Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: Alexandra Ciolac

#2

Hi fellow challengers! :wavey:
I have skipped the last challenge, but this one is too good to miss.

I am a 3d person, and have never done any painting or drawing. But I have been so inspired by what I have seen you guys are doing on these challenges, that for the Illustration I am actually thinking to attempt doing it (mostly) in 2d! I am actually going to participate in the video category as a part of the team, mostly as a TD, and will have chance to do my share of 3d too.

So I will do my best, even though I am not sure anything remotely good is going to come out of this :). And I will appreciate very much all the help you guys can give me, thanks in advance!!!

#3

And here comes the concept I have chosen for now (that can still change):

Samson and Delilah

It doesn’t look like a steampunk yet, but the idea is that Samson’s hair will be of thin pipes and wires that connect to various parts of his body, body armor and machinery on his back. The scissors Delilah has in her hand will be also steam powered.

He has opened to her so much, that he allows her to take the protective armored plates off his hair…

I have used about 7 different ref photographs to get the poses I wanted…

My main concern here is the composition and poses that would tell the story the best way.
I want to learn as much as possible about working with 2d media, so don’t hold back and please criticise :slight_smile:

#4

Glad to see you back for this one. I love the description of your concept, I think this will be lovely to watch it come to life.

#5

Great idea, and surely a great topic, I like your 3D portfolio, I’m curious to watch your 2D wip. May be you could start with a 2D “dummy” with kind of poser character to do this more easly ?

#6

Hey Musi :smiley:

Cool that you joined to the challenge :smiley: we miss you in the “Uplift”.

Like a lot your first idea about Sanson´s hair, very original with great potential. Good luck my friend and waiting for more updates on your concept :slight_smile:

#7

Ivy00
Hi Linda! Glad to see you too, and thanks for welcoming :slight_smile:

   [b]DeeVad[/b]

David, thanks! When you say "a 2D “dummy” do you mean a dummy character in 3d, pose it and then paint over it? That would be sure much easier for me. Or did you mean some 2d trickery :wink:

   [b]Ferx[/b]
   Fernando, glad you are here! I will do my best (which is not too much when it comes to 2d :shrug:)
#8

I mean a 3D character posed with some main object as guide line as I used in this painting ( I posted a WIP in the comments ) >> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=672547
This technique can be good to pose the characters with a simple front view and after find a good point of view to add some drama. Can ba a good base too if you want to look how react some light & shadows as documentation.

#9

Thanks David, it’s a great idea, and it’s going to be my next step. I can see all the benefits of it. (Hope not to jump off the truck and end up doing 3d again :blush:).
Thanks a lot for a tip!!!

#10

I find your concept interesting because it’s the first time I hear about samson and delilah…
Looking forward to seeing your development :slight_smile:

#11

i found you! :bounce: hehehe :smiley:
this sure looks very intriguing! love, pain and mechanics all in one!

btw … i know you’ll require it later … but just to give you some more ideas about metals n stuff … you can check out brass objects for their reflection, texture and color … that way working on a background/composition will help you in some way …

http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&q=brass&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

good luck my friend! :thumbsup:

#12

Jassar, thanks! I will do my best :slight_smile:

nwiz25 Neville, my friend, thank you! It does help to look at those metal-brass things, gives the feel and mood for inspiration, puts one in the right state of mind :slight_smile:

I am in the process of preparing the dummy 3d characters for experimenting with poses and composition.

#13

Hey Alexandra.
It looks really cool. Great concept :slight_smile:

Held og lykke :wink:

#14

I didn’t see you entered :slight_smile: Good luck.

#15

doffer
Thank you, or should I say TAK :slight_smile:

MartinNielsen
Thanks, Martin!
It dosn’t look like much yet… I am almost done with my dummy characters - just some skining left on female, and soon will start posing them.

#16

Thanks for the comment, wow your going for both image and video, have to see what you do in the movie section, great concept, I will keep an eye on this section, good luck and have fun!

Cheers,

Rupy

Steampunk (illustration)

#17

hi.Best of luck buddy. would keep in touch with ur thread:thumbsup:

#18

Rupy and nandlaskar, thanks for the interest you have shown, even though it’s a bit quiet here at the moment :slight_smile:
Appreciate your kind words…

#19

Here my dummy characters with very basic rigging and skinning (figures are some free models given by 3D World magazine).

My main concern here is the composition and poses. On the left - only posed figures, on the right - sketch of what to come over them.
I have also added some basic lights - just to indicate the color and direction of lights.

All comments are welcome, so please go crazy and pick on anything you see out of place, or anything that can improve composition and poses :slight_smile:

P.S. small details like hand poses are not there yet - need to get the “big things” playing properly first :slight_smile: And body proportions will change too - these are just dummies :slight_smile:

#20

Good work, and good placement of your 3D “dummy”.
If you want to keep the blueish light of the scene ; be carrefull of the yellow of the hair : too much of saturation in it and this color keep all viewer attention.

#21

Hi David,

You are too kind to me - looking at it after some hours I can see it looks like crap :slight_smile:
I should be keeping myself only to poses at this stage - minus any kind of lighting attempts or such, or sketching over it.

I want to know how you 2d minded people are working with composition. In what terms do you think, how do you see the image from compositional point of view, how do you decide the perspective? What kind of lines do you see inside the image?
I am a 3d technical person, I know how to do those technically difficult tasks… And I want to learn how do you create a good looking image…

Thanks!