Eon (Illustration) Entry: Remko Troost

[OKMER]

Whoaaa, so f)))))) great contest theme!!!


I'll proberly have a hard time finishing the contest again with my work and an exposition in december but whooo, wouldn't miss this for nothing!
I'll try to scribble a bit anyway!

Such great artists and such a great theme,i'll just sit back(having a but) and watch the show!

May the force be with you all and have great fun.


Whoooaaaaa,just fall from his chair again

[MVDB]

Best of luck to you Remko! Have fun creating this world! :thumbsup:

[OKMER]

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well, normally had to head home...
hi,hi
But suddenly got really inspired by this totaly great theme and so did my first speedpainting...
Had so,
was burning inside,haha

Hope my girlfriend understands...

[nwiz25]

u da man mate! love ur concept to the core! freakin brilliant! :eek:

party on buddy! n good luck! :) :) :) :)

[Nomad]

This painting looks great :scream:


Good start :thumbsup: good luck and have fun :bounce:

[yanbing]

color is nouveaute! excellent concept~

[MVDB]

great concept! like the colors also. You've got my attention!

[Grin3d]

I'm falling in love ... :applause: Such a wonderful sketch!

Roman Grin3d

[vladino]

O man! :eek:

Lovely concept! :bounce: Looking forward to see more from you :thumbsup:!

Good luck and have fun :)

[OKMER]

Hey so nice comments!!!Thx Guys & Girls!!!

Actually >I didn't read the book YET.
And this is what first came up to me after reading the "inspiration" section.

But tommorow morning I'll be the first client in the librabry!!!
And I won't leave it without the EON book!!!

hé,hé,hé(sound of a long an dark laughing)

[atdesign]

Nice job, love the concept.




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[OKMER]

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Yap, well just couldn't sleep,ha,ha.
This thing keeps spooking around in my head..
Ha,ha, and what will that be once I've read the book.

bye,bye sleep.

The big problem is I ain't got no WACOM here at home...
And the last time I officialy touched an mouse is for about 4 years ago,ha,ha.

So i just did a switch and some kind of sky with stars lightly in the upper part.
Just playin a bit,while waiting Morpheus...

Can't wait to read the book!!!AAARGHH

See ya'll tommorow.Good night!!!

[OKMER]

THat purple kind a suc*s!!!
But just could'nt sleep and had to scribble a bit...sh**....

I'd better go 2 sleep

[TheFirstAngel]

cancer tejring, thats an awesome sketch! ^^ :beer: keep em coming!
oh and by th way: officially best of luck and have fun ate :) keep on rocking!

[icedeyes]

extemelly intresting and powerfull image.... good luck wi th your entry

[daWinky]

Hey Remko!

Wow, this is a really nice sketch, very impressive:thumbsup: !

Looking forward to see your vision when you've read the book!

Let me wish you good luck and of course a lot of fun here:) !

Cheers,

-sabrina

[SONIC-X]

Great idea you have there.

Cheers!

[adib]

great sketch:thumbsup:

[Ego]

Good luck. Hope your book is here now :D

[Squibbit]

cool stuff, sir :thumbsup:


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[jddog]

I really like you sketch taht you have here, powerfull image.

jd

[mazalo]

wow man...exellent stuff...


:)

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[Fahrija]

hi okmer!

awesome start! great mood and excellent scale/proportions. Could be allready a good way to go or do you want to try some more sketches?

Will be very interesting to watch the detailing. Maybe within the next step the image needs some more 3d depth information to increase the perspective differentiation within the scene.

I would keep the iconic composition you are using here but it might be important to switch the center of interest to the foreground elements.

enough bla bla

good luck dude!

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[NH]

Good start :bounce: Good luck :thumbsup:

[OKMER]

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Yap, while my break this afternoon had to scribble some more, cant get this thing outta my head,hu,hu.

While waiting my book I inspire myself on the the inspiration chapter here.

Not so much time(gotta eat,they told me,ha,ha) so I just turned and turned around my pic till I find another interesting perspective.

And then these backpack flyers came up to me and so did this speed.

later ;-)

[OKMER]

Whooa, thank you so much for your nice comments!!!

FirstAngel:Cancer Tejring?Thank you and you 2, all the luck and fun for you,CHEERS!!!

Icedeyes: Thx Dude!!!You 2,good luck and fun!!!love your avatar!

Dawinky: Thank you 2 very much, love your cat(got a bunch of them myself,hi,hi.Me 2, can't wait to read the book,aaargh.Think I'm gonna strangle the owner of the library today(ssssst)

Sonic-X. Thx!!!

Adib : Thx 2,ha,ha

Queensoul: Nope,still no book....:-( By the way if someone finished it,don't hesitate to send it to me,ha,ha!)I wanna read EON!!!

Squibbit:Thank you very much sir Uomala!lol

jddog:thx so much

mazalo:thx,thx,thx(lucas is gonna like this,ha,ha)

Fahrija: Thank you so much for your comment,really constructive.Indeed, i really feel like working that one out as well.It's the first thing that came up 2 me after reading all chapters in the contest.Often the first impression is the closest to what you'll do best(at least the one you'll take all the fun)...(sorry for my english)
And indeed I feel like that developping this pic is the one I'll have most fun with.
But this can always change, like I didn't really read the book yet.Hope the pic describes well the EON...

bouboule: merci beaucoup man!!!

[ThierryS]

Cool start Okmer, surely the book will help refine your concept. :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

another great sketch :) love the light and composition, striking and beautiful! keep it up mate :)

[Conkrys]

I really like you concept art! If this is so great I can't wait to see your finished work. Good luck to you.

[nwiz25]

holy moly! spectacular work man! :eek::eek::eek::eek: love it too much! :) i agree .. very powerful indeed!

cheers! n good luck to ya mate! :P enjoy!

[faultymoose]

WOW O_o

That's about all I have to say. You've really captured a sense of awe and wonder. Amazing! I absolutely LOVE the image of the man on the mountain with the city hanging over his head....

wow.

[warpy]

looking good, will visit later on too.

[Nomad]

Great concept, verry interesting visually.


One thing, the guy on the right seems to have a lasersabre in his left hand :D it`s the plasma tube on the background which is at the same level as his hand... or he is a Jedi... :D


Great work, I`m looking forward to see your next steps :thumbsup:

[OKMER]

Ha,ha thats right Nomad,,It was really quit a quicky and so the guy on the right isn't really well finished and placed there I think also...I'll kick the jedi out,ha,ha:D

[michael-olszak]

i like the mysterious mood this concept has. cool work

[Neubius]

wow, I'm really liking your style.

All your sketches have superb composition.
great stuff , looking forward to updates!
A

[GonzaloGolpe]

Cool concepts. I´ll be watching to your work:thumbsup:

[Nekomouse]

*sweatdrops* Wow, this is some really awesome stuff. I feel so far behind now...
GOOD LUCK!

[ReinaldoRomero]

Nice concepts man, ill be looking forward for your entry, keep it up!

