Eon (Illustration) Entry: Maciej Frolow

[Nomad]

Interesting challenge however I did not read the book and I`m a little lost in all those book descriptions. I think the best is to make something abstract.

Good luck to all!

[arturro]

Ha! I was sure to find you on this challenge as well :)

I'm also confused by the complexity of the subject. But hopefully
it will make this challenge more interesting. Good luck:thumbsup:

[makaron]

Hallo :)

land good luck to you to... and a lots of fun of course...

[Claireabella]

Good luck with this challenge! :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

looking forward to a kick ass entry :) best of luck, have tonsa fun! :beer::buttrock:

[adonihs]

i wish you luck on this =) hope all goes well!

[Gunilla]

Glad to see you in! And I haven't read the book either .. I plan maybe to just pick some vague description and do something from that. Good luck!

[Wysocki]

Hello, good luck to You ;),
I think, creation of image will be fairest approach which be continuation about this story tale.
Maybe this time .

:thumbsup:

[Nomad]

arturro - yes SF is my favourite theme, I think your too :scream: and yes IMO this is a fair approach to work on something not exactly guided by the book. Good luck and have fun :thumbsup:

makaron - thank you, you too :)

Claireabella - thx

TheFirstAngel - thx, I`m looking forward especially for your awesome images :deal:

adonihs - Thank you. I hope too, I couldn`t finish the last one :shrug:

Gunilla - Glad to see you here too. Yes it`s a good approach you have.

Wysocki - Witam, I`m not sure it`s a good idea, the rules tells about describing what is in the book or in the short descriptions... not in the future...

[ThierryS]

Hi Maciej, good luck, hope you'll find the time to read it. Have fun doing both!:thumbsup:

[Nomad]

Merci Thierry,

Maybe I will buy the book anyway, it`s certainly a good source of infpiration...


I really want to make something almost abstract for the illustration challenge, something nice and inspirational and not precise and realistic... a sort of well devopped concept sketch :arteest:

[Nomad]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1160175670_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1160175670_large.jpg)

Ok let`s start with something.. as I wrote somewhere I want to make an abstract concept to not be penalised by the fact I did not read the book (and probably will not have the time to read it).

Anyway I read somewhere thers a harbor with ships so this is a verry vertical image with a platform on the left where some ships will start.

Any comments are welcome.

[nwiz25]

wow!! very nice start indeed!!

are u gonna add a ship over there ??? ... or someone waiting on the platform ... ?? ...

hehe ... man! cant wait to c d updates! :) :) :) :)

[TheFirstAngel]

nice layout :)

[AIR]

I like the idea,,and foremost,,the use of 3D for getting the foundation and correct ligting and shadows..
keep this up man,,should work out just well :thumbsup:

[MVDB]

Very nice 3d concept/sketch! I can see the harbor already with a ship just ariving. Nice concept!
Keep going..

[Wysocki]

Hmm, :thumbsup: looks good it will be in 3D or 2D ?? Maybe create some poster picture will be bright idea ;) . . .

[Nomad]

nwiz25 - thx, yes I will add ships starting, landing etc...

TheFirstAngel - thank you, I have to work alot to well balance the layout

AIRz - thx, yes 3d to set up the lighting and certainly alot of 2d to finish the details, especially the textures...

MVDB - glad to read you see already the harbor :)

Wysocki - thx - I`m making a mix od 2d and 3d... certainly the final result will look as a realistic painting... I`m ofted creating complex 3d shapes but making textures on the final image... all depends what will be faster to do. A poster? yes it have to be iconic and the concept must speak by itself.

[Nomad]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1160228187_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1160228187_large.jpg)

Next progress on the sketch, I have refined the buildings with a little more details and added a ship.
I`m not sure about lighting, it looks too much as a Coruscant Star Wars scene. I`m thinking to make something closer to the first one or something darker. No idea if there is a sunrise and sunset in the Chamber heh.

[ukitel]

I like the buildings, I'm waiting to see them textured... good luck!

[nwiz25]

oh man!! :O now we're getting somewhere!! this is real cool! very inviting!! :P

cant wait to c more dude!

good luck!

[Nomad]

ukitel - thx, not too fast with the textures... I`m not sure about the whole idea ... just exploring and getting comments :D

nwiz25 - thank you. Yes it looks as a strong concept but I`m afraid it`s too much used in many images... something more original maybe...

[Nomad]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1160240659_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1160240659_large.jpg)

Back to the first mood... I added also some light and fog...

