Grand Space Opera 2D Entry: Luis Nuñez de Castro

#61

I really like that start : it can be interesting to introduce in your final comp something that is not exclusively science fiction, like the coast.
I think the battle - if there is one - should not be too crowded, in order to see the background.
I’ll come back to see more…

#62

Thanx Arctis and Stevetwist for your comments and support. I had not much time since yesterday, so I can’t did the battle in the last concept. Probably I’ll post it tomorrow cause I must do some ship concept before.

#63

Here is the sketch of the city being attacked by the enemy fleet without warning, cause of this there are no defender ships.

#64

The only critic I have is that we are very far from the action perhaps you could add more closer spaceshift, or zoom in a bit…

Great speed painting technique BTW

#65

Good direction : your idea of a far away explosion rocks !!! I agree with Bonestudio about a closer ship.
Keep on the good work - and don’t even think about leaving this challenge !!! :wink:

#66

I’m thinking about combine the last concept with the space-elevator one, doing a view of the space station being attacked in first plane and ,far down in the planet surface, the city of the last concept.
Tomorrow probably will post a sketch and a story.

#67

Closer ship definatley, :thumbsup:

#68

Including the elevator idea would be very cool.

Closer ship is a 100% must IMO.

#69

Yess, I’ll add a closer ship in the next shot (which I haven’t did yet… I have not much time recently)

#70

Your image is developing nicely…be checking for more updates :thumbsup:

#71

That’s very interesting composition. Can’t wait for next update.

#72

I do agree with the orientation of the focal point and composition of the image.

I can’t help but feel that the colour scheme is coming together and gathering more conviction in terms of saturation. Are you planning to continuing this style towards your final piece or are you keep it light and closer to the pastel specturm?

#73

Very nice color scheme:applause: Some points to consider: Large capital ships at varying altitudes, gotta have those in a space opera and water reflections below too! Great job so far!!!

#74

Looks promising, I think you have a great composition, but once more detail is put into this piece it will really shine and more detailed critiques will be flowing your way :slight_smile:

#75

Thanx you all for your comments…
I’ll put more ships and details in the final composition, of course. And about colour, I think that my final palette will be like my last shot one, cause my previous concepts maybe are too much colorful.
(I promise you that I post the final concept soon)

#76

That’s looking good, Luis! I like the colors in your last piece the best, so I’m happy to hear that you’ll be sticking with them… but then, they fit that particular concept piece where they wouldn’t have fit some of the earlier ones.

Oh, speaking of earlier ones, I really liked the spaceship doodle you had in post#10/sketch#2. If you add more spaceships to your scene, that was a cool one. I think the elevator idea is neat, too, and wish you good luck with it. Can’t wait to see more…!

-mike

#77

I’m in the final stage of the concept phase. In this one still missing the explosions and the ships attacking the space elevator. I have to test the same scene but with the sun lightning the closest side of the planet.

#78

Thanx Mike (Walrus), when you talk about the spaceship… Which one refers you? the alien one or the previous. I say that because I have a lack of control with my posts… :shrug:

And now for something completely diferent:
First I have to say that in an illustration I think is more important that it talks by itself instead of being together with a explaining text. Don’t matter the audience don’t understand in detail the action, but the significant is communicate him the sensation of viewing a scene, a place… But as lot of you give more importance to the wrote narration, here I go:

The final scene will represent the attack to the space elevator which joins the orbit with the planet surface, and it’s used as link to send troops, ship pieces for construct them, etc. So that station its being attacked by the enemy for cutting those supplies. All that happen in a many-fronts war with simultaneous battles in the orbit and the planet surface.

Attackers are revolutionary forces of the colonies that try to make independent from the imperialist control. So that their ships will be more rudimentary…

Well, I hope you like it, and sorry for my poor english.

#79

sorry for the late reply, things have got a little hectic my end… looks stunning - the concept is really cool, and the dark colours give it a quite menacing feel - very impressive.

I like what you say about a picture standing for itself, and being understood without any extra text - it’s very true indeed, and something I fear about my piece (that you can’t gather what’s going on without the description below it).

Anyway, looking forward to seeing all the action put in (ships attacking etc.) and then seeing it turn from concept into realisation - good luck.

#80

Hi Luis. I agree with you in saying the image must talk by itself, but since this is a challenge I have imagine it all the time like a classroom where everybody know the advance of the others since the beginning, so I can’t imagina ourselves as public but more as classmates. About the image I like the colors a lot. I was one who prefer your idea of putting the elevator in the dark side of the planet but now I’m seeing that the strecuture looks to dark there. Also I think it’s perspective is too strong so we can’t see much of it. I sugest to move it somewhere we could see more of the long cable. Keep going!!