E.O.W Round 152: Pilgrimage

[Vulgar`]

E.O.W. - Round #151: Pilgrimage
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Round # 152

Topic:
Pilgrimage

Briefing:

In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of many major religions participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. Are the pilgrims arriving at a holy place, a lost kingdom, a valley of peace, a city in ruin?


You MUST include a description or backstory this round, or your image wont be taken to poll. Good luck!


Deadline:
Friday, 3rd December 2010

:yayca:

[fishergraphix]

can environments be computer generated, or do they need to be by hand?

[thescala]

doesn't matter, whatever your more comfortable with.

[Vulgar`]

fishergraphix - Hmmm.. not sure what the rationale is for community activities but as long as it's 'mostly' yours and not all parts of a photograph or computerized, it's fine with me.

[xLouisax]

This one sounds pretty cool, may give it a go! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

[Ragnj]

Nice one, got a couple of ideas for this.

[noche]

so the idea is revolves around a massive pilgrimage to the location of a giant bomb that never exploded, thus it becoming iconic and people travelling.
who dropped it and when? what year is it? and most importantly, was it programmed to blow off on impact?

well, just sketching out, i need to deal with those cliffs things and make them help the idea... and so on

[Tawnos]

Sounds like Fallout 3... :)
Awesome topic, it brings too many images in my mind to chose one, I need to think of sth.....

*wanders away*

[android411]

@noche, great start

here is also a vip from me. It was the command of king Athos that his soldiers had to set out for a pilgrimage to the holy mountain. Everyone who passed the magic gate would be released their sin, loose fear and become a much bravier soldier. This was done before the big battle. But the priests warned Athos not to exploit religious places for military reasons. If the priests were right than the battle would be lost forever.

[Vulgar`]

Great starts!

[noche]

dig your lightning android, dark pillar to the left seems a bit distracting to me

on a fresh look, my image looks so shallow right now. will try to fix that, or redraw from another pov.

[KarylGilbertson]

thumbzzzz

My idea is for that these pilgrims are travelling to see a crashed alien artifact, one that has been there for many years and is both worshipped and studied.

[SinnerMan]

I'll take a shot at this!
noche - wicked idea, I never thought aliens would come to NASA's Mecca. :P
android411 - what's that thingy on the far left? a character or just a rock? nice comp either way :)

[xNatje]

I hope this one will be better then my previous. It's just a wip, and I hope I will have time enough to finish (I have a lot to do for school)

It's inspired by the old stories of pelgrims, who are in the old villages, praying.
http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx79/xNatje/pelgrimage.jpg

[SinnerMan]

here's my try

[android411]

thanks for the comments guys

so here´s an update, added some sheep platforms on the right side as this part needs some visual weight, hope it´s working better now

[Ragnj]

Marvelous light android. Dont know if the rock in the mid helps tho, might look even more epic without it.

[SinnerMan]

got more work done. Sweet scape android :D

[KarylGilbertson]

xNatje- I like your idea, but I have a couple crits:

1) Remember this is an environment of the week. Put less emphasis on a character or figure in the foreground. Zoom out.

2) Get some photo reference... I think your sunset and landscape is too dark, and there are some proportion and colour issues in your figure. Remember to think in terms of lighting too, no way the characters skin is that colour during a sunset. And if there's a second light source, chances are it'd be a dimmer, golden yellow light from a lantern or lamp or something, again you wouldn't get that skin colour.

[Vulgar`]

noche - Nice concept, I like how it's being presented so far. I'm looking forward to seeing how your going to approach the weather and the small details in the landscape. As a suggestion, maybe you should make the bomb bigger? Not exaggeratingly big in comparison to the army below, but 2/3's bigger for better scale? Also, don't forget birds scavenging above the army! They like to do that and I've seen it improve the scale of environments in the EOW many times.

android411 - To me that whole outer view of the mountains hither & beyond to the left of the army of pilgrims puts the image off kilter. The sheeps really seem out of place, not sure what you're going for. If it needs visual weight, why not just make the path where the army is walking closed off? Like there's all mountain on the left side and the soldiers can reach out and touch the side of a tall cliff. The rock is also a distraction, I agree with Ragnj.

KarylGilbertson - Nice sketches, I like the ones that spell an 'L' most. :) All three equally, can't decide.

xNatje - I have to agree with Karyl's critique, and also the mountain formations toward the back behind the procession of pilgrims should vary more in size. More photo references / a change in perspective without the man as one of the focal points would benefit this one.

Sinnerman - Your colors are smooth! Not sure about the story behind the image yet, so I'll wait before I make any suggestions.



***Just a note*** Veshkau will most likely be deciding next week's topic unless someone else edges the poll at the last minute.. carry on you conceptual artisans.

[Vitrubius]

This is the focal point of the singularity where Saint Priapus appeared, the most important place of pilgrimage in the universe.
The pilgrims have to make the last parsec in their traditional spatial suits praying three hundred thousand holy marys to reach the accelerated state of santified catatonia.:rocker::lounge:

Or something like that..

Hope I have the time to defend what my fountainpen fights.:yayca:

[matejkovacic]

Nice start everyone.

xNatje - perfectly sideview of a person is usualy not to interesting. Take care
of his proportions. Put some weight on the right side of the picture too.

People of KREH have an exhausting pilgrimage they make when they are fifty
years old. People of KREH usualy die at fifty which is why. They travel to
the biggest monolith on the planet standing in the middle of the hot desert.
They call the monolith "The Pin". As the legend goes the gods put the pin
where they want their people to gather and get important message for their
further life and their children.

This is my take on "The Pin"

[android411]

@SinnerMan - this is develloping very good, very nice triangular composition, I think the small tower is getting to much light at the bottom side as it is not facing the lightsource, not sure though

@KarylGilbertson - I like 3 and 4 most, as it has a very good light dark read and a good sense of scale, maybe I would make the focal element in 4 a bit bigger

@Vitrubius - sounds very philosophical, I always thought singularity is pure black though :), I´m really excited about how you develop it

@matejkovacic - I like the point of view in your image a lot , I think it has lots of potential, maybe I would put your focal element, were your vanishing point converges as some of your guys are facing in that direction, along with some aerial perspective you could get a very good sense of space, hope I explained it well


I think I will go with this composition as I agree with you guys, next time I will also do some thumbs maybe

[KarylGilbertson]

More work on this, I chose thumb #4... Thoughts?

