Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: Gunilla Elam

[Gunilla]

This topic is just to tempting to not join in to... I'm not sure about how much time I'll have but I do my best.
My first thought would be making a Trojan horse ... not the only one in the challenge I suspect. Maybe I come up with something better later.

Let the fun begin and good luck all!

[Lemog]

Héhé... finally... you're here ! haha... good news...

I wish you all the best for this challenge, and as many of us, I hope you could find time to finish the image in time.

The trojan horse is anyway a good theme... especially if we considere your own style... wich could make the difference.
Just have to find a good composition... wich works... and go !

[scootermaya]

Heyyyy Gunilla :bounce:
Good luck!!!

Lolo ... where are you ?

[gpepper]

Hey Gunnie in too ?
Woa, the whole team in the contest ! Where are Steph and Beckie ?

lolo se balade dans la section vidéo !

[Lemog]

lolo se balade dans la section vidéo !
Ah bon ? :rolleyes:

[varma]

Excellent!
The challenge just turned better!
Kult å ha deg med, søs! La oss gjøre byen utrygg!
:buttrock:

[scootermaya]

Hey Gunnie in too ?
Woa, the whole team in the contest ! Where are Steph and Beckie ?

lolo se balade dans la section vidéo !

Do you think he did it on purpose ? :D

[nwiz25]

hello my friend! :bounce: great to see you here! let your imagination run wild! :scream: this challenge is waiting for the pot to explode! :bounce:
all the best mate! :thumbsup:

[daWinky]

Hehe Gunie,

I was sure you couldn't resist this one, great to discover I'm right:D .
A Gunilla-style Trojan horse sounds good to me, so let's have some fun!:bounce:

-sabrina

[SuperXCM]

HI Gunilla!!!

Finally I found your thread, think maybe about updating your signature with a link!!

Trojan horse can definitly be a great idea. I wish you to find the time to finish it. Can't wait to see the first preview.


Good luck and don't forget to have fun!! :beer:

[Try]

Hei Gunilla.
Great to see my favorite Swedish person in here.
Good luck to you. and really looking forward to seeing something strange and fantastic stuff here.

[Lemog]

...my favorite Swedish person in here.
of course :thumbsup:

[thebest]

u know I really like this trojan horse idea .....:thumbsup: good luck gunie :arteest:

[Gunilla]

Haha! Doesn't it just feel like a big reunion here? Glad to see you all and thanks for the welcome!
... and of course extra happy for the favourite swedish comment ;)

Well, no sketche here until weekend at the earliest, I need to keep the workpile under control... :(

After doing some more thinking I've come up with an alternative idea. The passage between Schylla and Charybdis - could be the scene for some real steamy action. Maybe that would be a better theme, we'll see.

[Elendil_le_Grand]

Good luck Cunilla ;)

[miketche]

Hey, just found your thread. Glad you're here. Let's see some great stuff.

[AndreiSzasz]

hey Gunie ! welcome to the challenge!:bounce:
long time no see
this would really be a great challenge
the best of luck !:thumbsup:

[ihamid]

dear Gunilla :) ... see you here like old times eh?

[mmoir]

Hey Gunilla,

It is nice to see you here again:wavey: I had thought of the Trojan Horse idea too but I think I will be doing something else ,still in the thinking process. Anyways , I look forward to your image as you always seem to have interesting/great images.

Cheers

[Lemog]

The passage between Schylla and Charybdis - could be the scene for some real steamy action. Maybe that would be a better theme, we'll see.
Interesting and original... but more difficult for me... do you already feel well the scene ?

[mdavid]

This really feels like a party now. Great to see you entered, Gunilla!

Whichever idea you go with, I have no doubt you'll do it in great style. Good luck

[scootermaya]

I found this idea really mistic and great!

Good luck girl !:bounce:

[anandpg]

Hey Gunilla!! Great to see you here!!:bounce: All the best!:thumbsup:

[soapy]

Hey Gunilla, great to see you here. Bring it on.

[Gunilla]

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My major source of inspiration for this comes from the work of Alice and Martin Provensen.

As a kid I had a couple of books that I later came to understand influenced my taste for illustration more than others. One of them was a wonderful book about the Iliad and the Odysee. I could look in it for hours admiring the images and living myself into the adventures. A while back I found my old book and to my big surprise I still find it as fascinating as I did as a kid. The challenge will be to combine the modenistic style of these illustrations with a steam punk style. I've no idea on how to do that yet but I'll give it a try.
I will do this in a combination between 2d and 3d.

[Gunilla]

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On Odysseus way home he had to pass between two monsters, Skylla and Kharybdis. Kharybdis would swallow the whole sea and then through it up again and Skylla was a eight headed monster snapping everything that come near. In the choice of loosing his whole ship or risk his men Odysseus choosed to go near Skylla. Two men where lost.

This is my current idea - with making the monsters in steam punk style. There may be other ides popping up before I choose the one to go with.

[Gunilla]

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This is the boat of Odysseus. This one may or may not go into the scene. It will maybe be made steamdriven if included.
Just had to have something started here.