[OKMER]

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Yap,still not got the book :-(
But in some kind a way,all your works and by reading some chapters and with all the stuff around here,I'm getting into the world of EON bit by it...

And I love it!!!WHooooo.

Anyway, i want to keep up with this epic demesured kind a thing with an human on top of an world, with his nose almost against this huge floating town, (without being capable to touch or it,or maybe capable but really just).

I want him or her to have this kind a expression that say's"""whooooo, when i'll get down of this hill and tell everybody about what i've seen, nobody will believe me!"or"just amazed...

So I did another sketch in this kind a concept.

Later in EON :-)

[ramy badie]

This is really an awesome looking sketch, even if you don't go with this concept in the end I really hope you finish this as a separate piece anyway. Really cool work so far :)

[nwiz25]

dude! ur concepts keep better and better :P awesome man!
i love the latest one even more! >:D<

hey .. um .. one more thing ... i think the gal looks a little big ... coz where shes about to climb into .. i think u can make that very much enormous ... if u want to keep the gal the same size .. what do u think buddy?? correct me pls if im wrong ...

all in all ... i love ur work! really waiting for the final details! :)

cheers mate! n good luck to u ;) >:D<

[OKMER]

Thx Ramy Buddie!!!
THx Nwiz!!!

Don't really know what's a gal so It's diificult for me to answer.
If not, the thing she's getting into is really the all lower part of an floating town.

Above it's huge, but indeed the others floating towns should give some more details on the size i think.

Indeed i have to go much more huge,you're right, and bring some more material of the floating town in pic.But i'm still just doodling and scribbling around, and not sure I'll start from here...

By the way, what's a gal???:shrug: :D :thumbsup:

[nwiz25]

hehehehehe ...... a gal is a girl :p

[nwiz25]

but u kno dude ... no matter what, ur work is just spellbinding!

keep em comin mate!

good luck! cheers! >:D<

[nwiz25]

hey! u re-arranged ur name rite ?

Remko = okmer

hehe ... coooooool:p

[OKMER]

Yap,ha,ha my name is Remko(sh*t,you found out,ha,ha).
Thx again Nwiz for your nice words!!!
Now I understand, i thought you talked about the thing she was getting into,ha,ha.
Indeed she should be more little.
Or the floating thing more bigger.
you're right.

Big up mate!

[nwiz25]

hehehehehehe .... remko! very nice name indeed! >:D<



wishing u da very best of luck remko! god bless ya!

cheers ! :beer:

[NathanielWest]

Okmer,

All of your images look great! I really like the first ones the best because I felt a grander sense of scale. Keep up the good work, and I'll be checking back soon!

[nandlaskar]

hi,
good visuals already my friend :thumbsup:

[element5]

Hiya OKMER,

Good to see you again and wow i will have to get busy to keep up...lol
Great start my friend :-)

Chhers Mark

[OZ]

great stuff!

[mv]

don't forget about perspective... you have some nice shapes but try to add some depth.

Here's a quick paintover, might give you some ideas.

[Squibbit]

yea and instead of the light bubble, make the mechanical hold a ice cream


greg will love it


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[OKMER]

Yop, thx you all very much for ya nice comments!!!
super motivating,he,he!!!

EON, get out of that body please, I hear my girlfriend say,ha,ha!!

MV: you're totally right,and 1 giant "Thank you" to U mate for taking your time!.For the moment I'm just searching.Somehow,I would like to get back to the 1st pic.thats the one i feel most.

Squibbit: It's forbidden for the scientist to eat icecream during their service!you know that!:D
Some times some scientists slip into the Ben&Jerry's stand into the 5th room but if they get cought, they risk their job!!!:deal:

[flatline01]

I really like this one. there is a good sense of depth to the piece, but as mv pointed out, there are some perspective problems. the steps are not quite in line with the figure and the point of rocks. they seem to have a different vanishing point than the rest of the piece. adding somemore rock outcroppings in the foreground may help as well.

i'm also no crazy about the rebreather on her mouth. at a quick glance, it seems like the figure is almost pursing her lips, or some sort of alien. i think its mostly because the rebreather piece is the same value and tone as her skin. pushing is a bit lighter or darker may help separate it from her face a bit, and make it pop more.

keep going with this. there are some really good ideas here.

[NinjaA55N]

hi there! Great and magnificent start! I didnt yet read the book or even got thru short describtions, so no constructive critics yet.. but I'll watching ur thread for further development. Good luck!

[TheFirstAngel]

just enjoying your development process, its great to see ya aproch the topic obviously with having much fun enjoy :)
great composition, great mood :thumbsp::thumbsp::thumbsp: keep on rocking!

[mdavid]

Hey Remko, your concept images are absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to see where you go with this project

[OKMER]

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Now i hope my work will allow me to eat those 664 pages!
Good night fellows!!!

[GonzaloGolpe]

Love the plasma...hahaha:scream: have a good reading!

[TheFirstAngel]

kaaaas met hagelslag, droooool! rofl, have fun and enjoy gettin "stoned" have a nice trip :scream::beer:

[OKMER]

Ha,ha Sacha, Now I understand what ya ment with "cancjer tering",ha,ha et "kaas met hagelslag" is totally madness also!!!
Ha,ha, keep on rocking and rollin,DROLLLL

[OKMER]

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Yop, well I didn't had much time to advance in my book, and so I'm still in the beginning of the first chapter.

It's where patricia takes off for the first time direction the meteor.

And so I did a sketch of the moment she sits in the shuttle,2 or 3 minutes before she'll take off.

Still just playing, as I'll proberly go for the first image.so playing and warming up.

Feel like I'll proberly mahle an sketch of each moment that really touched me before starting my final image.
A way for me to totally imerge myself in the EON,ha,ha.

may the force be with you all!!!

[nwiz25]

woweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee remko! this is awesome! :bounce: :bounce:

really waiting for ur upcoming concepts! :) :) :) :)

wishing u da very best of luck! cheers buddy! :P

[TheFirstAngel]

awe she's such a cutie ^^ great sketch mate!

[naetronic]

nice concept sketches okmer best of luck, hope you finish!

[PBCastle]

pretty cool!

great start and great warmup piece, keep em coming,
looking foreward to seeing what you do.

[daWinky]

Hey Remko,

great sketch of the girl, I like it a lot:thumbsup: ...but though it's not totally according to the book I still have the first sketch as my favorite one, it makes a great impact, very attracting for the viewer and just perfect for a kind of movie poster...it makes people curious:) ...
Feel like I'll proberly mahle an sketch of each moment that really touched me before starting my final image.
A way for me to totally imerge myself in the EON,ha,ha.
Well, good news, I'm looking forward to discover your visions:bounce: !

Cheers,

-sabrina

[OKMER]

Thx guys and girls!!!so motivating.

Dawinky:I totally agree with you, thought that's what I've understood.Creating curiosity and "wanna see" for the public, I'll definitily will be working on my first sketch.

In the meanwhile, I'll try indeed doodling my way through the book, like that.If the time allows me so, besides my work, i really would like doing that.
In this way I'll really be in the world of EON once I'll attack my first image.

