Eon (Illustration) Entry: Sacha Angel Diener

[TheFirstAngel]

weeeee the fun begins agin... lets see if i can escape the curse of unfinished challenges this time :D

best of luck to all!

edit: this is my official thank you! enjoy a halfsize of what i painted :) thank you all for a hell of a ride!
http://www.angel3d.ch/content/challenge/eon/eon_thanks.jpg

[Zephyri]

Good Luck hun!!

[MichaelZHsee]

i'll bust ur a** if u dont finish this one:scream: ~haha ,all the best bro and good luck:thumbsup:

[DaddyMack]

Bring it bro;)

Good to see you pounce on this one mate

[jeromoo]

Wlecome back Sacha. I hope not to offend you again this time. All the best to you, mate!

[cabotinecco]

Good luck and the best wishes!:scream:

[TheFirstAngel]

Wlecome back Sacha. I hope not to offend you again this time. All the best to you, mate!

:scream: nah no way, i anyways wont go for elvish bikini gurrls on this one, promise ;)
best of luck mate :D

Zephyri: *hugs* this is so exciting, and i am so happy you got a full time this time looking so much forward to this one seing you finish, hehe hopefully both of us :) best uf luck m'dear!

MichaelZHsee: rofl, omg thats a start, lol thx love u too bro :p hahaha, yeah i'll try i'll try :p best of luck top you too, looking forward to lots of fun!

DaddyMack: thank you so much bro, and i am very happy to have you here too, always loved your kick ass worx! best of luck to you too and rock em all!

ladies and gentlemen! lets rumble!!! :scream::beer::buttrock:

[cok3]

good luck Sacha Angel Diener, looking forward too seing some cool stuff from ya.

[Rebeccak]

Under threat of injury...:D

Best of luck Sacha! I have my spam outfit all good to go. :)

[walrus]

Good to see you back, Sacha - hope you'll have plenty of time for this one! :)

-mike

[OliveBeard]

Best of Luck Sacha! Thanks for the well-wishes!

[TheFirstAngel]

cabotinecco: thanks mate, best wishes to you too :)

cok3: thanks a lot, i'll give my best :)

Rebeccak: (queen of spam) tic tic 0.4 0.3 0.2 --- rofl, hehe still not in? hhahahaha thankees tonsa fun and hope to see you much around!!!

Walrus: thanks bro, glad to see you here too, all my best wishes :D well sigh, hope i can escape my curse this time and finish a challenge :p i'll do my best ^^

OliveBeard: Most welcome mate, wish you much fun and a great time! lets rock!

well bedtime for now, lets start this with doodling with fresher eyes, errr i take it to read the book is next on my list :p

[adonihs]

good luck mnan, i expect to see a kick ass piece!!

[Iridyse]

Good luck! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with! :D

[warpy]

you got 2 weeks sash. make it happen

[Ego]

Goodluck Sacha!

[MVDB]

Hey there Sacha, wish you the best of luck! Hope to see some gourgeous work from you again!

[Oz-Haver]

Ah mayte, best of lucks with this, I think this time I'll support all of ye good sports from the bench! >_> not sure if I'm interested in this, never been much a fan of sci fi... perhaps I will read on the book to see if it inspires me to do anything...if it does, then I'd join.

[Elsie]

Hey Sacha :D exciting, innit? Best of luck, waiting to see what you come up with *taps foot*

[Rudeone]

Wazzup Sacha! good to see you again mate, good luck and have fun dude, rock on! :buttrock:

[jmBoekestein]

Hey good luck dood!!! may the force be with you!

[Zapan]

Heya Sacha !!

Great to see you in this one too !

Have a lot of fun and best of luck here mate !

cheers ,

-Zapan

[flaeticia]

yooo sacha !
ill be sure to find you here :D

great great news !! hope you ll have lotsssss of fun in this neW challenge :D

See you soon :D
;)

[Nomad]

Hi Sacha, I will keep an eye on your thread :deal: I`m sure you`ll make a great image :scream:

Good luck to you :bounce:

[AIR]

Hi Sacha.

Just dropin' by to say Hi.
Seeya arround!!

[Gunilla]

Hi and good luck Sacha! Looking forward to see what you will come up with this time! :)

[zweiDee]

viel glück und de best söll gwünne, was natürlich ich bin^^

good luck:thumbsup:

[makaron]

Time for kittens in space this time :p

good luck... and let the fun party begin... :beer:

[andreasrocha]

The man with the thousand solutions...good luck, and take it slowly...:thumbsup:

[JTD]

Thanks for the welcome, Sacha. If anyone can bring beauty to this challenge in both their art and their personality, it's you!

[JTD]

Ug - double post! I guess I must really want to welcome you to the challenge!:p

[monsitj]

hi sacha ! nice to see you again! I miss your cute cg girl ! :thumbsup::bounce:

[xric7]

hi mate,nice to meet u again.gooooood luuuuuuuck.:bounce:

[calisto]

ahhahaha cheers, good luck sasha :D

[ChristianHammer]

The level of quality shown in these challenges is fantastic. I am really looking forward to what you develop!

[Djampa]

Hey M8, we're back...


Let's finish this thing now. :D

Good luck !

[MichaelCTY]

welcome here dude, waiting to see how you do in this kind of topic, I never draw such topic before, it seems interesting to me, cheers. and good luck

[TheFirstAngel]

adonhis: lol thanks mate i'll give my best :D

Iridyse: yay thanks a lot, same goes for yours ^^

warpy: rofl, thanks for the pressure, yay ^^

queeny: thankkkkeeeees, u 2 :D

MVDB: same to you mate, cant wait to see ya create another kick ass piece with tonsa sweet characters :)

ozzy: looool, why i knew :P errrrm hehe, hope you can motivate yourself soon to paint some awesomeness again bro ^^

el c: yay yay yay thannnnkees. rofl, yep xitment is huge, the crew gathers again to go space! gotta luv that!

Rudy: thx bro! rock em all!

Squirrel :P rofl and with you, trust your instincts!

Zappan: thx a lot u2 mate! weeeeeeeeeeeee

Laeticia: weeeeeeeeee that was clear huh ;) same for you and have great fun as well! thx a lot :D

Nomad: rofl, i'll do my best, thx ate!

Airz: hahah hi mate, great to have ya here too!

Gunilla: same for you mitey G! haha lets rock it!

Diego: hahaha nie öppiss anders behaupted :P gliechfalls, und muchos spassos ^^

Mona: haha to go hhunt space gps? lol, hahah have to fight kitty instincts this time, not that spacegurls wouldnt be great fun to do :p best of luck and cheeeeeeeeers

Andy: rofl, i'll try this time to focus :P you easily get lost in space.... rofl best of luck to you too!

JDT: thank you so much bro! rofl, glad that happens even to such a smart butt like you ^^ best of luck to you too old friend!

Monsit: thx, cant wait to see your awesome worx take shape either mate! let it rock!

xric: hi bro, sam to you and great to have you here to!

Calisto: thanx a lot red, good luck to you too!

Hamma Jamma: thanks mate! welcome to the race ^^

Djampa: hey mate! yep the crew^s gathering the fun begins agai! hahaha yep would be nice to make it to the end this time :p best of luck to you too!

Michael 87: yep same here, it will be great fun i am 200% convinced bout that! good luck to you too and enjoy!

[Grin3d]

Hoi Sasha, of course you will finish this time! Good luck, and I'm really 'gwundrig' to see your concept ...

roman grin3d.

[Runecaster]

hey there! Glad to see you here, I hope to learn a lot from watching your progress :)

[MartinNielsen]

What a nice social thread. :) Good luck to you and everybody else :wavey:

[ArtisticVisions]

Best of luck as always, Sacha. :thumbsup:

[tlggungor]

nice to see you too .... I hope Its going to be fun and enjoying as it was Grand Space Opera

[MoonVisionStudio]

What no sketches yet?! ; ) LOL! no worries, its always worth the wait with you!

[daWinky]

Hey Sacha!

I expect to see great things here;) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)...and of course a lot of fun! :)
Best of luck for you!

-sabrina

[ThierryS]

Hi Sacha man, good luck to you, don't tell me you'll still use a mouse to paint on this one:scream: !

