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almighty_gir

BRING IT ONNNNNNN \o/



final pose/proportions i'm aiming for. haven't decided on any sort of weapon or internal details yet.

Muzzoid

working on final pose already?
I think you should go back to really quick gestures and generate some unique masses.

Its good, but trying to get some original ideas is always better.

kwakkie

I agree, what you have so far is way too generic to be an interesting contender!

almighty_gir

actually i've been doing thumbs for the last week waiting for this damned comp, and i kinda settled on this pose regardless of whichever "theme" they imposed, as i felt it was a very powerful one to work with.

as far as unique masses go, i've never been too good on the concept side of things, so stylising some of the proportions for me is limited to what i can do, the chest for example, is pretty massive compared to his abdomen and head.

Muzzoid

The way to break out of that is to randomly scribble and make really bizarre masses, then pull them back from the unbelievable just into the believable. Thumb nailing doesn't work if you know exactly what you want.

Dom war is about breaking comfort zones.

almighty_gir

i understand, but this is far from a comfort zone for me. i'm already uncomfortable competing with you guys. let alone trying something completely new to my.

i'm settling for a middleground where i can push things i already know to a new level, at the same time as trying a couple of new things.

for the weapons, head, and some of his accessories, i'll definitely give the scribbles a go, but i'm in love with this pose xD

Andreas

almighty_gir wrote: »

actually i've been doing thumbs for the last week waiting for this damned comp, and i kinda settled on this pose regardless of whichever "theme" they imposed, as i felt it was a very powerful one to work with.

This is breaking the rules surely.The competition only started this morning.

Snowfly

Blenderhead wrote: »

This is breaking the rules surely.The competition only started this morning.

I agree with the other though gir, since you've got more or less a clear first pass, try exploring around it first. You might surprise yourself. Best of luck dude!

whipSwitch

holy shit, snowfly, i think you just made my morning. Completely out of the context of this thread, that pic is probably the greatest thing ive seen in a long time, im gonna print it out and post on top of my monitor to keep me in check.

gir - you're doing yourself a great disservice by resigning to "i've never been too good on the concept side of things". Just scribble some stuff out and start piecing together ideas, dont worry about making it pretty.... yet

CHOO CAN DO EEET!

almighty_gir

Blenderhead wrote: »

This is breaking the rules surely.The competition only started this morning.

not really, i started my concepting pass on the start date originally posted. not my fault they couldn't get their shit together.

peppi

The proportions look pretty generic tbh, but if you're settled on these you should still try and find a few interesting silhouette twists for this guy. Chunky armor, bags, smaller weapons, some random accessoires.. basically stuff that is large enough to make a change visually. Thumbnails are your friends, I think it's still a bit early to be blowing this design up to a full sized concept.

lorddon

Scribble around in http://al.chemy.org for a while and see what pops up.

Xaltar

Nothing wrong with idea farming before the comp. So long as you start your actual concept once the comp begins I fail to see how it could be consdered cheating. If that were the case then practicing sculpting beforehand should be cheating too. I have had a character in mind for dom war since like 3 months ago and just my luck it fits the brief.

Good luck dude, looking forward to some killer work in this thread.

Rhinokey

Xaltar wrote: »

Nothing wrong with idea farming before the comp. So long as you start your actual concept once the comp begins I fail to see how it could be consdered cheating. If that were the case then practicing sculpting beforehand should be cheating too. I have had a character in mind for dom war since like 3 months ago and just my luck it fits the brief.

Good luck dude, looking forward to some killer work in this thread.

what possibly could not fit this brief?

almighty_gir

lorddon wrote: »

Scribble around in http://al.chemy.org for a while and see what pops up.

there's no download link.

pliang

almighty_gir wrote: »

there's no download link.

Thought you can just subscribe and access the download link via email?

almighty_gir

found it anyway. al.chemy.org/download

almighty_gir

tried it out and made a couple of thumbs i was happy with.

Muzzoid

that first thumb is honestly pretty sweet !

Good to see you moving towards something more unique.

lorddon

Awesome work, Gir!

Deathelmz

almighty_gir wrote: »

found it anyway. al.chemy.org/download

OHHHHHhhhhhhh.. How I need To Laugh Out... Bloody LOUD!!!!!
Gosh danngit- Who would Create such a program, HAHA. Im gunna Have sum funz with it..
No I never knew this existed until now - The artists I use to envy alot for this style HAS NOW GONE TO SHIT. Yeah you herd me. TA SHIT.

machuca

what?! you said you didn't know how to draw!?
try putting one of these dudes on that beauty pose of the first post. :poly142:

Mark Dygert

Gahh more leaf monsters! They're all over the place. I like 2, but then again I like your OP too. Blend em? Keep going, there's something good in there!

almighty_gir

stupid o-clock in the morning, compiled various parts that i liked from each thumb into one uber thumb...


will do a better sketch right away

almighty_gir