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Vulgar`
December 19th, 2010, 06:54 AM
E.O.W. Round 154: Harbour of the Damned


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Round 154:

Topic suggested by Veshkau:
Harbour of the Damned

Briefing:

Harbour of the Damned: Sea port base of an undead army.


Deadline:
EXTENDED to January 3rd, 2011


Some extra time due to the holidays so everyone's able to join and spend time with their friends and family at the same time! Good luck this week, ladies and gentlemen. Knock em' dead..

-V

:yayca:

Ragnj
December 19th, 2010, 10:10 AM
Sounds fun, think it can generate alot of fine entries.

Partisan
December 19th, 2010, 10:38 AM
this is AWESOME ! ....sucks to be me....dont have the skills for environments :nohope:

neutral.
December 19th, 2010, 10:49 AM
sucks to be me....dont have the skills for environments :nohope:

Only one way to get better. :grandpa:

Eerie topic btw... I like it!

drummingpariah
December 19th, 2010, 01:53 PM
I have a little free time this week, I definitely want to get in on this one.

vibhas_virwani
December 19th, 2010, 02:33 PM
whoa !! tempting topic !! :) ill hopefully be able to make smthing till then !! happy holidays n xmas to all in adv. :)

reaxion
December 19th, 2010, 04:26 PM
i can hear a buoy bell now , some inspiration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5A3U4SaFrw

JSpayde
December 19th, 2010, 10:07 PM
Sounds great, will definitely try.

noche
December 19th, 2010, 10:19 PM
cool.

Angel Intheuk
December 20th, 2010, 11:37 AM
Cool topic, need to practice enviros desperately think I'll join you guys this time :)

Trashy
December 20th, 2010, 02:50 PM
Hey there Vulgar I'm back! I'm on break so I'll jump on board with this one.

Corrick
December 20th, 2010, 05:15 PM
Mostly final

http://williamwerk.com/art/eow154-corrick.jpg

zy.
December 21st, 2010, 03:38 PM
Wow Corrick! I really enjoy the curvy composition, and your use of silhouettes to frame the main scene. Colors are great too!

Partisan
December 21st, 2010, 05:10 PM
sadly CHoW intervened so no entry from me in this EOW ChoW thrills me more and from tomorrow my fiancee comes around for holidays...so no time to get both done :^^;:

Vulgar`
December 22nd, 2010, 05:13 AM
What are your thoughts on making this EOW a double week due to the holidays?

JanJager
December 22nd, 2010, 06:09 AM
Corrick
Very Good. Wonderful mode. Cant come up with any crit.

android411
December 22nd, 2010, 09:15 AM
great stuff guys

@corrick, great mood and composition
@JanJager, great atmosphere and story

here are some thumbnails to get me started with something, good idea with time extension, and as I probably wonīt have the time to continue the next days, merry christmas btw

Absorber
December 22nd, 2010, 03:52 PM
@android: great moods so far. I think the first and third one are the most interesting.

@janjager: underwater again? :P The composition is good but maybe you be more clear about the object on the left. I think it's the front of a big ship but maybe showing an anchor or some small windows :)

@ vulgar, an extension is more than welcome!

@ Corrick: Great image. I like the mood, the colors and the texture. I do think the fire on the mountain is drawing to much attention, but this could be done on purpose. And the rock in the middle-left looks like a lizard looking over his shoulder :P
Again, great image!

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My thumbs are crappy. I noticed that when I'm using brushes instead of the lasso tool my compositions are dull and boring. So more lasso for me I think!
Number 7 and 8 are my fav. but I think i'll do 7 as final.

Good luck everyone!

DarkRyuukin
December 22nd, 2010, 08:58 PM
Janjager, I do love the colors and the idea for your piece but wonder if the undead/damned are taking up too much of the focus. Of course this could also be because its still rather rough... either way I love it

Angel Intheuk
December 23rd, 2010, 06:15 AM
corrick that is eerie, nice job on the colours and composition. Would more creepy mist be too cliche?

Janjager very nice so far. you really get a sense that the men are moving underwater.

android ~Merry Christmas~ I like your thumbs, the top right one stands out, is that a swinging hook in the forground? nice touch.

Absorber I like your lasso technique, definitely makes thumbs more interesting. Do you think about the shapes you make or is it mostly random?



My attempts at thumbs, I used colour pencil and I'm quite liking the texture, but they're a bit samey, I think I'll mix it up and have a play around with the compositions and view points.

EDIT: Thanks for the feedback Absorber I did a quick colour sketch of that one, it was my fav out of this lot too. I think I'll start simple composition wise. Going for a gothic industrial evil feel.

snatti
December 23rd, 2010, 09:11 AM
my thumbs for this challange, gonne probbaly go with the bottom right one,

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4646/62224029.jpg (http://img836.imageshack.us/i/62224029.jpg/)

Absorber
December 23rd, 2010, 10:36 AM
@Angel: I think the third of the right one is the best. It's not an exclusive composition but the overview is great! :) My lasso shapes are mostly random at the start, to find interesting stuff, and then when I have a image in mind I start thinking about the flow and depth.

@Snatti: I like both right ones. But the bottom one can show us the most info about the environment. Good thumbs! :)

- Here's a progress screen from my final. I think I lose to much movement and the image became boring.. I need to add some spice! Oh and I wanted to create a broken/wasted/pirate-like environment so it's way to clean right now.

EDIT: I added the last 2 steps to my previously uploaded one. I think I'm almost done. It still sucks a bit, and I love black&white, going to the coloring is always painful. As you can see it became a ice world, not a regular fire-hell.
Critics please!

EDIT2: Why can't I be as good as Kekai :(

android411
December 23rd, 2010, 04:22 PM
here is an update, I choose the second one but Iīm not happy with the result especially colors, but Iīm very concerned about composition and lighting right now, maybe I will work on this or some of the other thumbs too after christmas, letīs see

@snatty -good thumbs, I would go with top ones as they have a quite dynamic and composition and create lots of tension

@Absorber - nice execution so far, maybe donīt add too much bright values in the sky, reserve this area for your focal point

@Angel Intheuk - nice thumbs, maybe try to combine several of your thumbs as all of them have interesting elements and together they could provide a strong composition

JSpayde
December 24th, 2010, 03:08 PM
Here are my ideas for the challenge. I know I need practice. You guys have some really great compositions!

hyjaxe
December 24th, 2010, 04:43 PM
some thumbnails

Vulgar`
December 25th, 2010, 11:43 AM
Welcome back Trashy!

Corrick - Welcome back as well, the approach you took was simple but its intriguing in every aspect. Tight work.

JanJager - Nice so far Jan, the composition and position of everything in the image reminds me of your entry for the steampunk train station. Cool concept.

Angel Inthiuk - Interesting, looks like a sort of colloseum of the dead at a seaport.

snatti - Your image won't load on this computer but I'll get back to it.

Absorber - I like the icy feel of this - colors will be key in this! And I'm liking what you've got so far. It almost has a watercolored look to it.

android411 - Solid entry so far, good sir. Those figures with flaming torches on the right tell a story of their own, didn't catch that the first time I saw your post.

JSpayde - From a literary standpoint, if I were to critique the ideas of these WIPs, it'd probably be that skulls are kind of cliche for the damned/death subject. Or if skulls were still used, then maybe a different look than the conventional version would make the outcome more original/eerie?

hyjaxe - On point jaxe.


Merry Xmas ladies!!!!!

android411
December 25th, 2010, 05:01 PM
here is a quick color comp of the second thumb, wanna do one of the third too for practise reasons but also having lots of fun with this topic, hope you like it

@JSpayde - good use of values in your thumbs, maybe you could try to use different camera angles in them as all of them have the same eye level

@hyjaxe - very moody thumbs, Iīm excited how you develop them, hard to decide for me which on to go as all of them have potential

