Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Erik Hallberg

#1

Erik Hallberg is entered in the “Strange Behavior Challenge” update: View Challenge Page

Latest Update: Line Art or Model: Full body of “man”

#2

ok…you go to the Strange Behavior home page and there is: submit entry…
good luck on this challenge! :thumbsup:

#3

Thank you very much!! :smiley: Good luck to you too!

#4

This is my first concept that I came up with. It’s simply a bunch of kids sitting in the sanbox eating sand, like kids do, and also a man eating sand… Well, I don’t know, what do you think?

#5

An adult man playing like a litte child? whats strange about that :smiley:

#6

Haha, yeah… Guess that’s right :smiley: That’s why I made him eat sand… :wink: Think it’ll be more obvious when I finnish up their faces. Well, anyways I’m not completly sold about the idea but it’s the only one that i’ve come up with… Thanks for the comment anyways! :wink:

#7

Ok… Hope this one is a little better then the last one at least. This is the famous painting by Michelangelo with a few changes. In my version man is looking at TV and ignores God. Guess some of you get the messege… I am by no means religious but I’ve been thinking of creating this in 3d for a while and now is my chance! I hope that no one is offended by this… Am I even allowed to make a “re-painting” like this?

#8

I really like your last idea, but I wouldn’t have understand that he was watching TV without your description (which is somewhat understandable I guess since this is just a basic layout). I’d suggest however that if you don’t include the TV in the screen, then make the remote clearly visible in his hand.

And I’m no expert, but I don’t think there would be any copyright problem with this illustration since you’re more caricaturing an idea than stealing it.

Anyway, good luck for this challenge! :slight_smile:

#9

Thank you! :slight_smile: Yeah, I noticed that it was a bit hard to understand about the TV in that picture and that’s why I wrote it down :wink:

I wasn’t thinking so much about the copyright issue as about the rules for the competition… Can I “take” a work like this…?

#10

Well, I don’t really see why you couldn’t. The rule is to follow the topic, and this illustration is definitely not showing what you would expect it to.

Here’s an idea : you could back up the camera so that we see the painting hanged on a wall of a museum, with people watching it like if it’s actually perfectly normal.

#11

Okej… Two hours ago I was sure I was going to go with this but now I’m having doubts about it… Making it a painting and then start to model the people around the painting is really alot of work… :confused: Guess I’ll just start to model it and see where it goes, eh?

#12

You’re right, being too ambitious can be a pain sometimes. :slight_smile: Just the painting itself is a good idea on its own, anyway, so I’d say go with it. You can always do a museum environnement later if you realise you got enough time.

#13

Yeah, thanks:) I’ve started to model the head of the man… I’ll post it in just a few seconds!! :wink:

#14

As I said… Mans head. Still symetry on face so I havn’t started to work on the whole emotionell aspect of it. Thought it would be nice to have some crits. on it anyway, I am going for some simularity with the original.

#15

Nothing much has changed. Just thought I might hear with you guys about how I’ll go on with the body, will I make it realistic (boring?) or semireal (could work right?) or just cartoon the hell out of it (…?)?? :smiley: I don’t want to go “overreal” but I’d still like to have good resemblence to the original. So… WHAT SAY YOU!?

#16

Nice model, but the shoulders are far too small and pointy, and they seem too far out into the arm.

#17

I agree with drewfarr about the shoulders. The transition between the trapezius and the deltoid should be a bit more smooth, even with the arms raised like that. And I would suggest you make his arms bigger, for he got a very proeminent jaw with suggest strong muscles. But you did a good job on the head, I really like it. :slight_smile:

#18

Todays “so far” update on the body. I havn’t started on the back so if he looks to thin from the side it’s simply because he is missing his back! :wink: What do you think? Bigger arms? Shorter arms?

#19

drewfarr: Thanks for you comment! :thumbsup:

Frotze: Thank you, is the shoulder looking better now?

#20

Yup, shoulders work for me. Wrists could be little bit bigger I think, but otherwise he looks very good. :slight_smile: Will you make him naked, or will he be wearing some sort of modern clothes?