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    EOW 151: Coven of the Dark Oracles



    EOW 151 Coven of the Dark Oracles
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    A gathering in secret... a commune of evil monks. A place of worship with high priests, maybe where sacrificial offerings occur. A knighthood, perhaps... could be set in the early 1600's or in the future, kind of like a digital version of witch folklore. Think of the dark creatures from 300 in the skies, the Sith lords in cloaks at a sky dock in the rain. It can be gothic, olden, ancient, Pagan, or if you want to be clever you can draw the Bush Administration. (I kid, I kid)

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    Looking forward to some sketches..

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    Inspirational song for this theme!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgjtcRL6FGM
    Jocelyn Pook - Masked Ball

    More interesting pics for reference:





    From Hideyoshi.. I like the feel of these:



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    I hope I didn't interpret it wrong.
    Here is my (verry stereotipical) sketch:

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    Oh fuck matt I saw that in your SB, I didn't realize it was for this. I'll really have to bring my A game to get anywhere NEAR your level... Time to work hard I guess

    I did some hard-copy thumbs, then went and did a quick mockup in Blender for a perspective guide
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    Nice thumbs Matt, think I'll go back to that stage and bash out some more. Here's a rough I was working on,



    Not so happy with the perspective though, think ill start again

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    Great topic... as allways.
    Matt... what kind of furniture do you have inside your head? Where can I get that? As karyl gilbertson said... time to work hard.. I suppose as well.
    This time I worked directly in photoshop..
    My cove... (I´ll try to manage the outside site in the final)
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    Nice sketches so far guys.
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    Nice starts everybody! Here is mine.
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    here's my start.
    If I can make some more time this week I'll add some more secretness to the building make it more of a gatheringground. maybe improve the composition.
    right now the oracle is pretty much based on at which heighth and direction the smoke is coming out of the chimney.
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    Some ideas I was working with.

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    Great start all - some really promising thumbs.

    Here's what I've got so far, will probably switch direction though since the deadline isn't for a while yet...
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    Did a bit more work on this, still a long way to go... Think I might have the change the scale of the "figure" in the foreground (that blue squiggly thing)
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    Interesting... I might have to pop in on this because it's been awhile since I've been in a weekly... EOW to boot
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    Also... if you haven't, watch The Secret of Kells and/or listen to the soundtrack for inspiration here
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    Calling this one done. Will hopefully get an alternate version done before the deadline. Some great looking entries so far, loving those thumbs Matt - would probably go with bottom right, although they're all tasty.
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    Put in some more work on this over my lunch hour... A bit further along...
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    Did some more work on this, getting closer. Anyone see anything that needs fixing? I have been staring at this all day and I can't see the forest from the trees. Critz plz!
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    Icon

    The stairs on the right in front are a little too dark. They blend in with the collums in front.

    I liked the stylized figure in front from the picture before better. That one look really good in combination with the lighting around it, very sculptural. I would go back that one step.

    Maybe the perspective/horizon line is tilted a little too much. A little more settle would do good i think.

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    This is my first try at an EOW.

    Here is my WIP:
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    Here's the next step! Getting pretty close, but I'm gonna wait on it for a bit and see if I can make changes and tweaks to improve it before the deadline.
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    Eow

    so blocked in a grissaille now I am kinda glazing in a color wash, next I plan
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    My Coven. If you have any suggestion I would appreciate it.

    Sean McClain - I think the horses head is a bit big, but otherwise looking good.
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    Paintover

    matejkovacic Thanks man! yeah I need to go google image some horses, that was
    entirely imagination, I should put up a 3 point perspective grid and I will.

    I hope this is o.k. with you ?? but I suck at words so I just painted what I had to say , I hope that at least,.. it helps a little bit.
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    P.S. Anyone who wouldn't mind doing a paintover for me is more than welcome!
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    I call this Coven done.

    Sean McClain - thanks. I hope I understood your help
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    I like what you did to create atmosphere, although I think you blurred out too much of the foreground (the hanging rocks). For me atleast, it is very distracting.

    Also, with some of the shadows on the clothing, it almost looks like there is a second lightsource coming from behind the people, esp. in the foreground. It looks like that due to ther clothing being lighter in color opposed to the people on the opposite side of the fire.

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    My coven

    Nice topic. I tought this one was due on the 7th. Let's see if i'll got the time to push this one further or make another version.
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