Eon (Illustration) Entry: Blaz Porenta

[NinjaA55N]

Knock knock.. testing... works :) So this time is 2d and 3d together? huh! best wishes to everyone and lots of luck!

[Nomad]

Works, works :D and yes a new choice to mix 2d and 3d guys. Sounds interesting...

Good luck to you :thumbsup:

[LexLe]

Hi Blaz!
Good luck!

[Rudeone]

Woohoo the ninja has joined, good to see ur in again Blaz :)
Good luck and have fun dude, looking forward to see what you come up with this time.

[jmBoekestein]

GLad to see you've joined, can't wait to see your funky ideas on this one!!! :thumbsup:

[MichaelZHsee]

good luck blaz,i'm sure this one will rock big time:thumbsup:

[MVDB]

Best of luck to you!
Make us drop our jaw, like you always do, when you show us your newest work..
Most of all, "Have fun!"

[andreasrocha]

Blaz is back...alright!

[TheFirstAngel]

yay, was about time you show here up too ^^ rofl. best of luck mate and have much fun! let it rock! :buttrock::beer::Scream:

[Zephyri]

*sobs into her sleeve* aw dang, the master hath joined, there go my chances. :p Can't wait to see what you come up with. *subscribed*

[beelow]

Sup Blaz, welcome back to the challenge! Good luck in thunderdome and cgchallenge!

[Vahn]

welcome, good to see you participating :D

[NinjaA55N]

Thnx buddies! I'll start fully participating somewhere next week, coz of the illnes that got me at the moment.

Thnx to all for nice comments already and to TheFirstAngel and michael who informed me about the challenge :)

Zephyri: hahaha.. like I won any of the past challenges hahaha :D

[calisto]

Hi Blaz, wellcome to the challenge :D

[walrus]

Hey, Blaz, good to see you back again! Looking forward to see what you come up with!

-mike

[ArtisticVisions]

Always a fan of your entries, Blaz - looking forward to seeing what you create for this Challenge.

[gu]

good luck dude!! Hope you get lots of creativity! see ya on the road!
Cheers

[MrFreeman]

:thumbsup: :bounce: Good Luck Blaz

Always think your entries are fantastic, so good luck

Mr Freeman :applause:

[NinjaA55N]

thnx for all nice words ppl! :) Nice to see lots of familiar faces in this challenge!

I quickly overviewed the describtion of EON and I think I alredy find a theme that I wanna paint it. I'll go for the Death scene, and will try to catch the very next moment after fire blazes the whole city away. I guess it would look like after an atomic bomb is being dropped and u can still see fire wind going away from u, while u r standing in the ground zero. Lots of destruction, smoke and ashes, red sky, ppl and buildings which have been there r still standing at the same spot not knowing what hit them... although they r all dead.

[Slav]

yo yo my ninjarific friend! best of luck to you and cant wait to see whats going down on your end.

[OKMER]

Hi Ninja, Nice to see you here again!!!Enjoy and Rock&Roll

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1160923941_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1160923941_large.jpg)

OK, thats my first step describing the Death part. Its still not as close as I wanna make it, but its a first step :) A short describtion of a pic should be a few posts higher. Thnx for any thoughts!

[TheFirstAngel]

blaz that work on the mood is just awesome! absolutely great work, top notch! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
keep on rocking! :beer::buttrock:

[NathanielWest]

This has a great emotional quality so far! Glad to see you here!

[mv]

looks cool, I like the mood and the pov... maybe put the camera even lower, same height as the characters? usually more dramatic.

Maybe you can try to vary the color palete a bit, some hints of blue or grey coming from the sky and lighting some parts?

keep it up!

[adib]

Nice comp you got there,good luck to you!

[NinjaA55N]

thnx buddies!

TheFirstAngel: thnx! Im trying to catch the right mood at the moment.. not so much happy with the composition and other stuff, but Im glad that that thing is working for u.

NathanielWest: same as to Angel, thnx for comfirming that Im on the right track!

mv: great suggestions! on my next sketches there will be lower angle of the camera and there will be some more colors. Dont wanna create so monochromatic piece as its at the moment. Im also thinking of a landscape format.. to get the whole environment in it, not just some buildings. thnx!

adib: thmx to u as well! Will try some more versions of the composition anyway, to find which one suits best.

[mv]

landscape format can be great that's sure, but I think you have a nice idea with this format too, but what it lacks to justify this format, is some subject in the upper half of the pic, I think. Maybe some elements suggesting a story, a crashing helicopter, I don't know. Something happening more than just fire.

[tlggungor]

Really good viewpoint :arteest:

[elnady]

Great start
wish u Good luck :)

[OKMER]

It's getting hot in here,..so take off all your cl.....HA,ha...
Really nice start, great mood in the pic!
I agree with mv for the angle;could be more dramatic
Anyway great colors and looking forward for how you'll work out death!!!

[nwiz25]

i agree with Remko! :bounce: hot hot hot! :eek:this concepts on fire man!
wohooooooooooooo! awesome! cant wait to c this is in detail! :P

cheers dude n good luck for da challenge! :) :) :) :)

[beelow]

Sweet deal blaz! Good luck with your entry!:thumbsup:

[MichaelZHsee]

man blaz~u nailed the mood right on,fantastic start mate,keep it coming:thumbsup:

[Staszek]

wow! greate idea! im burning!! composition looks nice - colours - hot like hell :)
nice

[rawwad]

Nice concept, Good luck Blaz:thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

hot stuff by word, keep it up mate, looks promissing! go go go Blaz! :bounce::bounce::bounce:

[Ernest Burden]

Damn, thats good! The Death, indeed.

I would almost say 'stop drawing, you're done'. Sometimes you nail it early. But you are still working, so I will add some suggestions. I love the suggestion of large 'shards' like giant teeth coming down on the humans. Maybe darken some of the vertical elements seen in the center and right, those bits of architecture. That will heighten the contrast to the fire elements. I also love the bits of fire seen at ground level. Its not just raining fire and death, its coming from the ground itself.

I would like to see more defined humans, not more detailed but perhaps darker, perhaps a few larger. Having the ragged edges is perfect--the fire is tearing at their very shape.

A great start!

[MatejaPetkovic]

..... is going to be the " hotest" one.

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1163880442_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1163880442_large.jpg)

hi guyz and gals! Long time no see, lots of work here. Today I finally found some spare time to use it on this project, so here is another sketch. I listened to ur suggestions and I think its much better than my first try. Thnx a lot! U r in great help :)
Now lets go give some comments to u. cya!

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1163881886_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1163881886_large.jpg)

As soon as I submitted a second sketch, I found some problems with the building.. I know I have a lot more work on architecture, but I also might add some more destruction. So much for now.

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1163893308_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1163893308_large.jpg)

Heh, cant stop once Im back in the game.. here is another update, I widen the canvas size and did some more work on the buildings.

[beelow]

Blaz is back in action! great to have you back here.:thumbsup: How is thunderdome?:shrug:

[NinjaA55N]

hello beelow, my friend! Yea, Im back.. and I hope I'll succesfully finish the challenge... not like thunderdome, where I did it in last 30 minutes.. unfortunately literally. But those guyz would probably kick my ass anyway :D

[tingham]

It's amazing what you're doing with the circular brush in this piece. I keep trying to work something up that looks half as good and I keep falling back to using texture brushes.

[Ivy00]

I like the perspective view in the Portrait better than the Landscape, it makes me feel like I am looking up at what is coming and saying help me God.

[prabath]

Hey Blaz,I love what you`ve done here.I did like the last one for its own qualities but this one makes it stand out even more.

Cheers!

[walrus]

Gorgeous work so far, Blaz! Really like the extreme palette and contrast you're going for. The wider canvas looks nice, but have you considerred moving that primary character a bit out of the center, maybe over to the left a bit more? Just an idea, maybe make the figure 1/3 of the way over from the left side... but no matterr what, looking really good!

-mike

[monochromed]

Fantasic atmosphere. This looks like burning hell :)

[TheFirstAngel]

very nice atmospheric first pass. enlarging the canvas acually was a nice step too, no vriz yet, just keep on going :) rock on! :beer::buttrock::wip:

[Nazirull]

Imposing....no less....the smell of inevitable death.

Kind of listening to

Marilyn Manson, 'Astonishing Panorama of the end times'

.........i just love dark theme....

[icedeyes]

Wow:eek:... looks like a scene straight out of a destruction movie... It looks absolutelly great...

[Slav]

its soo loose! yet soo pertty! :D gogo!:applause:

[Squibbit]

sweet pic, dude, powerful stuff :thumbsup:


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[element5]

:thumbsup: Blaz dude u are rocking, fantastic colouring.

[sirBS]

Blaz, it excellent beginning!:thumbsup:

[matthewpl]

I like it already, and waiting for deatail, so far amazing good.

[matlock]

I think the last update looks amazing! Very loose and atmospheric.

[OrO]

It looks so much better with the wide candvas,and the perspective is very dynamic and dramatic..i can allready see the chaos.Also very good pyrotehnic effects even at this level of detail!! can't wait to see what you do next! :thumbsup::drool:

[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.



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.

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



: party scene with the character interacting and gossiping

Parties gathered at gate opening

Radu Bogdan Boeru

nekomouse

: 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.

Dmitri G Michniouk

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

[Silveraxe]

The colors look great and the angle is very dramatic!

Good luck!

[NH]

Impressive colors, amazing perspective, awesome portfolio ...:cry:;)
I'll keep an eye on this promising thread :)
Good luck mate :arteest:

[Arctis]

you've made so much progress !!
Great mood !

[tastatura]

cheers :) m8

I like the color palete that you use :) it gives very strong atmosphere, its wonderfull, e ven with so litle detail work I can feel the scale of the buidlings.
I like that camera angle also very dinamic looking :)
I'll keep my eye on your stuff man...waiting for update

[abscnth]

Incredible movement and colour, and I really do find the pose of the foreground character quite captivating. This will be an awesome piece when finished, looking forward to seeing its development.

