Grand Space Opera 2D Entry: Emrah Elmasli

[emrahelmasli]

Good luck to everyone. I'm going to start posting sketches soon...

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099005909_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099005909_large.jpg)

I started to think about the theme at last. I still have no idea what i'm doing. I tried to catch an "orbital bombardment" atmosphere here. I'm going to do more of these...check back soon...

[unitstudio]

Great beginning there Emrah - has a timeless feel to it - classic space opera.
well done...
-g

[Peddy]

that works very well! the colours are so vivid! i think with some ideas for the foreground this can be an even better piece. keep it going.

[Markski]

I really like the color scheme as well!

[element5]

That is a really nice image, hope to see more soon :)

[Falcorr]

Oh only artwork in this challenge with the ability to capture the viewers attention to certain place...That hotspot on the leftside of the picture.

Right side is slowly fading away to cold.

Show us more!

[emrahelmasli]

Thanks for the comments. I'm still thinking for new angles and color schemes. I'm going to design some ships too. A big armada, and a poor planet. I don't know, i may suddenly change my mind and go for an earthy atmosphere. On earth i mean, not in space...we'll see.

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099068524_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099068524_large.jpg)

In this picture i'm still trying catch a cool angle and color scheme. The ships designs are random. I want to blast a planet, but it's gonna be hard to get that effect. I'm gonna do more different angel shots and different ship desings...

[element5]

YES! I love that angle too.... :applause: MORE! MORE! MORE! Pleeeeease :thumbsup:

[ForestBlue]

I think I like the colors of the first one a little more but still both great

[andreasrocha]

Great work, Atmospheria! Your concepts really look good...Ryan-Church-like...I agree with Gük, the color-scheme of the first image looks better...The first one really looks good, with the solitary spaceship heading toward the battle.Your techinque is wonderful!

This one is definitely a thread to look out for!

[cgtalkmember]

wow very nice coloring and camera angles, dont stop there show us more lol :thumbsup:

[coCoKNIght]

I like the first one better in terms of ship design, color usage, general mood...
This is looking very promising and I'm looking forward to seeing more!

[Squibbit]

yea this one looks sweeet

[emrahelmasli]

Yea, i think purplish atmosphere looks better but i'm still searching for new angles.Thanks for your comments. I'm going to get more into ship designs in other posts...thanks

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099242286_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099242286_large.jpg)

Here's a new angle idea. I'm slowly getting into ship designs. I like long shaped ships and there will be some designs like these in the final image.
Still trying to catch the best angle..

[Pentagramma]

Congrats! Very nice sketches so far! :thumbsup:

I´m not totally sure about the vertical ships design in the last one... maybe you could put some of them in other angles, so we could understand their unusual shapes better...

Anyway, it´s great. Looking forward to your updates!

[Blackarts]

love the color and atmosphere, but I agree with the last post - I think you need to do something to break up the verticals on the ships. It looks like the planet is being bombarded by sex toys.

[emrahelmasli]

Pentagramma - Thanks. Yea, i'm going to post the ship designs now.
Blackarts - Ahahah...yea man. I thought about that when i was drawing the sketch but they are random designs. I'm posting the design thumbnails now...
thanks for the comments again.

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099245617_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099245617_large.jpg)

Here are some thumbnail sketches i did for the mothership design. I want a huge and different look for the m.ship. I'm gonna go with number 10 i guess. What do you say?

There will be more...

[Squibbit]

good pics u paint ! one question :

what's that big explosion ? a meteor ? meganuke ?

[PetriJ]

Nice consept. Though that really looks like an attac of giant dildos, though that would actually fit in this theme :)

10 and 14 looks good.

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099268727_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099268727_large.jpg)

This is another angle done with pencils. I paid more attention on ship designs this time. I think this angle is cool, we can see all the stuff together. but i'm gonna search more... Must do more color studies..maybe a purplish of this angle...

[emrahelmasli]

squibbit - the title is "orbital bombardment" so its a nuke...

fixed the ship now...added more details...

[sidchagan]

Your last color concept and the last pencil concept are both amazing- I cant honestly say which one would be better, nor can I point out any deficiencies.
Hope to see more soon :)

[element5]

Hiya again,
I LOVE THIS ONE!!....hehe colour please:thumbsup:


http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099268727_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099268727_large.jpg)

This is another angle done with pencils. I paid more attention on ship designs this time. I think this angle is cool, we can see all the stuff together. but i'm gonna search more... Must do more color studies..maybe a purplish of this angle...

[V_Shane]

The latter perspectives are really dynamite! I'll be watching this progress, nice ship designs.

[emrahelmasli]

Sidchagan - thanks. Gonna post more color studies soon.
element5 - Yea, i'll post a colored one. Thanks
V_shane - Thanks.

[bRyaN2003]

oh snap Atmos...

Glad to see you participating in this...have you posted these on CA....

See ya in San Fran..

bRyaN

[geron]

great sketches. I like the first one's colours , secon one's background and third one's ship design . more please.

not : ustad basarilar. insallah kazanirsin .

[igino]

wooha! fantastic use of colors in the first conzepts. Though I like the last one best, because of composition and the spacecraft design. Can't wait to see the next step!

[coCoKNIght]

wooohoo, cool lightshow :cool:. And the composition/perspective of your last sketch is perfekt, go for it!
Oh yeah, very nice spaceship design!
colors, colors, colors :D man, you're good!

[MrD]

hey atmos- good luck with your entry. The first pics look great

[dougbot]

Wow, I really like the last sketch. Great feel to it. The ships have a cool designs also. i really like how immense the triangilar ship feels. Great work.

[NinjaA55N]

Wow! Every single sketch from u could be a finished piece and be one of the top here in this challenge! A marvelous technique!
And I really like the last one u r working on right now. The spaceships r awesome! Nice to see some spaceships put in a vertical instead of horizontal :)

[emrahelmasli]

bRyan2003 - Heya bryan! No i haven't post them yet. maybe later. I hope to see you there too man. take care
geronimo_x - thanks man. i'm still trying to fix the colors. not: teşekkürler. umarım...:)
igino - thanks, yea i also liked the last one but i need to fix the ship designs a bit. Then gotto execute the colors. Still got questions with them.
coCoKNIght - thanks alot. Yea, the perspective is cool immo but still need fixes.
MrD - Hey D! Whats up? Yea thanks...good luck with yours too man.
dougbot - Thanks man. Yea, trying to make some massive looking ships. Triangilar shapes help alot.
NinjaASSN - wow.thanks. these words encouraged me alot. Good luck with your entry also..

[cgtalkmember]

Simply amazing, im using you as my color guide when i color my entry :thumbsup: one small question, what wacom tablet do you have or recomend as i still use my mouse?

[KOryH]

Hey long time to see.
It's looking great
I am very impressed with your designs.
Like always good work

[Pentagramma]

The last sketch is gorgeous... go for it!

The new angle of the mothership is quite better. :thumbsup:

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099506789_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099506789_large.jpg)

Here are some more mothership thumbnails. These are the versions of the one i selected. The main design still has some minor problems to fix so i made these to be sure. I'm painting a colored one at the moment. I'm going to post it as soon as possible...

