"Washed Away" continued...

Here is my updated rendition of my concept art. I fixed the lighting and the background bringing more focus to the main subject.

Kingdom in the Clouds

What I have come up with so far

Kingdom of the Clouds

concept art in prog

So I somehow ended up with the most obnoxiously idyllic scene ever. Not done, it still needs stuff- for example, an interesting subject. There's also some texture mismatch with the grass, and the mountains need work (did those first, you can tell). But yeah.. I don't hate it, but I don't love it.

I basically photochopped together a bunch of my own photos from various places (Alaska, Switzerland, Colorado) and started with a quick trace/sketch as seen below. Then I painted awayyy. Painting a huge scene kinda stressed me out, because there was so much to worry about. I'm way more comfortable with still lifes and portraits.. need moar landscape practice.

Sunrise Concept Painting

Here is a concept painting I did of the sun rising between massive pillars of stone.

Cloud Kingdom

Sacred Pool

my concept art...idea for sacred worship pool scene..

Grand Library concept WiP

This piece is proving to be a huge challenge for me. Prespective and man-made objects are my major weaknesses in my artwork, hopefully I will take away a lot from this.


Wireframe of scene for perspective. (modeled/rendered in Maya)


Current Progress

I want to create a light, airy feel to this space.

Washed Away

Here is my concept art for the latest assignment. :-)

cow

added more cows and some details and textures

wip matte painting turned into concept art with cow hot air balloons

Rainy day progress

i've blocked in most of the darks and the sky.

i am now trying to begin work on the buildings,
and will add the rest of the brights and glows afterward.
i drew in some of those lights experimentally.

this is the original photo i found on flikr
Color My Sky captured by chewie2008~

Concept Art Websites Mentioned M 2/14; Watch Gnomon

Please watch 2 Gnomon videos that you can stream from Media Matrix.  

Directions are on blog.  

You can learn a lot at this website:

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/category/11/Photoshop

We looked at these in class:

CTNX in 2010 in Burbank.

Look further down to see list of presentations.

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/category/see-whos-coming/

Talks at CTNX are also on vimeo

Go to vimeo and look up videos from CTNX. 

The one we watched in class was Kathy Altieri, Dreamworks Production Designer, 

talking about the making of How to Train Your Dragon:

http://vimeo.com/14274646

Artists who work for Dreamworks have a book of their work out:

http://www.amazon.com/MOONSHINE-DREAMWORKS-ARTISTS-AFTER-DreamWorks-Animation/dp/1933492945

Look at the other books listed on this Amazon webpage.

One Persons Art:  Robh Ruppel of Salty Dog has an extensive website of a variety of digital paintings:

http://www.robhruppel.com/gallery-11-process/

 

Gallery Nucleus carries the art of digital artists, including a book, Aspect Ratio, with the work of Robh Ruppel:

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/detail/1099