Concepts
Design the Movement - By starting to plan the work, I wanted to bring out the tension and conflict as priority, which led me to an explosive dueling scene that would draw audiences into the work. It troubled me a lot when deciding the duel should happen during daytime or nighttime. In the end I picked daytime which can have a strong contrast and variation of lights as my background. First I started a sketch, designing actions.
Because the first design of poses were not very good, I decided to redesign the composition and drafted the sketch of the surrounding building. At this moment I begin to think of where is the source of lighting.
Architectures - I redesign the poses, as well as polished buildings. Even though Transformers were based on science fiction and they came from outer space, the story happened on Earth. So I wanted to bring in architectures that have a traditional feeling, something like a museum, in order to emphasize the contrast between high tech machines and classical images.
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Dramatic Element - In the film, Megatron is pictured as the destroyer, and Optimus Prime as the protector. Therefore, if Optimus Prime is placed closer to the camera defense the attack, it would create the feeling of “being protected” for the audiences.
I was imagining: Megatron dashes out from the explosion, lunging at Optimus Prime with a crackdown. Optimus Prime is prepared for the attack; he raises his fist, slides forwards causing the ground with burning flakes, ready to give Megatron a death blow. The aim of this composition is to create a complete frame filled with drama and action.
To enhance the tension of the scene, I chose a radial composition that was similar to the basic perspective. The whole composition would look like an explosion itself, or an extending radiation
On color-wise, it took me a long time to consider the color of the sky, and it also went through a lot of changes. Originally it was sky blue. However after many adjustments, the color of the sky is now closer to yellow, which makes the whole tone of the picture more unified.
Coloring - First I polished up the sketch a little bit, and change the position of Megatron from lower place to the higher, that’s for strengthen the feeling of crackdown in the composition.
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Then painted on the base color with brush under brush mode “color”. This was to create the basic tone of the color.
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Then detailing OPTIMUS PRIME preliminary, and pay attention to the reflection of the flake, it should be strengthen.
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Altering the Arms - Since the pose was designed by me, it was a difficult job to make sure Prime's parts were true to his original design. I did a lot of researches through Internet; some were public still photographs from the film, and some were character designs for propaganda use. But these sources were all done in various stages, so there were a lot of differences. For instance, Prime's head and arms already had many different versions; I had to pick the most suitable one that would look good from the angle I designed, and of course added up some imaginations. So Prime's arm went through many adjustments before it was completed..
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Adding the Flake - Then I worked on the flakes under Prime's feet – be sure to pay attention to the reflection on the feet, and make it like spurting in a high-speed.
[показать]Making of the Architectures - When drawing the buildings on the right side, it has to be notice the perspective, the farther the smaller. About the small square under temple roof, I draw a oblong then erased the Interval, then I made a column head and copy it, the column is made by the same way. Then I increased the brightness and contrast of the building, in order to enhance the lightness. [показать]The leftest image is only the basic sketch of the building in higher right corner for me, then I use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to lasso the area of the pillar, then I copy many of that and polish the details, the architecture is almost finished.
To Add Texture - To add more texture to the picture, I added many brush strokes, more like a foggy or dusty kind of stroke. This thickened the feeling of battle flied, also made the perspective more distant.
The Look - First was the look. Prime's outline was definitely the key point, it would determine whether he looks like Prime or not. His waist and thigh on the left side are thicker. His broad shoulders thin waist, the curves of his thigh, these are also need to be indicated. His ears seemed a little short, so in the right picture I did some adjustments, which became closer to the original design.
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