[ChrisThatGuy]

I like the composition of concept #4 the best, but I also think the one centralized explosion in #3 is really good, and the ships probably should not all be flying in the exact same direction. Good work.

[bakbek]

Great work... all sketches look promising, color and composition. But I like the lust pencil sketch best… Mother ship concepts rocks!!! I tend towards #5 but that’s just me and love of sailing… it looks more like a yacht, big sail in space.

Keep it up

Ronen.

[igino]

#2 looks good. can't wait for the next step. You're already one of my faves for the final!

[Lluc]

Hello!

Nice ship designs! Nice colours! :thumbsup: In my opinion your best concept is the "orbital bombardment 3" but the explosion was very little . Maybe you like a nuclear explosion in big scale :twisted: .


Only one question, please :rolleyes: : what's your favourite tool? Maybe Painter?


Thanks you very much!

Good luck for all.

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[emrahelmasli]

CgTalk member - Thanks. I recommend wacom intuos2 A4 or A3
KOryH - Hey there! Yea..long time no see. Thanks...good luck with your entry.
Pentagramma - Thanks...yea, i liked that angle too but i'm going to fix it a bit.
ChrisThatGuy - hey..thanks. These are just thumbnails. They will not be on the same scene. I'm going to go with #1 i guess.
bakbek - thanks bakbek. I never thought about the yatch think, yea it looks like a bit:)
igino - thanks alot.
Lluc - Thanks. I use painter 7 and photoshop together.

[sketchfiend]

Awesome concepts mate, i really love the thumbnails youve generated of the ships, great details. Sice youve shown all that great stuff in the thumbnails it would be a real shame to loose that in the final image. You definately have to find some nice views to see those ships from rather than just seeing the backends and thrusters. I will definately look forward to seeing some more updates, keep it up.:thumbsup:

[V_Shane]

the concept looks great

[element5]

I like concepts 2 and 8....maybe a combination of the two?? great stuff :scream:

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099614668_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1099614668_large.jpg)

Here is a colored version of the mothership i'm working on. I'm still not sure about the design. I'm gonna make some fixes here and there, maybe some major changes. It needs to be an original design. After designing some ships, i'm going to return to color studies. Enjoy...

[sidchagan]

Very nice design, and I like the coloring. I'm curious to know which concept reflects the final piece though.

[cgtalkmember]

Oh man see artist like you make me want to draw harder and harder every day, i must say that sir you have inspire me :thumbsup:

[igino]

niiiice! could be the final. though it has not much "space"-feel, I like the fact you lit the ship from down below, which is very unique, I think. In general, the light and colors are very appealing. but I think I already said that. I guess you are already working professionally in the concept art feld, right?

[element5]

OMG that is an awesome concept.....:applause:

[teknotek83]

amazingly amazing! especially for these just being concept sketches. cheeeeeeeeese!!

[malcolmvexxed]

excellent grasp of your pallette you have. I like the design on teh most recent one the best.

[ebrowning]

Beautiful! Wonderful work!

[emrahelmasli]

sidchagan - Thanks. Yea, i'm curious too.
CgTalk member - Thanks cg...
igino - Thanks man. This is just a ship concept not a composition or color scheme test. Yea, i'm working freelance.
element5 - thanks.
teknotek83 - thanks alot dude
malcolmvexxed - thanks....i'm going to fix it some more
ebrowning - thanks man.

[marc001]

Where is the light coming from? Lighting on the rocks and mother ship is from different dirrections. Are there green gases in space?

[Riddick]

Brilliant design!!!
Next next!!!

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100215323_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100215323_large.jpg)

Here is second color sketch of the mothership...i changed the design a bit. I'm still trying new looks for the ship. Some more exposed parts would be nice immo. There will be more of these..check back soon.

[Lokust]

i had to register just to tell you how awesome i think that is! im gonna subscribe to this thread for sure. keep rocking!

[RaresH]

Excellent design and use of color Atmospheria!

I'm looking forward to seeing what you decide to do with your designs. Don't dwell too much on the design as they are all very well designed. Also as you decide on your final design, you should probably have already thaught about the the type of people that inhabit these ships. This may help in your design as well.

Personally, story before image is the more effecient procession. Of course whatever youre most confortable doing is ok in this matter as well.

Good Luck. I'll be watching this one.

-Rares

[Russell_Collins]

Dang dude, this is like Homeworld meets Jacques Cousteau! I love the ship design and the look of the artwork so far. I think the thing that hinders this is the "grandness" factor. It has the "coolness" factor nailed to the wall but if this space opera is to be grand, you have to figure out some epic representation. Come to think of it, I don't have the "grandness" or "coolness" factors nailed yet... ..back to work!

[taz23]

Nice to see you here Atmospheria, MEME here :thumbsup: . Awesome concept man. Looks really big. Reminds me of Feng’s stile. Keep up the good work.

[terraarc]

WOW! Excellent ship design and color concepts!:thumbsup: And the compositions are great too (me also prefers the last one, B/W pencilwork by the way)

The mothership looks superb (I'm for No 2 too)

Keep rockin! :bounce::bounce:

[geron]

amazig design . beautiful colours. keep it up my friend.

-üstad hayranlıkla takip ediyoruz . devam . çok iyi gidiyorsun .

[element5]

Oh yes that is fantastic :applause:

[ChrisThatGuy]

Very nice.

[NinjaA55N]

Still nothing to criticize... amazing work man! amazing! Donno what will be the end version of ur masterpiece, coz if those r just studies what u have submited... than... wow!

[Gamoron]

Beautiful work man. I've never seen your stuff before, but keep track of you from now on. No crits just wanted to comment on the beauty. Nice desgins too.

[melkao]

your work is very good.
it mekes me to remember the game homeworld. your ship is beatiful and the space too. it seems to be ready to the war. i like it:)

[Arctis]

Atmospheria, you are one of my favourite : scale, ambiance et movement, organic design, and a personal artistic touch.
Personnaly, I don't agree with Marc 001 about lights : it's art, so we have not to be only logical : for many centuries, painters added light sources wherever they needed, to make their picture more striking.
My only remark woud be that the last picture don't really tell a story as much as first sketches. Maybe ships in the background could be bigger, so that we have the impression of an imminent assault.
But anyway, beautiful start.



My 2D space opera thread (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=185203)

[giza-di]

your colour schemes are awesome, this last mothership design really rocks:)

[emrahelmasli]

Lokust - Thanks man. I'm glad that your first post is for me. Hope to see you around.
Rares_Halmagean - Thanks alot. Yea, you're right about what you said. Concepts have a story ofcourse. I decided to change the subject. The ships will remain but the entire scene's going to change. It would be nice to post some character sketches as well. gonna think about that. thanks.
Russell_Collins - thanks russell. I like homeworld but only similarity with it is the vertical ships, yea maybe the colors a bit. Trying to achieve different looks tough..One of my main purposes is to catch the grandness factor. Thats the magic. thanks again
taz23 - Hey man...whats up? Saw your entry. Good luck with it.
terraarc - Thanks. I decided to change the subject. You'll see it in my next post. Yea, i'll go with the ship no 2
geronimo_x - Sağol kardeş. İzlemeye devam...;)
element5 - thanks.
ChrisThatGuy - glad you liked
NinjaASSN - Thanks alot. Yea these are sketches. I'm curious about the final image too. We'll see..
Gamoron - thanks. yea, i'm new around here but you gonna see me often now.
melkao - thanks alot.
Arctis - thanks alot. I agree with you. I use somekind of baroque light. Btw, the last sketches are just the ship concepts, they have nothing to do with the final composition. Just tried to show the design there.
giza-di - thanks.