[JeiWo]

Hey guys, first time participating in one of these, looking forward to it. I'm kind of an environment noob, so I'm hoping to get better by doing these contests. Here's what I have so far. I don't have a story for it yet, but I wanted to emphasize that this is a long, long journey upwards. Suggestions would be very welcome, thanks!

[noche]

thanks for the comments, guys.

ok i beefed up the bomb a bit. not sure if it will remain a bomb. terrain is shifting. so is light.. it was too dull. i think im at that point where i start to change everything, and hopefully end up with something better.

also, another sketch i worked on the other day, i didnt want to finish my first one, but ive come to terms with it, and ill wrap it up.

[noche]

SinnerMan: neat job man. i have some problem telling wheter im standing on another mountain top, or on the ground. i believe its elevated ground? if so maybe a little atmospheric color on the sides of the main mountain could help the sense of depth

vitrubius: cool!. maybe try rotating 90 degrees see how it feels, it looks more relaxed to me. and hang the astronaut in mid ground... your call anyways, great shot.

matejkovacic: great start. i agree about the focal point, with android. also, are you gonna go color? remember atmospheric perspective, if you do. meaning things into the background will gradually catch atmospheric color (fog, sky)

android: great job, i think it'gained a lot. one last thing id point out is that big door being a bit dark for its place in space. also, its touching that foregroudn rock at the right, so that confuses things further, since they have a similar value. maybe a moderate amount of fog or something alike could help it. itd take 2 seconds to try it out and see what it looks like..

karylgilbertson: looking good so far. maybe try lightening a bit the walls behind the pilgrims, so we dont focus all our attention in the object. maybe a dim orange light? coming from torches?
also, it could probably benefit from some kind of foreground element at bottom left corner, just to remind eye not to go fool around that sand.

jeiwo: looking good man, great angle. make good use of atmospheric perspctive on that peak, and gradually take it off as you come down.. watch out for perpsective issues on that path, it looks odd in some parts.

[xNatje]

I changed the figure, but it still sucks. I give it up. I'm really not good in invironments. I still don't know how to make the background look decent. So don't count me in for the contest.
http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx79/xNatje/pelgrimage1.png

[KarylGilbertson]

xNatje! Don't give up! This may be a painful experience way out of your comfort zone, but the good news is that if you stick it out, you have the potential to grow a TON.

You should still make the figure smaller. Look at professional concept art, like for instance James Paick's Uncharted thread in the Finally Finished section. Look for the size of figures in his environment compositions. Basically, all you want is to have the figures just big enough to 1) give the environment a sense of scale (basically so the viewer can use the humans as a "yard stick" to gauge how big things are in your picture) and 2) if you want them to be doing something, adding to the narrative of the piece, you want them just big enough so that the viewer can make out what they're doing. A rule of thumb anyways.

Also, you really really really need to get some photo reference. EVERYONE gets photo reference. Even the pros. I remember watching one of Whit Brachna's environment videos, and he said he went and filled a folder with like 300 reference photos before even starting his thumbs. That's not to say copy/paste, but go look at photos and save a folder of reference so you can look and see what kinds of colours sunsets can really have, how the light acts, how mountains really look off in the distance etc. And develop your own work based on these observations.

Good luck!

[Vyse]

Hey Guys,

been a while since i´ve shown myself round here... really wish i had more time to paint lately =/
Painting this was quite relaxing... wanted to a calm beach scene like this anyway, so why not turn it into a Pilgrimage-piece.


"Since most wars are caused by fighting over land, this peaceful tribe has abandoned every personal possession of personal grounds. They do not claim any land their native homeland, and do not want to take anybody´s land away or have land taken away from them. For this reason, these pilgrims never reside for long at a place and spend their lifetime on an endless journey."

[jbrown67]

This is a temple in a very secluded area of the world, hidden deep in treacherous mountains of mist. Only a few make the long journey to worship at this temple, a place that is believed to be created by the gods themselves. Only one would ever be able to enter the temple, as the door is invisible to all except this one person. He or she would enter the temple during the darkest time of the world to call for the help of the gods.

critiques are most welcome!

[hyjaxe]

Some greyscales, still working out some ideas.

[LEEBLEEB]

Dangerous path
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/LEEBLEEB/pilgrimage1.jpg

[Kafka Dreams]

jbrown67, it looks like the rocks on the right connect with the rocks behind the spiky gate in the middle so that the bridge is just kind of a shortcut instead of being the only way through.
Your brief makes it sound like this gate is remarkably difficult to get through so doing something to visually divide these two areas would help make the gate more dramatic

[JanJager]

Vyse
Very nice mode. Perhaps put some more pilgrim attributes on the figure in the front.
xNatje
I think you have a good start. Think how the light hits the objects in surroundings and the ground. Perhaps look at some refs.
noche
I think the idea of a bomb is great. Maybe add some variations in the crowd.
JeiWo
Impressive perspective. I would render out some more in the foreground.
KarylGilbertson
Very mystic atmosphere.
android411
Great.
matejkovacic
Good start. I think the pin will be a excellent focal point.
Vitrubius
Nice. I think you could use colour and value to enhance the perspective even more.
SinnerMan
Beautiful. Religious mode. Perhaps add some figures.
jbrown67
Good mode and colours I think Kafka Dreams Has a good point.
LEEBLEEB
Brilliant idea and picture. Looking forward to see you render out more of the path.
hyjaxe
Solid base for a great pice both of them but first is my favoriite.

[KarylGilbertson]

some more work on this... long way to go! Thanks for the comments everyone I will try to find some time to type up some crits for you magnificent bastards :)

edit: now that I look at this again I think the rocks up on the top left / center left are too dark compared to the light source, they're jumping right out! gotta push 'em back, probably kill those stalactites, and lighten the rock wall in general a bit.

[Vulgar`]

^don't think you need those two figures sticking out on the right. The environment would be more focused without them.

Will give proper commentary to everyone tomor.. just wanted to say, everyone this week took this topic to the next level. I didn't see pilgrimage as you all have before, and it's expanded my interpretation of it and brought great images to mind with thought provoking concepts. From your host, thank you.

[xNatje]

i followed your advice and started a new drawing.I know it's again with a person, but I think it's my best goal.

Now It's more inspired by the pelgrims here in europe, who go to the place in spain where I forgot the name of. but I kept the ancient feeling with the clothing and the staff.
It's still a wip
http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx79/xNatje/pelgrimage2-1.png

[noche]

xNatje look at that man! good you're staying around. it's already paying off. i think this piece has a lot more cohesion, and the figure looks more dynamic. keep working on it, remember to look at ref.

