EOW 167 :: Elemental Dragon Hatchery

[Vulgar`]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/EOW2.jpg


EOW 167 :: Elemental Dragon Hatchery
topic suggested by Flame_Unquenchable & hunchback

Brief:



Earth
Air
Fire
Water (can be ice)


A place where dragons are born... with an elemental twist. Choose your element from the four listed above!

gogogo~


Please specify which image is final in this thread!


Deadline: Thursday, June 30, 2011

[insane lemur]

Ah, this one is exciting. It'll be easy to go cheezy but done right we could see some nice, mystical results!

[Blankstate]

speed paints.

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[Vulgar`]

insane lemur - ;)

Blankstate - Way to set the bar, nice WIP's.

[Si_Swe]

Awesome. I'll try and get something put together for this one.

[Rob Powell]

Count me in!! I suspect there will be lots of awsome entries this time around!

[hekatoncheir]

This post is overloaded with cuteness.

And nice speedpaints Blankstate!

[AdrianNagorski]

Started with a few simple ideas, if its readable to the viewer that means I could expand it to completion.

No1 has a bit of perspective issue as well as no3, no2 you cant see it that much but I sort of wanted and overheadish view it works the way it is but the rock the man is laying on top of doesn't translate so well that one also came out in a weirdly traditional fantasy scenario kind of way,

gotta go to work so I'll leave this here next week I'll post more on one of these

[Blankstate]

So these are my initial ideas for this. Still thinking of going with air. May do some more experimenting.

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[Parsakoira]

Sounds interesting, lets see if i have time to give it a go : P

[Moai]

It's been a while since I painted an environment, or participated in any of the weeklies, so I think I'll give this a shot!

[no87]

never tried eow before but the this theme is awesome. messing around with air.

[ErikStorstein]

Good start guys!

Doubt I'll have time to develop my idea any further, super busy week, but I'll try my best :)

[lancer_idenoure]

sexy topic :D

[JSpayde]

This is going to be fun.

blankstate - I like where the air and fire images are going.

[Flame_Unquenchable]

I really want to get better at these so, feedback is much appreciated. A wip for Earth dragon hatchery. Might do ice tomorrow as well.

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[Nhil]

Ice
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[Sergon]

@Flame_Unquenchable
I think you need more tone variation. Try dropping it into b/w and you'll see it (works for me anyway). My friend once told me that if you can make your lights and darks work then you can use almost any color and the painting will still visually work.
@Blankstate
Nice work. Can't wait to see what it will develop into. Air looks the most promising but I think you need to tweak composition a bit. Looks a bit static IMHO. Might be because of the mountain range or the background spire wanting to jump into the for ground. I like the ribbed platform in the back. Maybe move it to become a focal point?

[Sergon]

Air hatchery. First stab. Just realized I got no idea how to paint non cheesy looking lightning. Any feedback is welcome <3

[Rob Powell]

@Blankstate: Very cool thumbs so far, I'm liking the ice and air thumbs a lot

@AdrianNaborski:Try not to draw too much at once initially, block in the composition and slowly add to it design elements, you'll find it quite overwhelming if you try to draw everything in the environment, start off by indicating large shapes, then making them smaller as you go

@ErikStorstein: Cool idea, just like in a movie or game

@Flame_Unquenchable: It's looking decent so far, try to avoid texturing so early as they may end up being painted over later on, also work on the composition of the piece because everything is almost the same tone. Basic idea is the further away from the viewer the more faded the objects become, think of it as a fog, the closer you are to something the more clear it appears, the same idea works for any atmosphere, it's just that foggy regions are very murky and block more light then a clear atmoshpere

@Nhil: It's still a bit rough but it's looking neat so far

@Sergon: Looks cool, I don't have too many suggestions, maybe try to make the silhouette of the floating dragon egg skull thing stand out a bit more against the background

Chose Air, something different than what I've done before. Haven't done a lot of Environments.
Basic idea here is each floating island is a nest...pretty straight forward, each occupied nest is guarding by a pair of dragons, one protects the eggs, while another circles the island fending off any intruders.
this is just a quick blocking in of the composition, this will be made transparent then painted over top with colour later, and I'll add a few dragons here and there to show a little life in the environment...will need to do some sketching to get a good design of the islands and add a few elements to really make them stand out, don't really want them to show as just silhouettes.
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[Blankstate]

ErikStorstein Good start. like where it's going.

