Chow 141 :: VOTING :: The Ghosts of Christmas

[daestwen]

FINALS ONLY
-=ROUND 141=-
-=THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS=-

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ROUND #141 :: GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS

DESCRIPTION

This is a two-week Chow for the holidays! Because you have some extra time, you are asked to do three characters this year. For those of you familiar with Dicken's the Christmas Carol, you'll recognize all three: The Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Please feel free to go wild with these designs - you don't need to stay exactly true to the description in the novel, just to the spirit! There have been plenty awesome designs of these characters over the years, so take a look for some inspiration!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Christmas_Past
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Christmas_Present
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Christmas_Yet_to_Come

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol
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ACCEPTANCE TO POLL WILL BE BASED ON THREE CRITERIA:
1: DID THE ARTIST FOLLOW THE BRIEF? (allowance for creative takes will be made).
2: IS THE PIECE ARTISTICALLY SOUND? (Is the illustration "finished?" - did the artist pay attention to anatomy, perspective, other fundamentals?).
3: IS THIS ILLUSTRATION THE BEST ONE?

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THE REST IS EASY:
1: No comments before poll is set. They WILL be deleted with utmost malice and petty grumbling. >:{
2: Sit back and enjoy the show. BYOPC (Bring your own popcorn)
3: Good luck to all.

[daestwen]

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[Mock]

Hope I formatted this right. First finished ChoW for me.

[scorge]

Excellent work ladies and gentlemen.

[shannanigan]

Happy 2009 Everybody! :D

WIPs: Rough Sketch (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=549373&stc=1&d=1230393345) - Cleaned Up Sketch (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=549972&stc=1&d=1230477003) - Line Art (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=552664&stc=1&d=1230781021)

Copyright: Shannon Finch 2009/01/03
Category: ConceptArt/Characters/Other/Photoshop

[duckyfeets1]

Here we go. I had to rush it at the end with the background. Im just so officially out of time, and I still need to pack.

Copyright: Alyssa Jones/ConceptArt/Characters/Cartoon

[Crowsrock]

I handled the three ghosts separately. I hope that's OK.

[IIKII]

Ghosts of Christmas. Past, Present & Future

Past
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Present
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Future
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The Three Ghosts
555385

[SOUTHERN]

http://www.southerngfx.co.uk/uploads2008/chow141_southern.jpg

[Pixeltuner]

Here's mine, nice work everybody :steph:

[vaughany_boy]

Final

@ Daestwen: The first post still says this round is the betty page tribute just above the description, incase you wanna fix it. :)

Sweet work people.

[Daniela Blanco]

Here is my final...........and wips


The thing with the color pencil didn't work out......so I repainted it with Photoshop.....hope you like it...

[Tommoy]

I am always glad christmas is over so for me they are all dead.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t19/Tommoy/COW141MakingD.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t19/Tommoy/COW141Dk-1.jpg

[Jeremy Hoffman]

Here my final version and wips. Not so happy with the color fill in, because my time was up. Now i've got to wait for next Christmas :-)

[r.mccabe]

Here we go, I got it finished! Such a worthwhile thing to do. Wip posts 1 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2055362&postcount=39)2 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2067679&postcount=206) First time in a chow, I know what to do different next time. Good luck everyone.

[MEMPER]

Heres mine...
I did some changes. The death looking ghost is the ghost of the past(dead). The ghost of the future is the techy, inhuman looking one that needs a respirator. The fat one is the ghost of the present(blind and gluttonous).

[MJ_Alcazar]

Ok, this will be my final. Had a lot of fun with this one.

EDIT: I forgot about this. Mashea Johnson - ConceptArt - Characters - Fantasy - Other

[PuppyKitten]

I had epic plans for this with tons of bows, ribbons, candles, ornaments and holly.

But I pinched a nerve in my neck yesterday and can barely sit, let alone draw. All I had finished was some of the skin/dresses. So I just scribbled in whatever I could to make it looked "finished".

