Machineflesh 2D Challenge Entry: Jason Chan

#1

Jason Chan has entered the Machineflesh 2D Challenge.

#2

I have an idea cooking… but I’m not sure yet. For now, I’ll just say it involves demon gods, virgin sacrifices, and of course machines. I’ll post something when I flesh it out a little more in my head. ***Edit: actually, it doesn’t have to do with any of that anymore :stuck_out_tongue:

#3

Just fleshing out my idea. Basically the woman is the tortured goddess and the larger figure that she is attached to is the tortured soul. The tortured soul’s brain can be seen where the head would be, and the cables coming out of it attach into the goddess’ spinal collumn so that he can control her body at will as well as feed off of her suffering. He has left the original flesh of his hands intact so that he can still touch and feal - for either pain or pleasure. The manacles that find the goddess’ arms are attached to chains that can be extended or contracted by the Tortured soul’s will.

#4

I’m a fan of your work, good luck! It seems very good!!

#5

Here’s the background story behind my concept. This is just the rough version of the story. I may refine it later.

[I]There was once a land that time has long since forgotten.
In this land lived the goddess Ai, and under her gaze, the people were happy.
She said unto the people that every man and every woman would know love and happiness. And so it was that every man and woman found true love and happiness.
That is, all save one.
It so happened that there was one more man in this land than there were women.
And this man was alone.
Grieved, he decided to seek out the goddess and ask for her guidence. For fifty two days and nights he traveled in search of her temple and on the fifty second night, he had found it.
Upon entering the temple, he laid his mortal eyes on the goddess. Her beauty was so great that it made his heart weep and his eyes burn. He fell to his knees and begged to the goddess. “Oh, my goddess so fair, why have I been forsaken the love that my brothers enjoy?”
The goddess simply smiled and his heart was warm. Her love, the love of a goddess for one of her children, filled him to the core and he wept.
“I love you, my goddess,” the man confessed. “Please accept my love and let me stay by your side.”
The goddess smiled again. “You are one of my children, and I love you,” she said soothingly to the man, “but you are but a mortal and I a goddess. Love of the nature you speek can only exist between man and woman, or god and goddess.
This pained the man and a crack appeared on his heart.
The man, driven by love did the impossible and crafted for himself a body of steel. He became impossibly strong, nearly impervious to pain, and immortal. “I have made myself a god,” he told himself, " and now the goddess shall be mine.”
Upon entering the temple for the second time, the man spoke. “My goddess, I have returned and my love for you has made me a god. Behold my immortal strength, my steel skin, and my endless life.”
But the goddess only frowned when she looked upon the man. “You are not a god, my child.” She touched the man’s cold metal arm. “You have become a monster neither god nor human. And I cannot love you for this.”
The crack within the man’s heart grew and grew and finally his heart shattered.
Consumed with furry and anguish, the creature that was once a man captured the goddess and vowed “If you will not give me the happiness that my brothers have, then I will make you take that happiness from them instead.”
His humanity lost, the monster butchered the once beautiful goddess and made her a part of his steel body. All the while she wept, not for herself, but for the anguish of this monster. Now of one body, the monster and the goddess were set loose on the land. The monster attacked village after village, murdering, raping and plundering. All the while the goddess cried for her children as she saw her own monsterous body desecrate her beloved people.

And so it was that Love and Despair became one.[/I]

#6

great stuff:thumbsup:

good luck with this and :beer:

#7

I really dig your concept. Good luck with it.

:buttrock:
marcin

#8

looking good! nice and thorough background story and very interesting/original design. good luck with this, man!

#9

I love the concept. Before I read your concept I was thinking it was some mecha that fed off human energy and perhaps used the human’s brain power. Your description takes it way beyond and I will definitely be following your thread to see where you take this wonderful idea.

David

#10

I am liking it so far :thumbsup:

#11

If she is a tortured goddess of some sort, maybe you should make her look more like a goddess instead of a slave girl.

An interesting concept you have there, but if that ‘monster’ is a man, combined with this goddess, the sketch doesn’t look like it. Adding the man’s wrathful, anguish-filled face probably will do the trick?

#12

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

Haven: At first, I actually had an idea similar to that. I thought it seemed kind of generic though, so I kept asking “why would it need to do that?” Somehow I ended up here…

Jeromoo: you bring up a lot of good points. I was asking my roommate for advice on the whole goddess thing after I posted my first sketches. I want her to look like a goddess, yet also look tortured and defeated. Pretty much a slave goddess, I guess. Any ideas on how to do this? Including the man’s face is a good idea too. I’m picturing it maybe below his brain. I’ll have to make some sketches of this and see how it looks.

#13

Impressive story… I did take a moment after reading it to absorbe your deep philosophy and to shater the sadness. Good luck with your work and I wait to see some more detailed sketches.

#14

sounds promising.
I definetly like the girls despaired expression
very lifelike. It has an anime feel to it.

m.

#15

Great concept, the girls expression is fantastic, you really want to help her out. Great skill with the pencil, will be waiting for the next installment.

#16

Exploring the idea of giving the monster a face.

What do you guys think of this idea? Should I give him a face or leave him with just his brain?

#17

the face in bottom left…its awesome! Go with that one…I love this concept. Are you only doing it as a 2d drawing…cause I’d love to see it realised in 3d…just simply awesome.

Spirit2029

#18

Thanks. That one’s my favorite too. And yes, I’m only doing this as 2D. It’d be cool to see in 3D, but I don’t have any 3D programs… :shrug:

#19

Originally posted by Spirit2029
the face in bottom left…its awesome! Go with that one…I love this concept.

I have to second that. Awsome…:thumbsup:
And by the way: Mmmmmmmmmmh…brain:drool:

Cheerz

Tommy Lee

#20

Very impressive characters !
i stay tuned with your concept.

:thumbsup: