Eon (Illustration) Entry: Bryce Smith

[makaron]

hallo

and good luck :bounce:

[walrus]

Hey, Bryce! Best of luck you you! (and say hi to Tahkira for me! ;) )

-mike

[KangarooMan]

Hey there Bryce it is great to see you in the challenge(s), best of luck man!

Matt :)

[TheFirstAngel]

yay bryce is in :) best of luck mate, have fun and rock it ruff :D:beer::buttrock:

[MoonVisionStudio]

Good Luck Bryce, I bet you'll be one of the first with sketches!

[MVDB]

Have a great challenge Bryce!
Best of luck to ya!

[DaddyMack]

Hiya beelow, coolness to see you in here... Lets party:scream:

[ChristianHammer]

Love your environment drawings, this theme should make for AWESOME environment scenes! Good luck on this challenge!

[MechaHateChimp]

BBBBB DAWWWGGGG!!!

Damn bro, I thought you disappeared from the face of the planet until I read your blog:D Glad to see your alive homeslice! Lets do this!

[MichaelZHsee]

best wishes to ya beelow:)good luck matey!

[ThierryS]

Hey Brice, very best luck to you man and have great fun too. Looking forward to see your art again.:thumbsup:

[MrFreeman]

:thumbsup: Good to see you back for more...

Good luck ...

Dave

[Rudeone]

Hey there Bryce, good to see you're in as well.
Good luck and have fun man! :thumbsup:

[GonzaloGolpe]

Good luck, Mr.Smith, go for it!!:thumbsup: :scream:

[calisto-lynn]

wooohooo great to see you here also beelow!! :D hope you have a great time . cant wait to see what you will come up with this time :D

[gega]

Good luck!

[notpill]

Bryce! cool to see you around here!
Congratultion for your new 'entry' daddy:scream:, for the new job and, of course, goooood luck with the challenge. Have fun pal!

[Vahn]

hehe hi there bryce have fun wiht this challenge :D

[beelow]

Damn a couple pages, already!? I am so loved here!:love: Good luck to all of ya! Looking forward to everyone entries here!:thumbsup:

[beelow]

(and say hi to Tahkira for me! ;) )

-mike

Done!:thumbsup:

[beelow]

BBBBB DAWWWGGGG!!!

Damn bro, I thought you disappeared from the face of the planet until I read your blog:D Glad to see your alive homeslice! Lets do this!

I did! I got lost in the jungle somewhere!:D

[DeeVad]

Have a lot of Fun illustrating this challenge. Good luck Bryce :)

[Korline]

what's up dude,
just want to see some art, and have fun, and good luck, later
:)

[LexLe]

hi Bryce!
Good luck!:)

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1160167055_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1160167055_large.jpg)

Here is the first one from me. I have another as well.

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1160167656_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1160167656_large.jpg)

I think I will tackle this one!

[TheFirstAngel]

instant take off huh? looks like you having fun with the topic already :) both sketches have a great dynamic movement, looking great. keep in rocking, looking forward to what you're coming up with :)

[Zephyri]

Hey Bryce! Concepts already! wow! Really like the second concept, there are some nice dynamics with the perspective and the lines.

[celiksert]

nice looking..:thumbsup:
good luck

cheers from Turkey :)

[KangarooMan]

Hey Bryce, great concepts, the second one has to be my favorite. The perspective is perfect. :buttrock:




Matt :)

[NinjaA55N]

cant miss ur starting sketches.. b/w pics with lots of dynamic :) good luck buddy!

[Neubius]

word em up! :)
s**t your popular ! haha good start man, good luck with this one.
A

[black-hand-77]

I hope this time I'll deliver a challenging concept to match the contestant's ones, because I screwed my "Spectacular" dedicated time on little messy projects of my own. By the way, you did a great job at Spectacular. Good luck at this one too! Still trying to find the book.

[SquishMe]

Hi mate. How's it going?
Yeah, the second concept is way cool. Can't wait to see your swirling clouds.
Good luck! :bounce:

[shattered-fx]

looking good bryce! best of luck!

[GonzaloGolpe]

Hi Bryce!!I wish you good luck in the contest and I´ll be watching your work. Go for it!:scream:

[nwiz25]

wowowowowowowowowowow! cant wait to c this in colour man!:thumbsup:

totally freaked out dude! love it! ... the diversity in all the works here are just awesome!
cheers to u mate! good luck for the challenge :) :) :) :)

[beelow]

Working on the color already, thanx everyone! I will post something soon, I won't have time to respond to you guys personally, I appreciate anything that is posted in this thread. Again good luck to everyone!:thumbsup:

[Slav]

yooo brice mah man.

been a while. :D consider yourself stalked hunce forth.

