Unearthly Challenge / Jeff MD / Purple Haze (2D)

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

Hi all!

this will be my first time to join this kind of event. Will be joining the evil group then.

cheers!

edit:

image update:

final image:

model sheet:

sketch sheet:

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

Will be joining the 2D concept painting

here is my initial sketch

cheers!

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

expanded my sketch

Initial design of the main tower

initial design of supporting towers

crits and comments welcome!

M_Cederstrom · Oct 2008

I'm loving the feel of it, what your over all concept Idea's.

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

many thanks, M_cederstrom!

here is nother update for my main tower sketch, happy with it and will start refining

crits and comments welcome!

Cody · Oct 2008

Nifty beans! Looking cool so far, to early to crit I think. Will wait for more complete compositions.

M_Cederstrom · Oct 2008

I like the layers of level you have, You going with a alien feel?

actcathorse · Oct 2008

Nice design......^_^

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

cody - thanks! agree with you there.
m_cederstrom - thank you too. I still dont know up to now, probably combiation of mechanical with alien feel.
actcathorse- many thanks as well

my original building designs didnt fully fit the perspective I was going with when I was repainting it to the layout. made changes and incorporating some of the desigs I have previously made to some areas.

here are the changes and development so far

step 1

step 2

step 3

step 4

some pieces from the concept broken up to give me visuals

crits and comments welcome!

cheers!

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

Just a quick update for me. Added minor details and a splash of colours

crits and comments welcome!

cheers!

Mangled Poly · Oct 2008

this is starting to get somewhere great work!

M_Cederstrom · Oct 2008

nice work,

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

mangled poly and m_ceerstrom - thanks!

some update had few flips and changing directions and revisions.

dont know where Im heade still.

crits and comments welcome!

cheers!

Thefirston · Oct 2008

this came out looking really awesome
my only critique is that you don't seem to be selling more of the evil side of this concept
i think you had it originally but it ended up getting a little lost when you added your lighting
maybe you can just tilt the view a little to the side to add some of that

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

thefirston - many thanks. I agree with you there. thanks for the critique and the view tilt, that is why i need to create a more devilish design in the architecture walls and tweak lighting a bit as well.

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

had to do anoter buiding design

and painted it over the image. here is a small update

cits and coments welcome!

cheers!

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

another change for me. I felt bored with the composition. things arent working out for me. had to do a relayout.

crits and comments welcome!

cheers!

kio · Oct 2008

yeah new composition is definatly way better - this new foreground stuff really adds depth to the scene. keep it up

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

thank you so much for your comment koi. it is greatly appreciated.

have made 2 studies. but I think I will be going with the first one as I might go wrong doing good in the second one.

crits and comments welcome!

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

another update for me. toss i some colors. I think ill be going with this one and it's the concept ill be going with.

and some more colours

crits and comments welcome!

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

few more details for me. duplicated the main tower then chopped off some parts and painted tp crated a new one for the supporting towers

crits and comments welcome!

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

last update for me this weekend.

crits and commetns welcome!

cheers!

Thefirston · Oct 2008

holy hell man this is coming out really awesome

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

Thefirston wrote: »

holy hell man this is coming out really awesome

Again, thank you so much for dropping by and for your kind words.

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

another update for me

light post studies

and continued with the image with changes I made

crits and comments welcome!

Cheers!

Cody · Oct 2008

damn these are great. i like your workflow

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

Cody wrote: »

damn these are great. i like your workflow

thank you so much too, Cody. I'm glad you also like my workflow.

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

probably my final update, will now be working with other modelling sheet.

crits and comments welcome!

Cheers!

sebas · Oct 2008

Looking great! I miss more depth and custom brushes... just me.

Thefirston · Oct 2008

still my overall fav out of the 2d contest, there are a couple close seconds in gameartisans, but they don't seem to have as much done as you

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

sebas - many thanks! thanks for the comments too, its a great help.

thefirston - wow Im a fav, thank you too. we got an extension, hopefully we get to see them all done.

Jeff MD · Oct 2008

ok another update, the one up there isnt my final afterall. lol had to do some tweaks

crits and comments welcome!

cheers!

Graff Pirate · Oct 2008

nice man, i dig it alot.

Peris · Oct 2008

very nice, looks like a great concept you can throw at an environment artist for him to model.
Some crits: The sky and ground have almost thesame colors and values as the architecture. It would be nice if you could seperate them more to make the shapes stand out more

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Jeff MD · Nov 2008

graff pirate - thanks!

Peris - many thanks too and for your wonderfull comment. very helpful.

Jeff MD · Nov 2008

this is another update. very close to final or final maybe unless I need to do more tweaks.

crits and comments welcome!

Cheers!

Joao Sapiro · Nov 2008

i think this is really looking good ! my only crit is that the red bits of lava and stuff dont seem to glow much nor cast light arounf the place they are at, like in the windows etc, it would only need some subtle paint, but would look cool imo ^^ i also think you could make the lightning stronger on the main tower from the sky . i might not make sense. ( goes back to work )

Jeff MD · Nov 2008

jonhny - many thanks for your wondeful advise. very much appreciated!

here is my final entry

final image:

model sheet:

sketch sheet:

cheers!

actcathorse · Nov 2008

Wow.....Really Nice Work！
Your workflow is very good. I would like to study.
I hope the next time there is the opportunity to join the fight together.
Ha Ha.
Good Luck to you!

Unearthly Challenge / Jeff MD / Purple Haze (2D)

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