EOW 161 :: An Insect's Perspective

[Vulgar`]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/images/EOW.jpg

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Topic: An Insect's Perspective
suggested by Lane.


BRIEF:

You are an insect… where are you and what do you see?






- Keep in mind that common subjects can be very interesting when viewed from an insect’s perspective.
- Open suggestion/idea: if you want you can use a creature from the COW (Creature of the Week) activity that's an insect. Just make sure you get permission from the artist first! COW/EOW Crossover Activity Coming Soon, by the way. :yayca:
- Please specify which image is final when you post your final in this thread!


Deadline: Tuesday, April 5th

[Partisan]

uh this gonna be hard....

[Andrew Sonea]

According to this you just need to do pixel art:

http://askabiologist.asu.edu/content/hollywood-misconception

[Incinerated]

Andrew I think he means an insect with normal eyesight, normal being human.

[lancer_idenoure]

do we have to do actual insect views? like can we do something where everything is just at a much bigger scale than normal; as if humans were like insects to much bigger creatures? i think that could have some interesting results :)

[skoenig]

do we have to do actual insect views? like can we do something where everything is just at a much bigger scale than normal; as if humans were like insects to much bigger creatures? i think that could have some interesting results :)

On that topic does it need to be of this world? Could these be intelligent "alien" insects? I agree with Lancer that this gives a wider scope for creative ideas :)

[Si_Swe]

Lancer, I think that misses part of the point. As much as I think that's a really cool idea, I think part of the point of this one is to look at the mundane with new (much smaller) eyes.

[Velocity Kendall]

sweet topic! any teenagers of the 90s or 00s remember the awesome 'insect'eye' view at the start of each episode of rugrats?

[JJacks]

I've never done one of these but I may give it a shot! Neat idea.

[Vulgar`]

According to this you just need to do pixel art:

http://askabiologist.asu.edu/content/hollywood-misconception

Very good point. This insect will have slightly 'humanoid' vision. If there is something off kilter about the perspective, the focus of the environment, that's also allowed.

@ skoenig, yes it can, as long as it's an insect you're good to go.

[JJacks]

Hmmm...the only two thumbnails I did today that I liked. I think I might go with the ant idea with the giant sugar lump in the grass but I might make more thumbs tomorrow.

:/ I don't think either really captures the idea of an environment.

[vrt]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/verticae/eowlol.jpg


Sorry, I had to. :x

[cake89]

sweet topic! any teenagers of the 90s or 00s remember the awesome 'insect'eye' view at the start of each episode of rugrats?

lol i do, i remember trying to guess what the things were before the camera zoomed out, almost always got it wrong : (

[Velocity Kendall]

hehehe it was usually a nostril as i recall!

[ArtZealot]

So random question, does this have to be from an ant's view in the sense that an actual ant is in the picture, or could it be like... human being in a world that makes him an ant's size? i.e: gulliver's travels/jack in the beanstalk.

[Partisan]

So random question, does this have to be from an ant's view in the sense that an actual ant is in the picture, or could it be like... human being in a world that makes him an ant's size? i.e: gulliver's travels/jack in the beanstalk.

I would say never mind, the key-part of this EOW is that you draw from a very different point of view, a macro view, where even the most ordinary things may be something huge and important ^^ but thats just my opinion

[+oas+]

definately gonna give this one a go. haven't had a whole lot of time lately. hopefully ill be able to knock out something portfolio worthy.

on a side not, crysis 2 is sweet.

[Vulgar`]

So random question, does this have to be from an ant's view in the sense that an actual ant is in the picture, or could it be like... human being in a world that makes him an ant's size? i.e: gulliver's travels/jack in the beanstalk.

The idea is that your supposed to be an insect, so I would have to say no to the small human in a giant world idea; although, creativity is more than welcome, so if you want to go with a unique approach, have at it.

[Zeitwolf]

cool, something where I don't have to paint buildings :3
mine will totally be inspired by "The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad" by Don Rosa

[eralfralos]

awesome topic.. i might give it a try.. imagine where every ordinary things u see actually has different view when you're an insect

[Lane.]

There are endless possibilities when you think big... or erm.. small.

This is what I have been working on. Experimenting with transmitted light.

[JJacks]

Lane, why you gotta make me feel bad? :(

Here is some progress on mine.
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[Devilfruit]

Howdy Folks, this Brief has really inspired some old concepts that I never got arround to doing. When I finished my Crab Still life I wonderd about doing smaller creatures.
So this is my Idea.

