DWIV - Mini Challenge #1 - War General Portraits 2D

#601

the expression is ok but it needs som readjustments. i am not sjur abut the cape?

#602

Final image for me:
General Leonard Law

#603

Excellent progress everyone!
And a warm welcome to the new recruits :slight_smile:

ChaosChannon: That looks like a very fashion concious general :slight_smile: Very curious how this will turn out.
sadrack: I don’t exactly know what you mean, but you could perhaps make the canvas a bit bigger so the figure has more space and the pic doesn’t look too cramped.
splintercannon: nice job. Maybe you could try pulling and blending the different elements of the picture and character together.
DoomedSeraph: Good start there, just keep going.
Remton: Very cool work there! The logo on the eyepatch is fighting for attention with her eye I think. You could leave it out, I don’t think it would hurt the pic. Also you already have logo’s that are better readable. Just my thoughts, and she’s sexy :slight_smile:
ersinerturk: keep going, keep going!
Megoru: Very nice! Maybe it’s too texture heavy, especially when looking at the distinction between background and the foreground. Also maybe try desaturating the background (left side) a bit or make it a bit darker, so the characters pops out more.
Nikolay: That is beautiful.
RafaTer: Good start man.
regimon: That is one cool mask!
krypt: Very sexy brush work you got there! Excellent job on the face.
cylstudio: looking sweet! Very crisp. Maybe tad too busy, but I like.
Didde: Great work on his face. The cape makes him look more like Julius Ceasar, if that’s what you’re aiming for. It breaks the hardness of the metal, which is good I think.

Well I think I have my foundation finished. Now for the actual painting stuff, hope I can finish … :argh:

#604

So many great entries, wish I had more time to give some feedback!

Megoru: I particulary like the rhino-armour, very creative.

cylstudio81: very nice man. My only comment is that the hand holding the light doesn’t read as well as it could. Maybe some atmospheric effect or sth could help separate it from the rest of his body? Just my two cents.

krypt: pallette looks awesome. I wonder where you’re gonna place the cgs logo.

Well, I reckon this is the end of the journey for me, cause I can’t dedicate any more time to it. So I hope you guys like this.

CGS General “Hands”:

It’s been lots of fun and best of luck to everyone.

#605

Ye Gads cylstudio81…O_O :bowdown:

Wow everyone’s work is coming along so well, and so many final images up already! Well done! :smiley:

#606

Color is coming along and beginning to work on clothing and props.

#607

I edit some detail on.

FERX yes, i love frazetta style!

BLUNTPENCIL thanks!

Thanks all! Good work everybody! :bounce:

#608

I finally had some time to get behind my laptop and start on the colors of my warcommander, here’s a wip version of what I got sofar:

I’ll continue painting after this post, any comments or suggestions are more then welcome!
I could especially use some feedback on how to incorporate the obligatory grey tones into the armour, it’s such a dull color!

Some quick shoutouts:

Geasherald: not sure what I’m looking at, but I like it!

Art 2: mouth gives the character alot more expression, cool! Are you gonna put highlights in the armour, it’ll make the various platings read aot better I think.

Megoru: Nice touch on the shoulderpad, rhinos rule!

Didde: like the idea, but the robotarm looks very frail. Can’t you make the lower arm really big and heavy, a bit like Silver from the move Treasure Planet (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2591698165_05711c7e77_o.jpg ). Just a thought!

Cylstudio: nice rendering, looks very japanese for some reason :slight_smile: The armour is hard to read though, focus the light on the head, and darken the rest a bit, that would help alot for readability of the character…and yeah, start cropping… :slight_smile:

Krypt: Nice! Reminds me of captain jack sparrow!

Regimon: damn, that’s one helluva necklace! Maybe loosen up the background with some splatters or clouds or whatever, so it’s al a bit less stiff?

