Chow 149 :: Female Sith Lord

[MsMaverick]

Ionic, that is looking really fantastic! I love the heavy, opaque quality of the red.

Hideyoshi, you should totally add some bright crispy embers to that dude's severed head. >:D Otherwise, it looks pretty awesome.

Areve: nice attitude in the face and posture! :D

[Nerahla]

Thanks for the second opinion, MJ -- I see what you mean and I'll work on that!! I appreciate it :)


oh and btw, Ionic, I'm going to break my drool rule and say that yours looks beautiful - you have a fine, fine grasp on value and color, sir.

[Soupandbutter]

still can't decide:

My only worry with this is that it almost focuses more on the victim then the sithlord.
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Choking a subordinate to look more sith like.
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[Djinn]

soupandbutter I still think the second one looks too nice, I think it's in the eyes. a bit of crinkling at the top of the nose and lowering the brow there a little I think would give it a more condescending and menacing look. But they're both pretty awesome.

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Some lighting and colors:
Feedback? Crits?

I know the legs need a lot of work.

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

[Daray]

Sadly going to pull out of this one, I am visiting someone this weekend and wont have access to a computer. Le gasp. Will come back to crit though! (With any luck) ;)

[noche]

Vorace that is incredible... you captured the TRUE essence of star wars in there somehow...

great stuff all around

[Rob!T]

Sam C - Time is of the essence. Get all the lighting mapped out roughly then go for the details. If I'm right, it looks like you've been doing it the other way around. It's also what I've being doing, but I'm allowed to tell you this because I'm a hypocrite ;) Not bad at the moment btw :)

Hideyoshi - Nice dude, nice. The boobs are good, the legs seems like they would start a little further back than where you have drawn the abdomen, so her torso should be hunched forwards more, at the moment she looks a little pregnant.

Flameraven - perhaps make her face a little more evil looking?
Nice nebula.

Ionic* - Sweeeeet! only thing I have to crit is the perfectly symetrical v-shaped shadow on the crotch. Looks like you're going to put something there but if not, I can't really see why it exists.

Djinn - maybe you mentioned it in a previous post but I cant really read what's going on with the red on the right. If it's blood then it's a bit powdery, and if it's enerdy i think it needs to be super cloudy, or kind of solid. And I thought you might like to know that lightsabers instantly singe the blood vessels closed when they strike through flesh. so you don't bleed when you get cut by one. (random fact I heard a long time ago. Might be wrong)

Soupandbutter - I like the bottom one, composition and character design-wise. perhaps do more with the background if you weren't going to. I feel that a molten furnace like in SW6 would suit the piece.

It will look at least a little bit good soon, I promise. I'm just struggling with the composition :( And I do have a whole Intricate character design planned so it's not just the scene I'm focusing on.

aaaanyways... will update this thread with more crits later. Don't want to to land at the beginning of the page again.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/Treborguy/fsl3.png

'Your boobies betray you'

I changed the boobies back, I'll change them again soon.

[jjgriffin]

And I thought you might like to know that lightsabers instantly singe the blood vessels closed when they strike through flesh. so you don't bleed when you get cut by one. (random fact I heard a long time ago. Might be wrong)

Yeah, its pretty well established in the media that lightsabers (and in fact, all the Star Wars laser weapons) cauterize (that's the word it seems some of you are looking for :3) wounds immediately upon inflicting them, due to the incredibly high temperatures involved.

That said, do what you want. Express yourself. If you want to throw some vitae around, then just do it and to hell with physics.

[Silveraxe]

Hideyoshi; that's looking awesome! Only crit i have is about her legs. Her right (our left) foot is getting smaller, but the foreshortening isn't happening. Her leg is still too long, i think you should shorten it, creating and overlap with the patella. The knee coming towards as could've been bigger and a bit fatter (due to folding the leg).
Also her legs are too far apart -unless it was meant that way.
I kinda wanna see those feathers around her thighes jump around too :D

[tsujni]

I'm terrified of teenage girls with lightsabers.
and I needs to fix her feet and hands.

[Ostrander]

Having looked through this thread the last couple days, it's inspired me to try and give it a go. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish this and make the poll. Awesome stuff in here guys and gals, really awesome!

[skekTek]

A little more work done here.

MJ Alcazar - Thanks for the crits! I fixed the hand a little. The braid is just a personality trait I threw in. It was either that or biting her toenails...I think I made a good choice. :yum:

[joyproject]

I'm not really happy with it. I kinda feel stuck ;[

I've draw entry's for like 3 of these and haven't posted anything.

I'm doing these to try an get better ;] I welcome any help.

[LORD M]

Awesome work you guys. :)


Update on my Kamino gal, I would greatly appriciate critique and comments before I continue on - and now it's time for sleep for a couple of hours and then back to Kamino. :D


http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2593/delmarhanjuuosithlord.jpg

[rinjii]

Djinn- i took your advice about the lightsaber and the cheekbones- i even shifted the right eye over a tad. can't do anything about the hand, though- she'll just have to be in mid-gesture to push the lightsaber forward.

i settled on the Mirialan race as far as her characteristics go- no hood since i envision her to be rather reckless and she is in motion- maybe the hood fell off? i need critiques on the skintone though- is it acceptable for that race? any way i can make it less transparent?

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/mallorie_flame/female-sith4.jpg

[Mat Kaminski]

Ugh... first go ever at digital coloring... 0.o

[Sulk-Sal]

Well, I redid the background. blarg. I need to find a way to make those fun, or at least less like having my teeth pulled out by a hammer :p

Any crits before she goes in the Final Burning would be happy and good and have this one muchly thankful.

LORD M - You might want to watch the legs. To me it looks like if I look at her top half, she's coming towards me, but looking at her bottom half, it looks like she's walking to the left. Other then that, she's looking killer!

