Eon (Illustration) Entry: mark alford

[Squibbit]

have fun, Mark, lookin forward to seein your ideas :thumbsup:



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[OKMER]

Hi Mark,Good luck and enjoy!!

[element5]

Well Hello and thanx for the warm welcome my old friends, here we are again for a little fun. I havn't read the book and the story plot is so cool. I am looking to by the book....i dont read much. Will have to get sketching on my Wacom....lol

Hope to see some great work once again and really hope i can finish this one....not like my last effort....hehe

Cheers Mark

[NinjaA55N]

welcome to the jungle! :D and good luck!

[TheFirstAngel]

helcome to deep space mate^^ let it rock, best of luck and have fun :)

[element5]

Hi there Ninja and FirstAngel, Hope to have something soon just waiting on the book from ebay...:-)

[element5]

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just a quick sketch based on the forum entries i have read. I should get the book in the mail this week...woohoo.

[element5]

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next step of my concept

[Nekomouse]

Looking good!
I like the perspectives.
Keep it up and good luck!

[element5]

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Little idea using a fisheye lens look.... This is the part when Patricia is shown chamber 7. She climbs up the ladder on the truck to see if she can see the end.

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Ok i am thinking on focusing on a vehicle in Eon. Many artists seems to be going landscape or charater design. The vehicle which is described in Chamber 1. Looking like a large Snowcat with 6 rubber tyres, steel banded instead of tread, spoked wheels. Rugged looking and electric powered. This is my first draft.

[element5]

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This is my second and third draft, The design i am going for is a component vehicle, lightweight being assembled from cargo containers bought from earths orbital spacestations. I want the look of a Joint NATO-Eurospace and NASA funded and built. Seeing they control all activities on the stone.

[Squibbit]

looking good so far, keep it up, dude :thumbsup:


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[element5]

Thanx Nekomouse and Squiibit for the support and dropping by.....cheers :)

[ChewyPixels]

Hehe. Looks like this scene is popular with a lot of us CGTalkers. :D

I really like the design for the vehicle. Very NASA inspired. If you are planning on concentrating on the vehicle, perhaps you should move into the 3D Scene category. There's around four of us, including myself, that also have vehicles in our scenes.

Looking forward to see how this turns out. Again, really cool design! :thumbsup:

[element5]

Hehe. Looks like this scene is popular with a lot of us CGTalkers. :D

I really like the design for the vehicle. Very NASA inspired. If you are planning on concentrating on the vehicle, perhaps you should move into the 3D Scene category. There's around four of us, including myself, that also have vehicles in our scenes.

Looking forward to see how this turns out. Again, really cool design! :thumbsup:

Thanx for dropping by Jedi-Juice :-). I am mainly a concept and texture artist and i am not that skilled in 3D yet. I can make 3d but it would take me longer LOL. I will have to go check out your thread :-) Cheers

[ChewyPixels]

Thanks for checking out my thread.

In response to your question regarding the vehicle's ability to spin:

I don't have the book anymore. I grabbed it from the library and it had to be returned. Sorry. However, I do remember that the book wasn't very specific as to how the spinning worked. It only mentioned that the vehicle was capable of spinning around it's center axis. So, my design isn't the only option. You can always have the vehicle turn at both the front and rear...you know, front and rear steering. This way it would still be able to spin around a full 360 degrees. I hope this helps. :)

As far as I can see, your current design can remain the same and still retain this ability.

[element5]

Thanks for checking out my thread.

In response to your question regarding the vehicle's ability to spin:

I don't have the book anymore. I grabbed it from the library and it had to be returned. Sorry. However, I do remember that the book wasn't very specific as to how the spinning worked. It only mentioned that the vehicle was capable of spinning around it's center axis. So, my design isn't the only option. You can always have the vehicle turn at both the front and rear...you know, front and rear steering. This way it would still be able to spin around a full 360 degrees. I hope this helps. :)

As far as I can see, your current design can remain the same and still retain this ability.

