The Journey Begins Challenge (2D) Entry: Cyril Costa

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Hi all,

first i'd like to say good luck to everyone for this new challenge.

Theme of this one is pleasant, and even if i have a lot of things to do, i'll try to finish my pic =)

For this image, i thought about a lil chinese boy who decides to begin a trip through the world. The lil boy is living in a hard social situation, and it's his naivety that make him start this journey. With his 3 coins, he thinks that all his dreams are feasible and that's will give to the picture all the emotion. In the background, i'll represent the hard reality of the life...

i dunno if it will be my final concept, but it's a start :)

cya

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Hey,

ok.. i found the time to correct my perspective mistakes. It's always the same story, and don't think i'm gonna change.. anyway. I changed a bit the point of view, and there are more details.

cya next time for the lineart =)

[Kraggles55]

Wow! Great detail on just a concept sketch! Good luck!:thumbsup:

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Thx Craig for your encouragement :)

Here is the lineart. I just added a parchment effect... just for fun lol, i'll post the original one later maybe ^^

I just transfer the drawing on a tracing sheet of paper, and then i scanned it :)

[anzibon]

like the parchment. cheap eye candy. :thumbsup:

your lines are so clean they look like a 3D line render. most impressive.
i never could do clean lines. :/


so what's this little dude's story anyway? (he doesn't look french) he he.

lookin forward to seeing it come along,
~B

[Lc]

Hi,

i though that it was interesting to write properly the story that my picture will illustrate. It will be easier to define character(s) and the environment.
Here is the short scenario which sum up the situation of the picture.


China, XIXe century.

The number of the poor population increases day after day in this country where the demographic growth is largely notorious. The chinese society is increasingly uneven and the countries are poorer than the cities, in particular those of the east. This phenomenon results in rural migration: poeple leave the country in order to join the greatest agglomerations.

Zhao (meaning "a walk" in chinese) is a small seven-year-old orphan living in a boarding school very strict in an region in the center of china. The dream of each young boy of this boarding school is to leave to the conquest of a better life. The main part of them never left their small village and their financial standing is such as they never touched money. The education of the children in the orphanage is definitely inadequate and is botch making them intellectually vulnerable and very naive. The majority of them turn to the robbery and violence.

Zhao is crazy about the stories on the big cities told by people, and in particular on those of the occident. He is determined to run away of his orphanage and to start to live on its own means.

Whereas he was playing with his comrades, a foreign merchant lost his coin purse and Zhao managed to extirpate 3 gold coins which constitued his treasure. He was amazed by the money he found; it was the first time of his entire life he could touch gold coins. His ignorance of the life, of the economy and his naivety accentuated his desire to take up his journey towards the advanced civilization, convinced that he was very rich with his three small coins. During his voyage, Zhao will be confronted to the hard reality of the society and the vastness of the territory in which he ventured...


Ok... it's a story that i have made up and i didn't spend all my time on details. So it's possible that there are some incoherences, but it's not really important for the purposes of this challenge.
I always appreciated the dynamic sights which emphasize the illustrations, the expressions and the feelings which are conveyed there. That's why my picture have this point of view. It shows the vastness of the life in big towns, with an estimation of the inhabitants' life level.
The contraste between the naive child who is sure of him with his coins and the city in the background give an emotive direction to the illustration.

I hope that I didn't be too vague in the explanation of my concept. And i think i'll start the colorization soon :)

Cya ~~

[Elrond56]

le Coyote . . . a wonderful story and nicely executed drawing. It will be interesting to watch the street come alive and the character develop.

draw on
*)

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Hi !

i'm sorry, i didn't post lately... i was in holidays (hehe, yes it's good sometimes :p) and i didn't have a computer..
So now I return to school and i have to work.
I put there somes references i used to draw my picture.
These photos were taken during a trip in china where i've been about 2 years ago.

The viewpoint is not exactly the same on my image but it's close to it.

I already started the colorization, but i'll post it later.

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Ok
I started to paint the buildings and the street.
I decided to do separately the ground, the sky, the buildings, all the elements of the street ( merchandises, clothes hanging on a rope, cardboards, boxes, etc), and the character.

I don't know if i'll change the luminosity of the scene for the moment.
But i can say that the colors of the building will probably change. And i'll adjuste improve the quality of the textures.

to conclude, there's still a lot of work to do :p

bye

[oceanbluesky]

Wonderful concept! Really hope to see this completed...(also like your avatar icon!)

Good luck!

[Lc]

thanks, oceanbluesky. I'm going to continue it as soon as possible =)

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Hi,

I found the time to add some details in the street. I colored quickly elements on the ground and in the shops. I put colors on clothes hanging in the air.

that's it for the moment.

[Zephyri]

Wow.. this is really impressive! I wish I had it in me to try perspectives like that.. it realy makes the image stand out. Nice use of the reference material too, I'd love to see more of the hanging washing, perhaps hanging from the lower windows too, to break up the fact theyre all on the same level at the moment? Would also allow you to bring a little splash of colour further down the image too...

I love the orphan and his expression, he looks like a real little handful! The bump on his right looks a little odd right now, but that may well be sorted when you colour. Can't wait to see further progression on this, it's looking great!

[Lc]

thank u for your comments Zephyri.

I'll try to add some hanging clothes from the lower windows, i think u'r right :D

And the orphan's hand (on the right) is blurred because i forgot to draw it on my lineart. I'll make his hand later with references.. :)

The sky is not finished yet.. I just put some colors to have a first preview of the contrast between buildings and the sky. But i'll try other colors.

cya next time =)

[cosmicbeanbag]

the full size version needs some overall sharpening. it looks like you painted at a low opacity and this is causing the images overall fuziness. i realize that the street wont be the main area of focus, but i think that the images overall impact would be impoved if you painted with a hard edged brush at a high opacity.

keep on.

k

[Lc]

Ok kyi, i take notes ;) thx for ur advices.

there's still a lot of details to do. I try to put first general colors.. i work with a brush with a low opacity to get gradually my colors. I think when i'll work on the luminosity, the elements will be clean and more visible.