[Ostrander]

A little update on the background.

[purb36]

well, i figure if i'm gonna keep up with the thread so much, i might as well throw my hat in as well.

worked on this last night, scrapped one idea, then brought it to another. still needs work, hope i can finish this sat or sunday night. g'luck everybody!

[Jska]

This is a doodle really, I don't think I'd have time to color it up at this point... but I wanted to enter a CHOW, its been a while! :) Some nice entries so far!

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[jjgriffin]

Jska: I like the pose and the costume... but the body's a bit off. Everything from the waist up is fine proportionally, but her legs are way too short. Not sure if you did that on purpose to try and keep the entire picture on the page or not...

... that said, as a black man, I have to admit, I love her posterior~

[Studio Colrouphobia]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/Chow_149_a-1.jpg

thought I'd jump in... great work guys... looks really good
whoa, another zeltron? thought I was the only one :p

Good job though, and with the updates!

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Darth Liniia was an unsurpassed Master of Beast Control, and actually developed this Force capability into an offensive weapon for the first time. After years of study of the symbiotic relationship of the midichlorians and the hunter animals of Genraar, gaining great knowledge of the ways in which the Force could amplify the predatory nature of all living things, Darth Liniia rose to her ascendancy by having her mentor and his entire household torn to shreds by a pack of Rhu-cats under her direct control. Liniia eventually embodied her knowledge in the extremely deadly lightsaber style known as jian'nis'rok (fang and claw)

Always reaching for new ways to expand her own predatory nature, she became one of the first humanoids to successfully receive the transplanted eyes of an animal, giving her a range of vision far in excess of her species' norm.

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Character basis: The Sith being the antithesis of the very ascetic Jedi, I figured my Liniia would be a supreme sybarite, selfish and self-indulgent, basking in sensual pleasures as readily as the pleasure of the kill.

I also have not portrayed her as a badass blade-swinging warrior (although she has been and can be that, most definitely), because she is a Sith Lord at her prime, and is now much more a puppet master (as was Palpatine/Sidious) than a soldier for the dark side (Maul, Dooku and Vader). She also eschews (gesundheit!) armor, finding it places limits on her lightsaber techniques (ref: KOTR) and her consummate skills make it redundant anyway.

Other movie universe tie-ins:

Costume -- echoes that of Oola the twi'lek dancer at Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi. Liniia was an orphan raised in the twi'lek slums by a dance troupe, and was an accomplished dancer by age six, when she began to manifest Force skills. Her "family" presented her to the local Jedi Academy campus as a candidate for padawan, but the interviewing Jedi Master refused her enrollment, stating that her attachment to possessions and self-comfort would always inhibit her full knowledge of the Force. She proved him wrong. Dead wrong, in fact, as his assassination was her first assignment under Sith tutelage.

Background -- architecture based on that of both Bespin and Tatooine (Jabba's palace and Mos Eisley)

Rhu-cat -- a distant cousin (in an evolutionary sense) of the wookie, but even worse-tempered and vicious. Liniia is the only being known to have domesticated a Rhu-cat. Its predatory emotions pleased her, and she occasionally fed her lovers to it after mating. Meow!

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Hope repeating my description with some additional is OK, since it first appeared back on page two and that's, like, in another galaxy, far, far, away ;)

You kidding me?!
I didn't particularily like this piece in b&w, but it became so much more coloured... I'd love to know how you actually coloured it. It doesn't look like you used layerstyles really...


There are many, many good entries in this week. I'm hoping I can complete mine. Deadlines for work saturday/sunday so we will see...

[ryuloulou]

almost done, still not absolutely sure about the hood.

http://stephaniehans.free.fr/sith-10.jpg

[hungryan]

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Dont' know if anyone else thought about this, I didn't have time to go through the 18 pages of pictures. It's an alternate version of Princess Leia as a Dark Sith Lady. I saw somewhere a Dark Obi Van, and I've found it a very cool idea. And I like the original trilogy much more than the rest (I'm probably not alone). The picture has a lot of problems, I know, and it's nothing fancy, just I thought I share the idea, but still a lot of work to do with it.

So, the story will be something like this: on Endor, Darth Vader realises that it's much easier to turn Leia to the dark side, so that battle ends with a lot of casualties on the rebel side, the Anakin family separated and the Death Star not destroyed. With Darth Organa's help the Emperor tries to hunt down Leia's brother, Luke, and the rest of the rebel scum in the 4th episode of Star Wars muhaha.

[hungryan]

OK, just now I've found some pictures on the net about dark versions of Leia. Nevermind, they look kinda lame, so I will continue with this. I've never been CHOWing for long time now, I have to finish this.

[Silveraxe]

ryuloulou; that's lookin' pretty cool! Like how you did the glow of the lightsaber. I think the light would reflect from her foot too.


Gaahhh tired... so it's gonna end up looking something like this;
her giant head and everything else will be fixed tomorow, must sleep nooww..

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[Ionic]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/Chow_149b_a.jpg

I'm gonna try to finish it but dunno if I will be able too.

[ErikStorstein]

Whoa 18 pages! I've been so busy with school I haven't had time for this yet, but I worked some on it tonight, and will have time tomorrow as well to finish it in time luckily :)

My sith is using dark side powers to control the rancors mind, aswell as using force lightning. I'm going to change a lot in her appearance I think though :) To simple at the moment atleast.

EDIT: oi, the head isn't exactly at the right spot xD

Should I crop it? like only have the sith and her rancor? or should I include forcelightning and to-be fried jedi?

[Asahi-SD-]

My final entry or hope so ^^

Naruha Warano (Darth Nebulous)

Specie : Mirialan
Occupation : Diplomate , Negociator
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"Althought she is well-skilled in melee combat , her stenght is in mind control that she master at the perfection even on strong mind , using the light-saber in some rare case!

