Eow 104 Two roads

[chaosrocks]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/EOW2.jpg

Eow 10A road not taken

Brief
This is an Enivironment about choices
you can be as figurative or as literal as you like
or you can interpret it as you will

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

for those not familiar withthe Robert Frost poem
here is the entire text
http://www.bartleby.com/104/67.html

Required elements
2 choices
one Less traveled


DUE February 1 2009
and we're off again!

NO description required, say what you need to say visually. The Poem is the description
although you don't have to interpreti literally. you will notice that the "yellow wood" is NOT required


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[robmorfin]

And the less traveled one I shall travel....

[Vatsel]

WIP1: Blocked in the colors

[chaosrocks]

faerie howe?

#


# She mounted on her milk-white steed,
She's taen True Thomas up behind,
And aye wheneer her bridle rung,
The steed flew swifter than the wind.

# O they rade on, and farther on--
The steed gaed swifter than the wind--
Untill they reached a desart wide,
And living land was left behind.

# "Light down, light down, now, True Thomas,
And lean your head upon my knee;
Abide and rest a little space,
And I will shew you ferlies three."

# "O see ye not that narrow road,
So thick beset with thorns and briers?
That is the path of righteousness,
Tho after it but few enquires.

# "And see not ye that braid braid road,
That lies across that lily leven?
That is the path to wickedness,
Tho some call it the road to heaven.

# "And see not ye that bonny road,
That winds about the fernie brae?
That is the road to fair Elfland,
Where thou and I this night maun gae.

# "But, Thomas, ye maun hold your tongue,
Whatever ye may hear or see,
For, if you speak word in Elflyn land,
Ye'll neer get back to your ain countrie."

"there can be three roads"
it's about choices

[OchreHand]

I like this topic, and I like interpreting literary works. I'm going to try and get in on this. *crosses fingers*

[Jussslic]

great topic, one of my favorite poems! think i want to make this my first EOW......

[Vatsel]

WIP 2: Detail on the foreground

comments will be appreciated

[chaosrocks]

golly , I think this topics has petrified you all. Im sorry
didn't seem all that scary to me.

where is everyone?
or all you all slaving away on the battle of the sexes?

[Cyberman]

Im in on this EOW, I think a topic more like future world or underground city etc. would catch more fish :) thats my two cents, Im grateful for the EOW, and your service.

[Mishkin275]

Don't Worry, I think we're all working on something or other. I'll post mine asap; need to get going! Thanks for your hard work Chaos

[UnidColor]

im working on it=), just practicing some acrylic painting in real life and it was fun, so I kinda got stuckt on doing that instead past the few days.

[Tonic]

Looking at previous EOWs, silence is a rather good sign ;) Anyway, I'm going to participate there. At this moment I'm trying to get idea what those two roads would be - in other way than literal meaning, of course.

[aberrant85]

http://nathanheigert.com/images/0_fullsize/tworoads.jpg

[Razorleaf]

Environments always seems so surreal to me :)

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/Razorleaf_album/EOWCrossRoads.jpg

[kool-ka-lang]

Crap, I made mine equally travelled. :(

I made a good and evil door.


I have my thoughts on how to do this, but I wanna see what you guys think.

[Mishkin275]

here are a couple thumbnails. I think I'll end up with something a little different though.
http://www.tgarretteaton.com/ejclaims/photos/eow_104_sketch.jpg

kool-ka-lang: I see what you're going for. Let see some atmosphere, i.e. where is the light coming from? From the door themselves?- that could be cool.

[Cyberman]

http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/silverlotusdragon/eow104_darknighticon.jpg?t=1232962286
I used photoplating first time for a peice I show people, thought I
would give it a whirl since Hideyoshi brought it up to me:) tinfoil and gbrush
must be doing something right.

[zimfin]

Hmm, this will be my first EOW and I am looking forward to it!
Here is my first wip, completely open to change at this point.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/two-roads.jpg

[IIKII]

MIME.Piece of crap. Cant obtain the super realism look in my mind.
Hated the clouds.

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[zimfin]

started in on colour now.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/two-roads-wip2.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/two-roads-wip3.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/two-roads-wip4.jpg

[Obilex]

mine so far

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/epona8/road-1.jpg

[NateShaw]

zimfin: I really like this. The atmosphere is great and the tree on the right keeps the composition from sliding off the right side of the image. Good work, keep going.

Obilex: awesome colors and marks but I'm only seeing one road.

[Obilex]

i think i'm going to turn that stream into a path maybe

[Deysc]

wow.. i cant wait to see aberrant85 finishes his.

[halvarado]

Here's where I am right now. Feedback please. First EOW ever :)

[NateShaw]

Halvarado: lookin good. Are you using an outline-of-a-leaf-brush for those leaves in the top? If so, its not bothering me too much right now but I wouldn't overdo it. Try flipping the image to see how it feels compositionally, right now it kind of feels too heavy on the left, though I suppose you just haven't worked the right as much.

Obilex: I thought that may be the case. If so, it might be nice to see the entrance of the bottom one, the begining of the top path is very prominent.

ok heres mine!

[Earendil]

Thumb. Not sure about it yet. I actually managed to get some semblance of color harmony tho. :P

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[UnidColor]

Heh lol I just saw me and kool-ka-lang had the same idea in our minds!

I was thinking rather alot on this and came up with the idea of heaven and hell, which is almost same as your kool-ka-lang, but with good and evil.

But I think your is way coolerXD!

[zimfin]

Nice work folks!

UnidColor: I love the sense of motion caught by the falling/flying leaves, very nice! Nice palette you used too.

This is where I am so far. Thought about putting some birds in the top right corner but when I tried they were really crap. Lol.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/two-roads-wip5.jpg

[monkeybread]

Hi, this is my first post and hopefully will lead to a first time post of my work here on CA... :bashful:
I have one (probably overly long and possibly ridiculous) question about the brief. It does say that one of the two elements that are required is one path less travelled. The poem itself doesn't distinguish either one as being less travelled on face value (they are both worn about the same). A possibile interpretation is that it's the effect that time, and something like regret or nostalgia, has on skewing Frost's future memories of the choice, that would recall one of them (the one taken) as having been less travelled.
My question is if this is the case, then can we just depict a choice of two paths with one not necessarily being less travelled. This is only in the interests of being true to my own interpretation of the poem of course...if a "road less travelled" is a must, then of course this interpretation is moot.

Or I could just shut up and bloody do one less travelled... lol

Ok enough babble, a-drawing I should go...I'm not normally this anal, but I do like the poem a lot and so want to do it justice...
;)

[zimfin]

Decided to change the sky and a few other bits and pieces. Think this is all I have time for though and will call it done, unless someone spots something worth fixing I've missed.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/EOW104_zimfin.jpg

[halvarado]

Nate Shaw:

Thanks. Yeah I actually took a photo of some leaves and made it a brush, so I am starting to see the same shape a little too much - something I will address. Also I agree. I have a hotkey that flips my canvas around and I keep liking it both ways....but I am actualy more bothered by my tree on the left...I am thinking about pushing it out of screen a little more and creating a hobbity type hole made of gnarled twigs and such...

The right has not been worked enough but I also don't want it to feel as "heavy and desperate" as the left side. I might use some whispy elements like falling leaves and possibly animals to give a little more life to the right side.

zimfin: I like the new post - the colors are great.

[Earendil]

aberrant85> Really like the idea here. One thing you want to make extra extra sure about is the perspective. It seems like it's off, but that may just be me. Also, the shadows go to pure blacktoo soon. Even at this time of day, behind rocks like this, our eyes adjust, and there's usually bounce lighting that's visible on the rocks.

Razorleaf> Right now it's very blurry, and the perspective is off. It's a start, but I'd recommend figuring out the perspective first. Maybe try using cubes as placeholders for more complicated objects like the towns.

Mishkin275> Nice. The 2nd one works best I think. Big thumbs too. :P

Zimfin> Not bad for a first time. Starting with a sketch is a good idea. Thing I'd look at are: The tips of the mountains all look kinda the same. Try breaking up the forms more. The deep violets in the foreground rocks don't seem to make sense colorwise. Keep up the good work!

halvarado> Nice start. The leaf brush is a bit distracting because those shapes are the sharpest in the entire piece. Try sharpening up, and defining your forms better. This is something I'm still having issuing with, but more confident strokes will help, and using hard brushes for hard forms.

Ok, if I missed anyone, poke me.

Here's where I'm at with this WIP. Thanks to some feedback from chaos I chose a lighting scheme and tried to make it more consistent through the piece, and get a larger range values. It's helped, but it's got a ways to go. Some parts are undetailed compared to others, and it's still blurry overall.

[Mishkin275]

I like the progress zimfin. Good color overall. Watchout where the mountains on the horizon are brighter than the sky: this is rarely so, the earth is almost always darker than the sky, even at night. you had it in the previous version, but then you darkened the sky. I dig it tho :)

Obilex: really neat color/texture going on.

thanks for your comment Earendil. I agree. I think you've got a good thing going; needn't worry bout the detail. Just squint at that thing and ask yourself: where is the light coming from and what is cool and what is warm? Then make a clear decision and if you can get that info while squinting, the detail will sell itself.

Can't say I follow my own advice :(

here's my update.
http://www.tgarretteaton.com/images/mishkin275_eow104.jpg

[zimfin]

Zimfin> Not bad for a first time. Starting with a sketch is a good idea. Thing I'd look at are: The tips of the mountains all look kinda the same. Try breaking up the forms more. The deep violets in the foreground rocks don't seem to make sense colorwise. Keep up the good work!

