C.O.W. # 134 Colossus from Hell!

[Michael Jaecks]

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http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110879


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Round #134

Topic:
Colossus from Hell!

Creature Description: The Colossus from Hell is a giant, mammoth (as in BIG), diabolical beast native to Hell. Your interpretation of this idea should focus on the scale of the creature. It could be anything as large as an Oliphant from LOTR to the size of the mountain or bigger! The point is to design a massive, horrific monster that can be clearly seen as only coming from the depths of the netherworld. The narrative you attach to your concept is entirely up to you, but the design must represent a massive species that lives in Hell.

Deadline:
Saturday, 28 February 2009



note: The deadline won't be EXACTLY after a week...it can last up to 24 hours more, i am human and have to work also, you know ;)
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[peter_john]

hey mj - does mammoth mean large or a mammoth/elephant/mastodon based animal? Thanks for running this one :D

[Michael Jaecks]

Some of you may be going, 'huh?' :)

This is my first round of COW as moderator. First I really want to thank Fozzybar for asking me to do this. I learned so much over the last three years participating in COW, and I'm just happy I get to give a little back. I also want to thank yoitisi for taking over the reigns of COW for as long as he did, even with all he is busy with all over CA and especially for his HUGE help in getting me started with my first round.

I decided I wanted to start my first round with a little bit of a bang and with the sort of topic I know has drawn a lot of participation in the past. You can't go wrong in COW when you take a trip to Hell.

I'll be checking in daily to make sure everything is going smoothly, answering any questions and offering any help I can. So, fire up your tablets, post your WIPs, discuss your ideas, offer up the constructive crits, and let see some seriously freaky demonic monstrosities!

[Michael Jaecks]

THANKS yoitisi. We'll see how rough it gets. I'm just waiting for a few of my old friends to hear the news. ;)

peter john: mammoth = large... that said, elephantesque inspired demonic creatures are entirely welcome as well. But I have edited the creature description for clarity... thanks for pointing it out.

[yoitisi]

As you can see, COW has a new moderator as of now. Fozzybar needs a bit of rest from handling it's daily business, and I never intended to take over full time, so Michael Jaecks graciously accepted to become the new COW boss. So please be careful with him, it'd be nice if he could stay around for a while ;)

Fozzy and I will stay around to help out if needed, but for any problems you might have bother MJ first :D

Edit: Oops sorry I thought this thread would make more sense if you'd have your say first, so I deleted my first post. Guess I should leave the modding to you from now on :P

[Nexus]

Mmm, good choice Fozz. MJ, loves the critters. As do I. Also great choice on the CoW topic, since the last round involving a creature from hell drew in about a billion entries. Interestingly enough I think the winner from the last hell round was actually an elephant spawned from the netherworld. So, it's funny that you should mention the oliphants and mammoths MJ. Well good luck to all, I'll be rolling in here with the most evil and large creature that I can think of ASAP.

[Michael Jaecks]

No prob yoitisi. I think we were both typing at the same time.

Nexus: yer right, nearly a billion entries. Consider this my COW Stimulus Package. And I remember the winning entry from COW 66 as well...

But we can go BIGGER. Good luck everyone.

[VegasMike]

I gotta get in on this one! This should be quite a round...looking forward to seeing what everyone is going to come up with! Must go draw....

[Michael Jaecks]

There we go. Now they come out of the woodwork. I feel like its been a while since I've seen you VegasMike. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

[LacrymØsa]

agh! such an awesome topic!
:nohope:
the cord to my tablet got caught on the arm of my chair. when i rolled away from my desk...the tablet came with it and smashed on the floor with a great terrifying thud!
R.I.P Tablet

[Moai]

My first friend on ConceptArt.org's inaugural round, awesome topic...I am IN on this.:)

[noche]

hell can be a cold place, right...?

[Mr--Jack]

Oooh yes, now this is something one could really sink one's teeth into . . . proverbially or otherwise :)

[peter_john]

hell can be a cold place, right...?

the ninth ring of hell in Dante's Inferno was a lake of ice.

The "western" concept of hell is sort of based on the fire and brimstone archetype. If you take a look at things like the Buddhist structure of hell (the cold and hot Narakas) things get a lot more varied. For instance, in a system based on reincarnation you may suffer in hell long enough to clear your karma, so you're not going to be suffering for an eternity or infinity. BUT, you'd still be stuck there for a duration of time that seems like an eternity to mortal brains.

Naraka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_(Buddhism)
Diyu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diyu

Arbuda – the "blister" Naraka. This is a dark, frozen plain surrounded by icy mountains and continually swept by blizzards. Inhabitants of this world arise fully grown and abide life-long naked and alone, while the cold raises blisters upon their bodies. The length of life in this Naraka is said to be the time it would take to empty a barrel of sesame seed if one only took out a single seed every hundred years.

A barrel fits a hell of a lot of sesame seeds! The wikipedia page on Naraka lists the duration of a life in each Naraka using scientific notation... yikes!

So yeah, I think hell can be a cold place. Or a place of burning iron, or drowning, being fried in a pan, etc...

[Joey-b]

The Species part makes this still a hard one

hope i have the time and my new tablet in time
Thanks MJ!

[Cloister]

The King is dead. Long live the King!

Hell is it? Okay... so you're working your way from the abyss and upwards. I'll see if I can help you on the way with bringing in a true fiery behemoth this round... perhaps, perhaps..

[Michael Jaecks]

Lacrymosa: sorry to hear about the tablet. I've been there myself. These days I keep a small spare just in case. Gently used models are pretty easy to score cheap on eBay (Intuous on down, I'm mean...) Have you tried hooking it back up to the computer and wiggling/finessing the wire a little back into the tablet? This happened to me once. The contacts inside just got a little messed up after a fall, but I was always able to get the tablet working if I played with it. Just an idea.

peter john makes a good point with the Dante reference. Another I can think of is in Dungeons and Dragons, where the eigth layer of Hell, Cania, is a vast frozen wasteland. It's master, Mephisotoheles, spends many an hour in his frozen castle perfecting the art of "Hellfire," according to the 3.5 edition rulebooks. There's a marriage of fire and ice there.

Look, if you want to in the cold direction and you do it well, I'll certainly accept the interpretation. Cold or hot, though, the real point to your creature design is that it is clearly demonic/diabolical and that it is massive.

Ah HA! Cloister is gonna start making Elvis songs stick in my head again. Welcome, and yes, please, put the baby away and paint your heart out. (kidding of course about putting Ina in the pantry... give her a little ah-choo from me. :) )

Everyone else: Looking forward to seeing your first WIPs!

[Joey-b]

Well u asked for some wips, well i just doodled some stuff, might go for one of these.. not sure IF ill participate. Need to get my new tablet, not sure if itll be here on time

[blobs]

Ahh brilliant topic, new master of the cow!
I'll be in on this for sure :)

[Bralt Hannicart]

I never got past thumbs and some sketches last COW round due to lack of time. BUT this topic sounds way too awesome to not enter...

Congratulations on becoming ringmaster, Jaecks! And ofcourse, thanks for your devotion, Yoitisi!

Now I'll be off sharpening my wacom pen and adding water to my PS colorpicker.

PS: will those COW medal like things start to appear again next to user's names after winning a round?

[yoitisi]

This seems to be taking off quite okay so far, thanks again MJ :)

Bralt Hannicart: We're looking into that now, since it requires some privileges beyond just being a moderator in here. Don't worry, if we can't work something out we'll just drag Fozzy back in here once in a while to update those :P

[Kin]

Congrats Jaecks! Awesome topic this week I just had to enter, sad that I couldn't make it last week. Here is just a quick draft of what I came up with so far. It doesn't look too colossusy, but I'll figure it out somehow.

[Joey-b]

Here is my first WIP

[Cookiedough]

I've never entered a COW, mostly cos i dunno how to go about it. However, with this topic, what's the position about mythological creatures that have scared people? For instance Kraken, Cthulhu and such? Those will be rejected if it's entered? How original does this have to be?

[Michael Jaecks]

Your design should be original and your own creation.

That said, if you take a look through some of the past rounds of COW, you'll notice we all take inspiration from the past, as well as the natural world, and that inspiration informs our work.

But instead of painting HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu
You should paint Cookiedough's _____________ (fill in the blank.)

Also, keep in mind... monsters like Cthulhu, The Kraken, Medusa, etc are really unique entities.. ie, they're technically characters according to the COW rules. Be sure to make your design a member of a massive species native to Hell.

[FAST ART]

kay.. i´ve done some sketches to find an idea for this hell-creature but i´m still searching for the right form
( and don´t drawing euphoric the final one like in the last cow :oneye: )

[Ironhead]

Whahoo! This could be very interresting for me. This time it will be BIG!
Everybody an acherontic drawing!

[Wilko]

Okay, first post on CA! Fancied getting involved with this COW, although I may well not make the date as I'm super busy at the moment.

Here are a couple of rough doodles of my initial ideas for my "Colossus from Hell!" the Tortuant - a species born and bred purely to torture the dammed souls of hell. First image is a rough sketch of my initial anatomy ideas (plus scale), the second a more detailed image of the head. I imagine that it's spines and venom cause horrifying nightmares and hallucinations, and can induce every kind of pain known and unkown to man.

I'm going for a spidery kind of creature, but want it to appear kind of fleshy and spikey rather than hairy - basically I'm trying to take what I find scariest and most repulsive in the natural world as inspiration for my creature. At the moment it is perhaps a little too spidery and I want to experiment and make it a bit more unique.

