Chow 147 :: Baba Yaga - IDW Crossover!

[daestwen]

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ROUND #147 :: BABA YAGA - IDW CROSSOVER

DESCRIPTION

Baba Yaga, notoriously evil witch of legend.

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

For recent renditions, I suggest 'Hellboy' and 'Fables'.

Again, like Titania, free to interpret, though a sci-fi baba yaga might be a little out of place. :]

IDW will be running a tandem event - here's the link, so be sure to check it out: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=149872
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[daestwen]

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[Gonk]

very nice!

[grenogs]

very nice choice daestwen, check out "enchantment" by orson scott card, the whole book pretty much involves baba yaga, she was a right evil witch with some major power,

[AlisonRobin]

Ooh, good idea. I don't think the Baba Yaga is completely evil, though. She seems to be at least fair in some stories. The version in the Hellboy universe is pretty cool, too.

This will be my first time participating, I'm very excited. :)

[Ionic]

daestwen: Another great TOPIC! I plan on utilizing all the time this round... I'm hoping to go with top notch quality on this one... I made a bunch of texture brushes for PS and hopefully I can pull off a more professional composition this time.

P.S is there a way I can change my user name... I see my name and my pen name are confusing people... but I don't want to start a whole new account... or is that the only way?

[Titanfang]

This is going to be fun for my very first entry. Can't wait to get started!

~Titanfang

[Giorge]

aaaaa this is really , good!

[daestwen]

P.S is there a way I can change my user name... I see my name and my pen name are confusing people... but I don't want to start a whole new account... or is that the only way?

Just make a post here and Emily will change it for you:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116699&page=11

:]

[joyproject]

awesome idea

[Matt Dixon]

Cool. Always been fascinated with the hut on chicken legs. Highly unlikely that I'll get anything finished this week, but this was a fun way to warm up before work if nothing else.

I like a traditional, child frightening witch ( nothing much scarier than evil old ladies if you ask me ) so I've tried to make my Baba Yaga as unsettling as possible. Hopefully hiding her body under layers of skirts and aprons so she looks like a bundle of dirty rags with some twisted limbs poking out will do the trick. I've given her chicken's feet too - that suggests her having a weird scuttling, hopping movement which I like.

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Can't decide on a face though.

[Artofinca]

Баба Яга - cool topic again :)

[Wiggers]

Great subject again!

[buffichar]

I'm interested in this. I want to try a mix of 3d and is is that allowed? :)

[Pixeltuner]

aaaaaand, we're off again. looking sharp already mr. dixon.

[dwinbotp]

very cool idea for comp. Going for nothing original,old hag, more horror into this one. rough sketch, got metal stuff and dirty little thingies (holding up her sagged face) in lieu with the crossover.

[dirkvandulmen]

Me like this one 2 ... actually never heard of her, but she has some great "ingredients" in her story.... good luck to everyone!! This is going to be a "pretty" scary round I'm guessing...

Matt Dixon Fast one out. Like.
Pixeltuner Selfportrait..?? ;-) Scary!

Enjoy.

[yoitisi]

The IDW thread is now up too: IDW #92: Baba Yaga - An IDW/CHOW cross-over (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=149868)

[KonnA]

Hmm, this is rather different... Not too kean on this one either. (I'm not kean on a lot of things) might give it a try

[Rist]

I will join if I find time.

[yongs]

Matt Dixon: hey nice one you got there! I like the 1st one, it gives that scary sick old woman look. loving your design and composition!

Wiggers: Nice sketch wiggers, loving that hair

Pixelturner: wooah thats a crazy witch!~ looking good!

dwinbotp: can't wait for the body :)

alright..here's mine, it's the 1st time i'm joing a CHOW, been wanting to join for so long~~
okay..took a different approach, went closer to the one in the hellboy 2 movie i guess. but having issues with the composition, not really leading the eye to the face. any idea guys?
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[Amedyr]

Dayamn, you people are fast!

Matt Dixon - Definitely the first face (the one with hollow sockets and the dots of light shining through). Much scarier.

[daestwen]

Matt Dixon - Definitely the first face (the one with hollow sockets and the dots of light shining through). Much scarier.

Seconded. 100%.

[Wiggers]

Update.

Been humming Baba O'Riley to myself all day.

[WunderDark]

First I wasn't gonna enter but then I got such a great idea for the concept...

What if Baba was infact an alien exiled from her homeplanet, who found
a new home in the deep russian forest where she lived for centurys
killing and eating anything or anyone who got too close. The house with chicken feet would obviusly be the spacecraft
and the flying mortar some kind of personal transportation device.

:teeth:

I will still make her very witch-like and not too unhuman, and try to stay away from any classical sf looks.

Quick sketch-
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[Joey-b]

wiggers - nice work man

Matt Dixon - I'd go for the first face, love the evil grin

[yoitisi]

Another small plug for IDW here, but I already see several different ideas not only for Baba Yaga herself but also her mortar and pestel popping up. Don't hesitate to post your WIP's in the IDW thread either :D

[Matt Dixon]

Wiggers - Looking good. I really like the colour scheme you've chosen too.

WunderDark - Nice concept.

Slapped some colour on at lucnh time. Don't know whether to follow my initial thoughts and and pick her out of a very dark scene with a splash of light, or brighten the background to play up her distorted silhouette. I think the former would have more impact when finished even though the second looks a little better as a rough. Went with the first face, so glad to hear that's the favourite!

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[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

Matt ! the face is crazy! love it, its so BABA YAGAs!!!!
cheers all! keep up the great work!

[FerrousJack]

I'm in...I remember Baba Yaga from the old Sierra Hero's Quest game... hut of brown, now sit down! Going to actually think about this one for a while.

[Sekino]

Neat subject! I'm glad I'll get to show progress and take crits earlier this time around. I can't believe some people are already almost finished! :D

[Stoat]

Oh no! Here comes George Washington! AND HE LOOKS PISSED!

[KonnA]

Neat subject! I'm glad I'll get to show progress and take crits earlier this time around. I can't believe some people are already almost finished! :D

I was going to post something constuctive then I got Distract-HYPNOTIZED by you're avatar!

[ikuru]

Matt Dixon, Nice to see u here another week! ur colour skills are a treat to follow. :)

here's (http://fc46.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/050/4/4/Baba_Yaga_II_by_Bloommer.jpg)a pretty kewl poster on the subj

and the extra material:

1 (http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/AT-ST-model-kit-star-wars.jpg)

2 (http://www.kimrichter.com/Blog/uploaded_images/Palpatine-Empire-Emperor-humor-786036.gif)

[Joey-b]

Pixeltuner - man, we got about the same thing lol.. here is what i got.. ill probably change a whole bit now

[sony]

matt dixon: i liked all but second got a new look!!!
Pixeltuner: gross :P
dwinbotp: metal things seems painfull, give it a second thought!
yongs: wu hu thats a scary one!
Wiggers: metal coiled hairs? :) the hiding one seems like an adult rather than kid-ult!
Stoat: LOl, you my first expression was oh my god!
ikuru: thanks for posting that!
Joey-b: seems like she is having fun time! like a pop drummer!

[Pixeltuner]

Pixeltuner - man, we got about the same thing lol.. here is what i got.. ill probably change a whole bit now

hehe, probably a Dutch thing then :p But mines actually sitting on the mortar, so I wouldn't mind you taking this route as well. There's a lot of room for a unique approach still!

edit: oh, and btw, I have a nack for trying a lot of different things, so this might not be my final idea at all :D

Sony: thx! I guess ;)

[Nikola Marinkovic]

OH OH! Baba Yaga! Great. I'm in. :)
I come from Serbia. We call Baba Yaga - Baba Roga out there. Parents use stories about Baba Roga to scare children when they don't want to go to sleep. Something like, she will be under your bed if you don't get to sleep 'till midnight. :D

Man, I got really scared few times because of this old cow when I was kid. :)

[Nikola Marinkovic]

Great work everyone!

Here is my first WIP. For some reason when I was kid I used to imagine Baba Yaga with a cigarette. So I used this opportunity to draw her with a cigarette. :)

[DefiledVisions]

Here's my wip.. trying black and white start.. colouring will be interesting :D I think I might have to high contrast on it.. too strong lights and darks.

Matt Dixon - Looking really good! You've been an inspiration to me ever since I knew you existed.. got any tips on how to approach colouring on a black'n white piece?

Wiggers - Nice sketch! looking forward to see where you take it.

Pixeltuner - haha damn you had me there.. I found her attractive until I saw the face :P looking good!

Dwinbotp - Great face!

Yongs - Cool picture man, one note though - this is just me, but to me it reads like any other necromancer / deathwizard-thing, and not so much witch.

