CgTalk Daily Sketch 805: NO TIME LIMIT SKETCH: "Castle in the Sky"

[Mats Gustafsson]

90 minutes. Photoshop and Painter.

http://www.algonet.se/~matsgus/pictures/805.jpg

[Overchord]

Artweaver -> PS, 1 hour approx.
http://overchord.net/blogcms/cggal/galleries/DSG2006/Castleinsky.jpg

[JimiPhoenix]

I'm looking forward to seeing how many remixes of the prototypical fantasy battlements-on-a-massive-floating-chunk-of-rock idea :D

I guess I could do a moody executive looking out of a skyscraper window...President Shinra!
Nah - I want to draw the big chunk of rock :D

[Mantra]

Here's mine:

40 Mins/Photoshop/Wacom

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2917/dsg2zg8.jpg

[ThePatches]

Painter - about 30-35 minutes
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2091/citkin7.jpg
Really wish I had the time to work on it more. Figured I'd go ahead and post this. I rather like it, might go back and enlarge/finish it at some point.

[danielh68]

90 mins.

http://www.danielhelzer.com/sketches/sketch225.jpg

[lunat1k]

>1hr, ps

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/devalvatora/dsf_805_sky_castle.jpg

[mylest]

Lots of good entries so far today!

Painter, oil and blender brushes, 45 minutes.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/Mylest/castles2_003.jpg

[daw]

well, It turned out to be a more of a matte painting than a daily sketch!!!

anyway, PS/wacom 90 min....
http://www.dplays.se/cgtalk/805.jpg

[ChristinaRH]

wow, daw that's amazing!
am I the only one who thinks about Laputa, castle in the sky? the Ghibli movie that is.. pretty pretty movie, I love Ghibli^^
anowhooo.. sort of laputa-inspired sketch, ca 40 minutes in Alias sketchbook
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/uglypaperdoll/CGtalk/castleinthesky.jpg

[daw]

great stuff on this one...

Mats Gustafsson - love the industrial look and the perspective

Overchord - love the eye, but that fractal filter effect feels strange...

Mantra - lovely silhouette on that castle

ThePatches - great foreground - like the crow

danielh68 - nice depth and I love that speeder is that from V? hehe

lunat1k - a walking castle - that cool...

mylest - a bit to much blurry for me

ChristinaRH - thanks - and thats so nordic... hehe

and here is the original snap I took as I was driving at 140 kph...
http://www.dplays.se/cgtalk/ref_805.jpg

[BrittanyRichardson]

that's lovely, daw


painter ix, wacom, 1 hour 20 min

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4023/castleskywl1.jpg

[May-lea]

http://www.triskell-productions.com/CGtalk/Altocumulus%20castellanus.jpg

Photoshop+tablet, no idea of the time, maybe 30 mins

This is an Altocumulus Castellanus. For those who don't know about clouds, the altocumulus castellanus has this name because the wind has sculpted the cloud in such a way that it looks like it has towers, making it look like a... Castle.
I'd like to do another entry for this theme, but I'm leaving tomorrow for a week, I might not have the time to post it before the voting starts.
Nice entries everyone though. So far I especially like daw's.

*Power to the clouds!!!*

[Robertt]

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7803/cgtalkdsg805byrjt2006ym8.jpg

Photoshop / tablet / 45 min.

RobertT

[JimiPhoenix]

Wow - what a fantastic thread - pretty much every piece here is great!

Daw, barring any forthcoming bursts of genius from you or anyone else over the next few days, you are safely guaranteed my vote for SOTW on this one.

Brittany, in my very humble opinion that's your best DSG submission (that I've seen, anyway). It's got the best elements of your style nicely wrapped up in one image...stylin'!

Hopefully I can find time to participate in this one...I've gotten wrapped up in one of those rare pieces of artwork that I think I might actually be inclined to finish (I've spent the past few hours completely overworking pointless things; I should leave it alone for a couple of days and come back to it, but I'm slightly hooked - this is already turning into an all-nighter). I did spend a few minutes on a submission earlier on but I got depressed with the result very quickly...luckily I got interrupted (my rottweiler has learnt to leap over impossibly high walls, clever thing, so I had to keep it away from some horses :D) because the standard is so high today.

Keep up the good work folks!

[BrittanyRichardson]

Brittany, in my very humble opinion that's your best DSG submission (that I've seen, anyway). It's got the best elements of your style nicely wrapped up in one image...stylin'!


Thanks :)
And good luck to you on the artwork you're working on.

[KiMiK]

Hello,
1 h 30 for my fisrt drawing with PS.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2336/castlerv6.jpg

[Dekus]

wow! Even the name of the topic gets me all excited!
hmm... if theres no time limit.. does it mean that i can make a good quality render.. or should it still be a "sketch"?

by the way.. i have the Perfect image that relates to this topics keywords
-> http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/36933125/?qo=9&q=by%3Adekus+sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps

too bad you cant put your old stuff here.. :(
but i can make a new one.. ;)

[Lman]

everyone good work ! some really nice stuff !
I better get started !

[Ballthazzar]

Painter IX

http://gods.real-world.ch/NoX/space01.jpg

[Arlekin]

hi

Daw this is beautiful.

Uh must take part on this one... i have been busy working on some oil paintings that need to be finished for tuesday (they are going to grade my summer practice's)

But i hope to start with something tonight....

[EhsanD]

hey guys I am doing 2 works ... wait for me .:bounce::bounce:

[Datameister]

I've got any idea...I think I'll try a thumbnail sketch first. See if it's worth spending a little bit more time on.

[elgrozni]

PS, 80 min. Seeya :D .