Rafater: nice start, but he needs some more character I think, maybe add some additional stuff like a hat, bandana, helmet, or whatever…: )

Nikolai: I liked the verison with the grey background much better, but I guess you didn’t? :slight_smile:

Remton: nice commander! The whitesmoke around the corners is a bit distracting though, it leads away the attention from the face…maybe darken the corners up a bit with an overlay layer, and get the eye of the viewer back to her face…very small critique though, you’re probably in the top 5 sofar I think! :slight_smile:

Gotta get back to painting, I’ll comment more as soon as I can! :slight_smile:

Regards,
-Edwin

#609

Well, the more I looked at his coat/cloak, the more I didn’t like it, then someone pointed out that the folds were wrong anyway, so I…redid the whole thing XD!
Madly trying to get as much done so i can just focus on details tomorrow, and presentation on monday. Getting veery close now…

EDIT: Woops just realised i put the cravat layer too infront…oh well I’ll fix it later, you gets the idea :stuck_out_tongue:

#610

[left]Sorry, how I put the images instead of thumbnails attached? Please!
Saint-max, Ektho, Rhemrev, StudioMonkey, Krypt, great entries.[/left]

#611

WIP4.
I decided to change color on the head.

#612

Ferx: thanks for your comment! I need more help to correct my error :wink:
ektho: Fanstastic Entry
rhemrev: I love style layout and color, very funny character :wink:
Art2: I want to see your entry, work work work!!
cylstudio81: what i can say about your General? only FEARFUL work:bowdown:.
Krypt: I like this Sketch, impressive!

Good work to Everyone

it need mooore work :stuck_out_tongue:
PLEASE COMMENT!!

#613

Some little update, I hope I can make it on time :slight_smile:

/Cheers :wink:

#614

Thanks for the comment Art2. Here is the next stage of my general. No name for her yet thinking of one.

#615

here’s another quick update. it’s 1:17 am here, and i gotta be up at 6:30 to go to work… **** me running.

#616

Holy cow. So many updates and new ones recently! It’s hard to keep up, but there’s a lot of awesome work here. ^^

Hope I can find enough time to finish mine. Here’s a quick update. I think the face is more or less done, at least for now. Gotta hurry up and clean up the rest.

#617

Wow! I love this General, i hope that they can find me in my dream :slight_smile: Good Work geikou, i want to see your image finished ;).

#618

wow, more update
neurolinked - nice progress so far, you forgot to draw his ear, or it will cover up with helmet? you need to draw out the whole shape of outline first.

geikou - i like the chinese opera look, wish you got enough time to finish it.

Sepulverture - strong red color on his cloth, look contrast!

gafana- your general almost done, i like the background you added.

ChaosShannon - the face is still under development? good pose and stylish too.

WildBrew - keep going, i like the final changes.

NavigatorJones - nice work! your general look cool!

ektho - wau, powerful feeling, keep going man.

StudioMonkey - color palette on his face look awesome! cant wait too see the rendering on the cloth.

GaeasHerald - wish you good luck, man. Your entry got potential and look unique.

Art2 - hurry up man, you need to decide the where the lighting from.

Megoru - good luck to you, very creative on the rhino shoulder armour.

Didde - great expression on his face, overall look good man! keep going.

sadrack - think you need to add some texture on the arm and make the overall look more contrast, it need more finish rendering, just my opinion.

DoomedSeraph - nice start but i think it need more details, more to come, i like the idea,

Remton - good job man! and you have done with your entry, good luck!

ersinerturk - clean color and contrast color, i think his head is a little bit big, keep it up.

Nikolay - good luck to you, i like your entry! well done.

RafaTer - good start, hope you can process to coloring soon.

regimon019 - nice process, wish can see more update.

krypt - hi man, welcome to dominance war, i like your coloring, look like designer couge. Nice expression on his face, keep going!

cylstudio81 - wah, good job! it remind me the lord of the ring. like your devil look general!

Ataulfo - very detail rendering on his face, just i think it may too busy on the strokes,

Impressive on other good works, i m sorry if i miss to post comment on your entry, wish cgsociety will win on this year! Here is another update of my general, so tired, tomorrow will add on some final details on it.

#619



dammit… end of minichallenge is so close and i have soo many to do with this portrait :banghead: . atleast i make some good pose with lighting but im still not satisfactory.
Yours Generals are really great ! take care and do your best.
greets

#620

Thanks DerrickSong for the comment Like the general you made and the way your is coming along(like the tones and highlights coming off his body and the glow feel of the work):thumbsup:. What the name of your general going to be? I’m Having a hard time coming up with on for mine.