Teen Challenge: Topic ideas

[xabian]

Teen Challenge

Please feel free to post some ideas for the Teen Challenge.
The topics can be of whatever theme you feel like. it could be sci-fi, fantasy, modern, wild western, mechanical, steampunk, post apocalyptic it could be absolutely anything!
But remember to try and to give artists enough space to let the creative juices flow and create something truly unique =D

[erinel]

these are just suggestions or starting points. if you use any I'd suggest better wording them

It came from:
(insert almost anything)
the sea
the sky
space
mars
underground
new york city
etc

prehistoric underwater civilization
dragons are the new dogs
a person after 10000 years of evolution

[xinranliu]

"scarf"
"scar"
"stranger"
"stomp"
"stellar unit"
"scarcity"
"soil"

im in an "s" mood ha

[Pakwa]

Sewers
Underground
Devolution
"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"
Misunderstanding
Time and space
Mine (like for example gold mine)
Half

[Craz]

How about "Oh, Shi- !"

[JailHouseRock2]

How about "Oh, Shi- !"


Lol I like it!

OK then lets see...

Eternal Darkness
Rage against the machine
sleep walking
forever light
slapstick
Drunk Love
And I like Noodles idea "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"

Sorry lots of randomly vague shitty topics
My bad,
matt

[Nibras]

Warlord
Guardian
War angels
God's army
Gladiators

Am in the mood for something, epic, big, fantasy and has to do with fantasy like wars

Basically anything along the theme of very fantasy wars

[Wiggles]

I want to get in on some of this Teen Challenge! I've looked at some of the entries and I'm thoroughly impressed! Okay, some ideas I have

Mechanical Dream
Lost and Confused
Snowy Nightmare
Cyber Utopia
Trail less Traveled
Unfolding Horror
A Victor Stands Alone

More later. I cannot wait to begin! :D

[JailHouseRock2]

Thought I'd bump this,
and any chance of making this a sticky?

cheers
matt

[QuaTronics]

here's an idea of mine,

draw the world trough the eyes of an animal..
so like a dog, cat , fish, cow birds.. penguins.. xD
that way we would have alot of variation.. especially in the enviroments :)

[Jacob Kobryn]

Hmmm.... I wondered through iTunes and picked the most image-provoking song titles I could find:

Between the Absu of Eridu and Erech
Nunbarshegunu
In the Name of Auebothiabaithobeuee
Fire Above, Ice Below
She Painted Fire Across The Skyline
The Misshapen Steed
Hallways Of Enchanted Ebony
As Embers Dress The Sky
Enter the Hall of Ice
Where Silent Gods Stand Guard
The Dragons' Flight Across The Waves
Guardians Of Asgaard
Varyags Of Miklagaard
Regret
Feel
Destiny
Goodbye Cruel World
Argael... A Wisdom Called Hate
Trapped Under The Iron Sky
Shipwrecked Frontier Pioneer
Fire
Earth
Water
Air
Unquestionable Presence
An Incarnation's Dream
...black wings
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Exospacial Psionic Aura
Behind the Wall of Sleep
Children of the Grave
Procession Of The Dead Clowns
Still Day Beneath the Sun
Blackwater Park
Beneath the Mire
The Night and the Silent Water
To Bid You Farewell
Holy Tears
Charmicarmicarmicat Shines to Earth
The Repellent Scars Of Abandon And Election
The Shrine Of Mad Laughter
Chaining The Katechon


... I could go on for days and days but it's late and I need some rest. I hope those suggestions suffice.

[_Forrest]

men riding dragons throwing wolves at maggots! <--- greatest topic ever

[Sperling]

It scares me
Things you always forget to do
3 AM
If iPods never came to be
RPGs in 50 years
It got my shoe



Will edit with more later, as the ideas come to me...

[a la bapsi]

think we can sticky this?

MORE SUGGESTIONS!

