Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Mathias Verhasselt

[mv]

Hi all!
couldn't resist entering that one. This time I'll do something.
Here is my little background story:

Humans are no more. Their gift to life was lamarckian evolution; now, life understands itself and the universe that surrounds it. It can change its structure in real time to adapt itself to any changes.
Very soon, it was clear that to expand in the universe in an efficient way, life should find a way to capture stars and use their energy to the maximum, as "engines" for higher level organisms,
to travel in space in the crusade against entropy. Any other ways of retrieving energy from the universe have been proven more destructive.
So this is the big enterprise. First to transform earth in a high-level "catalyst" to inform matter that is drained from the solar system ( mainly the giant gazeous planets), and then grow up the solar organism from the orbit of mercury.
After that, travelling space and eating stars to feed the organism, and put "seeds" in other systems to inform matter until the whole galaxy is a living thing.. and then take control of the black hole in the center of the galaxy as an engine for the galactic organism.. etc.. etc..

The picture I will create takes place when the earth is still growing and uncomplete...
it is bigger, less dense than the current earth, and almost all atom of matter are used for the organism, which is like a gigantic cell : its atmosphere bends as enormous pseudopods grow into space, and inside, roots, canals , tunnels, chambers of matter and energy transformation fill what once was just solid or liquid rock.
In orbit, the leaves of this "earth-tree" gather a bit of the waste of energy that is solar light. One day it will not be a waste anymore, but not yet...
From Jupiter and Saturn come back gargantuan whale-shaped animals, who during their long travel in space have synthetised unnumerous amounts of aminoacids and highly informated proteins from the gazes they have gathered on the giant planets.

Inspirations : pictures of earth from space (of course), natural shapes, fractal shapes, english perpendicular gothic style, proteins, molecular organisation.



Good luck to all entrants, and have fun!

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098198309_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098198309_large.jpg)

Here is a little sketch, very rough .. my final will be very different from that, that's just a test to find the feeling of planetary view and big scale. The surface of the earth will be far more tridimensional, with things going in and out, atmosphere bending, clouds following the surface variations. .. and the whale thingy will certainly not have a tail and things like that.
Stay tuned.

[jddog]

hey, that looks amazing... ! good luck !

[El Toro]

Nice concept, good luck! :bounce:

[PreatORiAn]

good concept, really good :thumbsup:

[3doid]

o yeah!... now thats what i call a wicked story... aweosme concept art and i wud love to c what u have for us in the furute... keep it up my firend :bounce: :applause:

[ilasolomon]

That will be really an awesome and original Space Opera, has' 2001, an space odyssay' feeling. :-) Good luck, though you dont need any! ;-)

[Designer2]

:thumbsup:
this is amazing start, i like the feeling of big big space on this one, i think you only should work a bit more for the background.

rock on

[fellah]

cool start mec, and ofcourse I'm very glad to see u in. gave me a little inspirationkick!
but shit.. I have a hard time understanding your idea, think i need some rest.. then I'll fetch my lexicon, reread it, and see if I understand.. :D

[azazel]

Nice sense of scale on that sketch, it really feels big.


This looks more and more fun :)

[flyingP]

now that I really do like :thumbsup:

[Pufferfish]

This challenge is turning out to be one super tough challenge!

I really like your idea, great to see how your work evolves. Definitely one thread to watch :) Good luck!

-pfish

ps. Looks like you really know your weapons ;)

[BadPenny]

Damn this is a kick ass concept..and great sketch!!
can't wait to see your final image

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN :buttrock:

[duddlebug]

There's certainly a feeling of size and scale... and a full-on planetary view... the detail you're planning on the surface sounds great!!

I'm getting more and more astounded by the quality of the concepts in the 3D section.

[WazaR]

The fact the planet "lights" up the bottom of the ship gives the craft realism. Very powerfull image. I'll be keeping an eye on your post.

[unitstudio]

Incredible story there m@ - quite original and evocative - i like the idea of seeing all of the universe with life and that this could possibly be the moment when 'seeding' begins.

I think the ideas are nicely translated in your rough which is already conjuring an epic and timeless feel.

-g

[arLutiK]

Good Luck :thumbsup:

WOW if you model as nice as your ideas and as nice as your sketch, this image will be amazing.

[mv]

jddog, azazel, El Toro, praetorian, 3doid, Designer2, flyingP,-Andy-,duddlebug ,WaZar, arlutik : Thanks for the replies ! I'm glad you like the concept. I'll try to do my best.

ila : thanks! but when are you gonna enter the challenge my friend? we need you!

fellah : I tried to do my best to explain.. but I agree it's not that clear :/ I'm glad you like though, and I'm waiting for your entry, my dear bastard :twisted:

Pufferfish : thanks again ... your support is definitely appreciated :)

unitstudio : thanks a lot! I'm glad that you sense that timeless feel. That's one of the feelings I'll try to convey. Btw, I dig your 2d entry .

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Now I'm working on pure pattern / shape researches, that can serve for various things.

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098279034_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098279034_large.jpg)

more to come

[JamesMK]

Very nice to stumble upon yet another raiser of the bar.....

The first concept looks excellent :thumbsup:

[Pufferfish]

Stunning as always. This piece really stands out from the mass with it's style.
Hard to tell yet what size that structure is without any comparison to other elements, maybe it's the tower like element you have in your first sketch. Anyhow I'm sure it will look great in the final.

Keep em coming!

-pfish

ps. I wish you a happy polycounting for modeling phase ! :D

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098291598_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098291598_large.jpg)

starting to define earth's surface, still not tridimensionnal enough.

[grafi]

looking good! :thumbsup:

[Mr. Glass]

I love the idea. By the looks of your avatar you've had this one in your noodle for a while. Keep it up.

[shoey]

Great Start, Just setting my stall out:thumbsup:

[tabajara]

:eek: uow great concept art!!!

good luck!

[ArtisticVisions]

Very, very cool concept. I'll be keeping an eye here.
:thumbsup:

[DimitrisLiatsos]

Entropy increase....Earth mutation to live organism ....u are killing me here...great concept... :thumbsup: Glad u are in ...have fun

* subscribed *

[WyattHarris]

Looks like the Earth is growing Hydras (the sea creature) or it's becoming a planetary Coral Reef.

Interesting

[EmpY]

I like your sketches very much!! Elegant forms, peaceful ambient...
The first one rocks by itself!

[Pufferfish]

:arteest: Been staring this piece for awhile now. Beautiful. It has something very captivating in it. I really like it. Those "towers" have the same grand feeling like the great trees of Valar.. up side down though :)

Very promising stuff and very inspiring.

