SPEEDPAINTING CHALLENGE nr.15

[Michael]

This week I think will be interesting...

'The heavy clouds hang just above the ruins of L.A. The buildings, previously enormously tall and shiny 'cause of all the windows were now just bent, miserable skeletons. The higher the building, the mode damage it received. What was strange was the border of the damage made - everything above 10 meters was destroyed, below that the buildings were intact. Well... intact by the explosion wave. The walls were destroyed by the explosions, darkened by fire. Some of them were covered by crude graffiti, naming this area "propretee of the Snakes's gang". Some of the shop windows were "repainted", some shattered. Garbage was lying everywhere, Some car wracks here and there. Almost impossible to imagine, that only 15 years ago the streets were full of people, cars and... life.'

Deadline - as always - week and a half - Wednesday the next week - February 2nd.

GO!

[Ibbo]

:eek:

Nice idea, lets see if i can get my finger out and do something this time!

[serialinferno]

this is going to be a very cool challenge. ill probably need to get alot of reference on this one

[Michael]

As for the reference - obiously a good one is Mad Max series, but also Final Fantasy : The Spirit Within :D


Try to play around with the colours to accent the mood.

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

I'll be sure to try entering this one. Let people know that there still is some life in the speed painting challenge.

[Gerbilho]

Well well well.....I have to come up with something!

[inspired]

wow! great subject micheal!
I always follow these challenges... i normally never post, and i absolutely never enter, beacuse.... i cant paint :p hehe i really cant ;) But im looking forward to see some great work from those great artists here! Alot of you are really talented, and i love checking out ur work!

good luck every!

[Michael]

Can't wait for the first entries, guys :)

[mosk]

i like it, im starting to see it in mi head......mouses everywere.....heheeh

[Ibbo]

Aiii! My graphics tablet broke so im using my mouse. Hes a sketch of what im hoping to do. Its a push chair amist a scene of distruction. A bit morbid ill admit but its quite emotive in a way!

[Drakala]

This is very interesting I am going to win this time!!!....:cool: :cool:
I have got to start making rough sketches to improve my skills........

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

Yich. I'm so bad at this. It's my first painting ever, and I don't think it's looking too promising. Any scathing crits? I think this one's going to get blown out of the water. :roll:

[hpslashluvr]

more contrast, too dark. grey is a good undertone though, IMO

add some highlights!

and on the sign...try looking at a photo of a real sign...the lettering is usually diff

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

Good point. I noticed that the colors and blackpoint will be way off on other people's monitors because my color correction is not quite tweaked right. I saw it because I started getting banding issues on the dark values, and realized that it was because I was operating within fractions of hitting pure 0,0,0.

I took out the sign because it's so pervasive. I'll work on some highlights next. Thanks!

[LittleFish]

well, LA is my backyard, so I guess I could scathe the concepts of a few of you... but that would be pointless, so go to google, see what the skyline looks like (there's no good pictures of any of the rest of the city there - Hollywood and Highland (shopping - huge), the library area, downtown shopping at 7th and Figueroa, USC, UCLA, Union Station, Olivera Street - I wish I had had my camera some of the times I've been up there). I guess with the clouds, the mountains in the background would kinda be obscured.

Go look at the pictures of LA on Google though, and see what the buildings in the skyline look like - the library tower, and the BP building (used to be Arco Plaza before BP bought Arco), and all the dozens of others. It's really not that big of a downtown area, not that many skyscrapers; go more than a mile north, you're into nice houses; a mile west, same thing; a mile east, "less desirable" areas; and south, there are warehouses and shipping yards mixed with apartments and sweatshops (worst area of LA), and then farther south is South Central LA and Watts. A map or ariel photo might help give you an idea.

(and graffiti here is seemingly unintelligible, recognizable usually only by having seen the same tag a bunch of times before; sometimes you can read it, but not tags typically - just scribbles. oh, and gangs go by street names a lot of times, like the 18th street gang (20,000 members strong at last count, or something like that - tied to (as in run by) the Mexican mafia).

I'll try to get something in. As far as destruction, I'll probably use the WTC photos for reference.

[CHK]

I just couldn't stand! The description of the scene just pulled me into it! I had to do a quick sketch...So here is my first attempt!...Just for some inspiration!

[hpslashluvr]

but i thought all the buildings were knocked down? at least all the tall ones...?

[Michael]

LOL, yeah :D:D It's a postapocalyptic - postnuclear scene . But looks good as always :D:D :P

The tall ones are indeed just a skeletons, the lower ones are good, but demolished .... :P

[Drakala]

Destruction! There has to be destruction!... I have got to make a destruction scene!

[Drakala]

Here it is. I finally made it. The giant rat is a symbol of the catastrophic effects of mankind on itself. The ruiners of the world try to stop the world from ruining them... its a bit philosophic but I hpe you like it.

[Ibbo]

My coloured and finial version!

[w00t]

this is what i got so far
will post the finished version in a few days if il have the time

[Orkron]

Originally posted by Drakala
Here it is. I finally made it. The giant rat is a symbol of the catastrophic effects of mankind on itself. The ruiners of the world try to stop the world from ruining them... its a bit philosophic but I hpe you like it.

Isnt that the same rat as last week?
So next time when its a "space exploration" it'll b a rat in space? lol
and when its "valentines day" it'll be a rat who ate all the chocolate? lol

[Ibbo]

Hold the phone, what about a black and while background (going a bit noir)? What do people think?

[Ibbo]

*doh* and again...Sorry

[Michael]

Yeah, the noir version lookswaaay better :) . Maybe detail it more :)

Drakala - maybe stick more to the description? :p And paint a bit more serious attempt? :p ;) just a thought... :D

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

Hmph. I've been to L.A. dozens of times, so I'm not clueless either. I chose some downtown areas that are really pretty ratty looking. Mine is in the 'just outside of town' areas. :grr:

[hpslashluvr]

haha drakala, i think it's funny that you use the same main character in each one ;) it just goes to show how much destruction is involved in our world :D

[serialinferno]

ok now im not very familiar with LA so i had to find some reference pics. i found this pic of what seemed like a famous building to me and just blew the crap out of it. hope you like

[LittleFish]

GuyBlue -- apologies on the comments -- they weren't aimed at anyone; I had just been thinking about how the concepts would reflect the areas around where the artist lives, and then I was just giving a bit of reference to be helpful. And on yours, I think it's about like the area from 40th Street to the I-10 Freeway, near the rail yards. As far as crits on it, the only one I had so far was that the sky should possibly extend up maybe the height of the picture higher - just thinking about how the tall stuff has been made shorter, and so you can see the sky now...

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

Oh, okay. I didn't know where that was aimed, LittleFish . :o Glad we're still cool. :)

I'll post an update on mine tomorrow or Thursday, depending on when I get some more time to work on it. So far, I've put about 3 hours.

Till then,

[ROB]

nice work so far guys and gals.
here's entry.

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

Another rediculous post? Indeed. Here's an update of my first painting attempt ever. I tried to realign my perspective, which I think worked a little...ever so little. :blah:

[Psionic]

Hey guys, thought I have a dabble at this one...30 Mins photoshop/graphire.

http://www.psionic3d.co.uk/images/lacity.jpg

[Psionic]

Image isn't showing up so I'll attach it ;)

[CHK]

Much more entries!IoI! I really like your Psionic! The lightings are just great!!! Keep on going guys!!

[LittleFish]

nice one Psionic! (although at first I was confused about the broken telephone poles and the street, almost looked like a pier)

here's a quick "inspiration" sketch (sorry to borrow the term, CHK), figuring out a couple of things, like airbrush being good for smoke, etc.

edit: done with a mouse...

[bobjackson]

hi everyone

a fast drawing, hope you 'll appreciate!

[Goro]

Here is mine time was about an hour and a half (busy tommorow all the time i had to do this next one ill be ready for enjoy)

http://private.animanga.com/maguscels/pics/pic.jpg

Why can't i post this as an image?

[hpslashluvr]

i've posted way too many times to remember if threedy has a post count rule that you have to post a certain amt to attach pics...

does the attach function not work?

[Goro]

No it doesnt maybe your right by next challenge ill be ok thanks

[(o)(o)conababe]

It has been a hell of a day..

[CHK]

Hey nice works so far everybody! Keep it up!...IoI

[Gerbilho]

Nice paintings so far! When's the deadline? I don't want to miss this one!!

[ROB]

It's kinda sketchy and un finished, but thought it would be alright to add it.

[Psionic]

Some great pics everybody!!

I especially like bobjacksons myself, nice dark silouhette defining the foreground ruins.

Thats pretty cool as well ROB, sketchy but captures the destruction nicely...

[Psionic]

Just squeeze another one in ;) about 30 mins again...

[Gerbilho]

I got some time in my job and made this in about 1:30 hours: (the building I was already making and decided to include - it will actually be built, but in better shape of course....lol)

After the destruction, and riots inside the snake's gang only one man survived. He is now the owner of the destroyed city... he's been alone for such a long time that he's beggining to lose his mind and act strangely....paranoic....

[Michael]

OK, guys, time for voting!

I want to thank you all for participating. There are some great entries here :) :D

[ROB]

Cool there has been a good few entries this week.
Although there were a good amount of paintings, in my opinion there are ones that stand out above the rest.

1) Psionic- for their first painting
2) Bobjackson
3) w00t

Good work everyone :dance:
Till the next Challenge

[Androgs]

its good to see this speed paint challenge have so many new faces take part:). here's my vote
1. Psionic
2. ROB
3. bobjackson

good luck all:)!

[Ibbo]

1) Bob Jackson
2) Serial Inferno
3) Psionic

Great entrys guys!

[milie]

hi everyone

happy to participate for the first time by a vote

so let's vote

1st bobjackson
2nd drakala
3rd Ibbo

kiss
:o :D

[Goro]

1) Bob Jackson
2) Serial Inferno
3) Psionic

They all look great

[Gerbilho]

My votes:

1 - bobjackson - although no grafitti and snake's gang its by far the best painting
2 - Psionic - the first one, good in general
3 - conababe - for the symbolism and dramatism

good luck

[LittleFish]

1. Psionic (second one, I guess - looks more post-apocalyptic, and kinda like a nice stretcho f the 405 down in San Pedro by the oil refineries)
2. bobjackson - nice composition, and some good bold colors.
3. serialinferno - I like the way the rubble and destroyed pavement was painted, and the rest isn't too bad either, but it is lacking in environment and lighting.

[Michael]

The places are as follows:

1. bob jackson - 17 points
2. Psionic - 13 points
3.serial inferno - 5 points

Honorable mentions :
drakala - 2 points
conababe, Ibbo, w00t - 1 point

bob jackson - please contact Tom 3DT or Ben 3DT and give them your postal details and a name of the Total Texture CD of your choice. :)

Continue to the next challenge!

[CHK]

Ooops sorry guys! I forgot to vote! But my favorite was also Bob Jackson!! IoI...Anyway congratulations to you and well done for the others!!

[bobjackson]

thanks to all for your votes!
:o
this challenge was a great one because of a lot of paintings, i hope there will be more and more paintings for the futur challenges!
i'd like to thanks particulary Michael-3DT for all the time he takes for us!


see you for the next challenge!

[Michael]

It's my pleasure. I just wish more pople participate in it.... :( Thank to you all for sticking around :)