Sergon Cool concept. Did a paintover suggestion.
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Might find this tut useful as well.
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tutorials-effects/create-a-magic-crystal-ball/

[revenebo]

Cool thread and some interesting entries so far...
My take at it, boiling eggs for water dragons...

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[Ros1]

ErikStorstein:
Very nice colors, again ;)

Sergon:
Nice start, i'm looking for next steps...

First idea, i'm still not sure about it...
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd449/ros__1/dragons_lair3.jpg

[Sergon]

Thanks all.
@Blankstate
Ha, didn't think of that. Translucent with lightning arcing around. Neat! I was just thinking pulsing light. Thx for the tut.
@Ros1
I like the space going on here. The stone almost looks like spider's web. Don't seem to be a natural formation. Maybe it was disgorged by the dragon sort of like bees making their hive O_o. That would also explain why it doesn't melt in the lava.
@revenebo
Nice composition. I like the columns going into distance. Solid concept =) More plz!

[gunsbins]

Ros1: Nice start, I like these shapes, very strong, you're awesome man :D

Here's my very first random sketch so far. My keywords for creation are : scifi, apocalyptic, air, sky, industry, hatchery. Though the subject of this week is more fantasy, but I love scifi, so I think I should put something like that on the design. All feedback are welcome guys, thanks :rocker:

[dragon4lunch]

gunsbins Reminds me of Alien! Very cool. I dig the creepy sci-fi look. Looks like it's inside of a gigantic dragon-head of metal? I see those teeth top left.

[Flame_Unquenchable]

Reworking my piece, trying for a different feel. Still unsatisfied with how it's progressing but I think it's better than the last one even at this early stage.

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[+oas+]

@flame: while the composition in the long run might be sweet, right now it all just looks really flat. The tones you have don't really do the scale of it justice. Try pushing the values some, and giving the formations some dimension. I fall prey to this sometimes as well, being comfortable with silhouettes. Just because those shapes in the background might not have as much detail on them, light still wraps them.

[+oas+]

here's mine, fire theme. transfering files from my pc to my laptop cause for some tone changes, so Im obviously gonna have to do some post work on this, when its done. does anyone think i should extend the canvas down any?

http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa441/49ers31301111/lva.jpg

[Eiki]

@revenebo:; great one!i had the same idea with boiling water but it didnt work well for me ... so its normal water ;-)

[Alexey Chubrikov]

my wip with one big egg :yayca:
more: http://s43.radikal.ru/i099/1106/10/5fa1f8903529.jpg

[gunsbins]

dragon4lunch thanks man, that was exactly what I thinking, creepy scifi, bio-mechanical things :D

A small update, adding some color and mood for the scene. Still not figure out yet about the eggs.

[Sergon]

@+oas+
I think you should extend up O_o. There could be nice things happening in the sky. Plus ash filled sky would set the mood nicely.

[Sergon]

@gunsbins
Daaaamn nice tones.
I think that bright orange light kills your space a bit. It casts strong highlight on the pipe and makes it look like that thing it attaches to is only a short distance away. The rest of the picture implies that it is very far away O_o.

[Dile_]

Great stuff everyone! Really inspiring to see so many entries consistently in the EOW! :)

First wip.. i'll try to show good manners and add crits&feedback to everyone a bit later.. Right now I'm so tired after being up for 30+ hours and counting o.O haha



http://dennisbjork.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/eow_167_wip1_.jpg

[Mhugo]

Very nice wips so far!

gunsbins, this looks already very great. I totally like your sense for depth.