HEy, and once again THX You very much for yall nice comments!!!
Love this community!

[NH]

Hey Okmer what's up mate ! Cool concept dude :thumbsup: sorry I was a little busy so I didn't followed the evolution of your work but now I saw it and ... :eek:
Keep up the good work man!
:beer:

[nwiz25]

hey remko! :P

is that u in da pic??? ( the one with .. ' i got it! ' ) .. :) >:D<

[OKMER]

Yap NWIZ,ha,ha,...kind a fu)))d up on a bad sunday morning ha,ha!:D :D :beer:

[nwiz25]

hehehehehe >:D< :P .. well that pic sure is full of life!:bounce:
really love the whole thing goin on with it! >:D< :bounce:

hehe

god bless ya buddy! take care! n good luck to u! :thumbsup:

[molossus]

Love those sketches! Keep' em coming!:thumbsup:

[SONIC-X]

Nice concept dude.

[OKMER]

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Sorry ain't got much time to comment;
Gotta go, but be back later on.

Finaly I'll go on with this pic, because it's the one I feel most and that's very important.

So I kept on sketching on my first image.
Still a lot to do on it, but slowly getting into what I would like to do for the final image...

More comments later,gotta go now if I don't wanna be killed by my girlfriend before finishing this work,ha,ha

[nwiz25]

Remko!

:eek:

awesome dude! me loves it to the core!


:applause:


wow! cant wait to see the details!

cheers buddy!:beer: n good luck! :thumbsup:

[ramy badie]

Absolutely gorgeous, you really got an epic feel here, I can't wait to see where you go witht his. Awesome work. Keep it up, you are definitely getting there.

[MartinNielsen]

That's a great visualization of a chamber. Good luck.:)

[ori@r.a.m]

wow, amazing atmosphere! u really have something here, i'll be watching this thread :)
good luck!

[OKMER]

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Yop, I've switched the image.
Still searching for where i'll be heading.

I'd really appreciate your meaning about the switch?
Thx for all your nice comments buddies!
Brings in a lot of positive vibes!!he,he,he :-)

[MartinNielsen]

I actually like this one better.

[mv]

Yep, this way looks great with the title. Don't forget about the perspective on those big hanging structures ;)

[ramy badie]

I'm going with the new one as well, I feel that it reads better from left to right going back in the perspective, it also brings more attention to the fact that the structure is so large. I also like the way you did the title here :) really excellent work, good luck with this.

[OKMER]

Yap,ha,ha, totally agree avec toi MV!!!
Merci man!

[OKMER]

Yoppa, Thank you very much Ramy buddy!!!
Me too I think I prefer this one,

[faultymoose]

Okmer, I'm speechless.














Wow O_O

[Greatto]

Great image, very impressive... Perfect layer works and color tone :) but I think the scale of the human is too big. What do you think?

[OKMER]

I totally Agree with you Greatto, but I'm a bit afraid that if i lower down the human scale,he/she won't be visible anymore at all.

Still gotta find an solution about that.

Because I would like this image to show the totally mad difference between the size of the human and the hanging city just above his head...

[beelow]

Really nice image you have here Remko! Color pallete scale and compo is pretty nifty!:thumbsup:

[adonihs]

Wow, awesome image. Looks like something youd see on a book, i love the colors as well =)

[faultymoose]

Personally I like the scale of the human.

It's like the planetary-construction-deck on Magrathea in Hitchhiker's Guide - the book describes it as looking much bigger than infinite because it's small enough to comprehend just how big it is.

If that makes sense :)

Simply identifying the human figure on the mountain is enough to give an impression of enormous scale - the mountain helps a lot as we get a sense of mass beneath the human (love the clouds!) and already in a space where grand and epic scale has been established, the city above seems to be merely the tip of a monumentally massive structure.

Absolutely adore it. Awesome.

[stevethomas]

I'm diggin your latest. I'm glad you switched back to that layout.

[cgoz]

wow, that style gonna grab an award.keep going

[authentic]

I prefer in this way. More natural to read I think. Great picture.

[ThierryS]

Nice mood and colours, I got a good feeling too for this one! This is a good direction for a nice piece of illustration. :thumbsup: :)

[OKMER]

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Yop, did a little layout for the kind of solarpanels that are all around the floating town.

They absorbe the energie out of light and heat to be transformed in electricity and other formes of energie needed by this town to float and life.

Not sure I'll go on with these designs but i had some fun,he,he.

And if they will be on the town, they proberly will almost not recognisable as they are in a shadow part of the pic.

Later friends!

[OZ]

YES ,YES,YES....coool stuff!...the solar panels are very well designed and i love the last draw you did...flipping it was a good move.

[nwiz25]

hey Remko! >:D< :P very interesting concept!

hehehehe.... keepin us all in suspense :p

cant wait to c more updates! :P

cheeers buddy! :beer: n good luck as always :P >:D< :thumbsup:

[crazybread]

Hey Okmer, I've been following your post for a wile now. I want you to know I really dig your concept with the hanging city and all, I also love the two flying dudes with the back pacs, I think it adds belief to this crazy enviroment (if that makes any sense). I will definetely be back and check on your progress. Great job!:buttrock:

[Greatto]

maybe , if you will put human little bit closer to camera , and you will save his scale and it will seems not so huge... its just my opinion :) Good Luck...

[OKMER]

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Hey YEAHHHHH, first time I get to the next stage(lineart) in a challenge here!!ha,haaa,YUUUoUUhhh.
Lets go get some beer!!!

Well, i rearranged, cleaned and named all my layers, gave them colors to find them easily and to work my pic confortably out.

And so now I started to pull out my shapes of the floating town.
I do this with a fine 60% hard point pencil and the gum in photoshop.

Did this on a compressed version of my pic.Added an almost white layer above it and put this to 70% to keep the shapes visible behind.

THe outlines will disapear later on as i will start painting.
Yap, just wanted to share my progress with you,he,he.

Still a lot of work on that pic,ha,ha.
Glad we've still got almost 3 months.

May the force be with yall!!!CHEERRSS

[ori@r.a.m]

all i can say is wow!!! :eek: amazing atmosphere and detailing.

keep on dude you have a winner pic here :buttrock:

[daWinky]

Hey Remko,

great to see that you'll follow the concept I liked most:) , good choice and already a solid start with your line art:thumbsup: . I'll definitely watch your progress with this piece!

Cheers,

-sabrina

[ICHOMA]

Wow! the domentions are espectacular.
I like it very much.

[Neubius]

incredible man, lovely deighn work!

A

[Squibbit]

great stuff continues to happen :thumbsup:



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[Rudeone]

Hey man, nice to see you're in as well.

This looks great, don't have anything constructive to add right now but I look forward in seeing this develope, I'll be watching *subscribing*

[nwiz25]

:eek:



wowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwow


:eek:



awesome structures Remko buddy!

u rock totally!

:bounce:

love the green tones man! plays very well with the environment!

