[IGB]

Hey guys.

Just to make things clear[er], all the final entries will get put together into a larger storyboard style sequence. You don't need to draw your own storyboard for this. Check out the brief, under the section of Just for fun...

One small request - when you've decided on or finished your final entry/entries could you please mark your post with the word FINAL so I know which ones to use. We've got quite a lot of images so far and some of them are WIPs, so I don't want to get the wrong ones.

We'll still have voting as normal. Cheers guys!

[zAnta]

hi guys,

minor update from me. unfortunally i'm feeling very ill right now. having some unknown kind of neurologic problem. vertigo all the time. :( i hope its nothing dangerous. maybe this is my last entry for this sotw cause i cant really focus on anything right now.

so please consider this as my FINAL. :)

[DerMonkey]

ok, so i don't think i can finish the entrance scene as i planned to, so here are the other two FINALS

1st is the opening panorama.
(the sinkhole is huge and actually where the waterfalls are. (you can spot them in the back of the entrance sketch) camera would pan forward and rotate left, to open the view on the entire sinkhole *hmm idea for some more speedies^^*)
2,5hrs.

2nd is the first team surveying the darkness. it's obviously an ancient cult-place. who knows what they might have stired up down there... ?
4 hrs


at this point i want to say that this weeks SOTW was realy great and sir ian did a great job setting this up! i had fun :)

[luis-felipe]

Awesome work DMonkey! love the atmosphere in these, very interesting. Nice work everyone! can't wait to see these put together into a storyboard :D

[IGB]

Cool, well I'd call that challenge finished. Voting is open now, vote for your favourite as usual. Will see about putting these images together later today.

Great team effort guys, give yourselves a HUGE pat on the back - you deserve it this week! Awesome stuff, thank'ye'very'mooch.

[Crewler]

wow, great entries, guys!!

ok, i never win, but for fun :)...

here my first two sketches:

[bsfea]

nice work guys, it was fun to watch you developing these pieces...hope to join the party next time...

[CB3]

Originally Posted by luis-felipe

hey everyone! been a loooong time since i poste here @ cgpad!

LUIS! ALWAYS good to have you active whenever it's possible.
I'm really digging the sense of action in your final, but want to see it a bit more realized as well. come back around more often!

Originally Posted by zAnta

hi guys,

minor update from me. unfortunally i'm feeling very ill right now. having some unknown kind of neurologic problem. vertigo all the time. :( i hope its nothing dangerous. maybe this is my last entry for this sotw cause i cant really focus on anything right now.

wow, please get yourself better and come back when you can, Zanta.

Originally Posted by Crewler

wow, great entries, guys!!
ok, i never win, but for fun :)...

here my first two sketches:

Hi Crewler, I think that I like the top-image moreso than the bottom sketch. There's a nice depth of field to it, or overall feeling of grandness, and scope that is fitting, and certainly so given where it's evolved with the other images involved. If you go any further with it, I would consider possibly increasing the size of the hole itself so that it's emphasized more within the composition. Nice stuff!

DerMonkey: Killer work man, especially on your final image. I'm sure time was a factor as you refined it a bit, but I only think it could use something of relevance (markings, decoration?) on that huge door now, maybe even something completely crazy, and unrelated; like a gang of shrunken Smurf-heads?

I would like to hold off on next week's theme for now so that we may have a few more votes cast for everyone's collective-efforts here.
Awesome concept, IGBEE

[Thujon]

And no one wants to rip apart my entry??? Whats up guys, are you afraid?

Or am I missing the fact, that its so bad?

Great effort everyone, congrats DM.. the one with the skulls is really cool, very good lightning!The mood is just great.

[Crewler]

CB3, thank you!
u was right with the hole.. i fixed this and painted another sketch.



crewler

[Crewler]

i know, deathline is over.. but i just joined this for fun and practise.



crewler

[CB3]

Much more immediate 'impact' to those Crewler. btw, what is the shiny light in the last image there?

Originally Posted by Thujon

And no one wants to rip apart my entry??? Whats up guys, are you afraid?

Or am I missing the fact, that its so bad?

lol I'm not a great 'wanna-be' multi-tasker Thuj ><;

I loved your thumbs designs as well, esp. #4, and I would say that similar to the size of the rift in Crewler's initial speed, you can really push that aspect moreso if you take it further, without sacrificing the storytelling of the scene in your final.

Noticeable clothing details and such, aren't particularly necessary considering the size of the rescuers here within the pic either, (for the most part, just think of interplay between silhouettes/rim-light for something quick like this) but with that in mind, you generally do want to push emphasis/focus/size (and I want to be careful about including "size" in that group) towards the main storytelling aspect you want to be communicated within the image.
In this case the "rescue" itself is the focus, (please correct me if I'm reading it wrong) and given that, the rift would remain a "second-tier" element of sorts.

Your #4 thumb, which is a great, dynamic shot, along with an increase in the size of the rift, given the importance of it within IGB's setup (maybe it could have been a massive river-waterfall?) would make the base for another excellent scene within the storyboard imo.

[CB3]

Gratuliere DerMonkey!

So, everyone is curious to know what you will do with your winnings? Will you spend it all on the latest Cintiq? Or will you be splurging it on creme-filled, sour-onion cakes for all of your friends and family? and will Kaber be invited again, or have you two made up since the last sour-onion, cake eating-contest was in dispute? (the people have a right to know!)

Superb contributions from everyone this week, be on the lookout soon for the final storyboard version of everyone's work!

[IGB]

Yep the man is right, and as promised the final sequence made from YOUR images is now up for you all to gaze lovingly at and say, 'you know what?, we did that'...


Go check it out

[luis-felipe]

CB3! long time no talk!! it has been ages since i post here and its nice to be back. I'll do all i can to keep more active! thanks for the warm welcome

Awesome entries and work everyone! and CONGRATULATIONS DERMONKEY!!you deserve it! :D