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...is "Dystopian Cities"

To clear up a little bit on what "dystopian" actually means.

"A dystopia (from Ancient Greek: δυσ-: bad-, ill- and Ancient Greek: τόπος: place, landscape) is, in literature, an often futuristic society that has degraded into a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian. Dystopian literature has underlying cautionary tones, warning society that if we continue to live how we do, this will be the consequence. A dystopia, thus, is regarded as a sort of negative utopia and is often characterized by an authoritarian or totalitarian form of government. Dystopias usually feature different kinds of repressive social control systems, a lack or total absence of individual freedoms and expressions and constant states of warfare or violence. Dystopias often explore the concept of humans abusing technology and how humans individually and collectively cope with technology that has evolved too quickly. A dystopian society is also often characterized by mass poverty and brutal political controls such as a large military-like police."

Thank you, Wikipedia. You just saved me the better half of an hour explaining it myself.

Film References

"A typical dystopia paints a picture of government or society attempting to exert control over free thought, authority, energy, freedom of information. Others focus on systematic discrimination and limitations based on a variety of factors - genetics, fertility, intelligence, and age being a few examples." Wiki

Such is the case in, e.g:

Aeon Flux, Babylon A.D, Blade Runner, Demolition Man, District 9, Escape from New York (aka Die Klapperschlange), Equilibrium, Gattaca, Judge Dredd, Metropolis, Minority Report, The Running Man, A Scanner Darkly, Strange Days, Serenity

Then, we have corporate-based dystopias.
"A corporate based dystopia is similar to a government/societal dystopia with the exception that the repressing power is a private company rather than a government. These stories generally include the motive of commercial profit instead of, or in addition to, the benefits of increased power and authority." Wiki

Good examples are:

Akira, Alien movies, Total Recall (yes Henry, I know^^), I Robot, RoboCop, Fortress, The Island, Metropia, Paranoia 1.0, Resident Evil movies, Surrogates, Tank Girl, Tekken, No Escape, Johnny Mnemonic...

Then we have Cyberpunk, characterized by "high-tech, low-life", whre advanced technology itself is dystopian. Examples:

Akira, Avalon, Blade Runner, eXistenZ, Ghost in the Shell, Metropolis, The Terminator, Videodrome, Johnny Mnemonic, Strange Days...

Then Post-Apocalyptic storylines, meaning everything went basically to complete shit on planet earth. The aftermath of a disaster - typically nuclear holocaust, war, plague - that justifies a civilization's turn towards dystopian like behaviors.

12 Monkeys, 28 Days Later, The Book of Eli, Children of Men, Mad Max, The Postman, Terminator Salvation, Titan A.E, Ultraviolet, WALL-E, Waterworld,...etc

Of course, some of these overlap, thematically. Still, this should suffice for giving a general idea of the concept of "Dystopia".

Thanks for reading, have a nice day.

Modern Viking Concept - Henry 08

just 2 other experiments,only for some try outs

Modern Viking Concept - Henry 07

so i added some details and now i`am figuring out the weapons and the background,it`s getting more and more difficult as i progress

Modern Viking Concept - Thomas 02

Modern Viking Concept - Thomas 01

Modern Viking Concept - Henry 06

i tried a new way to sketch,first i made a rough sketch for the hole composition in grey with strong contrasts,after that i placed some layer in overlay mode over it and copied some pictures in it.that looks very confused but after some cleaning up i think it shows the right idea i have about a modern viking.this is not finish only a wip.

now i can start to paint and concept the armor over this

Modern Viking Concept - Henry 05

thats nice,i thought of a similar art of protection,look at this

Modern Viking Concept - Hannes 03

The idea is that this guy combined traditional things with modern security or special forces gadgeds.

Modern Viking Concept - Hannes 02

These are a couple of (pen drawed) head concepts. Before anyone asks, the dude with the shades has a radio (for transmission, not for listening, lol) taped to his temple. Still working on the whole thing. But I rather liked the idea of blending the vikings with a not-so-long ago era, in this case the vietnam war. Except the two heads on the far right. One has an acid like eruption on his skin. The other is more of a cyborg.

Modern Viking Concept - Henry 04

testing new colours brings  a new idea from this guy,this fits better to my vision from a sci fi robot viking

Modern Viking Concept - Henry 03

this one is a little bit darker.i tried to work with colours and forms to think about the hole character an his effective, but the shape is still shit, i want him more agressiv and with more muscles.

 some time later...

so the upper one is more what i`m looking for but still to normal

Modern Viking Concept - Hannes 01

Modern Viking Concept - Henry 02

this is what iàm actually working on,i`ts getting in the right direction,he carries a 2 hand axe and a riot shield on his back

Modern Viking Concept - Eludor 01

Just a quick sketch, a bit of a crossover with some random things and swat uniform

Modern Viking Concept - Henry 01

ok here my first try,i am absolutly not satisfied with this one but i have to scetch a lot more

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ok our new topic is "modern vikings"

WipeOut Sketches - Henry 07

at the moment i cant decide me for a wing style,i am still searching

WipeOut Sketches - Henry 06

with this new noses it fit`s a lot better i think,but its still to rocket like,maybe some wings will help

WipeOut Sketches - Henry 05

at the moment i ám working on this one. i use references like drag cars,engines, old timer and turbines. work with refences helped me a lot because every little detail of  a engine brings new ideas

WipeOut Sketches - Asim 04

WipeOut Sketches - Henry 04

ok this is a other way of sketching

WipeOut Sketches - Henry 03

some colour variations

WipeOut Sketches - Asim 03

One quick variation, I will also redesign the shapes.

WipeOut Sketches - Henry 02

here some grey sketches with more detail

WipeOut Sketches - Asim 02

I choose this one, a lil´ bit like a spider, like it. Here´s a rough speedpainting ...

WipeOut Sketches - Asim 01

These ones are my favourites, i will choose one of them and try out some shape variations.

WipeOut Sketches - Henry 01

2 other versions ,the upper one is inspired from a parrot an the second from crab but i`m stil try`n

WipeOut Sketches - Asim

Here are some shape ideas...

WipeOut Sketches

so this time i sketched directly with colour and perspective and its working a lot better for me

WipeOut Sketches

hi everyone,this is the first post for our first self-made task. we try to create some fan concept arts for the wipeout racing game and here are my tries.

at the moment ,i think the form is to fat but it should be heavy,too.