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    Bionicle 4: Island of Doom - a pitch for collaboration

    in General Art

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    Super impressed by the amount of care, work and attention to detail that went into this! (And thank you for including the link to the Miramax storyboards, these are super intriguing.)
    Your storyboard looks cool!

    For the Matoro/Hakann sketches, I think they could even be simplified/stylized even further, right now they still feel very set-like to me (but that is definitely a matter of personal preference) - what's the style you're aiming for for the final result?

    I'm afraid I can't help with this, but I'll definitely keep an eye on this project :happy:

     

    A slightly different art collection

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    On 12/12/2021 at 11:29 PM, Axelford said:

    Just discovered this topic, very nice artwork, I love the middle ground of artistic license used on the characters and pieces shown. Do you have any tips on drawing Bionicle characters or characters in general? 

    Hey there, thanks for the nice comment! :D

    As for drawing characters - I'd suggest getting used to observing the people around you, especially when out and about in the world. How they move, howw their proportions and bodies are structured, how they interact with their environment and vice versa. (obviously, I don't mean to say "stare at everyone for prolonged stretches of time", but that should be clear anyway). If you feel awkward studying irl people, that's fine. Movies and TV exist too. ^^

    Personally I like to use a sketchbook to have a chronological overview of the things I've drawn, as well as note down things I noticed. I carry something to draw wherever I go.

    As for Bionicle characters, it depends on what you want to do? If you want to lean in a set-like direction, make sure you either have the set around or look for images online so you have a reference to help you.

    Stylization is a harder one to comment on. I'd say dare to try new things, and keep in mind that not everything will always work out, and that's okay! Using references also helps a lot. Say you want to draw a character that's associated with Plant Life, and you have the idea to add leaf textures somewhere in their armour. The illusion becomes a lot more believable if you look at images (or ideally, a real leaf :) ).

    Personally I like to model the characters on the human form, so I just sketch that out first, then use the set to figure out the shapes for the armour. For a while I even used to draw the characters completely humanized/as humans - that wasn't quite popular ^^' but I liked it back then, so yea. Draw what you like, what you enjoy.

    Figure out what inspires you, draw from that. Study it, too. Look at art you enjoy and figure out why - is it the poses? The stylization? The lighting? Try to analyze that and finally - don't forget to practise, but also to have fun!

    ... okay, this was a lot more than anticipated. I hope some of it was helpful.

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    BIONICLE - 20 Years

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    that is super impressive! Also, you used coloured pencil, which imo can be a pain to work with for bigger things (because it takes for-ever) - as said, impressive, and I really admire the dedication. :)

    The way you kept the designs set-like, yet somewhat stylized also caught my eye. It's nice!
    Goes without saying that you should be proud of finishing this, really. ^^

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    Refocusing in 2022

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    Once a week seems like a good pace to me, and to be honest, I'm glad you're taking things in a direction that you can keep up with without getting burned out. Seeing this site around after so many years still means a lot to me, and I'm really grateful you're still running it!

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    opinion: no, we DON'T need bionicle back

    in Bionicle Discussion

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    I could absolutely imagine it being rebooted in some way, shape or form in, say, 10-20 years from now. Gen2 was way too early imo.

    Would it be a Bionicle the way we knew it? No. Absolutely not. Gen2 somehow tried to appeal to new and old fans alike, and from what I've seen failed to do both. Personally I wasn't really a fan of the more humorous approach. Yet I do think the community takes itself waaay too seriously when it comes to canon and adherence to it sometimes.

    A completely new Bionicle, which would just be part of the franchise in name and logo (and constraction toys), could work though. With a fresh slate for storytelling and worldbuilding, that does not require new fans to essentially obtain a bachelor's degree in Bionicle-ology. ^_^

     

    None of this is saying that I want it back. But I could imagine something new, basically just "wearing the mask of" Bionicle (terrible pun fully intended) some ten years down the road.

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    How Did You Choose Your Username?

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    Well, smol me adored Takanuva and was evidently very creative. I'm mostly sticking with the name though because at this point it's almost nostalgic, plus it's what most people around here know me by these days, anyway. Tried some different things over the years, but nothing really stuck.

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    query - ruins

    in General Art

    Posted · Edited by Taka Nuvia
    fixed a typo ^^'

    20210512_strollin_smaller.jpg

    Turns out I never shared this, only had it as a banner for months. Whoops. Anyway, I'm fairly happy with how this turned out, so I felt it merits its own topic, for a change.

    This was entirely experimtental, painted with gouache over a pencil sketch. I always liked the whole mood of the Vahki era.

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