Hi there again, Cheers for the response. That helps alot, I am going to go with the all wheel steering which would make for a tight 180 degree turn...sweet :-)

[element5]

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Ok .. I found out that this vehicle can do do a 180 on its axis. So this is the revision on my initial concept. I based it on the Mars rover. The middle set of wheels track slightly set in to the front and back wheels. Also is the main drive axles. The outer wheels have seperate electric motors to help in uneven terrain and can turn 360 degrees if needed. I am very happy with the idea now :-)

[element5]

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interior observation.

[element5]

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Here I am tightening up my design of the truck. I am likeing this idea..:-)

[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.





William Leafe

Raffy Encarnacion Dermawan

Marco Alejandro Castelan Morales

John Streider

Radu Bogdan Boeru

Tiberius Viris

Sacha angel diener

Niklas Frostgard

Michael van den bosch

sandra bott

michael dashow

nabil hamadi

alwyn talbot

timur kiryashov

damir g martin

Nathan L Bachelder

Daniel lu visi

Maurizio Manzieri

dale thomas

ego lataire

rune rask

guo jian

hugo araujo

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

Roman Bernhard Eppstein

Raffy Encarnacion Dermawan

Tiberius Virius

remko troost

tolgahan gungor

torsten wolber

nathaniel west

ramy badie

bryce smith

martin nielsen

emrah elmasli

mauricio alvarado kladt

prabath wijayantha

maciej frolow

nilesh ambekar

constantinos krystallis

greg kaperski

adrian fekete

reinaldoromero

marcin j. nikiforuk

james nelms

maurizio manzieri

jarek sznytzer

Derek wilson

Nazirull Safry Paijo

Daniel justin bird

dale thomas

erik linden

rune rask

david freeman

ori arad

markus graf

ali jalali

raffy encarnacion

alex kelly

jennifer Kathleen Phillips

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

lei huang

adrian baluta

gonzalo golpe

gunilla elam

jonathan colvin

guo jian

oscar jostedt

brian Slayton

yann tisseron



: 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

Mark Alford

sacha angel

neville de souza

prabath wijayantha

greg kaperski

mona eriksson

attilla kurt

vladimir davidenko

paul b castillo

juha kamarainen

mauricio alvarado kladt

joel carlo

shawn andrews

matt benya

Derek Wilson

blaz porenta

oscar jostedt

pavel elagin

yann tisseron

blaz porenta

: detailed explanatory tutorials

sacha angel

matt benya

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nutting out some colouring and placement of logos and flags of the teams involved in the stones exploration.

[ChewyPixels]

Your design is coming along nicely, Mark. I see that you figured out a system for the spinning. :)

Are you sticking to an all 2d entry? Or, do you plan on integrating some 3d elements?

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Ok i am putting my hand in to do some 3D. I am starting with the wheels and am pretty pleased that i got it close to the concept i drew.

[element5]

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Here is the config on the wheel setup. 4 x pivoting wheels front and back(mini independent drive axles). 2 x central wheels (main drive axle)

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Here is a render with some lighting and shadows....:-)

[element5]

Your design is coming along nicely, Mark. I see that you figured out a system for the spinning. :)

Are you sticking to an all 2d entry? Or, do you plan on integrating some 3d elements?

Yeah I think I have the steering figured out, I was going to stick to 2D but you got me thinking so i am giving 3D a go.....not sure where it will go but i am having fun...lol.

Cheers
Mark

[ChewyPixels]

Looks good to me and very faithful to the concept drawings. Glad to see that you decided to take this one into the world of 3d. :D

[element5]

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Have done some work on the chassis and cabin area.....still keeping close to the concept. I did make a change to the railing on the roof and side ladders. :-)

[Slav]

i have watched you seriously get allot better of the last few challenges. good job mate!

keep up the great work. :)

[element5]

Hey Slav, thanx for your ongoing support and for popping by :thumbsup:

Cheers
Mark

[element5]

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Here is todays effort finishing touches on the model. I will be setting up the view i want and then doing a Draw over in Photoshop. So my end result will be a 2D piece using 3D to get the look right :-)

[element5]

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Just some more views of the truck :-)

[element5]

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Just some more views of the truck :-)

[element5]

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Here is the vehicle in 180 degree mode....in the story it say's that the truck can turn on its axis.....could do some wicked 360's....hehe :-)

