Team Chow :: Topics and Main Thread

[daestwen]

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TEAM CHOW SIX CHARACTERS

DESCRIPTION

For this Team Chow you will be required to design six characters that make up the 'protaganist' side of the game/tv show/ect that we are pretending to create. There will be no villians/antagonists this round.

* Can be changed according to genre. ie, mechanical = magical = steampowered, car = boat = horse, etc.
** You may do two version of this, if you wish.

Characters:

The Hero
- Female, between 20 - 30. Has no memory of anything beyond a year before present.
- Stubborn to a fault, but unswervingly loyal to those she cares about, convinced that she could lose her memory of them at any time she makes the most of every moment.
- Has a tendency to say things before she thinks about them.
- Rumoured to have a second personality that can remember everything from before, a 'dark' side, as it were, with totally different personality traits. **
- A quick learner, but unlikely to pay attention unless something immediately catches her interest.
- Searching for her past but ultimately easily caught up in the present and the worries of others, tending to think of other people before herself.
- Found (to her horror) that she is more than capable of handling herself in a fight, and likely capable of killing.

The Shadow
- Male, between 20 - 30 (should be around Hero's age).
- The only person that the hero has any memory of, beyond the last year (though she can only remember his face), and the only person who might know who she is. He pretends he doesn't know, or refuses to say.
- Seemingly self-absorbed but actually self-destructive, has a tendency to take out his insecurities as malicious remarks on other people.
- Isn't well liked, but doesn't care, or pretends he doesn't.
- Doesn't seem to have any friends except the hero, who he would do anything for, though of course he would never say that. However, though he seems to actively despise the rest of her friends, he cares for them more than he admits.
- Whether he is helping the hero find her memory, or actively hindering her, is unclear. She believes he is helping her. He doesn't necessarily believe that it would help her to find it.
- Often disappears for long periods.

The Protector
- Male or Female, between 25 - 50, well-built
- Found the Hero directly after she had lost her memory, and managed to piece her back together.
- Strong and loyal, but prone to worry. Decided to take hero under wing, and began to notice the very strange energies* and events that surrounded her.
- Completely distrusts the Shadow and the Sage and believes they are actively working against the Hero's interests, but defer's to the Hero's opinion and trust of them.
- Strengths lie in activities done with the hands - higher concepts either are not a concern, or are too hard to think about in depth.
- Honest and blunt, so sometimes seems unkind, but never means it.
- Sometimes wonders if accidently stepped in way too deep into something never meant to be approached.

The Sage
- Male or Female, any age
- Does not come from the same country* as hero. Came from far away to find something, and claims that the hero will lead her to it, though will not say what it is - even whether it is a physical object* or a higher plane*.
- Often seems to be looking through the person that he/she is speaking to, and just as frequently stares off into space.
- Seems to disappear whenever trouble starts, but has saved the hero and her companion multiple times to threats that they were completely obvlivious/unaware of.
- Eats very little and sleeps less, and makes very little noise when he/she walks.

The Technician*
- Female, 18 - 28
- Completely in tune with anything mechanical*. Takes things apart / dissects things with disturbing regularity, and while can usually put them back together again sometimes forgets to do so, to the dismay of her friends whose objects* she 'borrows'.
- Fascinated by all methods of transport*, and has an amazingly large memory for all vehicles* and machines* but not for people or places (they are just not important!)
- Initially hired for one-off job by the Hero and the Protector, but took an instant liking to them and convinced them of her usefullness.
- Not very good in rough situations like fights, prefers cold logic of puzzles, as her size tends to work against her. However, pressed into a corner, she can make her technical* knowledge work to her advantage in place of physical prowess.
- wears her heart on her sleeve and is often very cheerful, but takes some blows very hard (a friend getting hurt, etc). Sometimes flighty.


The Rabble Rouser
- Male, 20 - 30 (should be around Hero's age)
- Met Hero + crew rather accidently and they helped out of a bit of trouble (which he had gotten himself into and was almost entirely his fault).
- Developed instant infatuation with Hero + told her that he would help her find her memory. Infatuation may or may not be sincere. Hero does not return it.
- Tends to bring trouble with him, or create it when he gets there, as he grates people's nerves.
- Charming and seemingly hollow, but in select instances with the Shadow has shown that he's invested more in the quest than one would think - though perhaps not for the apparent reasons.
- Has good luck with gambling to match his bad luck with people, and never is wont for money - it tends to find him as easily as he finds it.
- Has an excellent memory for faces as well as for numbers.
- Well groomed, but not as flamboyant as one might expect - unless it is on purpose as part of a bluff.


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SUBMISSION GUIDLINES

The Final Burning Thread will go up ONE WEEK before deadline. The deadline will be April 30th, at 11:59 pm GMT - 5, Eastern Standard Time. I will accept submissions as long as it is April 30th somewhere in the world, but after this I will close the thread. I am going to give myself 1-2 days to then sort out the poll and the voting, so please be patient.

1. One team member will be in charge of submitting the final entry. How the entry is presented will be up to you, but keep it consistent and coherent.
2. Remember that you will need to submit wips. If you decide to make a group sketchbook for this activity, a link to that will suffice.
3. Also sumbit a list of Team Activity. I want to see how well you worked as a team - who was in charge of what and what each member did.
4. All other ChoW rules apply. If you are not familiar with the usual chow rules, please read the guidlines thread sticked at the top of the subforum. Including, 3/4ths rule, no paint-overs, etc.
5. Please submit files with this naming convention: TeamChow_TeamName_Image001.jpg


This thread is for Wips, General Discussion, Etc.

[Troubadour]

hell yes!

[AlisonRobin]

Reminds me of Firefly. :)

[Eerin]

Thank you for all the work you've been putting into this Daestwen! :D
Fantastic character briefs! Sounds epic :)

[arttorney]

Thank you Daestwen. You've done an amazing amount of work already.:drinkup:

[shannanigan]

Ok so I'm going to be the first pain in the ass.... Wooo!

One team member will be in charge of submitting the final entry. How the entry is presented will be up to you, but keep it consistent and coherent.

Does this mean One image with all characters?

What if after we work out the designs as a group each of us takes on a character to draw... the styles will be different. I personally prefer not to do this as an assembly line... so a little clarity on that Consistent expectation would be appreciated. Can it be as simple as a color palette and background? Just want to be sure before we start this puppy... :D

/ End of annoying questions /


Very excited about this!! As someone who has to artistically compromise with people in the name of teamwork on a daily basis... its nice I'll be doing it for fun for once. LOL!

[daestwen]

Ok so I'm going to be the first pain in the ass.... Wooo!

One team member will be in charge of submitting the final entry. How the entry is presented will be up to you, but keep it consistent and coherent.

Does this mean One image with all characters?

No, it means One team member will make one post in the final burning thread with however many images you choose to include.

What if after we work out the designs as a group each of us takes on a character to draw... the styles will be different. I personally prefer not to do this as an assembly line... so a little clarity on that Consistent expectation would be appreciated. Can it be as simple as a color palette and background? Just want to be sure before we start this puppy... :D

I just mean presentation. So, like, your border should be the same.

That being said, it will certainly benefit you to keep a similar palette, since even with different styles, you need it to read like it is coming from the same thing.

[Dani Duck]

I kind of thought of it as having each person do a specific job. Like you would if you were creating a graphic novel. At least that would be the easiest way to make everything look consistent.

It's nice to be doing this with other people. You get motivation and help from all sides. I'm wondering how easy it will be for everyone to play well together. I can see the paint flying now!

[archipelago]

woohoo!

[Lalilulelo]

Awwwww jeah! It's da break dowwnnnnn.

[Mat Kaminski]

Alright then woot!

Thanks Dae, we'll get started as soon as possible :)

[iambanana]

Thanks deastwen. This brief is fucking mouth-watering.

[dwinbotp]

I agree with iambanana, with additional profanity!!! :D effing cool!

[LostFayth]

Great! The briefs are asking to be framed and put on a wall. They are really good and I can't wait to get started :D Well done, Daestwen and thanks for all the effort until now, if I could I would send you some flowers. :)

[Sentinel.]

I'm posting my team's sketchbook now so we can get the ideas rolling!

From talking with my team, I think how we're going to handle it is with every member painting each image together. It could create a situation of too many cooks in one kitchen, but I think it's going to be the truest collaboration. That way all of our strengths are in each image and hopefully all of our weaknesses will be compensated for by the other members of the team. It'll mean emailing a lot of big psd files back and forth though :D

Great briefs Daestwen, they really can fit with anything but still tell a lot about the characters. :)

Edit - Here's our sketchbook: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2200219#post2200219

[Jazz]

Oooh, the characters sound interesting! :D This'll be fun!

[yoitisi]

Yay the descriptions are up :) Gonna give myself and my team a kick in the butt now to start things up!

Great job on the write-up for this one, Daestwen :heart:

[Mulm]

I'm so fired up now! Great job, daestwen!

Just wondering, are we going to do anything about our setting? No description of it at all?

[Pseudocognition]

GUH YES this is going to be so obscenely fun.

[hungryan]

I don't think I saw this information anywhere, so: do all/any of the characters have to be human? I know the genre and world is free, but this wasn't covered I think.

[Bendragon]

Thanks Daestwen! Good luck everyone! Looking forward to this one.

[daestwen]

Mulm: Like I said in the original thread, the place/setting/genre/theme/time-period is entirely up to you. These briefs were specifically designed so that they can fit whatever theme you can come up with.

hungryan: no, they do not have to be human.

[Asatira]

Cool. Time to get rolling.

[Darktwin]

Reminds me of Firefly. :)


same here! Thank you Daestwen, I really appreciate all the amazing work!! Bad Ass!!!

:bow: :bow:

[CCThrom]

Adding one more big THANK YOU to Daestwen! This is a huge amount of work, and I'm guessing a lot more than you bargained for...

Great idea though!

[Sorknes]

Huge thanks from me too! :D Awsome idea and this is already being fun! :)

Here's our SB for those who would like to look or give a comment or something: Team ChOW - Tinhat Troopers (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2200469#post2200469)

[GeistDel]

so it begins...

[quickreaver]

The Weird Sisters...or 'Team Weird', as we're wont to call ourselves...can be found hither: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2200728#post2200728

Tagline? "Once Upon a High Noon"! :D

[ManaBurn]

Could I suggest you create a single thread as well. Having each team editing a single post within. Giving us thumbnail like updates of what they've been up to. It would be Much easier for us as observers. If they're willing of course.

[arttorney]

Crumpets and PAIN WIP development thread- http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2200574#post2200574

Featuring CCThrom, blackcherry, and arttorney. Nothing fancy just yet. More thumbnails in a few days probably.

[daestwen]

Could I suggest you create a single thread as well. Having each team editing a single post within. Giving us thumbnail like updates of what they've been up to. It would be Much easier for us as observers. If they're willing of course.

Maybe after the beta. Right now there is already way more to manage than I thought there would be (this is way more popular than i expected!) so I'm going to make it easier for myself and leave it chaotic. >_<

Later I'll probably do up the team's list again, with links to the team sketchbooks.

[Pezz]

I would like to invite you to our team's WIP Sketchbook Thread! (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154574) There isn't much going on yet we're still delegating and trying to split tasks up/brainstorm so hopefully much good will come soon.

This is for the team I'm on with AriA and Kisou

[Keng]

quick question: How should we name the files? We won't be able to use the usual format as this isn't exactly chow and we'll have numerous names attributed to the pieces. Should we name the files with our team names?

Also, Insomniacs now have our sketchbook up:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154584

[Ilaekae]

Team Subway Grope, the winner of this challenge, now has it's sketchbook space...

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154583






:P

[Dani Duck]

Damn all you people and your links that lead to threads with no pictures. I need pictures damn it! I can't see an apartment on Craigslist without it having a pic in it, I can't order food from a menu without pictures in it, so I certainly can't stand a sketchbook thread with no sketches in it!

Don't mind me, I'm tired. Luff you all!

[Ilaekae]

Bite me, Dani :P

[Dani Duck]

Nooooooo, I'm going to bed.

[yoitisi]

Here's the sketchbook thread of Team InsertNameHere: Team ChOW - Team InsertNameHere - Sekino, vibhas_virwani, Bendragon and Yoitisi (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154605)

So far it only contains our planning yet, but art will come soon. I think I'll update this post regularly too to show our progress :)

[daestwen]

quick question: How should we name the files? We won't be able to use the usual format as this isn't exactly chow and we'll have numerous names attributed to the pieces. Should we name the files with our team names?

TeamChow_TeamName_Image001.jpg

That should work :P

[MattGamer]

Team Chutfumbler (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2201722#post2201722)
Interceptor | KLEVR | MattGamer
:]

[Dani Duck]

Team Sugah Face: Sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154635)
We're up and running!

[iambanana]

I hereby welcome you into the magical mystery thread that is Team Red-Meat-Off-The-Bone (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154541)'s Sketchbook.

[LostFayth]

Our sketchbook:

Random Team ONE (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154550)

skorpi, AhChu, ¿Dubious? and Lostlimeturle

[D.Labruyere]

Team Orange Soup sketchbook can be found here. (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154515)

[Dani Duck]

I only have myself to blame for the big ass obnoxious links...

[hungryan]

I've put up our WIP process thread, there's not much on it yet.
Team A.F.A.S.Z.O.M. (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154753)

[Kailaan]

Guess I should put random team # 2's sketchbook in here. Here you go. (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154535)

[Medieve]

Team Pterydactyl F*cker sketchbook is go!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2205210

[tron-one]

The Super High Five Squad's Sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154902)is now fully operational, maggots!

[REGNIRUTH]

how about aliens? or alternative races for some of the characters?

you don't seem to mention any restrictions on that, so i guess it's a go.

[Tomahawk Monkey]

Team RITarded sketchbook:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154941
Don't worry, we ARE just born that way.

[Adam Schumpert]

Team What Would Tyler Durden Do? GroupCHOW challenge sketchbook

What would Tyler Durden do if he where here right now?

He'd probably kick an @$$ or two thats what Tyler Durden'd do! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2206711#post2206711)

:confident

[Dribble]

Random Team 5's Sketchbook (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=155076)

[metryx]

Team Mighty Minkies sketchbook:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154928

[ilfed]

Random Team 4 has a sketchbook here: ·:: RANDOM.TEAM.[4] (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2210270#post2210270) ::·

[UCT]

Chow Team

A Stravinsky Aroma - ChristianShane & UCT

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=155319

[Lalilulelo]

The Gurren Brigade Sketchbook:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=155352

[thirdeye]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2222772#post2222772

[Zarquino]

Here you have our sketchbook... only three messages, but... it goes...


The Procrastinators Sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=155806)

[daestwen]

OKAY EVERYONE READ THIS PLEASE AND RESPOND.

My week is looking really busy this week, so I'm shuffling some deadlines around a bit. Here's the choices:


Either, Joan of Arc ends on schedule, but there is no regular weekly chow for the following week (since Team Chow ends in the middle of the week).

Or, Joan of Arc gets an extra week,

Or, Joan of Arc gets two extra days and ends on wednesday, the Team Chow Deadline is pushed until Saturday, and the new chow goes up on sunday.



This last is what I'm leaning towards because it means I can space the work out and have it on days where I'm not working. The option I am *not* going to do is have Joan + Team Chow end on schedule and start the new round on normal schedule - It just isn't flexible enough for me to actually be able to handle it all this week. :P So choose from the three above please!

[Sung-jae Kim]

The last one would be nice :)

[arghmisfit]

yeah the last one would be nice

[metryx]

The last one has my vote. :D

[thirdeye]

"Or, Joan of Arc gets two extra days and ends on wednesday, the Team Chow Deadline is pushed until Saturday, and the new chow goes up on sunday." - sounds great since I'm swamped at work too during the week.

[tron-one]

I'm definitely leaning toward the last one. Two weekends of overtime took away all my drawing mojo.

[SMILEFACE]

the last one an thanks daestwen for all your hard work

[MJ_Alcazar]

I vote for option three.

[Jazz]

Daes, I too vote for the last option! Really, my week is going to be funky. You're going to have LOTS to work with too, so I think that spread-out time will do everyone good! :D

[Lalilulelo]

I already replied in the Joan thread, but just to reiterate, the third choice is best.

[Dani Duck]

I like the last choice as well. While I think I'm doing well enough to get the Team Chow done on time, there is other things I would like to work on so the last choice gets my vote!

[Flipnastywebby]

Or, Joan of Arc gets two extra days and ends on wednesday, the Team Chow Deadline is pushed until Saturday, and the new chow goes up on sunday.
please
:pirate:

[GeistDel]

last choice please, as the summer like weather has been distracting me :)

[Darktwin]

I vote for the the last option, Saturday deadline please.

[trevor]

ok
so like
its all late
and im um
busy as always
as is marco mazzoni
but
we say screw it
we're in
3 days to do 6 chars
sketches and all
gettin psyched
gettin mean
gettin dirty
we will finish this
its a damn good test
and oh yeah
AMAZING topic!
oh
and daestwen
you need to send me an email with some questions right?
good luck everyone!!!!!!

GO TEAM ZAXXON!
(marco mazzoni+trevor = badical crunch time super drawing team!!!)

[trevor]

oh
and option 3 which i have just noticed seems awesome to me as a late entry hahaha

[trevor]

ChoW SB is up!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2233751#post2233751

[Sorknes]

Whatever gives the Team ChOW more days is good for me! lol! Things got kind of crazy at my place and we need more time to whip up something finalized....

[daestwen]

You gots it, boys and girls

DEADLINE IS SATURDAY, MAY 2nd.

[blackcherry]

That's awesome! I only just seen this and I'm so glad you went with option 3 :) I've been so busy lately and now I won't have to rush and cram, woop!

[Mercuralis]

My team is pretty much finished (down to just polishing up tiny details). I don't mind the push back on the deadline at all but.. any idea when the Final Burning thread will go up?

Also, we've got a composite image of all the characters, then individual character images. Do all of those go in the Final Burning thread, or just the composite?

[cmalidore]

Whew! I am so buried this week I was worried I was gonna fall apart with everything. Thanks for the extension :)

[Dani Duck]

Now I really love you daestwen!

[daestwen]

My team is pretty much finished (down to just polishing up tiny details). I don't mind the push back on the deadline at all but.. any idea when the Final Burning thread will go up?

Also, we've got a composite image of all the characters, then individual character images. Do all of those go in the Final Burning thread, or just the composite?

I'm still trying to work out the best way to do this with the best amount of coverage for each team but sitll keep the poll managable.

The Final Burning thread will go up sometime between Tonight and Tomorrow Afternoon, and will include detailed instructions for how to submit your finals.

Please be patient until then. :]

[MattGamer]

daestwen: please take my team (Chutfumbler) out of the loop.
we just couldn't pull through. thanks anyhoo though <3<3<3

i cannot wait to see the badassness of everyone else <3

[Dani Duck]

daestwen: please take my team (Chutfumbler) out of the loop.
we just couldn't pull through. thanks anyhoo though <3<3<3

i cannot wait to see the badassness of everyone else <3

I'm so sorry you didn't make it through. Get a pushy organizer person on your team for next time! :P

I'm still trying to work out the best way to do this with the best amount of coverage for each team but sitll keep the poll managable.

The Final Burning thread will go up sometime between Tonight and Tomorrow Afternoon, and will include detailed instructions for how to submit your finals.

Please be patient until then. :]

No worries, Dae < 3

[Lalilulelo]

Would anyone be in favor of pushing the deadline to Wednesday, May 6th?

[Sorknes]

Our team got hit pretty bad with RL the last couple of weeks, actually every single one of us, so after a good start, we've had to wuss out too. :/

Oh well, better luck next time for us I guess :)

Can't wait to see the finished product of the teams managing to pull it off! Seen so much goodies already! :D

[Lalilulelo]

:ilaekae: :ilaekae: :ilaekae: :ilaekae: Would anyone be in favor of pushing the deadline to Wednesday, May 6th?

[daestwen]

Guys, just to clarify (since there's been some confusion):

YOU DO NOT NEED A UNIFIED BACKGROUND FOR THE COMPOSITE.

Even all six images lined up side-by-side is fine, I just need an image with all six characters in it to put it into the poll.

[Dani Duck]

Thanks, I was hoping it would be something simple like that. I think for the next time we'll try for a unified background anyways.

[tron-one]

Please count The Super High Five Squad out of this one. We got beat up by rl but we're coming back strong for the next one. We're looking for one or two new members to join us and strengthen our ranks. If anyone's interested, you can pm me.

[daestwen]

Guys, please no comments in the Final Burning thread, thanks!

[metryx]

I'm afraid Team Mighty Minkies is out of the game as well. My personal computer burned up and died on Wednesday and there was no way to recover from it in time to make deadlines. But we shall rise again, oh yes.

[daestwen]

Hey guys, just letting you know that I won't be closing poll until tomorrow morning (to make sure the midnight deadline is well past everywhere else in the world) so you've got at least another 10 hours...

[Ilaekae]

Thank you, Daes'... <3

I'm just going to make it with ours. Running into some unexpected complications last minute.

[Ilaekae]

Daes', it's 10:00 am Pittsburgh time. We're finished, but it will take me about an hour to upload everything. If that's too late, don't be nice about it.

:)

[Aly Fell]

Daes', it's 10:00 am Pittsburgh time. We're finished, but it will take me about an hour to upload everything. If that's too late, don't be nice about it.

:)

Illy - I'll speak for Daestwen and say I'm sure there will be a short period of grace! :)

[daestwen]

Ilaekae: There's a grace period. If you guys need a couple more minutes, PM me, and I'll hold off.

Way too happy to be cruel this morning! :P

[Ilaekae]

Posh and Daes', you are beyond kind. I pity you for what's facing you over the next couple of days.

Thank you. This was fun...

...and now that it's over, I can inform everyone that May 2nd was my 39th wedding anniversary. For some strange reason, we decided to celebrate the 3rd... :P:P:P:P

[daestwen]

Agggh! I'm so sorry, Kitty! a_a

[tron-one]

Posh and Daes', you are beyond kind. I pity you for what's facing you over the next couple of days.

Thank you. This was fun...

...and now that it's over, I can inform everyone that May 2nd was my 39th wedding anniversary. For some strange reason, we decided to celebrate the 3rd... :P:P:P:P

Wow...and here I thought 3 years would be a milestone. Congratulations! I hope the miss and I last as long as you have.