Have a lot of fun and I'm already subscibing, cause I know you'll do great! :thumbsup:

[michael-olszak]

Good luck man. I'll be watchinkg this thread :)

[Vahn]

hey rocker! lets rock!

good to see you here ;D

[living_for_cg]

Oo. you havent started your work an you have 4 pages post...what happen if you start:eek:...
good luck.

[pearson]

lol. I haven't followed the challenges for a while. It's nice to see who the early favorites are by the massive numbers of post in their threads in just the first few hours. :D

I'm expecting great things from you! :thumbsup:

[buloght]

Your work is amazing. Goodluck!

[Korline]

just want to say hi it's been a while, see what we can come up with this time
good luck:thumbsup:

[calisto]

just came here to spam a bit.. cmon post those sketches!!! muahhahahahaha :D

[FrozZT]

Hi Sacha!

Thanks for the warm welcome! Lets see some sketches, im curious what you will do with this topic.. Good luck and have lots of fun!

Later..

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160160915_large.jpg
just a bit of doodlin n tumbnailin spacejunk n lite studies while reading... lol warmup :)

[MartinNielsen]

Looks great. Even just for warmup... :thumbsup:

[coCoKNIght]

hi there :wavey: wonderful start. I like all of them doodles. Interesting to see such a cold spaceship concept design from you but it's cool, me likey :)

I think number 3 has the most potential since it's a very solid composition with a mystique feeling about it and since your style fits best to the designs of this sketch imo.

[TheFirstAngel]

Grin3d: merci :) ich au ^^ kei ahnig bis jetzt... lol

LM: thanks a lot! glad to see ya here too!

Martin Nielsen: Hehe yep, its great all over. nt just the thread, usually those challenges create a great spirit and i always found this a great expirience. good luck n have fun too

Artistic visions: thnks bro u 2

Tolga: definately. enjoy ol friend :)

Jose Pardo: hahaha no sir, nothng concrete yet. reading is such a pain ^^

da Winky: arrr lol, great. love when the pressure raises if i even havent began ^^ rofl. all the best to you too

thierry2005: thanks mate , nah, working on my cintiq and oldfashioned pencils on this stage making funny little scibblings

michael-olszak: thanks

Vahn: like wise, jup lets rock it intergallactic :scream:

living_for_cg: hehe, i hope then i am familiar with the topic enough to make a nice work

pearson: thx mate! lets hope i'll manage that :)

buloght: thankees

Korline: yep its been quiet a while but since the crew is gathering again, a spaced mission lies ahead trough pixelstorms and vertexsupernovas ^^ looking forward to this, since the topic yet seems to be great fun :)

calisto: spam again? arrrr red alert ^^

FrozZT: nothing serious yet, just mainly reading and scribbling, making notes and getting familiar with the topic, posted a few scribblings, from what i do while reading :)

[TheFirstAngel]

cocoknight: thanks mate, well 3 was baisically something fun i played with, wanted to give the spaceharbor an oldschool look and tried picture how a spaceshil based on the design of those cool classic pirateships maight look like and there was the scribbling :) i think i have the same problem like anyone here, before not having read nuf of the book to completely being familiar with the story its almst impossible to work concretely on a concept. :) as for cold spaceship designs, well was just playing a bit with shapes n physics to get an initial spaceshiptype for 1, 2 and 4 to paint or maybe model later, but i am quiet convinced no matter how i go, the designs will end up way more weathered, worn out, battleproofed when i'm going to take up work seriously :)

Martin: thanks a lot mate. those were just a bit of fun, glad ya like em :)

[AIR]

Great conceptual art Sacha,I like the orange city sketch the most,looks just right. :thumbsup:

[Nomad]

Wow it`s a great warmup Sacha :scream:


Cool moods... I like the harbor alot...


I`m looking forward for more :bounce:

[cok3]

nice one sacha! Nice atmosphere on the red one!

[MoonVisionStudio]

Sweet Sketches!!

[omer-n]

hi, i really like all you concepts very pleasant colors, now i didnt get official education in illustration but i think there are some rules for color schemes using triads or something like that that i think u r using- can u tell me if i make any sense at all??

[beelow]

Tasty images dude, good luck!:thumbsup:

[Ego]

Very beautiful concepts Sacha. All give a warm feeling. Reading the book sure helps doesnt it?

Am still waiting for my copy to arrive from Amazon. :thumbsup:

[Grin3d]

:bounce: what a warmup! I like it all, but yeah, I'm still part of 'the unknown'. Reading should help to choose direction; but I could imagine that all your sketches could fit with EON.

roman grin3d

[kmest]

hey look who's here again .... good to see you join again old friend...and nice scetch at the begining....http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/77.gif

BTW,i dont see anygirls in those pics???does that mean there are supose to be no Hot cheeks this time??http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/17.gif

good luck and may the force be with you.......always....

[calisto]

beautifull thumbnails!!! *__________________*

[Golpe]

Cool sketches!I like the first one on the left, with the red atmosphere. I wish you all the good luck I´m sure you´ll do a great work!:thumbsup:

[mosconariz]

Directly from heaven has landed to show us how to portrait the words of a sci fi book... the unique, the master of digital brushes, the Pimp of polygonal chicks! Sacha Angel Diener!

Bravooo

good luck

[Velarion]

you have amazing concepts even now,I'll definitely look forward the progress of your work,good luck Sacha!:beer:

[DeeVad]

Happy to see you on the challenge, too !
This subject look to fit to your style, it will be harder for mine more fantasy and SF. I have to find the (Fr) version of the book first, and it will be a first challenge. lol
Good luck Sacha, have great fun doing this illustration.

[MVDB]

Ilke everyone else here, I also enjoy watching your conceptual work.. Very inspirational! The two image on the left, attract me the most. Dunno why, guess it's the colors that do it. Can't wait to see you takin' one of those to the next level, still very early tho. Better slow a bit down and give the rest of us a chance, heh? :D

[FrozZT]

Warm up eh? :p Your style seems to work more than well in this theme! Very moody thumbs, like them all and they look really good together, next to eachother like that... My fav is nr 1!
Keep it up! :) Later..

[MichaelZHsee]

gosh ur making us look really bad here sacha with this saucy warm ups,nice mood study and i see ur going more on conceptualising the background instead of characters:)keep it coming bro,so wish to start mine soon but not this week though:D

[Iridyse]

I love #1 and #3! The colours are so rich, really delicious. I so can't wait so see how you develop this, I just know you will do a fantastic job!

*drools*

[madshooter]

Hey Sacha, how are you:) I have been searching your thread, you haven't given a link in your post, but thats okay. Warm up images are real cool:thumbsup: I wish if I could draw like you, my drawing sucks badly:D Waiting to see more All the best for this challenge:thumbsup: and do keep rocking, I know you will:scream:

[nwiz25]

words fail me .... :P



sensational ! ( thats the best )



good luck for the challenge! :P

[ramy badie]

Wow, this is so awesome so far, not that I want you to do a lot of extra work but I'm sort of hoping that you develop a bunch of sketches a bit more, these are all so cool. Good luck, and finish this time! :)

[Continuumx]

Yeah Sacha! I like that sketch! This is going to be a wild one!:thumbsup:

[anostudio]

I love all your Works so mush... good start awesome so far and good luck :thumbsup:

[xric7]

sweet!!it's too great warmup!!i love the pink and purple ones on the left side.look really fantastic.let's see more.cheers bro!!:bounce: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Runecaster]

Wow I am amazed at how you can conceptualize so easily and well!! These all have great merit. I don't have a favorite really since they are all so wonderfully viable. Can't wait to see what else you come up with.

I just began my own sketching but I'm pretty terrified/humbled by all the talent here! o.O

[naetronic]

Wow great concepts, my favorite the bottom right pic. Look forward to updates.
Awesome work keep it up:thumbsup:

[Korline]

whats up man:scream: nice to see you to,:bounce::bounce::bounce:
like your concepts :buttrock:warmups ha?, looks like you're feeling the subject pretty well :twisted:
anyway keep them coming, seeyah:twisted:
cheers:)

[artvandeley]

Hey man, comes as no real surprise you´re joining this one.
Whenever there was an opportunity to create a unique, mind-blowing movieposter,well, this is it !hehe....

What i really mean is: good luck to you :beer:

[Rianti-Wong]

I really love the concept on the bottom left...good luck! wish u the best...