:eek:


dude! wishing u da best man! good luck as always! :thumbsup:

cheers!

:beer:

[brrrhmmm]

I like you city design.How do you plan to fit in the solar panels ?Also can you elaborate
more on the reddish foreground element.Great work . I am almost imagine the
superlative detail after 3 months.

[W-I-L]

looking excellent mate. you have done soo much already! like others said very atmospheric

[NH]

As i see the force is with you mate ! :scream:
I like your last post ! Keep it up ! :thumbsup: I am curious about the evolution of your work man !
( PS : Capitaine PANDA déchire tout ! :love:)

[MatejaPetkovic]

This is exelent concept, can wait to see final drawing

[TheFirstAngel]

awesome detailing ^^ thought i said that already in case i didnt ya just keep on rocking mate ^^ huge set, awaits tons of detailing wich i look forward to with excitement :D go go go remko :buttrock::beer:

[Falcorr]

Nice stuff Okmer :thumbsup: Just keep adding to this pic.

I'll be hanging around in the shadows and look at your technique :)

[beelow]

I am waiting to see more Remko. I like where this one is going!:thumbsup:

[Manzieri]

A notable line of action! I look forward to your next posts!

MM

[OKMER]

Whohaa,thank you so much for all your kind comments!!!
really keeps me so motivated,love all the work you're doing!
Amazing!

But I got a lot of commisions to finish and i'm a bit stucked right now :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Really would like to go on with this piece!

Think i have to put in some more the giant tube feeling,whatta you think?

Thx again all you mates!!!
May the forzz be wizz you!
:beer:

[Nomad]

Great progress Remko, I like alot the mood you have obtained.

Wish you a great continuation on this picture :thumbsup:

[MiKeMiNioN]

good Impact! i like it!:applause: cant wait u finish this illus.:scream:

[Nekomouse]

Heya Okmer,
That is definately looking very good! Awesome atmosphere. Keep going...

[ximahmoud]

impressive work.. great concept, awsome detaling ..keep it up man, WELL DONE

[bearfoot]

hey remko


looks really good so far ! i like the design and overall feel you have going on

keep it up

[Runecaster]

I really like the sense of scale in this - and the palette is nice in its simplicity. Very good feel and atmosphere already - well done and looking forward to more!

[TheFirstAngel]

lol, just spaming a bit ^^ UUUUUUUPDAAAAAATE! :bounce::bounce::bounce: go go go mate!

[OKMER]

yopp,thank you so much for your nice comments, i really appreciat very much!!!

Like christmas and new year are getting closer and closer more and more commisions are coming in and so time just isn't by my side.:banghead:

I really really hope i can finish this time and i'll do everything to do so!!!
It's so much fun!

thumbs up to you all!respect!

[NH]

Waiting for updates Homey :bounce:

[robertp]

stunning images, I would love to see more.

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! :eek: where is u man?? :eek: its been so long :eek:

[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

brian Slayton

: 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

[OKMER]

Heee,whoooa, that was some hell of a month(november) So much work for christmas and new year communications.
TUrned for some times 20hours a day or even white nights,7 days a week so I'm really sorry guys that I really couldn't comment on all your beautiful works and ideas.
Ok stop, didn' t came here to complain!

Just to say, that even if december will also be quit full, i'll proberly find some more time to get on with my pic, and I'm so happy about that, because it's so cool down here!
Had to say that!

Maybe it's even better as I can get on with my pic with a new fresh regard.
I'm impatient!!!
Later friends!

May the force be with you all!!!:beer: :beer: :bowdown: :beer:

[Nazirull]

Hope you can come back on doing this coz its gorgeous. I read through the pages and see no mention of any particular place in the book that youre doing.

Personally i think its Alexanderia showing the upright chandelier, although i cant remember reading about beams coming down from the tip of it and hitting someone, this is greg bear's Eon-inspired work! So you really dont have to be so faithful to the book!:scream:

Full of potential. quite reminds me of the scene where Luke is stuck under the tip of the Cloud city....what a scene that was. :thumbsup:

[mdavid]

Seeing the fantastic quality of your work so far I'm not the least bit surprised that you've got all those commissions. Good luck getting through it all. I'd love to see you finish this

[tastatura]

May the force be with you my friend also see you back

[LightSovereign]

Yea, brilliant work on the lineart. i thought of alexandria aswell, though not entirely accurate, this is one of the more ethereal pieces i've seen yet. Tis very nice work!. great sense of atmosphere!

Marley

[Fahrija]

remko,

i hope you´ll find the time to work on this one...it´s worth it.

best wishes
fahrija

btw. > i remember during the gso challenge your child was born - must be in the beginning of december. happy birthday....time is running fast.

[OKMER]

Wha,haaa, that's really lovely Fahrija!!!And you don't even know how right you were when you wrote those words.You wrote them on her birthday!!!
ha,ha 2 years on the 6th of december.Yesss,time flys.Wanted to anser the same day but I couldn't.
Anyway thx mate
:beer:

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1166712587_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1166712587_large.jpg)

Yoop, that has been a while since i came back on this image, and it's so cool to come back on it with a totally fresh view on it.A lot of things has gone through my head eversince i stopped working on it.

So fiinally I came back to my old outlines and erased them.Finaly I didn't really like them.

I would like to obtain a more pattern feel in the this building.
So I restarted and tried a bit more 1/2 rounded traces and a bit of indian/Persian/Art nouveau decorations proberly.

What I did as my image is quit big, is to flatten all the image, then resave it with another name and put 2 layers above the background.
1 for my light and shadow tones and 1 for my outlines.
Then I switch a lot between of them and pull out my shapes as I feel them and sometimes, I discover formes in my scribbles and color changements.

THis is how Ill slowly build it up.

Still a lot to do..aaarghhhh.

I'll proberly meet Santa this year as he passes by in the night.With this deadline I'll proberly won't be sleeping.hi,hi.I'll try to take a picture of him guys, promised!

:beer:
(and another one)

[Nazirull]

I love your lineworks and your pallete....A trully artist. There is alot i can learn from looking at artist like you work. Competition like this gives that opportunity.

Thanks for sharing man!

Be waiting for that Santa pic!

[Hideyoshi]

great attention to detail! Cool concept also!

Keep working, good luck!
And merry X-Mas!

[nwiz25]

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

god bless ya buddy!
cheers! :beer:



> Remko dude! :scream: good to have u back! where were u for so long ?! :cry: me cant wait to c ur latest update man! :eek: hehehe ur last concept was teasing us long enough! :D
good luck my friend! :thumbsup:

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1167440919_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1167440919_large.jpg)

Well,most of my outlines are dropped down.In some parts of the pic I worked out the details more then in other parts, but as the outlines wont stay, now i've made enough outlines to know where i would like to head to.
Now I'll start painting over them to get my tones and values back.

But I'm hesitating a bit and would really appreciate your feelings about this please.

Earlier on there was made a point about the size of the human, that didn't look quit little enough besides the huge feeling of the building, and somehow I agree a bit, but I'm not sure.

