DSG 285: Creature: Your own personal guardian-beast

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Today's topic is: Creature: Your own personal guardian-beast

[nBT]

http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/dsg285guardian.jpg

[Terayon]

This is my second attempt with this tablet :p

http://home.graffiti.net/terayon:graffiti.net/ArtImages/guardianmonster.jpg

I think im getting better... :rolleyes:

[Jane Radstrom]

I'm out of time, but maybe I can clean this up more later, it is in a pretty sorry state still. :(

As I was thinking about what I would like to guard me of course the first thing that came to mind was legions of scantily-clad man servants. But I'm not sure they would entirely qualify as beasts? :p So I moved on... thinking that it would have to be something fairly cuddly that would look nice in the palace (hey, I have personal guardians; I can have a palace too!) and wouldn't scare the guests too much. So... of course, giant cat women! Only problem is they tend to put on airs and like to seduce the man-servents. But at least they're self-cleaning... ;)

http://www.velondra.com/images/gallery/285guardian.jpg

~ hour and a half, PS

[davi]

http://www.creatureone.com/03/wowtauren.jpg

[cartoonfox]

whats better than a big blue monster to protect you?...

a big HUGE blue monster to protect you!! :D

http://www.cartoonfox.hostrocket.com/dsg_4.jpg
of course, its not blue 'till i colour it!! :D

that lil' guy on top is me when i was younger. (i dont need a big huge blue monster now,... i can protect my self :cool: :D)

great work so far people, love the face on yours davi, it has a nice shape.

[Jebus]

What is this? I dunno but if it was real it was very dangerous :D
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/sigma_atf/Danger.jpg

[klaivu]

We were at the animal museum today - drawing stuffed animals. So this'll kind of fit.
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~late82/kamaa/orangi.jpg
I also took photos on an earlier visit:
http://www.stopsalvation.com/kamaa/stuffedprev.jpg

Davi: In some odd way that looks almost lupine. Like a hyena-minotaur crossbreed or something.

[bueda]

damn, these are scary.

i am so frightend, i don't dare to post my little teddy. he has been protecting me from all the evil monsters under my bed when i was small. now he is protecting me from all the evil monsters outside my house ..
my teddy (http://www.firefly-net.de/fbuether/unneeded/scanned/teddy.jpg)
and do not forget, me is new at drawing :)

[Hazzard]

http://aaronsart.5u.com/images/beastpal.jpg

there you go

[danielh68]

Decided to do something more whimsical today.

Davi -- nice rendering. love the loose brushstrokes. captures a lot of energy.

Hazzard -- cool sketch. You should color it if you have time.

klaivu -- great work. the rich warms and cools are stunning.

http://www.blitzdesign.net/dsg/personal_beast.jpg

[Valcon Jet]

Nice cartoon work Danielh68, I love that expression on the pigbeasts face :P

Here's my personal guardian patrolling the top of my desk vigilantly. I'll finish it later adding something on the desk for scale, but for now here it is.

http://home.comcast.net/~jeffmajor/deskguard.jpg

[Anto]

the poor scan quality always makes me not post any dsg's...
id like to do them digitally, but being at work all day prevents me (tablet is at home)
but o well screw it - i snuck these in at work, scanned from my handy dandy 6x6 spiralbound

http://www.boomspeed.com/antomation/DSG285_01.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/antomation/DSG285_02.jpg

:chug: i love everyones so far! :chug:

[Kartoffel]

I think i have never used my eraser so much before, like in this picture...
http://web703.athen023.server4free.de/affe.jpg
It took me about 45 minutes.

cartoonfox: wow, I love his head, especially the tongue!
Hazzard:Nice creature, looks like a werwolf.

[xaviuzz]

http://xaviuzz.suckyjacky.com/img/dsgbeast.jpg

[Carnifex]

not a new concept exactly...i've had this kind of creatures ever since...and now i thought it was high time for revival.
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/guard.jpg
made some quick anatomy sketches before,i have the feeling it might show a bit.

[Matt Dixon]

http://www.vortex.plus.com/Guardian.jpg

Meet Bruno. He sits on my shoulder and mutters gentle encouragement while I draw. He also reminds me of family birthdays and lets me know when I'm due for a haircut.

