CGAN - Sept26 - Legend - Final Entries

Legend

Brief: This months challenge is in tribute to the Actor Tim Curry who passed away recently. Star of Legend, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, IT, and voice artist on numerous animated shows. Do something Tim Curry related.

Deadline: Midnight on Wednesday 30th of September. There will now be no voting and no eventual winner, this is just a creative exercise with a time limit.

This thread is where you post your final entries, WIPs (work in progress) should be posted over here:  cgartnexus.com/index.php/forum/challenge...n-sept26-legend-wips

Challenge rules and guidelines:
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challenge-rules

Rules in brief:
- All challenge entries must be your own work.
- You should post at least two WIP images that are clearly different from your final entry and each other.
- Your final entry should contain your image (inserted so it shows up full size) and at least two links to your WIP posts on the forum.
- No chatter in the finals thread. If you have questions, post them in the WIP thread or PM an admin.
- Feedback is allowed & encouraged together with the voting and in the WIP thread.
- Deadline is given in UK time (midnight UTC) with a grace period of 5 minutes for getting the post sorted.
- No cheating! Admins may decide to disqualify an entry that does not adhere to the above rules.
 

Yes, I know I'm a bit early but I'm not sure I'll get time tomorrow and yes, this is an Eevee render as I've yet to do any Cycles stuff with this (not even in the viewport) and I doubt I'll have time to tweak the volumetrics for that.

Sculpty Body.  
Goat Leg Pants?!  
Red.  
Handies.  
Big Mistake.  
Better Bones.  
More Bones!  

 

I'm early too - but at least I finished!
I was going to do a final pass with some extra details and a colour balance but I need to look at something other than Tim Currys face - as wonderful as he was.
Hope I remember how to do the Wip thing!?!

cgartnexus.com/index.php/forum/challenge...-wips?start=20#58163
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forum/challenge...-wips?start=20#58162

And the final, sorry if its a bit big:
 

Good work both of you. Val, you've managed to make a great looking Lord of Darkness without both good references and actually seeing the movie. Atto, you've reallly captured his likeness and that kind of cheeky look he always had. 

My first idea was similar to Atto's - a movie poster with several of his characters and himself. But I quickly realised I'd never pull that off so instead I had another idea. Which I actually haven't pulled off either, and here are my simplistic little pics of his characters rather than of the man himself... 

WIP posts
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forum/challenge...26-legend-wips#58138
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forum/challenge...-wips?start=10#58139
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forum/challenge...-wips?start=20#58166
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forum/challenge...-wips?start=30#58178

And with some coloured linework and rearranging them relative to each other based on the (botched) sizes, the final: 

 

(I removed the transparent background as that apparently scared Val...) 

Edit:
An additional attempt was made: 

 

Love both your entries:
Val. I did a bit of 3d modelling when I was working in an architectural office - never could quite get the hang of it but I know how much work must have gone into it.
What I really like though is the fact it doesnt look like a 3d render and stands as an image in it's own right. The after effects you added really sell the atmosphere.

Charlotte, the best stylisation always accentuates the simplest of the characters essence and all of yours are instantly recognisable as Tim Curry roles. It's additionally impressive that you've achieved that without using the exact copied features in each piece! I think I would have opted to copy the features exactly from one to another and just alter their 'clothes'.

I'm very glad I no longer have to vote, its a tough one to call.

Charlotte: As Atto said, I think the stylisation is working really well here especially in the way that you maintained its consistency through several varied characters and still nailed the likenesses where it mattered. Great work on the teeth too. Getting that depth as they recede into the corners of the mouth is tricky to get right even more so in stylised images.

Atto: So many portraits with so much work! The composition is really well done too, from the overall positioning of the heads, to the detail of the horn pushing through the lettering and then the clever interaction of the clown and the crown. But the biggest stand-out part for me is that central portrait. It's kinda like the keystone that holds it together and I can see right into his life with that crooked smile and the gaze of his eyes. You've captured something beyond his characters and something deeper than his performances and it seems poignant and appropriate. I'd be proud of just being able to do that one.

As for my own... I wish I understood what was happening with those pants.