Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: Lior Arditi

[lioration]

Hey guys.
grate challenge this time, I must say.
so here is my fast sketch for steam punk riding hood tale.
Once I'll have some free time I will start doing some design research.
Good luck everybody! hope we will all enjoy this ride.
Lior
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/mistercat/wolfy-2.jpg

[Neubius]

really nice :) strong composition too.
keep it up !
A

[Confuzzled]

Love it already. :D

The point of view... the concrete jungle... how massive the wolf is in comparison. Looks very promising. Keep it up :D

[MartinNielsen]

Amazing character you made here :) I'm not sure if it looks friendly or evil. Maybe both.

[Cyberone]

i was thinking this story at one stage :)
but you have really made a great concept pic there :)

[lioration]

Neubius, Confuzzled- thanks for your kind words...
MartinNielsen- well, at first, both design and pose of the wolf was super evil. then I gave it a second thought... the scene felt so very superficial. so I took a turn, and changed the wolf into a character that both red riding hood & the viewers can relate to.

any way, last night I decided to try to deal with the tale of Pinocchio. I tried to give it the twist of the steam punk world. I used some really neat ww1 tank ref.
it cost me a few hours of my night sleep, but who cares? It's made me happy like hell. I just need to find a way of deal with the exhaustion, and I'm cool...
Cheers
Lior

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/mistercat/ww1tanks.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/mistercat/SteampunkPinocchio.jpg

[Comlock]

Looking sweet! Great idea on the pre-visualization. Nice composition too
wow, good choice on getting refs from the ww1 tanks! the designs you made from it looks terrific. Can't wait to see it get done. I'll know you'll do good ^_^

[lioration]

Thank you so much Comlock.
I started reaserching pinocchio design- it's turned out to be all too cute.
not there yet, but it a start...
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/mistercat/testing.jpg

[Ferx]

Hey Lior,

Cool idea!, love your design on the Stromboli circus car, great!! Nice start with pinocchio design, hahahaha like the sketch with the bird in his nose :D. Waiting for more updates on your concept! Cheers!! :beer:

[lioration]

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The tale of Stromboli:
"Charm and flattery are the facade for this heartless showman who burns his puppets for firewood when they've grown too old to perform. Money is the puppeteer's sole passion, and his marionettes are only a means to an end. As soon as Stromboli realizes Pinocchio's carnival potential -- a puppet who can sing and dance without strings -- he'll stop at nothing. Only kidnapping can ensure this "little wooden gold mine" keeps performing for him, whether Pinocchio likes it or not."
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/villains/stromboli/stromboli.html

For the evil Stromboli design, which is my favorite character in this scene, I found "Harold Zidler" from the "Moulin Rouge" to be a fantastic match.
Updates are coming soon.
Lior

[Rupy]

Hey Lior,

Thats some amazing pre work, and brainstorming you've done, I also like your concept you did, looking good, will enjoy wathcing your thread, cheers!

Rupy

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[lioration]

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Software: Photoshop

Fernando, Rup- thanks so much- glad you love it. I think that a good concept is the one that have a tight idea behind it. it's takes a lot of researching, but it worth it.
here is the wip for Stromboli character. still not happy with his pose & anatomy- maybe I'll fixed that on scene.
Cheers
Lior

[authentic]

excellent chara design. I just love it.

[walrus]

These are just some fantastic designs so far - lovely, original shapes and silhouettes, while all feeling really steampunk at the same time. Great work - I look forward to seeing how you put it all together!

[Womball]

Awesome design and idea. I don't remember Stromboli from the tale, but I haven't read it for awhile. Will this be a 3d or a 2d illustration?

[JackZhang]

I love the silhouettes of those vechiles! Really cute!

[lioration]

Awesome design and idea. I don't remember Stromboli from the tale, but I haven't read it for awhile. Will this be a 3d or a 2d illustration?

Womball- TNX!
my knowledge of this story is based of the wanderful Disney film (1940), and also on one of my favorite japanese animation tv series "The Adventures of Piccolino"http://anime-times.blogspot.com/2007/02/adventures-of-piccolino.html ((link)), that was shown in Israel back at the 80's, when I was a boy.
Stromboli aka Mangiafuoco, is an evil puppet master which kidnapes pinocchio and force him to take part in his show. more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromboli_(Pinocchio) (here)
And I'm an old school 2d guy.

authentic, walrus, JackZhang: guys' it's warms my heart to hear good feedbacks from such a talented ppl all around. it's a truly inspiring place to hang out...
updates coming soon.
Lior

[cire8888]

I like your style. Very cool steampunk concept.