The hair, bows, socks/feet, and antlers all look like unfinished CRAP. Please do not look at them. And the faces don't match. I'm so sorry, but I truly cannot work another minute on this.

[spaztastic]

I am finally done, this piece took forever. I managed to get everything finished in 4 days. I started really late. This is my version of Dickens Christmas story, Party Cabo Style. There were gonna be beer cans and what not strewn about the ground but I didn't have enough time to put them in. Hope you all enjoy. I'll try and get the WIPS up later.

Copyright: Megan Krajnak 1/04/2009
Category: ConceptArt/Characters/Comedy/Painter

[FunkdaFide]

I didn't really document much of my progress so I hope what I got works. Kinda just wung it from the get go.

[daestwen]

NO ENTRIES PAST THIS POINT.

Thank you.

[daestwen]

Poll is up!

A few cuts today.

Quality Check/Rough/Unfinished Work

duckyfeets1: Really rushed and doesn't read too well because of all the glittery stuff. My personal suggestion would be to adjust the composition a bit - bring the canvas down lower so that they're feet aren't just randomly cut off - straighten out the couch, and adjust the two figures so that they're better grounded on it, and try to unify the colour and the lighting.

vaughany_boy: Firstly, please post wips. :P This isn't why you were cut, however. Your piece isn't finished - especially the background looks really rough and rushed. Spend a little more time in making the piece more coherent and readable.

danielablanco: Traditional methods are always welcome here in Chow, even when re coloured, but this particular piece really feels too rough to take to poll. My suggestion would be to take out the crosshatching from the background all together, and clean up the hatching on the characters. Crosshatching can look really, really awesome when done carefully, but if it's even just a little bit too sloppy then it just ends up looking rough and messy.

r.mccabe: Unfinished and rough. The Future Spirit is quite, quite difficult to read with my monitor - you might want to try a few different monitors when working so dark just to make sure that everyone viewing the poll will be able to read it properly.


Did not cut but could have:

Mock: You didn't link your wips. :P Lucky for you I saw them in the thread several times, but next time please either post them with your image, or post links to them in the thread.

IKII: Again, no wips, but I saw them in the thread.

Southern: Same goes for you. :P Since this round is a small one, I'm letting you guys off the hook, but in a larger round this would get you cut.

Tommoy, Jeremy Hoffman, spaztastic: Please remember to save your filename properly!

MEMPER: Wips...? I can't recall if I saw any in the thread, but I'll let it pass this week. Please, next time remember to include them.

[Wiggers]

Voted for

Jeremy Hoffman, MJ Alcazar and Puppykitten.

[PuppyKitten]

Scorge: Very intense looking image. I love Past and Future and the lighting!

Shannanigan: Cute scene and nice warm lighting. I could totally see this as a cartoon or children's book.

Duckyfeets: I like where you were going with yours. I think a little more time on it would have really made a big difference. Especially the bg.

Crowsrock: Each of those is huge! Must have taken forever. I especially like the kids with the Present Ghost.

Pixeltuner: You already know how much I like this. Especially the Future gost. Great job!

Funkdafide: Love the dramatic ligthing. It's perfect for the image.

Tommoy: Very expresive technique and neat colors. A little rough, but I like those types of pictures.

Mock: Another one I was really liking from the beginning. Such nice colors and a great bg!

MJ: Classy. I am impressed you had time to do each ghost separately. And your colors are warm and Christmassy. Really nice.

PuppyKitten: Learn to draw, retard. Anatomy fail.

IIKII:Talk about colorful! Whoa. Very bold and interesting. I'm jealous that you're so brave with color!

Southern: Totally gorgeous. You have a neat way of using textures!

Vaughany boy: Love the little kids. I also like how you did three whole scenes. Must have taken forever.

Danielablanco: I don't know if it was on purpose, but all your ghosts look really creepy. In a good way though.

