Here's my entry for the GOW art contest and first attempt at drawing anything Gears related. I couldn't pass up the opportunity on a contest involving one of my favorite video game franchises. Plus there's 100 prizes that are all pretty damn cool so here's hoping I win something.

I listened to the Gears 3 soundtrack the entire time I whipped this out and it helped inspire a ton, especially "Finally a Tomorrow". It's going to be sad seeing this series end but hopefully I'm wrong and there's more planned for the C.o.G. in the future.

I wont get too wordy about my process with this here, so if you curious about that check out my blog post about it here ---> [link]

Hope you all dig it.

MAS

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I've been wanting to paint a Gears of War battle scene.

...because there needs to be more blood-flinging chainsaw-weapons involved.

For the Gears of War 3 contest. Wish I had more time...
10 Hours. If somehow I was able to do more work on it, I totally would.

All artwork painted in PSCS2 & Intuos 3

I wanted to create a follow-on image from the original poster. A 'later-in-the-day' version, when things have turned sour and that Fan has seen some heavy action.

Also wanted to focus more on the grittiness and bleakness of the War & the World. Was thinking of epic last stands and fights-against-the-odds.

The 4 main figures stayed pretty much the sme from the original sketch but the two ladies went through a number of pose edits. I did a version with one of them getting shot/wouned with some blood spatter but decided to edit it for the contest. The flag bearer was originally looking backwards towards the nuclear explosion but as this was thier last stand I wanted her more involved. In the end they are all focused on thier Nemesis who lurks just off camera.

My most complex piece to date and I feel that I did achieve what I was aiming for. Will probably do some minor tweaking and balancing once I have a few days break from it.

Great experience and very happy to have been a part of the contest. Thanks to all the folks involved in hosting the event!

Everything is painted in PS with the exception of some clouds from the provided material. I wanted to paint my own characters but also make sure that they were instantly identified.

Here's my entry, finally finished. At first I was only going to have just Marcus in the shot, but I decided to go all out and have all five main characters. I wanted to include all the iconic things from Gears, such as the Brumak, the Lancer and taking cover, but also included stuff from the new game. Some how I crammed it all in. : )

: D I actually got in the semi finalists! Course I find out three days later... Not even a little notice Deviantart?? Sighh... Guess that's what I get for not checking my email regularly... Luckily I did, or else I wouldn't have been eligible to win anything without sending them proof I'm over 18 O_o ..

two weeks worth
(sai)
2560x1440

Done in SAI, took me about two an' a half days to create.

Gears of War, Anya, Lambent Drudge © EPIC

I love my Gears, baby!!

Driven by the crazy visuals and gameplay the series has established, I decided to spend whatever time I had outside of work to indulge myself in this Gears piece. Lost a couple of nights of sleep but hey when push comes to shove any gearhead knows ya just gotta go all out.

DISCLAIMER: Assets generated for use in the composition of this image were taken from the GOW3 Asset Pack provided for this challenge including the Savage Locust, Brumak, and Berserker all of which are property of Epic Games. All credits and thanks to the visual art team that created the original pieces for all of us to work with.