Wunderdark - funny sketch haha. Her house is hilarious :D

Stoat - Great start! I like the painterly look.

Joey-b - My eyes.. ! lol j/k :P it's gonna be fun to see where you take this.

Nikola Marincovic - Haha a cigarette.. I couldn't help but to think ".. and kids, don't smoke" when watching it. her hand seems to give away exactly that message :P

[CCThrom]

Great topic! I will try to do something for it...

[Raitei]

Threw a quick sketch together, clearly needs work, but, it's a start for now

[Pixeltuner]

DefiledVisions: Thx, and no problem ;) Yours is looking like a decent kiddie snatcher already :D

I've had another idea though. More of a zombie-ish, foul witch who scours the forests/swamps at night in search of fresh children to devour. Sounds like fun eh?

[Matt Dixon]

Defiled Visions - The way I work is to set the tonal painting to 'multiply', drop the opacity a little, then block in colour with a big brush on the layer below. This tends to lessen the contrast so once I'm happy with the basic lay in of colour, I flatten everything and re-establish the darks and lights. Sometimes a quick pull on the contrast controls is enough though I'm happier painting them in. What I should have at that point is a very rough version of my finished painting and all that remains is to tidy and tighten things up until it looks done. The important thing is to make sure each stage - values first, colour second, finishing third - is fully resolved before progressing to the next. Does that make sense?

[shannanigan]

Damn you guys are fast! I'm passing because I need to work on my "Battle of the Sexes" entry. :D

But I wanted to say they are all going to give me nightmares. Bravo. LOL!

Nikola.... I love it!! It reminds me of 1970's acid trippy character design. Maybe she should be smoking a joint. Haha! :D

[dwinbotp]

Here's my new head study, I think it's not as creepy as the first one but I hope the head study on this one with dramatic mood lighting and all will actually be better. What do you guys think?

@sony, yeah metal piercing through one's body is excruciating but makes cool props LOL:D
@DefiledVisions, glad you like it, what about this one. I like it better.
@Matt Dixon, I'm now a fan:)

[Mat Kaminski]

Looking good so far guys... I was wondering if a 'cyber-punk' theme or post-apocalyptic approach is okay for this? Baba Yaga seems ripe for either of those themes to me. Just for reference, every time I suggest cyber-punk, I'm meaning moreso the fantastic Shadowrun type universe (magic meets man and machine) :)

[fersteger]

Cool character!

Here's a quick thing I started, this will be a great round too!

[Eric Young]

some quick sketches... I hope I have time to get an entry ready.

[masque]

For some reason the idea of flying around on a mortar (w/pestle) made me think of the Green Goblin so I dredged up a little Steve Ditko influence for his one.

Initial pose & basic tone
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A little farther along
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[Mark Tarrisse]

Already some really very nice stuff !

Here's a very very quick start from me, I'll maybe do some more thumbnails like this.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/markus_the_barbarian/babayagathumb01.jpg

[Dan!]

For some reason the idea of flying around on a mortar (w/pestle) made me think of the Green Goblin so I dredged up a little Steve Ditko influence for his one.


funny you should say that- one of my ideas also had a green goblin feel

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/DECYPL/babasketchs.jpg

[Kian]

Matt, looking quality again mate. and Wiggers Love the face on yours man. :yayca:
Just fancied a sketch. got a lot of work to do ¬____¬
http://www.jonmccoyart.com/work/BabyYaga.jpg

[MJ_Alcazar]

Just a doodle. Couldn't resist the thought of Baba Yaga with all the brats in the modern world.

Ok, I'll go be serious now. :)

[bangalore_monkey]

finally get around to posting here. here's a wip sketch i just scribbled out. i think it's going in the right direction, i'll maybe come up with a better pose.

c+c welcome

[Ionic]

daestwen: Hey "D" does this round have to follow the 3/4 char thing... considering just about every image I see of her she is half deep in a masher. Let me know if my image is too concealing... while its in the early stages :D

breif... Baba on the hunt with her 3 horsemen Red/Black/and White!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_a.jpg

[David-david]

Hello! I'm in!

Here you can find the process to get to the first the sketch I will use for this round

CheeeeerS!

[Matt Dixon]

Pixeltuner - Great atmosphere in the new one. Just a bit too dark on my monitors, though?

dwinbotp - Digging the concept you've gone for, but I wonder how well it will translate in a full figure piece? Might get a bit lost? Are you going to apply the same stuff to the body?

Kian - Glad you're busy but I hope you find time to move that along, it's a great sketch.

[Mitze]

Having the same issue as some of the other posters, quick sketch Would this hit the 3/4 rule? Her mortar is part of her character?

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f162/mekese2000/babjaba.jpg

[Adam Schumpert]

Sorry for the very rough wip. I think I might start over from a different angle
as this view seems to be somewhat popular, but I thought I would throw it up here for the moment.

There defiantly are some nasty looking hags in the works so far. >:D
Nice work everyone.

Later,
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[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Great topic Dae ;)

Crap you people move fast. I must be in the complete opposite timezone to everyone else here - people are half finished before I even notice there is a new topic! You sneaky people change it while I'm sleeping, I just know it.

Matt - Looking awesome as usual. Love your work dude.

Wiggers - Coming along nicely man ;).

I'd love to have a go at this one. Will try my best. :D

[NateShaw]

Dan: The way your figure is situated on the rim of the bowl like that is the best I've seen yet.

Masque: I laughed out loud when I saw your second picture of Baba chasing the kid. then got embarassed because I was laughing aloud by myself.

[Nikola Marinkovic]

I've noticed... More WIPs show up I loose more self confidence. Haha. Great work everyone. :D

DefiledVisions - haha... Yes. Baba Yaga cares about kids health. Non smoking children are more tasty. :D

shannanigan - Hahaha... :D Thanks. Glad you like it. :)

Matt Dixon - Great work man... :)

[Ionic]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_b.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_d.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_e.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_f.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_g.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_h.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_i.jpg

Think I will continue doing the progress thing again... although I was told that its what hurt my image last time... I think its helpful to people trying to learn.

enjoy guys...

great wips already!

[Jove]

I'm not sure I'll have time to finish this but I'm gonna try anyhow :S

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[daestwen]

john and other people who asked the same question:

If she's riding in her motar and pestal, I'll let the 3/4ths rule slide, as long as you show enough of her ride, as well.

For those that are including it in your image, don't forget to drop by IDW as well!

[Sen Holiday]

Fun, fun, fun. Much love for Baba Yaga (and her scary house!). Quick sketch. I have such trouble with paints in Corel.

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr95/VolveteOrbem/babayaga.jpg

[IanLlanas]

Wow! Great WIPs everyone! I'll throw my hat into the ring. A couple quick ideas. Probably won't go the flying in the mortar route 'cause of the 3/4's rule. I can't get Meg Mucklebones (Legend) and Henrietta (Evil Dead II) out of my head while working on this.
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[Adam Schumpert]

On second thought I think I will be taking dinner on the lawn by candle light. >:D

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[dwinbotp]

@ Matt Dixon, Yeah, it might eat up all the attention and detail work, so here's a different one, a simpler pose too...

[kaikai]

I may have to try this one, I remember being told Vasilissa the Beautiful when I was little, and my Great Grandma always told me to be good or Baba Yaga would scoop me up and make me into soup.... :S

[dayz]

I want to do a more cutesy witch--shes going to be pulled around by the classic ugly dumb/oblivious monster...(probably some panda frankenstein creature with wings)...

in the image, shes going to be extremely annoyed because her pet monster got distracted by fireflies ..

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/dayz1219/chow147_babayagacopy.jpg

[Matt Dixon]

dwinbotp - Love that new pose. Menacing! I don't think you should necessarily discount the staples and stuff completely, just noting that it'd easily get lost in a full figure image.

dayz - Haha! Like it! Could her pet monster be carrying, rather than dragging, her? Might be a more interesting presentation that two separate characters linked by a leash? Same pose and expression would work.

[bumskee]

good start guys.. dayz, heh cute!

[hoshicat]

A very rough and giant thumbnail.... originally done with a hunched back... took it off, but she looks weird without it... Any comments? crits at least since this is sooo early. going to fix her anatomy but any crits would be welcome for that as well.

[Pixeltuner]

Adam Schumpert: Both looking great, although I think I like the first one better with the hobgoblin alike figure :)
John Grello/Ionic: Great sketch!
Matt Dixon:Thx! And yes, it still pretty dark and while that's partially intended I need to do more with the moonlight and suggest a lot more detail in the blacks.

