Left 4 Dead Concept Art Contest WIPs Thread

Hurry, deadline is in 17 hours.

Good luck

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oops forgot the pic..sorry

@Pheike: ah, ok... my fault, thought you meant p-jay thx anyway

@MODS:

Edited by: KEEP_IT_UP!

The Psycho is a mentally ill patient that was once victim to a zombie outbreak. He uses his ability to lurk in the shadows and his sheer brutal strength to cripple his enemies. He also is very unpredictable due to his psychotic mood swings. His size, which is slightly larger than an average sized human is also an intimidation factor. Though the Psycho cannot be seen at times, the players will notice when he is near, when they start coughing due to the large medicine odors.

When the psycho lurks, his speed slowly begins to increase, eventually reaching the max speed which is double of his normal walk. The Psycho cannot be seen when he is lurking, only if he is shown at by a flashlight.

When the Psycho gets near his enemies he is able to execute a suffocation/choke attack from behind.  When this attack is executed, the Psycho becomes clearly visible. This can eventually kill the victims, only unless the Psycho chooses to let go, or if he is shot or knocked off. The suffocation/choke attack also has a chance of adding a hallucination effect to the victim. The toxins and psychotic drugs from the Psycho’s straight jacket, is released into the victim, causing them to hallucinate their teammates as zombies.

When the Psycho is near his victims, there is a chance of causing area hallucination. This hallucination causes players to see multiple copies of the Psycho, though there is actually only one. This does not work if the psycho is lurking.

At random times, the Psycho might have an increase of damage and health due to his mood swings. Other times, the Psycho might not even notice if victims are near.

So, thats basically what i submitted. Good luck to everyone else!!

Keep It Up, its hard to understand what you are asking but i think you asked something i asked a while back.   If we are only allowed ONE image per category. In other words, can we send in The Final image, and then also add different image files of thumbnails, information, ect. If thats what you are asking, then someone already answered that, they said you can send in multiple images of the same concept, however you will only be judged on your best piece.

Not... Done... Yet! I still have 15 hours!

Here's another WiP shot:

Fixing proportions and toning down "the stare" as I type... Feedback encouraged!

Edited by: lodle

I don't know how to post images from imageshack, and my image won't fit on this site because of size limitations. So hopefully these work, they are all lead to the same image.

Img504.imageshack.us

Hey mods. please answer this ASAP!!!!

How do i "zip" up my folder to email it? Do i just compress it to a RAR. file?

OMG i compressed my folder into a RAR. file and its still 200 mb

Also do we send both PSD and JPEG files? Or is just the PSD needed? I have PSD,JPEG and TIFF for every image.

Edited by: hb02

Just send us the jpg version not the psd file (but dont delete that file!) and if it is still over 10 Megs your doing something wrong and need to scale the resolution down.

Edited by: lodle

Does it have to be a .jpg or can it be a .png? Or does it really matter?

Thanks for all feedbacks, I finish my coffee (the first of the day hum...) and I'll remove tattoo, try to texture (is it correct? english?) the clothes and make her XXL tits... No the last one is a joke. It's a shame?

Ok, last picture before i send it to ModDb.

Thank for all advices since the beginning of this contest, and for greats artists who's participate.
Ready to see you in another contest and good luck for all, and sorry for my scrappy english even if i learned stuffs and improve it more and more...
You gave me the taste of drawing again, thanks.

Brashen:

I appreciate the feedback but i don't see what you mean. I am using a two point light system for my infected image, a key light that is pointing directionally down, catching the back of him and some of the front (the shirt and belly stop practically all the light so his left leg/foot don't get much light from the front). Then there is a fill light that has very low intensity but is just there to soften the edges that the key light leaves.The fill light is the reason you can see the texture on the stomach and jeans. Anything that isn't highlighted by the Key light, and still has enough light to be visible is being hit by the fill light and bounce light.

The intensity of the colors (green, red) don't matter, i just colored over the spots the lights touched quickly to show the areas they affect.

The fill light, catches part of the right arm, and left arm (HIS right and left). The left leg is pushed back in space slightly, so the fill light is being blocked by the right leg, hence it has more green on it.

The stomach is very dimly lit by the combination of key and fill light, it isn't as far out as the arms, so it can't catch as much light as them but its also not as far back as the armpit/rib areas so it has to be lighter than those.

Also like i said, the key light is lighting behind the character also, and his left foot is slightly back in space, so the key light manages to catch the back edge of his left leg. Which is why theres a little bit of red on that foot.

as for creating mood, yes that is true. You can use light to create mood. But I used the light in this image for the purpose of lighting and being able to show detail. This isn't a scene or scenerio, and there isn't any story to it. This is simply an image to show a concept of a character, how he looks. I used the concept art that they have put out for this competition as a reference. They just used the lighting in those pieces to light the figure.

Edited by: hb02

Shooter_Andy: Ah, thought it was evident enough, I was thinking the welder removed the tinted glass from the mask and replaced it with a more transparent one Though thanks for the keen observation,  I guess no one would of known my explanation if you hadn't point that out.I believe there should at least be that masked stranger that no one really gets. I was going to use a gas mask;however, that was rather cliche .The whole kevlar vest, military guy usually accompanies it though it has been done numerous times before. Welding gloves and the welding apron among the hide they wear is quite tough, not sure if it can protect from zombie bites , but it would certainly reduce the chances of one getting bitten.The welding mask came into play after playing a few round of the L4D demo. The bile is rather disgusting and If I ever was in that suitation, I do not want it all over my face