-pfish

[duddlebug]

that last one is a really beautiful concept....

[cg219]

Wow, your concepts are great. I love those sketches. I like the concept your going for also. Earth draining thingies. LOL. Keep up the work, cant wait to see a bit of modeling.

[mv]

grafi, shoey, tabajara, ArtisticVisions, EmPy, duddlebug : thanks a lot. I'm glad you're liking.

Mr.Glass : thanks man. Yeah that kind of universe has been tormenting me for a while now.. this challenge is a perfect start for a therapy :)

DimitrisLiatsos : thanks my friend..I'm glad you find the concept interresting.

Pufferfish : thanks so much.. but where are your updates ? ;)

WyattHarris, cg219 : thank you ! actually nothing is growing "on" earth anymore, but the whole earth itself is alive. those things sticking out are pseudopods of some sort. It's true that I've still not found the way to convey that feeling, but I'm working on it.

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more sketches coming soon

[Christoph_H84]

Good concept and great story!

[SONIC-X]

Nice paintings- creates nice atmosphere.

[thoughtcriminal]

Wow! can't wait to see more!

[joshcxa]

hehe rough sketch lmao. the whole design in excellent

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098370102_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098370102_large.jpg)

First design of the "whales" that come back from the giant gazeous planets carrying high-potential matter to be used in the earth-organism growth

[mv]

Christoph_H84, SONIC-X, thoughtcriminal, joshcxa : thanks a lot :)

[flyingP]

I really like this, it's the sort of Science Fiction I really enjoy reading, and the designs fit well in to. I'd perhaps make the whale a bit longer, but that's just a personal thought not so much a criticism. Great stuff :thumbsup:

[jddog]

Elegant, accurate and really nice... wonderful feeling in your draw.
jdd

[BartokDesign]

Insane , and the whale draw is beautyfull . Already one of my favorites.

:applause:

[SONIC-X]

This is some realy retro stuff.

I like your style.

No star wars invluinces here.

[chlywly]

Woah, I really love these sketches; great work :) Very eerie and atmospheric.

[yoff]

Wow, this is like the best story ever! The grandest duel: Gaia vs Entropy -the ultimate battle for life... If this story reads off your final pic, I cannot imagine a more complete interpretation of the subject...

Of course, the physics of today entails the battle to be decided. In favor of entropy, but it is not in the nature of life to give up :)

OK forgive my babbling, I just simply love this story...

[sykosys]

I really like the concept. You can write your novel after the contest is over. :)

[cg:unlimited]

I just can agree ....

exciting.

[anti-shock]

Love all your concepts so far. keep up the good work. http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[Taroe]

Very nice.:applause:

[mv]

flyingP : thank you ! and you are definitely right about the proportions.

jddog, BartokDesign, SONIC-X, chlywly, sykosys, cg:unlimited, anti-shock, Taroe : thank you very much, your feedback motivates me!

yoff : thanks a lot! yeah entropy would definitely prevail, since the simple fact of sustaining the life of an organism elevates the entropy of the universe around the system... but at least it tries to make the entropy augment less quickly!

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If you didn't really understand the story here are some explanations :


well, it's my view of the future of life on earth and beyond...
First,humans discover how genes exactly work and they understand all the laws of self-organization of matter.
Then, by perfectionning their machines, making everything smaller and smaller, they stumble on the same obstacles as life has encountered during evolution of cells
and they are able at a certain moment to create new lifeforms, that are the best machines possible, since everything inside them has a definite purpose;
and so they can create anything they want with the energy that is given to them.


At a certain point humans themselves become futile in evolution because what they have created does everything they can do, but better

seen from a distance, mankind in this context and in the evolution of life can be seen as a step forward for life, in understanding itself and the universe that surrounds it, and in beeing able to transform its varieties at will.

well a way to make you understand: cars, now , are almost like animals ( they eat petrol (=concentrated solar energy)), they have a motor that is like intestines + heart + muscles, wheels that are like arms and feet, a skeletton, and they sh*t in the streets... (we have not much evolved since the middle ages, at this time it was pigs, now , cars)) . But compared to animals, cars have a very low efficiency, you need a big manufacture and wastes of energy to create them . In some time we will be able to make all parts grow like living tissues, and by understanding the laws of genetics and self organisation, maybe be able to create a car that grows entirely from a little "cell" if you give it the proper environment and energy... and if that is done very well, there will be no distinction between life and technology ; of course we will need to create some sorts of "enhanced" tissues and cells
that can be very tough, and work with more energy.

So in this future life is very well organised, because it can think, predict, and transform itself at will and generate new lifeforms for specific purpose ;not like in the past (now and before ), where only natural selection was at work : here, it is lamarckian evolution (=cultural evolution : we need something, so we create it).

so life knows that it needs to extend in the universe to continue
for that, it needs to travel in space
but every previous attempt to colonise space were not very succesful
because the energy it needs is too big... and life knows that the only energy source that can lead it to where it wants is the sun
like it has always been
so it plans to extend itself around the sun and "take it" as an "engine" to travel in space.

well my image will take place while life is still growing on earth, not yet around the sun
and when earth is a whole organism
no more soil or rock
a big beast
still quite round
and it needs to grow more
so it drains matter from the other planets of the solar system
like jupiter, saturn etc
and those "whales" are the organisms that carry the matter from the planets to earth.

:)

[Pufferfish]

O_O ... brilliant! Scary but VERY good one. Love the whale design too.
You really have given some thought to your work.

-pfish

[Virtuoso]

Well Hello Stranger........;)

Looks like you have a firm grip on the theme M@.........Nice cocnepts,and I like the Whale idea very much.I think we should see more of the off the beaten track "Space ships".Something more like the Whale for example,something more organic..........more retro perhaps........

Either way,I think your ideas and start are very promising,a very nice Space opera in the making.................I wish you the best M@...............:beer:

[Borro]

Great story and even better concepts :). I can't wait to see more. I have to admit that there is one thing I also thought of: using the sun as a energy source, but in my image planets will depict building the planets on suns(by decreasing the molecular size of the suns gazes and using it as a core for the planet) :). Well anyway keep it up and good luck.


P.S. But I'm sure you'll be one of the top three :)

[taavi]

Hi M@!
Your story is getting aready epical dimensions! And the concept scetches are really great :)
Aftre reading your explanation, I know U will like Alastair Reynold books! The civilisation is not so far developed as in your universe but there are many similar ideas :)
For example-huge suborbital gisslers, which transport passagners from spaceships on planets and vice versa. And the pilots aregenetically mutated whales, who are brilliant navigators. Actually the spaceship and the whale are basically same being-the ship is usually builded around whale :)

[Panupat]

I really like the earth surface with the tall tree looking building. It has a lot of character. Great design!

