Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Peter Eriksson

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Hi here is my first sketch/idea. Haven't decided which techniques that I will use but it will be a mix of matte painting, 3D and hand drawn stuff (I think). Be back soon. /peter

[fido972]

lol good concept.

good luck.

[Nuy]

hey!! coolkonrad
first sketch is very cool style
i wait to see the next work. good luck :)

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Doing some color test's. This one is more of a late evening scene.

[Layer01]

hahah!
love the concept, took me by surprise :)

[Dironik]

LOL. It is great, without wasting words :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[viced]

Fun idea! If you got to go, you got to go. Fresh concept, looking forward to further improvement of the artwork …

[M477]

For the first couple of seconds I just thought, yeah nice image. Then I saw what was going on and had to laugh out loud!

:D

[Peter-Eriksson]

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This is my start model, no details yet just the basic forms. Before I model more I wanted to see if he fitted in the environment.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Very rough block models just to get a feel for the scale. All 3D models are done in Modo.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Same test but rendered with ambient occlusion. Just to test the light and scale.

[icedeyes]

the sence of scale feels right... keep it up

[theuni]

Hi... great idea... makes me grin from one ear to the other :) How about a sign near by absolutely prohibiting what he`s actually doing :)

[Peter-Eriksson]

Hehe nice input, I will think about that idea!
And thanks everyone for your input, looks like Im on the right track.

/peter

Hi... great idea... makes me grin from one ear to the other :) How about a sign near by absolutely prohibiting what he`s actually doing :)

[tastatura]

hi mate, welcome to the challenge :)

I like the concept star wars theme, it nice, but i still think that you should work a little bit more on the concept to push the "straneg behavior theme" little more, for e.g add fight in the background, like he is cought in the middle of fight :) or some busy trafic in the back :)

[Peter-Eriksson]

Been away for the whole weekend. Have been thinking of something on that line, to have something more happening where the center of attention is so when you see him its just an added bonus :-). Will work on that a little more.

/peter


hi mate, welcome to the challenge :)

I like the concept star wars theme, it nice, but i still think that you should work a little bit more on the concept to push the "straneg behavior theme" little more, for e.g add fight in the background, like he is cought in the middle of fight :) or some busy trafic in the back :)

[Peter-Eriksson]

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I have not yet decided what will go on in the background. Need something to explain why he's is standing there in the bushes. One idea is that there is a big "Storm trooper" party, and that he's just had one to much :-) Still haven't decided the sky.
More to come!
/peter

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Don't know if this is strange enough but I think It's a bit funny tho. You can push this very far, think what could happen if Vader made some sushi whit his light saber :-)
/peter

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Old friends. Another sketch on the theme.
/peter

[shekhar77]

Ha Ha,..
I love the concept,..
This really a "Strange Behavior"
:thumbsup:

[icedeyes]

I like the toilet concept.. funny though not strange enough imo... the last one didn't quite do it for me... strange would be yoda frenchkissing vader (yep... disgusting also)...

Just some thoughts

[ali-rahimi-shahmirzadi]

Hehe. Very funny. great. I love the concet. Good use of force. Keep up a good job. :scream:

[walrus]

Fun concept! I laughed out loud when I saw the one of Vader with the bushes. I hope you'll keep that one. Good luck with it!

[tastatura]

lol man you that stuff is funny (the toilet papper at low gravity), but I vote same as walrus keep on watering the bushes ;)
about the stormtrooper idea i think it might work yea :)
....also just as option you can change the composition so you push it closer the entrance of the pub, (inside and infront of it Sith's are having party) and just the corner next to it our dark hero is taking a leak :)
and may be you can add a bear bottle near hes feet, to support your story that he had to many drink that night and he is still drinking\

[kikomunar]

Why didn't I think of that...LOL...great idea, very funny! :))

[Peter-Eriksson]

Glad that you like the idea :-) Will stick to the first idea and will post updates as soon as I'm back. I'm on a well deserved vacation and have my PowerBook with me but no internet. Take care!
/peter

[Peter-Eriksson]

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This is a simple model of the AT-ST that's gonna be in the background, driven by drunken storm troopers. They are very low poly and my idea is to paint in the details to more closely match the originals, or do some quick textures with bump maps. Model done in modo, reference material from the book "The Art of Star Wars: Return of the Jed" which I scanned. Later I saw that a quick Google search would have saved me the time :-).
/peter

[paulwdavidson]

Looking cool!