Its my first attempt to participate on EOW, hope i ll have the time this week to finish something.
Two quick sketches to get started, but i am not sure which direction to go yet.

[Incinerated]

Nice start peeps!
heres my start:
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[JSpayde]

Some of my thumbnails. I think I'm either going with water or fire.

[Alexey Chubrikov]

Dile,
awesome sketch! :)
Nice starts all.. ;)

[dragon4lunch]

Mhugo: Very cool, also good practice that you sketched out more than one version. I need to do that more often.
Hard to say which one is cooler, but I would say the DeadTurtle one, because that is very unique!

JSpayde: Good idea to do a bunch of different thumbnails - I'd probably tighten up a few of your favorites. Right now... I like the top right the best but don't really see the eggs/nest. Maybe pick your favorite one and do 3 alteration of that one - you want to make sure you are very happy with the layout before you spend several hours rendering it.

[Nickodemus]

Here is my wip so far...

I'll post some thoughts/critiques on other's work tomorrow once I get a little time.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gqDzOyYTLu0/TgAhNXU4k2I/AAAAAAAAAXE/hoUxoAD26oc/s1600/EOW_Elemental_Dragon_Hatchery.jpg

[insane lemur]

Nickodemus- thats awesome, really diggin the overall space and how the fierce dragon birthed out eggs everywheres!

Dile-thats great, the architecture and whatever style you used to paint it really go well together, such a grand, menacing place! I expect to hear a pipe organ playing lol

Ros1-i like the structure there, how its cool, cloudy up top but you got hell going down underneath.

gunsbins- the scifi angle is great, and gutsy- I can imagine mutant dragon babies hatching out of the eggs, corrupted by the industrial chemicals getting piped through the place!

just a sketch for the upcoming, did a bunch of wc thumbs and honestly my problem was i couldn't decide cause I want to do every idea- i think the big patty of treasure the thing is resting on will look cool, just needs some proper perspective. maybe a lower angle
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[Alexey Chubrikov]

next step
big: http://s51.radikal.ru/i134/1106/f5/c4592119614e.jpg

[Alexey Chubrikov]

new step
http://s016.radikal.ru/i337/1106/6e/23e03ff42b42t.jpg (http://radikal.ru/F/s016.radikal.ru/i337/1106/6e/23e03ff42b42.jpg.html)

[Dile_]

Thanks for the comments guys!

WIP 2

http://dennisbjork.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/eow_167_wip3.jpg

[gunsbins]

Thanks everyone and great work guys !
Nickodemus cool ! but I think the composition is focus on the dragon a little too much, and may be it need some more shape for the cave...
Dile Awesome update, dude, love the mood and the lighting in there man. The dragon is hangs on the big tower in the center, right ? Cool !

Here the update, trying to fix the composition and add a little more details.

[Blackball21]

Here is my first wip, gotta start adding more detail now, but it seems to be going better than my last EOW

[OleOlsen]

Hey,

great stuff here, I'm really impressed by the level of skill.
I havent really done many environments in the past, but I really want to flex up my painting skill a bit and decided to take part in a few eow competitions for good practice. I made two sketches so far and will defo go for the elemental ice one. Still a lot of work for me to do on this one i feel.

[Corrick]

Whip

http://williamwerk.com/art/hatchery.jpg

[dragon4lunch]

Corrick Once again your stuff is beautiful. Great colors and so clean. Dig it!

gunsbins Looks cool, but you might be running the risk of getting too abstract. My guess is, it's some kind of high-tec structure up in the clouds with wholes torn into it (possibly by dragons). Of course it would be good to see where the eggs are.

gunsbins: Oh wow, I think I'm loving this!

[Ardescoere]

gunsbins, Diles, Corrick: those are all fantastic, I can't wait to see the finished pieces.

