The Journey Begins Challenge (3D) Entry: Manny Pineda

[thepineman]

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The idea that I am working on is about the struggle of a turtle who wanted to climb a rather big and huge mountain.

I would like to capture the emotion of the small, slow and weak creature having a dream of climbing a mountain to reach the top and will not allow anything to hinder him from getting to his goal; and didnt let his capability bother him. I would like to name the turtle as "Trixy" for now but it might change if i find a better name.
The motto of this turtle is to climb every mountain till he find his dream.

[thepineman]

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I decided to introduce other characters and so this will be a group of turtles and other creatures going for a climb.

The character in this image is one of them.

[Cleveland]

very clean concept. simple to understand, which will help. you may want to move the turtle up in the final composition, somewhere between where he is now and the bird above him. he's too close to being "off the page" right now.

best of luck.

cleveland.

[thepineman]

thats a good point cleve, i will consider that.

[3dan3]

Nice idea. The final scene could be very emotional and special. Hope to see some 3d soon. good luck

[Clorets]

I like the concept. However, I prefer the initial idea of going for only one turtle instead of a group of them, it gives a more sensitive effect. Looking forward for more.

[thepineman]

the story behind the previous was nice but i saw a lot of similar concept being used so i decided to create a new one and here it is: a recent idea that i come up with.

its about Mr and Mrs. Beetle (fictional) they recently got married and were on their way to their honey moon and to their new life as a couple. they used the services of a 'dragon fly' to fly them to their destination and new home in another island which is very far away from their location. while they were crossing a stream or a small river they were surprised by a frog who is waiting for some action (just a little humour), it jumped to catch them but the taxi cab (dragon fly) was able to quickly avoid him, but it was so close! the frog was hiding under water and only his eyes on the surface but when he spotted the couple he jumped. it created a ripple in the water and some splashes. i will try to use realflow to create the splashes of water as the frog leaped into the air to get the beetles. by the way this has nothing to do with the band beatles and the volkswagen-beetle.

this is the scene i will work on to capture that moment in 3D. the image i inserted here is the sketch i made last night and later i will refine this so the lines will be clearer

[rasamaya]

Sorry you didnt get to finish your 3D, well you still have a few weeks..

Thank you for your advice on my thread.
I was gifted enough time to finish mine.
Check it out
But be sure to click parts of the image to zoom in to 100%(almost)
http://rasamaya.sitesled.com/main/index.html
Cheers

[thepineman]

i do want finish this but i run out of time. i am actually writing a book, conceptualizing a brochure and DVDs and so i concentrated my attention to this perhaps next time i 'll make sure i will finish my entry.

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