[Wacky Wackowski]

so i'm trying to pull from old testament kinda pagan idol stuff with mine so far... not sure whether i think it's looking good or ridiculous :S

[Darkwolf]

Congrats on getting mod-ship, your mod-ship jaecks! *grins* I'm interested, but we'll have to wait and see how much puter time I have (or whether my bleedin' GFX card will be replaced soon...)

Heh, but yeah, interested!

[zimfin]

Hmm, new mod and a great topic choice. Think I am in if time permits!

[Rist]

This is really interesting! I need to shove my butt into 5th gear!

[Lior Schiller]

Wacky Wackowski
Like your concept

FAST ART
I like for the most the bottom right concept, even thou it's a bit used

Joey-b
Make him larger! XD


And here is mine^^ will be glad for any critiq

[matthewAllen]

Kin - I like the bird thing going on (crows are awesome to draw) the multiple eye thing ups the creep factor by 20.

FastArt - I think you should go with the bunny, really. Giant bunnies are scary.

Wacky Wackowski - I really like this idea a ton. Bull + Architecture head. nice. The Architecture will be really help you pull off the impression of scale I think.

Tipa - What will you do for scale? The realistically proportioned head makes it feel a bit small. You could certainly pull it off with some atmospheric depth effects, but you may want to try messing with the head scale. Wacky, I Think, will have an easier time of it, due to the temples on the bulls head, but I think it may be tougher for you with your current design.

My 20 minute brainstorm sketches. My 5 year old is leaning towards the first one on the left. I like that or the 3rd one.

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[Michael Morisse]

I was wondering if since this is in hell, is it OK to show suffering humanoids?
maybe the colossus feasts on their sad souls.

[Wacky Wackowski]

Michael Morisse: Looking back at several of the previous COW winners, it seems like it's ok to show humanoids as long as they are not the creature. Might be one of those things you use to help show scale. I was gonna place a yardstick or measuring tape besides mine, but it kinda loses some of that Colossal Beast from Hell feel.

crits:
kin- so far it is hard to 'read' what your image is. would also like to see the relative scale you're thinking of for this.

joey b- i wouldn't mind seeing that thing bigger. i get the feeling of 'big' out of something that size, but for it to be 'colossal' i think it should be bigger.

fast art- i am leaning towards your design that looks like the wooden log with 2 flames by it. right now it looks a little quirky, but i think there's a lot of potential there for something pretty unique... is this too humanoid for the COW?

wilko- look up the vinegaroon (interestingly shaped pedipalps). it's related to spiders. as far as other repulsive things from the natural world... what do you think of lampreys, centipedes, tapeworms, etc?

tipa- try to get that little something extra that will distinquish this from centaurs or satyrs and give it that hellish quality.

matthewAllen- :D yeah, i like the first one the best, but it is a little easier to read what you were thinking with that one. perhaps develop that 3rd one more because i'm seeing a smiley face on there right now (a nice demon?)

[Nexus]

Ok, well here's the first part of my process. I learned this from MikeCorriero, veteran CoWer who has moved on to bigger and better. Essentially you make a nondescript squiggle or series of shapes and then you copy that layer and flip it horizontally. From there, you can even copy it again and flip it vertically. Then if you're feeling especially fancy you can start taking different thumbs and combining them. For example, you think one piece looks like a head and then you attach it to a thumb that you feel compliments it for the body and then use other bits for limbs. It's kinda like Voltron, the more of these things you have the better. This generates a ton of shapes to work with very quickly. I cranked these 16 out in about an hour. I can do it a little quicker normally but it's late and I work third shift. That's all for now. Ill probably combine a few of these but this is good for a first pass. Nice work so far all.

[.s.]

hey. it's my first time posting here in the cow section, since i'm new here on CA. I don't need to qualify for this somehow?
Anyway, this is my first idea for this topic. Probably won't stick to it, but let me know what you think.

[LacrymØsa]

im so amazed by everyone so far..and as always
i think i need help (after seeing whats already being produced, and they are just quick doodles and sketches), to unleash my imagination. any tips?

[matthewAllen]

matthewAllen- ... perhaps develop that 3rd one more because i'm seeing a smiley face on there right now (a nice demon?)

Sideways smiley?

a bit more dev on that ones head. I like it more but not enough. I may use some ideas from it in the final though.

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[Mr.Wittmann]

.S. - rules: No human-like creatures

[Irish_Jim]

It's been a long time since I posted here at CA, and I think a good way to jump back in is a COW entry:

[Fozzybar]

The King is dead. Long live the King!

The King is dead my ass! :D

Haha, no seriously...huge thanx to yoitisi for keeping COW on its track for the last weeks and also thanx and good luck to Michael Jaecks for taking over COW now as the full version mod :D

I will be around and always available via IM, so help is there whenever you need it. Maybe one time i will have more time and motivation to come back and support COW in its further growing.

Meanwhile have fun guys and listen to Michael Jaecks, he joined COW a long time ago and he knows everything about the deal.

Now go and draw, i may need some eyecandy the next months :D

[FAST ART]

so i thought i got something to work with.. its still a concept i will change some forms of it here and there.. and a little story for that i got too..

[Michael Jaecks]

.s. : Just the tiny red X of dom is showing up on my end. Did you pull it down because of the humanoid factor...?

A note to all: I'm not wholly opposed to bipedal creatures that stand somewhat erect and walk with their head looking forward. That said, be really careful about paying attention to such a creature's proportions, stance, posture, muscle-to-bone-to-body fat ratios, scale and so on. A gorilla looks very, very different from a man in a gorilla suit. The former is considered an acceptable creature within the general COW rules, the latter is not.

Thanks to all for the continued well wishes, and especially to Fozzy who made it all possible. :)

[SinnerMan]

OOOOh, count me in, hellish beasts are just up my alley :D Cuddly-wuddly lil' critters

[TRog]

The amazing imagery of Wayne Barlowe springs to mind.

http://www.waynebarlowe.com/

Very nice topic, Mr. Jaecks :D

[Mr.Wittmann]

sketch :P

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3034/hellbeastcopy.jpg

[DefiledVisions]

Wacky that is really cool! extremeley helish to be honest. Can't wait to it taken further!

Might give this a shot.. just got a part-time job though so less time to paint these days, and school aswell :( .. oh and, fantastic topic MJ!

[grey]

welcome to the new mod! Great topic and already 2 pages of comments/entries, definitely count me in on this one!!!

[badass]

So this will be my first time participating in a COW. I have only messed around with photo shop a little so painting my creature is going to be a challenge... but here are my initial sketches. I am going to start painting the T-Rexy creature today to see what comes of it.

Good luck everyone!

[kosmo975]

hello everyone,
first of all nice to meet u.
This will be my first COW if i can make it, the week deadline it's the biggest challenge for me. it is a big honor to partecipate with all of you, such inspiring and fun activity full of talented artists... any way the first thigs that poped up in my mind it's this...

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q242/kosmo975/bulls.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q242/kosmo975/netherbull-c.jpg

...oh and colgratulation Michael Jaecks for the mod

[Cloister]

This is my entry and story at an almost finished state. Comments are welcome of course. I will hopefully find some time to work some more on it later this week... oh, and yes, I focused on size this time ;)


No one could say there hadn’t been signs of warning. Ever since the new skyscraper was raised the city had changed. The vast increase in reports of missing persons should by itself have been enough for the authorities to take action. The Dagherion Tower – instantly nicknamed the Devil’s Building, and later The Dark Cloister - had not only been the centre of many weird events and extraordinary sounds, but had also literally emptied every block surrounding it, causing shops to close and firms to look for office space elsewhere.

As usual though, the cases were sloppily investigated, and the forces put in place to uphold order were too busy elsewhere. But then again, what could they have done? After all, the last department with knowledge enough to deal with the matter closed down in 1890. Necromancy and Demonology simply did not exist in contemporary consciousness. Not until right now.

They had managed to summon an Ancient One. A Ghartharian Rox, the most massive of furies in the nine levels of Hell had arrived. Everyone beheld it with utter presence. Fear was the name of the day. We all stood still and stared at what was left of reality, and we all knew; there would be no memories of this day.

[grey]

cloister you definitely got a sense of scale down on this one

here's my concept, finished the drawing stage but only just starting to fill in values . . .

[Mara644]

grrreat topic! i'm in :)

fast art: nice start! i was curious about the bunny though... ;)

Tipa: impressive and proud creature. and great scale (if that little black things are trees?)

here's my first idea. i already dread it's too human-like? still want to check since the fine line between in and out is still a mystery to me...

[Marco Mazzoni]

Fun topic. Haven't done one of these in a while. Here's a sketch from lunch today

[Althael]

Here's the sketch so far... Hope I'll have time to finish this, I'm still clueless about how to paint at a good speed..

A bit of text, need works too, but you get the idea. Evidently, the 'diggers' will be changed for a real name.

Legends in hell tell that these colossus, the 'diggers', were created long before the first creature falled in the fiery abyss. Decendents from a world where only gods existed, the 'diggers' were sent in the dead lands that we now know as hell. Durings uncomptable years, they have digged constantly, slowly creating hell's multiples layers.
Eating the corrupted earth and rocks, the diggers extracted negative energy from it and turned it into smokes to fill the infinite tunnels.

While they were many at first, only a very few of them are still alive. The occupants that were regulary thrown down in the pits took the decision to hunt these creatures. The hunt stopped their work for good, at an unfinished nine levels.

