Eon (Illustration) Entry: Maurizio Manzieri

[Manzieri]

After a stroll along all the Stone Rooms, I’ve received the green badge and I’ve been admitted to the breath-taking Seventh Room, with the Patricia Vasquez Team.

As a long time science fiction cover artist and Greg Bear’s fan, I couldn’t avert this mission! The environments where to unleash our creativity look like amazing…

...really happy to be here! :)

[Manzieri]

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“Hi Patricia,

Takahashi found out a document confirming your initial 7th Chamber theories.
Hey, we’ve been looking for you in all the libraries, but you seem vanished!

Please contact me as soon as you see this note.

Thanks,
Garry Lanier”

[Manzieri]

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“Patricia sits down at a futuristic desktop inside the Third Chamber’s Library trying to unveil the mysteries of the Stone”.

My intention is to create an Art Movie Poster. In my opinion this could be realized in two different ways: if during the artistic path I come up with a striking idea – and we have quite a lot of time here – the final image could an impact momentum able to justify an aggressive single concept. On the other way, the beauty and complexity of the novel open so many environments and perspectives that we could end with a panoramic collage of characters/landscapes composed all around a strong lettering and main subject, just as it happens in the movie industry – see Star Wars and Co. My initial sketches and Concept Art will begin so to ‘narrate the story’, trying to touch strings of sense of wonder. Maybe some of them will become part of the mosaic showcased in the Poster, maybe not.

Yet I am not alone in the enterprise. I wish to work with the community as a Team. The mutual interaction will push me towards the ultimate solution.

[nwiz25]

she is so amazingly beautiful! :eek: love the expression on her face! ... :eek:


cheers to u dude! n good luck! :thumbsup:

[MarkSnoswell]

nice aproach to the subject. I like your treatment of Patricia -- perhaps you could portray her against the backdrop of the 7th chamber? ... but keep the focus personal like you have here.

[daWinky]

Hey Maurizio!

My intention is to create an Art Movie Poster. In my opinion this could be realized in two different ways: if during the artistic path I come up with a striking idea – and we have quite a lot of time here – the final image could an impact momentum able to justify an aggressive single concept. On the other way, the beauty and complexity of the novel open so many environments and perspectives that we could end with a panoramic collage of characters/landscapes composed all around a strong lettering and main subject, just as it happens in the movie industry – see Star Wars and Co. My initial sketches and Concept Art will begin so to ‘narrate the story’, trying to touch strings of sense of wonder. Maybe some of them will become part of the mosaic showcased in the Poster, maybe not.

Searching for a concept as a concept for a movie poster - splendid idea and this way we will hopefully see a lot of your beautiful paintings:) - I already like your vision of Patricia very well:thumbsup: !
I'm curious to discover more of your ideas...

Cheers,

-sabrina

[popol]

hi maurizio!

really good start !

[spikey]

Oh my, something else than the usual scifi cliche sceneries. This one definitely stands out from the masses.. Really nice interpretation of a character, has loads of personality going on in the picture.

Won't say anything about the suit until there's more than basic shapes drawn in - now it reminds me of Tron :)

[OKMER]

yep, there's an Tronny feeling in the pic indeed.
Love your approach to the subject too!!!
Great pic!:beer:

[Nekomouse]

Wow, so pretty!
Good luck!

[tomenas]

nice! I like this idea;)

[adib]

Nice start,nice character!:thumbsup: And have a good expression to.

[walrus]

Howdy, Maurizio! Good to see you in the Challenge too! I like the fact that you're focusing on the people (well, person) and not just the landscape. She's looking quite lovely so far, and I really like what you're starting to do with the surface fo the "desk" also. Can't wait to see more...!

-mike

[JTD]

Fantastic take on the subject! I love your painting and your version of Patricia!

[TheFirstAngel]

edit: pm sent

[Manzieri]

Nwiz25: Isn’t it a commonplace that human beings convey in a meaningful glance the mysteries of the Universe? Thanks a lot for your comments and see you along the ride! I’ll work to stay on the right track! :)


MarkSnoswell: great to receive your feedback! I’m tasting several ideas coming down the pipeline directly from the left hemisphere of my brain – but I’m already feeling in love with the Patricia’s expression. It would be a great thing to pierce the library wall behind and let the light of the 7th Chamber enlighten the background in all its majesty. My internal cogs have registered the input... I’m moving in that direction, too…


Popol: Thanks! The marathon has begun!


daWinky: Time isn’t our enemy. Everything is still possible… if my clients will not to find me in the desert island where I’m hiding - studying incredible landscapes for this wonderful competition, I’ll drop new EON snapshots very soon!


spikey and OKMER: thanks, friends! I hadn’t thought about Tron for a long time! Yes, it seems so, but the effect is involuntary. The suit is dark and I sketched the outline with a light brush in order to identify the perimeters of the body. They will vanish as soon as I’ll be attacking the fabric! Thanks again for your words.


