Indiana Jones? Who? 
Yes, I was aiming for the archetypal adventurer look. It was indeed inspired by Indy, although I left out the bullwhip and fedora, considering them too obvious homages. I made some progress, but I didn’t want to flood this thread with WIP’s showing only marginal progress, so the next update will most likely contain a few more elements, including a reference to the hobby itself. Back to work then…:wip:
Living Toons - Character - Culann
Culann
#15
Culann
#16
Update…
This WIP-overview was tacked together pretty quickly, so if something doesn’t look right, that’s the reason. It’s just to show that I’m still working on it.
Tommy_Lee
#17
That comes along great…
This will be a great piece. Till the next update.
Cheerz:beer:
Tommy Lee
Culann
#18
Well, Tommy, I’ll certainly try to meet your expectations.
Here’s yet another update, again pieced together rather quickly. Somehow it looks better on paper, I’ll have to try to optimize the way it looks once scanned in. Anyway, back to work.
Tommy_Lee
#19
gettin´better and better!
Maybe you should take a photo of the finished one, if ya have a digi-cam. Thats the best way to bring drawings from paper to pc.
Tommy Lee
Tommy_Lee
#20
And by the way…
Nice to see a challengepiece on nonvirtuel paper…
I think I´ll do that in the next challenge too.:bounce:
Culann
#21
Unfortunately, I don’t have a digital camera, but the scanner’ll do. I just need to scan it at a higher resolution. I will manage
About the non-virtual thing - well, it was certainly more practical for me, because my knowledge of digital painting is relatively limited, plus I’ve only got access to Paint Shop Pro 7. A nice program, but certainly no match for Painter and the like. And then there’s the fact that I’m working on some pieces for my portfolio, and this is good pratice. Let’s hear it for traditional media!..clears throat…'till the next update, then… 
Culann
#24
Another update.
I’m getting quite close to finishing it, it should just take a few more days. I haven’t worked that much on it over the last couple of days, thanks to the nefarious powers of the LOTR EE DVD 
But I’m back to ‘normal’ now, so…I will keep you posted on any progress.
Culann
#26
Update!
Gamoron: Well, there was a reference to the treasure he was hunting in the original text I wrote for the parchments in the background, but it got lost since I obviously couldn’t write the whole thing down when only parts of the pages were visible.:hmm: But I did include the important part of the treasure’s name. It’s one of the two CG Talk homage’s I included. Spot them all!
I’m nearing completion. All that remains to do is to brighten the aura around the angel, complete the third parchment and add a few more minor details.
Culann
#28
Alright, it’s finally finished!
Here it is, I’m quite proud of it.
Thanks for the supportive comments everyone!
Culann
#30
And here’s the ‘writing angel’. That’s it, unless anyone wants to see a close-up of the map, or something. I somehow doubt it…
Culann
#33
Well, I guess I won’t enter the next challenge, considering my entries always vegetate in the lower ranks of the voting site. It’s just doesn’t make sense to spend so much time on an entry which eventually gets about as much votes as a rough concept sketch. It was a nice practice opportunity though. :hmm:
jeroentje
#34
Don’t you think it’s fun just to participate? There is allways someone better (I never won :shrug: ) and you’re certainly not ending last… (I was last in the texturing challenge. Last out of 2. How deep can you sink?).
Would be too bad to loose you here. Specially because I think you’re getting better over the last months.
I did give you points btw.
Keep your head up, Jeroen