[lioration]

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Well, did some more progress. this time it's the mules that pushes Stromboli's carriage.
Lior

[lioration]

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Hello guys!
Started looking for the right framing that will reflect the story right... at my first sketch, Pinocchio was already locked away, but then I realized there was no tension in the story. it's cost me the info of Stromboli feeding on wood, but maybe it's still exist as a sub-text.
crit will be welcome.
Lior

[Zephyri]

What a fantastic gem of a thread! Some gorgeous ideas in here, and like Walrus, I love the shapes in your concepts. The standalone piece of stromboli is brilliant, I could almost see that as a finished piece in itself!

If I had to nitpick (and it's hard!) I'd say that the current sketch you have lacks something of the threat that stromboli has in your earlier images. He almost looks friendly.. which I know is kind of the point, given I'm guessing it's where Pinocchio first meets him, but I love the meaner look he has in some of your earlier stuff.

Just my personal thoughts though, feel free to carry on as you were, as I'm sure it'll turn out to be a fabulous image all the same!

[Womball]

Now that's menacing!

[lioration]

Samantha- your thoughts are just the thing I'm looking for... while tangled in my own ideas, it's very helpful to hear others interpretation of the concept. well, you got it right- just like you say: Stromboli kick ass when he is more evil, but then again, he is still need to be deceiver. still, the whole thing need to be more dynamic.
For me it's always the hardest part in the puzzle. nothing that a bit of a thinking won't solve.
Thanks a lot
Lior

[lioration]

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Hello everyone! it's been a while since my last update. here are the details of stromboli's carriage. I'm planing to give it all a very colorful look using the ref of the "moulin rouge".
Like always-crit is alwayes welcome.
Thanks
Lior

[jpedro]

man that is so gorgeous. love the beard and the detail.

[Coldrum]

There's a lot of really great shapes and character in your concepts... looking forward to seeing this progress :)

[authentic]

definitely a thread I will follow

[NR43]

really strong concept
looking forward to see where you'll take this :)

[andreasng]

amazing designs. i love the mules and stromboli. cool! ^_^

[Chachi]

Love that Stomboli design! Looking forward to the rest, good luck.

[lioration]

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Thank you all so much for your kind words guys- happy to see that my efforts staying awake at nights painting, is being appreciated.
I know it's way to early for this, but I couldn't help my self...did some color-light rough testing. not sure which is better, but the brownish colors always create a grate steam punk atmosphere.
Cheers
Lior

[angel]

I personally like the cold one better, I think it is a lot moodier and scary, also all those lights are just damn cool and they would stand out more on that one.

[AshCR24]

this is shaping up nice. like the composition. really like the blue lighting scheme.

[iskanderMellakh]

hey,

looking good. I agree with Angel - i think the blue tones give the image more of an atmosphere.

[MartinNielsen]

I agree with the other posters. The blue tone has mood and brings some contrast with the lighting on the vehicle. Good job :)

[Coolavy]

Amazing stuff! Blue tint with all these lights rock's.

[Jason Ogg]

And for me THE WARM ONE suit better. More steampunkish i guess. And it looks (the warm one) like You've put less effortt on it (no offence). So i think if would work more on "warm", You could achvie the same or better darky mood like in the cold one...
...maybe "warm" is too bright.
And i like this slime green on the bottom, sneaking behind poor Pinokio.

But in the end it still has mood weather it is warm or cold.
It is up to You, untill You listen to the majority ;)

cheers

[lioration]

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Hey guys. it's been a long time since my last update. god knows it's hard to find some spear time to sit quietly and paint...
just about to finish the layout, and I'm ready for the fun stuff- light and coloring.
Lior

[lioration]

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started to do some working on the details. I thought I'll enjoy this, but not much time is left until deadline. with a little luck, I'll be able to pule this one off.
wishing a peacefull night to you all.
Lior

[balloontree]

fantastic concept! Great interpretation of the story.

[walrus]

The details are really coming together nicely on this so far. One thing that's changed from your earlier sketch is the bridge: It's become a lot skinnier and now it just doesn't look like there's any way for Stromboli even fits on it. He looks like his treads aren't even traveling parallel to the bridge but at an angle to it - and that just emphasized its skinniness, because there's no way he would have approached that spot at an angle. That very first bridge sketch you posted had a much more workable width... nice curves to it, too! But aside from that, it looks great - I've really loved watching your design on this one. Good luck!

[wildcory1]

Your characters are just amazing! The lighting and contrast are great. I like the blue background will contrast nicely with the warm lights glowing fire inside the character. Keep up the good work.

