[Cj_Marsh]

Sorry for the delay folks things have been hectic!





This round will forcus on two different types of studies, human anatomy (in particular skeletons) and armor.

Your ultimate goal is to design a skeleton warrior, to a specific time period. (ancient Rome, Aztec, European, Greek, ect..)

Your first task is to study and really look into the design work of the armor from the specific time period, and look at how it is worn and what it would look like with age.

Next look at the skeletons of the types of people from that time period/ region you chose this is the interesting part because skeletons from different times tend to look a little different than the modern persons skeleton.

feel free to post any studies up on here and share your works in progress!

here is a few examples of armor.



Deadline FEBRUARY 9th midnight CST

[radeaton]

So no flesh what so ever, just bone and metal?

[Cj_Marsh]

no flesh the focus is on skeletal structure

[RenoJames]

Hmmm. I can't seem to upload my image. Is there a size limit? Mine is 2 megs.

[Cj_Marsh]

Yea what size are you trying to upload?

[RenoJames]

Originally Posted by Cj_Marsh

Yea what size are you trying to upload?

2 megs. Looks like 500KB is the limit. Not that familiar with PS. Can this be shrunk as a Jpeg or something?

Wow! Isn't anyone else working on this one? It's a cool idea.

[eternalfiresong]

There is a 'save for web' option (in the file menu) that allows you to look at the size (both pixel size and mB size) as well as quality. It's a quick way to save out an optimized file for this type of site.

And I totally want to do this! We shall see, as always. But it's a fantastic idea.

[RenoJames]

Originally Posted by eternalfiresong

There is a 'save for web' option (in the file menu) that allows you to look at the size (both pixel size and mB size) as well as quality. It's a quick way to save out an optimized file for this type of site.

And I totally want to do this! We shall see, as always. But it's a fantastic idea.

That got it! Thanks eternal.

My WIP

Comments and crits welcome

[eternalfiresong]

Question - should our skeleton warrior already be an action type pose? Or do we have more freedom in that aspect?


Hey Reno - I love how they are bursting out of stone/marble/statue material. The skull of the main fellow stands out well because of the dark background, but I feel like I'm losing some of the parts of the rest of him against the other warriors. Perhaps develop more of a color differentiation as you bring out your main character? Great idea!

[harkins]

I'm not sure I'm taking this route yet but here's my first sketch. Some dead gladiators.

[Cj_Marsh]

Originally Posted by eternalfiresong

Question - should our skeleton warrior already be an action type pose? Or do we have more freedom in that aspect?

Its all up to you

[RenoJames]

Originally Posted by eternalfiresong

Question - should our skeleton warrior already be an action type pose? Or do we have more freedom in that aspect?


Hey Reno - I love how they are bursting out of stone/marble/statue material. The skull of the main fellow stands out well because of the dark background, but I feel like I'm losing some of the parts of the rest of him against the other warriors. Perhaps develop more of a color differentiation as you bring out your main character? Great idea!

Thanks eternal for the input.

My inspiration was the terracotta army of china. Kinda wish I could start over at this point, but its just for learning and I think I am starting to get a little more of the basics from this project.

Well, I might as well finish it, here is my WIP so far.

[RenoJames]

Originally Posted by harkins

I'm not sure I'm taking this route yet but here's my first sketch. Some dead gladiators.

Cool idea. Hope to see it develop.

[RenoJames]

A little more developed . . . will I get motivated to finish this now that the blue Wizards is a hop topic?

[Master_Chill]

Love this sorta competition, good luck to all the participants! Looking forward to all the results btw.

Here's my wip so far. Now I'm of to work some more though - sooo much more to do!