Eon (Illustration) Entry: Bjorn Norberg

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1162483969_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1162483969_large.jpg)

Just something to have a start.

[Anatomista]

Nice! Your shuttle looks really good! I suppose you're going to try more concepts, so I will not give opinions about for now. I see your painting is very good. I like your entry for the Spetacular challenge.

Good luck for us.

[rawwad]

Good luck Bjorn! :thumbsup:

[TheFirstAngel]

kewl start, best of luck and have lots of fun, welcome aboard mate! let it rock! :beer::buttrock::wip:

[ximahmoud]

i like the space ship..with more details it's gonna be really good..keep it going .. good luck

[beelow]

Welcome back Bjorn! Good luck with your piece! I know this one will be good!:thumbsup:

[MrFreeman]

:thumbsup: Welcome to the new challenge Bjorn -

I'm expecting another masterpiece----good Luck :bounce:

[aurora]

Beautifully done. Earlier today I read the section with the 4 cruising down the Way in the V/STOL and Tuberider and thats pretty dang near how I pictured it. Can't wait to see more progress on this!

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1162895428_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1162895428_large.jpg)

Thanks guys!
I´ll have some great fun the next two month.
Here´s another quick sketch.

[Istmo]

Nice to see you on board, Bjorn. Good luck and I´ll be watching to your work!:thumbsup:

[LostPen]

hi mate

i am impressed who u use simple black and white tones to create whole landskapes

keep up the good work

by the way how lond did you work on average on each sketch??

cheeres yours Lostpen

[JHarford]

best of luck , you have an impressive scene there so far. good sense of scale

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1163004792_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1163004792_large.jpg)

Here´s a rendertest of my model. I imagine a cloudy day and since the lightsource is paralell with the entire scene I can light wich areas I like.

GonzaloGolpe: Thanks mate, I´ll be watching you to. I´m allso gonna try a matte by the way.

LostPen: Thanks!
The sketches are really quick ones, about 10-15 minutes each. But I do alot of sketches and most of them look like crap so It took me a couple of houres to come up with these.

Stripe: Thank you. I hope I can translate the sketch into 3D.

[beelow]

Good stuff, now get to finishing this image!:thumbsup:

[nwiz25]

really dig the scale n camera angle in ur concept! :love: very cool indeed!

waiting to c whats next mate! :p

cheers! :beer:

[Kerem]

City concept is wonderful. The giant rounded building looks glorious. I can imagine how striking this city looks after final render... :thumbsup:

[DWquiff]

I like the style you have gone with for your version of alexandria good modelling so far!

I have also started work on alexandria

EON (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=426289)

[TheFirstAngel]

brilliant start on the set design - hugeness without massive detailing already. great start, looking forward to your next update :) rock on mate! :beer::buttrock::wip:

[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.

Very Detailed Vehicle showed prominently

Damir G. Martin

Niels-Ullé Walther

Mathias Verhasselt(Forum Leader)

Tan Guang Yu

Simon Bull

Michael See(Based on Sacha Word Of Mouth)

Justin Kellis

Da Feng

Giuliano Brocani

Roderic Rodriguez

Marek Okon

Edward Cicka

Tuan Nguyen

Linda Luksic(Based on Sacha Word Of Mouth)

Linda Smith

William Leafe

Raffy Encarnacion 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.

Bjorn Norberg

Tian Yanbing

David Wolstenholme

Ales Marcik

Renee Bailey

Krystian Polak

Jean-Sébastien Guillemette

Tuan Nguyen

Jesse Speak

Timur Kiryashov

Mark Goldsworthy

Roman Bernhard Eppstein

Raffy Encarnacion 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

Tan Guang Yu

Ric Brehm

lei huang

adrian baluta

gonzalo golpe

gunilla elam

jonathan colvin

guo jian

oscar jostedt

brian Slayton

yann tisseron

yaroslav kravchenko

dusten s. sonnon

: party scene with the character interacting and gossiping

Parties gathered at gate opening

Radu Bogdan Boeru

nekomouse

Phillip Buchanan

: wonderful sense of humor even black humor and caricature

Torsten Wolber

per trystad

mark david

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

Andrzej Rudz

thierry schiel

paul hume

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

Bjorn Norberg

Will Brown

Michael Burburan

Phillip Buchanan

Dmitri G Michniouk

Mark Alford

sacha angel

neville de souza

prabath wijayantha

greg kaperski

mona eriksson

attilla kurt

vladimir davidenko

paul b castillo

juha kamarainen

mauricio alvarado kladt

joel carlo

shawn andrews

matt benya

Derek Wilson

blaz porenta

oscar jostedt

pavel elagin

yann tisseron

blaz porenta

: detailed explanatory tutorials

sacha angel

matt benya

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1165428558_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1165428558_large.jpg)

a quick color/light test of alexandria.
EDIT: I see now that my PS is showing the colors way to dark. Need to fix that.