[warpy]

good luck beeeeeellllllllow

[beelow]

Slav, Warpy thanx!:thumbsup:

I will be on the net at home hopefully by tonite, sorry for delay.:thumbsup:

[OKMER]

Yap, indeed,nice and dynamic sketches Brice!
Have fun here as well!!

[ramy badie]

Awesome perspective, this is really great, can't wait to see you progress! I'll be back to see more when it comes :)

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161132424_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161132424_large.jpg)

Here is the next step, back online gang, hope you guys and gals didn't miss me too much. I am being a parent these days so I haven't had much time, but I will be here for a bit for the challenge. Still wondering how I am going to fit my image around the theme as I have not read the book but I think that short excerpts give me enough info to do stuff. still thinking of what I am going to do. Good luck to you all again.

[ramy badie]

I can't necessarily comment on how well this relates to the book, but I can definitely say that this is just awesome. Love the colors, love the composition, really promising work. Can't wait to see more, and good luck with the parenting!

[ChewyPixels]

I like the concept. You should consider getting rid of the water (?) to have it fit better with the book. The characters could stay, since I do recall a part in the book where Mirsky, the cosmonaut, "falls" into the chambers using a "sled."

[nwiz25]

woweee! this is absolutely rockin stuff dude!:eek: ... this concepts goin somewhere for sure!:bounce:

waiting to c whats next! cheers dude!:beer: n good luck! :thumbsup:

[ThierryS]

Awsome concept man, I like it, might be too much water in relation with the book, :rolleyes: my 2 cents comment...Keep the updates comming, looks great!

[jddog]

wow, that's very nice concept :thumbsup:
jdd

[rawwad]

Good luck to you too, friend!:) I like your design of this scene. I become soon, but first I must read it. Keep working!:thumbsup:

[DiM]

Waw! Great concept! Good luck!

[yanbing]

Rich colors！:scream:Looking forward to the next concept

[brrrhmmm]

Luv that surfing concept dude.Start adding detail to the surfer and city.You might
want your waves biggers for better surfing.

[MechaHateChimp]

Papa B!

Surfin cyborgs... that looks sick! Your rough is pretty strong already but you should hook up a 2 or 3 point perspective on that bad boy. Looks great so far - J

[TheFirstAngel]

agree with mechahatechimp, kick ass piece, with a bit a more radical wideangle it should be striking like hell :) keep on rocking! :beer::buttrock:

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161646919_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161646919_large.jpg)

Here it is people I am gonna go ahead with this image. I am going to do, of course Thistledown, 3rd Chamber. I am going to work it some more and I am going to upload some color comps. Cheers!

[beelow]

ramy badie-switched it up. That one is going to the backburner. I not really happy with it.

Jedi-Juice- I flipped the script and am doing a new one. Thanc Jedi-juice!

nwiz25- thanx alot glad u like! going with a new concept.

thierry2005-yeah that is why I am doing a new one!:thumbsup:

jddog-thanx jddog! How is yours going?

rawwad- good luck with the reading. Just got the book myself. Good luck with yours. I will be looking out for u!:thumbsup:

DiM- thanx alot dude!

yanbing- its here! Thanx for posting here!

brrrhmmm- Thanx, I my continue painting as a personal project, but this one I am not going to do. Thanx again! I will keep that in mind!

MechaHateChimp- I will on this one gotta figure out where my HL is going to be. But I am switchin' up to a new one! Thanx for stopping by Joel!:thumbsup:

TheFirstAngel-Thanx Sacha! I already told u on msn LOL! How is yours coming along?

[OKMER]

really like your last sketch.it gives this unique HUGE feeling.
Sticking in here
(ps,love Las Vegas and bell down there soon,ha,ha)

[OZ]

IMPRESSIVE 2d ART!! cool prospective and very dramatic light!

[GregBear]

[QUOTE=beelow]Bryce Smith is entered in the "Eon Challenge" update: View Challenge Page (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/view_entries.php?challenger=11808)

Latest Update: Concept Art: Thistledown
http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161646919_medium.jpg (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=3953720#post3953720)Very nice! Looking forward to seeing how this develops. I like the mix of architectures.

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161736944_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161736944_large.jpg)

here is another update trying to figure out what I am going to do. On to color comps next!

[beelow]

OKMER-Thanx OKMER! glad that you are liking this one. I feel much happier with this entry! :thumbsup:

OZ- thanx for dropping by!

