I tried to give him sort of a Marylin Manson look. He's like Stranger in that he prefers solitude, but he gives off more of a creepy vibe, while Stranger is more intimidating.

Because I looked at her last design, and hated her hairstyle. I don't feel I'm ready for complex Gothic hairstyles, and it just seemed to fit. She's not as "wild and crazy" as I originally intended anymore, she's much more reserved and quiet, but soon comes into her own.

That's a good idea, but I've kind of grown attached to this one. It fits her demenor.

Dude, I'm not going to get mad because you gave me some pointers. You don't need to walk on eggshells here. I know I need improvement, and any tips I get I'm gratefull for.

Thank you for helping me improve. :)

*crawls out of her hole*
You're welcome!

That's great :) Thanks for the answers. Now I know much more and understand what you meant.
Does Actra still wears the old clothes or did you give her a new style of clothing?

Can't wait to see more of your drawings.

If by "Still," you mean "Have you changed it?" And no, her wardrobe hasn't changed. But as I've said, I'm not concentrating on Actra as much as I was before.

Matt, go to my Artwork topic, there is a gift for you ;)

good work dipstikk ... marilyn manson is my favourite singer by the way:)

I don't like the drugs, but the drugs like mee...
I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the dru-uuugs...

SING IT WITH MEH NAH!

Poor wee sluggy chap, I liked him too.

Ahem, Tainted Love is TEH BETOR.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...oxin_torso.jpg

The unfinished torso of Natasha Von Toxin, a female member of Altus' species. She's a mercenary who runs a gang called the BugThugs. Their emblem is a red circle with a sillhouette of a muscular, flexed arm that's segmented.

I like the latest head of the Altus female as opposed to the previous ones. More buglike, and more to an ominous theme.

Y SHI HAV NO LEGS OAR R'MS LOL :\/

No, no, my friend. Natasha is an entirely new character. The previous female insect is named (as of today) Kyara Pace (a play on the word "carapace." CORNY).

Some of the other insect characters:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ckjaw_Face.jpg
A member of the BugThugs, Jim Lockjaw. He's got a body that looks like a mix of a millipede and a scorpion, and the head was inspired by a viperfish. His teeth are all individual mandibles, and can move independently.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...abyTChiton.jpg
An unedited picture of a character named Barnaby T. (Thaddeous) Chiton. He's the head of an unnamed museum where Altus (who's name is now Altus Boon) makes his appearance and enlists the aid of Kyara. He's an expert on almost every subspecies of the insect people, and is beginning to study thought-to-be-extinct species like the procerocruidae (Altus and Natasha's species; "Pro-Seero-Croo-ih-day").

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...onBertsley.jpg
Another member of the BugThugs, Keaton Bertsley. I named him Keaton after Michael Keaton, who played Beetlejuce, and it just seemed to fit. He's a species that has evolved very littile since the prehistoric times, and retains a pair of external mandibles (a physical trait that was lost in time when the insects developed ways to hunt without them).

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...nding-Male.jpg
A male version of Kyara's species, which is named "tereviridae" (Ter-ih-vyro-day). He needs legs, arms, and a stinger still.

Sweet! I love these insects to pieces.

And I thought that bulbous sting thing (sorry, I don't know the names in insect anatomy) on the female insect was really cool. Kudos! :D

Thanks! I'm giving them western-style clothing, so that should be fun to do.

Just to let you know, the final body segment on Kyara (the bulbus stingy thing) is her abdomen, inspired by wasp abdomens.

They're worthy enough to go in the Art of Oddworld!

No they're not.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...raPacecopy.jpg
Kyara Pace's color scheme. I'm thinking of doing an alternate one, coloring her like a green wasp.

Oh, and I finally got my Wacom tablet to work. Yay! Now it doesn't take me 2 days to color stuff!

Wow, these are really cool!:) Great job Dipstikk! Hey, wait a minute, did I see your stuff on Oddworld Universe? You're stuff has what excactly what I love: surreal. This is great man, Actra's awesome. I bow down to you, oh master of surreality. Surrealists unite!

ZOMG! You know I am a suckler for that western stuff in this day and age. ;)

Thanks for filling me in on the abdomin. I look foward to seeing more of this insect art.

Nice blending of the yellow to the black. Gets almost a fleshy insect look.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...KiaraPace2.jpg

Yeah, this is how the second color scheme came out. I'm not as happy with this as I was with the orange and black version.

