C.O.W. #143 Arctic Juggernaut of Death -- posting WIPs thread!

[Michael Jaecks]

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Round #143

Topic:
Arctic Juggernaut of Death

Creature Description: Arctic Juggernaut of Death-- My studio is up in the attic of my house and I am starting to think about installing the air conditioner once again for the summer months. As such, I thought I would cool things down in COW as well by running with a nice, big, freezing monstrosity that kills, kills, kills! It's a relatively open ended topic this week. Just make it huge, at home in the arctic wasteland, and a savage killer of all it encounters. Got it?

Deadline:
Sunday, 17 May 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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[acb]

omg @_@ cool topic o_o....so ...basicly...it can be anything from aliens monsters demons or whatever?

[Supervlieg]

Sounds like a theme of epic proportions!

[sketchius]

Great topic! Here's a sketch:
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[Michael Jaecks]

omg @_@ cool topic o_o....so ...basicly...it can be anything from aliens monsters demons or whatever?

Yes, as long as it fits the brief, aliens monsters demons or whatever are acceptable.

[Reymus]

wippe

[Jerik]

whats that? an excuse to draw snowy environments?

I'm in!
sounds like fun... this'll be my first macro critter

[Mephistoau]

Here's a quick layout of what i'll be working on. Fingers crossed :D

[acb]

well after a short phase of finding some designs i came up with this creature which im still not sure if ill keep the scene or replace it with something else...in the meantime having alittle fun with that small emo square therewhich is about " what would a person who live there will probebly look like if a giant monster would appear out of nowhere and is about to destroy his village O_O"
it wont be in the final image but its just for now to like enter the mood and to have alittle fun lool :D
http://i42.tinypic.com/hv8jfn.jpg

sketchius -cool angle @_@ looking forward for some more ^_^

reymus- now thats monstrousity :D

[Razorleaf]

Hey MJ ... did't happen to watch the new Star Trek over the weekend did you cause there are some awesome "snow" creatures in the new film. And they kinda remind me of some images I've seen around CA. :)

[markexih]

I'm in!! :rendered:

[geronimo66]

I thought the same thing razor!!!

[Tommoy]

It's bin a while sins I did a COW so here it is. And finished it already.

[Michael Jaecks]

Hey MJ ... did't happen to watch the new Star Trek over the weekend did you cause there are some awesome "snow" creatures in the new film. And they kinda remind me of some images I've seen around CA. :)

No, not yet, but I will soon. I was actually working on a large snow critter for a client last week, which along with the warm weather was my inspiration.

Big snow monsters are popular!

I am looking forward to seeing it though... mebbe tomorrow. Even the naysayers are coming around to say how much they liked it. A lot of people are saying things like "This is how the Star Wars prequels should have been." Sounds like a winner...

[skullbeast]

i don't know. this is my favorite one I have blocked out so far so far. I just got to get it working.

[skullbeast]

others...

[Marsch]

This is my first COW.
Please forgive my errors in gramatic or forum rules.
I'm thinking of making of fatty, dumb ice giant/troll creature,
therefore the anatomy is fairly humanoid, is it allowed ?
I made a initial sketch
Please give thy opinion.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=668997&stc=1&d=1242098267

[barrymcw]

Entering again, we'll see if I finish this time.

So, I like the idea of this a lot more than I like my first pass on it. Basically it's a living iceberg that preys upon cargo ships as they navigate the arctic seas.

I feel like this is way less dramatic than it could be, that and as the creature looks now, it's not really an anatomy study, just an exercise in rendering snow & ice.

Would love any thoughts on how I could plus this one.

Cheers

[skunk257]

this should be fun :D

Tommoy- haha looks great but looks a little too much like a pola bear for my liking:) great work + fast

[Razorleaf]

Gawd, I cant' make up my mind .... should I go with a large snow creature or a giant wave of mountain, snow and ice!? Juggernaut is defined as a massive relentless force or object that crushes everything in its path. I've been working on a kinda creature but I'm just not sure it fits into the realm of juggernaut. Maybe I will just sleep on it hahaha :)

[Buchmaler]

I had the same problem Razorleaf... i did a first 5-second-scrabbling and i think i will use this as basis, but i am not very happy with the idea behind (maybe the ideas coming while working on it).

