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Published: 2012-04-20 05:56:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 6738; Favourites: 179; Downloads: 125
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Personal commission for a scorpion beast creature. Was fun to render, though unfortunately i've forgotten the details on the name...something to do with Latin? I'm a little forgetful
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this design is really cool!
the shading really makes it look life like :>
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i used to have the beast wars toy like this one (someone in the comments said it was quickstrike) Looks great.
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Cheers mate! yeh, the client used that character as one of my references.
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I wanna see a nature show that features this creature. "The Scorpula feigns disinterest and casually steps past its prey, BUT THEN STRIKES FROM BEHIND"
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LOL. the moment you said nature show...for some reason it reminded me of that old Family Guy episode with the fire engine and ambulances
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Hahah, funny u say that. one of the references the guy commissioning me gave me was of Quickstrike.
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Very nice, Al! Another striking design. The colours are really fitting; he's dangerous and poisonous, but it's got more than that road sign contrast. I think it's those burnished, fiery hues that offset that. The glassy part of his carapace/abdomen is a nice touch even though it renders the form a little ambiguous. Those pincers are horrible, beasts unto themselves (= gorgeous)! The snake tail is suitably noodly and definitely looks independent from the rest of the creature.
About those greeble shapes poking from his rear end; I really like how you've referenced the actual scorpion sting shape, seeing as you've replaced the tail with the snake/head; a smart move that adds loads of interest to the silhouette. My only gripe is small... it regards the tail; I'm having trouble visualising it from a different perspective and it's size is not apparent, at least immediately. Anyway dude, I could go on for longer, but I'll let you get back to it!
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Many thanks Mr Phil! and thank you for yet another insightful critique! tbh, it's only now since you've pointed out the back parts looking like stingers that i realized, hahah. i added it in the early concepts and stuck with it cos i liked how it reminded me of those face huggers from Aliens
The tail is a bit tricky since the silhouette is so bumpy and the lighting (overall) isn't consistent, but then again, i almost always light things however way i want, so it's rather intentional. hmmm...maybe i'll try render a concept as realistically as i can next time. should be a good challenge
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No worries, it's a pleasure. I think you have the right idea about being in conscious control of the lighting. There's an element of the beginner in thinking that a slavish adhesion to every particle of light is the right way to go; we are making art, not photography, and we have power over everything in the image. Still, it's hard to get the right balance/feel, and sometimes the lighting can end up being too perfect, or contrived.
Perhaps for your next concept piece, you could render things from one or two fixed lighting set-ups. An experiment, at least. I think though, that the end of the day, it's less about realism and more about creating a convincing illusion of form that serves your aims for the particular piece. Your designs are quite strong and so should take to such lighting well.
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Ah, very well said, and my thoughts exactly (though i'll never be able to say it any better, hahah). A fixed lighting setup like 3-point or split lighting would be good actually. i'm always forgetting how so much of the lighting in movies is setup artificially.
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Hahah, thanks mate!
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