DSG 315: Environment: Heaven's gate

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Environment: Heaven's gate

[skvv]

quickie...

the pentalpha represents the five wounds of christ, as well as the eastern star, and has been misinterpreted by satanism in the last century because of Eliphas Levi's drawing of Baphomet, the goat headed demon of lust, within the star.

It's a holy symbol, and not an unholy one, and turning this symbol upside down doesnt dismiss the fact that it's still a 5 pointed star.

That's why i'm a little disappointed in Id software for not doing their homework and just going with a stereotype.

meh, anyway, thought i'd give a little chunk of info there.

http://www.thefifthcolumn.net/heaven.jpg

[Kartoffel]

http://web703.athen023.server4free.de/digi/himmelstor.jpg

[Agrajag]

Hi!
My first time in DSG. *excitement!*

As I understand it, bashing oneself is deemed inappropriate in the DSG. So, I'll just let this image speak for itself... ;)

http://www.8ung.at/tb44/sj/dsg315.jpg

I hope it doesn't come out too dark. I just reinstalled my crappy system, and the settings might still be off...

[Railboy]

Fun topic...

Agrajag - It looks great on my system, dark but clear.

evisr8r - Id's not the only one. I'd never heard that before today. In fact before I read your post the first thought in my head was 'why demonic?' :rolleyes:

[Valcon Jet]

http://home.comcast.net/~jeffmajor/heavensgate.jpg

only had 25 minutes =/

[knightkarr]

The eye of the faithful...
http://home.pacbell.net/egonza/heavens_gate_315.jpg


Keep up the work guys.

[funshark]

\o/ funny subject
i tried to obtain a very blinding light but i didn't succeed to.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/atharil/conceptart/07jan2004.jpg

[spork891]

Might try adding more reflective light on the surrounding hills for a start. ;-) The door looks good.

[skvv]

DODGE THE CRAP OUT OF IT!!!

[dagreengo]

http://aboulware.bravehost.com/heavengate.jpg

http://aboulware.bravehost.com/heavengate.jpg

I think you have to paste the link in your browser for the picture to work ... sorry but I can't pay for a host. Anyways, I had the same idea as Agrajag, but I like what agrajag did with it.

[Railboy]

This was a perfect opportunity to practice starfields and clouds.
http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/heavensgate.jpg

[wassermelone]

I know it said environment...
But my inspiriration lay else where.
I immediately thought of an assassin codenamed Heaven's Gate...

http://www.rsad.edu/~awhitmor/heavensgate.JPG

-toasty =)

[dfacto]

Face me...

I hate drawing clouds, but I got saved by the brightness of this one. Allowed me to conceal much of the bad stuff.
http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/0903/dfacto/315_copy.jpg

Toaster, that's really cool.

one gripe though: She has just shot the person, but the gun is already smoking like it has been idle for seconds. I would replace the smoke with a muzzle flash to make it better.

[wassermelone]

Probably =P
I don't know a damn thing about guns and what they look like... I pulled up a Desert Eagle image quickly to even get the shape of that gun to look remotely believable.

As for how they act when they fire... its greek to me. Thanks for the advice.

-toasty =)

[Railboy]

dfacto - Here's an awesome cloud-drawing tutorial. It's the one I used:
http://www.optidigit.com/stevens/cloudtut.html

[dfacto]

Actually Railboy, I did use that one. I used the bottom one. I still can't do it right. I think I am cloud retarded:bash: .

I found this other one that was better, and actually worked for me, but I lost the link:( .

[Carnifex]

railboy,that dog's dor is funny as hell:D
tough topic.good is always harder to imagine than evil.:p
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/heavengate.jpg
i wanted to make a way to it originally,but saw it wouldn't fit in properly.