[Razorleaf]

Nice Buchmaler ..... its kindofa super Man-of-Seal hahahahah. I like the scale! :)

[Razorleaf]

OK, so I thought I'd post what I have so far. I'm not feeling really confident with it, so if I have time I might just do a mountain of snow and ice hahaha. :)

[sketchius]

Here's my second WIP:
669741

[AhChu]

Oh man it's been so long since my last cow, here is my wip at mo, story goes the crew were investigating some seismic activity and disturb what was lurking beneth.
the boat is a paint over which im currently pulling to pieces and destroying....I dont know if that counts or not just trying different techniques....let me know...there have been alot of sounds effects produced whilst making this...very entertaining...anyways let me know

Skull beast...your thumbs are kick ass.....and nice choice on the one you picked..two thumbs up way cool

[skunk257]

well this is what i have so far needs a serious crit + any advice on improving would be infinetly grateful thanks :D

[AhChu]

little update..time to sleep

[Crowsrock]

First WIP.
This was the first idea I came up with when reading the new topic, a beast that munches mammoths. It could be the reason why the mammoths died out. After the extinction of its prey it was gone soon after. :)

[toasted]

heres a WIP shot, I think I'll call him dreadmoose

[Evil_comrad]

this is mine,

isnt much to look at but i wanted to post my idea anyway :D

http://i39.tinypic.com/jic26r.jpg

[Evil_comrad]

a new update on my creature, im going for a brown pelt , instead of white ^^

http://i41.tinypic.com/vfbmdu.jpg

[Michael Jaecks]

Gawd, I cant' make up my mind .... should I go with a large snow creature or a giant wave of mountain, snow and ice!? Juggernaut is defined as a massive relentless force or object that crushes everything in its path. I've been working on a kinda creature but I'm just not sure it fits into the realm of juggernaut. Maybe I will just sleep on it hahaha :)

Whatever the dictionary definition of 'juggernaut,' may be... this is still CREATURE of the week. I reserve the right to speak somewhat figuratively when chosing COW topics.

No mountains, please. :)

[Evil_comrad]

another update.

still need to do the background :)

http://i40.tinypic.com/2iar50j.jpg

[Wixxi]

Here is my wip on the subject.
Only started detailing the head yet, tommorow is the next step.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2i7wc7.jpg

[MEMPER]

Heres mine. Hope I finish in time.....

[Razorleaf]

MJ ... "mountain" was a loose reference to size not an actual land mass haha :)

[acb]

little update ^_^ i didnt have any time to work on it this week...hopefully ill be able to finish on time T_T
http://i43.tinypic.com/2u8idec.jpg
skull beast -thats some really nice angle @_@

anchu- thats a really really cool scene and angle yube chosen @_@ gj and looking for updates ^_^

skunk257- i rly like the design yuve come up with ^_^ makes it lok really invincible and powerfull with it rocky skin ^_^

crowsrock- really cool crit and enviro ^_^ looking forward for this one :D

toasted- LOOL i think this man you drew there yelling yo should get stumped just for trying to speak with this moose i mean come on whenever you see a giant moose which seems kinda angry ....i would expect that the last thing yull think of would be trying to get its attention >_> loool

[Reymus]

update

[skunk257]

rigthy then time for an initial crit spamm thing, while the ideas are fresh, im a noob so i may be WAaaaaaY off on these :D

sketchius-
my only thoughts is thaat with only two leggs on the ground your creature would be very unbalanced, but love the idea of an ice giant :D

Razorleaf-
looks a little cuddely at the moment, make him mean and feice "GRRRR", and something to show the scale would be nice, great work :)

Reymus-
im going to see that thing in my nightmares!!! :O

acb-
That thing is HUGE! would be cool to see where the tenticals join the body :)

toasted-
what can i say? that thing is BAD ASS

Crowsrock-
scary stuff! love the trees on its back - id really push that idea. like a forest camoflage

Ah Chu-
Damn that is cool great sence of scale, and action

memper-
awesome facial render, very creepy, looks a little like one of the ice creatures from the new star treck film ;)

Wixxi-
lol love the face, my only thought is that the creature looks off balance, maybe some bigger arms to help it support its weight

evil comrad-
looks pretty cool, not really getting the jugganought of death "feeling" seeems a little to cute :)


me-
ok so heres an update beleive it or not ive been using photoshop for painting for 3 years and ive only just found how to use a texture overlay, so any comments on how my texture looks would be much appreciated

[Razorleaf]

Ya, skunk257 .... I was watching the damn Animal Planet with my kids and before I knew it I ended up with this puppy/kitten effect for fur hahahaha. Not what I was going for but thought I'd post it anyway. Still, I'm not really into all the blood, guts and killing senerios hahaha but I do what I can :)

Yours, however, most definately falls under the juggernaut category .... nicely done!

[skullbeast]

this feels better ... C&C are welcomed. Does anyone think that I should I move the eyes?