[agou]

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My major source of inspiration for this comes from the work of Alice and Martin Provensen.


OMG! I also had this book when I was a child and I really LOVE this style of illustration!

Your work looks promising, with such visual references!

[JurajMolcak]

Gunie, Gunie, Gunie... on her trip again. Nice to see you in! Classy and nice concept, no problems at all. Good luck!

[Lemog]

héhé... that sounds well started, I like much the style you choose, between something a bit flat and stylized... I imagine well the blend with your particular style...
I like a lot your concept sketch, and I hope you could keep the same feeling yet inside...

Good courage Gunie... it started now :thumbsup:

[Gunilla]

Sophie - Wow, That's fantastic! I don't think I've ever met one that knew that book before. It really is amazing.

Juraj - thanks! It feels great to get started again.

Lolo - Yeah, that's what I have in mind. If I can pull it off I'm going to do a mix of flat shapes and 3d shapes popping out of them. It's going to take a lot of testing to get it right but I feel really inspired about it. Yep, we're in for a challenge all right.

[thebest]

Gunie Gunie.......looking very good so far keep going ......I really like the idea :arteest:

[GonzaloGolpe]

Hello hello and hi!

good luck and create a cool horse full of steampunky stuff:wavey:

kisses!

[Ferx]

Hey Gunilla,

Really glad that you joined this challenge :D Think the Odyssey theme is a really great inspiration for this challenge, and you can create a unique and epic image .... I´m thinking on cyclops :D or the sirens... :D many great passages on Odyssey with great potential. Following the evolution on your concept ! Good luck!! Cheers!! :beer:

[ace4016]

Nice concept and style gunilla; hope to see more fleshed out and the steam punked monsters. Good luck

[daWinky]

Morning Gunie,

great to discover the first concept sketches and even better to read what you're planning to do:thumbsup: . The mix of 2d and 3d the way you describe it sounds pretty much exiting and I'm really curious to follow the process.

-sabrina

[Lemog]

... but I feel really inspired about it.
I feel it !
Nice creative sunday :thumbsup:

[Zapan]

A real chance that Mommy 's always around to whip the snail real nicely. Thx dear for the warning !

It's a gonna be pretty good one , I'm in same case that you about the time to spare , but hey it's time for the team to have some fun right ?

the Skylla and Kharybdis is a really cool idea , I had a thought about it myself. Gonna be really fun héhé.

Have a great polys throwing day Gunie .

cheers ,

-Steph

[varma]

Very slick and cool boat design! Simple, yet figurative and stylish!
Looking forward to see how you deal with the texturing part!
:thumbsup:

[scootermaya]

ok Gunnie! nice start :applause:
The concept is really cool. I wish you luck on this one :thumbsup:

[RicoD]

Sounds and looks good Gunilla! Wondering how you'll develop this piece. Good luck!

[Elendil_le_Grand]

I like the style of your sketch and your idea ...

[miketche]

I like your concepts. Greek myths are always interesting.

[agou]

Sophie - Wow, That's fantastic! I don't think I've ever met one that knew that book before. It really is amazing.


My grand-mother bought it for my father! When I visited her it was the only book I loved to read, because it was the only one which didn't talk about the life of Jesus, Noah's Ark, people who distribute little breads etc. :D

[SuperXCM]

Hi Gunilla!


Nice concept, and good start on the modeling. Keep it on!!

:beer:

[balfs21]

Looks like this might be a nice image to see in the end...I look forward to seeing it on the way too!

[Gunilla]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1226946046_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1226946046_large.jpg)

My first go at making a steamy skylla ... not sure about her, but she was fun to make.

[Zapan]

Dang you're doing it again , the cute little multihead skylla :)

One minor crit , I may not want to be sarcastic but I only can count 4 heads...what's wrong with the last 2 ?

Fly Gunie Fly :p

cheers ,

-Steph

[Gunilla]

Tony - thanks good sir!
Gonzalo - yep, will do!
Ferx - thanks and I'm thrilled about the Odysseus theme too!
ace - thanks!
Sabie - me too, since I haven't quite figured out how to do it yet ;)
Lolo - thanks and you toofor this monday!
Steph - Thanks buddy. But who exactly are you calling a Mummy? :D
Mathias - I will get to texturing later, once I figured out the style. It will be a challenge!
Scooter, Rico, Nico, Mike - thanks guys, I'm glad you like it so far.
Sophie - ha! Maybe she didn't know how much violence and scary stuff is in it - I was really thrilled about it as a kid.
Lombardo - thanks for cheering and thanks for the beer, I needed that!
balfs21 - thanks you and nice of you to follow it!
Steph - picky are we? 4 or 6 ...plenty enough I say :D


So, I'm wrestling with this nonorganic modeling - it's been a long time since I tried to do something like this! What do you think, am I at the right track?

[Lemog]

it's true... why only four heads ? not enough place :twisted: hahahaha

[Gunilla]

Lolo, Steph - ahaha, OK I give up - two more heads will be, fine so? :wise:

[scootermaya]

That's a great piece! Fun and scary at the same time. Well done.

