HMC #26 - Frank Frazetta Tribute - Night Winds.

[d8D]

sweet! Yeah, horse is probably not necessary. Even the lady/water/tree should be enough to create an interesting composition. And I love her expression. Can't wait!

[TheRazorsEdge]

This is one of my favorite Kane covers! Cant wait to see how you tackle it.

Cheers!

[Dare-o]

Loved how your octopus turned out, i'll be keeping an eye on this one. *subscribed

[TheArchDuke]

I almost went with this one. It's beautiful. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[ryankittleson]

congrats on your win last month, looking forward to good stuff!

[nsb]

d8D: Thx, I really want to nail the expression :)

TheRazorsEdge: thx, Could you give me some more info on "Kane"?
Is he the guy in the image... I'd love to get some more ref images esp of his helmet, armor etc.

Dare-o: cheers :) The octopus was a real pain to manage!

TheArchDuke: Yep, really hard choice! This image has it all when it comes to a 2d painting, hope I can pull of the transion to 3d.

ryankittleson: Thx, I'm already having more fun with this one then the last :)

[nsb]

Ok time to post my start.

http://www.users.on.net/%7Ensb1//cgtalk/cgtalk.hcc.Frankf_02.jpg

http://www.users.on.net/%7Ensb1//cgtalk/cgtalk.hcc.Frankf_03.jpg

So the first image is just transition from zsphere, rough blocking sculpt to re topo and poly modeling in XSI. Next image is where I'm at, the guy was started this evening from the female base and is still very WIP. The lady is getting closer and I think another session and I'll be ready to pose and continue..

I was doing some reading on FrankF's style, some interviews and such and I really like how he mentioned that he would break anatomy rules to give his heroes body types that appeal to him - stuff like very full thigh, butt, belly but thin athletic arms, neck and even ribs showing, which mostly wouldnt happen in real life if the person has a overall petite body type. Also the males seem to have athletic proportions and silhouette but are as ripped as a bodybuilder..He would also mix various nationality features in his faces also - often very doll/exotic looking.

Will do my best to try and capture some of these characteristics...Or maybe I'm reading too much into it :P

Cheers

[WyattHarris]

Great start, models are coming along nicely.

I was doing some reading on FrankF's style, some interviews and such and I really like how he mentioned that he would break anatomy rules... (snip) ..He would also mix various nationality features in his faces also - often very doll/exotic looking.
I'll have to search for that. I noticed every now and then how something wouldn't look quite right :D but I can see how it makes the image more dynamic. I also like the mixing of races. There are quite a few images where he has painted an African woman with a huge shock of blond hair. Very good effect.

[TheRazorsEdge]

Great progress, looking forward to more! :)

TheRazorsEdge: thx, Could you give me some more info on "Kane"?
Is he the guy in the image... I'd love to get some more ref images esp of his helmet, armor etc.
Yep, that's Kane. He's a somewhat peculiar character in that he's no regular hero at all and does not fit the general main character themes of the time. He was created by author Karl Edward Wagner, who supposedly looked and lived hard and partied like a biker, so I think its a safe bet Kane was his fantasy self. Kane is loosely based on the Biblical Cain, but lives in a fantasy world using modern speech patters etc. The stories are very dark in tone and Kane is more of an anithero spreading mayhem and horror etc. Visually you can probably think of him as a stereotypical viking who's main occupation is slaughtering mercilessly, raping, pillaging etc. As a reader you might have quite some difficulty deciding on whether you want him to go on living or just get hideously slaughtered himself.

Just like with Conan, you'll probably have a hard time finding him wearing the same outfit in other images. Try searching amazon or google for book covers. The movie "Pathfinder" starring Karl Urban might be an interesting inspiration in overall tone etc in regards to the depiction of the vikings.

I was doing some reading on FrankF's style, some interviews and such and I really like how he mentioned that he would break anatomy rules to give his heroes body types that appeal to him - stuff like very full thigh, butt, belly but thin athletic arms, neck and even ribs showing, which mostly wouldnt happen in real life if the person has a overall petite body type. Also the males seem to have athletic proportions and silhouette but are as ripped as a bodybuilder..He would also mix various nationality features in his faces also - often very doll/exotic looking.
I think that is exactly what made Frazetta so great. He knew the rules very well and only because of that could bend them effectively to make things read the way he wanted them to. Copying a photo/reality is one thing, giving something a spark of life through one's own creativity and inspire the imagination of other people quite another and Frazetta was an absolute master of creating very powerful images and visual representations of fantasy characters.

Cheers!

PS: I'd angle those clavicles at least down to horizontal or even slightly below on the female. That is unless you want her shoulders to look "shrugged". In a relaxed state, female shoulders tend to be angled more downwards.

[scottimation]

Interesting proportions you've got there, nice weight to the tissue and overall form as well.

[FabioDona]

Great models!

It doesn't resemble the painting yet, but I like them anyway :D

[G0MEZ]

Very cool models, interesting silhouette, feels natural already :)

It's interesting what you guys wrote aboute frazetta's style. Can you share some links to articles you mentioned ?

[DDS]

already matching his style, nicely done.

Proportions look promising, keep it up!

[nsb]

Hi guys,

Sorry for not reply earlier, I've had a really crazy contract the last few weeks.. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to work on it, I'm going to see how much I can get done this weekend and will update soon. I made a request in the main thread for a week or possibly more(hope) extension so if anyone else needs more time, please make sure to pop in there :)

Wyattharris: thx

The razorsedge: Thanks for the great post! its really helped me get a better picture of kane and I'm going to look up path finder this weekend for acossories and I will make a note about the clavicle aswell! :)

scottimation: thx:)

Fabiodona: Thx, doesnt look much like the painting :) I will go straight to pose and ruff out the environment as soon as i finish this post.

Gomez: thanks, sorry I dont remember the site, I got it from google when searching simple term like frank frazetta +women(was looking for face ref).

DDS: cheers!

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