[Terro]

That looks really good man. All thats left is to detail it. The over all composition works great when looking at it at the thumbnail size. Can;t wait to see it with some detail.

[Peter-Eriksson]

Like your style and good lightning to, and I can see in your portfolio that you don't lack talent. Lycka till och kanske vi ses på någon spårvagn :-)

Om du kör fast kan vi hjälpa, vi är nästan klara med vårt tävingsbidrag ;-)
EON TRAILER (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=413963)

/peter

[element5]

great concepts of Alexandria keep em coming....more updates :-)

[shattered-fx]

Hi Bjorn,

This is ----wow!...what an amazing atmosphere!..everyone squint your eyes! and feel the vastness of alexandria!!!..I really liked this latest update you made my friend..:) continue!!

-raffy


my EON entry

[Slav]

i really like the scene i just hope you dont loose the atomosphere you had in your previous concept. its was quite lovely. keep it up.

[Leotril]

pretty good stuff.. i miss the detail in the modeling can add more sharp lines or something.. i cant really paint stuff but i think if u make detail of the models more visible will be nice :applause:

[tofuangel]

This one will look really nice once the details are added, but I can't help but think that a few people would really help to set the scale for the viewer. Good work so far though!

[bearfoot]

hey bjorn


concept looks great - really nice composition

keep going !

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1166433193_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1166433193_large.jpg)

Thanks for taking the time to comment!
I will try to do this in a matte-style (gotta try it sometime).
Here I´m working on one of the closest building. I changed the perspective some and painted over the details I didn´t need. The original photo is to the left.
For now I´m keeping the colors as they are.

[Nazirull]

Thats a nice clean up....Will be interesting to see how you come up with the rest.

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1166480428_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1166480428_large.jpg)

some more buildings

[MarkyG]

Hey Norberg, I really like this one, although (and I might be speaking to soon) I liked the cavernous feeling a little better in your colour / light test. Grand work!

[R-K]

Really nice buildings. I would revise the design of the structure in the distance a bit, it's not that interesting right now. Do something wild and crazy that nobody has seen in the scifi world yet!!

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1166616132_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1166616132_large.jpg)

Getting closer to the mood I´m after.

MarkyG: Hopefully there will be more depth in the image when all the elements are in place. thanks for dropping by.

Ranath: You´re absolutelyy right about the mega in the background. I really need to come up with something different.

[OKMER]

Really like the way you're working this out, we can start to feel the atmosphere you're heading for.
MAybe some stuff in the foreground could give even some more depth.
Nice job man!
:beer:

[MarkyG]

Hey Bjorn - (used your last name by mistake in my previous post!)

I was mainly referring to the central road element you added which covered up the canyon. I see you've since taken it out which gives a good feeling of verticality. Cool.

[tofuangel]

I like that sky, it is looking fantastic. I do think the buildings could use a little bit more character to them though. They're looking a little cookie cutter at the moment. Maybe some texture to spice them up and differentiate, but not too much so that they still flow together?

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1167220667_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1167220667_large.jpg)

Adding textures to the buildings to give them some age (thanks tofuangel) and broken windows etc. And some 3D.
Still alot to add.

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1167920898_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1167920898_large.jpg)

I think this will be the final comp. Did some lighting in a lowres file.
Now it´s time to clean it up and add details. And maby some people running around.

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168171713_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168171713_large.jpg)

This matte thing didn´t work out as planned :-)
so I´m just gonna paint a new entry. Still alexandria.

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168277066_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168277066_large.jpg)

Here´s a 3D-render that I gave some rough colors to in PS. One week to go!

[Terro]

It shaping up very nicely Norberg, I love the detailand the metalic textures. It is a little bit fady though, could use a little brightness/contrast adjustment.

[Istmo]

Long time no write in your thread,oops :) It´s coming along great! hurry,dude!! ;)

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168430347_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168430347_large.jpg)

Some detail

[rawwad]

Awesome job man, I like your style:thumbsup:

[Norberg]

Thanks everyone for the support this far.
Unfortunatly I don´t have the time or inspiration to complete this challenge so I
will use these last days to view and comment your pictures instead.

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! love ur work man! :love: amazing depth and detail! :eek:


me was hopin u b there till d end :cry: hope things turn out well!

god bless ya dude! take care!