[Wolfentir]

Woo boy, this is an awesome subject for CHOW, being as one of my favorite artists, Ivan Bilibin, has illustrated Baba Yaga several times, good stuff. Gonna try to do CHOW more often as well.

joyproject - Runes!!! Interesting incorporation of them, the expression on baba yaga is great, perfect old lady face.

MattDixon - Awesome development and colors, I like how you gave her chicken legs.

Wiggers - Looking awesome so far, I like the guy in the lower right, you don't notice him at first, I like paintings that do that.

dwinbotp - incredible face, reminds me of a goblin. The colored face is absolutely fantastic and horribly frightening as well, the lighting on it is awesome.

yongs - I like the pose a lot and your interpretation of Baba Yaga, its staying true to what she is as well as showing something new.

DefiledVisions - Another very interesting take on Baba Yaga, I like how she has multiple arms and is using the flowers as a lure, great composition and values :)

Pixeltuner - Interesting to see her depicted as younger, it definitely works with what you want to do though so its all good, I'm sure it will come out surpassing supreme excellence.

fersteger - reminds me of the king of the woolies from Samurai Jack haha, awesome so far

Dan! - The pose on the right is awesome, reminds me of stuff my friend would do

Kian - looking pretty effin sweet so far, the composition and pose are both awesome, it has great atmosphere to it.

bangalore_monkey - For whatever reason it reminds me of the comic called The Marquis, this is a good thing, and yours is pretty sweet.

JohnGrello - Incredibly dynamic composition, really gives the feeling of movement, I cannot wait to see this when finished, I like how you included the horsemen too!

Adam Schumpert - Great pose, full of action and the expression on the face is awesome too.

IanLlanas - When I started working on this I had the same idea for your second picture haha. Awesome stuff so far

I pretty much went for the standard Old Hag Yaga. I thought the idea of her holding a girl by her braids was amusing, and I liked the idea of the Chicken Legged House in the background like Ivan Bilibin's illustration. Started with a pencil sketch then drew it up in Photoshop. And for whatever reason, shes naked :/

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[Ionic]

Wolfentir: Thanks for the confidence... I think I actually went backwards on the last wip... I hopefully get a lot of coolness outta the horsemen... I was almost more interested in drawing the horsemen than in the main subject.

btw... great interaction in your sketch... always a difficult endeavor for me.

[Antne]

MAN! There is already some awesome stuff in here. I hope to have the time this week. Great topic.

[Digital Transfer]

Im genuinely surprised no one has done her with her chicken hut...

[Physicalpariah]

Good lord... the sheer quality of the wips so far is... Intimidating.

Awesome work everyone, IanLlanas, loving your wips!

I'll get started right away, see if i cant do something a quarter as good as the stuff here.

[MrAnimation]

JOHNGRELLO- she really is looking good enough to eat. Love the perspective, its like she's in a big rush to get to the schools before the bell goes. :)

dayz- Loving that!

Adam Schumpert- Dude... realy... wow! :)

[Joey-b]

Hu Guys, Since my last one wasnt very original
i did a new one,

here is the progress, not sure if ill got for the futuristic stuff.. might remove that

[RES]

Nice work everyone, I thought I’d start trying my hand at some chows to help me improve so any help or advice would be most welcome.

Well here’s my Baba Yaga so far, moving on to the colour next.

I’ve incorporated some Russian folk dress as I like the idea that she was once young at beautiful and of a noble line.
Hopefully it’s not to dark for you monitors let me know if it is

Ryan

[Manabanana]

There's some awesomely creepy stuff in here. Really nice.

I'm taking a less evil approach to her; assuming she's an intensely crazy old woman who lives in the mountains. What good or evil she does is perhaps just misunderstanding. Those pure of heart already had the knowledge they sought and her advice is, in fact, nothing but gibberish.

[Sean McClain]

O.k. here is my wip so far, I hope it turns out they way its suppose to
I am kinda doing something I have never done,:)

[Aly Fell]

Lunchtime sketch. The feet aren't right yet...

I'll try and do some crits this time round.

Edit01: After work update. Increased the composition and started on other elements... Decided boots felt more appropriate than clogs!

Edit02: Washy colour. This is going to be a very dark image. I'm going to go for a sort of chirascuro effect. Might work, might not!

Edit03: Just had some good feedback on how to improve the current colour version. But for now, going to work some more on the face and bring her out of the background a bit. Tree needs attention and I the birds brought out a bit (what birds! Exactly!), but I kind of like the heavy shadows... I'll see where it goes.

[sony]

Poshspice: that looks cool!

I will comment laterz! gotta go!

here's mine!

[Joey-b]

Nice work so far posh

hmm i haz gone gory
here is my update, C&C most welcome

[Adam Schumpert]

Adam Schumpert: Both looking great, although I think I like the first one better with the hobgoblin alike figure :)


ok so now I'm having a hard time deciding which one to run with.
Sorry for not being an update got to decide which one to put my time in ;)
What do you all think?

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2123888&postcount=60
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2124246&postcount=69

Thanks for the help.
Adam

[Joey-b]

Adam - I'de go for the first one, what i can make up out of it, it looks a lot more action packed. and i just love those little kiddies hehe

[Pixeltuner]

Adam Schumpert: Just do both and don't sleep ;)

[Artofinca]

Huhuhu I am going for Baba Yaga the semi steam-powered!
still not sure about the composition and the starting media
maybe pencil will be good?:sungod:
Feedback is welcome!

[benu]

Hi all. First rough sketch: She's supposed to be a chicken-human-hybrid. Please let me know what you think.
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[Joey-b]

More gore..
i kinda like where this is going
C&C pretty please :yayca:

[deadred]

Jove: you have a great composition going there, but the lower section of the image seems to lack something interesting to look at.. maybe some roadkilled kids? (whee)

JohnGrello: kickass!

Adam, the first one seems more interesting to me, more action/dynamicness

Joey-b: perhaps add more symbols and stuff on her and her "transportation"? interesting zombie-looking witch

Poshspice: looking good!

RES: looks great on my monitor, can't wait to see it colored

don't know if i can have time for this round, i'm always so late..

[AsurA]

Hello, This is my first post on Conceptart.org.

I've been wanting to practice my drawing and digital painting skills for years now.. But have never organized the time in life to do so. :) I'm going to make a point of doing a little something everyday. Boy I'm rusty and under practiced. :)

This is a quick sketch to lay out some composition for the scene. The first idea i had was to do the picture in a classic story book style and feeling.. Nothing too detailed very illustration oriented. I'm picturing a fairly dark forest scene with an opening in the tress where you see her house.. and maybe some bright foreground light from somewhere. This all depends on my painting skills that have yet to be executed.. lol Baba will most likely change a lot but I'm not sure I should. I should just try and focus on getting something coloured for my first attempt. Any help of course or ideas would be great full.

[Joey-b]

Deadred, thanks for the tips!
Asura, nice i like that house, maybe the face could use a more interseting expression?

[Nikola Marinkovic]

Another WIP. Hope I didn't broke the 3/4 rule. :er:

[benu]

Joey-b: Eww, she's disgusting. I think her left hand is too big and the face looks a bit masculine bacause of the big edgy chin.

Asura: Nice sketch so far.

Nikola Marinkovich: The staff and the cigarette are cool. Some issues: hand anatomy; the shape of the body under the cloak looks kinda off.

[Nikola Marinkovic]

^
Thanks for the critic. :)
I wanted body to look a bit off. And for hand... I think you're right. I'll work on it a bit.

[Sekino]

I guess I'm going with a significantly less evil approach ;) Although I love the creepy, scary Baba-Yaga's up so far, I'm going with the notion of an eccentric, self-reliable wise ol' bat; perhaps grumpy and cunning, but not a kid-eating monster. I want it to have somewhat of a 'folkloric' feel, but we'll see how that goes...

[Wiggers]

update

[Kian]

I've lost heart with this one. Maybe next time!
http://www.jonmccoyart.com/work/BadaYaga.jpg

[Aly Fell]

Kian - Don't you back out now Jon. Stay in there damnit! Hold on for Gods sake! HOLD ON...:wink:

[sony]

MrAnimation: cunningly aggressive! nice start.
Joey-b: thats a nice update, i like the wounds!!!
RES: thats really catchy!

Manabanana: Her posture and facial features are making her look pitiable. no one will believe she kills kids.
darknight: :) her forearms looks small.
Poshspice: i didn't liked her shoes.

Adam Schumpert: 2nd!

Artofinca: i liked the silhouette.
benu: try some vulture-ish pose. it will definitely help her more stand out with her curse!
AsurA: Welcome! nice start! i liked that stunned kitten! :p

Nikola Marinkovic: pinocchio baba yaga!
Sekino: nice flavor gathering!