[Mr. Glass]

I like the whale ship, but since this species is all biological I picture a different type of propultion for the ship. Maybe a solar sail or something along the line of solar energy. I guess when I see the stream of energy shooting out the back I think mechanical, something biological would be more organic. :shrug:

[TiTaNiuM sAMuRa]

My guess is that you're working on form right now before exploring colours. You mentioned a couple of times that the visuals don't feel tridimensional enough. Perhaps an integral part of the interaction with earth-matter and space-void will be the gradation and play of colours. Partial transparency and translucency may also help you out. The images look very frosty right now with the stark black-white forms. I'm not quite sure about what I'm suggesting, but it is a thought.
The images remind me a bit of my sketching style; my pen has an obsession with edges. It bounds and defines the forms before they even have the chance to evolve or develop.

[D-3]

wow!! beautfull concept!!
best luck

[pBarrelas]

very nice concepts dude!! Rock on!!:scream:

[varma]

Pretty nice design work and good coloring!
Good luck with your project!
:thumbsup:

[JamesMK]

This will certainly be in a league of its own - the whale is a magnificent concept and design, with a healthy dose of Douglas Adams, and it's really great to see such an articulate philosophical summary with regards to the implied storyline as well. Looking forward to further progress here ASAP :cool:

[DimitrisLiatsos]

Man ...reading your thoughts on your concept and watching your images gives a almost mythical and somehow romantic thought.....i really like the whale interpretation :love: :love: :love: . It all shows so much thought ...this is one i am really following very close ...i think there is much to learn through this ...i am also, knowing your modeling skills, almost afraid to see how grand it will look in 3D. Man...why all you French guys kick a$$ in concept and design....i envy u(in a good way of course).

Keeping a close eye on you :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :bounce:

[mv]

Pufferfish, Virtuoso, Panupat, D-3, pBarrelas, JamesMK, DimitrisLiatsos : thanks a lot guys, your input is motivating!


Borro : thank you! Using the sun as the energy source ? I think no human can claim copyright on this idea...;)

taavi : thank you! I will definitely check Alastair Reynold's books.

Mr Glass : thanks. actually I don't really see the problem with that kind of propulsion.. it is organic, but in a very advanced form.. they stock solar energy in antimatter in the specific tissues on earth (don't ask me how :p , but they have cells that do that) , and then they use antimatter reaction with gazes for propulsion.. they also use a kind of "quantum crawling" (don't really know what it is yet, but they sort of use the matrix of the universe and find some "lines of power" that we don't yet know to ease their trip in space ) that is materialized by the things under and just after their main fins. It is all biological, but very evolved... and I agree that it is hard to give that feel in the design. That's why I'm still thinking on that. (I don't want to go the "easy" organic route... meaning tentacles, slimy things, etc.. at this scale, life needs to be very organised and has not much freedom in forms, so it can't really have the chaos that usually rings with "organic" )

TiTaNiuM sAMuRa: thanks for your suggestions. And yes colors are not really worked yet.. I'm rather in a design/shapes phase than composition/colouring .

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thanks again all. More sketches and designs to come, with all your suggestions in mind. I was lazy yesterday..

[DimitrisLiatsos]

I hope u don't mind suggesting ...maybe u could adopt in your idea also some giant vessels in the shape of a Squib ..mainly because of the dynamic shape of his body... :hmm: ...just a small thought... :love:

[austinkyo]

wow......its more then a rough skecth........:bounce:..

Great work man.....:thumbsup:

[pinnamraj]

nice concept like the sscenario

good luck


http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=180333

[simoncvy]

Good looking concepts, but lacking the pivotal/epic feel described in this challenge.

[ArtisticVisions]

Good looking concepts, but lacking the pivotal/epic feel described in this challenge.I don't know about that: there are all different variations to the term "epic". If every entry was the same idea/theme, why hold the contest to begin with?
Personally, I think his concepts fit the Challenge nicely.

[jonahhawk]

Hulloooo Mathias,
Your story is vast and indeed epic, one dealing with not only history but evolution, the ultimate history. The challenge in any single image is to tell the story to the unitiated, the inocent passer-by. There is a great deal of detail on a micro and macro scale. It will be interesting to see how you show those details and the growth and evolution over time, instead of a single captured moment in that evolution.

The whale is beautiful. When I think of natural propulsion I think of jellyfish or a squid spirting ink and darting away. there is no reason why a natural living vessal could not expell a continuous stream of matter (or antimatter) as a means of propulsion. Think "The Bugs" in Starship Troopers.

Really, if I were naked and floating in space and I... expelled gas, I would propel myself through space!! Given my the right diet, I bet I could reach great speeds!!

kepp up the good work!

Jonah

[mv]

DimitrisLiatsos : thanks again my friend. Yeah squids have interresting shapes.. I don't think they would fit this scale though... but thanks for your suggestions, they are always welcome!

austinkyo, pinnamraj, ArtisticVisions,jonahhawk : thanks for your input, much appreciated.

simoncvy : thanks, and you're totally right.. those are just design sketches, I have to concretize some quite abstract thoughts, I'm not working on the composition yet :) I'm confident in the epic feel my image will get in due time... I'm not hurrying :)

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I'll start working again tomorrow, so I'll have less time to work on the challenge, but I'll try to continue steadily.

[WazaR]

Truly very interesting.



Your ideas on design show allot of thought. I believe that the reason your ideas are "working" has to do with the play of scale and perspective from what we would normally expect.



At larger and larger scales, the universe takes the form of ever simpler physical forms, in this case spheres. Only at smaller scales does the universe begins to break away from near perfect geometry (with the extreme being at the quantum level were the physical universe loses all sense of deterministic stability) and begins to bifiburcates into more complex and chaotic patterns, which in our scale are the kinds of things we’d call clouds and mountains trees and whales. In your work in essence you seem to be running the universe backwards, and creating ever more complex forms at ever larger scales. This is refreshing and innovative.



On another level the idea of an organic existence at a macroscopic level plays on the concept that we are all part of one single living organism. I'm not sure if this is a strictly environmentalist work, but I can see some influence from that ideology.



As for the design itself, great work!



I am wondering if you have gotten any plans on how this will work out in a final composition, there are allot of elements and I'd like to see your idea for how perhaps you will get them to all tie together....



Either way great work or I truly appreciate the intellectual process behind this peace.