During the Old Republic she was a respected diplomat and negociator , well now by the highest personnalities of Coruscant (it occurs she helped a lot of them with some undertable services , like during contracts negociations ) , always hiding her dark indentity !
When the Empire was instaured, Palpatine made her killed during the Jedi Purge, scared that she would use her power and influences to take his seat .

Although she is a Sith , she just avoid to put herself into melee , her favorite way to kill is to return her target's bodyguard against him .

It says that her breatsplates is an old artefact made with cortosis an extremely expensive material who has the property to cut the laser flux"



Sorry for the english , i hope i didn't make too much mistake ^^



http://hkgraphicdesign.jp/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sithcompo.jpg

[masque]

You kidding me?!Nope. I'm an over-achiever ;)

I didn't particularily like this piece in b&w, but it became so much more coloured... Hope that means you like it now :D

I'd love to know how you actually coloured it. It doesn't look like you used layerstyles really...Layers, layers, and more layers. About 40 altogether in the final rgb file, which is the 5th .psd in the progress toward finish. Some have little more than a few strokes on them, some are major modifications. I put together a GIF sequence showing the major layer steps:

Darth Liniia Layer Demo (animated GIF) (http://www.cdupload.com/view/full/49152_7jr8g)

I use all kinds of layer blending modes, whatever seems to work best for what I have in mind, and build the overall visual effect in small increments. I like doing ala prima as well, but that's an entirely different look.

Sorry about the external link, but it seems animate GIFs can't be attached and won't show as inliine [IMG] tagged items-- unless there's some secret formula the mods are keeping under their collective hats? :)

[zulu]

ionic, what happened with the other ass kicking sith?

[zimfin]

man, if even half the folk in here make it to the poll there will be a massive list to choose from! Turned into an epic challenge.

Cropped my image and worked on my background and the sith. Plenty to do still and not sure what I want to do with the guy yet clothes-wise.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/female-sith2.jpg

[zulu]

zimfin, you can make the guy an storm/clone trooper or a jedi :)

[GeistDel]

Ok new WIP. This one seems a little more forboding then my last. Trying to keep the same feel while I color. Any suggestions or comments on how to push it further and keep the roughness of the picture would be more then appreciated. Plus any other error you see call them out. at all welcome. I know I have more to do after seeing this 18 page thread worth of concepts. I can't believe there are this many great idea. its daunting to say the least.

[daestwen]

Hey guys,

Another reminder, but

evildisco and Asahi-SD-, I know you both have wips, so please either link to them or post them with your final in the finals thread.


A note to everyone else:

Because of the huge nature of this round, it's almost impossible to crit everyone. If you really need critique on your piece and you aren't finding it here, I suggest to also post it in the critique center!

[Flipnastywebby]

an idea
dont know if ill finish

[DecayingLolita]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b274/Lucretia_the_fallen/sithgirl11.jpg

somethign is really bugging me about this but whenever ichange something it looks worse so I'm not surewhat it is. Been staring at it too long I think.

I like that sketch ionic, just needs to look more evils.

[zimfin]

Okay, worked on the jedi now. I am tempted to make most of her outfit shiny leather but don't know if I have time. We'll see.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/female-sith3.jpg

[Aly Fell]

Please chaps, no comments in the FINAL BURNING till voting time. :P

[Hideyoshi]

Thanks a lot for the great crits, MsMaverick, Rob!T, Silveraxe!!
I totally agree so I made some changes (though still not accurate) :)
The deadline is really on March 2nd? That means there's still lots of time...
Anyway, gotta know when to stop... or not.

Ionic: dude what's wrong with your first one? I love that, wicked rendering!
Yeah, maybe you could simply give her a more interesting head (with hair etc.?), but other than that it's great.

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edit: thanks LordM, fixed! :)

[LORD M]

Freakin awesome, Hideyoshi. Just one thing: the lightsabre contours are a bit too sharp in the brightest, makes it almost look like lethal ravesticks. :P If you blurr it up a bit, it will look terriffic!

[masque]

somethign is really bugging me about this but whenever ichange something it looks worse so I'm not surewhat it is. Been staring at it too long I think.Hi, D'Lolita. Hope you don't mind my presumption but I have some ideas about your image I put in a paintover:

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From the top of the hips and up, and the swirling sabers and stuff, I think is primo, one of the best imo, and that dreadfully calm, wrecked face among all the swirling action is a super statement of Sithness. Can't say exactly why but I get a very strong Jeff Jones vibe from this pic.

But her lower body gets sort of disconnected by scale, perspective and definition issues. I scaled some of your main elements (like the kneepad) and slopped in some reconstruction strokes that bring the lower body back into the same image space as the upper torso. Not nearly as interesting as your excellent brushwork, but I think if you give the viewer some more clues (and they can be subtle, as it's a strong point of your image that so much is implied) about the pose of the lower body, it could help give a solid base to the image.

[Flipnastywebby]

Yavin 4, where the history comes from :pirate:
update!!!!

[JoeX]

I've starred at this far too long (all night). beginning to dread working on it.

I'm going for a calm, arrogant, right before a duel pose...one that shows power yet, she's at ease...

any help, insight, draw/paint overs would be highly appreciated. HELP! please...


right now I'm just happy to be painting again...it's been a year or more since I really sat down and digitally painted.
These CHOWs are frustrating to me right now, but man they are the best therapy around!

my current goal is to just complete a CHOW...:dur: :vodka1:

[Oranje Joe]

my only goal for this was to actually complete my first chow, dont know how thats going to work out >.>

i may be too embarrassed to submit it

[evildisco]

Ok I uploaded the process, thanks for the reminder.

