Grand Space Opera 2D Entry: Marco Siegel

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1098531097_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1098531097_large.jpg)

could be time for some a dark neogothic mech invasion :=)

for what the hell do i have to submit a lineart?
waste of time

[Gord-MacDonald]

Good start - I look forward to more

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103652346_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103652346_large.jpg)

basic lineart

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103652417_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103652417_large.jpg)

ideas over ideas...

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103652529_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103652529_large.jpg)

basic colouring.
some more colour variation soon...

[cgkrusty]

Beautiful mood in this piece... looking forward to watching it evolve!

Great work!

[AirbORn]

Looks interesting, but I am curious to know. Did you paint the scenes that are in the concepts? There hasn't been any previous work that shows your progress.

The scene does look interesting though.

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103660206_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103660206_large.jpg)

well providing some more steps from the beginning isnt a problem.
i hope this stops any upcoming accusations...

[Nomad]

Cool work, verry nice mood and colors...
I like the idea with the statue.

I`m looking for more...

[ered dium]

Very nice sketchs, looks great :thumbsup: . My favourite is the number 1 and 3.
I like the buildings behind and ships.

[conundrum]

awesome work so far man, the colours and detail are superb certainly one of my favourites. I cant wait to see more progress on the rockets (or buildings?) coming out of the mountain. they have a really nice shape to it. although i would like to see some more highlights in the bottom left quadrant as it recedes a lot. as i said though, looking forward to more

[KaleN]

Your colouring is just amazing! Very realistic and moody. I am realy amazed. Gonna keep an eye on Your progress for sure. Good luck!

[xeNusion]

rockets
well the idea is that the last ppl there are building a ship on the ashes of their civilisation to leave the planet...so yes its a "rocket"

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103783066_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1103783066_large.jpg)

new version with basic lighting and new colours.
im currently changing the harbor fortress section into a more industrial complex with cooling tower and sht.
the heli is carrying some material now.
still lots of things to do...

[kengi]

i like the colors and mood of this pice of art! great work so far. signing up to this thread... can't wait to see more.

[Bakter]

Whoa man! That’s a very monumental piece. I really like the clouds! Can you load up a hi res. version?
I am wondering why people do not visit this thread more often.

[xeNusion]

thx for the kind words. the next one will be bigger.

[hydrocell]

quite a moody scene, nice!

[Tranchefeux]

Hi,
Your work allures me by its quality, and these ideas, good road.

[Lovliebutterfly]

Hi! The city in the background looks really good. I like the lighting effects and perspective as well. Cool! :thumbsup:

[b00bie]

yes! great wip

i checked ur website - beautiful artworks there.. really!

im sure u will get many votes with ur final submission x)

[ChrisThatGuy]

Looking very nice.

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1104356212_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1104356212_large.jpg)

playing around with comets and smoke

[chrom]

killing atmosphere u made here mate, and details etc...

u are my 2d favorite:)

cheers

chrom

[xeNusion]

u are my 2d favorite:)

thx man. i can need some encouragement ;)

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1104507361_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1104507361_large.jpg)

abit more variation with the colours now.
just needs a final overwork and some lighrays to be finished

[Fahrija]

Hi Marco,

Schöne Farbstimmung, sehr coole Perspektive und so viele Details - wie machst du das? In welcher Auflösung bearbeitest du das Bild?

Grüße
Fahrija

[xeNusion]

Hi Marco,

Schöne Farbstimmung, sehr coole Perspektive und so viele Details - wie machst du das? In welcher Auflösung bearbeitest du das Bild?

Grüße
Fahrija
3000x5000
... am ende des technisch verschmerzbaren mit meiner lahmen kiste. ;)

[Fahrija]

Hi Marco,

[ Mir geht´s genauso. Ich mußte sogar noch ein wenig darunter. (4600x3177) :( ]

Bekommen die Proppeller deiner Maschine noch ein wenig MotionBlur?

Gruß
Fahrija

[xeNusion]

Bekommen die Proppeller deiner Maschine noch ein wenig MotionBlur?

yup ist schon angedacht.muss es mal spaeter austesten wies aussieht

still to do:

motion blur and final work on the heli,rocket
sunrays,some lamps/lightsources

[SideAche]

Oustanding Work :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[ElFuego]

Looks really really good. The colorscheme is brilliant!

And those avesome buildings make it very grand space opera indeed!
Good job!

[foane]

holy dingdong! congrats with your piece!

altough it's a bit blurry in my opinion, the composition rocks!
good luck

[xeNusion]

altough it's a bit blurry in my opinion,
yeah. more details on the clouds are under work.

[ecura]

The mood works very well with the colours. Could you tell me how you achieved doing the background city, I've been struggling to work out a way to do it on my version of work so I have opted it on a different technique. Are you using a tablet to draw directly on the computer? Very nice work and turning out really well.

[Cicinimo]

As others have mentioned, the acid color scheme is a perfect compliment to your grimy industrial setting. I also think the elongated, stylized perspective and scale of certain areas is a clever addition. One possible idea for you to ponder is to play with the details in your back, middle, and foreground to draw the eye to specific areas.

[xeNusion]

The mood works very well with the colours. Could you tell me how you achieved doing the background city, I've been struggling to work out a way to do it on my version of work so I have opted it on a different technique. Are you using a tablet to draw directly on the computer? Very nice work and turning out really well.



there is no big secret on this... its all handmade with a tablet.
you just need a hard edged brush and a big enough canvas.
it may look abit messy at original size but as you resize it later its quite useless to spend more time on detail work.

http://www.xenusion.com/pics/temp/huetten.jpg

original size

[xeNusion]

One possible idea for you to ponder is to play with the details in your back, middle, and foreground to draw the eye to specific areas.
yeah thats true.
im working on this right now.
thx for the suggestion

[emrahelmasli]

Liked your style. Your lines are a little rough, try to put some hard edges with hard brushes. Use some different brushes. The picture becomes boring with the same brush strokes. But loving the theme..keep it up!

