Spectacular 2D Entry: Sacha Angel Diener

[coCoKNIght]

You know I'm all for peace an love... what beauties! :love:

[khaleghi]

very good consept,I like that so much:thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

Gary: no worries, thats not a new idea, as i said, its just a little "intermezzo" of the prequel i work at. i plan a 4 pages story or so of the girls before they meet as a making off or whatever. could be fun and i get the possebilety to paint them again and again ;)

Madalaine: thanks a lot! :) i'm actually playing with the story parts for the comic since this idea really is fun. hehe, the sketch here was quiet vivid, i'm actually working on a darker shot inside the arena again, but the celtic excursion was much fun :), glad you like it :D

Makaron: Heya Mona. lol, hahaha that was cute! lol, yeah send em to a bath definately could be an idea, sum steamy fun in a roman bathhouse sounds fun... ;)

Rudy: glad you like the idea. yep a comic is on the plan, was starting writin a script, maybe its just going to be a paintingseries... dunno yet, but it's definately not going to be the last painting of the 2 :)

Alex: thanks a lot my friend! more later tonight, i'm still painting!

Archie: Hehe, thanks mate. for a further explaination, the girl on the left is Danu, the earethgodess of the celtic mythology, and she tells Edana (EDANA, ENA: passionate) "your destiny will lead you to rome, into the heart of the monster, that destroys my children... you will have pain and sorrow but don't you fear my child, i always will be with you..." ...bla bla. lol, for more words, i'm happy i have someone dear to me who's more talented than me in painting with words. at least i found a name for the celtic girl as well now :p ... i swear i needed that break, i started dreaming of the colosseum and thats not funny anymore to not be able to get 1 single moment of it captured right. muahahaha catch ya right next to spam a bit back :p

Ilusion Digital: weeee! thanks a lot Vic! best of luck to you too!

Shake: thanks mate!

Blaz: NO WORRIES!!! it was just part of the "things i do while i take a break" kinda sketch, the real thing still awaits its final composition. hope i can post my final sketch somewhen tonight or this weekend, so no worries, the fight continues!

Pushav: lol, thanx. hahaha nope, that was just my break, back to rumble next :p

CocoKnight: heya Fabian, hehe, glad you like em. I plan a whole little novel to this scene, so i can promise "you will see them again. But not now...." ;) lol glad you like em

Fredy: THanks a lot glad you like it!

Hey mates, thanks for your encouragements. I'm still painting on the new angle, hope i can post it tonight and finally start my painting... hehe, *excited jumping around between heaps of paper* crumblin back to scribble more more more....

Keep it up mates, keep on rocking!

[Nakarinen]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1128700033_large.jpg
Thisw wont have to do anything with the painting i'll go for except i needed a bit distance. Propably will be part of the comic (if i'd do one) of the story here. I already noticed a strong simularitiy to Linda's "Spoiled" so i wont use this angle anyways, but i just painted straigth ahead without refs, and sorta liked it, so i thought i'd post it just for erm... fun :p
now back to some other sketches...

WOW!! This one is truely awesome!!

Speechless.... :buttrock:

[SurfGod69a]

I was looking through the contest entrees and i didnt even look at the name and i was like "yup thats sachas" lol. Awsome stuff man. Hey i actually partaking in this challenge, feel free to have a look http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=279400.
-Later

[TheFirstAngel]

Nakarinnen: Hi Jari! thanks a lot! glad you like the little "sidetrip" :) I was lazy today and painted up an old concept couldnt find much motivation for the colosseum :blush:

Surfgod69a: Hey David, great to see ya back in action. you really made heaps of works and its great to do this along with you again! Best of luck mate and enjoy the ride :beer:

lol, and here goes another sidetrip :p

http://www.angel3d.ch/content/digital_paintings/flames%20of%20magic.jpg

[kyokaisen]

cool girl in cool jungle art~ :)

[gpepper]

Nakarinnen: Hi Jari! thanks a lot! glad you like the little "sidetrip" :) I was lazy today and painted up an old concept couldnt find much motivation for the colosseum :blush:

Surfgod69a: Hey David, great to see ya back in action. you really made heaps of works and its great to do this along with you again! Best of luck mate and enjoy the ride :beer:

lol, and here goes another sidetrip :p

http://www.angel3d.ch/content/digital_paintings/flames%20of%20magic.jpg

amazing again ! You kill us Sacha ! :eek:

[Lemog]

Very beautiful and sexy little dragon :thumbsup:

:scream:

[alexfalchi]

:love: :love: and :love: ...bellissima!!



Alex.

[Squibbit]

yea that wizard lady is great!


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[makaron]

nice, she been taking the bath I see, and all dressed up...
is she up to catch the fighting spirit with magic? or? :bounce: wonder what you girls is up to next...

[MoonVisionStudio]

The battle scene is looking good, lots of action, lets see an update! ; )

[TheFirstAngel]

kyokaisen: thanks mate

gpepper: hahaha, nah mate i not intend to :p maybe my girls pay you a lil visit and fly a bit around your speeddevil ;)

Lemog: hahahaha thanx mate. dragon is happy bout gettin a compliment like that, he never before was told he was sexy :p thanx for your visit!

Alexfalchi: thanks a lot! "hey sorc, do you tele?" girly girly: witch witch abrakadabra, pop! pop! "mumble mumble..wtf" lol ;) hehe sorceress was happy to get a lil attention :) graziemille.

Squib: thank you Squib! happy ya like her. i plan to finnish her for my new reel wich will include a series of fantasy pieces in the conceptartsection.

makaron: thanks Mona! intended to paint a Sorceress with a shortblade, a so called spellsword. Those typa sorces that can enchant weapons and as well kick ass in melee and infights. erm... no story yet just felt like gion for a lil paintingsession :)
lol, i might send her to the bathhouse as well ;) erm... girlys on the move, they are actually on a shoppingtrip, visiting gianniversaceus guccius and armanius... erm oh shite, where's my creditcard? :argh: :eek: ;)

[TheFirstAngel]

Jose: thanks mate. I'm working on an update. was just painting on the colosseum too much so i needed to take a lil break and havin sum fun. :) being back here with the colosseumscene soon with a brandnew composition :)

[makaron]

lol, i might send her to the bathhouse as well ;) erm... girlys on the move, they are actually on a shoppingtrip, visiting gianniversaceus guccius and armanius... erm oh shite, where's my creditcard? :argh: :eek: ;)

gosh Sacha... your girls are expensive to keep :eek: but, but they are clean and welldressed... not much cloth in their dresses, but they are designed, that´s what counts... :wip:

[pushav]

I dont see how you do it.:eek:

[Tremoside]

Hi Angel, i missed cgtalk for a while..so good to visit your fine thread as always. Lioness is my favorit here. Especially i like your girls cute face. These girls are fine, but not as spectacular as your previous stuff. For me that fit better (spectacular) and more exciting than this one. Just personal. Best luck:bounce: Now i have to find some time to regenerate my eyes. Am damaged by your skills.

M

[mosconariz]

And God asked his angels to design the most beautiful girls...

And the 1st angel did it!

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1129001107_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1129001107_large.jpg)

rough sketch of the scene again, with a lower angle... what do you think?

[pushav]

Lol back to the violence. I really should start back working on mine.

[TheFirstAngel]

Makaron: hahaha,yeah, those girls know how to enjoy life ;)

Pushav: erm... uhm, confused now too... :rolleyes:

Tremoside: hey! glad to see ya again mate! its been way too long! glad you like my concepts, I'm still working on the angle and its killing me :p haha, :blush: so many nice compliments! :bowdown:thank you so much! best of luck to you too and all the best wishes!

Moscoloco! thankes!!! *blushes again* just like em paint tem gurlies :) *floatin'* lol

thanks for all your encouragements! really am on my limits with the composition, thanks to all of u and best of luck!!! keep on rocking!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

pushav: hahaha, yeah violence as planned. but prolly going to try a different solution again, before, after or erm, something different again?...

[Korline]

hey Angel,
think the angle is almost perfect, I would maybe push it even a little more, maybe 5 degrees down, but the angel coming down I think should be in vertical position, and calm not agresive, cause that makes him/her human if shows emotions, and I think that could create nice ballance and contrast at the same time, I'm mean like coming down with the power maybe slightly bent forword, but iI really like the whole construction now :love:
later mate :D :)

[ploink34]

I can't wait for the finished product, looks to be .... well... spectacular

[gardogg]

This is a nice new angle. Dynamic poses for the characters and a good view of the colloseum. I can't wait to see the detail work begin!

[gpepper]

How can U do that in 2D ?