Thanks! I know what you mean about the forms being the same. Will see what I can do. The violet I think you are talking about is where there is meant to be some sunlight getting through a gap in the rocks. Not sure if I will alter it or leave it. I am liking your image so far! Good job.

Mishkin: Thanks! If you hadn't pointed it out I would have missed it but yeah, those mountains need a little darkening. I really like how your colours are going and the textures rock!
I am looking forward to seeing all the final pics!

*edit* Okay, made small changes to all areas mentioned. What do you think now?

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/EOW104_zimfin-1.jpg

[Senpen]

hey everyone. im new to the whole EOW thing and i just had some questions.
what size do we post our final image as?
and i wasnt to sure what was meant by "adding an icon to the final post"?

[Janto]

(Senpen, you can see what's meant by the icon in my entry here. There's no fixed size for the final image, as far as I know, beyond conceptart's own upload limits and the general rule of thumb that anything that makes people scroll sideways to see all of your image is too big.)

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg164/janto_mcmullin/EOW104_icon.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg164/janto_mcmullin/EOW104_Janto.jpg

Painted with acrylic on canvas board. The only thing I can tweak is the colour balance and image cropping, really, but I am keen for some feedback on these elements, since the colours here don't really reflect the painting that well, especially in the sky. I'm loosing subtlety in photographing my work - would I be much better off copying segments with a scanner and stitching them together?

Oh, the inspiration for this piece is actually Tolkien, and the old, turf covered remnants of the roads like the Greenway in the Northern Kingdom, so that influenced my choice of rolling green fields and distant mountains quite a bit.

[Janto]

Went back to basics, adjusted camera settings and voila, something much closer to the painting.

[Earendil]

Janto> Acrylic! Not bad at all! The only thing I'm not sure about is the atmospherics on the horizon/backlit hills. The backlit/blue sky color seems a bit too saturated. It works very nicely in the foreground tho, and you did a good job keeping the shadow directions consistent.

Zimfin> Better!

Ok, here is the latest WIP. :)

[Ortheza]

Here it is my work :-)

http://www.lukaszm.wizja.net/t/EOW104_ortheza_ico.jpg

[Senpen]

This is mine pretty much finished. Any comments would be much appreciated.

[Obilex]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/epona8/104thumb.jpg

my finished copy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/epona8/eow104obilex.jpg

[kody]

Hi!
I'm new here and unfortunately, I this one to late (
so anyway i take a try ) i know that i miss the deadline, but for me more interesting critique about my pic.
Here is wip...

[kody]

final image

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq324/kody-art/EOW_104_kody_150.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq324/kody-art/EOW_104_kody.jpg

[halvarado]

http://www.halvaradoart.com/CA/EOW/EOW%2310-Thumb.jpg

http://www.halvaradoart.com/CA/EOW/EOW%2310_halvarado.jpg
I leave it up to the viewer to decide which path is less taken.

I enjoyed my first ever EOW participation. I will be coming back.

h-

[chaosrocks]

sorry folks beautiful stuff coming in. Final burning thread posted
Please move them over, don't orget the icon
(outside hosted please)

[Deon]

Whew!! Really nice stuff, guys - here's my super-last minute attempt.
Don't know if I'll finish in time, though:)

[Deon]

Still going here... Just finishing the pencils, so I still have to color - I'm not sure how these deadlines work, but I hope to finish - It's 20:30 here by me now.

[Tonic]

Awww, again I'm late!

Well, I didn't want to make a literal graphic interpretation, so I've struggled to get another idea and there you have - no matter what road you take, you will encounter countless choices later. That's a thought I put into my work.

As so far, these are results:

Original sketch made with fineliner:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Cinot/concept_art/eow/104_two_roads/600dpi_scan.jpg

Cleaned and softened:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Cinot/concept_art/eow/104_two_roads/wip1_cleaned_scan.jpg

Basic lightning:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Cinot/concept_art/eow/104_two_roads/wip2_basic_lightning.jpg

Working on lightning and contrast. Also, added a cloudy background to add dramatic tone:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Cinot/concept_art/eow/104_two_roads/wip3_background_stronger_lightning.jpg

Base colours and refining:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Cinot/concept_art/eow/104_two_roads/wip4_color_base_refining.jpg

I'm going to bed now and tomorrow morning I'm going going to finish and put work for final burning. That would be about 12-13 hours, sorry. Chaosrocks? http://conceptart.org/forums/images/ca_smilies/normal/smiley_bashful.gif

[chaosrocks]

well.. you are taking a chance there
if I actually get my act together before noon my time

but actually I wouldn't worry too much about that it's not likely
I like the sort of Dr seuss moebius strip direction you have going here

[Tonic]

chaosrocks, I'm already, done.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Cinot/concept_art/eow/104_two_roads/wip5_background_refining_cleaning_l.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Cinot/concept_art/eow/104_two_roads/EOW104_Tonic.jpg

[tsujni]

some awesome work in the final thread. I'll wait for the poll to comment :(