GregBear- I am Honored that you have posted in my thread thanx a bunch! I hope the final will much more than it is now. On to painting!:thumbsup:

[mmoir]

Bryce,

Thought I would look at your 2d entry too. Great job on the last sketches, looks very good.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Flipping the image horizontally worked well . Look forward to the colors.

[DanBird]

The composition looks very good, the big cluster of buildings in the center of your image is a great focal point. Cannot wait to see some colours on your image.:)

[TheFirstAngel]

told ya yesterday already that stuf rox tha shizzzniz and i dig that perspective. its huge, te pov epic big n kick ass. great paintbase, hit it! keep on rocking!:buttrock::beer::wip:

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161766198_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1161766198_large.jpg)

Here is where I am going to need opinions. I am thinking 2 and 8 for the base color. There will be other colors. But for overall mood of this piece what do you guys think?

[beelow]

mmoir- thanx for dropping by dude! I am going to have my cgbuddies figure it out with me, what I usually do!

DanBird- Thanx! I am trying to composition and mood together before detailing. Here are some base colors!

TheFirstAngel-Thanx Sacha! Finna take this one to completion!:thumbsup:

[DiM]

I think color 8 at base optimum. Great idea.
I think If to look from such low point as at you, at not so bright illumination of a plasma pipe nevertheless close to a spectrum of a sunlight in an atmosphere of the ground distant objects will seem gradation of dark blue color.

[icedeyes]

A combo of 1&5 or 3&8 in my opinion would give it more contrast... good work so far...

[Neubius]

yay,

really strong composition. ( i think im liking the teal colour ) keen to see how you bring out the foreground elements!
ace stuff,
A

[jbballaran]

Hey bee. Can't give you any advice since I haven't read the part that you're doing. Just wanna wish you luck with this one. You've got a strong composition and epic perspective going on here. It'll be great to see this progress. You still doing the 3CH stuff? Anyway, I'll see you around.

[DanBird]

I agree with the 8 idea for the base colour, I think a touch of 2 or 3 to warm up your image
from the cold 8.
But perhaps a small hint of 6 with the highlighted parts of the buildings could look interesting
as a starting point.

[DrIvErD]

hey bryce i wish you good luck and many thanks for your post :)

[beelow]

DiM-Good point! I will try to darken a bit and not make it as bright. I think that is what you saying. Let me know if your not.:thumbsup:

icedeyes-These are just base overall color that you will see throughout the piece. I am going to go warm cool. Just thing if I want to go warm all over or go cool and warm up areas of interest. But thanx!

Neubius- I was thinking so as well. That is why I put it up because I was unsure if I should go that route. But, I might go with the blue as base. Thanx for dropping by Nuebius!

ahbeejieh-Yeah, I am but not sure if I am going to do this weeks. I am not inspired to do the topic. I may do it I don't know yet though. I will be dropping by though!:D

DanBird-Thanx, I think that I am going to that route!:thumbsup:

DrIvErD-Thanx for stopping by, good luck with your entry!:thumbsup:

[daWinky]

Hey Bryce,

really good concept and I can well imagine that you bring this composition to an impressive picture:thumbsup: ...I would also say that #8 is the best base color, perhaps some warm toned foreground elements can bring a nice contrast in the scene...

Curious now to discover the next update!:)

-sabrina

[MechaHateChimp]

Damn B! You went off! This last sketch looks sick! Loving the angle you chose.... the colors look great as well. Just get this bad boy detailed and you pretty much nailed it bro :buttrock:- J

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162039544_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162039544_large.jpg)

Here, we are starting to add some color. It's nothing yet. still deciding where I am going to put colors after that I will tighten the piece altogether.

[Anatomista]

It looks great! The street will be nice with details, looking from the perspective of a citzien, then we will really feel the city in the chamber.


Regards.

[Conkrys]

This is comming along very nicely. Clever how you chose to show a scene from under the shadow of the hanging curves... it gives you a change to develop more interesting lighting than the dull vertical light of the tube. You can add all shorts of lights and colours in the shadowy places... cool!

[nwiz25]

hey dude! very cool use of colours! is this ir final concept sktech b4 the major

[DanBird]

:thumbsup: Looking good, I like the green glow from the street lights in between the buildings, I was thinking of doing something similar. :)

I'm also wondering if you are going to create and submit more colour sketches before the final composite, anyway your colour pass is very nicely done. :thumbsup:

[Ernest Burden]

As usual I'm partial to black and white. I loved your 'line art' post. You've flipped the image which works nicely. But how about having the large looming darkness and bridge from the B&W stage with this fore/middle ground? That way, the 'golf tee' structure will face the foreground looming thing instead of all of them sort of lining up.