Jeremy Hoffman: Hilarious. Future looks AWESOME.

r. mccabe: I like the painterly style. I wish present and future were both defined a bit more though. Especially future.

MEMPER: Love the colors and technique. Past and Present look really great to me.

Spaz: Way to rock it. You already know how cool this is. You totally got my vote. Have you ever been to advanced anime? The drawing in your avatar looks familiar.

[Pixeltuner]

Voted for Jeremy. Would've voted for PuppyKitten based on technical quality but I think there's no real visual distinction between the ghosts: sorry Puppy :(

[Mock]

Voted for Jeremy, Puppy, and Pixeltuner. I agree that there wasn't a lot of distinction between the ghosts in Puppy's, but the technical skill and overall image quality are fantastic. I couldn't help myself. =P

[PuppyKitten]

Voted for Jeremy. Would've voted for PuppyKitten based on technical quality but I think there's no real visual distinction between the ghosts: sorry Puppy :(

I agree that there wasn't a lot of distinction between the ghosts in Puppy's, but the technical skill and overall image quality are fantastic. I couldn't help myself. =P



Aw, that's okay.

I didn't get to add the details that might have made a difference. They are supposed to be separated by age and outfit. Future has biggest antlers, longest hair, longest dress, longest socks, and most lace. Past has the least of all these things.

I am aware that it's a pretty darn subtle difference. I'll try to be better about that next time :)

[spaztastic]

Aww puppykitten I loved yours, it got my vote. So did pixelturner, Southern, Mock, Shannanigan, and Jeremy Hoffman. All the others are really good, but those are the ones that caught my attention the most. So different and lively. everybody did a great Job.

Puppykitten: I have no clue what this advanced anime you speak of is, is it a site or just advanced art(I am special I know...heheheh by that I am tarded).
The one thing I wish I could have done for my pic is close ups on the faces, feet and hands... I spent forever on those blasted things and the resize does them no justice. ah well.

[PuppyKitten]

Aww puppykitten I loved yours, it got my vote. So did pixelturner, Southern, Mock, Shannanigan, and Jeremy Hoffman. All the others are really good, but those are the ones that caught my attention the most. So different and lively. everybody did a great Job.

Puppykitten: I have no clue what this advanced anime you speak of is, is it a site or just advanced art(I am special I know...heheheh by that I am tarded).
The one thing I wish I could have done for my pic is close ups on the faces, feet and hands... I spent forever on those blasted things and the resize does them no justice. ah well.


It's a website I used to go to when I was really into anime about five or six years ago. Your avatar looked like a drawing I remember seeing there.

And don't worry, those beautiful feet look great, even at the smaller size. Though I wouldn't mind a close up as well, I could never get them to look that nice.

[spaztastic]

Now I am noticing that my lighting is really off on a lot of things...And I'd like to define that BG a little bit, I am allowed to go back in and fix that? Do you know Puppy?

[Mock]

They are supposed to be separated by age and outfit. Future has biggest antlers, longest hair, longest dress, longest socks, and most lace. Past has the least of all these things.



Oh! That makes sense. Somehow I'm slow this morning and didn't pick up on that.

You skin shading is superb, though. The smoothness of it reminds me a bit of Gatling's work.

[r.mccabe]

Voted for pixeltuner and Mock. Completely understand being cut. Present was done in a few hours as was past. I thought I should finish but hadn't given myself the time. I'll do my best to make up for it on the round table chow!

[PuppyKitten]

Now I am noticing that my lighting is really off on a lot of things...And I'd like to define that BG a little bit, I am allowed to go back in and fix that? Do you know Puppy?

Not for the poll.

But you could definitely make changes and put it in the Revisit & Revision thread. Or even the Finally Finished section.

[DauDau]

PIXELTUNER - love the idea of three ghosts waiting at the bus stop - the image of souls in the red of the "death" figures robe. Enjoy how i'ts all linked.