Wiggers: wu hu! nice! i liked the fat tummy twist! :p
Kian: wicked! :)

HERES MINE http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2124619&postcount=88 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2124619&postcount=88)

[T_Turrill]

fersteger: haha awesome man, love the big nose. awesome stylization. is she gonna be gargantuan?

mattdixon: gaww damm. i give up already /cry

[Vorace]

already good stuff!!

quick lunch time sketch !

[Stoat]

Geez, my old lady is kinda freaking me out over here. I don't think I'll have time to finish this week, anyhow.

[DefiledVisions]

Holy shit Kian.. keep working on that :D
Wiggers - really nice rendering so far.. I like it alot, it's got that childbook feel to it - not too exaggerated, and yet not boring.


Thanks alot for the insight Matt .. trying out some of it. Basically just nailing the basic colours under the gray picture set to multiplay with 80% opacity. After that I dunno.. I'll alow myself some creative chaos :P
I guess I'm a bit inspired by your work.. you have such nice vivid backgrounds. Sorry hehe

[Wiggers]

Kian mate don't give up on that!

[Mark Tarrisse]

Awesome entries so far, and kian you should, no, must finish it :)
Well here's a new WIP
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/markus_the_barbarian/BabayagaWIP02.jpg

[jpedro]

Ionic, love yours, great drawing!

little fine liner sketch for tonight. the face is a bit too conventional i guess, but i had to get this out of me head...

hope u like :)



EDIT: i did another sketch 2 nights ago, and i think i'd like to turn this into an illustration at some point. could be that the focus will shift a little from her to the boy and therefore not sure whether that may be a problem for this CHOW...

i am still working on a former CHOW inspired pic, the Tlaloc sacrifice(wip (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=5677575#post5677575)), and i couldn't do another one where the little guy/girl seems so devotional to the horrid forthcoming events. this lil guy has a plan :)

i am going to change the pose of her hand and put a broom there i think, on which a lot of her weight will be. the mortar and such i will place at the back i guess...

anyways, would love to hear what you think.

[MrAnimation]

I think im losing what i wanted to go for... still fun though :)

SONY- Hee hee i like that "cunningly aggressive" thanks

STOAT- yeah! you would be right in fealing a slight chill, She's realy creeping me out too... KEEP IT GOING!! :)

KAIN- Sad to read that your loosing hart with that JAW DROPPER! you can almost hear the sound she would make... im going to have a hard time sleeping tonight....

[Sulk-Sal]

Here's what I have so far.

[MJ_Alcazar]

Kian - don't go!

Ok, I feel slow. I was wanting to go with the kind of nature aspect. But, I'm not really sure.

[Lotta]

here's an extremely quick doodle on the subject... more is coming later.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn184/Lotta_90/babayaga1wip.jpg

[Senpen]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/Sknurbein/babayaga.jpg

[Wolfentir]

Artofinca - Awesome house concept, love steam powered anything so steam power + baba yaga = infinite awesome

benu - i like the idea and it looks awesome so far, get some value in there

Joey-b - that is one nasty ass woman right there, looks awesome

AsurA - Awesome way to start off your adventures on conceptart! Looks really cool, the house is especially awesome.

Sekino - I like what you're going for, because I had read that Baba Yaga in some stories is an old wise woman which people get advice from, so its cool to see someone taking that aspect of her.

Wiggers - still awesome, just keeps looking better and better, the house is quite supreme as well!

markusthebarbarian - great forest feel, great composition and great expression, what brushes did you use for the branches and brushy feel?

Sulk-Sal - that is pretty damn awesome, the skull hat and the chain are awesome looking, and the kid in the pot gave me lulz, he no wanna be eated

MJ_Alcazar - Cool concept so far, reminds me of the faun from Pan's Labyrinth

lAhlbeck - looks good so far, the body seems a little small? the face is good though


Update on mine, changed the girl's arm around, it looked a wee small. Shaded some things a bit more, added some mushrooms, and added more texture to the trees. Lemme know what you guys think

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[shannanigan]

Sorry for not being an update got to decide which one to put my time in ;)
What do you all think?


This one:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2123888&postcount=60


It has a lot of great action to it! Chasing after her mid-day snack. LOL!

[Sekino]

Thanks, Wolfentir. I got this idea a bit from Neil Gaiman's Baba Yaga in Sandman, where she's not exactly 'nice' but she'll help out and give advices for a price.

AsurA, the freaked out little squirrel (or cat?) in the background had me LOL. Nice touch! ;)

I initially thought it would be a night scene, but I like the warm colour scheme so far, so I think it will be a winter day instead...

[bevis]

Heres mine so far. I lost my line work somewhere along the way by merging into some layer. snow, searching for children to feed on. theres childrens skulls around the broomstick, and perched on an old wrinkly branch. baba is cold, hungry, and grumpy, waiting to drop down on CHILDREN :D :mod:
weird chicken feet is a strange idea but i like it :) kind of makes babe perched in a tree waiting more believable, not that chickens sit in trees but anyway here it is #1

[KonnA]

Gah, I can't think of anyway to devaite from the haggy old granny... And still make it suitable. I hate witches.

[DefiledVisions]

Looking good everyone! damn. So many cool hags out there :P

Started detailworking.. and I realise it looks a lot like Matt Dixons style.. unintentional, sorry :(
still questioning her face.. havn't approached the witch yet though.

[dirkvandulmen]

Here's my progress on Baba for tonight. Tried a different approach to my proces, got inspired by Johngrello's. Great stuff!
Just going to focus on finishing the character this round, and maybe at a later stage bother about some kind of background.
Great subject, a lot of fun to draw!

Enjoy!

[John Bridges]

Wow, some really great work here so far. Here's my sketch in progress, more on the traditional side of Baba Yaga interpretations, but I wanted to throw some northern woodlands and wildlife in.

[Ionic]

dirkvandulmen: Thanks for the props :) its just an old comic book trick I use... blue lining... I don't think its a huge secret but its a great tool... drop a really rough sketch of what you want... Drop the opacity and draw cleaner lines over top. Looking good Dirk.. but I really like the 3rd image with just the flat colors... the 4th stage you have up now is a lil over lit... and lost some of the charm of the that REALLY good 3 stage.

[Inkfish]

Awesome stuff here!

Here's my humble submission, crits are really welcome since I'm a bit unsure how to take this sketch further...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/hag.jpg

[dwinbotp]

Sekino: Love the style.
dirkvandulmen: I agree with Johngrello about the colors but i love the image you came up with:)
John Bridges: wonderful sketch!

Small update.

[Matt Dixon]

Looks like another jam-packed round of fun and frolics!

Kian - Don't wuss out on us, Jon. That looks awesome so far.

John Bridges - What a great start. Looking forward to seeing it progress.

DefiledVisions - I think you might be in danger of breaking the 3/4 rule with your current composition unless you're planning to pull Baba Yaga out of the shadows. Creative chaos is good. :teeth: Just watch that you don't noodle yourself into a corner. Assuming you've resolved each stage satisfactorily, you can look back to the previous steps to help get back on target if you get a bit lost.

dwinbotp - Nice fleshy belly there, but I have to be honest and say that I think you've lost a lot of good stuff that was in your sketch. Particularly that nice flowy chunk of hair which gave her some movement and also the face. The new one is more horrific for sure, but I think the gleeful leer in your sketch is equally frightening.

[Aly Fell]

Inkfish - Great pose and atmosphere. To take it further you need to start detailing. I don't know what resolution you're working at, but I guess it's quite small. Now you've got the basics down, upsize the image, and concentrate on specific areas. The face, the hands, and detail on her clothes. I think perhaps she could do with being a little taller, just a fraction. :)

[humboldt squid]

Looking good everyone! damn. So many cool hags out there :P

Started detailworking.. and I realise it looks a lot like Matt Dixons style.. unintentional, sorry :(
still questioning her face.. havn't approached the witch yet though.

I think the girl's dress would work better in the composition if it was only splayed to the left instead of both ways.

[Inkfish]

Inkfish - Great pose and atmosphere. To take it further you need to start detailing. I don't know what resolution you're working at, but I guess it's quite small. Now you've got the basics down, upsize the image, and concentrate on specific areas. The face, the hands, and detail on her clothes. I think perhaps she could do with being a little taller, just a fraction. :)

Thanks for the great advice, right now i'm sketching away at 72dpi 712x1312 i'll rez it up and start detailing.

Just noticed the huge hand, i intended the fingers to be long, but now they just look ridiculous.

[Boyo]

Haha.. these are really something. I love following everyone's progression.

Here is the one I've started. I regret not having stretched the dynamics a bit more for that wild hurtling look I was aiming for initially, but I'm hoping with some TLC it'll still look all right.

