Teen Challenge #39: Themed Self Portrait

[Evil_Sloth]

G'day you sexy bunch,

Participation was lacking in the last challenge, so I was saving this topic until number 40 but decided to unleash it now.

The Rules:
Anyone ages 13-19 may submit an entry at any time before the deadline. Please host your image on a remote image-hosting site instead of uploading it to the CA server. This makes it much easier to transfer it to the poll thread.

The Topic:
Themed Self Portrait, create a self portrait involving a theme, love, 1960's, Renaissance, kaiwaii, emo if you wish...

Please add a small description or storyline. We don't want a five page essay but make it nice, brief, and to the point. Especially if there is something in your design which needs explaining. PLEASE STATE WHAT THEME YOUR SP IS BASED ON.

Add a border around your image with your name and the topic, like they do with the other of the week challenges.

The Deadline:
Wenesday, December 21st at midnight PST
Two weeks. Going to unleash all the skills in the arsenal!

[Jacob Kobryn]

Awesome! It's about time you took my suggestion for this one. ;)

[vibhas_virwani]

wow!!!....thats tough but i have never drawn myself .....i want to give it a shot.....and it will be fun to see what others look like ....

[koeifan]

Maybe this topic will help bring people in, maybe not. We'll have to see. I didn't participate with the last one and others because i was occupied with my thread. But now that things have slowed down(almost even stopped) you can count me in :)

[xabian]

hmm i do believe i shal enter this one.. but what theme i do wonder dear sir

[Blaz]

Ooh i like it :D

[Jasper_]

I'm not going to make any promises about participating as I've slacked off on the last two, but I was about to do few self-portraits again anyway. I too think it would be cool to see what everyone looks like.

[Glory666]

hey, ive never been here but the themed self portait caught my eye. im thinking of being involved........we will see

[Apts]

Hey I'm definitely in, well this pic is now a pic of me and the people I'm living with but I will cut it down to just me for this contest (that was the way it started then I got carried away and thought it would be a nice idea for a christmas card anyway.)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/alpethsm/frecopy.jpg

[The Curehead]

I might,do this if i get time,ive got exams so no promises.
but i heard its good to do these,and the topic is pretty cool.
im thinking 80s myself.

[Danuh]

I might not have time for this one, sadly.
But it'll be nice to see what other people come up with. : D

[Weeda]

Me as a junky/degenerate-type. I only chose this theme because I wanted to make the big, dark bags around my eyes. I like painting colorful faces.

EDIT: I still might change it. I wanted to add a better background and I forgot to add some dirt and stuff to the shirt, but just in case I don't get around to it, here it is framed and otherwise complete.
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i41/Ladnav/DegenerateFramed.jpg

-Update-

[Theodoric]

I think I am going to participate in this one, I should have time. Never done one of these competitions so my question to you is if it is okay to render it with pencil (it wont be a countour or doodle, ill make sure it is fully rendered), as I still have not attuned myself to photoshop and with Paints I wont be able to make it detailed enough to be distinguishable as me.
Although that question sort of turned into an explanation...yea...the question is; Can I use pencil?

[Jasper_]

I'm pretty sure pencil is alright. I'm doing mine in pencil first, then I'll try painting it in photoshop, or doing a grayscale. But if it doesn't turn out like I thought it would, I'll probably just submit the pencil.

[vibhas_virwani]

fukkk....thats what my idea was weeda ....i had already started working on it ....i guess ...all us huffers dnt have much else going on in our minds man ....

[Weeda]

I actually don't do drugs. At all. I'm 18 and I've never even been drunk (I didn't mean for that to sound so self-righteous). That said, I'm sure more than one would be fine as long as they're not identical.

On a side note, my art teacher saw me working on that today... I had some explaining to do.

[vibhas_virwani]

hehe....great man ...dnt worry not the same ....im not an addict either ...just once in a while when i wish to think over stuff and maybe when i travel......im 18 too by the way......and nice looking piece....
and this gives you another reason not to try .....coz you'll look horrible man (judging by ur work - with those dark circled eyes n all ..)!!!! lol...

[Blaz]

Here is finished version of my SP!

I went for the pirate captain theme! Woo!

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5343/teenchallenge39finalbladw0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


-Will add info here soon-

[erinel]

:D I just found out there was a teen challenge! This is so exciting, I might have to enter.

[Danuh]

Blaz - looks really nice so far. I'm really diggin' the skin tones.

[Dutchdevil]

My mentor has send me here I will participate.
don't expect a colored master piece by me, i dont know how to color yet.
my age is 17 years!

I am looking forward to this!

[Belze]

I wanna be a teen :(

[koeifan]

sorry. final exams. can't do this one.

[Iliada]

I might enter, awesome topic.

The 21st is a Friday=)

[Blaz]

Updated second post with final version! :)

Aww come on people post yours! xD

[Linguini]

Great portrait, Blaz! Love the pirate theme.


Is this due on Wednesday, the 19th, or Friday, the 21st?

[Arbu]

I will turn 20 next summer so i will try to get in every teen challenges until then :S

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff212/detsnuere/selfportraitandroidflames2.jpg

The theme for my selfportrait is "mechanical human being"

i kinda went to this flaming look because i actually painted my hair yellow a few weeks ago.

this was penciled in front of the mirror then photoshoped over the lines. my right eye has a locomotive mechanism wich allows it to travel around that opened part of my face eheh guess thats it!

[arttorney]

Good point. Deadline clarification please. I've told people they had until the 21st. I don't want them to think I'm an a55hole for giving them bogus information.

[vibhas_virwani]

hey im working on it .....quick tell me whats going wrong ....not much time left....and too much of wrk left on this one ...hope ill be able to finish on time

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/ResizeWizard-1-4.jpg

ohh yeah ...and the black outlines go ... they are on another seperate layer just for my reference

[vibhas_virwani]

anyone thinks im improving btw??

[xabian]

vibhas_virwani i think in order to improove yours you need to add some more depth to you painting (lighter and darker tones) as atm it looks a little flat.

[Stepherz]

okay..so the theme i was aiming for "rockstar" with a bit of a funny twist i think. kind of poking a little fun of those who think they're super awesome cause they can play expert level on guitar hero.

bit more cartoony than everyone else is doing.. ;_;

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5003/guitarhirooomh1.jpg

[Linguini]

Love your concept, Stepherz! Guitar Hero is really addicting. XD

Here's my entry:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r315/Fettucine/SP1-1.jpg

It's about emotions, basically. I did it from a very basic pose without a lot of emotion and added what I thought was really strong feelings in words.

If this is not what you're looking for, whoops, heh. It's more design-based, and uses words to convey the concept. If the deadline is actually Friday, then I can draw another one if this one doesn't fit. :D

[MLara]

I'm excited about this! Originally I was going to do myself as a Vargas girl, but I rely on drawing pretty things too much, so I'm working on making myself into a bum clown, hah.

[Jasper_]

Alright, I've almost got mine finished, I'll post it when I'm done.

Lol, stepherz, my guitar teacher is always making fun of people who play guitar hero and think they can play real guitar.

[addleheaded]

here's my wip so far.. i went for the lucifer theme :P
but it's kind of tricky to find out the skintones :/ still lot to do, but it makes a lot of fun, greez, jmh


http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3214/themedselfportraitwebvq5.jpg

[Jacob Kobryn]

Here's mine:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4886/jakekobrinstyalizedselfdi4.jpg

My theme is simple: FIRE

[MLara]

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/425/clownbymeganlaralw9.jpg

Theme: Me as a sad clown :(

Woof, I rushed the background a bit to get it in on time (I work tomorrow, blah). I'm pleased with how this turned out. I chose the sad/bum clown because, well, I am terrified of clowns and I thought this would be a fun challenge.

[vibhas_virwani]

im still working on it ....its WIP.....still got a lot to do ...but my computer keeps freezing ...... my theme is "scuicidal life " .... you will know why when you see it carefully ....else make your own interpretations ....

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/submit.jpg


this is what i got from the one above :
theme is suicidal life.....if you look carefully ...each 'me' is killing 'myself' in the piece...including the figure which has the focus, by taking drugs.......thats why i tried showing the stoned face...

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/finalsmall.jpg

[Dutchdevil]

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/3743/teenchallenge39copynl7.jpg

Theme : Roman Emperor

I tried my best coloring it, its like the second time i colored something i am not a star ...
C&C is appreciated !

greetz and happy holidays!

