Chow 144 :: The Siamese Twins [Archive]

daestwen

January 19th, 2009, 01:18 AM

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ROUND #144 :: The Siamese Twins

DESCRIPTION

It's year 55 P.A. - Post apocalypse. The nuclear war, and the devastation it caused afterward, led to a huge increase in the number of abnormal births - at least in those populations that survived. In the pockets of the planet that are still relatively untouched, civilization is trying to find a fledgling grip on itself again.

Outside those, however, is chaos.

The Siamese twins are rarely known as anything else. Cold and rational, these two not-so-individuals have learned to survive in a world set almost entirely against them.

Working as "protectionists" for those who wish to cross the wild, they are part mercenary, part guide, part shaman, part extortionist.

Notes on this round:
-the twins can be either male or female, but they should both be the same gender
-post apocalyptic, but the amount of technology they have available is entirely up to you

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daestwen

January 19th, 2009, 01:19 AM

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ex_machina

January 19th, 2009, 02:37 AM

Sounds fun. I'm in.

Wiggers

January 19th, 2009, 03:28 AM

Very cool!!

abr7man

January 19th, 2009, 03:40 AM

hell yeah...kinda reminds me of Babylon A.D.
cool topic daestwen :D

Kir Nuyts

January 19th, 2009, 03:42 AM

Okay im in again...I messed up my last CHOW, so this will be payback time ; :>

Great topic again!

Pixeltuner

January 19th, 2009, 04:00 AM

this sounds like some nasty images. Pardon me for being stupid but: Is Siamese a sort of nickname or do they really have to be grown to each other :D

sony

January 19th, 2009, 05:22 AM

this is not an easy CHow.Its challenging!

edit1: Okay I did a sketch,I have searched for Siamese twins and found that its basically two twins attached through bones and flesh, meas sharing same bone structure and flesh.Kind of sick but that's the truth!

edit2: Face detail.

Novbert

January 19th, 2009, 05:47 AM

Really inspiring topic.
I hope I'll have enough time to come up something for this.

Lanista

January 19th, 2009, 06:13 AM

wow this one actually might be something i can do...

I am correct that you mean *Conjoined* twins correct?

Or do they have to be Thai?

theUNKNOWNsketcher

January 19th, 2009, 06:44 AM

Sexy thread!!!!
I'm in ... so...
BEWARE!!!!!!!

2nd post : Damn i wish to draw a Siamese hooker! :groupie2:

SO ...CONJURED YOU SAY !
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grenogs

January 19th, 2009, 07:26 AM

Do they have to be identical twins?

Daray

January 19th, 2009, 07:35 AM

Siamese twins is another name used for Conjoined twins. :)

Platonist

January 19th, 2009, 07:36 AM

sounds cool. Im in!

quick rough:

Clockwork Bunny

January 19th, 2009, 07:39 AM

Do they have to be identical twins?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjoined_twins

Conjoined / siamese twins are identical as they come from the same egg that has started to split into ywo seperate embryo's but don't sepereate completely

RosemaryDarling

January 19th, 2009, 07:39 AM

The name comes from...

"Perhaps the most famous pair of conjoined twins was Chang and Eng Bunker (1811–1874), Thai brothers born in Siam, now Thailand. They traveled with P.T. Barnum's circus for many years and were billed as the Siamese Twins. Chang and Eng were joined by a band of flesh, cartilage, and their fused livers at the torso. In modern times, they could have been easily separated.[3] Due to the brothers' fame and the rarity of the condition, the term came to be used as a synonym for conjoined twins."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Chang-eng-bunker-PD.gif

Pixeltuner

January 19th, 2009, 07:54 AM

lunchbreak sketchiness. :)

theUNKNOWNsketcher

January 19th, 2009, 08:07 AM

My first original idea was, to make them as like they're carrying one another (in order to survive + thats very creative use of time and powers and so on)...the one lives in the day, the other sleeps - by night the opposite ... so they would be like the dark one and the light one , ala Yin and yang ... so at one and in the same time absolutely different..... but itsa frustrating way to live... even in post apocalyptic manner ...

....so i'll go with the hoookers, hahah

:wtf:

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sony

January 19th, 2009, 08:21 AM

Pixeltuner: cool start!

Nickykcin

January 19th, 2009, 08:26 AM

first sketch
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daestwen

January 19th, 2009, 08:32 AM

....so i'll go with the hoookers, hahah

If you read the brief again carefully you'll notice that they already have a job and it isn't prostitution. :P

and for the record everyone, yes, i do mean conjoined twins. sorry, i grew up with the slang for it.

theUNKNOWNsketcher

January 19th, 2009, 08:39 AM

Blaaah! No hookers .... so back to 1st idea
Thanks daestwen!!!!

tschahri

January 19th, 2009, 08:49 AM

Sounds fun, I'm in.
Going for something like "the mother(s) you don't fcuk with".
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Carnifex

January 19th, 2009, 09:07 AM

hm,are we talking strictly humans,or mutated weirdos (beyond conjoined) too?

daestwen

January 19th, 2009, 09:19 AM

carnifex, the brief does state that there are a lot of genetic anomalies, so i'll allow mutation, as long as it's within reason. :P They should still look like they were supposed to be human, though.

Yutang

January 19th, 2009, 09:58 AM

I like this subject, here is my first draw:

http://www.easy-upload.net/fichiers/siamoise2.2009119155645.jpg (http://www.easy-upload.net/fichier.php?fichier=2009119155645)

Carnifex

January 19th, 2009, 10:20 AM

oh,um question 2: is it possible to indicate there might actually be a "third twin"? as in extra appendages that are one too many,even for those two?

Seabreeze

January 19th, 2009, 10:30 AM

I'll try to do this, since it will be my first CHOW, but don't expect anything too fancy. I'm doing the COW as well so...

grenogs

January 19th, 2009, 10:44 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjoined_twins

Conjoined / siamese twins are identical as they come from the same egg that has started to split into ywo seperate embryo's but don't sepereate completely

The reason i ask is, becouse if it is Post apocalypse, would normal paramaters of facial identity still excist due to mutation?

Giorge

January 19th, 2009, 10:51 AM

Hmm, this kinda smells like fallout 3 , enjoyed that game , love this round

Carnifex

January 19th, 2009, 11:10 AM

first thumbs...

grenogs

January 19th, 2009, 12:02 PM

just a quicky, basic idea is there, though still some things to think about still, like giving him another arm, lol
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x279/grenogs/postapocsiamtwins.jpghttp://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x279/grenogs/postapocsiamtwins-1.jpg

Nickykcin

January 19th, 2009, 12:51 PM

fleshed out my first scetch a bit
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skorpi

January 19th, 2009, 02:18 PM

Great topic. I hope, i find the time to make something.

hungryan

January 19th, 2009, 02:58 PM

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Doodledoodle. I only have a faint idea what this is going to be. One of the guy's face is covered by a gun of sorts (because the other makes the eating part), which he operates with his jaw.
I just thought I will not start at the last minute, so people can tell their opinion about what I'm doing. This place is for that, right?
I have a twin brother, although we are not siamese (at least the last time I've checked) :)

hungryan

January 19th, 2009, 03:07 PM

Some ideas about the drawings on the 2nd page:
Carnifex: I like the thumbnails, the insect-looking in the 2nd row from top is the best in my opinion.
Grenogs: I think it would be cooler if these siamese twins manage to still look like they are not that crippled, and yours looks pretty crooked. Imagine in a postapocalypic world how could this thingy survive? I also don't understand what he stands on. Only 1 hand? He would fall in a second.
Nickykcin: Her hands are small. There are some nice details on it.

grenogs

January 19th, 2009, 03:47 PM

hungryan their not crippled, but they are deformed from radiation, and as for survival? you only have to look at nature, there are some strange looking creatures that seem to live and fuction against all the odd, perfect example is the bumble bee, how can that creature fly? and yet it does,. OR Sulphurous smoke stacks deep in the oceans, they hit temperature of 1000 c' , and yet theres creature living around them, until recently that was concidered impossible.
Where theres a will, theres a way. :)

hungryan

January 19th, 2009, 04:58 PM

Grenogs: Now that there's a wheel it makes perfect sense to me. Sorry if I sounded picky, just didn't see the update.