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So now, i put some colors on the main character. For the moment, i let the contours as a mark, but i'll remove them later.

[jevinart]

wonderful detail, perspective and story here. i especially like the character's mood and the clotheslines up above. creative, fun and captivating. cool work, pal!

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I spent a few time on the character. I removed the black border lines and added some shadows and lights. He's not finished yet, i think i'm gonna modify some things, but i'm going to start the background environment before, and see the result.

[jevinart]

lookin' better every minute! cool work in progress.... love this painting.

[Lc]

Thx jevinart, i hope i'll do the same thing for the rest of the details.. i have already started to paint the elements in the background, but i take a lot of time because of the quantity of objects =) I'll try to post another picture soon ;)

cya ~~

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I'm currently working on the buildings on the right side of the picture. I refined lines, windows, sills, shades, and also some objects in the stores... I need to improve the top of the first building (on the right) and buildings in the background, but it will take less time cause there are less details to do. The left side is not done yet, so it's imperfect.

We are now close to the end of the challenge, i'll try to do my best and finish this pict :)

bye ~~

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Hi,

I don't know if the difference with the last picture is flagrant, but i corrected all the problems of construction: i mean the twisted walls, windows etc. I painted all the windows on the right side and I improved the texture of the walls. I progress slowly I know :( and i have to do the same thing with the left side, but i'll be faster cause there are less details to do. I also have to do the ground and the sky, anyway... 9 days to finish ^^ :p

[Riddick]

Du très beau boulot sur ce décor!
Really, impressive!

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Hi, I noticed when I started to paint the ground properly that some elements were disposed incorrectly, creating a wrong perspective.. it disturbed me ^^
i used my perspective grid to draw the depth of the ground. each color represent a part of the ground taking in mind the distance of the buildings. In this way, i'm able to dispose the elements properly on the ground, with the good perspective.
I would have done that at the beginning... uuuffff ^^ but i'm fixing the mistakes.

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As you can see, i corrected the perspective with the grid I drew before. I started by doing a gradient with a brown dark for the foreground color and a lighter color for the background (depth). I put my grid and my color areas in a low opacity to correct properly my objects, then i painted its quickly. finally, i used the eraser and i erased the ground zone which is recovering the character and other elements in the foreground.
The objects are now correctly drawn, and i'm able to work on the ground, add textures, lightening & shadows.

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After doing the objects properly on the ground, i've used some textures to make the street more realistic. I also added shadows on the objects i have drawn before. It's not finished yet, but i'm going to start the other buildings side before finalize the details of the ground. Moreover, there'll be some characters in the street to make the atmosphere more "alive".

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I've finished the right side of the street ! I added a lot of details in the shops, parasols, boxes etc. the lines are now clean and exact. I also began to paint the vegetation on the floor by making some weed between the paving stones, but it's not finished yet. Now i have to work on the right side.

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As you can see, it's over with the left side of the street. I did over all the buildings, I added texture on the walls and i made some details in the shops like i did with the right side. The lines are now clear and the perspective should be correct. Nevertheless, i thing i'll add again some other details like signs on the shops, and i'll do for sure some plants in front of the windows.
I erased the wires and the clothes hanging in the air for the moment, because im gonna work on the sky now. I'll add clothes later, and as Zephyri said few threads above, i'll add wires on different levels.
well i hope i'll have enought time to finish what i planed to do ^^

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i don't know if it'll be the final sky, by it's a start, and i'd like to concentrate my efforts on something else. i have to correct several things on the character (his right leg sucks !) and someone told me that he was not enough realistic compared to the background, so i'm working on it... the clothes in the air will take me several hours, and i want to try some light atmosphere for the final coloring...

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I changed some part of the main character. His arms are more thin, i corrected his right leg, and I changed his face to make it more realistic. then i improved his bag and his 3 gold coins.

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it's almost finished there. I finally added clothes hanging in the top, and also some people in the street. I put some plants on the windows.. i thought all those elements would give life to the picture.
the only thing i want to try is to work on the global atmosphere and ligths.

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almost finished now =)

[sepphora]

Hey!

Your image reminds me my Master and Servant Challenge (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?threadid=236578)!

The big collective unconscious...

Good luck...

[Lc]

héhé, yes indeed sepphora, there's something resembling. but it's not the same place and the meaning of the pictures is different :)

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i think it's finished for me with this challenge, I am glad to have taken part to it, and i congratulate every members who have finished their pictures. some works are awesome !

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oops sorry, i forgot to resize the borders of the pict. ^^ now it's done :)

[Katikut]

Wahou mais c'est dingue les progrès que tu fais chaque jour! Je ne serais pas capable de faire une image aussi détaillée, j'en aurait vite marre. Avec du temps oui peut-être, mais je n'ai pas encore assez de patience. J'ai la flemme de tout relire, donc tu m'expliquera des trucs au bahut, j'ai des quetions XD
En tous cas chapeau! Ca déchire! le seul truc que je pourrais dire (histoire de faire ch... le monde) c'est que le perso est peut-être trop contrasté niveau style, par rapport à l'arrière plan. Tu mêles photoréalisme tellement le détail est soigné, et le style illustration bien léchée. Enfin en fait je le regarde encore une fois et je dirais que c pas tout le perso, mais juste la tête. Ouais en fait c'est qu'une toute petite partie du dessin ^^

Bravo encore le Q << oué je vais t'embêter jusqu'au bout

Tu auras de belles choses à mettre dans ton book :)

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