Are the legs proportionate? I would think they could be a bit longer, no?

[scootermaya]

Lolo, Steph - ahaha, OK I give up - two more heads will be, fine so? :wise:

Let see how many heads you can put on her :bounce:

[soapy]

Nice work Gunilla. I like the ship and the Skylla monster. Agreed, you better convert that ship to steam, it will be a big relief to the oarsmen. :-)

[Gunilla]

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OK - So, now she has six heads... the more the better!

[Gunilla]

Scooter - great thinking about the legs, I may make them more insectlike and have her clinging on the cliff with them. thanks!

Jim - yeah, I started to construct a very clever steamdriven construction to manage the oars. The oarsmen will be busy being eaten by the Skylla. I may go back to that part later but now I got all monsterbusy. glad you like it so far.

[Lemog]

Perfect number now !

[Elendil_le_Grand]

Nice skylla ...
I like the style ;)

[daWinky]

Morning Gunie,

this Skylla test is already an eyecatcher, and with 6 heads now there's nothing to crit!
The oarsmen will be busy being eaten by the Skylla. :D Thanks for this priceless sentence, I nearly spilled my coffee - this is a good reason to make a steam driven boat for sure!

Have a great day!

-sabrina

[mdavid]

Hey Gunilla, it's all looking excellent at this stage. I'm glad you got those extra heads in too because it does look so much better now

[Try]

Great looking monster Gunilla! Even though i guess the heads is just duplicates they seem to have different personality's/emotions. Aggressive, curious, sleepy and the one in the back looks a bit worried. :)

the challenge will be to get them to look real humongous sized. the boat and landscape will give a sense of scale i imagine.

[Ferx]

Hey Gunilla,

Really cool design on Skilla, the crustacean legs its a great touch :D like a lot :buttrock: . Cheers!!

[handlebar]

Great start Gunny i like the Skylla idea and the style you're adopting.

[varma]

Coool!
Having seen your "EON" entry, I would definitely expect another surrealistic and dreamy
concept from you, except this one is a breakthrough in a quite different and exiting level!
Keep up!
Ps, the tail in not quite "you"!
:)

[Gunilla]

Lolo, Nico - thanks. good! :)

Sabie - yeah, we wouldn't let Skylla starve, would we? :D So, now completely steamified!

Mark - Yeah, I agree - I had a little lazy moment there, now gone :deal:

Try - Great, you saw it! They are in fact a bit different, just as you mentioned. I think it could be interesting to give her a split personality, don't you?

Ferx - thanks for liking the legs - I may make them even more crustey later :D

Steven - hi there and thanks! Are you in this time? I haven't seen your thread.

Mathias - thanks. And thanks for commenting on my tail :twisted: I haven't quite figured it out yet, it is supposed to be a fin but maybe I do something else.

Thanks all for coming by and below is a small update.

[Gunilla]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1227019769_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1227019769_large.jpg)

Now even faster, let me know if you think this could work out.

[scootermaya]

whow! big weel! Nice brass texture also:applause:

[thebest]

yea I guess it works but what do u think of making a mechanism to scrol up and down the sail boat or whatever it`s name is "the white thing up there " lol

[Try]

Hmmm.... Looking nice but a bit unsure about the mechanical part. a long rod like this could move the oars i guess but should maybe be moved like the way the wheels of a locomotive works. If you know what I mean.
However you can make this work like a mystical strange and alien type of steam machinery.
using female logic. :cool:

[Lemog]

...
using female logic. :cool:
agree with you... and that make the total originality... and the style's charm of Gunie's work :love:

[Elendil_le_Grand]

The boat is really nice ;)

[Zapan]

'evening Gunie !

Of course 2 more heads always better for health <= useless comment to agree with the new version of the multiple legs and heads fish. :grin:

The boat's taking shape real nicely , the steampunk style is definitely in it.

He , What you mean exactly by : "so the oarsmen can do other stuff" ? :scream:

cheers ,

-Steph

[andreasng]

hey. cool idea to do some viking ship steam conversion. I'm not so much into the "tiny engine" idea though. Its kind of un-steamy in a way. :hmm:
The exhaust at the rear is cool. heheh. thats steamy!

[soapy]

Hey Gunilla nice work on the boat motor. You know if you want to keep the engineer types quiet you could add a little housing box to cover a part of the linkage and gears. Then nobody can debate whether it could 'actually work' or not. And I won't have to fly over to Norway and slap Try with a leather glove for making more female logic jokes. ;-)

[Ferx]

Hey Gunilla,

That boat is looking really great!! Like the stylized gears on it :D The texture is really nice. Perhaps yo can put gears on the oars to emphasis the steam system, only a comment :D Again, great work !!

[daWinky]

Morning Gunie!

Wow, not only a steampowered boat but already steampowered work speed:thumbsup: !
let me know if you think this could work out No! Not from a technical point of view, even with female logic(have I really wrote this?:surprised )...but it's looking great, so it will work here fine for me.