Pixeltuner

January 19th, 2009, 05:16 PM

updahaaate.

dirkvandulmen

January 19th, 2009, 05:31 PM

well...I haven't got the faintest idea what I'm doing with this one right now.... but hey, it's sure is a lotta fun.... enjoy.
Go Pixeltuner Go!

Pixeltuner

January 19th, 2009, 05:37 PM

Dirk, wtf. :D The power of the mutant compells you.

Tenno

January 19th, 2009, 06:37 PM

Here's my first sketch:

artina

January 19th, 2009, 06:52 PM

Hey everyone,
this is my first sketch of the twins. I'm calling them Janus.
Comments and crits welcome.

NoShot

January 19th, 2009, 07:13 PM

Here's a quick sketch. This chow should be interesting. :)

phantasm3001

January 19th, 2009, 07:20 PM

Hey Artina your's is f'kin awesome.love the reverse legs. im having trouble uploading mine. god i hate computers

MichaelNoel

January 19th, 2009, 08:17 PM

Sounds like great design space. I'm in, now I just need to practice my ass off. :D

Hmm, this kinda smells like fallout 3 , enjoyed that game , love this round
Damn I need to get that game. <_<

Physicalpariah

January 19th, 2009, 09:33 PM

Yes you do :| Get it now! or at least before the week is over. :D

sony

January 19th, 2009, 11:05 PM

artina: Hey I loved that!

Pixelturner: Colors :)!

dirkvandulmen: They seems more hardcore fighter, they are missing some other aspect of their personalities which is in the brief.

Max Martelli

January 19th, 2009, 11:15 PM

Very nice so far everyone, I'll try to get some critiques in there at some point. I might try this one out.

midknight523

January 20th, 2009, 01:44 AM

Hey everyone,
this is my first sketch of the twins. I'm calling them Janus.
Comments and crits welcome.

i can picture him trying to run but ending up going in circles hehe

Nightblue

January 20th, 2009, 01:50 AM

interesting topic... not sure if I can finish but it's fun to sketch things out.

thesaint

January 20th, 2009, 02:13 AM

Hey everyone! I'm on this one again =D
pixelturner: Very cool man, I wanna see it finished!
artina: My favorite so far XD Congratulations!

Here my WIP
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Rockman!

January 20th, 2009, 02:48 AM

I like to think that the sibling in the back frequently gets bored and starts dressing up the other's hair..
I hope I have time to make a final image : 3

Garrett

January 20th, 2009, 03:03 AM

Ok, my first morning sketch, ideation without props and research...siamese twins working as a transporter, maybe postapo deset guide-carrier

Crowsrock

January 20th, 2009, 03:34 AM

Here's my first rough sketch of the siamese twins.

sony

January 20th, 2009, 05:20 AM

Rockman!: You must be having good time drawing these as these are from babe-s in action. :)

Earlier Post wip! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2090201&postcount=8)
Line Works

Adi.

January 20th, 2009, 08:21 AM

Heya :)

just a sketch for now..

zimfin

January 20th, 2009, 09:33 AM

I have to try this one! Bit late but hey.
You guys are great. Very nice work.

artina: I love yours but one thing confuses me. With the legs pointing in opposite directions how can they walk/run, except in circles? Actually, I love the image that just gave me.

artina

January 20th, 2009, 10:03 AM

Hey everyone, thanks for the comments and feedback. I know what you mean about the legs. It would seem awkward for him/them to move forward having his legs pointing in opposite directions. So I guess he would move more like a crab, sideways. Or he could move his left leg forward and backtrack with right leg. Not too fast though.

sony

January 20th, 2009, 10:13 AM

Adi.: Nice sketch!

Grandmassa Mr. Spect : they have flame througher? Right?

Platonist

January 20th, 2009, 01:06 PM

time for a couple of WIPs.

I need to work on the big half's face...

Artina, Pixelturner those are incredible!
Hungryan that looks like its gonna be very cool!

Giorge

January 20th, 2009, 02:09 PM

So here's a rough sketch i did , no refs , built them as i was drawing. And i just saw that more opted for the back attachment, so ill be making him up along the way ,it's not the final idea.

They are in the middle of the battle , defending from some wild animals , in this shot the big guy managed to take down a wild beast and he is moving in for the final move with his self made sword, the little guy attached to the back ( if i knew earlier that there are going to be so many ideas with the attached by back .... eh) is the brains and the sharp eye of the duo, he repairs his weapons and negotiates the jobs ( nice story eh? ^^).

Artina - like your idea

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MJ_Alcazar

January 20th, 2009, 02:15 PM

Quick sketch.

Mat Kaminski

January 20th, 2009, 02:16 PM

LoL @ Grandmassa Mr. Spect: That's what I call hax! :P

I've got something started... but it just doesn't look ugly and gritty enough for some post-apocalypse yet... I'm still working on it.

Lots of folks coming out with some neat stuff. Can't wait to see the finished results of some of these. :)

Carnifex

January 20th, 2009, 02:38 PM

mj alcazar - that's very interesting,it looks like those middle-age illustrations,maybe you can work that aspect up even more? really like it. (p.s. wouldn't it make more sense to have the second twin have the shield on her arm?)
pixeltuner - some scary mofo :D

well,i'm on the back idea too,i mean,insectoid is nice,but i somehow really like the look of it...the second twin looming over the first...
now for colour...

BRINKMAN!

January 20th, 2009, 03:12 PM

Shit, someone beat me to the crab-leg idea... here is a quick full-body sketch and a head study... updates later! :)

Tetrodotoxin

January 20th, 2009, 03:24 PM

Just wanted to drop my little idea here... Definitely not gonna finish it, I've already spent way to much time on it.

I thought maybe on of the twins didn't evolve that much physically (it's still stuck somewere at an embryo/baby state), but more mentally. In the description it says that they're shamans. Well... mutant powers or whatever, you can see him casting some little spell there just for fun.
The other one is just your normal siamese, showing his secret ID card to someone is this super secret building... yeah... whatever... :nohope: seems to be a pretty lame idea to me now that I'm writing this, but what the heck, I'm frustrated because of all the stuff I still have to do for Uni.

