Chow 143 :: VOTING :: Cheshire Cat/Caterpillar

[daestwen]

FINALS ONLY
-=ROUND 143=-
-=CHESHIRE CAT/CATERPILLAR=-

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ROUND #143 :: CHESHIRE CAT/CATERPILLAR

DESCRIPTION

OPEN ROUND

Take the Cheshire Cat and/or the Caterpillar anywhere you like. Long as we can still tell their character, I don't care what species, genre or period they are from.

Based from the characters in Alice in Wonderland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Cat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland)

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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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SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY:
1: You must submit ONE full sized image.
2: Make sure your name and CHOW # are EASILY READABLE on your entry.
3: Use the Standard format (Below);

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example: "CHOW#100_Oregano.jpg"

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]

Please review these helpful reminders if you have not done so already.

:right:ON GETTING TO POLL (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1891823&postcount=15)
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:right:NEW ROUND RULE: WIPS PLEASE! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1910999&postcount=27)
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PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR COPYRIGHT INFORMATION UNDER THE IMAGE SO I DON'T HAVE TO HUNT YOU DOWN LATER!

[Gax]

http://guyvallez.free.fr/FRESH/CHOW_143_Gax.jpg

http://guyvallez.free.fr/FRESH/wip.jpg

[Adam Schumpert]

A little Cyber-Punk Wonderland Cheshire Cat and Caterpillar. Good luck to everyone. :)

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Take care,
Adam

[Abrodos]

Here's my Cheshire cat, based on the Peliqueiro (last photo). Hope I've done all well, that's my first entry on a CHOW.
Cheers,

Abrodos

[kingkostas]

only finals right? ok here we go

[Platonist]

I hope I've got the way this works right!

[Giacobino]

A giant and Lazy caterpillar. Greetings and Good luck!

[Goog]

my entry, on the process I forgot to record 2 steps, the rough sketch and block-in of colors.

[deadred]

wheee

[Onyx Serpent]

Well, here's mine. :D

[dirkvandulmen]

Here is my final Cheshire cat and wip.
Enjoy!

[Physicalpariah]

Here we go, This is my final, including some wips I managed to record.
Loved the topic, cant wait to see who wins; there are some really awesome artworks here!
Took the cheshire cat and attempted to make him a little more, cynical and sarcastic than the disney version.

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[HiloHello]

Hey, I managed to get it finished on time. Well, not as finished or as nicely as I would have hoped, but heck, it's better than nothing. It's the Caterpillar, obviously.

EDIT: Okay, so, I made a few changes, and figured that while I was re-uploading the finished piece, I might as well put all the WIPs in one file like everyone else.

[HunterKiller_]

Here it be.

[drobyazko]

Here's my finished version of the Cheshire Cat. Enjoy!

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn2/anyahawk/chesirecatfinished.jpg

I didn't save the sketchlike part of the piece, and the WIP start from after my first sitting on working on it.

[CristinaMcAllister]

This was a fun subject!

[Sen Holiday]

This is my first Chow, but I like it a lot, so I'm sure there'll be many more. I hope I'm doing this right..
For some reason, when I thought of the Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, I thought of an executive caterpillar. And thus!
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr95/VolveteOrbem/143.jpg

[MichaelNoel]

Cheshire Cat! My Caterpillar just wasn't doing it for me...

WIPs (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=146979)

[yinteck]

Caterpillar

Here is my final, wip and some ref that i used.

[thesaint]

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[abr7man]

my final entry and WIP for Cheshire cat

[Pakgad]

Done!!! Rock N Roll!

[sony]

Concept: Its a play land scenario for a girl who visit a dark place where she meet Caterpillar occupying the electro motor swing.