[darkly]

Awesome stuff so far! Keep em coming guys. Oh and tell your friends to play along as well. We should make this, one for the record books.

A big shout out to Michael Jaecks. Hey thanks for taking over COW! I've been a big COW fan for a while now and love to participate whenever I can. So any mod who keeps it alive is a friend of mine. Also a big hats off to yoitisi and a bow as well for Fozzybar for keeping it going through the ages past ! Also I feel compelled to say I checked out creatureartists.blogspot.com and it is rad! Awesome stuff MJ. :asskisser:

Okay, so I'm going to do my darndest to make you guys cry when you see what I have in store for you. And hopefully because it's yucky and scary and not because of my lack of talent. But I'll take whatever works. Just so long as you cry! Hahaaaha.... (goes off to kick bunnies).:needle:

[David79]

my first entry too in a cow :D already great wips here !!

some studys !

[MoHog]

Got a million ideas and stories from all different cultures, so thought it was best to post a template and adds things later...

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/LouAy/tyrnat.jpg

obviously just a toony sketch - will post a wip of the final pose etc. later

Marco Mazzoni: you did that at lunch!? -awesome- Damn spooky creature - favorite so far

[blobs]

Congratulations on modhoodedness MJ!! :)

Wow, some great work in here already, Cloister.. jeez mate, reign back your talent! :D

Well I've sketched out what looks like a spineless elephant.. If I go with this guy I'll definitely sort that out, and reduce the scale of the people by a long way.. ant size may be? ;)
And the second sketch.. well it's dead, but I quite like the design :)

[Lior Schiller]

Thanks everyone for the comments and for the authorization that my goaty isn't a humanoid.

Mara644
You got it right, they are trees XD

But now he doesn't look big even with the trees scale, maybe I should add some highness fog.

By now:

[blobs]

After my initial sketches I've come up with this guy..
I'll have chains and skulls and stuff like that hanging off of him if I get the chance.

[Michael Morisse]

Nice sketches!!

[Marco Mazzoni]

aaaaaand an update

[badass]

Heres mine so far. Any advice?

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/EricDeBarros/helldino.jpg

[TimM]

Irish_Jim, you designed the EXACT thing I was drawing yesterday. Its so awesome. Like, the many heads, the head shape, the look, its all spot on.

[Sperling]

wow! So much amazing inspiration just looking at the WIPs that are being posted here~ Blobs, your creature is quite astounding, even during the sketch stage. I can just see the skin texture festering and everything. Marco... your coloring makes me just want to give up now. And I love the roach like feel to the creature's head. Buddha Bear, you should get some sort of texture going on your creature's hind legs. Leathery, if you want to run with the t-rex idea, or maybe something slimy and gross... :D

I'll be posting my ideas soon, once I finish messing around and am within reach of a scanner...

[joiton]

Hi hi!

Buddha Bear- Hi :) I know is just wip yet but I would throw some more organic details on him like you have on your sketches. Stuff that shows how the beast anatomy works.

Marco Mazzoni- Great design! Loving the scale and mood :) I wonder how that tail ends..

blobs- Very solid designs man, I like the second on pecil the most, maybe going further with scale?

Tipa- Nice colors! (maybe too happy for a hellish moment? just my taste anyway..) About scale I would move the city/castle to be below the horizon, that way would appear to be closer to the viewer than the goat beast, making him to look biger given the position in space and size relations of the elements (hopa that makes sense.. me english no well :P)

MoHog- Disgusting big bug XD I would go ahead with the spikes, will look creepier

David79- Massive beasts! grat scale :D I like the two on the left, maybe the on on the bottom looks less hell classic..

Althael- Thats a creepy animal man! would like to see more of his body though

Mara644- I would say its a bit too human yes, mostly the legs and hands, the rest is cool :)

grey- wow thats big! and creepy! i'll be waiting for some color

Cloister- Seems you realy liked the scale and hell idea man, Great job! only thing bothering me is the buildings roof tops, are all flat. If you work that a little will look lots more realistic and scary :)

kosmo975- nice! maybe make it bigger?

Mr.Wittmann- Cool design! nice how he is looking really big even without any scale reference :)

FAST ART- Like it! looks misterious (love the sketches too, gerat ideas!)

Irish_Jim- Crazy! something to show scale would be cool

matthewAllen- I like the 5 beast sketch. And thats an ugly (lady?) monster. I bet that tongue is all covered with poisonous fluids..... >_<

.s.- I like the idea of the horns from the neck, and looks realy solid (too human may be?)

Nexus- I like the two bottom ones from the 2nd column, nice thumbs.

Wacky Wackowski- Surrealistic idea, I like it :)

Wilko- Scary beast man, reminds me of paramites from oddworld universe :D

Joey-b- Nice design, looks dangerous!

Kin- Nice! looks unavoidavle :O

Michael Jaecks- Good luck with the job! :)

And here is my concept,
Volcanum Magmanimum: He not only disguises as a volcano, he is almost the actual volcano!! hiding in mountains, or creating his own stone shelter with the magma he throws over the centuries. He can pop out whenever is needed to bring fear and destruction upon all life forms on the surface of earth!! :drinkup:
(it also comes in his mini version Volcanum Puppetae. Perfect for terrorizing every inhabitant of your little ant farm!!)

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Cheers!

[noche]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhssssaa!!! entraste en quinta joan1!!!!!!! voy a ver si puedo hacer algo para este cow yo tb!

ta bueno el bicho tuyo, la re idea...

[Bralt Hannicart]

Here's what I have for now. Will finish this baby tomorrow with some colors. Not too sure yet what to do with the background...and what colors to use?

http://www.bralt.be/behemothWIP.jpg

My first version had a giant jesus like growth on it's belly in a position that suggested constant rape by this demonic creature...I decided to scrap that idea though I like it better than the Throne/command chair thing I have now. Oh well...

[badass]

Thanks for the feedback Sperling and joiton. I have way too much home work to keep working on it today but hopefully ill have that wip rendered by tomorrow so I can start on a final version in a cool environment/scene.

[dwinbotp]

Grats to Micheal Jaecks for Modhood:) Loving this cow topic to miss this one out. Will finish this if time permits! My concept of the colossus,picky eater, slow chewer, makes for more torment, hehehe. Loving everyone's take on this, all gruesome in their own right!

[riotorange]

bralt...eww its like a penis head with a mouth. Excellent! lol

[matthewAllen]

ok, final sketch before paints. c&c very much welcome.

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[Izer]

W.I.P. My first post here on the CA forums. Did most of this throughout today.

[badass]

Heres an update... too much school work to finish it tonight.

Any suggestions? Tomorrow Ill render his claws and start
redraw him in a scene/environment.





Thanks for the input sperling and joiton.

[Irish_Jim]

TimM - Whoops, sorry if I snatched your concept. It was accidental, I promise.

joiton - Thanks fer the kind words. I added the silhouette of a little explorer partway through evacuating his bowels into his trousers for scale. You have pretty sweet thumbnails, I like the hidden-in-the-earth predator idea.

Buddha Bear - I'd recommend working to define some good musculature in the legs and sides a la T-Rex here (http://www.ansp.org/museum/dinohall/images/walters_tyrannosaurus.jpg). Perhaps arch the spine a bit to give it more lunge, know what I mean?

Bralt Hannicart - Beautifully Geiger-esque abomination! The throne idea works much better aesthetically, I think, than the Jesus-Kuato-raping one. Have you given any thoughts to sharpening some of those protruding ribs?

Marco Mazzoni - Great textures! Love the corpsey-fishy look on the beast.

blobs - I'm diggin' the way your colossi all have a real visual sense of weight; there's visible volume in their shape.

Cloister - Daaaaang. You took that "colossus" bit pretty seriously. I like!

Izer - You nailed the pose on that one, the balance is perfect.

matthewAllen - It's like reading 'the Hungry Caterpillar' whilst under the influence of strong hallucinogens. Wonderfully executed final sketch.


Here's my next step, shaded over about 1.5 hours in Photoshop. Started from a scanned ink drawing, and I'll color it sometime in the next couple days.

Good submissions all around!

[darkly]

Those are all so yucky! They make me want to wash my eyes out with bleach!

And Bralt: Unholy crap! I have only you to blame for my nightmares when I sleep tonight. :wtf:

Going to post a little WIP tomorrow. Don't you all wait up for it now you hear! I gots to get my beauty sleep. Oh yah, the nightmares. Now I'm going to look like one of these creatures in the morning.

[FAST ART]

Cloister: this is a real giant-creature.. i like how the red color is used in the background.. i think your picture is right now the best devinition of a `giant´ hell creature.. great done
David79: the studys looks great.. keep workin on that
Marco Mazzoni: your painting-style is really great. are u using painter or photoshop?
matthewAllen: great sketches
joiton: thanks :)
blobs: really great sketches..

so here is my creature.. thought about a story for that: after millions of damned warriors fall in the battelfield the demon from hell cames out to catch all the souls..
..hm.. but i don´t really like this peace and i think i will make some new sketches and make something that is more fresh than that

[VegasMike]

Hey Guys,

Great work so far! This should be one of the best COWs ever...
I've been working on this for a while and am thinking of going in a different direction...I want to push the idea further and have come up with a new rough attached last...let me know what you guys think so far.