FUNKAFIDE - The way you've presented them, really works. It's a really well balanced work, and you've stayed true to the story.

TOMMOY - I like the idea of the three zombies of xmas, but a little too spooky for me and her jump doesn't make sense to me. Good work, though.

MOCK - Especially the two on the left are really amiable and wonderful in colors as they stand very much in unison, their head turned w. eyes up, the same way. The last character a little too dark and dissapears, I think. Overall, I really like it. Nice details on the embroidery, belt etc.

MJ ALCAZAR - The green lady is beautiful and especially the face of the little light character (xmas past) works really well for me. Not sure why you add shadows the way you do.

PUPPYKITTEN - Wonderful! And so glad you didn't add a lot of extra stuff. It stays airy and magical, this way. I hope the nerve in your neck will be okay soon.

IIKII My Favorite is the lady with the floating legs in an upside down world. It's the pixie like message, that I'm drawn to. The colors are very intense, though, especially the green. The last ghost, that plays the glowing harp strongs, is also a cool idea.

CROWSROCK - Adding goblin like creatures is a fun idea. Gives an impression of more going on, than just visiting Scrooge. You've captured the androgynous vibe very well and created a truly bright character.

SCORGE - Love the details most of all. The icicles on the green leaves. The glowing clocks, the many hands.... A very special eerie light on the whole thing, which makes the colors doubly important. Very much part of the mood.

SHANNANIGAN - At first glance a fun idea, making them very human and approachable. At second glance, I'm impressed with the details of the hem of the cloak, the plaid of her dress etc.

SOUTHERN - Really enjoy your idea and gumshoe of carrying it out. This is so different and very imaginative. A lot of electrical light effects. Fun characters.

SPAZTASTIC - You are really good at creating from photo, which I imagine you must have done. I'm impressed with the faces, the feet, and coming so far with this, because you had a lot of work to do, last minute. Fun idea, too.

JEREMY HOFFMAN - Not only does it make me giggle, grin and laugh... it's just really good. I also enjoy the details very much. That pompom on his head and his knitted Norwegian cape... The stockings on her, the watch... And a good background setting. You know it's good quality art too, right?

[Daniela Blanco]

Really great work...........congrats to all.....

My votes are in equality for:

PuppyKitten: I know it's not finished as you would like it to be..........but if your "rough" work is like this......I keep imagining how is your "final".........:] really great....

Southern: The paint and composition are great......but what really outstands from the others is the concept........a really well-thought concept.....

Jeremy Hoffman: The style and atmosphere are just perfect......awesome work on light and shadow.......Wish I could creat such mood.........



Daestwen: thanks for the advices........it really turned out pretty rough.......much more than I thought it would be......that's why I totally understand why not going to poll was fair enough :} .....I'll try your advice about cleaning the background...

PuppyKitten: that was really my intention......to make them creep but in a not so serious way.......thanks for comment....

[shannanigan]

Ugg... so hard to choose! I admit I gravitate towards the comedic so I'm sure you can guess my favorites! LOL!

Pixeltuner - Aside from the obvious skill in this, the future Ghost in particular is beautifully executed! I love Future's bunny and Yo-Yo. Hilariously unexpected... my kinda art! :D

Spaztastic - The faces and hands are really amazing... and Emo Future is yacking in the Snuffer. Whats not to love?

Jeremy Hoffman - I did it for the pom-pom... LOL!


Shannanigan: Cute scene and nice warm lighting. I could totally see this as a cartoon or children's book.

Thank You! That is exactly what I was going for... so I'm glad thats the mood it gives off to others... :D


SHANNANIGAN - At first glance a fun idea, making them very human and approachable. At second glance, I'm impressed with the details of the hem of the cloak, the plaid of her dress etc.

Thanks! I like to add super subtle secret details.... because you have to take a 2nd, 3rd, etc. look to find them all. Its my Where's Waldo Effect... LOL!