[beelow]

There is an extension in the contest dude. you have about 20 days! Nice new direction you are going with, I do hope that you can make the new deadline.:thumbsup:

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168860395_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168860395_large.jpg)

Since the deadline has been extended I might as well give it a final try. This time I will keep it as simple as possible with just the tuberider against the curved corridor.

[Falcorr]

Now that your working on tuberider i dont need to. So i can learn from the master :D

[ginoshu]

Very nice values, I like it very much...interesting design too! Keep it up! Good luck!

[SONIC-X]

Nice concept,I like it.
Hope you can finnish.

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168877817_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168877817_large.jpg)

defining the shapes

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168966736_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1168966736_large.jpg)

working on the vtol, detailing and defining the shapes

[musi]

Is this a painting?

Looka like a very good 3d!

Waw! :love:

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

[walrus]

Looking really nice! I love the colors you're using, and the tech on your VTOL looks convincing and just the right level of futuristic.

I think your cockpit window read a lot better when the windows were darker, as in the second-to-last post.

I can't recall any more - was there even a NASA in the book? Or was everything just ISSCOM (and I have forgotten what that stood for too!)

Anyhow, good luck with it!

-mike

[Norberg]

Falcor: Thanks alot, but go ahead and finnish your tuberider cos I will probably mess up this one.

Ginoshu, SonicX: Thanks guys!

musi: Some parts like the engines on the wings are untextured 3D-models that I painted over in PS.

Walrus: I will take your advice and make the cockpit darker.
The Nasa-logo.. I must admit that I only read parts of the book so that was just a guess. I have some research to do in my swedish copy of the book. Hope the translation is accurat.
Thanks for your advice!

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1169048799_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1169048799_large.jpg)

here´s the final composition, more or less. Maby some clouds and lakes etc. have to try that first.
Now I have plenty of time to add details to the vtol.

[R-K]

Wow! Pretty cool work! really nice solid shapes and 3d construction in this image. Great work, nice colors and composition. Nothing really to crit, sorry.

[walrus]

Wow! Someone was quite busy last night painting the landscape. Looks fantastic! Can't think of anything to crit there.

As for the glass on the cockpit (again! :) ) I think it looks better darker like you have it, but the hilights feel too diffuse and soft, which make it not look like glass. When I was working on the glass in my piece, it was SNoWs who commented to use sharper edges on the hilights because

...having a blurred reflection like it is now, suggests a porous surface

So I pass his sage advice on to you, because he was right on my entry and it makes sense for yours too.
Good luck!

-mike

[LightSovereign]

That is so well executed, beautiful work on the ships texture and even more stunning for the landscape..totally amazing job!.

Marley

[RaresH]

Nice work. Good job on the brush strokes. The landscape looks interesting as well with all the detail you added. I say keep the cabin windows the same color and value like the third to the last concept as it is more striking that way.

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! :bounce: amazing details on the craft & landscape! :eek: :eek: a few more tweaks ... n weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!ur Airborne mate! :bounce:

looking forward to ur final piece! :eek:

thanx a lot ma friend for dropping by my thread! :bounce: :love:


good luck to u buddy! :thumbsup:


cheers! :beer:

[SONIC-X]

That looks very good.Great work dude.

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1169507230_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1169507230_large.jpg)

Added more detail to the craft and some roads on the ground. Just a few more details and I chould be done.
I want to add some noseart like ww2 bombers but it might not fit this craft with a retro pinupart? Have to consider that. Maby I have a try with the stone-logo described in the book instead.

Thanks a lot for all kind comments!
and Walrus, thanks for the help with cockpit (again). I think it works better this way.

[walrus]

I think so too. This is the best one yet!
I like the other changes as well, the decals (I don't think it needs nose art) and the changes in the propellors, adn the roads and everything.

The only thing I can think to add is a little more hilight on teh top of the hull and the left wing to make them pop from the background a bit more... not a full rim light (because I'm not sure what would be shining that light) but maybe just cheating it brighter a bit. But that's a real small nitpick, I'm only scrabbling for things 'cause you have a week left. For the most part, it looks pretty darned done! :)

-mike

[ChuckWadey]

Awesome painting! One little thing, I'd like to see the Flaw look a little more glowy; it is the main lightsource of the chambers after all.

[PMD]

Congrats, Bjorn, you've just leap-frogged over most of my favourite Eon entries into the Top 3 - this is just STUNNING. You have captured the size and depth of the cylindrical environments perfectly. Top notch stuff!