[DauDau]

I've still got a lot of work to do, so I won't make it by Monday. Can't see that happening. Will add to my sketchbook when it's done at some point.

Look forward to the voting and I have to check out the Finals thread, when my headache leaves. lol. Best of luck to all.

Current wip.

[mimer]

@Zimfin: I love the sense of motion and power in the "force push" in your piece. I think you have to look over her anatomy though, especially in the shoulders and hips, she looks very very thin especially over the shoulders, most noticably the left shoulder.

Regards, Mimer.

[SamC]

Hideyoshi: You should lower the value of the blue lightsaber or move it or something, it was the first thing that my eye was drawn to.

Made a ton of changes to mine, ready to start colour now.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj29/SamCarr94/FemaleSithCHOWStep12.jpg

[Hideyoshi]

SamC: heh, thanks, but I just posted it in the burning thread. I am tired of the piece now, enough is enough :D

[Jasper_]

This is my first CHOW and I have to say I'm having a blast working on it. It's awesome participating in something that so many other great artists are (Especially Vorace and Trevor, I've been admiring their art since I first joined CA)

Here's a sketch a started two nights ago, I've progress further with it, but I'll hold off posting that for now.

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[Keeviin]

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Hope I can finish this one way or another

[mimer]

worked over some more values and worked on the hands a bit. planning to add some subtle force lightning on her right hand. Any comments and crits much appreciated.

edit 1, trying out some eyes

This has been an awesomely inspiring round, so much coolness :)

[Flipnastywebby]

another update
any CC's are welcomed but i understand that there are a lot of entries
i should finish this up tonight

I will have a full write up of whats going on ( i know it looks like a sith in the middle of the woods, of yavin 4, but thats a good thing)

[jjgriffin]

another update
any CC's are welcomed but i understand that there are a lot of entries
i should finish this up tonight


I really hate to bring this up at this current stage, but I think you need to take a look at her proportions again. Either her arms are too long (possible) or her legs are too short (much more likely).

[Oranje Joe]

Not sure how it turned out, but here is as close to done as i am going to make, 'fraid it may be too dark and scummbly for some people

but i like it! p:<

Flipnastywebby - i cannot wait to see yours done,i love the pose, the atmosphere, and the way to positioned the moon just behind her head. FINISH IT, go!!!!

[Flipnastywebby]

jjgriffin :: yeah man her outer most arm is too long
ill fix it when i start painting

Oranje Joe :: well alllllright i guess ill finish :pirate:

[AhChu]

Here is one Im working on at the mo, couldn't miss out on a topic like this.
going to have to play with contrast abit more, I always find that I muddy a painting yup in grey scale first, but slowly getting braver :)

[Djinn]

Did a bit of work on a bunch of different things. Still can't decide what to do with those feet, I'll probably throw some dark boots of some kind on there.

I think this ones coming along alright. I'm learning a lot by working on it.
Crits, feedback, PO's welcome.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/wolveeberserker/djinn_femalesith_v1.jpg

Oh, and credit for the foundation for the Chains goes to EraserX's brush pack.

[cmalidore]

Oh man you guys are awesome. Lookit the size of this challenge!

So I doubt I'll have much of a chance in this thing, doing mine today. I still gotta flesh out the design a lot - mine isn't that interesting clothing wise yet, but I'm just about to a good experimentation point.

[Oranje Joe]

i think i may like the lighter back ground....tell me what you think.

djiin - one of her legs is longer, and a tad thicker aswell. i would also work on the discord between her and the back ground for a greater submission ;D

cmalidore - lookin awesome!, lets see some of that experimentation you were talking about!

[AhChu]

Djinn : such a cool idea, if you don't mind I did a quick adjust to your painting, mainly cutting down on the extra background space, and a bit of stretch to the upper torso and the right leg knee is just abit far down.
Hope any of this helps at all :) oh and a shadow for grounding

[Djinn]

Much appreciated AhChu! I think youre right on all accounts, I'll get to work on those things right away.

And Ive been trying to work out what Oranje Joe mentioned about the discord between character and background. Though Im not sure how.

Thanks for the input everyone!

[Studio Colrouphobia]

Masque- Yeah I love it after the colours. Thanks for the gif... makes it easier t see that it is layers...? nah, but if you say it is layers I will believe you. I just havent experienced such an effect with layerstyles over greyscale before... almost looked like you had printed it out and finnished it up with markers (in a good way, if there is a bad way with markers I do not know).

[JoeX]

cmalidore - looks good. i like the blue lighting...

[masque]

[B]...almost looked like you had printed it out and finnished it up with markers (in a good way, if there is a bad way with markers I do not know).My skills with markers are the bad way :(. I used 'em for years doing graphic design comps and got to hate 'em, never liked the results, but that's just me. The layered approach I've used in this and other pieces shown on CA comes closer to the gouache illustrations I did in pre-digital days, using airbrush and fine sables, which was often also a building up of color layers. I like the digital results better because of the immense flexibility it gives to really tweak things to a 'T'.

[grey]

so many posts now I can't even try to keep up with crits . . .
I cleaned up the linework on my original drawing, and un-dislocated her shoulder (thanks Djinn), and below that is current WIP, not done but getting close I think - need to get fresh eyes

[cmalidore]

Update!

On to the background.

[AhChu]

GREY nice job, that is so friggen sweet :)

Here is a update on my WIP, trying to push my contrast at mo

[LORD M]

Awesome job everyone!



My sith is done, now just for the background. :)

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2593/delmarhanjuuosithlord.jpg

Some detail I thought would be fun to share. Shows real size.

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1226/thumb2.jpg

[MsMaverick]

AAah, I lost it! !#$%@#$% computer battery died, and for some reason I hadn't saved it since before the rancor.... All I have now is a crappy little jpg.... god. Just... argh. I want to cry; i was so proud of that rancor. Son of a @#$%$#...

[daestwen]

The last three people who posted in the finals thread did not include wips and one of them is named incorrectly.

Come on, people. The rules are clear and I keep putting up reminders. I don't want to cut people for silly reasons like this, but I will!

If your boss asked you to submit your work in a specific format, you would do it, right?

[MJ_Alcazar]

Another update.

[dwinbotp]

Dropped by to say how crazy this comp is going, so many ideas for character designs, very inspiring to say the least:)
MsMaverick I feel for ya, happened to me more than I really want to, makes you wanna break that pc in half...barehanded!:D

[Djinn]

Whoa MJ_Alcazar! Your lighting is awesome man--just a dash of specular highlight on the right boot would help though, I think. And I'm definitely digging those tattoos--you'll probably get to it, but the only bit of tattoo that doesnt seem to fit with the rest of the tatt's is the blobby bit on her forearm, just add a little spike or pointy bit and I think it'll fit in better. The armor design is sick, but the little digital-looking piece seems to clash with the rest of her style, and try not to lose the rest of the flowing gown entirely into the darkness. It's looking great man, looking forward to seeing more!

LORD M Those eyes are incredible, and the rendering on the flowing cloth is awesome. one minor note though, the bottom of her belly looks just a tad odd, it looks kinda like you meant to get back to it but forgot. Overall its looking good, and the BG looks promising.

JoeX All I have to say, is that is a great pose.

Oranje Joe Even though I really like your piece, it is very hard to read.

grey Haha, glad to help, I really like the pose and the palette--which definitely fits nicely with the tuscan raider hood. I like the subtlety of the glow in her eyes too.

cmalidore Very cool face and lighting.

[Ionic]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/Jagrello/Chow_149b_b.jpg

[rinjii]

save for some minor tweaking and the official stuff to add, here's mine! will be put in the finals thread in a little bit.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/mallorie_flame/femalesith5.jpg

[cmalidore]

Hey guys, the final burning thread is listed as #148 but I believe that was the previous challenge, it may be confusing a few people. May want to edit that :)

[agenda-b]

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This will be the last WIP shown before I upload the final image.

[Wolfentir]

uupppdate

any comments are greatly appreciated
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[jjgriffin]

I'm terrible with color, gradients, rendering, etc. I don't have a clue what I'm doing... which is why I am loving doing this so much. It feels good to step outside my comfort zone and get some real experience in digital painting. I won't be producing some of the stellar work seen here anytime soon, but I definitely feel like I'm getting some good experience. Now I just need to figure out the brushes...

Anywho, tomorrow is going to be completely dedicated to her skin, face, hair, and cloak (including feathers). I hope I have time to give her a decent backdrop; my friend suggested 'evil' handmaidens behind her... sort of a perverse Padme, with her own little coven of force-sensitives. I'm still extremely unhappy with her tattoos, but I've been thinking hard about it and think I may have a solution...

note: force lightning not included.
another note: grey, if you are not in the comic book industry, you should be. There is so much energy in that pose I wanted to go 3 rounds with my MMA friend after seeing it. I love your pencil work-- splashing color on it almost seems like a hate-crime (but then, I've always been a-scared of color :( )

[William b. Hand]

Well, I got some feedback over at my sketchbook thread from people complaining that my SITH BARONESS pic was not looking Star Warzy enough, other than the light saber. Suggestions were made and I might still finish that one, but I began something else -- influenced by some of the other works here -- and somehow I think I might have made some huge personal rendering leap.

I know the anatomy's not gonna be quite right, because I haven't drawn people much, and I wasn't using any sort of reference, but I'm really happy with it nonetheless. I have no idea how far I can take this, because I've never been where this pic is headed, but I couldn't be happier with this CHOW experiment, and I'm really excited about the prospect of suddenly being able to do characters! :teeth: Thank you CHOW! Will update tomorrow.

See whatchya think:

[AUG]

This has turned into an awesome gigantic round! Thanks to all who posted. I have enjoyed looking at the ocean of creativity flowing through this thread.

A few people asked for C&C over the last couple of pages. I wanted to offer some comments if it is not too late.

JoeX: I know what you mean about completing a CHOW. I have struggled with finishing for quite a while. I like what you have going with the design of the clothing, the figure's pose and the background. I think her left arm could be shortened up a little. Maybe add a bit of breathing room to the top and the bottom of the image. It looks like she is standing on a reflective surface. It would be nice to see the reflections of those light sabers.

mimer: The modeling of the forms looks great.The design and rendering of her head area are nicely done. I know it is a WIP but, I think the piece would come together with some tones added to the background.

Flipnastywebby: I like what you done with the pose, character placement and the color scheme. The weapon design is eye catching too.

Djinn : The chain and her clothing work well together. I agree with AhChu's comments on the anatomy. Maybe a bit of blue incorporated into the background would help resolve the discord you mention.

Wolfentir: Nice design on the face and cloak. The lighting from the sabers really adds to the piece. I think her right foot/leg could be shortened up a little.


I just wanted to say thanks to rushwolf, post # 478 and trevor, post # 469 for their comments concerning distractions and procrastination. I had not planned on entering this round until I read their words of wisdom. I don't have a problem with video games but, I fall into other diversions that keep me from sketching and painting. Thanks again for the virtual kick in the butt.

[grenogs]

i am defenetly out of this one, and the next couple. last minute holiday has got in the way:) no laptop, no painter, no photoshop,and no tablet :(. good luck everyone, its been another strong chow this week

[Ghostbrush]

Just finished! yay! cant wait to see all the entries in the finals thread, so so many CHOW's! its excellent!

Alex

[grey]

another note: grey, if you are not in the comic book industry, you should be. There is so much energy in that pose I wanted to go 3 rounds with my MMA friend after seeing it. I love your pencil work-- splashing color on it almost seems like a hate-crime (but then, I've always been a-scared of color :( )

thanks for the comment - how to colorize/paint my work without losing what I think is my main strength (the linework) is something I've been thinking about alot. I've been looking into flatting as an option, maybe I'll use the ca weeklies as a place to experiment with that :)

[Keeviin]

nope, no cocaine running around my brain. If anybody asks, tell them I'm colorblind or something...

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[ryuloulou]

almost done I think

redid the face
I still have to work a bit more on th backgroundhttp://stephaniehans.free.fr/sith-12.jpg

[masque]

how to colorize/paint my work without losing what I think is my main strength (the linework) is something I've been thinking about alot. howdy, grey. Here's some stuff you might try:

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Shows how to bring the line work into the color in a fairly direct fashion but still keep it "painterly." You can paint on the "line wash" layer, adjust its opacity, and use layer masking to get exactly the kind of edge modulation you think looks best. Example's pretty subtle but you can make it more pronounced if you want.

[grey]

hey masque thanks for technique tip

[Daray]

So I've done as much as I can, my plans for the weekend were called off. Nice round for all :)

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[ErikStorstein]

Busy weekend is no fun, hopefully I'll manage to complete this one in time. They say sleep is overrated.

Cropped mine down, focus was more on the event rather than the character in the last composition so :)


EDIT: started colour and detail work. Echani Sith specialized in dominating minds. Oh and she brought a pet.

[rushwolf]

Man I wanna finish but I dunno if I am going to have time to work on my sith more.

[Lammashta]

i got my hands on a tablet so lets see what i can do, im learning to use it still so .. yeah

[cyc]

Hey all - great entries, once again. I will post comments in another post. Here is my entry so far - have some time to tighten it up some tonight, open to any comments. Not really a traditional overlord - going for reclusive, enigmatic sith superpower..

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Once a master level jedi, Darth Maliss was trapped too close to the chaos of a raging sith energy inferno, this creature is now neither completely woman nor dark energy, inhabiting a kind of purgatory that lies somewhere in between.

She is immensely powerful, immensely evil and serves only the essence of dark energy.

She inhabits crystalline caves as a means to cast her power over long distances and travels the universe performing assassinations on key empire targets.

It is thought if she could be cornered by key jedi masters, the evil could be driven from her and return her to the side of light.

Her body markings enflame when she uses the force. The jedi are pious and pure, this creature is neither. The orbs above her head are slave AIs that emit thin lightsaber arcs while spinning. They can guard a camp, be left as bombs, fly reconnaissance or assist in a fight.

http://www.por7al.com/proc.jpg

http://www.por7al.com/siths.jpg

[Rob!T]

Takins meh times. *tralala*

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/Treborguy/DarthBoobs-2.jpg

[cyc]

tonic - very cool stuff - love your style. The last one three grabs me the most - the whip sabre is cool. Not sure I would know it was from star wars at this point - great sketches tho.

trevor - holy smokes - nice dude - really capturing the overloard aspect here - character looks very powerful. I really like the hair crown thing from the first. Haven't looked to see if you posted a final yet..

Rushwolf - Interestgin piece. I like the pose and the idea that her gown is levitating - the costume design is not as menacing..

vorace - evil dark, nice. Could maybe be made to loook more feminine..

dwinbotp - I like the medieval armor thing - and nice strokes. I am not 100% on the breast plate - it looks like it was designed to show maximum cleavage, wonder if maybe could be made to be more functional

Ghostrbush -very cool - really liking the style here

sentinal - great job. Loaded with personality - great strokes

villa - so cool! diggin the face on this much. Maybe innovate more witht he costumne

areve looks good dude - some cool stuff going on here!

decaying lolita - nice style! looks like you are still working. But digging the costume.

grey - nice sketch. Not very evil or overloardy - but nice job.

Rob - nice - got lots of characters in there!

wish I had more time to comment - great JOB EVERYONE!

[masque]

A freebie for the SW expanded universe fan-addicts:

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Barenda Reiz was a scientist at the Jedi Academy in the early Republic, the leading expert of her time on the relationship between the Force and light saber crystals. She was also considered one of the most beautiful women in Coruscant until an explosion during an unauthorized experiment robbed her of both her appearance and her faith in the Jedi philosophy, leaving thousands of crystal shards embedded in her body that could not be removed without killing her. Though it was solely due to her own actions, Reiz blamed the Academy for the accident.

Knowing of her disaffection from the Jedi, a young Darth Sidious, always alert to the possibility of acquiring a weapon against the Jedi, encouraged Reiz to continue her research and made sure she was always well-funded. Though not a Force adept, Riez used her knowledge to create a life-support suit that also used the power of the crystal in her body to amplify the natural Force talent all living things possess. Sidious trained her in the use of the artifically-boosted Force powers, and would have granted her apprenticeship if not for the realization that she would likely come to exceed his own Force power levels. Reluctantly he acted to remove the threat to his own power.

Fortunately the Force amplifier technology could never be duplicated, as it depended upon the crystal shards Reiz had absorbed, a condition Sidous was never able to repeat despite many deadly experiments along those lines.

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Just havin' some more fun with the topic while tryin' out some digital drawing techniques. Not for poll -- she's technically not a Sith Lord anyway -- but the storyline was fun to dream up while I worked on the pic.

[Penumbra]

Ok, so I was playing with the image that I made for the COW, overlaying and mirroring images and I started noticing this form coming through. It isn't finished enough for the polls(and probably wouldn't be accepted for CHOW since it wasn't entirely created for this topic from scratch) but I thought she looked interesting so I hope you don't mind the post. If it's against the rules I'll remove it.

The face was done in pencil then hit with selective color layers and painter. As often happens with things that I work on for CA it has inspired me to do some other pieces for myself.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s136/penumbra_photo/sithwitch4.jpg

[SamC]

Masque: I love you :)

Rob!t: Much more interesting composition, hope you finish on time

Cyc: Cool ideas but it's quite hard to tell that she's a sith lord and not just some sexy lava stripper

Lammashta: Eep hurry up man, good start but you'll have to be speedy

Zilrion: Very nice, but you've made the beast thing the focal point and not the chick.

Wish I had more time to crit, good work guys and good luck with getting to poll

[Jasper_]

Penumbra that looks awesome, I love the way the face looks

[Greeneyed girl]

sorry i'm late on this one
i used this as the base for a character design i had to do for class. but as her costume doesn't have half-lock folds (which was the only real requirement) i have to do a redesign
but here are the initial sketches
this first one was the initial design, the second set was me trying to give her a costume with the damn folds.
http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo133/sketchpocket/sithlord.jpg
http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo133/sketchpocket/sithlord001.jpg

[Razorleaf]

Gawd I wanted to get in on this one. I hope I'm not too late and that I can finish on time.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/Razorleaf_album/Sith4.jpg

[Lammashta]

shaded and added some clothes, still needs allot but im going =)

[DecayingLolita]

I hate it and I'm leaving town tomorrow, so it must be finished. Le sigh.

[LORD M]

Finished mine and wrote a story for it I have had on my mind since I started it. :)




Jedi Master Sifo-Dias visited the cloners in the Kamino system to make the order for the clone troopers for the upcoming war he had forseen in his vision. After submitting the order, he found an unusual Kaminoan girl named Joan Del-Mar. She had an unusual high concentration of midichlorians in her blood. With her parents approval she traveled with him to the Jedi temple to begin her training to become a Jedi. Sifo-Dias friend count Dooku saw her potential and helped in the training. Joan had an unusual ability, with the force she could use cloth as deadly weapons to ensnare and strangel those she dueled with the help of her robe which she split up in stripes. When not in battle, the stripes floated around like snakes in the air, creating a living robe.

Many years later Count Dooku betrayed his friend and killed him in order to show his alligeance with Darth Sidious, he ensnared Joan with his lies about that the Jedi's had killed her master for treason. She became his disciple and with her anger towards the Jedi she turned to the dark side. She was now Darth Juuno.

The years passed and she studied the cloning techniques of her people and perfected it. While Dooku fought the Jedi's on the battlefield, Darth Juuno worked from the inside. She cloned senates men and disposed of the originals in order to get her and her masters intrests seen to in the senate.

As Count Dooku were killed by Anakin Skywalker she was left without a master, and continued on her own, cloning senates men and monarks and presidents of planets in order to get as much power as possible.

[ErikStorstein]

I really should get some sleep, so this is probably my final >.>

Still working on her story, kind of made one up as I was painting but didn't write anything down :P

SamC: thanks for the feedback, appreciated! :) I hope the focal point is changed now, though I do want the Rancor to be in focus as well as it's a big part of who she is.

[mimer]

kinda freaking out for time now, but will be damned if i dont finish this up to a final.

want to get a feeling of a web of chords and cables running into the back of the chair. eventually going to have subtle streaks of force lightning running between the fingertips on her right hand.

[RyerOrdStar]

Penumbra that is amazing. Loving the colours and atmosphere.

[Dreoilin]

Well I was hoping to do more crits than this, but theres just so much! (and I still have to finish my pic) I hate leaving people out- I know how much it bums me out that I never get comments- so I apologize to people that I didn't get to comment on :(

DecayingLolita: why do you hate it?! I love this pic! You always have the most awesome faces and costumes- this is one of my favs.

Lord M: cool pic and kudos on doing a kaminoan. I think I liked it better without the thin yellow line edging the cloak and skirt though?

rob!t: love how dynamic this is!

daray: very cool costume

aug: cool textures!

william b hand: this one seems a lot more dramatic than the first. I like it better

agenda-b: cool style (and I like the battle going on in the bg too)

ionic: love where you're going with the second one (although I like the first too- personally I'm digging the second color combination more)

mj alcazar: like the moody lighting. I think someone mentioned adding a few more intense highlights from the lightsaber? I agree

grey: awesome!

cmalidore: love this pic!

mimer: cool head, very creative. hope you finish!

keeviin: cool pose, but those are some kind of gravity defying boobs! :)

oranje joe: love the moody intense atmosphere. i kinda like the darker bg?

flipnastywebby: awesome background

zimfin: love how casual she is about knocking that guy off the walkway

zilrion: great choice to crop. i like it a lot more this way

tsujni: crazy dynamic style-love it! also interesting choice to make her so much younger than everybody elses

phew- thats just all I've got time for! gotta get back to work. Here's my totally unoriginal and crappy boring picture :( It's been fun to do, and good practice though. I've still got a little ways to go on the greyscale and then I have to color it! :$ (its snowing here though so maybe I'll get off work tomorrow! otherwise- no sleep for me!)

[MJ_Alcazar]

This may be my final. But, I definitely have to step back from it for a little while.
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Darth Impetus:

Survivor of Order 66. Azula Nashida, a Wroonian, fled the Jedi Temple with several other younglings. They were able to escape Coruscant via a merchant ship, but when word got out of the Jedi's betrayal, the younglings found that there was no safe haven.

They were hunted across the span of dozens of planets. With no master to guide them, fear became an integral part of their lives and they formed a close bond to each other. Finally, one by one, they were hunted down and killed. Each death brought more pain, fear, and anger to each of the younglings as they struck out at their attackers.