[MEMPER]

hmm. I know I cant be part of the threads as much as I'd like to but I hope thats not the reason I wasnt included in the voting.
And I would like to apologize for the lack of wip's. I hadn't any idea they were to be included.
So why is my entry not in?

[daestwen]

damn, MEMPER, It was supposed to be. Give me five minutes and I'll fix it, and throw a few complimentary votes your way. Sorry about that. :/

EDIT: Okay, you've been added to the poll and I gave you five votes. Again, apologies, there's a bunch of steps to making the poll and your image got left behind during one of them.

If Anyone Who Has Already Voted Would Like To Add A Vote For MEMPER, Please PM Me.

Thanks!

[PuppyKitten]

I want to vote for MEMPER. PM sent. :)

[MEMPER]

Just saw this. No worries. I just wanted to finally see (for myself) a finished image in the voting. Dae-please disregard the pm I just sent you.

[spaztastic]

Puppy you are so totally almost tied with Hoffman. that friggen rocks.

[PuppyKitten]

I think he's going to win.

The people have spoken, and they have chosen an adorable Mr. Death man with a pom-pom over three deformed girls in ugly outfits with no proper bg. :P

[Venger]

It's only day one Pup, stay positive :D

(I'm taking bets....):P

[spaztastic]

now now Puppy at least you have more than 5 votes, Hoff is only leading you by 1 vote so cheer up. Venger again thank you I have been trying to fix the lighting on that piece of mine, seeing as I used so many different refs with different lighting it's a little harder than I imagined, and I like the anatomy of the PO you did too, I knew something was off I just couldn't pinpoint it. So thank you I shall go work on those.

[scorge]

So few entries for such a great topic....but all in all a beautiful round.
My Votes :
Pixel Tuner: I remember first seeing your work in the Deep, and I've been hooked ever since. Your colors and sense of character are wonderful and I look forward to what you'll do next. I especially love the future. But then again, who doesn't?:teeth:
PuppyKitten: First of all thank you for the comment. Can't seem to get enough of those these days. Secondly, I've never seen your work before and I have to admit I am blown away. Phenomenal would be an understatement. I'm not too sure how I feel about the three little girls thing, but I have a feeling that there's much more to this piece and I applaud you for it. I look forward to your future stuff as well.
Jeremy Hoffman: Liked it since I first saw it, and love it now. So where did you manage to find that personality brush anyway? Great job man.

My almost votes:
Funkdafide: Great job on the lighting and keeping these guys separate but together. Background looks very nice and the past looks awesome. I do think you could have developed the other two a little bit more though.
Tommoy: Definitely dark and frightening. Scrooge would have been crapping himself all night if he had to deal with these three.
Mock: Nice work especially in the costume design. The only issues I have would be the angle of past and presents heads are the same and I would have liked to see more of her face. Future is great.
MJ Alcazar: I have to admit I've been watching your work for a long time now and cannot belive the progress you've made in such a short time. Congrats on being a CA student and I can't wait to see your creations in major publications someday. One thing you might want to focus on is depth and mass. Your characters still have a relatively flat look. Keep up the good work.
Crowsrock: Your story telling ability is very good. Kudos for sticking to the story and composition. Finishing could use work.
K: Each piece is strong in its own right, but there seems to be no connection between them and their purpose. Still, great work.
Shannanigan: I second Puppy's comments and love your style and put- together-ness of the whole thing. Very nice!
Southern: Always been a fan and this is no exception. Love the little details and vibrancy of the colors.
Spaztastic: Good for you getting it in on time and really beautiful job on those expressions. I'm assuming the booze is the spirit reference?
Memper: Terrifying and dark. If they tell this story down in hell, this is what these guys would look like. Good work but a little too off topic.

[IIKII]

Voted on Jeremy Hoffman. Really like the characters and the style in them.

