Open Figure Drawing Workshop 019 - The Awakening of the Underground Giant

#41

First WIP image. Suggestions are highly appreciated :slight_smile:

#42

:smiley: Itā€™s great to see all the different ideas people have! So much creativity is in the (digital) air!

Mu: Great start to the thread! Itā€™s quite striking, keeps you looking at it. :slight_smile:

Corvax: Interesting concept! Really looks underGROUND. :wink:

danielh68: The ā€˜littleā€™ people seem like theyā€™re in troubleā€¦ your giant looks ready for some house-breaking acting, if Iā€™m not mistaken.

MechaHateChimp: To the contrary, I think he does, even though there isnā€™t anything to compare him to. Itā€™s there in the way he seems to move - makes him look big all in itself.

xiannc: The expressions the characters are developing in yours are priceless! Thereā€™s a lot of life in this already. :slight_smile:

SaraD: I love where that is going! Definitely a lot of feeling there. ^^ Keep at it!

Kencho: Powerful composition! Looking forward to see where youā€™re taking this. And on the WIP, his waist could be a little thinner, donā€™t you think? It seemed more balanced in your first sketch. :slight_smile:

NR43: Itā€™s not just you, itā€™s acting up for me too, though not so much at the moment. Could have to do with the amount of people around, I suppose.

MasterPete: xD That is so hilarious! She looks like sheā€™s seen a bugā€¦ Which, I guess, she has, in a way. :wink: Love it!

SpiritDreamer: Ooh, that sounds interesting! How are you going to go about it? All-3D or something else?

[Boy, that was a lot of usernames to type thereā€¦ if I misspelled any, sorry!]

And noow, time for my first real post hereā€¦ with pictures!

STEP 1: The first concept sketch, which I abandoned, and then got back to, evolving it intoā€¦
STEP 2: ā€¦this. At this point I think Iā€™ve got my main elements there, and I changed her pose around to something a little more believeable.
STEP 3: The above, with colours because I wanted to see what the feeling would be like if I picked colours somewhat like those in my first concept. It ended up a lot darker in the end, though.

After this step Iā€™m most likely going to go grayscale pretty soon, because I want to keep the values straightā€¦ and because I canā€™t quite decide on the colours quite yet. Also, the giant(ess) is going to get some (modern) underground-inspired costume design. :slight_smile: Anyway, feel free to c&c as much as you like. ^^

#43

Vilhelmina the colors of step1 are really nice, giving that morning mood. Me Likes that! It occured to me that when stretching out as I am awakening, I usually do so with both arms.

Kencho simular pose, one arm stretched, one hand behind the head, feels awkward, but looks nice :slight_smile:

SpiritDreamer Thatā€™s deep!

MasterPete lol thatā€™s a funny one

xiannc sheā€™s gonna bite his ear? woops, better run hehe

Got a bit of a problem choosing which road to go so Iā€™m counting on you peepz to tell me which one you like bestā€¦

Very basic sketches but you get the ideaā€¦
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2.

3.

1.I like that one but isnā€™t it a bit too clichĆ©?
2. actually made up a nice story about an feary asking a giant to help her human friends because the dam is about to pop and letting the water from the lake onto the village. I would have to make the giant more ā€œundergroundā€ and all but I kinda like the story :slight_smile:
3. I was sketching without thinking and suddenly I remembered Gulliver lol

So, what yā€™all rekon? 1, 2 or shall I start sketching again?

#44

NR43:

Thanks! I actually prefer the colours from step 1 too. In the end Iā€™ll probably end up at some sort of compromise between 1 and 3, colour-wise. Seeing as itā€™s an underground setting, Iā€™ll probably put an artificial morning sun or something like that. And thatā€™s interesting with the arms, because I actually stretch my arms one at a time when I wake up, pretty much like in my picture (xD; I tested itā€¦). I guess we all do things different ways.

As for your sketches, I personally prefer the second one. The story got me. :wink:

#45

Hi everyone,

Great to see your sketches so far! My main suggestion is to do a number of small, fast, gestural and blocky sketches just to get the feel for composition ~ donā€™t think about details, just go for breaking up space with light and dark areas, and think on a subconcious level.