Process: Started with the concept in mind as to portray Mr. caterpillar. Drawn it on paper with pencil. Make out lines in photo-shop, I wanted to give focus on his face as well dramatic, so I made rim light quite harsh. put the values down, Alice came after wards I draw it digitally. Then I put the brush on color mode on and off with other blending modes; screen and overlay mostly. I use most of brush on opacity with the selection tool to draw shapes and then adding color in the selection. I made the perspective grid with frontal lines and the with the help of transform scale tool set it on the floor with I have in my mind when I draw Mr. Cater... Then in the end to finalize I did some quick color balance with blue light to get more drama. As the research i googled/wiki-ed around Mr.Caterpillar/caterpillar[insect] to get the flow of the character/design(colors-patterns) done previously by other great artists.
Thanks for you time to read it...
LINK TO WIP SCREENS (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2084387&postcount=134)

[Nickykcin]

FINAL
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hope i named it right this time
WIP
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[AhChu]

Queen Of Hearts punishment for the Caterpillars past transgressions, unable to move he is slowly being picked apart by scavengers

[Novbert]

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[Windsrock]

mine. Finished this time :o

[|flow|]

here's mine:

[Crowsrock]

The caterpillar

[WunderDark]

I couldn't resist this great topic :rendered:

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[Duq]

My first chow :D I hope I get accepted into the poll

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And a wip

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[artina]

Hey everyone,
this is my entry. I made some final adjustments to my last post.

[sangfroid]

The caterpillar meets his mother who is shocked to learn that her son has turned into a chain smoker while an enlightened cheshire cat paints the conclusion.
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[Bendragon]

Good luck everybody!!!!! Heres to a good Chow!!!!!!!

[Texahol]

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So I was kind of thinking, what if alice was just tripping balls, and everything she saw was actually relatively normal, and just extrapolated from a bad trip.

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devin platts
2009/01/08
concept art
characters
fantasy
Photoshop

[tmbritton]

Hey all,

Hope a portrait is ok for this activity. I came home last night from a party, a bit loaded, and started drawing this. Finished it up this morning. It was a lot of fun.

Managed to get some wip shots from the layers.

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[Swordhand]

Well, I didn't do as much on this one as I would have liked. I ran out of time. There are some WIP shots bellow too.

[alesoun]

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Hope I got it right this time, Daes.......

[Nadiamoon]

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[mr-nick]

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Listen close of what being I recite,
though benign his mind is not quite right.

Twas on confusion not mice or fish it binged,
it's twitching grin should tell it's moste unhinged.

It's purple stripes like it's remarks went ever to and fro,
the idea arises: all this chaos just for show?

Though the astute somtimes learn,
the information for which they yearn.

All these riddles, thou speaks of a cat!
A cat you cried, and Cheshire at that!

[Taiski]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/mogri1901/Chow143_Taiski.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/mogri1901/Cheshirecatsketch.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/mogri1901/CheshireCatlines.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/mogri1901/CheshireCatcolours.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/mogri1901/CheshireCatlighting.jpg

[Stoat]

Sunday, is it? Welp, here goes nothing...

[NateShaw]

here goes

[Jefita]

I decided to join a bit late, but still managed to pull something together. Unfortunately since I hadn't been here in a while, I didn't realize I needed to be saving my wips, so I only have the first couple of steps.

I liked the idea of the Cat as someone dangerous, but not really malicious. Just very bored.

[SOUTHERN]

http://www.southerngfx.co.uk/uploads2009/img010.jpg

http://www.southerngfx.co.uk/uploads2009/img011.jpg

[DecayingLolita]

Bleh.

[chaosrocks]

ok. a girl's gotta try every now and then
since I was pushing for this topic I promised Daestwen Id enter

copyright
ewerger 2009/01/18
Conceptart
character-fantasy-photoshop
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[Clochette]

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[Phoenix79]

Great works everyone!

[Kir Nuyts]

>

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[rubicante]

Floris van der Peet
19/01/2009
concept art
characters
fantasy
Photoshop

[ticktocker]

.....

[Jason Strutz]

My first submitted digital work (everything else has been oil paint), completed over saturday and sunday. Somewhat successful, could use more depth and work on the staging.

[Rauwolf]

.....

[NoShot]

Robot caterpillar.
Daniel Harris/concept art/character/fantasy/painter x

[Felicia]

Here is mine. :)
Copyright:
Felicia Cano 1-18-09
Children's
Fantasy
Photoshop

[Rockman!]

My first Chow, too : 3

[Vorace]

.....

[Bishop Six]

First CHOW yeah!!