Nekomouse, anskrit, adib: thanks, you have recharged my batteries!


Walrus: welcome aboard my Chamber! I’ll stick almost certainly with the Patricia/desk concept, at least in the Foreground zone of the Poster. I look forward to your c&c.

[TheFirstAngel]

thanks, you have recharged my batteries!
best of luck then and burst your engines! let it rock :) :beer:

[brrrhmmm]

You are in the same league as Sasha Angel And Sandra Bott but to be honest
I would pair sasha 's mirsky with your Patricia which is as pretty and well coloured
as Angelina Jolie!

[Manzieri]

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Since the project is going to become an Art Movie Poster, I’ve been thinking how to include the lettering inside the illustration. You know, I’m going to pierce the wall behind Patricia to explore the seventh Chamber and I have to find a way to write down the title of the movie shaping it as a graphical element of the background. Three big monolithic letters…they could be high as a starship, massive as a mountain and occupy roughly the central part of the image.

“E O N”

EON is a highly photogenic word. The ‘O’ in the middle could be everything: an explosion, a planet, the ‘Stone’ asteroid itself. At first, I had thought to it as a human eye with a circular panoramic view of Chamber 7 replacing the iris. Then the best output becomes the simpler.

Here we have three progressive versions of the title. The first two could be the logo on the visit card of the producer, couldn’t they? In the third hypothesis the ‘O’ letter is the end wall of the 7th Chamber, whereas the plasma tube departs towards the Corridor.

[Manzieri]

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A concept Art of the initial part of the 7th Chamber realized with Photoshop. If you are wondering what those lakes are and why a starship is flying upon the landscape, here are the replies:

- The territory should be barer and desolate (right, Greg?), but a similar imagine watched out of the novel contest wouldn’t be comprehensible without recognizable elements, and you could think: “What am I watching here? A new kind of washing machine?” I added clouds and lakes and a flying object to give a sense of immense space and terrains…hmmm…really hard to show a desert terraformed cylinder 50 km large…

- For the fussy ones, the starship is real and comes from Axis City, a million of kilometers down the Corridor. It was created reassembling and copying random parts of an F14 jet.

[Anatomista]

Real good. You closed the world here. I see the details will give a breathtaking view of the hugeness, otherwise it would look quite claustrophobic. Nice job!

See you!

[Manzieri]

Anatomista: thanks a lot for your comment! Yes, I think that here the field of vision could be a bit extended around the borders and the geographic details painted with more accuracy - roads, hills, rocks, copses, and so on. I'm just heating up the brushes here! Still in a phase of advanced sketches and experimentation... :)
I began as usual with a simple sketch, but my mind was focused on the Logo. ...probably at the end I'll turn the 7th Chamber 45 degrees around for a more perspective effect... even the impact of the "EON" letters, changed maybe in solid metal, should be stronger...

TheFirstAngel: Thanks! I'm taking off!

brrrhmmm: I'm flattered. Too much honor for a novel Challenger!:)

[OKMER]

Great sketch and idea!
Good luck!

[Manzieri]

OKMER: Thanks a lot! Maybe now I'm going to try another character sketch...

NOTE FOR EVERYBODY!

WELCOME GREG!



Have you noted that a new member has subscribed to this thread? GREG BEAR is here... and commenting live upon the work of several artists! :applause:

[brrrhmmm]

I hoped you advance the compositing of your potrait of patricia with the background
chamber view as sacha has done.Keep up the good work.I will be doing a classification system of the different styles so far and posting it so that you know where you stand.Nothing beats learning from each other.

[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.



