The Predators by genocyber

Whoa awesome!

Nicely done! That dark red-orange seems a hard color to work with, but you used it very well.

Nice!

great job

When you know you're doing really well. Awesome work here man. I really like how reministant of the end of Predator 2 this is.

Wow, this has to be your most detailed picture in colors I've seen!
I dunno what to tell you but my favorite bits, aside from the very detailed lineart, is the background mural and the Preds skin. I really like the way you colored those.

The predator themselves look just plain awesome. Love the one in front being more buff. :3

_{also can't help but imagine them breakdancing now...}

You did a wonderful job with all hte detail in the background. You can really tell you put alot of love into your work and I'm quite envious. They look very proud, and you should be too.

This picture reminds me of the ending in Predator 2, when after Danny Glover kills the predator using one of it's own weapons (some kind of throwing boomerang type saw that was used to decapitate Gary Busey earlier on in the film) three other predators emerge out of nowhere, but instead of killing Danny, they reward him with an old civil war pistol. And then they walk away carrying the body of their fallen comrade with them. If this was
intentionally the idea of this great pic, then bravo. You really pull it off.

Greetings, Geno.

I see you have some work which you appear to hold in high esteem. Very well. You have good reason, as I can see that this is markedly different from your former works.

Foremost, I can see that this image holds a strong use of dominant color ranges, with hardly any deviation, save in a few key areas, such as the Predators' dreadlocks, and the barbed steel weapon in the central figure's possession.

Second, I see that the floor is lost in that strange mist, and the ceiling is also washed with the same color. It serves to bring a sort of substance to the chamber, making it seems somehow arena-like to me. It's bracing of details along the walls seem almost cage-like. To wit, your details along the walls are excellent, though I don't know the full complexity of the ship's interior, nor the general appearence of Predator sculpture or adornment.

Although your composition of the background is suitably varied, that concerning the figures seems to break down somewhat. Perhaps your use of the singular shades across their armor adds to this. The monotone brown appears to subtract somewhat from their variety, but it does not remove the individual posing which each possesses. Their skin and scale patterns denote a sense of the complex and organic, despite the intricacies of the surroundings.

One point of note is the lack of definable lighting. Only the foremost/left Predator possesses any evidence of directional lighting. The other two appear to stand at some form of muted distance.

Although the details of the armor are excellent, the flatness of the coloration causes one to have to seach somewhat for their intricacies. (That may be somewhat of a good thing.) The strange pillars in the background also lack any definable form or dimension, and in combination with the amorphous floor, cause there to be some distance confusion among the figures and general dimensions of the chamber.

Overall, the work is visually striking compared to your other creations, and I can certanily see the mark of effort. Hopefully the comment here will have illuminated some other areas you could experiment with in later works of yours? I have noted definite improvements, and I am curious as to the further directions you will take. If this image was the product of inspiration, any future works of yours hold great promise.

Thanks again, Genocyber.