Where did you get the AT-ST blueprints?

Paul

[zweiDee]

lol, thats a great concept. very fun!

[paulwdavidson]

Sorry, just noticed your comments....doh!

[Gord-MacDonald]

funny concept - good luck


Gord

[W-I-L]

very funny.. i actually rpefer the one in the tolilet. almost laughed out loud

[Ferx]

Hey Peter, very funny, cool and original idea. I liked a lot !!:thumbsup: Good luck and i keeping and eye on your progress ! :)

[Peter-Eriksson]

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I'm back from a long vacation (and work). I have finished the base for Vader in Modo today and done some tests how to paint the rest of the body. Will change the pose to better match my first sketch. As u can see I've only modeled the parts that is seen from the "camera".

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Another test now with more "body" but I don't like the pose, will change that later :-)

[johnstrieder]

I like the pose ;-)
I was laughing as i saw it. Also at the flying toilet paper of the other sketch ;-)
Good luck!

[OKMER]

Hahahaah,just excellent!Put a beercan beside him on the ground!!!
Can't wait at all what this will be in the end!crazie!Later :beer:

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Still testing the scene, background and so on. I think I still will have the "bar" with drunken Storm troopers, but still lots of work :-)
I also haven't decided on the format ...
/peter

[OKMER]

Great atmospher and background!It's just that maybe now the background takes away too much the attention of dark flador(drunken talk,lol)..anyway ;can't wait for da drunken stormtroopers!Cheers!

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Clean render from Modo to use as the base. Im still testing how to color it and what will be done in 3D as base and what to paint free hand.
/peter

[Peter-Eriksson]

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The same model but colored in PhotoShop.
Thanks OKMER for your input and I think that you are right, but I don't want the viewer to see him the first. I want it to be as a surprise. Composite a nice image is hard work :-)
/peter

[nethken]

hahaha funny concept!! I would maybe show the stream of urine coming out just for emphasis...

[Peter-Eriksson]

hahaha funny concept!! I would maybe show the stream of urine coming out just for emphasis...

Been thinking of how to make it more obvious what's he's doing, will try some different ideas. Thanks for your coment :-)

/peter

[AlonChou]

very funny story!

[Gune]

that´s sooo funny....

[Gune]

ha ah ah ahahah good luck!

[kikomunar]

This is absolutely funny! I just hope you won't have problems with copyright.

[Peter-Eriksson]

This is absolutely funny! I just hope you won't have problems with copyright.

Thanks for coments and I'm glad that you think the idea is funny!
I hope that i will not have any problems with copyright from Lucasfilm. I hope that thay will see it as a fan art and I'm not in any way taking credit for the designs and/or characters. May the force be with me! :-) © Lucasfilm 2007. All rights reserved.

/peter

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Far from perfect but will do the trick in the image. Will model the body this weekend and try to pose them. All models done in Modo by the way.
/peter

[alvin-cgi]

Like the concept. very good.:scream:

[octopus7]

Haha this is a bloody classic, always wondered what happened when the dark lord had to obey the call of nature!
I'd willingly let you use my AT-ST model but i'm not sure if using third party models infringes on the rules of the challenge or not.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Been doing some more models and parts for the illustration. Here is the Storm troopers section.
Thank you Octopus7 for the offer but I will do with my own for now :-)

/peter

[guero]

Hi Peter, definately strange, one thing though. The road seems empty have emperor or some other characters pass by. Another funny thing would be if he was drunk, pissing and drinking at the same time. Make sure he's pissing all over his boots.
Good luck and can't wait for update.

[elmasfeo]

great idea, I loved the first skectch when I saw it...
I think you should make him stand in front of some bushes like in your first sketches, or a wall if you want to keep it in an only-tech environment, IMHO its more clear that he's peeing and not just standing and thinking...
good luck with it! :)

[tastatura]

yes its better to stick with the first concept, bushes, wall, old pannels anything that u feel comfortable in the enviorment, i also think if thers nothing in front of him it will defenitly look like he is overthinking something. Keep it coming mate these will goin to be fun

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Thanks for the input and I think you are right. I need something to "hide" behind, like bushes or a wall otherwise it looks like he just stand there and looking down. I think I will go with this "boxes" and other stuff that is gonna be loaded into ships or what ever.
/peter

[guero]

Looks better and better, keep it up.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Done the city that will be in the background and im now testing different lightning and still haven't decided on the sky. Sky's are a pain in the a**, need to practice on that :-) (That to by the way, never done an illustration like this before). The buildings are all done in Modo (301 has come :-). Used two different maps on them to get some detail so that I didn't have to paint everything. Next post will be a color test with more detail.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Here is the one with more detail and some color test. Oh 41 days to go, this will be fun!