Radu Bogdan Boeru

Tiberius Viris

Sacha angel diener

Niklas Frostgard

Michael van den bosch

sandra bott

michael dashow

nabil hamadi

alwyn talbot

timur kiryashov

damir g martin

Nathan L Bachelder

Daniel lu visi

Maurizio Manzieri

dale thomas

ego lataire

rune rask

guo jian

hugo araujo

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

Tiberius Virius

remko troost

tolgahan gungor

torsten wolber

nathaniel west

ramy badie

bryce smith

martin nielsen

emrah elmasli

mauricio alvarado kladt

prabath wijayantha

maciej frolow

nilesh ambekar

constantinos krystallis

greg kaperski

adrian fekete

reinaldoromero

marcin j. nikiforuk

james nelms

maurizio manzieri

jarek sznytzer

Derek wilson

Nazirull Safry Paijo

Daniel justin bird

dale thomas

erik linden

rune rask

david freeman

ori arad

markus graf

ali jalali

raffy encarnacion

alex kelly



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

adrian baluta

gonzalo golpe

gunilla elam

jonathan colvin

guo jian

oscar jostedt



: party scene with the character interacting and gossiping

Parties gathered at gate opening

Radu Bogdan Boeru

nekomouse

: wonderful sense of humor even black humor and caricature

Torsten Wolber

per trystad

mark david

: action packed conflict with eon elements in the backdrop and lots of machines,ships,cities and soldiers

thierry schiel

paul hume

: entire cities,planetary bodies,asteroids,weather systems,gates,singularities,flawships and space vehicles in awe inspiring perspectives with large scale explosions.Ships have beautiful designs.Space Atmospherics.

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(your rar has a crc fault)

matt benya

[brrrhmmm]

Side by Side comparisons So that you know who is doing

what in the illustration category of the eon challenge only.

Classifier followed by artists.

: Strong/Beautiful Foreground Potraits with EON elements in the background.

Movie Posters theme.

Characters in dramatic poses.

Characters have detailed skin,muscle and skeletal structures.



Marco Alejandro Castelan Morales

John Streider

Radu Bogdan Boeru

Tiberius Viris

Sacha angel diener

Niklas Frostgard

Michael van den bosch

sandra bott

michael dashow

nabil hamadi

alwyn talbot

timur kiryashov

damir g martin

Nathan L Bachelder

Daniel lu visi

Maurizio Manzieri

dale thomas

ego lataire

rune rask

guo jian

hugo araujo

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

Tiberius Virius

remko troost

tolgahan gungor

torsten wolber

nathaniel west

ramy badie

bryce smith

martin nielsen

emrah elmasli

mauricio alvarado kladt

prabath wijayantha

maciej frolow

nilesh ambekar

constantinos krystallis

greg kaperski

adrian fekete

reinaldoromero

marcin j. nikiforuk

james nelms

maurizio manzieri

jarek sznytzer

Derek wilson

Nazirull Safry Paijo

Daniel justin bird

dale thomas

erik linden

rune rask

david freeman

ori arad

markus graf

ali jalali

raffy encarnacion

alex kelly



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

adrian baluta

gonzalo golpe

gunilla elam

jonathan colvin

guo jian

oscar jostedt



: party scene with the character interacting and gossiping

Parties gathered at gate opening

Radu Bogdan Boeru

nekomouse

: wonderful sense of humor even black humor and caricature

Torsten Wolber

per trystad

mark david

: action packed conflict with eon elements in the backdrop and lots of machines,ships,cities and soldiers

thierry schiel

paul hume

: entire cities,planetary bodies,asteroids,weather systems,gates,singularities,flawships and space vehicles in awe inspiring perspectives with large scale explosions.Ships have beautiful designs.Space Atmospherics.

Dmitri G Michniouk

sacha angel

neville de souza

prabath wijayantha

greg kaperski

mona eriksson

attilla kurt

vladimir davidenko

paul b castillo

juha kamarainen

mauricio alvarado kladt

joel carlo

shawn andrews

matt benya

Derek Wilson

blaz porenta

oscar jostedt

pavel elagin





: detailed explanatory tutorials

sacha angel

matt benya

[todd4cgi]

I've been following - and have purchased - all of your explorations in the Sinkha universe, Maurizio. You're one of the most imaginative artists I've seen. So, when I saw in your blog that you entered the EON contest, I had to check it out.

Excellent progress so far. I will defintiely stay tuned to your work here. Thanks for the inspiration.

Cheers,
Todd

[aurora]

I love the way you created the O from the plasma tube traveling through ThistleDown. Very cool!

