Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: david reyes

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Good luck for everyone!.
My name is David, I'm going to work on the following;

Mith and legend: BELLEROPHON, PEGASOS & KHIMAIRA .

In the Iliad (http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_homer_iliad_6.htm) Book VI, Homer tells the story of Bellerophon, Antea (a woman scorned), the extent to which the Greeks would go to avoid breaking the conventions of hospitality, and how Bellerophon came to slay the Chimera (http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/religionmythology/f/Chimera.htm) (Chimaera), the Amazons (http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/women1/a/amazons1.htm), and others.


Sisyphus (http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_sisyphus.htm), the ancient Greek who was punished eternally in the Underworld by having to push a rock up a hill, had a grandson named Bellerophon who was too handsome for his own good. Whether his father was the sea god Poseidon -- as Bellerophon's future father-in-law decided it must be -- or the mortal King Glaucus of Corinth was not known. Bellerophon had to leave Corinth in expiation for the crime of killing his brother, so he went to the king in the land of the Argives, Proetus, whose wife was Antea. Antea tried to seduce Bellerophon, but he would have nothing to do with her. Humiliated, she told her husband that Bellerophon had tried to rape her. Proetus was bound by the customs surrounding hospitality and couldn't kill his guest, so he sent Bellerophon to his father-in-law, the king in Lycia, with a note telling the Lycian king to kill the bearer of the note. Once again, hospitality prevented the king of Lycia from killing his guest. Instead, the king sent Bellerophon on successive quests to kill the Chimera, the Solymi, and the Amazons. Afterwards, the king of Lycia gave him a daughter as wife.

*source: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/heroes/qt/080607Belleroph.htm

*Image Reference: http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/M14.1.html
*Chimera Reference: http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Khimaira.html
*Pegasus Reference: http://www.theoi.com/Ther/HipposPegasos.html
*Bellerophon Reference: http://www.theoi.com/Heros/Bellerophontes.html

First basic Sketch:
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CHIMERA MODEL WIP.
ok, following the description of Homer (Homer. Iliad VI. 179-182)and Hesiod (Hesiod Theogony 319ff in Hugh Evelyn-White's translation)*, I wish take this topic about the Chimera and if the time help me I hope work also with Pegasus and Bellerophon, to make a performance of this mythology with some little changes on the characters.

[Ferx]

Hola David,

Cool idea and nice model :D Maybe a bit more big and muscular legs for the chimera, only a comment :) Good luck and looking forward for more updates on your concepts !! Cheers mate !! :beer:

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Chimera: In Greek mythology, the Chimera (Greek Χίμαιρα (Chímaira); Latin Chimaera) was a monstrous creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of multiple animals.*source from Wikipedia.

First sketch of the scene.
I started to make a blend to get the principal characters the Chimera and so on., from basic shapes and using extrude and tweak tool, Thinking the poses before detail the models.

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Hi, This is the concept for Pegasus, this piece will have the touch steampunk overall.

PS: Hey hola FerX, good see you here again, thank you for the tip :) I was also thinking the same with the legs...
I'll find your thread soon to look your work also, good luck!

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maybe this is my composition for the scene: The Chimera on a fallen column near to a crag or mountain slope, and from coming down the Pegasus with Bellerophon taken (carrying) with the left arm the curve lance, to cross it in the head of the Chimera that throws in this case Steam.

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From each joint (arm) a new set of wings will be born.
*improving faster like a tortoise. :)

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Possible Point of View, to use in the composition escene, zoom out (if I have an environment to show), The Chimera is Bigger to add more Drama.

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First test of the scene, looking sizes, proportions and shapes.

[Ferx]

Hey David,

You are working hard :D great!! Like a lot the pegasus, great style on the tail. the composition is looking nice, think you can down a bit more the camera, to see more biger the chimera. Perhaps the fallen column broken, to put a more dramatic and battle touch on your image, only a comment :) Keeep the good work!! Cheers friend!! :beer:

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Hello,
I did that changes but still I have to consider the correct view when the background is ready, by the moment this can work to me. no problem! again Thanks a lot for your help,.

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First Set of pieces for the Characters,

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Adjustment of pose on Belerophon, no more for today.
:)

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Final Concept for the composition.(camera)

[mrpeace]

You sure did your homework! nice stuff there. I would also love to see the 3 headed creature bit steam punk too...like a metal armor and nuts and bolts.

You are to decide. :hmm: . Keep it up.

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WIP on Pegasus, progress of the wings.

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mrpeace: vbmenu_register("postmenu_5534261", true); , oh many thanks for your words, Is a lot of work to do, if the time help me sure I'll do it also, therefore I hope finish at least the principal characters in the next two weeks, considering the 41 days to the end, by the way I can thinking on that :)

Thank you for your post! I see your WIP with time, good luck!

wow: 5 minutes to write just this, haha. (poor in English) :sad:

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Begining the modeling of bridles of gold, to hold the horse.

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1.hair test
2.from the base model of my wip " female body " was taken, I changed to look like a man (Belerophon*)
3.test of materials.
4.thinking in the background (near to the Mount Olympus?)

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working in the kitty

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Test...Another pose for Pegasus,

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Little Progress...