[Peter-Eriksson]

BTW, the final artwork in Photoshop is 4600 x 2400 pixels, want to be able to put a lot of detail and stuff in.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Think this will be the color scheme. A little more detail but not finished yet.
/peter

[Peter-Eriksson]

Here is a little break down of the Photoshop work so far.

http://sites.normanet.se/peter/WIP/CGS/story-so-far-01.gif

[Henrikl]

Najs going m8. See ya on the flip side...

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Will post a link to a little movie to show the Modo scene. Maybe I will go back to my original concept with the wall and bushes. So we will see where this is going :-)
/peter
Link to: modo-h264-01.mov (http://sites.normanet.se/peter/WIP/CGS/modo-h264-01.mov)

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Back to my first sketch. As many of you pointed out he need something to "hide" behind. And I liked my first sketch so this is the final comp as I see it, don't have time to change it again. Lots and lots of work still. This is the base model from wich I will color and add detail.

/peter

[Peter-Eriksson]

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This is the base model from which I will color and add detail. And now with some color :-)

/peter

[elmasfeo]

so your process consists in doing a base 3d model and then finishing it up in 2D? I think it's looking very good, the cityscape in red and blue looked very good, it's a pity it's not going to be seen a bit more.... and thanks a lot for sharing that step-by-step gif, and the video too :)

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Hi again. A small update of Vader. This is the lower left corner of the image and I desided to bring back the bushes and more city in the background.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Hi again!
Here is an update with the lower city almost done (I think :-). More textures for the BAR area and some more work done on the troopers. I have not started on Vader yet and the Tie fighter is not done at all, but hey it's 28 days left.

[Peter-Eriksson]

If anyone is interested to watch the image so far in full resolution,
4000 x 1800 pixels you can click here (http://sites.normanet.se/peter/WIP/CGS/011-big.jpg) (1.6 mb and not full JPG quality)

[nwiz25]

hahahahahaha :scream: this is really cool! never could i've imagined darth vadar taking nature's call! :D ..
just an idea ... how about adding some more haze?

waiting for your next update! :p .. cheers dude! :beer:

[guero]

hey Buddy.
The way i see it you have put Vader in the far corner as if he's a prop and not the main subject of this piece. At this point the Walkers are the main subject. Step back and give it some thought.
Later.

[Peter-Eriksson]

Hi and thanks for C&C, really need and have used a couple of em. It's hard not to over do things, thats my biggest problem and then end up with a mess that looks like s**t. I'm taking some days of the picture now and get back on it in a day or two.

Thanks Guero for the C&C. My main reason not to put Vader in the focus is that I want it to be a little "surprise" when you see him. The focus is on the partying Stormtroopers who's having their day off or what ever they are celebrating :-)

hey Buddy.
The way i see it you have put Vader in the far corner as if he's a prop and not the main subject of this piece. At this point the Walkers are the main subject. Step back and give it some thought.
Later.

[MartinNielsen]

Well, trying putting the evil dark lord, Darth Vader out of focus really works. I didn't see him at first, but when I did... :scream::scream::scream:

[ashiataka]

Hi Peter! Thanks for stopping by my thread. I've been watching your thread too but I couldn't take an opportunity to write to you, sorry. Anyway the concept is hilarious and an unique Darth Vader is a creative idea. The image really confused the viewer. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Found a nice model the other day from Revell. "Easy Kit" with no glue. Even has a small Darth Vader inside :-) So why not change the one I have to the "right one". This is the first stage of modeling done in Modo. Lots of fun and great for learning, and hey - 24 days to go.
/peter

Here is a photo of the model. Before I put it together I took photos of it for reference, front, top, bottom. If any one is interested I can put them up.
http://sites.normanet.se/peter/WIP/CGS/dv-tie-fighter-ref-01.jpg

[Dmacb]

Hi Peter!

Very cool and funny concept! You have some great images (painted and skecths, not to mention the 3d) along the way that are awsome!
I guess Vader couldn't use the force to wit 'till he got home...

Good luck

[octopus7]

Peter,
Your work is looking fantastic and i'm looking forward to seeing it fully finished. It's a whole new take on the evil dark lord. Even villians need to pee!:D
Very interesting how you have combined 3D and 2D something i'd like to try myself once I get a graphics tablet.
BTW thanks for your positive comments on my nose picking robot..cheers:thumbsup:

[maartenk]

hahah, genius! great idea! :-)

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Thanks for all the comments!
The TIE fighter is done. To much detail but it was fun, I'm planning to finish it of completely when this challenge is done.
So now back to the main illustration, be back soon.
/peter

[Henrikl]

Very nice m8. The model looks great!

[Peter-Eriksson]

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The "new" TIE fighter in place.
BTW all my work is of course inspired by Star Wars :-) © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Added some new bushes. Comes from a collection of bushes and trees that I did in Vue and Bryce a year ago, just to have for projects like this.

BTW all my work is of course inspired by Star Wars :-) © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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This is the image so far, almost done! Will work more on Vader and the of course the sky. Have also added some more haze (thanks nwiz25 for the comment about that :-)

BTW all my work is of course inspired by Star Wars :-) © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.

[Peter-Eriksson]

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A small update. More detail on Vader and in the city. Also added some more light reflection on the building and additional "noize". Some color correction but haven't desided yet.

/peter

BTW all my work is of course inspired by Star Wars :-) © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.

[hollietree]

great, inspirational work! you've definitely done your research :D

hate to say it, but i think i prefer the pose of vader in the earlier, concept pictures - i think it made it much more clear what he was doing when he wasn't obscured by the bushes. i also think there is a certain leaning to that pose that emphasizes what he is doing :P

good luck!

[Peter-Eriksson]

great, inspirational work! you've definitely done your research :D

hate to say it, but i think i prefer the pose of vader in the earlier, concept pictures - i think it made it much more clear what he was doing when he wasn't obscured by the bushes. i also think there is a certain leaning to that pose that emphasizes what he is doing :P

good luck!

Thanks for your input Hollietree!
Yes you have a point there and thats something that I have been thinking of... I shall take a shot at it and try to change his position. It's hard not to get carried away by new ideas and concepts, sometimes it's important to stick with the original idea :-). So input of this kind is very helpful when you are your own director ...
/peter

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Changed Vaders pose a litte, more back to the first sketch and I think this works better.

BTW all my work is of course inspired by Star Wars :-) © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.

[hollietree]

awwesome! now that looks a lot better. great stuff :D probably the entry on this challenge that has made me laugh the most, congrats!

[DougFerreira]

very nicely done!and so unexpected!! that's the point !good luck!

[patrickdeza]

that is the funniest entry i've seen so far!
first i thought, omg just another well rendered image that has nothing to do with "strange behavior" but now that i see he's pissing into the bush i really have to say: GOOD JOB!
haha

[Peter-Eriksson]

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This is more or less the final image. Will let it "rest" for some more days and maybe do some more things - I don't know. But I'm more or less happy with it now :-)

/peter

[patrickdeza]

awesome! ok, maybe it's too late to suggest something, since you're almost done,
BUT i think your work would be improved if you let someone look over his shoulders while pissing into the bush! at least i'd laugh so hard i swear =)

[Peter-Eriksson]

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Did a clean up of all the files for this project and thought that a little show case of all the 3D models would be nice.

/peter

Watch the movie here: LightningTheLord.mov (http://www.bombim.com/CGS/LightningTheLord.mov) ( 16 mb)

[Peter-Eriksson]

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This is it, the FINAL image!
The story is simple: The Stormtroopers are having their weekly after work with the boss.
Lesson to learn: – Don't drink and drive!

How I did the painting the short version:
First i did a quick drawing in my sketch book. Scanned that and did some color testing.
After that I did all the "parts" for the scene in Luxology Modo and arranged them in Photoshop for texturing and color.
This is the biggest and most fun "illustration" I've ever done and it's been a lot of fun. Thank you all for the C&C :-)

All my work is of course inspired by Star Wars :-) © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.

Over and out!
/peter

Here is some out takes from the illustration.
Click here (http://bombim.com/CGS/outtakes-big.jpg) for 100% resolution.
http://bombim.com/CGS/outtakes-680.jpg

Here is a photo of my private reference library and as you can see I'm a big Star Wars fan :-) Larger version click here (http://bombim.com/CGS/reference-big.jpg).
http://bombim.com/CGS/reference-small.jpg
/peter

[Hideyoshi]

Hilarious entry! Was following it a little from the beginning already and it came together real good!
Nice job! :)

[scala]

Hey Peter That's a really good one !I love the idea .