So i made a 2nd sketch with Patricia in the foreground, just besides her vehicule, that could be cool also maybe, but i'm really hesitating.
How do you feel about this?

I wish you all a so nice and happy new year to all of you and all the ones you love!!!

[walrus]

Myself, I like the second one with Patricia in it. Gives everything a nice sense of scale and relatability. Just my 2 cents... good luck and happy new year!

-mike

[LightSovereign]

definately the second one for me (with patty next to vehicle), more eon in story and you can make the building as large as you wish...the second one for the win..imho :).

love the palette of the sky and clouds.

Marley

[OKMER]

Whoooa,thank you so very much for your nice comments!!!
Nazirull,Hideyoshi, Neville thx bro!You too all the luck and love for 2007!!

Micheal,Marley, thnks guys!me too, I'm feeling the 2nd a bit better.
Finally with all the work & family i really couldn't read all the book.
But I arrievd at the part where Ptricia enters in the 2nd room for the 1st time and when she gets out the car a moment to look at this giant buildings.
Liked that part, and finaly in the beginning my piece was more EON-inspired, it still is, but i thought it could be quit close to this moment in the book.
All the luck and love to yall for 2007!

[Greatto]

hello)
well first i'll say about image its really great:) i see u changed ur first concept :) i love right one its more dramatic and u can see the huge scale of background....:) left one bit look like execution ;)
As i said I wish u a lot of luck and fun in this new year, and of course a lot of health too:)
Happy New Year!

[mdavid]

I'm coming in late on this vote but I agree with the others anyway. I really like the second one, with Patricia in the foreground. It makes the distant structure seem that much bigger. I'll add here that I love your use of colour - it is subtle and restrained but also wonderful and atmospheric

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1167709647_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1167709647_large.jpg)

Whooohaaa, I made it till the 3rd phase of the contest,I start coloring,ha,ha,ha.

Not a huge next step, but a little one.
Whooo, this is taking so much time, the coloring and finding my shapes.
Almost 4:30am here,hi,hi.

Finaly I just use 1 layer here that put over my outlines.
Then i just use an hardedged round brush at 30/33% opacity and my colorpicker and paint a bit like traditional oil or acrilic painting.

That means that I start with the darkest colors/zones and bit by bit bring in the lighter colors/zones to pull out my shapes.That's it for the moment.
I feel like a lot of white nights will come the next 13 days :-)

Hey, I wish y'all and extraordinary new year filled with loads of love, health and inspiration!:beer:

Greatto,Mark:I agree with you, i do feel the second better too, and thank you so much for your kind words!May ze powa be wizz y'all!

[OKMER]

forgot that, for the moment, i don't really push yet my dark and light values too far as this part of the pic will be quit much exposed to the light.
I'm still very far from pure white or black.
one more time happy new year folks!!!
:beer:

[mdavid]

I'm amazed at the beautiful detail to be found in your work. I could get truly lost in the structure you're making. I'm loving this image!

[TheFirstAngel]

yayness wheeeness bounceness and all the nesses that are happy ^^ :scream: REMKO is BACK!!! let it rock mate! insane good closeup, keep on rocking! :beer::buttrock::scream: 13 days run ahead, burst your afterburner ^^ happy newyearness!

[zweiDee]

nice stuff mister!!! love the details.. cheers!

[nwiz25]

Remko buddy! :bounce: :grin: wishing u n ur family a rockin new year! :bounce:

awesome closeup man :eek: freakin cool colours n hi lites! :eek:

cant wait to c the finished piece! :eek:

good luck to u bro! :thumbsup:

god bless ya with all his love n care! :love:

[daWinky]

Heya Remko!

So good to see you're back to your scene after the long break:bounce: ! It's amazing to discover the details of your image and now I only hope you'll find the time to finish this...it's really an outstanding picture and I'm eagerly waiting to discover your next steps!

And happy new year for you too:) !


-sabrina

[bandro]

wow amazing concept and sketches!!! thank you for your comments on my thread this one goes for the winners i think

good luck!!

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1168020888_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1168020888_large.jpg)

Yap, well putting in details and so.I try to switch as much as possible between coloring, creating, texturing to keep on variating my work for the maximum of fun.
Now keep on running:grin:

[TheFirstAngel]

boom baby, make em pop ^^
lol, yeah glad to see you do what i do, tons of detailing and the timer goes tic tic tic...
best of luck on the final run, looking good now burn those pixels and bring it through the finisingline! go go go mate! :bounce::bounce::bounce:

[HFix]

great structure design!! cant wait to see the final render :)


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

[mdavid]

Just amazing. If only there was more time. It's a real treat seeing this come together because the structure you're creating is superb. I love your sense of design. Definitely no crits from me

[Ranath]

hey! good luck with detailing, looking pretty nice so far...

[Fahrija]

hi remko,

very good so far but currently it looks like you focus to much on segments of your image. Concerning the time I would suggest detailing the whole image equally to prevent to loose the overall impression or getting different detailing-levels in the end which might cause are not submitting a final image cause it looks unfinished.

just an impression

good luck for the eon-challenge and of course a succsessful and healthy new year 2007



fahrija

[OKMER]

Sacha:Indeed baby, pixelmania,ha,ha...just love it!!!You too al the luck for the final run, but I know you'll make it and I love o so much your pic!!!May he rock be woth you mate!:bounce::bounce::bounce:

Hfix: Thx mate,Indeed as I advance on my structure I realise it's a quit tough job, as we always discover new things inside our work.But I think I'll make it before the deadline as I love what I'm doing.

Mark: Thank you again for your nice words mate :beer:.I think the time that's left is limited indeed but i feel i'll make it this time.

Ranath: thx mate ;-)I'll need that

Fahrija:Thx mate,you're right indeed, but I'll be working on the pic non stop this week and I think I can make it.
And like from above a lot of shadow will fall on the structure I certainly wont do this amount of details all over the structure.Only where light will be hitting the structure in fact.Thank you I'll need the luck,ha,ha and you too and all of you, I wish you all the love,health and inspiration for 2007!!!
Peace!:beer:

[leving]

I have to admit, this piece has been one of my favorite from the very beginning. I think the composition and detailing are absolutely stellar. Can't wait to see the finished product!

[nwiz25]

holy mama! :eek: everything is popping up from so many places! me gotta love da shadow work too! very very cool! :eek: amazing details bro! u da man!

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!:D:scream: we all racin against time!:scream: ...

hehe .. may be Forz b wiz uz broz :P .. rock on! :buttrock:

[OKMER]

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Ohh wow!!I love it when the pressure rises!!ha,ha..
Slowly detailing on and already started a bit of working out my mood & atsmophere in the left upper part of the pic...
C&C very welcome!:beer:
Aribaa,...Aribaaaa!!!pfffffiooooui;;;And gone,getting on....

[coCoKNIght]

just awesome, you'd have my vote :)

[Terro]

Wow, stunning design Remko. I have no negative crits to offer you, but I love the atmosphere thats starting to show. It shows a lot of depth and makes you focus on the grand size of the structures in your piece. Great work, can't wait for the update.