[NicoDN]

I love your whale, Mat !

Concept isn't new but could be very well used in the way you're taking.

[mv]

WaZaR : thanks for your reply.. and no, I don't think that's really environmentalist.. not in Lovelock's Gaia style. Here, the consciousness life and then, the whole earth gets, comes from the humans. And when I say "earth is an organism" I literally mean it, with vessels, tissues etc, not the environmentalist biosphere vision.

NicoDN : thank you. Yeah, whales have a shape that really seems to go well with space! actually I'm giving this head to that organism to have some familiar look in the design. Since there will be no humans there, it will be hard for the viewer to attach to something he knows.

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Well not had much time to work on it since last designs. I've yet to find the good image that could have the "dramatic" view the Space Opera theme requires. I should figure a simple way to make understand the threat of entropy, but that's not really easy :S .

In the meanwhile, here are some thoughts about the "whales" :

They actually don't travel in space by propelling. Under their main fins and after, they have "tissues" that unfold the chaos of quantum void and weaves some kind of "wires" made of the fabric of the universe. After that they grip on those wires with the tissues in their tail and thrust themselves forward. That makes them move not very very fast, but has a very low energetic cost.. it's more a structural and informational heavy process.
In their relatively long travel between the gazeous planets and the earth the matter they have stocked matures into living things, they have like a big bee-hive structure inside, and some of the matter becomes other whales, and all kind of "animals" and basic living tissues that can be used after in the earth system. We'll see some of those organisms playing around the city kind of structure they have on their back.

[MROGER]

Interresting start, I follow your wip and I wait with lot of interest your final concept.

[funkymunkey90]

0.0 wow...this is amazing your drawings and concepts are superb can't wait to see more and how some of the models turn out

[Larsen]

Interesting story, interesting design and i can't wait to see the composition.
A such idea is evident in fact but difficult to put in action, i like the way you take m@, keep it up it's very nice for the moment :buttrock:

[terraarc]

Really interesting story and wonderful composition!!
The same idea of evolution is eating my mind for quite a time, it seems really as the most obvious evolution step "immitate the nature" she know better, she has survived a loooong time, a lot longer than human!

Whale-ship looks gr8, maybe adding some plangton eating in the scene. Or even better big fish-ship eating small fish-ship nature rule visualization. Some personal thoughts :shrug:

Keep them coming our way! :thumbsup:

[WazaR]

I think you will find the following links help full

http://www.pendragonart.net/gallery.htm
http://www.marvelplace.20fr.com/images/the_quietude_of_quantum_worldwebsite.jpg
http://www.simiemaryles.com/sculpt/quantum3.jpg

It is nice to see a very well thought out concept expressed in an illustartion. Who said that sci-fi art had no soul??

Intersting thought on propulsion, I was wondering if you are planning on showing this whole propulsion/generation process in the final composition?

So this image will be devoid of "human" life, instead everything will be organic in nature, there will not be a line separating the living from the "non living". This seems an intersting take on unification theory.

Looking forward to more work from you.

Buena Suerte amigo.

[CobraX]

Wow. Awesome first sketches, i will most certainly follow your work. I know how good of a modeller you are alreayd! I didn;t know you could paint that well.

I wish you the best of luck man!
Dechire tout! :p

[fellah]

uppppdaaaaaaaate! stop speaking on MSN!!! update! :wip:

[flyingP]

hope you get around to updating this soon, I am really rather keen to see how this develops.

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098919371_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1098919371_large.jpg)

the organisms that grow inside the big whale grow as living forms, with a mind quite similar to human mind. They live in the same time in a virtual world where they have virtual hands and stuff so they can evolve in a human way. :)

[mv]

Michel ROGER, funkymunkey90, cipher, terraarc, CobraX, flyingP : thanks a lot for your support!

WaZaR :Thanks, and yes I will show the propulsion system.. I'm redesigning the whale atm.. new sketches on that coming ASAP. Thank you for the links.

fellah : same comment for you, bastard! :p

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new sketches and designs coming soon... I have much work atm so it's coming slowly... I give myself much time though for thinking, concepting, building the designs and finding the right pic. So don't wonder why some pics as the one above come from time to time :)

[fellah]

well.. mat, mat.. if life is so evolved and lifeforms so smart.. why does the butterfly-seal to the left start the game with such a crappy move..? :wise:

[mv]

touché... erm, they learn!

[3doid]

very interesting...nice drawing too... but i can treally c anything operatic in it though... it seems like 2 donphins playin chess... o well, best of luck dude..

[Pufferfish]

Cute drawing.. but now you really made me wonder where this all is going. Thrilling :)


-pfish

[JamesMK]

Angelic dolphins playing chess? I'm officially intrigued :D

[mv]

haha thanks guys, don't worry that will not be in the final image.. just an image I had in mind, wanted to concretize it ... since it's in the same universe I posted it :) on the right that's a baby "whale" and on the left one other organism.. a "flying brain" ... and he's not very smart yet as fellah pointed :) (well maybe we will see some of them playing around that "building" the adult "whales" have on their back )

[Abaddon]

I really like your designs, the crossing of organic living things with the space theme is something I also am thinking of for my concept. Perhaps the scene seems slightly empty now, but I also think that adds to the atmosphere.

I think you should read Dan Simmons the Hyperion series, I reckon you would LOVE it. :)

Looking forward to the next update!

[MarieMJS]

Angelic dolphins playing chess? I'm officially intrigued :D
LOL! Welcome to the club ;) Thats a real concept btw!!
Awesome designs, and great story too ;)...
The whale picture is one of my favorite, even if the first two were very meaningful on what you're planning to do...and an excellent rendering of the light - already! - on the paintings, cant wait to see the result in 3d...
As some people were saying, that would make a great Sci-Fi novel, think about it ;)

MarieMJS.

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1099392600_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1099392600_large.jpg)

I think there will be finally some humans .. last remnants,biologically immortal, they are in symbiosis with the earth organism, almost parasites. They are kept alive by the earth organism because they are seen as the "degree of freedom" of the system, the chaotic element preventing the system from crystalisation and sclerosis.

[mv]

Abaddon, MarieMJS: thanks!

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another sketch :
http://mv.cgcommunity.com/images/gso/human.jpg

[DimitrisLiatsos]

GASP!!! oh my .... well this i want to see modeled...great concept m@ and most sexy if i may add...:thumbsup:

[Pufferfish]

O_O.. I want to marry her!

Design of her is VERY good, I really like it. I especially like those tiny parts and details which reminds me of butterfly. Can't wait to see her in 3D, she will be stunning! Fits perfectly into your world. Elegant stuff.