[Flame_Unquenchable]

Corrick, Dile, Guns, you three are badasses, if only Bnoch or Kingkostas were here to complete the circle of badassery...just love those enviros. I'm going to go subscribe to those sketchbooks for inspiration!

[Dile_]

Great updates and entries!

@Gunsbins , I love it man, keep going! keep pushing!

@Corrick, Very simple, yet really powerful, i think you can incorporate the concept a lot more though! There is definitely dragon and elemental in there though ;)

@dragon4lunch: I hope you join man! Love your enviro concept-art!

Thanks for comments people!

I solved and started to fix a lot of the things that was bugging me with this piece.. here is wip numbero threeo

http://dennisbjork.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/update_numbero_three.jpg

[Ros1]

Dile - Cool work, as usual ;) I love the overall mood and ideas like big central element or eggs situated on the walls... can't wait to see more.

Mhugo - I like the one with skeleton full of eggs - nice idea...

gunsbins - Thanks man ;) Cool space in your piece, also very interesting composition...

Nickodemus - Amazing sketch, very dynamic. The brushwork is outstanding.

Corrick - Wow, another great work, can't wait to see it finished :)

I've changed the idea but still not sure about it:
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd449/ros__1/elemental.jpg

[insane lemur]

Corrick- dang I'm excited about how that one will turn out! the underwater idea is great.

Dile- the changes are working, cool to see big changes as the process goes along.


As for me just went ahead and finished the thing- here is the finished deal (element is fire hehe)-
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[Dile_]

Corrick- dang I'm excited about how that one will turn out! the underwater idea is great.

Dile- the changes are working, cool to see big changes as the process goes along.


As for me just went ahead and finished the thing- here is the finished deal (element is fire hehe)-
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Great painting man! One of your best imho! Very awesome techniques, wish I could do that! D;

Ros1: Thanks man! =)

[OleOlsen]

wow! hey, i am learning loads looking at your guys process! thx
heres my update. i still gotta get more clear and decisive i think. but i am having fun working on it.

[Varguy]

So many great WIPs. Especially Dile, that looks fucking sick.

[Lege1]

This is an Earth wip.................

[merl1n]

great entries again guys!

my wip... where water dragons are born

[themonet]

AMAZING stuff.

I want to get in on this. I'd like to do an earth dragon, inspired by an octopus. The female octopus lays eggs once in her life, just before she dies. Then she becomes food for the babies when they hatch. I'm thinking some kind of "super dragon energy essence" (whatever you want to call it) type stuff runs out of the dead mom dragon all over the hatchery area to produce a fertile area for the eggs.

We'll see if I have time to finish it by the 30th.

[Blankstate]

This is a really awesome thread. Great stuff coming in again.

Haven't had much time to work on this but have the day off so did a little today.

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[revenebo]

OMG so much great stuff!!!
Update for the boiling eggs...

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[Hideyoshi]

EOW seems to look better than ever, impressive! So much kick-ass talent!
I missed the spirit and (much-needed) inspiration around here so I came back to play.
Liekd the 'can be ice' line, made it a glacier hatchery. :P

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[+oas+]

@hideyoshi: your stuff is sick man, your entire portfolio is ftw

ill hopefully be posting something later...

[Blankstate]

Hideyoshi WowieZowieWow! Another amazing artist joining in! I am feeling about the size of a peanut right now. One thing though, there seems to be a lot of unused/negative space on those glacial walls towards the middle of the image. Maybe you plan to embed some of the eggs within them? That would be cool. Looking great though.

And you said it Kick-ass stuff from everyone!

[Sergon]

This thread is getting more interesting every day.
@Hideyoshi
Amazing sense of space. Very solid work!

[Alexey Chubrikov]

Hideyoshi, awesome!

[Blankstate]

Came back and worked a bit more on it but i think i'm just gonna call it done.