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Please ignore the amino acids written down on it, it was actually one of my learning sheets... :^^;:
Well... back to work :[

Insomniation

January 20th, 2009, 03:43 PM

Hey everyone,
this is my first sketch of the twins. I'm calling them Janus.
Comments and crits welcome.

hell yeah Artina....awesome sketch man! Love how you got the limbs alternating and then twisting together....

all yall RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gotta give props to my fellow Washingtonian....I really dig your loose/rough/whatever style that you're starting off with...I like it enough that I don't think it needs to go further. I find it pretty badass as is (though keep going with it and make it more badass) :D

Quick sketch.

Dude...I just gotta say that I've been watching these competitions for some time now, and you're always participating. I gotta say that it really helping you out tremendously. Your drawings, anatomy, etc are visibly getting better every single week, its awesome man. Keep on participating and keep on the progress man!

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Great work everyone else...tons of good stuff going to be coming out of this round!

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sooo....both of my guys are mutated...one kind of has a hump....but other than that he's fine...and the other is pretty much a cripple because he's smaller than the other due to getting less nutrients....and the radiation didn't help. Hopefully it's not too much

FerrousJack

January 20th, 2009, 04:11 PM

Tri-corn, Afghan rifle, some Roper boots, everything a girls needs. this was my first idea. I might do another tho...

buffichar

January 20th, 2009, 04:27 PM

I have to say Hungryman (sorry if i killed your name ) and pixelturner. Nice!!! I'm liking what i'm seeing so far.
Well here's me and my simple sketch.

anamirela

January 20th, 2009, 04:28 PM

Hi everyone, this is my first sketch, "SisterX". Hope to find some free time to finish it.

Tenno

January 20th, 2009, 05:10 PM

Update:

Pixeltuner

January 20th, 2009, 05:50 PM

thx for all the kind words everyone! No update today, but hopefully tomorrow more post-ap goofiness. Nice work everyone!

FerrousJack: Nice sketch! Pirates Arrrr..

Grandmassa: Be careful that your detailing doesn't look to smooth and therefore detached from the more Mullins-ey raw sketchiness.

zimfin

January 20th, 2009, 06:08 PM

Not sure I am happy with my sketch yet but this is what I have for now.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/The-Siamese-Twins.jpg

Delmar

January 20th, 2009, 08:50 PM

Awesome topic deastwen.....

Couldn't sleep....so this came out, but now i'm dead tired..hehe!!
Great works so far !!

edit: update

Delmar

January 20th, 2009, 08:50 PM

double da post....

NateShaw

January 20th, 2009, 09:39 PM

another big guy/little guy on his back

Ionic

January 20th, 2009, 10:05 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_144_Draft.jpg

Here is my draft... hopefully I follow thru this time... had a lot of people mad that I didn't finish the last chow. Sorry to everyone that asked about it... I just didn't have the time... but thank you very much for your feedback!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_144.jpg

rework

daestwen

January 20th, 2009, 10:18 PM

JOHNGRELLO: Don't forget you need to show at least 3/4th's of the character! Easier to fix at this stage than later!

Nightblue

January 20th, 2009, 10:33 PM

Delmar: I love your sketch! It looks like a male and a female though, watch out for the part about same gender in the brief ;) The chemistry between the twins is very interesting in your sketch, looks like the top one is desperately trying to get away. Great composition too.

ferrousjack: I love the pose and weight distribution, it makes your figures look truly joined. I need to work a lot more on this.

edit: wip updated.

Ionic

January 20th, 2009, 10:33 PM

daestwen: Thank you for the heads up... I didn't read that rule... will rework it tonight.

sony

January 21st, 2009, 12:51 AM

Platonist that's loose sketch, give them some weapon and stuff under their possession; it seems they are beggars.

flamable I am liking the small and big combination.

MJ_Alcazar That mutant dog... is a great idea! Nice inventory of knives and stuff.

BRINKMAN! Creepy! :)

Carnifex Her left leg seems too long. double chest?

Graphuji Placement of the gun is not very interesting, its destroying the compositional flow.

zimfin work a bit on the proportions; i.e. his forearm looks small!

Delmar wicked :) that proportional relation is cool!

JOHNGRELLO waiting for update!

I have changed the one faced to two faced design. Earlier Post (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2091809&postcount=56)

FerrousJack

January 21st, 2009, 01:08 AM

nightblue: i like the textures you have going on. i also like how the two different personalities are coming across.

grenogs: this is great because both the twins have some kind of physical handicap and really have to work together physically as well as mentally...besides being really humorous

Here's a wip... I think they'll probably be wearing more "clothing" in the final...

Djinn

January 21st, 2009, 02:43 AM

MJ_Alcazar Your skills are improving at an incredible rate. I was constantly hanging around chow a few months ago and I thought I was impressed with you then, but you just keep getting better, keep it up! I love all the little pouches and stuff, they look very prepared for wasteland survival, and the creepy mutant dog is the icing on the cake, haha!

FerrousJack I'm loving the Pirate/Rogue thing you got going on, I'm just trying to figure out how they would walk... I'm guessing that they're both swiveling to look back at the 'camera.' Just thought I should mention that it looks (at this point) like the shared leg is fused in the front--meaning they would have to walk around like a tripod. Otherwise it's coming along nicely

Grandmassa That is so badass, can't think of anything else to say.

Lots of other good entries coming along. I'm sure this chows gonna have a lot of great entries.

So I've been lurking for a few months, dropped out of the 'of the week' world a while ago, doodled on a few chows without posting anything cause I knew I'd never finish. I've been working too much, heh. But I'm really psyched about this topic and I'm really hoping I can take this one to completion. Just finished Fallout 3 so I'm digging the post-apoc thing right now. Here's some loose doodles, trying to get my physical concept in mind before I start on accessorizing, this topic is really forcing the anatomy-stretching.

Anyway, without further ado, my doodle-concept.
for the main body I'm going for a gorilla-esque anatomy, and there's kind of a master-blaster thing going on here too. the brains and the brawn, all that.

Sorry for the poor picture quality, no scanner at the moment.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/wolveeberserker/DjinnDoodle-Siamese1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/wolveeberserker/DjinnDoodle-Siamese2.jpg

Cup_of_Tea?

January 21st, 2009, 05:36 AM

Sorry, this is a bit late, but for anyone who hasn't started. I thought this was pretty good, explains the different types of Siamese twins and how they can be conjoined.

http://www.phreeque.com/conjoined_twins.html

zimfin

January 21st, 2009, 11:35 AM

Next wip from me. Worked on the proportions, (thanks Sony) and hope it looks okay now. Despite me starting to colour, something around the legs is bothering me. Maybe the crotch area is to short, or the legs or something. Any of you guys spot something off I can change before it is too late?
On the plus side, this is the first time I have painted dark skin and I am really loving the challenge of it. I hoping he/they will look totally badass in the end.:-)

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/The-Siamese-Twins1.jpg

Seabreeze

January 21st, 2009, 11:58 AM

Zimfin: that skin looks REAL. But where are their conjoined balls? :teeth: The crotch is defenately short. Otherwise great.