[Nekomouse]

That is amazing work Manzieri. I am really impressed with the whole design element, how it all works so well together.
Well done!

[Manzieri]

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This is my final Concept Art for the Movie Poster based upon the pieces created in the previous posts.

Next step: I'm going to attack the Patricia sketch. Her appearance and her suit could undergo radical modifications... I'll begin the initial color pass tomorrow...

[Manzieri]

todd4cgi: Great to have you here, Todd!!!...but I'm late, very late on all my schedules. To be here is really an exciting and constructive experience, anyway my work keeps pressing on me more and more than usual this period...

Nekomouse and Aurora: I'm trying to transmit impact and semplicity at the same time. Thanks a lot for your words.

brrrhmmm: thanks for the spur. I'll continue to post but my exacting clients turned the EON challenge...in a real challenge! :)

[Bonegod]

Wow, this is from the same guy who did the famous "Sinkha" series! Great stuff, very strongly reminiscent of Jim Burns, one of my favorite British fantasy/sci-fi artists. I look forward to the final rendered concept of "Eon".

[nwiz25]

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

cheers! :beer:



> very cool concept dude! :applause: glad to c patricia again! :love: so very beautiful! .. i think the text on the upper half of the poster should be in black in order to stand out .. .. since the background is more on the lighter side .. the text somehow fades into it .. for example .. the bottom text is perfectly laid out on a dark background .. what say dude?
wanna c more updates! :bounce:

[Manzieri]

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I've added a little white frame all around the picture slightly modifying position and consistence of the lettering. This is an example to show how it's possible to vary the balance of the image with just minor changements...

The intention is to define the vision field sizes of the Movie Poster before touching the color pass.

[Manzieri]

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Beginning to sculpt slowly Patricia with a soft brush in Photoshop...

[RaresH]

I like the watercolor look you're going for Manzieri. Nice expression on her as well. Perhaps you can seperate her from the background a little more. I'm not sure but maybe the ships placement is strange. Maybe if you reduced the contrast slightly on the ship and send it farther into the background therby keeping Patricia as the focus in the image. Keep up the cool work.

[Manzieri]

nwiz25: the lettering issue should have been solved. What do you think? :)

RaresHalmagean: Yes! Your observation is correct and I've already tried several new positions for the ship. Reducing her size and plunging it in the atmosphere, it strenghtens the image as a whole. A quick watercolored background helps me always to see the final work in front of my eyes. Naturally when I keep filling the illustration with details, part of this effect vanishes... Thanks again for your great comments!

[bonim]

Okay, I'm ready to throw in my hat! (Not really) but your stuff is so fantastic! I love what you are doing here. bits and pieces. If you could critique my meager attempt I'd appreciate it.

Boni

[Manzieri]

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For the main character I'll give up the watercolored feeling permeating the scene and I'll begin to work on contrast and details to add a touch of realism to my actress.

[walrus]

Looking good, Maurizio! Glad to see you back in the Challenge (and hope it's been a fun other project that's kept you sidetracked for a while.) Good luck putting it all together in the last few weeks!

-mike

[Manzieri]

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Coming to terms with the Patricia Jumpsuit. I let the lines on the sketch guide my instinct. The casual freehand signs become the trace for scales, metal textures, cogs, crampled leather. In this case the sketch itself is the reference for the drawings. While I put down details, everything is fruit of pure fantasy and the only attention concerns the overall harmony between the various components of the illustration...between light and shadow...

[OKMER]

a much more organic feeling in the suit now.less tron.
Really like that also!Great work!
Merry X mas and a happy yew near !!!

[Manzieri]

bonim: You're welcome! I've paid visit to your newborn thread and posted a comment in your personal EON chamber! :)

walrus: it can be addictive to be here. It's a great place to meet people and enrich your soul with mutual exchanges of ideas and inspiration. Yes, it has been hectic...very hectic...and the problems is that between holidays and deadlines I'm not yet done! :argh: Now I understand how many people gave up on past challenges!!! Hmmm...this Forum brings luck, as soon as I began this Challenge, work came down on me as an avalanche... Good luck to you, too...and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

OKMER: Yes, no more following the tronish style :) Have a great unforgettable 2007!!!

[Manzieri]

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This could be the final shape of the 'new' Patricia Vasquez. Some other minor adjustments on the way, while completing the landscape in the background...