Final

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Look forward to seeing everyone elses. :x

[Zirngibism]

I'm jumping into this a little late, but here goes!

Basically, I tried to make a hatchery that combined all the elements, but right now it's basically just fire, water, and air. ...And it's high tech (can't seem to get away from scifi!)

This hatchery is located over hot springs (like Yellowstone) where the shells absorb the minerals from the vapor, as well as its heat. They're strung up and can be reeled in by mechanisms similar to ski lifts for inspection by humans. There are three levels above the steam, the lowest (hottest) for the youngest eggs. So it's fire because it's hot, water and air, because they're surrounded by both. Oh, and hatchlings will be cared for in those greenhouse-like rooms below.


Anyway, I'm starting with a 3D mockup in Max. (I'm primarily a 2D artist and pretty new to the program, but I'm able to get by with basic forms.) It will be a painting later on and changing a ton of stuff, but I find modeling in 3D helps me to think about the scene more, and plus, it's fun! :D

[Alexey Chubrikov]

new one
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http://s005.radikal.ru/i210/1106/a0/1e2655eaae43.jpg

[gunsbins]

This topic is going far better every day ! great stuff everyone, I especially love the wip from Dile, Ros1 and Insane Lemur, keep it up guys, can't wait to see them finished!

I'm so damn busy these days, so I've spent my free time for this piece, here is a little update, try to push it with all my best.

[Alexey Chubrikov]

I think it's final step
Water dragon capsule
Good quality: http://i043.radikal.ru/1106/1e/4a4797e65f1c.jpg :mod:

[Varguy]

some progress. Still not too happy with the color palette.

[Little-Maiden]

Hello everyone,

This is my first ever participation in a CA weekly challenge. So I decided to take a very natural approach to this, heres my emm...hatchery? water ofc.

Would love pointers on bringing it out more. It's still WIP ofc.

[revenebo]

Little-Maiden eggs should stand out a little more IMO, I suggest separating rocks from eggs more clearly (with value/colors).

MY FINAL (I'm not completely happy with it, I feel there's something off but I can't spot what...)

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[Emokun]

Hi! great entries! this is my idea, dragon hatchery in a stranger and mysterious cavern of ice...I think that can be the final, but I'm not sure ha ha

[Dile_]

dammmnnn you guys are killing it! great wips and pieces guys!

@Hideyoshi: You gotta teach me how to do that man! Awesome! Sick perspective!

[Hideyoshi]

cheers, Dile! You been rocking your enviros hard lately!
here's the grid (I extended the canvas later). VPs on top, left, right, middle and below = 5 !

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thanks a lot for the nice comments, people!
Blankstate: thx for crits! I liked the negative space especially so I didn't want to put anything there :)
emokun: nice!

[merl1n]

another wip
btw: I love Hideyoshi's entry! great job

[zinph]

Hi everyone, first time I participate this activity and this is my sketch for water theme.

[Juki]

Lots of variation in design, looking good everyone. Cool underwater concept and colors Corrick :)

I thought I'd give it a go also. It could use a bit more spice because it feels kinda boring/generic at the moment. I hope I will have time to finish it anyway. It also needs something to make it seem bigger in scale.

[Ardescoere]

This is the first time I'm ever actually trying an environment and this is only my 4th ever illustration in photoshop... along with that I'm just getting started.

My idea is a lava lake in an underground cavern.. As I said just getting started but I wanted to share my first WIP here.

[Alexey Chubrikov]

Oh, Guys!
It's a process of my painting. :medusachow:

http://i040.radikal.ru/1106/7e/006452336a5a.gif

[+oas+]

could you make the image abit smaller, i cooked dinner, saw a movie, and the image was still loading...

[Blackball21]

no kidding

[zinph]

Dragon hatchery under water. The dragon eggs grown bigger and float up, so they are anchored by something like tree root :D
FINAL:

[Blankstate]

Finished early so goofed around a little and finished Fire.

