Popular Post grantmhansen Posted December 18, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'm in need of an idea, and I hope that you can help.W What/where do you vote that I should paint next? I'm thinking of gathering the options presented in this topic/the gallery's comments and drawing out of a hat, or making a spin wheel or something like that. Then it's off to the races. I'll keep you's posted. And without further ado--my interpretation of Kharbranth: (click to go to the gallery and click again to zoom, i guess..) Now the story: This painting was DANG FUN to create. I've been out painting landscapes for a class all fall long and practicing up my skills (because my past environment paintings have been suck...) This piece was the final assignment for the class and it evolved over the course of like, a month and a half. I worked really closely with my teacher (one of the artists who worked on Rio, the Ice Age sequels, the Peanuts Movie, etc.) and got some great feedback to make this all possible, so BIG thanks to him. Please note: Sky eels. The earlier iterations had sea gulls, then I realized: Roshar. No birds. huh. Also note: Teravangian's palace and much of the city is obscured by a creepy, foggy sort of shadow. Foreshadowing.. Ba dum Chish! ;-) And lastly: Please, seriously, cast your votes on the next Rosharan location that you'd like to see. Ideally, something that has adequate description in the books. I'd love some community involvement in the next piece, ya know? =) C Cheers! 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgate Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Have you done Shadesmar yet? Also, the palace on the Shattered Plains would be interesting. I don't know what you have already done, so I am just listing everything I can think of. I don't know if there is enough detail, but what about Hearthstone, Kaladin's home town? Also, the battlefield where *ahem* Amaram won his Shards (avoiding spoilers) would be cool. Well done on Kharbranth, as well! Although, I wonder if boat design would be affected by the regular highstorms. My only problem, and a minor one at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormlessFox Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 The prologue scene where they view the scene of the battle with the burning rocks or the recreance flashback scene. Also the throne room in Uriteau with the 10 thrones for the ten kingdoms (not sure if there is enough detail) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoltCruelerz Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) That looks great. Shadesmar, the obsidian castle in the clear lake, Urithiru. Edited December 18, 2015 by VoltCruelerz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardbearer Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Shadesmar would be awesome. And this painting is totally awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedshaman Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) First amd foremost: the painting is absolutely breathtaking. Secondly: how about Kolinar with its windblades Sidenote and this had nothing to do with the thread but seeing as i can't figure it put i thpught id ask: how do i change my profile picture lol Edited December 18, 2015 by stonedshaman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ninja Yodeler Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) First amd foremost: the painting is absolutely breathtaking. Secondly: how about Kolinar with its windblades Sidenote and this had nothing to do with the thread but seeing as i can't figure it put i thpught id ask: how do i change my profile picture lol I thought the same thing. Kholinars Windblades.And to change your profile pic, go to your profile and it should say change pic on the 17th shard logo. Edited December 18, 2015 by The Ninja Yodeler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 That is exactly how I pictured Kharbranth. Shadesmar, yes, maybe with Shallan and Jasnah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Anamaximder Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Shadesmar. Can I use this image, the Kharbranth drawing, as my profile pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Arum Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 My vote would be Rysn approaching the Tai-na in the Reshi Isles! The Tai-na is described as like a massive island with forests and cliffs, etc. I think it would be epic to see this "island" in the sea. It has the potential to be a very colorful piece. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedshaman Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Oooooh snap. Titan thats a good idea. Also what about that city and giant spren from axis' interlude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwelfthOfSnackTime Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Personally I'd love to see your rendition of the Tower of Urithiru. In my mind I see a giant Japanese looking skyscraper and I know that that is probably wrong but until I see what it really looks like it won't go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARARITA Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) so good - please send to Sanderson I agree with Shadesmar - but would also like to see Reshi Isles not sure how you feel about doing people / creatures ..but would love to see you do Cusicesh in Kasitor Bay Edited December 19, 2015 by ARARITA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Star Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 I'd like to see Kholinar/The Palace. Awesome painting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmhansen Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Shadesmar. Can