Sean

[Terro]

This image still draws me in from glancing at the thumbnail , get back with an update asap man !!.

[comkxj]

very.........nice, it's simple,but the light is very nice

[NinjaA55N]

hi ppl! Thanks for stopping by my piece, although it hasnt been updated for a long time now. Its just that I have so much to do beside this challenge that I rarely find the time to work on it. But I'll finish this one. And now to replies...

tingham: I used to start painting with texture brushes as well, but than I often stuck doing just one part of the image, while I wanted to finish it with details. Now its easier to do an image as a whole, coz u dont get distracted with details until u wanna to. Thnx!

Ivy00: Im just going back to portrait, but I have to widen the canvas size to show some more than just one building... the story is, after all, that the whole continent is burning.. so its hard to imagine that if u see just one statue in a first plan. Thnx!

prabath: thnx! Im glad hearing that Im going to the right direction!

walrus: Im always glad to get a word or two of u :) I already moved the character to the left and ofcors looks 1000 times better. Im open for some more suggestion! thnx

Schnubbi: thnx man!

TheFirstAngel: thnx! I was affraid at first that with widen the canvas will take away that gigantic feeling of the scene, but I think with my next submission I'll fix that with even larger hight.

Nazirull: I'll get that Manson song.. I hope it'll help build even more dramatic scene ;) thnx!

icedeyes: thnx! I'll try keeping it that way.

Slav: thnx buddy!

Squibbit: thnx to u too!

element5: hey man! nice to see u in this challenge as well! thnx for stopping by!

sirBS: Im glad to hear that! thnx

matthewpl: details will come, no worries! thnx

matlock: thank u!

OrO: I hope I wont disapoint u by make a pic more portrait like again.. but its the high that I wanna point out here. Next step is designing the lements for the scene. Thnx for poping in!

brrrhmmm: thnx for showing what ppl r doing! Lots of contestants, hehe..

Silveraxe: thnx, I'll try to keep it warm and chaotic!

bouboul: thnx for watching, and nice crit!

Arctis: thnx man!

tastatura: Im so glad that its already seen what I wanted to point out (scale and chaotic feeling, dynamics and so on). So I guess I can go to the next step of my process than. Yey! thnx

abscnth: I hope I'll finish it and that u'll feel the same than! thnx

Terro: Im tring Im trying hehe.. thnx!

comkxj: thnx man!

[naetronic]

Wow this looks very cool, love the pov youre doing! look forward to your next update man, keep it up:thumbsup:

[Thaldir]

Incredibly strong and dramatic, I keep coming to this thread every time I come to the Challenge forum. The first image was good, but the widened one is even better.
Really looking forward to the developments.

[black-hand-77]

Blaz Porenta is entered in the "Eon Challenge" update: View Challenge Page (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/view_entries.php?challenger=11727)

Latest Update: Concept Art: widen the canvas size
http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1163893308_medium.jpg (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=4015516#post4015516)


U did a very cool job! Fiery colors and a breathtaking architectural design! Just waiting to see your new posts. Good luck!

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1166342047_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1166342047_large.jpg)

I think I'm geting to the final composition now... The format is a portrait like and I think that the scale and depth is reading quite ok now. If u think the same, dont hesitate to let me know so I can go painting and detailing my piece :)

Best regards!

[LightSovereign]

oh wow, just lookin at the different steps, you can see each new piece is a step in the right direction. I love how the smoke and flame effects have smoothed out. also the stronger portrait dimentions work a treat and tighten everything up. truly is a devistating scene..

nice going!

Marley

[fO_o]

Yes the mood and composition is certainly there. Liking it alot at the moment. Cant wait to see the details! :thumbsup:

[shattered-fx]

Hi Blaz,

Its a go for me man!:)..I think youve made some remarkable job on blending and pallete..Ive seen your works, and I know you'll do great on detailing as well !..goodluck bro!:thumbsup:

-raffy

my EON entry

[prabath]

Wow Blaz,no matter how many times you change the format it still looks exceptional.Great work.

Cheers!

[NH]

Still outstanding !
Waiting for details ! Keep it coming !
Cheers

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1166364482_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1166364482_large.jpg)

OK.. this is my last update till.. I dont know when. Now I have to do some stuff for work :/ The update is about a city at the bottom, to clear presentation how big r those buildings that r reaching the sky.
Thnx for suporting me!

[Hideyoshi]

hey man! Thanks for the kind words!

I am totally digging your work of course! The composition and epicness is awesome! :)
Love your brushwork also!

Keep it up!

[Nazirull]

Very kewl...(or izzit infernal hot?)....

I can see some scale play going on there....very effective brushing on the city at the bottom...now i can see hoe big that thing is....what izzit?

[AdamTSC]

Amazing work, extremely expressive. Can't wait to see the next steps!

[Thaldir]

Only one word: WOW!

Not very helpful, I know, but judging from what I've seen you don't seem to *need* help...

Looking very much forward to the next steps, a terrible beauty it has.