:argh:

[Squibbit]

good job, maybe the jumping girl could be a bit lower, missing
the scythe blade even more narrowly..
how about changing it so her chest would be up, her back arcing
over the chariot, the shield blocking the other girl's strike, while
the other arm was ready to strike, maybe wielding a flail ...

mmm, I so like those thick thighs u paint.. :thumbsup:


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[makaron]

and action... :bounce: the new angle is terrific. but the girl to the right, as it already been said, has a bit of strange pose.
keep them busy Sacha, keep them fighting... :thumbsup: so they don´t spend all ya money...

[walrus]

Looking good, Sacha! I like the upward angle on the new composition. However, it's curious that so much of the right side of the image is relatively empty, while the left side is clipped. Would it make it too staid to center it more? Or what about havinf the "dead space" on the far left so that there's a feeling of the chariot quickly having moved that length? Anyhow, just ideas, I know it'll be great no matter what!

-mike

[Lync]

I've really been enjoying the development of this image. It is so vibrant and dynamic with energy and strength. I am looking forward to seeing this go further! :thumbsup:

[Zephyri]

Heya Hun! Liking the look of this more and more! I like the action in this last one, especially the girl on the chariot with the blue cape (which I love, the colour really enlivens the image), her pose is packed full of readiness and battle. Not too sure of the other girl's pose, as I'm not sure what she's leapt from, the ground, or the chariot, or something not in the scene? I do like this best of all the shots you've done so far, and you could still add the emperor in his little box avidly watchng the action. There's also the possibility of dust adding a lot of atmosphere in this piece too, kicked up from the wheels of the chariot. Over all, its a big thumbs up from me! :thumbsup:

[alexfalchi]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1129001107_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1129001107_large.jpg)

rough sketch of the scene again, with a lower angle... what do you think?


Greeeeaaaattttt!!!:thumbsup:
bello bellissimo!!

[Katea]

You know what I think? I think you're rough sketches are better then many of my finished works ;)))

[Tatsumasu]

Hey Sacha it looks Super :thumbsup:

Your Hand realy winged by an Angel hope you have Fun with your Paint Tablet.
Its a Plesure to hav,e a great Artist like you as a Friend.

Hope we will see us soon as posible. Go :bounce:Go :bounce:Go Man and Show what you are....

a great Talent.

CYA @ Zürich

Michael AKA Tatsumasu

[W-I-L]

thats nice

[asparta]

this is very original work, i like it...good point of view, good dynamic, good movement...i like your style...have fun...i'll watch your work in future

[Vahn]

i agree with the others ... great angle sacha :thumbsup: The right girl needs a different pose tough..this one is a bit strange ... but keep the tighs :D :D :rolleyes:

[KarelWolf]

She looks very selfconfident and cool about the whole damn thing, I like it! Your high-quality-chick-styl never changes does it. Nice going.

[mb]

Hi! The new sketch with the lower angle is much better. nice work! cool head armor design btw.

If you would show more of the ground and add dust (particle effects:D ) behind the weels, that would give more dynamic to the painting I think. Now it appears like a spectacular moment that is shown in slow motion.

Maybe make the angle more extreme by showing more of the sky to make it more dramatic?

The pose of the girl on the left is great, but the pose and the attack from the one on the right looks not strong enough when you especially look on the right arm. This is just what I see....the one on the left will win:wise: :D ...maybe if she (girl on the right) would shore up her body with the right hand on the chariot, her pose would look more belivable. With her left hand she would have enough space to attack much stronger. That could be visible also in her face expression (hmm....mirror the pic to make the left to the right hand lol:D)
Just my thoughts ... maybe you can use some of them

Nice sketch and it looks spectacular!:thumbsup: Waiting for the details. Good luck with that and have a lot of fun! (I know you will:))

[BaronImpossible]

Great perspective and colour. The woman on the right needs to look more vicious, I think. Keep it up.

[beelow]

Great concept sacha, keep it up! Holla!:thumbsup:

[madshooter]

Awesome concept sketch dude:thumbsup: hmmm..wait a minute is that really a rough concept, I'm confused it looks spectacular already:)

Keep going dude:bounce: All the best for this challenge:thumbsup:

[xric7]

wow..great cats fighting scene!!:eek: :eek: haha...time for some spamming.:twisted: cool dynamic pose,nice character design.keep going buddy.cheers.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[MichaelZHsee]

nice going sacha~man u sure have great cinematography sense.!:scream:

[mosconariz]

This one looks cool! but... the other one had a better composition and framing I think, I see the elements overlaping in the same areas of the image, maybe you can increase the height of the frame, make to colliseum a little bigger and the charriot a little more to the left :scream:

and yeah ... the right girl pose is weird :rolleyes:

[Slav]

NICE!!! i love this one soo hot... the wemans... *drool*

do they come in schoolgirl and office worker?

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130202523_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130202523_large.jpg)

ok, still working on the point of view and getting the scene together with the environment... next update later tonight with sketch 3 of 3 :)

[mosconariz]

Man! I wish I could paint like that!

much better composition!

[Lync]

You make it look easy!

Great update!

[Arc80]

Man, i've been out for so long (just redesigned our new living room) and i am finish with that part of the house, WOOHOO. Okay, back to the challenge. I love the colours bro :thumbsup: :thumbsup: and the new composition is very promising. As always, love your kitties. No critzs yet, but will be back again :twisted:

cheers crazy bro and keep rockin :buttrock:

[TheFirstAngel]

Silly me, accidentally deleted the answerpost... so to answer here anyways, thanks to you all for all yur great encouragements and great inputs, tried to make the best out of em and am just happy to do this along with you! keep on rocking, all of u!

the new composition so far is a result of all your great inputs, thanks a lot! i am definately too tired now to finnish sketch 3 tonight but i'll be back with it soon and so far, keep it up mates, u all rock!!!

[alex.h.]

great work as always my friend, see you and :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130262588_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130262588_large.jpg)

bit a detailworks on the girl... more vicious...

[walrus]

Wait a second, that face doesn't look like it's in the same position of either of the faces of the women posed from your layout. Is this one of those women, or arte you just showing off again? :)

Anyhow, only crit on her is her mouth: If you cover up one side of the mouth and then the other, you might see that it feels like two entriely different expressions. Anyhow, hope that this helps... Not like you need help! Great work so far, Sacha, can't wait to see this more finished.

-mike

[kmest]

nice concept sacha...i havnt been here for ages and i see you're still fighting (i've to learn from you cause i'm busy like you too .... but you havnt lost your passion yet:bounce: )....



anyway...i like your Girls as always...the latest close up works for me...

great concepts.... Rock & roll mate:thumbsup:

[umbrellasky]

Nice work Sacha!! This is coming along superbly. I really like the movement in the sketch before this one. Really great work :thumbsup:

[Zapan]

Man you're killing me.
All your chicks are so beautiful, just love your style.
I was wondering why your 3d thread was in standby, now I get why :)

Congratulation Sacha, hope to see more of this soon :bounce:

[HerrAlejandro]

only amazing, is a really nice girl I love her

[NinjaA55N]

great stuff man! as always :) and u really get into these girls hahaha... and lovely ones. keep up with good work man!

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130476751_large.jpg
ok, 1 was the result of the former concept and some updates.
on 2 i liked the mood, i closed the rooftop of the colosseum gives it a more dynamic lightsetting and the idea, now this is what happens:
the celt makes the roman gladiatress loose controll over the chariot wich crashes into the pretorians behind em, the composition is sort a "bowling for comodus" ;).
As for composition thoughts, what always buged me was the too big space between the mainactors, the background, the lack of meduim distanced objects and the lack of a real foreground.
The diagonal movements in oposite directions so far worked better for me this way, also i tried to find better and more compact proportions. I worked hard on an aditional solution and hope i finally found it. this so far is my paintbase, i already started building up some of the coloring, so this so far are my actual linearts. :)

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130476942_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130476942_large.jpg)

started coloring, rstep by step refine the areas... now, at least a start :)

[TheFirstAngel]

walrus: thanks mike :) well i still fight ed with a composition i finally abendoned. thanks for trowin' your sharp eye in here once again :)

kmest: hehe, catch ya on msn, and keep on rockin mate!

Madalaine: thanks a lot. i tried to keep the dynamics but finally went for a new sketch as a result of the former 3 and this time have the feeling its a nice base to go for, hope you still like the movement in it :)

Zapan: hehe, yeah, sortry for putin my 3d on ice, this 2d sorta bound me a bit and also, i had fun fixing my system once again, so i kept painting after all was fixed here and tried to move on from what was fun :) keep on rockin' mate!

Alejandro: thanks a lot mate! here's another view of her :)

Blaz: thanx mate! weee, yeah, them gurlies have fun, so do i :) keep on rockin too mate

from now, that i finally found a composition that so far worx, i finally can start trowin paint into the scene and havin fun on the heaps of details... :) thanx a lot for your continious encouragements and great help, njoy the ride mates and rock it ruf!

[Steve-h]

Some real nice work here, great idea!

