[IGB]

Welcome to the CGPAD Speed of the Week - Design Brief Mini #5.
Our imaginary games development studio has come to CGPAD.org to find kick ass concept art. They need an awesome group of artists [you!] to create some concept art peices for their new PS3 project. Here's the brief:

Game synopsis
Mixed team of early 20th century explorers on an expedition to remote parts of the Great Rift Valley. Lead explorers stumble upon a huge sink-hole that leads down to a subterranean 'lost world'. But strange noises are heard over the radio and communication is mysteriously lost, and now, the team back at base-camp must attempt a rescue...

Concepts required for initial game art direction [please choose]

- Initial panorama of a remote Great Rift Valley location.
- Base-camp near the sink-hole, showing start of descent by lead team.
- Lead exploration team having just reached the bottom, surveying the darkness.
- Lead exploration team moving through - point of lost contact!
- The rescue as it happens!

Concepts can be individual images of one of the above, or, if you are feeling brave, you can draw a sequence of 3.

Atmosphere / Setting
Only criteria is that images must have sense of 'the unknown' and 'unexplored'. Subterranean images must be gloomy as teams use torches.

Just for fun
When this challenge is over I'll put all your entries together into a big storyboard so we can see the action unfold! But, we need loads of cool entries to do this, so don't be afraid to get involved :)

Entry guidelines:
> Entries must be speed paints based around the theme.
> Only new images please - no old images or WIPs should be entered.
> The painting should take you no more than 4-5 hour max to complete.
> Please keep image to a forum friendly size. No big than 2500px on its longest side.
> Any medium goes!

Timescales:
Challenge starts Sunday, and ends on Friday. Each week. Voting takes place on Saturdays.

This week's theme: Design Brief Mini

Enjoy!

[Thujon]

OMG, IGB, this is awesome!!! Yeas yes yes!! Thats what I waited for, you see my praises from the last post worked! Youve heard my prayers!!!! Hehe

My pic is:

- Base-camp near the sink-hole, showing start of descent by lead team.

I am starting right away.... hrhr

[DerMonkey]

that sounds so cool... to be honest; i want to do all of these xD
*dusts off the indiana jones collection*
hmm, we'll see how far i get^^

rock and roll!

[zAnta]

Consider me in! :) I'll go for

- Lead exploration team having just reached the bottom, surveying the darkness.

[IGB]

Well, if you feel you can depict the lot Dmonk - then go for it! lol

[Mull]

hats off to ya Sir Ian, another great theme to get everyone thinking and producing inspiring works
Bring out the dancing girls............................................. ...........

EDIT: oops almost forgot, I'll have a go at the initial panoramic vision of the Great Rift Valley section......

[DerMonkey]

here are 3 quick thumbnails, to get things going. i checked out the great rift valey on wikipedia (i had no clue what the heck that is...^^), and also on google earth lateron. and check this out: http://tinyurl.com/ylodyhm
is that crazy or what? :D well ok, it's probably a vulcano, but i use it as location anyway^^

[Mull]

sweet moves Danger Mouse, thats the type of direction I was planning on taking, should be interesting this weeks SOTW.

signed: Baron Silas Greenback

[Thujon]

Here are 6 thumbs which are showing the scene, that Ill illustrate...

I have thought aäboääutä which one to take.... but wasnt sure...

So my fellow concept artists, lets do this like in democracy....

What do you think???

Me personally I like the first one the most! ( Was the first I did... grrrr )

DM: Really cool thumbs there... did you use picture reference???

[DerMonkey]

mull: indeed! SIR! ian SIR! has really done a nice job with setting up this one! this 'group' thing should definitely get things going this week :>

thujon: great work on those previews!
i'm swinging betwen the 3rd and the 4th, though i think compositional-wise the 4th is definitely the best! and i really like the view down on the hole in this one, while still having the camp in the foreground! :)
i'm eager to see more
to your question:
the first is from mind, and for the other two i had google earth still opened; and with this friggin 'terrain-checkbox you can literally dive into this huge crater oO... so looking at that definitely helped me to get things a bit better into perspective..
open the attached file with google earth, and you can get there :)

[IGB]

Awesome stuff already guys. Looking forward to seeing the larger rendered Panoramas you all decide on.

[Thujon]

Sorry DM the file does not work in my Google Earth....öhhh I use the latest version there is.... XD

Thanks a lot anyway.... I used for the last three ones the following site as inspiriation;
http://www.outdoor-photos.com/shuffle.phtml

[zAnta]

Started with some pencil tumbnails to explore the composition. Sorry for the crappy shot. I did it with my iSight camera. ;) I think I'll go with the bottom most tumbnail.

[Thujon]

Originally Posted by zAnta

Started with some pencil tumbnails to explore the composition. Sorry for the crappy shot. I did it with my iSight camera. ;) I think I'll go with the bottom most tumbnail.

I think too that the bottom shot is the best.... little advice, I always felt better doing thumbs when I used a ruler to properly paint out the borders....

Then as the first thing, a horizonline, second very rough fomrs, thought about composition...refining.... detial.... rethink composition.... and so on.... hope ths helps...

Cheerio

[Thujon]

Hey there!

Heres my final!

After a whole day painting, I feel pretty pumped...

Until late afternoon Ive been on my Ingres study and now in the evening as a relaxation.... SOTW.... what fun... I got it about 3 hours ( 2 hours left ;-) ).... so maybe Ill do another just for fun... Your opinions would be nice!!!

Tried to give it a cartoony look.... thought it would be something diffrent....