Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: Vincent Lim

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This is a great challenge from CGTalk. I'm using Nezha, a deity in Chinese mythology. Transforming an eastern mythology into a steampunk stylized character could be fun and interesting:) Cheers!!

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Some concepts that i have in mind:)

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Concept of idea

[silenceimpaired]

What legend/Myth is this from? (Forgive me if I am a complete idiot for not knowing.)

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What legend/Myth is this from? (Forgive me if I am a complete idiot for not knowing.)

Hi silenceimpaired:)
Nezha is often depicted flying in the sky with a wheel of fire under each foot, a golden hoop, the "cosmic ring", around his shoulder and a spear in his hands. Sometimes he is given multiple arms. Nezha is usually depicted as a youth and rarely as an adult.

As the third son of a military commander called Li Jing, a military leader in Chentangguan Fortress, his birth was peculiar. When his mother Lady Yin got pregnant, she waited for three years and six months to deliver the boy, but unfortunately a ball of flesh was born. His father got so angry that he split it with a sword, which caused Nezha to jump out and grow fully, even though his mind and temperament were that of a child.

After he killed Li Gen, a yaksha, and Ao Bing, the third son of East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang, Nezha flayed and disemboweled himself in order to save his parents that were taken hostage by Ao Guang, but was brought back to life by his master, Taiyi Zhenren, a Taoist immortal sage who used lotus blossoms to reconstruct a body for his soul to inhabit.[1]

Nezha's two elder brothers are also powerful warriors. The eldest is Jinzha (金吒), who is a disciple of Manjusri Bodhisattva, and the second eldest is Muzha (木吒), a disciple of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

Some traced his origins to the Vedic god Nalakuvara, and legend goes that he was born in the Shang dynasty.
(quote from wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezha_%28deity%29))




Cheers:)

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Designs for her boots :D

[Poroksy]

Ne zha nao hai (1979) is my favorite Chinese animation. I love your choice of concept, keep up the good work.

[hangkwong]

Yo Vinz! Nice concepts! Haha. Hope to see more works from you! I am lagging behind.. need to catch up with you guys!

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Poroksy Thanks for your comment:) ya it is cool classic chinese animation! i love it too:)

hangkwong Thanks for dropping by:) No worries we will finish this together:)

cheers,
V

[nwiz25]

very cute and at the same time .. pretty lethal character as well! :p me look forward to your next updates! good luck mate! :thumbsup:

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nwiz25: haha not sure am i going for cuteness but I guess I'll just let the flow of my design lead her style :p I will keep posting my design :) Thanks!! good luck too:thumbsup:

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more concepts.. i gonna start my 3d soon.. if not its gonna be too late.. arghhhh..

[AUMAKUA]

Lovely stylized work :)

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Getting started to block out the proportion of her. I'm going for a more stylize look:)

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AUMAKUA Hi thanks for your comment :)

[sunny]

awesome man! i like the pose and the gears she standing !
can't wait to see all the details.

really good composition, think i also must "gambatte" ne~! :beer:

[Ataulfo]

Hi Vincent

Great stuff.:thumbsup: Very nice concepts.
In your concepts, the wheels where smaller than in the 3D view. In my opinion they looks better smaller.
Good luck and keep it up.

iban

[hangkwong]

wow ur 3d model is turning out nice! I love the gears alot! Looks intricate and also have a Chinese feel to it.

[blakeo]

A nice pair of wheels there stylise... the concept's great. Is there a final composition idea?

B

[Airflow]

Its really coming along.

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hangkwong, Airflow, sunny Thanks for the comments:)

Ataulfo Actually i wanted to have it bigger :p So the emphasis is in the her legs. But it may change if the overall looks better with smaller wheels :) Thanks for the comment dude.

blakeo Still trying to composite a dynamic pose for her. Initially wanted to have her fighting with a Dragon Prince(according to her story). But i guess i won't have enough time to finish. So probably will have her in a fighting pose. I did some sketches on it but nothing is concrete yet:p Hopefully will have the composite soon:) Cheers!!

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I did a simple rig and trying out poses for a dynamic action. Finally i came out with this and did a paint over scene. Its the final battle between Nezha and the Dragon King. Hope you guys like it:)

cheers

[Clance]

Hi Vincent,

I think you nail the composition of the picture nicely, nice mood and silhoutte. I had a few opinion though, Nezha pose seems to be suggesting lack of determination on fighting the enemy. I feel she should extreme her pose further to show that this is a DOA situation, not as she can win the match easily. This is just an opinion, overall is a classy stuff:bowdown:

Gambate! :thumbsup:

[sunny]

Hi, i like the composition pose and color, little suggestion ofcause i know this is just only your
concept, having some gold color pattern and red cloth on the spear will be nicer.

for the pose of handling spear right, the way this character holding it is abit weird, looks like she going to throw the spear. i have search for a reference for you, maybe you can consider about it. :thumbsup:

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Thanks for your opinion guys. I'm currently looking at other possible poses and composition for my final picture. Personally i think the composition still lacks the dramatic element. I will get it on picture now:) :buttrock:

[djart73]

Hi stylize,

i like your composite very well.
The colors are great, also the perspective is.
I always try to get some like this but always end up"straight" ;-)

Good luck to you.

