Spectacular 2D Entry: Jens Rasmussen

#14

Hi Gonzalo Golpe

Yeah that might actually be a neat idea, perhaps a slightly more side-view of the fish coming up from the deep with a view towards the surface where a ship is breaking up or something :slight_smile:
It would flip the scale of this other sketch and make it a bit more spectacular. Perhaps and old sailing ship - and them seeing of th the mythical sea creatures that there were so many stories about. Thanks for your ideas - will definetly be doing another couple of sketches before moving any further :thumbsup:

#15

A new idea - which i think is a bit more spectacular. A firing squad has dragged a man out in the forest to execute him, but recieves unexpected company. We don’t know if this will be the salvation of the man - but surely the odds have turned a bit!

#16

o boy do I love this concept, I think you’ll need to work a little to make a spectacular, but idea is there, very real, good luck dude, I love it :buttrock:

#17

My goodness you have been busy! You have so many ideas and they all seem great to me. I like the deep sea creatures idea the best because of their spectacular nature and their dynamic feel. I also like Gonzalo’s ideas too of adding a threatened submarine into the image.

#18

@Korline - Thanks, I’m thinking that this is the most “spectacular” one as well. It will need a lot of work and character studies as my figure skills will really be put to the test with the firing squad pretty close up. There also needs to be a lot more done to the environment, but hey it’s not called the Challenge for nothing :slight_smile:

@Lync - Thanks - yeah the number of concepts is also a reflection of how I’ve struggled with coming up with something that would fall properly into the spectacular theme.
I think i’m going with concept 5 rather than the deep-sea one. I tried out a couple of sketches with a submarine and the big deep-sea fish, but it didn’t really “click” - and I’ve seen quite a few deep sea themed sketches around now - not that it should deter anyone from amking another - but i struggled to make the deepsea scen more dynamic, but who knows - I may return to it if the other one falls apart :slight_smile:

[left]Thanks for the comments and good luck to you both![/left]

#19

Oh, I find this latest concept hilarious, I think you ought to have a dinosaur behind the bear and a jumbo jet behind the dinosaur and a meteor shower behind the jumbo jet and intergalactic despair behind the meteor shower…now that would be Spectacular!!!

Good luck! :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#20

@Rebeccak - Rotfl - yup - there might be a slight scaling issue - but that would indeed be spectacular!

Good luck to you too!

#21

Progressing with Concept 5 here.
Just examining some different stances for the firing squad. Considering that one of the soldiers should be lowering his rifles because he thought he heard something

#22

Well this HAS to be my last idea - have to start moving on. But here is a rough sketch of the idea. A Human cannonball is flying high above the fairground when an eagle mistakes him for a quick snack. I haven’t sketched in the background yet, but it will be high above the ground where you can see a cloud or two and the whole fairground below.

#23

Tried putting a few colours on. Basically everything needs a redraw and the ground needs a lot more detail. This was primarily to see if the ground level scale will work in terms of composition.

#24

I’m contemplating letting the eagle actually have gotten hold of the human cannonball instead. This could possible let the guys sprawl a bit more in mid-air and add some dynamics to the picture? Any comments on that?

#25

ok here comes some c&c… I think that all the ground staff (circus, etc) looks very good, it’s got the correct scale… The clouds are ok, but they are a bit like a line that crosses the pic horizontally…mmm…oh, and I don’t know if I could hold my arm up if I were a human cannonball…not to mention the finger… The eagle looks pretty good too, with all the feathers and all…

anyway, good luck with it! keep it up :thumbsup:

#26

@elmasfeo: Thanks. Yup the cannonball dude definetly needs a complete redraw. I think i’ll try and do a few sketchyes only of the eagle and the guy in various stages of entanglement :smiley:
I asl oplan to add more houses etc on the ground. Effectively, the entire ground section should depict a small villag once it is complete.
The clouds are a very quick ugly version with rendered clouds and some deletion - they need a rework too.
Thanks for comments - good luck with your own work!

#27

Perhaps the face of the human cannonball as the eagle sinks in his claws :slight_smile:

#28

Starting to sketch in the town below

#29

Heya, just thought I would drop by and offer a good luck to ya…

#30

Hey Darksuit - tanks and the same to you! Looking forward to seeing your stuff :thumbsup:

#31

Exploring different postures and rates of entaglement for the human cannonball and the eagle. These are just quick pencil sketches scanned in.

#32

nice sketches, but I like more the deepsea creature…

good luck:thumbsup:

#33

Hey Ducklator - thanks. Well its ain’t over yet - I might try and get them both worked up to a certain standard and then decide which one to complete :smiley:

My main problem with the deepsea idea was that it lacked some dynamics, and as far as I get it, the theme “Spectacular” leans quite a lot towards an action scene or a very dynamic picture.

But hey - I could be totally and utterly wrong here :bounce: