EOW 126 The CARAVAN

[chaosrocks]

EOW 126: The Caravan

Brief
A Caravan of Nomadic Peoples. These folks Homes are in their vehicles, and the culture is based on being forever transient. You are to portray the entire community and how their transient lifestyel is reflected in their vehicles and mode of travel. this can be anything from a MIddle eastern camel and tent caravan, mongols, Gypsies, modern gypsies, space gypsies. I want to see the caravan, and where it is traveling. as well as the culture of the people.

Required
Vehicles which show evidence of being lived in,
the place through which they are traveling
the cultural flavour of the people

you'll notice I have not specified era, style or race



DUE November 28thth 2009
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[Kan Muftić]

Ahhhhh, what a topic! For a vagabond like myself, this is fantastic. Wish I could participate..

[Arne Meyer]

I´m in!

[zimfin]

This sounds great! Not sure I have time with work but I will try my best.

[maria riaz]

wow sounds interesting....i m on it

[Matt_B]

quick 20 min sketch. idea exploration:

[oren90]

this is an intresting theme, i'm definitly in on this.

i already have a rough sketch for it .

[JoshDArtist]

sounds like a pretty fun theme!!!

[Ragnj]

Im thinking a post apocalyptic theme, people that travel the doomed earth looking for leftovers of the old world.

[Mark Tarrisse]

Ok, here's a try, I'm not satisfied with the result, I'll try to do something better

[darkwolf29a]

Awesome idea. I'll have to cook over this one. I should have the time, as I'm on vacation from work next week.

[Holland]

Sounds pretty interesting! I need more spare time!!!!

[Ravenseye]

I think I would like to participate in this. Currently working on another weekly project ... hope to finish up and join.

[JoshDArtist]

early WIP, thank god I have this weekend... way busy this past week...

any/all suggestions/crits welcomed

[timothee]

Interesting topic this week, thought I might give it a try. The nomads are desert dwellers, that move from one desert oasis to the next. The roof of the caravan to the left, will carry a nest of messenger pigeons as the gypsy's form of communication to the outside world.
WIP:

[chaosrocks]

ok so I want to say it early on, I want to see some specific cultural influence.... no generic pods tied together, I wan tto be able to see whoo these people are and what culture they come from. no words nessisary.. SHOW ME!

[maria riaz]

hey folks!!!
this is my first WIP for weekly activity, i want to learn from it as much as possible so i need opinions and what u guys perceive from this image......criticism is welcome!!!

[chaosrocks]

maria I love the sprightly and carnival quality of this, couple things still with in the bright style you are adopting.... some of the "Vehicles" in the Caravan don't look very mobile. and to establishyour tape measure ribbon you need to think a little about some kind of perspective to help creat your space.

[mpaquin]

Inspired by Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss.

These people raped the land of all its resources and leave as it runs dry.

[chaosrocks]

how is this a caravan?


Wapedia v
Wiki: Caravan (travellers)
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A caravan (Persian: کاروان) is a group of people traveling together, often on a trade expedition. Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road, where traveling in groups aided in defense against bandits as well as helped to improve economies of scale in trade.

a caravan is not a bunch of people escaping, or a jihad.. a caravan is a lifestyle and a community lifestyle choice.

[maria riaz]

hey!!
thanx chaosrocks for the crit.....the vehicles that doesnt look mobile are the ones settled...its more of a caravan about to move...here is a development sketch i did earlier and today's WIP.......crit is welcome!!!!

[Tonic]

Cool topic and I've got a idea I want to paint. I've tried to start in Photoshop, but after failing few times (I couldn't catch the "flow" for compositing and shaping forms), so I've decided to draw on papier first (it's MUCH easier for me to do these two things), then do some under/over painting in Photoshop

[mpaquin]

Ah, I was going by the dictionary definition, "A company of travelers journeying together, as across a desert or through hostile territory."

I'm finding its a bit of a challenge to compose for both the landscape/environment and still have elements close enough for cultural details.

[chaosrocks]

yep thats the challenge indeed
overlap is your friend
one of the ways to create space in a drawing
checck out the thread I recommended in the last poll thread for composition ideas

[ashton]

[mpaquin]

Letting the image do the talking.

[gmblfdz]

My WIP.



Need to bung in some peoples in the foreground to highlight their culture.

[Ravenseye]

Hello everyone This is my entry for this weeks EOW. This is actully my first time taking part in the EOW so Im not exactly sure what i do to post for the final. If anyone could throw a few helpful words of advice i would be very thankful.



As you can see I went with an aztec culture. This was alot of fun and took me away from what I normaly do. I did alot of research to try and get colorschemes and such to be Aztecish. Let me know what you think.

[Desktop Wade]

My WIP. I think the end goal here will be post-apocalyptic new yorkers running a salvage caravan over (what's left) of their former city.

I'm going to need to come up with some more iconography if I want to sell this as new york and the people as new yorkers. As you can tell, I got a bit distracted painting sand, durr.



Not sure if I want to go with actual camels or just something similar; placeholders for now.

[mpaquin]

Hi Wade. Might I suggest sports memorabelia? Yankee hats, Knicks Jerseys. You could go all out with an I NY shirt/bumper sticker. Maybe an old license plate that had the statue of liberty on it, ala Ghost Busters 2 dangling like "flare" from a camel. Post apocalyptic yellow taxi armor? That's enough out of me for now. I like your image so far. Obviously I'm inspired by it