Grand Space Opera 2D Entry: Hillary Lee

#9

These are some rough sketches for possible female protagonist/hero. Here are some other variations i came up with. Please let me know what you think; which is your favorite, etc.
Thanks!

#10

Well, so far post number 7, the picture in the top left corner. It’s pretty rough at that point but the shape looks like something I would prefer. Post number 8, the larger picture is promising. Perhaps the hair from the first one and the face of the second. The victorian look of the third post is very interesting. That would be a great style to integrate into a scf-fi theme.

#11

I really like the hairstyles in the forst one, and the face in the last one to the left of the one that looks like mother teresa she looks hawaiiaan (sp?) and I’ve rarely ever seen anyone who looked like that from a scifi.

#12

I must say that I like the style of the hair in post 7 that shows a pretty finished back of the head shot. To me the style sugests a femine quality yet has the air of action to it. Something about the way that it is tightly pulled up gives me that impression I guess. Good luck!

#13

Thanks for all of your good comments!

WyattHarris- thanks for your opinions. the victorian theme isn’t something i might have thought about without your input. Combining certain aspects of certain sketches sounds like a good thing to try.

Ezteh- yeah, a non white-anglo character would be interesting. I wonder how i can make a human character look exotic without bringing up too specific a race/etchnicity. ethnicity, as hawaii may be nowhere near the galaxy my image will be in? :slight_smile: hmm thank you so much for helping me think about this stuff.

Everybody-…How i can make a human character look exotic without bringing up too specific a race/etchnicity? How far can i go with exocitism with out going into another species? what would be wrong with a hybrid? if anyone has suggestions about these questions, feel free to throw in your thoughts!

Velk- yeah suppose a heroine wouldn’t want her hair gettig in the way of her adventures… I think I’ll work on more variations of “up out of the way” styles hat are more interestng than just a ponytail… but no earmuff-buns! lol

Again, thanks for your help guys (and girls)

more is on the way

#14

exotic characters - purple eyes? blue hair? combine elements from races, like some kind of blend between asian and anlo facetype or something. Exotic clothing, think Star Wars, female clothing concepts are truely original. Create something as original as they are. Avoid dark skin color, though you could try also some kind of blueish/greenish/purpleish skin?

#15

Hey Hillartsympho!

I really like what you’ve got going on here. The sketches are excellent - I am really enjoying the character development.

by the way, go to corbis.com and do a search for “mixed race” - it will return some beautiful people - both male and female that are not of one specific ethnicity. I think that would be your best bet.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
~Shane

#16

nice sketches…I like the worn feel to them…it would nice to see that carry over to the final product - the fact that this universe has been around a long time, and that time wears on it.

#17

Not bad at all now lets see some action lol :smiley:

#18

Looking good. Try taking it a little furthur. Include some more elements in your image. I like the first girl on sketch page 2. The 20’s hair style could work nicely in a futuristic setting.

Don’t be affraid to use reference if necissary. You can also select one face type and attach the different hair styes on each. This is a good approach since hairstyles often helps enhance or minimize certain facial features. Good luck.

#19

I really like your sketches and as most of the peolpe have said post no7 is my favourate. You could try a victorian ballgown with a twist, kind of like the 18th century meets star wars, could be quite cool and might be a nice twist to the space opera theme. Just a thinking out loud.

HAve fun and good luck

#20

Here’s a full composition sketch, just trying to figure out where to put things. as you see, the three protafonists have crashed on an alien planet and are wearily (sp? wary as an adverb, creative grammar) wandering through the swamps of this world.
Stuff thats not in it yet: The clouds on this planet are thin and in the dark areas between them there will be a galactic “naval” battle overhead. I’m thinking that the planet will appear as a tropical swamp to the stranded pilots at first glance, but in the shadows all around (both on the trees and underwater) there will be signs of bio-mechanical life. I want to make it seem like there’s something in the wilderness that may be preying on them. we’ll see what happens. crits are welcome!

#21

Really nice conceptkeep up the good work.

#22

These actually led up to my previous entry. Just some environment sketches to test color schemes/ get myself going…

#23

Thanks for your comments so far everyone!

Ranath- Thanks alot for your suggestions; maybe I’ll try some of them when I get back to characters again soon. and something else to think of would also be how the charaters and the environment influence each other’s color schemes both conceptually and design- wise.

Oregano- Hey thanks for your help! I think I’ll be developing the charaters further now since I think I’ve decided to have 3 in the scene.

Blackarts- Thanks for your comment, so far I think I can pull off the “old” feel with the swampy overgrown environment; the actual “look” of the painting will come through towards the end when i’m doing the final i think.

CGTalk member- Thanks for checking out my stuff! I’m getting there…

Rares_Halmagean- Thanks for your advice. It will help alot along the way.

dloots- thanks for bringing up the themes- its interesting that several people agree on the altered victorian style. I’ll play around with that…

Velk- thanks for checking out my update, hope to see you back again

More coming soon everyone…

#24

Nice sketches and nice to see all shadowing being done with pencil !

I never have the patience for that :slight_smile:

Its a bit different concept than most which i like and the last color test you did will be exciting to see converted to the pencils.

Looking forward to more

#25

well alot of my initial entries will be in analog media because i’m at school in italy for half a year and the computer resources are different from what i’m used to. I’m away from my own comp and am using a 3 yr old laptop to digitally paint with, so i have to keep file sizes small. I get back home in mid december so by then i can really get painting! but the architecture room’s A3 scanner is sooooo nice… :slight_smile:

#26

Hey I’m still alive! Its finals time and I’m in Rome, so its been tough keeping updated.(I take artschool like 1 1/2 full time jobs!) anyway here are some costume designs based off of the victorian “look” i did for the female in the closest foreground in the pencil sketch i did above.

#27

Love your colouring and your style…some nice ideas :thumbsup:

#28

Here i’m exploring the possibilities of a landscape orientation for the sketch i submitted above. I think the landscape format can lend to a cinematic feel by referring to the format of a screen or projection. next i’ll be tilting the trees in the foreground and work with color. this is mainly intened to sort out the placement of things in the image and will be painted over.