Tuesday 28 October 2014

Tuesday 16 September 2014

Bma 243 - puzzle ideas

the puzzle idea that i want to create is based on the ideas of the 9 Realms in Norse Mythology ,
 the idea of the 9 worlds that Yggdrasil holds.


http://i.stack.imgur.com/GKEH7.png



http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120401114359/avengersearthsmightiestheroes/images/4/4f/Nine_realms.png


http://asgardian.shrine.angelfire.com/the-nine-worlds-of-the-norse-cosmology.html

The 9 realms

Asgard - Home of the gods
Vanaheim - home of the vanir powerful but peaceful fertility deities
Alfheim - The world of the light elves
Svartalfheim- home of the dark elves

Midgard - Earth
Jotunheim - realm of the giants
Nidavellir - a rocky realm home to the dwarves
Helheim (or Hel) - realm of the common dead, people neither truly heroic or evil
Niflheim - frozen wasteland bitter realm of the dishonoured 

Sunday 24 August 2014

Bma 242 - Reference images

these are the reference images used on the zodiac animals.













images retrieved from the following sites
Zodiac Symbols
Dragon Reference
Snake Reference 1
Snake reference 2
Horse reference
sheep reference
Rooster Reference
Pig and ox reference
tiger reference
Dog reference
Rabbit reference
Rat reference
Monkey reference


BMA 242 - Cover Concepts


here are some of the cover concepts that i have done for the calendar these three are specifically for the front cover.

this on is based on the idea of photos droped and left where the fell, with the sheep on the top because in 2015 it will be the year of the sheep.

this on was done with the idea of a lotus flower in mind with the yin yang symbol being its heart it has all 12 of the zodiacs names in chinese script with the horse on yang and the sheep on yin. to symbolise the passing of the year of the horse to the year of the sheep. the horse is also a yang zodiac where the sheep is a yin zodiac.

this on was ment to symbolise the meeting of and passing on of the new year from the horse to the sheep.

Back Cover

i wanted to keep the back cover nice and simple.



BMA 242 zodiac images

these are the images that were used in my calendar all of them are painted using a reference image

i am not too happy with this image the dragon didn't quite turn out how i wanted it to. though this was attempt number 6 to do a dragon.

i am really happy with how the horse turned out 

the face of the monkey turned out really well i feel

the red and the purple look really good for the ox

the pig looks a bit funny though i still think that it works in a way

the rabbit is probably one of the more successful of the images

the rat is a bit strange and i dont like the feet but i was running out of time.





 over all i think the images were successful in the own rights.