[Leotril]

hey dude thats some modeling u got that there ... what are u planning to do with these? i mean if ur going to texture it and all it should be on the 3d model category i think.. if ur going to paint and add lotsa post effects well i guess should be in illustration its kinda confusing :sad:

[element5]

hey dude thats some modeling u got that there ... what are u planning to do with these? i mean if ur going to texture it and all it should be on the 3d model category i think.. if ur going to paint and add lotsa post effects well i guess should be in illustration its kinda confusing :sad:

Hey there, Sorry for the confusion. I am mainly a concept and texture artist, I have dabbled in 3D and with the incouragment of Jedi-Juice i made the vehicle with Max8. As i said in post #34 i will be setting the scene up and the doing an overdraw in Photoshop...thanx for dropping by....cheers....Mark

[mdavid]

I like your truck a lot. It looks interesting and efficient and I can totally believe it coming out of a space venture. Like Jedi-Juice I'm glad you chose to do the truck in 3D. This illustration category has a few entries using 3D as just another tool for generating elements of the scene. Excellent choice of scene to illustrate too. No crits from me. I'm looking forward to seeing you take this to the next stage

[element5]

I like your truck a lot. It looks interesting and efficient and I can totally believe it coming out of a space venture. Like Jedi-Juice I'm glad you chose to do the truck in 3D. This illustration category has a few entries using 3D as just another tool for generating elements of the scene. Excellent choice of scene to illustrate too. No crits from me. I'm looking forward to seeing you take this to the next stage

Thanx for the support, I am glad u like it. Was fun trying to get it to look like my concept drawing. using the 3D as a tool was a bonus. Hope to have updates soon :thumbsup: Cheers

[Terro]

I love the wheels and the frame of the rig, but the cab is missing something. A little to boxy. Have you though of adding any panels to the outside walls?

[element5]

I love the wheels and the frame of the rig, but the cab is missing something. A little to boxy. Have you though of adding any panels to the outside walls?

Thanx Terro, I have left the cab a little plain i know....i will be adding alot more detail when i do my over-draw. I have made the concepts simple and modular.....because the vehicle is bought to the stone by shuttle. So i imagined it would be assembled on arrival and would be made of lightweight materials ( Materials include aluminum, plastics, magnesium, carbon fiber, and metal matrix composites. ) The vehicle is also electric powered....might run on water ??Hydrogen??

Cheers
Mark

[daWinky]

Hey Mark:wavey: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#),

you have a really interesting and convincing vehicle design here and it's great to see how close your modeling is to your concept sketches, well done:thumbsup: ! I'm curious to discover all the details in your paintover now...what are your plans for the environment, is it still the idea of Patricia on this vehicle in the 7th chamber?!

Cheers,

-sabrina

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1st...This is the first view i have set up. Chamber 7, Patrica on top of the truck....Chang and Wu out of the truck looking up at her.

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2nd...This is the second view i have set up. Chamber 7, Patrica on top of the truck....Chang and Wu out of the truck looking up at her.

[walrus]

I like the layout and the colors you have working here so far, Mark. Are you going to do the characters in 3D too?
The one thing I'd bring up is that the chamber itself doesn't quite look large enough yet. It's 50km in diameter, which is really, really large! Bear describes looking out over entire cities and it looks like they're on a flat plane until you look out and see the walls crawling upwards. Here it looks like the 20 yards around you at most is on a flat plane. You may want to keep expanding your cylinder and see how it looks. Good luck!

-mike

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Ok with the advice of WALRUS...thanx mate. I have made the chamber HUGE!....lol now it dosn't look like a small sewer with a fluro light...hehehe

[element5]

I like the layout and the colors you have working here so far, Mark. Are you going to do the characters in 3D too?
The one thing I'd bring up is that the chamber itself doesn't quite look large enough yet. It's 50km in diameter, which is really, really large! Bear describes looking out over entire cities and it looks like they're on a flat plane until you look out and see the walls crawling upwards. Here it looks like the 20 yards around you at most is on a flat plane. You may want to keep expanding your cylinder and see how it looks. Good luck!