[Continuumx]

Wonderful visionary start to a great entry and challenge!:thumbsup:

[Nomad]

Continuumx - thank you for your kind words :) I`m stil thinking about the shapes of the buildings to make them more original... maybe more based on triangle shapes...

[Continuumx]

Continuumx - thank you for your kind words :) I`m stil thinking about the shapes of the buildings to make them more original... maybe more based on triangle shapes...

Thanks! The shape are wonderful that you have, maybe something closer in the foreground.

[ramy badie]

This is looking really great so far, I can't wait to see it come together! I know this is just a concept sketch, but I'd like to see some harsher lines, right now it all looks a bit soft to me, so it looks a bit like a clay model. I feel like this one is going to be awesome, keep up the good work :)

[NinjaA55N]

hehe.. I feel u man :) Im also a bit confused about those describtions, but we'll manage to do something, at least for our portfolio hehe.. good luck!

[rahulmehta]

hello,

good start , only one suggestion....use good camera angle..
best of luck.

[Nomad]

Continuumx - thx, yes of course there will be many things in the forground.

ramy badie - thank you, harsher lines you say? good idea... I still thinking about the design of the buildings... more human like or more alien like... this is the question...

NinjaA55N - yes a piece for the portfolio is a good motivation :D

rahulmehta - thx, what do you mean by good camera angle?

[cok3]

This is coming along great Nomad! I like the contrasts. keep it up buddy :thumbsup:

[SquishMe]

Hi there
I really like the hard and soft lighting. Very stylish picture.
Good luck

[agou]

Great composition. I like the abstract side of the picture, even if it's for the moment a concept picture.
Keep it up!

[OKMER]

Yap,already feel like I wanna have an appartment around there;ha,ha.
Indeed nice layout and great start,very open still.

U 2 have great fun

[Jakyll]

Hi

I have the same problem like you. I don`t have the time to read the book. But i think you do it well. The picture have a future look. And the town can be everywhere in the story of EON.

Go on. Very cool!

[jddog]

Really like your image, a great start you have here :thumbsup: and good luck fro the contest...
jd

[Nomad]

cok3 - thx, I`ll keep that way :)

SquishMe - thank you, I`m not sure about the light yet. I`m thinking how can be the light from a plasma tube... certainly softer... I`ll make some tests soon.

agou - thx, glad you like the abstract side of the image... I`m thinking from the start to make it abstract without a really defined clear aspect and function of the buildings. I`ll add just more details to keep the viewers eye busy :D

OKMER - thank you for the kind words, well... appartments are expensive at the 54554 floor :D

Jakyll - thx, yes I agree with you, I want to make this image without a particular location in the stone or out... it will be just in the future because of spaceships.

jddog - thank you, good luck to you too :)

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! i kept looking at ur concept .. and one of ships especially the distant one
( i think :P) gave me an idea ... this is a city ( if im not mistaken ) ...
how about u add more n more of em .. ?

really wanna c d updates! :) :) :) :)

cheers dude! n good luck! :)

[Nomad]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1160649620_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1160649620_large.jpg)

Just the background buildings... I refined them and added a structure. I`m not still sure about this image... seems too far from the story... maybe I`ll use those buildings on some more EON related image... in a cylinder somewhere... or I just have to recompose the view and integrate a background with a panorama inside a chamber...

[Nomad]

Finally my book arrived :bounce: I already read 100 pages, it`s really good and of course it changed all my approach to the illustration :D ...hope to start something new in the coming week.

[OKMER]

Ha,ha good luck and fun reading the book mate!!!Curious where you'll come up with after you finished it!:beer:

[TheFirstAngel]

enjoy the book then ^^^
cant wait to see what it does to you, enjoy getting "stoned" :scream::beer:

[Continuumx]

Yeah, its a roller coaster! At some point, you will get so pulled in that you will not want to put the book down! Let us know when you arrive back to our "GATE"!

[Nomad]

Woaaaah I just finished the book yesterday at 2am :scream:

It`s GREAT, nothing to add just for those who haven`t read it... read it now! :D

I loved all the story and the great universe(s) described in.


Continuumx, TheFirstAngel and OKMER thanks for the comments... it`s now time for me to choose a scene to devlopp for the challenge :bounce:

[Suirebit]

Good start :) Let's see were you're heading at. Too bad I don't have the time to read the book :(

[Nomad]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1161866197_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1161866197_large.jpg)

I think I have a nice idea to devlopp here. It will be a scene near the whole Axis City inside the Way. With all his connections, roads etc.
Something maybe more artistic and (may the author excuse me) not following exaclty what is described in the book.
But maybe the challenge is to show his own vision of all this fantastic world too?