[zelda_geek]

Created during spanish class, haha. Just a little something;)

The train station
The brawl
Dragon hunter
Magic coffeebeans
Kung fu knight duel
Shaolin training ground
Kitchen massacre
Battle Creek

[rossipoo]

HMM

Mage battle ground <3
Aerial assassins
Phantoms in a juxtapose
Shadow bandits
The ice queen
Alchemists unite
"your version of a cartoon show" :)
The Cursed Corpse
The PitLord
the Shadow hunter
the deadly shaman
electrifying wish
Enchanting forest
The ghost archer..<333333
The wolf Princess <3
The Curse sealing monk
The Puppet master
The Voodoo princess
Possession of the scepter of rejuvenation
the wasteland
The "elites"
Invasion of the Spectre
Ruler of the Ocean
Magician of time
Zombie field
"Your version of a video game" :D
A sticky situation
Eastern plains
Demon of destruction

-_-idk.

[NanoBlack]

Hmmm.... ideas. Ideas are good. Here are some of my suggestions, while typing discreetly at the register:

Forbidden fruits
If humans never were
augmented reality
plague
humanity in 3000 years
premature apocalypse
nemesis
scavenger
hidden power
broken dreams
cybernetic augmentation

[`king]

Something vague and ambiguous.

like a red balloon. :D

[Mtijn]

Some spontaneous ideas:

Deep Desire
Sunrise Empire
Unseen Shadows
Paused Reality
Surreal Reality
Cover (Many ways to interpret this)
Arch-Rival
Man-made Fortress
City of the Skies
Mechanical Sun
Moonrise at Dawn
Creating a Creator
Building on Motivation
Self-knowledge
Anger Point
Frozen imagination
Unveiling mists of the Underworld

I'll put down a line here, else I'd never quit XD

[orchitect]

Out of place camouflage.

Just thought I'd toss one out right now. I'll add some more later.

[Wolfbane]

Sentient war machine
A living machine used for war that has a will and character of its own.

When all else fails...
A final idea or effort to solve a hopeless situation.

Primal god
A worshipped creature, being or apparition that resembles an animal that holds certain traits. i.e Lion = Pride, courage, determination, strength. Owl = Wisdom, enlightenment, patience.

The last of its kind
Many ways to translate this idea into a concept. It might be the last creature of an ancient, thought to be extinct race, or an old, rusty gas driven vehicle driving alongside a group of futuristic cars powered by environmental-friendly technology.

[Nibras]

Guys we should have a topic vote. Not just one person pick out of the topic suggestions. Every time theres a suggestion, the one with the most people saying they'd like to do it wins.

Some the topics have been kind of random, all names of songs and stuff that doesn't make much sense. The other things your chosing are pretty hard to illustrate. I really like 64 though, really awesome a bit like the old teen challenges.

I vote for

The ice queen
The shadow hunter
Demon of destruction.

Ahhh man ross too many good ideas, you gotta share your brains with me.

[fawn]

Couple quickies before I go on Vacation. ( :D Yay!)

Arctic meets Equator (For environment, creature, character, scene -- whatever!)
Horizon Eater
Saint Elmo's Fire
The Tooth Fairy
Epidermis Monster
City of Tar
Psychic Fishing
PTD (Psychically Transmitted Disease, would require designing the disease itself. Art side might include symptoms, the virus/bacteria that cause it, or someone in the process of transmitting it/being afflicted by it, or even a public service announcement like those old "Syphillis is the Enemy!" posters :P)
Absurd flying creature (ex: How do you get a large animal aloft, in a feasible manner? Magic counts but must be explained.)

[Hoboken]

Some themes I'd like to see:

And That's All She Wrote...
This is my Angry Face
The Witching Hour
Do Not Cross
Hecho En Mexico
When in [famous city]...
Prison Break
Top of the Flops
Bodyguard
The Secret Life of Trees
Minefield

[Jerik]

halfway through transformation (no robots, that would just look silly, more on the supernatural kinda way)
Demon of Heaven (mini version of the beautific dragon :P)
Tesla's greatest creation (lightninglightninglightninglightning)
Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire
Lost
(any random matierial) e.g. Lead, Iron, Paper
Horrible Reality

[QuaTronics]

how about just very basic stuff?
maby just wind,
or fire, water, air....... those topics would bring alot of variation :)
open topics are the best i think, not specific ones like the tooth fairy, shadow hunter etc etc..

[Trooper]

or we could do a kind of abstract collection, like people post what they draw while listening to their favorite songs or something?...

