Teen Challenge #48: journey's end

[TLL]

A new round

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: journey's end
This is really open for interpreatation. The topic should be recognizable at your final image.



IMPORTANT
1. Add a border around your image with your name and the topic, like they do with the other of the week challenges.
2. Plese do not use attachment manager, but outside host your image.
3. Mark your final as final


The Deadline:
tuesday 2. July
three weeks this time, because I'm on holiday in two weaks and can't create a poll or new topic.

[graywolff]

good topic! leaves ALOT to the imagination. i cant actually think of what im going to do. -_-''

[Alex Chow]

I'm definitely in for this one. I've realized my arch-nemesis "Stiffness" from the High-Tech Knight challenge thanks to Justin., saw different styles from other users of the same age group, and, in turn, it was a great learning experience.

The topic certainly gives a lot of room for imagination. I'll see what I can cook up.

[ConstantRequiem]

super open ended. it'll be interesting to see how many ideas we all come up with. Like Mad Libs!

Journey's (adjective) End

happy, sad, humerous, imaginative, storybook what shall it be!

[sketcheth]

I definitely like this one. I feel like no matter what direction I take this, it's going to mean a enviro of some sort. Which is good...I never do those...:P I'm excited to see what you guys come up with!

[Goog]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[pokepetter]

Final I think:

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii288/pokepetter/TeenChallenge48JourneysEnd110060-1.jpg

Fast :)

[TLL]

Really fast this time pokepetter.
The composition looks good. But I think you should spend some more time with this tree. It looks too sketchy to me.

[Blargonaut]

Tough one this time... hopefully I can make it in time this time.

[pokepetter]

Really fast this time pokepetter.
The composition looks good. But I think you should spend some more time with this tree. It looks too sketchy to me.

Ok. Thanks for crit :).

I've made a new tree and updated the image.

I like the topic very much. I chose a sunset because it fit at an end of a journey (maybe it's a knight returning home from war?).

[TLL]

@ pokepetter: Now it looks really finished. ;)

[SLIMEface]

Really fast man , looks good too:) maybe add some clouds to the sky and some rim light to the soldiers. Also the land is so flat on the horizon it suggest a desert yet there are trees growing there , maybe a hill or mountain?

[TLL]

I thougt about clouds too, but I think they could destoy this scenery.
Maybe you could try it and compare the sky with clouds to the sky without clouds.
But I wouldn't add lights to the soldiers. I like the contrast between soldiers and sky.

In my opinion it's not necessary to change this image. You could try something like clouds if you've got some time left but it just looks good like it is now.
Thats what I think :^^:

[Goog]

eyyyy, poke, nice piece. Not really much to crit, new tree looks nice. One thing however, would be the guy on the left, because his spine is so straight it looks like he doesn't have one. Cheers mate.

[Goog]

blaerhaioegh...

I'm so tired of working on this.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/Googprod/Journey3copy.jpg

[graywolff]

hey man, the rendering is awesome on that Goog, might want to work on the anatomy a little bit as the head seems to be a tad big for the body, LOVE the work though, foreshortening of the arm is excellently done
! KEEP IT UP

[originaldoive]

awesome topic tll
i am happy to say that once again i am in
good luck everyone i hope the finals end up as good as the last challenge

[SLIMEface]

here is a snippet of mine, going to try and make something really good.
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8608/sneakydeekypeakxu2.jpg

[Me,Myself & Me again]

here is a snippet of mine, going to try and make something really good.
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8608/sneakydeekypeakxu2.jpg

We all hope so ;):rocker:

[Jasper_]

yo i might have to give this one a try...i haven't ever finished a teen challenge, but i like this topic so i'll see what i can do in three weeks.

[Jamie Romoser]

Cool idea for this teen challenge seems interesting gona try try and doodle somethin out.

[Me,Myself & Me again]

I believe this is my final :)

Description:
The journey is life. Once you die your last task would be to spend eternity at the edge of the world to watch over the universe in peace.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk174/chav-reaper/Journeysend_edited-1.jpg


I would'nt mind living there ;)
Let me know what you think guys.