JanJager
December 25th, 2010, 06:44 PM
@ hyjaxe
I like all three of them but first one is my favourite.
@ android411
Nice. I like the last one best. Perhaps introduce some more red in the flames.
@Vulgar
Thanks Good point. I didn't not notice that.
@JSpayde
I like the last one best. I think you should bee careful to not let the skulls pop out to much. Have them as a part of the environment.
@Absorber
I like the colour and composition. Turns out great.The condition of the buildings gives it a certain mood. Thanks for the crit. I guess I'm stuck under the water. Try to come up next round.
@I like all of them but I am very found of the last one. Gives a great feeling of a big solid harbour.
Angel Intheuk
@Lovely thumbnails. Bold colour at the colour sketch. I like it. At this point I think the tones on the water takes away a bit of the depth.
I think you should have a smooth grade from dark to light. Perhaps a reflection from the ski ,buildings and fire.

Benza
December 26th, 2010, 05:42 PM
hereīs my initial sketch, pen and paper.. photoshop.. any suggestions including crap it is welcomed..




http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/Benza73/harbourofthedamned1.jpg

Trashy
December 27th, 2010, 07:59 PM
Hey guys here is my piece. Hope you all had a great Christmas. I may have time to make changes to this so crits welcome. I might have time later to get comments in to everyone else.

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Sapphirelullaby
December 27th, 2010, 09:21 PM
Hey guys. This is my first time entering any sort of community activity; it's funny that I chose the Enviroment category -- I'm a total noob at environments haha. It's one of my weakest points as an artist, since I've had so little practice, so I'm going to try and enter as many of these weekly challenges as I can to get inspired and start practicing; I'm not really here to try and enter the polls or anything. If you all could critique and help me with my WIP, I'd be thankful. c: this is the rough draft. I'm still not sure what to do about the colors and lighting, so I'm concentrating more on overall concept.

It's pretty lame and has no real undead elements yet...but I'll get there. If you're wondering, that weird thing sticking out of the water on the left it supposed to be several crosses with skeletons kind of piled atop one another. kind of like a warning sign.

(ahh..I feel like such an amateur in here :S but I must start somewhere.)

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1598/harborofthedamnedwip.jpg

Vulgar`
December 28th, 2010, 09:32 AM
Still a a good amount of days left guys, this week is still subject to any extension if required. Just name the date you'll need.

-V

Absorber
December 28th, 2010, 03:23 PM
@Vulgar: The extension isn't necessary for me but I can't speak for the rest.

@Sapphire: I think your concept is fine although you should take a look at your perspective. It feels like the dock is covering a lot of the sea.
I made you an overpaint to make my point. (which isn't correct as well but it shows what I mean) Good luck with the rest :)

@Trashy: Nice mood and good use of texture. I do think the birds are a bit to much, maybe less birds with less brightness would do it. The floor and atmosphere are great!

@Benza: Funny to see the combination of pencil and photoshop. Which colors would you be using?

@Janjager: Thanks for your comment :) Your image is coming along very good. But watch out with all the hard-brush-details. Your building in the back is maybe a bit to sharp. And your warm colors on the bottom feels a bit lonely in your overal cold image, maybe blending those more would be a good thing. Keep it up!

@Android: SECOND-thumb: Great composition and view. I like it that we see so much stuff going on. Although it will cost you a lot of time to render all of it ;)
FIRST-thumb: I think your angle is great but the image isn't showing much story. Is it a jail of something with guards or is it a dumping spot for wrecked ships? And maybe your color-shifts are a bit to hard, blend those colors more.

@Hyjaxe: I like the atmospheric perspective of the first and the angle of the third. Makes me want to see the next step. Good luck!

@JSpayde: Maybe the death-theme is a bit overdone but this is your choice of course. I think the third one has the most potential. I like the design of the skulls


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Here is my 'final', a bit more details and fine tuning. Happy new year everyone, I'm off the end of this week.

buka
December 28th, 2010, 06:33 PM
hi
I'm posting my piece. It's finished for now but still i'm waiting for suggestions.

Benza
December 28th, 2010, 11:21 PM
A couple of more days would be apprecieated.. but time is always short.. so if I donīt make it in time.. well life goes on..
Started over again with thumbs to get a fresh start and new ideas..

