Jithra

Beautiful work! I did get a feeling of foreboding from the clouds, (which I'm glad, having just read that that was your intent) and they do make Takua look small and vulnerable. They are, however, distracting in the sense that my eye kept on wandering away from Takua's smallness and towards "Makuta." If you wanted us to focus on Makuta, than perfect! If we're suppose to focus on Takua, then something has to happen to bring the viewer's eye back down. What, I'm not exactly sure, because I absolutely love the textures you've created in the clouds and the almost-silhouette of Takua.Perhaps playing with the distance between cloud/Makuta and Takua? My thought being so that they're not as separated from each other and also so that the blue sky doesn't act quite as much as a severing of the two but as a bridge instead. (I'm not sure if that would help lead to Takua or not, but it's the only thing I can think of at the moment.)Again, beautiful work! I enjoyed it very much.

Happy Birthday, Timoteo! I hope you have a fantastic day today!

Man, I was a bit worried when I first started reading these posts and was only seeing a week or two...I'm glad I'm not the only one who took a really long hiatus.For me, it's been about...*counts* ...Darn, about 8 months now. Initially it was because I was in the middle of a out-of-state move/college transfer/jobless and just under a lot of change and stress when the forums were made available again. After things settled down I kinda just...Forgot. (The long hiatus didn't help.) I'm hoping to be on here more frequently and participating again, but it depends on what life decides to throw at me next.

I'd be all for that! I love looking at art books and seeing where a concept started and how it progressed to the final design and product. Like other's have mentioned, it would be neat to see how each year was planned and the work that went into it. Being an illustration/concept design major, I'd personally love to see tons of the earliest drafts for different characters and settings, and even "scrapped" ideas as well that never made the final cut. The one concern I'd have is the price-to-content ratio. I don't mind paying a bit more for an art book so long as there is an adequate amount of content to justify the price. (Which is saying a lot coming from me. I tend to buy my books second hand & used, but I'd buy this new if I felt the content was worth the price,)

"Welcome to the MU massive robotic universe. Would you like me to run the tutorial program?"But seriously, even if Makuta had trained and thought this through, I'm sure it would be a terribly jarring experience. You go from controlling a small body to a massive robot that you used to live inside. "Look down, there's the sea way way below. Getting dizzy?""Yeah, a little.""Well don't fall down, cause the last time that happened the entire universe was thrown into a thousand-year dark age.""Oh, good advice.""And while your at it, keep in mind that you have to manage the lives of several million beings and natural processes inside you. Good luck!"I don't think any amount of training could prepare Makuta for that.-don't touch my pocket protector

I know I'm late to the party, but whatever. I'm so excited that the forums are back! I'll admit I was getting a bit worried there for a while, but I'm glad that my worries didn't pan out. The forums look great, by the by!