[OKMER]

Starting to have a nice epic feeling.Great start.
MAybe Belerophon should be facing his opponent a bit more.
Good luck!

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Hello!! Again here,
Here I work on Belerophon's shield. Thank you very much OKMER for your post and your advice! You have reason on the position attitude, yes... overall everything needs more work still.
:D work without stoppppppp :))

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Progress of the chimera - (snake)

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test---> environment color

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ok no more test color, I like these tones.
the next week another update of the modeling scene(this is not already STEAMPUNK "I know that"),
Good luck everyone!...is time to rest.

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Chimera's progress

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test 1 for the background...

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Huuu, the time is less,,, :(
Progress for the Globalscene.
I don't know if do for the final a close up or a panoramic like this..
: ? :? :! :/

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looking for the composition scene.
there aren't at all a good balance but I'm thinking in something like this.
Now I think is time to work on the pases and start to work in layers to switch to 2D in a matte painting.
Perhaps the principal characters here are too far, but I want the environment.

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another step, I was bored with just the montain for the bacground.

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test for the bg

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POV for camera's position

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After thinking well which is the main character of the scene of my Topic, I prefer follow that is ovbious in this case, so this is my final POV for the camera, leaving for the background the Dragon ("Pig :)")mountain.
Time to work on Bellerophon...

EDIT: grammar. ;(

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Lighting for the background. wip.
OMG... Happy new year for all the CG community.
Best regards,,,for everyone!

[Ferx]

Hey David,

Really looking great your updates!! Like the mood on your concept!! :D

Happy new year David !! Cheers!! :beer:

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Hey Fer Muchas gracias! (many thanks, same for you.. good year and good works also!)

I'm thinking this is my prefinal image :( because I have to work on my portfolio seriously,, (and define what I'll do in my nearly future,) so sadly I have to finish this, perhaps I'll moving to PS to paint over the 3D render to add balance. thanks.

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3D work Final, now to Photoshop :)

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update...

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Hello, this is an Update...
My Internet doesn´t work fast....so I can´t see the images after a looooong time,, yes this is a change for the heads...

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Update for the chimera,,little things to detail still...

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Update for Bellerophon,,also he needs things to tweak...

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There're problems with the CGUploader Today and the Submit Entry, but I guess is in general, My file is over 4,1 MB, and I don't know if I have to compress more the file or is irrelevant that size. the format is 4937 Width x 2657 high ...

So relaxing myself a bit in these hours, I was tweaking the global scene an this is the alternatives that I have: (by the moment :blush: )

Option 1: :eek:
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Option 2: :cry:
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luck again for you all...
regards..

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Software: Photoshop,XSI

This Image is about the Leyend of Chimera's fight with Bellerophon, from the book VI of the Iliad by Homer.
Is my re-image for the characters from the most ancient story of the Greek Mythology.

Previous version.

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Software: Photoshop,XSI

Mith and legend: BELLEROPHON & THE KHIMAIRA .

In the Iliad Book VI, Homer tells the story of Bellerophon, Antea (a woman scorned), the extent to which the Greeks would go to avoid breaking the conventions of hospitality, and how Bellerophon came to slay the Chimera (Chimaera), the Amazons, and others.

Sisyphus, the ancient Greek who was punished eternally in the Underworld by having to push a rock up a hill, had a grandson named Bellerophon who was too handsome for his own good. Whether his father was the sea god Poseidon -- as Bellerophon's future father-in-law decided it must be -- or the mortal King Glaucus of Corinth was not known. Bellerophon had to leave Corinth in expiation for the crime of killing his brother, so he went to the king in the land of the Argives, Proetus, whose wife was Antea. Antea tried to seduce Bellerophon, but he would have nothing to do with her. Humiliated, she told her husband that Bellerophon had tried to rape her. Proetus was bound by the customs surrounding hospitality and couldn't kill his guest, so he sent Bellerophon to his father-in-law, the king in Lycia, with a note telling the Lycian king to kill the bearer of the note. Once again, hospitality prevented the king of Lycia from killing his guest. Instead, the king sent Bellerophon on successive quests to kill the Chimera, the Solymi, and the Amazons. Afterwards, the king of Lycia gave him a daughter as wife.

Process:
Modeling-lighting: XSI
Texturing-FXs: Photoshop.

Concept: For this Steam Punk challenge, my visual inspiration was the Victorian Style in Art, and Art Noveau.
-Émile Gallé: lampe les Coprins.
-Ernst Heinrich: Kunstformen der Natur.
-Victor Horta: Tassel House.
-Antonio Gaudi: Barandilla Della Pedrera, Casa Mila.
-Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Della Magnificenza Ed Architettvra De' Romani.
-Württembergische Metallwaren Fabrik, 1890 - 1900
-Alfons Mucha: Clair de Lune .
-Franta anyz: Saint George slaying the dragon.
-Otto Eckmann: Two-Handled Vase, Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin 1900.
-Auguste Rodin:The Age of Bronze-Hermitage. St. Petersburg.
-Paul Berthon: Revue L’Ermitage, 1897
-Jan Vitezslav Dusek: Hercules (sculpture).
-The Iliad, by Homer Book VI pg.250-256 :)

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