Initial roughs: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/Vegasmike/HellBeastT.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/Vegasmike/HellBeastDone1copy.jpg

New Rough: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/Vegasmike/Ruffscopy.jpg

[Michael Jaecks]

my goodness. If you guys can get this much done already and it's only Tuesday morning by my clock, then there aint nothing you can't do.

Keep it up.

[VegasMike]

Hey Mr. Jaeks, congratulations on becoming ring leader of the crazy creature circus! I hope you still have time to participate and thanks for the awesome topic...I hope they can all be this epic!

[benu]

Great work everyone. And thanks Michael Jaecks for taking over COW!

I went with a underwater/drowning hell concept. The beast catches it's prey with it's tentacles and pulls them down, plays with them for a while, lets them swim to the surface when they are nearly drowned only to pull them underwater again. when it get's bored it eats them.

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[Cloister]

Update on page 2… more will come, I think.


Fozzybar: Either you’re dead or your not the king. You can’t have it both ways! ;) Unless you come back in an undead topic of course...

Wacky: Looks very mythological and interesting.

Grey: Thanks! It is very uncertain in your sketch, how the creature looks. Does it have hind-legs? Big or small butt? … Perhaps a less frontal point of view?

Marco: Good to see you on the round. You always bring nice stuff to cow. The current image looks interesting but is VERY dark, at least on my screen.

Scott the blob: Thanks! Nice sketches man!. I really like that muscle power-elephant. You should finish that one off topic, I think.

Tipa: Look to the breasts of your creature and try to position them according to what you know about perspective (a line towards a point on the horizon and all that). The furthest breast should be lower unless he is seriously leaning this way.

Joiton: Thanks! Yes, I know the city is very naïve-looking. I have done something to change that a bit in my recent update. Thanks for the constructive crits!

Dwinbotp: Looks very interesting.. nice character expression.

Irish Jim: Thanks! Nice hydra heads!

Fast Art: Cool Mumin-like creature. I like the mood.

Vegas: is rocking again. Nice postures! I really like the look of the lower right beast in the four sketches image. The coloured one is likable as well. Good work so far!

Someone.. please try to bend the rules a little... just something to test out the new mod !? ;)

[Samolo]

joey-b. Liked the horns in the face,

Wacky Wackowski. I don't find it ridiculous, kinda cool actually, but I'm not sure about the human legs

FastArt, I voted for the bunny! Love it so far. I really thougth that the two flames were neat, but the one on the head looks awesome.


Bralt Hannicart. I like your second idea. The first one is was also ideollogically dangerous hehehe. The head looks freaking wicked, reminds me the Chikka larva of Metroid Prime Echoes.

Irish Jim. The heads looks great and the little tentacle like stuff covering the body. Check out the spine, it kinda breaks the style.

Buddha Bear. I seconf Irish Jim, work in the muscles, it doesn't seem that the creature can stand to much on their feet.

Cloister. That is COLOSSUS...

blobs. I'm go for the second one, the first one recalls to much and elephant, but the body is cool indeed. The second ond is much more fitting I think.

dwinbotp. Repulsing, wich of course means "way to go!"

matthewAllen. Like it so far.

VegasMike. Good to see you round' here! I just can say that I like the bigger mouth of the sketch also the pose looks really cool on the sketches but the colors look great. Reminds me Shadowgate hehehhe.

Benu. I just can say this: Larger :)

Sorry for those who I didn't gave feed back, they were too much for me! latter I will recheck everyone, great wips so far.

FozzyBar, we salute you wherever you are. Michael Jaecks nice to have you as the new boss around, a new COW era indeed, hope to see more of your entries too.

Oh, right! this is my wip. Its supposed to be giant fish like creature wich soar the "skies" of hell and wich are responsible for this places burning state. I will put the full description when I upload this bloody thing finished. gimme you comments and critique!

[Michael Jaecks]

Thanks for all the well wishes from everyone again.

It pains no one more than me to say so, but I won't have time to enter this week. Other planes of existence will have to occupy my tablet. Sad not to enter, but I'm not going to stop people throwing money at me either. ;)

Benu: I love the underwater drowning idea, because personally no one is more afraid of water than me. But, I could really use a little more hell in your picture. Think: lake of fire

[Marco Mazzoni]

Round's lookin' good so far!

joiton - extended the format so you can see that tail... perhaps some things are better left unseen, huh? ;)

FAST ART - Thanks, I'm digging your style as well. I use photoshop with some painterly brushes. I'm just too damn clumbsy in Painter

Cloister - Thanks man, it's good to be back. Looks like you're still brining your own quality entries :) It is pretty dark for now, though I think I'm going to keep it in the lower values with a few ticks of light to make it pop

Here's my update for the day, back to real work for me

[Nexus]

Ok, well here's some more progress. After I choose about 4 thumbs that I like I start doing some more finished linework designs to get a feel for which ones I like most. I narrowed it down to two this time and was happy to find I didn't need to draw all four before I was confident with the design I wanted. Then I throw down some colors and play around until I'm satisfied.

The concept thus far is something along the lines of a living furnace. The creature is huge and resides beneath hell in it's deepest bowels. The colossus uses its shovel-like forelimbs to gather up depraved souls. It then drops them into its burning maw and incinerates them for all time. This process provides the heat which makes hell so...hellish. Think along the lines of those old timey engines with a crew of sweating dudes shoveling coal into the furnace and you have the idea of where this is going.

[CCThrom]

Looks like I picked a good week to check in on COW... Congrats Michael!!

I'm using this as time to practice digital techniques. This week I'm trying it with no scanning or graphite! (Hey it's new to me, ok?) I'm also trying the work in grayscale first thang.

Here's what we got so far... (not including initial sketch in rollerball on lined notebook paper, executed during dial-in meeting)

[TimM]

If anyone is stuck, (like me) I highly suggest checking out Keith Thompson's work. It's demented, hellish, and most of all, the coolest. A lot of your guy's concepts seem to be similar stuff. You might enjoy it.

http://www.keiththompsonart.com/gallery.html

As for me, I'll try and get an image or two down.

[Michael Jaecks]

Hey CCThrom: Nice to see you here! I like the looks of where you're going with this. This is really your first time with all digital? Nice! I'll never go back to anything else I sometimes think.

Marco: Gorgeous!

I'd like to write up a full round of comments a little later in the week when more have posted something closer to final. But I really appreciate everyone who has taken the time to comment on people's work so far. That, in the end, is what it's all about.

[Wacky Wackowski]

Hey TimM, I LOVE Keith Thompson. Another artist I always look to is Kazuma Kaneko. He did the stuff for the games Persona and Digital Devil Saga.

[Mara644]

great concepts everyone!

Bralt Hannicart this beast haunts my dreams already. i'm looking forward to the result!

Marco Mazzoni i'll try to be encouraged by such amazing work (not the opposite as it struck me first... ;)

Buddha Bear make sure you'll add an object (tree, human, house... whatever) that'll explain the size of your colossus!


here's my 2nd wip, tried to get away from the humanoid form. hope it's a more creatury creature now?

[Bralt Hannicart]

Hey guys, thx for the comments. This is what I have at the moment:

http://www.bralt.be/Colossus_wip.jpg

Still not finished though but there is a chance I won't be able to work on this anymore for the rest of the week. So in that case, concider this my final entry. Lovely work everyone...I'll try and give some detailed feedback later...time for sleep now. back ache!

[Michael Jaecks]

Bralt, I know you're not done, but could you give us some indicator of the creature's size? Even if it's just one of those small stick figure symbols folks use to indicate scale in the margins. I love the surrealist placement of the different body parts, and certainly will accept wild creatures made of human looking body parts in perverse combinations like this, but the human arms arm making it seem a bit smaller than "Colossus" without some other element indicating the scale.

[darkly]

K, so here's what I got so far. To be honest though I'm not really feelin' it, so I might have to scrap this one and try something else.

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2049/colossusfromhellthumbs2.jpg

[Bralt Hannicart]

Jaecks, I should've pointed out the throne with the cloacked figure on it...up the stairs between its frontal arms! right below it's neck. That and the nooses hanging from the fingers. But I will most likely bring the entire image back to greyscales and add more detail. I'm not happy with it at all.

Darkly! I love that mouth...in fact it looks like a well known female body part. Perhaps our creatures can mate...oh my. no.

[Michael Jaecks]

Whoops, yer right I didn't see that. Or didn't recognize it for what it was. Well, it sounds like you'll work on it again anyway, so I will hold off saying more.

[grey]

a few comments & crits
darkly - that's just twisted, man. I'd love to read the description

Bralt - coming along nicely, I noticed the nooses so scale didn't bother me, maybe make the hooded figure more obvious? I really dig the initial concept, evil evil evil . . .

Mara664 - that painting's shaping up nicely

matthewallen - the caterpillar beast is a nice solution, looking forward to the painted version

blobs - solid concept sketches - I like the fallen rhino beast sketch best but looking forward to seeing whichever you work up

marco - great pallette, looks like the apocalypse cockroach that ate Manhattan, cool

here's what I've got so far

[Wacky Wackowski]

this is the direction i'm moving in:

[.s.]

Wacky Wackowski - your hell looks awsome! and the creature design is not bad either :)
hope you finish it.
looks like i'm gonna have to pass this one... and hope the next topic is gonna be this cool too.

[Pierropod]

Hi guys !
I'm new on CA. This C.O.W sound so great !
So here is my scan, I'm almost done with the colorization.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/kafenoir/COHellscan.jpg

[Peanut Brittle]

So this is my first time posting in a COW thread, and before i commit to this design I wanted to make sure its not violating any of the guidelines, particularly is it too humanoid? There's a lot of amazing stuff in this forum and I look forward to hearing any opinions on my work.