[Lemog]

I'm always in total admiration front of your work Sacha, each update is like a dream... I keep in the shadow to appreciate... thanks to display your art here mate :thumbsup:

[xric7]

wow!beautiful celtcat.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
all compos are great.i like the 2nd most.:thumbsup:
cheers.

[gardogg]

Of the three concepts you posted, I thought the 1st one (far left) was the best. However, after studying the third one (the one you chose I presume) for some time, I decided that I can see some big potential for that one too! "Will she turn around in time to see the charging opponent?" That question creates tension. I like it. I will try to stop by and give some helpful crits with my best efforts. I want this to be as good as possible! Nice job so far!

[TheFirstAngel]

Steve: thanks a lot mate :)

Lemog: you humble me my friend! thanks mate!

thitipon:thanks, the second was just to show how i came to the 3rd solution :) the 3rd is what i give a try now.

Garddog: thanks a lot my friend! your help and crits as always are much appreciated :) keep on rocking too!

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130524389_large.jpg
a bit progress, some tweaks on her eyes, refining details...

[makaron]

one, two, three... fight... :wip:
I see that the girls are in action again, :bounce: are they done shopping? :P

[niva]

I want to know if one of them dies in the end :)


Great work, keep it up!

[Slav]

i was just thinking maybe its me being picky but alot of your faces look kind of ... expressionless... i dont know why in a way they do show happyness however in a more dominant way they are not that reflective of anyone emotion aside... the blankness of a model :P

make her SCREAM! whatever you need to do... for crist sakes its a battle! :D i know i ouwld be screaming my lungs out!

anywho ... that's my 2 cents

slav.

[NinjaA55N]

Im glad u'll go with the 3rd choice, I think that one is the most spectacular and dramatic, dynamic... And wow! that face of the girl.. dont tell my gf I said that :D really beautiful!

[walrus]

Dang, that's beautful! :thumbsup:
It's so cool to watch you work and see this come together.
The only thing constructive I could think to say is to wonder whether her facial expression, especially her mouth, is befitting the emotions that one would express in the throwes of battle. But it may also be that we need to see the expression in and among everything else to get a real feel how it works. So 'til then... Keep going, it's looking great!

-mike

[kmest]

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/43.gifwhat can i say??? you know i love em http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/8.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/8.gif

the new composition looks cool too but i prefer the other one,NO1 i mean.....

and what if you make a combination of NO.2 and NO.3???two gladiatores are fighting to death and another one is standing beside the door and watching em,seeing what will about to happen for herself and waiting for her turn to step into the battlefield...both dramatic and action,...but just a though,,,,

Rock mate:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Arc80]

That looks awesome!!! I do love #2, but the third one has definately a lot of action going on. I do agree with SLAV about the facial expression. I too would yell me lungs out if me life depend on a battle :argh:
Nothing else i could say, but great colours and atmosphere. Love your kitties as always :p

be back for more spamming :buttrock:

[rawwad]

She looks great, I like her face! I see that coloring going great, keep your speed and finish image at time :thumbsup:

[ArtisticVisions]

Hi Sacha, :)

It's always interesting to watch you test out your compositions. While I do agree that verison 3 has a lot of potential, there's something wrong I think with how the Celtic girl has her head turn or where she looking. If she's turning to face her enemy, there needs to be more of a dynamic turning/twisting of the head and neck as she's "whipping" her direction as fast as she can towards the danger of her opponent (how I'm explaining this idea right).
Also, she has a beautiful face and expression, but I don't know if it's right one needed for the scene that she's in.

All the best as always. :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

thanks all for the crits and help. i agree 100% the celtic gitl is actually far from where she is supposed to be, a fawn is actually more agressive... lol. i was happy with her features but now that i painted the lionesses's face roughly, the contrast comes up quiet massively, and i'll go for a little expressionsheet after i made more progress on the background. the background actually scares me 50000 romans in the one arena ate a s**tloada work that almost makes me go crazy to even think about, specially cuz i know myself too well, loving all those tiny details painting to the highest possible detaillevel... i'll post a little update in the next seconds and... yep, no comment, the fawn actually is waiting to be eaten, and i'm going to change that as soon as i can. sigh, before i painted the roman gurl, she looked less lost...:banghead:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130565111_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130565111_large.jpg)
ok, here's a quick rendering of the lioness, now, the celtic girl looks like erm...i was not supposed to paint a fawn! I'm going to change that as soon as possible :argh:

[gardogg]

Good to see you attacking the final piece. Looking forward to seeing more!

[ace4016]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1127508646_large.jpg

Remember that pic when changing her expression. I like that hair better then the new one too:p . Of course it's all up to you.

[pushav]

Dang it! I have not been here in a while!
Um Wow. Nice job on that face one. It looks real!
I almost missed out on this.
I need to update mine badly.:thumbsup:

[SoniaNotRed]

the background actually scares me 50000 romans in the one arena ate a s**tloada work that almost makes me go crazy to even think about, specially cuz i know myself too well, loving all those tiny details painting to the highest possible detaillevel...

Aw, come on, I'm sure you can't fit more than 10000 in that framing. :twisted:
(And there's always copy-paste :p )

Good to see you back "in the fray". :thumbsup:

[Arc80]

Damn sexy arse KITTIES :p LOve that blue colour. Very inviting to the eyes. Just one critzs, the kittie on the right side of the image, the foreshortening of her left arm feels a bit weird. Bicep area looks a bit too short.

Other than that, i see another masterpiece on the horizon :bounce: show them what pixel pushing is about crazy bro!!!

cheers :buttrock: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[MichaelZHsee]

thats very nice update sacha,i like the seductive character,haha,she has the trademark features.:scream:

[Falcorr]

Hope you deliver a finished piece :)
It is very interesting that all your characters and girls really look alike. Are you always doing the same character or is it coincidental??

Keep at it. Youve done many good sketches :thumbsup:

[beelow]

Nice looking women as always this image seems to be working well! C ya next update!:thumbsup:

[Vahn]

wow very sweet ...ahh im happy youre in this challenge :D :D

one crit maybe ... her eyes - as sweet as they are - they are kind of defocused ( wich is ok during a fight ) but i would like to see her eyes either more on her enemy or closed in a superior way ... just my first impression & feeling.

[Elsie]

Wow Sacha, it's been ages since I've had a change to check up on your thread - it's looking amazing. I am totally in love with the way you sketch heh. Great poses, great colours, sexy laydees - wonderful. I'm really looking forward to the finished piece.

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130782727_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130782727_large.jpg)

just sum lightworks, easy goin...

[TheFirstAngel]

Pushav: thanx mate! yep, time to get busy and drop a few strokes then ;)

Sonja: heheh lol, thanx for the warm welcome. well of course i wont go for all 50000 ppl, but still, the architectural part of it causes me pain, glad i can cover most of it with little faces to keep it fun :p

Archie, thanks for that point, goin to tweak her arm in the next update :)

Shake: hahahaha button nose? fawneyes? puffy lips??? lol, yeah that pops up on automode on them :p

Falcor: thanx mate! Oh well, thats just my style u know. most of my girls have those babefeatures, wich so far makes em look that certain way, :D

Beelow: glad u like the compo. well i still fight with the dephg and complexity, possible and thinkable i'll rework the girls again, but so far at least found an angle that more or less has working proportions, all fields chosen more or less over a 5/8 cut...

Vahn: hehe thanx for mentioning. well l anyways think the face needs a repaint, i just was too sad to loose the face but the more i look at it the more i feel like its not working, so she'll get a new face soon :)

Elsie: thanks a lot! well i am still working on them and quiet unsatisfied with the actual stage, lacks of compleity, not enough dephg, but i had a few ideas, wich i work in next update to gain a bit of midground in the air :) birdies ahead :)

thanks all for the comments and crits, back to paint this out a bit more :)

[sypherr]

Great looking piece.

Theres one thing that bugs me tho, the girl in the foreground her posture is very stiff looking, she looks as tho shes looking towards the viewer and not at her attacker.

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130800127_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1130800127_large.jpg)

qickly painted her a new, more agressive expression... whatcha thinkin'?

[umbrellasky]

wow great work on the expression! You have an awsome style.

This piece is progressing wonderfully, I really can't wait for the final result!! :D

[rattlesnake]

hey Bro!...wow very impressive updates ...the face of this girl is so beautiful, she came directly from heaven! those eyes are wow!..im almost speechless..light test is very cool too mate...go ahead and kick some butts ...this is quite amazing

[rawwad]

Hey Sasha, You rock! This looks better and better every update. I like her angry face :D

[alexfalchi]

Ho my gordless...Sacha always you make nice girls:)...
Very good work my good friend!!:thumbsup:

waiting for more!!

your Italian/spanish friend:)

Alex.

[Nikolay]

Fine painting, I very much like details and colors!)

