Kong with Airplane

[zandoriastudios]

This is part of a commission I did this week for a company in Germany. THe Ape and plane are just part of an ad--I just cropped it to make a wallpaper

[c-wheeler]

Thats very good stuff Will, what size did you do the final render at? Was it for Publication? Whas the chrome done with an image?Whay am I asking all these questions?

[zandoriastudios]

I used the 35mm preset. I think it is for a magazine ad (I was given a .pdf mock-up of the layout, but all of the copy was in German, so I'm not sure exactly what it was for). The airplane was just a .3ds model I bought online that I composited in Photoshop.

I had some issues with the render crashing that Noel helped me solve--It was related to running out of virtual memory, not A:M... TIP: set your Windows paging file as high as it will let you

[KenH]

So....is the christmas tree in the plane? Also, shouldn't Kong be reflected in the chrome?

[zandoriastudios]

So....is the christmas tree in the plane? Also, shouldn't Kong be reflected in the chrome?

The Christmas tree was a separate picture (Yes the Ape should be reflected in the plane (in a perfect world))

[Fadhli]

Woowww...wonderfull..bravo...The Great job !

[thejobe]

well im speachless

i still new so everything amazes me lol

awsome work keep it up!

[steve392]

Was just going to say that the reflections on the plane look graet , didn't notice kong not in it lol,but it looks so real

[Rodney]

Very nice Will!

I'm not so sure about the Christmas tree but then again I don't know the intent of the ad/company.

 

I am curious...

Was this the genesis of your Kong or did you make Kong prior to the ad and just find a fit for it in the project? Either way... great imagery.

 

Rodney

[maleman]

A very well done piece

So are you done with the comic you were working on I think it was call Tar

 

How did you get that hair done it looks great

I have a female model I'm working on

But that much hair would take a lot of render time

Are there some other way of getting the same results

[zandoriastudios]

Actually, this agency was searching on the internet for Kong images for a couple of ads for a cinema chain in Germany. and they came across that Kong vs Terrordactyl picture through the power of Google... So they called and asked if I could do the illustrations.

I did one other version beyond these two, the backgrounds aren't part of it because there is some kind of graphic thing going on there. I had to do the final render over 4,000 pixels wide!!! [set your paging file as high as it will go...]

[Rodney]

this agency was searching on the internet for Kong images for a couple of ads for a cinema chain in Germany. and they came across that Kong vs Terrordactyl picture through the power of Google... So they called and asked if I could do the illustrations.

 

Wow. Better answer than I could have even expected!

That shows how a talented individual like yourself can use the internet to best advantage.

I imagine there is nothing quite like being able to use models/resources you've already created to make a little extra money either I imagine. I'm sure it reinforces the fact that your time experimenting and exploring was time well spent.

 

You are an inspiration to all of us aspiring animators/artists.

Keep on keepin' on!

Rodney

[robcat2075]

Today Germany... tomorrow Hollywood!

[Odog2020]

King Kong's play day!

 

He looked pretty happy holding the plane, almost like he was a nice kind and gently giant ape. That is cool though, you made kong your own in that one. Props.

 

James