'm guessing this is a character from the comic version cause i've never heard of him

*valstaples Nov 8, 2010

Jitsu was a classic MOTU toy and in the Filmation cartoon as well.

www.he-man.org is your friend! :-D

~dollarwine Nov 8, 2010

i lived & loved he mas growing uo but never heart of that guy

~F4tb01 Jul 21, 2010 Student General Artist

Great color !

*valstaples Jul 21, 2010

Thank you!

~feuerkorn Feb 16, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Intersesting take on ol'jitsu. Great pose and nice chestpiece.
Well done!

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