[noche]

ok, ive been playing around with the "bomb" like i said it's becoming a thing of the past. .. i seriously dont know what it is, it has a bit of alien, a bit of steampunk and some aztec/inca hints. id like to portray a crowd doing some yearly pilgrimage to this strange object. not really concerned what it is, but it should ring mistery-ancient-celebration bells, and alien in a smaller amount.

it'd be great to get some feedbacjk...

i know i need to highlight the pilgrims, make them more important. ill look into that.

also, do you think a crop -take off some of the left, and a bit of the right- would benefit?

[xNatje]

noche: I think the crop will look good, but you may not cut of too much.; The mountain on the right must be still visible. On the left I would only cut of the dark pelgrim part. But it's also good the way it is now.

I worked again a bit on mine. I think it looks already better. and especially better then my first one
http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx79/xNatje/pelgrimage2update2.png

isn't the man a bit too dark? or the background too light? (or the fourground?)

[Ragnj]

Pardon my french but Fuckin awesome round so far guys!

[Vulgar`]

My entry is words: just a poem I wrote:



Protocolossus island
on the underside of an iron probiscus
was founded on a sanctimonous cause
Crow-faced pilgrims crossed a bridge
to hallowed ground, a passage
built into the colonies the next world
that revealed what was concealed
in molten rhubarb palace formations
"Does life dream of life after a dream?"
Cavemen, pirates, mind voyeurs,
dark connoisseurs
march soundly down the coven halls
Samurais and tectonic knights
of protoplasmic light
in interlocked, zirconium moon suits
"Is this a medley of space time?"
An impasse of empires fallen
steeped in virulent heat,
where the minestrone hued cannonades sleep
being
as silent as machinery can possibly be
as all breeds of agile despots prey
on the prostrate, fuming town center
Bade them well, for they are mongrels
as they crusade to the infested command centers
Suspended with the hanging gardenias
to let their heel bones adapt
to the density freeze of the night air
Time is a black expressway
devoid of high end placards
and solar streetlights
The future is a gray pit of
gargoyle bile,
asparagus guts -

"My outlook on the world is dismal, isn't it?"

[hyjaxe]

Worked out one of my thumbnails

[JanJager]

Great work everybody.
Some updates

[SinnerMan]

Update.
Looking good guys, keep em comin, I see some wicked ideas :D

[Ragnj]

WIP. The citadell of Darkness carved right from the mountain is visited by the current Zharnian tribes shaman once every century, here he will end his journy of leadership by sacrificing himself to the horned one in a 100 day hallucination trip of horror ending with him casting himself down the clifs of Marduk.

Will try to polish it a little more and make it more clear. Crit welcome.

[Vitrubius]

Great works everyone!!!
Vulgar Your poem can be one of the prays of my pilgrims.Very inspirational.

Noche. Someone told me that the intuition was the quickest gear of the intelligence. Your first approach to the concept was very good. Work out something different if you are not happy with it, but you have to know when something is finished. Thank you for your advice.. I have followed it and I´m very happy with the result.

Android411Your pilgrims are like a red dragon that is tring to reach somewhere... I like the way you have improved the draw the abism nearby gives a lot of dramatism and cleans the concept and the composition. Very, very good lithing. I like the way you have draw the people.

Karyl GilbertsonThank you for your advices to Xnatje. They are gold for me as well. I like your composition as well, that green thing gives me creeps. I liked the glow that it had in the second stage. Great work with the texture of the walls. Could You need something to help the perspective, something between the first plain and the background?

XnatjeI liked the idea, The ilumination was very good as well, it is a question of time that you can get the result that you want. The composition was very hard to resolve, nowhere to hide, or you get a great draw or nothing. There are other ways to push up a sketch. Also, It is a very good thing to follow one way and then if you don´t reach where you want take another. Keep working.!!! Yes, the man is a bit dark.

Vyse Beautilful composition, very spiritual and calmed, the beach is a great idea and is very well worked.

Jbrown The idea is very good, the bridge could be more narrow and the abism more foggier, to give the image more drama.Beautiful mountains in the background.

Hyjaxe I liked both of your sketchs, very clear composition, maybe too clear, The colors are great! It´s warm there, the architecture is very interesting as well.

Jan Jager Beautiful sketch. You are very good, I like the contrast of the colors of the clothes and the atmospheric sense of depth. In my draw I have no atmosphere!!!. Can´t use it.

SinnerMan Great work. Beautiful composition and very good technique. perhaps could take some atmospheric sense of depth , I don´t know if its the first plain too dark or the tower. My favourite.

Ragnj You draw reminds me some work of Giger. Beautiful and fresh composition .I like the use of black in the front- back relation of your draw, that wicked sun also gives me creeps. Your draw works the history very good. I love the ink.

Hope you like my work, crits wellcome. Thank to you all. I´ve learned a lot of this EOW.

[fishergraphix]

can we submit more than one entry?

[jeremygordon89]

This is my first attempt at something like this, so here's my first WIP (about ten minutes into it, so obviously I have a ton more to do)

It will be a journey of hippies to a shroom festival, which is held in this location because thousands of shrooms grow around the giant Mother Shrooms (which you can see in the distance)

http://i55.tinypic.com/33l010i.jpg

[thescala]

JanJager, Hyjax, Sinnerman great stuff. The atmosphere and lighting is really well done in all of em.

I think Im gonna start sketching some stuff in a bit. Been too busy playing the God of War collection on my spankin new ps3.

[thescala]

Our heroes, ratchet, clank, and captain quark are on their way once again to capture the evil nefarious. Unfortunately for them, their ship has crash landed on the mysterious island of doom.

The crashed ship is coming later...

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/thescala/Ratchet.jpg

[SinnerMan]

Welllllll I think this is as much time I'll have for this entry :(
Sorry for the lack of crits guys, but I've really got little time to write even these words. Everyone's doing great and I've seen some beautiful pieces this round. Keep it up

Cheers

[Vitrubius]

Adding some elements of the ancient pilgrimages, like the color flags.

[KarylGilbertson]

Great work everyone! These are in no particular order haha...

SinnerMan: I LOLed at the guy on the ground... Other than that, solid work! It might be interesting to add in some SLIGHTLY different coloured robes? Just like, differences in the dying process etc. that might make it have a bit more narrative and be more believable.

