Uplift Universe - Image Entry: Paul Wilson

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Hi all :)

I am trying to establish an atmosphere first. All the characters are roughed in and I have placed a texture in the foreground (it is a piece of the grass forground from andrew wyeths christinas world I found at http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.balgavy.com/apes/christinas_world.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.balgavy.com/apes/archives/thats_entertainment/&h=575&w=865&sz=85&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=GfdFMz97K-5JUM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=145&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchristinas%2Bworld%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN.)

I just googled "christinas world"
The texture is fairly insignifigannt but in my final I do hope to capture a similar atmoshere to andrew wyeths original work.

The alien figure in the foreground is running with a human child to escape an approaching crawler.

Please critique anything helps!

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some sketches for the alien character, I havent decided whether to make it more masculine or feminine, maybe more beastlike, not sure.
anything helps :)

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face of focal character,

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I developed the alien face a bit further, however I think its a bit to static. I'm going to try something else

[Ferx]

Hey Paul, really nice composition, I liked :) Great feeling on the action. The colors for the alien works really well. Maybe, some flying type aliens approaching to the running alien, or some tentacles exiting from the ground , or rocks falling near of the main characteres to put a more dramatic action, only a comment :) Again, really nice work and looking forward for more updates. Cheers mate !! :beer:

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finally got an alien face I'm happy with, now I have to hurry!

[editablepauly]

Thanks Fernando!

I will definitely take your comments into advisement when I finish out the Crawler in the background. Then maybe some flying aliens as well.

Its Crunch Time! :)

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Making a first pass at the alien suit, and checking alien with composition. There is a cloud image that I used for a texture just as a test for the sky, it will not be in any part of the final though.

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a little more detail on the alien, in the final he will be holding a human child but I wanted to make sure he was fully detailed first.

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Just a quick sketch on the walker concept. still working on the foreground figure hopefully it will be done soon.

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I started over on the spaceman, he was feeling very flat and I was afraid his suit would be too complicated. for the final scene. I have been having allot of trouble on the face so I used carravaggio's "david" as a visual reference for structure and lighting. now that the face is blocked in I can begin to add more color and highlights. still the face seems to be lacking emotion. I will also make some tweeks to this as well in future posts

[Ferx]

Hey Paul, like a lot your previous expression for the alien, the new one looks nice, a bit on classic sense, like your reference, but really cool :) Perhaps turning the eyes and the head to the walker and open a bit the mouth, reinforce the "chasing" idea. The design of the walker is awesome. Great work! Cheers mate ! :beer:

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My first shot at the uplift chimp,

[editablepauly]

Thanks again Fernando for helping me out:)

Your absolutely right, the human's face is very dead and lifeless, I will work on it some more tonight and see what I can do to fix it.

Your comments are greatly appreciated!

[ivica]

...somehow, Your initial main character seemed more suitable for contest theme...
but this also draw attention 'cause he is lookin' like refugee from the strange cahtedral stone gargoyles:)

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Thank you ivica :)

your comments are greatly appreciated. I will try to develope my first concept further.

thanks again.

[Ferx]

Hey Paul, the chimp looks really great, like a lot the expression on him :) puts a great emotional touch on the concept. Looking at your image, think that the head of the human is a bit small on relation of the torso size. Maybe you can put the man eyes looking forward... to the scape path :) and chimp is looking to the danger, think that works well on your idea, only a comment :) Really great work, like a lot your style mate! Cheers :beer:

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Hopefully the final spaceman face. I couldn't find reference for the exact expression I wanted so I got out the old camera and took some self-shots for lighting and facial reference, the colors are blocked out, still have to finalize tomorrow.

Please critique, anything helps, Thanks:)

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Putting together the chimp and the spaceman painting,
Hoping to finish tomorrow night.
spaceman will be clothed in something a bit more suitable, right now I am just using my photo reference to practice getting the fit and wrinkles right. I am also looking at an alternate composition, maybe bringing the crawler right onto their tail to heighten the sense of danger.

[silenceimpaired]

The person carrying the chimp has a very captivating expression on their face, I am curious what he is looking at.

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just a progress image of the spaceman and uplift chimp, still have to work on a uniform for the spaceman and detail out the chimp. starting to work on the walker now, should have something in a few hours

[Spin99]

This is stunning work.
Loving it!

And time is going to run out soon..

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quick model of cathedral walker for lighting reference, should have scene together soon

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putting it all together, walkers and spaceman are in along with enormous downed spacecraft in background. any comments on composition will be greatly appreciated!

[Ortheza]

Your first composition concpet is mauch better than this.
Pity you have not used it. Current image is very static and less interesting.
But it's your choice :-)
good luck.

[editablepauly]

Thank you for your honest critique:)

I will try to adapt my scene a little more to my old composition.

Thanks again!

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Trying to move a bit ore towards my origional concept. any opinions are greatly appreciated!

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another compositional sketch, pushed the walker back behind the hill where it was origionally, any comments are greatly appreciated!:)

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walker partial,

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just an update, its really not where I want it to be at this time but I've learned a lot and its been fun. (great practice for next time :) )

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