He , What you mean exactly by : "so the oarsmen can do other stuff" ? I guess they are busy being eaten, like Gunie told before...:sad: oh yes, Gunie feeds Skylla, Lolo is busy blasting animals...it's a cruel, cruel world:D

nice day for the team anyways!

-sabrina

[Ramitxon]

Hi Gunilla, good work do far. Obviously you're having fun. I'm waiting to see the looks of Charibdis.

[Gunilla]

Morning team! Thanks a lot for all the comments here.

Scooter - thanks, and the texture - my plan was to keep it like this, rather simple. But I will decide once i get a bit futher down. Maybe some worn details will be needed.

Antone - sail, it's called a sail :) and that is a good idea - perhaps it will be in the next revision!

Try - well you know, not only women comes from a different planet, steamdriven ancient boats does too ;)

Lolo - ahh, that's sweet :love:

Nico - thanks, glad you like it!

Steph - glad you think it goes into the stempunk style now. And for the oarsmen, what Sabie sais and also, when there are no dangers ahead they can use the time to play cards, fishing, telling silly jokes and other important stuff. :D

Andreas - indeed, it's not all that steamy but I didn't want the engine to visually kill the shapes of the boat wich I like a lot. Hopefully in the end it will have enough steam.

Jim - that is a good idea! I may try something like that since I begin to feel a lot of comments coming about the sad level of engineering.

And I won't have to fly over to Norway and slap Try with a leather glove for making more female logic jokes. ;-)

Touché! :applause:

Fernando - thanks, also a good suggestion - maybe I add that later.

Sabie - morning, good! If it works designwise was really what I wanted to know - I'm quite aware that technically it wouldn't. My locic isn't that much female - ( what on earth is happening with us writing things like that?) :argh: :D

And indeed, this is turning out a bloody challenge with all this bloody things around - it's the style of the year :beer:

Ramon - thanks and yes, really fun this. I'm gald you mentioned Charybdis, cause I'm a bit uncertain about her. I've always thought of her as another monster, sort of built in her island but now I find sourses that says she's no monster at all, only a huge stream whirl in the water... not so fun so I think I will do as planned and make a living monster.

Have a good day all!

[gpepper]

Hey looks nice already !
go, go ,go !

[mdavid]

That machinery looks delightful - stylish and also fitting the steampunk theme. Excellent stuff. I'm very glad you're thinking about the safety and comfort of the oarsmen too, well that is, apart from the ones that get eaten ;)

[varma]

Great progress Gunilla, I like the initial texturing a lot and I think you chose the colors
well! The Idea of the background for your uploads is very keen too!
How is it going with that tail/fin, by the way?
:blush:

[Gunilla]

Gilles - thanks, and go, go, go back to you! :)

Mark - thanks and yes, it is really important to think about the comfort of the workers employed. I really wouldn't want them to go on strike for me, we all know how difficult that can become in the later stages of a challenge!

mathias - thank you, I begin to have an idea of the colorset now. The fin? Ermm, Phuiii... later this weekend, OK? I've been stuck with such unpleasant things as actual paid work for some days :)

I guess this is how it's going to be for me this time - updates some days and total silence others. I will keep an eye on you all though, make sure of that.

[Gunilla]

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Some updates for Skylla. I want her to be part organic and part machinery.
Next will be a take on the whole scene,
This is not the final texture just an approximate to check the style. Once I got the style for the environment done I will go back and refine.

[thebest]

hurray the first one to reply .......today`s keep going :bounce:

[Lemog]

It's truly original for sure... I like much this design... even the color choice... that give something very strange and that works much...

...very good idea with smoke shapes :thumbsup: you must keep this way I think...

I'm not surprise... that grow... and it's again totally "you"... Gunillish ? :scream:

[mr_carl]

Hi there Gunilla, Super nice concept and you truly show you're excellent style.
Keep up the great work.

[soapy]

Nice, I like it. There is a bit of a 50s arborite colour scheme going on, very cool.

[mdavid]

Beautifully steampunked! Excellent work. And I'm another one who likes your choice of colours

[Elendil_le_Grand]

Nice update ;) And i like the style of your presentation :)

[Zapan]

Hey Gunie ,

almost missed the last update ...

A really nice one , the texture and the additional details are great !

Gunillish ?

copyrighted ... :wise:

cheers ,

-Steph

[daWinky]

Morning Gunie,

ah, another weekend update I've nearly missed! I begin to see now how you'll manage to mix 2d and 3d in an amazing way, with the texture your Skylla really pops out of the background...so well done:thumbsup: . And Skylla already has a lot of character...well, multiple characters in fact:D ...I love the idea of the split personality you've mentioned before...

Have a great start in the week!

-sabrina

[Gunilla]

Antone - thanks for cheering, much needed atm :thumbsup:

Lolo - Gunillish? :D Glad you like it, I'm beginning to see all the difficulties in making a working mix between ancient greek, 50:ies arty style and steampunk - hope I will manage to find a good mix here.

Carl - hej and thanks!

Jim - yeah, that's the idea... or one of them. We'll see if it works out.

Mark - OK, seems the colorset is all set now then - thanks mate!

