Player 2

Del

~ For the first time in over a year I've finished a personal piece thanks to the Brawl! I know I never finished for the deadline but I forgot how much fun a competition can be when you're knee deep among super awesome artists! I've totally got the buzz for making art again ^ _ ^

Thanks for all the support and crits in the WIP thread Polycounters!

PatrickL

This is fucking glorious. Just perfect. Nothing I can crit.

poopinmymouth

Such nice work dude. First LILF I've seen. :-D

[SF]Three9

when i read this thread and saw "Player 2" I thought it was probably going to be something stupid
After seeing the content, it's sooo appropriate and was a nice surprise

Really awesome work...I almost want to push you to make Mario too :P

Vegas

Freaking nice work man, he looks fantastic. So glad you got this guy finished. I want to see princess Daisy next.

wasker

Haha, this is awesome. Love the game boy on his hip.
I can totally picture a white trash Peach to go with this character.

Skillmister

Brilliant

gilesruscoe

Flawless.

Ikosan

nice one mate, looks greate

Stinger88

Awesome model. Congrats on finishing.

maybe a bit late for crit but, I think he is far too clean for a plumber and he should be up to his eyeballs in "crap" (not literally).

Really nice though. Love the addition of the gameboy.

ceebee

Luigi: Mike Rowe Edition

I DIG IT DUDE!

Di$array

The classic gameboy adds alot to the piece. congrats. Did you try an oversized mustache, it could of added a bit more to the piece as well?

DLoud

This turned out really great. Nice work dude

Maph

Awesome work Del! The cloth pattern on his jumpsuit is a tad too much imho, and I find the jumpsuit generally a bit bland texturing wise (too uniform color wise), but pretty fucking solid otherwise man!

Sean VanGorder

So awesome. I agree that it may help to add a bit more grime to him. Still looks great though.

Dan!

turned out great man- the spattered, gloved hand is a nice touch.

Oniram

wow this is awesome! really cool that you included the gameboy. the star on the back of the shirt should be yellow though, so it would be more noticable.

daphz

that diffuse texture is so incredibly sexy, nice work!

Cap Hotkill

Impressive

Serp

Nice. That wrench is HUGE

bloodmoon

Very nice work indeed. ^-^

ez_jamin

Really cool take on Luigi!

Cordell Felix

you should make that star on his upper back to be an actual patch. Like colored and stuff!

duncan

HAHAHA Great character. I love it. I agree with Maph on the cloth, and Cordell Felix on the star patch. It would look a bit nicer if stood out just a little more. As for me I would have liked to see a more classic "L" on his hat. The cursive style font just looks a little out of place to me. I personally would have liked to see a little more dirt and grime but I like it dirty so feel free to disregard my comments . Having said all of that I really dig this guy and he is already sitting in my " stuff I would like to do but will never have the skill to do" art ref and inspiration folder. Awesome work.

Tenchi

Great work!

megalmn2000

Nothing to critics, very well done!

tonysladky

Very nice. Yours was definitely one of my favorites while I was lurking in the Brawl forums.

That's an... uh... interesting way to display your textures. Can't say I've ever seen an approach quite like that before.

JacqueChoi

Woah dude! That's SOFA king AWESOME!!

Great job!!!!

Andreas

I like the topology of the chest, interesting; any particular reason for it, does it deform better that way? Also love the gameboy!

MainManiac

hurry up and make this into a banner dammit

Shogun3d

Love it man, looks fantastic!

Avanthera

Daaaaaamn!
Pretty sweet, too bad you didnt make the deadline.

I think the chest topo is to deform better when raising the arms and such, right?

Raider

damn sexy, L always better then M

bujuman

This is fantastic.
Why isn't this a banner ?

seanpetitt

The funny thing is, the cryptic title of this thread drew me in, and I did a double take after reading comments below to figure out that was Luigi. I seriously thought it was some random engineer or plumber with a Gameboy. All I can say is, too bad you did not enter this. VERY well done.

The presentation of your normal map could have, or could be, silhuette of the Smash Bro symbol(s) or shapes of iconic Mario items (IE. Mushroom, Bobomb, and/or Pipes).

Again, Fantastic! Instant favorite.

jeremiah_bigley

Would love to see you and JFletcher do a comp together with both of your models. :P lol Would be pretty cool.

Only thing that really bugged me was that you cast that glove on in the back. It looks so flat!

Awesome job!

dempolys

Oooohhh snap
This is pretty epic! I love that i had to 'realize' who it was after the subtle clues, thats so sweet. The texturing is so incredible man! I would have like to see him a bit dirtier too but otherwise its awsum.


I agree with the other people who say this should be a banner!!!!!

Del

~ Hey team, thanks for the comments!
I think in terms of the design it was possible I could have made him dirtier etc; I just didn’t wanted to stray too far away from the clean nature of the original Mario bros.

The visual clues of who the character is, were deliberately very vague because I wanted people to see a plumber THEN Luigi after further assessment.
I personally always liked that about other people’s fan-art when people didn’t shove the idea down your throat. All of these were deliberate design choices that could very well be contested I’m just explaining why things look the way they do

The weird chest topology was me getting a bit caught up in having nice pectoral deformation that is admittedly kind of pointless... lol. Regarding the giant wrench; I was surprised to find out on my ref search this image!

I can’t be upset about not completing Brawl because I joined the comp far too late to complete it in time PLUS I think JFletcher represented the Mushroom Kingdom to the max on our behalf!!
My portfolio is pretty ancient so I’m currently remaking it just for my own piece of mind. This guy was the first piece.

Thanks again for responses.

greevar

Showcase this!

Ryan Hawkins

Looking great Dreamer glad you finished the entry it was needed. You have came along way with your skills look forward to seeing what you come up with next comp. Thanks for giving us some eye candy for the day kind sir!

Perfectblue

10/10

d1ver

That's one totally badass plumber.
I really like how he's dirty to an extent, yet clean. I think his shirt could do with a little logo on the left part of his chest(as they usually do on this kinds of shirts) and his jeans could use some more worn off color on his knees since I'm pretty sure he does a lot crawling at work. All and all some more small details could do him some good.
The face is really cool and nothing beats the gameboy.:)

Congrats on a solid piece, man.

woogity

sick work man, really nice tones in the face!

Rens

Sweet!

Wombatinahat

Love this! great work dude

BoBo_the_seal

Kick ass! Very fun re-imagining

- BoBo

dang87

Looking cool man. Keep it up!

marq4porsche

This sir, is awesome. I love the sideburns and the Gameboy, you really captured the feel of a realistic Luigi. I'm loving the face, it's fantastic!

AngryMindtricks

brilliant work del! loved it from the beginning glad u finished it haha

free-willy_PB

cool looking character del, he came out really well. agreed about the weird presentation of the textures,..but, each to their own.
oh and you missed a trick not having him posed like some cheesy 70's porn star

looking forward to your next piece

g2000

Very nice!,love the texture work