Seabreeze

January 21st, 2009, 12:16 PM

Here's my first WIP. Not sure what the higher one should do with his left arm, maybe some sort of shield.

buffichar

January 21st, 2009, 12:21 PM

I do like your work looks MJ though I don't have references. I only saw your work for the first time with the 3 ghosts. (tres Cool)
Question. I want to pain a reflection on glass for this. Any suggestions on how to tackle it. I have an idea as usual that's bigger than wht i've done before suggestions !

anamirela

January 21st, 2009, 12:46 PM

Thanks to Cup_of_Tea? now I know that what we have here is a case of Ischio-omphalopagus.
Update with some color. I'm thinking to add a background, is just a matter of time...

sony

January 21st, 2009, 12:49 PM

Zimfin: Hey they are missing a knee cap! An its straight as rod, The bone is bit angluar!

zimfin

January 21st, 2009, 01:15 PM

Zimfin: that skin looks REAL. But where are their conjoined balls? :teeth: The crotch is defenately short. Otherwise great.

Lol! Yeah, since posting this I have increased the crotch area and it looks a lot better now.

Sony: The missing Knee cap was done on purpose to try and show some deformity and joining of the legs and as a result, the leg looks very straight. I am not entirely happy with it yet though and will probably alter it. As long as I haven't painted a part to the same level as the face, I am prepared to change it. I am not sure which bone you were referring to though. Thanks for pointing these things out!

Crowsrock

January 21st, 2009, 02:13 PM

Next WIP on the twins.

MJ_Alcazar

January 21st, 2009, 04:09 PM

Thanks for all the kind comments and suggestions. I'll try to leave crits for everyone a little later.
Update.

Gax

January 21st, 2009, 04:32 PM

YAAAAAAAARGH i'm STEAAAAAAAAAAAMING

http://guyvallez.free.fr/FRESH/siameseWIP3.jpg

TRog

January 21st, 2009, 05:59 PM

Haha Gax, that thing is awesome! Love the colour scheme and line art you came up with for your design. Very nice :D

Insomniation

January 21st, 2009, 06:06 PM

Zimfin...your face turned out really really well...seriously

I am horrible at doing skin tones....so I'm jealous

Cup_of_Tea?

January 21st, 2009, 06:38 PM

i'm not really convinced that they look too much like siamese twins. but hey, i'm pretty pleased so far.

crits welcome as usual

LORD M

January 21st, 2009, 07:19 PM

Very awesome work, guys! I'm too tired to comment right now, I'm off to bed after posting this thingy I am currently working on - still big WIP. Going to comment tomorrow. :)

I would really be glad if you guys would please give me some critique or so on it.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1351/twinspt8.jpg

NateShaw

January 21st, 2009, 07:25 PM

Lord M: Is that a tire loincloth? HA! awesome.

Nadiamoon

January 21st, 2009, 07:46 PM

http://i40.tinypic.com/20tgit5.jpg

Ionic

January 22nd, 2009, 12:19 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_144_finalcopy.jpg
Decided to go with yet another idea... see why its hard for me to finish stuff?

Niva.

January 22nd, 2009, 12:26 AM

Hi! I actually had this character going before finding out about this week's topic. Maybe I'll actually finish him now! I think I need to make him more futuristic though...

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darkly

January 22nd, 2009, 01:56 AM

Artina: I'm lovin your character! The walking thing isn't that big a deal. I mean he's a futuristic freak of nature and is probably double jointed, right!?:wink:

Looking good everyone!

Here's mine so far. Going to try to finish before the deadline.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3011/ooltek2we7.jpg

FerrousJack

January 22nd, 2009, 02:04 AM

Another wip... I'll wait to comment, but I'm seeing lots of great stuff. Gave her less piratical headgear. so want to draw pirates...

Raoul Duke

January 22nd, 2009, 02:24 AM

I really wanted to emphasize the tourist guide aspect, so I added some tourist, then an entire story popped in my head and now it's so busy I obscured one of the twins. It should floss a bit more when I get into color.

The thing I'm most proud of is I think this concept would work in a low budget film.

Chate Noire

January 22nd, 2009, 03:01 AM

Adi - seems like a crazy concept. Very mangaish. Cool lines, too.

FerrousJack - I like their poses, they're dynamic and fun, but they get a little lost in the color WIP. I hope the fleshing-out will capture them well.

Nightblue - very interesting character(s) concept. Waiting to see where you go with it.

zimfin - Cool rendering style so far =) These guys could be awesme.

JOHNGRELLO - wonderful approach. The crouching twin's expression is great.

Haven't done CHOW in a long time....here's a start.

Nightblue

January 22nd, 2009, 03:16 AM

Raoul: I really like your style! It is a bit busy right now, and the midget kind of got lost in front of those rocks. I love how your line work and black/white contrast convey so much rhythm and energy.

FerrousJack : Nice colors, and the clean coloring style is very pleasant to the eye. It kind of reminds me of the oil paintings of a Hispanic artist (can't remember the name though).

natedogier: the asymmetrical shoulders look very believable, and I totally dig the bruiser + shaman design.

JOHNGRELLO: I'm very jealous of your sketching skills. Your lines and characters are pure eye candy.

Must sleep or I won't be going to work tomorrow... did a little work on mine but not much. Hope to finish it before weekend.

Djinn

January 22nd, 2009, 03:26 AM

Well, I just cannot decide on a pose/style/etc.
And I've still got a lot to do this week, so this may not go any further,
but here's hoping my work project gets finished up so I can dedicate some time to this thing this weekend.

Some more thumbs:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/wolveeberserker/DjinnDoodle-Siamese3.jpg

zimfin

January 22nd, 2009, 04:26 AM

There is a lot of awesome skill here amongst you all and I appreciate that some of you have had time to help me out with your observations. Thanks for that. I have altered the "missing" kneecap and am quite happy with the leg now.
Here is my next wip. I'm starting to feel like the detail in my pic is some sort of rash which started on the face in front and is spreading all down the body. I need a break! Lol.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/The-Siamese-Twins2.jpg

Lol. I just noticed there is a space between the gun and hand where you should see shirt but I totally missed that out.

Raoul Duke

January 22nd, 2009, 04:47 AM

Oh no! I forgot to ask what the final diamiters are.

Wiggers

January 22nd, 2009, 05:18 AM

Gax, that's awesome! i love your work!!

JOHNGRELLO beautifully drawn but it looks like he's giving him a piggy back rather than being siamese twins.

Chate Noire again beautifully drawn i like it a lot very very good!

ZIMFIN, very nice, coming on well!

Monika Gruszka

January 22nd, 2009, 05:38 AM

pencil wip

sony

January 22nd, 2009, 06:28 AM

Seabreeze Weight distribution need work. try shifting some weight! Its time for rough out lines! :)

anamirela Belly hands are creepy!

Crowsrock It seems they are not Siamese change you angle or pose to get it noticed! It looks they are standing in front of each other.

MJ_Alcazar Look nice!

Gax Its always a pleasure to look at your work:)

Cup_of_Tea? Sudden change in the flesh distribution around joints are not looking a good.

LORD M Holy bible? Thats a nice twist!

Nadiamoon Thats new and sweet. Most of the entries are sick but this is beautiful!

JOHNGRELLO Stick to this now its looking nice! :) That sad look on his face is expressive!

n1va I like the demonoid feel! your armors shaft seems thin and long for such a massive weight it is carrying.

natedogler Looking good so far!

FerrousJack Colors are looking nice! is that Mini Ipod? :)

Raoul Duke There's lot happening!

Chate Noire That's strong pose! I like the characters!

Nightblue Its coming out nice! :)

Djinn High res? Those proportional relations looking fun!

zimfin Its looking nice!

monna-giovanna Elves? watch out for those knives they seems like rubber.

