Starting to polish up, still fixing some textures and lighting issues. I've been using 2 different computers to work at and trying to figure out how the image looks on their monitor colours. I might have to up the blue saturation as it was looking a bit dull. The back ground seems blank and unfinished so I'll look into filling it up with either a crowd or some technical wiring. I always like the cleaning up stage, everything is slowly coming together 

My final entry in the contest is titled “Connection.”

This image shows the precise moment in time when I capture my daughter’s undivided attention, and the instance when our souls become one in the quest for answers to existential questions pertaining life and the world.

I am the figure in metal armor, which represents the old: my parents’ legacy and those teachings they thought would help me survive and improve upon society. Yet, the “weapons” and the “tools” they equipped me with are now inadequate or insufficient. In today’s fast changing world, technology and emotional sensibility play a major part in the repertoire of behaviors my daughter will need to move forward. In the history of mankind, the essential premise has remained unchanged from generation to generation: to evolve we must be ready to adapt and absorb the new.

In “Connection,” my daughter and I are suspended in time, undergoing a prodigious epiphany: it is the moment I use technology and connectivity to drive the generational message home. If I expect my child to evolve, respect others, be capable of self-respect, and find emotional balance, I must show her how to “connect” with herself and with others, both emotionally and within the framework of today’s technological advances. The scene attempts to carry the message that in today’s world, technological and emotional sensibility go hand in hand and are essential to reach a higher level of civilization.

I hope I have succeeded in making my concept clear. Today, Catalina is my legacy, and the two characters aim at representing a world in constant evolution: what was, what is, what will be.

It was my pleasure and privilege to participate in this contest.

Warm regards to the THU team,

Juan Martín

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Mi trabajo se llama CONEXIÓN.
El instante perfecto donde logro captar la atención de mi hija.

Allí estoy yo, con mi armadura vieja que representa mi estructura. Alguna vez fui el legado de mis padres y ellos me prepararon con ideales para sobrevivir en un mundo en el que ellos consideraban mejor, pero tal vez hoy ese mundo no es el mismo que deseamos para nuestros hijos.

Mi esfuerzo es constante, con otras ideas instaladas desde pequeño, trato de hacer un equilibrio para lograr conectarme y luego comunicar a mi hija Catalina con enseñanzas que le permitan vivir en un futuro mejor. Como ocurrió siempre, generación tras generación. 

En ese momento trato de utilizar la tecnología y la conectividad para transmitirle información que la prepare a ella como “ser” integrante de una sociedad evolucionada, que sepa respetar al prójimo, pero también que sepa respetarse a sí misma. Y a partir de allí, desde un equilibrio interior, logre transitar su vida siendo parte de una sociedad con la “sensibilidad” para conectar, emocional y tecnológicamente, con la responsabilidad y el compromiso necesarios para bucear en los beneficios del desarrollo, sin perder de vista el cuidado del entorno que la rodea.

En algún momento eran “las armas” para luchar, en otro momento “las herramientas” para trabajar duro, en los tiempos que corren, es la tecnología y la sensibilidad emocional lo que nos permitirá llegar a una sociedad más “elevada”.

Espero que se logre entender el concepto planteado. Hoy Catalina es mi legado y estos dos personajes son los representantes de una sociedad en constante evolución. Lo que fue, lo que es y lo que será.

Fue un gusto participar de este concurso por el Golden Ticket.

Muchas gracias a todo el equipo de THU

Juan Martín Bueno

I went ahead and finalized the lineart for the characters in the foreground. I will still make small changes and add details, but now I can also start color blocking and integrate them into the background.

In the far far from our galaxy there is another galaxy... a different world with different structures and spaceships
There is a world between the sky and sea...spaceships can fly and swim. there is no limitation between them only a very slim skin acts as a border...u can go from one place to another in the blink of an eye.
Spaceships break this boundary and go wherever and whenever they want.

All this happened after a huge scientific revolution and human was able to achieve the technology of traveling in the galaxy and far away.
As you know, there is always a need for an energy source and there is a planet full of new energy in this galaxy where all the ships are coming to replenish energy.