[MartinNielsen]

I agree with walrus about the bridge. But everything else look great. I hope you make it in time :)

[lioration]

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Hello there. so little time left, yet so many things to do.
Angel, Geoffm, Iskander, Pawe?, Veteran: thanks for you color notes- I cant wait to start.
Marcin, cory: thanks for your positive spirit. glad to see the story is clear.
Martin, and above all- Michael - Thanks so much on the bidge note/ I guess that I got into the small detaim and frogot to take a strp back, and look of the big picture.
any way- most of the problem was fixed. for now/ just a stop from cloring.
Wishing you all a very good night.
Lior

[JackZhang]

i truly love it! great contrast, great shapes!

[bluesjam]

good concept...it will be nice painting... i like the puppet burner...cool!

[lioration]

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Well, finaly some coloring work. after a long time of concept & design work, I can move on to the fun part. sadly only three days left before deadline.
but thats life- you can't realy go crazy over a challange when you have a day job, and two kids...
any way- crit will be more then welcome.
cheers
Lior

[JackZhang]

you can't realy go carazy over a challange ...and two kids...

Lior

emm. thanks for the infor. i will definitely keep that in mind...

[filda]

This is awesome, great colors, great mood :)

[lioration]

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Well, deadline is around the corner. more color balance and some more bg work. wish we all make it to the deadline proudly,
Lior

[lioration]

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left pinocchio to the last minute.
nighty night
Lior

[lioration]

Software: Photoshop

final piece

[Multiductus]

WOW! I missed your thread... but I love it! Good luck ;)

[Jakyll]

Very cool work.
Love it.
:)

[MartinNielsen]

Sweet final :thumbsup:

[Comlock]

Great entry! love the idea and atmosphere in this one.
The rendering is sweet as well. good job :thumbsup:
Best of luck to ya :beer:

[lioration]

Thanks guys. so glad to see the lack of sleeping hours was worth it. actually I have a few unfinished issues, like pinocchios pose that kind of got trashed during the speed coloring I did during last night. I'll try to make a "final_01" version if I'll make it.
any way- thanks for those who gave me crit and comment along the way. it's been a pleasure, and most helpful during the braking points. :banghead:
ta ta
Lior

[lioration]

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Software: Photoshop

inspiration:
"Charm and flattery are the facade for this heartless showman who burns his puppets for firewood when they've grown too old to perform. Money is the puppeteer's sole passion, and his marionettes are only a means to an end. As soon as Stromboli realizes Pinocchio's carnival potential -- a puppet who can sing and dance without strings -- he'll stop at nothing. Only kidnapping can ensure this "little wooden gold mine" keeps performing for him, whether Pinocchio likes it or not."
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives.../stromboli.html

About my work:
I found Stromboli to be a perfect steam punk character who runs on steam, by feeding itself on the poor puppets woods. I choose to combine the carriage, which is usually a very colorful object, with the gear and metal of a tank, which symbolize the true nature of this villain

Photoshop cs2
3912x4732 300 dpi

[lioration]

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Software: Photoshop

A bit of the villain details
wishing you all good luck.
Lior

[Womball]

I knew this would be amazing. fantastic work!

[dzygn]

Wow This Is the Greatest Masterpiece around! where did you get inspiration like this?

[JackZhang]

great work Lior! :applause:

[walrus]

This looks really terrific, Lior! Nice work! I have two suggestions for you:

First, I love the diffused, scattered light you have in the front of the stromboli-mobile, where the headlights are. It really makes the atmosphere seem misty and atmospheric. It would be nice to see you carry that atmosphere through the rest of the piece. What about pink light on the right coming from the circular lights on the side and bouncing off of the mist there? And orange by the smokestack?

Secondly, I confess to not knowing exactly how things work with the submitting of the final image, but I was always under the impression that the last final image is the one judges see. (Guess I'll know soon.) Anyhow, to be safe, you might want to make sure that your final Final Image is your whole piece, not the close-up shot. You wouldn't want to be judged on the wrong thing. (Or you could just confirm that it doesn't matter - as I said, I'm not quite clear on it.)

Good luck, and nice work.