Vitrubius: A very interesting take on the topic. I don't know how your file is organized with layers and such, but I am thinking that you could add in some colour to your piece by adding in a nebula in the background, those white cloud like things really do not make sense to me.

xNatje: Much much stronger, I'm glad you're still in this! And yes I do think that the figure is a bit dark... This one is going to be sold on how convincing the background is, so get that photo reference and really try to perfect the sky, the hills, the stream, etc.

JanJager: Starting to look really cool. I don't have much in the way of crits, other than to say that maybe take the saturation down on a couple of their robes.. that pink robed dude is jumping right out at me.

Hyjaxe: Really strong work so far, now the conundrum of how to size it up and make it look more polished without losing the feeling of those loose, awesome brush strokes!

LEEBLEEB: Your piece is very interesting, but I am thinking the shapes look very homogenous at the moment, everything kind of looks the same. Throw in some different shapes, organic or possible geometric man-made elements?

noche: Getting stronger and stronger... I think you've managed to nail the crowd and various "things" they've made, it looks very convincing to me.

Ragnj: That looks CRAZY to me, it's really awesome and different. My one crit would be there doesn't seem to be much of a pilgrimage going on. I understand your pilgrimage is just one crazy shaman dude, but including him in the piece on his journey would really complete this image.

Jeremygordon89: I know you're only JUST starting on this, but the composition is very boring. How many images have you seen with the hills and the path just like this... Your concept sounds very funny and interesting, what can you do to make your composition and the technical aspects of your artwork back that up?

thescala: Interesting that you're using existing characters :) I don't really know what the Ratchet & Clank universe is like, but I am imagining a lush, vibrant, slightly cartoony vibe to "the island of doom". Really want to see where you take this!

[noche]

Vitrubius: thanks for your advice, i'll give it some thought. i'm puzzled with what to next right now. aboout your piece, i really liked the state you posted last night, it had a lot of strength. i'm not sure those color flags arew helping much right now, it's more difficult to focus on the pilgrims. and the star at the end kind of gets lost. maybe if you want some color flagging you could try small dots above each suit? have you tried adding them with color dodge,linear dodge layer mode? anyways, i really like your progress!

JanJager, i liked your piece a lot since you began. great subtle treatment. the only thing i'd point out is that both temples seem to be fighting for attention, my eye is bouncing in between and it's harder to follow the path up to the mountain. maybe you could push back in color strength the one to the left??? just an idea! i really love your piece.

thanks for comments! ill be posting more later, and probably changes on mine!

[Vulgar`]

***Also don't forget your story with your entry!!!***

[matejkovacic]

This is as far as I got until now. Any suggestions, ideas welcome!

[Anti-11]

so far this is my work in progress I was thinking of monk traveling to their holy temple through the hazardous winter in search of enlightenment I'm still trying to think up a story for this

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp318/anti-11/pilgrimageconceptcopy.png

[matejkovacic]

@noche - very nice. I don't think the crop would be better. Maybe you could make some shops and bars along the way, while there is a lot of people here each year.
@android411 - looking great. Maybe too much of details on the far things oposed to the close ones. This thing on upper left looks a bit cut out. I liked the earlier version a bit more. Thanks for your suggestions for my painting!
@xNatje - Better rendering. To show environment don't expose one character too much. The character has a bit too long hands.
@SinnerMan - nice atmosphere and texture. Great clouds and sky. The people don't seem too real. The fallen guy seems a bit flat. A bit too much of pure black.
@Vitrubius - It bothers me a bit, that it looks so digital. One row of guys seems squashed. They don't all travel into the same point on the horizon. Maybe you could make them look like praying somewhat more. It reminds me of A Space Odyssey 2001
@KarylGilbertson - nice progress.
@JeiWo - I like the start.
@Vyse - hey, Vyse, looking nice. The guy is a bit short and the goat too.
@jbrown67 - looking good. Maybe that bridge kind of thing on the right of the temple isn't the best idea.
@hyjaxe - going to look great. Waiting for the story.
@LEEBLEEB - nice ice. Some more contrast from the beginnig. Waiting for more ...
@thescala - I'm not sure it's a pilgrimage. It looks nice though.
@jeremygordon89 - those huge mushrooms are real or built? Maybe the big one should be visible from below.
@ragnj - looks interesting. Witing for more ...
@JanJager - wow, great rendering and imagination.
@Anti-11 - Looking decent but right now I don't see something to catch the eye or it is a bit too small.

[android411]

here´s my designated final, thanks for your suggestions guys, worked on the perspective and added some atmospherical fog, sorry that I don´t have more time to crit more images, I had a hard work weekend and it´s really late now, but great image everyone

JanJager - wonderful atmosphere, maybe there is too much white on the snow, as this produces lots of high contrast, other than that this is my favourite so far

Ragnj - great style and unique idea too, I´m excited how you continue

xnatje - great improvements until now, the question wheter the figure is too dark or to bright should be a question of your composition, where do you want the viewer to look first and then where to look next, try to get that right before you go into details

vulgar - wonderful poem, it´s very inspirational and very well thought, where and how should we post our story

matejkovacic - great improvement, maybe you could refine your focal point a bit more, thanks for your suggestions too, maybe I have some timell try to fix that

noche - I like your image a lot, especially your colors, maybe try to bring out the figure more, by making a dramatic sky, fog, whatever, you could add some paraglyders or birds to create scale and fill the right and left side, hope I explained it well

[fragmentedchimp]

My environments are garbage! so lets give this a go! and get better?!?!?! *AIEEEEEEE* !!!

lots of good looking stuff :)

JanJagers: saffron monks are making me happy!, multiple outposts is an awesome idea, people need their food.

android: NICE! the lighting in that piece is working really well, the amount of textures you capturing in the rock is amazing. not such a fan of the pristine golden gates, they don't seem to jive with the rest of the stuff as well as it could i think, but lots of great small touches, like blurry birdies :)

hyjaxe : i really like those two enclosed coves you had going in the gray preliminaries. the colour really beefed it up! looking sweeeet.

noche: damn man, that bomb came a long way, HAHA no pun intended.....

alright, heres my 3 hour attempt. not done of course, concept is a borderline jungle good voodoo theme. Its going to be fun to explore some new brushes with leaves. A pretty simple interpretation, follow the fire, follow the smell, ward off the beasts for prayer. :)

[fishergraphix]

can we submit more than one entry for the finals?