(First time posting, I hope the images aren't too huge! Hello CA.org! :) )

[Kian]

alright Dixon, thats fighting talk. :painting:
Aly, I could hear the normandy beach sargeant shouting at me there lol

yeah I'm feeling that, inkfish! and Boyo nice one welcome to CA!

[shannanigan]

(First time posting, I hope the images aren't too huge! Hello CA.org! :) )


That image is fan-freakin-tastic!!! :D

Welcome to the mad house! LOL!

[Lammashta]

i started with a old lady on all fours sorta crawling like a spider, somehow in morfed into a the 20th century baglady from hell. needs work but just a brain storm during lunch.

[Alien Ape Star]

Sounds cool. I`m in.:mod:

[Mark Tarrisse]

Wolfentir : Thanks, the brush for the branches are the brushes of m@.

I reaalllyyy need some sleep, here's a small update before bedtime... zzz.zzz...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/markus_the_barbarian/BabayagaWIP03.jpg

[Nikola Marinkovic]

Great work everyone. :)

Boyo that looks awesome. :)

I started adding some colors. Don't we all love to smoke a cigarette after a good meal? :)

[Troubadour]

oh boyo i think i know your work :D glad to see you on here

[Venger]

I missed out on Titania - but thought I'd jump in for this one (hopefully I can finish it)
It was Posh's Titania that got me all Rackham'd up :D
A severe nod to Gollum on this :P

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[Ionic]

Hola you awesome people you!

current state of meh drawhin'

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_e.jpg

hope to get the line work done tomorrow... I've never drawn horses before so I'm gonna have to go back and touch them all up.

Great images out there... Chows gotten to be full of heavy hitters.

[AlisonRobin]

I'm going for "she's just really really ugly" and not so evil. Got an early wip here.

[Jove]

I have no clue where I'm going with this, I might start over If I get any more time to work on it :/

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[fersteger]

Markus- that looks awesome, the separation of space is dramatic already.

Boyo- that drawing is insane, that's so good.

[trevor]

ok
so
sketches!
yesterday i wanted her fat
today i wanted her curvy and thick
im sure tomorrow i will want her rail thin and near dead anorexic
may not finish this one but im gonna try

[Ionic]

trevor: that lil' head is uber creepy! I know its early int he sketch but "her" left boobie is a bit high. Very interesting design. I keep staring at the horse head!

[Poojipoo]

I'm gonna take a whack at this 'un!

I ain't doin' anything too terribly out there, though, so I don't expect to stand out much. :D

[Cam Sykes]

Ok here's my inital sketch, gonna develop the design more before jumping into rendering.

And great work by everyone so far.

[sony]

Vorace: wanna see where it end!
Stoat: i like that aging you are going for!

jpedro: wicked! (in a good way):)
MrAnimation: :)
Sulk-Sal: what the proportions from design point of view!

MJ_Alcazar: wu hu! long teethy stuff is nice!
lAhlbeck: poser baba yaga! :p
Senpen: I wanna have a sclupture of this!
Wolfentir: she is really in pain nice colors as well! try some lighting setups, go for contracts aw well!

Sekino: keep it comming!:) loving it!
bevis: its not 57%!
DefiledVisions: illustrative way is good but you need to work more on your CHOW character!


dirkvandulmen: nice lighting~
John Bridges: looking nice!
Inkfish: wow posseive baba yaga.
dwinbotp: :)

Boyo: really nice, that cat, awesome! b/w i liked ur avatar.
Lammashta: keep referncing!
Alien Ape Star: she is mean but some thing is making her look polite, i can't figure out why! may be its just me! i like the posture.

Markusthebarbarian: looks like she got a wardorbe taste :) nice meany looks!
Nikola Marinkovic: i don't like that pinochio nose!

Venger:Classic!
JOHNGRELLO: i like that! i can see the evil she is bringing!
AlisonRobin: her hands are terrible get some ref.

Jove: angle is odd.
trevor: wu hu! that awesome! head seems bit small!
Poojipoo: your colors are comming out nice!


HERES MINE!

[bumskee]

jon, do eet! :D
boyo, far out dude. absolutely fantastic!
trev, looking slick!
wolfentir, it's almost too cute, love the interaction.

sketch.... gotta add few things..

http://www.minart.net/t09/hag.jpg

[Pixeltuner]

sweet jebus, did someone put op a sign 'awesome images here plz' or what?

Boyo: Lovely style!
Bumskee: Please don't own us too hard ;)
Trevor: I actually like the curvy one with the small head. Nice details!

[Sean McClain]

o.k. I really felt like going a different direction, and switched it up,
matt Dixon and Grello inspired me to start with black and white first,
so I am doing it that way. When I am done detailing I am going to try it
out Dixons way and see if it works for me.:)

[DImanic]

Hi everyone, finally my first wip. Looking forward to becoming more involved with this community. Would have liked to be further along but had to bring work home tonight.
The intention is that she will be clothed in her filthy, blood soaked hair, from head to toe. Now, unfortunately, have to get back to work. Impressed with the work here, and I'm looking forward to having time to get involved in the discussions.

[Wiggers]

I like that Des very nice!

[Wolfentir]

Baba Yaga is too fun to just do one.


lemme know what one you guys think is better, this one isnt finished yet though just a WIP

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[bevis]

update

Sony...I meant that she is 57% on her was to finding a child. was a joke...i think

[MrAnimation]

Ok! sort of starting to like where its going...

[Tommoy]

This is gonna be fun again.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t19/Tommoy/Chow147s1k.jpg

[Joey-b]

Jove - I love that, the perspective is way cool, i would finish it.. i think u should just make baba a bit scarier.

Trevor - man that is most awesome already, hope u enter

Bumskee - cant wait to see how this turns out

Bevis - that hat is well rendered, waiting to see more

Wolfentir - great perspective and i love that style of yours. no crits

Sony - i like how u did the skulls, keep it coming

tommoy - i love the beast-like stance


anywayz here is my update

[Manabanana]

Boyo: Really dig your style. That's awesome.
JOHNGRELLO: I'm really glad someone's doing the horsemen. Coming along really nicely.
John Bridges: Nice composition, and I like the traditional take on her.

I'm looking forward to so many of these.

Here's values for mine. Moving onto the background now and gonna start on some color. Cheers.

[CCThrom]

Whoa - this topic is bringing a HUGE amount of awesome out!

[artina]

Hey everyone,
There are some truly amazing pieces in this challenge already. I feel kinda sorry for the people that have to choose the ones that go to poll. I'm sure it'll be hard. Anywho, this is my entry. This is what I have so far. I will make some changes as I paint.

[hutachip]

good work so far

my baba on mortar floating on water - pestle in hand:
[too sketchy....need help painting it...uh ggg :sungod:

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[masque]

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Tonal rendering pretty much done, detailing and color to follow. C&C welcome, as always.

[KonnA]

ok
so
sketches!
yesterday i wanted her fat
today i wanted her curvy and thick
im sure tomorrow i will want her rail thin and near dead anorexic
may not finish this one but im gonna try

What the HELL! How do you even think of these ideas... I want what you're taking.

[dwinbotp]

dwinbotp - Nice fleshy belly there, but I have to be honest and say that I think you've lost a lot of good stuff that was in your sketch. Particularly that nice flowy chunk of hair which gave her some movement and also the face. The new one is more horrific for sure, but I think the gleeful leer in your sketch is equally frightening.

I know Matt what you mean, unfortunately, I'm changing both faces, they just seemed too generic now, can't finish it, the more I look at it the more I hate it LOL. So, I'm cooking up something different and will post it when done, thanks for the crits, much appreciated:)

[Artofinca]

Poshspice - clogs > boots
Jpedo - like your lines.
Sony - thanks
Wolfentir - yes steam power ftw!
Boyo - very cute
Trevor - ... i just dont have words ...

[FerrousJack]

I got a bit of a late start on this one. In some of the stories she is referred to as 'the bone mother' so I thought I'd play up the ghoulish aspects.

[dayz]

thanks matt dixon for the advice---I doodled a few more designs and I like having the creature as sort of the rock mortar monster...

the witch will be sitting atop the monster...

I want to keep the creature pretty dark..parts of him almost just pure sillouhette and have pieces only on selected parts...

[Joey-b]

I think mine is about done, anybud got some good C&C? cause i wanna make this good. i kinda like it

[dwinbotp]

dayzLoving your idea, looks cute and funny from the thumbs alone:)
Joey-b Looks good man! But since there's a couple more days, i'm sure you'd want to add more detail to your bg, the hand could also use a little more lovin' :)

Can't make up my mind, drew another head, will probably stick to this one T_T"

[Adam Schumpert]

Well decided to go with my first image...
still not sure, but don't think I have time for both.