[Jerik]

the fault in that is that my favourite song, and most people's, is a bit too short to fit a whle pic into...

anyway.... and an abstract challenge, is a bit too far away from conceptart... concept art is supposed to appeal to another person isn't it... making it too personal is rather faulty!

[imadolphin]

just tossing a few ideas into the mix here:

Lasting Impressions
Our Paradise
Classroom
Blame
"Count Me Out!"
Of Lesser Importance
Lessons

[morie]

modern is a good theme

[elle_fr0st]

1The death of Amy Rose
2A manga fanart but making the characters realistic
3 Modern day fairy tales. How would snow white and Cinderella look in this century?
4 If your life was a movie what would it be? Draw yourself in a typical movie scene!

Those are my suggestions for now but Ill keep thinking!

[Diah]

- The Queen of Sheba
- Enter the Kingdom of Zion
- Judgment Day
- Moneypulation
- The Streets of Babylon
- The Final Uprising
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Pan
- Nymph
- The Wh0re of Babylon

[fawn]

Transitive
Futuristic Greek Myth
Necropolis City Hall
OH SHI--
Labor of love
Magic Fair (instead of a science fair, I suppose)
Unusual Golem (ex: pastry, etc. I'm working on a tar pit golem as a side project right now)
The Golem Graveyard
The Shining City (this could be really open-ended)
Hero Class: Librarian (thinking along rpg lines here)
Shattering voice
Antarctica
Portable Castle
Trash disposal

[Platinguard]

Some idea's

Fallen angel
Hell unleashed
the fall of troy
the end of the world
when goblins attack
Trial by fire
seduction
Experiment 46 (random number just like a lab experiment or something)
Artic discovery
Lost valley
Hope
vampire at the dentist
Who threw that?
Mirage
That thing from the swamp
I can see you! But you can't see me!
False alarm
Pets from space

[NecroPhone]

EAST VS. WEST

I think this one can be fun since there are multiple ways one can interpret what East and West are.
I originally thought Europe vs. Asia, but it can also be America's westward expansion, some kind of gang war, or other things.

[wtfkangaroo]

"familiarizing the unfamiliar"

[fawn]

Trans-Dimensional Tourist Agency
Unusual Cavalry
Apex Predator
Bearded Lady
The Best Day Ever
The Giant
The 11th Plague (Moses & God teamed up for 10)
der Krampus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus)
The Dogs of War
MacGuffin for (Game type, ex: Fantastical Roman Clan War, Steampunk murder mystery, FPS modern-day special operations mission)
Hero Class: Skybreaker
The Taxidermist
Lifedrawing: Xenians
The Severing
Surgical Soul Removal Device
Artifact: The Grim Branch
Idol of the Conqueror
Child-Stealer
Bluebeard
The Widow's Demise
The Woods at Night
The Masthead
Spirit Guide
Totem
Spunky Heroine with Ridiculous Hair
True and Rightful King
Shadhavar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadhavar)
When Things Got Bad
for the Uninfected

[Everspace]

A trinity,
The classical elements,
The three fates,
Olympia
Shangra-la
Divine Folly
My melody
The pillars of creation
Shurlock Holmes - "Modern Detective"
Rebirth
Door/Window to another world
Saint "Everyman"
Lost Love
Church Bells Ring for _____
Jackpot!

"Here Be Dragons!"

[OverBreak]

World War 3 fighter pilot

[Wu!]

maybe link some of the suggestions and randomly create new ones? ;D

my suggestions:
personated countries
high-tech ancient cultures (greek, egyptians etc. in space for example)
it's living between your walls
The clown family
furniture gone wild
what cars would monkeys drive?
bird-civilization
living in a box
mirrorland
a world without gravity
the thing that caused black holes
alien race looking like musical instruments

[Nibras]

Guys try to Thank+ or quote the ideas you like from other people's posts because I don't want to be choosing topics that you guys aren't too happy about. SO If i get a good idea what people want then I can go through the topics in order :)

[Crrristian]

I'm gonna be (un)helpful and list some ideas suggested by other that I wouldn't mind doing. I'm looking forward to partcipating this week, with all this free time and such.
The Taxidermist
Surgical Soul Removal Device
Child-Stealer
The Widow's Demise
The Woods at Night
Spunky Heroine with Ridiculous Hair
The clown family
Mirrorland



And maybe, some of my own ideas
The Carnival Is in Town
Space Cowboys and Indians
Teaparties in Unusual Places

[Jatari]

more themes:

Exploration
New World
Restricted
Abyss
Ethereal
Justice
Order
Judgment
catastrophic failure!
*Warning*
Temptation
Nightmare

[FraserMcT]

*Warning*
Temptation
Nightmare
I like these ones.