[HugeHarHar]

I'm hoping I can get this finished in time. I'm going for a massive shark/whale/ocean creature. I plan on having some teensy winsy blue whales running away or something.

[gavinmacdesign]

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/gavinmacdesign/2_Sketch.jpg Dang! too slow on the iceburg shark creature ! and yours is looking fantastic HugeHarHar!
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/gavinmacdesign/3_Sketch.jpg off to bed!

[skunk257]

hahah spent ages doing mine into the late hours last night, just seen it this morning and ive realised that ive painted some men having a crazy party under my beast.hehehe

[Buchmaler]

Had not much time (last five minutes :( ) and i hope i will be able to get this ready before deadline.
I took my basis and tried to think a little bit about anatomy (i must confess, that i am not very good in anatomy.. i try to learn it ... think one need those basics).

Update: Sketch of creatures is ready...

Update 2: Very first stage of rendering...

[acb]

ROOOFLLL skunk
i was thinking at first wow those ppl looks nice there and then i looked at what you said about the party and yure right LOOOOL its looking kinda wild there 0^_^0 lots of pyrotechniques :D and congrats on finding the texture overlay and those textures looks cool ^_^

skullbeast- i think that the eyes there will look cool although it doesnt look practical to put those ther unless yull change abit the mouth or the area near the eys cuz think of when it uses its mouth then hes eyes can get hurt easily ^_^

MEMPER- cool head @_@ looking forward for updates :D

[toasted]

update

[skunk257]

update think im nearly finished my only real issue with it now is the composition of the image, crit always welcome + should have a HD video uploaded soon "timelapse style" :D

[Tommoy]

Memper, I like the movement and the claws.
Skunk257, that thing looks huge, love the explosions but I can't see a killing monster in it.
Wixxi, although eating an polar bear he looks quite cuddly.

Tried to make mine less looking like a polar bear and a little meaner and bigger too.

[Teundeboer]

Tommoy I think you should make those lightblue lines so that they follow the shape of the body. Right now they don't help establish the shape.

My attempt, open to suggestions!

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[Crowsrock]

Update

Thank you for the comment, skunk257. As you can see I gave up on the trees growing on the back of the juggernaut, because I imagine that beast as a relatively fast one, having a huge energy demand. So forest-growing will be difficult when it has to chase mammoths all day long. :)
Cool action in your piece.

Tommoy: I more liked the version without stripes.

[Lander]

Did I say that I really dig what all of you are doing?
Here is what I've got so far. Will probably get a pair of ears to match the tail :)

[Wixxi]

Hi again, tx for the helpfull comments guys! ;D

Gonna do some commenting as well tommorow, aall i can say right now is awesome entries all!
I like Tommoy's on alot! great job man!

here is an update:
http://i42.tinypic.com/2eb8ohx.jpg

[Evil_comrad]

i detailed the beast some more + i made the background.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2rh1w9h.jpg

[Wixxi]

I think i'm finished with this, had lots of fun. See you guys in the final thread :D

http://i43.tinypic.com/16j43m.jpg

[Tonic]

Sounded a relaxing topic, so I'm taking a part :) At this moment, I've painted only a background:

http://tonic-art.com/gallery/cow/143_arctic_juggernaut/wip1.jpg

Now I see the vertical composition is bad. I'm going to cut bottom part, or add a empty bar at the bottom. Probably the second option. And the monster is a bit cropped, so I will enlarge canvas at right and paint more of creature body. And I would like to make feeling the monster is cramped inside canvas to emphasize its' big size.

[blobs]

Hey all, there is some good stuff going on in here, love it! :)
Very quick from me, I'm not sure I'll get to finish, but just practicing with a new technique.
This is an awful/boring design but it's fun to paint :)

Cheers.
Scott.

[Lander]

Well it sure looks like it could kick some. :)

[geronimo66]

So here is my idea, an arctic grub... with the whole dune, mouth, and sarlak tentacles thing goin on.

Now to make it look good... uuuggg.

[acb]

tonic-awsome start @_@ w8ing to see the rest ^_^

blobs-actually i dont think your design is boring at all ^_^ its quite cool and i hope yull be able to finish on time ^_^

[trevor]

i never do cow but i love the topic
not turning out how i want it but i still have time
this is about3 hours in
ill post some of the earlier progress shots in a bit

[gavinmacdesign]

WoW trevor! Great depth and movement!

[scorge]

WTF?! Trevor? Niiiiice. Be careful man, it's addicitive. You could definitely tear it up in this place.