Well i am a little disappointed but it inspired me to try harder and be much better at the next chow.

[Adele]

I voted for Jeremy Hoffman, love the cartoon style and the end look you went with! I like when I look at something and keep finding certain special details...the skull on the top of the cane is awesome and I love the little ribcage. There isnt alot of different things you can do with the death-like figure, but you have managed to express certain parts that work...the other characters are lovely too and the composition of them altogether works nicely. Well done!

well done everyone.

[Jeremy Hoffman]

Wraaah, just typed a long reaction for everybody's work and i deleted it all :-(
Sniff, sniff......

Nothing to do about it! So now i'll only going to tell for who i voted and why.
I've choosen in two disciplines: Story and style/technique

Pixeltuner (story) and PuppyKitten (style/technique).

Pixeltuner: I realy like the humor in it and the feeling i get from it. It tells me a little story. Something is happening in the picture. A good combination of the real christmas story and an unusual side story where they landed in. It makes me laugh and wonder.
- Maybe the female ghost should have been standing between the two other ghosts. Now she gets a little bit lost on the side in the composition because of her light colors beside the two dark ghosts and the rest of the light inviroment. Beside that it looks great!

PuppyKitten: This one is looking realy good. Technique is great. And i like the composition and color use. You realy know what you are doing and you can see that, compliments!
- The only thing is that i'm missing the story of the three different ghosts in character. They all look alike, with as a result that you get the same feeling for each different ghost. But beside of that i understand what you ment with youre choice/idea and i liked it.

And for the rest of the creations: Great work! Like the developments i've seen!

Ohw....and thanks for all the cool reactions.
Too bad my color fillin was not as i had in plan :-(. Maybe i prefered the black/white version. Next time i will do better in that.

[Pixeltuner]

Jeremy: People are already calling you The Hoff, maybe you should get a David Hasselhoff avatar ;) I'd be happy to make one for you tomorrow :p

[Tommoy]

I've voted for
Puppykitten: gorgeous drawing very subtle.
Scorge: well balanced figures and still each on his own.
Southern: the freakiness and the superb colors.
Memper: spooky, I love this style.

[DeKal]

PUPPYKITTEN - really great work. i voted for you. the faces have an audrey kawasaki feel to them. the skin tones are ethereal. no ref?

[spaztastic]

yay Puppy you have 54 votes thats sooooo AWESOME.

[PuppyKitten]

PUPPYKITTEN - really great work. i voted for you. the faces have an audrey kawasaki feel to them. the skin tones are ethereal. no ref?

Thank you! That's a sweet compliment.

The faces, hm? The noses, mouths, and face shapes are the same as I always draw them...

BUT in an attempt to get away from my anime roots I've been making the eyes thin instead of tall/round (I've been doing that more and more lately) and I have to say I have been happy with the results.

Could that be it? If the eyes can make that big of a difference, then I am totally going to develop my technique on them more. Skintones too (coloring skin is my favorite part)

And no reference. I never use it and I really should start learning how. I've definitely hit my limit of what I can realistically render from imagination. :(

[Aly Fell]

Voted for:

Tommoy, MJAlcazar, Puppykitten (bit of a Mark Ryden vibe here), Jeremy Hoffman and Memper. Could have given one for all of 'em though! Great stuff!

Goodness knows what Dickens would have made of these! ;)

[PuppyKitten]

Voted for:

Tommoy, MJAlcazar, Puppykitten (bit of a Mark Ryden vibe here), Jeremy Hoffman and Memper. Could have given one for all of 'em though! Great stuff!

Goodness knows what Dickens would have made of these! ;)

Didn't know who that was, but I looked him up and I think maybe I recognize his stuff. He's uh.... certainly interesting. :P

[Studio Colrouphobia]

Pixelturner and Puppykitten, because Pixelturners is just awesome and women with horns is a fetish (and it's awesome!)