Anyway, first I will show how I`m building the Axis City. Starting with a flat cube...

[Nomad]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1161866536_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1161866536_large.jpg)

... and this is how to make the spiral pyramids described in the book. Just by using a cloned flat cube.

After creating a rought model of the whole city I will make a visualisation of my idea.

[Nomad]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1161868806_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11724/11724_1161868806_large.jpg)

.. and here is the whole low poly 3d model. Now the question if it`s correct... ? Also the next steps are to model the Way and his roads to establish a first view of the whole thing.

Comments are warmly welcome.

[tastatura]

interesting stuff going around here :)

[Nomad]

tastatura - thank you, I hope to make some updates soon

[arturro]

I see that here you're doing fine as well :thumbsup:
I'm waiting for some more updates to comment on them. I don't feel yet what will happen here. But looks encouragingly.
best of luck!
Artur

[Nomad]

Hello buddy! Thanks for the comments... yes this is not too much done here... but I promess to start working on this soon... I have finally a concept and will devlopp it quickely.

[brrrhmmm]

Side by Side comparisons So that you know who is doing

what in the illustration category of the eon challenge only.

Classifier followed by artists.

: Strong/Beautiful Foreground Potraits with EON elements in the background.

Movie Posters theme.

Characters in dramatic poses.

Characters have detailed skin,muscle and skeletal structures.



Linda Luksic(Based on Sacha Word Of Mouth)

Linda Smith

William Leafe

Raffy Encarnacion Dermawan

Marco Alejandro Castelan Morales

John Streider

Radu Bogdan Boeru

Tiberius Viris

Sacha angel diener

Niklas Frostgard

Michael van den bosch

sandra bott

michael dashow

nabil hamadi

alwyn talbot

timur kiryashov

damir g martin

Nathan L Bachelder

Daniel lu visi

Maurizio Manzieri

dale thomas

ego lataire

rune rask

guo jian

hugo araujo

: massive architectures,detailed cityscapes,plasma tubes,huge eon elements viewed in the distance in the style of grand space opera with miniscule,faceless,diminutive men ,women and all terrain machines reacting and responding to the environment.



Timur Kiryashov

Mark Goldsworthy

Roman Bernhard Eppstein

Raffy Encarnacion Dermawan

Tiberius Virius

remko troost

tolgahan gungor

torsten wolber

nathaniel west

ramy badie

bryce smith

martin nielsen

emrah elmasli

mauricio alvarado kladt

prabath wijayantha

maciej frolow

nilesh ambekar

constantinos krystallis

greg kaperski

adrian fekete

reinaldoromero

marcin j. nikiforuk

james nelms

maurizio manzieri

jarek sznytzer

Derek wilson

Nazirull Safry Paijo

Daniel justin bird

dale thomas

erik linden

rune rask

david freeman

ori arad

markus graf

ali jalali

raffy encarnacion

alex kelly

jennifer Kathleen Phillips

: air ,sea atmosperics featuring natural elements of islands,skies blend into a grand sense of scale.Includes Tree elements.Gaia oriented.Mountain views and Spectacular chamber vistas. Sky atmospherics

lei huang

adrian baluta

gonzalo golpe

gunilla elam

jonathan colvin

guo jian

oscar jostedt

brian Slayton

yann tisseron

yaroslav kravchenko



: party scene with the character interacting and gossiping

Parties gathered at gate opening

Radu Bogdan Boeru

nekomouse

Phillip Buchanan

: wonderful sense of humor even black humor and caricature

Torsten Wolber

per trystad

mark david

: action packed conflict with eon elements in the backdrop and lots of machines,ships,cities and soldiers

thierry schiel

paul hume

: entire cities,planetary bodies,asteroids,weather systems,gates,singularities,flawships and space vehicles in awe inspiring perspectives with large scale explosions.Ships have beautiful designs.Space Atmospherics.



Phillip Buchanan

Dmitri G Michniouk

Mark Alford

sacha angel

neville de souza

prabath wijayantha

greg kaperski

mona eriksson

attilla kurt

vladimir davidenko

paul b castillo

juha kamarainen

mauricio alvarado kladt

joel carlo

shawn andrews

matt benya

Derek Wilson

blaz porenta

oscar jostedt

pavel elagin

yann tisseron

blaz porenta

: detailed explanatory tutorials

sacha angel

matt benya

[fO_o]

Hello! Nice model....expecially the spiral pyramid. waiting to see more!

Good luck!

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