[HFix]

Nice concept...i really like the pose of the figure...its very relaxed...good luck with the final!! :)

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

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! where is u?? :scream: awesome kick ass details on the jump suit! :applause::buttrock:

really eager to c more!

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

[Manzieri]

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Glad to stay still running in the Bonus Temporal Zone.
I’m adding details in the backgroung before polishing
the overall composition. Still unsure about these points:

- to add or not to add fluorescent buttons/control panels
on the black desktop in front of Patricia?
- I’ve moved the starship to a less predominant position.
What about her size and place. Is it OK?
- I’ve not yet decided the quantity and weight of the lower type.
It’s better to leave just one line or erase it completely?
Canceling it will diminish the Movie Poster aroma?

[Ranath]

awesome character! I would rethink the typography though and the placement of the text at bottom. Other than that, great work!

[Manzieri]

HFix: Thanks, mate! Thistledown be with you!

nwiz25: I'm fighting against a whirlwind of wonderful assignments. I've still a major client with a closing deadline on the horizon, but I’ll do my best to end this piece. There were so many variants I would have been pleased to explore, but… anyway I’m quite satisfied with the illustration I'm coming up with!:) I'll take a few days of vacation from the real work even though this will mean to arrive so near to the dreaded extended deadline! I have to work more on the landscape details, a little bit on Patricia and to decide the destiny of the black desk... See you for the final strokes!

[Manzieri]

Ranath: Thanks for your words. About the text, I was almost thinking to leave just the word EON and eliminate all the rest. I'll be doing several tests, however... :thumbsup:

[OZ]

very romantic. I mean...the entire image....i like everything.:love:

[walrus]

Hi, Maurizio, good to see you're still finding a little time for the Challenge amongst your other work. Two things I thought might be helpful to point out:

Patricia's front arm looks inhumanly long, as though her elbow would almost hit hir hip if she were standing up straight. It could also be that her clavicle is thrust forewards, but there's no indication of that through the rest of the torso. It maybe something worth checking out, or at least double-checking against the photo-reference you used.

Also, it feels a though the spaceship might not quite be in the right perspective compared ot the rest of the piece. Or maybe it that it's listing over to the right side so that makes it look a bit off.

Anyhow, just some thoughts. Time's getting tight so who knows if you'll get a chance to do all the polishing that you need to, but good luck with it! :)

-mike

[PMD]

There's a wonderful poise to your Patricia, Maurizio - she looks....well, real is the best word I can think of. I would lose the 'cute' text (filmed in Thistledown etc) though, I think it takes away from your image, to be honest. Fantastic work otherwise.

[Manzieri]

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Making trasure of all the preciuos community suggestions, I'm in for the final rush. In this sketch I've listed all the illustration points needing a choice or some revision:

- weight of the text
- character anatomy
- background
- position and size of the starship

[Manzieri]

OZ: Yes, it's a romantic approach... I agree!

PMD: thanks for your suggestion. I'm going to erase or minimize all the types, even as graphic elements mixed to the background. Thinking about it, I cannot pretend to add jokes or supposed writing on the canvas. This should be the task of the movie production house!

walrus: Yes, I DID use a photo reference, but it was all about the glance of a woman in an old fashion magazine and her hand under the chin. The face has got an obvious resemblance to my reference but all the rest is fruit of my mind. I'm going to fix her outline hoping not to morph my lady in an alien! Probably I'll post the photo reference just before the end of the Contest...:arteest:

[Manzieri]

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I'm completing and polishing the canvas. I don't think I'll add anymore on the desk in front of Patricia. The EON title will be more evident on the black surface.

- Added a simple, central lower title
- Corrected the 'elongated arms' effect of the character
- Corrected reflections on the desk

[Bonegod]

It looks super-fab! Can't wait to see the final result. :)

[Manzieri]

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Still running around the clock.

- Corrected tonality of the desk.
- Added details on the background.

[TheFirstAngel]

looking good so far, maybe let the ellbows and the tableplate overcut slightly more to make the arms more obvious be on the desk.

bout the water, its a bit too blue i think since color of water usually is cause by reflection form this range, either give the environment more blue so its interacting with it or desaturate the blue slightly :) maybe smove out the boaders a bit, the edges are very hard. maybe show a bit of ground where its less deep. (islands, beachline)

maybe ingrease colorvariation where the landscape is nearer to the point of view, so you get a fall off towads the depht, hazewise desaturation in distance works well , maybe recuce war tones towards the distance so you have a nice colorfalloff to cyan/blueish/coldgrey and get for little work just a nice additional depht :)

hope those points help :) keep up the great work, rock on :)

[Manzieri]

rostunart: Thanks a lot! Me, too!

