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Totally random concept/sketch thread

  • arhurt
  • December 22, 2009 at 7:35 PM
  • arhurt
    • December 22, 2009 at 7:35 PM
    • #1

    Yeah, because I don't feel like having a thread with my name on it... so we need one...

    took about 3 hours... not sure if I'll add anything to it...

    [Blocked Image: http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/Arhurt/Random%20Stuff/Arena02.jpg]

  • 2d-chris
    • December 23, 2009 at 9:05 AM
    • #2

    cool, kinda reminds me of a mixture between blade runner and I-Robot

  • IR
    • December 25, 2009 at 11:12 AM
    • #3

    had abit of free time at work

    [Blocked Image: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9118/stranded02.jpg]

    Quick around 3 houre paint set in the hl universe.

    these horizontal citadels were buid all around the coastline. The Combine move into the village daily and load the people on transportation. Though

    noone knows what happens to them, the villagers suspect the worst.

    thx 2 felix for his random jokes suggestions/feedback/help ;D

  • Sentura
    • December 26, 2009 at 6:08 PM
    • #4

    man i thought it was a gun...

    but yea apart from the citadel, looks fantastic.

  • Punky
    • December 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM
    • #5

    Looks sick

  • DaanO
    • December 26, 2009 at 8:47 PM
    • #6

    Really well done. Only thing i don't like is how little time you spent (in comparison) on one of the most eyecatching things (the citadel). It looks out of place

  • e-freak
    • December 27, 2009 at 10:44 AM
    • #7

    yeah it looks like you took photos of the cinque terre there and combined them and then just threw the hand painted citadel on it. it looks cool for a mood picture though.

  • IR
    • December 27, 2009 at 9:58 PM
    • #8

    by populair demand image has been updated. paint was more about the mood and the opening shot, didnt expect the detail of the citadel to be so distracting thx for the feedback

  • Nysuatro
    • December 27, 2009 at 10:38 PM
    • #9

    Yesss much better

  • DaanO
    • December 27, 2009 at 11:19 PM
    • #10

    Much better indeed, I love the village!

  • IR
    • December 28, 2009 at 12:30 AM
    • #11

    new one

    [Blocked Image: http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2089/waitingadjust.jpg]

    waiting, he might call

    few houres

  • DaanO
    • December 28, 2009 at 12:55 AM
    • #12

    I like the concept, and the landscape. But i'm afraid i'm gonna have to say the same thing again. The composition leads the eye towards the girl, dragging attention away from the sea, even though the sea has the most interesting and pretty painting. When i'd paint something like this, i would either a) focus on the girl, make sure that is painted really well or b) use a composition that would point the eye to the sea. I guess in this case the concept only allows a. The hardest part about painting is (i graduated as a painter from art school) when you have a part of your painting that's really nice, but it distracts from what the painting is about, what you wanna show. In my experience you either have to get rid of the pretty part, or change the entire painting except that part, even if it changes what you had in mind. I know neither sound very appealing, but uh

    *edit*. Just thought of an option c). Right now the girls loose painting looks wrong to me because it feels like a sketch. Maybe try simplifying how you painted her, as if she's in the middle of the sunlight, no shadows. Really straight hair, etc, etc. Painting her in a simple manner isn't the problem, but the sketchy feeling is.

    But seriously, good work, i dig

    *edit 2* Just had another look and what also annoys me a bit is (this is gonna sound so technical, painting-nerdy) that the sun, the tree on the rock and the girl are all in one line. Put your finger over the sun and the tree and see what you think. In my opinion it'd make it a lot better. More dynamic, more focus on the sea and the girl and also a little less postcard

  • JeanPaul
    • January 7, 2010 at 5:03 AM
    • #13
    Quote from IR

    had abit of free time at work http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9118/stranded02.jpg

    Quick around 3 houre paint set in the hl universe.

    these horizontal citadels were buid all around the coastline. The Combine move into the village daily and load the people on transportation. Though

    noone knows what happens to them, the villagers suspect the worst.

    thx 2 felix for his random jokes suggestions/feedback/help ;D

    This is sweet. But I dont know how I feel about you calling this a paint set. You are clearly using photographs. Is that what a paint set is? A mixture between the two?

    http://www.kimtours.com/upload/cinque_terre.jpg (been there myself, its fucking awesome)

  • e-freak
    • January 7, 2010 at 7:50 AM
    • #14

    for sake of the awesomeness of that place:

    [Blocked Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/2853041398_b056e15f3c.jpg]

    My Flickr

  • IR
    • January 8, 2010 at 11:57 AM
    • #15
    Quote from JeanPaul

    This is sweet. But I dont know how I feel about you calling this a paint set. You are clearly using photographs. Is that what a paint set is? A mixture between the two?

    sorry punctuation Quick around 3 houre paint, set in the hl universe. its more of a mood paint or a matpaint I believe its called? then an actually paint, its a very common way of working (atleast here ) if you wanna set up an area, for level-art.

  • Seldoon182
    • January 9, 2010 at 11:12 PM
    • #16

    I suck at drawings!

    [Blocked Image: http://seldoon182.free.fr/images/paintedwoman.jpg]

  • Sentura
    • January 10, 2010 at 9:06 AM
    • #17

    it's a good start, you seem to have good control over highlights and shades. perhaps the neck and upper body could be a little bit lighter (technically it doesn't make sense that there is light on the face, when there's none on the body; especially considering your highlights at the top of the head)

  • Nysuatro
    • January 21, 2010 at 12:10 AM
    • #18

    Its a piece of my exam for preproduction. have to make a full modelsheet for it.

  • Sa74n
    • February 1, 2010 at 10:08 PM
    • #19

    i was sick of always drawing clean design sketches. that was the result

    [Blocked Image: http://www.envart.com/temp/uglybug.jpg]

  • Froyok
    • March 5, 2010 at 3:47 AM
    • #20

    Sa74n : we says WIP thread !

    But... bueaaauguawesome !

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