Chacal that is the perfect response.
As the amount of people with ideas have increased, Im thinking it might be a better position to refine the ideas. By refining ideas I basically mean preparing concepts to be modeled and intergrated into the age.
SO... to start with I would say the Chinchilla concept that Jennifer created cannot be improved on. I would say that the next step would be to do the following. Create a image of one Chinchilla with a top view as if you were looking at the object from above, one image from below, one from the side front and back. This allows the creature to be modeled more accurately to the original artists design.
Creating so many images of the same subject can be boring and tedious, but it does help the modelers out alot because it gives them an idea of the subjects volume. Now Im sure alot of folks already know all about this but its really important to at least mention it. Because its the
real work envolved with concept work. Not just pretty pictures but pictures that can visually communicate the idea to another effectively.
A great example would be the Tornado Cone that I had produced as a result of anothers idea for a greenhouse. Now while visually stunning; how does the Tornado Cone actually work and go together? Well from the pictures it is not visually clear and it presents a design problem for anyone who attempts to model the structure. The actual design doesn't completely work for what the intent of the structure originally was. Its my fault that the work wasn't well defined enough that a modeler could make use of it and make it true to the original intent of its creator.
My bad... But now we can go back and start to correctly move the work in a forward direction. Now all modelers have a certain degree of artistic license and by no means to I intend to take that away. However if the original idea is distorted to conform anothers vision then that vision is distorted by an modeling artist the end product may be completely different than the original intent. This could cause serious problems when componets of an age don't match up or work together coheasively. Two seperate structures that seem like they don't work together, putting Hagia Sophia next to the outhouse as a example.
Jennifer and others have done a splendid job of monitoring this. But I feel its more important that the work reflect the intent. If anyone has any questions or needs help making their work more communicative let me know. You can send me a PM through the forums or when I get my other Email up and running you can get ahold of me there. I won't critize your work, only try to teach you methods of making your work more visable.