[Cthogua]

hmm...I hope this makes it in by the deadline. My first attempt at entering the ChoW.

[mugenTaichou]

Mine!

[Dan!]

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/DECYPL/CHOW143_dan.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/DECYPL/chow143_wips.jpg

[Arpad]

it was all a dream, right?

[daestwen]

NO MORE ENTRIES PAST THIS POINT.

(15 minute grace period.)

Thanks!

EDIT:

Please no comments until the Poll is up! Thank you!

[daestwen]

Really tough this week. :/


CUTS THIS WEEK:

WIPS

MugenTaichou
KingKostas
Bishop Six

¾ RULE

tmbritton
Arpad – the caterpillar is too small to read, and we can only see half of the cat. Plus, neither of them really read as characters on their own.

QUALITY CHECK / ROUGH / UNFINISHED

Abrodos, Platonist, Drobyazko, Sen Holiday, Windsrock, swordhand, taiski, NateShaw, chaosrocks, Jason Strutz, Bishop Six, hilohello, sony, sangfroid, alesoun, phoenix79, ticktocker, Rauwolf, NoShot, onyxserpent, physicalpariah, MichaelNoel, abr7man, nickykcin, Crowsrock, nadiamoon, DecayingLolita, rubicante, MugenTaichou, AhChu


OTHER NOTES

Please remember to name your files correctly. I didn't cut based on this on this round, but if images were lost in the poll, this might be why. PLEASE name them correctly. This is to stop file-overlap and to keep me from accidently saving over images for the poll, which would make nobody happy!

[PuppyKitten]

Gax- Wow, that is so pretty. Really lovely textures and colors.

Adam Schumpert- I really like the concept, but I wish I could see the actual characters a bit better. Especially the caterpillar, because he looks rather awesome. Even in the close up, he's a bit hard to see.


Abrodos- Creeeeepy. Haha. I love that you took this in such an odd direction.

Kingkostas- Love that little guy! At first glance he's totally adorable, but the ominous colors and that shadow in the bg is almost a little creepy. Very cool. You got my vote. :)

Platonist- I like the way you handled most of the fur, and that you stuck with realistic colors. I wish it wasn't so blurry in some places though...

Giacobino- Beautiful!!!! I'm totally voting for you too. Those WIPs you posted really make me happy. :D

Goog- At first glace, yours didn't stand out too much to me, but now after taking a moment to look at it, I realize it's actually quite well done. It gets a bit messy in places, but I think you successfully conveyed all the important bits. So... I'm voting for you too. :)

Deadred- My favorite part about this is actually the bg. That checkered tree is too neat for words. I also love the human hands on the cat. That sort of thing is always really creepy. The whole thing reminds me of American McGee's Alice a little bit. Voted. :D

Onyx Serpent- Great bg and I love that fluffy tail. Not quite feeling the face, but that's just personal taste. Good job.

Dirkvandalmun- Hahaha, that's hilarious. The evolution of the image is really trippy. And I love how his tail is knotted.

Physicalpariah- I like the teeth and the menacing look on his face. I think the purple doesn't work here. The only incarnation in which the cat is purple, is Disney. I think you would have been more successful if you went different colors.

HiloHello- Simple but effective. He totally looks like some people I know. :P

HunterKiller- I like this a lot. It's not normally a style I embrace (especially for character design), but you really rocked it. You also get my vote :)

drobyazko- Creepy and cute at the same time. Haha. I'm torn between running away, and picking him up for cuddles.

ChristinaMcAllister- Oooh she's pretty. I love her ornate design. I am not quite feeling all the saturated colors. It makes it hard for me to find a focal point... But it's still a really great image. Voted.

Sen Holiday- Welcome to Chow! Reeeeeeally great concept. The rendering is not quite where it could be though. It's only your first Chow, so stick around and you'll be kicking ass soon.

MichaelNoel- She's adorable, really. I also think you pulled off the sketchy coloring really well. I am reeeeally tempted to vote for it, but I think it's lacking as a design. It's just a regular cat-girl. I do like cat-girls, but I think you could have done more with it, that's all. Sorry :( I swear it's really pretty though!

yinteck- Cool design, cool colors, sool style. Voted!

