SPEEDPAINTING CHALLENGE nr 5!!!!

[Michael]

This week we think - vehicles.

The challenge is about designing the racing vehicle from the year 8042, so AGAIN it can be anything - from chariots pulled by Henamurgns ( strange creatures, that are similiar a bit to dogs and a bit to rabbits ;) ) to one-man capsule, that is being shot from a cannon-like device and is equipped with a rocket engine.

The racing can take place on the ground, in the air, in space, under water, inside the planet.... It can be team racing, it can be one-man racing, it can be interrracial racing - alien with man. Anything that may come into your mind.


The work should include full shot of the vehicle and the driver - either inside it or stanging next to it ( the second one is preferred ).
For the ambitious ones - you may show the vehicle DURING the race - on the track, driving/floating/swimming etc. with great speed. :D



Deadline is usually - Sunday the next week - 12:00 GMT +01:00.

Let your imagination flow, have fun and....


GO!!!

[Androgs]

Great idea!!!:) this is the thing I want learn to do sometime ago, and you lifted it as a challenge! GREAT!!:D

[Corky13]

Ummm...maybe i can draw somethin that will fit here...vehicle design is always a good practise

[smallpiece]

...can't hold out any longer....gotta have a go at these painting challenges...

..This is just a quick sketch, outlining the basic shape of the vehicle.
Doesn't show to much of the overall shape so i'm working on a perspective shot with my driver/rider standing infront.

For my driver, I think i'm going to go along the lines that humans have developed a reptilian skin through evolution, so my driver will be a chick, but of the lizard variety....just hope i can pull it all off.
...Right heres a taster..:)

[Michael]

Keep on going, man, looks OK. :)

[David Ciprian]

Muahahahahaa...What a great topic! (most probably we'll need to hit the "repeat" button)

So many posibilities...damn, this I'll take the whole week:p

[smallpiece]

..I know the main focus here is on the vehicle, but I got carried away with my driver and spent 8 hours getting it to its allmost complete stage, which I don't think is to bad since i've only done 2 digital paintings before:) ...
heres what i've got so far..I'm now working on the final vehicle image, which i think i've sussed out, just:roll:
what do you think of the driver, I'm not to sure on the helmet, but it seems to fit the image..

[Michael]

Wow, smallpiece, that is reaaaly nice. Sweeeet. :D My only concern is how would you fit them together with colour ;).


David - what did you mean by this - "(most probably we'll need to hit the "repeat" button)"?

[David Ciprian]

Do the topic again soon :D

[Michael]

Heh. Probably, but right now I want to avoid repeating the topics. We will probably repeat some of them, but right now I want to see which ones will be the most popular. For now I think there will definitelly be some character design speedpaintings, but a lot of topics are untouched, so it's gona be in a while. ;)

I also want to do a brainstorming ( like I did before ) - what do you want to speedpaint.

[smallpiece]

..Thanks for your comment Michael:)
I was going to leave colour out altogether, just pencil sketch both at once, but thought i'd test myself using photoshop.
I guess when I paste her onto the main pic there'll be some spots to tidy but the biggest problem I'm having at the momment is the colour scheme of the vehicle:roll:

[David Ciprian]

Almost completed vehicle (almost 2 hours in PS - I dunno what took so long). Nothing original in a hoverbike but I painted the first thing that camed to mind :p

[ROB]

Hey Michael,
If you want some ideas for the speed challenges, here are some areas I would like to work on.

Scenery (e.g. landscape, Lake, Mountains, Cliff, Galaxies)
Rune buildings
Characters (young and old) (realistic/cartoon styles)
Scene props (e.g. flowers, trees etc)
Animals
Vehicles
Mech robots

[Androgs]

David, thats cool, almost look like 3d.:)

[ROB]

Nice start David.
Its crazy I started on a hover bike too!
Although I was thinking of doing a big air ship like in Final Fantsy 7 or a starship for a galaxy le mans.