[Devilfruit]

taking a break from my COW's, need some Scenery work so thought I would have a bash on this forum :-) heres my first wip

Pilgrimage of the Eclipse, foggy temples with a moon theme

[Vulgar`]

@ JeiWo - Nice sketch and perspective.

@ Vyse Nice so far, I like how the surface of the water is coming to fruition already. A convincing scene and it’s a believable environment which really accomplishes the “being there” element. This looks to be the pilgrims leaving from their place of chosen pilgrimage, a sacred mist protecting their departure. Other than sprucing up each area of the details, this is looking fine as is.

@ Jbrown67 the castle-like structure almost looks like a strange construction of giant sparrow feathers. Were you going for an organic architecture, or a supernatural wood/metal hive? Since it’s the center of attention for this image, I’d maybe suggest it glowing a certain color. If it’s just a plain nest with a brownish color, it might come off as bland. Good work with the surrounding mountains - they don’t conflict with the size of the structure on the bridge, and they hold their own in the distance. I just envisioned a darker version of this - gondolas or canoes or some invented sea vessel sailing underneath the bridge with torches or lanterns aboard - and the moonlight from above. I would also suggest that the rock formation (everything that’s not the bridge and the structure that wraps around the image at the bottom/right-ish points could be omitted I think. It takes away from the central attraction which is the hive and doesn’t really provide compositional support for me. Hope you finish it, good work.

@ LEEBLEEB Great idea, range of colors and ocean movement. I want to see more it though, why so small of an image size? Hope you progress and finish!

@ XNatje Good job man, beautiful improvement. This whole scene is just interest catching. You have a character in the front following a path with nice mountain scenery to please us visually. Sharpen everything as a whole and you’re good to go. Looks like Harriet Tubman made it out of the underground railroad with a beard to boot .. ;)

@ noche Hahaha I like how it went from a simple rocket in the dirt to a crashed spaceship turned festival of the gods. I definitely like the change, it reminds me of an epic, well rendered scene you would see in a Star Wars film. Know what would truly make this eye popping for me? Massive waterfalls cascading in the distance beyond the vast canyon. Not toooo much to ask.. :) And small suggestion: small crops of fireworks in the air where the masses are dotted throughout the crowd? Maybe two or three for good measure with a similar color scheme to the spaceship/object.

@ JanJager Really nice. “As the Mongolian patriarches marched…”

@ Hyjaxe Vibrant so far. I could tell environments were your forte, or if not your still a natural with them - this week cements that original assumption even more. Thought provoking, contains epic scale and the lighting is excellent. Now all you have to do is finish it.

@ Ragnj Cool story and love the texture of the tree-bark like mountain. Would like to see better, more gothic wings on the flying creature maybe? Or is that the shaman. I’d like to have more of an overview of what’s going on in the image, rather than solely going off of the story summary, if that makes sense. Good work sir.

@ thescala Interesting.. played that game a long time ago.

@ Sinnerman Damn this is nice! Right off the bat I would have to say I don’t think the big purple flag is needed - kind of takes away from the image. Without it, it’d be more concise and impacting. The warbled looking rock on the right next to the path is also kind of distracting. Don’t think it looks solid enough either, it could be mistaken for dinosaur poop after a quick glance; that’s an exaggeration, I know, but the consistency of it doesn’t seem solid, seems mushy. Colors were well done I must say: the lavender purple cloaks of the pilgrims, the mellow, powdery blue sunlight coming in through silken clouds, the pale green vegetation and a silver gray lighthouse portal. They meshed really well. Maybe one of the pilgrims that fell had an allergic reaction the scent of the dinosaur poop pile? Haha, only kidding. Primo work!

@ Vitribius The concept in this has potential to be exceptional. This was a very creative take on the topic and I’m looking forward to the story along with the final product. I would have to say I think the flags are bringing this down a little bit - maybe too many colors conflicting with the floating in space simplicity of the first one. I agree with Karyl about maybe adding some nebulae to the space in the backround, which is also a weak point in this. The planet, this unknown sphere, means something for the image. Is there anything you can add to it, or help define it more? I don’t know if you want it to look like a dead planet that resembles an opal stone, with a burning atmosphere behind it, or a spherical space station of unknown origin under siege? Those are a lot of astronauts to detail by the way… good luck with that lol.. And thanks for the positive thoughts on the poem man, appreciate it. I’m still shakin’ off the rust.

@ Matejkovacic Solid composition, lighting and positioning of your characters so far. Are those big ducks pulling that carriage on the left? Haha, I see a bit of a sense of humor revealing itself in this. If they are big ducks, I’d maybe suggest adding more elements to this to support the ducks - or else it might seem pretty random/inconsistent with the overall environment. The monolith in the distance appears to be a skeletal finger/Egyptian wisp of sand turned immortal monument of time and space, worshipped by all. Are you already fully decided that that’s going to be your chosen structure? I’d suggest maybe one or two more WIPs of the tower monument and see if the thought fleshes out more. Last fragment of thought: is that a sand covered Yoda walking up the dunes in the middle at the bottom? “Hey there, little fella!”

@ Anti-11 Like the story idea, might want to make the image bigger though so the viewer can take in everything better. Looking forward to progress.

@ android411 What happened to the lighting in this? I liked it more in the first one for some reason, unless nothing changed and it’s just the snowy fog/mist you put in. Hahaha nice I like the birds! The line of soldiers could’ve been taken further in the polishing department. If you have time to brush up a little on that, I think it’d help the clarity/overall presence of the queue line of the army more. Make it seem more official - pilgrimage of the holy charter with epic mountains and a menacing looking gateway to elsewhere in full view to take in. Also, the mountainside to the left of the gateway, the flags in the army, lighting, and the steely sheen of the gateway could be improved. I’d say this one is on the same level as your last entry, with the same amount of areas that could be explored into more and tweaked appropriately. But nice work, droid.

@ fragmentedchimp Nice name first of all and good size! That’s what I like to see… a feast for the eyes that you can scroll down for. Looks convincing so far, looking forward to the update.

@ fishergraphix Yes, you’re more than welcome to! I don’t know if both should go to poll though, you might have to choose one to be your final and the other an accessory to accompany it/to get feedback on also. Good question.

@ Potbelly Cool so far.. The planet/moon at the topic gives off generic vibes though. I’d suggest exchanging it for mystical looking clouds, or maybe a significantly larger moon farther back for scale?

[KarylGilbertson]

Here's where I'm at now, Still needs lots more work but I couldn't work at it over the weekend due to a Dropbox snafu. Critz plz!