[Anto]

^^^excellent:beer:

[indexasp]

First Daily sketch. Ah, so liberating. Ah, SO out of practice.

AH, need to bring tablet to work now.. sigh. :)http://www.minotaurdesign.com/images/conceptart/guardian-beast.jpg

[Miau]

cool topic, cool works!
davi, matt dixon, hazzard, yours are my favourites
heres mine: i love cats :)

http://miau.geekhost.info/images/sketches,speed/dsg285_l.jpg

[S.C. Watson]

http://www.oreganoproductions.com/DSG/pgb.jpg
Fluffy here didn't come out quite as imposing as I was hoping, but I still like 'im.

[mike_rorschach_]

http://69.26.135.131/images/cp/0010120-0016824.jpg
heres my one, second go at the DSG all c+c's would be hugely apreciated. thanks all. great stuff so far btw :D

[oDD]

he guards me when i go to school.

http://www.sport.wroclaw.pl/~sport005/odd/0598-guardian.jpg

[Wystro]

http://sparkles295.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/teddybear.jpg

mike_rorschach_>>>very inventive..bright and happy...It looks like a tarot card.
Oregano>>>>The girl is an awesome counterpoint that makes the picture
Miau>>>Great negative space and choice of spot color...Love it!
xaviuzz >>>>I want to own that picture!
Bueda>>>>I didn't see that you had a teddy until I finished. I'm glad to join the club.
danielh68>>>>It's like Easter! Your picture makes me happy

Everyone else...delightful and inventive! This thread is great fun...

[Mykro]

http://members.fortunecity.com/mykro1/pitbull.jpg
Davi, klaivu, Dixon and Odd, way tight.
I envisioned a reptilian pit bull.

[lichtpartikel]

out of ideas... again...

http://www.lichtpartikel.de/relay/guardian.jpg

[plaf]

http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/24bit/guardian.jpg



all ye best.

[threelegged_chicken]

drew this in 1st period this mornin... its not as inventive as some of the ones ive seen already. the perspective or whatever might be alittle off. i cant' tell for sure what it is but something is off.

c&c's greatly apreciated!

http://www.choiceofbeverage.bravehost.com/gdog.gif

[paper slayer]

http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/paper_slayer/dsg285pg.JPG

Paper golem.
Hope It isn´t to rough/messy.

[Hunger_Artist]

wystro-funny

http://members.tripod.com/carlbeu/694530d0.jpg

[Idiot Apathy]

Kind of quick... not competely there today.. always tommorow!

Panda Panda Panda ! No one suspects the cute panda.

He is still a bit stunned when I have him kill as you can see but he is getting better.


http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/DSGDEC9.jpg


God... the dry cleaning on his tailor-made suits almost isn't worth it but hey what can I say I love the guy...

[Faxtar]

http://momentoffame.com/snapshots/MomentOfFame/l62134.jpg

Matt Dixion-- The picture is great and the description is hilarious. :)

[plaf]

it's a cool topic :)

http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/24bit/guardian2.jpg

velo: sweet sketch! good to have you back.
davi: love it. the sharp edges and soft tones .. ahh.
cartoonfox: supercool!
klaivu : i'm not sure i want him for my guardian, but i love the style you did him in :)
matt d : nice. bruno, eh? been playing sam & max lately? :)
odd: freaky looking bastard. nice stylee.

all the best.

[Michael_H]

I read it as gaurdian/beast, so I ended up drawing a giant robot.... Oh well. http://www.panelmonkey.org/~mik/dsg4.jpg

[Iiori]

Quickie

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/dgsdude.jpg

Fullsize of the dude

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/things.jpg

Back to sleeeppp ^^

[Halis_Aetrous]

About 45 minutes. You wouldnt mess with this guy...

http://members.thegateway.net/jhinds/dsg_monster.jpg

[Shinbun Kakashi]

I shall call him THORRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I know original name huh?:D but oh well....I love love love this topic! I won't tell you who I thought of first when I saw this topic cuz you might think I'm either a) someone to be pittied or b) an extremely odd person....but oh well

here is thor....he's cute! He's not fuzzy but he llikes being pet on the head....he also lilkes mass destruction of all of my enemies!!! But that's only his day job. Hope ya'll like =):chug:

volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/SeabiVenus/Demon%20SLayer/Thor_Guardian.JPEG

[DraigAthar]

Always wanted my very own dragon. :)

http://thirdroar.com/dj/2003-12/dj194-dragonsketch.jpg

Just the sketch so far, I'm off to color it now.

