Please tell me what you think of this idea

CiDeRmAn

First of all, please bear with me on this....

I have discovered a love of watercolours over the last year, enjoying painting various scenes from local hills and architecture to photos from various books and magazines to stuff from the twisted interior of my head.
I was having a good hard think about what to paint next when my mind went to that marvellous game Ico and its followup Shadow of the Colossus, remembering the joy at each new vista that openned up during gameplay, views of the castle, the sheer scale of it, the muted colours and then it hit me how perfect for watercolours it would be.

What I wanted to know is
would there be a market out there for pictures of this sort of stuff?
The idea being that someone could email the required picture and I could get to work putting it to paper.
Certainly the two games mentioned above would be quite suitable, but what other titles offer up such views?
I think Zelda, Ocarina of Time may have a few candidates, but what else?
Does it have to be fantasy based stuff?
What about Metroid Prime? Or Katamari Damacy?

Anyway, intereted in your thoughts and ideas,
And if anyone out there would be interested in buying such work, assuming it would be framed and finished to a professional standard.

qz

I would, sounds like a good idea tbh. You should really check out Okami if you haven't already.

AARRRGH

I think it's a great idea. It's the kind of thing that could get a writeup on slashdot or theregister.

Hugh Hefner

It sure would be cool, but I'd want to see an example or two before I go commissioning anything.

CiDeRmAn

Well, I guess thats a given, I will get stuck into it over the next couple of weeks and all things going right I will post some finished work.
Please remember I have only just thought of it this afternoon, painting takes time.
As for commisioning a painting, there would be no real need for money to change hands til the recipient is happy with the picture, and if he doesn't want it, sure it goes in my portfolio.
Please email or post here some suitable scenes from favorite games to give me a bit of inspiration, landscapes are my happiest format.

KdjaCL

CiDeRmAn wrote:

Please email or post here some suitable scenes from favorite games to give me a bit of inspiration, landscapes are my happiest format.

Link entering Hyrule.


kdjac

tman

Seems like a good idea

I'll have a root through my pics from Metroid Prime later... Can't really afford to commission a picture at the moment though

Samus entering Phendrana (sp!) drifts could be just the job

CiDeRmAn

Well, not to worry about commissioning anything just yet, figure a couple of paintings as examples would be best first, as for prices I guess that will depend on the paintings size, time taken and framing, but its all still embryonic now, a little bit of time first, working on a couple of things for family now. I reckon anyone who dabbles in watercolours can do this, just the subject matter thats unusual, but Pacman in oils does sound interesting!
Perhaps SuperMonkeyBall in acrylics!
I mean the easiest stuff to do would be Yoshis Island on the GBA and Snes, most of it looks like a painting already!

stevieg_irl

the master chief (halo) holding his gun with the halo in the backround,
i would pay for it
class

Illuvatar

MGS:3 Snake in the Jungle. Brilliant stuff.

Besides you can always paint what ever you want and I know people on e-bay will buy it.

projectmayhem

any scene from any mgs game tbh

Retr0gamer

Any Panzer Dragoon game particularly PD Saga and Orta. It has a unique style to it.

Have a look here: http://www.moonapples.com/lagi/

I think orta in the forbidden zone or the fallen grounds could be great or Azel and Edge in the water ruins in saga.

eyerer

could you get done for copyright?
considering someone else crafted the image which you are recreating for profit

CiDeRmAn

I guess, don't want a SWAT team storming my humble home over a watercolour of Ico, seems like a waste of police time to me, seriously though I guess they would just send me a letter to desist and I would be compelled to comply. I suppose I will cross that bridge when and if I come to it.

Q_Ball

cloud walking into the water holding aeries in his arms *sniff*

eyerer

CiDeRmAn wrote:

I guess, don't want a SWAT team storming my humble home over a watercolour of Ico

yeah bro, i'd hate to see that happen to ya

Blub2k4

a post monster kill scene from the original UT would be gorey but cool in a sick type way

i_am_dogboy

I really like the idea, I think giants: citizen kabuto would be a good candidate for an impressive scene.

qz

Has to be a colossus with our hero, well, in its shadow.

Crucifix

If I had the money and the means I'd be interested.
I'd say paint a few anyway, then spread them about see if anyone is interested in them, or in getting you to paint something else. As someone said, worst comes to worst you can probably sell em on e-bay.