Thesaint- Really neat take on the cat! Good job.

abr7man- half scary, have funny. :P Loving the bg.

Pakgad- The style is just beautiful. But it makes it a little tough to see the character designs. Great colors though. Fun image.

sony- Interesting concept. It seems a little unfinished in certain areas, but that may have been intentional. The ground looks great.

Nickykcin- Not sure how I feel about this one. I like how big the cat is compared to the caterpillar. The cat in general is pretty awesome.

AhChu- Great idea here! I like it.

Novbert- Awwww, he's so cuuuuute! Oh holy crap I want to hug him!! Totally voting for you. :D

Windsrock- I think you went overboard with the textures and colors. I get why you did it, but it makes it more like an illustration than a character design.

|flow|- Neat lighting and cute design. Great job!

crowsrock- The lighting on his upper hand-thingies is just totally great. :P

WunderDark- Neat idea. Very unusual and effective design.

Duq- Awesome!! Welcome to Chow, this looks great. Wouldn't change a thing. I am totally voting for you. :D

artina- Very pretty! I like the texture and detail.

sangfroid- Cute! Hehe. Perfect style for a childrens book or cartoon or something. :P

Bendragon- Wwwwoooooowwwww. He is so awesome! One of my favorites, definitely voting for you.

Texahol- I. Want. That. Shirt. D: Gimme! I like how you let the character design stand on it's own without a complicated bg or anything. Despite common advice, I LOVE the way a character looks against a white bg. Especially one as well-rendered as this. Definitely one of the best this round.

tmbritton- Can't really see much of the character unfortunately. It's just a face (but it's a creepy one, so good job there).

Swordhand- Good concept. I think some reference for the pose would have helped make it a bit more believable.

Alesoun- Awwww. He looks like an adorable little old man. <3 The colors really make this feel like a classic illustration. Good job on those!

Nadiamoon- It's well rendered, but I can't quite figure out what's going on with the body/arms. Love the little tiny Alice though. She looks awesome.

mr-nick- Ahahahahaha. Cat butt. Love his twisty neck too.

Taiski- Looks like something out of a Ghibli film. Just awesome design!!

Stoat- Oh, I love him! He looks absolutely insane and precious. <3

NateShaw- I like how you went a more subdued route with this. It stands out against the over-the-top stuff everyone entered. Very nice.

Jefita- Classic and beautiful. If you're not a famous illustrator already, you should be.

Southern- Intense colors and pretty rendering. I love the poses of each of them.

DecayingLolita- I think you did a nice job rendering this. It's a little hard to see the character though.

chaosrocks- I always like your painterly style. Like you just daubed the paint on. I can never do that with digital. I like the design as well. The fuzzyness of the glass hookah thingy is a little distracting for me though. It doesn't quite fit the rest...

Clochette- Perfect. Just perfect. Totally voting for this one.

Pheonix79- Not quite digging how small her lower half gets compared to her top half. Beautiful face though!

KirNuyts- This is obviously really good. It's too bad it looks so unfinished.

rubicante- Really unusual design for the cat. I really like it!

Ticktocker- Subtle. It looks totally innocent and pretty until you get to that unnerving grin. Really good job with the lighting too.

Jason Strutz- Whoa. Intense. Fun image, for sure. Not sure the character has much of a design. Strikes me more as a creature design than a character design...

Rauwolf- Really pretty colors and rendering on the caterpillar. I love how you made him white!

NoShot- Interesting for sure. I like the glowing mushroom especially.

Felicia- Totally brilliant idea. It's beautiful. You could totally pitch this as a kid's book!

Rockman!- Welcome to Chow! I bet you'll do well, this is really good! Love his facial expression.

Vorace- Epic. Just epic. That cat is the sort of thing childhood nightmares are made of. :D

Bishop Six- Welcome to Chow! Very cute little image. I like the subtle bg a lot.

Cthogua- Really beautifully rendered. Definitely voting for this one.

mugenTaichou- Not quite liking his face, but I like everything else. Especially how he's disappearing.

Dan!- Good job. Really unusual design and technique here.