Nico - good, glad you like it.

Steph - almost late again, huh? That is sooo Stephish :D And thanks for liking!

Sabie - oh, I still got a long way to go before I solve the rather vague idea of how to mixing 2d and 3d for this one. And certainly Skylla will have more different faces - it could be fun to have two of the disagreeing for instance. A great start for you too.

So, some work will come in the way this week but next step will have to be getting started on the environment.

thanks all for your interest :bounce:

[Lemog]

In any case, "your" mix will be very very original... no new images today ? :eek:
I wish you a nice week... with some updates :buttrock:

[Climax]

Im joining in to your thread, i see lots of old good friend comming in this time, this prommise to be fun :beer:

[Ferx]

Hey Gunilla,

Skylla looks great, and your idea about mixing organic and steampunk elements sounds cool. The armor on skylla looks really great. Maybe you need a some sort of steam boiler over it. :)Waiting for more updates my friend :D

[silenceimpaired]

Your latest work brought an audible laugh from me. :) So... ya. For what it's worth, amazingly fun!

[eddieellis]

hey gunilla, great to see you still about and lovin the work your producing,, cant wait to see how the whole thing turns out :buttrock:

[Gunilla]

Lolo - thanks and sorry... no updates yet :blush:

Omar - hey there, good to see you in!

Fernando - yes, you're right about the boiler on the Skylla - how else could she have steam from her nostrils? Will be in the next update for her.

silenceimpaired - hi, glad you enjoy my work here. Also cool to see a new face around here :)

Eddie - Don't hold your breath on the outcome just yet - I will be delayed. Fun having you back here.

So, today a long time delayed assignment arrived, meaning I will be swamped in work for some time now. So, don't expect any update any time soon ... I will be here checking up on you all though. So you better behave - daily updates please! :wise:

[Lemog]

Lolo - thanks and sorry... no updates yet :blush:
maybe I could find a punition for you ? :scream: hahahaha :love:

[Gunilla]

maybe I could find a punition for you ? :scream: hahahaha :love:

Oh, no - not the rubber suit!! :eek: :D

[Lemog]

Oh, no - not the rubber suit!! :eek: :D
hahaha too much good memories for us ! hahaha

http://www.lemog.fr/lemog_v6/albums/lemog/wallpapers/spectacular_walls/spec_wall_rubbersuit_800.jpg

[Gunilla]

Haha - that's priceless! And is that the kinky lamp I see in the background? :D

[chayground]

Wow, this is looking strange! But in a good way!

[Lemog]

Haha - that's priceless! And is that the kinky lamp I see in the background? :DHoooooo yessssssssssssssss...

And I can't resist !

Sorry for you thread honey... but I can't... sorry :scream: hahahahahaha

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[madshooter]

Nice details on steam boat. Looks cool.
All the best for this challenge:thumbsup:

[daWinky]

Good Morning Gunie!

Hehe, who cares about an update if we have fun with nice rubber-suit pictures here again:D ...Wish you anyways that you can work out your regular stuff quickly, so we can see more of Skylla&co.

Nice day for you!:)

-sabrina

[Zapan]

ROFL !! :scream:

Nooo , I missed the rubbersuit moment !! ... and ...and the kinky lamp too !! :scream: :scream:

...

...

snail update soon ? :wise: *runs*

cheers ,

-Steph

[Try]

Morning Gunilla.
How are things coming allong. Still bogged down with regular work?
By the way... Gunilla... Sibylla... You are not building your alter ego here i hope?
For I have always pictured you as much sweeter and friendlier looking. :)

[Lemog]

Still bogged down with regular work?
Hmmmm... that seems... sad for us ! :cry:

[varma]

Hallais;
Looks like you have been a bit late with updates lately, but the carefully-done Skylla
with all the intriquate details will sure keep our interest up, until you find some more
time and show us some more, cause this is really getting interesting!
Did I mention that I like the Idea of those backgrounds? they add a lot to the
otherwise ordinary Occlussion renders!
Lycke til!

:)

[mdavid]

Ahah! If I, too, can draw attention to you not making any progress lately then maybe I might cleverly distract people from my own lack of progress lately - hehehe. Yes, I think I'm onto something here. Keep going, Gunilla!

[Gunilla]

Hmmph - and I was hoping this thread would vanish into oblivion :banghead:
But it seems some people like to make it noticed that I have been waaay to slow for awhile, so I thought I could at least do some proper spamming

chaymation - that's a nice thing to say, I like that - both strange and nice, thanks!

Lolo - So now I have to spend the next couple of years forgetting that thing again - the famous KINKYLAMP!!! arrghh! :D

Roshan- hey, good to see you again, all the best!

Sabie - yeah, I agree -we need more rubber around here :)

Steph - haha, oh yeah it will be a snail one!

Try - Skylla- Sibylla - well, I'm not sure I'm that much prettier but I'm sure I haven't got six heads. Could you imagine just how much I would talk if I had?

Lolo - oh you sweet you :)

mathias - thanks you so much for cheering and for the appreciation of the slow steps here!