The atmospheric layering is fantastic.

[MikeTheHunter]

Yo dude, it's comming along pretty good. What I might suggest isthat you get the street lamps either higher or lower, now they kinda compete with the bent "bridge", messing the shapes a bit in my opinion. My two cents :) Keep it up, man

[Slav]

heya bryce,

this image is great. i personally dont really dig the crecentmoon structure but the rest is turned out woocked. :P

i am sure you know the lines are a bit heavy so yea... :wip: :wip:

[webwings]

I like the perspective..POV

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162245836_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162245836_large.jpg)

Hmmm what you guys think about this image. should I stick with the old or go with the new? Let me know what you guys think! XD

[nwiz25]

dude! go with da old! that one has lots of detail! :eek: ... colour .. environment ... perspective ... everything! :p

[ICHOMA]

Excellent perpective.

great job.

[Slav]

i vote new.

[Kerem]

Excellent concept - I like the gigantic structures on the top, they are creating an "awe" feeling...

[black-hand-77]

Breath taking. Honestly. I just love your composition stability and angle. I guess that when your work is finalized we will all regret that life's too short and we'll never get to that point in time when such buildings will burst with splendor above our heads. Good luck, Bryce! Good job!

[daWinky]

Hey Bryce,

both compositions are good of course, but I'd say the last one is even a little bit better, more consistent, I really like it this way:thumbsup: ...

-sabrina

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162297345_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162297345_large.jpg)

Here is the latest work on this image.

[beelow]

Joel my nig,Anatomista, Conkrys, nwiz25, DanBird, Ernest Burden, MikeTheHunter, Slav, webwings, ICHOMA, Kerem, black_hand_77, daWinky thanx!:thumbsup:

[walrus]

Hey, Bryce, love this new layout! I really like the changes in the upper part of the image - very imposing and majestic too. Great work so far. Now it's refine, refine, refine! :)
Good luck!

-mike

[DanBird]

I feel your new image makes more sense, :thumbsup: because the dark shadow looming over the city below the T shaped structure in your previous sketch was really too big to be cast by that T shaped structure to create such a big shadow... so your new image works better I feel.
Also are you going to light up your new hanging city, like the other buildings. :)

[TheFirstAngel]

coposition works very well, my only sugetion was making the figur smaller. sort of makes the whole thing smaller, appart from that, great start!
rock on!

[nwiz25]

:eek: o man! i change my mind :D .. this is new update sure looks great! :eek:

now me waits to c more :p


cheers dude! :beer:

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162389392_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162389392_large.jpg)

New update. added more to the compo still trying to work colors and add depth to this. Let me know what you guys and gals think! XD

[beelow]

walrus, DanBird, TheFirstAngel(done or doing it hehe), nwiz25 thanx!

Big thanx to Earnest for giving me this suggestion. works better visually!:thumbsup:

[Ernest Burden]

I love the direction you're going it. Now you've got the elements going in a mash-up of the two major perspective lines, as shown by the construction grid still visible in your WIP. However, I'm finding the foreground light standards too conventional. Having them there, and the figure, adds the human scale, but the design is so last century. Perhaps just have the ends as glowing tubes instead of a downward-facing lens? Also, if you had them as two bars going left-right instead of the four it would bring a new line crossing the major architectural element that goes fore-back.

[MrFreeman]

:applause: Great updates Bryce...

I love the composition...when it works so well as a thumbnail, you know it will look great on a larger scale. As mentioned by others, I like the fact that the view is part in shadow from the large buildings ...really adds drama to the image... :thumbsup:

[beelow]

Ernest Burden-Thanx Ernest! I am currently trying it out and am liking the way it is looking. I submit something soon.:thumbsup:

MrFreeman-Thanx for dropping by David. I hope that I can get success with this as I am having the toughest time try to solidify a color pallet that will bring this image to life and make it look epic! XD

[tlggungor]

Good Composition and view point..I am really like the camera angle ...

[JOSHUAtheJAMES]

Really fun space you have going on in there!

-JtJ

[Hideyoshi]

thumbs up! Great stuff already!

Good luck, man!

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162908169_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162908169_large.jpg)

Here is another pass at it. Thanx! XD

[Nazirull]

Mega....:eek:

this one deserve to be called Thistledown already. The Geshel would be proud.:thumbsup:

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162918870_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1162918870_large.jpg)

Here is the latest. Next I am going to mock-up some of the buildings in 3d.

