Eon (Illustration) Entry: Jonathan Colvin

[goatrape]

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I havent read the book and I am basing my idea off of what I have read from the inspiration page, probably not in full detail from what is written...just going with the first idea that hit me:)

[ramy badie]

Good luck in the challenge :)

[goatrape]

Thanks, this is my first time at it and it beats sittin on my butt watching movies everynight:)

[goatrape]

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a little progress with photoshop. What I first invisioned with this inspiration passage from the book was a combination of nature and technology. I thought it would interesting depicting the large scale structures against a dense forest, similar to the smokey mountains in the US. Probably not quite what the author intended but WTH, its fun.

[goatrape]

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I wasnt all to thrilled with my previous comp and I wanted to increase my scale values with the objects. I add some more detail as well.

[nwiz25]

very very interesting concept! :eek: ... love da colours n proportion!

good luck dude! :thumbsup: cheeeeers! :beer:

[goatrape]

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Decided to go widescreen, and added some more details.

[crazybread]

I like your sketch a lot . I'll love to see how you develope it as you progress. Good luck! :)

cb

[goatrape]

Thank you, I still have a lot more to work out

[goatrape]

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started flushing out the background a bit and defining more of the city structure, im gonna sleep on it.

Later

[naetronic]

Great concept so far! really like the mood youve got going here along with field of depth. Composition is nice as well; just a suggestion try moving your man/figure a bit to the left and try adjusting the two floating stations vertically so they're a little off kilter...just a suggestion though :) Best of luck in the challenge and Have Fun!!!
Nathan

[brrrhmmm]

If you can add the same amout of detail that Prabath,Nilesh,Nemko and Nathaniel are
adding to their city scapes , you definitely have a winner

[goatrape]

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Made some more detail in the structures. I want to resize that cloud cover, the scale seems to be too big in comparison to other things, hopefully it will add more to the scale of the structures once it is reduced. Work on more later.

[goatrape]

Thanks for the comments Nathan & brrrhmmm, im havin a good time doin this. Im still not happy with the person's position, I want to work out the details a bit more in that section and do a more complete color pass to see if that comp works well or not. The idea i have for it right now may work, it just needs a bit more detail. I kinda wanted to stick him between the 2 tree lines, so it almost is pointing at the figure. I did, however moved her around a bit as suggested and i may still, im just gonna stick with it ATM and see. Thanks and good luck to ya all!

[goatrape]

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Decided to change the background and take out some of the warmer colors.

[nwiz25]

this colour scheme rocks Jonathan! :eek:
da details r showin now! really eager to c whats next! :bounce:

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

[goatrape]

Sorry i didnt get back to you sooner nwiz25, thank you for the encouragment. I am still messing with the details and hopefully i post something this weekend when i get some more done.

[daWinky]

Hey Jonathan,

wow, this is a beautiful composition, I love your colorscheme and I'm impressed to see how you achieve the feel for the scale:thumbsup: ...

a few suggestions if you don't mind...if you want to be near to the scenery described in the book you should try to show more of the cylindrical shape of this chamber, perhaps just a indication of the walls and the cap of the cylinder in the background:shrug: ...
another important detail is the plasmatube running through the chamber with it's bluish light as the only lightsource ...
Anyways, I really like what I see so far!:)

Cheers,

-sabrina

[goatrape]

Thank you for the comments Sabrina. I agree with having the cylinder in the background, i started to put it in there and it was just getting too distracting ATM...trust me i have a layer for it
I didnt like the plasma tube thingy, or at least how intense it was. I have now brought it down and it isnt necessarilly the light source, the structure in the background will have it as well.
Your comments a very much appreciated thank you!

[Conkrys]

very nice concept art

[rianchen]

doing e design is a lot of fun, i can see your christmas tree is obvious then the main subject cos it attract my eye more. i think if there is other way to make it look more good is add in some admospher on tree, if you have the same think also . pardon me, good job as well. :>

[naetronic]

Hey looking good man, im liking the depth your adding to it, and i like the detail added so far!
nice work:thumbsup:

[goatrape]

Thanks for the compliments, Nathan and Rian.

-Rian, yeah I agree that the atmosphere needs to be pushed more with the structure. I have and updated version, that i will post when i get out of work

[musi]

I totally agree with Sabrina about tube and the chamber shape - that was the first thing I notised missing. And it's understandible Goatrape if you don't really like them :) .
If you would add some more landscape detail on the far horisont going up, like if the whole thing is inside the cylinder and you are looking to the inside wall of it - it's suppose to be 50km in diameter.
And you could get away do not showing the tube - it just may be out of the camera view!

I like a lot your concept, looks great!:thumbsup: Best of luck to you!

Sasha

[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

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