[xNatje]

So this is my finished version + story (Im bad at stories :P)

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx79/xNatje/Round152xNatje.png

The man is walking trough the beauty of nature, day after day, to go to the city of pelgrims. The nature is more meditative then the place he's going to.

[LJS]

KarylGilbertson: The dome of rock needs a lot more volume. Also the shadow below thw Ship should be a lot darker since it is hit by only one source of light. BTW, I think you should include some other but more subtle source of light. And try to put something behing that rock column, it has created an empty space...it is a bit dull atm.
Good work!

[Vitrubius]

My entry::carnifex:
It is said that the pilgrims of Saint Priapus can not only move mountains with their faith but sometimes they even can change the distances between the stars.
When Saint Priapus was left for dead in the collision of his vessel and a cloud of meteorites, he contacted somehow with the station of the star Saint Genarus, three parsecs from where he was.
From his Spacesuit he was watching the star Genarus, dyeing of lack of oxigen. In his agony, with the power of his faith only, he appeared near the station and was rescued. But when the station checked its position, they have been moved three parsecs towards the position of Saint Priapus... with the whole sun and a dozen of planets.
The stable singularity is still there 15.000 years after :oneye:
The pilgrims have to make this travel, and are thrown trough it while they pray. The pilgrimage takes about 27 years but the pilgrims only feel about two weeks. ( Space and time... like chewing gum, you know.) They have to reach the state of sanctified catatonia to get to the singularity and travel within it otherwise they tend to vaporize in those beautiful positrons that glow reddish when they met this reality.

Thank you all for your comments, with your help I have feel this EOW as a really pilgrimage:asskisser:

[noche]

mandatory listening for this round.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_On_Pilgrim

[android411]

thanks so much for your feedback vulgar, I went over my image and tried to refine as much as I could. At the end now it looks quite different :) I still see many things I could improve but there are so many details vs. the overal lighting which is quite difficult to manage for me right now. so I hope it´s ok

[Devilfruit]

cheers Vulgar for your crit, heres my 2nd wip..

trying to get a blackhole feature, that this Crystal Cathedral is protecting the planet from, and also the coming out of the cave to view this wonder, similar to scenes from movies such as.."Journey to the center of the earth" etc..
Pilgrims journey in dark caves and tunnels for many months to reach this area.

[SinnerMan]

thanks for the feedback Vulgar :)
So here are the corrections...but the poop stays:P

[jeremygordon89]

reworked my composition, so now I'm starting from this:

http://i51.tinypic.com/2z3ufc1.jpg

[noche]

Vulgar, nice writing dude, it gave the round a cool twist...

thanks for the comments guys... i read through each of them, and were very helpful. keep them coming.

damn, next time i'm gonna work some thumbnails and try to settle my mind at first. you have no idea how much i changed stuff before going back to this, great loss of time... lol.

im still not happy with this guy, but will call it quits soon, i gotta travel for holidays...

im working on my story ;)


EDIT: this strikes me at a late point.. but.. i think i have SERIOUS perspective issues. LOL. ill try to make sense of it

[hyjaxe]

Thank you all for comments and suggestions, great input.


Submission for EOW#152

For every sinner, a test of faith and endurance takes place to the Temple of Repentance. This test puts mind and body under heavy opposition through barren wastes, extreme heat, and deep marshland. Upon arriving the holy temple, their souls are redeemed.

[thescala]

Sinnerman- Ill be honest, the dude on the that is laying on the ground really doesn't make any sense to me. he looks very stiff. I think you should take it out.

Vitrubius- I don't mean to sound like a schmuck, but the astronauts look like there taking a dump.

Hyjax/ Noche- Really well done, they almost look like they were both created by the same person.

update:
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/thescala/RnC.jpg

[Mooglesarelittle]

Hey guys here's my take on the theme. Its still early but I'm happy with how its progressing. My thinking was to portray the pilgrim's god as an unusual figure as opposed to the standard bearded man or angel type design.

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[jeremygordon89]

Everyone's work is looking great; good job everyone. Here's mine; I know it has a lot of problems, but it's my first attempt so I did learn a lot about what not to do.

The story is: hippies travel through this land of giant shrooms to reach the mother shroom that they worship and trip on shrooms for a week as part of their worship practice. They worship the shrooms that come from this mother shroom because they believe that shrooms contain the magical essence from the earth that is god, essentially; so it is their way of worshiping a spiritual power higher than any other that they know.

http://i55.tinypic.com/mt867b.jpg

[Lucky Munky]

This is my take on...
The Pilgrimage - To witness the giant robot dragon and pray for it's wisdom, protection and forgiveness. The Great Sky-Beast is still active and sometimes speaks. Though no one knows it's alien language, the high priests claim to know it's will. Using any activity by the creature to increase the power of the sect.

[android411]

ok so here is my final, made some small changes, thanks again for all the comments

story:

It was the command of king Athos that his soldiers had to set out for a pilgrimage to the holy mountain. Everyone who passed the magic gate would be released their sin, loose fear and become a much bravier soldier. This was done before the big battle. But the priests warned Athos not to exploit religious places for military reasons. If the priests were right than the battle would be lost forever.

[thescala]

another update: finished blocking in the shapes/ colors. need to work on the characters a bit, and adding in some more atmosphere where needed.

does the image look to washed out. on my pc the colors are very vivid, on my laptop, where i posted this, the colors look washed out.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/thescala/RnC-1.jpg

[noche]

thescala
i think the colors look really ok. not so washed out nor so vibrant. beware of some monitors that really hype saturation.
i like your piece a lot, because of its style, simplicity and conceptual power. i can easily see this like an environ for a platformer game. keep working on it, its gonna look sweet!

remember the pilgrimage part!

[Anti-11]

bad news my home computer died right when I was in the middle of the project it will take me a week to get a new one so I'm out of this round but thanks for the crit

@android 411: I think the story and the composition are flawless the colors, depth, and perspective looks failry accurate

@thescala: I think some of the image are slightly washed out but enough to hurt the image I think you should also work on the waterfall on the left it seems like it was kind of rush but overall I think the image will work cant wait to hear your story :)

[smuli]

Thescala - I don't think the overall palette looks too washed out when you have the contrasting dark browns on the foreground. It gets washed out towards the distance though, as it should in air perspective but I think the problem is the bright colors of the sky looking so strong against it.

