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Abiogenisis — Creating 'Contact'
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Published: 2015-04-06 14:57:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 50635; Favourites: 773; Downloads: 716
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Some of the key phases of creating the 'Contact' image. As you can see, the process required a lot of on the fly experimentation!The final can be seen here:
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Will probably use some of those elements in later pics with these guys.
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Wow. You sure went through alot of different versions before you came to your final. I have to admit some of these I like better than the final one. These just shows how talented you are. Amazing work!
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In the end, you just have to make the terrible choice
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Wow, I'm impressed of all the changes and the amazing evolution this picture's been through. But the cars and the environment... Does it still have the same meaning as you started the picture? I was just wondering, because that's something I sometimes struggle with.
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It has the same meaning, though the interaction between the human and the birrin was going to be far more direct. I prefer the aloofness of the human in the final.
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That's a cool way to think of it... I like it
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A lot of iteration, I like a bunch of the ideas you played around with but the final is beautiful
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Might mine the older ones for later paintings...
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How long did this take you to complete? And also, what gave you inspiration for what the Meta-Human looks like? I'm sorta seeing some Egyptian in it. Absolutely incredible piece of art btw!
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I worked on it part time and sporadically, so about six weeks. Was a real slog.
Inspirations include indian religious imagery (hindu), Evangelion, and surrealists like Dali.
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Really cool to see all yours ideas!
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Man, what a fascinating look into your process.....I love this!!!!!!!!!!!
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What would a Metabirrin look like?
Any chance of seeing one in a future piece?
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If the humans are willing to give them that level of tech
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always nice to see how another artist thinks. I think panels 5 and 6
looked pretty sweet. could make a Loki type character from it. But I
love the idea that he or she is the ship.
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Yeah I toyed with the idea of them being a bit trickster-ish...
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This is awesome, great to see how your thought process changed throughout this piece 
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OH I always thought he was floating, but he's sitting!
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amazing to see the process. I really dig the first colour one, with the pink neon flashes, that works great. the end result is definitely the right one though, simple and eery.
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Yeah I quite like the pink too! Might use that sky type in a later work...
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I noticed in some of these WIPs, ther were some explosions and fire... that means the Metahuman are or can be agressive towards the Birrin?
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In those versions, the human was walking through a birrin conflict observing it.
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I love how if you scroll through it, its almost like a story. The Metahuman sits and watches as the first settlers arrive in Birrin drawn wagon, the first encounter. Ages pass and the settlers return with more advanced technology and self powered vehicles, the Metahuman shows interest but then looks back to the heavens. As time passes and the landscape builds up in drifts of sand, mountains rise and crumble. The settlers curious about this strange being begin to build up an outpost around it, first just a single floating sentinel tower, then another, and with time eventually a whole city industrial complex is raised around this mysterious watcher. Monuments are built in the desert as this being becomes an object of worship and fascination for many, a cult is formed. Alas as with all things this too must come to an end, as religious factions fight with the industrializing forces for control civil war breaks out and the city complex falls to flames and dust, the civilization formed around the Metahuman has fallen. Now long abandoned even the original sentinel towers erected by the first settlers, ancient even at the start of the civil war, finally fall to the ground, their power sources gone cold and dead from neglect. Slowly collapsing to dust eroded by the wind. Now eons later all that remains of the settlers is a thine line of power pylons along an ancient road, long lost to the desert sands. Just the ever watchful Metahuman and two Birrin, as it was in the beginning.
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An intriguing idea! Metahumans ARE patient enough for such a thing...
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So... much... awesome. This is brilliant stuff. All those variations are amazing.
How do you make his wings so symetrical?
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Copy and Paste, my friend
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Dang. And I was under impression there was extra magic to it
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This is very cool!
What were the buildings? Like the ones in the images 11, 12 and 13.
Ruins from the ancient Birrin global civilization? Or modern-day buildings ruined by current belic conflict? Or perhaps ancient ruins being destroyed by that conflict?
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The buildings were old birrin industrial facilities, with a bit of more modern development on top of them.
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You should really upload the other metahuman versions
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Truly stunning artwork! I love how every version has it's very own atmosphere to it ranging from ominous and threatening to tranquil and serene. I personally really like the ninth version due to it's tense serenity.
But I really have to know: what is the purpose of that huge fence?
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Part of an old ruined birrin industrial facility.
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Wow! How long did it take from start to finish? So much thought involved, very admirable.
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About 6 weeks, part time?
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Damn, I wish I had that much patience! It seems to really pay off though.
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When it does, it was all worth it
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Wow, there were even more variations than you showed me! The eye lights one is amusing 
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i love all the variations you've experimented with! some feel ominous while some look quite tranquil, it's amazing how color can influence our feelings!
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I found the bright versions surreal, the dark ones menacing. In the end I wanted it to look intimidating and powerful.
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I think you definitely captured that very well in all of them. The dark versions definitely look more menacing than the brighter ones. I feel the humanoid in the final picture doesn't look as evil as in some of the previous versions, and I actually quite like that. It's actually quite close to my idea of how meeting a god or god-like being would feel like. chills down your spine but you just can't bring yourself to look away. I like the fact that he(she?) doesn't seem to be out for blood, but at the same time it's obvious who has the upper hand.
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