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[+oas+]

here's mine so far:
http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z347/49ers3130/lva.jpg

@zinph, blankstate: good stuff

[Alexey Chubrikov]

Oah, sorry guys, this is process in smaller resolution ;)
http://s53.radikal.ru/i140/1106/51/6ddd3f049d18.gif
:mod:

[dothaithanh]

My first EOW here.

Abit late to start.
Air dragon

[JanJager]

Great stuff in here.

[Flame_Unquenchable]

Jan - Loving that earth Dragon lair, the air has a really good feel too. Those two jumped right out at me, nice atmosphere in both.

[Varguy]

Final.

[+oas+]

good worx guys, some really nice stuff in here. here's mine, took it a bit further. i uploaded 2 images, could you all give me an idea of which one is better.

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z347/49ers3130/fireerer.jpg

[Gadbury]

Holy shit, how much awesome stuff is going on in here!

[alive]

ahhh so much awesome stuff in here I had to try, changed mine to grayscale trying to get values right shouldn't have started in color I need practice

[alive]

started a new one

[Fenrysk]

here's my progress on the environment of the week challenge.
i got a crap ton of compositional issues to work through T_T

[Dile_]

baah this sucks. My computer is broken so I won't be able to finish mine on time, unless new parts are delivered really quickly (unlikely if I know the company right). Anyways, good luck to everyone, its really cool to see what everyone is coming up with and how everyone is pushing themselves! KEEP IT UP! :D

[gunsbins]

Arrgg Dile, it can't be ! I'm waiting to see your finished piece, man, and I hope the new part for your computer will be delivered very soon !

Here is the new update, may be this is the last. I will finish it soon.

[JSpayde]

Here is mine so far. Great work everybody!

[Urötskidoji]

Hey guys, thought I´d give this one a go too!

Some thumbs and the Fire element explored, hopefully I´ll maybe get around to doing the water one aswell.

Cool stuff from everyone else!

[Fenrysk]

progress update:
colors are feeling a lot better...
reference does wonders lol, thanks NoahBradley where ever you are

still got a ton of rendering and color moving to go

crits, suggestions and tips would be appreciated.

[Aeronik]

Figured I'd go for a softer, nurturing kind of vibe on this one (rather than compete will all the badassery on display). Here's a couple of progress images - looking forward to getting into the colour and just hope I don't run out of time.

http://www.aeronik.com/images/hatcheryRuffs.jpg

Here's the final.

Not much to add by way of back story. I tried to make a safe, warm feeling environment in a secluded place for dragons to hatch their young. The eggs are incubated in the steaming, sulfurous hot-pools and the funneled, water shaped rocks offer roosts for the newly hatched.

[AdrianNagorski]

Well been working on this for some time now, wow there are sum freaken great entries in this thread.

does any one know why I get dithering when I save my image for web use?

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used the filter just to see where I could take this image, still got the whole of tomorrow to render and paint over everything, cave wall seems rushed and the viewer isn't really looking at the eggs, the warm color of my dragon head sort of pulls away from them, gotta figure this out, still ain't to bad just even tho this isn't my initial design as well but yeah anyways . . . . . . .

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[Ros1]

Wow, so many great entries :) Unfortunately not enough time to comment all of them :/

Aeronik - i love the space and rock shapes in your piece, can't wait to see it finished...



My second idea with air dragons... Still many things to refine... I'm going to finish both, but not sure which one add to the voting...

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd449/ros__1/air_dragons.jpg

[Juki]

I should have used more time planning the composition. This is a perfect example of an under planned work that you try to fix afterwards.
I guess I'll call this one finished for now..

