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RobertoOrtiz
09-15-2006, 03:55 PM
"Aphrodite & Hephaestus (http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGklfcvQpF88YAwldXNyoA/SIG=1642r8buf/EXP=1158418268/**http%3a//search.yahoo.com/search%3fp=aphrodite%2b%2526%2bhephaestus%26sp=1%26fr2=sp-top%26fr=yfp-t-414%26ei=UTF-8%26SpellState=n-3953659994_q-Kn3E63GIGby4gP.2OlKpsAABAA%2540%2540)"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephaestus

".... Hephaestus and Aphrodite had an arranged marriage and Aphrodite, disliking the idea of being married to unsightly Hephaestus, began an affair with Ares (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares), the god of war. Eventually, Hephaestus found out about Aphrodite’s promiscuity from Helios (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios), the all-seeing Sun, and planned a trap for them during one of their trysts. While Aphrodite and Ares lay together in bed, Hephaestus ensnared them in an unbreakable, chain-link net and dragged them to Mount Olympus to shame them in front of the other gods for retribution. However, the gods merely laughed at the sight of these naked lovers and simply let them go without punishment"

These are the rules:

You have 45MN to do your sketch. IF you go beyond the assigned time limit , you have to post WHATEVER you have done after the time has expired, along with the FINAL drawing.
Post only your FINAL piece on this thread, based on the topic on the thread.
Only final pieces can be posted on the thread. They must have been done AFTER the topic has been announced.
RESOLUTION : The image can have any aspect ratio up to 800 x 600
They can be done on any medium.
If you wish, you can add a brief text description about your piece.
Only original compositions. No "tributes" or plagiarizing, unless is it an integral part of the challenge.
You can post an entry at anytime for the topic presented on this thead BEFORE the voting thread for THE WEEK has been posted.
The artist also has to post total length of time it took and program used.
Any piece caught breaking the rules will be taken off the thread.
The topics will be picked at random from the list on the TOPICS thread >>LINK<< (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php/?t=145003)
(The author will be given credit). So guys keep them coming.
You can add multiple entries, but please dont post WIP (Unless you intend to update them).
Good luck

-R

Robertt
09-16-2006, 03:38 AM
Updated (at 2 hours)

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5640/cgtalkdsgaphroditeweb2byrjt2006ij3.jpg


Original image/post:

(image link (http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/741/cgtalkdsgaphroditewebbyrjt2006hn3.jpg))

Painter / 1.5 hours / tablet

After experimenting with some different angles I settled on this one, but not much time was left to develop it further. Here is a link to the image at 45 minutes (http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5994/cgtalkdsgaphrodite0webbyrjt2006kl8.jpg).

RobertT

Robertt
09-16-2006, 10:57 PM
I had some free time this afternoon, so I returned to this image and spent about another half hour developing more of the net Hephaestus was said to have used. For that I developed a quick little custom brush with some angle/size jitter.

I also worked a bit more on his expression and the overall lighting. Sketch has been updated in my first post.

Would be nice someday to do full and proper digital paintings of all these very interesting mythological stories :)

RobertT

JurajMolcak
09-17-2006, 09:35 PM
http://features.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/185679/185679_1158525005_medium.jpg

My shot for the subject. I wanted to stay within time limit for this one as well. Done in 45 minutes / Photopaint.

May-lea
09-21-2006, 02:59 AM
My go at it.
45 mins, Photoshop+tablet

I didn't draw the legend so much for this piece, just the charaters in a sort of greekish silhouette style "improved" with highlights. Sort of.

http://www.triskell-productions.com/CGtalk/Aphrodite%20and%20hephaestus.jpg


Update after reading the contest rules: Well yeah, I didn't draw the legend of the net for this piece. Because I didn't want to see the other entries before entering, I didn't even click on the thread until my piece was done. Oh well :P

SylvanMist
09-21-2006, 11:02 PM
"Come 'ere wifey!!"
"Oh gross, you dog of a husband!" *smack* "Take a bath one of these days."

hehe, I had fun with this sketch. Thought I'd stick to just pencil sketching and not worry about color.

Painter 9, 40mins.

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