Kong by VegasMike

This is my first true piece using Painter 8. I wish I would have used it sooner! The way it makes the pixels feel as if its simulating the traditional media is amazing. I think Im going to use Painter a lot more now... Im looking forward to seeing Peter Jackson's version of Kong around Xmas 2005.

Daily Deviation

Given 2004-11-19

Kong by *VegasMike ( Featured by mirrorkills )

Cyborgs7 Featured By Owner Feb 23, 2011

I see this somewhere... Hmmmm...

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WORMS 3D !

astrew Featured By Owner Feb 12, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

cool

Mister-23 Featured By Owner Jul 27, 2010 Digital Artist

This part of the story is always so right for parody. [link]

yeagersspace Featured By Owner Mar 31, 2007 Hobbyist Digital Artist

hahahaha its still funny

yeagersspace Featured By Owner Mar 31, 2007 Hobbyist Digital Artist

oooooo i love that

PoinkRaven Featured By Owner Dec 28, 2005

You did a wonderful picture here

I love kong.

Meanbeard Featured By Owner Nov 4, 2005

Wow, is all I can say! Its so damn beautiful to see him in action like that!

Be17aiah Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2005

I featured this piece alongside 26 other deviations in my journal entitled "22 + 5 Must See Deviations Edition V." Please swing by and take a look and support some of the other artists.

Be17aiah Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2005

I featured this piece alongside 26 other deviations in my journal entitled "22 + 5 Must See Deviations Edition V." Please swing by and take a look and support some of the other artists.

bikle Featured By Owner Sep 5, 2005

you are one of those artists that, when i stumble apon your work, i can do nothing but scrape my jaw off the floor and fave...

stunning stunning. love your gallery. makes my 'ratzilla' piece look like a 4 year old in painter..

bah!

will be watching

VegasMike Featured By Owner Sep 6, 2005 Professional Digital Artist

will be watching too! Thanks!

Hitlersbrain Featured By Owner Mar 17, 2005

Damn fine ape.

Formor Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

Beautiful work and take on King Kong! You acheived a high level of creativity here! Excellent!

adriaano Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

Wow man thats amazing

wanchenghuat Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Professional Photographer

ooooh.. nicely done

Dying-Breed Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

yay

basilisk-eye Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

damn! you got a DD! Congrats man! Its a good pic too, I love the old Kong flicks, 'specially the first one

FarCannell Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

thats fantastic.. ngj

*Favourite*

HotRodCano Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

AMAZING!! awesome big bad monkey, the style is impressive.

StripedTiger Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

eek! O.o
thats good

Deviantminotaur Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

congrats on the daily deviation. Love the way you have given movement to the piece..good job.

danioc Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Professional Interface Designer

I love it

emisu Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Traditional Artist

Oh ya and it does also remind me too of the big gorilla in Rampage. ^^

VegasMike Featured By Owner Nov 20, 2004 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks for the comments! Yeah that game was awesome...munching on people, getting naked, fun stuff!

emisu Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Traditional Artist

O.O Woa!!! This is a total kickass painting!! w00t for King Kong! -bow-
Very cool details, and i love the colouring! Nice pose and the plane are really damn cool looking! And the fur on Kong... Dude... It really doesn't look like its done by computer. Pretty fscking awesome man!

Saying it again, awesome job on it!

tonare Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Professional Digital Artist

Wow great painting man....King Kong was my childhood favorite movie, (the 70's version lol =/ ). Great work.

zeroauthority Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Digital Artist

Reminds me of George from Rampage - Awsome painting!!!

insober Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Student General Artist

that's nifty man, makes me wish i had a giant gorrilla!!

flipsideshooze Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

awesome stuff

EmperorNortonII Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Professional Traditional Artist

This is great! I especially like the four fingers on the hands and feet. You're a man after my own heart!

AK-Is-Harmless Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Very cool. I love how his feet are imbedded in the top of the building, and his bestial expression of rage. Woo!

---AK

cfitzart Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Traditional Artist

whoah thats too cool

Maboroshi87 Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

He's so fuzzy looking! O_o *pets his toe*

Great job on the expression- he really looks angry! The textures are very nice, especially for your first time using the program. Nicely done

DocRedfield Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Professional Traditional Artist

Very cool... Swing by and check out my own KONG rendition...

WolfieArtGuy Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

Congrats on the daily deviation!

megillakitty Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Professional Digital Artist

His feet are cute.

musicfan Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

love it!

LoriD55 Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

You painted this! In a computer program on top of it! Great job, great details such as the movement around the planes and the blood splats! I remember thinking that movie was so scarey when I was a child. Thanks for the memories

VegasMike Featured By Owner Nov 20, 2004 Professional Digital Artist

no problem! Thanks for the comment!

Rayfan Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Writer

Heh, this subject never gets old, and Peter Jackson's version is bound to give it a new shot of life. Great pic, love his face.

Heckfire Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

YES! The ORIGINAL kaiju, the first superstar giant monster of the silver screen!
Most excellent pic, too, BTW

HeraG Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

An Advice...when you composite an art you have to keep on mind the next step, as if this were an animation, for example...what action will preceed to every element in you art, seems like all those biplanes going to hit kong´s body.

KAMIKAZE?

ut man, stile and overall is very fine, I love the tracing.

VegasMike Featured By Owner Nov 20, 2004 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks for the advice!

KidB Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

Very good, i like it!....God save Painter!!!

drailed Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004

Really great work here, great concept. very traditional looking

I'm an avid Painter user as well.. I was wondering, which brushes you used?

VegasMike Featured By Owner Nov 20, 2004 Professional Digital Artist

Hmmm good question! I remember using the pallete knife, some oils, and some smeary blenders with the basic settings. Thanks!

drailed Featured By Owner Nov 20, 2004

Awesome, yeah.. the new Artist's Oils in Painter IX is so realistic, it's almost identical to traditional methods. Granted, I'm still using the mouse.. (wacom soon) but this is some really nice work, looks very traditional. You should try the Acrylics in painter, Traditionally.. they make some nice results, but I have yet to see anyone even release a piece made with Painter's Acrylics. Anyways.. keep em coming.

cattirun Featured By Owner Nov 19, 2004 Hobbyist General Artist

awesome!!! another fellow painter 8 user.. hard to find painter users in da?! well.. you certainly use it better than i... i love it! +fav; and can't wait to see the movie!