General Evaluation

Here are some of the images i referenced in depicting my digital image of the General. I wanted to convey the idea that he was a proud man, this was done by showing it as a portrait. I also wanted him to appear wise so therefore he has a thoughtful pose. He also has a blank but stern look on his face to imply his no nonsense attitude and coldness. The images i referenced are that of the typical nazi portraits of the time that always seem so false to me. I wanted these false feelings to be associated with the General

The General finished painting

tank evaluation

So yes the tank concept has been finished. The sky and background is heavily influenced by that of Mordor in lord of the rings as the pictures show. The idea is that the 'General' within his tank is leading a legion of troops through europe invading. The city in the background is that of the city in my other concept. The idea is that the sky is burning on fire indicating where the nazis came from

Tank Finished

Tank Update

Tiger Tank and Legion Painting

Started the 2nd of the 3 digital painting concepts. Here we see the General in his Tiger Tank leading a Legion of troops away from a destroyed city ( The same Moonlit one)

City Finished

Well here it is, I'm done. Clock count on this painting was a massive 13 hours and 57 mins. Im happy with how it turned out though. Hope I have got across the feeling of emptiness within the destroyed city.More on my influences to follow

Update 4

update 3

update 2

Update

Painting the Sky

Out of fear of getting bored of bricks i turned my attention to the sky. this will be useful in knowing exactly where the light will hit as opposed to guessing.

Level of Inspiration

Tower Section

Here is the church tower image that I'm referencing in my city piece. I've also included the tower that I'm using as inspiration. Being a fan of sniping in games I've always looked for iconic church towers etc in games from which to snipe from. Medal of Honor Frontline was one of the main games to employ this in my childhood. It was made alongside the saving private ryan film so Ive found a picture of the church tower that started it all for me. I think its an iconic image that must be in any World War II games environment. (the bottom 1 is from the saving private ryan set)

Images contd.

Under 2 weeks left...good or bad thing?

Dissertation is coming along well and over 5000 words written. So its all good news. Here are images that I have been referencing for my new ruined city concept. Some have been recreated in the scene as they were exactly the look i wanted.

Painting the city

So i had to reformat the computer as it just wouldnt run painter correctly. So Ive stripped it down, took out all the programs except the essential screen recorder, office and of course painter X. It took time to do but hopefully it saves me a lot of time in the long run. Now that thats done ive started painting the city finaly

Back In Action

Jus spent all day sketching this scene concept out (sketching on a comp is tedious especially at 300 ppi) It depicts the ruined city that we see in the background of the tank shot. This is a result of the German invasion that swept through it. Its gona be set in an eerie blue colouring under moonlight, as i feel this gets across the feeling of emptyness.

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more images

Sketch work

some ideas for soliders etc

Developing the Concept further

Its been a while since i have added anything here but heres a few pics to show how the concept has been developing.

Ideas
-Game based in WWII

-Opposite to most Western Games depicting the allies but rather told from the Axis side of things
-You play as a young captain who is the prodigy of a successful but ruthless tank commander referered to only as the General (see early sketches)

-At first the captain believes in the Nazi ideals but when the invasion of europe begins he slowly becomes disillusioned(general being ruthless towards the captain could be a possible catalyst to this)

-Begins to secretly work for the allies (possible tie in with Stauffenberg and the attempt on hitlers life at wolfs lair- ads historical element)

-main antagonist is of course the general

General's Tank Concept (unfinished)

Another weapon in the General's arsenal to add more weight to the character

The General Water colour Concept

As they do in the concept art business i did a water colour of how the general should look lik with colours and shadow etc

Continued

Just the Gnerals design continued

New Concept

Yea so gona work on some other sketches so i dont get sick of the beast one. Heres "The General". I always wanted to do a graphic novel with evil Nazis in it so thought i might as well get some sketches in now and get marks for it.

Update

Yea this is really taking so much more time than i had planned, but it has to be this way or it wont look good i suppose =/

Todays Work

Finally stopped work for today....really got into it and finished both of the main legs...ribs tomorrow i hope :)

Post Meeting News

So had another meeting with Alan today in which we talked about which direction to take my dissertation in terms of the main theme. He gave me some very useful books and ideas to with the anatomy side of art and using that to prove my thesis. Even more importantly it applied directly to my work and helped me sort out the front arm in concept #1 thats been bugging me. It now looks more like a beasts arm should (Updated Pic Above)....also started the back leg too

Inspiration

Just a few pics to show some of the areas i drew inspiration from for concept #1 :)

Concept #1 Update

Finally got round to doing some painting after my Introduction chapter....didnt go so well though, couldn't get into it for some reason although i did make some progress. Stopping for the night though in case i ruin it.