Ian Dold has entered the Machineflesh 3D Challenge.
Machineflesh 3D Challenge Entry: Ian Dold
Spindle
#2
This is officially my first challenege, or W.I.P for that matter. Right now Im thinking of going with a female character who is pregnant, but she has a transparent abodmen/uterus fitted so we can see the fetus developing. She and the baby will have sewn over eyes with a mechanical ‘third eye’ implanted, and there would be technical procedures being performed on the baby in the uterus, maybe having its eyes removed at the time. Im thinkinking she might be a ‘surogate’ mother who takes the job in society of baring other peoples children.
I am not fully certain if I will go with this idea becuase I have one or two others.
I will post some concept drawing soon, but in the meantime I would love to hear your thoughts about the idea. Should I go with it?
Im also thinking about a strong male character who has been enhanced with coal driven mechanics. His role in society is to be a 'work horse’so the mechanics are purely to enhance his strength so he can pull heavy objects like tracters to plow fields etc… The mechanical elements would be very low-tech an would be reminicent of a 20’s steam engine.
sugestions are welcome…
Personally, I would rather see the coal driven mechanics of a
steam-powered man (or woman). I’m just prone to the rustic
imagery of gears and pullies, steam and smoke. It’s also not an
entirely common thing so see incorporated into a “cyborg” type of
character. I’d be very interested in seeing how that would turn
out.
Spindle
#6
Thanks for the input guys. Here are some rough sketches, I dont think they are quite ‘concept art’ yet, Im still just at the very rough idea stage.
I haven’t drawn the lower half of the body yet. I just want to get a general idea first before I go into other details, just so I can decide if I like the idea or not.
Spindle
#7
These next ones are quick scetches Ive done of the pregnant woman idea. In the second pic she is not pregnant, in this one I was just playing with the look of the head. I havnt drawn one with more detail yet, but I will soon…
I guess the hardest thing is deciding upon an idea in the beginning :hmm:
Ive had other basic ideas; maybe some sort of creature who has been adapted to live under water? Another idea I’ve had a long time ago is a man with ropes/chains tied to his ribs, slowly tearing him apart. I suppose this might be a good time to work on that one, but at the moment I am more in the mood to work on a character who has the machinery as a part of him/her rather than something there just for the purposes of torture…
Seven
#8
Oh Spindle go for the steam idea, its a million times more original and interesting than another female.
The second steam idea, this one:
http://www.eftel.com.au/~canny/MachineFlesh_Man_02.JPG
… looks really interesting to me. I lov it. Go for that
hehe
Spindle
#11
i think I agree. Even though I truely love that first drawing of the pregnant girl.
shot Cullen, I like that idea to, but maybe I’ll leave that for a different challenge/personal work.
Come on, update hehe
Ive come up with a concept wich is quite different to the 1st two, I’ll upload a pic when I get home today…
Seven, I hope you will like the new concept as much as the other one, if not I may go back to that one, but I’ll see…
RRrrr, deciding is so hard, I like the pregnant girl, except I dont feel there is enough mechanical elements in it. Maybe if she is all machine (olden day style) except for the fetus inside? I dont know, I just need to stop coming up with different ideas, and decide on one direction… :hmm:
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