Android411 - Yours is my favorite. I like both your gate designs, they just have different flavors. Present one fits well with the gear of the soldiers though. About the natural rock next to the gate though, I liked it more the way it was on post 61, the red spot looks weird and the part immediately under the cast shadow overexposed. I think a cast shadow caused by a cloud or something far away would be softer too. But great lighting and colors overall!

Lucky Munky - I like your idea and that's one huge cave! You've used some air perspective on the left side but I think it could use even more of it, to push the hallway on the left side further and pull the rocks on the foreground closer.

Jeremygordon89 - Nice start! The palette seems a bit desaturated though. The perspective also looks a bit off because the figures get too small too early (compare their sizes to the mushrooms).

Mooglesarelittle - Haha, I like the idea, values and composition!

Hyjaxe - I really like the mood and colors! I think the water around the temple could use some more reflections, it's hard to see whether it's water or fog IMO (I assumed it's water because you wrote about marsh).

Noche - Great colors and depth!

Sinnerman - Nice rendering! You had darker shadows on the foreground previously, I think it had more depth that way. Now it looks contrast-wise like the hill with the tower is as near as the foreground.

Potbelly - Nice ethereal feel and I like the look of the temple thing. For the things further away, shading with a light, greyish blue instead of grey could give a more natural look.

Vitribius - Definitely the most original take! The lighting bothers me a bit though, the figures look strongly backlit but there's nothing to suggest a strong light source on the background.

XNatje - I really like the warm palette and grass details!

KarylGilbertson - I like the design on the ship and the lighting! To split hairs, I think the texture is bit heavy on the background when there's almost none on the foreground. Also a darker foreground could make it moodier, there's a lot of ambient light on that cave right now.


Some thumbnails/stages:

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The idea is a subglacial lake seen through the glacier. The locals believe it's where afterlife takes place. Seems like I'm in a hurry :P

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[matt kohr]

Loving this stuff so far, here's my WIP -- I'm gonna try to finish up the image by this evening.

http://mattkohr.squarespace.com/storage/ca/mKohr_piratesWIP01.jpg

STORY: When a father dies, it is tradition for the eldest Yao'mir to bring an offering to the Great Alter on vigil coast. Each year the coffers fill with wonders from the world over. For pirates ragged and on the run, this means only one thing: treasure.

[JellevdVegt]

to Vitrubius:

the first post of your environment blew me away. very original and interesting picture for this briefing. i added it to my inspiration folder :) just in all your later posts, you just keep on adding stuff in the composition, weakening your picture. i do agree with the white clouds, they do kind of disturb your picture. i would give those clouds a little more dark value, so they have less contrast. keep the focus on the spacemen is my advice.

[JellevdVegt]

my try. probably will work some more on the group of people
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[noche]

matt kohr, it looks to me those characters are the focus of your image. beware of the eow rules! other than that it looks so good and dynamic already

[thescala]

thanks for the input, guess my laptop is just a bit too bright.

thanks for the tip about the sky being too bright, never thought that would hurt the piece at all.

and... yeah the pilgramage briefing, gonna have to play around a bit with the story a little/ and the waterfall some more.

[noche]

Two Pilgrimages

Object G2-494 soon became a sacred place of pilgrimage for the Namibian and other African tribes.
When scientists finally found it, they asked the locals about what happened there; most witch doctors said "the Gods had been given proper burial".
Special teams are still trying to find the extraterrestrial bodies.
Experts speculate about the causes of the crash and the intentions of the so-called Gods.
All they know is they were transporting water. Vast amounts of water.

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i also like sound- i made an ambient track while drawing this, just for fun+mood, you can listen while you stare at the pic lol. here: http://soundcloud.com/user8658554/pilgrimage-eow152 it may add to the idea.

[noche]

ok there we go. it was a great round imo. i'll join you all for the next next topic when i come back from holidays! hope to see all the finished versions soon.
(plz vulgar let me know if its ok to upload like this, im leaving soon lol)

peace

[JanJager]

JellevdVegt
Good sketch. Maybe give it a little more pilgrim touch.
matt kohr
Interesting take on the topic. Elegant sketch.
smuli
Lovely start
thescala
Very nice I like the fantastic landscape. Perhaps dampen the red in the sky.
android411
Likes your piece very much. Can't come up with much crit. Perhaps render out the soldiers a bit more at near the ground. The shadow on the door works grate. Perhaps have a little adjustment in high level when it goes from the doorpost to the door.
Lucky Munky
Good scene. I think Smuli had a good point.
jeremygordon89
God start. Great story. Lot of potential in the picture.
Mooglesarelittle
I think you have a solid start for a great piece. Looking forward to see it finished.
hyjaxe
Very nice. Looks like the goal for all pilgrims. A very holy place.
noche
Its grate. Really like the picture.That huge form in the centre its hard to take the eyes from it. You say you lost a lot of time but I think it was worth every second.
SinnerMan
Good rendering and very emotional scene. Perhaps have the nearest figures in more contrast and brighter colours. to get the crowd less homogeneous and bring them forward.
Potbelly
Beautiful scene. I would dampen the foundation of the Crystal Cathedral and move the figure to the right to have him not to interfere with the dark parts. Perhaps putting a shadow under him.
Vitrubius
Turned out to be a really majestic view. Nice to have a space theme.
xNatje
I like the light and colours. He is obvious a pilgrim. What annoyers me a little is his long arm.
KarylGilbertson
Very nice. mystic scene. Perhaps touch up the crowd a bit.
fragmentedchimp
I love the composition. Looking forward to see were you will go with it.
Anti-11
You got the idea of a hazardous winter through in the picture.
matejkovacic
Good progress. Lovely mode a also like the details with the wagon and the umbrellas.I would render the centre of the picture really accurate with sharp edges since its where the eye goes.

Here is my update. Thanks for the crit very helpful. Still want to adjust some.
Have tried to come up with a story.
Going for the Mongols ( thanks for the tips Vulgar). They buried the great Genghis Khan in the most tough place they could think of. The Himalayas. The tomb became a goal for pilgrims trying to get power from the great world conqueror. The road was taken care of by the monks. After a couple of hundred years the monks held the place secret and stopped guiding people to the Mausoleum afraid to wake the grim powerful ruler.
So the Khan still rest among his fantastic treasures preserved by the cold temperature.

[JeiWo]

Hey guys, unfortunately I'm going to have to throw in the towel here, but I figured I'd post my progress shots anyway, hopefully to get some good feedback that I can use when I start the next contest.