CiDeRmAn

colossus.jpg
Here is a quick attempt at a scene from this iconic game,
took a few hours but I can do much much better given a little time.

I know its a bit amateurish, but then I am an amateur!

Hugh Hefner

Ohhhh, that looks prreeeettyy.

Crucifix

That's deadly.

Retr0gamer

Very nice.

projectmayhem

i concur, very good work indeed

qz

CiDeRmAn wrote:

colossus.jpg
Here is a quick attempt at a scene from this iconic game,
took a few hours but I can do much much better given a little time.

I know its a bit amateurish, but then I am an amateur!

Savage.

jesus_thats_gre

Go for it, sounds like a good idea!!

CiDeRmAn

I was a little disappointed myself, thats the problem with watercolours, great for atmosphere but fine detail needs to be inferred rather than painted and with a colossus the temptation is to fudge it, must try harder, the atual picture is 14" by 10" so a tad bigger than the thumbnail! also the way the paper sits on the scanner makes the picture seem a bit distorted, the paper has been very wet during the work so it distorts a little, when under glass it looks great.
Onwards and Upwards!
I will post more as I paint them, they take about 8-10 hours each so it may be a week or so.

BLITZ_Molloy

Some website I was reading linked to a website dedicated to videogame art a couple of months ago. Can't seem to find it in Google now though..

It had Mario, Link, Metroid artwork. Had some really inspired Katamari stuff as well.

Illuvatar

Excellent job! Keep up the good work.

UberNewb

I think thats a great idea! I could see lots of Gamers wanting this.

When you get a website setup post a link back here to let us know. I have some screenshots of some good kills in Enemy Territory that would look great hanging up on the wall in my PC room!

Good luck.

Timans

That picture is great, seriously.

i think...

Sonic scene.

CiDeRmAn

Kinda doing other things lately but playing a lot of Oblivion instead of painting, but here is the thing, reckon its ripe for some of you guys to post some screen grabs so as I can have a crack at painting them, the Imperial City, Oblivion gates burning in the landscape, Oblivions stark barbed towers, whatever floats your boat, post them here if you please, thanks

tman

amazing some of the stuff google turns up when searching for images from metroid prime...

i'll try to find something more suitable:p

/edit
i've been through 26 pages of pics and this is the best i could find...

monument

Should there be 'not (work) safe' on that?

[CrimsonGhost]

Some games which could possibly provide some nice images
- Final Fantasy (take your pic)
- World of Warcraft - some really fabulous views in game which I think would translate very well to paper & paint.
- Kingdom hearts
- GTA - some of the sun sets/risings over cities could work well.

Certainly I'd be interested in having some favoured game moments immortalised.

CiDeRmAn

As I have said before, you get some shots of those scenes to me and I can take it from there, I will do them for my own pleasure, just looking for some new material, done enough rivers, churchs and waterfalls from my locality!
If you have a pc it should be easy enough to take a screen grab of the scene you want and post it here, thanks.

rainbow kirby

That SotC watercolour is fantastic. Seriously.
Other ideas... Yuna sending off the spirits of the dead after Sin attacks Kilika in Final Fantasy X, the part where Ridley flies over Phendrana Drifts in Metroid Prime, Hyrule frozen in time under the sea in Wind Waker... there are so many possibilities!

projectmayhem

the bit inside the church in half life 2: lost cost

http://img.fdiv.org/blogimages/168/3.jpg

evad_lhorg

wow what a picture. picked the best colossus too.


the final scene of ocarina of time.

the cloud carrying aeris thing would be amazing.


If youre going for metroid prime it has to be something from Phendrana Drifts in my opinion.

madrab

Sephiroth walking through the fire in final fantasy 7

CiDeRmAn

Once again, all great suggestions but I NEED SCREENSHOTS! Please trawl the old interweb and post the needed scenes for me or get them yourselves, it would be fantastic of you could do that, as for the colossus picture, not the best to be truthful, the printout lacked detail, when I played the game and got to him I noted all the wonderful detail in his armour, better luck next time, although combining black ink and paints as in the art cards with the game may produce the best results. As for the Metroid suggestions, yes yes three times yes but please get some source material, ok, can't make this stuff up out of my head and the pause screen isn't very useful either!

madrab

will this do?