-mike

Thanx for the advice my friend, as for the charcters in 3D....no i will be trying to draw them....i have limited skills in 3D. Maybe later down the track i may try character modelling...:-)

Cheers
Mark

[Terro]

Looks much better, but I think the chamber should be a little bigger still. It's diameter streatches for miles.

[element5]

Looks much better, but I think the chamber should be a little bigger still. It's diameter streatches for miles.

AH Man! and i thought i had it....hehe

Ok back to make it bigger, its hard to image 20-50km in a reverse arce. This will slow my computer down...but I will get it :-)

Thanx
Mark

[MarkyG]

Fogging out the cylinder will give you that depth. Looking forward to more!

[RaresH]

Cool vehicle. I'm not sure about the nuclear green though. I'm guessing you're going for a lush environment? Nice angle as well.

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Hi again, I have made the chamber even bigger. My computer was not happy....lol I have also done the colouring to suit the description. Grey green road, yellow grass, sandy hummocks, small lakes and low scrawny trees (scrubby dwarf pines) well i will be adding alot more detail to suit aswell. :-) I have also added a bit of atmosphere to give it a sky look near the plasma tube.

[element5]

Fogging out the cylinder will give you that depth. Looking forward to more!

Hey there MarkyG,

I did what you suggested.....Thanx :thumbsup:

Cool vehicle. I'm not sure about the nuclear green though. I'm guessing you're going for a lush environment? Nice angle as well.


Hey Rares,

Thanx for your comments.....i had a good laugh about the nuclear green....i hadn't thought of that.....I was always planned to make it more dessert like on the yellow side......it did look too lush with the green. :)

Cheers
Mark

[MarkyG]

Hey Mark, it looks nice and big. Great!

I like the slightly desaturated look now.

[Terro]

Now were getting therr. The size of the chamber is much better now. What else are you planning on adding to the interrion? Will it have clouds and a sky or will we be able to see the structures on the upper portion?

[element5]

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Hi all, Here is my effort to block out landscape and land mass. I have added some lakes and played with clouds. I am pretty happy with it sofar. :-)

[element5]

Hey Mark, it looks nice and big. Great!

I like the slightly desaturated look now.

Thanx :thumbsup: hope the new installment is to your liking.

Cheers
Mark

[element5]

Now were getting therr. The size of the chamber is much better now. What else are you planning on adding to the interrion? Will it have clouds and a sky or will we be able to see the structures on the upper portion?

Thanx Terro.....I am pretty glad i was encouraged to make the chamber bigger. I wasn't thinking of clouds for my image but i di put some in to see what it would look like. I used a few Hummocks ref photos for the foreground.

Cheers
Mark

[LightSovereign]

That is freaky!. Possible one of the few pieces to give me a claustrophobic feel of being trapped in an eternal cylinder..(i mean that as a compliment) that is incredibly effective..ill have to add to the chorus of not be able to wait for updates ^^.

Marley

[daWinky]

Hi Mark,

great to see a scene around your vehicle now and your effort of making it bigger was very effective, it's coming along really impressive:thumbsup: ! Looking forward to see the next steps!

-sabrina

[mdavid]

It's really doing my head in and I love it! The foreground ground texture extending into the distance is especially beautiful and the truck fits in superbly into the scene. You're capturing the scale of the corridor too - something which is easier said than done. The only thing I might recommend is the vanishing point being hidden behind some haze - because the corridor goes on forever the vanishing point would not be visible as a clear dot. But hey I know this is still a WIP. Brilliant update.

[musi]

Oh my god!
You managed to get an WOW out of me! My Friend heard it from another room and came to see if I am going craze talking to myself. And here is another WOW from him!

Are you considering putting something on the extreme closeup, like a plant, or somebodies shoulder? Just to maximize the impact of the perspective.

Great work Mark! :thumbsup:
Sasha
EON (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=423648)

[Terro]

I have no crits thiw time around, Mark.

Great progress and I love the cloud effect.

[NinjaA55N]

hey buddy! Looks awesome, I love the way u painted that tube. My only concern would be that the format of the image is a bit stiff... I would widen it for a better action feeling that the blaze is also giving it. keep up the good work!