[ReinaldoRomero]

Awesome work, i really like the concept number 3, that ship is fantastic, it reminds me petter pan... warmup hehe

[michael-olszak]

Very nice sketches man. i especially like the top left one. It's got this mistery/ dark feel to it.
Cool stuff, keep it up man.

[flaeticia]

Great update sacha ! i like it a much :)

keep up this work boy ;)

[NinjaA55N]

warming up? or finishing pieces? hehe... good start buddy! and lots of luck in the challenge :)

[Neubius]

yay! hello dude, good luck.


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[SONIC-X]

Aaaah! Some realy exellant sketches.

Good luck!

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160406705_large.jpg
first of all, let me thank you all for the overwhelming feedback. now that i got a clearer pic of the plot, i started rough out the first pics, basically just to get my head around the topic. this is the first of series 2, comerade Mirsky and his arrival... not that any of this will be in the final pic but i found it very fun to create a few more thums and i'll keep on it. :) next in the series follow in the next hours ^^ rock it on mates

[yanbing]

good Hue~ Nice Work.

[ChewyPixels]

Yeah, Mirsky's entry/drop into the chambers really captured my imagination, too.

I really like what you have for this. It would be really interesting to see it further developed.

[TheFirstAngel]

oh my gosh, ^^ didnt expect such a wave of feedback at all, been reading the plot in 2 days and have passed the last gate, now feel lost in a post egyptian ending of a wild ride

so where to start? i just started making very fast sketches of the characters i like and plan to mix something together that more or less builds the plasmatube in this artwork, the charactersheets basically are scenes taken out here and there to keep give my brain some ease, not that it would have been just 2 days reading nonstop and many pictures float unassorted round my mind now, also, i save paticia for last, since doin a fragile cateyed hispanic girl is... erm. hehe, makaron, how did you say that again: spacekittys? rofl, not too far from that i expect, save the fun for last and goin on with a few others i likeed particulary but lets see soon, the pic cries for a layout and i think there's going to be another run for a moviestyle layout for this... or... at least a keyscene that is not chosen yet.
i feel tempted to create a trailer, but since this is the first time since a long period i stand a chance to break my curse and get a piece done, i plan to stick to this in case of finishing in time, do some polyfun... if time left

Air: thanks a lot mate, i think the one of the scene's when things start moving will most probably contain such a lightning, in case i should go for a movielayout, a part of t, or even a small part of death should get that armageddonsunset light set for sure :)

Nomad: thx mate, the tuberide should have the same colorset with a few fireworks when the sequence of the citytrip begins, mainly blue and purple tones, so that mood shall be contained for sure

cok3: Thanks mate. just started on the set designs, not sure jet if i'll get into deep reds, but glad you like the sketch :)

Jose Pardo: thx mate

omer-n: that is a bit complicated, lets sort things out. i left artacademy after a year cuz i gotten a great joboffer, so i never really learnned to paint the classic way as well. basic rule is, paint what you like, the colors in theory result by light, environment and interactions, such as light hits an object, wich has an own base color, then ambience makes a toning, light rebounces and causes inner and outer effects such as transluscent subsurface scattered lightup of a material, specular highlights, reflections, refraction, some are selfilluminated or even ligt themselves, light causes shadows, light has a fall off, light is the essence of visual art. color fall offs usually help the illusion of depht, also, a colormix is the result of countless aspects. much is feeling when i paint, other things are expirieence gained practically mostly things i realized when working in 3d and working with light.
there's other things you can study, paintings of old masters usually are fantastic to understand compositions, weights of colors and their use in amouts. in my own case, i paint how my feeling tells me works, and if not i try again. just make thumbnails, they're done very fast, and you instantly can see if something works or not, also, you often can see things in things, when seeing a piece small scaled in your nav window or however, thumbnailsize. hope that helped

Beelow: haha thx mate u2^^

Queeny: yeah but was a tuff task and 2 days nonstop reading. now i feel ready for this and the pictures in my head start pushing me to move my pen ^^ have fun when yours arrives!

Grin3d: none of them really did, it were mainly exercises. most tecnology in the book is humanbuilt and mainly of nearfuture nature, wich actually doesnt match any of my warmup scribblings, none the less, t was helpful to get into the right mood.
the book is great, that , i can tell now, and i started on the initial designs if the viz. so far wish ya tonsa fun too and hope to see your updates comin' up with your visions of that worlds . i'll meet ya down the corridor ^^

Kmest: errrr, try refresh^^ and may the force be with you as well old friend. :scream:

Calisto: yay red!

GonzaloGolpe: thx mate quiet much the set i'll try hittin for when starting on the tubecity designs, but bout the mood, i think that will drop into a colder type a settings, blue tones and such as for the mood in it has every possebilety, i'll see^^

Mosco loco: argh, 1 more word like that and i'll fly away ^^ you simply are too nice again, best of luck to you too old friend, time to take off ^

Velaron: thans Ismail, you too!:beer:

DeeVad: yay thx bro! errr goodluck in finding the fr version then :) best wishes nad best luck on your debutchallenge then, have lots of fun too and welcome aboard^^

MVDB: hahahaha, i usually am such a snail when it comes to the final steps so i better hold that pace. rofl, glad you like the initial sketching, its so far for me the best part of the fun, once settled on a piece, all i can do is add the decor to the cake, basically, concepts are just pure freedom wich i enjoy very very much :)

Frozzt: rofl, yup warmup^^ thx mate keep it up and l8r^^

MichaelZHsee: rofl, yes and no, i actually started the real work, much will be environmental design, in fact, the chambers, the potatoe^^ and the cities are characters themselves, speciallly the libraries and there much other nice things like the chosts, and 7 alien races, altered human beings, vehicles ill manic litefx, simply tonsa stuff to have fun with! hehe, cant wait to see ya push your startbutton, let it rock

Iridyse: thx a lot mate. yeah, i'll prolly do much environmental painting on this, hope you'll like em

Madshooter: fine thanks mate and you? long time not seen, way too long. rofl, thanks for the int, added the link now ... rofl, yeah, drawing is fun and i could do more of it too^^ so why not give it a shot from time to time mate ;) hehe all the bst and hope to see ya round more frequently

Nwiz:tonsa thanks mate :)

[ArtisticVisions]

Woooo, those concepts look like total "awesomeness" :applause:

Of the first 5 concepts (the "warmups" as you called them), I really like the mood and design of the "red" and "blue-violet" cities (the illustrations have an epic quality to them, definately benifits the Sci-Fi nature of the story). For the new concepts, the upper-left drawing has some interesting action associated with it that's pleasing to the eye (well, my eye, anyway).

Keep 'em coming. :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

Rami Badie: ahahaha stay tuned, there's tonsa more sketches upcoming.... hope you'll enjoy them ;)

ContinuumX: yup its scifi fun time bro, all systems go, lets fire it up:scream: wheeeeeeeeeee

Anostudio: thonsa thanks mate! best of luck to you too

Xric7: thaneez bro! ya, pink n prple with blue and cyan are the main chioice of mine for the further sequence when they taking the citytrip down the corridor :) so far one of the crowning scenes with litefx i have on my plans. meet ya where the singularity starts^^

LM: yeah, the comunity round is a huge inspiration, is it' its so great to see how everyone has his own ways to approach a topic and i can already see this is goin to be just great, since the topic has a huge potential and is definately great fun!

NathanLB: thx mate :)

Jarek: hahaha yep, just gettin my lazy butt to shake off the dust ^^ rofl

Thorsten: rofl, got that, yep plus, well, challenges lets ya meet the crew again, its been a while so great to see evreyone around again! best of luck to you too n enjoy :D

Rianti Wong: thx mate, have fun and goodluck!

Reinaldo Romero: hehe, yeah, ol spice pirateship always have such a feel, but since that was just result of mindless scribbling, more serious approaches shall folow theese days :)

Michael Olsak: thanks a lot! speaking of mystery, i think the ghost beings will be great to designs, looking forward to that with great excitement

Laeticia: Merci Jolie! you too girl

Blaz: thanks bro! same to you! best wishes n have muuuuuuuch fun!

Neubius: wb old friend! goodluck and godspeed

SonicX: thankees!

