Saturday, April 18, 2009

Between Rounds

Next weekend Gallery Nucleus opens a Street Fighter tribute group art exhibition. This gave me a great opportunity to get this Chun-li piece out of my system. Chun-li was always my favorite Street Fighter character, as a young man I spent many an afternoon daydreaming of those thighs spinning through the air. Sigh.
Anyway, the original art will be available for purchase at Gallery Nucleus April 25, 2009 - May 11, 2009.


Here are a few highlights from the progression.

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39 comments:

  1. Thierry MartinApril 18, 2009 at 11:58 PM

    superbe, i love it

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  2. Bill RobinsonApril 19, 2009 at 1:02 AM

    Ha! This is terrific.

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  3. BruceApril 19, 2009 at 1:55 AM

    Amazaing stuff! got the thighs just right, lol

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  4. UnknownApril 19, 2009 at 3:21 AM

    Wow! I love it! You, sir... are awesome! ^_^

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  5. SHOoApril 19, 2009 at 3:44 AM

    Love it! Chun-li was one of my favs too back in the days... until Cammy came in. Glad to see both of them in your piece! =) Love your work!

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  6. DarylTApril 19, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    Awesome

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  7. UnknownApril 19, 2009 at 7:30 AM

    friggin amazing Bill!!

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  8. Odd VoodooApril 19, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Chun-Li Never looked better!! Wow! Cammy in the reflection was a nice touch too!

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  9. Kei AcederaApril 19, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    So glad you got this out of your system, it's frikkin gorgeous! I love the style!!

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  10. Larry LevineApril 19, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    Truly awesome!!!

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  11. Mel CelestialApril 19, 2009 at 10:02 AM

    Hawt Damn! Took me a while to notice Cammy in the background, but everything in this piece is awesome, pretty, and sexy! <3 Loving it

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  12. XENöSISApril 19, 2009 at 10:09 AM

    Wicked work. It must be hard for these video game characters having only 2 outfits to choose from every day :P.

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  13. LeocartunistaApril 19, 2009 at 3:55 PM

    Wow....your style is amazing.
    Congratulations for your fantastic blog.
    Greetings from Brazil.
    Cheers!!!

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  14. Fabry Fab WorkbenchApril 19, 2009 at 11:35 PM

    Great As Usual!!!!

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  15. A-T-GApril 20, 2009 at 1:13 AM

    Lovesit! I can't wait to see what else your system's got in it!

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  16. JeremyApril 20, 2009 at 5:45 AM

    What a beaut! Great job Bill. And who doesn't love Chun-Li!

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  17. Mathieu ReynèsApril 20, 2009 at 6:38 AM

    Strange and funny, I was thinking about a Chun-Li illustration too ! Well, yours is just beautifull, I give up ! ;)

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  18. pablo pabloApril 20, 2009 at 7:12 AM

    Beautiful !

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  19. Brian GroweApril 20, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    Wow, impressive!

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  20. ShaneApril 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM

    Im officially in love with this one.. good lord man you constantly keep me wanting to see more.. thank you again for sharing Bill .. Absolutely Wonderful!

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  21. VanhoozerbotApril 20, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    fan-TASTIC!
    Amazing work.

    Jeremy

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  22. Chris BattleApril 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM

    YUP YUP!!

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  23. Howard ShumApril 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    Excellent piece!

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  24. William BradfordApril 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM

    Nice, man. You definitely nailed her "Thighs of Authority".

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  25. Anson JewApril 22, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    Oh my.

    Very nice!

    I enjoy looking at your workup art as well.

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  26. MukpuddyApril 23, 2009 at 1:52 AM

    Freakin' awesome dude!!!

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  27. Joey LeeApril 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM

    Best streetfighter based pic i've seen. You are a monstrously talented individual Mr. Presing.


    Quick question: roughly how long did this illustration take you to complete?

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  28. bpresingApril 27, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    Thanks guys n' gals.

    Mathieu,
    Don't give up. There's too much awesome potential.

    Joey,
    It's hard for me to judge how long this one took me because I only worked on it in little bits of time over the course of a few weeks. I'm really not sure.
    20 hours maybe? Maybe more, I don't know.

    If anyone went to the Nucleus Street Fighter show let me know how it was. Wish I could have been there.

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  29. UnknownApril 27, 2009 at 11:39 PM

    Beautiful work!

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  30. Patrick SchoenmakerApril 28, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    Awesome bill, sexy stuff!

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  31. ConstantApril 29, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    The Nucleus Show was crazy cool. Wall to wall people. They projected onto opposing walls the SF challenge. There were people dressed up as characters from SF; Ken (with a really bad wig..at least I hope it was a wig), Ryu, Chun Li, and Cammy (the cutest of the bunch). There was a camera crew there shooting the event for the web(?).

    I was lucky enough to purchase your Chun Li piece. I can't wait to pick it up once the show is over. Do you ever part with your prelims? I'd love pickup the prelims to this piece.

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  32. BradApril 30, 2009 at 9:10 AM

    unbelievable!

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  33. bpresingApril 30, 2009 at 10:01 AM

    Constant ,
    Great to hear that you got the piece. I'm always curious who buys my work.
    The preliminary art I generally like to keep for the pieces that I part with. The color studies especially because I use them for color matching when I make prints or publish them in books.
    Sorry dude.

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  34. Laura DubukApril 30, 2009 at 6:22 PM

    pretty awesome. i'm glad i got to see this at the opening on my trip to LA!

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  35. Tatevik AvakyanApril 30, 2009 at 7:44 PM

    Wow! Beautiful work :)

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  36. xenosMay 5, 2009 at 1:59 AM

    we attended the show on opening night and it was PACKED. have to say, i almost had to hadoken someone in the face in order to get a good look at some of the art there. both my wife and i really dug your piece alot...

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  37. Jorge@jlacera.comMay 14, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    Lovely, I think is the word I'd use to describe this piece. Wonderful blog btw a friggin' amazing source of inspiration!

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  38. masayumeMay 18, 2009 at 3:38 AM

    truly wonderful !

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  39. DamienMay 28, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    the best of both worlds, girls n' games!

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