Arpad- Very interesting take on the brief. It makes for a great illustration, but it doesn't lend itself well to a "character design" at all. I still like it though.

[Texahol]

puppykitten u are nuts!!!!

i guess i will have to figure out how to make that shirt... :)

[Stoat]

Another ChoW, another tough decision. In the end, I went with Artina, Vorace, and Giacobino. Because I'm a sucker for lush rendering.

[Clochette]

Voted few ones : )
Texahol : Lovely design, I like the fact that you did a human but not a naked catwoman. And I totally want that shirt !
Gax : I won't lick your ass nonono! :P You already know I love your style and design.
Vorace : Some points still disturb me in that picture, like the tengant leg / arm, or the composition a little bit, but in the other hand, I greatly appreciate you made a dark and creepy scene with such warm colors, the typo work, and the fact that there is a nacked chick but it's Alice and not the main character. Your cat is scary : P
Bendragon : I am fan of the design, wicked face and expression and ... trumpets? I love the idea. :D
Giacobino : Beautiful. Classical and very professional illustration, nothing else to say! :)

Congrats all though!

[MichaelNoel]

Amazing stuff everyone...

MichaelNoel- She's adorable, really. I also think you pulled off the sketchy coloring really well. I am reeeeally tempted to vote for it, but I think it's lacking as a design. It's just a regular cat-girl. I do like cat-girls, but I think you could have done more with it, that's all
Thanks for the critique- and I agree wholeheartedly. I was already unsure that I'd have time (I ended up having the rest of my week swallowed by work), so I'm glad to have gotten anything done. It's pretty uncreative. (I was definitely in my "safe zone" when creating it, so it's probably just as well that I got cut, regardless of the unfinished nature of it)
I am just learning the ropes of Painter though- this is my first even picture with it- so hopefully it will come easier in the future. :)

I voted for three people, is that the norm, too little, or too much?

[PuppyKitten]

I voted for three people, is that the norm, too little, or too much?

That's fine. There's no minimum or maximum. :)

[serhc]

tex: yes, make that shirt. i'm a dude but i would wear it, which means it's pretty cool

clochette: i have a love affair with your lines

vorace: whooo your cat design is great



here's mine; late, and unfinished...of course

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[Adam Schumpert]

PuppyKitten

Thank you so much for the crit! :) All of them actually, its great that you took the time to crit everyone. Thank you very much.

Adam

[Bishop Six]

Great work, everyone.

Gax: Beautiful textures but I have a hard time telling what I'm looking at.

Giacobino: Really just great all around. I especially like the 'trippy' feeling of being way high up on the mushrooms. I think it would be really cool to have the caterpillar's body also disappearing down into the haze (can't tell if that's what you were going for.

yinteck: I like it a lot! Looks like Alice meets Half-Life. Great expression on his face too!

abr7man: Don't know how I missed this one in the wips thread but it's cool. I like the light coming through/out of his ears. Unfortunately, I think Alice pales in comparison to him. She looks kind of flat and stiff next to all his energy.

Stoat: When you posted the first wip I wasn't sure how I felt about it, but now I'm sold. He has a lot of personality. Cool take on him. I'd like to see the version of Alice he goes with.

Clochette: Cool illustrative style. Nice to see a more trustworthy looking cat. Also, I think I might like your Alice even more than your cat!

KirNuyts: I must say I love your piece. Not sure what it is, but it just grabs me. Nice touch of color on the mushrooms.

Felicia: African Alice is very cool! Really wonderful illustration all around.

Vorace: Really stunningly cool and scary. All the elements work great together. I really like the skull things coming out of the smoke. I'm quite taken by this.

[chaosrocks]

wow PK , brave and all....I fail at shiny..

I always restrict myself to three. but some people do more.

good work all
and thanks for all your hard work Dae

crx

[sony]

PuppyKitten: Thanks for the comments

Giacobino: Thanks awesome, voted for you!

Clochette: Thats the moment! wow! voted for you!

Cthogua: Shhh...This text is small coz' your caterpillar might wake up, :)

Gax: Your style is unique and awesome!

Texahol: I also want that T-shirt, awesome work

chaosrocks: Hugs.....

Vorace: Unusual!!! i liked that naked Alice though!

[Physicalpariah]

Thanks for the crit puppykitten, I tried colourising it to a few different colours and saw what you meant immediately! o well it happens! Thanks again!!

[abr7man]

PuppyKitten : thx man...i really wanted it to look scary...and yeah i like the BG too ;).
Bishop : i kinda intended to make the cheshire cat to take all the attention...you know since the topic is about this character...anyway thx dude.
daestwen :hey man i really know how tough is it to take care of all those responsibility...just asking you for one tip to make my work more finished next time cuz i don't want to get cut again...thx dude for keeeping the whole thing alive :)

[abr7man]

ah...forgot to say...i voted for artina , bendragon and vorace...this guy vorace is really crazy..naked alice..hahaha...but what a fucking awesome cat design he made...i really love it

[Crowsrock]

Voted for Bendragon, Felicia and Giacobino.

It was not easy to chose. There are so many great works.

[DauDau]

Voted for Wunderdark, Duq, Artina, Rockman, Giacobino and KirNuyts.

Which is about half the entries. So much great work here.

[Jefita]

I decided to just vote for two, my favorite cat and caterpillar, so my votes went to Clochette and Giacobino. I loved the storybook style of Clochette's, and the cat fit best with my idea of his Character. Same with Giacobino's Caterpillar. I loved the rendering and scale of it.

The rest are all pretty awesome, but I had to pick two. Thanks to PuppyKitten for taking the time to do all the comments.

[alesoun]

Voted Texahol, Clochette and Giacobino. All different, but all great.

[RosemaryDarling]

Duq I love it, I would have voted twice if I could.

[daestwen]

adding a vote each for Wunderdark, dirkvandullmen, and christinamcalliste, on behalf of shannanigan, who only had one vote go through.

Anyone else have this problem?

[shannanigan]

adding a vote each for Wunderdark, dirkvandullmen, and christinamcalliste, on behalf of shannanigan, who only had one vote go through.


Thank You!!! I hope I'm the only one.... though that may prove that I'm a moron. LOL!

So yeah... my votes. I vote for 2 of each character... :)

Wunderdark - Those snazzy red shoes are tops! Haha! The design of the cat and style of the piece reminds me of something, I can't put my finger on it exactly. Its like a cross between Victorian-era illustrations of Halloween Cats and a vintage Sideshow poster. I really love it!

dirkvandullmen - The cat is on some serious something.... its great! While I was looking at the WIPs I thought it was funny that he started out so cute and innocent in the rough lineart and turned into the wacky grinner in the end!

christinamcalliste - I love the little details in the character design and the visual references to a butterfly in her bodice and the Hookah.

KirNuyts - The vote that made it through! LOL! I love the design of his face and the little hat. What can I say... sometimes its that simple. I hope someday you'll color it! :D



There was one that I want to mention that didn't make it to poll, sangfroid... I loved the idea behind this. Its lacking on character design for the challenge (back of caterpillar, only teeth of cat), but on its own as a cartoon it is really clever! I liked it a lot!

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[Wiggers]

What a great round!

Decided i'm only going to vote for no more than 3 from now on, voted for Giacobino, Hunterkiller and Clochette.

[WunderDark]

4 votes, new record for me!:teeth: hehe...

PuppyKitten Thanks for the comment! that's what i was going for!

shannanigan Thanks for the vote! humm..
I don't now what it could remind you of, the only thing i deliberately stole was the design of the floor- from the "black loge" in Twin Peeks witch i watched reasently :P

I voted for Giacobino, Vorace, Bendragon and Texahol

[sangfroid]

Voted for Artina, Deadred and Giacobino.
I would be interested in artwork such as theirs if i was a Movie or Game creator.

[Duq]

Thanks for the votes, this is more then I expected, wow :D

I voted 3 times for Gax, Texahol and Vorace

Gax and Vorace for the great illustrative quality, and Tex for the awesome concept.

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Voted for:
Texahol, amazing concept and different approach on the subject
Clochette, I really like the colors and style on this one

Artina, nice rendering, colors and ornaments are really beautiful
Giacobino, fantastic entry. I'm pretty much speechless.