The fun part starts when all the tests come together to create a solution that provides conceptual clarity. The modeling starts to flow, and you start experimenting and having fun with your project.

The selection of organic forms has been a significant difficulty in terms of flexibility to the basic concept, till obtaining equilibrium. Preventing the obvious from being detected in an artistic concept has been one of the most difficult obstacles I've faced so far, but I've managed to realize the relationship between the entire project.

Here is the raw render!
I'll probably work on some small details before jumping into photoshop, but it's time to give some life to it!

We have left the most critical phase of the project, and now we enter the most fun part, making the vector art.

In this part of the creative process I am not making vectors and putting color on them as you might think, first I draw all the lines without a background color, only a stroke color (each object of the composition with a different color to identify them faster) then I fill them white and then I start to cut, edit, move, fix all the details that may be out of place.

The palette I chose is cheerful, vivid and immediately catches the eye.

We have left the most critical phase of the project, and now we enter the most fun part, making the vector art.

In this part of the creative process I am not making vectors and putting color on them as you might think, first I draw all the lines without a background color, only a stroke color (each object of the composition with a different color to identify them faster) then I fill them white and then I start to cut, edit, move, fix all the details that may be out of place.

Very well! Hold on, the rapids are coming! It is not always as easy as I am making it seem in this case of the creative process, on many occasions I can have a nice sketch in clean lines that in the end I do not like because it seems to me that I am using too obvious solutions.

This is one of those cases, although I really like the first sketch, I can't help but feel uncomfortable with the general idea, I feel like I'm using an already established element and just decorating it. Do you see that huge recycling symbol there? My intention was to portray sustainability but I think I failed. that's why I made a series of modifications using the first starting sketch. The result? the badass sketch number 2.

The Mood Grid has saved me a lot of time, when I have my ideas and concepts in order I don't need to waste time on rough sketches trying to come up with a solution.

In this case I already know that the objects I need to illustrate are: Nature, Sustainability and Time. That the values are: Equality, Diversity and Solidarity. That the place is the planet earth and that the people must be those who are usually underrepresented.

If you are wondering why black lines and red lines, well, there is not reason, sometimes I just delete a black line and make a new one in red to see a clear difference.

All my projects in this way, using a conceptuall and visual invention that I have baptized as Mood Grid.

A Mood Grid is a 3 x 3 square template where I divide each row into groups of 3 squares, each row having a specific theme:

1. Objects.
3. Values
3. People/Places.

I then fill in each of the 3 boxes in each row with a visual reference that represents the topic of each row, I prefer to use photos to create the Mood Grid but if I can't find a photo that I like then I can use a pre-designed illustration. In this specific case, I set out to represent positive, current issues that I believe will benefit from 5G technology.

Hi everyone! Just finished the linework! Pretty content with the final result. I tried to give each character a story. A lot of stuff if happening here and many details are still missing :D
Time to give color to this piece!

I always thought that it would be nice the energy from my everyday life to to charge not only me but also the world around me.

To find the right place of the story, so that there is completeness and wholeness

My approach is to tell a story through a short comic. And these are the first steps towards it.

Then I came up with this composition and I liked it. So thought to move forward with it.
I added diffrent things in this one, tried adding some lights near by the character (agent) and changed buildings and all.
and at this point my scene was ready to take into Photoshop from Blender for the final composition.

I created this composition before, thought it was good but nope, once I rendered this scene I literally did'nt liked it so I changed few stuff in this and created another composition.
Stick to my posts to see updated version of this

This is the colored version of the previous image, where you could only see the values. I can tell I'll have to revisit some colors, but I'll work on the characters next and only after that, I'll come back to this.

I used a B&W adjustment layer as I was coloring the background to make sure I got the values right (ish).

The objective here is to imagine possible personas in this world. With their resources at hand, how would they use them, what sort of interaction would they have with the established world and with other people..

-We go back to where we started, Robo-turtles collecting trash, in the ocean intertwined with other sea creatures. You can also spot my tiny Robo-Fish carrying plastic to the Robo-Trash. 
-Without any adjustment layers, this will be going to be the look of the main hologram.