Rustbucket Redux

A full coloured and textured version of a superb sketch by the very talented ~ genesis

When I first saw this sketch I fell in love with it and the concept behind it. I knew I wanted to work on this image straight away. I have never done work like this before - ie working from someone elses sketch so this was quite a refreshing process. I will be posting a walkthrough of the process some time soon in my website.

The original premise behind the image, written by Genesis is:

"The robot Rustbucket stands in its swampy home, not moving waiting to catch a ray of light where it will be used as energy. Rustbuckets 'family' sits patiently waiting for him to catch some energy for everyone to take home. Although to them this may seem like a few minutes to us it is years.

When this is done imagine earthy kind of colours with a cold mist engulfing the environment. Should be quite an atmospheric piece as the only thing that looks alive is the kingfisher that sits ontop Rustbuckets staff."

I hope I have done this justice with my on style.

Check out the original sketch here: [link]

please take the time to say hi to ~ genesis and check out his cool gallery

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Work completed in Photoshop 7. Worked up over 2 weeks.