The Beast of Agu Bhraib

Free Wing Studios · Mar 2007

Commonly referred to as Agu Beasts, these horrible creatures were once human. They were driven by greed and lust for power to commit unspeakable acts. Now they are cursed to roam the night forever searching to quench the insatiable hunger of their empty souls. I created these original monsters as a replacement for the standard orc in one of my fantasy campaigns. They ate most of the orcs already.

I painted this piece by hand directly into Photoshop CS2 with a Intuis 3 tablet using only one layer and one brush. Your comments and critiques are welcome.

Thanks for looking,

David Ferguson
Free Wing Studios

Rick Stirling · Mar 2007

I read it as Abu Ghraib. Was expecting pictures of England.

fuxer · Mar 2007

me too...
to me,it looks like that woman soldier :P
Anyway its nice,could have more depth though.

noritsune · Mar 2007

lindy?

LordScottish · Mar 2007

I though this was the point of it.

Free Wing Studios · Mar 2007

Thank you all for for your thoughts. I am happy to see that it got a reaction.

fritz · Mar 2007

hey dave. i've seen three of your posts on here. and if you don't mind me saying...they all lack something really important. every one seems to be missing some depth. there are areas on this one that just scream for highlights....such as wetness around the nose....some spec on the teeth....areas on the top of the head. even where the wrinkles are protruding the most can use another layer of a lighter color. things like that.

Free Wing Studios · Mar 2007

Thank you for the constructive critique Fritz. I have received some real helpful feedback in the short time I have been posting on this forum. I will make sure to ad this to the list of things to improve upon in my future postings.

kukk · Mar 2007

Yeah!

Rasta!

stoofoo · Mar 2007

This piece is ok, but ok just. You realy should heed fritz' advice. It's sound. This really just does not look like a finished piece and it sounds to me like you are treating it as such.

However, I see your avatar, and it looks as if its gotten a better treatment there than on the main image? do the same thing, and you will have a much lovelier piece. hehe.

polishpolishpolish! Go!

dj snyder · Mar 2007

I think if Mumia abu-Jamal turned into a werewolf he would look like this

I like it--I agree, though, that the values seem a little dulled

zenarion · Mar 2007

So is this going to be turned into 3d? Would be nice to see that too, since the beast is nifty :>

The Beast of Agu Bhraib

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