[nwiz25]

very nice colour tones dude! :love:

keep em comin! :buttrock:

[ori@r.a.m]

great one! i really love the colors and tha angle of this pic...
good luck mate can't wait to see progress :thumbsup:

[walrus]

Lookign VERY cool, Bryce! The greens and purples are a great color combo. Looking forward to more...! :)

-mike

[strangegoat]

Really nice colors and composition. The only thing that's a bit off is that spire in the right foreground (right behind that lone figure on the right). The perspective is a bit off. It's perfect towards the top of the spire, then looks like it keeps bending to the right as it goes toward the bottom. Part of it is because the bottom of what we see is equally wide as the part right under the outcropping (right above the arches), when it should be wider.

Of course, if you're going to build it all in 3d, then color on top of that, it won't be a problem, and forget I said anything.

Great work overall. It's got that "theme-park version of the 21st century" feeling to it that Mr. Bear talks about in the book.

[Runecaster]

Just wanted to pop in and say how I really like this composition and idea -- the colors are gorgeous and I'm looking forward to seeing it progress!

[Norberg]

Sweet stuff Bryce!

Very well balanced colors and comp. A few textures and details should do the trick but if you´re up for building this in 3D I´m sure it will be even better.
Good luck!

[Suirebit]

great vertical perspective...quite dramatic :)

[beelow]

-tolga-,Hideyoshi, JOSHUAtheJAMES-Thanx for dropping by! Sorry for the late reply guys. Three big concept artist dropping by. I must be doing something right hehe!:thumbsup:

Nazirull-thanx for the nice comment!

nwiz25-Thanx, I thought I would work the colors a bit. I still gotta work a bit more. I am not satisfied yet.

ori@r.a.m (http://forums.cgsociety.org/ori@r.a.m)- Thanx! I will hopefully get something up soon!

walrus- You think so, hehe! It was me just testing stuff, a happy accident. I thought the blue was weak sauce so I added some voilet in there to see how it would work. I also painted out the whites out so everthings had some type of color. Thanx for the comment!

strangegoat- Yeah I know. That is why I am mocking it up in 3d so I won't have to take as much time trying to get it right. Thanx for noticing.

Runecaster-thanx runecaster. I will get something soon right now gonna do some 3d so I can get detail faster.

Norberg-Yeah some in 3d not all. I wanted to get someof my foreground stuff done in 3d. I hope it works well hehe! Thanx for dropping by!

Suirebit- Dynamic I like! Thanx!

[Slav]

the new one is way more pleasing to t3h eyes man! i adore the colors! go go.

[TheFirstAngel]

awesome work on the colors, love the update!

[walrus]

One thing, Bryce - At some point, it would be nice to see a post of this image without all fo the construction lines, which I assume are on a seperate layer. My brain keeps wanting to view them as the side of a giant glass building, and it would be nice to take it all in without that confusion. Good luck with the 3D parts!

-mike

[naetronic]

wow nice work! this is very close to how i imagined thistledown! very cool atmosphere youve got going bryce, really like the camera angle and perspective! I cant wait to see this more developed, keep it up bro:thumbsup:

[beelow]

walrus-Okay walrus, i will do so!Slav, TheFirstAngel, NathanLB- thanx guys! I hope to have something new soon. I was doing the Gen Con thing. I will be back on track soon hehe!:thumbsup:

[gardogg]

wow, this looks great!

[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



: 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

adrian baluta

gonzalo golpe

gunilla elam

jonathan colvin

guo jian

oscar jostedt



: 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





: detailed explanatory tutorials

sacha angel

matt benya

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1164459602_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1164459602_large.jpg)

Here I am incorporating more architecture. I am going to add more and then finalize. Been a minute since I posted and took a breather from this image as well. I also got my new wacom last week to replace my beat-up grapphire that I was painting with(a mouse).

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1165718132_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1165718132_large.jpg)

Back into the challenge again. I had a later rendition of this but the file got corrupted so, here is this one. I think it looks better. I will continue work on...

[prabath]

Hey Bryce,you are progressing nicely.Although the tower to the right from the center doesn`t sit in synch with the overall perspective.Work on it with a perspective grid.Nail it at these early stages.It will save you a lot of trouble later.

Cheers!

[Norberg]

Nice update! I really like the green one (127), in your last post the colors seems a bit washed out and not as striking as the previous one, but it might work better later with more detail.

[Terro]

Nice progress Bryce!!