Insect Fight!!
Going to be one of the following :-)...

Dung vs Dung Beetle
Scorpian vs ???
Wasp Vs Fly
Wasp Vs Spider

really aching to do a cool Concept on this theme!! rock on!!

[android411]

had some free time so I post one too for this round, I thought of a kind of kowloon (sh)anty town kind of something, still have to work on it though

great stuff so far

[monotony]

great work everyone!!

here's a sketch I was thinking of for this topic.
I hope I can render it further and add a lot more insects to it.
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[Urötskidoji]

This topic took a while for me to get some inspiration for, but here are some thumbs:

[skoenig]

What a cool topic, Lane you are right there is so much room for creativity here. I started doing one and then ended up doing 3 more, I really wanted to try to push for an environment you wouldn't normally think of when you think of bugs, though they live just about everywhere.

Trying to decide which one to finish, all crits are welcome :)

[Flame_Unquenchable]

Skoenig: Those are awesome, good inspiration there and off-the-beaten-path type ideas. A cool one would also be like the Queen room in an ant hill, or a kitchen-scape for a cockroach. There's so many cool places this thread can go. Sadly spending all my free time on the COW this time...though I might do this one even after the deadline just for practice.

[Lane.]

Monotony- That warped horizon is a nice touch!

Skoenig- Awesome! I like the direction you have taken with these. The various textures are interesting.

[themonet]

@ skoenig

LOVE the tidal pool cave. Super original and interesting take on this.

[monotony]

wow, all your great ideas make my entry look like just a standard grassy hill :)
very creative. looking forward to your finished pieces.
but here's more work on mine.

[JJacks]

monotony, I like how "populated" your entry looks. It's very lively and has this sweet community feeling.

Mine is finished but mundane. Well, I tried; I almost never paint environments.

[android411]

I worked a bit more on my image, added more ants to make it more like a city, so here is my final, very nice entries everyone!

[JeiWo]

Well I know the deadlines tomorrow >_< but I figured I'd take a stab at it anyway and see how far I get. Here's a thumbnail.

I decided to explore the idea that an ordinary object would be massive to an insect. So my computer and the mess of cables and surge protectors become a landscape in a way. Still need to figure out how to tackle the details and whatever the lower left corner is...

[JJacks]

That's....a really awesome idea. I hope you finish it!!!

[JeiWo]

JJacks- Thanks! I hope I do too >_<

Here's a quick update:

[Urötskidoji]

Ey, JeiWo, +1 for original idea!

[JJacks]

Are we supposed to post our final images here?

Here is mine. A little ant finding a hunk of sugar (probably from a doughnut) in the yard, early in the morning. Now he must go back and tell his ant friends.

I just wanted to paint something cute and bright and have the sugar be a large part on the environment...like a giant rock/boulder.

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EDIT - That attachments aren't working. I'll try later.

[skoenig]

EDIT - That attachments aren't working. I'll try later.

I can't see any images that were uploaded via the attachment editor on this site. Tried on my desktop, laptop and phone. Are other people having this problem too?

[Vulgar`]

It's not working for me either.

[skoenig]

It's not working for me either.

Good to know, glad it's not me. :) Anyway to know when it will be back to normal?

[JJacks]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/LadyAkuma/antlife.jpg

Well I guess I will just use Photobucket to post mine.

[skoenig]

Vulgar, attachment manager is still down, and I don't have Photobucket. Will you please post on the thread when it is working again so I can post my final?

Thanks!!!

[ryan mcshane]

hey skoenig - theres plenty of other simple uploaders
http://imgur.com/
is a very good one, seems reliable from my experience
NO EXCUSES D:<

[JeiWo]

Thanks for the tip ryanoir, figure I'll use that while the attachments aren't working.

Here's my final:

http://i.imgur.com/K9y0Q.jpg

[skoenig]

Ryanoir -Thanks for the tip.

Here's my final - http://i.imgur.com/ZIWsP.jpg

[Velocity Kendall]

Hello!
this isnt strictly an entry as I went kind of off topic, but i wanted to get the feel of being dwarfed like an insect, in the way a bug would view a kitchen or bridge, which this brief inspired..
any excuse to draw wierd buildings right!? see what you think anyway..

i think Lanes image is amazing, exactly what a bug might see on its travels, artful, believable warm light filtering through the cap of the mushroom, and i really like shana koenig's man-o-war. its a strange but interesting image. I like JJack's giant sugar mountain, ah and JeiWo's POV is awesome; very cool!