[KaleN]

Great job. Lightening is very realistic.

[ecura]

Thanks for the quick response and the explanation. Although there isn't much details to the buildings (it probably doesn't need it since its in the distance as mentioned) I do tent to like the rough loose feel to it. The blur soft edges has this depth of field focus to it and works well when environment is seen as a whole. Pitty I don't have a pen to get that lose feel on my work, was just curious if it would be possible to achieve a similar look and feel with a mouse.

Atmospheria: I'm not sure if this image requires a different bush to make it look interesting. If it was introduce, this would have to be applied to the whole artwork which might make it look messy and difficult to read. I think maintaining the consistency look and feel is important because it sets uniqueness and style of the image. Maybe overlapping the brush strokes in different direction might bring out a little bit more of the depth but its still hard to judge as state it may take away the consistency. Nevertheless I definitely agree with you about liking the style and theme.

[stefuse]

hi !


terrific man !
extraordinary atmosphere !
colors are goods an ambiance too !
but... a little bit more significants aliens invasion objects will be good to push up the "theme" of the challenge !

without this good job !


stefuse

french jedi

[Lunatique]

I think you might have a bit too much middle values--the image is lacking drama right now. Maybe vary the values a bit?

[xeNusion]

hi !


terrific man !
extraordinary atmosphere !
colors are goods an ambiance too !
but... a little bit more significants aliens invasion objects will be good to push up the "theme" of the challenge !

without this good job !

no way. its a peaceful postapocalyptic "lets build a rocket on the ashes of our destroyed civilisation to leave" scenery.
alien invasion ships wont fit to the plot... btw i think there are allready enough invasion themes here.

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1104959873_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1104959873_large.jpg)

there is still some time to tweak on it but i got enough...

needs correct brightness/gammasettings to look acceptable

[sidchagan]

I rather like the dark colors in this one- gives it a very moody, heavily industrial feel. Different from the other entries too, in that the colors arent as bright.
The scene itself is well done. I like the plane design, very WWIIish.

[ered dium]

Hi, your image looks great. Very cool atmosphere, also the plane lights and backgroud.
No critics.



Grand Space Opera (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=180121) - Leo Calv

[sandu22]

I don'y know why you cut the shutle top, is like you wont to cut the sky in 2. Very nice cromatic.-thumbs up-;)

[Tranchefeux]

Hi, Your painting is really good and the details that you adds there
goes up it upwards.

[NinjaA55N]

Great pic! At the moment I think that clouds r too messy and they split the pic in too many parts. More blur or something to that part will bring attention to right places on the pic, so the viewers eye wont flying around and couldnt find the main interest of th pic. Just my opinion :) Good luck!

[MDN67]

i like your image the atmosphere and the color but you must insisting on the light at the right of the compsition good work and good luck

[melkao]

cool escene. The sunset is beautiful and the style of the airplane is nice.
but try to give it more life to the ambient. it could be dark and to have smoke but give it more contrast:scream:

[JasonChan]

Looks nice. The feel is very somber and calm, though. You might want to try adding some really dark darks in a few places, such as the plane in the front to pop it out from the background. A few more intense highlights wouldn't hurt either. I think a nice rimlight on that plane in the front would be cool. Also, that thing it's carrying on the cord looks like it's behind the ship below it. I think this is because the ship has more contrast than the foreground element. Usually foreground elements have more contrast than things behind them. It wouldn't take more than five minutes to fix, but I think it might help.

[xeNusion]

yeah thx man. i somehow missed to see this. i will try to overwork it if its still allowed

[llllllll]

nice shapes

[mime1]

Hi Xen, I always loved how you sculpt with light. Great work, good luck!

[xeNusion]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1105441977_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4668/4668_1105441977_large.jpg)


final overwork.

thanx to everyone who gave me some tips.
i learned lots of new things so even if i end up on the last place it was worth the effort ;)

PS: hey mime!

[ecura]

Hey congratulations on finishing it. You are already a star for having learn lots. All the best of luck and thank you too for poping around my thread to give me those helpful advice.

[hectic]

i like your work very much, love the dark colors an industrial look :thumbsup:

[Kyena]

definately one of my favourites for the 2D section - killer work X

[praguer28]

the fadind light and colors of the atmosphere are nice... a amazing idea

[Snotblow]

aaaahhhhhhh....pretty painting! :bounce:

[Aethyrprime]

wow very nice work indeed. That is some awesome detail, great vision, nice warmth to the image. Congradulations and keep it up!

[NinjaA55N]

Congratulations on finishing ur piece! It a really grand one, with right colors to show the atmosphere and it gives a great feeling watching this piece. :) good luck!

[Maxter]

Good work.

Congratulations:thumbsup:

[Bakter]

The final image is wondrous. Your homepage is in my favorites directory. I like your style! :thumbsup:

[xeNusion]

thx folks ;)

[adel3d]

Awesome Work
You Had my Vote!:deal:

[xeNusion]

You Had my Vote!:deal:

muchas gracias

[cgkrusty]

Congrats man... awesome job!

[Squibbit]

*cough* ..can..*cough* ..feel the dust..:thumbsup:

congrats.. :D

[Tranchefeux]

Hi, All my compliment for your price. :applause:

[ebrowning]

Congratulations on your piece!

[Tommy Lee]

Same from me... congrats:thumbsup:

Tommy Lee

[xeNusion]

thx. im glad someone likes it ;)

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