[johnstrieder]

Yeah, Congratulations!

[Peter-Eriksson]

Hi and thanks again for all the nice comments :-)
This will be a though competition, lots of very talented ppl here!

SCULPTING A GALAXY by Lorne Peterson
Just wanted to give you a book tip. I should have bought this book a long time ago but finally it arrived today, a little late because it is a very good recourse book. This is a must if you'r interested in building models and Star Wars models in perticular. Lots of very good close up photos (216 pages :-).

You can buy it here Amazone UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sculpting-Galaxy-Inside-Star-Model/dp/1933784032/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/026-8950681-5910851?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193248549&sr=8-1) for only £10.50
There is a very cool Limited Edition with lots of very cool stuff but The book is the same. I sells for £275.00 but that one don't fit my budget right now :-(
http://www.rebelscum.com/books/hc_sagmodelshop.jpg

More info on the Limited Edition here (http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=2156) and here (http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/ref/news20061017.html)
It's a must have some day ...

/peter

[ashiataka]

Hey Peter! Congratulations! That's a reall stange behave for Darth Vader, hehhe!
Good luck!

[MartinNielsen]

Nice final. Congrats :beer:

[Peter-Eriksson]

Thank you guys! This has been a really fun ride.
ashiataka saw your final, very well done!
MartinNielsen almost done I can see :-)

/peter

[kikomunar]

This is one 'BOX OFFICE HIT' that I wouldn't want to miss! Congratulations!

[medunecer]

This is a GREAT idea! Love it! And a very good execution! And the video-making is very cool! Good luck!

[nwiz25]

congratulations dude! :applause: me always liked your concept, funny as ever! :D
and man! thats one fine collection! :eek: wishing you all the best dude! :thumbsup:

[Peter-Eriksson]

Thank you all for your nice comments, It's very good to hear that you like it :-)
Had my thoughts on making some minor changes, but realized that I don't have the time and I'm pretty happy with the result to.

And thanks again!

/peter

http://bombim.com/modo/93x42_modo_maniac.gif

[infoarq]

HI Peter,
thanks for your words in my project.

Your illustration are simple GREAT... why?

In my first look, i think: waaa other space scene...
but when i look these little details... hahahahaha are GREAT!! (i love the little details).

and it also impressed the previous work in this project. belive me.

Good luck.

[Ferx]

Hey Peter, really cool concept.. hahahaha... great mate!! Great details on the whole composition! and the scene atmosphere is really nice!! Congratulations for this superb work mate !! Best of luck!! and time fore really well deserved beers and some tequila shots !!(Vader pays the bill :D ) Cheers!! :beer:

[JurajMolcak]

wow... shame on me I totally missed your entry Peter. I am very surprised. Maybe I was awaiting you around animation/movie category. Anyway, great final image. You are dealing with same importance of closeups as I do with my illustration, but I believe it is worth of it. It´s cool to see StarWars fan as you are doing such a jokes. Good luck mate :thumbsup:

[KRUChY]

one question

what was the RWNDER TIME ??

[Peter-Eriksson]

one question
what was the RWNDER TIME ??

Good question :-)
The way I did it was by breaking up the scene in different parts but I think that the most complex scene took about 3.5 hours to render om my G5 Macintosh 2 x 2 GHz, 1.5 GB ram (not Intel).

I collected all the different "parts" that I used for the image in this image.

http://bombim.com/CGS/all-parts.jpg

And the final image:

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13354/13354_1192661185_medium.jpg

http://www.bombim.com/modo/93x42_modo_maniac.gif

[OKMER]

I want a statue of Dark Vador like this man!!!Congratz on finishin a really ronfl pic man!

[KRUChY]

nice - and all toghether composed in PS ?

VERY nice

i've to try this technique in interior renders. Maybe it's good way to render interiors without GI - just to fake it...?

Any sugestions ? or TIPS ?

[rottenbanana]

Awesome image! I laughed the instant I saw it. I just wish I was closer to the drunken action... Excellent use of light and composition. I am envious! Good luck in the challenge!

[Peter-Eriksson]

Congratulation to all you winners both in this illustration challenge and in the others :-)
I'll sure be back next challenge! And happy new year!!!
/peter

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