Then again I can sleep when I'm dead right? :P I dunno

Anyway got a bit more done.

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the full image as my CHOW I don't think you can see her well enough.

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Take care

[IanLlanas]

DAAAAMN! The shear brilliance of these works is inspiring, must come back and C&C later. I love the broad spectrum of takes on Baba Yaga, everything from whimsical to horrific. We'd almost have a book on her here. Quick update then off to regular work. Decided to go the children eating route :yum:

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[buffichar]

i loved this round. I would have loved to enter but I'm chicken. i would like some input on mine. i'd like to include this in my portfolio i've never done a character like this.

[Senpen]

heres mine so far. if anyone can point out improvements it would be most appreciated

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/Sknurbein/babayaga2.jpg

[Inkfish]

sony loving the ps3, viral marketing? ;)
IanLlanas That's fucking scary :O
[B]Adam Schumpert Nice energy on the picture, props for including the chickenleg house too :)
dwinbotp now those are kissable lips


update
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/hag2.jpg

[Pixeltuner]

We're getting a nice collection of beautiful women here :p

Senpen: Show more of her face, right now I don't know if her expression is anger, agony, fear or whatsoever. And she looks likes she's tipping over to the back.

Here's an update on my zombiewitch :yayca:

[yoitisi]

Posted some of these already in the IDW thread, but since I also decided to do Baba Yaga herself I might as well post all of them in here to spam for IDW a bit.

Went for the lower right mortar of the thumbnails. The hut needs tons of work and I think I'll continue with that first, but I figured I needed to see where my Baba Yaga was headed style-wise to continue with the rest.

Kinda happy with where the sketch is going so far, but I think I'll leave her to the weekend now :)

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[dirkvandulmen]

Here's my progress for tonight. Tried to work with the comments I got. Thanks Johngrello, Dwinbotp and Sony. By the looks of it, it's again a round with some amazing artwork.
My favorites so far :

Pixeltuner; Adam Schumpert; Dwinbotp; Dayz; Artina; Tommoy; Bumskee; Trevor; Johngrello; Boyo; Res; Poshspice;Fersteger; Matt Dixon ...
it all looks really promising, great works for inspiration and motivation. Keep up the great spirit!

Enjoy!

[pepps]

First sketch, rough and dirty heh
got some ideas on where i want to go, i´ll update a bit tomorrow =)

[RES]

Right oh peeps, lots of lovely stuff out there and i'll get around to comments on them next time. Below is what i have so far. I went too far with the gray before adding my colour which sent me a bit off the rails but i think i'm pulling this sucker around....and i know the hands are way off

[dan liimatta]

Time to enter my first CHoW me thinks - a sketch (and the WIPs) I've done after work today, I can hopefully finish it before Friday.

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[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Looking good people..

Here's my late start. May or may not finish it.

Bleh.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk198/Arthur_Two_Sheds/BABA.jpg

[Nikola Marinkovic]

I'm pretty much done by now.
Hope you guys like it.
Cheers. :)

[Stoat]

Oof. 'Bout out of time for the week, so I had to make the command decision to concentrate energies in one area and let the rest go. No time to finish the whole thing equally.

[Stoat]

Heyyy...double post! What gives?

[anamirela]

Wow, a lot of crazy concept, seems that it will be tough again.
Here's my first doodle, before going to bed. Somehow I'll try to find a way to finish it...But that's for tomorrow. :)

[cubesoflard]

Dang. This is one messed up thread. I'm gonna have to posts too.

[Hybrid_75]

Cool stuff happenin here!, bit of a late start some ideas.

[Adam Hunter Peck]

Hi everyone! I used to frequent these forums often, but it's been a long time and I'm just now wading back into the illustration pool. Here's my process so far...

- Adam

[DImanic]

IanLlanas: Love the choice you made, this one caught my eye as I scrolled through earlier. I'm not sure which is more horrific the way the hands grab the child or the horrific face, she really looks as though she is about to devour the child. Will be looking forward to seeing this develop.

[darkly]

Wiggers: nice concept!

Stoat: Love the expression of the face and the color!

Pixeltuner: Yours gives me the willies every time I see it, which is awesome! I'm not sure if I like the feet though, but that could just be personal preference.

Matt Dixon:Defiled Visions - The way I work is to set the tonal painting to 'multiply', drop the opacity a little, then block in colour with a big brush on the layer below. This tends to lessen the contrast so once I'm happy with the basic lay in of colour, I flatten everything and re-establish the darks and lights. Sometimes a quick pull on the contrast controls is enough though I'm happier painting them in. What I should have at that point is a very rough version of my finished painting and all that remains is to tidy and tighten things up until it looks done. The important thing is to make sure each stage - values first, colour second, finishing third - is fully resolved before progressing to the next. Does that make sense? Hey, thanks for sharing your wips and tips. I've been having some major issues with digital painting and it can get pretty frustrating. So I just played around with this method and I think it's going to make coloring about ten times easier and about five times faster than how I've been doing it. So if my concept turns out bad-ass I'm giving you total props. If not, I guess I have only myself to blame.

Dan: Good concept man!

Kian: You little whipper snapper you! Good to see you on here Jon! I haven't spoke with you almost since KaosWar. You are such a bad-ass! Your work is definitely looking good! Hope everything's going well for you man!

JOHNGRELLO: love the pose and direction you took with your concept! Also thanks for the wips! They're really helpful!

Mitze: Looking good so far!

Dayz: Cool stuff man!

Poshspice: Likin' it, lovin' it! She's got a real gypsy feel about her, which I like!

Joey-b: Her skin looks Yucky! Awesome!

Boyo: Yours is one of my faves! Just Terrific!

trevor: Love the concept! Very creepy!

Bevis: Awesome expression!

Adam Schumpert: That's quite a lot of work man, but it's going to be totally sweet when you're finished!

Ian Llanas: Aaah, scary!

Yoitisi: thanks for sharing your wips! Always an inspiration!

EVERYONE ELSE: There's about a billion other rad concepts so far. Really lookin' good everybody!

Okay, so I didn't get last ones finished so I better get my butt in gear, but I have a good feeling about this one. I think the most difficult thing is trying to be original within the constraints of the chow briefing. I tried going "out there" on this one, but it just wasn't Baba Yagay enough. So here's what I got so far....

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2371/bobayaga2ov9.jpg

[Sekino]

Joey-b- I wince everytime I see yours ;)

Wolfentir- I like the look and the way she's playing with her food...

Boyo- That looks awesome! :D

Alien Ape Star- Very different; almost peaceful!

Trevor- I really hope to see this one finished!

Adam Schumpert- It's too bad that it is a bit too big, because I love how the house is also chasing after the kids!

Yoitisi- I love the exotic look, and the cabin look awesome!

Anamirela- So far, I love the style!

I'm getting there...

[Jason Strutz]

beginnings of my baba yaga!
wanted her to be more of a crazy dumpy monkey grandma than a typical witch. I also envision her riding her mortar around like Bowser in Super Mario World and then jumping out and devouring kids whole.
gotta work on framing and fleshing her out and the relationship to the other objects

[ikuru]

some two sleepy hours on this...
http://www.ikuru.se/2/babba2.jpg
hope u dig... :P

[Mitze]

Nice to see you on CHOW dan Liimatta.


Some outstanding pics. Matt, Johngrello, Posh, Sekino, Kian, John Bridges, Dwinbotp, Venger, Loads more too many.

I dumped my first pic and i don't think i will get this done in time.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f162/mekese2000/babajaba-.jpg

[Ionic]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_f.jpg

current standing of the image... thanks for all the appreciations!

lol I don't even know the do date.. I'm just taking my time :)

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Some lunch time colorage:

Fleh.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk198/Arthur_Two_Sheds/BABA2.jpg

[anamirela]

Anamirela- So far, I love the style!
Is just a doodle I don't know yet how to color it, maybe very simple, monochromatic...will see.

Some crits:
Vorace: that's scary, man!
Boyo : just love it!
Poshspice: Your work is very inspiring to me but since I'm getting used with your lunchtime sketches I'll dare to make a small crit: everything is to peaceful, like the not so old gypsy woman was hired to clean Baba's yard. C'mon, man, show us some guts!
Sekino: I love those two pets and the style works for me!
JOHNGRELLO: nice rendering of Baba's face! Can't wait to see those horses!
Adam Hunter Peck: love her expression and thanks for sharing the inspiration source!
yoitisi: cool concepts man!
bumskee: can't wait to see it in color

[hutachip]

update....still dont know how to paint this one...