Next time I'll take special care in preparing the image properly before charging at it :)
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[alive]

update

[JSpayde]

Alive - Wow that's looking great!
Juki - Nice idea. I'd like to see more atmospheric fog coming through.
Ros1 - Digging that air piece. Great shot from above.The fire one was cool too. I'm just throwing this idea out there but maybe to add to the "air" effect you can have some dust blowing off the cliff?
AdrianNagorski - No idea about the dithering. I think maybe you can blend the dragon's head with the water. The orange on blue makes it pop out incredibly.
Aeronik - Wow. I can see that looking very awesome. I'm guessing its water from that waterfall? Cool concept.
Fenrysk - Nice idea. The perspective is a bit weird though.

Here is an update to mine.

[OchreHand]

I haven't done an EOW in so long! But I love the theme and there are so many awesome entries.

Here's mine so far, after doing three drawings I started a fourth one after looking at diseased trees (pretty gross stuff) and then I thought it would be neat for a rotting tree root to harbor gelatinous eggs.

Hopefully I can color this by the final

[gunsbins]

Great work everyone ! I'm so exciting with this week.
Ros1 Nice one dude, love the camera angle and those strong shapes. I just have some thoughts: I see the shapes and the heights of the columns were a little bit equal. I think maybe you could make the main column higher, even cross the frame, and put the eggs around it or something like that :D and may be some more color and light contrast between the main column and the other one will make the painting more better. Anw, great work man :D

Here's my final one, quite busy this time, but still can manage some free time to complete it, thanks for all your comments guys, and good luck with your entry !
I've choose air and choose the scifi theme for it, with a little bit creepy. The mutant dragon babies is growing up on a ruin sky-hanging industrial site, the eggs are hang on the chemical tubes. The keyword for creation is : sky, hatchery, industry, creepy scifi.

[AdrianNagorski]

This is my final image:
Dragon Hatchery Earth

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Description:

:wip: A traveling wizard stumbles upon a dragon hatchery, little does he know he is been watched as well.

[JanJager]

Very nice round.
Her´s my final.

[Emokun]

Hi, Finally I decided draw other idea, I hope will be the last idea, for the deadline... :D

[Goog]

Final - more of a nesting grounds than a hatchery... I just couldn't picture a dragon just leaving its eggs once they were laid.

[Angel Intheuk]

Some great concepts, I had time to do a little pencil sketch but not to paint it, thought I'd post what I had....

Earth Dragon Hatchery

[neutral.]

Started a bit late :(

wip1

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/sentone/CA%20EOW/WIPjpg1.jpg

[JSpayde]

Okay, I think I'm done! Good luck in finishing everyone, great entries so far.

[Urötskidoji]

My FINAL!

Really cool work people. Looking forward to the next challenge! :)

[Fenrysk]

@JSpayde: especially love the way the rocks are textured in your entry!


this is my final.

here is some flavor text to go with it:

In the skies above the western regions, naturally occurring magic crystal formations have caused some of the mountains to float to high altitudes. These crystals are infused with the air elemental magic, and for this reason, when a crystal vein has reached critical mass, is able to lift a whole piece of a mountain to the sky. The dragons that roost in these floating mountains lay their eggs in areas where the crystals would form near or around the clutch, allowing the dragons to absorb some of the crystal properties very early on. The magically infused dragons are thus able to manipulate winds, allowing them to fly higher and faster than other dragons. Some of the greater dragons of this air brood have been known to have power to create storms various kinds, manipulating air thermals to cause even rain, ice, or snow.

[merl1n]

my FINAL:

[Moai]

Good morning, cool dudes and fine ladies! I've been working on mine off and on, and I figured I might as well post a WIP to share with you guys. This is not done, but hopefully will be in a few short hours.
Lookin' great, everyone! Merl1n, your water effects are looking fantastic!

[Emokun]

My final, I changed several things and this is the final result, has been a fun challenge!

[Vulgar`]

Poll goes up tomorrow - until then, grace period!

& New topic is up!

[Moai]

Hopefully the above doesn't mean this update is too late!

In any case, I may do a little more work on this after work, but if not, please consider this my final.