One day, after brutally murdering an entire village when her last friend was killed, Vader found her. After attempting to duel him, she lost. He saw great potential in her anger and fear and seized the opportunity. She became his agent, doing his bidding across the galaxy.
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Not really sure about the story atm.

[MJ_Alcazar]

fox - hey thanks for the crits. for some reason that didn't click earlier. yes, i need more highlights. :)

On yours, you don't want to crop it. It still needs to meet the 3/4s rule. Also, hate to mention it now but her arms are too short. Her forearm and her upper arm need to be the same length as each other too. Hope you get this finished, I like her expression.

[Lammashta]

added color and a simple background not bad for my 1st time with a tablet i think

[Ferozstein]

Final. Phew. I can't believe I actually pulled this off, it was the biggest and most complicated drawing I've ever done (yes, I mentioned earlier that I'm a beginner ;) ). I learned a lot on the way and had great fun. Thanks to everyone for this awesome round and some amazing works that encouraged me to go on :)

[Djinn]

I'm pretty excited, I feel like this one is my best yet. I've still got to detail up the boots, design the lightsaber hilt, add some color to the lighting, work on the fabric a bit, and I think I'll be all done! (hopefully I know when to stop!)
Oh, and originally I wanted to make the energy coming out of her hand to be red, (a la Dark Rage, Force Drain and things like that) But it wasnt working out so I went with classic force lightning, I'm considering making some lightning current in her chains and adding that into her ever growing backstory, hehe.

I spent quite a while repainting and correcting the legs, I sure hope it's right this time, and I know I need work on my lighting, but I learn more with every piece.

Also, I'd like to thank EVERYONE that takes part in CHOWs: the awesome people who volunteer their time to run things here, everyone who offer encouragement and guidance and crits. Its such a great learning expereince, so thanks everyone.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/wolveeberserker/djinn_femalesith_v2.jpg

[Jasper_]

Ok here's some progress for me. I'm a little further than this, almost finished with grayscale.

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[Sorknes]

This is as far as I've got... RL kinda came in the way. I'll see if I have time enough to tweak a little and slop on some colours so I can put it in the final burning thread tomorrow... Crossing my fingers.

[daestwen]

Hey guys, I'm putting up the new round in a couple minutes.

Just wanted to remind you that you have another 15 hours until this round closes.

Good luck! :]

[Venger]

D'oh what a time to join - and I need to sleep as well!
Wonder how much I can get done tomorrow (on breaks in between work)
I had planned on doing her leading , or overseeing an army.
Time is against me so a simple figure study will have to do.

I always loved those recon droids that Darth Maul used, so she gets one as well.
:)

Should say this is WIP, lots more to do!

Hmm ran out of time...
Might go back and redo the face - I think I prefer the sketch face over the final one.

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[RyerOrdStar]

Something really captivates me about your piece, venger. Her face is beautiful. It needs a bit more polish, but the foundation is striking. I'd hit it. :drool:

[trevor]

wow
penumbra thats awesome
here she is
as done as shes gonna get
wish i could finish but no time

[Ostrander]

Man there's so much awesomeness here.
This is it for me I think. Good luck everyone!!

[AhChu]

Here is my final, the arm holding the sabre still needs more work but out of time to work on it, great run this time though. Looking forward to droooling over everyone's entries

[Djinn]

Ostrander Not only is that quite badass, but the "character-with-big-portrait-of-character" thing definitely reminds me of those old Star Wars posters, and VHS covers and things, well done..

And well done everyone! It's been a friggin AWESOME round!

[cakeypigdog]

OK. Well done everyone, here is my final:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f87/cakeypigdog/chow149_cakeypigdog.jpg

[Mr. P Show.]

I think I just died a little inside.
Ha ha--I like your avatar:).

[quickreaver]

15 hours left?! Nothing like a sense of urgency to inspire an attempt! Here are my modest, possibly futile beginnings. I'm gonna try to be braver and more experimental here at CA. Might go over like a turd in a punchbowl, but you never know 'til you try!

[Rusty]

Late attempt final and W.I.P.

[quickreaver]

Creepy-cool, Rusty. *is humbled*

[Jasper_]

Oh man deadline is 3:00 today?? I didn't read the small print, I just figured it was March 2 at the end of the day. I probably won't be able to get mine done then, but I'll submit what I can.

[Dreoilin]

Here's a big ol' pile of bantha poodoo! :yum: :tihi:

[skekTek]

This has been one great CHoW! Everyone has done an awesome job! See ya in the final thread!

:bounce:

[smokenmirrors]

sucks as I finally got my pose down and started hashing out the costume... but my weekend filled up and i lost some val. work time. But I thought to share what I did sketch up.... Ill probably work on it today regardless of missing the final thread deadline and post it in the old SB.....

[cmalidore]

Hey it may not make it to the finals, but it's got a great energy - good work. I hope you finish it :)

[daestwen]

About an hour left, folks!

[Swecks]

3:00? Yeah, looks like I failed this round... arggg. Better start the new one tonight.

[Djinn]

smokenmirros Too bad you didnt make it, that looks like a sweet piece.

[Jasper_]

So this is my final grayscale

[quickreaver]

Aw, crap...I JUST missed the deadline. *cries* I may try to sneak it in anyway...to no avail. Ah, well! Such is life...

[Flipnastywebby]

heres a detailed view, i forgot to upload in time
enjoy
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[JoeX]

Man I wanna finish but I dunno if I am going to have time to work on my sith more.

man! I was hoping you would finish! was looking forward to seeing the final

[Rob!T]

Ha! Flipnastywebby I love the idea of rain evaporating on the Lightsaber. Too bad you didn't post it in time.

edit: ah, I see.. you just forgot the detail. voted.