[element5]

@LightSovereign, daWinky, mdavid, musi, Terro

Thanx so much for you kind words, i am greatful for your response. I will be looking at vanishing points and foreground elements. I hope might next update will be soon :)

@NinjaA55N

Thanx dude, I might have to get u to explain more. I was unaware the scene I am portraying has action...lol. Which part has the blaze? :) or do you mean the plasma tube?

Cheers
Mark

[NinjaA55N]

huh, sorry man :) I meant the tube ofcors (that shiny blue line). And I didnt think action as motion action... but diagonal lines and the depth of the image make it very dynamic. Thats what I had in mind. Sorry once again for not expressing myself more clearly.

[shattered-fx]

Hi Mark,

The background had an amazing update man!:eek:..the inside surface of the cylinder starts to look interesting!
Im just not sure what are those two posts in the ground and why it shapes exactly the same as the one on top of the vehicle?..just asking :)..Cheers:thumbsup:..

-raffy

my EON entry

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Hello all, This should stop the confusion of the pillor placeholders for my Characters. Patricia seeing the 7th chamber for the first time on the roof of the truck. Wu and Chang are watching her reaction. Lanier would still be in the truck at this moment. :-)

[RaresH]

Cool. I like how you portrayed the beam, quite glaring. And the characters are nicely drawn. I think the composition would be a little more interesting with one of the characters closer to the foreground. And you probably already thought of this, but the clouds could use some touching up. They're looking a little like bath bubbles. :shrug:

[Norberg]

Great scene!
This is spot on how I pictured this scene when I read the book.
Cool vehicle aswell.

[MarkyG]

Hi Mark, really, really cool.

One thing I'd crit is the bounce light under the vehicle. I'd darken areas down a bit to ground it to the surface. Mainly around the bottom half of the wheels and undercarriage.

Fantastic image!

[Nekomouse]

Wow, that is looking really good. I think that vehicle is great! I do agree that it would be cool to pull one or more of the figures closer into the foreground.

Keep it up!

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Working on the truck and I have moved one of the charatcers closer to the camera. :-)
Cheers
Mark

[element5]

@RaresHalmagean Thanx...I will be changing the cloud style and I have moved a character forward.....:thumbsup:

@Norberg Cool I am glad I have got the scene across....Thanx for dropping by :)

@MarkyG Thanx for pointing that out I will be shading those areas in. Cheers

@Nekomouse Thanx and I have move Chang forward....I like it :thumbsup:

Cheers
Mark

[OKMER]

Hi Mark, whooo really great feeling indeed, just like Ninja, a bit claustrophobic feeling.
Great!
Love the truck also!
Maybe opening up a bit the canvs to the right to bring in some rocks or other elements in the foreground could be cool.
I wish you all the luck and a very cerry mishmas!!!
:beer:

[RaresH]

Yea looks better with the guy pulled forward. And I like that you thickened the atmosphere a little. But now you seem to have some unused space to the right. I'm guessing now you could either crop, move the guy to the right, or add someone or something in that space.

[Slav]

i especially like the characters and the truck, but i think you can [push the back ground a bit futher. :)

[ChuckWadey]

I'd try add some more land gradually sloping up on the left side of the truck - just because the curviture seems a little abrupt right now, almost like a 90 degree wall.

Otherwise quite awseome.

[MarkyG]

Looking cool Mark.

Have you thought about making the format a little wider? 16x9 will give you more "epicness!"

Keep going man.

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I have done some colour on the characters now i am happy with there placement. I have also changed the format look as suggested. Cheers :-)

[element5]

@OKMER
Thanx ....it does have that feeling, would be so weird seeing the land above you.

@RaresHalmagean
I have been moving the characters around abit....but now i am happy. I have cropped the image and I do like this format. thanx

@Slav
Hi there and I have plenty to do still on the background...i keep pushing and pulling.

@MarkyG
Thanx for dropping by and I hope u like the new format Cheers.

Merry Xmas to all, Have a good one :thumbsup:

[Thaldir]

Hallo!