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/Benza73/thumbs.jpg

zy.
December 29th, 2010, 12:12 AM
Wow. shockingly good stuff so far!

Benza-- I really like the look of the smokey purple one so far...

Lyno
December 29th, 2010, 03:01 AM
buka I like your piece, I would add some details in the foreground. I don't mean props or something, just cleaning some parts op, add some little rocks, sand, little plants? Create some nice sharp lines too, maybe you can give those mountains (big rocks) some sharp edges?

nilfheim
December 29th, 2010, 03:57 AM
it's my first eow challenge, I don't think this work is finished but I don'r really feel about ending this piece http://i.imgur.com/qSXIW.jpg

edit: sorry for too big picture, I don't know how to edit attachment so here you can view amller version http://imgur.com/qSXIW

Absorber
December 29th, 2010, 12:07 PM
@Nilfheim, why don't you reduce the size in photoshop right away? Just scale the image with 'Image Size' and save it as jpg (for web, to reduce size in kb's). Don't forget to save the .psd-file BEFORE resizing otherwise you save the small image over your big image-file!

revenebo
December 29th, 2010, 07:24 PM
Finally I found time to work on an EoW!!
Some awesome entries so far!!

A work in progress (quite traditional for style and content...). Crowd of damned still missing.

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Benza
December 29th, 2010, 11:41 PM
Hereīs some further developments on the sketches..
any suggestions..

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/Benza73/thumbs2.jpg

zy.
December 30th, 2010, 02:20 AM
Hey all-

I hope I didn't miss anyone and hope this is helpful! =D

Angel Intheuk- creepy and awesome! Like the concept and can't wait to see more. The flames at the entrance of the harbor are my fav.

Snatti- Like the bottom right one as well. Hope it's turning out!

JSpayde- Great thumbs. I'm a big fan of the first one. Though none of them are really saying "harbor" to me...

hyjaxe- Awesome. Love the first one. But where are the boats?

Android411- Nice, very on topic and creepy.

JanJager- I want to have kids with your color scheme... Though the pinks in the front may have to wait at the door. Also not sure what that pink light is falling on, water diffusion?

Trashy- The birds leading the way are awesome. Overall the piece seems strong. My only cc are that the front ship and ship behind it are blending together a bit. The foggy light coming from the entrance also seems a bit forced. And I keep wanting the front-most ship to be pointed, but maybe that's just me :) I think it's right on concept though, and an imaginative and intriguing vision! The tiny damned coming out are fantastic!

Sapphirelullaby-- I like the idea, and I saw your WIP post, the painting in that post was already much improved, can't wait to seem more!

Vulgar- Thanks. Not sure I'll make this round either way, but I'll start screaming if I'm on the verge of something good ;)

Absorber- love the use of hard textures, and the concept is really cool. Having a little trouble figuring out what's happening in the foreground. Are we looking from the deck of another ship?

buka- I really like the idea of the ghostly mast. Undead crawling out of the water are eerey. The only cc I have is that the cliffs take up a lot of space and are comparatively underdeveloped. Maybe adding some strong shapes which point the eye back to the main focus?

nilfheim-- cool! I'd love to see more. I love the lighting and figure in the foreground. The ships in the back seem to be in a strange gray land though. Maybe either fade them out or in? Not sure... Or maybe just change the colors and light a bit, right now they're cast in a flat blue gray light.

revenebo- nice! I'd like to see it a little larger, hard to tell what's going on with this size (and maybe the crowd of damned would help too :-P). Is that a big ship made out of a giant person? O.O

Ogihara- I like the idea. Things seem a little rough right now. I'd recommend the lasso tool with some hard or soft brushes to define some edges. (just lasso around the shape you want and fill accordingly, really fun! Just figured it out meself :)). The bottom- is that a damned soul crawling to the ship? Like it, though the footprints are really bright. Also, hard to tell if the dock is actually leading to the ship or not (?). Cant wait to see more though.

Benza- Nice sketches, Hard to say w/o color on some. There is water in these, right? Not the top left as far as theme goes, though it's really interesting and I'd say worth more time later. Bottom left is talking to me right now, though bottom right looks like it could be interesting, and really fitting with the theme.

Ogihara
December 30th, 2010, 07:54 AM
Okay here is my "final" (need to read for my exam, so havent got more time :D)... I really dont know how to make it not look this blurry.. I tried but it still looked a bit blurry :D
- Please be harsh... I really need the crits since this is the first time I paint something only from my head.. Never tried that on a wacom :)

tsujni
December 30th, 2010, 06:36 PM
Final-ish - J

tsujni
December 30th, 2010, 06:38 PM
Okay here is my "final" (need to read for my exam, so havent got more time :D)... I really dont know how to make it not look this blurry.. I tried but it still looked a bit blurry :D
- Please be harsh... I really need the crits since this is the first time I paint something only from my head.. Never tried that on a wacom :)

Hi, Ogihara - try using hard edge brushes with no opacity manipulation, utilize flow instead. Also, utilize the unsharp mask filter; just be careful it's easy to over do it - check it with preview toggle.

-J

tsujni
December 30th, 2010, 06:44 PM
Hereīs some further developments on the sketches..
any suggestions..

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/Benza73/thumbs2.jpg

Hi Benza, the bright concepts are intriguing though difficult to pull off. Perhaps, to say that the dead disembark and are marched under the waves; their last sight of the sun being the harbour.

I like the Spanish influenced one; with that said I would recommend dropping the large cloud. It looks to formulaic in terms of the composition. I might suggest that you look into color variations of the sky as a possible substitute for the composition.

-J

revenebo
December 30th, 2010, 07:59 PM
zy. Thanks for the comments! The ship could be the body of a giant person (Charon maybe?) or it was just designed to look like a giant skeleton... who knows. :)

snatti those sketches are cool and they deserve some more work IMO.

Benza Nice sketches! I would drop the "Lush" one, it looks like a great place for vacations not a harbour of the damned.

tsujni glad to see you back to EoW! (Where's your sb??)

Update

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zy.
December 30th, 2010, 09:12 PM
tsujni- awesome colors.

revenebo-- Looking awesome. Love the dead walking out!

Here is my final-ish sub. Didn't think I was going to make this one. Not sure it says "the damned" as much. It swayed off topic pretty early, and I just let it move, only to find it worked its way back a bit. Ice caves are fun... any cc or thoughts much appreciated. I plan to re-visit this one again.

Trashy
December 31st, 2010, 12:58 AM
Hey Absorber zy. and thanks for the crits,

Okay I did change things up here. I did mess with the birds some and changed the whole atmosphere. I think it needed to be maybe be more gloomy. I'll be getting comments in next.

Vulgar I'm cool with the deadline but maybe because of New Years it might be good to have the deadline the 2nd instead of the 1st of January.

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Benza
December 31st, 2010, 05:28 AM
Hereīs what I ended up with,, went with the lower left sketch from the last four..
used refs from my own photos and tried to make it work,, maby itīs a bit too dark???

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/Benza73/eow154.jpg

JanJager
December 31st, 2010, 08:31 AM
Harbour of the D

Vulgar`
December 31st, 2010, 09:19 AM
Looking good guys!

Due date extended until January 3rd. Happy New Years!

revenebo
December 31st, 2010, 09:36 AM
JanJager that rocks!!

Trashy that rocks too!! Great mood.

Benza it's a bit dark actually and it's hard to distinguish land, sea and sky.

I'm not sure I'll be able to work more on it before the deadline so I post this as final... Happy New Year to everybody!!

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Angel Intheuk
December 31st, 2010, 10:19 AM
Absorber: Thanks for the feedback. Your final looks great, I like your colours and the composition. very ghostly.

Vulgar: Thanks very much, and Happy New Year :D

JanJager: Thanks so much for your suggestion, really helpful. I worked on the water last night, don't know if I managed to pull it off yet, I'm going to work on it some more tomorrow (give me something to do with my New Year hangover :)) Your final looks really cool! I like the magical suggestion with the orange light.

Trashy: I love your final! It's awesome, I do miss the white birds, just because they seemed to symbolise hope in all that gloom, but the final with the dark birds works better for the brief.

