[rhazza]

Hi, i'm back with the new gate (this is the first step):



@Nickodemus : I agree with you on the overseen "portal" concept
I have thought about the door and i will put some giant demon skulls and some human-tortured-bodies texture on it to make it more alive...(or even some pillar of greek architecture all around)

@ShaggyHandlz : I prefer the second image because of it's more clear design. You just have to make it more specific to Hades maybe.

[LovableRogue]

Okay, less blur, more detail. I switched the regular columns for a caryatid and a telamon, and filled the pediment with figures of the underworld. Not much detail yet but from left to right, the three judges of the dead, Persephone, Hades, Hekate, and the three furies.



I feel a bit silly for trying to do architecture and then immediately turning it into human figures, but I think the end result will be good.

@ Nickodemus - Thanks for the encouragement! I had a similar idea for making Cerberus part of the gates, but couldn't get it to look right. Too many heads got awkward for me. Waterwheels are a brilliant solution.

@ Rhazza - Sweet idea. I liked the previous perspective better though, it felt more dynamic, like the whole world is getting sucked into hades.

[ShaggyHandlz]

a paint update on my previous 2 sketches... im really liking the work im seeing her so far looking forward to every1's work

[AnthonyChristou]

Hey this is just some of my thumbnails for gates of hades.
I have a few more I am making before making a final image.

[mayanew]

Here are my ides for the Gates of Hades.

ShaggyHandlz love your doorway one, really sence another world.

[Alexei]

Originally Posted by rhazza

@Alexei : Very nice looking WIP i dig the "spoty" render of it ! Which software are you using ?

thanks
)
I use Photoshop & SAI Paint Tool

[rhazza]

Hello, here is the WIP of my gate...



More texture and work on the lightling/contrasts to come. The picture is much tougher to do than i first thought...

[Chojin]

ShaggyHandlz love the lighting and colors on the second piece!

rhazza You really improved the gateway! The city on fire looks
as though it is floating a bit above the rest of the ruined city.

I think I´m starting to feel satisfied with my own piece. Thanks everyone for the comments!
I´ve put out a few colors on the top left to show the scheme I plan to go with for this one.

[Nickodemus]

More development, mostly in regard to that original idea I had. I'd like to know what you guys think. I'm considering pushing the top, middle thumb farther...

[AnthonyChristou]

I have chosen one of the designs I will push further for the gates of hades and I have done some more thumbnails also.

[batsi]

Hi .)

I'm new here and I'm absolutely in love with this forum and challenges idea. There is my vision of the gates from sketch to final.







Thx for any comments and crits.

[Nickodemus]

Slowing plugging away...

[Nickodemus]

But now my girlfriend just looked at it and didn't get that the door was being opened by the waterwheels. Says I need chains, which I had in my sketches. Fuck...what do you folks think? I'm tending to agree with her.

[MFischer]

@Nickodemus I think you just need to empathize the contrast between the wheels and the water to the background so that they stand out more from the overall image.

[Kayla]

Here's my 2nd wip. I made it a little bigger as suggested (thanks for the idea Chojin). I'm still working on it in general though.