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6930/untitled1hl2.jpg

[Runecaster]

very few things have inspired me lately - but castles always do, no matter what.

Lovely pieces everyone- always inspiring to come here and see what wonderful minds have in store!

http://www.aequinox.com/paintings/castle_clouds.jpg

PS, 45 mins.

[GauntMan]

Wacom + Artrage2/GIMP - maybe a total of 3 hours on and off over the weekend

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/gauntman/sketch/sketch805.jpg

[daw]

great entries!!!

thanks for the comments guys:bounce:

elgrozni - very good - love the colors!

really hope to see some more castles in the sky...

[EhsanD]

hey guysgreat job from you ... :thumbsup:
photoshop
90 min
http://www.creativespot.org/post/data/500/castel-in-the-sky.jpg
100 min
http://www.creativespot.org/post/data/500/castel-in-the-sky-2.jpg

[Dekus]

great job all..

Heres mine quick sketch.. Photoshop CS2/1 hour.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d76/Dekus/sky_castle__scaled.jpg

[Lman]

It took around 2hour and 40 mins PhotoshopCS ,All painted from scratch with my Tevion-tablet with a really annoying pen that seems to have a life of its own! it went nuts a few times, i better upgrade soon. :)
I liked making up the design of the Castle.
Great idea for a title for Daily Sketch
I would like to spend more time on this, i will polish its up soon, but for now its my Castle in the Sky.
I hope you guys like it .
all crits and comments wellcome :)
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7931/skycas2dn7.jpg
I really like all your the work so far on this one!

[crazy3dman]

Well, I know there's a lot wrong with this, but I'm learnin' a little bit each time...I hope.:shrug:
http://www.crazy3dman.com/daily_sketch/C3DM_dsg805.jpg

[Medhi]

Hi all, very nice pieces in this thread, really!
This is mine, but not too sketchy, I am sorry for that.

http://fotoblog.blueboard.cz/temp/vzdusny-zamek-750.jpg

[Telemaco]

This is mine :)

5h, PS & Wacom

http://www.akenar.com/Sketches/Images/sk085.jpg

...and a pair of closeups...

http://www.akenar.com/Sketches/Images/sk086.jpg

http://www.akenar.com/Sketches/Images/sk087.jpg

:)



Telémaco

[daw]

Telémaco - now thats just awesome man:applause::applause:

[elgrozni]

Agreed with daw :eek: :applause: :D

[danielh68]

Agreed, as well. I was just roaming through the thread and was stunned by the many top-notch contributions from everyone. Then, I saw Telemaco's...a little tear came to my eye.

Amazing work, Telemaco. :)

[bupaje]

Wow, awesome work in this thread. Always fills my head with new ideas. A tip of the hat to each of you.

I decided to draw one with my Wacom, haven't quite gotten the hang of it but need to. I disliked the results and so decided to make the whole island crash and burn - the digital equivalent of crumbling the paper. :) About 90 minutes in Photoshop.

http://www.stormvisions.com/cgtalk/castle.jpg

[embryotic]

:buttrock: 2 everyone - there are so many good entries!

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8933/castleintheskysmloa2.jpg

Finished at 4hrs Ps, wacom, and used max for perspective

OK such a great posts deserve feed back ... (inhales..)

Mats Gustafsson - intense and vivid lighting looks like its flying quickly above my head
Overchord - thats creepy actually - I feel like im about to be killed by a tarot card...
ThePatches - the colour tells me to relax - but the crow tells me "the end is near"
Daniel68 - nice scifi idea and cool depth too
lunat1k - howls moving castle ... pt 2!
daw - OMG! thats so cool! - nice strong base and looking up to the top I feel dizzy because it looks like the clouds have gone sideways! wow
BrittanyRichardson - lovely Colours, great castle - swooshy composition!
May-lea - beautiful AND informative
Robertt - crazy colours - like its an 'alter dimensional crystyler castle' :D
KiMiK - Bienvenue!, welcome! you sure picked a great topic to start on - bonchance for more sketches!
elgrozni - scary ... great bold colour ..... WHAT IS THIS PLANET?!?
Runecaster - nice sketch.... a bit 'rude' tho .. dont you think? :D
Dekus - nice colour AWESOME concept!
Lman - great concept again - the anchor makes me laugh - hav you seen Treasure Planet?
crazy3dman - good to see you round again man.. quaint sketch there too!
Telemaco - do you think if I go to China I could draw like that?? ... WOW! and so big!

AAAAARRHHH (exhales and falls over)

[Runecaster]

Hey Digital, what's rude about mine? LOL I thought about it as I looked at it and thought maybe it was a bit phallic. But I can't help that - since it was from a photo ref.


Men are always designing phallic symbols everywhere, they are obsessed with them. ;)

[Dekus]

digital_embryo: Wow.. you really like it? Thank you very much!! I was inspired by FinalFantasy series.. Im playing FF9 right now.. ;)
Your work is awesome aswell..

[JTD]

Men are always designing phallic symbols everywhere, they are obsessed with them. ;)

Um, we're obsessed with boobs, not penises - For those in doubt, consider our favoritest thing in the world: the bomb.

This has been a good topic though with fantastic entries, wish I could join.
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[elgrozni]

Digital: What planet? :D

[Surrealix]

wow, there are so many amazing entries for this topic.

started this sketch a few days ago, but didn't find time to finish it until now.

~3-4 hours / GIMP / Tablet

http://www.surrealix.com/sketch/castle_in_the_sky.small.jpg

[uziel]

Flying casltes hmmm...
35min pencil & SB

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/jarrafatti/s12.jpg

[Mercuralis]

About an hour or so
Painter IX
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Mercuralis/castleinthesky.jpg

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