Flavor Text:

Jacobi Hawkeye, treasure hunter extraordinaire, lowered himself into the dragons' nesting caverns. The sight that greeted his eyes was more majestic than even an experienced adventurer such as himself had been prepared for. Yawning fissures emitted strange turquoise light, suffusing the vast space with an eerie, misty glow. Globular columns of rock, shaped by the dragons' own strange powers, rose like solidified smoke from the cave's floor to the ceiling. The columns were honeycombed with irregular nesting cavities, many of which flickered and glinted from the incubation fires within. Several dragons were visible, emerging from their dens and gliding ponderously from column to column. Even those earth dragons, largest and heaviest of the great drakes, were dwarfed by their vast, cavernous hatchery.
Jacobi admired the view, then continued on, undaunted. He would have to descend and climb impossible rock faces, cross perilous gaps, and avoid the wrath of the nesting dragons. It was a task more dangerous than any he had ever attempted, but the earth dragons' eggs were shelled with gold, platinum, and all the precious ores of the earth, and studded with gems to boot. Such treasure could buy a kingdom, and was worth the risk of its recovery ten times over!

[neutral.]

Final...

[neilpa77]

Here's my final! Unfortunately ran out of time on this one, should have given myself more time to play around with colour schemes.

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[Vulgar`]

Post edited :yayca:

Grace Period

[Andantonius]

*Begs for grace*

Here's my final; first ever EoW for me, so I'm pretty excited! It was a lot of fun to work on this so I'm definitely gonna try to get in on more of them!

Great job everyone, there's some awesome stuff in here!


And for some flavor text:
The ancient forest had remained untouched for thousands of years. Hidden on a large island surrounded by extremely treacherous seas and far away from other lands, it was free from all industry or intrusion upon its natural cycle, allowing the trees to grow to towering heights. Eventually the earth dragons discovered the island and realized its natural protection, given that the only access was through the skies, and so it became their primary nesting ground. Hidden safely away in the hills, wrapped up among the twisting roots, the eggs of these dragons sit safely unattended, waiting for the warm spring sun to signal their entrance in to the world.

[OchreHand]

My Final:

[Lege1]

I think this is going to be it for me and this round....pretty sure I am going to keep this as my final =) Hope you all like.:sungod:

[Ros1]

A lot of cool entries :P

gunsbins - thank you very much for comments ;)

My final:

[Zirngibism]

Here it is - still within the deadline (Pacific hehe).

This is actually a completely 2D painting - no 3D rendering, though I did design this in 3D and use that as a guide for my drawing. It took a crapload of time and layers, but I enjoyed it.

This hatchery dangles the eggs over hot, steamy springs (inspired by Yellowstone). So it's fire AND water because they're in a steam environment, and obviously air because they're, well, hanging in air! Plus earth because they're soaking up some of the minerals that linger in the spring vapor, like sulphur (OK, well, that one's a bit of a stretch...). Anyway, people use these towers to cultivate plants as well, which will become one of the first foods for the hatchlings. The hatchlings would be stored in the bottom rooms as well (visible in the right). Currently vacant from this particular scene, so use your imagination! haha

[Urötskidoji]

Moai, holy sheeeeeeeeeeeeet, that´s a good painting! You got my vote already pal! Love the style and lightning!

[insane lemur]

Moai-thats beautiful

[Nickodemus]

Here is my final. I think this completely reaffirms why doing thumbnails before starting a final piece is so important. The composition gave me so much trouble, and it's because I went into it without a gameplan. That said, it was super fun to do.

Awesome entries from all over the place and definitely too many to start naming names. Great job all!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RtRz7qoW5Sw/Tg3ygMKHJBI/AAAAAAAAAXk/qjVyJbtHvE4/s1600/EOW_Elemental_Dragon_Hatchery.jpg

[Corrick]

Unfortunately not going to be able to finish this round. Great work everyone and thanks for the comments.