Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Stephan Theunissen

#21

hey theuni, good to see you back in another challenge!
this last concept can look very good with all the snow and ice, and with the light coming from the volcano, the moon and the lamp at the same time…
good luck!

#22

Some minor updates on the composition and the light situation. Also added some more workers to vitalize the scene a bit more.

I have to add that I`m already getting bored with this GW idea of mine :wink: So most probably I will head for a more funny idea…

#23

I´m still racking my brain for a adequate idea. So here´s something more funny based on a daily sketch of mine…

#24

Subscribed thread ! It has got interesting concepts !

#25

Oh, that’s a turn in concept! I like the last one, sweet - but I think your global warming theme was perhaps more interesting. Are you going fully 2d this time or will you do it in 3d?

#26

Finally I think I had a pretty funny idea :wink: Well let`s see how much more there will be until the final image upload but this one I really like…

Odysseus and his men escaping from the Cyclops Cave by the assistance of a goat herd.

The quit intelligent and from history falsified described Cyclop named Polyphem just observes this STRANGE BEHAVIOUR as his goats are hauling themselve to death under the weight of Odysseus and his men trieng to escape from the cave.

Here are the first few brush strokes on this idea… just some basic composition…

#27

nice, interesting turn in your work! Like it! The man with the turtle is a cute idea an my personal favourit - whereas I´m curious about how the odysseus theme will develop.

Keep it up!

#28

Hey, that’s a good idea you got there, and it would definitely bear it’s Strange Behaviour title perfectly. But I think you’re composition could benefit from being more on the “side” of either the cyclop or the escapers, so that we immediatly understand what’s it’s all about, and overall to make it a bit more dynamic. For example, you could put the camera lower to the ground, closer to Odysseus and his men, with the giant cyclop blocking the sunlight and looking at them like they’re complete retarded, or inversly we could be somewhat more behind Polyphem, with the men embarassed to be found in this compromising situation.

Anyway, good luck with this challenge! I’m sure you’ll pull this out wonderfully. :slight_smile:

#29

@elmasfeo, thx pal for visiting my contribution to this crazy challenge :slight_smile:

@CyborgJA, thx & cheers

@Gunilla, jep making a 180 turn^^

@schwarzlicht, I think I´ll go for the Odysseus theme

@Frotze, thx for the help & I´ll upload something soon which will go more the direction you described and I originally also had in mind but the sketch didn`t really showed

#30

So here is a little Update on scenery of Odysseus Escape. This time I choosed a poster format to achieve a bigger difference of dimensions between Odysseus and the giant.

Still thinking about the way of transforming this idea… I think I`ll mainly go for 3D on the chars and stay in 2D for the rest of the image… C6C whished as always :wink:

#31

I finally started in 3D and quickly modeled a low poly goat. I`m not sure for now but most probably I´ll overpaint everything afterwards. Next thing to do is building up a 3D scene so arranging things for comp will get a bit easier.

#32

I quickly builded up a 3D scene so I´ll be able to play around with the elements. Next step is to find the right posture for the goats… I really want to take them into Zbrush for creating these stupid and stressed looking goat faces :wink:

#33

I like this new idea, it is really strange behaviour, I’m looking forward to see the faces of the goats and the giant, hehe…
you have translated your sketch to 3d quite exactly also… my sugestion would be that maybe you can try to play with the camera a bit more, looking for different angles… maybe it could look good with the camera a bit lower, and seeing the cyclops more from below…
anyway, good job! :thumbsup:

#34

I´m playing around with cam views and also did some posing on the giant to achieve a better comp for the image… it didn`t really make things easier :wink:

I like the sitting pose version of the giant but it leaves a big hole in the comp above his head. What do you think?

#35

Because of the low camera angle, I think the bottom left composition conveys that he is a giant the best. It’s also the most dramatic angle. :thumbsup:

As for the giant’s pose, hands resting on his lap make it look like he is overseeing the whole thing, not dubious or confused. A hand over the mouth or resting on the chin - like the bottom right comp - shows that the best, in my opinion. Good luck with it!

#36

cool and funny idea! Are you ganna make the goats have long shaggy hair so the people underneath are covered by it?

#37

mmm…

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long holidays or a lot of work? :smiley:

#38

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