[walrus]

Looks like you didn't just add more to the city at the bottom, you also moved the primary character over to about 1/3 of the way from the left - a good compositional choice! It's looking great, Blaz - not helpful feedback but to do your best to find time to finish this. Good luck!

-mike

[Ranath]

This rocks man! Great perspective and pallette! Sorry, nothing constructive, except just finish it up now and don't think of other concepts-- why change the winning team?

[pkneeshaw]

Very nice. Love the comp and colours

[rawwad]

Looks great! Waiting for more updates:)

[Terro]

Woot, an update. I was looking forward to this. We finally get some new detail in.

I love the way your building is starting to take shape, and the composition is also top notch.

[bandro]

Wow!; if i see that painting on a movie theater, i`ll run to see that movie, he he, very cool choice my friend!! can`t wait to see it fully detailed

[ICHOMA]

Looks great to me, Ilike the colors and the ambience.

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1167141703_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1167141703_large.jpg)

Finally! A week off of work and school! Although I really like my job and college, I couldnt wait to free my schedule and come back to EON painting. Here is my next step, color scheme and some more detailing here and there. I did a lot of studying of different art masters and their aproach to work (Church, Dusso, etc... The Art of Star Wars 3 and some other great books). So I hope Im on the right track with my development. Replies to ur great comments r coming soon, thnx for watching!

[nwiz25]

hey man! wishing u and ur family a very merry christmas! :bounce: :love:
http://nwiz25.cgsociety.org/gallery/444492/

cheers! :beer:



> holy cow! ur concepts on fire dude! :buttrock: amazing combination of colours n all! the enormous structure blends very well! :eek: :eek: keep em comin mate! good luck! :thumbsup:

[targus]

Really impressive image, nice colour composition and style.
Well done, man.

Keep on and have a good luck.

[TheFirstAngel]

the sheer power in it gives me chills, absolutely awesome atmosphere and the angle rox. moving back to posterlayout actually works great, the sense of scale is just huge. keep on rocking mate, burning hot work by word :):beer::buttrock:

[leving]

I think you've done an absolutely knock-out job with the color in this piece. Great work!

[ReinaldoRomero]

Hi Blaz, your image is looking great so far... just one thing, in the left corner of the city, if you warp a bit more it could help you in the composition perspective,also if i were you i would move a bit to the right the huge structure because the higlights are just in the geometric center of the composition making the hotspots to lost some focus... I didnt know how to explain good what i mean because of my bad english hehe but i made a diagram... just my opinion but hope it could help you... looking forward on your development.. good luck

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m147/reinaldoromero/ninjahelp.jpg

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1167163032_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1167163032_large.jpg)

I did some changes in the sky, add more dark clouds and smoke (lots of fire and explosions make lots of smoke), and I also start painting first plan (figures). Its so great when u can spend all day on one painting :D

[ICHOMA]

great color palete.
the sensation of fire is incredible.

good luck!

[suture]

Hey absolutely amazing work, it gets my vote 1st 2nd and 3rd :)

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1167220113_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1167220113_large.jpg)

I must say that I have many problems with colors.. It just doesnt give the right impression. And also the tones in the pic dont give the right depth... So if anyone would have some advice on that, I would be mooooost thankful to him.

[OKMER]

Absolutly amazing atmosphere Ninja!!!
just love your painting!!!
Indeed, maybe if you bring in some greener tones in the shadow parts of the pics, i think the warmer tones will even come out more.
Maybe you could try some more blur on the foreground elements,or in the other way on the background to increase even more the depth.
Anyway,just superbe!

[Norberg]

Hi Blaz,

I don´t think you need to worry about the colors, they work great!

[Ranath]

great work! use more cool green for core shadows, and vary your yellows in highlights more.

[Lovas]

Great advances in the project, as we can see! Looks excellent already.

Just be carefull with figures in the foreground - if they get too much detail or even visible faces, they might tend to take the attention from the main part (area of interest) and ruin the composition. Slightly cooler tones for deep shadows, at least in the foreground, might enhance the illustration as well.

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1167418266_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1167418266_large.jpg)

I did some corrections on the sky, especially in the upper right corner, where could u see a fire blaze just fading away from camera view and destructing everything on his way. At the moment there r some cloud photos in the image, but just to show the direction where Im heading to. Next step is to add some more cool tones and colors to first plan (like some of u pointed out.. very good suggestion) to seeprate first plan from background and to make orange in the back to glow more. Thnx for all the support guys!

[Ranath]

wicked! I like the idea of going with just faceless victims of the disaster.. keep at it!

[NinjaA55N]

A friend suggested me to destroy those huge buildings, while the fire blaze would actually do that kind of damage.. so here it is.. and also a flipped version, coz I dont know which one to go with. I uploud the image to my server, coz here isnt allowed to post such big files.

http://www.3delavnica.com/@upload/Ninja_ASSN/eon_preview_flip.jpg

Thnx to all of u for nice comments!

nwiz25: thank u man! and all the best to u and ur family as well :)

targus: thnx man!

TheFirstAngel: thnx buddy! I hope u would like the destroyed building as well.

leving: thnx a bunch!

