Spectacular 2D Entry: Scott Valentine

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Latest Update: Concept Sketch: Nuclear Shadow - 003

#2

Concept: when a nuclear bomb goes off, there is a phenomenon known as a nuclear shadow. Essentially what happens is part of the energy in front of the shockwave can cause things to bleach due to severe exposure… sort of like leaving something in the sun too long. In a nuclear explosion, that happens almost instantly, and can leave shadows.

In this case, I wanted to capture a scene that might be investigated long after the event. The silhouette is of a little girl who was playing in her yard at the moment of the explosion.

#3

I know it’s still early, but… better too early than late :wink:

I think the house should be more demolished. The doll should be in pretty bad shape as well.
I like you’re topic, a tutchy, dramatical kind of spectacular. Keep it up

#4

Reworking the concept to include more of the story. Showing the house a bit more, and implying the destruction with more reference. Still just a quick concept.

#5

Thanks, Valentina! Does this help the concept out a bit? It’s so easy to get lost in the mind’s focus of an idea, and forget that there needs to be some context.

#6

thinking more about adding a scene in silhouette that tells more of a snapshot story… elements captured on the broken wall are long since gone, but the untouched evidence remains on the ground.

wonder if the girl is too large for the scene?

also, I’m trying to compose so that the girl would have been in an interesting location, sort of like if a photo had been taken of her playing in the yard.

#7

…and perspective, it turns out, is kicking my ass in this piece. I’m in over my head, but loving the challenge!

#8

nice sketches… keep it up man:thumbsup:

#9

Then maybe you could have her in a mid-air pose, like she was skipping at the moment of the pulse.

#10

hey now… that’s a pretty good idea. I played with having her standing, watching the blast, but the point is she would never have known about it at this distance. I’m hoping the viewer will not get everything all at once, but instead have a dawning realization of what happened. I think your suggestion might help that along. Thanks very much!

#11

I like your concept, I think you need to work on the perspective a bit, kind like you would look down but also could see horizon, cause right now the image is closed,
have fun :slight_smile:

#12

yeah, I keep feeling like I should pull back, but I’m afraid of losing impact with the shadow… I guess I should just lay down a bunch of variations and see what feels best.

#13

good concept… good luck.

#14

Deep concept man. Hard to pull off. Kinda like a flash off a camera from hell went off on the girl or something. You got very little things to work with man. I agree with Korline about widening the view, showing some horizon. Dont focus the view too much on the girl or most of us will miss the concept of a nuclear going off. Why not show a whole landscape of a pulverized town with the flash going off on some other things in the distant? And just leave the wall where the girl’s silhoutte is in the foreground of the pic to maintain focus on that. And a further suggestion: why not have some kinda new bomb that only pulverizes organic material go off in the scene? You know, kinda like what happened in War of the Worlds. That way, you can leave the girl’s teddy bear as well as her clothes and stuff intact… I like your concept man. Keep thinking.

#15

yo Imo, you can do it
check your perspective, ok, for viewer, it’s in our dumb ass brains, just the indication of something make us think, the same with drawing, you need to grab your viewer had and drag trough the pic you give the directions, loosen up those lines, actual drawing is just the motor skill, anybody can do it, some practice more some less, what’s important is ur imagination, that is hard to find,when you have min check this place www. goodbrush.com
he is awsome

:thumbsup:

#16

Thanks for the input, Korline and ahbeejieh. I’m trying to refine the concept a bit, and build more of a story. The more I think about the circumstance, the more of the image comes to mind. It’s still kind tough to combine the feeling of widescale destruction, but have the shadow as a focal point. I’ll have something new in a day or two - gotta work out the perspective so it allows for all the elements.

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