[Slav]

watch it there man!

you are doing the same thing i did last challenge. you are over working one part of the image. or at least so it seems from your update. i would if i where you at least start defining more of what's going to go in the background now. the figures are at a point where they can be left alone and soak in your mind for a few days... so you can have a fresh outlook on them then. :P

and btw great facial change

GRAHHHAAA! hehe, good times.

[Kyena]

she is god damn spot on Sacha - love love love the colors - the tattoo looks a bit strange compared to all the other very realistic colors but I am sure you are going to work on that more anyway.

going to be a kickass submission!

[Neubius]

really nice!
You have a great understanding of light

....

and very pretty faces : )

[gpepper]

still amazing job !
:buttrock:

[Arc80]

SLAV is right, you are overworking on one part of the image, but i think that's how you do stuff. So keep it up.
Okay, the expression is definately better. I don't think you should change this one, cause you see her mad, but you still kept that sexy Kitty style you have, hehe :p Oh and very nice details :drool:
Awaiting for your next move. I see you are burning those pixels so keep on ROCKIN crazy bro :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :bowdown:

cheers

[FrozZT]

You make some lovely girls.. I could have sworn i saw the face of your avatar on a girl on the pub the other night, spooky! To bad she was with a guy :(.. :p The concept is great, really spectacular! Great work on your characters, sure looks cute when they are mad :P.. I think you've got a good sense of what attractive girls look like(in my opinion)!

Good luck!

[spyroteknik]

progressing really well, she certainly is pretty, and the expression is spot on

[THECLYKE]

Very very nice expression dude....keep it up

[Atris]

Hi! The very very great lighting! The excellent painting! I look forward to seeing your next update! :)

[ThierryS]

Great stuff, I like this face very much Sacha! Keep it up!:bounce:

[JamesMK]

I can only assume you have chosen to give up on the 3D section by now :D

That aside, what you've done here (with one dimension less even!) is nothing short of excellent. Haven't looked at everything yet, but what I've seen so far is marvellous.

Having said that, I'll just activate the subscribe-o-tronic down here.... Good luck finishing up!



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[Zephyri]

Oh my.... Wow Sacha! I am utterly contrite that I've not been here in so long! These latest updates have an amazing amount of potential in them, in particular the light test (and to think you said last night that your light skills were no good :curious: ) , that's truly looking..er.. spectacular! (I swear I shall never use that word again after this challenge).

I love the more aggressive look of the celtic warrior now, and the lioness is coming on a treat! I really think this composition has so much going on, but doesn't detract from the main two characters. Can't wait to see more!

And on a side note... I just looked at Tranchfeux's piece... :argh: :cry: :banghead: - in that order. *looks dejected*

[WildWire]

Hi Angel,

I like this thread. Great femal face painting!!

Cheers

Ralf Stumpf

[gardogg]

I like the new face expression but I agree with Vahn's earlier post about the eyes. I think it would be awesome to see her eyes shut and her face calm and confident. It would mean that she is a true master warrior and knows how to use her senses and whatnot. This concept of eyes shut is portrayed in the movies Dodgeball and Karate Kid. Maybe consider it?

[makaron]

ahhhh, the mean look suits her better... :bounce:
maybe she is grumpy just because the bathhouse is not ready yet...
and fight before shopping must be a drag... :p

[Tranchefeux]

Hi, theßt_angel you does not laugh with the details, I appreciate and
thank you for documentation on the launcher for javelins.
E.T :cool:

[angwafalmar]

Maybe it's just me, but I keep seeing sadness in people's eyes lately (on photos and stuff, when they are still) and behind that mean look there's a glimps of tears forming. Hm, two days ago I thought that it's very determined look, and some other time it looked very angry - well, this is what I call a masterpiece - when a still image changes and feels different every time you look. Awesome work! :)

[OrO]

i hate to break this to you but your image is....EPIC!...this looks so cooll..:drool: :drool:

[TheFirstAngel]

Sypherr: Hey Dave, thanks a lot for that input, its thinkable i'll repaint her again once i got the rest of the piece in a further progress looking more or less ok and there's nuf time left for some paintup on her. Took me 30 mins today to separate the fighters from the background, now added 2 more layers of light and anotherone for the chariot, so i could optimize the flow of the piece. have done much on the composition tonite, part of it was to adjust the background and make it higher, basically gave the piece a bit more space. thanks for crits and encouragements, see ya soon on msn and keep on rocking!

Enialadam: glad u like her new expression, well the piece actually causes me pain on all edges, and, lol, can't wait to see it being done either ;)

Rattlesnake: Hey Bro! too long ago, definately, glad to see ya find time for a chalenge flyby here too, hehe. Keep on rocking mate, your latest update was awesome :)

Rawwad: THanks a lot mate! well yours is a killer and can't say it enough, every update of you is impatiently awaited, hehe, so keep em comin'!

Alex Falchi: thanks a lot mate! well, nextupdate in a few mins posted :)

Nikolay: Hey mate, checkin right back on your entry, can't wait to see ya enchanting more pixels in your dreamscape :)

Slav: hahaha, yeah, i always overpaint parts i find unsatisfying, you should see my canvases...:p i have started and repainted a few parts of the background, actually taking focus on the perspective issue i had fact, it didn't look high enough for me, wich i hope i succeeded. harhar, goodtimes too mate... rock em ruff ;)

Kyena: oh holy, those words from u, thankees :bowdown: glad u like the colors, so far tried to break up the all over sepia and brought in some blue now in the upcoming update to ballance the piece a bit out. hope you still like the new colors :)

[TheFirstAngel]

Neubius: Thanks a lot mate! well i still make many mistakes on light but at least i can mostly imagine what i want to paint and then approach it by try and error :p and... thanks, glad u like the girlys faces :)

GPepper: thanks mate!

Archie: hahaha of course Slav is right, so are u :) followed that and went for the bg. Now trow sum burnin hot pixels into the air and let it rock mate!

FrozZT: Too bad, you could at least have asked if she has a sister ;) hehe, my xgf's will appreciate that judgement of urs, thanks anyways :) best of luck to u too!

Spyrotek: thanks a lot mate. Well your piece is hell of detailed, envy u for having painted 90% of your faces already :p keep up your great work mate!

the Clyke: thank you! :)

Atris: thank you so much Sergey! well your piece is a killerhammer speaking of light, and i'll be looking forward to your next update with great excitement :)

Thierry: hey mate! your 3d is simply fantastic, hehe, a great reason for leavin us in the 2d on ourt own a bit :p keep it up mate, rock em all!

Lord Wabbit: hahaha yeah, 3d was frustrating to me after someone mentioned my 3d sketch would look like the series, i checked that and left it die. thanks a lot for your great engouragement, to be honest, took me all and everything to get motivated to do this piece... glad to have u onboard, kick ass crazy nuts uberwabit!

[beelow]

Shyt, my bad I forgot to post here, Lookin good! I like the lighting much better the females sexy as usual. keep it up dude, holla!:thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

Zephyri: Hey Luv! oh dear, welcome back hun, really missed ya down here, glad u're back :) lol, yeah the word spectacular has something painfull in it has it? ;) glad u like my update on the girl, went over to the next part now and tried to get sum more work done on the bg.
bout tranchefeux's entry, what u and Eric do is miles appart. You're up to create a killer, go for it blast em all outa their sox. weekend has just began, so let it rock! :wip:

Wildwire: Thanks a lot Ralf :)

Gary: Well good points, goin to make some trys a later moment, but so far actually have to move on to get the majority of the monster done :) thanks for the suggestion anyways!

Mararon: lol, yeah, hahaha sum gurls want all the fun, always, do they? lol, yeah, was about time the 2 got busy here ;)

Eric: hehe, thanks a lot and most welcome. well i actually force myself to not stick into the detailing too much in the beginning, cuz, usually, i'm so much in love with details i completely forget about things like perspective or composition and already have tons of details in place i have to tweak afterwards, so this time i tried to get the framing done first.
can't wait to see your next updates, your details usually are so insane, can easily get lost into your pieces for hours :) keep up your great work!

Angwa_falmar: Hey Aleks! thank you so much for this huge compliment! thank you!

Oro: thank you so much!

Beelow: thanks a lot mate! hahaha, yeah, happens to me all the time too, so many great works, almost impossible to follow everyone. :) glad to see ya here again mate!

well thank you everyone for your encouragements and most constructive crits. I appreciate your help and continious encouragements so much, thanks you all, keep up your fantastic and great works and rock the house bombastic!
cheers :buttrock:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1131070253_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1131070253_large.jpg)

well i felt like the vanishing point was too radical and i lost too much of the original height i wanted to show, so i gave the whole thing a bit more space and finally worked in some more blue to ballance it out and break out of the dominating sepia colorscheme.
so now, that my paintbase so far works, lots of little faces ahead to get done :) hehe, the fun part has began...

[walrus]

Looking good, Sacha! Always nice to take a step back and see how the whole picture is working. It looks good.

The area around the back woman's face and to the screen-right of it, the forward woman's elbow is a bit hard to read. Too much going on there just at the moment.

The blue of the cape is striking, but it feels more surreal than the rest of the piece. The color feels to me like one of those only-seen-on-a-computer-monitor colors, not one as realistic as everything else in your piece.

And speaking of capes, the cape on the right feels like it was trimmed specifically to fit in the frame. You could try removing it altogether, or just let it flow out the right hand side of the frame.

Anyhow, just some thoughts you might like to hear (or not! :) ) Keep having fun with it!

-mike

[THECLYKE]

Nice.......very Nice....

But I Really Like The Thumbs Up Or Down Scene.....but Still It Looks Good

[Arc80]

NIIICE, very nice on the lighting. Very atmospheric and dramatic :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I kinda agree with WALRUS about the other cape (the one on the right side). Maybe make it a bit longer and let it flow of the camera... just a thought :argh:
Other than that, i can't wait to see the architecturing bro. This is going to be SWEEET :applause:

btw: how's your 3D atlantis entry going? Are you going to finish that too, because that also looks tight. It reminded me of StarGate Atlantis.

now let the fun begin, crazy bro. Show em how pixel pushers does it.
cheers :arteest: :buttrock: :bounce:

[rattlesnake]

this new light setup is interesting..make me looks this from a different mood, now it looks more real, and dramatic, i like it!:buttrock:

[ace4016]

Great update. Maybe it's just me, but I feel the celt isn't really focused on anything. I can tell exactly what the roman is focused on and her intentions, but the celt.....a bit confused. Her eye's suggest she isn't really paying attention actually (to me atleast), unless you are going for her thinking about her past and getting angery, ready to strike the lioness:shrug: . Looking forward to your updates:thumbsup: .

[authentic]

Good work. Nice movement; I would just say to change a little the eye direction of the foreground character. She seems a little lost. Maybe she could look at her sword or to her objective.

[sirBS]

Good dynamics and composition! Only the character which is located to us more close I would show completely - with legs. And it is not correctly overwound in a waist a little... It seems to me, its waist should be turned to the spectator almost by side (at such arrangement of legs and a torso)

[Elsie]

Eek, I dunno about the colour of the cape - the cape in general seems to add a nice feeling of motion to the piece, but the colour...is kinda...nauseating?

Happy to hear the detailings coming soon ^_^ I'm really liking this piece!

[umbrellasky]

Nice work Sacha. I love your colouring style a character designs :)

[MrFreeman]

:drool: Great work Sacha....can't believe how much work you've done for this challenge.

I'm always amazed by anyone who can draw figures so well. Do you draw these from your imagination / life / ref??

Really looking good - what's the woman in the foreground looking at ?- can vertually imagine a tiger jumping at her - gladiator meets Zena ...interesting mix!!

Keep the great images coming :bowdown:

[Kyena]

Sacha, I have two minor points:

First of all, I think the lower legs of the charging girl are a bit too short - or the tighs too long (I didn't check in detail).

Second, I think it is strange for a gladiator to not look at her opponent AT ALL TIMES. Now the girl closer to us is focused on something left of us. But then of course she could have been just looking away too - but it just seems a bit strange in this situation.

Besides this nitpicks: The blue is great! Gives it more natural looking skin tones - even try a bit of green too. All in all those girls are looking the most natural of all your paintings. Like I said - I see a winner forming before our eyes. I am really glad you found the passion to work on this again, Sacha.

[rawwad]

Hey Sacha, you have winning picture in your hands, warriors looks great :wip: , keep on rocking :bowdown:

[W-I-L]

love how this is going mate... havent checked in a while. light from the top right looks great... very nice poses.

[TheFirstAngel]

i am very sorry for not having showed more progress, i was actually busy with 2 lastminute comissions and the weekend is goin to be taken by painting the 2 pieces for the cardsset.
dark elvish fun: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=248783&page=2
orcish travelgroup: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=248784&page=1&pp=10
but at least its sorta nice work and, *miracle* i'm supposed to finnish 2 more pieces in the WIP :p

http://www.angel3d.ch/content/digital_paintings/GWS%20concept%20miniseries/fury%20of%20nightblades%20-%20darkelves11.jpg

[Ducklator]

hey Angel, I haven't seen new updates lately... :sad: c'mon man, I wanna see more about your excellent job...:thumbsup:

These Sketch looks great...:)

A question: why all your women looks like latin girls? (to me) just coincidence??:shrug:

Keep it up!!:thumbsup:

[ilusiondigital]

Heyyy, Sacha:

Great image, mate. I really like your style, friend

Greetings

Victor

[Korline]

hey ma'm,
:twisted:
that's very cool, :buttrock: , I like the most the one with the trees in the back, cause has this agression, and movement, and looks so natural,
the one in the arena , I like the other angle better, and I still think it would be cool to have like the angel coming down verticly in to the scene, but it's just the opinion,
the background on the last arena looks perfect (love it) :love:
cheers :cool:

[TeemuR]

Hiya! Looks good, mate! I admire your anatomy skills. Natural like poses and dynamism. Makes me want to do some studies... ;)

[niva]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1131070253_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1131070253_large.jpg)

well i felt like the vanishing point was too radical and i lost too much of the original height i wanted to show, so i gave the whole thing a bit more space and finally worked in some more blue to ballance it out and break out of the dominating sepia colorscheme.
so now, that my paintbase so far works, lots of little faces ahead to get done :) hehe, the fun part has began...

Hello Sacha,
I really love your work. I haven't checked your thread for a little while but something just struck me as very wrong with this piece. The closer girl (the one looking to the left somewhere) is anatomically incorrect. At least she appears that way. The way her spine bends is impossible. We have a full view of her bottom and the upper part of her torso is visible from a different angle.

I don't think the position is completely wrong. A very flexible person can do this, but it still does not look correct with the shading you have there. Work around the waist section to clear up your problems and consider possibly re-adjusting the hips slightly to make it look more plausable.

I'm also not sure why she's looking to the left. Is there going to be something else in the picture? I think the other fighter means her no good, she might want to look at what's coming her way. That's something you should decide on though.

Anyways, great work, it's very inspiring. I also really liked your orc and dark elf pieces.

[lynch]

5d always impressess me good luck i wish i had enought time and skill for that

[AlyFell]

Hello Sacha! This is looking pretty dramatic and it looks like you've been pretty busy on other stuff as well. I be honest and say the girl on the right needs some work on her pose, and think it's the backbone that's the problem. It seems to go up into the left shoulder blade, which gives what can be a natural pose a kind of oddness. I think she needs to be leaning with the sword toward us, building up momentum to hit the charging girl. The other girl has enormous energy and action though, and technically it's fab! :)

[Slav]

better step on the gas man... less then 3 weeks left :D

it looks wonderful thus far

[kmest]

realy niced work dude.......seems You're pretty much more than "BUSY" these days.....but still you can do great pieces....the scene is getting better and better sooooooo............. keep it up:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ....(and You'll have your award from me:bounce: ;) )

[Ego]

Hey Sacha, just came by to take a peek and am glad I did. Everything is looking awesome.

[anilduran]

this is really an amazon style...:scream:
seems so impressive.There has to be much more detail i think.i hope to see a good final image like this.
Using the historical elements when creating concept is very important, in this way we can learn much more thing and built imformatinonal concepts...
So this is a different perspective to wording spectacularity...
go on ...Sacha

[Climax]

• Hey, I hadn't see this....well almost none from the 2D, It looks great Sacha, sure u have a very recognizable and cool stlyle, keep it up man and I wish u the Best! :beer:

[xric7]

hi mate,I love your last update.nice comp and cool pose.cheers.:bounce: :buttrock: keep it up.
and congratz on ur finish dark elves.:D

[izisilver]

This looks very nice! I hope ypu will go to more details.

Good luck!

[calisto-lynn]

looks really nice!i hope you can make it in time:)

[umbrellasky]

Hey Sacha, the background looks fantastic, I love the new choice of colour. I agree about the pose of the girl, I love her face though, great experession but I guess you prob should make some alterations just to perfect it that little bit more.

Amazing skills! :)

[TheFirstAngel]

funny news, i completely changed the composition again and now am sculpting out the details ... :p i know i know, but i really couldn't look at the composition anymore.
I'll be back with a brandnew composition in an hour or 2, a new angle, new light, new piece, same topic :) time's short but i guess its worth this new attemp :)

[OrO]

:bounce: you know..this is actually incredible..it takes guts to change everything so close to the end.i can't wait to see.good luck:thumbsup:

[SurfGod69a]

I really like this allot. The energy in the figures is amazing and I really like how you worked the perspective for the environment. The upshot adds to the epicness of this. I cant wait to see you punch this one out.

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133042164_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133042164_large.jpg)

new attemp on the composition, what do u think?

[zpapageo]

Excellent! This composition is definitely more exciting. The poses are great and the colors are working well. I hope you can finish this, cuz it definitely kicks butt! Awesome

[rawwad]

I agree, this composition is much better, more energy and action in this one. I look foward to how this one end! :thumbsup:

[jugeras]

yup more dynamic:thumbsup:

[NinjaA55N]

hi man! I see u changed ur concept, or better saying ur composition. It has more dynamics for sure and it looks quite promising, so everything depends on details now. Hurry up, not much time left :)

[Vahn]

the new composition rocks ! get on with it ! :D

[SurfGod69a]

I cant believe your going to change again this late in the game. Cudoz. I actually like this camera angle allot better. It has allot more energy, dynamism and anticipation. If you have the time go with this one. Im with you though i still have allot to do on mine too.

[SoniaNotRed]

Wow! :eek: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)
That's one spectacular action scene!

Doing those elves really got you inspired! :) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

[calisto-lynn]

nice work, angel, even though i liked the other concept better. this one has definitly more dynamics, but the pose of the right girl seems a bit unlogic to me...but anyway if you like it better go on with it! you cant fail!i know youll make a great work out of it! cheers!:thumbsup: :D :D

[anilduran]

This is really much more dynamic frame!
camera angle, the characters positions and the adrenaline is so high.
i hope to see final image as soon...:scream:

[Korline]

hey there :bounce:
I think you've got it, this looks perfect to me :applause: :applause:
it's very dynamic and just drives you into the picture, pretty stunning :love:
cheers :beer:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133135244_large.jpg
100% view of what i'm doing on the celtic girl, coloring her atm :). according to what ppl earlier said about my girls being cute and harmless, i tried give her a really agressive attutide.
hehe scream... :scream:
more updates later tonight

[Arc80]

A new composition... That's definately a lot more dynamic, especially with that camera tilt. It looks tiight bro and glad to see you back to working on this. The hair looks awesome. I'm really diggint the detailing bro and the expression are great as always.
No critzs bro (for now, hehehe). Just admiring the detailings you got.

It's time to rock those pixels :buttrock:
be back for more spamming mate :twisted:

[bakanekonei]

marvelous progress this time!!
i really enjoyed your last challenge piece btw.
anyways, i think her mouth is off.....her bottom lip doesn't fit with her teeth in any way....

[TheFirstAngel]

walrus: thanks for all your continious help and constructive crits, they always are a huge help and highly appreciated. as for the cape, i hope i'll get it right this time :) been practicing much on the elfpiece and hope i'll finnish this one with the new composition with the same movement i have in my mind atm... new attemp hope you like the new composition as well :)

The Clyke: THanks mate, hope the new approach works for u 2

Archie: went for a new approach, in manner of a better work. yeah the capes are pain in the b. hahaha, hope ya like the new ones better

Supersnake: thanks a lot mate. i tried bring in the same feeling for the lightsetup like the old composition, but a bit more vivid in the colorfalloff to get a richer color palette. hope ya still like the mood

Ace: you pushed me much on the new approach, hope you like the "fawn" now better, spiced her up and went for a more focussed and agressive attitude, so far am quiet excited by her power she gained. hope that is appealing 2 u :)

Authentic: Thanks a lot mate. hope you like the new girl, she should focus more now :)

Sergey: thanks a lot mate, the old girl was eeesh, corrected her when i felt like the piece sux and went for an ultrafast new approach where i ound the new composition. as for my new boss told me to work on my speed, the new attemp offers to do that. thanks for pointing out the ugly bonebreakers on the old girl, to be honest, when i looked at it after the elfpiece was done, i was scared by such ugly mistakes myself. hope you like the new one better :)

Elsie: yep you're right, the old one was a bit too spectacular (*hates that word seriously*) but i really love the effetc, blue has on a warmgrey/sepia ground, the uplifting works also fine in acrylics, thats what i use in traditional painting. hehe, yep, still same, working on the details atm :) jumpjump... hope ya like the new piece 2

Madalaine: thanks a lot!

[MichaelZHsee]

hey sacha,spectacular updates~that rendering of the lady looks awesome~and yeah,she's the gal that i saw in the 'sony' commercial shooting i once told u about:D
hurry up buddy ,its about time:scream:

[TheFirstAngel]

mr freeman: thanks a lot mate. in general i work quiet freely, thats shy i make so many mistakes :p ok, to get my working progress together, i have to split the stages.
when i done the basic concept sketches, i got me as many refs as possible of historically acurate elements of roman and celtic designs, roman architecture and gladiator things, as well as clothings, armors, whatever helped me to get inspired and get a feeling for the stylistica, been reading a lot to get a picture of the scene concrete enough to visualize the idea.
now for the figures. the anatomical help that number one are my hogarth books, they simply rock, burne hogarth is propably the biggest help you can get as an artist to easily understand anatomy. for textures, details and basic things like that, i am happy i have a huge library collected over years in my work as 3d designer. whenever my brain is too silly to get things right, i am happy i can find something in 90% of all cases to solve it.
as for the figure painting, i'm usually working like a focus, i start very very rough, then constantly refine it. when i am unsure, i usually search for a lowres ref for solving the knot, basically the understanding of light is helping, that i gained from 3d and fotographing, but sometimes it helps to get a picture of a simular lightsituation to get the knot solved.
i always try to keep things as loose and free as possible. refs bind you much, and when i paint in acrylics or airbrush, i usually work 100% free to keep it fast and fluent.

Kyena: thanks a lot! hope the new anatomy works better, the old one was awfull and i almost fell off my chair when i got back to it. i'll bring in green on the branches decor i planed, just 4 u. thanks for pointing outr the mess on the old piece, hope you like my new attemp :)

Rawwad: thanks a lot mate. well, far from a winning piece, but practicing here speed and technique, glad you like what i do.

Wil: thanks mate. hope you like the new piece as well

Ducklator: hehe, i promise, i'll update more recent now that i finnished the 4 comissions i had pending :)A question: why all your women looks like latin girls? (to me) just coincidence??
erm... do they??? well, i havent thought much about that, but the roman girl, yeah is supposed to be latin, or at least mediterran.

Illusion Digital: thanks a lot mate :)

Korline: hahaha, thanks mate, yeah the elfpiece was a hard job, besides i had very limited time, like 10 days for 2 highres paintings and it gave me a really hard time to finnish them in time. as for now, hope you like the new composition too, i guess the elves so far have pushed me on the new solution quiet much and i also feel like, technically i made a bit of progress wich makes me very happy. dare u namin me ma'm again:twisted: i am cursed to be a bloke and so far used to live with it , don't u confuse me now:P

TemuR: hehe, thanks a lot mate!`

Niva: thanks a lot for the crit oon the old girl. i was feeling like nothing works with it so ie went for a new approach and i think this one so far works better. glad you liked my gws pieces :)

Lynch: lol, my 3d is abendioned like a graveyard, completely lost motivation for the atlantis piece i started back there. Well your amazing skills kick ass rock and i still am in love with your avatar girl, she's such a beautifull creation!

Aly: thanks a lot. you were 100% right about the crappy former version, she was so wrong it hurted when i got back to her. hope the new pose works better :)

Slav: hahah i know mate. hope you like the new expression, you were pushing me quiet much on the new expression of her, hope you like the snooty gurl she is now... yes i know, already painting hell outa my machine!

Queeny: thank you so much!

Anilduran: yep, planiung to have a huge amount of details mate. all my pieces usually are higly detailed, hehe,m i curse myself for that every time and still can't get away from it :p
thanks for the encouragement and the nice pionts you mentioned, keep on rocking too!

[TheFirstAngel]

climax: haha, thanks mate. glad u like the piece :)

Xric: thanks a lot mate. yeah, u cant imagine how happy i am to have the 4 comissions from my desk! back here in action and trying to get it done in time

izisilver: thanks mate!

Calisto: hey, thanks! yeah i'll give my all to finnish it!

madalaine: hope the new face and pose work better for u now :)

Oro: haha, yeah i know, but better stressed than bored, right ;) took me not too much to got for a new attemp after my old piece almost scared the shhhz outa me when i got back to it!

Surfgod: thanks a lot dave. i used exactly that option, went for a radical change of POV and bursted the dynamics. glad you like that :) , goin to check your prgress in a min mate.

Zpapageo: thanx mate, glad u like the new composition.

Rawwad: thanks a lot, glad it works 4 u 2

Jugeras: thanks!

NinjaAssn: thanks blaz! detailing is in progress already started on the armorparts now! i hurry hurry!

Vahn: thanks a lot mate!

Sonja: yep, the elves were the key :)

Korline: glad the piece has a good base now :)

Archie: hahaha, happy you liek the new start! the elves helped me much with that. lets say, the piece now is elfed up :)

Bakanekonei: thanks a lot, i'll revisit the lips.

Shake: hahaha, i wanna meet that sony girl too :)

thanks everybody for helping me continiously and the great crits and encouragements. I'm sorry i was in delay with progress and answering. you all rock! best of luck to all of u and keep on rocking! :beer:

[gra7]

wow sacha ure going better and better.. this is amazing.. c ya !

[Zephyri]

Great to see you back on with this hun... and I absolutely love the latest composition, much more dynamic and, if you'll pardon the word, spectacular. I think if you can get this rendered to that fantastic quality we all know you're capable of, then we all know you'll be in the judge's line up! Love the close up of the girl's face... keep going with it hun... it should be amazing when finished!

[Kyena]

oh holy! that is some dynamic right there! Sacha, I wish I had your determination..I wouldn't have the power to totally start a piece over..you are crazy!

It's looking kickass already!

[jmBoekestein]

Really great sketch, but you gotta watch yourdramatic tension/axis more. If I'm correct your girl will not be staring at her opponent but at a sound crew member holding his fiddle box. Or it's the producers assistant. :p

The colours in your sketch are awesome. Keep going, you'll make it, just shift here eyes the right way! :D

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133192917_large.jpg
here's the all full piece again, started roughing out first details, also tweaked the celtic girls lips :) what do u think?

[Zephyri]

This definitely the one hun... it's looking amazing ven this far on. I'd agree with JM, that her line of sight does seem to be focussed on something else and I can't make my mind up whether i like the sudden crop of her foot at the bottom.. it works well on the roman fighteress, but not so sure with the celt. Other than those two teeny crits, I'm loving this sooo much.. everything about it is great! Really love the highlights on the roman girl's helmet too. *heart*

But then I should expect nothing less than brilliance from you m'dear. *bows to your superior skills* :bowdown: :applause:

[zpapageo]

Fantastic, Angel! The celtic girl looks truly fierce. I cant wait to see more. :bounce:

[TheFirstAngel]

gra: thanks mate :)

Sam: Hiya Hun, I'm happy u came over for a quick visit :) i really felt like i have to change the view, it made me dizzy to look at the old, flat and terrible piece before, when i got back to it. the new composition is way more fun to work at, actually started roughing out the first details, and its nice to work on it again. haha, yeah, same here, I wont use the word "spectacular" for years anymore after this :p just checked your entry, pls, i really hope you'll finnish it, its such a great piece with such wonderfull details and such a great light, pls, get back to it and finnish it cuz it rocks!

Tascha: thanks a lot chocolate queen! glad you like my new approach, it's just started and i am working under huge pressure, besides i have to finnish 3 3d works this week as well :argh:
i really hope i get it done in this week. oh dear, i speeded up a bit, still am slow, the AD told me he had to paint 22 pieces in 1 week, and well, i'm training up my speed now...

JM: I'll revisit the axis, thanks mate, and tell her not to hit u by accident ;)

zpapageo: thanks a lot mate! glad u like the new gurl :)

[TeemuR]

Great energy! Much better than your previous compositions! :thumbsup:

[MichaelCTY]

I really enojoy your style. is a good thing that people can easily know which is done by you
,and I love the brush stroke it makes good dynamic and shows the atomsphere of fighting
yup you can make it to be spectacular for sure!! great piece,I will keep looking forward for your updates:)

[Fahrija]

Looks like all people are going mad in the last week of the challenge. Also gorgeous composition and rendering here. :thumbsup:


[Viel Erfolg für die letzte Woche! Hauptsache fertig werden.]



Grüße
Fahrija


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[calisto-lynn]

the face, and the details made on the girl are gorgeous, i really love her expression! you rock, mate!:buttrock: :drool: :drool: :drool:

[xric7]

cool dynamic.the face of celtycat is realy awesome.:bounce: :bounce: can't wait formore.don't stop rockin'.cheers bro.:beer:

[ArtisticVisions]

Yes, Sacha, Yes! You've got it! :applause:

This new composition is absolutely bloody brilliant; it completely fixes all the issues from the previous design, while at the same time taking the concept to a whole new level. The emotion, the "fury" of the two warriors is truly believable and utterly captivating.

Truly a spectacular entry. :)

[niva]

Wow, much much better, I came to the forum just to see your progress and I'm glad to see you change the composition. The angle is much better. Be careful with the girl on the right since you might be getting in the same type of trouble with the torso-hips-legs alignment.

As a suggestion, lie down on the ground in the pose you want this girl to have, have someone take a picture of you from the angle you want. Don't be afraid to alter it but the perspective and joints will help you sort it out, you obviously have superior skills as far as shading and detail is concerned to hide minor problems.

Your entry has my vote as top. I love the work in progress you put in, very motivational.

[makaron]

ok, nothing more to say then... action.. here we go again... :p haha.. this new ""view" is best so fare... :bounce:

[3dRaven]

Wow Great work on the celtic girl, new coposition works a lot better. Try a version with the celtics girl leg fully visible I too think it might make the compo a bit better. Not much more to crit. Waiting for some stunning details :D

[IceKatze]

hi hi

I like the broad range of rendering you've got going on in your piece and I'm wondering if you'll be tweaking the entire piece, or leaving the background to the imagination in places. As for the celtic girl's lip, I wonder if it is curving a little too far to her left (our starboard) for the expression you are going for, two dimensionally speaking, it extends out past the upper lip. This suggests to me that she's either pushing her jaw off to one side, has an underbite, or has a really huge lower lip. On the other hand, its one of those miniscule details that one can never be too sure about.

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133315778_large.jpg
now, worked on the details, started painting the lioness, hope you like it :)

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133316358_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133316358_large.jpg)

a little closeup

[TheFirstAngel]

u all are nuts :) its simply amazing to do this along with you, so many great pieces over the place, and the last 6 days are about to run out in lightspeed...

Teemu:thanks a lot mate. your cave has an amazing light, cant believe how fast you progress, love your works mate :)

Michael Chang: thanks a lot, well its quiet far from being satisfying but i try my best to make it to the finnishing line :) glad you like it!

Fahrija: Xactly, crazy rush is it? lets rock mate, und alles gute auch für deinen Final run!

Calisto: thank you so much Linda. can return this right on you, love your most beautifull painted dreams!

XRic: hahaha, thanks a lot mate, yeah, the kittys behave unbearable now, just purring and stressin' cuz bot cry for attention... meeeow :p rock on too, right over for sum lil treadspammin mte, keep it fresh n rock on!

Artistic visions: thank you so much, glad you like my last minute attemp. its a hell of a last minute run but i hope its worth it :)

Makaron: hahaha hey Mona! lol, your gp looks stressed too! hahah as my kittys :)

smart Birdy: I'll try that the next update, also thought about rotating the piece a slight bit,, so there's nut space for legs :)

Ice Katze: hihi, tweaked the lips slightly again and now think its the best i can do atm to move straight on and finnish the all over parts first and then go back to the details :) hope its better now :)

[xric7]

wow!!love your brush work.realy artistic.:drool: :drool: :drool: keep going.cheers bros.:buttrock:

[HamsterFly]

You have very dynamic style !:thumbsup:
i like female characters in your paintings ! Especially faces

[Nikolay]

Fantastic!, I look very big changes, I think that changes for the best.. I very much want that you have had time to complete this magnificent work.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Norberg]

This new comp works much better I think, very dynamic! Great colors as well.
One little thing, the woman in the back could have her eyes more set on the attacking one. Otherwise a smashing composition!
Good luck!

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133387900_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133387900_large.jpg)

reposed the girls slightly, worked on the light to get an idea of the final apearance. goin back to sculpt out the details now, what do ya think about the new light/mood?

[BaronImpossible]

Spectacular for sure. And what a face! I wish I could paint faces like that. And you've even got horses in there! Everything's looking great, looking forward to seeing it finished. One thing, though, the woman on the left is looking out of the picture instead of at her opponent - is this intentional?

[xric7]

wowow!.the sculpture's back:drool: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:great lighting.love it all.cheers.

[zpapageo]

Looks fantastic, angel! The light effect is great. It's convincing of dust and heat and it'll save you from rendering the upper deck. I love the poses and the roman chicks face is beautiful. Don't change anymore, just paint!

[Lync]

Your painting is looking really dynamic and powerful. I love the poses of the women and the colours you have chosen. It's fabulous. My only comment would be where the women on the left is looking. She looks a little distracted at the moment. It may be more powerful if she were looking directly at her attacker.

Really beautiful work. :applause:

[Arc80]

Nice touch on the birds bro. Now you feel a good size relationship and the lighting looks awesome. Very dramatic as always. No critz, just keep those updates coming :bounce:

This will be another masterpiece in your hands :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Rock em all :buttrock:

[Fahrija]

Hi Sascha,

the lightning test nailed the atmosphere very well.
I agree to Zpapageo > just render it out now.


