I love the simplicity of this image - very Art Deco to my eyes. A nice, bold statement. Youāre slagging your own artwork, but I think this concept sketch can be considered as half-way doneā¦ I love the clouds, perhaps straighten them up a little bit, and perhaps some more detail on the ships for the next revision, but I honestly like this the way it is now.
Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Julian Lloyd
WazaR
#4
There seems to be no concentration of power in your composition. The elements feel a little of balance.
I agree with the previous post about the art deco look. Very bold. I think that it is working in your favor.
But I would reconsider some differnt arrangement of elements to get more of a sense of conflict. Niether the space invadors or the Guards seem powerful or intimidating, which I am assuming should not be the case.
Good work keep it up.
kirpre
#5
I like the concept, itās very original, but I struggle with a few things:
- First of all, donāt beat up your work so much, thatās why itās called WIP
- Are the guys on the pedastals firing at those ships or are they defending also. If they are attacking, it would probably add some excitement to the scene to see one of them exploding.
- How is the higher cloud behind a planet, I canāt quite figure this out, but hey, itās sci-fi so who knows.
- Very nice use of colors for a start
lardbros
#7
The idea of having divine intervention is greatā¦ i thought about having god type figures in mine.
To be quite honest i like the composition and stuff as it is, the characters really look like their up against it, and are saving their planet from HUUUUGE enemy forces. I think the way the picture is composed helps to display how even human sized beings can defend against such large foes. The humans/gods look tiny and helpless being pushed to the far right of the pic, but the strength of their powers is still holding the bad guys off! I like this alot! 
Ddavis
#8
unique idea, having those figures fighting off the others. Some explosions and possible one of the guys getting shot down might we be a cool idea. good luck with this challenge
jlmakes
#9
wow love you guysā¦
Im so used to posting work on here and it getting buried within minutes. I was sorta shocked to wake up from my nap and actually see it at the topā¦ anywho, I agree with a lot of what was said;
I plan on having ships exploded and possibly crashing into each otherā¦
I also thought about:
- adding a gigantic castle behind the gaurdiansā¦
- making the guardians larger than normal humans, by showing some tiny figures (1/10 the size) on the platform below the guardianās platform.
simple because I dont think I can make the ships look big enough or intimidating enough, without making the energy blasts out of proporsion (im trying to stay away from DBZ style energy blasts)
and 3. making the gods struggling more to contain their powerā¦ their current stance is rather effortlessā¦
hehehā¦and about the moon being infront of the cloud ā¦dunno!
talk about inspiring, i thought i was done with photoshop for todayā¦heheh, ill post some updates!
jlmakes
#10
a revision of my first ideaā¦
basically just more thoughtout and then executedā¦ the previous image was basically the basics of my idea, this portrays the more general image.
thanks to everyone for their kind commentsā¦
Cheers!
Viridian
#11
I think itās a very nice concept, Gremlinā¦ and your sketches beat mine.
A couple of ideas (if I may):
If the point of view was looking over the shoulder of one of the defenders it might inspire a more āepicā feel. Especially if the defender is standing atop a high tower with the city sprawled far, far below. And if youāre looking over the shoulder of the rear-most defender youād be able to see the other two in front battling from their perches.
A single, titanic, massive ship (flanked by many smaller craft) would make a more impressive enemy. Something that darkens the skies.
I love the idea and will keep tabs on this project. Good luck!
-Shane
jlmakes
#12
hey thanksā¦
yeah, see heres the issueā¦
i wanted there to just be 1 guardian (thats way more kickass) but I couldnt show him shooting and combating an enemy energy blast, because there would just be too many light beams, too close to the camera; so I make the primary guardian shooting off in the distance, and the ones in the distance to show what hes shooting at. I could try different anglesā¦ I dunno
also, ur idea about a huge ship is what i initially intended, but like the above, perspective and size are a REAL issue here; its hard to fit in all i wantā¦ anywho, just started messing around with some modeling; heres one of the four pillars that support the gaurdianās tower
jlmakes
#13
This is part of the Guardianās tower, right below where the guardian stands.
Iām just sort of playing around, getting a feel for the style I wantā¦ I think I might add some rocks and vegetation on the top where the guardianās stand; dunnoā¦
Viridian
#15
I agreeā¦ that is beautiful modeling. 
It is a challenging problem. If I can come up with any ideas on how to fit the city below, the guardian, the attacking ship, and the other stuff Iāll post.
The image size will help keep crowding down; 2657 x 3636 is a big pic!
pigwater
#16
wonderful work there ā¦the style is very classic a pleasure to look at ā¦ if this is an indication of the rest of it , this will be a really nice piece
ya got thumbs up from me
jlmakes
#17
thanks a lot!
Iāve actually got a new renderā¦ well, I COULD have one if my maya didnt keep crashing, the scene must be too dense, the memory usage is killing my system; and I dont think I can render dirtmap in passes without it looking a little funky.
[edit] oh this is just greatā¦ my scene file for just the freaking tower is 180MBā¦lol, I need some scene file management, because this is so out of control; this is JUST THE TOP OF THE TOWER!! (heh, its 1.73 million polygonsā¦all that damn detail)
Chug
#18
That guardian idea is really original, I donāt think there were any āsuper-heroā stuff done until now in this competition.
Just try to not make them too different, I think it would look less coherent. I really like how youāve used shadow and light on the guardian on the first plan, and his pose is nice though I think you could try to make the picture look more dynamic and epic just by the pose you give to the guardians.
erakesh
#19
Man this certainly is greek to me. 
Love the colossal statuete feel. Nice! Maybe u could have a secondary backup artillery behind these mighty warriors. It will look like some sort of the lead and can add some dynamic staging. What say?
Cheers
DigiLusionist
#20
I love the concept image youāve created. The posture of the figures, atop Greco-style pedastals is cool when juxtaposed against the cityscape and alien skyline.
shards
#21
:eek: hey very good concept here!! I love the idea of the guardians! the modelling is very well detailed!! :applause: :applause:
good luck!
MrCrowpsey
#22
aight checkit! haha.
love the concept and the model looks insane. i guess the hefty file size explains it. definately dont change the colors you have going in your concept, when you do the model, the colors are great : )
keep it up man, cant wait to see more.
ok im gonna go back and work on my own thing.
l.a.t.e.r.z.
Mr. C