[PuppyKitten]

Pixelturner and Puppykitten, because Pixelturners is just awesome and women with horns is a fetish (and it's awesome!)

Lies!

:assspank:

No but seriously, I appreciate the support either way (and I'm sure PixelTuner does too), but I can't see where you've voted. You sure it went through?

[Pixeltuner]

Lies!

:assspank:

No but seriously, I appreciate the support either way (and I'm sure PixelTuner does too), but I can't see where you've voted. You sure it went through?

I certainly do, many thanks to all who voted! (there's still a few days, I know) Makes me try even harder on the next CHOW :painting:

[HareTrinity]

Voted for Southern and Southern only. Guess people were busy with the holidays!

Like:
- The lack of gender in 2 of them (maybe I just don't know my lore here, but I kind of expect ghosts of time, not people, to be unnerving, not sexy/beautiful/entertaining)
- The inclusion of a bit of modern technology (it's all very well keeping Past ghosty all ancient, but it makes sense for Present/Future to have something hinting past that)

Seriously though, Puppykitten, your piece creeps me out. Why are the 2 underdeveloped ghosts touching up that younger one? That Past and Future are both older than Present also confuses me. Shouldn't an older woman (or at least a fully developed woman, in face/body as well as chest) be part of this?

...Maybe it's just because small children scare me.

And Duckyfeets1; shame you didn't make the cut, the glittery is a little annoying, but the lineart was nice (maybe you should try a black and white piece), and I think it makes sense for Past to be nude.

[PuppyKitten]

Seriously though, Puppykitten, your piece creeps me out. Why are the 2 underdeveloped ghosts touching up that younger one? That Past and Future are both older than Present also confuses me. Shouldn't an older woman (or at least a fully developed woman, in face/body as well as chest) be part of this

Underdeveloped? They both have nice-sized breasts. Not every woman is a DD cup.

"Touching up that younger one"? They are both forming a protective circle around the younger one. An instinctual need, perhaps, to coddle and protect the sort of nostalgia and tradition we all have in our past Christmases.

And yes, one of them should be significantly older. This failure was in my technical ability. Sorry :( The one leaning over the youngest (with the largest antlers and most clothing) was meant to be oldest, and I certainly didn't mean for her to come across as child like in any way. I didn't want her to be an old grandma though.

[HareTrinity]

Underdeveloped? They both have nice-sized breasts. Not every woman is a DD cup.

"...A fully developed woman, in face/body as well as chest."

Their breasts are great (I like to see less than basketballs too), I meant their legs/faces/arms/etc. Okay, many women have nicer thighs than me, but their shoulderblades look very obvious and their arms very thin towards the shoulder.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-485432/Girl-8-sparks-child-exploitation-fears-announces-attempt-swim-English-Channel.html
That's an 8 yr old and her arms don't look that thin (admittedly she's a swimmer, and maybe I just don't look at many young girls to have a better idea of their anatomy, but something in how they're shaped makes me uneasy).

And sorry if I sounded crude before with the "touching up" thing, it was meant in a light-hearted way and I was partially trying to pinpoint why it creeps me so much. The art's very good, but the characters scare me.

I guess in that respect they're the most ghost-like here!

[PuppyKitten]

Their breasts are great (I like to see less than basketballs too), I meant their legs/faces/arms/etc. Okay, many women have nicer thighs than me, but their shoulderblades look very obvious and their arms very thin towards the shoulder.


I'll blame it on lack of reference, and make a point to be more conscious of the arm size in the future. I agree that I make them too thin in most of my drawings.

Thanks for the head's up. :)

[spaztastic]

Puppy I guess many people don't understand the weird concepts of Anime and Manga.... I like it alot, the horns make them very interesting. I wish you could have added the bows and what not, but it's even better with out them. I like the frill on girls in anime it makes them really cute. thats just me, I am weird everyone by now should know that.

[Jeremy Hoffman]

Thanks for all of you who voted!! :-)