WORLDS | 2D | Torracks City | JCG

[jcg]

Good day

So, I'm Jesse, from the Philippines, and it's my second time joining a Cubebrush competition (last one was the ArtWar[that was epic ]).

So here's my idea.

An ancient Titan was killed in an epic battle. Its enormous body rested, partly submerge, in the ocean. After many decades, the titanic corpse have gone through many things as it decomposes; it once became a heritage site for ancient beings, a mining spot for rare and precious minerals(Titan armor, Titan bone, etc.), an archipelago rich with many resources being fought over by many nations, and now, it became an overpopulated, "amphibious" city.

The Old world(the Titan's Corpse) is Fantasy while the New World (a cyberpunk-ish city) is Sci Fi so I think I'll be in team Sci Fi

It's actually my first time making a 2D digital art
So, I'm gonna be watching a lot of free tutorials in the net hehe.
I hope I can finish this on time
Thanks!

Name: Jesse Amiel D. Gayanilo
Email: ulquiorras422@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ulquiorra.schiffer.315080
Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jcg

[jcg]

Here are a few sketches

zoom in

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Another one

looks ambitious

[jcg]

Here's a 3D previs of my scene, made in Blender.
I might change it after a while.

skeleton is from blendswap, by Shachar. I did a few changes with the skeleton (I removed the sternum and a few bones).

[jcg]

So I'm going to make a drastic change to the mood,
instead of making a slum, I think I'm going to create some sort of Utopian-ish modern steampunk-ish (because there will be some flying hot air balloons as transportation.) city that was built on the remains of a titan.
Playing with some lighting.

I'm going to start creating skyscraper designs and print this render soon and start doing my traditional lineart.

[jcg]

Working on some camera angles.
I'm not sure which one to choose...

[hebronppg]

Hey jcg... nice to meet you
Btw, your block mesh seems cool now. Personally i really like where the light comes and makes a nice shadow in the foreground. I can't wait to see your paint over version.

PS: if i were u, i would continue the left one in your last post
Keep it up man

[jonatan-moonchild]

Nice scene! I like the lighting too. As for choosing versions - personally I prefer the right one. Keep it up!

Regards
Jonatan

P.S. Nice to see Blender in action - I'm using it too

[jcg]

Hey @hebronppg
Hi @jonatan-moonchild
Nice to meet you fellow artists
Thanks for the feedback!
Looking forward for your entries too

In my opinion, both are nice in their own way.
The first one has a nice composition but the perspective might cover some parts of the city while the second one has nice overview on the city but the foreground of the first pic is better,

so what I did was combine them, a nice foreground from the 1st pic with nice overview from the 2nd pic;

So yeah, I also made some adjustments to the scene, especially the ribs.
The land in the left corner makes the scene looks kinda crowded, for me, hehe
I might move it a little bit to the left to give a little bit more space.
I might also lengthen the broken ribs on the left by a bit.

Now, gonna start making some lineart!

[jcg]

I made the basic shape of the city.
I had to change the camera view because the perspective is to low to see the city's shape.

Here are some sketches

I'm currently designing the structure of the city and afterwards, the line art (hehe, the line art keeps on being postponed. I hope not this time).

[jcg]

Hey, sorry for the late update, I was learning how to paint digitally
here's another (h o pe f u l l y f i n a l ) previs

I think the ribs on my previous post were better, gonna adjust it.
For reallzzz Im gonna print this now and start drawing some lineart haha

Btw...
I was making an artwork in Krita (just for testing) for a while, but it crashes on one point and I can't continue.
Can anyone suggest a free 2d painting software suitable for this competition? except GIMP (my pen tablet can't draw with it for some reason..).

[jonatan-moonchild]

Can anyone suggest a free 2d painting software suitable for this competition?

I'm using GIMP and - recently - Clip Studio Paint (which I've bought when they had 50% discount ). As for GIMP - it works perfectly with my tablet (I'm using WACOM INTUOS), but I work on 2.6 version of GIMP. From what I remember there was a problem with tablets on 2.8 (are you by any chance using this version?). I was trying a few times install version 2.8 but for a few reasons (I don't remember now all of them) I always came back to version 2.6. If you want to try it, I've found this link in my resources (I suppose I've downloaded it from there):
https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.6/
By the way - I have installed version 2.6.11 (and it works perfectly) and I don't have a reason to change it to the last 2.6 release - 2.6.12, but I think you can install that last version (and eventually downgrade to 2.6.11 in case of some problems).

As for other free 2D programs - I've tried Krita (and som other apps which I don't remember) but I always came back to GIMP in version 2.6.

I hope it helps in any way. Good luck!

Regards
Jonatan

P.S. If you experience any problem with downloading (or running) GIMP from site above, I can send you installation file which I have somewhere and which works for me.

[korontari]

Can anyone suggest a free 2d painting software suitable for this competition?

I can't recall any free painting software that I liked, but I can recommend you a very cheap yet capable one. This is Paintstorm Studio . It has a very good brush engine (better than photoshop has, I think), convenient user interface and all the required tools to make a good painting. And it cost a mere 19$, a symbolic price for the software of that level.

[jcg]

Lol, I think I missed the Deadline xD
Sorry guys, I was very busy with School because it was finals, I can't find time to finish it.
Hopefully, I will finish this in the future haha