[darkly]

Bralt: Yah man. I couldn't think of anything more terrifying. I'm not sure what that says about me. Mating.!? Sad thing is, and I don't know if you call it genius or insanity, but I was thinking that too. Imagine what their offspring would be. Also I don't think you should cover up the goat feet completely with the smoke.

grey: Thanks. It would probably be like, this is what STDs look like through a microscope.

[matthewAllen]

A couple of color studies. I am leaning towards the yellow one in the middle. I sorta dig the giant maggot in tuscany feel to it.

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[Irish_Jim]

Samolo - Yeeeeah, I'm not terribly pleased with the spine, either, but from an aesthetic standpoint the original back just felt plain. I experimented with some different shapes, but couldn't find anything I liked better than that, so -whoop- there it is.

MatthewAllen - of the three I think the middle one works best, but that red is in such stark contract to the rest of the creature that I find it off-putting. I myself would tone it down with some blue to more of a maroon color, but it's your CHOW.


Here's the Photoshop of just the line art and a color glaze layer. I'm saving the final (combination of shadow & color) with adjustment layers and final tweaks for the finals thread to preserve a little bit of mystery.

The festering boils will actually be glowing faint green, and I've added dribbles of the nasty stuff where some have burst, which is missing from this image because it's on a separate layer.

[kosmo975]

hi,
after few pencil sketches it's time to go digital
I think to stick with this sort of composition and pose. is it alright to show that much of anatomical feature?
I hope to include some more studies in the final image.
..and comments n suggestion are welcome

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q242/kosmo975/COW_colossus_from_Hell2.jpg

FAST ART i really like your creature, so different and still looks very demonic even without the usual horns and tail and flames, in a way that can't be mistaken by a giant alien monster. the way you make it appear gigantic it also very effective.

Vegas You inspired me, i love that style.

joiton I can't wait to see what comes from that concept.

[SinnerMan]

I don't think I can make the finals here:(, I'm buried under a ton of work, I might post a sketch tho:)

darkly Satan's vagina never looked sexier:D...I'm looking forward to the finished product.

Lotsa luck everyone

[darkly]

SinnerMan: Ha ha! Yah it may be a bit much. I haven't decided if I'm sticking with that concept. I just figured it might make a few people squirm. But what's this I here about work? You mean I'm not going to be seeing any hell beast "matte painting?" Ha ha ha! :tihi:

[Darkwolf]

TimM: While I do enjoy the hellish works of Keith Thompson (and Kev Crossley!), I like forging my own way to an idea... so in that spirit, we have my first WIP (of today) for this COW!

Aaaanyways, I call the species Ancient Gluttons, 'cos the idea is they're the souls of the first Gluttons, now doomed to forever eat from the rivers of filth (and anything unlucky enough to be in them), and still not be sated. Their rolls of fat have blinded and effectively immobilised them, but they still eat anything within reach.

[Michael Jaecks]

Peanut Brittle: Interesting thumbnail sketch. I think I see where you are going with this. It's got a biped thing going on, but still very demonic. I'd let it through the humanoid filter, given the available information. Just remember... not too humanoid. Be sure to push the feral, demonic, creaturely qualities.

[Joey-b]

A lot of people going the way Xgabo went on COW 66 , hmm not sure what to do.. dont wanna finish the one i got and dont know what to create now

edit - got new thumbs

[CCThrom]

Thanks for the welcome back... this isn't exactly my first all-digital attempt, but I think it's the first time I've gone into an activity with tablet-drawn "pencils". (My first and only previous COW was all digital but was an experiment with Painter and had no underdrawing to speak of... I'm a lot more comfy with Photoshop)

[benu]

Some crits:

Darkwolf- Haha, that's a cool concept. But the body feels blobby and lacks anatomy, so get some reference of fat people and dogs!

kosmo975- Nice painterly style.

Irish Jim- Awesome heads! There are some perspective issues with the feet though.

matthew Allen- I like the first with the dark clouds the most, but that's just me.

Peanut Brittle- I don't think it looks too humanoid. The arms look like they have a joint between shoulder and elbow.

Pierropod- I kike the upper part if the face a lot, but not the mouth, I don't really know why.

Wacky Wackowsky- I hope you finish that, too.

grey- I wouldn't want to stand in this thing'S way! Good composition, looks dynamic. And nice colors too.

darkly- omg, a giant vagina dentata on legs! Maybe you should work on her hindquarter, they look a bit formless now, but the face is awesome.

Bralt- Creepy. Very Giger-like, coming along well. I didn't notice the nooses and the figure on the throne at first, too.

Mara644- Very nice colors, it looks almost like watercolor.

CCThrom- Mh, that's a massive creature.

Nexus- you should include something that shows the scale of the creature. It doesn't look very big now.

Marco Mazzoni- It is still very dark and hard to read in some places. Apart from that, the creature looks good and the picture has a very gloomy mood.

samolo- Good approach for a hell creature. There a so many creepy deepsea critters down there.

VegasMike- Just awesome.The right wing's pose looks weird, I don't think a wing can fold like that.

[Michael Jaecks]

Joey-B: Yeah, what is it about elephants and hell?

What about something insectoid but huge? Lord-of-the-Flies Flies?

er sumpin.

[Michael Morisse]

Hey I am new and this is my first attempt to post images.
there should be two images along with this. if not I screwed up and need help.
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt179/michaelmorisse/hellcrabsketchflatcopy.jpg
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt179/michaelmorisse/hellbeastsketchflat.jpg
well I seem to have succeeded in posting my images.
I was trying to go for scale and bulk first, but I may have to "hellify" them a bit more.
one is a giant crab-like creature and the other is a giant gentle hell plains grazer.
Michael.

[Joey-b]

MJ - probably the same reasons why buffalo's and rhino's are used a lot in hell pics .. horns and scary hehe

anywayz.. went with this one

[Bralt Hannicart]

Couldn't resist trying to fix some stuff. Still not 100 percent happy but I'll give it a rest for now so this is the final image for the contest...
http://www.bralt.be/Colossus_web.jpg

Thx for the comments so far!

Grey, excellent colors, lines and style!

[Michael Jaecks]

Michael Morisse: Nice start. Like the second one esp. Like the incorporation of the bovine with the big extended spine. Given that the name of the game here is COW, I gave serious consideration to making the topic "Cattle from Hell!" but in the end decided it was too narrow.

[blobs]

Scott the Blob here ;)

Aww man, there really are some special pieces in here already.. I love the cow :)

And hi CCThrom, good to see you here boss! :)

I decided to stick with my last sketch/paint beasty.. here's the progress so far.

[Michael Morisse]

Thanks MJ, I like that one best to. Now to see if I can "hellyfy" it more.

[benu]

Changed the colors to make it look more hellish:

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[Peanut Brittle]

Very nice Benu, its interesting to see the ocean as hell compared to the mostly land based ideas in this thread.




For my own submission I'm debating if I like skull sitting in its chest, thinking about replacing it with a goats skull or possible just removing it. Also considering shortening the legs to make the creature look more apelike and suggesting that while it can sit upright it moves on all fours.

[Pierropod]

Some crits:

Pierropod- I kike the upper part if the face a lot, but not the mouth, I don't really know why.



Thanks for commenting ! I know, the mouth was the hardest thinks for me to do on is drawing, I didn't find a nice mouth, I hope with the colorization it will be better :) I tried to draw a mouth who opened in four parts. I don't know if we can see that.

[Bralt Hannicart]

Here i go:

Benu: It works so much better with the new colors. A dark abyss but with scattered light from the eternal fires pouring through the water. Nice, fresh and original.

Blobs: That looks huge! Loose and confident strokes again. I really need to learn that.

Joey-B: I prefered the rhino! But let's wait and see where you'll take this.

Morisse: I like the first one. A giant bug like thing from hell would be quite cool.

Darkwolf: Be sure to define the shapes a bit more. Right now it looks a bit like a Michelin mascotte shaven puppy. It could work though!

Kosmo975: Cool looking mammoth/bull! Smashing everything in it's destructive path.

Irish_Jim: I like the more classic medieval approach (multiple heads, lots of limbs). Make sure you do some highlights. Perhaps some intense specular highlights to make it slimey and moist? I'm not sure what the bone- like handle protrusions are on it's side. Perhaps that will be explained later?

MatthewAllen: I like it a lot. Looks massive and ugly. I prefer the darkness of the first colortest but it could work in bright daylight too.

Peanut Brittle: Looks evil so far. Can't wait to see more of it.

Pierropod: Awesome looking feet your beast has! I think it's head has a bit too much going on. A nose, a trunk, tusks, a big mouth filled with teeth. I'd leave some of it out...

Wackowski: The cathedral-ish tower on it's head is cool. I do hope no-one lives in there and that he or she does not have a lot of bookcases or likes to build cardhouses...

Mara644: wath out it won't look too humanoid. Apart from that, it's starting to look nice.

CCThrom: It looks cute! Hungry and cute. If you make it's eyes a bit smaller, it would help improve the "colossal" aspect I think.

Nexus: I don't see your creature as something from hell. It looks a almost like an alien incarnation of Buddha. Perhaps a background/setting wouldn't hurt your piece.

MArco Mazzoni: Incredible brushstrokes, colors and...well everything. Love the apocalyptic landscape too.