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100400693_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100400693_large.jpg)

Hi all, i decided to change my subject cause someother people started to do the same subject with me. I need to be more original in my stuff and i don't want to do the same thing with other challengers. So i came up with a different idea. The ship designs will remain but the overall composition and theme gona change. Ok, here's the theme i'm thinking about. We're on earth but another time-line. Maybe a symettric timeline to ours. Oriental countries are the most powerfull and have the technology. As you can see in the image the architecture is more orient based. Visitors from another galaxy are attacking the planet. This is not the last composition. I just tried some colors. There will be different composition sketches. After i come up with a cool angle i'm going to start to the final image. This is it for now. Enjoy!

[NinjaA55N]

Enjoy??? With ur art here, not a problem :)

[teknotek83]

*sigh*..this is a discouraging thread...excellent colors and everything else..ugh..

[V_Shane]

nice colors...... and lots of sky room. Really looking to see how this comes out!

[coCoKNIght]

Have you made any tutorials yet? I have nothing to crit and I'm enjoying every single pic you post!

[Kosmos]

God love those Ship Designs very cool!! Looing forward to seeing more development on the whole thing

[sidchagan]

By far the most alive and best of your concepts, glad to see this is what you'll be drawing :)

[Markski]

I love that sketch. Particularly the seperation between the light and dark areas, and of course, the lighting in general. Great stuff!

[SideAche]

Beautiful use of silhouette. This is really looking great. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[ered dium]

All the sketchs you did are very nice!, I like your ship designs and backgrounds. Also the colors and lights are great

[OKMER]

Just like the rest,Excellent concept's you got there!!!And I'll subscribe to this one 2!!!:)
Maybe the last one the ships fades alittle to much with the sky...
Great,great,more,more!!!

My spacepra:
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=184953

[Miker]

thats just mind blowing! artwork like this is so inspirational. you've got the talent, keep it going!

[terraarc]

Great concept and composition! Has something apocalyptic and "End of Days" look! Surely is a turning moment in this civilization!:thumbsup:
Colors look great too!
Keep it up!

:beer:

[element5]

Now thats a powerfull image love the orange sky.....:applause:

[CYCLER]

Good thing you changed your concept, the second one looks much more impressive.

I'm waiting for details :bounce:

[ChrisThatGuy]

Great looking concept. The warm colour-scheme works very well.

[taz23]

Sweet like allways. You could make the ship a bit darker and detailed.

[emrahelmasli]

NinjaASSN - heh...thanks man. trying to make this thread enjoyable.
teknotek83 - thanks. Discourage? no man. not at all...
V_Shane - thanks alot...sky will be the most important part in my peace so there are lots of space to play on...:)
coCoKNIght - No i did't make any tutorials but i'm thinking of making one. Maybe after this challenge. Thanks for your comments
Kosmos - Thanks man. Trying to keep the ships original. I will go on with the final image after posting some sketches.
sidchagan - thanks. Yea, i'm glad too. The theme is more original than the other one. I'm happy with this.
Markski - Thanks man. This is just a composition sketch. I'm trying some colors and layouts. I'm going to do more.
SideAche - Thanks..
ered dium - Thank you..appreciated.
OKMER - thanks man...the ship fades in the sky cause it needs to look huge. maybe i may darken it a bit. thanks again
Miker - thanks man, very appreciated.
terraarc - yea, it has some apocalyptic look. It's the end of this empire indeed, no chance :) thanks for the comments.
element5 - thanks man.
CYCLER - I'm happy with this change too, we'll see the result together. thanks.
ChrisThatGuy - Yea i think so. thanks
taz23 - thanks mate. yea i will

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100640145_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100640145_large.jpg)

Ok, i'm ready for the final image i think. Here are some composition sketches i did. No:2 is my favorite and i'm going to scale that up and work over it a bit. That will be the last composition sketch. Then i'm going to switch to the final image. This is it for now...

[Lokust]

i like number 2 and 3 alot! perhaps im drawn more towards number 2 but they're both really good and you could go with either, there will be alien fighter crafts zooming by right?

great job! eagerly awaiting every update :)

[melkao]

i am agree, the second one looks better, work more in that one

[BlueEyeLizard]

I like #2 as well. It looks good. This may just be the way the sketch is and ignore this comment if you realized this but make sure to not have the tip of the ship touching the very top of the composition. Either have extra sky above or crop the tip of the ship off in a decent amount so you don’t have a tangent. I recommend not cropping the ship. It's a nice ship!

[monsitj]

I lke no,3 but no 2 has more story about it so , your choice is right , can't wait to see the progress

[terraarc]

I like #2 and #3 too! Personally I prefer more #3 because of the more distant angle on the ship. Also I like the dunamic of #4 with more ships on the back...one fallen down....
I'm sure you'll make the greatest choice among all 5 of them! :thumbsup: (Always give an artist an open window! ;) )

[Arctis]

Nice sketches (as usual on this thread !)
I prefer ships on the first one (there is more depth), and the landscape of the second one.
But I trust you, it will be fine...

My space opera (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=185203)

[NinjaA55N]

The second one is looking the best. It has the main object, the big ship looking to the right side (the way we read) and than u have 2 boats in the bottom of the pic, aiming with their noses to that big ship, making the eye of the viewer goes to the main object. The composition there is just great with some "unimportatnt" elements in the back and u clearly show the action with a smoke in the city. It has it all and it has it in right places. Go with that one if u ask me :)

[rusty_carr]

Your china epic pic is awesome, i think your work is probs the best I've seen so far, the ship design is awesome, the pic has a kinda of ID4 ships ariving feel, the calm b4 the storm kindof feeling. Your making me think It's pointless to enter myself :sad:

[Ondrayce]

I'm liking one and two. They seem to have a lot more depth than the other two.
Very nice work.

[Kraull]

Your ship is amazing! I really like the design of it! Like you, I think the best of your composition is the 2nd, but I kind of prefer the 2/3 view of your ship in the 3rd. We lost too much of the shape in the 2nd, but it's cool... Anyway, just a question of perception. Nice work so far!

[Androgs]

If I have to choice, then I'll pick no 1 or 2. my suggestion is maybe the scene can have a bit majestic or grand by add some more space ship flying here and there, also widen a bit the image and work more for the overall mood? just my 2 cents, you're doing nice so far:thumbsup: .