I use this image, the Kharbranth drawing, as my profile pic? Venture mistborn, please feel free to use it =) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmhansen Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Have you done Shadesmar yet? Also, the palace on the Shattered Plains would be interesting. I don't know what you have already done, so I am just listing everything I can think of. I don't know if there is enough detail, but what about Hearthstone, Kaladin's home town? Also, the battlefield where *ahem* Amaram won his Shards (avoiding spoilers) would be cool. Well done on Kharbranth, as well! Although, I wonder if boat design would be affected by the regular highstorms. My only problem, and a minor one at that. I haven't done Shadesmar, no. In fact, this is my first serious environment piece from the books, so there's plenty that I haven't done yet =) There are a bunch of votes for Shadesmar between this forum topic and all of my social media, so it's a likely one to come out of the hat. I partially agree that there should be some adjustment made for the ships due to possible high storms. It seems like every dang thing in Roshar would need to be built to compensate for Highstorms, but there IS mention of the fact that ships wouldn't be caught dead outside of a protected bay in one. Or rather, they would be caught and made dead if they were. So that makes me wonder if they wouldn't have had to be too terribly different from the kinds of ships we sail on earth. Good thought, Stormgate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmhansen Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 I thought the same thing. Kholinars Windblades. And to change your profile pic, go to your profile and it should say change pic on the 17th shard logo. First amd foremost: the painting is absolutely breathtaking. Secondly: how about Kolinar with its windblades Sidenote and this had nothing to do with the thread but seeing as i can't figure it put i thpught id ask: how do i change my profile picture lol Funny Story, I actually started out this assignment with the intention of trying Kholinar and its wind blades, but ended up backing off of that idea, just because I didn't have as much information about it as I did about Kharbranth and I wanted to ease into this whole environment concept design thing. But I'll keep my fingers crossed that that's the option that comes out of the hat. I'd love to tackle them giant rocks =) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmhansen Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 so good - please send to Sanderson I agree with Shadesmar - but would also like to see Reshi Isles not sure how you feel about doing people / creatures ..but would love to see you do Cusicesh in Kasitor Bay Ummm, I absolutely want to share my stuff with Sanderson =) Do you know of a better way to reach him than the contact page on his website? Tried that once, and (understandably) never heard back. Can't imagine how much email he gets through there. Do you know if he's on the forums? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmhansen Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Thank you all so much for commenting, complimenting, and sharing ideas of what you'd like to see next. I've got 37 votes in hand at this point, and I'm going to print them out, cut them apart and put them into a drawing for what I'll paint next. I'm going to put EVERY vote in, regardless of whether it's a duplicate, so that the subjects that got more votes have a proportionately higher chance of getting drawn. And, of course, I'm going to post the result in here as soon as I have it. I'm considering setting up a web page where I'll document the progress of the project, post up tutorials on how I approach the different parts, talk about concept art and rendering techniques, that sort of thing. Would that be of any interest to you all? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC01 Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Do you have a Twitter account? If you just tweet the picture to him and Peter Ahlstrom, one of them will see it and probably re-tweet. I've gotten responses from tweets to both of them, and I didn't even have any sweet art to share. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmhansen Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Do you have a Twitter account? If you just tweet the picture to him and Peter Ahlstrom, one of them will see it and probably re-tweet. I've gotten responses from tweets to both of them, and I didn't even have any sweet art to share. brilliant =) I'll hunt down their handles now =) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgate Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 I personally wouldn't benefit from a webpage, but I think other, more artsy Sharders would enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmhansen Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 I personally wouldn't benefit from a webpage, but I think other, more artsy Sharders would enjoy it. Thanks for the feedback cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Anamaximder Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Venture mistborn, please feel free to use it =) Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 brilliant =) I'll hunt down their handles now =) Yeah he's much more responsive via twitter. Sending him emails is sort of like dropping him a letter versus actually talking to him. It's @BrandSanderson, and @PeterAhlstrom for Peter, fyi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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