[gavinmacdesign]

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/gavinmacdesign/4_Color.jpg
Any advice at all would be much appreciated. I'm a novice painter to say the least. Not sure how to push this any further.

[trevor]

hey thx for the kind words
i updated my post with progress shots

[blobs]

Trevor, that's bloody brilliant!

And thanks for the comments guys, had a quick go on this again last night. This might have to be my finished piece sadly.. we'll see how busy I am at the weekend :)

[Buchmaler]

So much to do and so little time. Colors are not final. After the Shells are ready it is time for some details.

[Razorleaf]

Trevor - yours ... well, just pops off the screen with color and action. Very Nice!

Blobs - I like yours. It simply lacks a bit of definition and highlights. Don't just stick with the same range of hues, broaden this to include contrasting colors to bring yours to life. Increase your contrast to add some depth ........ work it, work it hahahaha :)

[Icecold]

I know it's a bit late but hope i will make it on time, a basic idea of what i'm going to do, however it's still evolving in my head.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/fociupl/Digital%20Art/Untitled-2.png

[Razorleaf]

Well I played with it and added scale but it just doesn't scream juggernaut KILLER!! to me ... hahahah :)

[trevor]

maybe add some more weight to him and make the head a little smaller
should serve to make him look bigger
you have a weird convergence with his far paw and the fore one
maybe you could lower the far one?

[Dorkthrone]

Trevor: The depth in that picture is mindboggling.

[MEMPER]

I think this is all I have time for. It was fun. Cudos to all.

[MoHog]

thats pretty awesome MEMPER, captured the whole unstoppable "im gonna eat you" vibe.
also jump on the trevor-loving band wagon; massively inspiring, thanks for posting those wips - really helpful for a learner like moi

[theHaggard]

Here are some sketches, im thinking of going with the design on the bottom.

[geronimo66]

I give up on this one... I like the idea I have, I just can't get the right composition to make it "bigger" than life.

UUUG I SUCK!!! i'm going to put my self hate coat on now.

[Lander]

Update on my critter. Having a hard time working tonight. There are some freaking cool entries with some sweet technique beeing shown. Thanks for sharing.

[Sapphire]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/Sapphire8400/kyanitecreatureWIP.jpg

WIP for arctic juggernaut. MEMPER, I love the action in yours! Reminds me of a furry version of that beast in the new Star Trek.

[skunk257]

hey guys having a serious problem uploading my images, at the moment the resouloution is awful, and everything looks blury, it's uploaded as a jpg at
800 x 556, cant seem to upload any larger, what file types are you guys using? :P any way htis is final ( although very blury) and i have a vid, which shows off the image far better than this jpg HA! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRoIKGV06mA&feature=channel_page

[Buchmaler]

Still much to do and not much time. Don`t know if i can finish it in time.

[Nadiamoon]

http://i41.tinypic.com/287ozk1.jpg

[Nadiamoon]

http://i39.tinypic.com/ip83uu.jpg

[NicHolS]

awesome theme! being stuck in bed sick all weekend i may give this COW a shot, heres my thumbie, im working on reposing him to look more in motion. also need more agression, this ones just a starting point really to add ideas to. crits welcome and appreciated.

adam

[Razorleaf]

This is one excellent competition ..... there are so many obsolutely fantastic pieces this time around, it will be very hard to choose just one. :)

Tevor - yours is fantastic
Memper - love it!
Blobs - I like your blind-rage juggernaut theme - this creature hits the mark!
Lander - your creature screams juggernaut but the tail screams fuzzy bunny haha
Sapphire - love the composition!
skunk257 - love your creature, composition and colors are nicely rendered
Buchmaler - your creatures are great but I'm not seeing the juggernaut aspect, sorry

Good Luck everyone!! :)

[NicHolS]

let me know what you think, i went the whole giant killer turtle idea, those babies can run fast! /joke

[Mr.Juicy]

Very nice Adam! The shell looks kind a weird, but overall is just awesome :)

Guys, i want to join this CoW too, but can't figure out when the deadline is. Is it till Sunday or Sunday counts in? :S

[Hari Gopinathan]