-pfish

[DimitrisLiatsos]

Me wants u to make the first one with the armour...just amazing design...ulala!

[Archetype]

dude


this is the 3d challenge not the 2d challenge :P
:)
i cant wait to see you model stuff

[NicoDN]

Mat, I really love your first pic on this page ! I don't know what yout want to do with this, but I hope you gonna keep this concept !

For now, I think it's a great beginning for you on this challenge !

[PauGfx]

Hi Mat! like the 2 last scetches very much.
they have a good feeling and the little baby delphin is nice too,
so when do you think you will start to modell all this things?

/P

[Versiden]

wow, jaw dropping stuff.. glad I dropped by ;p

I really like your sketches, and the human designs look aquatic it blends in so well. Good luck, looking fwd to more.

[jddog]

ulala (like dimitris) so nice ladies... wonderful sketches and design... !
jdd

[YasushAzush]

m@.
great human modeling.
i think the human concept<<http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1099392600_medium.jpg>>
is very difrent to other human i have ever seen .:bounce: :bounce:
try to continue that.:thumbsup:
good luck

[pBarrelas]

Great concepts, as usual, keep on dude!!:thumbsup:

[JamesMK]

Oh, the tin foil mummy (pardon my nomenclatura :D ) is magnificent... get something like that in an epic scene, and this will take off instantly. The plumed helmet is pure perfection... now for the tricksy grand pivotal momentum... hmm...

[Larsen]

Beautiful ! i mean the sketch and the girl ...:love:

This dolphin is everywhere, i can't wait to see what it means..... all those designs are great, just keep it up in the same way

[Mr. Glass]

I like the first female concept. It goes more with your grown from the earth concept. I like that there's not a human face on her also, it makes me think that she's not an ancestor of humans, but that she's a whole new race. Although your second conecpt has some real beautiful aspects as well. I think a blend of the body of the second concept and the head of the first would look suhweet. Keep on truckin' bruh-thuh.:buttrock:

[Joebount]

Allez, on se bouge les fesses, ça s'annonce bien ! :)

[Monsoon]

I like the former sketch as well. I like the inhuman aspects applied to a recognizable human torso....but her feet just fascinate me for some reason.

Steady as she goes!




http://http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=181095&highlight=Mark+Lawson

[Virtuoso]

These are beautiful pieces M@....................One seems more battle ready (The first one)....the other more whimsical (the 2nd one)........They both however carry a certain nobility and beauty of course.........Somehow if I were to choose or asked to create from your sketches I would actually "Combine" the two.........Give her a battle ready look but add some of the whimsical "fairy" like appeal from the 2Nd sketch..........They both have an ethereal appearance,I think beautiful and elegant......................Nice art all the way..............Best to you M@:arteest:

[PauGfx]

i think this pice of art will be one of the winners for surely,
anyone seen any other possible winner?

/P

[Virtuoso]

Yeah I have.....A few come to mind..........;) ;) ;) ......Including this one of course....:arteest:

[JamesMK]

anyone seen any other possible winner?
I'm working on it... working on it.... :D

Nah, but you can bet Virtuoso above will be fighting well for a spot as per usual :)

[artemesia66]

Wonderful work already. It's a lesson in how a complex and well thought out backstory fuels rich imagery. Can't wait to see where this goes.

[Nomad]

What a story and what sketches!! Great stuff. :thumbsup:

I`m looking forward to see all this modeled :bounce:

[terraarc]

Beautiful "parasites"! Absolutely fresh and alive and symbiotic of course! The armor in the first sketch is really cool, and those simple "symbiosis" lines running over the bodies in your second sketch :drool: that is sexy!

:applause:

[fellah]

:lightbulb

I will make sure this talanted frenchie don't win..... I will speak try to with him every night, so he will have no time......

[SuperXCM]

Incredible story, i really like it.... :eek:
And the sketch is amazing, impressive style... want to see more. :eek:

[flyingP]

Seems I've missed a few posts in here :surprised...........She's gorgeous !!

[painkiller]

great sketches!! and nice story too ..... keep up ! :thumbsup:

let's see some models !

[uwil]

howy heavenwy bodies! can't wait to see them in 3d! love the story and sketches! :love:

[element5]

Great concepts :thumbsup:

[Lemog]

hmmmm... I like a lot your style... I saw your first sketch... I found that really interesting... and now, I see the latest... is wonderfull... you've a great imagination and artist talent exceptional... I'm really impatient to see the transposition of these incredible drafts, in models 3d :thumbsup: je pense que ça va être du pur bonheur pour les yeux ! :buttrock:

[ninox]

Like the others I found your sketches really good, the latest one is... very nice. I am really impatient to see how you will transpose that in 3d.

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1099959724_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1099959724_large.jpg)

As I'm going to do a 3d layout for my final composition sketch, I did a low poly design of the "whale", which will also serve as base for high poly versions. the design has a bit evolved. That thing is very big (500-800 kms long), the belly is full of gazes from jupiter that have, during the trip, evolved into organic molecules and organisms, who have grown and learned, while going up. The teal zone is the zone where the higher level organisms are living. In orange, in front, that will be more detailed, fractal kind of arboresences, that in their tips take the fabric of the chaotic quantum void to weave an organised mesh on which the whale can "crawl" with the organs in its tail. The orange lines represent the organised universe fabric... which after a very short time returns to its chaotic state.

[mv]

Thanks a lot everybody, I'm glad you like the concepts. Your input is very much appreciated.

[userBrian]

Very different. Lets see the 3d whale spaceships. Nice.

My 3d entry (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=179803) :bounce:

[terraarc]

Weird looking ship with quite a story behind! :thumbsup: I find the design somewhat strange but I have a filing it will turn out great :)

Waiting for more

[Pufferfish]

...That thing is very big (500-800 kms long)...

Now THAT is a seriously HUGE "spaceship". Will be a challenge itself to bring the scale visible. 500-800km gives you a alot of space for details. Great, can't wait to see the final one.

-pfish

[mv]

thanks guys. It's not a spaceship... it's an animal ;) .I tried to put in the design all the functions he has. Gaz carrying/evolving : big belly . Vestigial aerodynamic form (used during the growth in jupiter) : the compressed whale body on the top/fins . Mode of spatial propulsion: the orange things/ tail .

About the mode of propulsion : an analogy is, think some one wants to walk on water, he freezes the water in front of him to do so, just in front of him, a bit further at each step, and then behind him, the ice melts again. Just here, water is the chaos of quantum void, and ice is an organised "crystal" of quantum universe.

I have still a bit to work on the overall design, and then the detailing will make more sense ;)

Pufferfish : hehe yes that's quite big. Most of that scale effect will be understood since the foreground will be inside the teal part in the diagram, looking forward.

[JamesMK]

That looks like the starting point of a very accurate workflow... rough volume and colours like that. The overall volume feels pretty good, maybe the belly should extend backwards a bit further still, making the tail segment proportionally shorter, because the sideview looks to me a little bit more like a fish fry than a whale, proportionally speaking.

The background story gets better by the minute as these Hawkingesque implications of yours get explained.

Executive summary: Cool schtuff :thumbsup:

[mv]

thanks James. Yeah it's important to start with rough 3d designs, it makes you gain time in the end.
I should stop calling it a whale cause it's not a whale :D .. actually it has more like a dolphinesque head now. But you're maybe right about the belly, it might be more harmonic having it continue further back, but I want really to have this disproportionned sphere, to show it's full of stuff, almost on the edge of cracking. I will try different proportions later though.

[JamesMK]

but I want really to have this disproportionned sphere, to show it's full of stuff, almost on the edge of cracking.
OK, I see what you're getting at... it's almost like a cosmic balloon of sorts... almost bursting from the pressure of the gassy contents. Solid plan. And a good reason to model the largest pill for indigestion known to man :D Waahaa! er... carry on.

[jddog]

je...je...je suis... heee.... biiiin... mais c'est que ça... c'est... enfin...

just I don't have good words to really express myself. I found this work exremely interesting, unique dans son genre... I'm really curious to follow your progress. Untl now no crits... impateint to thee the suite !

:applause: et courage...

jdd

PS hha Paris... j'aime Paris... :love:

[DimitrisLiatsos]

indeed beautifull work... i like the proccess u keep in this one..blocking out the model and then working piece by piece, very nice :bounce: ...bubble Nut.

[fellah]

"I should stop calling it a whale cause it's not a whale"

sure then why have you been calling it a whale so far.. ?
it's like if I would make a fish, and call it a bird.. :rolleyes:



good to see some modeling though. hm, but I'm still not sure you will be able to make the girl as pretty in 3d as u did in 2d.. if you start at all will say :wise:

[mv]

Jamesfluff : heh yeah, right, I'd better not be near one if they have some gastrointestinal troubles. Thanks :D

jddog : thanks a lot! I'm glad you like it

DimitrisLiatsnuts: thanks!

fellah : :curious: :rolleyes:

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more to come soon

[SUN]

.................................................
.................................................
.................................................
......:thumbsup: I HAVE NO WORDS :thumbsup:.......

[pBarrelas]

I really like this ship, Mathias, keep on!!:thumbsup:

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100045115_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100045115_large.jpg)

an update on the 3d design of the "whale".

[mv]

SUN, pBarrelas : thanks for your kind words.

[fellah]

you could have worked more on your entry, if I didn't speak so much :rolleyes:


i will call all bastards i know here to stop you even more..

[ilasolomon]

woa! nice helicopter, .. ehm, no, ... nice plane, ... door handle? ... wait, did you say Gold Fish? ah yes, nice one! ... needs more gold-red though!

:-D , rock on man!

[Lemog]

I love this concept of whale :thumbsup: la suite.... viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite :bounce:

[Larsen]

nice modeling so far, i already like the colors, it will be great man, keep updating ! :)

[azazel]

You know, that long fins give the impression of a shape similar to a crossbow ;). Especially in top views.

http://www.kimball.k12.sd.us/Webpage/Crossbow.jpg

[Jaba153]

terrible les baleines!!!et terrible aussi les croquis bravo!

[DimitrisLiatsos]

woa! nice helicopter, .. ehm, no, ... nice plane, ... door handle? ... wait, did you say Gold Fish? ah yes, nice one! ... needs more gold-red though!

:-D , rock on man!


HAHAHAHAH...don't make nervous m@ and stops working on this ...i really like it and want to see it finished :bounce:


Go on mate keep working with your ....errrrrr... model :scream:

[mv]

HAHAHAHAH...don't make nervous m@ and stops working on this ...i really like it and want to see it finished


Go on mate keep working with your ....errrrrr... model

Haha I don't care about those comments... they are part of mr. Anders "ducklover" Ehrenborg's destabilizing strategy... and thanks :beer:


fellah : if that's the only way for you to compete here :shrug:

ila_solomon : ... thanks?

Lemog : thank you ! I'll try, I'll try!

cipher : thanks !

azazel : crossbow, door handle, helicopter.... as long as it doesn't look like a star wars ship I'm glad :D

jaba153 : merci !

[fellah]

ok, that comment was just more than I could take. I'll change strategy and actually work myself.
just bring it on, you wont stand a chance.. :wise:

*starts to model a banana*

[Russel-Nash]

Wow, that’s what I call an epic space opera. Absolutely fantastic. I will definitely follow this thread. :thumbsup:
Can’t wait to see more.

Russel

[nataz]

Hi m@,

really nice concept, it's a shame i didn't notice your thread before...

It remind me a comic book you may know, "La Caste des Meta-Barons", in which there is space-whales used as interstellar ships ([french mode...] plutôt des cachalots dans la BD mais je ne connais pas le nom en anglais [off]).

Great concept sketches :buttrock:

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100137026_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100137026_large.jpg)

well I started working on a lowpoly model of some structures on earth's surface for my composition sketch when I got carried away around a bit, found myself trying to model using only convex hexagons. Anyway that's quite an idea of some patterns that will be seen everywherer in my piece. (image done byduplicating the surface and putting a lattice modifier in max, so those lines are the wireframe with a little volume)

[mv]

fellah : gooood .. if those are not only words :rolleyes:

Russel_Nash : thank you :)

nataz : thanks.. and yes I know, whale's form go well with space. But as you see I'm little by little drifting away from the whale shape.

[dp76]

an update on the 3d design of the "whale".
Good whale.
But... the yellow stuff of the whales seems "strange".

...Probably because it is not finished yet.


Good luck!

[overcontrast]

wow haxagonal modeling, thats very interesting and new to me... kep going buddy cant wait to c more... and can u please tell us more abt ur technique?...thanx :thumbsup:

[keetmun]

Just done viewing your pictures and I must say this is the most emotive piece I've seen so far. I just get a really beautiful feeling looking at your work. Can't really explain it. But it's just beautiful.