Benza: Nice and gloomy, good sense of death and decay. it is a bit too dark and low res to see it clearly though .

Sapphire: Hello :D The paintover by absorber works well, the colours capture the right mood and I like your idea for the skeleton warning post. maybe put something similarly ghoulish in the foreground to the far left on the harbour like someone walking to the boat that would draw your eye more into the picture.

Revenbo That is just awesome, love the creature carcass so much! And Happy New Year!

zy I like the blue colours, a nice icy approach. The boats are getting a bit lost in the background. not sure what to suggest, I am a noob at this enviro stuff..ooh! maybe have a enormous rusty steel ghost ship heading down the cave?

here's what i've been doing so far mainly messing around with textures, lighting and colour to get them looking ok. I need to sort out my perspective and the sizes of the boats and buildings it's a bit hodge podge atm.

Trashy
December 31st, 2010, 12:15 PM
Hi everyone Happy New Years! Hope you all have a good one tonight.

Alright since I haven't yet I wanted to get some comments in here.

@Corrick- Nice man I like how you painted this with the silhouettes. Real clean work and nice mood. I think I see what absorber was saying with the one light, looks great but it does take away from the actual harbor. I almost want to see more there. Maybe lights coming off the ships, also the ships are looking slightly 1-dimensional right now. I think just popping out that one area would finalize this one more and really knock it out of the ball park.

@JanJager- Love your piece! You got a awesome composition here and it's cool that it's actually all underwater. Sure you could refine the ships more but that's about it. One aspect though I think would add more to your piece...bubbles! If it's underwater there's gotta be bubbles somewhere, I know it's a small aspect but it would help your piece even more and sell the atmosphere and environment. Great stuff though! Love the undead and how their carrying all their belongings.

@revenebo- Nice man you've been making some nice progress on this. Like the addition of the skulls and lights and the long line of undead folks...especially dig the headless one :D

@Benza- Your right it is a little too dark right now but your heading in a better direction. Think about your lighting though. Where is you light coming from? Is there a lightsource? Try to stay away yeah from those solid blacks they tend to flatten out a piece a lot and so do solid whites. Just think though what you want your viewers to look at in your piece. Is it the harbor...a group undead scally-wags shuffling to a boat? Try to make as many questions as possible and once you got that just then ask yourself how your gonna get the viewer to look at it. Hope that kind of helps. Keep pushing yourself man ;)

@buka- I like this! I pretty much would say the same things that zy. did. I think mainly that right side of your piece needs more working terms of the rock face, it doesn't look like it's receding into the background. Just play with it's shape and see how it affects the rest of the piece.

@Absorber-Thanks for the feedback man! Cool angle on that final piece!

@Angel Intheuk- Thanks for the Feedback also;) haha I know those birdies were a tough choice :D Like the direction on your piece. I think you got a good color scheme going here and the harbor looks cool. If your struggling with the perspective try to keep your perspective lines on a separate layer so you always see them when blocking in the shapes. Hope that maybe helps. Judging from the lighting here is there a sun that just went down over the horizon? If so look at some photos of the ocean around dusk and that will help you out also.

Benza
December 31st, 2010, 01:26 PM
@Trashy

Thanks for taking the time to comment.. your pointers are very valued and appreciated. I will try and use them and rework it again.. Hope all is getting a happy new year.. for me its back to work at 4am newyears day

tsujni
December 31st, 2010, 03:24 PM
... SNIP ...

tsujni glad to see you back to EoW! (Where's your sb??)

.... SNIP ....


Hi Rae! It's been awhile hasn't it; as for my sketchbook, in a childish fit I topple my blocks. I know it's a character flaw of mine. Anyways, that just means it's time to rebuild.

Nice ship by the way!

-J

tsujni
December 31st, 2010, 03:29 PM
Hereīs what I ended up with,, went with the lower left sketch from the last four..
used refs from my own photos and tried to make it work,, maby itīs a bit too dark???

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/Benza73/eow154.jpg

Really cool look Benza! I think the dark is a great look for it; gives it a ashen look.