Grandmassa Mr. Spect Watch out for the quality, it might get rejected for unfinished quality!

zimfin

January 22nd, 2009, 06:59 AM

Sony: Like the colours you've used. very cool.

A bit more progress from me.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/The-Siamese-Twins3.jpg

Wiggers

January 22nd, 2009, 07:18 AM

Hope i got time to do this.

hungryan

January 22nd, 2009, 07:18 AM

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It's going very slowly because of work.
I didn't even have time to check the other entries.

Kaizer

January 22nd, 2009, 08:17 AM

Second WIP, but I haven't gotten a chance to scan the first, and I have to head to school soon. BTW, I'm rotating their hips so they balance better.

zimfin

January 22nd, 2009, 10:28 AM

This is my last post before the final. Only got a few things to finish up. I figured, since they are not gonna be particularly fast on their feet I would replace one of the twins swords with a nice, meaty looking gun. Now they can cover each others backs! Still keeping one sword though. Couldn't resist.

Anyway, thanks for the encouragement folks. It helped a lot!

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/The-Siamese-Twins4.jpg

KWhite

January 22nd, 2009, 10:38 AM

Hi, great topic and great pieces already ^_^ I hope I can make it.

http://www.kawais-domain.com/Arts/siamese1.jpg

Carnifex

January 22nd, 2009, 12:52 PM

progress...

mrpank

January 22nd, 2009, 01:01 PM

hi
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8250/mffw120ir8.jpg

buffichar

January 22nd, 2009, 01:35 PM

Don't know if i'll finish. But I am having fun. That's what this is all about right. Well the glass is well not really glassy. Don't know how i'm going to do that really. I do love the twins. They are starting to grow on me. (snigger) Can you tell who Warren is?

Verehin

January 22nd, 2009, 02:23 PM

two ideas...I like first one)

Parsakoira

January 22nd, 2009, 02:33 PM

its my first time here at CHOW. its still just a WIP

Ionic

January 22nd, 2009, 02:41 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_144_final2.jpg

Major tone difference from my tabletpc to my desktop... gonna have to adjust it

Carnifex

January 22nd, 2009, 02:49 PM

johngrello - reaally nice.

more work...sometimes,armor can be fun.

anamirela

January 22nd, 2009, 03:12 PM

sony: really nice colors you've used.

Last update before the final:

Parsakoira

January 22nd, 2009, 03:15 PM

*update*

peppi

January 22nd, 2009, 03:35 PM

Cool topic. I haven't posted here on CA in quite a while, and this is going to be my first chow as well. Here's a bunch of thumbnails, I'm leaning towards H but will probably try to incorporate an additional leg somewhere on the side..

http://www.peterboehme.com/webpics/conceptart/ca_chow144_thumbs_900.jpg

Raoul Duke

January 22nd, 2009, 04:11 PM

peppi
h is not a bad choice but my favorite is f (is for favorite). in all honesty they all rock the freakin house accept j (is for jealous).

Verastegui

January 22nd, 2009, 04:11 PM

Here are a few sketches i did while in class yesterday.

t i m

January 22nd, 2009, 04:21 PM

Here's mine.

@zimfin - that is an awesome piece you have going, fantastic job rendering!

John Gallo - sweet man, it looks great on my pc.

Monika Gruszka

January 22nd, 2009, 06:21 PM

tim - wow, its great! absolutely love it!

Carnifex - it looks nice so far! great mood..

sony - thanks, man:) yeah, i know, i dont really know how to draw any kind of weapon;) And no, the are not elves.. i think ;) anyways, thank you for your advice! :)

Niva.

January 22nd, 2009, 06:21 PM

Here's another update, minor adjustments and some color.

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mrpank: Love that sketch!

CristinaMcAllister

January 22nd, 2009, 06:33 PM

Ergh!
Running late on this.
Dunno if I'll get a final done in time, but here's what I got so far - meet the Chen sisters: Shotgun Sue and Speedy Sal.

Tenno

January 22nd, 2009, 06:53 PM

Minor update:

Thanks for the comment on the gun sony, would really love to see some texture on yours.

Carnifex

January 22nd, 2009, 07:10 PM

monna - cheers!

last update for tonight. i think i've got the armor too bright...going for moonlight infront/above...not sure...

Raoul Duke

January 22nd, 2009, 07:40 PM

Due to an error in painter, my image got flattened and all I had was the small jpeg I uploaded last night. The cutout filter picked up some of the weight. I still have some backtracking to do.

I applied the base color to the characters, next up is more tonal work.

KWhite

January 22nd, 2009, 07:55 PM

Update:

Having some trouble with the colors and lights

http://www.kawais-domain.com/Arts/siamese2.jpg

Raoul Duke

January 22nd, 2009, 08:28 PM

Update:

Having some trouble with the colors and lights

they need to relate to each other. try reflecting the light off the material and skin. florescent light reflects strongest in shadow as I understand.

Monika Gruszka

January 22nd, 2009, 08:44 PM

some progress:)
i have so much fun witch this piece:)

t i m

January 22nd, 2009, 08:47 PM

fin. Balanced the pic had to move the sign, some other tweeks too.

@ mona - thanks so much! I like your piece too, can't wait to see it finished. :)

Edit: Cut down the sign, and fixed the size of the car. Make things in the fg a little less distracting.

NateShaw

January 22nd, 2009, 09:03 PM

mrpank: I really like your start, the lines around the faces look really believable.

buffichar: Really interesting what you are doing with the glass effect, the one thing thats bothering me is that the whole painting looks a little soft or out of focus, it would be nice to see some hard definition. Especially where your your light is hitting the figures.

JohnGrello: I really like this. the figures are very solid feeling and the light source is really good.

anamirela: HA The people behind the figure are very nice.

n1va: I like your darks and lights! It might be cool to see some color reflecting on that armor.

anyway heres mine:

Blueman

January 22nd, 2009, 09:23 PM

Everyone's stuff looks incredible!

thought I would throw my hat in on this one =)

WIP (duh)

Nightblue

January 22nd, 2009, 10:11 PM

tim: moving the sign is definitely a good move, since the camera appears to be a couple floors above the ground, and that sign has to be pretty damn high to go all the way up there. Right now, however, the sign is still a bit distracting to me, and I'm not digging it as the focal point of the picture - the robot in the back is much, much cooler :) Have you tried just using general rubble with bigger masses and less details in the foreground? Just my 2 cents.

Rockman!

January 22nd, 2009, 10:29 PM

I gave this another shot, as my original was putting me to sleep :yawn: ..

prepsage

January 23rd, 2009, 12:07 AM

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/7052/prepsagechow2wg7.jpg

WIP. might go into color if I have time..

FerrousJack

January 23rd, 2009, 01:58 AM

I'm gonna call this done because I'm oh so sleepy... unless anyone has some comment that shames me into doing more... :dead:

Crowsrock

January 23rd, 2009, 02:16 AM

Here is my update. Have still a lot to do!

Raoul Duke

January 23rd, 2009, 02:41 AM

I layed down the base color for the landscape. The tacky texture is going to be bad ass after I get around to the value menu.