Cheers
:buttrock:

[Borro]

That one last thing you've posted is incredible.... Looks so cool... Man keep it up.... make more stuff like it! :applause:

[terraarc]

Quite impressing little simple thing! Really breathing out "I'm alive!Alive!" :applause:

Impressing texture! Maybe a little glow will pure some more life to it:)

[baby]

your human concept is interesting...

but I think you could put more colour to it...


http://babystudio.free.fr/fellah/babyisabanana.jpg


always look at the banana side of life...

[Joebount]

:applause: T'as rien de mieux a faire, pitit con de frenchy, hein ?

[centavrus]

so interesting to see final image! :eek:

[mv]

daniel pittaluga : thank you ... and yeah it's far from finished :)

overcontrast : thanks. Well basically it's just having each vertex connected to only 3 edges ... I do that because those kind of patterns will be very reminiscent in my whole composition

keetmun : thanks a lot!!

Borro : thank you.. I will try, I will try..

terraarc : thanks :) glad the pattern looks alive, that's just what I want .

Charles "babanaboy" Beirnaerdt (?) : thanks for your suggestion but.... unlike some people here (whom I'll not name) they don't transvestite.

Joebount : on dirait...

centavrus : thank you!

[flyingP]

:surprised :surprised looks like someone has been eating a few too many

[mv]

......:shrug:......

[flyingP]

......:shrug:......
er......was referring to the banana dildo.

the rest is as before still impressive

[mv]

I know, I know :D (thanks btw ) .. I was shrugging , again, to the condition of our friend baby...

[flyingP]

I know, I know :D (thanks btw ) .. I was shrugging , again, to the condition of our friend baby...

oooooohhhh....well that's OK then....er.....carry on :thumbsup:

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100223117_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100223117_large.jpg)

some 3d in preparation of the composition sketch. Don't worry, will be very, very much more detailed in the end :p

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100223226_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100223226_large.jpg)

..

[fellah]

YOU, my friend..


will not my friend if you keep going like this.. :sad:

[ilasolomon]

Awesome! .... I prefer the 'second' 3d composition test, actualy I dont feel good with an exterme wide angle lens, looks too deformed. no other comment yet. keep going Math. http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[uwil]

good update m@, looks like a grand scale.:thumbsup:

[ArtisticVisions]

Yes, I also prefer the composition of the second image; seems to tell more of a story, in my opinion. Looking forward to seeing more.

[mv]

fellah : :D

Ila/ ArtisticVisions : thanks , sure, the 2nd is better. But that's no composition tests yet. Just some 3d hacked together. Composition tests to come sooner or .. later :S

uwil : thank you.

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mm.. been hooked on the open beta of world of warcraft :S I'll try to work on the challenge a bit soon though... thanks for your comments.

[JamesMK]

mm.. been hooked on the open beta of world of warcraft :S I'll try to work on the challenge a bit soon though...
Well that just confirms my suspicions that games are indeed evil time-stealers.... They must be banned and burned :scream: :scream: :scream:

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100566234_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1100566234_large.jpg)

I'm finding a composition for my image. That's some quick comping together but I think it shows the flow of it.

[fellah]

finally something good in this thread.

[baby]

I suggest to add a little moon for the composition....
http://babystudio.free.fr/fellah/moon.jpg

finally something good in this thread.

hum...where ?!?!?

[terraarc]

Really impressing composition! :thumbsup: Grande scale!

[mv]

fellah, baby : your kindness is too much for me :D

terraarc : thanks!

[JamesMK]

Feels like it's shaping up, doesn't it? The top left area struck me as a little busy, but the rest certainly looks like it could work very well indeed. Particularly with a banana moon.

[Pufferfish]

Looks very good. You've managed to give it the grand feeling now. Ok, its been there but now its clearly visible :) Would have been cool to see your 500km whales though, but you so well explained the reasons so I really gotta second this idea. Fine composition.

Keep em coming..

-pfish

[element5]

coming along nicely...waiting for more :thumbsup:

[fellah]

fellah, baby : your kindness is too much for me :D
Elton and John, s'il vous plait..

[DimitrisLiatsos]

Really like the last composition m@ ....@ bananas ...leave the Frencie alone men! ... i want him to finish this i say! :) :bounce: :)

[fellah]

Dimitris, I won't have to disturb him anymore.. he's to caught up in the beta of WoWarcraft.

thank you blizzard! :applause:

[mv]

Wabbit : thanks . Yes those white marks there are maybe too much. This will be a flock of "whales", I'll keep your comment in mind to not overdo that zone. And yes, that banana moon was quite well placed compositionally :)

Puffyfish : thanks mate. 500 km was a bit disproportionned :D they are more like 5-10 km now... that's already big.

element5 : thanks!

banana : ok anders!! euuuh .. fellah? john... elton? ...... bastard ! that's suits better :D

potato : hehe thanks .. don't worry about them :) I'll finish...

ps: fellah .... you forgot HL2 too >_< good times for games, bad times for work and challenges >_<

[DimitrisLiatsos]

wow- craft ...eeek...HL2 ..testing...forget the challenge ..where do i sign....:bounce: :eek: :bounce:



u Brutus too! ..potatoe..me...lol

[nataz]

Your last sketch is definitely raising the level up, we can feel the "grand" scale of it. I'm longing for some 3D concepts :bounce:

keep up :applause:

[stuzzi]

héhé,baby,is it the moon from the planet of the apes?lol
I like the feeling through this picture,something like relaxed atmosphere and immensity,congrat'.
However,to me, "Space Opera" don't mean only put planets and stars here and here.What do you exactly want to express?The signification of your picture is not clear enought for me..To add bunch of details could be dangerous if you not respect this rule before.The best things could be simple in signification and complexe in details.
please forgive me,if i'm wrong :)

[SuperXCM]

Nice composition... i like it. :thumbsup:
Can wait to see more!! :thumbsup:

[fellah]

3am here and you're at work :applause:
enjoy work, and dont forget to post what u did when you are done. sure it will be one of your best pieces! :rolleyes:


this thread is so warm and full of love, feels like my second home :love:

[baby]

I hope you mean your third home !!

[fellah]

no, 2nd. your 'appartement' is my first home.

[baby]

molto baci !

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1101858284_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1101858284_large.jpg)



Didn't have much time to work on challenge lately ... been very busy + a bit dissmotivated + HL 2 ... anyway I'm still there :)

[mv]

Dimitris : didn't meant to be rude :p

nataz : thanks

stuzzi : you're definitely right. Thanks for your great input. I think I will go more into an almost abstract/ serenity/ timeless feel though.. no time to go back now ..

SuperXCM : thank you

Elton and John : :D

[DimitrisLiatsos]

U never did .... :p :p

I am glad u are still in it....i tend to be fond of u French guys..u have a unique style..i like your last post ...amazing coloring and somehow floating feeling..which is good of course..

come m@...don't leave the banana head tease u ..work more on this..if u need motivation...think the next day after the challenge how much u could tease banana-Fellah-head.. :scream:

[fellah]

this is the most shitty entry so far.. :sad:


EDIT
ahaha :D didn't see you dimitris! I will have to mock you a little to I think, so you stop your work to!!!

[DimitrisLiatsos]

LOL :scream: ..hahahaha squirrels kill kill kill...James -wabbit send the new killer Squirrel squadron to fellah's place...hahahahahah

[keetmun]

man that is surreal! It's like a living dream...Love it!

Cheers!
:buttrock:

[Lemog]

Whaaaaa... don't stop now man... you have a too much interesting style and I want to see the final way of your artwork...

You've some talent in your hands... put HL2 in pause and continue the challenge with us... plizzzzzzzzzz... me too, actually I don't have much time to play... but after the challenge :scream: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Virtuoso]

Don't tell me it's getting too hot in the kitchen Mathias.................?;)

I think you are onto a elegant piece of work,and I certanly hope to see you get it done as you have dreamed it to be.Now remember that when times get tough....the tough get going......I know your tough,so go at it hard,and with your talent this will be like cake...............:arteest: :beer:

[terraarc]

Nice going on the whale vihicle! :thumbsup:
Your idea is really original and the creatures/vehicles so far are waaaayyy interesting to be abandoned in a sketch! You have my full support and all the motivation I can give!

Hope you finish soon with HL 2 (not quite familiar with the depth of the game...) 'cause I understand how mind-blowing those little game-devils are!! (Currently started Warhammer 40K, thanks god has only 12-14 missions and I'm at 10!!)

A great amount of Gallic magic potion to you man! :bounce:

[flyingP]

That really is very elegant, beautiful stuff :bounce:

[JamesMK]

Yes yes yes! That looks like it's off to a marvellous result... got the scale down too pretty much perfectly.

[mv]

Dimitris : thanks.... don't worry about the bastard .... he speaks a lot, but don't do much...

fellah ::rolleyes:

keetmun : thanks, glad you like it!

Lemog : merci ! j'essaye...

Virtuoso : thanks for the support.

terraarc : thanks ... I'll not abandon this work;but will I finish a picture for the challenge? ... I try, I try!

flyingP : thanks man!

JamesMK : thank you.

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Thanks all, again, for the support.

Stay tuned :D

[mv]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1101950125_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/7/4137/4137_1101950125_large.jpg)

Starting to rough out the proportions of the boddhistava on the top of the "whale" head.

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[DimitrisLiatsos]

hmmm...Ok i will express to u the same feeling i expressed in another French Nut friend here....


http://realitysandwich.typepad.com/blog/pics/surprised.jpg


:love: :love:

[hhssuu]

I think your idea is really out of this world man :eek: your concepts and models are looking really soild too, keep up the cool stuff :thumbsup:

[Pufferfish]

Not bad for a blind man! :cool:

Hopefully you won't hide all the sweet details into darkness ... otherwise than that it looks very stylish and elegant so far, as usual.

So any updates for the story? :)

-pfish

ps. Don't hide the sweet details of the boddhistava into darkness either. Show us the front! :P

[fellah]

don't worry about the bastard .... he speaks a lot, but don't do much...
I stay up all night just to find something bastardish to say to you, and you say this.. :sad:


very good model :eek: maybe the best I've seen in my entire life! you definitely rock my panties, "keep it up" please! btw, will you model the pussy?

:thumbsup:

[mv]

DimitrisLiatsos : :bounce: thanks

hhssuu : thanks man, glad you like it

Pufferfish : hehe thanks my friend... and no I won't show the front of the girl.. she will be seen from the back so I don't detail the front, no time for that.

fellah : >insert expressionless smiley here< you should not reply in my thread when you : - just woke up
- are drunk
:scream: (well I will also say thanks my friend , just in case )

[overcontrast]

wow the model looks awesome... but i have some suggestion... the shoulder blade looks a bit flat.. well thats abt it for now.. c ya

[jddog]

I don't have enough words to tell that's ... :love: + :bounce: bravo !

jdd

[Lelantos]

This is abslolutely beautifull concepts

these spaceship mixed with creatures are great very nice ideas you are up to something great

can't wait to see what else you are going to make:bounce:
great job so far:thumbsup:

[baby]

is she touching herself ?!
I don't see from behind...



I hope she use banana...it's the best and leaves a nice flavour....

[BebeteLANUITE]

Interesting concept !

Do you know Trankat ? A french Comix drawer.
He made a Comic call "HK". In this all spaceships have form of sea animals.

[mv]

overcontrast : thanks ... I did this in a couple of hours so 100% anatomy accuracy is not to be expected ... but thanks for your insight :)

jddog : merci!

Lelantos : thanks .

baby : :rolleyes:

Bébète LANUITE : merci. Yes sea animals and space have some obvious harmonic links.

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hopefully more stuff to come this weekend... stay tuned

[Nomad]

m @ g n i f i q u e ;)

Keep up the grand art man, you`re making something really nice here :thumbsup:

[Daniel-McMillan]

Here is a little sketch, very rough .. my final will be very different from that, that's just a test QUOTE]to find the feeling of planetary view and big scale. The surface of the earth will be far more tridimensional, with things going in and out, atmosphere bending, clouds following the surface variations. .. and the whale thingy will certainly not have a tail and things like that.
Stay tuned.


That is a cool concept. I'm not just saying this - it is inspiring to me.

-DM

[shiela_G]

hi Mat! it's nice to see you guys busy with your entry. very nice modeling btw. is that her final position? imho, i think it's more creative to show her frontal BUT with a light above her right or left, just enough to show the chest area without showing any details "below". anyway, it'll be nice to see the progression. good luck!

[ArtisticVisions]

Man, why are you entering the 3D Challenge? Your 2D concept art is so damn good, you should be in the 2D Challenge! :)

[mv]

As you can deduct, I can't finish the challenge in time.
I just drop a line to say big thanks to everyone who supported me, none of the work I've done here is lost ; the challenge gave me a little boost to explore and construct some visual ideas that I wouldn't really have had the motivation to without it.

Anyway; thanks again, and good luck for the final run to all the entrants, see you around !

[PeterSanitra]

oh no , you was on my favorites list!

[fellah]

good to see you're quitting :thumbsup:

[baby]

what a looser...:thumbsup:

I'm not even surprised...

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