DWIV - 2D - fadingray - L.A.R.D. demon

[Akiman]

Welcome Gray;:)


Looks awesome! Looking forward to see more :)

Good luck!

[FrozZT]

Haha, awesome idea man. Wicked! Cant wait to see more.. Keep it coming!

-Niklas

[Threefingered]

Nice! This a very interesting and different idea...I'll be watching this thread.

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Akiman, FrozZT, Threefingered : thanks for comments , glad you like it

lil' update from me

previzualisation of final image step 1
i think ill make shot from victim perspective similar to that:
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2368/dw4lardconcept2.jpg

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and another update


the final image im planning will look something like this:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9523/dw4lardconcept3.jpg

[Akiman]

hey :)

Do they have ears? or is it my bad?

Final image seems wicked! :D

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:D i knew i forgot something
but seriously, i think pair of holes on the sides of the head will do the job
cheers

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update

working on composition and powerfull L.A.R.D. pose

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1642/dw4lardconcept4.jpg

[Yin-Shiuan]

Cool design and image layout!:)
Good luck man!

[tonytrout]

He He I like this , this is original idea, keep at it

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Yin-Shiuan, tonytrout : thank you

meanwhile im pushing design a bit further

ill have to give him some armor to cover his ugly butt :)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7595/larddesign.jpg

[NavigatorJones]

LOL awsome idea :D

[CharlesVarenne]

Idea is really funny and sketches promising. Keep it up!

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NavigatorJones, CharlesVarenne : glad you like it

iv added some color and i think ill go with this composition
there are chains and pieces of roller missing (still designing them)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1879/dw4lardconcept6.jpg

[Akiman]

Looks awesome bro! Keep it up!

[MartinNielsen]

Superb work :) I almost see a "baby demon" in this strange character :)

[lefoosh]

hey - nice idea! think you could add in some slobber and dead meat around his mouth and cheeks? really like the overall pose, maybe the arms and face are a bit strong / defined, though? perhaps make the jaw a little more slack...?

dunno why, just think it might work with a less intelligent look on his face, but thats just my personal opinion!

can't wait to see how it progresses!

[GaeasHerald]

This is very creative and well executed. Keep it coming bro!

[DanielCortes]

that little fist is just incredible, it makes the whole thing come together...insane man. Your style is also great. I can generally find things I don't like in just about everything, but this guy is just rocking out :buttrock: , just keep working and you'll have one hell of a guy!

[Ferx]

Really awesome concept !! Like a lot your idea ! :D Your composition and painting looks really cool!! The demon looking directly to the viewer is a fantastic touch, great expresion :D Cant wait to see more on your concept! Cheers!! :beer:

[grandyu]

that's some nice work dude.

good design of shapes on the lardy and sweet painting skills to top off.

personally any entry that doesnt look like it came straight from gears of war/blizzard automatically catches my attention.

i will be waiting..

[DeadInTheAttic]

This dude looks hungry.
His smoothness got something of the marshmallow man and the Blob, but his character being evil makes this even more horrible, cool design.

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Akiman:thanks

MartinNielsen: It is indeed a larval form of a demon, so after being fed enough it will transform into adult flying form.You know - kind of ugly butterfly :D

LARDs are being used to destroy enemy formations and fortifications or basicly flattening everything on their path.
Group of LARDs are driven by a Demon Lord flying nearby.
Because of their child mentality LARDs often disobey orders and run on the battlefield chasing "toys" like shiny horseman or funny looking robots.

lefoosh: thx for critiques, gore must be kept low,as for arms definition - you may be right

GaeasHerald: thanks

live2contage: glad you like it

Ferx: thanks

grandyu: I really hope that judges will think the way you do :)

DeadInTheAttic: soft baby skin and crude metal slaughter machine makes a great contrast


update:
I made wider canvas. It still looks a bit messy I admit. Roller desing and all those chains are under development.
I am simultanously working on modeling sheet.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8159/dw4lardconcept7.jpg

model sheet
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3091/dw4lardconcept7ms.jpg

cheers

[DanielCortes]

good to see you in action, had us waiting a bit, go go go your doing great, the illustration is really rocking, thats going to be one though mfr to get rid of. keep it up!

[GaeasHerald]

He's an overweight baby with extra arms and a bad attitude, sooooo awesome. Probably if you kicked the background back with some atmospherics it would feel less messy. :)

[NavigatorJones]

So gross, but so awsome XD! I love it's happy face as it crushes people XD!!

[alexy]

And the demons are unleashed :p

You're one is so so fat but really cool !

[HessuHopo]

Damn that thing is ugly one! :D great work. Somehow i think that the colours could be less bright. Maybe there could be also arrows that stick out in his skin...

[ShamesArt]

very good job !