Just a suggestion. Maybe it could be helpful to add more space at the top. This gives the image a vertikal format and it prevents the impression of constriction within the scene. feel free to ignore this dude > there are more important things :)



fahrija



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[Korline]

what's up,
that looks very cool I think the light is way better :thumbsup:
hopefuly you'll get it all done on time :twisted:
seeya, cheers :beer:

[artjunkie]

Love the new composition and the details are simply breathtaking! Keep it up... the end draweth nigh!

Cheers, luv!

[Katea]

Great work Sacha! Wow :)))

[Vectorius]

Awesome Sacha! :eek: very great lighting and atmosphere! Your character face look perfect!! felicitations! I'll come forward see tour next update! keep goin'on that's beaaaaaaauuuuuutiful!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[duddlebug]

Hi Sacha... I hadn't dropped in since your old composition...

This one looks much better! So much more dynamic! And spectacular!

I think the lighting works well and there's lots of movement between the girls (and a difficult angle on the nearest girl!)... i hope you can keep that as you tighten up and add detail. The lighting in the background works really well, and again, i hope you can keep the ambience you've got here as you work into it.

It's looking very promising... good luck!

[umbrellasky]

:eek: crikey Sacha this is wonderful!! your amazing at creating such dynamic movements, I truly admire your skills. Great work!!

[Slav]

man i am loving the face on that girl... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

finish it up mate.

[lotaH]

great Work...

Congratulations...

[SoniaNotRed]

It's turning out great! :thumbsup: :applause:
Hope you make it.

:bounce: Go, Angel, go!:bounce:

[gpepper]

Is there any final image sacha ?

[ArtisticVisions]

Only so many hours to go, Sacha. I'm praying for you to finish! :applause:

[Elsie]

C'mooooon Sacha! Work, work, work my friend! I love the new lighting and really would love to see this finished in time :bounce:

[Ranath]

I'm starting to worry - are you gonna make it in time?

[Djampa]

Hahaha, hey budy, you are a fantastic artist and too crazy really.. lol.
What I most love in your work is to watch your progress, you always end up with a masterpiece, but the way you go to make it... well if I were your boss I´d be nuts...
It is fantastic how you can change your work from the first posts, and how fast you make it.
Congratulations !
I am loving to see this one. This one now looks VERY spectacular !

You show to everybody 'how much' you want to achieve a good result, and what it takes to get there, thanks for sharing!

Keep going my friend, and good luck!

[Fish-KAart]

:bounce: Sasha-Rool!super! You are -monstr!
Good work!!:love:

[alex.h.]

great work mate, i hope you finish in time :scream: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: see you here in uk in dec and :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
i keep the pints cold :beer: :beer: :beer:

[MichaelZHsee]

u r not giving up are u sacha~i'm gonna kick u butt if u do~:Di wanna see the final image already~

[Lemog]

mmmh... I'm sure that Sacha is preparing a surprise for the last minutes... something always incredible of quality... I'm not afraid by the times which runs fast now.... only left 18 hours... but I'm afraid by the another Masterpiece which will come soon...

Sacha... I wish you anyway the best for the last hours of challenge... and show us this another great moment of art :scream: :bounce: :thumbsup:

[umbrellasky]

Hey Sacha!! where's ya entry? :)

[makaron]

are you kittens trapped in the bathhouse, without the creditcard? :eek:

hope that you make it. tho.. :bounce:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133905513_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133905513_large.jpg)

lol, knowin this makes no sense, i still try to finnish the piece. 2 hours 17 mins left, been really suffering finnishing a 3d work for a client wich kept me 3 days away from painting.
of course work always comes first, but never the less, speedpainting against the evil timer again, tryin to make the final piece in a final run....

[Vahn]

good luck :D

I think youll make it :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

thanks Adrian, thats what i call optimism :D lol, I'll give my best!

[Arc80]

You're crazier than i am, hahaha. But i know you'll make it. Everything is looking good. Awesome details on the background. Just remember the lioness right arm :) Other than that, stop looking at your thread and damn paint like hell:wip: :wip: :arteest:

see you at the finish line crazy bro (i did the same speed painting myself, hehe)

cheers

[arkinet]

been awhile since i've been here... but still kicking butt sacha:thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133913594_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/10/7815/7815_1133913594_large.jpg)

lol, this is where i stop fighting, gave it all but wasnt fast enough :p
Best of luck to all who had a better timing than i had.

[TheFirstAngel]

thanks to all who suppoerted me and inspired me on this long way :) I'll finnish the piece over in the 2d WIP section and pay it the attention it takes to finnish it the way i want it to.

Best wishes and best of luck to all of you and thanks to all who done this along with me for the last 3 month, u rock!:buttrock:
in the words of my favourite cgtalker quote, like HughieDM said:

Im wSTE3D I a wasted I love you all!

[Mythmaker]

It's a damn shame Sacha - It would have been awesome....

Make sure you finish it when you have time! :)

[xric7]

love your sculpture a lot:drool: :drool: :drool:
next let me see the horses.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
cheers.

[Kamjar]

mannnnn, i feel your pain!

I found out i needed to upload a tiff when i had one minute left.
Tried to figure out how, then i discovered i didnt even have a ftp client :S....

so yes, me also too late.


Awesome painting!
I just love the lighting in the background!
And those two gladiator girls look sweett!
I love your style of women faces! :applause:

well, i am gonna sleep... i guess you too.

Cheers Kam

[TheFirstAngel]

lol, just chilling with a glass of wine here:

dish wash a butifull shalnenshe, sho shpecshular, sheers!:beer:

[Ducklator]

lol.... :D ...:sad: anyways... I'll wait to see your masterpiece soon.... :thumbsup:

[PSych]

Hi Sacha

I can't believe :sad: it's not finished...:banghead:
I was waiting for Your final image from the beginning of challenge...:cry:
(don't posting because my bad english)
So, I'm waiting on 2d WIP
Goog luck

[Fish-KAart]

:) Sasha! Very beautiful work!:thumbsup: To crying! :sad: Waited the ending! Finish it plis!! Very much I love your works! :applause: Successes to you creative! :buttrock:

[zpapageo]

Sacha, I am so sorry that you didnt finish this in time. I was definitely pulling for you. I am looking forward to seeing how you finish this. It is too good of a start to let it go.

[Lemog]

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa :banghead:

damned... it's not possible my friend... not you :cry:

This picture comes to be really fabulous... one of the best pics here... and... not finish... I can't beleive that... but it's certainly the reality... the sad reality...

Well... now, your next challenge will be to show us this image finished... and soon, please :thumbsup: and maybe awarded anyway.

Best regards for you Sacha :thumbsup: :wavey:

[Arc80]

NOOOOOOO :cry: Dammit, so close, so damn close :banghead: :banghead: I seriously thought you'll make it.... damn timers... crash them ALL :scream:

I guess there is no other choice but to wait for this at the 2D forum finished. I was really looking forward to this one, but i'll wait. I know you'll make it sick and kick arse as always, plus you have more time and don't need to worry about deadlines, hehehe.

will be waiting and i'm always here for support bro.
Keep rocking and keep pushing those mad pixels :buttrock: :bounce:

[Korline]

hey Sasha,
man, that just sucks, that's to bad cause you've just had it, just right :sad: :cry:
but what the trip that was, :twisted:
I'm sure you'll finish this one,
I wish you all the best, and thanx for your support, and a good word
see you around mate :D

[MVDB]

Very sad to hear this! :sad:
You are an inpiration to many of us.. I'll be looking forward to see the final version on the 2d WIP-section :bounce:

[beelow]

Man, I made it in Sacha, I wish you would have finished, it would have been really cool to see that you have entered something, but thats all good, I will see you next contest and you were right I forgot, to submit my final image milestone, I feel so stupid:p , thanx and will see u around and definitely next contest,holla!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

You still kick ass!:thumbsup:

[Rudeone]

What's this then eh Sacha? didn't finish? I can remember someone saying he would put up a big plate in front of my house with the text 'lazy bum' if I didn't finish :D

No kidding mate, you probably gave it all right up to the buzzer, too bad, better luck next time.
Keep on rocking and see you around my friend :beer:

[duddlebug]

ho hum... if only you could play around with time and space... sorry you didn't make the deadline Sacha. I hit it by the skin of my teeth so i know how frustrating it must be. And it was looking very promising indeed.

See you next time, perhaps...?

[Miyagu]

sacha! that´s sad..

but we will wait for these beautiful ladies in the wip-section! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

awesome work so far (as usual!) :)

keep rocking, angel!

[Vectorius]

So sorry that you could not have finished this one before deadline..That's looking so awesome so far! a very good job sacha! :eek: you've done a master piece again!
see you around and maybe at next challenge.:)