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! :bounce: :bounce: awesome update i must say! i love it i love it! :love: pls pls finito quickly mate! praying for ya! this is gonna be a freakin stunning piece! wooohooooo!

good luck bro! wishing u da very best! :thumbsup:

[Thaldir]

Just a little more, OKMER, the finishing line is on sight!

Awesome piece : sense of scale, composition, depth...Wish I was more constructive but if you wanted critiques you should have left us something to be critic about...;) :thumbsup: .

[wcraig]

I think your ability to illustrate form as well as ambiance is amazing. Your one of my favorites in the contest and most inspiring as well.

[mdavid]

It's looking beautiful. I love this kind of work and you do it so extremely well

[LightSovereign]

Now that is turning into something special alright..understandably impatient for the final result ^^.

very good luck to you mate :D

Marley

[bandro]

great artwork remko im just reading that we have more time to finish it!! more days of pain and suffering ha ha

[didzis]

Very painterly and good detailing!! I like it!!

[daWinky]

Hey Remko,

little by little...but with a great result for the overall picture:) !

I've absolutly no crits or suggestions, just patiently waiting for the final steps...your entry is certainly one of my favorites!

-sabrina

[OKMER]

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Yap well weve got 21 days more left,whooohaaaaa.So great,this will allow us to get seriously into detail all while getting sleep as ordinary people!ha,hahah.

So excited about that!

Well me in the mean time i just keep on detailling,my head calm.Honestly I had a bit enough of metal and so started elsewhere in my pic,back to the roots back to nature!!ha,ha.

Still so much to do, and the lights I brought in for the moment I still don't like them totaly, but thats the next step,colortiming.Well gotta,go,go on now :beer:

[nwiz25]

REMKO BRO!! awesome super duper update man! :eek: :drool::arteest: i love it! :love:

today me showed ur entry to ma friends .. n they went :buttrock: :applause: :D

waiting for u bro! :thumbsup:


god bless ya! :love:

[ICHOMA]

Beautiful details.

good luck!

[MartinNielsen]

Just another masterpiece...

Incredible amount of details you put in this piece.

[zweiDee]

hi mate. fresh detail, great contrast to the technical elements. nice idea^^

[beelow]

Still a nice piece that you have going on here. Are you still going to incorporate characters in this to imply the massive size of that structure in the distance? Keep going Okmer!:thumbsup:

[icedeyes]

This looks incredible... Love tall the details and the plant and insects add to the image a lot... can't wait to see what's up next...

[LightSovereign]

This is going to be real something, the flora and fauna have added life (no really :P ) to this image. diversity aswell..One of my 4 favourites (outside my own:D)


Marley

[pkneeshaw]

This is my fav so far. Great work!!!

[Nomad]

Well... it`s my favourite work in the illustration category so you must finish an win :deal:


Great work so far :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Fahrija]

I hope you have the foreground elements on an different layer to prevent painting around them when you are going to give the clouds/sky in the background some more shape/detail.
Silly me .... sure you have.

[mdavid]

It just gets better and better. The nature details are a beautiful addition.

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1168530217_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1168530217_large.jpg)

He totaly blown my pic up!!!AArghhhh...
...

..

....No, don't worry, just joking..
He promised me to fix it!

Had to do something else a bit..hu,hu,yorpffff.
So little speedy joke;;:-)

Ok now serious now again,got to get on with my pic...May ze forzz be wizz yall!!

[OKMER]

Whaaaa, thank you so much guys and gals for your nice comments!!!amazingly motivating!!
Yes,Beelow, I'll put Patricia in there near her car.
Fahrija,yep, a lot of layers there,ha,ha(need to do some cleaning by the way in my layers, its so helpful if all are named with their colors etc,etc..;Makes you win a lot of time.
:beer:

[TheFirstAngel]

ahahaha i crumble out of my cave to watch your piece and find such a mess ^^ typical ;)
ok, tell the frant to fix that immediately and behave in future ^^ wish i had a helping frant too, my patricia only starres me with hercat eyes and mumbles how unhappy she'd be with my progress :p

[walrus]

LOL, very funny, Okmer!
Great progress on the rest of the piece too, btw. :)

-mike

[naetronic]

Your frant looks awesome I hope you keep that as your central focus, just joking:D
Love the plant life,:thumbsup: youre giving it some serious detail and now with the added time Im sure you'll finish, cant wait fore you to paint Patricia in there, good luck, like you need it...

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1168575778_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1168575778_large.jpg)

Yap,well back to serious now.I vired the Frant and so I can calmly get on with my pic.

Did my sketch and the first paint on Patricia.
It's pixelwork because in reality in the pic she will be quit small/little.
Hey, it's not my fault if this building is so big,ha,ha!
I'll work her more out later on(pockets,some decoration on her costume,etc).
May ze forzz be wizz yall!:beer:

[TheFirstAngel]

kewl first glance, looking great! hehe yep and of course: may shae forsh be wishoo too ^^

[black-hand-77]

I shouldn't lose time detailing Pat so much when I have to work at such a beautiful piece of architecture. I love what you did so far. Waiting for the final image breathless. Good luck!


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

[nwiz25]

woooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooo! :buttrock: hey bro! :bounce: each and every update of urs is a treat for the soul! :love:

hehehe..love ur humourous drawings bro! :love: always cheerful! :D

mama mia! Patricia looks amazingly beautiful! :eek: her hair style .. her outfit .. pose .. even lighting! u da man Remko! :thumbsup: keep em comin!

looking forward to more updates! :bounce:

May ze forzz be wizz uz! :scream:

GO GO Remko! yipppeeeeeeeeeeee:buttrock:

[OmeN2501]

Thats some fast nice lightning on her. Really good sens of values. Dont know if you should hide her thumb on the hip - but thats totally up to u :]

Go man go! Waitnig for next update ;)

[Ivy00]

lol, poor Frant

I love your work and have a hunger to see more, more, more :)

[walrus]

Looking good! Given how small she is in the overall pic, I doubt you need any more detail than that at all. Only thing I'd bring up to think about is the head size, which seems a bit ont he small side. She's about 8 heads tall right now. (But then, I've never been too reliable on head size, I like 'em large... Too much animé as a kid or something, scientists have yet to be able to cure me. ;) )

-mike

[OKMER]

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HI, hey thx so much for all ya si nice comments.You don't even know how this motivates me badly!
Yap Micheal, you're right about that one and it's funny you talk about that, because 2sec before i saved for the web Patricia I resized her head a tiny little bit smaller.Me too I more used with bigger heads and a more cartoon rendering of my characters, but I wanted to try something more realistic this time.But I'll give it a try anyway later on!...

Well slowly detailling and working my things out.Still so much to do and especialy I really gotta rework much more the colortiming and depth of my pic.
The car is too big too right now,i'll work that out later on.