[tlggungor]

good cpmpositıon and colors my friend

[emrahelmasli]

Lokust - thanks..i'm working on number two at the moment. Infact, there will be some parts from other sketches too. Composition is ok..but i'm not satisfied with the amount of detail. I'm going to stretch the canvas a bit to right and left. That will be helpfull for the comp. Yea, there will be fighters flying around.
melkao - thanks. I'm doing it.
BlueEyeLizard - thanks man. Yes, i recognized it. I've sized the canvas a bit...to the top and the sides. That will make the composition more readable.
monsitj - thanks alot. Workin on it
terraarc - haha..thanks alot. I took little pieces from all the sketches. Combining them right now. Let's see how it's gonna look.
Arctis - Thanks alot. I hope it will be fine.
NinjaASSN - thanks alot man. You have a good eyes. It's exactly whats going on there. Aiming the viewer to the main object. I just need some real mood...that's the most importing thing in a painting.
rusty_carr - thanks alot man. Actually it's not china, it's middle east. But i recognized that your orient is asia. Thats good too :) What i'm trying to do here is to give an oriental feel to the architectures and the vehicles. a civilized empire but not that strong. Strong, but on that planet only..hehe. Visitors are soulless killers. poor people have no chance against them.
Ondrayce - thanks alot.. appreciated
Kraull - thanks man...working on no2 but gonna put some ideas from 3 too.
Androgs - thanks..your thoughts are true. I've widen the image a bit to make it more readable. I'm working on it right now.

[tlggungor]

great conceptual friend

sorry my terrible eng.

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100952221_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100952221_large.jpg)

Here's the last composition sketch i did. It needs some fixes here and there. I'm going to add some bombs falling down from the sky. What do you think? What should i add or remove? Comments and crits are welcome

[Neozoom]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100400693_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1100400693_large.jpg)




This one was the best to me....
the color scheme is really more vibrant than the last and the huge impression is still here ... so... It is my advice but of course onnly you can decide :)

[Nomad]

Hi!
I agree with Neozoom, the other sketch is much better and have more depth... I will also add bigger ships (carrier class or destroyer) on the water, maybe firing some rockets etc. but thats only my opinion... your work looks already great :thumbsup:

[techart]

great designs man..love your ships

[flyingP]

great feeling of scale in these, beautiful stuff :thumbsup:

[Kraull]

I've nothing to say about your choice of colors. Just perfect!

[NinjaA55N]

Great last post! As always :) Maybe u could turn the right boat at the bottom more to the main spaceship.. like on the doodle #2 i think. Otherwise its great!

[melkao]

:eek:wow, amazing.It look great, much better, i like the island ,and the battle in there is very cool

[W-I-L]

I disagree with Neozoom and NOMAD. The one you have chosen feels right to me but each to their own. I am falling off my chair. the wya you work light, colour and composistion is amazing. hats off to you sir. This is one of my fav's. dev going to get to be judged i am sure.

Keep it coming!

[tlggungor]

ooo man ıts not ısland ITs HAGİA SOPHİA and burning, o my god.

[johnny boy]

Thats priety sharp for a concept sketch! I recon the composition looks spot on. Any more would definatly be too crowded. Very well done!

[SideAche]

LOOOOVE you work. I still like the one with the dark foreground the best :thumbsup: :buttrock: :thumbsup:

[Octothreat]

You've mastered the feel of a Grand Space Opera! Marvelous!:thumbsup:

[Speaky]

Hi Atmospheria. Like everybody here, I love your ship designs, very well worked out and original. I'd like to see a bit of variation in their orientation, though the way they are presenting a united front really makes them seem to dominate the sky more. A touch of three point perspective would vastly improve the feeling of height and integrate them into the scene. At the moment they seem to be hanging 'behind' the foreground, rather than floating above the plane of a city. Still looks fantastic, I'm digging deep to find some crits for you.

More, please! :thumbsup:

[emrahelmasli]

Neozoom - thanks for your constructive comment. I can't tell all the story in the previous pic i did. Because there will be some action on the sea, maybe some burning ships and stuff. So i decided to make the last composition. I'm going to widen the pic a bit to the right and top. It is going to help us to read the comp. better. The mothership is too centered. I need to brake that. Anyway, thanks again.
Nomad - Thanks for the comment. You're right about the destroyers and carriers. I need to add some more ships to the composition. But it's same as i said to neozoom. I need sea to describe this epic.
techart - Thank you. Appreciated.
flyingP - Thanks
Kraull - Thanks alot.
NinjaASSN - Thanks for the comment mate. I'm going to delete that ship and make it smaller. It uses so much space there.
melkao - Thanks alot. Actually its not an island, but it's good that you used your imagination :)
W!L - Thanks alot W!l. Really appreciated. Yea, i beleive that this composition is more dynamic than the other. Tying to fix it right now.
-tolga- - Well, not hagia sophia. But similar architecture.
johnny boy - Thanks. I'm going to add some more ships to the sky but they are not going to make it too crowded immo. anyway, we'll see.
SideAche - Thanks alot for the comment. People like that comp alot :) But, beleive me this is going to be better.
Octothreat - thanks. I hope
Speaky - Thanks alot man. You are right in some points. I'm going to try to break that "hanging" feel of the ship by adding some more mood in it. The ships need to stay in one direction cause they are still moving towards. Burning whatever they see on their way.

Thanks alot my friends. gonna fix the composition and post soon. Check back again.

[shrimpchips]

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel guilty and a little dirty that they aren't paying to see these works? I feel like I just snuck in the back door of some magnificent art showing/black-tie banquet and am eating the complementary muffins for free hoping no one sees me. This damned forum won't let me grade higher than 5 stars =`(

I also love your space ship designs, they really remind me of the early massive sail boats/exploration etc. Also, what program are you using to sketch/paint these?

[DMageXVII]

Wow!

You've obviously put a lot of work into your drawing!!!
I really like what you have so far..
If i may offer up a few crits;

the scale of your ship can easily be mistaken at first, given it's simplicity (which, if you ask me, is a good thing). Perhaps you can counter that by changing the view al little bit... I would suggest you place the ships using a "contre-plongé" perspective (sorry, i don't know the english term). That is, the view point of something on the ground, looking up at an angle. we would see the underside of your ships and the top would seem to fade in the atmoshere, giving it a true sense of scale. Also, you could then show a few more ships descending from the ionisphere...

a few observations:

Have you noticed your motherships look like a cross beween a sailboat (keel and everything), and a spaceship? ~ I really like that design! :thumbsup:
Also, they look a little bit like elongated fish heads :P


Whether it's too late for you to try out my suggestions or not, i commend what you have so far and look forward to what you have to show in the near future! -- Good luck!


Adieu

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1101072726_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1101072726_large.jpg)

I've fixed the problems in the previous image and added some details. Also i've widen the pic abit. It gave more dept to the composition. It's getting better immo. What should i add or remove? I'm thinking of adding a fighter to the right side firing rockets with smoke. Maybe that way i can improve the depth and dramatic look of the composition. What do you think.
BTW: This is the sketch of main image. I'm not going to go over this pic. This is just a referance.

[idiot box]

Vey nice, I like the compistions alot.

[Arctis]

Hi atmospheria,

What an oustanding sense of scale you have !! I also like the green light you add for more drama - the previous pict looks more like postcard compared to this one-.:thumbsup:
My two crits would be : as for Speaky, the orientation of ships is too repetitive for me. And I prefer the boats of the previous pict, more traditionnal, more contrasting with the technological fury of the aliens ships.
Later !!!

