Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Final Image Date Submitted: Tuesday, 23 May 2006 Title: The Journey Begins Notes: The Journey Begins... First off I just want to say thank you to all that have made any kind of input for this image...Basically if you have made ANY type of suggestion at all then I have tried it even if you didnt get to see it painted...even the more wilder of the suggestions were at least given a quick go... I'm more going to write more a "background" about the image rather than a story...and by the end i hope you can see why.. First off when I started this challange I wanted to go for something a little dark...something that could lead to death, although I didnt want death represented in the picture in a "hey this person is going to die in the next few seconds via a big monster" kind of death... I wanted it a little more subtle than that...something a little darker even...maybe more terrible in the end.. Another underlying thought that i've had for the image is that the person is 100% alone...even quite distanced from the viewer..he has no idea that we are watching...no wave good-bye and he goes of on his little trip. He is miles away from any other living creature...(maybe)...and that could be the way that it will end. But then again he could reach his goal, a goal that is so far off, so at the edge of his dreams reach that we are not allowed (by some neat trick of the artist or camera) to even see what it is. his Journey will leave the viewer behind quickly. Basically this painting is a reaction to all the cute, happy, sexy, fluffy images that we see around us every day...I dont know why in such a strange and lonely world we are drawn to paint such easy and happy topics..escape(ism) in most case maybe, or perhaps a kind of shutting out of the real world around us...who knows? of course I do it quite alot...lol So, in the end I suppose my image is about the real world..an image of the way I see the lives af all around me...you can make what you like of that..hehe One last and final thought I have to say on this painting is that i think (as so many others have said) that it raises alot more questions that is answers. who is he? where is he? why is he there? how did he get there? (no supplies??) where is he going? is there a goal? will he survive? ...the list goes on... My very last thought is about these questions... If we, as the viewer, are given all the answers on a nice neat little plate, where then is the fun of the Journey of art? this is not my intention to be lazy or make a simple picture (actually i think its alot harder than shoving a story right under the viewers nose..) what i have wanted to say in this image is "its up to YOU...THIS IS YOUR JOURNEY! please make of it what you will" cheers...love CYB and thanks again to all here at CGtalk. you are all the best! CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Final Coloring Date Submitted: Thursday, 18 May 2006 Title: not long to go :) Notes: ok its not long to go....put ALOT of work into this challange and i must say its been great and all the poeple have been go kind and helpful its beyond words :) so now comes the final stage... some more little details to come... CYB CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Coloring WIP Date Submitted: Monday, 15 May 2006 Title: some grass :) and the man 100% repainted Notes: i have repainted the man and put in alot of extra detail that you cant really see at this res. also playing with the idea of grass a little more and a little better than before... ive thought of an idea to fix the unbalance of the mountain on the right of the picture...it has to do with some subtle cropping wich actually works a treat...ill save that fr one of my final updates... still 12 days to go and also alot of details of the painting... also recently ive fixed up most of the maze so it looks alot cleaner...also you cant see that in this image... anyway... more painting time... Simon CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Coloring WIP Date Submitted: Monday, 08 May 2006 Title: blending the mountain Notes: so i put the decision to a vote and it came to 15 votes for the mountain 9 votes for without.. so.. well here is the mountain blended in a little... i still ahve alot of work to do...fixing up and blending up the the textures. and still got some more details to add....a dog skeleton in the foreground...some rocks and litter...thats sort of stuff... anyways thanks for all the input from all the poeple who gave input for this last stage of my painting :) thanks... CYB CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Coloring WIP Date Submitted: Monday, 01 May 2006 Title: which one do you like?? Notes: ive come to a point where i need to really decide what to do with the right hand side of the image...the hill thing... so i put it to a 24hr vote... which one do you like more... the maze everywhere or the cliff on the right... both of them were just quick fill ins so what ever one i pick ill work it back up to better quality again... while i wait for a reply i might work on the guy and the foreground a little more today... oh and what did you think of the little grass additions?? anyway i would really love some help to choose which way to go... cyb CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Coloring WIP Date Submitted: Tuesday, 18 April 2006 Title: some mountains Notes: added some better mountains...need to move them a little and also fade them out a little to better fit the depth but i think i made some good progress tonight after a slump of not doing so much for the last two weeks... next will probably be the little mountain/hill on the right hand side..then i want to add some more details and interesting objects before the final colouring phase begins :) CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Coloring WIP Date Submitted: Monday, 17 April 2006 Title: new clouds Notes: redid the clouds...the color overlay is just a test..its will not stay....just throwing the colour ideas around... so what yall think of the sky...? CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Coloring WIP Date Submitted: Sunday, 16 April 2006 Title: more texturing Notes: have been having a little break for a spell but now ill be back in action :) did a little mork on the lighting of the vines and fixing up the rock walls a little ... this week will be a painting week for sure.. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Coloring WIP Date Submitted: Wednesday, 12 April 2006 Title: a little haze and fix Notes: just a little haze and fix to the maze :) i wont stick with this so much it was just an idea that i wanted to try tahat everyone has been saying... :0 also blended in the fixes to the perspective and the skyline... i think the fog/mst is a little heavy but tis still a ways to go... ;) CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Coloring WIP Date Submitted: Friday, 07 April 2006 Title: PERSPECTIVE REWORK.. Notes: IVE REWORKED THE PERSPECTIVE ERRORS EVEN THOUGH NOBODY PICKED UP ON THEM....IVE ALSO FLATTENED ALL MY LAYERS SO NOW ILL BE DOING THE FINEAL SET UP THE I CAN GO INTO THE FINAL COLOUR STAGES... :) FUN!! CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post

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