Mark - Yo buddy, I think you just managed to bit your own tail here - now everyone will go and check out just how late you are. :D


Thanks for cheering all. A status update - I'm in deep with work now, more than usually and also more demanding that I'm used to. So, I don't know when the time and energy will come for me to updtae. I haven't given up yet though - I have all sorts of glorious plans in may head and maybe some of them will turn into pixels. Maybe even in this challenge.

thanks all for stopping by!

[Gunilla]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1229957544_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1229957544_large.jpg)

Start for my Karybdis. She is integrated in the cliff of the island

[Gunilla]

Okay, it looks like I've had some unexpected free time again - hope this means I can finish this. Always tricky after leaving something for awhile to get the motivation for it but I'll try.
So here's my start for the second monster; Charybdis the sea swallower!
The actual functioning parts for her engine is probably hidden inside the rock (unfortunately) :)

[Lemog]

HEllo Gunie...

glad to see you here for continuation (even if I know the reason)
well... I hope you will finish it, and especially to take good time here with us ! very important.

The next step is started very well... clean modeling... now, don't stop please :deal: :D :thumbsup:

[soapy]

Hi Gunilla I am glad to see you back at it! Good looking models. It looks like it is kind of making a face!?

[Ferx]

Hey Gunilla,

Glad that you are back :D
Nice model, like a lot the design, the gears looks really great ! Cool work !

[mdavid]

Yay! Gunilla's back. And with some intriguing new steampunk bits too. Looks good. Can't wait to see more!

[daWinky]

Hey Gunie,

unexpected free time...I hope there's no unpleasant reason for it...anyway, good to see you back and I hope you can continue! Great solution for a tricky thing:thumbsup: , I was already asking myself how to visualize a "sea-swallower" - I'm intrigued to see your answer to the problem, very much in style! So let's see more soon, but most important now: I wish you some nice Christmas days!:)

-sabrina

[Gunilla]

Dear buddys, it warms my heart to see your welcome. :cry:

I'm really curious about how I will make her functions look convincing here - and what style I will use for the water. Some testing will have to be made for this.
Unfortunately that can't be until later, there is some kind of Christmas thing happening that interfer a bit with my plans.

Have some really nice couple of days, lot's of snow and gifts I wish for thee :wavey:

[madshooter]

Hey Gunilla nice work on steamboat:thumbsup:. Don't worry too much about making the functions convincing, it should be more promising and little convincing:). One suggestion from me is make the textures little dirty. Maybe some small rust but don't overdo it. You can add some texture details directly in photoshop with blending and masking techniques.

Keep up the great work:)

[Gunilla]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1230645468_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1230645468_large.jpg)

First test for the main comp - with only 13 days left!

[Gunilla]

Roshan - thanks, and yes - a lot of stuff have to be made in 2d if I'm gonna finish in time.

Here's the fist test for comp, somehow I think it looks to calm and peaceful. I will try some more versions to see if I can find out anything better.

[Gunilla]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1230651569_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1230651569_large.jpg)

Alternate comp, I think this one may work out better. Any opinions?

[handlebar]

Yay Gunny, the second comp looks much better, maybe tilt the camera a bit to give a more dramatic feel, the horizon doesn't always have to be on the horizontal for an image to work. Just a thought.

[daWinky]

Yep, for me it's also the second composition...more drama and we can better imagine the fate of the little boat!

I'm already curious to see your solution for the water...impatiently waiting for the next update!:bounce:
-sabrina

[Lemog]

for me too, I vote for the second composition... with a camera more dramatic...

It's very apprecied to see your update Gunie... now it's sure, all is possible... you can finish in time...

I'm sure to discover great things when I will be back in 2009...

while waiting... Happy New Year for you and all your family and friends... and have a great party :beer: :wavey:

[ace4016]

Indeed, the second. Always go for action shots :D. Maybe have the heads staring at their next juicy meal :p

[mdavid]

Yep, the second comp works for me too. Great to see you're in this still in this, impressing us with updates

[madshooter]

Yeah Second one looks good:thumbsup:

[gpepper]

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

[Lemog]

Hello Gunie...

I'm back... I wish you all the best things for you, for this New Year 2009... and especially much interesting jobs of course :thumbsup:

Happy New Year Dear...

http://www.lemog.fr/lemog_expo_v2/albums/reconstruction/wip/vieux_paris/wall_vp/normal_voeux_2009_800.jpg

lolo

[Elendil_le_Grand]

The second composition is the best also for me ;)

[Gunilla]

Steve - thanks and yes - a tilted camera might be just what's needed!
I'll do some tests for that.

Sabie - ahaha yes, the water... I've kind of avoided that until now but I think that has to be the next step. thanks for cheering.

James - thanks, and some heads are now in better position for their next victims :twisted:

Mark - thanks, and if I manage to finish this in time I'll be impressed too ...

Roshan - thanks!

Gilles - And to you too!!! Thanks.

Lolo - thanks for the sweet greeting, always in style :)

Nico - thanks, the second it is then!