Samolo: Slap some colors on that sketch! Looks good!

VegasMike: Mmm lot's of huge horns and a dragon-like feel. No way this will look bad in the end. Nice sketches!

Fast Art: Your creature looks really original. Intimidatingly simple but cool shapes.

Buddha Bear: I'm not very fond of those very bright yellow teeth. Try to paint with thicker brushes instead of scribbly lines. Perhaps if color seems too hard to get right from the start, try in greyscales with just black and white as your colors. Later, you can give it as much color as you want on layers with different blending modes. It is perhaps not the best way or the fastest, but you will learn to concentrate more on shapes and values and less on color. Keep drawing!

Izer: Welcome! I think your creature has a bit too much different types of scales but overall, it is looking good.

dwinbotp: The blob meets Half Life Headcrabs! Looks good, like the dynamic perspective!

Joiton: Awesome idea you have going with those volcano sketches. Interesting!

Tipa: To me, it looks a bit too much like a faun mixed with a centaur. It could work but it has to look way more evil. Try to desaturate some of those colors and work on colordepth!

MoHog: Add those spikes!

David79: Very cool thumbnails. I like them all!

Althael: Your image has a lot going on. The creature's head is a bit cluttered with almost random shapes. Too bad so much of the creature is hidden by the cave wall. Perhaps you could try and concentrate on the creature alone and add a background later?

Cloister: Thumbs up! Evil!

Mr Wittman: A tad bit generic, but it's very sharp and demonic looking. Looking forward to the colors.

Wilko: I think a giant spider-like creature would look very awesome but don't add a human looking face or skull...it would ruin the image a bit and make it look tacky. But that, ofcourse, is just my opinion!

Kin: Nice sketch. Looks like a woodcut print! A creature with multiple heads is difficult too make it look credible but you certainly succeeded at that.

So, that's it for now. Sorry if there is some faulty (and repetitive) English in my post!

[Joey-b]

hey thanks a lot Bralt, maybe ill render that one 2, just for sketchbook filler hehe

yeah well i can hope i can make this look good
here is my progress..
comment and crits very very very welcome!

[Nexus]

Bralt Hannicalt, read the headings for my posts. These are the steps for my process. The images there are not the final compositions nor even the final designs.

[Bralt Hannicart]

Well, I did actualy. I've no problem with the concept, the idea is really neat. I know these are all sketches, I'm just giving my two cents on what you shared with us so far (like everyone else). And to me, the colors nor the symmetrical look of what you have shown so far does not really convey the story of a giant furnace that burns souls to heat hell.

[Nexus]

Duly noted. The symmetry is an unfortunate result of mirroring shapes to create the silhouette thumbs. That will be rectified in the final composition. The design is more of a color thumb at this point. The crit on the colors is valid. Trying to find some combination of colors that will stand out and contrast nicely with the fiery face and innards. In addition, I dont want the colors to be red/oranges. That's too easy. The most generic demons are always red and orange. So I have a bit of playing left to do with both design and color for this one. Thx.

I like the twisted array of body parts in yours by the by. I know it's finished but it feels soft around the edges. I would say maybe sharpen up some of the edges so that it separates a bit more from the background (try the Unsharp Mask first). Right now its a bit foggy. Which is of course somewhat what you were going for with the doom clouds and dusty plain. However it also has that strong hellish spotlight from above which is going to give you some stronger edges. In addition, you could let some of that light highlight his upper shoulders. I dont think they would be quite that dim since they arent obstructed by the head. Finally, maybe some specular lighting to add a little glisten to his gums and other slimier/slick parts of his body couldnt hurt. Hoped that helped some and sorry I didnt crit earlier.

[Lanista]

I usually just sketch the weekly topics in my book and never post anything, but i really need to start becoming familiar with my painter program, so forgive me if i never make it all the way to the finals thread, but I am going to try to start participating in the wip/sketches thread until i become more confident and refined.

Also forgive me for not commenting on everyone individually. The good things i have noticed are a sense of largeness and evilness, some even have a degree of suffering, which works well. The bad things (not bad in a general sense, but more of as per my taste) some seem needlessly complex, as if to add things that require details not to add to the creatures presence, but to add to the amount of time spent on the render. But as I said, I like things clean and simple whenever possible, so I tend to go towards those designs whenever the topic doesnt specifically require dramatic complexity. Still I am always amazed by the talent and diversity displayed by all artists throughout these forums.

So I made a few quick thumbs last night and I had this idea that may not even be in the realms of "OK" for the finals thread because of the body not being in the actual image, I still couldnt resist making a bigger mock up of the idea for the fun of it. I hope even though its just a sketch, the idea translates well. Quick note, i do and did notice that the leg behind the head is not really matched up with it's foot.. thats because I moved the entire leg and foot from the original spot and never really settled on the spot its in now.

Thanks gang, see ya'round

My Giant Lava-drinking Hell Beast:

[Bralt Hannicart]

Thx Nexus, I agree with the remarks you made. Will try and touch up my image some more. This is addictive.

[Cloister]

Joey-B: Nice beast! No crits except maybe for the riding-hut pointing too much towards our right direction. The creature turns to our left, but still I think the perspective on the “hut” could be better, and follow the creature more.

Bralt: Thanks! Your creature is starting to scare me! That’s what I lack in my own piece; a really evil, morbid and twisted look. The hell around it works well too. Next time Cow presents a hell-theme I will surely also paint Hell itself. Looks fun! The reaper character might make the pic a little less frightening, taking it more towards a He-Man-like universe than a truly frightening hell.

Peanut: Looks interesting, and evil!

Benu: The hellish look is coming very nicely. Very nightmarish. I like it! But then again, I almost always like your cows…

Blobs: Nice depth there. I’m excited about the final. (Are those blobs on shoulders? ;) )

M. Morrise: Second one is fantastic! And that include the pov. I hope you go with that one, because I can’t wait to see the final. That big cattle-beast just licks those poor souls up like he was going for grass, or examining the poo of some other creature. Very nice sketch/sketches!

matthewAllen: Nice landscape and scene. I would personally go with a frightening sky (towards version 1). The tounge of the beast looks a little slack. Perhaps try some variations there?..

darkly: I think it looks fairly bad-ass! If you erase this dude, I’m truly curious to see what you might come up with. Anyway – nice sketching!

Mara644: I really like the arm-postures of your demon. A truly menacing and scary apparition.
I would love to see a bigger image of this one.

CCThrom: That’s a decisive-looking lump of bad-temper!

Marco Mazzoni: Still looking terrible – in a very good way!

Samolo: Looks interesting!


:devil: Here is some more inspiration from my DA favorites::devil:
http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/art/rain-40100129
http://s-caruso.deviantart.com/art/El-Horror-de-Dunwich-34242406
http://aturkone.deviantart.com/art/Ghoul-33686112

[Hexism]

Rushing my entry :D

[blobs]

Cheers everyone, god I'm really slack at commenting on others work, which I apologize for!
Now I've gotta get back to work, so here's mine so far.
Shoulder-blob loving supreme ;).. I used a fair bit of photoshop this time around :D

[Michael Jaecks]

See? Photoshop can be your friend too.

[Darkwolf]

Benu and Brent - Thanks muchly for the encouragement and advice guys, but I think I'm gonna have to go back to my sketchbook for now... I'll see if I can get anything decent in by saturday, but I think photoshop is currently beating the pants off me...

Michael jaecks - Re the deadline, we talking Saturday anytime before midnight? *grins, then makes puppy dog eyes*

Anyway, here's the latest WIP, followed by the previous two pathetic attempts... :(

[Michael Jaecks]

Darkwolf: I plan on starting the poll Sunday morning-ish Central Standard Time, USA. I'm about six hours behind Europe, if that is of any help. I get up pretty early though, and people in the US might wake up to see the poll started.

But, I am also reasonably flexible and will monitor the last hours closely. If I get the sense that I am getting a lot of high quality, last minute stragglers from folks who spent a lot of time on their entries, they will get in. I'm more interested in people's best effort than I am in having a hair trigger deadline.

That said everyone should plan on a fairly timely poll from me each week. I won't be extending things for long periods of time.

[Joey-b]

Blobs, man that is awesome. reminds me of wall-E for some odd reason

Cloister thanks good crit, i noticed it, but i didnt really think it was that bad.. starting it up today.. looked at it.. damn thats awfull hehe

i think its better this way

here is the update, also.. i was painting the nails.. and they looked kinda like birds.. so i did lol :) :yayca: (his left front leg (view right))

[fughi from yuggoth]

elo :)

colour needs to be added.time needs be free for that.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/funghi_from_yuggoth/COW_Colossus_from_Hell.jpg

[blobs]

Michael Jaecks... sometimes mate, sometimes!

Hey Joey-b.. what is Wall-w?

Ok, I'm not touching this any more! It's too addictive!

[grey]

spent some time working on the value range/contrast, think I'm about done . . .

[Joey-b]

Blobs Oops lol, ment to say Wall-E

[blobs]

Ahhh gotcha!
Sadly I've not seen the film, what's in it that makes ya think of the film? Interested I be!! :)

[destinyapocalypse]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=379597&stc=1&d=1212085743 this is ok sory my english very bad

[Joey-b]

The goggle like eyes ofcource hehe (i know im weird lol)

[Michael Jaecks]

destinyapocalypse: that has a lot of promise, but we really need to see the whole creature, not just the head.

Still though, you've got a good start.