I realy like your perspective on this piece. The upside down buildings are my favorite because they bring out the Hitech aspect of the city. You also got a nice mood going.

Now no more procrastinating, get back to work and bring us an update man :)

[webwings]

I think you have captured the look of hanging buildings from this POV.

[black-hand-77]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1165718132_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1165718132_large.jpg)

Back into the challenge again. I had a later rendition of this but the file got corrupted so, here is this one. I think it looks better. I will continue work on...

When I read the book I tried very hard to picture how dure should some cables/structures be to support the weight of a city. You did it man. It's physically very convincing what you did. Good luck!

[beelow]

gardogg- Thanx dude I try hehe!:D

prabath- I am glad that I was not the only one that was noticing that I will correct it!:thumbsup:

Norberg- I went too saturated over the whole piece. So I desaturated a bit. I will saturated a bit more Thanx Bjorn! Lets see what I can with it with more work into it!:)

webwings-Thanx webwings! I wanted to do something a bit different and did not want to do the same thing as some of the other artists.:thumbsup:

black_hand_77-Thanx dude! how is your eon going dude? I had to try my hardest to get something that looked cool to look at and try to stay with the description of Thistledown. I think I may have it down. Well see in the end how it turns out!:D

Edit: Terro- Sorry dude I forgot about you, hehe! I never slack just doing other paintings for every other contest as well hehe! I am going to burn myself out with all of this painting! :D

[naetronic]

looking good bryce, the reversed composition ,#126, works really well and i think the color palette is right on, keep it up! :)

[NinjaA55N]

while the mirrored (latest) version works better I think, I must say that I prefer previous color scheme. The present one is to bright, without contrasts, no complementary relations and so on. The green and pink at the back combination is a winner. I'll try to stay around coz this piece is really something and I cant wait to see more to come. good luck!

[sergioKomic]

WOAH!

great going navajo dude!!:thumbsup::scream:

keep it up!

[MarkyG]

Love the strong sweeping forms of the composition. The hanging structures are really good.

[pkneeshaw]

real nice this one. Like it a lot

[beelow]

NathanLB-thanx I will eventually saturate some of my colors in forground. But I think I am going in the right direction. I am still eperimentining with colors though. I may change it again hehe. I am never satisfied.

NinjaA55N- I think so as well. I will try to get back to that color scheme it seemed to work much better.

sergioKomic- Who told you that! LOL! Where you been my nig? How are things going with ya? Let me know what is up!

MarkyG-Thanx for dropping by MarkyG. Not as a impressive as your image. I will be there some day hehe!

pkneeshaw-Thanx I am glad that you like it!

[ChuckWadey]

Looking good! Try using the line tool (U) to tighten up some of the edges.

[Slav]

anyone ever the the feeling that this challenge has been really quiet compared to all the others?

how you been man why no updates?!

[Vahn]

cool beelow! i like the design and colorscheme :thumbsup:

only the 2 lampposts irritate me a little ..are they in perspective ? :)

[Hideyoshi]

I am regularly checking back here to see if there's any new progress but it seems not... :(

Very cool composition and design, you should't drop this! :) Keep going!
(or are you all busy with your 3D entry...?)

[nwiz25]

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

cheers! :beer:



> love ur updates dude! :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

yep agree the blueish coloscheme looks more calm and unified. the new lamps look much nicer designwise, but take care they actually dont get distorded tooo much, the lenseffect they actually have is a bit radical :p either way, very nice restart and good to hear santa dropped you a new wacom ^^ merry xmas mate and rock on ^^

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1167486081_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1167486081_large.jpg)

Here is the latest on my entry. Sorry for the minimal updates.

[beelow]

ChuckWadey- Thanx chuck, I've just discovered that before you posted hehe!:D

Slav-Here you go slav, sorry man, life is occupying me at the moment. I will try to make it to the finish line with you guys!:D

Vahn-Yeah they are. I am still trying to settle on designs though. I will tidy them up. Still alot left to do. :thumbsup:

Hideyoshi-No, I am not busy with my 3d, just been hoping around to different forums doing different things and studying work and also trying to get better at speed painting, as well as take care of the kids(2). I will finish don't worry. I am still unhappy with the way things are looking in this one a bit. But, I think I am getting there, I hope!:thumbsup:

nwiz25-Thanx! Happy belated holidays, hehe!:thumbsup:

TheFirstAngel- Thanx Sacha, I think I will have to finish with what I have. It wont happen again in my next work. Damn perspective!:banghead:

[pushav]

Yes yes nice stuff here nice stuff!
And yeah I must repeat what I said lol.
Yes yes nice stuff here nice stuff!
:thumbsup:

[LightSovereign]

I hope you get time to finish this piece, beelow!. original perspective and you get a great sense of scale with the tall structure up the back there!..the foreground reminds me of old style english architecture, a great mix of old with the new. i do wish to be able to walk around there.

great work so far!

