Medieval City WIP

GordonTarpley · 03-06-2009, 08:50 AM

Too early to make a title for this one yet. I found a TON of great photos today to help with this one. I'm going to sketch some ideas this week based on those photos and see which one grabs my attention the most.

Here's my first thumbnail sketch. It's really convoluted at the moment but I have a good idea where it'll go and what detail i will add if I continue with this one.
Anyway, just a start. more to come! Gotta get back to some other projects for a bit. Back tomorrow!

Wagonburner · 03-06-2009, 11:39 AM

Cool, feels like something out of Lord of the Rings!!

eyecon · 03-06-2009, 12:15 PM

yep yep it does but not so much so... I like the idea of the houses that acts like walls...

Olivier Ventura · 03-06-2009, 12:19 PM

nice light !
Is that a cliff or waterfalls on the sides ?

volumelight · 03-06-2009, 02:18 PM

nice start gordan...and yes congrats on getting the second place in last month challenge..

kaustavsinha · 03-06-2009, 02:38 PM

Hi Gordon,

Very nice sketch! Nice lighting and mood! Will be waiting for more updates!

halvarado · 03-06-2009, 10:33 PM

I like this sketch so far.

Shiny · 04-06-2009, 02:14 AM

Hi Gordon) I like this lighting - looks interesting! As for foreground maybe it'll be better to make a contrast softer a little bit. What do you think about it?

GordonTarpley · 04-06-2009, 10:07 AM

Here's tonight's photo sketch-over. quick and gross. tossed a few images of cities in there and very quickly drew on them (not well)
if i go with this one i'll do the whole city in 3d to get the shapes where i want them but for the moment i'm just tossing around another idea. i should have some direction by this weekend. i found 4 or 5 more photos today that got me pretty amped up so we'll see where they take me.

off to other projects for a few hours, back tomorrow!

kaustavsinha · 04-06-2009, 10:14 AM

Very nice aerial view of the city! Cool concept!

cgrealmer · 04-06-2009, 11:23 AM

Lol, love the phrase quick and gross...ha, ha ha...Lookin good so far man. I like this concept a bit more than the first. Not as contrasty and easier to read. Keep going bro, Nice work!

somu02 · 04-06-2009, 01:41 PM

nice lighting keep it up

Shiny · 04-06-2009, 02:37 PM

looks cool, i like this colors.)

Olivier Ventura · 04-06-2009, 10:31 PM

I like the concept and the sharp mountains !
Is that a river in the middle of your kingdom ?

GordonTarpley · 05-06-2009, 10:23 AM

ok, sketch number 3. i haven't had much time to work on it but i'm already liking this one the most so far. i think it's got more potential and a better composition.
i'm going to try to make another one tomorrow... we'll see where it goes...

just after posting i realized there was a really cool spot of sunlight hitting the mountain that i accidentally covered up. i may post this again tomorrow with that fixed...

Sleax · 05-06-2009, 03:23 PM

Gordon, cool concepts!

bbb · 05-06-2009, 03:35 PM

I think this is your best concept. This could gonna be a great one.

eyecon · 05-06-2009, 11:52 PM

I love the last one! You already have my vote with that sketch alone! This is quite amazing!

GordonTarpley · 06-06-2009, 11:27 AM

alright, i've decided i'm going with that last sketch.

since i'm going to model (at least roughly) all the buildings and castle i was going to need some topography so i figured i'd go ahead and set up elements for a camera move and projection/camera mapping while i was building that. (i'll still only be submitting a 2d version for the final )

here's the first draft, low detail version with some stand in shapes where the main castle towers. I'll add more detail and fix some of the paralaxing parts as i go. gotta do some tests first.

The image i found for my backplate is really low res so i'll be rebuilding most of it from scratch to match as closely as possible. i better get back to it...

Olivier Ventura · 06-06-2009, 03:02 PM

very cool picture, concept.
kepp going on !