Concept Art Competition WIP Thread

Thanks. It's a helicopter crashing into a building, I'm gonna have to make it more obvious. Thanks for the input guys, greatly appreciated. ^^ Also about the Chaos Warrior thing, the biggest thing I'd say you need to change is the horns to eradicate that similarity. Maybe you could have the horns pointed straight up, instead of like a bulls horns, or have them overly jagged (remember, sharp shapes = cruel and imposing), and a LOT of sharp edges. you could even go as far as making them antlers (don't get carried away though). Basically, what you have already is starting to step into the world of fantasy, your painting isn't bound by many rules of reality when it comes to appearance, it's stylized... so there's nothing stopping you from making the horns into something that would usually be unfeasible. I tried drawing an example for the horns as to what I was trying to explain, but in a 5 second sketch it's hard to capture, it'd take quite a bit of work to get a cool, evil, unique design, but the horns in this pic are one of the main selling points of your character, so it'd be worth the work. Hope this helps!

Zenarion: it does look like a chaos knight

operation _sleepwalk:

heh. I doubt anyone will actually take the trouble to do 3d now anyway. A month is hardly enough time to make the models, texture them, and arrange them into a scene. and it will still probably end up looking lacking i still don't understand why people think 3d is easier than 2d cg or trad art. Trust me, it's not. UV unwrapping alone bores me to tears, and texturing requires creativity, lots of it. art is art. just because it was made by computer calculations doesn't mean it didn't come from the imagination of its creator.

however, people might incorporate 3d elements into their concepts. I definitely won't, given how hard it is to merge 3d and 2d assets without it being glaringly obvious I'm going 2d all the way but I might use mockup renders to make shadows cast and lighting more realistic.

BlightedArt:

i agree lol. hmmm... posting snippets is a good idea! lol. i was deliberately holding back some parts of the scene myself. I think I'll post snippets too after the last one, if it's alright People seeing your works in progress puts you in danger of the idea being nabbed, the style being imitated, or people getting jaded from seeing your work too much. hmmm... I wonder how many artists are out there doing their work without posting here at all. They prolly got smashing good stuff too, lol. i dunno

from what i could see of that snippet of yours... looks like an urban scene. noice. on the explosion... i think you got the colors right. jet fuel burns fiercely, so the fireball's right. building needs to show damage too imo - glass and debris flying at back, windows blowing out, etc.
also, imho, the length of the trails of falling burning debris looks out of place - judging from the fireball, this is the exact moment the copter collides and explodes, right? the burning rain and the smoke comes afterwards, methinks. anyways, just my two cents. ^^ hope it helps

i wasnt insulting 3d artists or saying that its in anyway different in terms of skill i ride the very strange and narrow fence of being a great enthusist(<whatever) blah and technical design of mechanical pieces and the free flow of general conceptualizing
heres something i just made goofing around

and here are some more submission samples i know only one is allowed but i do a couple then make my friends pick

umm 3d hey, put my pc over there ill collect it later.

hello, i've done 3 quick sketches gonna pick one, don't wanna clog up the thread so post em as links

alien experiment:
Rixx.deviantart.com

alien experiment:
Rixx.deviantart.com

and chemical man:
Rixx.deviantart.com

Edited by: rixx

Rixx your stuff is rad, so much so, I sent you a drunk PM!

Crap im on the fence here.. ive got my idea, but i dont know if I want to put teh effort into making it for the next 20 days. hmm
stuffs lookn great tho every one.

whoa! another fearsome contender! loved your creature concepts! welcome thestjester/coinpurse and good luck! ^^

Waahh, I so want to enter this but I don't have the time to work on anything .

Btw, drawing in 2D has other rules for perspectives and shadows. Hence a 2D drawing derived from a 3D looks crap in 99% of cases. This is because in 2D you can "cheat" at perspective and shadows to make something look better.

I have a question regarding landscape:
Is it alright to model it after a real-life cityscape?
Cheers! -prats

another question:

do we get to have captions on our concept art? much like how operation_sleepwalk described his?

i was thinking along the lines of:

Description of the picture
Background History of the Proposed game world
Plot of the game
Gameplay proposal

or do we just let the pictures speak for themselves?

Your picture can have a title, but don't put it on the image. It can also have a background story but it may not be displayed