While working on my pic, I had a little flash for bringing in a road to increase a bit more the perspectif.But in fact I'm quit hesitating.Which one you prefere?A or B?C&C very welcome!
Cheers mates!!!

[Thaldir]

A for me.
As I see it, I don't feel the need for a road, in fact it feels that kind of detail that becomes 'too much', definitely better without IMHO.:thumbsup:

[ReinaldoRomero]

Mmmm I say A for sure. I think the road doesnt work well whit your scales, whitout the road the mountain where patricia is looks bigger, also the other montains, whitout the road patricia and the ship get more atention to the corner making the composition better IMHO, maybe is because the road is to bright, mmm and the plane on the bottom right corner looks closer to the spectator, whit the road the scale of that plane is not very good.
That is my humble opinion and why...hope it helps


btw, very nice looking so far mate!:thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

A for me :) keep on rocking! :buttrock::beer::wip:

[artvandeley]

Haha, you really cracked me up with the frant. Hilarious!

Aside from that this image will be sooo good. And already is of course.Chapeau!

Go for A btw...

[OKMER]

Yop,yop(2x yop that is i know)lol

Yap,well indeed i've been sitting down a while just observating my pic(it helps, so much things come up if you take your time(I know you aint got much time,but you'll have to do that while miss is a sleep,ha,ha)
And indeed you're totally right, the road don't work out that well.It takes off indeed some depth.I'll go on with A.

Yap Artvandeley, indeed that Frant almost blown it all up, vired him at time,ha,ha.But I feel he'll be back for "The revenge of the Frant"...
Ooooh why me,... why did I listen to Joe when he singed to me "Try a little help from my Frant"???:D
Later friends!

[mdavid]

I'm glad there was general agreement on choosing option 'A'. I thought it was the better one too. It's great to see the updates rolling in. Your work is very beautiful

[nwiz25]

Yo bro! im in it for - A - :):scream::buttrock:

freakin awesome Remko! its gonna be one helluva ride! :D

have fun! ;)

[aknair81]

Hey really Great!! great!! great!! great!! great!! great!! great!! work

Reg
Arun

[Fahrija]

your world don´t need any roads - A of course :)

.

[pkneeshaw]

I really like this one. Great work!

[musi]

Hey OKMER,

Wonderful, just wonderful work! :love:

I wish to see the final in full resolution and in all it's glory!

For your question, I would say A.

Good luck!
Sasha
EON (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=4126732#post4126732)

[ICHOMA]

, in my opinion the option B is the one, I think the road give the scene a more realistic composition.

regards

ichoma

[nwiz25]

hey Remko!! where are ya man?! :cry: no sign of u ... :sad:


hope everythings fine bro ..


waiting for u buddy ...


take care!


cheers! :beer:

[xric7]

cool concept.IMHO i agree with you about perspactif and i like the road but maybe it should be a litle bit special road.cheears:)

[black-hand-77]

In the B variant things look very earthly after my oppinion. I mean if you manage to create such a fine alien structure in the 2nd plane, the marked street looks so unaccorded. In the A variant things shape well enough to sustain the theme you chose. Anyway, your work looks very good and not far away from finishing. Success!

[didzis]

I'm all for having the road in there, because it makes it more dynamic!! Just maybe make it more visible so your eye can notice it better and gets lead thru the composition. And it will add depth too.

[OKMER]

Whoohaa, hey thx guys for all your nice comments!!!Thx 2 for your opinions!!I'll go for A too.But i'll try pushing the perspectif a bit further anyway by bringing in some more elements.
HAd a lots of work these last days, but I took off tommorow and wednesday to finish my pic.Nice to be there with you on the last run!May the forzz be wizz you!!!
:beer:

[artvandeley]

Yeah, go for it! Definitely one of my three favorites. You´re the best, keep it up!

[nwiz25]

heyyyyy bro!! where is u man?! waiting to c da final draw :cry: :cry:

pls pls pls .. upload buddy!

prayin for ya bro! :cry:

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1170230178_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1170230178_large.jpg)

Well, time is ticking,aaarhhh,ha,ha.love the pressure,lol.

Well stil a lot to do,and will be polishing on till the end.Details on structure almost at 99%.
Then still gotta detail on in the lower left part of the pic and some on the background.
Proberly make an open butterfly-door on the car.

Then will be timing out my colors the rest of the day.Play around with some more clouds and mist.And with the layermodes,etc,etc..

Was tight working on it till the finish with the new work that came in.one more white night,ha,ha!!!
Now go,go,go;;;

still 16 more hours to go...

Later friends!!!:-)

[OKMER]

Yappa,Torsten, thx mate!!!Runninggggg:argh: :arteest: :buttrock:

Nwiz!!!:you're the most motivating man in the world!!!,love ya bro!!!ha,ha!
Your support really keeps me going!:bowdown:

[NathanielWest]

This is very nice!! I'm looking forward to all of the details in the finish! Great job!

[Suirebit]

Excellent feeling and the text fits great! Nice job :)

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1170244787_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1170244787_large.jpg)

Just keep on texturing, working on my colorbalances till midnight...run Forest RUN!!!

[zweiDee]

lookz great mate, for me, you by now a winner! cant wait for the final. go go^^

[Manzieri]

You are flying on the wave of the inspiration, mate! Your concept is awesome, the quantity of details impressive, and it will be a pleasure to look at your final result... :bowdown:

Go on without distractions! See you in a few hours!

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1170269709_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1170269709_large.jpg)

Tools : Photoshop
Time : much,ha,ha

Eversince the first time I saw the contest and espacialy the inspiration page I felt this pic inside of me in some kind of way.

I wanted to do the top of an iceberg upside down in some kind of way.
Because this part of the upside down town is just a small part of all that's above.
I wanted to play on the "wowww, this is huge!!!"

I've opted for a very simple composition to try to catch the eye quickly of passants or people seeing it from far.the triangle above and "V" under.
Once the eye is cathed a huge labyrinth of details is hiding behind the first view.

The story is that, Patricia who went true space and the first"quit empty" chamber, did not quit realise yet the "huge WOW "factor of what happened to her"...
Once she gets into the second chamber and slowy turns her head to the "sky" the people in the cinema can start hearing her hart beating stronger...Slowly the camera turns to the "sky" also and the music...something like "Dead can dance" with the song "Yulunga"(spirit dance) slowly takes over the sound of her heart beating...Then suddenly this giant and huge structure that seems endless appears...and Patricia, the same as the people watching the movie in cinema on the other side of the screen goes like : "wowwwww!!! this is huge!!!"

That was the moment i wanted to capture in the pic, I thought this would be a one of the first "wowww" passages in the movie...but I failed putiing in the music in my thread.
(and the jpg)

It really was extremely fun doing it and I loved the "CGfamily" experience, being here with all you guys was a honor and pleasure for me!
Thank you all for your super nice words and support,

may ze forzz be with you all!!!

==== Update notes:
Whooo, can't get this rabbit from Alice in Wonderland out of my head!!Showing me his watch!!aaarghhh

Ok lowerpart I've pushed the detail level a bit further and there is still the background,which i'll proberly give a more painterly style not to overload the viewer with details.
Even if I would like to obtain a labyrinth behind the first time you let your eye drop on it.

Then i'll start cleaning up my layers, separate the different elements in the pic and then start playing on them with opacity, layermodes and fusionmask's...welll,uihhhhh..gotta go,gotta go...later!
If not,i'll change in a frog after midnight., so farewell then

[OKMER]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1170270359_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12122/12122_1170270359_large.jpg)

Oh no!!!,there's that rabbit again,...gotta go,gotta,go

[OKMER]

Hey,how long does i takes before our final image arrives?because i'm :bounce: !!ha,ha,he,he,,I'm so happy I made it and in the final "upload image" page I can see my final image???
How is it,it isn't refreshed in my thread?:shrug:
Sorry ,could'nt comment a lot these 2 days, drawing,drawing,drawing...ha,ha.
REally was the best ride I've ever made!!!I really appriacted the family feeling!!!
So much fun,oooh yessssssssss,ok last copple of beers!:D
:beer:
:beer:
:beer:

[GonzaloGolpe]

Hey!where´s your final image dude?:scream: :bounce:

[OKMER]

yap,don't understand???I'm starting to panic.:sad: the uploading suceeded at 11h20.And i've sended it 2 times after before time, just to be sure!I am so happy i made it!

But no pic...

:cry: :cry:

Help me please!!:D

ps.(i got beer!!!)
:beer:
:beer:
:beer:

[Manzieri]

Hey, OKMER!

I remember the final image had to be sent as a JPEG image in THIS thread as well as a TIFF uncompressed image via FTP. Did you do both the submissions? Take note that if everything was regular there was a band overflow in the last hours so your image could appear later...I posted it yesterday and received an email confirmation from CGSociety...

It's strange anyway that your final JPEG image isn't here in this thread...? Best, Maurizio.

[OKMER]

can i put it here?right now?I did not know that!!!?I sended it in in time...
DO i have to put the jpg in here too?Almost 2 sleepness nightand my pic in 40 min before time,I saw it on the final image upload page!!!
I was so happy!!!Can i put my jpeg in here now,I finished it before time!
:cry: :cry: :cry:

[OmeN2501]

You should say this to moderator cuz I must say.. It doesn't sound good :/ On tiff upload page was huge message if you didn't upload last milestone. Still, if you unloaded your image on server before deadline they really shouldn't cough you on formalities right? So post this final image, even as a attachment cuz I'm quite curious how didi it went :]

Good luck and see you next chelenge :D

[Manzieri]

Oh,ho...

I don't know if it's a serious thing, but when you uploaded the jpeg here as lineart/model, final composite, etc., there was also a voice saying 'FINAL IMAGE'. It was referred to the jpeg to be posted in this thread with its final destination the Challenge Page. TIFF image was just another thing. You can read it under IMAGES in the EON Instructions Section.

You should ask into the FAQ section. I suppose you can add the final image inside a last post, but it will not appear in the Challenge page nor at the beginning of the thread because submissions are closed.

Try asking Mibus in the FAQ section...maybe tomorrow they can fix the problem if you have uploaded the image on time...:lightbulb

Good luck for everything. Your image is beautiful.

Maurizio

[TheFirstAngel]

can i put it here?right now?I did not know that!!!?I sended it in in time...
DO i have to put the jpg in here too?Almost 2 sleepness nightand my pic in 40 min before time,I saw it on the final image upload page!!!
I was so happy!!!Can i put my jpeg in here now,I finished it before time!
:cry: :cry: :cry:

to me happened the oposite, i had problems to connect to the ftp and upload failed 3 times then when at 50% i read only the tiff and i had my jpg in it...

but what you MUST do is instantly let mibus know. write him a pm and an email - sohe kows and is the gatekeeper, the doormaster and he is the ONE who can let you in. man it would be a freaking tragedy if you wouldn't get in man!!! do it now please, write mibus!
best of luck my friend! cross fingers!

[OKMER]

Oki, here it is...Hey come on,I'm sorry but I'm really in partymood as after almost 2 sleepness nights I had made it 40min before..
And so thats a good reason for a party,ha,ha.
:beer:
:beer:
I upload images all day long as i work with my printers.
and never a problem.
Hope we can fix this!!Because i have a lot of beer here,ha,ha!!
:beer:
:beer:
I really was a huge experience participating with all you guys here!!!
CAn't wait the next challenge:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
here it is:http://www.imaginia.be/persoart/finaleon.jpg

may zzze forzz be wizz you all!

[Manzieri]

soooo beautiful! Write to Mibus! NOW!:bounce:


:applause::beer::applause::beer::applause::beer:

[TheFirstAngel]

congratulations on being in my friend ^^ :beer::beer::beer: yipppieeee you made it!

oh and *thanks mibus*!!!

[OKMER]

done:D :D:D
cheers!!!to you all!!

[OKMER]

Ah ok everything is ok then now???oooh yesss, whoooaa, well now I can let go all the pressure

Whoooaoaoooaoaaaa...OOOh YErrr,:
... :bounce: :beer: :beer: I love you all,yes,yes,yes...

- REmko dancing right now on his desk and having a but!!!ha,aha,ha yesss

Whoooaaaa:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:beer:It was so great to be here!!
All the forzz to you you guys!!

[TheFirstAngel]

err is it all ok? yes ? yes? yippiiiieeee! *dances with Remko* :bounce::bounce:

[OKMER]

ha,ha thx Sacha!!was great hanging around here with you guys!!
:bowdown:

[ReinaldoRomero]

FINALLY!!!:bounce: Now after seen this I can go sleep remko, kickass image since the early stage of development, nobody could say it better, alice's white rabit hehe..

The force is strong whit your piece mate, good luck whit the judges

[OKMER]

I killed the rabbit!!!3 min in the microwave, tremendous!ha,ha

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((__))
_/ )__

nan,nan don't you worry just joking!!!
Thank you guys once more for all of your support and this familything that's going on here!love it!!!:love:

Now gotta sleep badly!!!:wavey:

Snorkle, snorkle....zzzzzzz....

....z...

[nwiz25]

yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!



:applause::applause:


:scream:

:bounce:


my bro made it!

artistic excellence buddy!

thats wat it is!

:arteest:

mindblowing man! details galore! colour wash extravaganza! hehehehehe

:eek:

now u can get that long long long sleep that u so rightly deserve!

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

im so very happy for u Remko dude!

i think me gonna go sob sob ..

:cry:

love ur work to the very last pixel!

u made it buddy!

CONGRATULATIONS!

MAY GOD BLESS YA WITH ALL HIS LOVE AND CARE!

:thumbsup:

cheers bro!

beer??

oh yes plzzzz!

:beer:

cling cling!

[ArsXC]

Wow! =) Nice, great work!!! :thumbsup: :)

[musi]

He-he, it took me some time to reed all your last adventures with final image, and I am glad you got it in! :bounce:

Grat job, Remko! Wonderful! :love: