Comments on: Prop Concept Art 1 http://hackberryhollow.com/2009/11/17/prop-concept-art-1-2/ A webcomic by Lumaglyph Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shaun Williams http://hackberryhollow.com/2009/11/17/prop-concept-art-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Shaun Williams Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:30:18 +0000 http://hackberryhollow.com/?p=498#comment-206 OOOOH! this looks like fun. I have some super sculpey left.....hm. OOOOH! this looks like fun. I have some super sculpey left…..hm.

]]> By: Adam Weber http://hackberryhollow.com/2009/11/17/prop-concept-art-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Adam Weber Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:10:48 +0000 http://hackberryhollow.com/?p=498#comment-202 The votive figures would be commissioned by the family, so whatever the family wants is what would be produced given budget and time constraints. Usually only a few days are availeble, especially when deaths are sudden, since the figures usually make an appearance at the funeral. That said, a scary figure wouldn't be common (who would want to remember their loved one in such a way?) but wouldn't be unheard of either. I'm sure that's not what you meant though, you're probably thinking along the lines of more detailed. I may try one with a smaller scale—the 18 inch tall one here is life size—and sculpt the skeletal details to see if I can find a way to make a correctly detailed skeleton look peaceful. The poses help, but even with the most peaceful pose in the world it can be difficult to get past the fact that you're looking at a skeleton. However, that's what the concept art phase is for, and if I'm going to take the time to do these I may as well explore available options. It's a fairly safe bet that all of the variations I churn out over the next few months will look very different from the one above. I'll get some more votive figure concept art up for sure, perhaps with some sketches since those don't take nearly as long as a sculpture. I have about two pages worth of concept sketches for this guy here that were used to explore ideas. The votive figures would be commissioned by the family, so whatever the family wants is what would be produced given budget and time constraints. Usually only a few days are availeble, especially when deaths are sudden, since the figures usually make an appearance at the funeral.

That said, a scary figure wouldn’t be common (who would want to remember their loved one in such a way?) but wouldn’t be unheard of either.

I’m sure that’s not what you meant though, you’re probably thinking along the lines of more detailed. I may try one with a smaller scale—the 18 inch tall one here is life size—and sculpt the skeletal details to see if I can find a way to make a correctly detailed skeleton look peaceful. The poses help, but even with the most peaceful pose in the world it can be difficult to get past the fact that you’re looking at a skeleton. However, that’s what the concept art phase is for, and if I’m going to take the time to do these I may as well explore available options. It’s a fairly safe bet that all of the variations I churn out over the next few months will look very different from the one above.

I’ll get some more votive figure concept art up for sure, perhaps with some sketches since those don’t take nearly as long as a sculpture. I have about two pages worth of concept sketches for this guy here that were used to explore ideas.

]]> By: Silverfish http://hackberryhollow.com/2009/11/17/prop-concept-art-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Silverfish Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:16:52 +0000 http://hackberryhollow.com/?p=498#comment-201 This looks interesting, I like the whole idea and that scultpure looks cool. I think it would look cooler though, if you somehow managed to make it look scary, but still peaceful somehow. I don't know, that just how I feel it should look. This looks interesting, I like the whole idea and that scultpure looks cool. I think it would look cooler though, if you somehow managed to make it look scary, but still peaceful somehow. I don’t know, that just how I feel it should look.

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