Yanbing just the second chamber ^^ lol, and not even started seriously to go in deeper, more upcomi^' so stay tuned ^^

JediJuice: yeah its a great scenery, loved the borehole scenario and his wild ride on his landing :) prolly goin to explore that part of concept work in depht, cuz its much fun ^^

Jason: thanks a lot mate, thought in comic bits or storyboard manner when i started pickin frames of my inner movie, and the omnipresent tubelight really was fun to start with. since those are just a few scribblings, next follow in the next hours to continue the trip :)

[calisto]

BEAUTIFULL SKETCHES!!! i love them all!

[ramy badie]

Your thread is always just ridiculously fun to watch, because there are always new random updates, and you work so quickly, keep them coming, I love to see them :D

[anostudio]

wow ... very good SKETCHES keep it up :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[nwiz25]

now this is ' fresh out of d oven! ' very intriguing dude!

love to see more! good luck!

n cheers! :) :P

[fellah]

heheh waw, what a big thread already..!! :D i will take some time when i have some to catch up on your story and all.. but for now i just wanted to reply and wish you good luck, and sayign that the topleft and middle in your last pic looks very cool! i will keep an eye on this and come back later ! :wip:

[MartinNielsen]

Damn, you're a busy bee! How much time do you spend on this per day, including all the reading? Nice drawings again :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160448535_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160448535_large.jpg)

continueing the series, here's another quick sketch, facestudy of Lanier,

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160449402_large.jpg
...prolly goin to do that one again since i feel like i messed it up. but at least i got the jumpsuite down by now so far, quickie of Patricia in the 4rt chamber under the railstation... and it goes on :)

[TheFirstAngel]

Linda: thankees! :)

ramy badie: rofl, comes from i wanna get a picture in my head first of what the composition will look like but most probably, i think it will be a poster (harhar, thats was news huh :p) so i started rough out the componetns, abd select scenes, painting quick sketches of the characters to move on then to create the composition, once i have all major elements sorted out. :)

anostudio: thanks mate :)

nwiz25: yay, 2 speedys for ya then ^^

fellah weeee thanks for the visit ^^! :) thx and best of luck to you too, i'll prolly pick one of those to the final composition as well :) both are fun, prolly the darker one with the borehole desaster, cuz that one is more fun to paint :)

MartinNielsen: lol, not half as busy i as i should, ben chatting half of the evening and having fun to sketch in meantime ^^

more updates tomorrow, more portraits, more scenes :) keeep on rocking mates :)

[spirogyro]

Sacha, I've followed your work for sometime and I think your a great artist. I wish you good luck in this challenge. My "only" critique of your work is the faces that you draw, especially for the females, have very similar features. I know how it is though, sometimes you get happy with something and then all of a sudden one begins to draw eyes the same, lips the same, etc. Try using different shapes and I'm sure it will great.


once again Good Luck!! :thumbsup:

[nwiz25]

wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow

:) hehe ... awesome dude! insane work mate! love it to the core! :P

good luck n have fun! :P >:D<

cheers buddy!:beer:

[daWinky]

Hi Sacha,

nice to discover your visions of "Eon", some inspiring sketches you've made here!
I like the portrait studies very much:thumbsup: ! Looking forward to see more...

-sabrina

[MichaelZHsee]

nice sacha~u've gotten really far now:Dkeep it going mate

[icedeyes]

Everything looks simply amazing as always Sacha... No comments from me... just stopped by to wish you luck with the challenge...

[JamesMK]

Pretty stunning concepts, Sacha - and Patricia looks almost exactly like I imagined her (though with thinner lips to harmonize with her PhD in theoretical physics :D )

You've got green light, move along.

[SONIC-X]

My 2week attemt of Patricia would not get even close to your quick version.

Exellant work!

[bearfoot]

hey sacha



would be great to see a swiss winner of the competition



good luck mate :thumbsup:
and a great start by the way !

[anostudio]

very cool ... I like the colors and pos just wow ... keep it up :scream:

[EhsanD]

very good start ... good luck :thumbsup:

[gpepper]

great work Sacha !

I love the portrait of Patricia.
I thought that lanier was older, don't you think ? Maybe middle age...

[calisto]

she is beautifull!! wonderfull work :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[michael-olszak]

Wow patricia looks kinda hot (if you don't mind me saying ) :)

good work. keep it commin

[Squibbit]

i think if u really put your mind into it u might come up with a different lookin face for once :P


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[MVDB]

Well one thing's for sure, your chars rock! :thumbsup: You just keep on rocking!

[cok3]

she's looks sweet! love the lips :)

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160490305_large.jpg
short analysis how i got there
what causes the impression of a catlike face?
first of all i think a cat has high cheekbonse and curved up, almondshaped eyes, but also, its a button nose.
as for Patricia, it was clear for me in the beginning, a 23 years old fragile girl has a medium wide smooth face, and since she went trough a tragedy, a slightly sad basic expression. but also determination, wich basically led me to the character i created.
well the difference in jaw makes much of between a tiger and a fawn, lets see:
a tigress can kick your butt easily, but that wouldnt have fitted, as well as bambifawn in space, so i went for something in between.
a high forehead usually is a typical cliché for intelligent humans, but also, a childlike feature, so it simply has offered.
as for the nose, i gae her a slightly pointy nose, agressive shaped nosetip, cuz i like that, perky ^^. well, a nose is a very underestimated feature, it makes very much of a humans characters face. as for noses grow with age, i gave her a small nose oc fourse, she's 23^^.
as for her lips, yeah, they are puffy, but not as puffy as my usual girls look like. as for her eyebrows, i went for an agressive angled shape cuz that helps with determination, but thats another thing.
her neck, speaking of fragilety, i chose to give her a relatively thin neck wich helps the feel for a fragile girl...
as for the type of girl looking a but sterotypistic, i paint cute young girls that way, i simply saw her like that, when i read the book and a more detailed semiprofile shot is next on the scedule. here's a bit hiw the faceanalysis was developped. :)

[Neubius]

excellent stuff! i wish the ideas were coming to me as fast.

im thinking a putting the girl in the foreground of mine also... but yours will be much prettier as usual ! ! :(


lol really liking the ideas man.
A

[Golpe]

Cool dude I imagine Patricia like the left sketch, almost like that actress from Lost... don´t know her name hehe, oh yeah, Michelle Rodríguez:

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/uploaded_images/michelle_rodriguez__183063g-725762.jpg

See ya!

[TheFirstAngel]

Spirogyro: i probably woud agree, bu i actually chose to go for a cute young latina girl wich actually is actually more or less around that type, posted a pic to and explaination why. basic proportions for a cute face usually all lie more or less in the same matrix, wich makes them... well... look cute. you might have a look at the sheet, but yes, agree, she's my base type i like to paint, and i think since there's 2 more females to paint, that shouldnt matter much :)

nwiz: thanks mate, well those still are initial sketches, sort of prepares before it comes to the real thing :) glad ya like em mate :)

daWinky: Thanks a lot, i'll show up later today with another series of sketches so stay tuned :)

MichaelZHSee Thx a lot bro

Iced Eyas: Best of luck to you too old friend!

SuperWabbit: yay love your avatar! as for her lips, i didnt make em as puffy as they usually would end up but well, as i said i'll make a more detailed portrait and see how it comes out ^^ yep, i remember she's a bookworm ;) copy wabbit leader, we are ready to go, burst the boosters!

SonicX: hehe, thanks. well speedys arent that precise, so take it easy. painting girls faces is part of my work so i quiet much got down fast painting that part, thou, most of my usual comissioned works girls have pointy ears at the moment ^^

Neil: hahaha would be nice yes, but i never cared much bout the ranking anyways. the fun doin this is simply the best part, and each and every time a great learning process. errrr... I think i'll be just happy to be able to finish at all... rofl, managed more then nuf to fail so ^^

Anostudio: hehe thanks. not much of a pose anyways, she's just standing there wathing the wonders of the greens n the wonderfull lake of the forth chamber, who wouldnt^^

EhasanD: Thanks mate

Gilles: if i remember right he was mid 30, but i should read that again, having an indian touch and dark rings under his eyes, this is more or lesss what came out, but anyways, for the final piece i'll work on a much higher detaillevel, so i think to age him wont be a big problem, simply adding more wrinkles and making him more tired ^^

Calisto: thanks Hon! glad ya like her :)

Michael Olszak: hehe, thankees. tried to do so, californian latina attitude paired with a deep space capable topnotch physican fragile and still stron... this is what came out ^^

Sqib:dooood, wait for the other gurls, ok, she was fun to make and i think i'll move on from that base :) part of mind i made was posted. check the sheet

Neubius: lol, dw, shouldnt be that hard for you to come up with your own cute vision of how patricial looks like :) keep it up mate

GonzaloGolpe: Yep i know Michelle, she's cute and made partitially the base features, the kickassness part of my thoughts. lets say: loved her in fast and the furious, resident evil and lost of course, but she's not fragile enough to fit my vision. she definately is the tigresstype of girls, hot and kicks ass :)

[emrahelmasli]

Great work sacha, i like your style of drawing faces but they look all the same. Why is that? You should differentiate them from each other. That's just me though.
keep it up...