[vibhas_virwani]

i lost a little bit of patience in this piece...im not happy with it ....came out to be too comic-ish in the end....didnt intend that .... :(
im coming back stronger next time ....

and addelhead : please finish your work man ... its looking awesome ...

[Rasga]

Hello all
http://imagehost.extremedesigntuga.com/files/ozxwgpn02wnpn1wuwf27.jpg
my theme is thinking/brainstorming because i was thinking in what theme to choose and I didn't what to repeat myself or doing a SP related to the themes that i usually work.

[Clodioz]

hey! I found out this a few hours ago.. and I did somethig... a very quick one

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4816/21122007mk2.jpg
Me as a cowboy,,, a stupid cowboy holding a rifle without trigger hahahah ><

[Jacob Kobryn]

I'm just curious. How does my painting look in your monitors? On mine it's looks great! On the laptop however it looks over saturated, over contrasted, and choppy. How does it look on yours? And is there a way I can fix my monitor? I tried using a program called TrueColor but it didn't work. It's pretty old though, probably around 5-7 years.

[Jasper_]

Alright, I finally got something finished. I'm glad I did too, I think I really learned alot working through this one.

As for the theme, I was kinda going for some type of puppet or replica human being, a cyborg, something without a real personality

Deadline is today right? I just got some new parts for my computer, so I wanted to finish it before I went and screwed with my pc.

Everyone elses stuff is looking pretty kickass

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k192/Pyroclasm00/SPreadytosubmit.jpg

[yungks.ae]

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4306/selfportraitpy3.jpg


hmm, attachments disappeared.
this one took my a while, around 3 days on and off, a frustrating piece! But I like how it finished.

Theme: Assorted? Graffiti inspired?

[MLara]

Pyroclasm00: I really like how yours is rendered. Especially the mouth area! I think, though, that the right side of your face is a bit wide.

Edited to add: You kind of look like the Mad magazine/tv ginger kid.

[yungks.ae]

Pyroclasm00: I really like how yours is rendered. Especially the mouth area! I think, though, that the right side of your face is a bit wide.

Edited to add: You kind of look like the Mad magazine/tv ginger kid.

Agreed, lovely rendering, the textures are spot on.

[vibhas_virwani]

dude ... awesome works you guys ....spclly yungks.ae and pyroclasm00

and jake ... i think the colours of my monitor are fine and it does not look saturated.....nice effects though ....if you look at it for too long then it even seems like a reflection in "burning water".....(lame i know ...but it does...lol)

[Sung-jae Kim]

Yay, back from first semester of college...
Been slacking the whole week since I've been back... :|
Probably should have started this more than an hour ago :|
Well, here it is for now...Yikes, my features are all off...
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/Sung-jae_Kim/Teen%20Challenge/Portrait1.png

Oh yeah.. Theme.......
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YEAH!

[Blaz]

Yay more entries. The more the merrier! :D
I was in mood for some comments:



-Weeda: Well you definitley got your theme right. Nice interpretation of yourself as a junky. I like those textures, and i think that background is just fine, it gives the whole piece more dramatic look.

-Arbu: Ive seen your SP portrait thread and you the are becoming better and better. Nice.

-Stepherz: Hey nice theme .Yes its more cartoony than everyone else but that doesnt mean its worse than everyone else. Definitely a nice twist.

-Linguini: Great rendering. Love the simplicity of it and the "graphic" feel to it. The words are nice addition to the drawing, and the theme is clear. :)

-addleheaded: Looking good so far. I hope you finish it.

-Jake Kobrin: Ooh that looks scary. You did the fire effect very well. And It looks just fine on my monitor, well maybe the face is a bit too dark but maybe thats how its supposed to be.

-MLara: Wow, that is just awesome. The colors, the expression on the face, the overall mood. My favourite so far. :)

-vibhas_virwani: Yeah the theme is pretty much clear. Looks nice although your piece lacks some contrast and depth if you know what I mean.

-Dutchdevil: Well there are some anatomy and proportion issues. And the face is a bit off, the eyes are not simetric and nose seem flat. But overall its pretty decent for a beginner, and nice theme. :)

-Rasga: Hey! That face position is a bit hard to draw. You managed to do it very well though chin area looks a bit odd. I like the colors.

-Clodioz: Hehe, yeah a hardcore cowboy farmer indeed. Only thing you are missing is a piece of grain in your nouth. :teeth:

-Pyroclasm00:Lovely rendering and lighting. Those cracks look great. Only crit is that I dont like how you cropped the ears, I think you could leave a bit of space so they dont touch the border. Other that than its awesome.

-yungks.ae: Very nice. I like the pick of colors. Eyepatch and graffiti are nice details..

-Sung-jae Kim: Simple but very good. Great colors and reflections. Looks bit unfisnihed though, and the theme? O.o





Evil_Sloth where are you? :xpld:

[Mehz]

This was fun :D

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1669/tc39bxw2.jpg

Theme is 70's kung-fu films. I'm a young student of kung-fu out to avenge my master's death. haha. I dunno if this is actually a legitimate pose, i have no martial arts training whatsoever.

[Sung-jae Kim]

Thanks for the crit Blaz. :D
Well, here's an update
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/Sung-jae_Kim/Teen%20Challenge/Portrait2.png
Theme: Generic Self Portrait. :D
I'll probably make more changes.

[Jacob Kobryn]

Ya the face was supposed to be much darker than the fire. This was sort of the effect I was going for. This was painted by the airbrush artist Henry Pyykkö:
http://www.mrdist.se/Bilder/helmets/Hjalm%20eldskalle/eldskalle.jpg
I wanted to only use it for inspiration though so I turned my hair into the fire and I boosted the contrast between me and the fire.

[Iliada]

I'm probably too late and all, but I remembered about this half an hour ago, and decided to make a poor entry, just because it's better than none entry (?).

I chose the theme 'Artist'. As I've tried to illustrate, it isn't the artist who matters, it's the art he or she creates, no matter of it's a beginner, a kindergarten-child or a professional. It's the art that gives the artist colour.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/LiseIsMe/39copy3.jpg
~15 minutes, no reference.

[dingleberry]

:yayca: hemh ima participate tomm will upload pictures.

[Danuh]

Great work guys :D Alot of people entered in this one~

[Blaz]

Yeah but no sign of Evil_Sloth.

He should have opened voting thread long time ago. :(

[Jasper_]

Yeah, I wasn't sure how long it usually takes for the poll to be put up, but it seems like this is taking a while?

Evil Sloth said he'd be putting alot of effort into his entry, I was hoping he was going to post his.

[vibhas_virwani]

i wonder if sloth will mind if someone else opens the poll thread ???......plus , i am bored.....need another topic to work on ...

[addleheaded]

hmm... this turns slowly into a global boringness^^ (what?) i think we should pick a topic from the suggestion thread to start a new challenge.. imo we shall wait for sloth's return for the voting of this one.. he seems to be very busy but nothingtheless we all want to get new challenges to paint to x]

[Clodioz]

hahaha,,, by the way,,, the pirate got my vote. (blaz?)

with this extended deadline I could paint something so much better :( ..

[Jasper_]

i think we should pick a topic from the suggestion thread to start a new challenge.. imo we shall wait for sloth's return for the voting of this one..

I second that.

[Blaz]

Yup sounds like a good idea.
Who will open the new thread? And how are we supposed to pick new theme? :^^:

[addleheaded]

hmm.. we could do it here maybe few of us suggest a theme and we take the best one.. or we're looking in the suggestion list ;) but i would prefer a post apocalyptical thing because i didn't found it there

or maybe some maya action

[vibhas_virwani]

hey addlehead ; y dnt u just pik ANY topic ..randomly ....and we HAVE to work on that....if we keep deciding on the topic then everyone wld prefer the one they will be most comfortable with ....so just pik out any topic ....and that will be it ...else it will take time in deciding also ....and that will also be challenging ......what do you guys think ?? anyone has a problem with tht ?? it'll at least keep us going ...
cheers !!! n happy new year to everyone ...!!!!!!!!! :D

[addleheaded]

i had the same thought in the back of my head....well, i choose a nice topic and then open the thread.. hope you guys will be satisfied with my choice :) and i want to see lots of entrys
greez, jmh

[Micaiah Nelson]

Make a TBA (draw something using the TBA initials) thread or keep it in this one. Or Some sketches your doing while waiting or wonder in the threads below this one! Till next topic!

[Blaz]

Want me to open Voting thread or we are waiting for Evil_Sloth to come?