Machine Flesh

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This is a record of how I went about creating one of my digital paintings. This particular image was created for the CGTalk.com Machineflesh contest. My job was to create something that combines flesh and machine.

The first thing I did was come up with a story. You can read the story here. Basicaly, I want to create a man who created a body that was to make him god-like with an inslaved goddess attached to him.

On this page you can see me fleshing out the basic way that these characters would be connected.

When I posted the previous image for feedback, someone suggested the idea of giving the larger figure a face. So, here I am playing with the idea of giving him a face. I like the bottom left one the most.

Another comment I recieved was that the goddess looked more like a slave girl than a goddess. With that in mind, I did some studies to try and make her look more otherworldly. I ended up going with the bottom right version.

Here is a pencil rendering I did of the characters. This is not my final composition, but rather just something for me to understand how they are supposed to look. I will go on to put them into an environment and into more dynamic poses.

I decided to depict a scene where the larger figure is rampaging through a city. I came up with this composition and using my previous studies, redrew the characters in this pose. This will be the base linework of my painting.

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