[TheFirstAngel]

Great work sacha, i like your style of drawing faces but they look all the same. Why is that? You should differentiate them from each other. That's just me though.
keep it up...

thanks mate. but i dont think they do. i have my own specific way to paint them and as for simularity, compare the last sheet, appart form the simular lightset and age and ethnicity, there's not really that much i canfind in the 3 faces looking the same. appart from that, when developping a charactes face, the last thing i'd play with is make up or hairstyle wich makes a huge difference as well. cant change the fact i paint young girls in a certain way, thats my style and thats it.

[MartinNielsen]

I just looked through some of your fantastic previous work, and I don't agree that your characters look the same. You have a certain style, and that's a wonderful thing.

After this I really look forward to see your final...

[suture]

Nice sketches Sacha. Keep her going man :thumbsup:

[Try]

Great work Sacha!:thumbsup:
And don't you dare change your style fore nobody!
Why mess wit perfection I say.:)

[Yone]

Hey Sacha,

Great work on your three portraits of Patricia, I still need to get more familiar with the story. I love the way how you´ve broken down the same character into three distinct personailities. I can´t waint to see more of your work in colour.

Your works an inspiration to us all :thumbsup: Keep it up.

[Zapan]

I vote for the Striptease-material-middle chick ... is that a surprise ? :D

Spiffy work Sacha , they're all really cute ...

cheers ,

-Zapan

[OKMER]

Me 2, the middle one.
Not 2 hard,Neither to gentil.
Nice sketches!
So many comments, wonder what happens if you're going more deeply,ha,ha.
May the fun be with you

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160528450_large.jpg
concept sketch for color and style of the city down the corridor, axis city first sketch, outsideview :)

[TheFirstAngel]

MartinNielsenI just looked through some of your fantastic previous work, and I don't agree that your characters look the same. You have a certain style, and that's a wonderful thing.

After this I really look forward to see your final...

thanks mate, i hope ppl now got its my style to work like that when i spend my free time with my stuff. well, i ask myself if anyone would tell others the same stuff again and again and again, sometimes that can be very demotivating and really annoying. was too p***ed off to paint more girls so i started a few environment sketches, here's the first of that series.

riki: thanks bro :)

Try: dont worry mate, i won't change my style. i think its time to stick with what i like and well, there always will be ppl who dont like this or that - pitty they do so but i dont think i can just please everyone, always.

Yone: the study was part of the development and i sticked with 3 cuz 2 is too smove and 1 too tuff. as for this time, my cutie simply will take place and be a small part of the whole story, the bigger thing should be ready to be done when the initial sketch series is down and ready :) i think it was good to do the sheet, and at least those who sing the same song always could give it a closer look to see, there were thoughts, and there are differences... starting from there, the rest is about to be developed when the time comes.

Zapan and omker: rofl, hahah nah the 2nd was too gentil for my taste, besides if you want me to paint a striptease, this wont be the place i'll do that, and not the character to do so :P hehe my choice went on 3, on with the fun and the nextupdate tomorrow after a bit of sleep :)

thanks all for the encouragments, best of luck to you all and keep it up! keep on rocking!

[Vahn]

many & cool updates! keep that up or else....


:p

[Continuumx]

I really like the character sketches, these are right on! I like the style you offer in the challenge its a work of art in character and scene design that just goes well together!

Challenge on!:thumbsup:

[Slav]

hehe gotta love the comrodery :)

thanks for the welcome bud... i would say best of luck but the pages upon pages of comments kind of speak for them selves.

but never the less ... let the challis of rock be raised high against the moon lit sky and the beam of glory illuminate everyone's path toward greatness.

[nwiz25]

sacha ur work has got so much variation and colour, its just magnificent!
love all ur concept sketches! i really adore the use of purple tones in ur imagery! very unique and spellbinding!
i especially like the female sketches u did .. awesome man! just awesome!

cheers dude! n good luck!

[NH]

Impressive !!! :eek: I can't wait for your next upload !!! :bounce:
Good luck ! :thumbsup:

[jddog]

heila sacha, good luck to you too for this contest... Man als usual you rock, I really like you style... The purple color is simply extraordinary, i really like it a lot !

Julien

[michael-olszak]

very nice sarah. awesome

[adib]

Very nice sketches!:thumbsup:

[ThierryS]

Great colours and mood Sacha, well done! I like the way your concept is taking shape. :thumbsup: :bounce:

[OKMER]

This one rocks Sacha!!Maybe some more dark tones..but its an sketch ofcourse,great stuff all around here!!!
Yeeehaaa, Keep m rocking:bounce:

[Cyberone]

hey dude...

just wanted to say the best of luck and all that stuffs
:)

im liking where you are going with you initial sketches.
you work always seems purple to me...lol...interesting..

you know ill be keeping a close eye..lol

go nuts dude :)

cyb

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160581239_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160581239_large.jpg)

just a design sketch for the tuberider, sorry the shodly quality, simply wanted to have it down for initial sketching.
if i got it right its a hybrid air/spacecraft of helicopter, spaceship and airplaine, so i thought the rotatable engines on the side should work as giving it all properties it takes to let it navigate limitless.
more sketches later today :)

[TheFirstAngel]

Vahn: thx mate :)

Tyrone: thanks a lot! well i personally prefer pure fantasy things to do and sciofi on this level is something i havent done for a while. so its a nice getting back on something i enjoyed earlier and left a bit aside, glad youlike my "comeback" to that field :) keep it up mate

Slav: wb old friend, deepspace greets ya ^^ hehe, yeah i'm already quiet "stoned" as the book would say :P


Bouboul: thanks a lot mate :) well i am sketching a bit of tech thingys at the moment, also a frant design i dropped cuz i seen a too simular concept looking around is being redone. hehe stay tuned mate, more updates upcoming, promisse

JDD Dog: thanks a lot old friend. yeah purple offered well for the picture i had of axis city sort of an underwater feel even thought i am not completely happy with the result of the sketch, and i think, also, working half blind doesnt help much either, what looks crisp on one screen wich is overcontrasted looks milky washed out on the other wichis tooo old, replacing that screen as soon as possible so i can see then at least what i am doing ^^

Michael Olsak: thanks mate. hehe but my name is Sasha ^^

Adib: thanks

Thierry: thanks a lot mate, glad you like the sketch. well i actually try, since there's plenty of time to do so to get all aspects of the world i try to create more or less nailed down before i start o a composition, basically just paintng the hellouda ma machine to get all things i have in my mind down on files before the real fun begins :)

Okmer: thanls a lot mate, much appreciated :)

Cyb: rofl, yeah that one was quet purple, but since that wasnt the only sketch i hace on my scedule of environments, i hope a bigger range of colorsets should show up soon :)

here we go again, more sketches later today, thanks for all the continuos encouragements and comments, keep on rocking mates best of luck to you all and have fun ^^

[Conkrys]

MAAAN you got some awesome things commng along here! I bet your biggest problem will be answering all the posts because I'm sure the rest is all under control! Good luck to ya.

[Terro]

Hi Sacha,

I just got to the tube rider part in the book. I'm at where thay are bringing in that verticlw take off plane to lift the tube rider. I'm a little confused from the description in the book. Is the plane the tube rider or will it be used to lift the tube rider. Because in one part they describe it as a holled out jet engine if im not mistaking.

Your early concepts looks great btw.

[lotaH]

Hi!!

Great concepts... however!!