-J

Benza
December 31st, 2010, 03:48 PM
reworked it a bit,, not sure if it hits the mark, beging to hesitate the composition.. maby it just not fitting to show the undead army harbour.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/Benza73/thumbs27.jpg

snatti
January 1st, 2011, 02:17 AM
@Absorber it's looking good, i can feel the ouze(or how to spell) of the image like a cold morning in the harbour of the damned looking forward to see how it will end :)

@Android i agree the other once thumbs had more tension in the angel but the mood i want to get seems more fitting for the bottom right one

@Revenbo i could do some more work on them i do agree but i like to start with simpel blocks that tells me what the image is all about

@Thrasy I like the choice of colours you have chosen, it gives it a really good feeling been thinking of how to describe but i simply can't , tho i truly like it :)

@Buka this really fiths the topic and oh how i love that ghost mast, right on the spot

@vulgar thanks for extended deadline

happy new year to all, make sure to start in best possibel way

revenebo
January 1st, 2011, 04:18 PM
snatti Oooops sorry man, I didn't mean they are rough or not enough defined, I just meant they're nice (they convey mood and scale well) and that you should pick one of them and develop it further...

Benza I think the mood is good and it fits the topic. It's just a little too dark (check your monitor, maybe it shows things lighter than they actually are) and it's difficult to sort middleground from the background. You could lighten the sky a bit and push atmospheric perspective to give the sense of scale.

tsujni Yeah, give us back your sb!! :)


Worked on it a little bit more (and I'm pretty sure it's the final verison...):

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hyjaxe
January 1st, 2011, 05:51 PM
Ended up going with a different composition than from my initial ideas.

snatti
January 2nd, 2011, 03:09 AM
@revenebo ahh just simpel missunderstanding :)

this is my final mabye do changes in future,ide was kinda like a futuristic harbour for some hightec undeads

android411
January 2nd, 2011, 03:45 PM
happy new year every one, here is my third thumb worked out a bit, I try to comment on some stuff the next days as I still have lots of work over the holidays

Electricleash
January 2nd, 2011, 10:40 PM
Final entry for Environment of the week #154 - Harbour of the Damned:


Background:

'They wait... patiently, as only the dead can, wait for the next storm, the storm that will bring sustenance and swell their putrid ranks.'

Imagine an undead 'breakers yard' if you will; a watery mangled fortress of twisted metal and boiling furnaces.
A place of depravity born of desperation and starvation, where lost or derelict vessels come to their final terrible rest.
Populated by ghoulish aberrations that scavenge the ships for the rotting remains of lost sailors, murdering those unfortunate enough to survive drowning.

I looked to a more contemporary setting for the harbour, one with current military tech, but all mashed and rusted.
So I used refs of WWII pearl harbour, aircraft carriers, subs etc. and used a mix of oranges and purples for the contrasts between the ghostly sea and the sweltering hulks.

I really had great fun with this; my first EOW entry, and helped me get to grips with how the forum works.
Anyone want's to check out WIP's they're in my sketchbook.

Happy New year all!

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1134732&d=1294023066

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zy.
January 3rd, 2011, 10:32 AM
Awesome posts all, and thanks everyone for the cc!

android411
January 3rd, 2011, 02:00 PM
hey vulgar, please take this one as my final, didnīt have the time unfortunately to develop my images further as Iīm also changing appartment, so looking forward to the next eow

zy.
January 3rd, 2011, 03:28 PM
Me too vulgar. I'm going to have the say the one I posted is my final too. Sorry, not sure I'm going to have internet when the finals thread comes up <:-\ I'm in an airport now with the slowest internet connection I've had since dial up, sorry I can't re-upload!

Absorber
January 3rd, 2011, 03:30 PM
Here's my final.
Great work everyone! Up to the next eow!

Angel Intheuk
January 3rd, 2011, 03:32 PM
So many cool entries. I didn't have as much time to finish this as I'd hoped, thanks everyone for some great feedback.

FINAL

buka
January 3rd, 2011, 03:33 PM
I'm not sure if there is any final-posting thread so I'm putting my final here. Cheers!