Hurakan part 4 is over... long live
Hurakan part 5! Okay, maybe that was a bit cheesy, but I'm getting
really excited about wrapping up this challenge. Note to self, long arc
challenges are informative, but they are looong! Not to mention, if you
caught my post the other day concerning my changing role, then I've got a
new focus, and I want to focus some of the challenges towards finding
artists that can help me in that role (nudge, nudge). New Challenge.
Concept name Hurakan, God of storms. Concept Description. Do you
remember the description of Hurakan? If not, swing by and check out the
original post. An in case you don't remember the steps in the 5 part
process we are using. Here's how the challenge arc is going to go. Phase
1 character silhouettes (completed). Phase 2 character thumbs
(completed). Phase 3 Black and White detailed character drawings &
compositional Book Cover thumbnails (completed). Phase 4 Character color
roughs & Black & White Book Cover detailed drawings
(completed). Phase 5 Final color Character development & Book Cover
color rough. Phase 6 Book Cover Final. Were moving into phase 5. This
part of the challenge has two parts to it. Character, final color and
Cover, color rough.
Part
1. We coming down to the end of the line with our characters. It's time
to pull out all the stops and do the final render on our character. Do
you remember the dwarf that Kieran Yanner was working on last week?
Well, he took his tight drawing and his color palette, and gave me a
tight render. Now I've got myself a solid concept piece. Something that I
can either develop further, drop into a style guide, or use for the
basis for further explorations. In case you missed it, here was the
progression, rough, tight drawing, color palette, final render. Part 2.
So we've played with our composition, we've looked at the details of the
image, now it's time to take the lessons learned and start looking at
the palette of the image. While you working on this portion of the
challenge, remember that our marketing professionals from cartoon coloring pages
have told us that they think that blue and green will be big colors
next season. Think about how you will let this information influence
your color decisions. It is also very important to think about how hue
and contrast will affect the visual impact of the image. It will either
enhance, or detract from your composition and overall image quality.
Details. For part 5, I would like to see the final character render, and the detailed cover drawing with it's color palette in a single file, no larger than 1600 x 1600 pixels. Arrangement and presentation is up to you. Requirements. Image should be submitted as RGB, jpg format files. A link to the image should be sent to Hurakan challenge Part 5. Do not send attachments! The Judging. There will not be any judging, per se. I will select submissions for discussion and critiques only. The goal of these challenges is to build towards the final judged book cover challenge. Speaking of, keep your eyes peeled for upcoming announcements concerning our judging panel for the final segment of the challenge! From ArtDrop. I've been seeing a lot of stellar submissions at ArtDrop lately, and it feels like a great time to grab a submission and throw it into the spotlight. I've been watching this artists work for a bit, and she keep stepping up her game. One of the things I appreciate about Nicole, is that she updates her website pretty often. There's nothing I hate more than to get a note from an artists about the "great work they are doing", and when I go to their website it hasn't been updated for two years. Shameful! Go forth and Create!
Details. For part 5, I would like to see the final character render, and the detailed cover drawing with it's color palette in a single file, no larger than 1600 x 1600 pixels. Arrangement and presentation is up to you. Requirements. Image should be submitted as RGB, jpg format files. A link to the image should be sent to Hurakan challenge Part 5. Do not send attachments! The Judging. There will not be any judging, per se. I will select submissions for discussion and critiques only. The goal of these challenges is to build towards the final judged book cover challenge. Speaking of, keep your eyes peeled for upcoming announcements concerning our judging panel for the final segment of the challenge! From ArtDrop. I've been seeing a lot of stellar submissions at ArtDrop lately, and it feels like a great time to grab a submission and throw it into the spotlight. I've been watching this artists work for a bit, and she keep stepping up her game. One of the things I appreciate about Nicole, is that she updates her website pretty often. There's nothing I hate more than to get a note from an artists about the "great work they are doing", and when I go to their website it hasn't been updated for two years. Shameful! Go forth and Create!