[Shinbun Kakashi]

ok I will try posting thor again and hope that it works this time!

~Shin

http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/SeabiVenus/Demon%20SLayer/Thor_Guardian.JPEG

[Shinbun Kakashi]

Aww I like your dragon DraigAthar I always wanted one too....I also always wanted a gargoyle ( you should see my room hehe) I also like your forest spirits from Princess Mononoke! THey're cute! I call them crackheads! awww


Halis_Aetrous! Eep yours is scary...but then again I guess that's the point! The hockey mask just gives it that extra effect!

Michael-H-OMg! it's great! how do u draw mechanics so well? I don't do too well with them myself...I'm more the organic type I guess.

All of these are great! I have much to look up to!

~Shin

[Michyu Girl]

Umm... Took me a little while since I'm not really used to colored pencils, yet. Never liked coloring as a kid...
http://home.earthlink.net/~michyugirl/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/myprotector2.jpg

[jfarsenault]

http://home.earthlink.net/~jfarsenault/images/mymonster.jpg

[threelegged_chicken]

ever seen a big furry monster with a samurai sword?... no?...me neither. but i bet it would look like this...

http://www.choiceofbeverage.bravehost.com/monster.gif


plaf: man... both are genius

[Michael_H]

Thank you shinbun, I didn't know that the mechanics looked very.... mechanical in my stuff. So thanks!

[MrKayne]

Cool stuff. I'm not to sure what my guy is, but he's cool. Busy today, not much time to clean him up and color, tho.

I kinda liked him better w/o the wings, see him here (http://www.kaynecomix.com/dsg/285.jpg).
http://www.kaynecomix.com/dsg/285a.jpg

[TheFlood]

http://www.erikgroves.com/pg.jpg

Here ius my personal guardian...

who ever said that they had to be sain, good looking, strong, or usefull in any way shape or form... they just have to stand there right?

I didnt quite finish but i will soon, got to clean it up and put harder edges on some parts.

[DraigAthar]

Well I made a start at coloring it, at least. It's not done, but I gotta go to bed now, so here's what I've got.

http://thirdroar.com/dj/2003-12/dj194-guarddragon.jpg

[Bammer]

http://keratin.pyoko.org/DSGDecember9.jpg
I'm a bad person for drawing this. I need to do observational drawings so I can get into any freaking art college.
And I need to finish my 3d animation film which I havn't even started animating. And I have to write 3 essays.
All in the next 4 days.

At least the drawing came out okay. Yes, that's what I'll tell myself.

[devilbunny]

man, i'm too fried after a day of design to do anything good today. i'm sad about that too. i wanted to do some sort of fantastic bunny beast! i know, predictable...
anway, here's the real quick sketch i could do before passing out...
my stuffed bunny in his true form at night.
http://jenniferrodgers.com/bunnyguard.jpg

[Abbobaf]

It's PsiDog! Ha, Ha, Ha... What do you all think?
http://www.geocities.com/abbobaf/BigDog.jpg

[Jane Radstrom]

I had about 30 minutes more to work this more, I primarily wanted to be rid of the horrid faces and add some more interest in the coloring.
Not sure if it's actually better then the first (http://www.velondra.com/images/gallery/285guardian.jpg); any C&C?

http://www.velondra.com/images/gallery/285guardian2.jpg

Plaf, thanks for the welcome back. I'm planning to participate more regularly again over christmas break. :) Love your submissions as always, especially the second one.