My space opera (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=185203&page=2&pp=15)

[Canche]

I am pretty sure your concept depicts very well what space opera is all about. Congratulations!
nice job.

[BloodTaster]

Man, lovely work! great job. My only sugestion is ad more shadows on the ships..trying give more contrast...just a opinion
:thumbsup:

[NinjaA55N]

The pic is a bit too heavy on the left side.. it need something at the bottom right side... also because there need to be something to lead the eye straight to the main interest. Now its empty, somethings missing.
The secon thought I've got.. How big is the main spaceship? I thought that is huuuge and behind the fallen city (and i looove that version!) but I've doubted when I read some posts of other users. Is it in second plan and not so big???

[element5]

Wow you have come along way, looks fantastic great atmosphere. One thing :) The centre main ship not sure where it is on the horizon. Maybe a building in front of it or the ship crashing into a small skyscraper to help with the scale and the position of the ship in the picture...just a thought :thumbsup:

[angel]

very nice! the sense of scale is great and the ships shapes are very interesting as well.

[SideAche]

I'm having fun watching this progress. Thanks :thumbsup:

[noelt]

The comments dMAGE XVII made were right on the spot, all things above the horizon line are to be looked up at. You should make the changes he/she suggests...that's if you are feeling that there needs to be a change.

[walrus]

Man, this is looking really beautiful, Atmospheria! Your sense of lighting is just superb! The scale in these images is impressive too. One of my favorite parts of this image is the smoke from the city, because it's well-renderred, and because it helps give some scale to the gargantuan ships. That being said, i have to say that I really agree with Arctis: The big ships are all oriented pretty much the same way, and it feels a bit repetitive. Aside from that, no other comments from me. Good luck with the finishes!

-mike

[emrahelmasli]

Thanks for the comments! But this time i'm a little bit confused. Everyone says different things, some people likes, some people not. I know the image has some porblems but i'm not going to change the all image again. I'm going to fix the problems immo. As i see from the critics, some people have problems with the scale of the ship. Yes, it's huge and behind the foreground smokes. I've faded the ship a bit but i't not enough i guess. I'm going to fix that as soon as possible. Also i'm going to add an attacking fighter to the right side firing rockets. It'll surely help the composition. Whatelse, going to make some crashed ships. Picture needs some more dramatic elements. I'm going to post the fixes soon. Please post your comments if you have...
thanks.

[Tranchefeux]

Cool your image I believe to recognize with far the "blue church ":)
Good Road

[bolchover]

looking really good - if it were me, I'd add more contrasting blue or purple, as in your earlier concept sketch. and deepen some areas to red. At the moment, it feels to me like it needs that little extra something - certainly I think entirely orange becomes a bit overpowering. But I love the mood. Also improved since penultimate, with the darker shoreline/buildings and smoke. A real contender :)

[zionlocke]

Admiration:
I love the work you do and respect your abilities. You have an expert ability with color choice.

Critique:
It seems like your latest composition is inspired by a shot in the clone war battle from Star Wars Episode II. Also, your mothership design, from the green gas image, looks like one half of the ship in the Homeworld game. It just appears that your pieces are reminiscient of past space operas.

Note:
I know you will create an excellent final piece, and I can see you are working hard. I wish you the best!

[Ozanosfer]

We are celebratin u beacuse of your disciple and your marvelous technique.But we want to see the crew of the starships :).and we are also wondering about where the ships are comin from.

and at the end the question is "where is the resistance?".

Your friends...

Koral
Ozgur
Ozan

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1101159438_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1101159438_large.jpg)

Concerning the comments and critics, i updated the scene a bit. I added the fighter to the right, enhanced the sky and added some more smoke. Some people commented that they cannot understand where the ship is standing. So i added some smoke infront of the ship. You may see it in the image. I think it's looking good now. What do you think?
If it's ok i'm going to start to the final image.
Enjoy!

[Kraull]

Talk to me about grandeur... Oh yeah!! This is nice!:thumbsup: I look at your work and I can't wait to begin working on details... I'm still stuck with conception... O_o'

[terraarc]

The image looks grande for sure! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Go for it mate! I only have some question concerning the sky: The topmost part of the composition is kindo of empty right now, I was wondering how big this part is going to be in the final composition. Again, this is just a question not a suggestion. :wavey:

ON WITH THE SHOW MATE!

:beer:

[Jezzarts]

Wow, this is looking great, I like your use of colours and real depth happening here. Sorry no crits that I can see, it's good to see you've used ships and vapour trails to add more perspective to this giving that huge ship a true sense of size.

[taz23]

Hello Emrah, I see your work is coming up superb. I really like your evolution as illustrator. I have one idea for your composition...try to make the top side in more grey colors and descent to some more bright ones like you already have. This way the attention is concentrated on the fight scene.

Keep rockin' dude! :buttrock:

[NinjaA55N]

I have an idea... just a suggestion... That smoke on the left side is disturbing... It makes a mess. U could put that ship behind the clouds, so its coming out of clouds/mist. U'll get even more dramatic atmosphere and cleat a pic a bit... no need for all those little details which break the pic into many pieces. And a slightly bigger boat at the right bottom will do good for the composition and direction. I hope u understand what do i mean.. :) Everything else is just perfect!

[emrahelmasli]

Hi all! Thanks for the constructive critics!
terraarc - the top part will be the same as in the concept sketch. If i don't put a free space in the picture it will possibly stuck. There needs to be free spaces in a piece like this. Cause it's all mess and smoke :) Thanks for the suggestion tough.
taz23 - thanks mate. i'll try
NinjaASSN - Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I'm going to try what you told.
But the final image will be generally like this...

Later!

/ E

[Ozanosfer]

As i see, we have lots to learn from you Atmospheria. You give lessons to newbies like us with your each drawing. Being in the same competition with you and some other gifted people like you amazes me. Your last work rocks...

In Turkish;
"Senden öğreneceğimiz cok sey var analdığım kadarıyla Atmospheria... her yeni ciziminde bizim gibi acemilere ders veriri gibisin... sen ve senin gibi yenetenekli adamlarla aynı yarışmada olmak insanı etkiliyor...Son işin cok iyi..."

[lynch]

iI agree with the ninja guy about the boat in the right bottom corner its kinda leaving lacking
visually . i also think that with the type of technology i'm seeing here it's a bit to much like a regular speed boat for that battle. You said it yourself it could be in the near future on earth , us humans can't stop inventing.
Nice work though

[lynch]

dude try not to get to lost in the crits in the end its about what you want to potray, the guys are here to help not direct

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1101380884_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1101380884_large.jpg)

Here are some thumbnails of the ships on the sea surface. The ones on the concept sketch were placeholders. To make this image more original. I need to design everything. Here you go. I'm going to do more and color them up later.

[tlggungor]

ahaaaa ha beatiful :deal:

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1101381482_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1101381482_large.jpg)

Hey all! Here's a color composition of a hover ship. I just wanted to show you how the ships work. Some people said "these are just ships, there are no technology in it." Well, these ships can hover, but just on the water. Can not fly. I need to limit the technology here. Cause the alien attackers should to be stronger. I love to show the concepts in a composition. These are mostly dramatic. I used a little romantic and luminist style here. Got to love Aivazovsky and Turner! (This picture has no relationship with the main composition. Just wanted to show the ship here.) Anyway..Enjoy!!!