Marley

[ChuckWadey]

ChuckWadey- Thanx chuck, I've just discovered that before you posted hehe!:D

Well, good - just as long as I don't get any credit.

It cleaned up very nicely. Most impressive.

[adel3d]

Happy new year my fraind:)
great job in ,
I follow your work , good luck .

[HFix]

very nice!! im liking the colors you chose!! good luck with the final! :)

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

[Neubius]

hey! :)

loving the progress, sorry for lack of contact - p.c. troubles. the piece is going really well man, really nicely balanced composition.
good luck!

[artvandeley]

Glad to hear that you will finish this one. It´s absolutely worth it. If you dont have time for rendering all thos details just focus on a few important things and give everything else a loose and vivid touch.

LOVE the perspektive and scale!

[black-hand-77]

The deadline extention comes like a glove! Go get them tiger. Finish this. You have a good angle, a fine chromatics and a fine piece of futuristic landscaping. It would be a shame if you do not finish this piece! Good luck Bryce and most of all, don't ever give up the fight!


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

[nwiz25]

hey Bryce! amazingly vivid work mate! :eek: good choice of colours! :thumbsup:
no crits from me :P

waiting for the final piece buddy!

good luck to u! :thumbsup:

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1169013716_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1169013716_large.jpg)

Here is the latest so far. Yeah, been away for a while, I still lurk. I am still trying to study other artist images to pull this one off and make it at least decent. Let me know where I can improve. 14 days left...

[beelow]

pushav-Thanx for dropping by buddy! What is going on with you as of late?

LightSovereign- Thanx for your kind words, Marley!

ChuckWadey- I can go ahead and give you that hehe!

adel3d- Thanx for dropping by, are you doing Eon?

HFix- Thanx! I still want to move some colors around a bit unify it a bit more. I will figure something out.

Neubius- Thanx Nuebius! Glad to see that your finished in your 'neck of da woods!'

artvandeley-That is the thing right now I am not sure where I want my focus yat. I was thinking in the background with the dark figures in the foreground but I would have to sacrifice a little realism to make it work out, not sure if I am really. Still I am a bit disappointed that I have not solved some problems that I have had early on and then commit, polish and be done with it. But, thanx for dropping by in my thread and leaving some words, it means alot for you to come by and for the encouragement!:thumbsup:

black_hand_77-Thanx a bunch! I will finish, It may not be pretty though. I am still trying to solve some issues. Hopefully I can figure it out and then be done with it!

nwiz25- I am getting there. Probably work till the deadline hehe I always do!:D

[nwiz25]

hey dude! very cool indeed! :bounce::applause:


( just a thought ) maybe a glow on the light sources ?? ..


so far it looks amazing! :eek: theres nothin else i can crit about ... :)


looking forward to the next one ..

good luck mate! :thumbsup:

[R-K]

Unusual color scheme, which is quite nice. Strong perspective. Some more work on details and shading and this might be quite a good one!

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1169977763_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1169977763_large.jpg)

Getting there. I am a bit more satisfied. I still have a some work on this. I should be done in the next couple of days. Peace and thanx for the feedback. Sorry I have not been in this contest as of late. Peace and see you guys at the finish line! XD

[MartinNielsen]

Great work, beelow! :thumbsup:

Very cool comic book style there and nice colors / mood. Especially the green colors please my eyes...

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1170134725_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1170134725_large.jpg)

New direction with the color. Let me know what you think.

[beelow]

MartinNielsen-Thanx for the kind words. I was not necessarily going with a comicbook style though. Makes me a bit disappointed. But thanx though.

[Norberg]

No need to change colors in the last minute. They worked great as they were!
If you feel that you want to give this more work you can texture the surfaces in the first plane as you´ve done left of the lamppost. That area looks great!
Good luck!

[NathanielWest]

This has come along very nicely! I really like your red/yellow color shift, and the dynamic perspective you have going on. Maybe try darkening the bottom half of the piece a bit? It seems like it would be getting less light way down there. Maybe try a warm up on top, and then cool colors down below. It may set a moodier tone. Nonetheless, the piece looks great. Good use of atmosphere! :)

[musi]

Hej Bryce,Beautiful peace of work :thumbsup: ! Very nice style!
Actually, I liked the previous colours better - it had that contrast between cooler colours at the lower part of the image and little warmer at the top. I guess it contributed to adding the depth to it.
Very nice work!

