Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: Sandra Chang-Adair

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It took me a long time to come up with a concept. I went through a gamut of themes including Joan of Arc, King Arthur and Lancelot, Lady of Shalott...before settling on Alice in Wonderland. For some reason, I looked at the video deadline, so I thought I had more time. Oops. I've never completed a challenge so far. So hopefully this time will be different.

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I thought the size of Alice was too small, so I decided to try a fish eye lens to make her bigger. My husband didn't like the distortion. I was initially mad at him, but I decided that he was right.

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This is my initial drawing. It is a tighter sketch than the first concept drawing. I made Alice a little bigger to draw more attention to her. After I scanned it in, I realize Alice is sliding off the mushroom. I figure I will fix it during the painting process.

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Initial color scheme. Of course, subject to change.

[Brownie3703]

wow, i love the characters and the story is told really well with your composition. Good lighting too!

[aleksandar]

I like the composition and lighting. Good job. However, Alice looks like she is floating in mid air. There is something about her pose that doesn't work.

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I noticed that Alice wasn't sitting correctly on the mushroom. She does look like she's sliding off. I'll try to fix it during the painting process. Thanks for the comments!

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I'm starting to tighten up the piece a bit...

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I tried to incorporate the steam engine "look" to the caterpillar. This is going to take a long time!

[erwin1978]

I like the color scheme and composition.

[nzrkiwi]

Lovely peice of work i like the composition and the overal concept! You should be working for Dream Works or Disney:)

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Had to work the last 2 days during New Year's Eve and New Year's Day...Got some time in last night to work on the Steampunk artwork. I love the way every one else's work is progressing.

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Hey,
Thanks for the nice comments...I still have a lot to learn. This Steampunk idea is inspiring and challenging. I love to see the process on how the other artists work. Otherwise, I'd be forever operating in a vacuum...

[wildcory1]

Your concept is developing nicely. Great character design, and I love the colors and lighting. The composition is also great. Keep up the good work!

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Again, adding some more details. Even though I have steam engine reference, I realize I have no idea what these gears and mechanisms do, and am incorporating it in my piece.

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I added more critters...some how my sheltie sneaks into all my artwork...I think she paints herself in when I'm sleeping.

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Your Steampunk entry is one of my favorites (I think I mentioned it on your link already). I love your lighting and composition and the dread of doom! Makes me not want to continue...but I'm here really to meet people. Thanks for dropping by!

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Some more work...

[Rivenis]

great concept, i love the whole alice in wonderland mythos, and your piece is a really great representation, its coming along beautifully. Good luck on finishing in time, i'd really love to see the final product

[Womball]

This is a fantastic image already. The composition look great, very clear S shape. The design is great. Alice could use more steampunk accessories, but otherwise its great.

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Thanks for the nice compliments. Hm...steampunk accessories on Alice...I like that idea. I don't know if I can finish this for the competition (even though we got an extra week). I was just going to take my time and work on it on my own. I already have my favorite entries picked out, so I was going to bow out gracefully. I tip my hat to the more accomplished!

[mrpeace]

Nice concept...keep going buddy.

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Some more details. I didn't work on this for a week.

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Trying to put more details.

[AxelAlonso]

Beutiful work! I was very taken for all the colors and the details , I was a bit concerned for all the warm tones, although since the alice dress it´s so blue make a good cold contrast for all this hot spots! Congratulations for getting the work done and bringing such excellent work and myth! :thumbsup: You are almost finish! :D



:sad: Sorry for not replay to your thread earlier, work it dreadful for artistic free time!

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Well that's it. What I've learned is to start early next time. I read the video deadline and I thought the 2D one was due at that time. I'm happy that I finished (this will be the first challenge I completed.) I must say I am very impressed by the other entries. They are super inspiring and I love to see the work process of other artists.

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I'm happy you dropped by. Whew...now I'm finished. One thing great about the challenge is I would have never have painted this subject to begin with. It surely points out your weak points! But it was fun!

[nzrkiwi]

Kewl piece well done and thought out, its ended up a great composition

[llama-d]

Your final image turned out really great. It still has a painterly feeling without sacrificing detail. The colors are nice and the machine centipede is very imaginative. Great job!

[MartinNielsen]

A nice piece with a wonderful fairytale feeling to it. Beautiful :)

[AxelAlonso]

haha I know what you mean, on weak points, :arteest: The subjects in this events; they always ask the best to our imagination and technical skills, So Glad you broke those boundaries so well!

Excellent Ending! :thumbsup: Each idea get´s solid in the whole concept, I missed some details at 1st look, but I love to keep watching it, and find more haha! :scream: CONGRATULATIONS! :beer: the work has finally ended ! And I wish to you the best reward! :lightbulb ;)

[Allerag]

This looks as if it would be an illustration in an Alice in wonderland story book. It's trippy and i like your color palette. I must say though that scrolling back through your wip I like the fisheye perspective, makes me curious as to how you would have further developed it. As far as starting late goes I made the same mistake- man! it was crunch time towards the end. if it weren't for the deadline extenstion i wouldn't have made it. But it was fun! i look forward to the next one.

good luck!

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I actually was leaning towards developing the fisheye comp, but my husband didn't like it. I wanted to emphasize Alice more. Oh well. Yes, next time, we have to start right when they announce the challenge. I think I spent too much time determining what subject to work on. You're definitely right, if they didn't extend the deadline, I wouldn't have bothered to finish the piece (it probably would have sat in my computer for 6 months.)

Thanks again, Axel! It feels good to finally finish a Challenge. Hopefully it will encourage me to enter some more.

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