BHG Challenge | cabertevon | Sapat

[cabertevon]

BHG Challenge | cabertevon | Sapat
http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/competitions/uploaded_thubnails/29-game-concept-art-998-1177751297-sapatthumb.jpg

cabertevon has entered the competition!

[Frozan]

ohh i like. solid design from what i can see

[ThatDon]

all you can see is a head....show us the real goods!

[cabertevon]

Frozan- Thanks
ThatDon- Thank you for calling my attention. Here's the complete image.
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/sapat.jpg

Best

[ThatDon]

Ok, now that is the business!

[george.vas]

Nice... great design.

[Frozan]

wow solid! looks awesome. cant wait to see this one!~

[cabertevon]

:) Thanks. It was much appreciated. However I am considering taking new direction.
I have here a sketch of my replacement.
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/sapat02.jpg

C and C are very much welcome.

[ThatDon]

I prefer the first design, it just "feels" huge.

[george.vas]

I concur, the first designs proportions just screamed massive. This one needs the human to sell it...

[Frozan]

no i like the second one it will make sure i win :P no there right the first one is more solid

[cabertevon]

no i like the second one it will make sure i win :P no there right the first one is more solid

Ha ha ha…you just gave me an idea.
I will make a hybrid of the two creatures to keep you confuse (Joking). Thanks ;)

Anyways, all opinions are highly considered.:thumb:

To “ThatDon” and ”George.Vas” thank you also.

[FredH]

First one rules! The rocky look, the runes of binding, the great proportions, all spell awesome man. The second one is ok too I suppose, but, bah, stick with the first:)

Just curious, does he really need a long tail? I find the long tail makes him look somewhat more cute when it's in. I expect him to wag it when he is happy. Perhaps if you made the tail shorter and end with a lump, this could be cool. Everything else looks great man

[Frozan]

ohhh no!!!! what have i done. ive awaken the monster within... Run! :P

[cabertevon]

FredH – Your opinion was highly appreciated. :)
My intention of a long tail was suppose to give a good sense of balance and proportion between the head and rear limb.

Frozan- I really hope so.

Anyways, here’s third breed.
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/sapat03.jpg

[Frozan]

hey man im not trying to bomb on ur parade but i found this while playing guild wars. kind of looks like ur idea, u should look at how they textured it. :) but when i saw it made me think of u haha :P

[george.vas]

I have one of those, it's a Temple Guardian.

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9488/templeguardianjq9.jpg

Whats your name on GW, I go by Thonatos Mors.

[cabertevon]

Hmmm…. Nice. Thanks.

I have not played GW since then and this is my first time to see that Quadruped creature. It was indeed a surprise to my end.

I may conclude that both creature rooted on same four-footed animal; Lion to be exact.

However, mine is a fusion of Lion (Torso,Limbs), Crocodile (Skin), Cat (Head), Snake (Tail), Horse (Muscle).

Comparing the two made me smile.

Elias Canetti once noted:
“It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.”

Obviously my creation is nastier I may say.

[Frozan]

i would say that urs is gonna be better haha!

[cabertevon]

Thanks Frozan. :)

In addition, this may interest you guys.
http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=210

I came across to this thread while browsing the Game 3d wip forum. ;)

[cabertevon]

On second thought, I don’t want to mess with those guys. So I decided to tug my concept a bit.

C and C please.
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/sapat04.jpg

[george.vas]

hey I got to say this has lots of potential.... I like I like... :2thumbs:

[Björn Sörensen]

Wow you my friend has some oozing talent.

The only beef I have with your concept is that your front legs seems a bit to 'chumpy'.

[cabertevon]

Thanks George!

Here’s the front view of the head
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/sapat04Head.jpg

Björn Sörensen –Hi and thank you very much, I will make a note on your comment

[Antimagic]

The shorter tail looks much much better. If you can combine your last image with the large solid rock like feet of the first, this would look great (personal opinion:) )

The front face shots looks really good!

[FredH]

and... you have to keep the magical runes! Feet and rock look from first, together with the runes = gold:)

The shorter tail looks much better. Really nice work man.

[cabertevon]

Another update:
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/sapat05.jpg

Antimagic – Hi. Thanks for the comment. I tried the shorter tail but it won’t work well with the creature’s huge head. Instead I made the tail a tad slimmer….Thanks again.

FredH – Magical runes are back….thanks man. I may retain the rocky look of the legs in later part.

As the idea evolves, I’m considering this creature living in a rainforest. So, rocky legs may not fit. Your suggestions are valuable in a way.

[cabertevon]

Another update; top view :lucky:
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/topview.jpg

[ThatDon]

Most impressive!

[Vikkie]

looking good! I wouldn't mess with this creature :)

[Kus Umok]

Very Very nice man. It certainly looks humongous (is it spelled like that?) and intimidating! Keep up the good work!

[Nyx702]

Fudge....this is too good...I looked at you website too...and it depressed me :[...good stuff.

[Kus Umok]

-_- I was planning to enter the contest but since I havent got my Wacom Tablet yet and this is like AWSOME I am seriously reconsidering.

Cheers, Kus Umok

[indian_boy]

i really liked the first one the most... but that may be because of the viewing angle aswell? the third looks wicked too! just not too hot about the 2nd one though?

EDIT: crap, didn't notice the second page! haha!
sorry about that.... ignore my comment :D

[Centrifuge]

this creature concept is awesome! I do like the pov of the first one more, because it made him seem much more imposing....but I like the overall design you have now. the different textures of scales and bone really give it a menacing feel. it deffinately looks more vicious, faster and more agile. I wouldnt want to see it face to face thats for sure...good stuff

[cabertevon]

ThatDon – Thanks again
Vikkie - Me either :)
Kus Umok – “Humongous” Yes you spelled it right
Nyx702 –Whoa thank you for taking time visiting my site.
Indian_boy – ha ha ha Thanks
Centrifuge – Thanks for appreciating

[cabertevon]

Another update:
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/sapatprofile.jpg
:lucky: :lucky: :lucky:

[FredH]

This is looking really good man, but please tell me you are going to break the symetry look of the top view just a tiny little bit?:p

Besides that, top notch work!

[cabertevon]

FredH- Thanks. Yes I will. I'll go another run on that before passing the final modeling sheet. :lucky:

[Jill'san]

Top notch work!

[Spug]

wow...such impressive work, great job man

[Amethyst]

Don't forget to put in a human for scale in your final pose. Just a little reminder to everybody.

[cabertevon]

Imperialism, Spug, Amethyst Thanks!!!:)

[cabertevon]

Hi. I would like to share with you guys my winning pose.

Hope you guys like it. :)
http://www.cabertevon.com/gameartisan/sapatcolored.jpg

[FredH]

Oh my, you put a lot of color on him, so much in fact, that you are almost hiding the creature. It looks good, but this image might pull your entry down a bit because it is unclear. I don't know if you have time or not, but if you do, perhaps if you tone down the photoshop filters and colors, this would bring out your creature more. If you handed in your finals already, you could always email me a new image before tonight's deadline. I can then switch it.

You did some great work already, with a bit more tweaking, I am positive this will be great as well!

[Jill'san]

Really cool, but I also have to agree with Fred. I think it's the glass filter above the creature that is doing the most damage. If you can simplify this somehow, you'd have a possible winner:)