Sijun Forums :: View topic - Yeti - Horrible snowman (Update: 4 progress pics)

Bg · Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 8:06 pm

An image I did for Don Seegmiller's contest, missed the deadline, I sent it few days late... Oh well, it's 6 a clock in the morning and I'm tired. Comments would be nice...

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mythwarden · member Member # Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Posts: 124

:*(

If the impression you were trying to give was one of sadness...

...then it worked.

The figures moving off into the distance mixed with his broken horn get your point across well; Along with his pose.

This is a great pic BG. You have great artwork.

-myth

Hunago · Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 8:40 pm

It's beautiful. the rocky craigs, distant mountain, and snowy field are awesome.. Is this pic inspired by one of Herge's comic books? I loved that series when I was a kid, still do.

Very nice work Bg.

Gil Agud�n · member Member # Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 103

great picture! great composition!! i can almost feel the cold and hear the wind... i also visited ur webpage... coooooool!!

Lunatique · Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 9:47 pm

Go Timo!

One tiny suggestion-- the seperation between snow and rock/dirt can be very sharp and distinct--almost no soft edge of any kind.

jabber · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 12:24 am

i love the landscape, very empty. i get the feeling of, "wow, its a long way those mountains".

the yeti, it just kinda seems ok. nothing spectacular. with exception to the edge of his face, which seems sad or in contemplation, or even just watching not really understanding what it is seeing.

the landscape is what really draws me to this. nice work.

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ftgjcf · member Member # Joined: 13 Apr 2000 Posts: 184

nice work as usual Bg
I,too, think it looks sad.. lonely perhaps ?
I like the way you painted the landscape, particularly in the middle/back-ground
Let's hope it is included in the contest. good luck

(btw.. where can i read about this contest? there isnt much detail on Seeg Miller's web )

CyberLink · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 2:31 am

Horrible but seems to be sad of that? Nice piece :-)

BooMSticK · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 3:04 am

timo - I really like this painting. Somehow I would like to have seen more of the yeti but the background simply rock(!) love it! Glad you made it late for the competition, 'cause I think I (and the rest of the entrymakers) would have had a hard time competing against this painting of yours)

Top notch stuff!
,Boom

clawfist · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 6:39 am

lookin very nice, great adaption of his sad mood

I do think, however, that the figures hes looking at are a tad too big.. it kinda messes up with the sense of scale for the mountains in the background imo

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Atomic Urine · member Member # Joined: 20 Feb 2002 Posts: 71

Your colours get richer and deeper with each painting, Bg. You're really improving rapidly man. Your landscapes are awe-inspiring.

Bg · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 9:16 am

Mythwarden: That's what I had in mind, I'm glad you noticed! I wanted to see if people see what's happening there without explanation.. or maybe I just forgot to explain hehe. Anyway, here's a short explanation of what's happening there: A legend tells of a frightening monster called Yeti, who lives in the mountains of Himalaja bla blabla.. I tried to convey quite different personality for Yeti in my pic, yes, he's horrible from the outside (at least when needed

but from the inside, he's lonely and scared of times when he has to be alone. The image captures one of those sad moments, it's time for good bye, he won't see anyone for a loooong time.

Hunago, Thanks! I don't read comics, books or comic books much, never heard of Herge.

Gil Audin - Thanks

Thanks Luna! The rock was a tough one, I still need to practise it.
By the way, how's the learning of 3d coming along?

Jabber: Thanks!

Geelimp, you hit the nail

Don erased the contest info from his site when the competition ended.

Cyberlink, you guessed right!

Boomstick: Thanks man!

Clawfist, The figures were tricky, I couldn't make them big or the scale would be lost and I couldn't make them small either none could make out that they're figures

Creed, Thanks for the compliments!

Binke · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 9:39 am

Wow this is quite amazing BG, your skills are rapidly improving like a motherfucker(excuse my french). And I really love this piece, the feeling of loneliness is very strong, and yeah its just rock.

Lunatique · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 10:04 am

It's coming along one day at a time. I just finished another polygon modeling tut, and I'm moving on to a Nurbs tut. Maya 4.0 is quite different from Max.... I have a female head(the melancholic princess)in the making. I'm doing it by building poly faces, and then sub'd it in the details. I also have a mess of concept art I'm amassing. I'll do a big art dump in the near future and show them all at the same time.

Bg · Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2002 6:37 am

Added four progress shots (top of the thread)

Binke, Thanks a lot

Lunatique - How's the Maya like, I've read the interface is harder to learn than in the other packages, true? Do you have any progress images of the princess' face? Perhaps I could give some pointers..

Marvel · Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2002 9:23 am

Timo, you don't feel the snow is somewhat dirty? I mean, it's the Himalayas or so, one would think the snow to be of purest white - also one would think, judging by the sky, that there's direct sunlight, which would make the contrast way higher.

But hey, still better than what I can come up with.