[lioration]

Womball, JackZhang: thanks guys. it's nice to here your words.

dzygn: "Greatest Masterpiece around"? hmmm, my work? you must be kidding- take a look around- I am such a novice compared to all the pro's around. but when it's comes from a master like you it's a huge compliment. I will be the first to read your tut if you'll publish one- your technic for shading and coloring amazed me.
about my inspiration- my brainstorming is usually done while I'm riding the train on my way to work. usually, before starting a concept I put a lot of effort in reaserch- finding ref, ideas, and designs. the small details is what I am after- I try to give meaning to every object and symbol in the scene so it will help to support the big story.


walrus: Thanks man- you've been very help full along the way- it's appreciated.
about your suggestions, it's too late for changes buddy- I nearly killed my self not sleeping over this piece, while trying to run a normal life with two kids and a day job, and once the original deadline was over, I just moved on and decided to let go.
You are right about the atmosphere- some more job need to be done- maybe when I will gain some strengths.
about the final version- I hope the common sense of the judges will work, and a picture under the title "blowup details" with a low rez, will not be conceder as my final piece.
maybe it's better of to make sure, and keep the informed.
Thanks again.
Lior

[yakonusuke]

This is one of the most interesting entries I saw. Really nice , like it a lot!
The execution, colors, characters and theme... just fun to look at!
Congrats and good luck, lioration !

[elmasfeo]

This is one of my favourite entries (from those that I've seen), I love the design of the characters, the atmosphere... everything!
thanks for inspiring us with this great artpiece :)

[Bayaron]

WOW! :bounce:

[walrus]

Sorry, Lior, I didn't mean to scare you! I thought it was a legitimate concern, but glad to know you're all taken care of! :thumbsup:

(and yes, I know what you mean about the time crunch when you have a day job and kids, I'm right there with you!) ;)

[AUMAKUA]

Congratulations for the final piece Lior! Your thread is one of the more interesting to watch, well crafted work in every aspect and a sweet fairytale look on the final :) Good luck with the judge, you surely deserve that ;)

[OZ]

5 stars !!

[ilan747]

wow! lior, thats amazing!

I like the idea and the process, the final resault is truly remarkable.

good luck!

[fabmoraes]

Fantastic final image.
Congratulations!
It really seams that Pinocchio will be in real trouble.

[itayg]

awesome work. great design and very professionally executed. :beer:
good luck!


itay

[lioration]

yakonusuke - :thumbsup: Thanks dude!. I hope the lack of technical experience, is being balanced with the story telling skills...

elmasfeo -so glad to here my work inspires some of you guys. I do feel there is yet much to be done in here, compositing wise. I will probably get back to this one day for the final touch.

Bayaron -Don't you Wow me mister! :p

walrus- Nothing to be sorry about, it's been a useful concern (like always). didn't scared me at all- it's better to be safe the sorry. :arteest:
and about the time crunch- So happy I'm not alone in this- from what I saw around, I got the feeling that everybody here are careless, and free enjoy this challenge, with out being interrupted to channging dippers to a crting baby. :cry:

AUMAKUA- I tried to give my piece the feeling as if it was ripped out of the pages of a children book, but not the one you read to your kid before bed time.
Thanks for your feedback- it's mean a lot to me.

Oz, Ilan, fabmoraes & itay- Thank you so very much. :beer:

Take care
Lior

[AUMAKUA]

"I tried to give my piece the feeling as if it was ripped out of the pages of a children book, but not the one you read to your kid before bed time."

You definitely achieved this Lior !

[Squibbit]

great stuff :thumbsup:


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[AK86]

Hi, lioration. Thanks again for your nice comment. I think your artwork also deserve it to be one of the finalists ;) I like the design of Stromboli with all the fine details, but also his main proportions are really interesting. I just can say: Great work.

[mrpeace]

Nice work.....!

[Markyzan]

This is definately one of favourite ones:) Im loving the solidness to the bridge an the how heavy the tank bit feels. I like the different hues around his metalic neck collar also. A very very nice finished piece. Well done:)

[hanzen]

wow, nice picture

[TheJinj]

What a hidden Gem! I missed this thread completely!

Fully fantastic and one of my favorites in this competition. I liked the little red riding hood concept but it seemed a little...I dunno, too much like the fantastic circus image you did last year with the little girl. I thought the girl was an artistic signature of some sorts! So anyway, was happy you went with the wooden boy instead and pssshhh respect for the final piece. The details on the villain are really well thought-out. Top Row for me :)

[lioration]

Wow! didn't expect to get so many comments, must say...
thank you all for taking the time to write down your feed backs and impressions. it's nice to know that all the small details are being noticed. :thumbsup:

Adam my friend - didn't expect to see you around, and what a pleasant surprise!
about my red riding hood sketch- well, you said it yourself- no artistic signature involve, only some bad habit going for the familiar places. but even though I went for the wooden boy choice, I still feel as if I didn't used the full potentials of this concept... I had in mind a whole different setup for this scene, that was way too complicated for such a tight deadline.
and yes- The villain took about 80% of the concept and execution.. I guess I fell in love with him along the way.
Thanks so much for dropping by.:beer:
Lior

[Spin99]

Beautiful work this is one of my favourites :buttrock:

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