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[Quinn Simoes]

Really nice work everyone, here's my wip...

[Sulk-Sal]

Wow...Another amazing round. I need to try to take it up a notch if I want to make it in the polling :p

Thanks for the crits Wolfentir and sony! Hopefully with a bit more filled in I took care of the proportions a bit, but I like things big. World of Warcraft is a big influence for me (donno if that's good or bad :p)

Wolfentir - that is hard choice. I think I want to see more before I decide. I love the extreme angle on the second, but the first gives a clearer idea of the story. Also might depend on the 3/4ths rule. Still new here, so not sure how that would work.

sony - The PS3 is great, just so unexpected, but I have to say my favorite part is the mortar, very fitting knowing her chicken-feet house too. Just be careful with the anatomy of her neck and legs/feet.

JOHNGRELLO -Great dynamics. Can't say more. So cool.

Quinn Simoes - Amazing. Great mood, layout is great...oh man.

As for a few comments on my piece: The lines on the pestle are just for my own reference in shape, they won't be in the final. Kids hands will also be in when my camera is up and running. Should be able to start color tomorrow.

[cubesoflard]

Here's my early sketches.

[Bugmeyer]

I was trying out a super cartoony angle, but Boyo's got that shit covered like a jimmy hat. Can't wait to see the finals on this round. We've got so many winners so far, it looks like its going to be a struggle to even get to the vote.

I have no idea where I am going with this. I just know I don't want to do what I've done before.

[Wolfentir]

sony - thanks, i quite like your mortar/pot thingy with feet

bumskee - haha thanks :P, yours is really quite good great linework and the hair looks really cool!

tommoy - yours is incredible! it really looks like a scene out of a childrens fairy tale book or a still from an animation.

manabanana - damn shes bony, i really like the costume and the forest atmosphere youve created.

hutachip - crazy sketch man, reminds me of H.R. Giger almost., did you do it on 3 pieces of paper? the painting looks really good as well

dayz - awesome monster! cant wait to see more!

IanLlanas - Looking great! I love the kid pulling on the one who's about to be eaten, and the other one in the mortar's expression is priceless, i lol'd a bit when i saw it.

Senpen - looks pretty good so far, the pestle is fucking crazy, great job with that.

yoitisi - that house is beyond words, its amazing, i would love to live in it.

pepps - looks pretty sweet so far, great sense of atmosphere and good composition too!

dan liimatta - wow, awesome entry so far especially for a first chow, cool progress, cant wait to see how it turns out

Hybrid_75 - damn them is some nasty old hags. I like the inclusion of bones and skulls in the hair.

Adam Hunter Peck - great inspiration material, the colors are really cool, altogether cool piece!

Sekino - awesome progress! it really has that folky feel to it.

Quinn Simoes - really cool looking, a refreshing take on Baba Yaga

Sulk-Sal - good progress and thanks for the comments, I'm still wondering as well about the whole 3/4 thing, even so its just such an awesome character to draw.

Heres an update on the perspective one

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[FerrousJack]

:oneye: Here is current state, just started adding some color... Thanks for the comments and general good vibes.

[AhChu]

Here is my thumb at mo, still playing with though pose though, So many cool enteries so far have left me drooling all over my tablet...so many talented people

[Aly Fell]

Going to try an do some crits of my own today, but just caught Adam Hunter Peck's image so a quick comment. Love it! I don't know how much more rendering you're going to do, but it doesn't need a lot.

Great entries all round!

[sony]

artina love your work!

masque: scary! ahan she got him!

Artofinca : this is going smooth!

FerrousJack :ilaekae: spider witch... spider witch!

dayz: wu hu!

i am Joey-b: i like the chucky fell of it! she got a male features on her face, may be it just me!

dwinbotp: that hurts those pins ouch! scary!!!

IanLlanas: damn! wow!

Senpen: wooden legs?

Inkfish: nice colors!

Pixeltuner: kind of hot body!

yoitisi i like the ageing of ur charcter!

dirkvandulmen: looking very nice!

pepps: :)

RES: wonderfull colosrS! very supportive!

dan liimatta: older version of a super star! guess the name! :), looking nice

Stoat: wow! liking the the way u r doing skin!

anamirela: wu hu! aggressive one!

Hybrid_75: i like the anger in her!

Adam Hunter Peck: i liked your inspiration collection, i think nostrils are getting too much attention. but that's a good thing!

natedogler: very neat stuff!

Sekino: :) that stubborn bear is funny!

Jason Strutz: lol seems like some one kicked her :)

ikuru: sleepy hours lol i like your sense of humor!

Mitze: neat stuff! baby cap looks cool on her head!

Ionic: john very cool stuff keep it coming baby!

Arthur 'Two Sheds': this might get to much off from the chow theme be careful.

hutachip: too much noise! angle is also not very convincing.

Quinn Simoes: are those skulls or hunchback? looking scary :)

Sulk-Sal: thanks :)

cubesoflard: silhouette is looking nice!

Bugmeyer: i like rat kind of a facial features.

[Kian]

natedogler: Nate! How you been man?? Good to see you here too. :hatsoff:

[Wiggers]

I think i'm done.

[ikuru]

well done wiggers, one of my fav.
Maybe move that branch that touches the barrel a bit to the left?

[Nikola Marinkovic]

lookin' good wigers. love it!

[Pierce9]

Here's a couple of studies I had in mind before I butcher one of them in Painter.

[Ionic]

2:44AM now... and I think I'm doing more damage than good to it at this point... NEED SLEEP.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/chow_147_g.jpg

[Pixeltuner]

Sony: thx ;) The attributes of your image look great, watch out for her stance though, her feet look a bit off.
Natedogler: Thx, and you're right about the feet because that's the only part which I still don't know what to do with. Make them more monstrous, or chickenlike, or whatever :p
Your sketch is looking sharp.
Wiggers: Nice! My only crit would be that I would put more ambient light on your witch as well. A dash of orange (from the sky) on her skin and on the rim of the mortar for instance. :)

[Wiggers]

That's looking great Ionic, love her face!!

[The Whistler]

Wow that's one sick image Ionic! Great work!

[Tommoy]

Ionic, can U sleep with that image in your head?
Wiggers, very nice, when she couldn't find the kids she took the parents.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t19/Tommoy/Chow147s8k.jpg

[Nutter]

Faaark, that is one cool BABA tommoy:drool:

Love the comp ionic



I'm just going with something simple for now.

[Wiggers]

You got it TOMMOY! liking yours alot great looking Baba.

[dwinbotp]

Really cool works!!! Mine looks too horrific(sigh) Got too caught up with the whole horror vibe i guess. Got just a few things to wrap it up.

Tommoy liking the way yours is coming along, poor kid.:)
Ionic Very nice man, love the face too!
Wiggers love it! especially with the added heads and the hidden kids.tells the story in one shot:D

[benu]

Thank you wolfentir and Sony for the comments! A more vulture-like pose is a good idea, I felt her pose was a bit stiff and boring.


chow is getting insane in quantity and quality.

Ionic- She's really looking dangerous, I like the face. Good sense of dynamic movement. One of my favourites.

Wiggers- looks a bit flat imo. Cool character design, though.

sony- the angle of the wings looks off, esp. her right wing. Th mortar with the feet is cool.

Tommoy- Also doing a half ckicken/ half human baba yaga? I like all the flowing hair, feathers and cloth. Also one of my favourites.

wolfentir- cool perspective. she doesn't look evil at all, more like a grumpy little old lady.

buffichar- don't be chicken, it's looking too good not to enter. Good job with the lighting.

Pixeltuner- would'nt want to meet her in a dark alley.

dwinbotp- what a beuty. -I dont know what else to say.

IanLlanas- Poor kids. They look really horrified. Is she smashing the boys skull with her hands?


New sketch, I think the pose works better.

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[Joey-b]

Dwinbotp - that looks awesome! im sure thisll look great once its done, the feet of the pot are a bit confusing with the legs of baba, other than that keep going.. not to horrific at all.. (i did hellraiser that kinda horrific as well)

[Pixeltuner]

the more horrific, the better! Here's an update on mine, close to the finish line, time for some spit 'n polish.

Tommoy, that looks sweet, with the blue skin, feathers, skulls and all. Watch the hands though, the top one looks a bit weird perspective wise.

