I am honoured to be invited into a cg contest of this level and magnitude!



I have lived in Africa until the age of 8 and have seen many wild animals in the serengeti national reserve. I have very good memories to that time and always wanted to depict or make a work regarding African wildlife and culture. This contest is precisely what i wanted and is perfect motivation for starting the concept i had in my head for years on end.



Concept idea:



The idea behind the concept is that everybody shares the same space and have to live with eachother! The focus of this piece will be a African waterhole where alot of animals come to drink. A giraffe drinks and eats from tha Acazia tree but instead of th enormal giraffe striping it has a zebra striping and the zebra has giraffe striping and the lion has cheeata striping and this way every animal wears the skin of another and although you percieve the scene as normal it isnt at all normal. In the background there wil be a safari landrover vehicle with monkeys in the car with sunglasses and big camera lenses and on the roof there wil be people sitting and watching the whole bizarr scene! It has a symbolic meaning in line with the contest since the name of the contest is "Share One World" and my catagory is "Harmony".



I know this is one insane project but i am hopefull that i will find the motivation to finish this one in time. With proper support, critics and comments i think i will come a long way.



Here is the first painted concept so you get the general idea! The next step is blocking out the scene in 3D and finding the right composition. I will be working with 3Dsmax 2011 and Vray as renderer.

I hope to show you more soon.