Escape from Singapore - Painting build up
Submitted by Shad on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 11:13.
For some reason all I could see in my mind was a boot. Nothing but a boot.
One of the projects Twenty First Century Bohemian Productions is involved in is the visualization of the story I am writing about a couple of RAF pilots in WW2.
We are going to try to bring alive (in film) a portion of the story involving the Battle of Ceylon. This is the opening scene. Its called escape from Singapore. I though I would try to visualize a "cell" of the movie freehand, then moving on up to full color.
This first image is a pencil on scrap paper drawing of the scene as I saw it in my mind.
The second is the first
The second is the first attempt to draw it in Photoshop. I have corrected some of the flaws in the pencil sketch (like the boot being wrong.
The third sketch is more of the build-up. When I am done, I hope I will have something resembling an RAF pilot running for his life down an oxcart path near a beach (to the left) and jungle (to the right).
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Sophie mentioned that the
Sophie mentioned that the running man had a "Hank Hill" butt (I'm a guy, like I know guys butts... heheheh).
I tried to fix that and add some more detail.
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This is showing my original
This is showing my original pencil scan underlay to show you the progress overall
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Sketching in the background
Sketching in the background - hmmm looking at this I can see a few problems that need to be addressed.
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Fixed up the ox-cart trail -
Fixed up the ox-cart trail - makes more sense now I think...
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Water and Sky
Water and Sky
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Tree tops...
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Not sure about this
Not sure about this grass.
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I like this better than what
I like this better than what I did on the right before
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Cleaning up the trees and
Cleaning up the trees and thinning out the beech, then I will redo the left tree tops to raise them up a tad and center the heads over the stem.
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Getting closer
Getting closer
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