[SLIMEface]

Looks good man. Mine is basically being made on the same concept:P
Maybe take the black form the picture and replace it with a dark colour rather than a totally unsaturated mark. Its up to you though:)

[Justin.]

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/7785/journeyendstcvy9.jpg

blugh... might be final. Might do something else. dont like it much

[graywolff]

Justin: Your style is impecable. i love it. even if t looks like base colours its insanely well conceptually. voting for you hands down.

heres mine!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/GrayWolff/endJOURNEY-2.gif


EDIT: Lame! the outline on the speech is pixelated. probably because ofthe resize, and it says "The journey ends for you here my friend"

[TLL]

@ graywolff: I would do this speech again. It just doesn't look good with this big pixels. It desroys the rest of the painting.

This time I'm going to participate myself. My painting has something to do with the european soccer championship 2008. But it's a big WIP at the moment.
Gonna post it in the evening.

[vibhas_virwani]

killer topic man !!! i hope i can finish this one , got a couple of other pieces that i gotta finish and then ill start on this one ,.... 48 is my unlucky number though :( ... anyway , im rooting for germany in euro 2008 what about you all ?

[Me,Myself & Me again]

Well i was rooting for england but since we suck i geuss i'm rooting for spain.
Next best thing.

[TLL]

Well I'm german so I support Germany. I hope the final will be Germany - Netherlands. (3:2) ^^

[graywolff]

here you go! redid the speech

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/GrayWolff/endJOURNEY-3.gif

[ijacobs9]

Well this is a quick base scetch I did...just wanna know what you guys think about the basic setup before I start coloring:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee181/enigma9/TCAtJourneysendsketch1.jpg
P.S. Sorry for the double post, had trouble with the image host.

[Tadas]

my attempt
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2622/wipcopyjpg2dj8.jpg

[TLL]

ijacobs9: This is the castle Neuschwanstein isn't it ?
I think the mountains doesn't look so realistic. They just look like many triangles. Try to to vary a bit.

cecill : Good idea

[ijacobs9]

Yea I did the castle from refrence and Ill try to do something about the mountans.
Thnx TLL

[Tadas]

final
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9555/forteensq9.jpg
critiques are welcome

[Shmaba]

I figured i'd add my own cliff idea. :P Final
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/PhantomBlaze/work/TC48JorneysEnd.jpg
(Photobucket made it smaller than it really is...)

[graywolff]

HAH ! i love it :), absolutely hilarious, rendering is a little vague though, but still! it gets a good message accross. :D

[zelda_geek]

Here's mine, final:
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5603/environment021v2rz2.jpg

[TLL]

Nice one Zelda.
Are the mountains painted over a photo? just looks like an overpeinting on the left side of it.

[Justin.]

zelda, awesome piece! simple but very very effective! I could only offer one small point of crit; The figures are dead center, and as a (very general) rule of thumb, you want to push your composition away from the center so you have "proportional interest" in the rest of the piece. I assume you've heard of the rule of thirds? It's pretty much saying that for most paintings, you'll want to put the compositional anchors 1/3rd or 2/3rds across the image. So in this case I'd probably move the climbers down the mountain a little until they are in the bottom 1/3rd of the pic. Good use of texture too, not overstated at all. Good work man!

[zelda_geek]

@TLL: Well, I started from scratch and then overlayed a texture, because I start with a pic and then paint over, it's easy to become the slave of the photo. Instead of having the photo work for me :)

@Justin: Thank you I really appreciate hearing that from you, and also thank you for the crit.
I'm totally aware of the rule of third, it's just that I tend to use that in all my pieces, and they kind of look the same. So this time I wanted to break the rule to create something different, but I just tried what you said and figured out that it was reading better (though I moved the climbers around the golden ratio instead of the third). I also refined the edges of the mountain.

[SLIMEface]

Great entries so far everyone:)
Here is my final , not totally happy with it and theres lots of problems but I'm sick of working on it now:P
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/9956/exploderopydn6.jpg
It's about dying as the end of the journey of life.
edit: reloaded it because my monitor was in a strange setting and was stretching everything out .