[Thirumal Amped]

more themes:


Abyss
Ethereal
Justice
Temptation
Nightmare
Twas gonna say something along these lines

I like them

[Andrew Sonea]

Seeing as we are soon to be at Teen Challenge 100, I think it would be cool if maybe we could do like the past few CHOW's and make it so that the winner chooses the next week's topic. Maybe starting at Teen Challenge 90 or something to build up to 100.

[Nibras]

Exactly what I was going to do Andrew :D

Next topic is nightmare, thanks guys for taking the time to say you'll enjoy it and thanks to Jatari for posting

[Nibras]

I'm gonna suggest some topics, some sandman influence with the D topics :P

"The Hunt"
"Desert Dwellers"
"Magic"
"Witchcraft"
"Death"
"Dream"
"Destiny"
"Hope"
"Delight"
"Delirium" (a state of excitement and mental confusion, often accompanied by hallucinations)
"Desire" or "Temptation" as Jatari suggested
"The Apprentice"
"Warfare"
"Battle Ground"
"Brotherhood"
"Undead"
"The Boneyard"

for next TC, let me know what you think guys.

Some more different ideas:

Redesign your favourite cartoon/hero/comic etc character

You'll be given 4 images of reference based on the topic. Come up with an idea, take the reference and using your painting program basically mash it up together using smudge, edit, cut, burn etc until you can't recognize the combination of reference images and start painting from there

Sketch Swap: 2 weeks long event, week one everyone creates a sketch, when everyone hands in their sketch, I'll swap the sketches with someone else and your job is to finish off the sketches in your own style or just plain finish them off

Storyboard: We make on story, or just choose a story. Create 20 or so mini themes to the story, every one picks one theme and creates something for it. We put it all together and see how it reads.


From TC 90, the winners will be picking the topic. Just remember to keep it open guys :)

[Inkwash]

Since this is teen challenge, I'll suggest a few relevant topics.

Identity
Nostalgia
First Day
"Who do you want to be when you grow up. "
Mother (Father, Sibling, Pets)
Transit
After School
First Job/ Interview
Technology (Laptop, Computer, IPods ect. )
First Love
Getaway

I'm feel cheesy by the end of this, but hopefully the list can evoke some sort of emotion unique to each person.

[Andrew Sonea]

I'm liking your alternate ideas lilnebo. The redesign, storyboard and sketch swap are all good. Maybe a Team Teen is in sight? Although I'm not sure if there are enough of us to make it as epic as the Team CHOW's.

[Nibras]

I was thinking of Teen Team :P!
We Will have A last teen standing for TC 100! I'll try and get prizes if everyone is interested :) Gotta generate ideas for it

[FraserMcT]

I don't think we have enough people for a team one.
I also think sketch swap would be fun, but more for a collaboration, not a teen challenge.
Again, I will mention that I think the open ended topics are by far the best, and they are more popular!

[Nibras]

Defiantly, not just popularity but as an artist you really do want to be able to explore your imagination and draw something that you'll enjoy.

For all the alternate ideas the topics will remain open, I'll see how all goes.

Thanks for the input guys

[fawn]

Team challenge sounds fun! For the last one standing thing, perhaps a sketch swap would be a fun on-the-side activity for those who get knocked out. That way everybody has something they can work at for the duration of the contest.

Edit: Oh, and if we do end up doing a team challenge (we are getting way more people participating lately, I think it's do-able) should teams be randomly selected, or chosen by participants? Or a bit of both? It'd be logistically difficult to plan one of these, especially making sure that both halves have at least some input on the piece, and that boht will get their part done on time. But in the end I think it would be a valuable experience.