[juicy_fruit]

funshark if ur willing to edit that to make it blinding make the person brighter definately make the whole thing white on a low oppasity and add highlights on the mountains.. cause if u want it blinding u want it facing toward the camera

[phantom_head]

kinda silly today...
http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Phantom_Head/DSG_315_1.jpg

[Mr. Teatime]

Anybody else think of the OPM song "Heaven is a Halpipe?"
Anyway, here it is:

http://www.angelfire.com/art2/hand3/Halfpipe.JPG

The lyrics are here: Has some "bad words" in it, but the part I'm talking about is in the begining.
Heaven is a Halfpipe lyrics (http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/o/opm2934/heavenisahalfpipe138229.html)

[Hunger_Artist]

Dfacto- that looks nice, but the figure at the bottom could give a stronger impact.. maybe just work the shilouette of the person a bit more, and make it more expressive?


this is heavens back gate, and it is being stormed :)

http://members.tripod.com/carlbeu/6e620210.jpg

[knightkarr]

Hunger_Artist, that looks awesome!

[wassermelone]

Thats quite awesome Hunger Artist.

But the Angel on the right doesn't really seem to be in fear... not happy but also not scared.

-toasty =D

[Nike]

quick one, as always :D

http://spacewalkers_rest.250free.com/heavensgate.jpg

@HungerArtist: I like your style

[Barti89]

Hello folks, Im a 14 years old boy from Iceland and I will be trying to post daily here .. Dsg is just so cool idea :)
So .. I realy had to think about posting this here ... caus I just dont like it at all but I thought the idea was kinda cool :)
Hope this forum will lead me on the right way drawing/coloring (hell I know nothing about coloring :D) well here it is :P
Stairway to heaven
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v32/bartman89/Sketches/?action=view&current=Stairway_to_heaven_copy.jpg
I didnt have much time so it´s basicly a quick sketch and then quick sucky coloring in ps7.
well .. hope u like something about it :P
Btw. great work here people

[Kirt]

Railboy - Love the doggie door!

Hunger_Artist - Nice!


http://www.kirtstanke.com/images/dsg315.jpg

[plaf]

quickie. have been busy with other stuff.... working so much :)

http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/24bit/heavensgate.jpg

all the best

[brianl]

aside from trying to convey a gate that hasn't been used in a while, I was really just playing with all the tools in Painter :D

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/artbybrian/forums/heavens_gate.jpg

[juicy_fruit]

awesome work guys.. i wont be doing this sketch aswell.. but hopefully tomorrows will grab my interest

[Hermchen]

Finally I made it. That's my fist DSG post.

@ Kirt: I hope you will finish it, because I like

http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/DSG/HeavensGate.jpg

[donkeypuncha]

my first painting apart from my other 2 submisions in this group thang. starting to like painting.
http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/donkeypuncha/heavens_gates.jpg

[CKWorth]

Here is mine. I kind of forgot about heaven as I was working on it. Maybe the scenery is brighter on the other side?

http://www.spherenoire.com/forumart/dsgheavensgate.jpg

Just some notes on things that stood out to me.

Railboy Cool little idea for the doggie door, and that is a very good star field you did. Nice!
Dfacto Good you added the little figures at the bottom, they give a good idea of the grand scale of your gates.
phantom_head That’s cute, haha.
Kirt That is soooo awesome. It reminds me of a Larson cartoon.
Plaf That is a really good job, I like how you built up the clouds and the texture you have.
Brianl That’s pretty. I like the gritty look the surfaces have.
Hermchen Cool post, I like the idea.

[Wednesday]

messing around in pshop

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/awednesday/heav.jpg

[wassermelone]

Jesus wednesday!
Every time I see something by you... you just keep getting better and better!

Sheesh thats awesome!

-toasty =o

[Kirt]

wednesday ?!?! That's just too cool for words! I love the tropical forest feeling and the doorway into the light is just brilliant. Beers for you :chug:

[threelegged_chicken]

so when i got to school i decided to risk computer privileges by going to a "non-school" related website and check the DSG with all intentions of working through my ideas off and on during school. but in the excitement of being able to drop band and pick up an art class i didn't get around to it. so when i got home i was playing guitar, going through my repitoir(sp?) when i started the intro to Led Zepplins famous... Stairway to Heaven. and i was going to do a funny one but it ended up with a message...

http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v27/threelegged_chicken/strway2hvn.jpg

the message being... that no matter how hard a person tries on their own through good deeds and actions they will always fall short of heaven unless they've accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour.

sorry about the preachin'

3-leg

oh and i hate political correctness but i also hate people bitchin' so the guy is not necessarily black its possibly a silohuette

[Wundergeek]

Just a super-quick cartoon, only 25 minutes or so. I wanted to do something more serious, but all those years of Catholic school haunted me and I had to do this one...

http://www.pbtteam.com/dump/judgementsm.jpg

WAY too many impressive sketches to comment on today. Everyone looks really good today!

[threelegged_chicken]

thats great wundergeek!

[avalos]

Went with a sea faring tradition. Unfinished, though I doubt I will get around to finishing the job.

reference for structure,
Matthews, Kevin."Torii of Itsukushima".
GreatBuildings.com. http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Torii_of_Itsukushima.html/cid_0001.gbi

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/lavacasuprema/heavengate.jpg

Wednesday--awesome work
Turokess--the backlight gives a suspense to what is beyond the gate, very nice work
Hunger_Artist--great work

[davi]

plaf, yours is so awesome, totally reminds me of zelda

and great job wednesday, you deserve to here that as much as possible.

[juicy_fruit]

davi thx for the reply in the pm

[SABRE]

INSPIRED BY ESTIGIAS RIVER ENTRANCE OF THE HADES...

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/hg.jpg

@ Wednesday: TAHTS........AWSOME!!! REALLY!!



AU REVOIR......................

[shiro]

not finished and sketchy one, me too slow at painting =_=
i guess it is the same idea as jack frost :)
http://slaayart.free.fr/image/gallery/DSG/DSG315.jpg

[elevenrequiem]

my first DSG.. i sold out to the silly trend on this one. 20 minute sketch in photoshop.

http://www.bigamericanproductions.com/1-8%20heaven's%20gate.jpg

[Commander Obvious]

so here it is 12:41 am and I've missed the deadline but I couldn't pass this chance up. I'm back from Christmas break and chillin' here at school getting stuff done for thie upcoming semester.

My first thoughts on "Heaven's Gate" were either Bob Dylan lyrics, Bible verses, or a state park. I kinda liked "But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (from the book of Matthew, chapter 7 verse 14) since it reminds me of those hiking trails we all try to find...

http://www.wsu.edu/~russell_/DailySketchGroupConceptArt/Heavens_Gate_Small.jpg

I'm not used to landscapes or environments so this was a challenge. I got bored drawing the trees over and over again so just added more fog and called it good.

[sushiboy]

Here's mine... a little late... I kinda spent more time on it then I thought I would, I had fun with this one...

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Dark%20Sushi%20Boy/DSG315.jpg

[awalloffire]

Been awhile.
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/awalloffire/DSG/DSGheaven.jpg

[DV8]

Heavens Gate- daunting, spartan, impassable :)

better late than never. (really quick)

Wednesday- great job- stunning.

Mike



http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/dsg_273_bio_luminous_forest_creature copy.JPG

[silentbrain]

Freaking AWESOME stuff this dsg, folks...geez :D

Anyway, sort of techno heaven..

http://venimarolka.com/dump/010904-dsg-heavengate.jpg

[fukifino]

Woah, silentbrain...that's just awesome. I dunno, there's just something about that that really gets me. Maybe it's the sense of purpose/motion/story you've managed to put in there.

Not to single him out of course, cause there are some truly stunning pieces in this thread. But I figured him being at the end and so late, not many people would comment on his picture and it really did strike a chord with me.