Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: John Strieder

[johnstrieder]

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Somehow I settled on ants and their well ordered life.

Let's see how it goes. :-)

[johnstrieder]

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I started to model the ant. Next I will add details and start texturing.

[johnstrieder]

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a small update: just like for a real ant the arms and legs now have the same length; additionally some "anty" details

[Essen]

I think it would be better if the arms wherent that long. I also think the nose looks a little bit like a fingernail, but i like the mouth!

[johnstrieder]

Thanks for your comment! :)
The nose is still gonna be different...

The arms have to be that long as the legs, thats the way it goes with ants ;)
For ants do normaly not have any arms, just legs; and if the ant doesn't want to fall over,
it has to have legs of the same lengths.

This Ant is nearly anatomically correct and only humanized by the pose.

[johnstrieder]

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One of the Hippie-Ants will play the guitar. I've deceided not to model a "real" Guitar, but a Guitar that could be made by ants. So this Guitar is made of a tiny berry. I will try this way on the other things, too.

[johnstrieder]

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Again here's an update :)

A snippy branch, and a tiny piece of cloth, which an ant found, in order to make a shirt from it.

I'm still searching things in nature, which are so small, that an ant could use it.

[Peter-Eriksson]

Really like the cloth! Good work and good luck!
/peter

[johnstrieder]

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a first render of the first ant ;-)

[johnstrieder]

Hi, Peter!

Thanks for you words :-)

[GonzaloGolpe]

:D hehe the guitar is very cool. Good luck to you in this challenge =)

[johnstrieder]

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...is done :-)

[johnstrieder]

Thanks, gG :)

[r1-381]

those renders are incredible. very crisp, sharp, etc.

[varma]

I like your style, man! Looks really good!
:)

[johnstrieder]

Hi!
@r1-381: It's rendered with FryRender - the tool of my choice! ;-)
... Thank you both for your Comments :-)

[Hiun]

:eek: Definate eye catcher. Love the quality of your renders and the characters you created. I wish you all the best!:thumbsup:

[johnstrieder]

Thank you very much, hiun :)

[johnstrieder]

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Here are some wires of plants and accessoires i've modeled. They are made to fit in the Microcosm of my Ants. The flower in the hair of Anty Mamma, for example, is a very tiny Bloom i've found in front of my door. The second is clover (really huge for an ant), the third a leaf i've found, which one Ant will use as mat for relaxing.

[johnstrieder]

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This is the last Hippie-Ant for my Picture. Now for the hardest Part: Composing them all together including Background.

Peace!

[karko]

The ant is relaxing and, I am suppose, the cicada is working!
Jean de La Fontaine walks on his head!

Marc

[johnstrieder]

The ant is relaxing and, I am suppose, the cicada is working!

Hahahahaha *lol* ;-)

[johnstrieder]

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Wire of the complete scene. I've decided to reduce the Scene and focus on the threesome of Mother, Child and Fahter.

[johnstrieder]

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Once upon a time there was an ant-hill near by a farm in Bethel. The ants who lived there worked as long and hard as any other ant and were happy with that.

Then, one day in August 1969, they heard a misterious noise like a thousands of people coming, and then a strange music filled the air. The ant-queen sent a troop to find out where that sound came from ...

But these ants never returned ;)

[Kei-Acedera]

Looking really great John! The characters are very charming and the colors are great too! Can't wait!

[apach3]

Wow! You do excellent work on every thing :D The lighting, the textures, the models AND the Renders!

[johnstrieder]

Thank you both for your kind Comments :-)

[Ferx]

Hey John, cool image!! I like a lot the all scene design and the characters are really great!!. The textures on the concept are awesome! Congratulations for this great artwork and best of luck!! :)

[johnstrieder]

@Ferx: Thanks, man! :-)

[element5]

Wow! another one with heaps of work done, well done.....looks awesome.

Great idea.
Cheers
Mark

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