Master and Servant 2D Entry: Enrico Furlan

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This is the main evolution of my concept. Figure labeled number one shows the initial concept.A man is standing brave on the surface of time (represented by a watch).A strong light source casts the the shadows of his past (a baby) and his future (and an old man). The concept seemed not so dramatic so, after doodling around with perspective (figure 2 and 3) and position of the hands of clock (three would mean third age, and 9 would mean nine months of birth), I decided to change the composition. I would keep the circle and the man, like a 'vitruvian' clock (figure 4 and 5) but eventually thought that an hourglass would better represent the flow of time (figure 6). So I landed on my final concept. The man is chained tho the hourglass (time). the chain on the right wrist has a symbol carved in it, the greek letter 'alpha' meaning the beginning, the man keeps the chain strongly in his hand and sustains part of the strain. the arm is tense. The left chain, 'omega' is broken meaning the end of life as we know it. the final pose is something you can see in figure 8. I imagine a dramatic lighting, maybe from above. Dark toned like in Caravaggio's paintings. Other elements that will end in the final composition are a carved pillar on the right depicting maybe angels and demons or a soul...giving a clue on what could life after death be...

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Ouch: It seems the main entry auto-updates itself...so...here it is what I wrote as entering the challenge:

I'm so late and have so much to do, but I hope it's not too late to enter the challenge.
I usually am the incomplete type of person, the one beginning things and not reaching an end. So I hope this will be my shot at doing something good and complete it.

Here is my 'very' rough concept:

What is it that man faces every day ? The one thing he cannot escape in his life ? I bet a not so trivial and obvious answer would be: "Time". Time binds us at our birth like a chain. We are bound to it as it flows. Sometimes we feel it's pace, slowly,sometimes the rythm is fast.We struggle a daily battle but, eventually, our flesh will surrender to time and lose the war.

I'll try to convey the picture I have in my mind and fill the image with symbols and Icons.
I'm actually not interested in what will be next, after our death but maybe I'l put some hints in the picture. I want this to be dramatic, to express a sense of tension, but also peace and resignation to destiny. Is it time the master and man his servant? Or is it time at our disposal ? Certainly it depends on us.

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A bunch of concept sketches...mainly playing with framing and perspective

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sketches, continued.

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other sketches

[Koekebakker]

Interesting concept. Curious to see what you come up with to work out. Good luck. :)

[Xillion]

Thanks for stopping by, I'll try to do my best :)

[LadyMedusa]

Bello :), spero che ce la farai a finirla

I like the consept

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I've been so busy these days that I could not make any progress with my master and servant entry. It seems, after all I will not finish it in time. I'll also be part of a local art exibition so I've just been busy with traditional painting...Anyway, Today, while I was surfing the Internet, I just got some other inspiration. I also saw that my idea concept idea was just not original as I thought, so I thrashed some of my drawings (which I did not upload) and decided to modify the theme a little bit. So... here is the new concept sketch...more details in the following posts...

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Rapid sequence of wips...about the new concept...you can follow this as a tutorial on my technique if you like...

this is the beginning...fill a dark background in painter.
Brush is the plain old standard artist's oil wet brush.

http://img155.echo.cx/img155/9855/reaper10dz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

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http://img209.echo.cx/img209/9345/reaper27pc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

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flipping to balance...

http://img85.echo.cx/img85/2109/reaper97ta.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

[NOOB!]

oooh great,but how about u do a female death? never seen that b4.

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after first resize...

http://img146.echo.cx/img146/6982/reaper11rez6lg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

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NOOB: thanks for stopping by...I actually thought about that (I really love girls too :) ) but the reaper really is a skeleton, so I bet you would not see big differencies... I mean, not the anatomical differeces one would expect/like to see :rolleyes: ... do skeletons have breasts ?? LOL

If I have time I'll try to switch to a female anatomy and see the results...

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In one of the following post's I'm going to explain the evolution of the original concept into this one...

http://img147.echo.cx/img147/5224/reaper13mod0zn.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

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all ur work must be submitted through cgalk,please resubmit everything here..

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/masterandservant/submit_entry.php

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I've been submitting all these wips as normal messages to do it faster :).
I'll give a look at the rules anyways, thanks for pointing out...If necessary I'll repost the material in the correct way when I have a bit more time! :)

any suggestion for the background tho?

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So, here it is...the last for today and a 'formal' one...it really is not a 'line art milestone' but I will not do lineart so I'll keep updating this until I begin coloring.

Rough idea:
The Reaper is coming out from the shadows..he holds a newborn in his hands.
The reaper is the servant of life, for his mission is to walk beside man and enbrace him once again in shadows when the time will come.

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Did another uprez, to blend better death's robes...

[clayeraser]

:thumbsup: nice work like coloring wip

[O.Martin]

Interesting concept. Very dark...

[ms@zx]

hey,alot of progress going on here.nice sketches too.would really love to see some coloring wip soon.keep it coming and good luck to u!:)

[demonicoz]

Hi mate, nice concept but its almost exactly like the Back-sleeve of Megadeth's "Youthanasia" album. Check it out, its a ten year old concept, just letting you know, you might want to alter it slightly. Good luck anyway bro.

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thanks all for stopping by, I've been very busy with my three day art exibition (I'll post some photos soon) and when I got back I just discovered my processor was melted (ouch!) :( so with the deadline near and a lot to study for my exams I don't think i'll have time to complete this...

ms@zx: there si a coloring wip i have, but it's really doodling with colours and adding some back elements. I just was thinking of letting death walk out from a cemetery. I also liked to include a weeping willow... but that would require a repaint to adjust perspective... and really have no time.

demonicoz: unfortunately I do not have that cd, can u please post a capture of that image ?

[Hof]

It is unfortunate that you have no time to complite this picture :( I like your concept very much

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I hope this is not too off topic :) ... here's some pics taken during the art exibition.

http://img195.echo.cx/img195/2093/mostra055mod3zh.th.jpg (http://img195.echo.cx/my.php?image=mostra055mod3zh.jpg)
from left to right: Alfredo Moraldi, me, Paolo della Valle and his wife.

http://img247.echo.cx/img247/6885/mostra074mod1fk.th.jpg (http://img247.echo.cx/my.php?image=mostra074mod1fk.jpg)
Renowed italian painter Alfredo Moraldi and Myriam

http://img224.echo.cx/img224/1743/mostra229mod8jq.th.jpg (http://img224.echo.cx/my.php?image=mostra229mod8jq.jpg)
Friend Riccardo Zizzo sketching a portrait

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my stand

:)

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