TheFirstAngel: Thanks for the visit and your precious comments! When the tic-toc from the countdown begins to be deafening, support is invaluable... Back to work! Go, go GOOOOO! :scream:

[musi]

Hey, very beautiful character work you did here! :thumbsup:

Looking forward for the final image!

[Manzieri]

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- corrected overlapping of the elbows on the desk
- added details on the right side
- improved chromatic value of the river.

Not yet done. I mean to add details on the left side and maybe work a little bit still on the right.

[RaresH]

Looking quite nice there Manzieri. Nice texture variation between patricia and the table. The background could use some more love I think. Maybe give us some more to look at in the landscape and clouds.

[Manzieri]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12214/12214_1170111774_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12214/12214_1170111774_large.jpg)

- canceled the white frame
- added some general details and shadows
- painted left side of the illustration
- added some clouds

Going to optimizing clouds, improving upper part and closing with the final retouches

[Manzieri]

RaresHalmagean: Thanks for the advice. I keep running!

musi: Thank you! Almost there!!!:)

[DWquiff]

Really nice composition, the colours go well and the detail is nice.

I like the way that you have worked on this and the process you have gone from.

Nice composition!

[Manzieri]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12214/12214_1170165077_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12214/12214_1170165077_large.jpg)

- softened and improved Patricia's hairdressing
- increased the details on the far wall chamber
- added more haze on the landscape

No ship in this romantic snapshot. The novel will be represented by a landscape and a glance. Mankind longing for dreams and knowledge.

Last pass of details everywhere before delivering the Final Image.

[Manzieri]

DWquiff: Thanks a lot for your words. I tried something original and luckily all the lines in this drawing seem to be glad about their position... This week was hard between a flash flu, exacting clients and a million of other things...but I wasn't able to leave Patricia alone!

Away to drawing table...!:wip:

[Manzieri]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12214/12214_1170190116_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12214/12214_1170190116_large.jpg)

An illustration inspired to the EON novel by Greg Bear.

“The story of mankind can be read in the Patricia’s eyes. Earth is no more an option. In her future there are only the Stone and its marvels…and the greed to explore the unknown, yet…what about the structure of the Seventh Chamber? It defies human logic! A mix of sadness and sense-of-wonder lie in her heart...”

[nwiz25]

congratulations Manzieri! :bounce::scream::applause:
u finally reached da finishing line! yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! :bounce:

man! wat do i say now? .. :D .. patricia looks sexy as ever! :p very very beautiful indeed! lovely details on her suit as well! :eek: .. whoa! theres more! good work on the reflections man! u rock!:buttrock:

cheers! :beer: good luck mate! :thumbsup:

[Manzieri]

Thanks, nwiz25!...and thanks to you all friends for the wonderful ride and advices!
This was my first Challenge, a new form of discovered addiction added to all the others that make our lives worth to be lived!

THANKS CGSOCIETY for making this real!

:beer::wavey::beer::wavey::beer::wavey::beer::wavey::beer:

[OKMER]

Yesssaaa,MAnzieri, you made it!!congrats mate:bounce: :beer:was really nice too follow your work, nice and original work,...ok one more beer

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:beer:
:beer:
Congratzzzzz!!

[TheFirstAngel]

congrats on finishing your great piece, love what you done :D best of luck on the finals now and enjoy the silence after this storm! so will i :D see you soon and keep on rocking:beer::buttrock::wip:

[musi]

Very nice work, one of my favorites! :thumbsup:

Congratulations!

[daWinky]

Hi Maurizio,

congratulation for your finished entry!:bounce:

You've created a really eyecatching illustration and I like your vision of Patricia very much, just beautiful!

Good luck for the judging:) ...


-sabrina

[Manzieri]

Another round of thankings to OKMER, musi, TheFirstAngel and daWinky for their flattering words...with a double dose again to TheFirstAngel for the striking and unforgettable Movie Poster. Thanks, guys!!!

Almost a week spent now doing what you see below:

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Beginning to work on a new painting within the weekend...

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