[Hexism]

update with color .. looking too stubby at the moment , I'm going to tweak the body soon.

[CCThrom]

Dang, Blobs... that's looking reeeally sweet... Uh, in a horrid, festering, nightmare-ish sort of way... Love the addition of the rim light!

[Peanut Brittle]

Will hopefully get this cleaned up and start coloring by tonight

http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/zurgnoff/stuff/Gehennoth.jpg

[realitychek]

There's some awesome pieces going on for this round!
My wip....
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And coming in a little late on this, but congrats Mr. Jaecks! :)

[Daniela Blanco]

Great work everyone.......I'll try to make some comments later.....

Wel....I usually draw characters on CHOW.....so this is really new for me.........I don't know how I'm going to do it but I'll try.....
For now.....I see a lot of anatomy issues.....but it's really difficult to fix it....But as I said.....I'll keep trying...

Critics and comments are really welcomed!!

[Michael Jaecks]

a note about the quality checking for finals...

COW is a weekly exercise and I really expect participants who want to see themselves in the polls to make an effort to make finished, quality work to the best of their ability. Quality work takes time.

I hate singling people out, but I also decided I didn't want to just cut folks in the final hour with no warning either. So I would really like to see Mr. Whitmann and TMG work some more on their entries. Both have strong things going for them as a beginning, but seem rather rushed in execution.

Again, this is not said to be mean or hurtful; my criticism here will always be constructive and respectful. But COW is an important activity on CA where a lot of professionals first cut their chops at the beginning of their careers. COW is an excellent place to hone one's skills, but that only happens if people put their best effort into it.

Thanks.

[Michael Morisse]

Here is a value and color try for my beast. I'm not sure if I want it to sit back
in the mist or pop.
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt179/michaelmorisse/hell1copy.jpg

[John Bridges]

This is my first COW. The theme was too tempting to pass up, so here's my wip of a colossal hell beast, the Wyrmcrow.

[VegasMike]

Thanks for the feedbacks...This is too damn fun to quit...I think Im going to go with this version...my first attempt was too "inside the box"...what do you guys think?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/Vegasmike/RuffsT.jpg

[Marco Mazzoni]

Fuck John, that's one beautifull Wyrmcrow you got there!

It was looking a little too squishy for a colossus, so I decided to push a bit more of the roach surface detail to give it some density

[Michael Jaecks]

Vegas-Mike: I like both, but the new one reminds me of this Malebolgia (Spawn) action figure I have. Not precisely so, but it has some of the qualities.

[Michael Morisse]

Here is a new value sketch, the color confused me. this has more pop!
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt179/michaelmorisse/hell2flatcopy.jpg

[OTTA]

Every work is cool! I'm so sorry for having no time for this round.

VEGAS MIKE - I like this, It looked massive dangerous :)
MICHAEL MORISSE - I love your back bone & flame.

[dwinbotp]

Update, stupid pc hung up and I had to redo everything, hope I'm not too late to be able to finish.

Marco Mazzoni Awesome feel to that behemoth man, I hate roaches but lovin' yours! :D

VegasMike very cool monster! very mean to say the least:) Can't wait for colors!

[benu]

update...
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[Wacky Wackowski]

update. i think i'm being too wussy with color/saturation. i'll try to post some crits later... gonna get some sleep first.

[Wixxi]

heres my first skecth on where i'm trying to go...
http://s5.tinypic.com/2akmjn.jpg

aaaand color update, damn i have to work fast, we almost reached the deadline, nooooooeeees :(
http://s5.tinypic.com/2iglkls.jpg

heres another one
http://s5.tinypic.com/dob4sg.jpg

another one, hopfully i get this finished by tonight, i really want this to be completed.
http://s5.tinypic.com/bdqwwi.jpg

another one, MUST WORK FASTER, shit time's running out D:
http://s5.tinypic.com/2l48lg.jpg

[Penumbra]

Since I'm going to the Dallas Reverie I figured I should practice a bit. I doubt that I will take this much further and I probably won't post to the final but it's a cool topic so...

The Maul...

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s136/penumbra_photo/Colossus.jpg

[fughi from yuggoth]

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/funghi_from_yuggoth/COW_Colossus_from_HellKopie.jpg

it's really fun with wacom....

[xgabo]

Long time since I posted... Here's mine. I'll post it in the finals shortly, along with a description.

[Joey-b]

Damn Xgabo very very nice, Blew me away! ( but way to human i think for COW???)

Michael morisse great stuff, really huge scale

anyway, my first piece on my brand new intuos a5 wide is done! (just to have a6 graphire, big dif!)
and i kinda like it !? C&C mucho welcome!

[Michael Jaecks]

Penumbra: PLEASE say you'll post for the poll. Don't tease like that. I don't fully understand what is going on with its anatomy, but I don't think I should either. It's gorgeous and hellish and colossal and it belongs in the poll for sure...

xgabo: Humanoidish? Yep. Will I pull it? Nope. As long as something is not overtly humanoid and characterish, quality trumps skirting the humanoid rule. It's in.

joey-b: Nice! The color is understated, attractive and believeable.

Earlier in the week I mentioned going through and making comments on all the entries, but as it has worked out, I've been making them in dribs and drabs here and there all week. If I have missed anyone or if anyone wants a comment from me that didn't get one, shout it out now. One of the things I want to do as the new mod is to make sure the new folks are getting a little attention too. It's hard to learn something new when you feel like you're shouting in a vacuum.

Again, for everyone: the plan is to set up the new poll Sunday morningish. Will play it by ear if I notice a last minute deluge of entries.

[CCThrom]

Bralt Hannicart - Thanks for the tip... I worked on reducing my creature's eye. Your creature is truly twisted, nice job!

grey - I really like your stylization and use of color. The only thing that confuses me though, is the fire in the middle of his face. I can't read if his nose is just on fire, or if there's an open cavity and the fire is shining out.

John Bridges - Nice! I love your painterly rendering... not sure I buy that those chains could even slow him down.

Benu - Terrific! It looks like an ancient illumination.

Penumbra - Great use of texture!

xgabo - Great concept... that guy really reads as "colossus"!

Here's where I'm at... didn't get to work on it last night, and will definitely not be able to do any more tomorrow... this might very well be as finished as she gets. (At least before poll cutoff) :(

[Wixxi]

Michael Jaecks, i didn't know it couldn't be humanoid. I'm new to this weekly stuff. Sorry for any missunderstandings. :/
Hopfully mine is not to humanoid, i inspired myself on a demon, godzilla like creature.
You can view my finished version in the final thread.

cheerz

[Daniela Blanco]

Some comments....

Michael Morisse: loving yours.....one of my favorites so far....

Marco Mazzoni : really great concept.....it's disgusting ....in a good way though....:P

benu: Awesome concept..........your creature is amazing....but what I like the most is the colors and mood you gave to this piece....

And here is my wip.........still a lot of things to do.........I don't know if I'm going to finish it.......some critics please.......:]

[Peanut Brittle]

Starting to add color, still needs more clean up and detailing.

http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/zurgnoff/stuff/Gehennoth2.jpg

[Michael Morisse]

Here is a color study direction. I am not crazy about it, color sometimes gives me trouble.

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt179/michaelmorisse/hell2copyflatcopy.jpg

Penumbra : Nice ! would love to see it finished. wonderful textures.

danielblanco : good start, try to ad some darker values, it is a little flat.
try image> value/contrast to start.

Peanut : nice beasty.

CCthrom : love it,Funny AND dangerous.

Marco Mazzoni :love it! great color and painterly look.

john Bridges : love it to, great color and you made it look effortless.

blobs : great lighting, and volume.

Wacky Wackowski : A really great piece, both quiet and frightening.

[grey]

xgabo hot damn I think you just stole the thread

michael morisse I love the spinal columns on those beasties, I think the values do get a little cluttered in the color version, it's clearer to me in your first value/color sketch, if that's any help

ccthrom thanks, it's just meant to be an angry molten core, could be an eye or nose or anything really

[Michael Morisse]

I listened To GRAY and I think this is better
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt179/michaelmorisse/hell3flatcopy.jpg

[Izer]

The entries look great so far. Great work everyone. I won't be able to finish my entry so It'll just be the start of my first CA sketch book. I'm still getting the hang of what's what's and where everything is but the COW forum I'll definitely follow and attempt to join In. I'll be sure to vote on this one though, best of luck to you all.

I'm not sure of the policy on critiques/ comments but I went back and did a few, apologies to anyone i have missed and to those who didn't want a critique/comment (just ignore it).


Michael Morisee - Pretty sweet, looks like a massive fire Aardvark.

Peanut Brittle - Really nice and it really feels massive.

daielablanco - Looks like it will turn out well with some work, It feels like it needs to be grounded, like it's not quite apart of your scene, also maybe research some anatomy as well too really define this creature, I suggest canine anatomy. Also many a little darker of a scene over all.

CCThrom - It's like a mean green hell machine, Interesting colors.

I am Joey-b - Looks pretty cool so far, I like the rider ( I didn't see anyone else go that way ), but yeah it's a good idea, Maybe some clean up and some different textures, not so much a scalier look but maybe a burnt/torn skin.


xgabo - That's a large creature for sure, looks good though, really the only things that stick out are the perspective of the creature and the land underneath (not sure if anyone pointed that out), also maybe making the background a little darker so the creature doesn't blend so much, although hazing the creature with smoke could give it a ominous look to it, just some mystery.

funghi from yuggoth - Neat, maybe some more details on the creature and some more background. Have fun with that wacom.