ARCTIC JUGGERNAUT
In the white icy deserts of the arctic this creature is known as RAGE DEMON or the Arctic juggernaut. These are the name by which it is referred to in the legends of the Arctic. The creature knows no exhaustion due to the excessive pumping of adrenaline. The production of fatigue toxins is extremely less in its muscles- giving it extreme stamina, speed and strength. But the drawback is that it has an extremely fast metabolic system. So whatever it eats gets digested almost completely and very fast. Hence it has the urge to keep feeding. This monster can run for hours on end with ever increasing speed. Another awesome feature are the super-dense horn like bony protrusions that are arrayed all over its head and shoulders and that adorn its elbows,joints and the tip of its powerful tail. All these features and its awesome strength combined are the reason why its called the Arctic juggernaut. It can achieve extremely great speeds and thanks to its great strength and bony armor can crash through most obstacles. It has been known even to have bored right through icebergs. It is the supreme predator of the Arctic. It knows no fear and takes down animals far larger than itself thus doing justice to he name JUGGERNAUT.
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt53/HariGopinathan/snowjuggernautconcept.jpg

[Hari Gopinathan]

that was supposed to be arctic not artic...sorry about the spelling blooper in my image
he he.
Trevor-- Totally badass creature- frickin terrifying.
And Memper- dude-- thats one awesome creature... The movement reminds me of a Cheetah...And the fur and tail of some kinda of baboon or other monkey.... Anyway pretty awesome monster man... the puzzled dude is a nice touch too (comic).

[Tonic]

Uh, I'm not sure if I finish as tomorrow I'm going to visit family (uhhhh!) and it will take nearly whole Sunday. I would be glad if deadline was shifted by few hours, or to Monday :bashful:

Anyway, there are WIPs as so far:

First, I have enlarged the canvas go get a better composition and more area for creature
http://tonic-art.com/gallery/cow/143_arctic_juggernaut/wip2.jpg

Then started to paint a gorilla-tyrannosaurus rex thing and tilted the canvas to add more dynamic
http://tonic-art.com/gallery/cow/143_arctic_juggernaut/wip3.jpg

Then, becuase the scenery was like a desert, I've desaturated colours completely and flipped horizontally the canvas to get a refreshed view on composition. I though the left side was unbalanced and I've added some rocks and "powned" rocks around creature
http://tonic-art.com/gallery/cow/143_arctic_juggernaut/wip4.jpg

[Pixelestial]

Hope I have time to color him~

[NakedZergling]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/rabidwombat/monstersmall.jpg

all i got so far. Dunno. I wanted a weird yeti type thing that could jump long distances, and smell miles away. I also wanted the spikes on his eye/neck to be used to smash ice and rocks......but it doesn't feel like an ice monster to me.....comments? thoughts?

[HugeHarHar]

Oh man, running out of time.

Got re-inspired and took another swing at this after a few days of despair.

Tonic & Trevor- both are freaking sweet.

[toasted]

you know how it is when you find a texture that works, you use the hell out of it till there's almost nothing recognizable left

[skullbeast]

update

[Mushroom168]

skullbeast - this is one of the most 'juggernauty' ones i've seen, love it

[Mr.Juicy]

I will try too :)

[Ive]

Hey all, been a while since my last participating in cow (well over a year :))
Guess I like "me crush you" themes.
Anyway here are some workflow snapshots, the finished image is in final entries thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2258512&postcount=20)
I'll post some comments tomorrow, until then - :rocker:

[Tonic]

Next WIP

http://tonic-art.com/gallery/cow/143_arctic_juggernaut/wip5.jpg

[scorge]

Ive: Awesome comeback!

[orchitect]

Ive: Awesome monster, but why the change from right to left?

[skullbeast]

final
Artist: Skullbeast

Concept: Pouel
Arctic juggernaut of death. Once every millennium the climate goes through changes that throw the land in to utter turmoil. The polar ice caps melt and unleash frozen prisoners that cannot survive without the cold. These beasts roam the land and smash the life from all in they're path and in addition they are highly magnetic and all compasses point directly to them as if they were North. The Pouel devour the fallen and convert their bodies into ozone. Once the ravaged and depleted lands ozone layer is repaired the poles freeze and the Pouel return to their slumbers.

[Michael Jaecks]

Hey guys! WIll be setting up the poll in a few hours, so get those finals in!

Some really nice finishes this round!

[Buchmaler]

Had no time to finish mine :( ... maybe more time next round

[Buchmaler]

working hard on it *sweat* please... one more hour or two and it will be ready

[Lander]

Sorry folks. I'd say flying pis are more likely than me making it to the poll.

Well done folks. Ive: sweet :)

[Michael Jaecks]

I see a couple of stragglers coming in this morning, so I will keep the final thread open just a little longer...maybe an hour? Does that help anyone out?

See you then!

[Buchmaler]

Phew, finished it (it is not 100% (especially he hands are urghs) and normaly i would do much more polishing... but that must be enough for that cow. Maybe i will have more time on he next one). :sungod: