The Ur-Quan Masters Discussion Forum

Hello all, i love this site and StarCon, been loving it since it first came out way back in the day,

I am a artist and was wondering, since Now and forever site has never gotten back to me. I was wondering what you guys being fans would think if i did up a set of character sketches, would you want to use any of them?

I just want to help in any way i can, i totally support this site and this game.

Here are some links to the StarCon art i have done in the past

Shofixti
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Lt-Tiggs-70427442

Chmmr
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Chmmr-Chenjesu-Mmrnhrmm-Symbio-36021828

Slylandro Probe
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Slylandro-Probe-35973976

Ur-Quan Green
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Lord123-Kzer-Za-Ur-Quan-35970754

Spathi
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Spathi-Fwiffo-35907757

I hope you like them, and get back to me

Charles
AKA (Charrio)

Good work. I really like the Shofixti. The community needs more good fan art.

Thank you, the other ones were digital painting directly based off the on screen displays in game.

I want to do more of a drawn style tho, so it is easier for others to use as a reference since the Races don't have nearly enough images to work from when looking for reference materials.

They're nice, but what do you envision us using them for? If you're going for a graphics "remix" pack, a lot more would be needed (animations, and the other races).

Hmmmm, your very right....

I guess i just didn't think about it too much, i just wanted to help if i can. I am going to draw every race tho, eventually. I was thinking of making them like full CG color Wallpapers or maybe Shirt Designs maybe you can use for sale on the site for support some some stuff.

I guess just keep me in mind and, if your not against it i will link further works as i update and continue, the Shofixti will be redone as well, pencil sketches are just the first step.

It may be a bit superflous, but here's the link to the Spathi thread of Arne.

http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3865.0

Also, check out the site, plenty of his SC inspired artwork there:

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/main.php?id=sce

And here is the Graphic Enhancement thread (geesh, I tried to look this one up by flipping through the pages of threads only to be baffled by the amount of threads that have come after this one):

http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=2899.0

I am pretty sure that there are more threads about improvement graphics, but these are the most notable ones for me. Perhaps you can get some inspiration/dedication from them (not that I think you need more  ;D).

That is awesome, even at the StarCon Fan Fiction site they lack area to share and see others FanArts and ideas.

These look very nice, Charrio. I too like the Shofixti picture.

Would you be interested in contributing artwork to the UQM manual I am working on? It's in the latter stages of completion and it needs some race pics. Let me know if interested and I'll fill you in on the details.

Sure, i would love to

I am totally wanting to help support this fandom. I only ask for artistic credit noted somewhere and if i can sketch it and you can use it, go for it.

*eagerly awaits*

I did this one this morning while waking with my coffee and listening to the soundtrack.
I also studied the Shofixti scout vessel so i could get a better idea for the sketch to be redone in the BG.

Delta Gorno
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Delta-Gorno-70469823
Note: I shaded the ship more to the lighting from the sun.

I sketched out the Earthlings, hope you like it, the color one should be cool.
I added the Vindicator in the BG and a additional crew member lol since i assume Hayes wasn't on there alone.

Charrio

http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Humans-70538387

I always imagined Commader Hayes as older, and a little tired out. Still, that sketch is decent on the whole.

Yeah i am going to change that in the final version, he does look too baby faced. I have this image of Mike Rowe from the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs when i see him on the game screen, lol.

Thank you very much too

OK i changed the Commander's face to be more aged and haggered with stress.

Let me know what you think, compared to the first one. If you don't mind that is.
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Humans-Edit-70601361

Charrio

Ok i sketched the Chenjesu from StarCon1 i hope you like it, there wasn't alot of reference material around on this race.

Chenjesu
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Chenjesu-Sketch-70606496

The face is good now, but you left the same hairstyle. Long bangs like that look really out of character for an older military man. "Shut up, it's my drawing" is always a valid response to the kind of critique I'm giving, but I'm just giving my two cents.


Also, I should warn you that these forums can be a little vacant so don't take offense if you don't get too many responses.

Oh ok, no problem on the hair, i tend to have a habit of long bangs, lol sorry. Part of doing Pin-Up and mature works for so long, heh it gets to be a habit, i will trim those when i ink that pic.

I understand a quiet forum, and that is fine, i am just glad Fellow fans who know what they are looking at can gander and comment if they wish.

As for the Chenjesu, I expected them to be more "crystally" (that sounds dumb). Not the Chenjesu themselves mind you, but the ship's interior would be more lined with crystals. My expectation of the Broodhome would be that it is "grown" instead of constructed. In fact the name suggests that these are actually not warships in origin, but only because of neccessity used for this purpose.

A kick-ass spin off would be an actual "grown" Chenjesu warship?  ;D

Well i actually intended for the interior stuff like the walls and floors to have a more crystalline look when i color it. That and i kinda thought they would have a open area surface since they do from time to time do the racial exchange and have carbon based sentients on board. In the StarCon1 Melee screen you can see a Chenjesu using some tech with like lightning tendrils controlling it. So i kinda figured they wouldn't have switches like us, more like nodes to zap and use some tech for mobility, since i would assume they do participate in the exchange of ideas and technology within the alliance, especially with the Mrrrnhrrrm.

True enough, they may need to be able to accomodate carbon based bi-ped lifeforms from time to time. As for the mechanical parts for the Chenjesu, you hit the right spot. I would expect them to have started all crystalline with all crystalline ships, only to adapt to a more "alien friendly" look when the need arose (for that matter, they may actually be able to do some "live regrowing", creating this more alien friendly look and feel (thus making it look more like a bad Stargate episode as well  :-\)).

Love to see what you come up with when it's colored by the way.

Awwww, thank you for your kind comments and support.

