[Twincruiser]

This is our second pic in the mech/myth hybrid concept that we decided to explore. Like the piece before we kept true to mythological guidelines, inserted some of our own imagination into the mix and again incorporated an animal since creatures always have had prominent roles in myths and legends.

This piece contains the turtle as the center point of attention. In a lot of world mythologies (especially Hindu and Chinese) the turtle represents either the element of earth or water. The creature itself symbolizes strength and endurance and is often seen as the sustainer of the earth�.sometimes even visualized as supporting the whole planet on its back.

These elements were perfect for our concept and we interweaved them in this piece. As you can see the gargantuan turtle isn't a creature/machine hybrid because we decided to represent the mechanical part of the concept as a building on top of its back. Not just any building but an oil rig. The turtle not only supports the building but is also the supplier of that one important element that allows the machines of this world to work thus perfectly fitting the 'sustainer' symbolism found in a lot of myths concerning this creature. Of course a nice advantage to having a gargantuan turtle in charge of supplying oil is that it allows you to be mobile and easily travel to the next oil deposit without ever rebuilding the rig

Pencils/Colors by Michel Koiter
FX/Textures/Finishising Touches by Ren� Koiter

Tortuga Oil Rig

Detail
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[aColdOldKodiak]

ahh very cool

My only gribe is that th far bottom right wave seems a little fake compared to the rest. Like oine of those cartoon waves that form out of no where. Anyways very nice work
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[Horrens]

nice pic
but why would one want an oil rig on a turtle?

[Twincruiser]

Like stated above the advantage to having a gargantuan turtle in charge of supplying oil is that it allows you to be mobile and easily travel to the next oil deposit without ever rebuilding the rig. Plus you don't have to depend on fuel or oil to get moving...the oil may be used to let other contraptions on the rig work.
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[Sukhoi]

HA! Ultra cool idea, I LOVE it!!!

My thoughts would be to emphasize less on highlights and concentrate a little more on giving shape to the shadowy areas, the turtles' face for instance.

Perhaps paint the whole image in a colourless overcast lightsetting to get all the basics og form and such, and them move onto adding highlights and colour. That way you won't get 'fooled' by the highlights because your shapes has to work without them aswell. It has worked for me, but I don't know....Just my 50 cent (go shorty)

Sukhoi

[Capt. Fred]

It's great, a cool pic.
Like sumaleth said: if you render the 3d geomoetry, the big 3d shapes first and then refine that until you're adding highlights and texures then it won't look as it does now: like an image embossed out of a flat surface, like an embossed book cover or something.