THRONE ROOM – The Gate of Time – Ryan Carevic

rcarevic

Hi everyone ! I'm very excited to start in on this contest and share my idea with everyone.

My concept is to create a throne room for the guardian of time and space. Sitting eternally at her post nestled in the starlight; the guardian of time sits watch over all time and space.

Keeping the universe's balances in check, it is her sworn duty to protect the gate from all who seek to hold it's power.


Software I will be using:

- Maya
- ZBrush
- X Normal
- Substance Designer
- Photoshop
- Unreal 4


I started off with a few quick sketches showing a wide angle of the throne room, as well as a concept drawing of the throne itself.

I always start with a base drawing and work up my ideas from there.

Here's some pictures of my rough drawings as well as some of the reference I was looking at for this project.





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rcarevic

I took my rough sketches and created a concept mood painting in Photoshop to better finalize my ideas and the look/ambience that I wanted the room to have. I made some simple geometry in Maya and painted over in Photoshop to produce the image.

rcarevic

I started to make a block model of my scene, here's a current WIP shot of the throne room and the throne itself so far. I'm hoping to start my high-poly sculpting within the next few days in between my other projects.

pour.quoi

Love the layout of everything, keep up the good work!

Malodomini

Great idea! I really like the layout, with all those circles. The overlapping circles above the throne are really cool too. The throne really captures the art-deco feel that you're going for.

rcarevic

Thanks ! I'm definitely enjoying applying the Art Deco style to this project. I'm hoping to have a self emitting shader for the base under the throne, as if an energy source is emitting from the throne itself.

rcarevic

Today I'm working on sculpting my two griffin statues / sphinxes that are in the throne room. Here's a few picture's of my concept sketch and my blockout model.

rribeiro

I love the concepts and the idea behind the project, so far so good. What I am thinking is maybe the griffin statues and the throne are fighting for attention, especially about the colors and probably the shaders in the future. I know that is a concept but in the next steps you should make sure to call atention to the throne to do not cause confusion of what is more important in your scene. Excelent work, I am waiting to see more of it.

William3DArtist

I love that reference on The Never Ending Story Sphinx. For some reason they always stuck in my head. Must be design. I love the silhouette on the wings and how they look similar to the moon phase. Best of luck on the contest! Great blockout on sphinx.

rcarevic

Here's some work in progress shots of my throne room. I'm using Substance Designer and Unreal Engine 4 (PBR workflow). I decided to change the texture of the sphinxes in my concept painting so that it wouldn't take away from the throne itself. I'm working on changing the sky texture as it's just too flat for my liking.

pour.quoi

Looking shiny dude, keep it up!

rcarevic

Thanks ! I decided to use the Spacescspe program and create a skybox with nebula and stars. I really enjoyed the results of the software ! Over the next few weeks I will be refining the texture work on the area before submission.