[Suirebit]

Nice view :) hurry!

[artvandeley]

Jesss, hurry, Well, stick with the one before or take this one...don´t worry, they will both be great. A few more details and textures in the foreground and you´re done i would say.

C´mon,buddy, you can do it! :bounce:

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1170221774_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1170221774_large.jpg)

last update b4 final!

[nwiz25]

Oh man! :eek: now thats one helluva colour switch! :eek: very cool indeed!
love that pink treatment! :love:

yup yup .. me in it too .... full speed ahead buddy! wooooohoooooooo! :bounce:

good luck as always mate! :thumbsup:

cheers! :beer:

[beelow]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1170238695_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11808/11808_1170238695_large.jpg)

Here is the final. I wanted to base this Illustration off of what information I got out of inspiration of what Thistledown would look like, well at least part of it. I am going to call this one done and move on to the next thing thanx everyone for the support! XD

[nwiz25]

yo Bryce!! :bounce: congratulations man! :scream:
u crossed da finishing line! yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!:scream::applause: rock on bro!:buttrock:

[beelow]

Norberg-Sorry, but I got a crit from mathias and he said that it wasn't working at all. I agreed and changed it to what he suggested. I was struggling with many varieties of colors and I think it was a little ambitious for me and that is why I made the switch. I know everyone was digging on the previous, but I thought it was not successful. I really don't think this one is all that successful at all as well. Oh well what is done is done, perhaps I made a mistake of switching color palletes but we live and we learn and I am moving on to the next painting. Thanx for your help throughout this contest. I will only get better because of you and other cg buddies. :D

NathanielWest-Thanx Nathan! I actually referenced one of your images, I think it was the Grand Space Opera one and use that as inspiration. Glad to see you post here. And I did exactly what you and Mathias suggested in his paintovers. Thanx Nathan.

musi- Thanx Musi! Yeah alot people like that one but I figured it was not working and it just was not harmonizing well. Maybe if I would have worked out the problems earlier but, I guess it did not work out that way. But, at least I can say that I finished the contest again and move on to the next image.

Suirebit- Done!:D

artvandeley- I made it! Yeah I made the switch on the account of mathias. The bum, LOL! But, I thought this worked out better from the suggestions that mathias gave me. well it is not up the quality he does but, I think its a step closer. Just a step. Thanx for your help as well; appreciated! :thumbsup:

nwiz25- Thank you 2 times hehe! I hope to see you next contest you have alot of energy! I see that you finished as well. I will leave you a comment later. Now I need sleep hehe!

Thanx again for everyone that supported me and also for the helpful tips and tricks! Until the next contest I am going to take my leave and get some sleep and look at other entries. I am a bit dissappointed in mines but I learned alot; I think that is most important for me. Good luck everyone!:D

[black-hand-77]

You did a fine piece of architecture. Retro and futuristic alltogether. And godly colored. Very cool! I wish you all the best and good luck! :thumbsup:

[Neubius]

excellent, love the architecture. really good sense of scale.

good luck dude!
A

[GonzaloGolpe]

Good luck with your work,Bryce:thumbsup:

[OKMER]

Nice colors and great Finish Bryca!!!Congratz!!May ze forzz wizz you mate!

[TheFirstAngel]

this one sure you did :) ( erm no funny flags? :scream: ) lol congrats on finishing mate, always good to see ya rock, so on to the next and best of luck on the finals. see ya on msn mate, keep on rocking! :beer::buttrock:

[Slav]

heya brice. sweet image here. you cleaned it up very nice, although i think i liked some of your earlier work :)

[Norberg]

No worrys mate! I was more concerned you wouldn´t make it in time with such big changes.
It turned out great after all! these colors work just as well and I like the banners too, they really adds to the mood!
The main thing I like about this is the composition.
Good luck and see ya in the next challenge!

[calisto-lynn]

i love it!! looks really beautifull :)

[Terro]

It turned out great Bryce, I have to agree with the previous posts regarding the colors. They give off a wonderfull effect. Best of luck to you my friend , it's smooth sailing from now on in. Once again , congratulations!

[NinjaA55N]

Congratulations buddy on finishing ur entry! I see u also flip the image. It works in both ways, its just the previous version put the building in the main area of interest, now the main interesting point are ppl. Both ways works just fine. Once again congratulations and I hopw to see u next challenges as well! good luck!

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