FXWARS SUPERPOWERS CONCEPT ART

#21

Ok here is a quick recap…

Why we need help?
We will be doing some concept art /storyboards for an uncoming fxwars challenge.
Becuase of the extreme complexity of the challenge I wan to provide some pre-production artwork to all participants to help them & inspire them.

WHAT IS THE FXWARS?

FXWARS is our ongoing visual effect challenges of the CGTALK forum. The idea is to PUSH what can be done in terms of visuals.
Click here for some cool eye candy: FXWARS Forum

We have done 11 challenges so far.

Ok what is the challenge about?

Well the participants will be able to do a fx sequence based on the idea of Superpowers.
The FX sequence requires that the “hero” character be a live action character.

The type of entry will be either
[ul]
[li]SINGLE SHOT[/li][li]FULL SEQUENCE[/li][/ul]All the work will be based on the following topics:
[ul]
[li]Grudgematch (Super power fight)[/li][li]Rescue me[/li][li]Heist[/li][li]Super power gags (Imagine a shot of a guy using his super power, like lifting a car, superpunch etc) This type of entry is perfect for Single shots[/li][/ul]Some ground rules:
[ul]
[li]NO COSTUMES (Good God no), we dont need another Star Wars kid >>LINK<<[/li][li]No established characters.[/li][li]And to keep our sanity the the superpowers should be picked from this list:[/li][/ul][ol]
[li][left]Flight [/left][/li][li]Power Ring[/li][li]Super Strenght[/li][li]Super Speed[/li][li]Stretching[/li][li]Enegery Blast (extra points if you use Kirby dots)[/li][li]Electricity based power[/li][li]Magnetism[/li][li]Invulnerability[/li][li]Ice Powers[/li][/ol]
[ul]
[li]The sequences would be made with live action with visual effects.[/li][li]if you are doing a storyboard, keep in mind that people might use your boards for filming.[/li][/ul]Ok what can I do now?
Well we are giving a LOT of leeway for artists & concepts artists to post concept art/ storyboards based on the aftermentioned rules .

If you have an idea for a sequence or some concept art post it on this thread. I will later post some possible scenarios…
My advice, KEEP IT SIMPLE

So
if you are interested, Post it here
if you have already some sketches, Post it here
if you have already some REAL WORLD costume design, Post it here
if you have already some Concept art, Post it here

-R

#22

Here is our first entry…

eliseu gouveia a very talented comic book artist has done some very nice storyboards…

The Jar

the Heist

The Brute

#23

25 Minutes Painter IX

Something along these lines Roberto?

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#24

LOL!
AWESOME .
Yep!

-R

#25

Hopefully your getting some PMs with cool storyboards. I only say this since there hasn’t been any movement on this topic in the last couple of days. Will see if i can do another one for ya Roberto.

Think people may be waiting for a go signal of some sort.

#26

Well we will go live on next week.
I will be presenting these concepts and ideas to the people next week.

So if you guys have any cool superpower you would like to see presented, this is your chance.

Darksuit BTW go crazy my man…
_R

#27

Painter IX 30 Minutes

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#28

WOW those ideas are great!

Ill post the official logo for the project tonight…

-R

#29

Thanks Roberto…
the Power outage came to me, as i was driving the other day…
I could just see all the cheer and this poor guy not being able to cheer becuase he was keeping the TV going so everyone could watch the game… and here you had all these super heros being more intrested in the soccer game than fixing the power. At least thats the story in my mind.

#30

Ok here are a couple of templates for storyboards

http://www.easternlincs.org/Storyboard%20Template.pdf#search=‘storyboard%20template%20animation’
http://hhh.gavilan.edu/rbeede/DM113DAVWeb/Storyboard_template.jpg
http://www.norman.k12.ok.us/092/techscope/storyboard2.gif
http://www.fairfield.k12.ct.us/develop/cdevelop08/storyb2.gif

-R

#31

As promised:

#32

And here is another storyboard…

#33

cool storyboards. but…what’s the deal on the concept art? functional character design, or is it more arty/glossy stuff with action etc.? sorry for all the questions.

#34

Imagine this project like a mini commercial with visual fx.
It means we need to provide the “filmakers” with art assets so they can do their job.

Well the idea of this thread is for us to function as a art department working on a about superpowers.

BTW Well the logo design is for internal advertisement.
-R

#35

Basically, we’re just looking for a bit of a blueprint for this challenge. The topic is so far-ranging, that it’d be nice to narrow it down a bit. These boards just have to clearly show what action is going on in the scene.

Stuff we’ll be taking into account (cause we’ll be filming some of these):

  1. Camera angles/framing – make em interesting, but doable
  2. Number of characters – Not too many, please
  3. Does it tell a story?
  4. How difficult is it going to be to shoot?
  5. How difficult is it going to be to do the effects?

Stay away from character design, because god knows who we’re going to get to play these roles for the shoot. The part of beautiful D-cup heroine may be played by not-so-beautiful D-cup JimBob from next door. We’re aiming for more shot design than character design. If you think a very specific environment is integral to your gag, I guess toss that in, but doing an entirely CG environment is going to ratchet up the difficulty, and probably make the feasibility of that entry pretty low (we’d likely need to get a greenscreen).

The boards y’all have put up so far are cool, and interesting, and I like them. I think in general the ones shown so far are pretty appropriate, difficulty-wise. The electricity one could even stand to have another small gag, I think.

Anyways, I love what I’m seeing, thanks all of you for helping out. :slight_smile:

#36

Bone,
I take it your talking about my Power Outage Gag… I am sure that another gag could be worked in…

Going to see if i can squeeze out 1 or 2 more storyboards between now and friday. Any feedback is always welcome. Keep in mind i am doing these rather quickly. So i don’t expect them to be very tight. If there is one in particular that someone wants me to tighten up send me a PM and I will happily tighten it up and add detail (shot wise) and such. At the moment i am working more on getting the intial ideas out. =)

–Darksuit

#37

Here is another gag…

#38

here is another one

#39

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This is a bug flying and he sees a huge sandwich, ,when he tried to get it he was hit by a thwack…he got mad which brought out his super strength…in the end he got the sandwich and is twirling his assailant in the air

Im sure I will get better in time…Im getting ready for a big move across the country…but I wanted to post this since I was able to put it on photobucket. I know its late
Pamyla

#40

Two more storyboards…