CGTalk - Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: Brittany Richardson

BrittanyRichardson

11-13-2008, 02:20 AM

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I'm really wanting to interpret the myth of Cupid and Psyche, so these are quick initial character concepts.

eevilmouse

11-13-2008, 03:19 AM

Nice :) Love the wings.. especially the open/close aspect

M31

11-13-2008, 05:29 AM

I love that story! :) Nice concepts, I especially like Cupid's design. I'm not sure about Psyche's shorts, but maybe that is a Steampunk thing. Good luck!

mim-Armand

11-13-2008, 06:38 AM

characters looks nice really, I just imagine em rendered! lol
keep up good work, :)

RamiRamahi

11-13-2008, 01:03 PM

I love the concept designs you have. really amazing, I especially like the mechanical wings for both characters. way to go

kaparo

11-13-2008, 03:51 PM

Hi Brittany,
This is a good idea! Those Cupid Wings are a great device to work with for this challenge. Looking on wikipedia for the myth of Cupid and Psyche I found a beautiful painting of one of my favourites Pre-Rafaelite painters, Adolphe William Bouguereau. His works always has strong character compostions, the way everything flows is unique, I recommend it. Good luck on the challenge!

BrittanyRichardson

11-14-2008, 10:52 PM

Thanks everyone! :)

and thanks, Antonio, for the advice. I've always LOVED Bouguereau - which is actually one of the things that inspired me to do this myth in the first place. I don't know what I want the final composition of my image to be quite yet, but I'm sure going to be looking for inspiration from those pre-raphaelite masters.

daw

11-20-2008, 01:30 AM

- best of luck girl!

Mercuralis

11-20-2008, 03:03 AM

Oh wow. I love your work. I can't wait to see this! This was my second choice for topic, and now I'm glad I went the other way. No way I'd be able to do justice to them the way you will.

AlysonOctopus

11-20-2008, 04:53 AM

Love the flying contraptions! Very neat!

BrittanyRichardson

11-20-2008, 04:56 AM

thanks, david :)

And Melissa, thanks! I'm glad you're excited about my topic. I went and saw what you've been working on for this challenge and wow! I love what you've done so far. I love the story of Beauty and the Beast. Both that fairy tale and the Cupid/Psyche myth have a lot of similarities.

BrittanyRichardson

11-20-2008, 04:59 AM

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Just a sketch of an idea I was thinking about. I don't know if I'll go with this for the final composition, but for kicks I think I'll go ahead and tighten the sketch a bit more. Let me know what you think. Oh and those things are supposed to be mechanical butterflies.

Mercuralis

11-20-2008, 05:20 AM

:D I'm so glad you like my painting. Beauty and the Beast, which is based on East of the Sun, West of the Moon--my second favorite fairy tale, which in turn is based on Cupid and Psyche... yeah. I'm a sucker for that whole family of tales, really. And you've always done such gorgeous illustrations of Sun/Moon that I just know this is going to blow me a away.

This sketch has a really classic appeal to it, very Old Master with the poses and positioning. I like it a lot.

Have you thought about some of the other scenes? Like when she first sees him maybe? Hard to imagine some of the garden bits with steampunk elements, I guess.

BrittanyRichardson

11-20-2008, 05:49 AM

yeah, I've been thinking about the other scenes - especially the one you mentioned. But at the same time, I love the whole flight idea. Hmm.... I'll probably end up doing a sketch of the scene where she sees him for the first time - just because I do really like that scene - even if I don't take it to final. It'll be good to take some time to visually explore this myth before settling on a final idea.

Anyways, thanks for the comments and kind words. :)

BrittanyRichardson

11-23-2008, 05:42 AM

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Umm, this is just my previous sketch rendered out a bit more.

And another idea I had of depicting the scene after Psyche opens Persephone's box... which in this case is some sort of large compartment or something, haha, I haven't really figured it out yet, but I'm envisioning some sort of engine room type setting.

natzuur

11-23-2008, 07:05 AM

This is coming along quite nicely, can't wait to see it further on!

paperclip

11-23-2008, 07:52 AM

I really love the composition and the idea (particularly the whole 'flying with dragonflies' bit), but it's hard to tell which story it is- the persephone story seems to have a stronger storytelling element, plus it'll be easier to steampunkify appropriately without taking away too much from the story, which I think may be the case with the first idea (but you should do it outside of the challenge, I'd really like to see that with colour!)

recce

11-23-2008, 05:45 PM

some brilliant concepts, can't wait to see how this progresses! Best of luck! :)

morenike

11-23-2008, 08:14 PM

Looking forward to seeing this moving forward. I have a huge grin now if you can't tell.

BrittanyRichardson

11-23-2008, 09:23 PM

thanks everyone for the encouragement :)

And thanks, Theresa. You really hit the nail on the head. The lack of story in the first one I think is what was bothering me so much. But like you suggested, I may go ahead and finish it outside of the challenge. But for now, I'll start developing the second idea further. Or even do another part of the story.

oneandonlyDiscoStu

11-23-2008, 10:12 PM

the first concept really has a great feel

im looking forward to what the 2nd will evolve too

warpv

11-26-2008, 03:43 AM

Indeed very cool concepts! I really liked the first one's composition and poses, to me it felt much more different than the classic poses you usually see for this myth.

Although the second one looks like it will be using this type of pose, I must admit I'm am very intrigued by your idea of Persephone's box! :) Looking forward to seeing where this will go! Best of luck!

Ferx

11-26-2008, 04:32 AM

Hey Brittany,

Really cool concept, and the sketches are great!! Like a lot. My favorite is your vertical composition, has a great feeling and mood. Again, cool works!! and looking forward for more updates! :D

mrpeace

11-26-2008, 11:25 AM

Gr8 concept....truly has emotion in it.....looking forward to see this completed!

paperclip

11-26-2008, 12:13 PM

Ooooh! Do Persephone's box, all in a really classical style...BUT... with steampunk evil elements rushing out of the box! :love:

BrittanyRichardson

11-26-2008, 02:45 PM

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. It's really awesome to hear what you all think - it helps a lot. So, I guess it's decided. I'll be working on the second idea. I need to come up with a strong compostition I like while keeping with the idea of classical poses.

jtico

11-26-2008, 09:50 PM

I'm very curious on how this will develop. I like your style a lot.

Best regards

kaparo

11-30-2008, 06:31 PM

Hi Brittany,

I prefer the flying approach the best. The composition is stronger and the flying devices are very attractive. I love the box from the horizontal composition but it is a distracting element at left side fighting in balance with the protagonists at right and I think the attention should concentrate on them. Maybe you could mix both ideas? I was imagining a camera angle from above with them both flying in the foreground and a huge steamy box below them on the ground. Don't know, it's just an idea and maybe it do not fit exactly on the myth but this is the place to let our imagination free!

Good luck!

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