ReinaldoRomero: thank u so much for a correction and those great advices. Im not sure what did u mean with moving the main buidling, but what concerns the wraping part, I'll do that in my next steps.

ICHOMA: thnx! That means that Im succeeding :D

riki: huh thnx! I wish u would be one of the judges, hehe

OKMER: Hi man! Thnx for stopping by! Im not sure about bluring coz Im going for more hard edged brush strokes here, but Im definetely bringing some cooler tones into the image. As u can already see, there r some blue tones in the foreground now. I hope it helps reading the depth better.

Norberg: thnx man! It means a lot to me to heat such a nice words from u!

Ranath: Thnx man!

Lovas: Hi my friend! So nice to see u poping into my thread. Im really glad to hear a suggestion or two from u. As u see I did use some blue tones in first plan and I think it really works better. And I'll try to keep those figures as simple as they should be. I hope to see u later when I'll do some more progress, to hear what would u have to say than. Its always great to hear ur advices. What about u and EON?

[Manzieri]

I like the flipped version!

A great image unleashing a great sense of action...! :thumbsup:

[OKMER]

Whoo,Ninja,I just love that flip you did!Maybe it is because we were getting used to the pic before but I think it's really really cool!!!(maybe better say hot there!!hé,hé)

If i may say,it's maybe just that the smoke separating the foreground from the big building that takes a bit away our eye too much from the rest, and i got a bit a less depth feeling in that part of the pic(sorry,but difficult to tell in english,hope you understand.)
Anyway,really love your work mate!!
Merry X mas and a very happy yew near!!!
:beer:

[LightSovereign]

i like the swift movement of the original comp better. personally, but the flipped version draws more attention to the sunlight cast thru the buildings, bottom right with the characters, that is better. but i don't like the angled land supporting the building in that version..hehe so i go for the original composition..

of course just my tastes.

jaw dropping regardless.

Marley

[bluepen]

Your fire looks freaking awesome! you've done perfect moods with the environment. Good luck bro!

[prabath]

Hey Blaz nice work here.One thing though,if you`re trying to make this piece look bad,well, you just can`t.No matter how many takes you do with it,it still looks absolutely stunning.

Cheers!

[walrus]

Hi, Blaz. Happy New Year!
I think the composition with the character on the left and the building on the right works much better. It's because of the city in the lower right. Because it is angled upwards, the the fire is providing stripes of light that guide the eye. When your eye gets to the lower right corner, the lines of fire in the city cut the eye off from leaving the page and curve it back upwards back into the scene, which is of course what you want any good composition to do: Keep the eye from falling off the page. The flipped composition's lower right corner almost acts as an arrow pointing the viewer off the page.

Just my thoughts on it. Good luck!

-mike

[Ranath]

I wouldn't go with the flipped version. The original seemed to direct the eye better to the huge firestorm at the base of the large building, which I think is the point. In the flipped version eye naturally wants to move away from the explosion (because western people are used to read images from left to right rather than right to left)

[Thaldir]

Another vote for the original version, here.

In the flipped one my eyes go around a bit, then slide off the image, the original keeps my attention on the details way longer.

[CodeNothing]

Beautifull! My only crit would be to maybe drop your middle levels down a little bit to boost some contrast. I feel the center of the image is looking a tiny bit flat.

LOVE your fire! Looking awsome!

[Slav]

blaz you rock as per the usual. i just want to see more updates! :wip::wip::wip:

[gpepper]

Wow ! amazing stuff ! great composition !

[Golpe]

I think someone left the burner on, hohoh:scream: HI THERE! how long since we don´t talk!Your work, as always, impressive! KA BOOOM!!:twisted:

[Nomad]

Wow your last finishings are awesome :applause:


Good luck in the final line and Happy New Year :bounce:

[HFix]

Great work!! its so pretty!! i must say i do love the people on fire :) cant wait for the final!!

-Eon Link-
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?postid=4109615

[MichaelZHsee]

i'm loving this mate,ur in my winners list for sure

all the best and good luck in the finals.happy new year to ya:thumbsup:

[Aura]

You should bomb the top of that big building.

[Falcorr]

Nice details. No doubt you will finish this in time :)
Yet another notch in your gallery of finished works.
Bye!

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1168174414_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1168174414_large.jpg)

o boy o boy.. this challenge will end in one week! damn! I hope I'll manage to finish it. I thought it is till end of this month :/ Well, here is an update, hope u like the changes.

Best,
blaz

[NinjaA55N]

thnx for so much great comments guys/gals, it really means a lot to me. Here is one another quick update I did.. (not uplouded here on server). Some fire ring details on the main building. I hope it helps read the size of it and adds something to the destruction.

http://www.3delavnica.com/portfolio/Ninja_ASSN/galerija/1026219523.jpg

[walrus]

Looking great, Blaz! I'm not sure what else you have planned, but 8 days should be plenty: This piece has so much drama to it that there's very little stopping you from calling it done now and few would worry about it! The main area grabbing me as unfinished is the lower left, those stairs you started to sketch in and didn't complete. But as for the rest, curious to know what else you have in store (guess I'll see over the next 8 days!) But either way, fantastic work!

-mike

[NinjaA55N]

hi walrus! Thnx for stopping by. I always love to reads ur comments, there is so much to pull out of them. About my piece.. the sky is just a sketch, as well as stairs and a part of that ruins in the upper left corner. I also plan to add some more defined shapes to the background and show a chaos in the back of the main building. All I've done till now was paiting in 25% of original size, so u can imagine how it looks if u close it up :( messed up completely, without details. And more than Im looking at this piece and compare it to all master pieces in CG talk gallery, more I see how far is it from what I imagined at the start. I just cant see depth in my piece, colors r frustrating me, and so on...

[leving]

I hate to be a downer, but I really liked the previous image better than the latest post. I think the details on the main building were more engaging and the image had a bit more meaning. The colors and theme are still great, but I just liked the detail better in the previous post. My two cents, regardless it's an outstanding composition!

[naetronic]

Hey Blaz love the update man! a few more hours of refining right!? Hope you finish man:)

[LightSovereign]

Gorgeous work!. i do rpreffer your building to have more glowing embers, than not. i preffer the builing with more light, just so you can see it more than just a silhouette. the deifferent textures for the patterns add more aggression back into the image, from the previous update.
gorgeous!.

[Terro]

Beautifull progress Blaz, just looking atthis image make me feel as if I'm next to a fire. It really has a kick to it.

[TheFirstAngel]

the piece actually is really strong. with a few colorfalloffs to help depht a bit, it proly is one of the strongest entries. hehe 7 days to polish it - it already is an instant eyecatcher, so bring it to the end it deserves:D keep on rocking!

[rawwad]

Absolutlz great work Blaz! Looks fantastic, for me one of your best work. Keep working and finish it at time:thumbsup:

[Neubius]

absolutely georgeous man, really strong peice!


good luck

[prabath]

If I am to describe this in one word:Fantastic.Blaz this is an awesome job you`re doing.I totally dig this image.wish I could have come up with the concept first.(Hee Hee)Anyways make sure you are done by the 15 th.All the best to you.

Cheers!

[flyingP]

Very Nice! Blaz, love the Drama in it, only thing that bugs me a bit personally is I have the feeling that the elements are floating a bit and are sort of disjointed....bit hard to explain...sharp details in the background, misty midground, and sharp foreground, to me it's confusing the feeling of depth a bit, seriously just a personal opinion and what struck first after the "Wow!" :D

[nwiz25]

hey Blaz! i simply adore ur work! :eek: the first thing that catches my attention is the fiery blazing colour! love it to the core! :love: :eek:
hehehe .. now that 21 days are left .. ( thank god!) me cant wait to c the final piece! :bounce:


wishing u the very best of luck dude! :thumbsup:

[NinjaA55N]

thnx folx! Im doing some big changes again... well, not so big after all, just some upgrades. U'll see while I'll post them during the weekend. And thnx god (=jury) to extend the deadline. Otherwise I really wouldnt be able to finish it. Its end of the first semester in school and the company that Im working for needs to release a demo for a publisher.. so u could imagine what kind of chaos is here. yey to the judges :D and to u folx for keeping me going!

[beelow]

Just gotta get those foreground elements to match up with the background that's all. Midground seems kinda skewed, or a weirdness happening as well. I love the texture and there is definitely overpowering feeling happening with the structures in the background against the defenseless city down towards the bottom of the canvas. Your choice of colors are sexy as always!:thumbsup:

[Golpe]

Come´on Blaz, finish this piece!! hehe, one of my favs:thumbsup: :thumbsup: go on ,go on! =)

[Fahrija]

hi blaz,

I wouldn´t concern much about the colors you´ve choosen. You are nearly the only one using this color range which is refreshing different compared to all blue-filled images. But I know what you mean.

- currently the image is tending to have an analogous color-scheme - maybe it could worth it trying to apply a complementary color-scheme (http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm) on this scene. Keep the established red/orange/yellow for the enlighten parts and use some blue/green for the shadow parts. But I would Keep the red/orange/yellow the dominant color and use the complementary colors blue/green just for accents. Overall this will increase the contrast.

-You also can increase the dramatic look by giving the fire an additional color glow especially on the burning people in the foreground. A wee bit green e.g.

-Maybe the sky at the top doens´t neccessarily needs to be this dark. It could be a bit brighter. That would give you more room to add depth and seperate it better from the foreground building on the left side. but in case the brighter top of the image leads the viewers eye out of the image it is of course better to keep the current situation.

-I very much like the chaos within your image. I hope you can keep this sort of chaos throughout the detailing process. But do not forget to set a center of interest to add a bit control into the chaos. At this stage the viewers eye is jumping around without beeing able to rest somewhere.

Just some response to your great image - I hope some of the suggestions are helpful


best wishes
Fahrija

[black-hand-77]

It's so eyecatching what you did that it almost transmits me the fear of the dark. Apocalyptic and also very well colorized. The atmosphere is delicious (for viewing, of course)! Good luck and keep us posted!:thumbsup:


EON ZOOLAND (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?threadid=415554)

[kbarts]

I love this scene! Good luck!