But I've already got the color guide layed out, so I could probably just mess around with some other pictures of her, and try out different color schemes.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...TomLockjaw.jpg

By the way, it's Tom now, not Jim.

Sweet. I love how you are modeling these insects off insects in our own world (are you?). I did something like that for Tales of Ydian.

I am lovin Lockjaw!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...se_smaller.jpg
Altus making a dramatic entrance, assumably from skylight.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...full_small.jpg
Natasha VonToxin, a female member of Altus' species.

I can't help not to think that she reminds me of something. Hmm. Nah, maybe it's just that the magnificent hands and legs of the male insect have blurred my mind and eyesight. Actually the entire male bug.

Why doesn't the female bug have as cool fingers as the male bug?
And how does the male work with those? They're not very nimble, I assume.
...I must say, the boobs and lips on those insects are... scary, at least.
Um. Boobiness... how.. lactating indeed.
Their evolution must have been rather interesting. : D
What do they do with the fangy paddles on their hands?
I love the jaw -thing with the bugs. I like the mouth picture.
The layery belly and neck are very attracting.

Hmm, how does Mr. Lockjaw balance himself?

More external mandibles! More! ! :0~

Arr, you done good. You have the talent, young one. Use the force wisely.
*retracts my lightsaber, bows and walks away.*

Dipstikk, your art is getting better and better. It's so creative and just,great. The way you've taken elemnets of real insects and woven them into the design of these characters is real good, and they all look like they could easily fit into Oddworld. That Lockjaw character is amazing, as is Altus' design. I'd go with the first colour scheme for Kyara personally, but it's up to you. I can't really fault anything, I merely have observations on Kyara that her breasts are rather large, possibly overlarge (Though again up to you on your designs for her). Anyway, this is great artwork Dipstikk, imaginative and inspiring!

The reason it's taken me this long to respond is because this seems more like a "free for all, tear it apart" session, and I didn't know how to respond. I don't want to sound ungreatful, but maybe if you gave tips on how to change something in your critique, it'd seem more welcoming.

Kyara's a different species than Altus.

I'm sure he manages just fine. He's quite nimble.

I'm really tired of people bringing up the fact that they have breasts. It's not you I'm annoyed with, it's these tightwad elitist bastiches at the Penny Arcade forums (why, oh WHY did I sign up there?). But I told them the same thing: The breasts are part of the design, and I'm not changing it. Who's to say it couldn't happen? The biologocal laws of Earth don't exactly apply on Oddworld either.

What, you mean the claws on Altus' fingers? He uses them to climb walls.

Bad planning on my part. I meant to make the claws level to the ground.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...aranewHead.jpg
Kyara's new face. I made her a bit nerdy, since she's an ArchaeoPaleontologist and all.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ikk2/Lense.jpg
A self-described "Futurama-esque" advertisement I did for Kyara's glasses just for kicks.

Hard to know how people want others to react with their art. Usually offering different methods or changes to someone's art is considered rude, that's why I restrain myself from doing it (not that there were anything to change, really).

Ah, yes, I see. I just got a little confused who's who.

It's totally fine that they've got breasts. And no, you should definately not change your characters in any way just because some people find it weird or unnatural; seeing that those creatures aren't even supposed to be 'natural'. But breasts are always rather noticeable, and you have yourself pointed out or commented about this fact many times, so I believe that without your recently told opinions nobody would have guessed it obscene commenting about them. My apologizes if I offended you in any way.

Hmm, I'm not sure if that was what I meant.. but how cool. I like his fingers.

Aw, Kyara's glasses are pretty.

Is it gross that I'm turned on by this?

edit:


I knew I wasn't the only one!

Can anyone tell if he's being sarcastic?

Wow, I knew there was a reason your name was TENTACLE ORGY.

Yes, I am being sarcastic...


Actually, that name came from a random name generator used for RPGs...I picked the first one that came up....

Wow.. they're really good. How exactly do you colour them in? Or get them on the computer? Do you use a drawing tablet?

That's annoying. My Fanfic character is called Lockjaw. Or rather "The Lockjaw Kid". I always thought it meant rabies, but apparently it is the early stages of tetanus.

I would like to say that I quite like your art, Dipstikk...The detail is quite honestly astounding...

Heh, thank you. Sorry about the rough start.

:D your art work rockz!

Your artwork is great, all of ur drawings ive seen you do are hot alien chicks, lol keep up the good work :D

No problem, man. The anatomy on your creations is really cool. Where do you draw your inspiration from?