Correction: A Princess of Mars

I had to rectify few things, Most notably my value placement wasn't correct.
the 3 layers are now much more distinctive, far background, middleground, and foreground.

WIP

Here's my first post. Did some quick rough, ended up with this one. Focusing more on the lines and the dips. Also using the sharp shadows to my advantage to show his friend in the horizon. I've stylized the Arizona rock formation quite a bit to almost mimic the alien nature of mars. Not sure if i can finish it up by this week, but I will most definitely finish this piece up!

Kobe's "A Princess of Mars" WIP

still shaping around(-,.-)

A Princess of Mars: Entry

So here is my entry, I will show traces of my process later this week. From the story what I wanted to show is the landscape, and a guy entering that no man land, leaving green pasture(prosperity) behind.

Let start this year with a BANG!

Hi All, 

I want to wish a happy new year to all of you, a year filled with opportunity to grow and plenty of motivation to work laboriously.

To begin this year, I want to throw a little challenge... :)

You may have read this classic from Edgar Rice Burroughs-A Princess of Mars. Your challenge if you accept it, is to create a movie frame with a 2:35 ratio. with only material the following text.

"As Powell was familiar with the country, as well as with the mechanical requirements of mining we determined that it would be best for him to make the trip. It was agreed that I was to hold down our claim against the remote possibility of its being jumped by some wandering prospector.
On March 3, 1866, Powell and I packed his provisions on two of our burros, and bidding me good-bye he mounted his horse, and started down the mountainside toward the valley, across which led the first stage of his journey.
The morning of Powell's departure was, like nearly all Arizona mornings, clear and beautiful; I could see him and his little pack animals picking their way down the mountainside toward the valley, and all during the morning I would catch occasional glimpses of them as they topped a hog back or came out upon a level plateau. My last sight of Powell was about three in the afternoon as he entered the shadows of the range on the opposite side of the valley."

To add some precision, the characters are gold prospector in the wilderness of Arizona(they actually found something but need bigger tool to extract). Both ex-military, the guy leaving is Powell, and the guy staying, the narrator, is John Carter. All you know about him at this point is, he is certain to be immortal. He doesn't age, don't have childhood memories. As far as he is concerned he always been in his thirties.

You may do it in color or black & white. Story, value & composition should be your main focus here. It's your mantra for this challenge. The due date is January 12th, 21:00.

Cheers!
Audran

Day of the Dead

Inspiration taken from the Mexican festival Day of the Dead.

Trick or treat~

Skulls

Halloween's coming up!! Let's celebrate it with a Skull theme this week~ Doesn't needa be spooky or halloween-ish. Just Skully~ Let's bring life to the dead or the dead to life (:

Some skulls to start you off~

Bull Skull
Human Skull
Rat Skull
Turtle Skull
Eagle Skull

Oh yeah deadline will be 23rd Oct!

Tom Buchanan

Here is my entry, roughly took 2hours of studies. I actually started this one as an anatomy study, then found it cool... added the clothes.. and then ended up putting colors. I was on cheap 90lbs paper, not really meant for watercolor.

Brief: Character Design

Ok, so I want to try something, with some constraints. Below is a small passage of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Its describe one of the character, Tom Buchanan. Your challenge, if you accept it, is to design this character following the author's vision. The style & render is entirely yours to decide. Pay special attention to character traits, both visual or psychological.

The setting is in a rich suburb of New York, 1922. On the porch of a cheerful red-and-white georgian colonial house with bright vines. The time is a golden warm windy afternoon.

"...Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch.

He had changed since his New Haven years. Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward. Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body--he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage--a cruel body.

His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed. There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked--and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts.

"Now, don't think my opinion on these matters is final," he seemed to say, "just because I'm stronger and more of a man than you are." We were in the same senior society, and while we were never intimate I always had the impression that he approved of me and wanted me to like him with some harsh, defiant wistfulness of his own.

We talked for a few minutes on the sunny porch."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Deadline is next friday 14th Oct, 9:00pm.

Cute Sleeping Beauty

Woohoo, Hi all! it sure feel good to be among you again guys(I mean virtually, hehe). So following Will's gorgeous quickie, here is mine. Finally countless hours or drawing naked women finally helped me on this one(and parenthood of course). Sorry Will I couldn't pick up colors from your wheel, my screen was keep getting wet.. huhuhu... So I used Phtalocyanine Green and Quinacridone Red, not really opposite, the red is cooler than the real complimentary of this green, resulting in a slightly purplish grey when mix. Cheers!

Here is my version of it (with Procreate on Ipad):

Complementary colours & Cute sleeping girl

(edited the brief to make it super clear)

Hi guys,
thought it might be interesting to revive this challenge,
and as i didn't post yet, so here is my proposition:

Challenge:
- cute sleeping girl
- your main colours should be 2 complementary colours that you'll pick from the wheel below (for reference):



Deadline:
next week, same hour (Monday 3rd october, 9pm)

Cheers

Wil

death

Creature Challenge

Mix any 2 animal species to create an original creature. Preferably of two very different families example Mammals & Arachnids ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid) Bird & Crustaceans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean) etc....... But not a hard rule. Deadline :- 5th April

Adding 2 sketches I made to try out some brushes for fun:

Death Striking

I tried a comic book style, with unusual colors... hope it worked out

16th Century war machine

In 16th Century war machine from any country


Wiki

some reference:
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Deadline 28-march

Death brings balance.......

tried watercolour this time.

the crows

crow..darkness...mysterious

Rough sketches on Death

The top one is my attempt at the ubiquitous "Death" from hollywood movies.

And bottom one is a sketch of "Tantrik", who are not exactly death but disciples of death.

If Death was a character

If Death was Character - What would Death look like?

Deadline 14 March 2011 (more than a week to go!)

Mecha Melee

Hi,
Hadn't time to finish so I just post my work in progress :P

redbot

industrial Design

Topic: Melee Space Mechs/Melee Combat Alien Mech

Deadline: 12 Feb 2011

Viking

did it without much sketches
not much design brainstorming
experimenting lighting on character

Viking Berserker

Character design


Design a Viking Berserker!
Stick to the original Norse setting (Viking)
These warriors are not like normal Norse swordsmen, they are incredibly terrifying and their appearance alone should be horrific enough to scare away any opponents!
You are also allowed to design a female berserker!

Sunday night 15 Jan 2011

dreamscape brainstorming references

sketches for the color schemes

my idea of the dreamscape is natural+ illusion
plan to design a natural environment with the tree up side down
and some very solid shape design of the plants
hope it works

feeling hungry now !!

Environment Concept

Title: Dreamscape

this is an intresting title from cgtalk/cgsociety

A dreamlike scene or picture having surreal qualities.

Sleep transports you to a new reality; where realms are conjured from your greatest hopes, deepest secrets or even your darkest fears.



we have a different challenge this time, we going to have about 3 weeks to finish it
,so we will post WIP here ..
e.g. references(color key,compositon,idea),sketches,color key or step by step etc..

enjoy...

FireBelly

The kung Fu Steampunk