very god idea! and nice concept!
i really like it 
good luck!
Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Jari Saarinen
dshelton
#22
I like the mix of brilliant blues , will make for an interesting palette in 3D
good luck !!
unitstudio
#23
Great sketch and I do like the idea of referencing the Kalevala. I read it (in itās English translation Iām afraid to say - my Finnish is not up to scratch despite living there for almost 2 years) and itās an amazing piece of work. Any one remotely interested in mythology and indeed, modern fantasy should grab a copy - after all, Tolkien was quite strongly inspired by it.
Will add this thread to my favourites.
moi
grant
duddlebug
#25
WoW!!
Thatās a lovely conceptā¦ the image is so expressive!! I love the blues and especially the brush strokes. Thereās some wonderful concepts in the 3D section!!
I like the idea of such a colossal ship which after so much time is almost an archaelogical relicā¦
Good luck!!
system
#27
great start for that one, colors are so nice, are you planning to draw more sketches for that Huge construction with the big aircraft near it, i realy want to see them more closely and iām sure the details will be amazing because you like to make huge nomber of polys in one scene.
huh as usual right. :drool:
Pufferfish
#31
Thanks for the comments everyone! Very much appreciated.
unitstudio: Thank you. Even though Ilmatar is just a name of the ship, I think it gives a nice feeling to overall scene. If you know the origins of the name and itās meaning, it kinda creates a certain depth to a whole event ā¦ hehe I hope that made some sense.
JamesMK: Event Horizon came to my mind also, after finished this sketchā¦ and thanks to you, I downloaded the āArtrageā and instantly liked it. Did the sketch with it 
Designer2: Yep, more concepts coming up. Close ups etcā¦ I donāt want to think about the polygons yet, but surely there will be some details
Squibbit: thanks! ā¦ and your fish is coming up slowly but surely
m@: I will try :Dā¦ cheers
-pfish
JamesMK
#32
Good to hear that, itās quite lovely in itās simplicity. And just like I said, somebody actually capable of painting was indeed instantly able to make something cool with it
ChrisThatGuy
#33
I really like the composition of your sketch. I look forward to seeing the finished piece.
madshooter
#34
Wow amazing concept art:thumbsup: . Nice short concept but it is really cool, canāt wait to see your
3d work.
Dutchman
#36
Checking your previous work, Iām sure youāll make cool stuff! That detail (or fake 
) will work perfect with this theme I think (Iāve been also insprirated by your work, a bit 
).
The sketch looks indeed really nice! (Artrage Ćs really great, you feel so much like real painting without getting dirty hands ).
Best luck from Holland,
Gijs
[ps; check your mail ]
Pufferfish
#37
Here is my second concept. Shot above the planet surface. This concept lacks seriously some depth and detail, but Iām aiming for the image where Ilmatar has crashed long time ago on some planet. Ilmatar will be partially above the clouds and top of it will be snow covered. I really want to make it look massive.
Also, design of the Ilmatar wonāt be like this either, this is just an odd test which I did without giving it a much thought :)ā¦ still searching the right one. Same goes with composition.
more coming soonā¦
-pfish
ymonkato
#38
Wow! Your concept is really stunning! Nice details on the ship, I really dig it and Canāt wait to see what youāre going to do with it!
dominicqwek
#39
Hey there, nice concept so far. I think the crux of this image would be having the stark difference between the ship and Ilmatar, which could look very or rather extremely out of this worldā¦both in design and in physics.
Looking forward to this.
-dom
GavinG
#40
Awesome work, Puffy. Not much to comment other than that, or what youāve already mentioned 