Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Andrew Domachowski

[domoarigato]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183509973_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183509973_large.jpg)

Yeehaw...cg challenge here we go.

Weapons at the ready...draw! And all for the love of a woman. Who will come out of this one alive?

C & C are most welcome!

[domoarigato]

Tried something else with the same theme. Mmmmaybe going more towards this one...I dunno.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i57/domo_arigato/draw2_v03.jpg

[domoarigato]

I like these...but I'm going to see if I can come up with anything else. I just haven't really settled on one with enough umph. Any critique given is much appreciated. Cheers!

[paulwdavidson]

I like it.......I prefer the illustration that only has one cowboy "drawing"....this seems to focus more on the comedy point. I would try having the guy "drawing" in the foreground, so the other gunslinger is naturally looking towards the viewer (with his guns at his side in disbelief) rather than turning to look at the camera. You'd just see the back of the eisel, but because of it's unique shape, you'd know what it was and therefore not lose the punch of the gag.

Keep going and good luck.

Paul

[W-I-L]

Hi domoarigato. this has to be for me he best concpet in this challeng so far. hit the nail on the head as far as the breif is concerned. your draing is excelent to. cant wait to see how this urns out.. please please please do not do somethign else. will be watching this one closly. i agree with paul.. try another persective wih the guy draing in the forground and the gun man scratching his head in the back.. just to compare.. although the one where he is looking at the 'camera' is hilarios and very well composed. keep up the good work.

[walrus]

Good to see you heere again, Domo. Great concept so far. I laughed aloud when I first opened you thread. I'm going to disagree with WIL and Paul: If only one guy is drawing, it could come off as a desperado about to shoot a defenseless artist (and of course no one would want that!) In the very first sketch, it's so clear that they're having a duel, and the title of the piece is completely obvious without you even typing it.

One thing I might suggest to add is one taller building - a town hall? a sheriff's office? - with a clock on it's face, and the time being high noon. It's a classic time for a old western duel (perhaps because of the Gary Cooper classic "High Noon," perhaps not) but it's a small touch that could sutlely help sell your point.

Good luck with it all!

[domoarigato]

Thanks to all who replied. I'm taking all the advice into consideration and knocking off some more drawings. It's a toss up but I'll try to come up with something cool. Thanks again for the replies guys.

[W-I-L]

actually agree with walrus too.. the first one is very clear as far as your concept is concerned... just wanted to see a drawing of pauls idea to compare

[domoarigato]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i57/domo_arigato/draw_v05.jpg

I made some changes and did a quick lighting test to see where this is going. I think I may be heading for this one more. The other one was much more delicate to handle. I may bring it back from the dead, we shall see. I think the composition could use some work in some areas, hopefully I'll feel more creative tomorrow. C&C, as always, are most welcome. Cheers

[domoarigato]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183758299_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183758299_large.jpg)

I made some changes and did a quick lighting test to see where this is going. I think I may be heading for this one more. The other one was much more delicate to handle. I may bring it back from the dead, we shall see. I think the composition could use some work in some areas, hopefully I'll feel more creative tomorrow. C&C, as always, are most welcome. Cheers

[domoarigato]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183758356_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183758356_large.jpg)

I made some changes and did a quick lighting test to see where this is going. I think I may be heading for this one more. The other one was much more delicate to handle. I may bring it back from the dead, we shall see. I think the composition could use some work in some areas, hopefully I'll feel more creative tomorrow. C&C, as always, are most welcome. Cheers

[domoarigato]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183758356_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183758356_large.jpg)

I made some changes and did a quick lighting test to see where this is going. I think I may be heading for this one more. The other one was much more delicate to handle. I may bring it back from the dead, we shall see. I think the composition could use some work in some areas, hopefully I'll feel more creative tomorrow. C&C, as always, are most welcome. Cheers

[domoarigato]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183758357_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1183758357_large.jpg)

I made some changes and did a quick lighting test to see where this is going. I think I may be heading for this one more. The other one was much more delicate to handle. I may bring it back from the dead, we shall see. I think the composition could use some work in some areas, hopefully I'll feel more creative tomorrow. C&C, as always, are most welcome. Cheers

[domoarigato]

I uhhh...don't really know what happened there. Hopefully I can get the CGtalk guys to fix this problem.

[SteveTsang]

Wow! Love the drawing! Have you thought about other expressions the gunman could possibly show, like urgency or haste? He looks like a cool killer :)

Will come back to this thread, good luck! :)

[Thaldir]

Fantastic idea and great sketches!
I'm late, but I'm glad you are leaning towards the 'pencil duel' having both contestants drawing.

It'll be a real pleasure to follow this thread.

[BaronImpossible]

Funny concept and expertly done. This will be good!

[walrus]

Hmm, I see you I made some changes and did a quick lighting test...! :)
The tower in the back looks good.

One more suggestion, if I may? The foreground guy has a great look on his face where he's drawing but also keeping his eye on his opponent. Like he's concerned that the other guy may be doing a better picture, or will finish first. What if the rear guy's head turned a bit more to the left, so that we could see his eye, and he was giving the foreground artist a similar distrustful look? Every time I see the front artist, I want to follow his gaze to the other artist, but if the otehr artist were also looking back at the first, it would allow for a compositional ping pong where the viewer might follow their gazes back and forth.

Anyhow, just an idea. Good luck with it, it's coming along great!

[eclipse115]

HA! This is great!

I see the humor in both of them. The one with the guns illustrates the strangeness of the cowboy artist more but visually I like the one where they are both drawing.

The only thing I notice and mainly because I'm looking too deep is that it is high noon but there are distinct cast shadows that give it more of a late afternoon feel. May be something you need to check into.

Good Luck!

Edit- I agree with Walrus about the other artist's look :D

[JackZhang]

took me few seconds to get the idea, but it's sooo good! i love the idea.

[domoarigato]

wow...thanks for all the replies everyone.

Walrus- agree with you completely here with the ping pong effect. The other "drawer" looking back would be great. I'm also going to experiment with the expressions a bit more now that I'm progressing past the concept stage.

eclipse115- I also realized that with the lighting the first time I was rendering it out. I dont know why I didn't change it. What I probably should do is look at some good high noon reference for lighting.

Thanks again for all the replies and I'll post again soon!

Cheers

[eclipse115]

Definitely a tough decision . . . go with the better lighting and lose a bit of the theme value or stay true to the theme but risk some rich atmosphere . . . either way though it should look great

as for expressions . . . maybe a few bemused spectators would help . . . just suggestions . . . afterall you are the artist on this one ;)

[domoarigato]

yeah exactly...a tough decision. I might be using my artistic license here and cheat a little bit. Bemused spectators was next on my list. thanks eclipse.

[Shisha]

Very nice concept and well done lighting sketshes
good work man...

[W-I-L]

i give up.. been staring at the four pictures on page one and i cant spot the difference:D

yes this is better and will be muc imporvd with the otehr guy looking over his shoulder. kep it up

[chrisbeaver]

That's an awesome idea :thumbsup: And you chose wisely; I prefer the concept of the both of them at the easel.

You said this standoff was over the love of a woman. Will she still be appearing in the composition?

[domoarigato]

hey all



beaver- thanks and yes, the woman will appear in the composition somewhere, I'm trying to figure that out right now. Stay tuned! I'll try to get another up as soon as I can.

Cheers

[W-I-L]

lol... mate that was a joke. like it was supposed to be a spot th difference game

[chrisbeaver]

Maybe one thing you could do is bump the composition a little to the right. The guy we see beside the easel would be cropped out a bit, but that's okay -- As long as the cropping looks deliberate, it's a way to go. It's better than having him crammed into that little area between the easel and the page border; cropping him partly would enforce that the scene continues beyond the picture plane. Once everything's nudged over there might be juuust enough room to put the lady on the left side of the image, because there's not a whole lot going on there at the moment.

[domoarigato]

chrisbeaver: you may have a point. I'm going to try it out and see what it looks like. thanks for the advice my friend.

[Jeffparadox]

I really like your concept, been watching it from the beginning.

Beautiful line art this is. Only comment I have is about the pose of the closer gunman, i almost want to see him in mid-action, right when he is turning to grab his gun, somewhere in between your two sketches. Although I think current expression on his face is very humorous too. Anyway, can't wait to see it colored. good luck...

My Strange Behaviour entry:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?threadid=513176

I could use some help in hiding this link like everyone else does btw :)

[cbernardo]

Funny concept! I like it!

Cheers,
Carlos

[Essen]

This idea is so damn cool! Artduell :D

[Vahn]

haha really great :thumbsup:

[Sovica]

This is great!
It's eye catching, because the theme is so well known, but so obviously changed.

Good job!

Keep it up =)

[domoarigato]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1184113118_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13322/13322_1184113118_large.jpg)

Between working fulltime, doing mixed martial arts and other commissions, it's hard to find time to really sit down and work with this concept. Nonetheless, I have something here. Although its not much, I'm sort of teasing myself with possible colour choices. Lighting and colour has always been a huge challenge for me. It usually frightens me. I want this painting not only to be really strong in terms of lighting and colour, but also to be a huge stepping stone for me in the world of illustration. It was the problem I had in the last contest that really set me back.

I'll be posting again soon and I appreciate everyone's comments and words of encouragement.

[W-I-L]

looks good to me

[authentic]

Looks I'm not the only one to use the far west as basis of this challenge:)

Your concept is excellent, I like the posing and composition. Nothing to crit.

[MatejaPetkovic]

Hi man, I like this concept very much. I'll keep an eye on this tread so keep posting.

Good luck

M

[MVDB]

Very nice idea! Nice sketches too..

I'll be following this one! :thumbsup:

[zweiDee]

haha thats a very cool idea and nice sketches. keep it up!

[CyborgJA]

I love the idea too !!

[domoarigato]

Hey everybody.

I'm glad to see all the concepts cominig along quite nicely. Unfortunately I have to take a significant amount of time off this project for now due to the project I'm working on at Anthem Visual FX. I'll probably be working a lot of overtime for the next couple of weeks so therefore I won't have the time to update. I will, however, post as soon as I get the chance. Best of luck to all of you in the competition and I'll see you back here soon!

Cheers,

Andrew Domachowski

[Peter-Eriksson]

Really like your style and the lightning/color looks good, even if it's a first test. I also have hard to find the time. I'm just home for one day and then off again. But we still have August, September and almost the whole of October :-) Rock on and good luck!
Greetings from a rainy Sweden.
/peter

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