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1169508536_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1169508536_large.jpg)

I still didnt give up on this piece and I hope I'll be manage to finish it in time. At the moment Im most concentrating on the city, which still gives me the biggest head ache so far. I hope to fix that soon so that I can start detailing the big building and ppl in first plan. Thnx for all the support!

[NinjaA55N]

just some playing with the atmosphere on the lower part of the image and also added some testing textures to the big building, so that I can see if adding details to that structure would work. And a bit bigger image to show details.

http://www.3delavnica.com/@upload/Ninja_ASSN/colors10.jpg

[Edmond]

absolutly fantastic..

nice one

[nwiz25]

outstanding details my friend! :eek: :bounce: :applause: me cant wait for the final piece!

keep em comin mate! good luck as always! :thumbsup:

[walrus]

I like the purple fog tones you've added in the back, Blaz, they really work nicely to distance some portions and bring in some other colors. Have you considerred pullingthose purple-greys out of the foreground character? I mean, he's in the far foreground, so he would have the least grey fog on him: If he had the strongest values, it would really bring him into the foreground... Then, it may make him pop too much, I don't know. But hey, at least it's something to think about: I didn't want to just let you get away with a "Wow, looks great!" post. :)

One other thing to consider: If this is the Death, what about some streaks of fire in the sky, signs of missles or areal bombardment, so it doesn't just look like a city on fire... just a little more to tie it back in with the book.

Anyhow, good luck with it, as always. I still think it looks great. :)

-mike

[NinjaA55N]

thank u nwiz25 and Edmond for the encouragment!

walrus: Im so glad u stopped by again and put some very good suggestions! Those missle streaks really did bring more story to the image as well as lot of dynamics. With this and some ashes and other burned pieces flying around, the pic will become alive I guess. Foreground still needs to wait for further development and detailing but I'll try to seperate those characters from the backgroung as much as I could. Thnx once again!

Do u guyz think that those missle streaks should be replaced with fire streaks? Should I bring more glowing stuff in?
http://www.3delavnica.com/@upload/Ninja_ASSN/colors11.jpg

[nwiz25]

thank u nwiz25 and Edmond for the encouragment!

walrus: Im so glad u stopped by again and put some very good suggestions! Those missle streaks really did bring more story to the image as well as lot of dynamics. With this and some ashes and other burned pieces flying around, the pic will become alive I guess. Foreground still needs to wait for further development and detailing but I'll try to seperate those characters from the backgroung as much as I could. Thnx once again!

Do u guyz think that those missle streaks should be replaced with fire streaks? Should I bring more glowing stuff in?



hey buddy! me always there to help! :bounce:

yup .. i do agree with Mike:p

in fact to be very honest .. i totally missed out what he pointed out ... theres so much in ur artwork that it never hit me as what i had to analyse in order to suggest something new... :blush: ... yikes!

neways .. as to what u asked .. yup .. i think some glow ought to do the trick and make the scene 'blaze!' :eek: ... also .. how about some dark dust particles? make the viewer imagine that he's right there! eyes burning ... choking with all the smoke and dust ... :eek:



plus ... i did a lil smthin for u :D .. i saved ur work and added 3 elements/FX in photoshop ... play with these layers and add ur own stuff to it ... go crazy dude! :buttrock: especially the 'gradient circle' it has a dodge blending mode added to it ... so if u move it around ur artwork .. u can get some cool effects ... so modifications galore! :eek:

heres the download link :

http://rapidshare.com/files/13125254/tryout.psd.html


once u click the free button ... just wait for it load ... ur download ticket will be reserved


have fun buddy! hope this helps ya :p


good luck! :thumbsup:

[LightSovereign]

good lord, this is real something now for sure, different concept or feel about this piece now. the smoke from the missiles have definetly helped this piece along, love the adition of purple fog, its just added that much more for its depth..aND finally as i don;t have much for suggestions, I love your use of the square brush :thumbsup:.

Marley

[MVDB]

This is looking amazing! Seeing the thumb I just had to go and see the bigger pic.
Lotta action, great colors, angle and composition..

Good luck!

:thumbsup:

[pkneeshaw]

This has to be a prize winner.

Really great work.

Good Luck

[icedeyes]

Do u guyz think that those missle streaks should be replaced with fire streaks? Should I bring more glowing stuff in?

I think that the missile streak work just fine... there is enough fire already.... great work

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1170117979_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1170117979_large.jpg)

This one is almost done... I've been quite busy last couple of days so there wasnt much replying and updating. But here is my latest version of EON entry. Its near final and Im so happy that in two days all that will be over. Im near braking point for doing this image for such a long time.
Thnx also to Bryce for helping me with solving problems thru private channels. And ofcors thnx to all of u for still posting comments into my thread.
And here is a slightly bigger version for some clearer detailing.

http://www.3delavnica.com/@upload/Ninja_ASSN/colors15.jpg

[TheFirstAngel]

as i said be4 on msn the word "kickass" isnt long enough to describe the power of your piece. love the stunning dynamic and heell of striking work you made here, time to upload it :D

[OKMER]

Agree with Sacha, totally kickass!!!

