Illustration Entries for Daniel Justin Bird (DanBird)

Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Final Image Date Submitted: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 Title: Thistledown city Notes: final image. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Final composite and colour timing Date Submitted: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 Title: Thistledown city - colour timing Notes: My final composite and colour timing. :} CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Initial color pass or textured and lit model Date Submitted: Monday, 29 January 2007 Title: Thistledown city 1 Notes: I'm just trying to paint as fast as I can. I'm not so sure I will make it before the final. :[ But here is an update of part of my progress. Comments welcome. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Line Art / Model Date Submitted: Friday, 26 January 2007 Title: New composition Notes: I have cropped my "Thistledown - Final Composition" image, to save time.. and I've replaced the city layout with some of my previous sketches. I've started painting the city and I will post updates soon. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Initial color pass or textured and lit model Date Submitted: Thursday, 18 January 2007 Title: Thistledown - Golf tee building & clouds Notes: I just thought I should show how the golf tee building fits within the serrounding clouds and sky before I move on with the next part of the image. comments welcome. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Initial color pass or textured and lit model Date Submitted: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 Title: Thistledown - Golf tee building 1 Notes: I'm working on the largest golf tee shaped building first.. although it's not quite golf tee shaped, as it's described in the book, everything else I'm trying to get as close to the book as I possibly can. But I think a bit of Gothic architecture would go well with the bands of silver and white in the buildings. comments welcome. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Initial color pass or textured and lit model Date Submitted: Friday, 12 January 2007 Title: Thistledown - Cable Cities & clouds Notes: I flipped the image horizontal to refresh, but for this composition I think it looks better to have your eye being led from the left to the right of the image, so I will keep it flipped. The sky is done and I'm now working on the buildings. :] CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Initial color pass or textured and lit model Date Submitted: Thursday, 21 December 2006 Title: Thistledown - Cable Cities Notes: My first colour pass. I'm fairly happy with it so far, but I have not yet applied colour to all of my image, so it's difficult to conclude at this stage. I hope to complete my first colour layout soon. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Line Art / Model Date Submitted: Monday, 11 December 2006 Title: Thistledown - Line Art & Model Notes: This is a line drawing and model of some of the arches in my Thistledown concept. The model is made from modeling clay. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Art Date Submitted: Sunday, 10 December 2006 Title: Thistledown - Final Composition Notes: This is my final composition. I'm a little concerned it could start looking a bit too busy when I start to paint more detail, perhaps the perspective layers of atmosphere should tone parts of the detail in the image down slightly, so hopefully it all should look balanced. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Art Date Submitted: Sunday, 26 November 2006 Title: Thistledown - Sketch 2 Notes: I'm now working out the final details. still not sure of the composition of this one though, I'm considering adding more width on the left side of the image. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Art Date Submitted: Sunday, 12 November 2006 Title: City view of Thistledown 2 Notes: I have decided to discard my previous idea to have the city within the curved walls of the valleys, so I've focused more on the city it's self, rather than the environment it's in. To save time I have only illustrated a small amount of the buildings within the lower levels of the city. Comments Welcome :) CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Art Date Submitted: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 Title: City view of Thistledown Notes: With the shape of the valley from my Third chamber 2 sketch I want to create the city to fit within the curved walls of the valley, so the city I have in mind looks something like this, however this idea still needs a lot of work. I'm not entirely happy with this sketch but it's all I have as an update at the moment. :/ CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Art Date Submitted: Saturday, 14 October 2006 Title: Third Chamber 2 Notes: The bare bones of the interior of the third chamber, I wanted to keep the water erosion look from my previous sketch, while creating more of a valley. C&C welcome. :) CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Art Date Submitted: Thursday, 12 October 2006 Title: Thistledown - Sketch 1 Notes: A small sketch of just part of a greater image of the third chamber that I'm working on at the moment. Comments welcome. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Art Date Submitted: Sunday, 08 October 2006 Title: Third Chamber Notes: This is a basic sketch of the third chamber, I havent started on the buildings or plant life yet, I'm just establishing the basics at this point. The chamber still needs allot of work though. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post