Blueman

January 23rd, 2009, 03:16 AM

about a third of the way finished.. going to redo the lower body.

anamirela

January 23rd, 2009, 04:29 AM

I think now is finished.:yayca: It was a lot of fun!

hungryan

January 23rd, 2009, 04:43 AM

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Pushing a bit forward. Still no clue what this is going to be, but I've tried to put a bit more of the description into it. I will have time in the weekend only to finish it, and I will comment on other's works then. Cheers.

navarrot

January 23rd, 2009, 05:37 AM

http://www.davidnavarrot.com/images/chow/CHOW%23144_Navarrot.jpg

:anime:

Artofinca

January 23rd, 2009, 05:50 AM

post-nuclear themes ftw
here is my wip :)

L0bo

January 23rd, 2009, 08:29 AM

daestwen

January 23rd, 2009, 09:04 AM

Sorry, I've been busy, so I didn't notice, but tim, why is yours a robot...?

KWhite

January 23rd, 2009, 09:16 AM

Raoul Duke

Thank you very much, I'll try fixing some more :)

t i m

January 23rd, 2009, 09:31 AM

Sorry, I've been busy, so I didn't notice, but tim, why is yours a robot...?

It's not a robot, it's organic, an alien in a spacesuit. At least that's what I had imagined. If it's borderline I won't take it to vote, it's all good. :)

SMILEFACE

January 23rd, 2009, 09:50 AM

tim i think your pick rocks what if they mutated into giants (GIANT SIEMESE TWINS) HEY daestwen, does this fit the guidlines better ? it still needs alot of work:lounge:

peppi

January 23rd, 2009, 10:43 AM

Here's my progress so far, gonna worry about the faces and more accessoires later.. I think I'm going to turn the sign around and make it a little more axe-shaped as well.

http://www.peterboehme.com/webpics/conceptart/ca_chow144_wip01.jpg

Nickykcin

January 23rd, 2009, 11:10 AM

another wip; a lot of work on the enviroment left
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Wiggers

January 23rd, 2009, 11:15 AM

Small update.

Flipnastywebby

January 23rd, 2009, 11:16 AM

peppi i really like you design because of the simplicity and the fact that right now they cant see. I would keep this and play off it. it adds that nice sense of monstrosity in a post apocalyptic sort of way. imagine this thing walking up over the hill and entering a new village, the people there would freak right out. well done i hope you finish it up. may i suggest some scars from hardship, like hes had to vend off people and animals who wish to end his existence. Also making the colors a bit more vibrant. i always start muted then beef up the colors later. turning the sign around will add more of the "nuclear holocaust" feel to it. you can also be a bit witty with it too.

good luck with it.

:pirate:

buffichar

January 23rd, 2009, 02:09 PM

I just saw this article. Not that its necessary just... well if you're interested http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157159208404?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleControlle r

Shard

January 23rd, 2009, 02:12 PM

my 2c

buffichar

January 23rd, 2009, 02:18 PM

buffichar: Really interesting what you are doing with the glass effect, the one thing thats bothering me is that the whole painting looks a little soft or out of focus, it would be nice to see some hard definition. Especially where your your light is hitting the figures.

I did ask for suggestion on glass so now i'm lookig through catalogues to get the idea of what i want to show on the glass.

Someone ticked Warren off much to the dismay of Peace and Warren does not hold a grudge. He gets even. :)
:yayca:

So this is me flicking through catalogues trying to get a visual of how the explosion would look on the glass.

Delmar

January 23rd, 2009, 03:06 PM

Hey everybody! Here's my ...i guess final.

SMILEFACE

January 23rd, 2009, 03:15 PM

:lounge:

Djinn

January 23rd, 2009, 03:31 PM

Next WIP, still behind schedule, but I'm hoping to put a lot of work in this weekend, but I'm worried I may not make the deadline.

Digital WIP:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/wolveeberserker/Djinn_siamesetwins4.jpg

Insomniation

January 23rd, 2009, 03:35 PM

Hey Mr. Spect are they supposed to be supersized, or is that little girl supposed to be reeeally tiny or something?

If not you may want to make her a wee bit taller...she looks a little old to be coming up under their knee (unless they're giant or she's tiny :) )

SMILEFACE

January 23rd, 2009, 04:33 PM

thanks Insomniation lol ididnt realise he got so big :mittenbop:

agnostes

January 23rd, 2009, 04:39 PM

Sorry to jump in real late, just got my webspace sorted :P

WIP:

http://www.agnostes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PAST/PAST_01.png http://www.agnostes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PAST/PAST_02.png http://www.agnostes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PAST/PAST_03.png
http://www.agnostes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PAST/PAST_04.png

Unlikely I'll finish this. Got scared by bright yellow/purple and went back to greyscale for now.

Some great work on here btw.

Cheers all!

Seabreeze

January 23rd, 2009, 04:42 PM

Right, I started all over again. Now gravity is actually affecting the two. And I know my pics are big, just too lazy to resize anything but the final. :bashful:

Niva.

January 23rd, 2009, 04:55 PM

I haven't even looked at the deadline, now I wonder if I can finish and people started posted finished work already...

Delmar: Very good and painterly, I think you can add a bit more in the foreground, also perhaps a worshipper for scale? Right now it looks like it could be pushed more.

Agnostes: Color or b&W that piece has promise, composition is good, definitely looks post apocalyptic, love the gun silhouette.

Grandmassa: Don't care for the twins so much but adding the girl really improved the piece, makes the viewer double take to make sense of the complete scene. Also looks kinda noble, screaming "my monster!"

Shardana: Nice 2c, very nice!

Peppi: That's a wicked concept stage, loved the sketches on the previous page, you seem to have picked up the same one I would have! Can't wait to see more.

Anamirela: That's a great character, however I really beg you to consider if it's really finished. You can darken up the whole piece significantly and work the spotlight more cleveryly, bring up the values and really make this character stand out, I'm almost reconsidering doing a paintover because the composition would play so good. Love the characters in the back.

Blueman: That just looks like an evil baby head on her shoulder. Lighting and idea is fine but the twins concept is not shining through.

FerrousJack: Shame on you, I really hope you're very much ashamed of yourself. Take that!

dariocoelho

January 23rd, 2009, 05:43 PM

Some cool wastelanders hanging around here yet! Outstanding work, peppi and Delmar - me likes. :)

Sorry for not posting any wip-steps before, but i made this drawing in one session and didn't want to get out of the flow. Not sure if i will paint over it, so let's see what time will tell.

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/concept/siamesetwinsgray.jpg

GiantRibot

January 23rd, 2009, 05:58 PM

So, I read the rules and got to work on my first entry, and when i came to post my sketch, I found it eerily similar to anamirela's one...! I guess I won't enter this one because he/she did it first, but I really enjoyed this one and will definitely compete next round. heh.:^^:

SMILEFACE

January 23rd, 2009, 06:22 PM

polarRook

January 23rd, 2009, 06:29 PM

outstanding work, all of you guys have some killer concepts.. the talent level here is mindblowing!!

arngrimur

January 23rd, 2009, 06:58 PM

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp122/arngrimur/Chow144TheSiameseTwins.jpg

When awake he walks like a centaur.

Nightblue

January 23rd, 2009, 07:03 PM

dariocoelho: That's such a cool concept! I love your penciling technique, and the idea of the underdeveloped twin being kept alive both bodily and mechanically off the larger sibling is awesome.

agnostes

January 23rd, 2009, 07:03 PM

i think yall should go for it if you want its a cool concept

I'll second that. It's often amazing how close independent ideas can be on the same subject. This usually means it's a good idea, imo.