Good luck! ;)

[]'s
Diego

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160610591_large.jpg
just something for the fun of it - made a quick composition of the sketches lurking on my disk, nothing serious, just for fun :)

[TheFirstAngel]

conkrys: thanks a lot mate :) best of luck to you too

Terro: yeah its really hard to figure out how that thing is constructed is it? i think its a 2 piece module that has a shuttle or so, a removable part and is combined able to operate in zero-g?
yeah the thingy is tricky if you find out more let me know ^^

Lotah: hey olf friend! best of luck to you too!

[makaron]

ahhh a sweet spacekitten :bounce:
and have to say.. the tuberider looks cute too :p

[mehmi]

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooow! :love:x3 great work angel! and like i said, i reckon (even though its just a sketch) you could pass that layout sketch as the real thing. my sketches are along the lines of.. line here, line there xD keep it up! :bounce:

[Rianti-Wong]

Nice Composition! love it...although the composition on the lower part a bit weird (the man was cutted in the neck part)
*sorry for my crappy English*
Umm, is the man in the lower part Garry Liener? if that so who's the man on the right? i'm not yet finished reading so im a bit confused...thank you.

[TheFirstAngel]

Rianti-Wong: Umm, is the man in the lower part Garry Lanier? yep its him the other guy is Mirsky, my personal fav appart from Patricia of course, Mirsky was fun to read.
the lower part was just doodled on the fly, tried to make me a mark there for "death" when they drop em bombs n stuff.

mehmi: meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooow! :love:x3 great work i warned you you'll get a walmart froggy knight! i warned you ;)

makaron: thanks sweety, and get welll soon! wanna see you and your gp's go flight!

[ragdoll]

hello! thank you much much for the luck! i wish all the best to you too! so much talent already displayed in your wip! engines ready for blast off! :buttrock:

-rj

[gardogg]

I'm glad to see you in this challenge. You are an inspiration to me. I love the work I see here so far! You work FAST. I'm not even done with the book yet!

[ramy badie]

This is pretty awesome, I came back here with a few new updates that I hadn't seen :D I know you said it's just a quick fun idea, but I think that poster would be really awesome if you made the bottom half all blue, like the words would divide it in half into orange and blue. Anyway, keep having fun, I like watching it happen :D

[nwiz25]

oh man! its all comin together! freakin amazing stuff dude! superb composting!
me loves loves loves :love:... u da man mate!

cheers n good luck!:buttrock:

[warpy]

sash !! who said you can finish it so soon ?

awesome work.

[icedeyes]

Already looking like a very good sci-fi book cover....

[yanbing]

Pretty poster ~ Have all the characteristics of each role.:thumbsup:

[nandlaskar]

hey good luck for the challenge.

[artvandeley]

Big steps! I´m impressed!
Maybe you should put more emphasis on the "worlds within worlds"-part and figure out a way to better sell this idea. Right now it´s blue and red and faces everywhere...

Apart from that already very cool, given the time we still have i really expect nothing less than an outstanding (and this time even finished..harhar) masterpiece from you.

[OKMER]

WHOOHAAA, it's getting hotter and hotter in here,amazing pic!!!Keep m rocking mate!!!:bounce:

[michael-olszak]

amazing sarah. good work. you've got a nice imagination girl

[SONIC-X]

Your not so seriuos comp. looks realy nice.

[lotaH]

Hi Sacha!

Your work, until the moment, is what appears more for the objective of the contest! Congratulations!

I think your problem will be to explore the transition among the images. And up to where I know your work, I wait for a great image.

Congratulations! And good luck!

[anostudio]

awesome man
that great progress .. the colors and compostion are excellent ... wow just keep it up u r great Artist

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[ThierryS]

Nice idea to have it built up like a film poster Sacha. Colours are fab too. Keep that track, it looks good to me:thumbsup:

[ReinaldoRomero]

Hehe i see you are having so much fun, im glad to see people like you over here, make the challenge much more enjoyable :D

btw, looks like a starwars cover hehe :buttrock:

[OKMER]

Did you put some kind a texture above your painting?

Ohhh,Remko so curious,ha,ha

[madshooter]

Tube rider looks cool:thumbsup: Nice movie poster:)

[Climax]

Looking good Sacha! :buttrock:

[coCoKNIght]

now who's the one with too much time? :scream: all your sketches look awesome!! :buttrock:

[Slav]

WAWAWEEWA! iz NICE! i like.

sorry i was watching borat on connan obrian and its kind of rubbing off... XD

but yea, great work man i love the update.

[SOMONSTER]

Superb work,I love it! :thumbsup:

[flaeticia]

hey sacha !
hot thread in the newsletter of the cgsociety :)
Thats excellent !
You make an extraordinary work in this challenge !
great design and great work at this time :)
i follow your thread with of all the attention ;)

[gpepper]

Love it !
I can really imagine this as the next cover of the new edition of the book !

[element5]

Hello Sache,

Nice to see u again and a sweet start, looking forward to more and i better get my butt into gear.... :-)

Cheers Mark

[kmest]

oo sacha,sorry for not posting anything these days...ive been sooo busy but always had a look on your AMAZING pics.....

oki teh latest work is sooooooo O.K.
i like everything in it from the girl,compositions,colors and even the GUY...
and its good to see you came back on your lovely sweety cuty girls.....rock on mate,,,,

and yeah,,,the space ship was great too...good to see you change style from holyplaces and elfs to SCI-FI.....

having an eye on you...

[tlggungor]

wowww this is really great composition and I love all

[mv]

Hey Sacha

I know this poster was just for fun, but still you posted it, so allow me to give you a few crits thatmaybe useful for a future piece :)

First, I gotta say you really got that classical sci fi poster feel, that's cool. But it feels a bit too much square and orthogonal, no real dynamic going in the the overall composition. The title is almost right in the middle, the characters don't really have a relationship between each other, they are just one next to the other and one under them. Check Drew Struzan (http://www.drewstruzan.com/?fa=home)'s work for inspiration for this kind of composition :)

Also , the colors overall feel a bit too saturated , it would be better I think if you used the saturated colors only to focus the eye to some parts of the poster and not all over the place...

keep it up :)

[TheFirstAngel]

Ragdoll: most welcome mate :) glad you like the way i apporach the topic, just trying to get my head around the book and sketching while reading parts again and again. ready to launch, as for my next update, puts on russian accent: this is a testflight, the spacenavigator will spend another few hours orbiting the potatoe, go!

Gary: great to hear old friend! yeah i was kept away from things with a comission yesterday so coming up today with a bit more, hehe, well enjoy the book, its a nice trip that produced in me tons of pictures :)

Ramy: hahaha, yeah i update daily if possible, specially the sketching is very fun and i make tons of lowdetail thumbees to get the story into a visual form- hehe thought i'd frame the blue with sunfire and death, but well, it was just a test wich i shall work out way more when it comes to it, still 3 or more variations of the layout ahead and not even half of the scenes i wanted to paint rougly done yet, glad i still have a bit time to get there :)

nwiz25: thanks a lot mate best of luck and lots of fun to you too

Warpy: hahaha thanks bro. well i am far from even having started yet, all i do is getting the elements dow to be able to get it all in shape. stay tuned, next updates ahead

Icedeyes: thanks mate, yeah thats where i'm heading with this, and if i should have enoug time, i will try to come up with a trailer as well, but first of all, i would like to finish this...

yanbing: thanks mate

cubisis: thanks a lot mate, you too.

Thorsten: agree, well as i said it was just a little composition to have fun with, nice hint so far thanks. since i worked with a high amount of environmental imagery in the prepares yet, i think this should be exactly where i'll head to. haha, thanks a lot mate ^^

Okmer: thanks a lot mate, yay!

Michael Olsak: haha, my name still isnt Sarah, mate, kaas met hagelsag! lol, and i am NOT A GIRL! either way, thanks a lot!

Sonic-X thanks!

Lotah: thanks a lot, i'm giving my best to approach on a simple target: anyone who sees the poster would like to go watch the movie :) as for the challenge, its very fun, i enjoy the topic and i hope you do as well! best of luck to you too!

Anostudio: thanks mate!