[MarkyG]

Really really nice. It has a fantastic sense of separation and space. The lighting is tremendous. The cylinder feels huge! Love it.

[Norberg]

Walrus: You have an eye for details! I´ve added a few highlights on top of the hull/left wing. Thanks!

ChuckWadey: Thanks for dropping by! I thought the singularity was like quicksilver and the light came from the tube surrounding it(not shown in my pic). But I could be wrong as I only read parts of the book.

PMD, MarkyG: Wow, big words! I really appreciate it comin from guys like you.

I have 2 screens showing different colors here and I need to sort that out before I can upload the final.

[ChuckWadey]

Hmmmm, I don't remember much about a tube surrounding the singularity; but you could be right. I just nitpick because I think glowy would b3 rad.

[Norberg]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1170064283_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/14/12369/12369_1170064283_large.jpg)

After a few changes of subject I returned to my initial sketch of the tuberiding.

This is the scene when Lanier, Carrolson and the others tuberiding through the corridor looking for Patricia.

[musi]

Hey Bjorn,

Wonderful job you have done here! :thumbsup:
Very beautiful illustration, and true to the story and spirit of EON!

Congratulations!

[MartinNielsen]

Another great piece meets my eyes.

Wonderful work, Norberg. I especially like the light reflections on the metal. Excellent skills. :thumbsup:

[OKMER]

Indeed great skills and absoltuly great image!!!
Congratz mate!!!Makes me wanna tuberide!Nice work on the background!
:beer:

[beelow]

Great work Bjorn! I like youre color pallete and the detail in this is really appealing to me! Good luck with your entry!:thumbsup:

[nwiz25]

yo Bjorn! congratulations are in order ma friend! :scream::eek::bounce::applause: freaked out realistic man! colours .. shading .. compostion .. style .. U ROCK!:buttrock:

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

cheers! :beer:

[zweiDee]

fresh image, your style is very unique, the brackground looks also great! thumps up! :thumbsup:

[Terro]

Great vehicle design my friend and awesome composition. Best of luck with the entry.

[TheFirstAngel]

hell of a ride, wonderful work mate. congrats on your great final piece and best of luck on the finals. always great to rock along with you, keep it up and see ya round soon!
cheers

[beelow]

Drop off my last minute congrats on a fine image dude! I hope to see you next contest and good luck with your entry!:thumbsup:

[SONIC-X]

Your final looks great ,congrats.

[NinjaA55N]

I wish I would participate in this thread more, but the final image is just perfect as it is, so I wouldnt have much more to add :) Congratulations also on finishing it and I wish u all the best with the judging!

[nwiz25]

coooooooool!! :buttrock:congratulations buddy! ur in da winning group!! :scream: :bounce: :applause: lovely piece as always! very happy for ya mate! :love: :scream: looking forward to meeting u guys again! :love:

take care buddy! god bless ya!

[musi]

Good work! :thumbsup:
Congrats!

[Demitsuri]

Congratulations. :applause: Great work :thumbsup:

[Neubius]

way to go man! excellent piece.

:) killer!
A

[Istmo]

Congrats to you too, Bjorn!hehe cool job!:thumbsup:

[Atris]

Hi Bjorn! Congratulations on your great work! Congratulations on winning! :thumbsup:

[OKMER]

Hey buddy,1000 of congratz on your totaly great work and your so deserved prize mate!!!

[crazybread]

Really great work! Congratilations!!! :buttrock: ...defenitely one of my favorite!

[TomGodfrey]

Your final image is absolutely stunning. A perfect interpretation. You deserve a huge pat on the back.

[DesignerV]

Awesome! :scream: Transport design looks really good! :thumbsup:

[walrus]

Again, great image, Bjorn. Nice work on all the details, and congrats on your win. Good work all around! :)

-mike

[MarkyG]

Congrats man on lovely concept, design and lighting! Superb.

-markg

[mdavid]

Congratulations! I'm kicking myself for not following this thread from the start. Well done!

[NinjaA55N]

now that I see u won Im happy I didnt participate more here, I could just ruined it :D U nailed that image! bravo!

[Norberg]

Thanks alot for your gratulations and for all the help and encouragement through this challenge.
See ya all in the next challenge.

[Falcorr]

Good job Norberg!

I knew this tuberider was way better than mine. So all the glory for you :thumbsup:

I hope that my motivation for arts will come back someday. So seeya when it does. :wavey:

[mmoir]

Hey Bjorn,

Really awesome job on the image:thumbsup: :thumbsup: and Congrats on the prize too.

[beelow]

Congrats on an incredible image! See you next contest! :thumbsup:

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