Like where you're going with this :).
If I may make a small suggestion, I don't really see the curve the chamber is supposed to have on the left side (our left), there it reads more like a vertical wall to me...

[musi]

Hej Mark,

Yep, that's what I was talking about - your characters on closeup add a big deal to your composition! Great work!

I agree with Thaldir - just noticed that too. It also looks like a flat ground plane covered with a laying cylinder. May be add a tiny bit of curvature to the ground plane? I am not sure it's gona work, but I wish to see how it will look with it...

Sasha
EON (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=423648)

[MarkyG]

Great, I like the crop and the characters really make it pop more. My eye ends up on Patricia and to where she's looking. Which is perfect.

[HFix]

coming along nice! i really think the vehicle concept is the strongest part of this peice! :)



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

[element5]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12189/12189_1168209804_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12189/12189_1168209804_large.jpg)

Ok i am almost finished, remember I am only doing a conceptual image not a photorealistic piece. I have started doing the outlines and will be cleaning them up for the final image. I am very happy with it sofar....Cheers Mark

[element5]

Hi guys and Gals,

Thanx for all ur comments, I am finally on the last stage. I just need to clean up my outlines and clean a few areas up. I see a few of you want more curve, thats how i started out and was suggested to get rid of the obvious curve. The desciption if i remember correctly.....is the land looks flat and the landscape looks as if to creep up like walls. This makes the chamber look huge. :thumbsup:

Cheers to all
Mark

[Ivy00]

looking really cool, I do like the truck a lot :)

[coCoKNIght]

heh, that was fun to look through, i can't believe i haven't seen your entry earlier... shame on me...

this is so totally different from your other challenge entries... and interesting, i like it! :)

[element5]

@Ivy00 Thanx for dropping by :-)

@coCoKNIght Hello been a long time, how ya been? thanx for dropping by :-)

[element5]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12189/12189_1168408807_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12189/12189_1168408807_large.jpg)

I have now cleaned up the line work and done some fixing on part around the image. I am thinking the saturation is a bit much so i think i will change it...Cheers Mark

[element5]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12189/12189_1168426250_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12189/12189_1168426250_large.jpg)

I have changed the saturation on the image and i am pretty happy with the result...Cheers Mark

[element5]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12189/12189_1169382807_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12189/12189_1169382807_large.jpg)

Ok this is my final image based on the moment that Patrica first sees Chamber 7 and climbs the vehicle to see how far the chamber stretches. I have done my piece in concept form and not as a photrealistic image. I designed the vehicle based on the description in the book and made changes to it's steering configuration which was suggested by another challenger...thankyou. Progams i used was mainly Photoshop but I did do a 3d render of the vehicle in 3D max. Thanx for all the support from my fellow CGTalk members.

[TheFirstAngel]

congrats on your great finish, you fantastically captured that scene and i am happy you made it to the finals too :) best of luck and see ya next challenge :D

[coCoKNIght]

@coCoKNIght Hello been a long time, how ya been? thanx for dropping by :-)

Not so bad, too much work though, thanks, and you?
Congrats to you finishing the challenge. It was tough as usual, though there're not so many serious entries as in the past, afaik. Somehow I can't get the thought out of my mind that your devotion to the challenge has decreased and that you were more playing around and trying new things. Well that may disapoint long time observers like me but I always thought and still think that that's what this is all about :scream: and I'm always very glad to see new aproaches from artists I know. You've done well and I wish you good luck with the judges and hope that there'll be a next time and that I'll support and rival you more :) It's really a shame that I discovered your entry so late...

[OKMER]

Hi MArk,that's an original approach you've got there indeed.I like the feeling of endlessness that you did very well mn!congratz on that finish!!!good luck and :beer:

[element5]

Thanx guys for ur lovely comments, sorry i have not responded sooner. Work, kids and my projects have been keeping me very busy.

Goodluck to all and hope to see u on the next challenge....good luck my friends :-)

[nwiz25]

congratulations on ur finishing mate! :scream::bounce::applause: ur style is very distinct! :p very cool indeed! i especially like the depth in imagery! :p

good luck dude! :thumbsup: cheers! :beer:

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