[Michael]

David - realy good start :).

ROB - there's a separate thread for the speedpainting brainstorming here in the subforum :) ;). I pasted your post there as a quote :)

[ROB]

yeah, sorry just realised that after the post :o

[David Ciprian]

Thanks, here's the (unoficially) finished vehicle. I'll get to the driver soon and maybe I'll have time for some touch-ups)

[smallpiece]

..nice one David..:)

[mia]

nice work David :)....you 2 smallpiece ...it looks really hard and you guys made it look easy and fun..... i wonder if i can make one within 2 days?...

[David Ciprian]

Thanks everyone. I guess I'm finally getting to handle PotoShop :)

Mia: my vehicle took little over 3 hours, you should be able to find at least just as much time to make yours.

[mia]

the problem is im not really good with vehicles and electronic things :) ... you will see what i mean with when i do mine

[David Ciprian]

I also find tech hard to reprezent in digital painting ( uh..actually I find everthing hard to paint in a 2d software ). I wish you good luck !

[smallpiece]

..Thanks Mia, I've certainly found this a 'challenge'. Everytime I've been happy with my final piece I've gone back and tweeked it a bit more...but i'm just about ready to post it now, just adding the finishing touches......and i still think i've missed something:roll:

[ROB]

Hey guys,
Here's my bike so far, as you can see it could do with something more but I've got a few more ideas to go on to it.
At the moment I'm working on the character a young adolescent biker dude with some attitude!

[smallpiece]

..o.k, this one is just to give you a beta idea of the driving position...

[smallpiece]

..And this is the final piece( i think:) ).
its a bit scrappy but i'm still trying to get used to my graphic tablet...but i'm quite happy with the outcome..hope you all like it
:)

[David Ciprian]

Not really completed but I stil have some time if I want to touch-it up :p

PS: I'm gonna fix the legs
:o

[smallpiece]

...good one David..:) . I like it, good atmosphere.
I was working on a backround but it looked cheesy, ruined the pic.

[smallpiece]

..nice design Rob:) ...should look pretty cool when it done..

[Androgs]

Wow, Smallpiece and David, thats a good work and design:).
ROB, are you gonna coloring it?can wait to see it finish, looks good so far:).

[Trkls]

Here is what i came up with this time:

By year 8042 as predicted by scientists male species are extinct... here is the explanation for popularity of female drivers :D. Good job guys!

Independently moving side wings alow low degree turns dictated by high speeds.
Since vehicle isl almost flying during the race weels are thin to porvide minimal support.

[ROB]

Hey Androgs, I'm in the middle of colouring in. Its still lacking something so I'm going to add a few features. I'm not that good at realistic painting and shading so I'm going to stick with a cel shaded look.

Trkls - interesting design kinda reminds me of the wacky races!

[ROB]

Here's my entry, I would have liked to paint a racing scene but I think I need a break.

[Trkls]

Race...

[smallpiece]

Rob...lokking good, and well presented:)
Trkls...nice design, like a futuristic, antique racer, if you see what i mean:)

[smallpiece]

....looks like my spellings as good as my drawing:) :roll:

[Trkls]

Smallpiece, thank you,
You design is very unusual, and I like how you did the materials (shine etc.) (shadows looks so real)
David, great atmosphere! blue reflections are awesome.
Rob nice design, I wish tere were a little more deetail to the vehicle.

[Androgs]

Good work all!!!:)
Trkls, thats a nice design, remind me an oldies plane, but mix with futuristic style;).

ROB, good job,man. ;)well represented design.

here's my entry, though it still weak at style and..I think (sigh) still not achieve a today standard design, but I'm very enjoy when doing this. hope you all like it. and good luck for the other entries.:)

[Vego]

Great job all.