FerrousJack

January 23rd, 2009, 07:05 PM

FerrousJack:
sorry. but i think I've to keep you away from bed. I've some really serious crits for you: you totaly f**** up the ipod. the proportions are all wrong. especially of the display. hope daestwen doesn't see it :O would be fatal

no, serously looks great.

Heh, thanks! But that's no iPod, it's a non-standard portable music device produced by some other company... some company similar but entirely different from Apple.

Ionic

January 23rd, 2009, 08:28 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_144_final2b.jpg

for some reason it looks fuzzy... and I'm not liking the bottom guys face at all... hopefully I'll have time to fix it.

Raoul Duke

January 23rd, 2009, 09:20 PM

next stop highlights and maybe cropping:[ (guess what)

mrpank

January 23rd, 2009, 09:59 PM

n1va, NateShaw thx guys

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1010/mffw121ty9.jpg

LORD M

January 23rd, 2009, 10:45 PM

Awesome work you guys have cooked up! Thought I would comment a little bit on them. :yayca:

mrpank - Great start! I really like how big and bulky they look. Like a refrigerator moving around.

Raoul Duke - Nice use of colours. I like the small donisaurs. :P

JOHNGRELLO - Awesome piece, I don't know what other to say then I want to see it finished.

arngrimur - Wow, that's two really freaky siamese twins. But for the moment I'm afraid I can't see how they can be mercenaries/protectors/andtherest - you probably have it all figured out though.

GiantRibot - Great pose and sketch, now I wan't to see you finish it. ;)

dariocoelho - Totally love the concept, kinda reminds me of a mix between Oblivion anf Fallout 3 - something Bethseda would have cooked up.

Grandmassa Mr. Spect - Awesome! Freaking love it so far, great touch by adding the american flag in the bg. I really like the gritty look of it. :D Just one thing, the child looks a bit too much like an adult in the face, maybe you can fix it up.

Djinn - Hehe, looks like a knight on his horse. Don't know what else to say then I would like to see more.

Delmar - Great colours and feel in it. The environment and the colours in it fits the piece perfectly. :D

shardana - A bit "Dead Space" feel over it. The conjointion (is that a real word?) looks a bit too alien and foregin to be human imo.

Wiggers - Nice running pose, very dynamic and fits their body structure a lot. Looking forward seeing more.

Nickykcin - Pretty nice, good use of colours and pretty good painting aswell. Maybe you should define a lightsource, because now it looks like they're being lit up by all around the dark forest.

peppi - One of my favs so far, loving the Silent Hill creepy feel all over it.

Artofinca - Cool start!

navarrot - Scary, nice style.

hungryan - Cool idea with that mouth-mounted gun, hope you finish it.

An update on my guys. Gonna try and give him some WW2 or WW1 pistol/revolver in his holster, place a dead hare hanging in a string beside the book and then I just need to have some old Commodore 64 game running on the screen - but since I have never had a Commodore I am a bit lost here :(, thought maybe Monkey Island. Any suggestions of games you guys could give me would help a lot! :D

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5300/twinsnj7.jpg

Blueman

January 24th, 2009, 12:33 AM

Taking in a slightly different direction. I was trying to figure out what use the shoulder baby could possibly have.

EDIT: Ran out of time, gotta work my arse off this weekend. So I guess this has to be my final >.< I'll set more time aside next time.

Dan!

January 24th, 2009, 01:47 AM

well, I am going away for the weekend- but I had to bust this one out- cool stuff from everyone as usual--
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/DECYPL/CHOW144_Dan.jpg

Nightblue

January 24th, 2009, 02:30 AM

blueman: That's freaky and cool, love the bony twin. Can't wait to see the finished work!

Working on this a little bit a night. Hope I can finish :|

Ionic

January 24th, 2009, 03:15 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_144_final.jpg

I've gotta stuff to do tomorrow and then work on sunday so this will have to be my final pass... sooooo much detail and stuff I wanted to add... but this will have too do.

Lt_Action

January 24th, 2009, 03:24 AM

Ohhh, I wish I had found out about the very existence of this board sooner than TODAY, but I thought it would be fun so I decided to try it out :D

There are so many interesting and well done pieces here. I'd love to leave adoring comments.. but I'm so freaking tired... BUT! Here's what I've got.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/ltaction/CHOW144Lt_Action.jpg

I don't think it's as obvious as I would have liked but, in case you can't tell, this dood is at least 16 feet tall- Give or take. He also gets his clothes from the junkyard. :D

Also, when the large one is feeling sassy, he can waggle the Nub-Man like an amputated.. nub.

That's only for lulz and to make him spill his tea, though.

GiantRibot

January 24th, 2009, 03:25 AM

thanks for the encouragement. i'm wasn't sure about protocol.

just throwing some colors in there.

SMILEFACE

January 24th, 2009, 04:32 AM

thanks LORD M i tried to make her face alittle rounder hope it helped glade you continued GiantRibot because their shirt rocks all yalls paint'ns are 'madd crazy post hiphop talictic'

Raoul Duke

January 24th, 2009, 04:59 AM

mr. spect you need to make the little girl 2x bigger. If the twins are meant to be that big, focus on the skeleton and research giagantsizm.
give the little girl more emotional dependence on the tour guide(s). Even the twins could use more emotion. arrogance, anger, fear, confidence, etc.

SMILEFACE

January 24th, 2009, 05:36 AM

thanks Raoul Duke ill keep at it yall think girl is fitting better?

anamirela

January 24th, 2009, 05:49 AM

...consider if it's really finished. You can darken up the whole piece significantly and work the spotlight more cleveryly, bring up the values and really make this character stand out, I'm almost reconsidering doing a paintover...

Thanks for the advice n1va I'll see what I can do!

Platonist

January 24th, 2009, 07:28 AM

should've realised ages ago, but this isnt going anywhere, and i haven't time to start again. So I'm out.

some v. cool pics though everyone.

AUG

January 24th, 2009, 07:50 AM

Loving the creepyness level and hard work put into every piece in this thread.

I blocked this in last evening. Started adding detail this morning. It has miles to go. At the same time, I got caught up making an enviro for EOW, so it will be a miracle if I finish either by the deadline.

Flipnastywebby

January 24th, 2009, 08:40 AM

a 20 minute rough idea. CCs welcomed
:pirate:

artina

January 24th, 2009, 09:05 AM

Hey everyone,
Here are a few of the steps I've taken with the coloring of the Janus twins.
Crits and comments are welcome.

Cookiedough

January 24th, 2009, 09:31 AM

Here's mine:
http://home.casema.nl/dabjai/art/chow/chw144cookiedoughwip.jpg
http://home.casema.nl/dabjai/art/chow/chw144cookiedough.jpg

peppi

January 24th, 2009, 10:17 AM

Thanks for the comments!

Flipnastywebby - cheers for those tips. Blindness is a cool idea, it does seem to work best on these guys. My colors always tend to be a bit desaturated, I'm going to work on those some more once everything else is in place. Scars are on my list as well :)

Dang, not a lot of time left now.. I've got about one hour today and another tomorrow before I have to call it done. Here's my progress:

http://www.peterboehme.com/webpics/conceptart/ca_chow144_wip02.jpg

hungryan

January 24th, 2009, 11:15 AM

573428
Still going very slowly, and not sure about it at all. I will finish it anyway. But thanks for everyone who likes the character.

Honestly, there's so many good stuff here, I feel a bit ashamed of posting this crap. Artina, Peppi, Johngrello, Dariocoelho for example has great stuff, and a lots of others also.

goat27

January 24th, 2009, 12:42 PM

wips here. i dont do the post-pocalyptic thing that well, and i think i might actually hate this a little. but i keep working on it.

Artofinca

January 24th, 2009, 02:29 PM

wip :sungod:

WunderDark

January 24th, 2009, 03:29 PM

Some Impressive work here,
here's what I been doodling with for a while now...
Not sure what to do about the background. Crits welcome
573638

MJ_Alcazar

January 24th, 2009, 04:40 PM

Another update.

Chate Noire

January 24th, 2009, 05:51 PM

JOHNGRELLO - that looks fantastic. One could argue if they look conjoined or not, but the lighting, their poses and expressions, the color - it all rocks.

peppy - amazing rendering. Looks very 3D and alive.

Ionic

January 24th, 2009, 06:06 PM

Chate Noire: Love your rendering... very smooth. The whole idea was just that... not knowing if they are... being different isn't easy and wearing a big sign that says I'm a MUTANT doesn't seem fun. I really did wanna add a bunch of details like straps and gear and tid bits... but I just don't have the time. thanks for all the positive feedback.

GiantRibot

January 24th, 2009, 07:00 PM

getting close, i think. shrug

LORD M

January 24th, 2009, 08:57 PM

Haha nice detail with the text on the shirts, GiantRibot. Great work, I really like the gear and clothes you gave them.

Flipnastywebby

January 24th, 2009, 10:03 PM

spent some more time on it
ccs welcomed.
I will do a recap of everyone who posts finishes later
Peppi, thanks man

DefiledVisions

January 24th, 2009, 10:08 PM

wasnt intending on posting any wip here.. but just realised I might not be showing enough of character. Deastwen does this pass as 3/4 or do I have to add more to them ? ..

Djinn

January 25th, 2009, 12:57 AM

Thinking I'm not gonna make it, but I'm still going to try. I don't know how you guys work so fast, I guess it takes practice and a method. I don't have a whole lot of experience 'finishing' pieces, so that doesn't help my chances, haha.

WIP:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/wolveeberserker/djinn_siamesetwins5.jpg

I'd appreciate any crits.

Chate Noire

January 25th, 2009, 03:06 AM

Flipnastywebby, the concept is interesting, and I like the work on the beast's torso. Only I believe the challenge calls for the same-sex twins, which only makes sense since conjoined twins are an abnormal case of identical twins. I think a beastly female can still work, but her body will have to be more feminine. Right now it's very muscular and beefy.

GiantRibot - Cool characters, nice pose. It tells a lot about them and creates an interesting story. I also like the "dirty" background. I feel there's a lot of black shadows in the figure, that maybe can be 3D'ed-up with some bouncing light from the surrounding, some reflected greens in the darkened areas.

rmygona

January 25th, 2009, 03:23 AM

initial thumbnail and wip...

SMILEFACE

January 25th, 2009, 03:35 AM

everybodys work here is freak'n amazing cool diggz

Garth Cochrane

January 25th, 2009, 04:23 AM

http://www.peterboehme.com/webpics/conceptart/ca_chow144_wip02.jpg

Great work Peter...always a pleasure to see new work from you.

GiantRibot

January 25th, 2009, 04:31 AM

chate noire: thanks for the crit. you are absolutely right.

i'm really digging everybody's stuff.

zimfin

January 25th, 2009, 04:58 AM

Awesome work guys!
Does anyone know when the Finals thread will be posted?

SMILEFACE

January 25th, 2009, 05:11 AM

Awesome work guys!
Does anyone know when the Finals thread will be posted?

the first page has the rules but im really bad at directions it 's under daestwen post at the top cheers

Raoul Duke

January 25th, 2009, 06:06 AM

I better upload the finish b4 my drunk ass go bed.

OYO!

January 25th, 2009, 07:43 AM

Hey fellas,
it's been a while I haven't done a Chow ! Woohoo ! Glad to see there 's always a lot of entries !

I met twins recently that were completely the opposite of each other mentally and physically. They inspired me these two freaks, meet Francois and Albert Raverstain. I really wanted to write a little backstory but ran out of time. Next time.

http://www.oyoz.com.au/images/siambrothers-07.jpg

and the process :

http://www.oyoz.com.au/images/siambrothers-01.jpghttp://www.oyoz.com.au/images/siambrothers-02.jpghttp://www.oyoz.com.au/images/siambrothers-04.jpghttp://www.oyoz.com.au/images/siambrothers-06.jpg

Hylwys.

Chate Noire

January 25th, 2009, 10:08 AM

Wow, OYO, that's crazy. Wonderful, unique design and gorgeous rendering.

Here's where it is at the moment.
I'll leave it be for a little while and come back to check for mistakes before the deadline.

Artofinca

January 25th, 2009, 10:41 AM

Peppi - nice!!!
Oyo - lovely stuff m8, love the nuke-cola :)

when the final-burning for chow 144 will be up?

peppi

January 25th, 2009, 10:50 AM

Thanks everyone! Some great stuff in here..
I gotta move on and get some work done so here's my final for this round -

http://www.peterboehme.com/webpics/conceptart/chow144_peppi.jpg

Crowsrock

January 25th, 2009, 10:54 AM

Nearly final version of my twins.

artina

January 25th, 2009, 11:03 AM

Hey everyone,
great pieces this week. This is my wip and final. They are the Janus Twins.
I'll repost in the Finals thread when it is up. Good luck everyone.

daestwen

January 25th, 2009, 12:08 PM

Sorry guys, I got some freelance and have been really busy so I haven't been online, but the finals thread is up now!

I won't be able to do the poll until monday night late-ish, so you've got an extra day, but I'll put up the new round tonight when I can, hopefully a little before midnight.

Sorry for the delay, guys!

MJ_Alcazar

January 25th, 2009, 01:18 PM

artina - that turned out great, love the double foot.
peppi - love the simple design and the fact that he's all mutated.
chate noir - love the style and the rendering is beautiful.
oyo - awesome design, love the details.

have a little ways to go still.

LORD M

January 25th, 2009, 03:37 PM

Awesome job everyone. Your works impress me a lot. :D

Here's my final thingy, glad I finaly could finish a CHOW again. Made an image showing the progress of my dude.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4060/twinsprogressqi6.jpg

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5297/chow144lordmxo5.jpg

Full size for anyone who cares..

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2882/siamesetwinsfinallordm2tj4.jpg

Nightblue

January 25th, 2009, 04:55 PM

One more day would be great... it's Chinese new year this weekend, aka family time.

Crazy stuff OYO! I still feel like the head and arm of the guy in the back could use more love, but that doesn't change the fact that your design is all kinds of awesome.

Chate, I love your characters' attitude. If anything, I feel like they are dressed a bit too cleanly for post-apocalyptic survivors. still, I really love your rendering style. Great job and can't wait to see it finished :)

I'll try to finish mine tonight after driving the long drive home, but the extra day padding will prove useful if I get too tired to do much :) Thanks daestwen! Also, this thing looks completely different on the monitor at my mom's house, so if it looks too dark now please let me know, thanks in advance!