[SeaShellis]

horror circus...think Something Wicked This Way Comes
That could be fun :)

[Agrovent]

horror circus...think Something Wicked This Way Comes
this.


hmmm..
a few dark magic fantasy themes..

"The Bone Doll"
"Netherworld Ally"
"Tools of the Ritual"
"Blood Magic"

.. the list goes on.. anything inspired by the Abhorsen trilogy would fit

~~~

maybe a few landscape-based themes (even though i hate drawing them)

"Desert Life"
"Underwater Refuge"
"meditations" / "Dreamscape"
"Inner worlds" / "inner space"

i had so many on my mind earlier... it'll come back to me eventually

[Thirumal Amped]

How bout like based on some elements I haven't seen done yet like
Earth, Ice and Wind
Or A Music challenge

[Dead Dude]

I've been lurking for a while and have a few topic ideas, mostly song titles ripped off my iPod.

Paranoid Android
Knights of Cydonia
Fools Gold
Life on Mars (?)
Banquet
Baby's Eyes
Death Ray Blues
Happiness is a Chemical
My Best Mistake
The Disaster
Ones and Zeros
Rodeo Clowns
Beat on the Brat

And here are a couple I bothered to think about

Last Survivor - A Child?
Inspired Newt in the movie 'Aliens'

The Lone Monument
A long lost city is left in ruins with only a single reminder of what was once a great and powerful civilisation.

My Slightly Geeky Secret
What's your hobby or habbit that you'd rather not the world to know about? We've all got them ;)

That Thing You're Looking For
Show everyone the thing youn can never find the moment you need it most.

Back to Eden
What if man was alowed back into the Garden of Eden?

Cheers
-DDW

[MagicPrincess]

Perhaps some archetype inspired topics such as
-ghost
-death
-magic
-holy

Or some mythologically based topics like
-Pandora/ Pandora's Box
-Creation

Or possibly fairy tale inspired with things like
-Hansel and/or Gretal
-Little red riding hood
-Alice in Wonderland
-Goldilocks and the three bears

Also I saw this challenge on a reality show but I thought it'd be cool here
Design a book cover for a classic novel such as:
-Pride and Prejudice
-Great Expectations
-Little Women
-A Tale of Two Cities
-Frankensteins Monster
...can't think of anymore right now but I'm sure there's many more interesting titles.
And for those who haven't read the book or don't know what it's about just do something inspired by the title in some way.

It would be interesting to see different interpretations on these!

[Nyctalgia]

Thought I'd throw in some suggestions as well. :)

Open topics:
- Bloodlust/berzerker rage/rage/something along these lines
- Death
- Cold
- Pure
- Corrupted
- Ancient
- Guardian

Stricter topics:
- Eastern warrior
- Urban warrior
- Lady killer
- Oceanic Behemoth
- Riot control
- Mountain vehicle

[jenny7332]

Just barfing out some ideas:

The things you don't see
The forger
Evolve us
Superheroes off sick
Pimp my grandma (gradma needs new parts and they don't have to be human!)
Charlie, the misunderstood tentacle monster
Kiss me, I'm an alien
Approproriate armour (no enchanted bikini's here, mummy's orders)

... my brain pooped

[sohfia]

The forgotten friend
Land of eternal lights
Secret Formula
Fluffy companion
The obvious stranger
Kiss the rain
that's not my head
My Xanadu
Parallel worlds
The windmill
Rain that doesn't fall
Pogo stick
My candy
Grandma's stew

Candy omnomnom!

[blazingdimensions]

random ideas:
zombies/undead
War-ravaged villages
sword in the stone(king arthur)
redesign something thats already been created
city in the sky
futuristic armor
shogun warrior
race car
middle age castle
action scene
redesign any superhero
creating depth(with techniques like perspective, atmospheric perspective, etc)
no reference pictures
create an asset for a game (character,environment,etc)
using scale
Lava Golem
Old Wizard
Haunted House
throne of the gods
animal hybrids(griffin,stuff like that)

[Izene]

The calm before the storm :)

[Tawnos]

The forger
Evolve Us

These sound awesome!

[penciltipred]

action scene

[Wingal]

Chinese new year.
Zodiacs
Something food related. Robo chef 3000?
Futuristic servant robots?