Spectacular 2D Entry: Bobby Parker

[ShortWave]

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My idea here was to have an image of a surfer riding the huge wave created by an asteroid impact, threading between buildings and trying to stay alive.

This concept sketch hopefully gives an idea of where I'm going.

[Squibbit]

welcome to the challenge, dude, not many days left, tho.. u pretty quick, huh? :curious:




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[ShortWave]

welcome to the challenge, dude, not many days left, tho.. u pretty quick, huh? :curious:


Let's hope so!

[ShortWave]

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Here I've tightened what will be the general layout of the image. I went into detail on the surfer, (after studying what had to be hundreds of pictures of surfers..jeeez) and added some skyscrapers in perspective...it's almost reminiscent of times square. Next image should be coloring it up for value work.

[ShortWave]

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Some color added. I'm not terribly happy with the surfboard, but that'll have to wait...got lots of work to do from here on in.

[Squibbit]

pretty nice, i really like how the buildings are set up

dunno how it would be in reality, but maybe the buildings
being engulfed should show some sign of being pushed by billions
of tons of water, could be they'd be standing at that point too, looks
cool anyhow..

I dunno about wave painting tutorials but i'd google "biggest wave"
or sumthing to get some good reference pictures

good luck, dude :thumbsup:

[ShortWave]

I was thinking about maybe having the ones being hit by the wave appear as if they were being pushed over or something...all-in-all it's kinda apocalyptic...the damage will be in the details as it were.

We'll see.

I've already looked at hundreds of pictures of surfers on waves in the last two days...I just have no idea how to depict a wave that LARGE. Not only is it a problem of scale, but half the issue is...should I "muddy" the water? Have some of it see-through? so forth, so on

[Squibbit]

yea i think u should muddy it a bit, especially if it been travelling sometime inland ,collecting
the mud and stuff, also you could have a fishing boat or coast guard or whatever there
vertical and high up the 'belly' of the wave.

and something that would certainly bee seen through the wave if it's not totally muddy,
is like the skeletal remains of a huge building, totally ripped off its foundation and
carried by the wave.

i don't really have much on this, heh, do it one way , mostly clear maybe and add
a muddied layer later on and see which is better :)


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[ShortWave]

yea i think u should muddy it a bit, especially if it been travelling sometime inland ,collecting
the mud and stuff, also you could have a fishing boat or coast guard or whatever there
vertical and high up the 'belly' of the wave.

and something that would certainly bee seen through the wave if it's not totally muddy,
is like the skeletal remains of a huge building, totally ripped off its foundation and
carried by the wave.

i don't really have much on this, heh, do it one way , mostly clear maybe and add
a muddied layer later on and see which is better :)


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That's an idea...I like the idea of a boat way up high in the wave!

[ShortWave]

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Some detail work on the surfer, along with lighting and highlights.

[Ego]

hurry, hurry, hurry.
Do you feel the pressure?

[ShortWave]

hurry, hurry, hurry.
Do you feel the pressure?

Wooo! You better believe it. I've been up since 5:00 AM working on it!

[ShortWave]

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Here I've detailed the shirt on the surfer with lots of wrinkles and shadows and such. The blur tool is most useful for getting that realistic look.

[ShortWave]

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More and more details...I was quite unhappy with the shorts the first time around, but I think I've hit something I like.

Anyone have any comments?

[ShortWave]

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Now I've gotten the surfboard taken care of...well mostly...

Cleaned up some depth issues on the surfer dude, since several people mentioned that the legs looked kinda flat.

Next update will be architectural improvements on my city! Woohooo!

[Squibbit]

yea great work, now forget the dude and get the rest of it done,
not much time left u know :thumbsup:


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[ShortWave]

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Some water...suggestions?

[ShortWave]

yea great work, now forget the dude and get the rest of it done,
not much time left u know :thumbsup:
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heh, yeah I just updated with some wave work. Still gotta muddy that up, and do the buildings, and those will probably take all the rest of the time.

[ShortWave]

Does anyone have any kind of feedback on how my work is going? I know I'm not perfect! :)

[Squibbit]

the water looks pretty cool, it has a massive feel to it and that's great.

now get the houses as done as the wave and then spend the rest of the time
detailing both at same level, that should do it, eh?


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[ShortWave]

the water looks pretty cool, it has a massive feel to it and that's great.

now get the houses as done as the wave and then spend the rest of the time
detailing both at same level, that should do it, eh?
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I hope so...at this point, it's almost become a matte painting, because the scope of the buildings is so large...I'm struggling with how to present them because I think I chose the wrong initial scale for the surfer vs. the buildings and I'm having to rethink it now. Blast!

[ShortWave]

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Here's the mean green wave in all of it's unholy glory, and my city work too. I took a lot of patterns and frontal facade crops to come up with that, and it me hours to get the perspectives right. Hope you like them!

Next up: Final coloring! Woooohoooo!

[ShortWave]

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NERVOUS! NERVOUS! NERVOUS!

Here's the final coloring! WOOOHOOO!
My nerves are completely shot!

Here it is, my final coloring. All the tweaks have been made to the wave, and I'm WAAAY happy with how the water is rushing in...Comments?

[LinuxGold]

It's breathtaking! Wish I were in that world, taking the wild ride down into city!

[ShortWave]

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This image was inspired by the "Last surfers" sequence in the novel "Lucifer's Hammer" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle(sp). A meteor impact (a comet really) throws up a massive tsunami wave...and a surfer has decided that if he's going to die...he might as well die in style.

This image was created completely within Corel Painter.

[Squibbit]

:applause:


sweet stuff , made so fast too, well done, dude


Next time, drop in a bit earlier to get enough time to polish it to perfection.



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[ShortWave]

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This image was inspired by the "Last surfers" sequence in the novel "Lucifer's Hammer" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle(sp). A meteor impact (a comet really) throws up a massive tsunami wave...and a surfer has decided that if he's going to die...he might as well die in style.

This image was created completely within Corel Painter.

Had to make a minor correction to the perspective on the small piggyback building. It's good now!

[ShortWave]

:applause:

sweet stuff , made so fast too, well done, dude
Next time, drop in a bit earlier to get enough time to polish it to perfection.

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Thanks dude! Next time I hope the idea isn't so long in coming. It took a plane trip to Italy and back to jog my imagination. :/

[nebezial]

bahahaha i cant believe this..u are right..we do have a similar idea..but ur guy is havin fun allready while mine is still waiting for the meteor to splash..awesome picture man:thumbsup:

[ShortWave]

bahahaha i cant believe this..u are right..we do have a similar idea..but ur guy is havin fun allready while mine is still waiting for the meteor to splash..awesome picture man:thumbsup:

Thanks! I really like the detail on your surfboard.

[sergioKomic]

Huge amount of energy!

Great piece of work..... sorry I didnt catch this creative wave earlier!

:thumbsup:

GOOD LUCK!

[ShortWave]

Huge amount of energy!

Great piece of work..... sorry I didnt catch this creative wave earlier!

:thumbsup:

GOOD LUCK!

Heh, don't feel bad, I didn't get hit with the idea till last Monday, so it was a rush getting it done. Thanks for the compliment!

[Fish-KAart]

Its-SPECTACULAR! :eek: :bounce: Cool! Good lucke!:buttrock:

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