[Squibbit]

your pics are just breathtaking... fitting nick u got :)

[NinjaA55N]

Great! Im voting for ship no.1 on ur sketch list.

[Ozanosfer]

:applause: "Here it is.Another Nice work..As i told you in my last massage your new works are like lessons to take...You teach the contestants how to race...:thumbsup:
Bu i have a suggestion why do you have to sketch on waterproof ships that much? i think it's a bit of junky work...But it also shows us your decisive act and your specialist spirit...Brilliant Work..Good Job Keep goin...:deal:



:applause: "İşte bir güsel örnek daha... daha önceki mesajımda da dediğim gibi her yaptiğin yeni bir ders....Yarışmaya katılanlara bu işin nasıl yapılacağını öğretir gibisin...:thumbsup:
Ama bir elestirim var genede su üstü araçlara bu kadar yoğunlaşmak zorundamıydın?.. Bana biraz gereksiz geldi... Tabii bu işin ciddiyetini(profestonelliğini) gösterir ama genede biraz fazal uğraşmuşsın :).... Mükemmel olmuş....Bravo...":deal:
"

[terraarc]

Watching the ship sketches ....I can only tell you which ones I don't like :
No. 2 (looks a hell of a lot like todays fishing boats) and
No. 7 (I don't really like the style, it looks too simple comparing with the others)

By the way, the color composition of the hover ship is C:eek::eek:L!! Lighting and coloring masterpiece!! :applause:

Keep it up mate!
:beer:

[Sunguine]

Wonderful composition, ligtining, colouring and designing! No need to tell too much words over it, just watching is enough. I also like your sketchs! Number 3 and 5 are awesome! Iwould like to see them in Istanbul!:applause:

Turkish:
Biz heybelidee her geceee mehtaba çıkaardıııık.
Sandallarımııız neşhe dolaaaar seyre bakaaaardıııık.
3ile 5 güzel olmush! K:bounce: olay gelsin abi!

[screamingwing]

Beautiful stuff man.

[Kraull]

How can you be so productive?!?! That's is just great!:thumbsup:

[Arctis]

Your sea and your boat are beautiful ! Do you have a website where I can see other work of yours?

[emrahelmasli]

Squibbit - Thanks alot!
NinjaASSN - Yea thanks. I'm working on no 1 and 3. Those are going to be on the water.
Ozanosfer - Thanks mate. Appreciated! About the ships and stuff, i need to design all elements. Thats why i'm working on them this much. Thanks for your comments again.
terraarc - Thanks for the comments. They were really fast sketches and i didn't think too much on them. But they came out well i guess. I like no 1 and 3. I'm working on them. Thanks again!
Sunguine - Thanks mate. Working on it...
screamingwing - thanks!
Kraull - haha...thanks. Just drawing rapidly.
Arctis - Thanks. my site is: www.partycule.com (http://www.partycule.com) but it's under construction at the moment.

[tlggungor]

yesss wonderful coloring and ambient I love it my friend

:bounce: i would like to see more.It s amazing :bounce:



:buttrock: See MY Concepts & Cities and more:buttrock:

[Neozoom]

simply amazing last one man :)

[El Toro]

This looks fabulous. You really use the right colors, they look really nice! I also like the way you made them, really nice style. :applause:
What program do you use btw?

[emrahelmasli]

thanks for the comments!

I use painter and photoshop together. But mostly painter...

[daadaa]

i know im the last person that can talk atm... btu i was wondering, you have your flying boats and you got some in the water... surely they would be all flying or all in the water... tho the rest of it is amazing :)

[korayarts]

hi my friend ı like your using light in composition and your ships are so nice good luck.

abi tasarımlar ben cok hoş özellikle istanbul manzarasındaki devasa gemilere bayıldım kolay gelsin.iyi şanslar

[V_Shane]

definatley the last one should be the last one :thumbsup:

[emrahelmasli]

thanks for the comments

daadaa - i understand what you mean but this is a cultural thing. I wanted to do some variations on the ship designs. Some vehicles fly, some do not. Just hovers. Cheap and expensive thing. I hope i can explained myself...
korayarts - thanks my friend
V_Shane - yea, thanks.

I'm going to post the line art soon. Then i will try to finish the piece in pace.

Later!

[adonihs]

i am in awe =O

[techart]

great work so far man..try to add more details also..cheers

[andreasrocha]

Just wanted to drop a line to tell you how much I respect your work. Your use of colors is awesome, although I think your image is a bit too yellow, specially compared to your last image, which I know, has nothing to do with the composition. I was totally blown away by the translucency in the water.
You'll surely be on one of the top places!

[element5]

I love your process the latest looks to be a finished piece in itself....very good :thumbsup:

[bonestudio]

Man you definetily are one of the best in here, every piece you made is very impressive !!!

Wish you good luck !

[unitstudio]

Just thought I'd pop by and see what's been happening here. I've been away for a while. I have to say I'm mightily impressed. Each one is a strong composition, with a vivid and confident use of colour and light.

keep it up
-g

[bolchover]

I like your designs for hover ships/boats. I wonder, there's a danger that unless it's clear the ship is hovering someone may mistakenly (or foolishly) look at final image and consider was supposed to be on surface, but badly placed. It's possible. I think you'd have to make clear boat is hovering eg obvious gap, or consequent ripples on surface of lake/sea from its hoverdrive... may not be necessary, but questions of interpretation can carry an idea one artist portrays far far away fron where he originally intended (for good or for bad...).

[AirbORn]

Get progress! I really like the ship designs and the enormous ship in the background. Amazing work keep it up!

[Tranchefeux]

Hi, I like much the last returned sketch water is super.

[mitralone]

Excellent work so far.

Baba ya bişey soracam. Süpper kaliteli iş çıkartıyorsunuz tolga da sen de. Bu çizimler ile ilgili özellikle kağıt üzerinden bilgisayara mı geçiyorsunuz yoksa tablet mi kullanıyorsunuz? Bir de tabi ikiniz de backgroundunuz ile ilgili bilgi verseniz. Bu yaratıcılık bu teknik nirden yav?

İkinize de çok çok başarılar....

Hadi hadi heeeyt

[emrahelmasli]

Thanks for the comments friends

andreasrocha - yea it's a bit yellowish, i'm going to fix it in the original image. thanks
bolchover - i understood what you mean. I'm going to try it....thanks
mitralone - thanks for the comments. Yes, i use tablet for coloring. Mostly from scratch...thanks for the kind words...

I'm going to post the lineart soon....so keep checking...

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1102859949_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1102859949_large.jpg)

Here you go. The lineart. I need this cause when i'm working big i need to know what is where...This lines gonna help me about that. I'm blocking the colors right now. I'm going to show you the process...
later!

[coCoKNIght]

Those spaceships that are different than the main one, are they fighters now or something or the same size like the main one?

[pch123]

Great work. Love the dynamic nature of the image (Im going to have to rethink my entry). If this isn't space opera then I don't know what is. :thumbsup: Fantastic ships.