Here is the Shofixti inked and in BW with no effects or shading, that is for the color edition. I plan on inking the other 2, the Earthlings and Chenjesu before i start the colorworks, since it takes hours to do those depending on the lighting and effects needed.

Hope you like Tiggs, heh
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Lt-Tiggs-BW-70705902

Nice pictures. When are you going to do the Zoq-fot-pik?

I want to get the original 14 races from StarCon1 first then i will be working on StarCon2 and it's additional races, eventually working onto StarCon3 and it's added cast. So i am going to  draw the Zoq-Fot-PIk , keep your eyes peeled.

And thank you so much for your kind words.

Earthlings Inked and BW toned, i added some repair vessels in the BG, i will also add the station's window frame style in the color one.

http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Earthlings-Black-and-White-70783499

Hope you like it, and i changed the Commander's Bangs to more of a crew cut.

Chenjesu Inked and BW toned. I hope you all like this one.

http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Chenjesu-BW-70930972

Charrio

Hey! Look at that! They float! Just like in Star Control 3!

Yeah i thought about it and for practical reasons, i would figure the Chenjesu would either develop or adopt technology to get them around more easily, Especially since they had to deal with other Alliance members. The MrrrnHrrrm would be the logical resource to be the race they traded with, since they seemed to be allies for a length of time.

Another thought i had was, If they use Plasma/Electric Tendrils to move the physical world objects lacking limbs and all, they would need another mode of transit if around less durable races, who would be killed or hurt by their natural methods of movement. The Chmmr in StarCon3 were about where the tech and racial hybridization would take them. I tend to think things out too much but it makes sense in StarCon.

That's just rude.

It wasn't meant to be rude, just as a more amusing way of asking about the floating Chenjesu. I apologize if anyone was offended. However, in the future I suggest that you don't go so quick on the attack. I will let you know now that I NEVER am rude or act like a jerk on a forum unless I feel that someone else is already doing that to me.

Oh i have no worries, and i didn't take it as a insult or such, just a questioning statement. Which i hope my reasons for such fit into your idea of what you feel the StarCon universe should be. I want to portray the races as i think they would react or play out keeping to the TRUE theme and flavor of the original which i so love and Idolize.

If anyone does have questions for me, i am more then happy to answer or expand on my reasoning for events or artistic changes i have made.

*big group forum hug*

I am just happy to do it, i grew up with this game saga and have always wanted to make a comic or actual animated series if possible someday filling out all the stories i have day dreamed.

Starcontrol: the Animated Series could easily be the coolest cartoon ever if done well. Ah, if only the franchise ever became popular enough.

Yeah it would be, but alas only if done well, or it would turn into some WB teen titans crap or some other terrible spinoff. If i had my wish it would be violent but not needlessly over the top, but more in the galactic scale, with characters who would die, but not all. Worlds won and lost  in conquest by the Alliance fighting the Hierarchy. Some face to face battles but mostly covering the epic fleet battles and side stories and personal views of the crews, Alliance and Hierarchy sides.

I don't mean to invade your thread with weirdness, but my art thread died before it got started. This is too bad because I had some cool plans. In any event, I just wanted to put this guy up somewhere.

(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/Dancing_Fungus/Kohr-ah2.jpg)

I hope you like it. I made the whole thing from scratch. [except for the little vindicator on the scanner computer]

Oh cool, no feel free i am not like safe guarding this thread or anything trying to make it exclusive. I so hoped other artists and fans would link or post their works as well. I like it and love the control panel.

The Shofixti Are Reborn!!!

I hope you all gander and like, i love how it came out.
http://charrio.deviantart.com/art/Lt-Tiggs-FIN-71165872

Charrio

Love it, it looks very professional.

Well, today I just made another weird picture. This one is supposed to be the surface of a strange alien world that possesses some similarities to Earth.  And if you don't like that idea, it can be a scene from ZEX's menagerie.

(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/Dancing_Fungus/AlienLandscape.jpg)

Oh yeah, those ships in the sky are supposed to be a pair of Shofixti scouts. You may not be able to tell because they are rather crudely made. I made them myself, but they were based on that one cool ship statistics picture from Starcon1.

My contribution:

(http://koti.mbnet.fi/tibe9mm/piirroksia/SC2ending.jpg)

This is cool, i love it

I so need to get back to work on my pics, but commissions have me busy, this time of the year is crazy everyone wants it done for the holiday.

Not sure if these were covered but i found them on YouTube so here you go, by a Mr Slylendro.

Fall of the Alliance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-kL_XXxecU

Chmmr VS Ur-Quan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1M_qSU-XEU

There are others there but didn't want to overload the page

Tiberian: The expression on the captain's face is great. The whole thing reminds me of James Thurber's artwork. :P

I wonder why there's a Chmmr hanging from the ceiling (in the original too).

Great art Charrio! We have almost nothing in the way of character art these days. Thanks for the inspiring work. If you have the time… I am looking for a bit of 2D rotoscoping work to go into a video project.. It would rely heavily on your Shofixti drawing ability. I’ll go further into detail in IM if you’re interested.

Koowluh: I really liked the graphic enhancements by Clay.. thanks for digging that up.

Tiberian: Freaking awesome.

Sure, tho it may have to wait a little while the season is kinda crazy and i am doing a custom commish sale now , your more then welcome to check out my store too, and commish me if you want for any item i have that can be made, i cant do fan art tho since i don't own the rights.
I am just kinda swamped for the time being with Christmas and such so close, but as soon as i can i would love to, it would be a honor, i am up for anything starcon as long as i can draw it.


This is my Blank Store,
http://www.cafepress.com/charrio/4246533

My normal store for all sorts of goodies.
http://www.cafepress.com/charrio

Haha, Tiberian that expression makes me think Zelnick's thinking something along the lines of:

"..it looks like total crap."