[TLL]

So guys here is my entry. First I planed to do some more german players, but I don't have no time left.
It shows the end of Croatias journey to the EURO in Austria and Switzerland.
This is no real result. It's not even sure that Croatia beats Turkey and reachs the semifinal. But I just hope this is going to be the result of the semifinal ;)

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4545/sendho4.jpg

[graywolff]

TLL: Very effective, love the idea :) the rendering is superb! one little peice of crit, the arm of the foregrounded character is a tad long, i know its annoying but maybe try finding your own way of measuring ? like from the outer thigh the the shoulders is usually the size of an arm, maybe find that size, split it in two and theres your arm? just a suggestion :) awesome work though!

Auncer: :wtf: are you SURE your a teen? so much detail! looks like a pro's :D love the colors and style ;)

[TLL]

Thanks graywolf. I'm going to spent some more time on the anatomy next time.

@ all: From now on I'm on holidays for 10 days. It's rather shure, that I wont be able to use the internet, so I wont answer any posts for the next 10 days.

[NathanRunge]

Some very nice works from all involved thus far. I hope I shall find the time to complete a work of my own for this very interesting challenge.

@Zelda :: While usually the rules for dividing the image are best followed, I feel that the vector of the climbers moving toward the peak actually divides the image very well. The flock of birds and the general shape of the mountain provide interest outside of the main elements, whilst guiding the viewer's eyes to the most important parts. Most importantly, the message is very clear.

I look forward to giving it a shot.

[Justin.]

Actually nathan he already changed it :D

and it looks better IMO!

tough competition this time :X

[racing2khaos]

Got lil spare time, i guess its finish...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/racing2khaos/Khaos.jpg

[NathanRunge]

I don't wish to be a bother, but I have been unable to find any strict rules regarding entries into this competition and I was wondering if there were any besides the obvious one of 'no plagiarism'?

Does one have to use any particular methodology in the creation of the work? E.g. Is matte-painting (using strictly original imagery) permissible?

Thank-you in advance for any assistance you can offer.

[graywolff]

hell yeah! go nuts, another rule is that if your not a Teen you cant enter! im not 100% sure but i would say that any medium is acceptable.

[NathanRunge]

hehe I suppose I missed that obvious one. Well I'm a teen for another few months anyway, so I suppose I should get in on the action while I can.

[Zirngibism]

Well, I was looking for a contest and just found this now-
Do most people take 3 weeks do do this though? Because if I start now I don't want to be at a disadvantage...

[graywolff]

lol i did mine in a week or less, :P im a bit strapped for time atm so thats why.

[Me,Myself & Me again]

did mine in 5 hours :)

[racing2khaos]

1hr :)

[graywolff]

lol i dont mean i did it for 1 week the whole time. i meant i just did little bits over a week :)

[vibhas_virwani]

here is my final :
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/TC48a.jpg

[mc2mc2]

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3717/journeysendentrywx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3717/journeysendentrywx6.dd9e042ac5.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=164&i=journeysendentrywx6.jpg)

need to work more on my hands :(

[Abused mule]

Ahhh~ I have a good idea for this one! *will start on this tomorow morning*

[Menasha-ashd]

Let's see what I can come up with in 2 days.

[Zirngibism]

...and I thought I was the procrastinator!
;-}

[graywolff]

mc2mc2 !! awesome :D:D:D love your peice :)

[Thanasimos]

...and I thought I was the procrastinator!
;-}

No, I'm the procrastinator!

Ninjassault, begin:

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/9113/selfportraitfinalbossfijn5.gif (http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/9146/selfportraitfinalbossfiod9.gif)

I had so much fun with this one. Unsurprisingly, while drawing this up, I was flashing back to the gaming days of old; Paper Mario and the classic sidescrolling Earthworm Jim were my big influences. The name of the "Level," so to speak, is "Who the [censored] Knows? (Final Boss)" which is really inspired by a level from Earthworm Jim, "What the heck?" with some awesome fire and brimstone stuff going on (And evil snowmen).
I suppose, then, that my official name for this piece is "Who the [censored] Knows? (Final Boss)" Whodathunk.