[terraarc]

Hello Atmospheria! I like your lineart work with the explanations on it! :thumbsup:
Very creative thought!

Waiting for some dream colors!:arteest:

[bonestudio]

Very nice compo, I like a lot those huge spaceshift.

[noelt]

I wanted to suggest researching the rules of perspective of looking at cones above the horizon line, here's a suggestion, take a carrot and place the thick base in front of your face (just like your ships there) and tilt the carrot (top part, pointy part) away from your face but don't move the base just tilt it away from your face, the effect of the tile is missing from your drawings. You should draw the carrot tilted away from you but you draw it , pretty much, straight up and down as if the ships were........ small. Another way is to look at the rings on the carrot look under the carrot and look down on the carrot, how does the circles on the carrot CHANGE ? I can't paint no where as good as you, yet. I'm learning how to paint sea-water from your boat painting. Look at how Feng Zhu draws he always start with a grid this is how i was able to learn this (from disney guys), the grid is ALL. The horizon line is GOD. Everything above the horizon line is being looked UP at. Draw, cones with formfitting hoola hoops, above the horizon line, and below, in two point perspective, the hoola hoops have to obey perspective. If i was better at computers i would draw an example. Good job overall, i only hope to be able to paint as well as yourself some day. :)
P.S. it's the right wing of the ships, you have to be looking under the wing and it should be a tad higher, also notice how the perspective doesn't change for the smaller ship which is higher up from the ground... we should be seeing more of the base if the smaller ship.

P.S. again If my suggestions slow you down please ignore them, these are ment to help.

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1103254250_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1103254250_large.jpg)

Here's a rough color wip. After doing the lineart i started to block some colors in. Slowly the lines disappeared and rightnow the image looks like this. I'm still defining the forms and giving the correct colors to the scene. This is going to be like a tutorial after this moment. So, check the process...

[ecura]

From what I see of the concept I'm sure this will be something big is coming along. I'll sure to keep my eyes on a watch for this one.

[terraarc]

Nice start mate! :thumbsup: Coloring looks great so far! Maybe adding some more green? :shrug:Just a suggestion


Looks great man! Waiting for an update! :thumbsup:

[walrus]

I'm actually stunned that you're still posting, I thought you were done already! I had to go back and look to see that your earlier posts were justs roughs and compositions, as they're good enough to be the final thing. This is just going to be amazing if that was only the rough!

-mike

[cgkrusty]

Absolutely gorgeous feel to this piece. I love the colour palette, your ship designs and the sense of scale and wonder in this piece is awesome!

Looking forward to seeing the finished work!

[element5]

love that colouring :applause:

[NinjaA55N]

I can see that this will be much fun to follow... Im really curious whats ur painting procedure and how u'll make the pic better than ur "sketches" coz even those was just fantastic. :)

[emrahelmasli]

Thanks for the crits and comments. I'm still working on the forms and fixing the colors.
I'm going to post a wip soon...thanks all!

[sidchagan]

Nice to see one of your many amazing concepts start to take shape. I cant wait for the rest of the details to fill in.

[W-I-L]

excellent stuff. your use of colour is spot on... nothing to crit..one of my favs

[Aethyrprime]

great use of light sources and color tones. Good job. This is going to be sweet.

[lynch]

i see you finally decided on the layout good luck man really work that background i want to see details make me believe that this could be happening for real.

my space opera 2d (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=189331)

[KaleN]

Good choice of colours. Looks a bit surrealistic for me. Gonna keep an eye on it!

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1103504673_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1103504673_large.jpg)

Here's the second color wip. The colors are ok i think. Now it's the time for details. I'm detailing the ship right now. I'm going to post some closeups soon...that's it for now.

[OZ]

U are a genius!this piece of art is INCREDIBLE! intense,well coloured,the ships design is simply brilliant!one of the most beautiful space scene ever seen!G R E A T!

[MoonVisionStudio]

Phenomenal color!

[DonHuan]

The middle half of the picture is what i like the most.The colors are vivid and the mood is great.Instanbul of flames is something that you wanted to give as a personal touch since you are Turkish:) .I am wondering who are the alien invators.Good luck!

My entry:
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?p=1821052#post1821052 (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?p=1821052#post1821052)

[terraarc]

Nice progress mate!:thumbsup: Nothing to crit at this point....:)

I'll be watching...

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1103741054_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1103741054_large.jpg)

Here's a detail from the process. Gonna post a new wip image soon.
Enjoy

[YeeWu]

I love those ship designs. I was just thinking though, I think the values of the close ships in the bottom left hand corner are a little too similar? They seem to have a kind of atmospheric haze on them that kinda messes with the scale of everything else in the piece. I think they should have the same contrast as the purple ship on the right.

It looks really good! :)

[NathanielWest]

I really love the colors and the lighting on that large ship. The design is really fun, and different than what we normally see. The only thing I'm not sure about is the blue things up at the top. They distract me for some reason, and maybe if they weren't in an arcing line, and some were closer to the middle of the picture it would draw the viewer's eye to the action. Good work nonetheless!

[dougbot]

Dude, this is awesome. Rminds me of Chriss Foss and John Berkey, with a dash of Syd Mead. Nothing wrong with any of that! Great stuff.

[Hillartsympho]

great work. the detailing on the main ship is very unique and i think it would work well on the others, but not as dark of course.

[hydrocell]

awesomely detailed.. i like the scale of the scene!

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104113568_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104113568_large.jpg)

Hi again,
Here's another wip. I've more concentrated on the sea and smoke this time and added some more detials on the ship. There are still many more things to do. I've removed some of the ships on the sea but i'm going to put them back. Also i'm thinking something different for the sky. More moody and atmospheric than a dark and cloudy sky. This is going to make the painting more "daramtic". Like " a beautiful sunset and invasion of the outsiders." You gonna see it on the next wip. Take care until then.

[ecura]

With the blend of orange values with sky and spaceship does look draw the image a little bit flat, however I guess its going to look quiet intense and show more depth with the darker clouds. Good move, looking forward to see the progress.

[stefuse]

good job my friend !

and congratulations for your baby website ! lol
colors are pretty good and atmosphere too ....like a burning sky !
small crits : why don't you smooth a little your littles waves in the back ground to give more like a camera lens...and depth field? suggestion ...of course !
there will be more litles lights on your background spaceships?very good work


see you next time !

may the force be with you !


stefuse
french jedi

[Lovliebutterfly]

This is awesome! :bounce: The blasting sky, smoke, lighting and water looks great! Great work!

[terraarc]

Nice going mate! :thumbsup: The sea is developing great so far and the city outline with sunset behind is working pretty nice....

Nothin to crit....

Keep up the great work...:)

[hesido]

The quality of the concept sketches and your latest update to your image is outstanding.. You have created so many sketches (that rivals any finished artwork) and so many ideas that you made this look easy! I browsed thru 15 pages to see your updates and sketches (couldn't read all the posts tho sorry!)