I feel like I regressed as I went along, especially when going from the first to the second. After realizing I screwed myself over by the third, I tried to go back to the look of the first, and try to get that overhanging perspective going again. I don't feel like I ever really got it, and I can't even figure out where the trail is supposed to be, thus kind of screwing myself over.

I also don't know how I feel about working in greyscale before colorizing it, as opposed to working straight with color. Whats your guys' opinion on this? I think next time I might try working straight with color, then desaturing it every now and then to make sure my values are okay. I also probably won't attempt an extreme perspective, as well. Any other opinions/criticisms would be very helpful, thanks.

[hyjaxe]

JeiWo

Working with greyscale is great just for the simplicity of making sketches. Sometimes you can get bogged down with all the color ranges, tones etc before finalizing your composition. So I try to work all my compositions first in greyscale.

Hope this helps.

[KarylGilbertson]

Everyone is KILLIN IT... Awesome guys.

Here's mine.. Final I think, unless you guys got some good suggestions :)

Long ago, while fasting in the desert, a tribal shaman communed with his ancestors. They led him to an amazing site in the most isolated place in this vast wasteland.

There, in the sand, was a gaping hole. Some sort of wondrous craft had crashed through an uncommonly thin area of ground, coming to rest in the expansive caverns below. Following his ethereal guides, the shaman was able to find a cave entrance and work his way down to the otherworldy wreckage. This marvel, though half buried in sand and unknowably old, still glowed with an eerie light. The shaman carefully removed a piece of the craft, and returned to his people with his trophy and the tale of his find.

Ever since, generation after generation of tribespeople have followed their shamans into the desert, to see with their own eyes the marvel beneath the sands. Here they worship, believing it to be a vehicle of the gods. Here they study this wreck, still glowing after hundreds of years, hoping to one day learn of its secrets.

[Vulgar`]

New round is up! http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2941125#post2941125

[thescala]

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/thescala/123.jpg

[Kafka Dreams]

Hopefully its not too late. I had a hell of a time getting the painting scanned. It still looks too bright to my taste but time is always against us.


The tourists come but they do not know.
They take pictures but they do not see.
They see only the rocks and the jungle.
But the monks who journey to the abandoned temple,
Who dedicate themselves to unlocking its secrets;
In the quiet between moments they know the truth.
In their minds' eye they see the temple in its glory beyond time.

[JanJager]

Great round everybody.
Pilgrim Story
The Mongol s hide the tomb of their world conqueror Genghis khan as near the sky as they could.
The site became a goal for pilgrims to get part of his great powers. The pilgrims were guided by monks. When the Mongol empire imploded security in the area couldent not bee guaranteed.
To prevent plundering of the enormous treasures in the grave the monks stopped guiding people and hide all knowledge of the place. The story was forgotten so the Kahn still rest on his mountain top preserved by the cold and sounded by all his gold.

[KarylGilbertson]

JanJager, looks good man! Just don't forget you needs a story for this one :)

[Mooglesarelittle]

Ach this thing gave me a massive headache. I made the mistake of trying to paint this without any reference and just ended working into it and getting nowhere >_>. Lesson learned though I think this is too rough to be entered into the vote.

Grats to everyone who has entered so far! They're looking great.

[KarylGilbertson]

Mooglesarelittle: I don't think it looks too rough (some areas are pretty loose but they're balanced by more rendered areas), but you've taken out some elements from the comps that I thought made a lot of sense, such as the pathway leading up to the god... Maybe it looked a bit too much like the pilgrims were going to be inhaled by giant kirby, but some kind of "viewing platform" or something where people would have an audience would add to the concept IMHO. Also now that you've only got two figures, it is losing a bit of a "pilgrimage" feel.

[matejkovacic]

Pilgrimage - story:
People of KREH have an exhausting pilgrimage they make when they are fifty
years old. People of KREH usualy die at fifty which is why. They travel to
the biggest monolith on the planet standing in the middle of the hot desert.
They call the monolith "The Pin". As the legend goes the gods put the pin
where they want their people to gather and get important message for their
further life and their children.

[mbetteker]

The Ancient Orange will lead us!!!

[SinnerMan]

Here's the final version

The towers of Tha-Haral
every 30 years pilgrims from all around the land of Fhermdor come to gather at the par of mount Vfhim to praise the Other Ones in a sacrificial fashion: a second-born must be sacrificed each time a pilgrimage takes place, by throwing the innocent off the main tower's terrace to please the Other Ones. The roads to the towers is perilous and victims often fall prey to the mountain's harsh environment and lack of water.

[Mooglesarelittle]

KarylGilbertson: Thanks for the input! I agree with the points you made, I deviated a lot from the initial sketch as I was having some issues painting in the walkway so I removed it, I guess I need to try harder next time T_T. I added in a few extra figures to hopefully give it a more 'pilgrimage' feel :)

So, here's my final entry:

When you finally find your god, who's to say he won't be a giant, squishy, Kirby-like dodgeball King?

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[smuli]

Here's mine...

"Somewhere in the freezing north, there's a lake under the glacier to which only the members of the Freiger-Atr clan know the way. They believe the souls of their dead kinsmen wander to the lush forests in the cavity protected from coldness by the ice. Every year, the Freiger-Atr visit the lake in the hope of catching a glimpse of their deceased relatives and ancestors."

[mbetteker]

My final.

I am really loving everyone's contributions. Will give some feedback shortly!


"We Ventured with The Ancient Orange to seek the Orange Tree, our only hope of survival..."

[IvanChristian]

My final, I hope this is not to late.

Description: As spring starts to melt the thick snows high within the mountains a monk makes the long pilgrimage back to his monastery home after spending winter deep within the mountains meditating.

Edit: Adjusted the colour balance.

[Vulgar`]

Great round guys, the poll doesn't go up until 10 or 12 hours from now so there's still a lot of time to get your finals posted and plug in a story.. I know a few forgot their story on previous pages so it'll still be allowed.

[twentyone]

Hey everyone, thought I'd join in too. I haven't been here in awhile, haha. Good luck everyone.

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[fishergraphix]

Since there is no final thread yet, hopefully this will count as my submission. I have two images, the green sky is my favorite:

storyline...

Only two were brave enough to enter the sacred towers under the ominous green sky. Would their bravery be rewarded or will they be as a fool, entering into harms way by their own hand...

[m8y]

The Altiz people making their annual pilgrimage to celebrate their ancient tribal culture in the Siems Dome. Leaving behind all traces of their now super-advanced technology, for a week of music, dancing and feasting.


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