Hand Painted Foliage Scene
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Hey there everyone. Doing another hand painted project now that the Riot stuff's all wrapped up, but this time I'm going to do a little bit of further exploration. I want to try and create an environment that has no man-made or artificial props or characters in it. I want to focus on creating an enteresting environment, using only just that, the environment (things which are naturally occuring such as rocks, water formations, trees, etc.)
To do this, I will be picking from one of three areas in the new Warlords of Draenor expansion, and pulling heavily for inspiration from one of those. Idealy, I'd love to do all 3 of them, but given I have a time budget, being before the 15th of January, we had best just see how far I get on one.
I'll be posting my Work in Progress on this thread, and keeping you guys posted regularly. I get a short break from work, so hopefully I'll be pretty diligent about keeping up on this whole thing.
Here are the preliminary exploration sketches:
Shadowmoon Valley (Finished Concept):
Frostfire Ridge (Clean Lines):
Nagrand (Clean Lines):
They're next-to-thumbnail level of detail at the moment, but I wanted to ensure the overall composition and idea was somewhat apparent.
If you have any questions, or ofcourse critique, don't hesistate to throw it down in the comments section. This should be a great load of fun and I can't wait to push myself further than I have ever before as an artist!
To do this, I will be picking from one of three areas in the new Warlords of Draenor expansion, and pulling heavily for inspiration from one of those. Idealy, I'd love to do all 3 of them, but given I have a time budget, being before the 15th of January, we had best just see how far I get on one.
I'll be posting my Work in Progress on this thread, and keeping you guys posted regularly. I get a short break from work, so hopefully I'll be pretty diligent about keeping up on this whole thing.
Here are the preliminary exploration sketches:
Shadowmoon Valley (Finished Concept):
Frostfire Ridge (Clean Lines):
Nagrand (Clean Lines):
They're next-to-thumbnail level of detail at the moment, but I wanted to ensure the overall composition and idea was somewhat apparent.
If you have any questions, or ofcourse critique, don't hesistate to throw it down in the comments section. This should be a great load of fun and I can't wait to push myself further than I have ever before as an artist!
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Here's some clean lines for Shadowmoon. I've received the most positive reaction to that one, so it's a front runner. Would like to at least flesh out concepts for each of them though.
I tweaked the composition slightly and attempted to add a bit of verticality to the piece. I might push it further in the actual 3d scene, but for now, this is as tall as she gets.
I really like the concept.
Here are some clean lines for the last two concepts.
Just a reference for your use... the style is quite similar to a iPad game I'm playing atm called "Summoners War"
Subbed, will have a look at your progress :P
Going to start modeling on this as my time budget isn't nearly what I thought it was. I will continue on to the second two when I've finished this one.
Also, thanks Angry! And yeah, that's such a great compliment! I love that game's art style.
Although this is just a concept.. and I'm aware of that... when you start building the trees try to think about the direction of how your leaves are falling... I'm not an expert on trees but assuming they were given the same handbook in tree school like plants... the branches will grow towards it's light sources... so from general observation your leaves looks like they should either be dead (logically) or gravity's being an ass hole and has your leaves in a sleeper hold to the ground haha... i kid i kid, but again it's a concept so don't worry too much about correcting it now... just keep this in mind when you start building the trees
I really like the crystals in the concept!
well played sir! I'll bare that in mind next time thanks
Either way though, feel free to keep the crits comin guys!