There's one little thing that I think would improve the image, tho I feel almost guilty for thinking in this way(!): The waves could be smaller and could contain more sub-waves for finer detail, in this current situation, everything near the sea looks smaller than it actually is. Of course nothing can even touch that big big huge mothership, the feeling of mass is excellent, it is not even merely affected adversely by the seemingly huge waves (with no sub waves on them :) )

I like the image so much that I feel abnormal when I think I found sth that could improve it :)

[element5]

imressive imagery :applause: you have to be proud of this image :thumbsup:

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104281840_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104281840_large.jpg)

The next color wip. I totally changed the sky. It's more promising now.( I guess)Wanted it to be more dramatic and in a romantic style. There are still lots to do. I'm gonna add the fight scene at the end. A huge fight! and some bombs falling at the back perhaps. This is it for now...enjoy

[Lovliebutterfly]

Hey! The sky looks great! Definitely better! Really more dramatic! The scene is much more alive! :thumbsup:

[walrus]

I liked some of the subtle greens that were in the last post's sky, but this is nonetheless beautiful. That reflection on the water is really done nicely, too. Not much constructive here, I'm afraid. Keep it up! :-)


-mike

[V_Shane]

Beautiful piece. I really miss the "light" teardrops from the sky, to me those really make the piece.

[andreasrocha]

Oh boy, oh boy...looks to me like we are looking at one of the winners, for sure!

Emrah, your work is astounding, I really mean it. The sky looks awesome, superb, fantastic...The spaceships really seem to be coming forward now. And that blueish part to the right really works well.

You added a spacehip below, but you can hardly make it out, behind the seawaves. Perhaps you should light it a bit more from above.

(really love that sky)

One other suggestion would be to overlap one of the smaller fighters (or whatever they are; I mean the small ones in the middle) in front of the big spaceship. I think the viewer needs a reference to know where the fighter is exactly.

I think the image looks better without the "firedrops". They distracted too much and you didn't really know where they were coming from.


Beautiful!

[emrahelmasli]

Thanks for the replies and comments. Actually i'm thinking of adding the dropping bombs again. But in a different way. Maybe to the far back. I don't know. I'm going to consider your comments and suggestions. Thanks again...

[LaRoyceJ]

I love your painting style...its very reminiscent of the old landscape painters. The only thing that I can see is that your composition is still somewhat very monochromatic. Yes, I do see the application of the subtle hints of the muted/lesser hues, but who knows what kind of an anchor colors on the other end of the spectrum could ad to your visual. Colors that are decisively cooler, always intensify warmer/hotter colors (This is just a suggestion...I love your work). Awesome work...very cinematic.

LaRoyce-

[Niluferrr]

nice consept

good luck:bounce:

[foane]

this could be one of the winners.....altough its a tad monochromatic...put some other colors in a subtle way and it will be great. this piece has a BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM feeling coming with it, perfect to put on a magazine or something!

my last advice would be to put some more variation in the waves...
keep it up!
francis

[ultior]

really good works.

[emrahelmasli]

Thanks for the comments and replies my friends! Happy new year to everyone!

[terraarc]

Happy new year!
Best of wishes for happy living and more astounishing work! :thumbsup:

[Falcorr]

Most impressive sky and colors in the contest!
Very realistic i wonder how things like that can be done.

But i have to give you crit this time!
You have to spend more time thinking about the decorations and patterns on the spaceships. They can be easily regarded as dirt. Specially when looking at small thumbnail of this picture.

Well thats about it. Everything else way beoynd me! :thumbsup: :sad:

[emrahelmasli]

Thanks,
About the patterns, i don't think that they look like dirt. The thumbnail view is not impotant.
But thanks for your crit anyway...

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104689257_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104689257_large.jpg)

Here are some more details from the image. I'm working on the "fight scene" right now. There will be a huge fight between the invaders and the other civilization. Then i'm going to polish it up and call it finished...Enjoy

[Tranchefeux]

Hi,
Good progression of your project, water is particularly well seen
and the hot colors are pleasant.

[tlggungor]

wonderfull coloring my friend :thumbsup:

[cgkrusty]

Loving the colours and the epic feel of the image. I'm looking forward to see your battle composition and how it plays against you BG imagery. Granted, you've got a very clean vertical composition going on in the BG which should allow you to do a very dynamic FG battle scene without taking anything from the overall image.

exciting!

[georgh]

very impressive - great quality - .......really like how everything seems to be really thoroghly planned and scetched......

Dont know if u changed it but the way the falling bombs were all falling pretty much straight down - would maby look better iff they would fall more in random directions.....

good stuff - I really like the coloring

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104710799_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104710799_large.jpg)

I'm close to finish here...gonna add more fighting and bullets to the sky. Then i'm done...(ar last)

[daadaa]

spotted something .... looking at where your light source is... shouldnt the large ship on the right be alot darker, and almost a siluette? like your island?

[stefuse]

great !

your fighting spaceships are good
details are better : spaceships , and waves corrections...lol
your sky and tones ambiance are really awsome !
one question : is you stylzed boat is going to stay alone or you gonna add more littles boats?

let's finish now ! lol

stefuse


french jedi

[emrahelmasli]

Tranchefeux - Thanks for the comments my friend.
-tolga- - thanks brother
cgkrusty - thanks. yes, its what i'm planning to do. Working on it right now...
juju - thanks for the comments my friend. Nice idea there..i'm going to try it...
daadaa - good point. But there's also "color perspective" which i need to obey. Maybe i should darken the ship abit. Thanks for the comment.
stefuse - thanks man. I'm going to add some more ships on the water.

[ElFuego]

oh my god your work is beutiful!

I can't say anything bad about it.
Well if I have to say something "bad" the "sailingship" craft (bottomleft corner) was better in earlier versions, but this new one is almost as good.

It seems to be very uneven fight and I feel bad for those guys in the boats. But as always "Grand space opera" wouldn't be a "Grand space opera" without uneven odds and miraculous victories over evil and tyranny.

Great storytelling moment in this one! GL!

[KaleN]

Wow! I just love Your colour scheme. Incredible.

[NinjaA55N]

Hmm.. I think that it starts to be a bit messy in some parts.. Im not sure about that rockets smoke... Its too desaturated, too gray for this very colorfull pic. And it disturbes in a way. Otherwise one of the best entries.

PS: nice portfolio :thumbsup:

[emrahelmasli]

ElFuego - thanks for your comment! I agree with you...i'm going to fix the ship a little...
KaleN - Thanks man...appreciated!
NinjaASSN - Thanks for your comment! I'm trying to fix the smoke..but it's going to be gray...

[JasonChan]

I don't know what to say - this is just amazing :eek:

It's probably too late at this point, but my only suggestion would be to move one of the left-most ships over some. Right now they are practically on the same verticle, which is excentuated further by the purple virticle beams. I'm only nitpicking, though :)

Great job :thumbsup:

[emrahelmasli]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104837630_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/entries/6/4682/4682_1104837630_large.jpg)

I'm Done! at last! This is my final image. I'm not going to do changes on it. I'm happy with it and i hope you people are happy with it too. Hope you liked the process also. I want to say big thanks to everyone who helped me and supported me through the process. If you can support me in the finals i'll be very appreciated! Big thanks to everyone again and good luck to all participants! Take care and Enjoy the image!

[daadaa]

very nice dude very nice!! and defintly wont leave without a prize