Thierry: thanks a lot mate, i intend to do it like that sir! :)

ReinaldoRomero: hahaha thanks! and as for the starwars poster, lol, thanks for the compliment but i am far from having the skills of Drew Struzan and do not intend to let it look like his work :)

Remko: no its much more simple: i copied the pecils of the layoutsketch on top again on a small opacity, for those who see it can see how the composition was built up ^^

Madshooter: tonsa thanks mate ,more techical concepts upcoming in a few mins, as soon as answered all posts :) a red fleet is on their way

Climax: thx bro!

Fabian: hahaha thankees mate, believe me, i am spending my free tie with a bit of scribbling here, the rest of my time is mainly stuffed with things that have pointy ears and runs around in some enchanted forrests. lol

Slav: me sa happy you like ^^ hahaha thx a lot XD

Somonster: thakees

Falbala: thanks you sooooooo much! didn't even know that, i checked and was very happy :) i am very happy you like my start here, and glad you are with me on this trip, will visit you right after the update!

gpepper: thank you so much!

Elelment 5: yay mate, nice to see ya again Mark! hahah yep, start you engines mate, a buncha galaxies awaits you ^^

darth Kmesty: hahaha i dont change at all, its only a spacetrip but my elfs still keep me busy daily, sort of professional elfworldmaker theese days and its still fun to do so XD glad you like the spacetrip, hehe, great to ear you got much work! keep it up and see ya soon bro!

Tolga: thanks a lot!

Mat: thanks for the most constructive crits mate! the next layout hopefully works better, i am still working on prepares but about dynamics and relations 100% correct, i'll pay that much attention net attemp :)
as for saturation, i have no idea how my stuff looks at them moment since both my screens are not callibrated, one is stoneageold and has no contrast anymore at all the other is... rofl, overcontrasted so i work more or less blindly. i will buy a new screen as soon as the next comission is being paid :)

tonsa thanks to all for encouraagement and te constructive crits, you all rock!

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160775917_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160775917_large.jpg)

scubadivers sent and lights go on as Pavel chokes and spits,...

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160776248_large.jpg
the heavy cargo fleet heads towards the asteroid, the scene is inspired by landing and dropships, but basically serves the shipdesign itself. An essential functional design, brachial power. was fun to play russian spacecraft engeneer, the invasion has began :)

[mv]

woow I love the mood and composition in the scubadiving pic O_O

[nwiz25]

:eek: FANTASTIC ! :eek:

absolutely

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wishing u the very best of luck!
cheers dude!

[kmest]

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[ramy badie]

Awesome use of blue tones in the first one, love the subtle lighting and everything, I also like the second one except for the fact that the ships dont look like they are all flying in the same direction, which is a little odd to me, but my eyes may be playing tricks on me. Either way, I know these are still just concept sketches, I feel like you have so much material to work from here already, I really can't wait to see what you ultimately do (guess I've been saying that a lot XD)

[SweD]

OMG...i'm impressed ! love your search and test around caracters and vehicles ! can't wait to see your composition ! your thread really rocks :applause:

[MartinNielsen]

Your ability to bring life, depth and atmosphere into every piece you deliver is outstanding...

[Zephyri]

Just.. wow. The scubadive picture is just... wow. I'd like to see a little more urgency in the diver's pose maybe, like his treading water erratically if that makes sense, so the emotional impact is stronger, but the mood and pallette and especially the depth and viscosity of the water and lights are amazing.

[lotaH]

Lotah: thanks a lot, i'm giving my best to approach on a simple target: anyone who sees the poster would like to go watch the movie :) as for the challenge, its very fun, i enjoy the topic and i hope you do as well! best of luck to you too!


Great Goal!!
Good Luck!

Uau! The ligths is beatiful!! Great!

[]'s
Diego

[PBCastle]

just wanted to say,

outstanding!

your dive concept i really like.
the blue tone you have set up just screams wet.
the only thing that slightly bugs me is everything is following that horizontal line. i kinda wish the diver or the hatch was at a different angle. this could just be me though ( i work in advertising and i kinda have that drilled in my head a bit ).

your second concept is cool, it kinda reminds me of a ships keel
cant' wait to see more on this.

goodluck

-P

[OmeN2501]

O wow - I just love this thread!
Your last Russian dropships ar fantastic - so russian like :D

Gonna watch u closely :]

[notpill]

Yoo, greeatt stuff here Sacha!
I love your sketchin' work.
Keep up, (I'm sit down here to learn.:scream:)

[OKMER]

Great sketch again Sacha!!!Keep em coming, i love this,ha,ha!!!Rock & Roll

[SquishMe]

Fantastic work. Keep it up! :applause:

[anostudio]

FANTASTIC FANTASTIC :applause:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160879215_large.jpg
just a small update, locationsketch 6th chamber :)

[TheFirstAngel]

m@: thanks a lot, that means a lot to me to hear that from you!

nwiz25: thaaaankeees! best of luck to you too, let it rock!

Darth kmesty: yay, thanks!

Ramy: not into the same direction? errrm, the pilots may have sum national drinks with em, you dont know how much fun operation "smirnoff" is cruisin', to the potatoe like that ^^ rofl, it's a RUSSIAN style invasion :p

swed: merci beaucoup mon ami, working on it. about 6 more locations to paint and about 4 or 5 more characters before i can take it to the real thing. glad you like the prepares :)

Martin Nielsen: thanks a lot!

Sam: thanks luv, yeah the scene will be contained in the final shot 99%sure, and i'll try to make him a bit more desperate. glad you like the sketch :)

Lotah: thank you so much and best of luck to you too :)

PBCastle: yep you are right, the straight setup will probably be broken in the final composition in manner fo nice visual guidelines. i exactly know what you mean, but sometimes when i just paint straight forward i simply see what jumps out of the canvas without any further thoughts :p goodluck to you too!

Omen2501: haha, yeah, had so much fun on that, most probably as well cuz i felt back in days of c&c red alert, one of my alltime fav non mmorpg's i played for countless hours ^^

Notpill: Grazie mille Giuliano, glad ya like it. well the sketches i do here are just lowdetaillevel thumbnails to get all the elements previsualized i have in my mind, and serve to remind me what i was about to paint when i stick with the composition then :)

Onkmer: yay, rock n roll! hahaha, no lesser! :buttrock:

Squishme: thanks mate!

Anostudio: Merci beacoup!

thanks alll for the great feedback, now on to a lil sightseeing tour and sum spammin':twisted: :scream:

[nwiz25]

spectacaular work of art dude!

each n every concept maintains its individuality! finest works!

cheers buddy! n good luck! :)

>:D<

[tilite]

Sach...

Good to see you in the comp.. all the best.

I'm still yet to read EON but I must pick it up in the next week so I can understand where you (and the rest of the community) is comming from :S lol

As usual the eye candy looks good :thumbsup:

[adib]

You do so many good comp,I don t know what to chose, VERY GOOD!Anyway you must chose one for the final work,The last one I liked most!:bounce:

[Gunilla]

A lot of lovely concepts here... but the last one is fantastic! I really like the sense of scale in the scene and the coloring is mmmm...

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160924805_large.jpg
since most of you liked the speedpainting session i done on the scubadiver piece, here's another speedpaint, welcome to thistledown city the hanging garden city architecture of the stone :)

[TheFirstAngel]

nwiz25: thanks mate :) well i switch techniques here quiet often, the 6th chamber was a colored pencilscketch while this one is pure speedpaintfun, basically i think its nice to stich medias from time to time so you cimply keep in practice, thou there's days i am tired and cant get a thing right and others i achieve a vision closer. was happy with the result here and it was done in a supeshort time as for its detaillevel s very low, while the 6th chamber took me a half night and it still looked crappy. :p either way, thats how it goes most of the time :)

tilite: thanks a lot mate! yeah the book produced tonso of pictures in me, wich my actual work simply is to bring em down on canvases, basically to remember he elements when i start the poster, but also to see what probably matches with what and where to start or what difficulties i could face.

adib: thanks mate, glad you lke theinitial sketches and thumbnails. this part of the work is very fun, i usually spend a lot of time on the prepares, prviz for me is important and helps to get a clear visioin if something works or not, also, this part is pure freedom while if settled on concept you are just rendering what you decieded to go for.

Gunilla: tons of thanks myte! glad you like the 6th chamber-sketch thou i was a bit frustrated with the result of those 2 posts since i simply couldnt get them as i hoped. at least thats not a tragedy, they are just sketches :)

km now back to character development wich is the part i enjoy much more :)

[jmBoekestein]

Hey some awesome sketches allready !!! WOnder where ou're taking this, it's very original. :bounce:

[nwiz25]

^
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:bowdown:

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u rock!