[Norberg]

Hi Blaz,

I don´t know if you have changed the saturation / contrast in your last posts or if it´s the result of different compression, but I really think the colors in post #150 is more striking than in your last ones.
I allso liked the stairs in that post.

Anyway, this is the best I´ve seen from you which means this is really, really good!

[musi]

Oh, my... This one has a very hight WOW-factor!

Great illustration, Blaz :love: ! It's really scary and disturbingly beautiful!

[Lovas]

Excellent work, Blaz. Wish you best of luck with the jury (doubt you'll need it, considering the quality of this work, though!)

[NinjaA55N]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1170195052_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11727/11727_1170195052_large.jpg)

This is it, final image. I added some minor details here and there and Im ending this challenge. It was great and frustrating at the same time. But I'd really like to thank to all of u great ppl for following this thread, putting down really helpful comments and guiding me thru the process. Thank u very much!

A part of the story that inspired me to do this piece:

"...a brighter-than-dawn glow was creeping, now yellow, now purple, now green.

The whole world was being swept by a crown fire, with the flames leaping not from tree to tree, but from city to city, continent to continent.

People were no more substantial than pine needles."

And a bit bigger version for as always..

http://www.3delavnica.com/@upload/Ninja_ASSN/final_big.jpg

[beelow]

Strong image! The best I have seen from you yet! Good luck!:thumbsup:

[artvandeley]

Well done! This is an excellent piece, totally love the colors and the mood you catched here.

[Golpe]

Ohoo dude! a great artist, and that´s all:thumbsup: Well-done, dude!

[Nomad]

You did a great piece of art :applause: as always :thumbsup:


Good luck in the final vote :bounce:

[nwiz25]

woweeeee! :eek: :eek: awesome finish my friend! :scream::buttrock: congratulations are in order! :applause:


very 'hot' use of colours! :D love it dude! :love:


good luck to u buddy! :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

this is it, one more masterpiece :) congrats on your solid kick ass finish mate and more than all tonsa thanks again for all your support and feedback on mine. best of luck, see ya round soon and keep on rocking my friend!:beer::buttrock:

[OKMER]

:eek:Totally kickass image Ninja!!One of my fav's.Congratz on finishing mate!Good luck to you:beer::bounce:

[targus]

Really dramatic and apocalyptic style. So, final result is like i imagine it, eye cathing and perfect composition.

Good work !

[adib]

Congrats on finishing this VERY GOOD WORK! Great use of color and the composition is so good!:beer:

[Thaldir]

Your piece has caught my attention very soon, and has held it until the last, even though the subject itself was far from pleasant.

I kept coming back hoping to see the 'final' step up, believe me, I cheered when I saw it.
Great emotion and technique both, stunning work!

[NinjaA55N]

I'd like to thank every each one of u for sticking with me thru all the process and for all kind words and good critiques that made this image better (I hope :)).

beelow: thnx buddy for helping me decided on some things over the MSN. U helped a lot and Im so thankful for this. Im not sure if this really is my very best image till now, but Im sure glad u think so :)

artvandeley: thnx man! It means a lot to me that those words r coming from u!

GonzaloGolpe: thnx buddy!

Nomad: thnx man and I wish all the best to u too!

nwiz25: hey! thnx for being around all this time and giving my positive feedback. It kept me going on!

TheFirstAngel: hey my friend! U r one of those that helped me the most. Im glad we both made it thru the last couple of nights :D Thnx a lot for being around! cya in next challenge!

OKMER: Im glad I hear that :) and thnx for all those good wishes!

targus: thnx for all kind words! Im glad u like it and that we had the same vision where this piece should go to :)

adib: thnx man! Im glad u think its good coz I had some moments I wanted to delete everything, hehe..

Thaldir: hey! Im so happy to hear that :) It means a lot to me and I cheered as well when I uplouded it, hehe. It was a rough process but now its all done. Thnx for staying with this thread!

[walrus]

Blaz - Sorry I haven't had time to comment on your final piece, but you've been at my thread, you know why! ;) anyhow, great work! This is, for me, the most impressive painting in the Challenge... The colors, the light, the atmosphere, all ottally impressive. great work, my friend, glad to see another top-notch work from you. :)

-mike

[NathanielWest]

This one is so great! The lighting, the dynamic angle, all together just a superb piece of work. Very nice brushwork as well. You've got a real winner here, one of the most eye catching images in the challenge! Keep up the great work!

[cgoz]

you are in the first 3 for sure.good luck with the result, awesome piece

[rawwad]

I am late too (net connections problems), but big congratz too you too man !:) Your entry looks totaly awesome as always, I think that I repeat my comments every challenge, but it is so great work and I like it so much again. And good luck with judging.

Great challenge this time, Looking foward to see you in next one :thumbsup:

[Kait]

masssive, i like that.

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