Iā€™ve posted some References for Inspiration in Post #2 here:

Inspiration

Please feel free to post your own Inspirational Reference, and Iā€™ll add links to that post. :slight_smile:

Keep concepting!

Remember that the giant does NOT have to be human! :slight_smile: It can be a creature, beast, some hybrid of man and beast, etc.

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#46

Here is my beginning sketch. I had a pretty good idea what I wanted before I started, so this will probably be what I go with.

After 1000s of years the giant awakes, to find that built above him was a grave-yard, how ironic the giant thought.

The goth chick went to the graveyard on the wrong night.

I think I am going to drop the moon down lower, and crop the image, go for more of a wide screen view.

#47

Kencho maybe make his shoulders and pecks larger, or reduce the ribs and torso. To get more of a V shape.

#48

Moving along, cropped like I said and lowered the moon. Laying down a color scheme, so far I like it. Any ideas?

#49

architectus,

One thing I would suggest is expanding your canvas size so that the action is not squarely centered in the middle. Make some small sketches that are just b/w to just play with compositional ideas. You donā€™t have to lock down on a particular one soon, just experiment and you will likely spark more concepts which you can then integrate with this one. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#50

architectus: Your piece is turning out really dramatic! She really did pick the wrong night didnā€™t sheā€¦ Iā€™d make the colour scheme a little darker, if it was up to me, to give it a more nightlike feel. :slight_smile:

Update on mine:

The lightbulb is representing something else, though at the moment, I havenā€™t decided what itā€™s going to look like. In any case, this picture shows more of where Iā€™m aiming than the ones I posted earlier. Yay, (some kind of) progress! :wink: I still didnā€™t get around to her clothing, though, because I want to make sure I get the figure right first. And she will have a hairdo, too. Later. xD

#51

Whoa there already is a lot of amazing WIP. Iā€™m new to all this but I hope to be joining soon. I canā€™t think of anything right now and Iā€™m off to class. Maybe tomarrow I can contribute some work. Keep up the good work everyone.

#52

Lots of Interesting Interpetations! Here is mine!

#53

I work pretty fast, It is just the way I must paint, or I will never finish.

Working on modeling the giant some. I think the colors are pretty much set now.

#54

I work pretty fast, It is just the way I must paint, or I will never finish.

Working on modeling the giant some. I think the colors are pretty much set now.

rebeccak, yeah that is why I moved the moon down, but there is not much negative space is there. Maybe I should have added more space to the left, oh well, I will end up doing another one I am sure.

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#55

decided to try something on my 2nd conceptā€¦
will have redo it tomorrow as there are loads of things I donā€™t like (cave too small, giant pose, faery, village,ā€¦)

Iā€™m open for suggestions on composition and colorā€¦

architectus comin along nicely
Thomasphoenix wow very dynamic! maybe make him even more threatening with a more extreme facial expressionā€¦
Vilhelmina curious what youā€™ll do with the lighting

well Iā€™m calling it quits for todayā€¦

#56

Quick questionā€¦

Is it acceptable to use, as reference, a stock photo THAT I HAVE PURCHASED?

Just wondering.

#57

thomasphenix I like what you got going on there, nice colors. He looks like he woke up a tad angry. Maybe he was uncomfurtable, or was confurtable and did not want to wake up.

#58

Originally posted by botched: Quick questionā€¦

Is it acceptable to use, as reference, a stock photo THAT I HAVE PURCHASED?

Just wondering.

botched, you are most welcome to use any Reference which you yourself own, or which you have permission to use. :slight_smile:

However, as Iā€™m sure you know, reference from sites other than free / copyright free sites such as www.characterdesigns.com may NOT be used without the permission of the copyright holder.

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#59

Okay I am done with this one for now, not sure I will update it anymore, I will work on some sketches for new ideas maybe.

I worked on this piece with my monitor at 60 brightness and 60 contrast, so you might need to turn monitor down to see it how I do.

oops I went to edit one of my other post and I accidently quoted it, sorry about that

#60

Great workshop idea RebeccaK! If I find some spare time myself and an good idea, then Iā€™ll join this one as well. 3D then of course ! :slight_smile:

Erik