[Joey-b]

okey guys, i tried to make mine a bit more femalish
boob job, chin, eye lashes, long nails
hope u like, ill try to give a huge comment anytime soon

[lennon]

Wow, great entries I'm really amazed by the overall quality, even some guys that still don't have such a great technique are compensating with great original ideas and violent compositions.
This will be my first CHOW (I regret a lot that I couldn't enter the last one, Titania seem like a great topic).
For some reason as much as I love witches I didn't get much inspiration in this concept. This is what I did, but I need to put something in there that really makes it interesting, I don't know what. It still at an early step, I don't even know if I'll continue doing the house and the sticks.
I don't know either what to do with the face, perhaps I'll leave it as it is.
I don't think that it's looking russian enough.
Anyway, If someone could give a hand with some opinion, it would be great.
Nice to be on board!

[trevor]

wait
ionic?
huh?
i thought you were john
either way
pretty damn spectacular
lots of good stuff goin on!

[Joey-b]

Lennon - The hood seems closed at the chin but still hair manages to get out?
maybe let a big ugly nose stick out of the black and some glowing eyes? dunno just thinkin of something

Pixeltuner - its more just like a female zombie.. im missing something like a broom, mortal- pestal

benu - i like the chicken/witch crossover :)

Nutter - that looks great! love the big nose

Tommoy - no crits just now, i love what ur doing here, good texturing and cute kiddie

Ionic - thats gonna look awesome i know for sure, wondering how wonderfull those horses will look after u've rendered them hehe

Wiggers - everything seems to be drawn seperatly, maybe add an overlayer with some warm colors in it? they crow in the front is fighting with the bucket, i'd move it a bit to the right
The tree's appear to be in front of her house but when looking at it one of them is behind it, i think u can fix this by givin that one tree a bit less contrast/ saturization in it, and i would put some more contrast +detail in the house. I love the face on the witch hehe

Sony - that looks nice, but i dont see why the wings are there, they dont add anything. if anything their confusing since its a witch not an angel

[Wingedchime]

Excuse my long winded 'pats on the back' I'll try to get better at giving more constructive comments :)


Fersteger: I love what you've got so far, and for some reason I can't help but to feel nostalgic when I look at the image. It reminds me of something somewhere from my childhood, though I can't quite pinpoint what. The atmosphere in this is awesome!


Ionic: I really like the energy and composition and lighting in yours so far. Your Baba Yaga has a great expressive face, and she looks like a force to recon with!


Dayz: The sketches you posted are awesome, and I just can't wait to see what will you come up with! I'm intrigued and I want to see more of your art.

Poshspice: I like a lot where you are going with this. Your image has a classical storybook feel about it, and I find that very appealing. Her outfit looks great and interesting as well.

Artofinca: I really like her body shape and the contraption that she uses to move around. I think the idea that she's always cold and needs to be wrapped in a whole lot of stuff is cool.

Boyo: I absolutely love what you've got so far! I adore your style, and can't wait to see this finished!

Poojipoo: Did I lure you back by reminding you about the weeklies ;)? I like the composition and the perspective, she looks very menacing.

Tommoy: I like your interpretation so much! The design of your Baba Yaga is amazing, and the interaction with the kid is great. I'd love to see that in a storybook.

Adam Schumpert: Wow, looks like you are making a full blown illustration here! I like how much is going on in that image, and how much movement it's got. I also like how expressive the characters are - you can really see the terror in the kids, and how furious Baba Yaga is.

Yoitsi: I don't know what is it about yours, but I find her really attractive. I like her dark skin and hair quite a lot.

As for my own piece, I didn't want to look at this thread before I had some part of the picture completed, because I was afraid I'd get too influenced by other people's awesome ideas. I must say that it's been inspired quite a bit by Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" and that little black bird from "Spirited Away"

[CCThrom]

And it's still going...!

The amount and quality of the entries here is just amazing! Since I grew up with Baba Yaga stories, I feel like I just have to get in on it somehow...

Started with an idea of a flying / raging 'Yaga, but haven't got it nailed yet... also looks too much like Green Goblin. If I had lots of spare time, I'd work this idea up too... but as it is, I'm moving on to something simpler.

[CCThrom]

Ok, something simpler...

[Nikola Marinkovic]

great work everyone.

dwinbotp - ultra creepy. love it! :)

Tommoy - awesome!

Pixeltuner - This is one really awesome work. But... On slavic languages BABA means grandma (and she is Slavic mythology character)
and your Baba
looks a bit, you know, young... But it's still awesome work. :)

Wingedchime - Can't wait to see more. It's great. :)

CCThrom - love it!

[JessiBean]

Ionic - LOVE the progress you've made.

Wingedchime - while this is a very cool image, you may want to go do a little more research/reading. While Baba Yaga does live in a chicken-legged hut, and she does ride around in a mortar and pestle, I don't think she ever rides a chicken. This could be an issue as far as staying on topic for the round.

[Wingedchime]

JessiBean: Thank you for the constructive reply :)

I read the Wikipedia article prior, and took certain elements out of it while putting my own spin on the others. You are probably right though that I took it too far (the chicken was supposed to be more mechanical at first, as in that it was her house that she could enter, she just happens to sit on top of it and it moves) It probably ended up too organic in the end, I'll see what can i do about it.

[Pixeltuner]

great work everyone.

Pixeltuner - This is one really awesome work. But... On slavic languages BABA means grandma (and she is Slavic mythology character)
and your Baba
looks a bit, you know, young... But it's still awesome work. :)



Thx! So, if I'd give her grey hair and lower her boobs to her waist it's cool? ;)
I deliberately made her younger and without the mortar and pestle, but maybe it indeed loses it's touch with the brief a little this way

EDIT: Good idea, I gave her some straw-ish white/grey hair, and now she looks like on old insane tart a bit more already :D

[lennon]

Joey-b, thanks for the tips. I'll work in those points.
I'm trying to see if I can turn it into something, I don't want to go into detailing something that doesn't work. The concept seems flawed from the start. Perhaps I'll have to do another one from scratch.

[deadred]

wow this week's chow really turned out amazing stuff so far!

CCThrom: that's one hell of a cool tool belt in the second pic lol it does look better than the first one too

WingedChime: maybe add some house elements over the bird, like chimneys and bricks? very cute witch

Nutter: good start!

Ionic: much better colors, keep going :cheerleader:

Tommoy: great design! liking everything about it

Wiggers: yours is definitely a fav :D i like how you kept a folklore illustrative feel to your image while staying true to the traditional descriptions of her, and chicken house in the background too. great work!

I'm abit short of time this weekend but i don't want to miss a chow, so i hope to finish this simple piece soon. Any critiques/suggestions welcome, i think one leg is too short and i just noticed it now when posting.

[Joey-b]

deadred - its looking good. no crits .. one question.. are u from netherlands? ur road signs seem dutch ;)

[deadred]

deadred - its looking good. no crits .. one question.. are u from netherlands? ur road signs seem dutch ;)no i googled for russian road signs of school children crossing lol i guess google lied :(

[LEEBLEEB]

Damn theirs some cool stuff in ere. :o

Just started.

[Wingedchime]

Deadred: I really like where you are going with this, and the street sign, and candle on the scull are nice touches.

I also want to thank you for the helpful comment, I like the chimney idea a lot.

[Joey-b]

Deadred - i dont know if its not russian, its also dutch anyway :)

ur u could use this http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/russiansignbaba.jpg hehe

[dayz]

so I decided to go back a little bit and actually churn out the witch design first before I move onto my final sketch..its just more helpful to know the form and the clothing before I do the actual pose....

also made the rock mortar creature sitting instead of standing..

I'm hoping to get the final sketch done tonight...

[dan liimatta]

quick update from the colouring I did this morning (warm up before work).

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Tommoy sweet design, and ~~

Wiggers
Sweet stuff :P

sony
no idea :P

Adam HP
inspiring inspiration pieces - and cool piece, love the design, style and flare :)

natedogler Thanks!

Mitze
Ol' boy, fun to see you around! triple wave! ~~~
- and nice start :)

Ionic
I really like the first colour version (#199) - good idea, and execution.

Wolfentir Thanks! & Virginity has to go one day or an other :hugsmile:

~~ time for pizza & downtime.

Jove
Laget? & hur ar eskilstuna numera? :) ~~~

Boyo pure awesome, love it!

[EDIT] more colours added after work

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~~ keep it up :)

[doomstagg]

dan liimatta...that ish is crazy.
Prelim
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3274889602_775c2e6557_o.jpg

[Pixeltuner]

Dayz: That is one awesome sketch :)

[sony]

Pixeltuner: i made changes to the feet thanks for pointing out!

benu: :) hurry up mate!

i am Joey-b: oh my god you are right about it! thanks for pointing out about this. i need to think about the wings. this may be new witch theory. oh i got one abandoned angle turning into witch. is this good to justify.please help me with this. Okay i think of redoing the wing silhouettes into torn cloth.


heres the link (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2127745&postcount=211)