OK - so this time of year have been filled with a lot of other stuff so if I'm going to finish this I really have to speed things up. Gonna give it a try.
Below is an updated of the comp, some rough lighting added. Since I wont be able to render this on my home machine I will prepae the files and have the office machine render it. That will give me approximately three days for comp, adding of the men, water etc.
We'll see how it works but I'll give it a try.

[Gunilla]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1231146194_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1231146194_large.jpg)

Some changes to the comp - time is running short now.
The remaining parts will be made in 2d.

[mdavid]

The new comp looks great. I notice the boat appears to be leaning back now, as though all the crew have run to the back to get away from the monster. Much cheering for you here in Sydney as you bring this to a finish

[Gunilla]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1231163472_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1231163472_large.jpg)

This was not at all my original thoughts for the water... but maybe something like this could work OK - what do you think?

[Gunilla]

Mark - glad you think it's improved. The leaning back is now due to a wave - frankly, I've no idea yet as how to proceed with the crew. Well, that's the charm of it isn't it? To have to skip the glourious plans made in the start for a quick and dirty solution. :blush:

Lolo - Oh yes, that looks much better. One thing, I'm getting really annoyed about the Skylla... don't know if she could be so big. Maybe I have to redo her but will the time permit? At least her necks needs to be remade, they look awful :banghead:

edit: And how could this post turn up before Lolos? By the date it looks like your post wont be posted until two hours from now- that's strange.... could it be the ducks playing with the board! :D

[daWinky]

Hey there!

Ok, now I'm also confused about the order of the posts:surprised ...anyway I like the new comp and the water is a start:thumbsup: ...if you want to make the details in 2d, I can well imagine some curly white waves painted in, just in the style of old illustrations....I'm still very curious to see how this comes out!

-sabrina

edit: Hmm, Lolos post is still behind this, I think this underlines my theory that he has actually a different timeline, just too fast for us:D

[Lemog]

It's better like that of course...

what do you thing about a beast more giant, a cam more oriented, to be more afraid ?

a little bit like that :

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c54/lemog/gunie_CS.jpg

[Lemog]

Very disappointed order... when that works... :argh:

about water, the both could work... as your way, or something more drawed as Sabie said... but all must be traited like that... or almost...

About the necks, no probs for me... it's a style... and that fits well with the rest... I don't know what will be better... to fit with the other parts...

[mdavid]

I'm thinking of setting up a keyboard shortcut - when I hit the key my computer will automatically type in the words: "i agree with Lolo". Yes, I think that would have saved me a lot of time lately. Once again I think he's saying some cool stuff. I love the new versions of the water. I don't mind the size of the big Skylla either. This is all coming together really well

[Ferx]

Hey Gunilla,

Nice updates :D I agree with Laurent and perhaps a bit more sky on the top part of the image. Again cool work! Hope to see finished this concept :D The best wishes for you!

[Lemog]

Morning Gunie... mmmmh but where is MY update ?

I need MY update... huhuhu

I don't want to disturb you working darling... just I want to know if you are working on ? :p

and to wish you a funny creative day :buttrock: :beer:

[madshooter]

Water looks good. Later in photoshop you can use actual water images and blend it with your 3d rendered water and play around and tweak it:) .Or as suggested by sabrina you can also manually paint it in photoshop.

[Gunilla]

Good morning!

Lolo - OK, the necks stays, thanks! And for the water and cliffs, I'd like to keep it rather simple, stylized. Hoping that will fit the image fine - we'll see.

Mark - yup - that keyboard shortcut would come in very handy from time to time. thanks for cheering!

Ferx - thanks, and yes a lot of things have to be made in photoshop - question is, will there be time? :hmm:

Lolo - good morning :) Yes, my machine is now rendering away as I type. I managed to render the full image in stripes and are now adding some things that didn't turn out right. I think I have what I need to complete it... except 6-7 sailors on the ship!!
Today will be spent on tryimng to make some in 2d that could fit the style - if I fail I will have to pretend they have all fallen in the sea :D

Roshan - thanks for the suggestions, I will see how much time I'll have for post. It's running short now.

So, I'm still at it but not sure if I will make it on time since I again have some other stuff to work on that can't wait. But hey, we still have what is it - 4 days?

[Lemog]

Héhé Gunie.... I'm waiting impatiently to discover the sailors :bounce:

don't forget the black rubbersuit :wise:

:scream:

[Gunilla]

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So, here's the scene with the draft for men added. Lot's of work left, very little time... the plan is to have the whole scene more graphic in style. I think.

[daWinky]

I really like the composition and it's already expressive in spite (or because of;) ) the few details...something graphic would well underline the style and intention and so I hope you'll find some time to work on it...it would be great to see this finished!

-sabrina

[warpv]

I agree with Sabrina, even though it's very simple, I really love the composition and style of the image. Nice stuff! :)

[mdavid]

Looks great! The colours, comp, mood and general feel of the image are delightful. I notice Skylla's had a makeover with new colours and they look good too

[Lemog]

Hello Gunie...

ok with the last post... nothing to add.... I keep plugged to see how comes the last details, and more especially the graphic treatment finished... :wise:

[thebest]

nice composition Gunie......... keep going :arteest:

[soapy]

Coming along very nicely Gunilla, good on you to get back into it after being away. I like the Karybdis thing. Kool.

