Eon (Illustration) Entry: Rares Halmagean

[RaresH]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1165987598_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1165987598_large.jpg)

Initial sketch for the 5th chamber.

[element5]

Hiya Rares,

Welcome to the Challenge, good start so far.

Cheers
Mark

[RaresH]

Hey thanks Element,

More sketches to come. I think one of the more challenging elements to paint will be the mineral deposits of chamber 5 as they have a complex surface texture.

[Terro]

Your initial concept looks real good Rares, welcome to the comp and best of luyck to you man. Can't wait for your other sketches.

[AndreiSzasz]

cool concept ! welcome and good luck in the challenge !
si bafta si spor la treaba :thumbsup:

[RaresH]

Thanks for the comments!

Terro-apreciate the kudos. I'm on the sketches.

Andrei- Multumesc! Hope to concept something I'm happy with soon before starting onto my piece. Don't have too much time left. Si bafta la fel si tie!

[MarkyG]

Hey Rares, cool sketch, it certainly has the moody feel of the 5th chamber going. Nice backlighting which will work well with the complex forms. Lets see more then.

[RaresH]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1166156599_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1166156599_large.jpg)

Another background Sketch partly to get a hold on compostion, partly to find my mood.

[brrrhmmm]

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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.Some artists appear in more than one category because of their art is

multiclassed..

: 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.Characters may wear detailed armor.

Very Detailed Vehicle showed prominently together with characters.The Focus is Character.

Holly Fix


Karoly A. Szoke

Rafael Mir

Vladislav Drumev

Tiziano Baracchi

Mateja Petkovic

chiang chong

Alexandra Ciolac

Samuel Burton

Mathieu Didier

Juan Díez

Kari Salmi

Andrey Akulov

Lei Jin

Albert Feliu

Damir G. Martin

Niels-Ullé Walther

Mathias Verhasselt(Forum Leader)

Tan Guang Yu

Simon Bull

Michael See(Based on Sacha Word Of Mouth)

Justin Kellis

Da Feng

Giuliano Brocani

Roderic Rodriguez

Marek Okon

Edward Cicka

Tuan Nguyen

Linda Luksic(Based on Sacha Word Of Mouth)

Linda Smith

William Leafe

Raffy Encarnacion Dematawaran

Marco Alejandro Castelan Morales

John Streider

Radu Bogdan Boeru

Tiberius Viris

Sacha angel diener

Niklas Frostgard

Michael van den bosch

sabrina 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.Archictectural elements include buildings,pylons,aqueducts,railways station,arches and airports as well as roads.The Focus is Architecture.Huge Explosions may be present.

Marley Mcleay

max cunningham

colin brandt

ori arad

danny Silverstonecis

Kazimierz Fit

Lowell Aromin

Mike Moir

Ernest Burden

Lamair Nash

Marty Jones

Raul Heib

Elena Fitts

Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe(Inspirational Art)

Claire O'Brien

Sean J

Tibor Bed(atš

Michael Merrill

Michael Krenzin

Kerem

James Nelms

mihai liviu

nabil hamadi

Bjorn Norberg

Tian Yanbing

David Wolstenholme

Ales Marcik

Renee Bailey

Krystian Polak

Jean-Sébastien Guillemette

Tuan Nguyen

Jesse Speak

Timur Kiryashov

Mark Goldsworthy

Roman Bernhard Eppstein

Raffy Encarnacion Dematawaran

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 Dematawaran

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.Rivers curve and bend and disappear in the distance.Organic and Crystalline Inorganic natural forms.Terrain

and Environment is the Focus and site of adventure.Open Pit Mines abound.Mining Machinery act as props.

Rares Halmagean


Peter Kneeshaw

Michal Matczak

Kerti Alev

sean counley

Mark Cripps

Jeff Zugale

Thomas Ingham

Tan Guang Yu

Ric Brehm

lei huang

adrian baluta

gonzalo golpe

gunilla elam

jonathan colvin

guo jian

oscar jostedt

brian Slayton

yann tisseron

yaroslav kravchenko

dusten s. sonnon

: party scene with the character interacting and gossiping

Social Parties gathered at gate opening or onboard a ship or library viewing.

Radu Bogdan Boeru

nekomouse

Phillip Buchanan

christian paterson

Alex Kelly

Martin Dolejs

: 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.battlefield atmospherics

Andrzej Rudz

thierry schiel

paul hume

Karel Fourie





: 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/Aerospace Atmospherics.The Focus is on Flight.Very Detailed Flight Vehicle showed prominently with Pilots dressed for flight.

kouzala

Ricky Cox

Viktor Nering

Bazzaro

John Cahoon

Kirt Stanke

Mona Eriksson

Emil Petrinic

Bjorn Norberg

Will Brown

Michael Burburan

Phillip Buchanan

Dmitri G Michniouk

Mark Alford

sacha angel

neville de souza

prabath wijayantha

greg kaperski

mona eriksson

attilla kurt

vladimir davidenko

paul b castillo

juha kamarainen

mauricio alvarado kladt

joel carlo

shawn andrews

matt benya

Derek Wilson

blaz porenta

oscar jostedt

pavel elagin

yann tisseron

blaz porenta

Fabio Oscar Corica

: detailed explanatory tutorials

sacha angel(divx tutorials)

matt benya(photoshop of atmospheric effects)

Nathan Bachelder(Painting a posthuman)

Raffy Encarnacion Dematawaran(Painting an Angelina Jolie lookalike)

[LightSovereign]

Real nice start!. the second is much more refined. but the first holds more subtle qualities i really like.. In the shadow, i am guessing thats a river running thru..Initially i thought traffic or city lighting, so i was like wow thats a pretty big landscape. to then carry the eye on to the background where there is the curved cylinder and the subtle lighting of the singularity. i thought thats pretty damned wicked!!..more mystery in the first, at least from my perspective.

jolly nice work so far!

Marley

[ginoshu]

Hy :),

I might dissapoint you a little right now, because I changed my mind regarding the splash, but I think..like a deja vous...this newer comp I made it's much and more interesting the this u saw it.

I said " deja vous" because I made the ground rounder in this new comp, :) I felt this too, because the perspective is exagerated ...of course the ground should play the same...so thank you for the advice. :)

I like your works, I've saw ur portofolio, very nice compositions, about the eon I feel the same. Nice contrast, Im very courious how u'll finishe the work. It has already a mistery of its own.

So...multa bafta si sper sa mai tinem legatura :)!!!

[R-K]

Great mood, I also like how this is like grayscale too. Works well with the brief. However it's a bit empty and sort of typical work. Imagine something totally crazy and worry later how the hell you're gonna do it :deal:

Anyway good composition, the cloud works well and so does the light beam.

[RaresH]

MarkyG- Thanks for the comment. I'm working on more sketches.

Light Sovereign- Hey thanks for the comments. You're right, now that I look at the two, I can see why the first holds a little more mystery. The specular noise towards the bottom of the frame does look somewhat like city lights, but it was actually meant to illustrate the light reflecting off the mineral deposites. I'll see what I can do about retaining some of that mystery in my final piece.

Ginoshu- Multumesc! I appreciate your positive feedback. Hai sa punem un Roman top. :D

Ranath- Thanks! The grayscale is really just to help me attain my Value, composition and mood without worrying too much about the color. That will come later, although I do like the desaturated look myself. Could you clarify a little what you mean by typical? Is it not spectacular or outragous enough? In any case I'm still on the concept faze. I'll keep your crit in mind.

[RaresH]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1166576679_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1166576679_large.jpg)

Quick sketch to define a different composition. I also added some tech.

[RaresH]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1166835446_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1166835446_large.jpg)

Seeing how this looks with a couple of characters and a little color added.

[Slav]

interesting stuff man. cant wait to see more of this one.

[RaresH]

Hey thanks Slav. The feeling is mutual. I like where you're going with your entry. I especially enjoyed your portfolio piece 'Thyne'. Very interesting design. It has a harmony to it that I've seen in few works.

[MarkyG]

Cool images Rares.

I like the latest the best, is that the direction you're going now?
The cylinder wall backdrop is really powerfull. Looking forward to more!

[LightSovereign]

That hits the spot nicely, rares. that cylinder is one of the more accurate ones for sure, not just in aesthetic but scale..It posses that 'mystery' aswell..Thats the cream of the crop for me too :D.

Marley

[musi]

Hi Rares,

I like the latest the best, like how I am being led from Patricia to the midground figure (Garry?) and into the deeps of the chamber.

Good luck, and can't wait to see the next update!
Sasha
EON (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=423648)

[RaresH]

Thanks for the encouraging words!

Hey Mark, thanks again for dropping by. I may very well go with the latest. I'll work on some versions of that and see how I can improve on it some more.

Thanks LightSovereign, glad I was able to preserve some mystery. As I start to finish up the image I'll try not to define some areas too much and give away the ambiguity of the vista.

Thanks Sasha, yes I was going for a left to right, foreground to background lead. I think I might have stopped too far in the right corner of the image which is creating a lead off the frame. I'm going to see if I can improve on that.

Thanks again for your comments. Happy Hollidays and Happy New Year!

[Manzieri]

I think Sketch #3 is terrific!

Sketch #4 could be another winning Concept, but maybe the field of vision should be enlarged...

Thanks for your visit and best wishes for the final rush!:thumbsup:

[bonim]

I reallly like what you have started here ... one thing (maybe it's for later) I would add is more contrast. Not necessarily color ... but tonal. Show edges more clearly with a contrast around them. Subtle. It could pop some of the pieces out. If that's what you want. :)

Boni

[HFix]

good sketches!! hope to see more soon! good luck with the final! :)

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

[RaresH]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1170147719_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/11837/11837_1170147719_large.jpg)

It's been a while since I last posted and I'm cutting it close right now trying to get my piece finished on time. It's possible but I have my doubts. Sometimes however, I work best when in a crunch so it should be fun trying. This latest WIP i s the outline which I drew, scanned with a not so good scanner, and drew some more in painter. I also rendered out a wireframe from xsi to assist me with perspective because drawing a perspective cylinder by hand doesn't appeal to me so much :D.

[Suirebit]

Rares, mai ai timp? :D

[RaresH]

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Filling in the lines here. I have yet to add the characters...yay.

[RaresH]

Manzieri - I like 3 too but I also would like to showcase the vista of the chamber as well. Thanks for your comment.

Bonim- Thanks. Good idea about pushing contrast and defining edges. I'll keep that in mind.

Hfix- Appreciate the encouraging words. I'll try and keep em coming.

Suirebit- Sa speram ca am timp :eek:.

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