Confection #1 - Evolution`s Misfits. ~open to all~

[Chuck,mate.]

http://img36.picoodle.com/img/img36/4/2/14/f_confectionhm_8892805.jpg

Hello boys and girls.

This here challenge is a nice and fun designing exercise I had the pleasure of running for quite a while now at another CG forum.

The rules are simple enough, and the possibilities are Endless (well, no. not really, but the possibilities are quite vast...)

in a nutshell -
We give you 2 animals - you combine them into 1. you got about a week.
sounds easy, right? well, yeah. if you go the tomato route.
but keeping it unique and somewhat fresh is harder than one might think.

anyone who feel like giving it a go - is more than welcomed.
come the deadline - a public poll will determine our winner.
:)

confection #1 :
http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/2/14/f_toadeerm_8f6e6f3.jpg

deadline : Feb 21th, Thursday.

that`s it basically. if the response is good, we`ll do another one.

good luck ppl,
and cheers.

Pat.

[grenogs]

sounds similer to a job i had myself a few years ago, which was very fun. If i get time early next week i'll try and join in, though it may only be a quick b&w sketch if thats ok. Makes you wonder though, if these 2 animals did happen to find a way to breed, how big would the young be, could turn out to be an extremly large hairy toad with antlers, that should keep the french happy :)

[CharReed]

I used to love drawing half/ half animals back in middle school. It would be really great to do this again. I'll have to see if I can squeeze some time in to do this challenge!

[Joey-b]

ahhh here it is
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/Toaddeer.jpg

[Tony Shasteen]

Alright, here's my take on the Toadeer. For some reason I kept getting weird flashbacks of growing up in rural Tennessee.

http://www.theillustrator.com/images/Toadeer_Shasteen_Small.jpg

[Joey-b]

Tony thats so cool!, simmilair to mine but way better executed hehe, u may wanna look at the placement of the hind legs on the ground.. cause with the frog joints, the should be further a part i guess, looks rather awkward now

loving the details in this

[Chuck,mate.]

ho very cool guys.
Tony - excellent work. I really like the textures and bumps on that beast. :)

joey - it seems like an interesting creature, I just can`t see much of it.
maybe it`s the light and shade, or maybe it`s the size of the image. dunno.



hope to see more entries `till deadline.


:)
Pat.

[Tony Shasteen]

thanks guys! Joey - Yeah the legs do look awkward. I was going for a massive body on spindle like legs, so you get the new born calf wobble. I figured in a swampy environment it would use the legs to move around deeper water but rarely use them to hold up all its weight. You're right though... I think the placement of the far back leg could have been better. Maybe picked up out of the water in motion. Thanks for the comments guys!

[Joey-b]

Chuck - Thx, yeah i know its kinda crappy, but i didnt know if i had time to do something else and i just wanted to give this some attention cause its so freakin cool haha

anywayz i desided i wanted to do a better one so i did a pencil sketch
here it is, might just put some colors on this

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/toaddeersketch.jpg

[Tony Shasteen]

That's cool man, kinda like a "Bull frog". Looks great.

[Joey-b]

Tony - thx a lot im glad u like it!

I Even colored it, wanted to do a bit illustration like combined with Chuck's Style

hope it looks good, i tend to like it
FINAL VERSION
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/TheToadeer.jpg

[Bastardcries]

hi!
since my wacom arrived three weaks ago i tried to paint every free minute and every new painting teaches me a lot of stuff. as i saw this thread i decided to take part and it really was a lot of fun for me! so first i wanna say thx for this nice challenge :).
so here´s mine:^^
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/047/a/6/Toadeer_by_Bastardcries.jpg

sry if my english is bad :/

[Chuck,mate.]

Joey-b - nicccceeee.... :) I like it better.

Bastardcries - hey man, welcome. looking very nice. the lighting doesn`t really work well all the way through the piece, but that`s fixable. keep at it! :)




Pat.

[Bastardcries]

thx :) i tried to do some lighting changes hope it works a little bit better now...
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/047/2/e/Toadeer_by_Bastardcries.jpg

[Chuck,mate.]

no more takings, ha?

that`s a shame. ho well.
:)



hope it picks up.




P.

[Joey-b]

Hey Chuck, where is ur entry? or are u not gonna enter ur own little challenge?

would be cool, ow and will ur at it.. please post ur progress as well than

just visited your site, love the progress u got posted there

[muffin_wrangler]

Here's my Toadeer :D

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h246/mmmmmmb/Deertoad.jpg

[manic magpie]

Hi, I hope you don't mind if I join in.

Here is a WIP of my toadeer so far.

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/andrewg2442/toadeer.jpg

(I thought I was being clever by giving it a deer head and a frog body but I see muffin wrangler beat me to it. Ah well.)

[Chuck,mate.]

Joey-b - hey thanks man. no, I don`t think I`ll have the time to post an entry, I just thought it`ll be fun for you guys. ;)

muffin_wrangler, manic magpie - welcome guys. looking good. :)



Pat.

[Bastardcries]

hey guys :) nice to see some more pics in this thread:bounce:

[myalias]

quick sketches, just trying to have some fun :]
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4980/toadeerthumbnailspx9.jpg

[Chuck,mate.]

myalias - man these are Hilarious! :)
great sketch work. looking forward to your piece.


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[Bastardcries]

hi ;)
small update...the toadeer now fits better in the overall picture i think
http://www.oceansmultigaming.de/up/img/fb5dd07fadc33ea79b4c9743b4396d58.jpg

[Chuck,mate.]

well, good going ppl. :)

Poll is up:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=118972



Pat.

[leikosuzuka]

I'm sorry if this is last minute, but here's mine!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/leikosuzuka/toadeer.jpg