[BaronImpossible]

Love that fat guy; his roller's a nice touch. He looks really happy too and who wouldn't be, in his situation? GaeasHerald's suggestion is a good one to de-messy it. The destruction going on top right is just great. In fact, I'd suggest that with a bit of tweaking that could be the main image.

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live2contage, GaeasHerald, NavigatorJones, alexy, HessuHopo, ShamesArt, BaronImpossible: thank you all for support

colors will be bit toned , ill try to separate planes by using fx - smoke flames and sparks(form destruction behind lard to opposing force on the other side), or just by air perspective if fx wouldnt work
im most concerned about canvas size however- iv made two additional pictures with various width and i must say that the narrow one looks best for me - because lardy is so huge on it and compositon feels somehow better.

1
present version - added fx, fortified wall on foreground and people climbing in a hurry,
changed long limbs to little thicker, changed little hand to be pointed towards viewer (i hope its readable), chains will probably be attached to some kind of collar and dw cgs sign will be hanging on chains somewhere above roller.
and i flipped the image so demons will oppose observer and Norms- it should work if you live in culture that read from left to right ofcourse
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/781/dw4lardconcept9.jpg

ok now the wider canvas
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8347/dw4wider.jpg

and narrow
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9076/dw4narrower.jpg

and color layers turned off +fx layer on top
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5738/dw4lardconcept9bw.jpg

[prabath]

Looks like we've got ourselves a winner here. I'm just jealous that I couldnt come up with this 1st. Great work from you bro. Keep it right up.

My DW IV-

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=282&t=751709

Cheers!

[DanielCortes]

Just great! :arteest: wonderful work. something that I really like when I saw your early work and it caught my attention was the little hand waving his fist. it was ruff so you couldn’t tell he was actually pulling a chain, but if you could give it a try, just the him shaking his little fist would generate a great contrast with the expression on his face, like multiple emotions. anyhow loving your work, go for it. :buttrock:
and if you have some time it would be great to have you over at my place, see what you think :D

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prabath: thx mate for kind words, ill be happy to past first the selection stage

live2cottage: hmmm, ill think about that - the fist was originally designed to pull chain connected to some slashing blade on rollers' side,
however i am receiving comments that the 1st version without chain was the best looking one.
The next thong Im gonna do is to add the rest of roller parts and chains and see what feels best.

Im bit short on free time recently but ill try to leave asap some critique in your threads guys .

cheers

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update

polished here and there
need to add logo on character
will post concept sheet wip soon

cheers

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7127/dw4lardconcept10.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9563/dw4lardmodelingsheet10.jpg

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update:
concept sheet wip
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9775/dw4lardconceptsheet10.jpg

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added some details
added saturation adjustment
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6006/dw4lardconcept11.jpg

[FedDark]

what a sick looks!)))) love colors and compose! sweety guy)) awesome!)))

[MartinNielsen]

This just keeps getting better :) Excellent colors.

[NavigatorJones]

Oh god it's so happy and disturbing :D!! Definately one of my favourites in the competition! :D!

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FedDark, MartinNielsen, NavigatorJones : thanks for kind words :)

lil' update :

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1306/dw4lardconcept12.jpg

[Zeoyn]

Oh man!

This entry is awesome!
The cute baby look of the creature who seems to be having such great fun out of ripping everyone's guts as if it was playing with his toys is just... AWESOME!!

:thumbsup:

[Akiman]

Looks awesome dude!

[Bartoldi]

great idea and execution, well done :) and good luck!

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Zeoyn, Akiman, Bartoldi : thanks alot :bounce:


here's my almost finished modeling sheet (just need some cleaning )

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1751/almostfinalmodelingshee.jpg

cheers

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finals in the first post

thanks everyone for comments and good luck

[MartinNielsen]

Great finals, man :) Good luck with this.

[dman3d]

Wow nice work!

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MartinNielsen, dman3d: thank you and GL

[towarlock]

i like really your concept :>

[REKLAS]

Great Job, especially on the lighting and colors.

So I saw your character a few days ago and thought it was cool and really well done. Then yesterday my friend and I after searching for and looking through all of the top 75 entries, and after doing so I gotta say that your entry is easily worthy of placing top 10. Now my friend and I are left wondering what the deal is and why are you not in there with 75 best entries. Did you not finish/submit it in time or what? Because you deserve to be in there with the other top entries.

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towarlock, REKLAS: thanks lads

What can i say
i was a bit frustrated seeing my piece being rejected, after so much effort i put into it
seems that my concept was too grotesque or bizzare, or simply and most probably wasnt good enough technically comparing to the ones that make it to final75.

If i could criticize my own work I can see now that i messed composition too much with smokes and fx, so it turn out being a bit too chaotic and overworked.



thanks once again for kind words

PS: seems that i have more luck in mini challange :P :
http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/minis/view_entries_cgsociety_2d_2.html
(http://www.gameartisans.org/contests...iety_2d_2.html)

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