[DelBoyW]

What can i say this is looking good already...great concept! I like how the city concaves to the interior shape of the asteriod and the scale of the city is huge!! I feel it! Thanks for your comments on my illustrations, goodluck.:)

[Ego]

Holy batman conceptathon! Sacha honey, you make me drool with each concept. They are all great, until you post a new one and then I get confused like a kid in a candy store. Tell me, do you have 'people' plans for this particular concept? :thumbsup:

[MartinNielsen]

Holy crap! You're a true drawing machine!!!

[anostudio]

Really I hope you to win ...

et Bonne chance :thumbsup:

[gpepper]

Wow !
Another great sketches !
I've read "drawing machine", that's right !

[Arc80]

I swear i got so used to your other name (1st Angel).
Anywho, another crazy challenge and you are just busting out those concept sketch (its that cintique of your, hehehe).

Really nice concepts and interesting ideas. Cant wait to see what you choose to develop fully.

I'm not sure if i'll be able to join, but i'll try later on. For now, just here to support my buddies and cheer for you guys.

Goodluck and see you around :rockon:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://www.angel3d.ch/content/challenge/eon/01a_sketches_s3_03_ThisdldwnC_1.jpg

played around a bit on it with m@'s (http://forums.cgsociety.org/m@'s) (mv) brushset, very cool set with tons of nice usefull texture brushes, thanks for the nice set!

JM thanks a lot!

Anostudio: merci beaucoup! :bowdown:

gpepper: lol, nah, so many ideas so little time and not even half of what i wanted to do finished here... lol thx a lot my friend!


archie: yay, glad to see ya her bro! its been quiet a while! hopefully you willl be able to join the fun, would be great to see ya create another awesome piece with a nice scifi topic! best wishes and greets to NYC! keep on rocking!

next update later tonight or tomorrow, keep on rocking! :beer::buttrock:

[zweiDee]

fresh scetchz
the city looks great. nice brushes.
you rock dude:buttrock:

[makaron]

hallo Sacha

and I really like this last one... it´s a true "angel" style in so many ways... :bounce:
except for the lack of kittens... :rolleyes: The colors and the comp are pretty sweet...

[volcano]

very good concept :thumbsup:

[Terro]

Damn this really has an strong impact. I love your rendition of Thistledown.

[daWinky]

Hey Sacha!

Wow, I'm a little speechless to see you're producing one good idea after the other:scream: ...and I feel like Becca here, the sketches are all so good, that I couldn't decide what I like the best...a lot of eyecandy here for sure:thumbsup: ! Love your speedpainting of Thistledown, the only question about it is: wasn't this the hanging/floating cityscape? Anyways, it looks just marvellous...I'm very curious now to see your final choice...sooner or later:D


-sabrina

[jddog]

amazing Sacha, so productive and every sketch bring out cool concepts... and I like this purple dominat colors ;)
jd

[SONIC-X]

Realy creat concepts.

[rawwad]

Whoa! I go late:) Awesome working man, as always sure. Great start, good luck friend!

[NH]

Outstanding ! :eek: ... Damn, your work is amazing dude :thumbsup:
I can't wait for the next one ! :bounce:
Keep it up mate... " BRAVO !" :applause:

[madshooter]

[QUOTE=TheFirstAngel]
http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1160924805_large.jpg


Awesome:thumbsup: Hey also its rocking:buttrock:

[Golpe]

Of course, it´s looking very cool!:thumbsup:

[Neubius]

superb man!

[magnifybehnoo]

nice work, looking for more :thumbsup:

[yanbing]

Beautiful blue hue~:thumbsup:
But .Always what they seem to feel uncomfortable
Personal views:)

[beelow]

Hot stuff sacha! I am liking what I am seeing, anything solid that you are going to stick with at all? Good luck with settling!:thumbsup:

[kmest]

awesome dude:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[MichaelZHsee]

looking really good here sacha,u've gotten so much ahead now:D

[Rudeone]

Awesome Sacha! I love how you emphasise the curve of the chamber and how the city is build along the upward slopes, quite like how I imagined it would look like. Keep it up bro :thumbsup:

[OKMER]

Yoppa Sacha mate!!!hey, really great thread you got going on here,rocking!!!
Like your last sketch!Kind a ZEN feeling in it with purple/gray tones!

Looking forward for your next steps!!!

Keep m rocking and rollin Sacha!!!

[Manzieri]

Hi Sacha! Just entered the Contest!

...but...:eek: ...I see that in a while you have enough material for a full EON Artbook!

Great beginning and nice way to tell the story! Surely Greg Bear will follow your thread with great interest. The visual material building up here is amazing!

May the Inspiration Muse be with you! :)

[TheFirstAngel]

hi all :) been a bit busy with comissions and a few other things i wanted to be done, so i didnt have much time to work on the challenge. done a few more thumbnails and quick sketches, i'll post some of them tomorrow, one i done a few sec's ago was a quick portrait of the characterseries only in b&w but i liked it the way it is

Diego: mesi duuud ^^

Mona: thanks a lot. hehe, yeah more spacekittys soon, promise :)

Volkan: thanks

Terro: thx mate.

Sabrina: rofl, yeah this is just helping stuff for 2 things. if i have some extratime left, a trailer is planed. so none of the sketches will be done for nothing. the poster will contain the main scenes and actors so i thought to be done with em fast and see how it goes with compositin, shapes, structures, i better be prepared and have a clear idea of the components :)
as for the architectural characteristics of thistledown, if i understood it right, there's hanging buildings but also skyscrappers and basically many many levels, tried to bring in a bit of a megacity feel, but was too lazy to polish it really :p hehe, yeah you'll see the compositionsketches the next days, i' almost done with the initial sketches, started storyboarding on the trailerparts as well and think i'll see how it goes this weekend ^^

Julien: hehe thanks mate. yeah since my screens dont show what i paint exactly, its a bit hard for me to get the hue out of the purple, also i like that colorrange ^^ been working on one of the elfpieces before i done that and those are pure purple so i might be stuck with it :P

SonicX: thank you

Tibor: tonsa thanks ol friend

Bouboul: hahaha, thanks a lot mate! welll i'll give my best, more updates this weekend are planed :)

MadShootah: haaha, thanks mate ^^

Gonzalo: muchos gracias

Alwyn: thx!

magnifybehnoo: thanks, working on it

Yanbing: thanks,... well its just a reminder and wont be used in any way. as for the second pass, that was just thought to be a brushtest, wich i done a few more theese days and think i get used to them

Beelow: thx mate gl 2 u 2, how's your 3d going? gettin along?

kmesty: thx bro!

Michael: hahaha, i havent even started yet ^^ just doooooodlin' ^^

Rudy: thanks a lot mate! yeah had just tried bring out what i seen when i read it and hope a more precise version will be accurate ^^

Remko van der kas-chewenen: ;) Zen? lol, omg, i am such a dizzy kid, would know if anything on what i do would lead to enlightment :scream: rock n roll mate ^^

Manzieri: thanks a lot mate! well i don't know if Greg Bear is folling it but i hope he will have fun bowsing all the great entries, can there be a greater tribute than this teamwork based on his work? hehe, i think everyone would enjoy that :) and may Inspiratia be with you too ^^

that goes to all of you ^^

http://www.angel3d.ch/content/3d/wip/masterandservant/01_concept_sml.jpg

may the muse kiss you all ^^

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1161316198_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1161316198_large.jpg)

just an ultra quick sketch of olmi, the liked it as it is for a quick initial sketch, more of a series i done tomorrow when i get them finished :)

keep on rocking mates!

[calisto]

niiiice work sasha!!! i love it!!

[ashiataka]

Hi , You have so much sketches and this is really good for working.As the sketches shows your work will be finish succesfully.Keep working and have fun.Good luck!:thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1161362982_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11653/11653_1161362982_large.jpg)

just another quick layouttest :)

[TheFirstAngel]

Linda: thanks a lot :)

ashiataka: lol, i haven't finished 2 challenges in a row... hope this one will endup different :) best of luck to you too and have fun :)

quick update, working on other layouts, more upcoming this evening :)