EOW 130 The Well At the World's End. WHich contains the water of Life

[chaosrocks]

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EOW 130 The Well At the World's End. WHich contains the water of Life

Brief
the title is the Brief

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well_at_the_World%27s_End
this book is the inspiration for the topic, But by no means feel confined to it's content



DUE December 29th 2009
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[OchreHand]

lovely idea... I never read the literature but the title alone is very poetic

[Biomecha_wolf]

Cool and interesting topic! Yup, indeed pretty poetic.
Although i would prefered a topic with "new year" or something but anyways , i still like the idea of water of life. Time to start imagining the composition. hmmm

*daydreaming mode On

[Ardescoere]

I have an idea... but I need to ask. Is it ok to have a single person in the scene as part of the environment? They're important to my idea.

[chaosrocks]

as stated inth elast challenge. people are ok as long as the person isn't the central feature.
they are useful for a sense of scale

but as a narrative element they should be avoided

[Biomecha_wolf]

End of the world huh..
I am pretty sure most of us are imagining the end of sea and falls, or the end of a huge cliff and fog...hmmmm.../

[chaosrocks]

literarily there have been hundreds of literary and artistic depictions of the end of the world. doesn't have to be This world... doesn't even have geographical "end" of the world could be the end of time..... apocalypse... although thats not what the literary reference is. But the inherent dilemma is that the world is round. and therefor world without end. and if you want a world that has an end, you either have to adopt a medieval world view, or take it else where (ie discworld) ... Of course these are the paths my brain takes when I am tacklling something like this.... you can in a sense concider this a WIP :P
It's the holidays, and Im bored.... might even do this one myself


I would urge you to Parse the menaing of the word end, as well as the word "Well" because a well can be a hole with a rim and a bucket etc.. liek a wishig well or it can be a cavernous sink hole, or a glimmering pool.

[JanJager]

Hi
Interesting topic. I haven't red the books. But it starts the imagination.
I just had to sit down and draw.

[Zirngibism]

I did some homework and found the original text and where the well is described:

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"So he sprang up and strove with the slumber that still hung about him, and as his eyes cleared he looked down, and saw that the sea, which last night had washed the face of the cliff, had now ebbed far out, and left bare betwixt the billows and the cliff some half mile of black sand, with rocks of the like hue rising out of it here and there. But just below the place where they stood, right up against the cliff, was builded by man's hand of huge stones a garth of pound, the wall whereof was some seven feet high, and the pound within the wall of forty feet space endlong and overthwart; and the said pound was filled with the waters of a spring that came forth from the face of the cliff as they deemed, though from above they might not see the issue thereof; but the water ran seaward from the pound by some way unseen, and made a wide stream through the black sand of the foreshore: but ever the great basin filled somewhat faster than it voided, so that it ran over the lip on all sides, making a thin veil over the huge ashlar-stones of the garth. The day was bright and fair with no wind, save light airs playing about from the westward ort, and all things gleamed and glittered in the sun.

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But when they were somewhat calmed of their ecstasy of joy, they made ready to go down by that rocky stair. And first they did off their armour and other gear, and when they were naked they did on the hallowed raiment which they had out of the ark in the House of the Sorceress; and so clad gat them down the rock-hewn stair, Ralph going first, lest there should be any broken place; but naught was amiss with those hard black stones, and they came safely to a level place of the rock, whence they could see the face of the cliff, and how the waters of the Well came gushing forth from a hollow therein in a great swelling wave as clear as glass; and the sun glistened in it and made a foam-bow about its edges. But above the issue of the waters the black rock had been smoothed by man's art, and thereon was graven the Sword and the Bough, and above it these words, to wit:

YE WHO HAVE COME A LONG WAY TO LOOK UPON ME, DRINK OF ME, IF YE DEEM THAT YE BE STRONG
ENOUGH IN DESIRE TO BEAR LENGTH OF DAYS: OR ELSE DRINK NOT; BUT TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND
THE KINDREDS OF THE EARTH HOW YE HAVE SEEN A GREAT MARVEL."

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I hope I can take some creative license on thie, though. I was kinda hoping to make multiple wells, perhaps the water has to be drank in a certain order, or the drinker won't get the benefit of eternal life... kind of like a puzzle.

And yeah, I was gonna go the route of falls, though perhaps if I tried really hard to make them darn cool-looking it'll make up for taking a route people might expect...

[chaosrocks]

I didn't print the text for a reason.
I want people to make their own pictures based on the topic alone.
I was trying not to be too specific

[theechoinside]

Aaah, thanks Zirngibism. I'd gotten the text from Gutenberg, but hadn't found the description yet, appreciate it =) Might not stick to it's description, but still good to know.

And thanks to chaosrocks for another nifty topic and for the quickness of things being done.

Good luck all.

*edit* And ah, a response in before I even got mine, noted.

[thescala]

coolio mundo topic, ill give it a whirl

[Zirngibism]

Sorry. Chaos-- didn't mean to suppress anyone's creativity!

Just thought it might be a good jumping-off point; just like how people look at photo ref in order to help seed an idea for imaginative stuff.

[Jagged88]

Ok this is my first time doing a weekly comp, I've read the rules but if I do something wrong let me know, thanks.

Great topic.

[Ian Barker]

Okay, here's my first really rough wip... The idea is of having the Well in this isolated place of life, while a barren desert surrounds it and begins to overtake it.

[manimatron82]

Cool topic. Quick color speed-paint wip. Need something to fix the composition, though. Feels like it's getting cut in half...

[misledtomisery]

my first wip. bout 60-70 mins in. im really bad at environs so any and all crits, tips, ideas, advice is always welcome. hopefully i'll start getting more practice in.
solid looking wips already poppin up.

updated wip 3.5 hours more...

[tsujni]

wip - my concept involves a massive well house with the idea of pulling water from the abyss above and the abyss below, hence the two well arms. I find the idea of immortality being the result of "knowing good and evil".

[crazyn0mad]

This my first ever attempt at any "[blank] of the week" assignments so be harsh!



After I read the topic, I sat down with the old tablet and sketched. I'll be sure to reference later but I wanted this WIP up for general comments.

[chaosrocks]

watch the perspective on you ellipses. they are tough I usually get them wrong too, helps to build your perspective and then place the ellipse in it.

[chaosrocks]

thumbnail one

[chaosrocks]

tsjuni -- you know that looks like an upward view of a giant lobster.....right?

[geronimo66]

would love some suggestions on the light play here, I want a real sense of depth of field as well as light contrast. Dark sky, light emitting from water below, and this aged looking mossy walkway... any ref would be very appreciated.

Thanks

[tsujni]

tsjuni -- you know that looks like an upward view of a giant lobster.....right?

I didn't even see that until you mentioned it! :)

[thescala]

misled- i like your first comp. better. for me atleast i get a bit more of a epic feel to it.

[Sean McClain]

Great topic, I will post one, ...
Wow I did not know this guy enspired two of my favorite Authors, I am quite a Rings fan, Narnia not as much, I havent read This guys work though maybe I will...

What will the deadline time be ?(California time)


Merry Christmass Environmalists!!!:).

[misledtomisery]

misled- i like your first comp. better. for me atleast i get a bit more of a epic feel to it.

any particular reason? the mountains reaching up? yellow sky? bigger tree? less lake/well showing?
all of the above? none of the above. size of the jpeg?
i'll play around with it, see if i can get an epic feel back. still got a ways to go with enviros. thanks for the feedback.

[thescala]

heres what i have so far. i dont really know where to incoorporate the water well exactly, but im sure ill find something.
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/thescala/well.jpg

misled tom- heres what i think you did better your first time around. this is just my opinion, so maybe you can see where i am coming from.
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/thescala/Untitled-1.jpg

[misledtomisery]

misled tom- heres what i think you did better your first time around. this is just my opinion, so maybe you can see where i am coming from.

ahh. ya, i'll remove the older wip. the top image is the most recent wip. i think i fooled you with the second/older image still being on my post. thank you for the breakdown. i do appreciate it.

i'm diggin the wip. mechanical contrast with the organic.

[AndrewLey]

just a quick sketch from me - don't think I'll be taking this to final

Photoshop - 1hour

[OchreHand]

Andrew, that's awesome! I love the idea. I would love to see that finished eventually...

My crit is that it's too symmetrical at the bottom.

[tsujni]

thescala - love the concept, makes me think of the story of Dhul-Qarnayn in the Quran. Some Muslim scholars attribute this name to Alexander the Great, with reference to finding the place where the sun set into a murky bog. That said, love the gear structure.

AndrewLey - beautiful!

wip update

[thescala]

tsujni- thanks for the positive feedback. yours is looking nice as well. glad to see you made the changes that were offered to you.

[ganesh.n]

Hello ca.... :confident
this is my first entry in ca,i hope all u like this :teeth:

[thescala]

Finished it up. I really like what I came out with, I stopped so I didnt overwork it.
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/thescala/well-3.jpg

Great job Ganesh. Very surreal.

[PureJudge]

Quick doodle to join in.

http://i47.tinypic.com/315zgqb.jpg

[chaosrocks]

ah well, so many lovely versions of the floating island... I guess I'm not going to finish... but Am posting the Final Burning thread....

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2572315#post2572315

you know what to do
don't forgte the icon... outside host please

[Savo]

Hello everyone!
Here's mine, still a WIP.

[thescala]

hey guys i switched monitors today to make up for louzy resolution. Does my image look really really dark on the left foreground.

[chaosrocks]

yes in fact it does, compositionally if you are gonna use a monochromatic palette you need to be sure that your value composition is working especially well.

[thescala]

alright thanks, i dont know how to fix my screen so its a t default brightness, so imma have to wing it.

[thescala]

does this look better.

i adjusted almost everything, it looks great on my screen, but on my ither monitor it still looks blah. the blue on the right is very bright almost glowing and the tree on the left is detailed. is this coming through to you guys.
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/thescala/well1.jpg

[chaosrocks]

hmm better. kinda vivid. the mass on the left is prety amourphous/ and nothing comes through as blue... but then this is on my Mac laptop..and the colour on them is notoriously weird

[MeBabyMe]

this is my first time trying one of these contests, but ill give it a shot. My idea is very early in development, but i wanted to post an early WIP to get everyones input. Ok, heres what i was thinking:

since it pertains to the water of LIFE, i thought africa, where supposedly life originated...then because of africa, i thought of the great pyramids of giza, and what if they were built to hide something? this 'well' perhaps?

i want to stick with my idea but i dont know how to execute it.

any critiques, comments, and questions are greatly appreciated.

[thescala]

chaos thanks for the help, i redid it again, but this time i made everything less subtle and much more vibrant. so if that doesnt come true, i give up.

[xabian]

some cool entries guys. Here's mine so far. Thinkin of making the well into more of a well raver than a pool

http://i46.tinypic.com/k0po90.png

[Tetrodotoxin]

Environments are so haaaaard!!! D:

I really want to get that Whit Brachna Download, he makes it seem so easy in the trailer...


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[Sean McClain]

I will post mine tommorow around 11 am California tiime(pacific time). looking foward to looking at all these in the final burning thread.:).

[alembic]

When I saw the precis for this week I immediately thought of the old Ballantine Adult Fantasy series covers and decided to do a half-@ssed tribute to the guy who did the ones I loved the most, Gervasio Gallardo. His stuff has been an inspiration to me since (hate to say it... really hate to say it!) before most of you guys were born.

Still needs a load of work, hope I have time to finish this one.

[hunchback]

heres my piece

pretty generic : /

feedback would be awesome

[Tesla]

What do you think of this?
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk257/dimmu_khold/th_Waterintheend_Varios.jpg (http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk257/dimmu_khold/Waterintheend_Varios.jpg)

[MeBabyMe]

tesla: i really like the environment that its in, but to be perfectly honest, it looks to me like that person/ thing/ creature/ spirit/ has an intense boner

[xabian]

almost finished now

http://i45.tinypic.com/jqgxkw.png

[theechoinside]

Well, someone basically ran me off the road a few days ago and I'm still too injured to paint, so won't be able to finish =P

Had only laid out basic shapes and light before it occurred. I'm really enjoying the variations on the concept though, very nifty.

[RedPen]

theechoinside: awww...it looks like a neat idea you had going. If you feel better, do you think you will finish it anyway? It'd be cool to see the finished product.

[theechoinside]

RedPen:

That's the plan certainly, but will have to see if I get distracted by something else. But thanks. =)

[chaosrocks]

you got until some time after 10 EST tomorrow........

Alembic-- Iloev those old covers, tolkien, eddison, morris... they were beautiful