Greets rasher73

[Ataulfo]

Great concept. :thumbsup: I like the bigger wheels in this image.
keep it up

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Done another pose for Nezha and have more suggestion on how huge the dragon is.
cheers

[mrpeace]

The character and concept, story all are gr8...Really love those Rings as GEAR WHEELS :surprised

Good Luck!

[hangkwong]

Nice layout! I feel can be stronger by giving it a more dynamic look. But i not sure how to go about describing the dynamic look. But like more curves and more swirls in the layout. Jiayou!

[Clance]

U have enhance the pose of Nezha and its look more nicer than the previous one. :bowdown:

I notice a few things, maybe some little suggestions. I noticed the eye of the dragon is too close to the edge of composition, resulting a bit tangent uncomfortability so move him into the left a bit might helps. The middle part of the Dragon tail seems to be in an uncomfortable composition with Nezha and as well the upper right of the screen, is becoming a bit heavy on lower left and empty on upper right, maybe can try to have lesser visual on the screen for the middle tail part. I am just trying to help out with the composition, hopefully u can achieve perfect for a great piece of artwork.

Well deserved praise on your effort and challenges, Gambate:buttrock:

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Thanks for the suggestion Clance I will look into it:)

[JackZhang]

interesting. i thought of doing him at beginning as well. Good luck mate

[wildcory1]

Great concepts work. I agree I like the larger dragon it makes for a more david vs goliath scenario.

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JackZhang Thanks for dropping by:) Good luck to you as well bro:)

wildcory1 Thanks. I like the larger dragon too:)

[kenTHEman]

Hey bro,

I love the idea and design of Nezha! Just some comments on the composition, with regards to the dragon in particular, which I hope you will find it helpful:

1. I agree with hangkwong about needing more "curves" in the composition. You can do that by making use of the dragon's body. In fact if you have not finalised the concept for the dragon, I'd suggest you can use elements from the chinese mythological dragon. They have long and slender body that swirls around. Make his body swirls round nezha more, such that the whole situation will look more intense and more "life threatening" to Nezha. At the moment, it gives me the impression that this dragon is not fierce enough, and so there's a lack of tension in the situation. You can also fill up more of the empty spaces by making the dragon swirls a few more rounds, around Nezha.

2. I suggest you show the claws of the dragon. Not only will that give you more elements to play with for the composition, it will also make it more threatening to Nezha and create more tension. Also open his mouth wider, the idea is to make him look more fierce and more offensive.

3. At the moment, Nezha has a very distinctive oriental style but not so for the dragon. So I think using a chinese mythological dragon will also help to enhance its look and feel. It will make the whole theme looks tighter.

Hope the suggestion help!

[paratrooper]

hi, Vincent Lim.

great concept as well as modeling.
I like the final, but the one in the middle is not bad in terms of the layout.
cheers.

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kenTHEman Hi there! It has been quite some times since i see you:) Thanks for the comments. I agree with point number 2 having the scene more life threatening. Actually I use the dragon as a placeholder. I will turn that dragon to a more steampunk junk look rather than a fleshy chinese dragon:p About having more swirls.. hmm.. i don't know about that becos it may look kinda messy in the scene? haha i will put in down on paper to test it out:)


paratrooper Thanks for dropping and giving me some comments:) I don't understand which middle you are refering to:P Can you please elaborate:P Anyway your entry look really cool!!

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i paintover some costume design.. personally i like the most right costume :p how do u guys feel?

[Philip-Vampire]

yoooo bitchent !!

love the no.2 and 3 design dude....

looking good so far... keep fockus man !! hahaha....

[Clance]

Yo Vicenzo, I am certainly going for the 3rd design. The costume I feel had to Goddess and elegance, that's mean a lot of details in the costume especially the colour variation. Go Go Go!:buttrock:

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Thanks for the support guys! :beer: I'm still working on the overall composition and working on the costume at the same time. Seems like this constant changes are going crazy:argh: But i guess thats the fun part, trying to make the best out of it:)

cheers guys

[authentic]

Nice work so far. I don't have a choice between the three, it depends on the girly touch you want to add or not to your character

[stylize]

Thanks for dropping by authentic. I'm choosing the most right design:) According to the myth, Nezha was reborn from lotus roots. So in the design i gave some elements of lotus flower design combine with steampunk victorian style. :)

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Dragon's head update

[mrpeace]

I like the Dragon concept...nice work. You have beautifully posed your image.

Good Luck!

[Are3D]

Nice work so far Vincent. I like the scenes with the dragon, that will turn out great :) As for the costumes, I also like the third one. Whenever I think of Nezha, I always picture the 2 golden hoops and the lotus petals on the costume. The third costume option you have is the only one that features those 2 iconic symbols. It's the most feminine (though Nezha is a boy originally right?) and intricate as well. Keep up the good work!


- robert

[authentic]

The start of the dragon is just excellent. I just don't know if it will be recognizable if you see it from too far. Anyway in close up that's great.

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oops... double post :P

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Still have to finish the dragon's tail. Probably legs? Nezha is not done yet..:(

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This is the base Nezha to be pose. And I will model the rest of her items after that:) cheers

[ra-gevz]

those wheels/gears on her feet are great potential for strong designs! like them! :)

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