[varma]

Excellent composition Gunilla, very dynamic! I almost felt like being drawn into to the hatch
opening! I think tilting the image was a very wise thing to do, serves your comp greatly!
Hope you can find some quality time to finish this piece today, I'm really anxious to see the
final!
Have a happy 2009!
:)

[Gunilla]

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Unless I come up with something really good I think this is about it.
I've tried to make a nice mix between 2d and 3d look.
Since I'm on an unreliable monitor I'd like to get some comments on saturation and brightness!

[Gunilla]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1231682162_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/22/15935/15935_1231682162_medium.jpg)

Software: 3ds max,mental ray,Photoshop,ZBrush

On Odysseus way home he had to pass between two monsters, Skylla and Kharybdis. Kharybdis would swallow the whole sea and then through it up again and Skylla was a eight headed monster snapping everything that come near. In the choice of loosing his whole ship or risk his men Odysseus choosed to go near Skylla. Two men where lost, but they managed to get through.

[Gunilla]

Sabie - thanks, glad you like it! t was the plan all along to keep it rather simple, I'm glad I could restrain myself :)

warpv - thanks! feels good to hear the style works well!

Mark - thanks buddy! I've kept it much the same but hope you like it even better now :)

Lolo - so, what do you think, maybe the treatment is to subtle? :shrug:

Tony - thanks... and you too!!

Jim - glad you like it, and yeah it wasn't easy getting back after the abcence. Glad you like Karybdis too.

Matias - thank you and good to see you around. A happy 2009 for you as well!

OK, so I'm going to digest this one for some hours and maybe do some tweaks, but I think this is rather finished now. :eek:

[daWinky]

Hi Gunie,

saturation and brightness are ok on my monitors, I really love the coloring of this...Now I can only think of making the huge waterpart a bit more varied, but perhaps this would already ruin the strong graphic style...
So I can only wish you luck with the upload!:)

-sabrina

[Gunilla]

Thanks Sabie - I've decided this will be the final now... if I can upload it! I've tried for a couple of hours now and it simply doesn't work :banghead:

[Gunilla]

How very strange - I finally manage to update, but the datestamp places it higher up in this thread. Anyways, this is it now.

Thanks to all for a great time as usual! :)

[daWinky]

Ah, finally ! Don't worry about the timestamp, it was the same for me:shrug: ...
Congratulations for the beautiful finished scene and I can only give you the compliment back, it's always a pleasure to have you in a challenge! Now I can wish you a really relaxed evening!:)

-sabrina

[Lemog]

Congratulations Gunie...

the result is as you... so particular... and original of course... :bowdown:

That change a lot... and this is that which is so cool... thanks... and good evening for you :love:

[Elendil_le_Grand]

Congrats for the finish ;)
A good finish :)

[madshooter]

Congratulations Gunilla. Great job:)

[thebest]

congrats Gunie :bowdown: :bowdown:

[mdavid]

Hey, Gunilla's finished! Bravo! I think you've succeeded beautifully with the mix of 2D and 3D. This is another wonderful image and you've done a fantastic job at mixing steampunk with an ancient mythological feel. I really like the strong, simple composition and colour palette and the scene has enough energy and interesting action going on to attract a second and third and fourth look. Congratulations to you, and the very best of luck from a Sydney artist and about 10,000 ducks

By the way, the saturation and brightness look just perfect on this monitor

[BAMU]

Hi Gunilla, congrats for the image and thanks for passing by,
Good luck!

[handlebar]

Congrats on a fantastic image Gunny, the more i look at it the more i apreciate the style and the way things flow, very clever! Good luck

[ace4016]

Congrats on the final image guni :) I like the flat/2d guys on the boat; feels more authentic :P

[ihamid]

hey Gunilla congrats :D on finishing the image.. sorry didnt do a lot of commenting this time ..too busy with work :hmm: !

[Elendil_le_Grand]

Like your image as you know ,)
Great style !

[Try]

Wow Gunilla you finished! :beer:
I`m totally impressed. a specially when I dident have a chance of making it my self.
Great job Girl!

Hope to see you next time around. :)

[soapy]

Congrats Gunilla on getting this one done. That is a wild and unique image, it makes me think of a crazy mythical video game session about to go wrong. Great work.

[Gunilla]

Sabie, Lolo, Nico, Roshan, Tony, Mark, Bamu, Steven, James, Hamid, Per, Jim - a big thanks for your greetings and wellwishes. As always it's been a treat being here, and the biggest part of it is the splendid company from you all :love:

Even if I haven't spent as much time with this image as with my previous challenge entries I'm kind of pleased with how it turned out. It was a good opportunity to try this mix of 2d and 3d that I've been curious about trying out for a while now. No doubt, more images in this style will be made in the future.

So, until the next time - have lots of fun, see you around!

[gpepper]

The Gunnie look with "little" creatures !
You did it !

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