Wystro, I'm happy to see you're doing these regularly! I'm also suprised, you're getting good with digital coloring very fast! ;)

[bkmini]

hey everybody:

kind of a different style for me. fun for a change.

http://www.bradkurz.com/guardian.jpg
he's small... but he's mean.


wystro: that bear is hilarious!

idiot: love the bewildered look on the panda. LOL

plaf: haha squash him.

xiavuss: that dog reminds me of my poodle, Deuce. He's mean too.

Beautiful work today guys. I have a soft spot for the humorous ones. :rofl:

[Bammer]

Screw it. I'm gonna make comments.

nBT- I dig it (especially the shading style) but I'm confused about what's going on with some of those appendages (sp?).
Terayon- I think you need to turn up the opacity on your brushes. Image is all muddy like. But it's a heck of alot better than the second picture I made with my tablet so kudos. And woot for Texans.
Velo- Great concept. Sexy-kinda.
davi- Always a pleasure. Seems to be a particularily intellegent beast as far as guardians go. Quite grand.
cartoonfox- I love the expression of the guy riding it. And little horn.
Jebus- Ya I don't get it. It must be fine art.
klaivu- Wow. That's just awesome.
Hazzard- Okay they both have pretty good faces but that guys legs have issues. If they have rotated his pelvis, then someone needs to inform his torso.
danielh68- That's cool and I like how it's in a competed scene instead of against a backdrop of pure design, though the bright bright colors aren't for me.
Valcon Jet - Tiny. Different. Cool. Though to tie the creature to the desktop a slight (very slight) reflection might be in order. Because it looks like a pretty glossy desk surface.
Anto- Fucking A man.
Kartoffel- I had that problem. Then I went digital. I still erase constantly but now I use crl Z instead of a block of rubber. Tis faster.
xaviuzz- That's wild man. Love the perpective-osity. Though I feel it could use shaper edges.
Carnifex- Yes the anatomy shows.
Matt Dixon- Wow that's incredible. But you know that. Go you.
indexasp- Welcome to DSG. Interesting peice.

Wow it's 11. I have to go. To everbody I didn't get to, rock on. This has been a great topic so far.

[lavhoes]

Heh, I've been gone for a while. Stupid scanner...

My focus for this week is drawing the shoulder and upper arm, as well as working on my rendering. So particular attention was paid to the sole visible arm of the beast and the shading of the whole thing.

http://www.darkensai.com/art/petdemon1a.jpg

[moops]

Couldn't think of anything else.
http://www.angelfire.com/comics/naart/painting/angel.jpg

[malicious]

first timer. 2-3 hours:
http://members.cox.net/mkemerly/dsg285.jpg

[Sapphire]

This was a super fast sketch I did in about a half hour before the shuttle took me to my friend's place where I could scan it... I had so many ideas for this one! I think when I'm not having finals I'll do more.

This is the reason my id is Sapphire... ;) It's Sapphire, my guardian dragon, heavily influenced by Pernese design. She's blue with a silver underbelly and horns when she's colored.

http://sapphire-art.50megs.com/images/sarahs_dragonsm.jpeg

[Skank]

ive always liked griffins...

http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Skank/griff.jpg

[Rusty Red Robot]

Well, after just sketching this out, I realized the topic was guardian-BEAST. Serves me right for being stuck on robots. Well, here is what I have. Sorry about it not quite fitting the topic.

http://www.shipoffools.net/art/guard.jpg

[nBT]

bkmini: coudnt stop lauging at that gollum guardian of yours, its the best. it has this 'fear me' over him yet hes a kid with daipers? i love dualities
bammer: thanks no bad beast yourself either.
theflood: i like it.
hunger arist: you have any realistic work? sketches?

[PoX]

This is what happens when a dragon and cow are more than just friends...

http://www.angelfire.com/bug/pox/beast.jpg

[DV8]

Number 35... got a few others in the works too! Real buys with work, but still pluggin away at these.

"This guy guards me when I sleep... in some ways he is part of me... good or bad parts of me; I dont know, but I do know I sleep better with him watching over me. " (evil grin and glint in eye)

http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/dsg_285_personal_guardian_beast.jpg

[kungfu_chook]

DV8, reminds me of Pitt, he was a gaurdian of sorts for a child "Timmy" i think....

[canim8]

ANTO: I love the second sketch! Great sense of humor!

canim8s