Penumbra - Large Image for sure, having a hard time making out what's what's what though, looks almost like a sliver creature from MTG.

Wixxi - I dig the step by step, very cool looks like it'll turn out well, maybe some fire breathe?

Wacky Wackowski - That's definitely different, looking good though.

Benu - Pretty insane looking creature, all i can say is those people are screwed for sure.

dwindotp - Oh looks like a beetle, or a giant brain, cool.

Marco Mazzoni - Yeah that's demonic for sure, the roach look would gross people people out for sure.

VegasMike - Awesome pose on that and it's real mean looking. Background in mind?

John Bridges - Nice mix of creatures, definitely unique, I'm not entirely sure that little chain would hold that beast though. Also not sure if anyone noticed and it mite just be me but the lightning bolt and his beak seem it intersect almost feels like it's beak is broken and just ''there'', mite just be what you're going for just thought I'd throw that out.

realitychek - Late is better then never, looks like you have a mix of ideas goin there, suggest maybe defining/rendering it a bit more.

Hexism - Not diggin' the background color myself, the pose seems a bit off maybe his back foot is to close to his body, feels stiff.

destinyapocalypse - Yeah definitely full body on that, looks like It would turn out pretty cool. I wouldn't worry about your English, let your work do the talkin'. Best of luck.

grey - Nice action you got goin' on there, little darker though, people are Innately scared of the dark and the things that could be in the dark, especially large aggressive hell beasts.

blobs - Pretty massive, just maybe not to mean looking, I like the landscape, like to maybe see some magma or fire though.

Darkwolf - Keep it up, looks like It''s comein' along, add a background of sorts (suggest some sort of mountains, smaller the better for scale, maybe also since hes laying down maybe In a valley of sorts), refine some of the detail and colors. Maybe some action or a pose, but like I suggested you can do things with what you have now. Best of luck.

Lanista - It's a competition and It's also NOT one at the same time. Try to think of It in terms of direction, these challenges give direction into what it's like to work for real, using timeliness, guidelines and having competition, this also provides a place to hone those skills you've learned and also learn more skills from other artist and gives us a chance to give back to the art community. also people have different ways of doing things of course and not everyone likes everything complex, simple, or using different media, but having access to these differences Is what it's about, some day no doubt on here you'll be inspired by something you mite not have liked months before. So take the good with the bad, and try to remember its not that serious, If art ever looses It's fun It then becomes work and we all know what we say about work. Best of luck and hope to see your work in later threads.

Well that's about it. Good luck.

[Peanut Brittle]

VegasMike: I'm really looking forward to seeing that finished, like Izer I'm curious as to what kind of background your going to use.

Michael Morrise: I do think the value changed was an improvement, I think the streaks of lava in the foreground though look a bit too cool now. Re adding a few subtle highlights to that area might address that without being overwhelming.

Benu: I think you had a good composition going with the darks around the edges, I like the detail you've added but fading some of it towards black, particularly in the bottom left corner might make the creature pop out a bit more.



Almost finished, with my own work.

http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/zurgnoff/stuff/Gehennoth3.jpg

[Cloister]

Hell! This round is certainly happening!

Penumbra: That's a piece of art!

Xgabo: Love those horns and the "face".

Joey-B: I'm glad you fired that first engineer. ;) The new one knows his trade.

Peanut: You're scaring me...

Wacky: Seems like you have a link with the outer planes... I like it!

benu: That face is so frightening.

dwinbotp: Nice final!

[Joey-b]

Hey thanks Cloister!

MJ- i think its kinda weird when u do good art u can just ignore the brief of species and humanoid.. i tried my very best not to make it humanoid and to not add to much stuff that would make this a character.. but i guess i just need to improve my skills.

[Wixxi]

Hey thanks Cloister!

MJ- i think its kinda weird when u do good art u can just ignore the brief of species and humanoid.. i tried my very best not to make it humanoid and to not add to much stuff that would make this a character.. but i guess i just need to improve my skills.

I don't think Micheal Jaecks ment it like that, he's just saying, if you put alot of effort in it, and you forgot or didn't know it couldn't be humanoid it's not that big a deal.

[Darkwolf]

Thanks for the support, everybody, but this one's just not working out for me right now... think I'll practice for a bit before I try again... It was really cool, and I hope next time I do better... Izer, mountains in the background were indeed where I was hoping to go (with a nice lake of excrement as the foreground... yummy!), but I think I've lost confidence in this one...

[Michael Jaecks]

Joey-B:As I believe I said at the top, and will continue to maintain throughout, there is a difference between a gorilla and a guy in a gorilla suit. I'm not going to cut everything that walks on two legs with it's head held forward. But, it might be a difficult line for some to dance around, which is why we always seem to discuss the humanoid rule again and again in this forum. And yes, quality matters.

That said, it's not like I'd let Ingres drop one of his nudes into the finals thread just because it's a masterpiece.

[Mydrim]

hey really great entries! I want to participate too, but not sure if I can make it. Is it ok to post till midnight GMT today?

[grey]

dwinbotp - great creature, your version in final is even better, the eyes are a good touch

michael morisse - I think that looks better, puts more emphasis on the cool creature design and less on the activity of the bkgd/foreground, glad you found my crit useful

izer - you may have a point, I felt my first version was too murky and might have overcompensated values a bit; I brought some darker tones back into the final burn, thx for the input

[matthewAllen]

ok final I think. If theres some quick fixes you guys can see I ight be able to get to them, other than that Ill post it in the finals thread later today. Thanks to everyone for their help!

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[Penumbra]

Here is what I posted in the finals thread.
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s136/penumbra_photo/Penumbra_cow_134.jpg

Thanks Michael Jaecks and others for the motivation.

[Michael Jaecks]

Just a technical note for new folks unfamilliar with using the attachment manager in the finals thread... you will be uploading your image to CA from your computer, not Photobucket. There's no longer any need for outside image hosting. You'll be putting your image right on CA just like you would upload it to Photobucket...

[MoHog]

Just posted my final, yay! One of the best COW rounds ive seen, Micheal Jaeks you have the magic touch. Well done everyone, voting is gonna be guuuuud.

[Wacky Wackowski]

man, i guess it's a bit late for critiques here. I'll save it for the finals.

[Joey-b]

MJ - yeah i know, was just a bit pissed this morning not at u just a bit.. dunno.. nvm lol

[Mydrim]

ok I guess no time left for final touches or rethinking the sutpid texture border so posting in finished aswell as it is

[Michael Jaecks]

The poll will not start until sometime Sunday CST for the US. I am about 6 hours behind GMT (I think)... suffice to say folks have plenty of time for whatever tweaks and revisions they want to work on.

Again, I will repeat this... I am more interested in high quality entries than I am about being a hardass with the deadline. So if I wake up tomorrow morning and still see new stuff posting, I'll make an announcement then about when I would like to wrap things up.

Joey-B: No worries. We're cool. The humanoid rule (as well as the others) always deserve some conversation in here if only because there are always new people trying us out for their first week. I'm always happy to discuss my rationale for what I expect in COW.

Cheers, guys. Keep those tablets fired up!

Mydrim: It's an interesting quirky image, but I'm not sure how Hell-themed it looks. Can you tell us more about how you designed this creature and what you're thinking was behind it?

[Homeless Horde]

Here's mine. First time posting for CoW. Please comment and crit.

[Michael Jaecks]

Homeless Horde: I took a look at your sketchbook to sort of get a picture of your skill level. I understand you're young and new to this. I have to say as it stands your entry is really not at the level that would make it to the poll, but there is still time to work on it. I would suggest you have a look around the site and post things in the Critique Center for help with anatomy and design.

And for all: As of this writing we are now about 12-14 hours away from poll time. Get 'em in!

[Homeless Horde]

Michael Jaecks: I understand. I really did this for fun. I did not expect to win, considering that I'm competing against people who draw for a living. Thank you though.

[dwinbotp]

darklylove the final entry of yours, I'm more worried about the creature looking as just one really powerful creature as opposed to it being a general species of Hell, maybe you can rectify that, just my 2 cents:) looking great though!

[darkly]

dwinbotp: Thanks! That means a lot. I took a while admiring your entry as well. Great stuff! About the whole one of a species thing; I guess when it was all said and done I didn't convey all that was in my head. This is pretty usual unfortunately :thinking: . In concept, I was imagining these colossal demons that were spewed forth from hell to wander the earth just to torment stuff in ancient times. Then slowly one by one they were "conquered" and are now kept in sacred holding areas like Stone Henge. Uh..er, or something like that.

[blobs]

The goggle like eyes ofcource hehe (i know im weird lol)

I won't argue with that ;)

Damn, I really need to go and see that film now!

Excellent work everyone, what a great round and subject!
And special thanks to Micky Jaecks for doing a sterling job.. hurrahh! ;)

[Wixxi]

Yeah this is first time i joined in on this, and it seems as this kinda the biggest cow ever :D i mean wow such impressive entries from all. Over 30 entries in the finals, and there all very nice, damn this kicks ass. I'm sure i'm gonna do this some more :D
Great job to all and especially Michael Jaecks!!!

[Michael Jaecks]

thanks guys.

We's gots about two hours to poll time... stragglers be warned...

[Althael]

I'm out of this one.
Although, it's great to see so many entries, and a lot are awesome.

I hope the next round will have a nice theme because this time, I'll be able to work on something.

[Michael Jaecks]

Poll is on:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=151007