[Zirngibism]

Here's mine:

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/3011/citymodel1fullcompositixt0.jpg


(Worked my rear off on this.)

This is a stylized and somewhat surreal depiction of a retro-like, futuristic city, in celebration of the return of a team of top-notch civil engineers that had been kidnapped by a rival government to do them design work (this culture takes design and aesthetics a lot more seriously than ours). By the way, the figures are still inside the loading dock.

Their mass transit system takes the form of huge (around 20 stories) tubes, (one of which is shown sweeping through the foreground) that, through electomagnetism (repelling magents), send an internal train-like tube at dizzying speeds (because it's encapsulated it's impossible to de-rail).


That culture also loves fireworks, as they have two large machines actually built into an end tube, able to be loaded and shot up in sequence to a pre-programmed "show".

[sketcheth]

I'm always just over by like 10 minutes. Sorry guys. Here's mine whether it makes it to final or not...seems like there's never enough time to work on these things...procrastination kills.
Wow, guys, this was a really strong turnout! Nice job everybody!

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/pancakeofwrath/sketcheth_teen_challenge_48-3.jpg

eth.

[Thanasimos]

I'm always just over by like 10 minutes. Sorry guys. Here's mine whether it makes it to final or not...seems like there's never enough time to work on these things...procrastination kills.

Meh. You're on time in my time zone. Furthermore, the OP says Tuesday the second of July. That leaves it up for grabs as to whether or not the deadline is today -- Tuesday the first of July -- at midnight, or tomorrow -- Wednesday the second of July -- at midnight.

[sketcheth]

Meh. You're on time in my time zone. Furthermore, the OP says Tuesday the second of July. That leaves it up for grabs as to whether or not the deadline is today -- Tuesday the first of July -- at midnight, or tomorrow -- Wednesday the second of July -- at midnight.

Well I appreciate that! I know that the official Conceptart activities run by the pacific time, and me being in Missouri it gives me an extra two hours. :) I think that those directions were a little vague...We should go for a firm deadline next time around.

[Alex Chow]

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/3290/journeysend3gz8.jpg

"Alone, filthy, wielding a toilet seat cover shield and a kitchen knife duct taped onto a wooden stick, with absolutely no combat training...











...I think I can do it."

[Jamie Romoser]

Heres my entry had another entry but lost it cause my comp died have a brand new comp now and rushed this out , hope im not to late on this challege.

http://http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/6461/teenchallege48pz4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TLL]

Hey guys. I'm back from the first part of my holidays.
Gonna set up the poll and a new topic before I start to another journey to Italy with my family.

You've got some hours left to post your finals.

Really nice entries so far.

[paperX]

probably too late but worth a try...haven't done a teen challenge in a while :)

should be final:

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/2756/journeysendfinalfinalxo4.jpg

"At the end of your journey...you shall meet Thanatos, deity of death."

[Menasha-ashd]

Hope the message comes across somewhat! Farely weak painting here but was fun non the less, I found this great site yesterday on color theory here on CA http://www.huevaluechroma.com/011.php lot's of things to read about on there. I learned a few things I didnt undersatdn before either. I understand now why colors always turn out so bland when I do digital stuff.

Some very awesome stuff here! See you next time ;)

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l174/rocketmangrf/Landscape3Final.jpg

[paperX]

*Odd I can't find the attachment option in this thread wth? Either I'm blind or there's a reason I can't. I'm assumeing I'm just too late, oh well.*:wtf:



Menasha-ashd, the attachment manager doesn't work in the challenge arena subforum, you need to host it on a site like imageshack or photobucket and then attach by clicking on the "Insert Image" icon (the icon with the mountains) and paste the url into the textbox that pops up.

hope that helps :)

[Menasha-ashd]

Menasha-ashd, the attachment manager doesn't work in the challenge arena subforum, you need to host it on a site like imageshack or photobucket and then attach by clicking on the "Insert Image" icon (the icon with the mountains) and paste the url into the textbox that pops up.

hope that helps :)

I read his next challenge thread and came here, then flet a little stupider. =)

Thank you.