[TheOne]

Awesome work guys!
Ey, Androgs you are going to win this one as well! :D Very good work! :)

[Michael]

Great work, you guys! :D I reallhy like all the entries.
Smallpiece - great design.
Dave - this one has the mood indeed :D
Trkls - interesting design. Base on the old plane, huh? ;) Probably you should change it a bit more, but that's just me. :)
ROB - it's OK, I would shade it a bit more. More contrasts.
Androgs - fabulous. :D

There's still some time left, so keep posting the ones that didn't post!

TheOne - where's your entry!? :P ;)

OK, I managed to make an entry for this one :D. Finally. I don't know, if I'll maage to make the race shot, but who knows... :D

[ROB]

Hey I got time to do a scene, I need more practice at this painthing thing!

[TheOne]

Sadly, I haven't had enough time! :cry:

I will join the next one! :)

[3dsmaxler]

Me too. I've some conceptart. But not colored cause I've to practice a lot with Painter. Can some1 give me some tipps? Should I post the conceptart?


thx
3ds...

[David Ciprian]

Thanks all

Androgs: the painting looks great ..but I don't like the design

3dsmaxler: why shouldn't you post it? Or go to the 2d dection and you'll get plenty of tips from a larger number of members

[Michael]

OK guys - the deadline has passed so....

TIME TO VOTE!

3dmaxler - Dave is right. We've just had a concept challenge here :D. Stay tuned :D next Sunday - next competition.

[TheOne]

1st: David Caprian - Best design and best painting
2nd: Androgs - Very good atmosphere and design as well as a good atmosphere
3rd: smallpiece - Cool design, well painted

[LittleFish]

nice work.

1.Trkls - no atmosphere, but very clean drawing.
2. Androgs - atmosphere, speed, lighting, background, whatever it is you do.
3. Michael (and if I can't vote for you 'cause you're Admin, then it's David Ciprian) - good concepts

[David Ciprian]

1- Androgs
2- Smallpiece
3- Trkls

Michael is for 1st place if he can compete. Has better design than Androgs (this includes the driver/rider)

[ROB]

I vote for:

i) Androgs - good sense of speed and nice lighting
ii) Dave - I like the texture on the bike and the glow

It would be nice to see your concepts more 3d like in the future

[Michael]

Thanks so much for the appreciation, but my entry is not "votable". :D I just made it for practice/learning/fun. :D I'm really glad you liked it. :D

ROB - state your third place, please. We ALWAYS pick three places :)

[ROB]

My third pick is Smallpiece

[Androgs]

David, yeah, :o I'm not good at designing a vehicle, hehe:o .

my vote:
1 . David, good atmosphere and design
2 . ROB, good design, would be good if supported with more detail and rich shading.
3. Smallpiece, the driver remind me of xmen, hehe:D .

[smallpiece]

..tough desicion this....

1-David- great design and well presented.
2-Androgs- very well painted and good design, but design seems to be too stereotypical of sci-fi for me.
3-Trkls-nice way of bringing, old to new, and nicely painted...

well done everyone:)

[3dsmaxler]

1-David
2-Androgs
3-Trkls

Cu in the next challenge! I hope i will have enough time......


cu
3ds

[Michael]

Thanks for taking part in the challenge, everyone. Results are as follows:

1. Dave - 15 points
2. Androgs - 14 points
3. Smallpiece - 7 points
4. trkls - 6 points
5.ROB - 2 points

Congrats to all the participants. Look up the next chanllenge next Sunday :D


Dave - send Tom PM about the Texture CD as it's your prize for winning the challenge. :) Congratulations.

[David Ciprian]

Thanks everyone. Good luck in the next challenge !

[ross_coe]

well done all :) some damn cool paintings all round.
Congrats to Dave for the first place prize!

think I'll give the next challenge a try :) looks like fun

[Androgs]

Congrat ,Dave:D (*shaking hand*). see ya all in next challenge;).

[smallpiece]

..Well done David, :) well deserved..

[ROB]

Nice job Dave.
Androgs it was a close one!

See you next time round

[mia]

congrats david :)....you sure diserve it