DSG 316: Character: Egyptian guard

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Character: Egyptian guard

[edit: davi]

erm....typo

[Kirt]

guard? Hehehehehe

[Commander Obvious]

Egyptian gourd?

[Form]

egyptian gourd-guarder.

oh GAWD!

/me slaps himself

aaaaaand....end rant.

[Commander Obvious]

phew! these jokes really sphinx

[Form]

wow. you really live up to your name, commander subtle!

ok nuff bs, more draw!

[Commander Obvious]

I was going to do a spoof of a newspaper with the headline "Egyptian Gored" and have a story about an Egyptian man who was trampled in the annual Running of the Bulls in Pamplona.

Then I thought, about "gored" as in Al Gore. Then I thought "bored" as in Al Gore. I looked up a picture of the President of Egypt with George Bush and then thought "Egyptian Bored" could be a funny headline instead.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/images/20020305-18-1.jpg

Well, since I've put all you poor folks through this crap, I decided to continue the train of thought with "what kind of egyptian is most likely to be bored?" An Egyptian Guard, of course! Here is one feeding some food to an egyptian rat (if you know card games, I'll let you continue this twisted series of thoughts on your own)...

http://www.wsu.edu/~russell_/DailySketchGroupConceptArt/EgyptianGuard.JPG

[Form]

wot teh farq r u on o_O

[mog]

Playing around in PS with my mouse

http://mypage.bluewin.ch/mog/guard2.jpg

In case you can't tell what it is, click here (http://community.webshots.com/photo/101606781/101611127fcFwSW) :)

[Legato]

this is a old one, but it still works

[IMG]http://incolor.inetnebr.com/legato/Art%20Scans/Anubis.jpg[/IMG


>>my deviantart gallery<< (http://legato895.deviantart.com)
Actually it doesnt work. The picture is nice, but one of the staple rules of DSG is no posting old art. It must be created during the alotted posting time. Sorry.

[Form]

legato r u employed (forgive my ignorance)

[juicy_fruit]

ill be posting later

[Legato]

no :(

[Form]

dont b so sad. your still in school like me (well i just graduated). College is when you put in the hard yards, network, and get your foot in the door. Judging by your skills as they are now, youll do great :d

[dfacto]

Slap that rat a good one for me Commander!

Can we get a spellcheck on the list that the DSG bot uses?

[phantom_head]

ok, time to post something here...
i was looking for inspiration on google, and came across the mamelukes - they're islamic military landed aristocracy, who played a role in egyptian politics from the 13th-19th century... they were sultans, soldiers, and i assume guards as well :D
http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Phantom_Head/DSG_316.jpg
used a reference for the horse, 'cause i don't generally draw horses. pen and pencils.

[Seraph]

well, here's my contribution. I'm sorry, but my imagination is broken at the moment and I'm only just learning to draw people, so the pic might be a tad less dynamic than what you could want :P

http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v30/funkymunky/fca70e22.jpg

haha, he doesn't even look egyptian :D

[Beatnik]

http://zmans.com/misc/dsg_316.jpg

[tumbra]

I definitely have to get in on this one.

[dagreengo]

http://mark.boulware.com/egyptianguard%20copy.jpg

My quick contribution to todays DSG ... I could have spent more time on this, then maybe I'd be remotely satisfied with it. A couple members of the Egyptian Guard resting on a tall rock outcropping.

[brianl]

googled for ref :D

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/artbybrian/forums/egyptian_guard.jpg

[Schwoassamoasda]

never ever was DSG so much fun!

this is the eternal egyptian guard of Nyarlathoteps tomb, discovered by two poor little brittish archeologists...


http://people.freenet.de/schwoassamoasda/guard.jpg

[Legato]

Originally posted by Legato
this is a old one, but it still works

[IMG]http://incolor.inetnebr.com/legato/Art%20Scans/Anubis.jpg[/IMG


>>my deviantart gallery<< (http://legato895.deviantart.com)
Actually it doesnt work. The picture is nice, but one of the staple rules of DSG is no posting old art. It must be created during the alotted posting time. Sorry.

sorry, i figured that this was a site pushing for innovation and new ideas regardless of the date of origin. ill read the rules again, i must have missed it

[juicy_fruit]

SOO sorry its soo big but its not much.. i forgot to resize it and im too tired to resize it.. lol and save it all over again and over and over and over and over.. welll u get the idea.. time for pizza.. ill be lookin u guys up.. pece

http://juicy_fruit1.250free.com/Image001.jpg

[ZenGonzo]

Originally posted by Legato


sorry, i figured that this was a site pushing for innovation and new ideas regardless of the date of origin. ill read the rules again, i must have missed it

The forum itself is indeed here for that purpose.

But the DSG is a daily exercise. The idea is to put out random topics and let everyone have at it that day. It's at cross purposes to post older stuff. Anything that doesn't have to do with the DSG is better served in the other threads.

Nice picture, by the way.

[Wundergeek]

Just a quick sketch today. Things are getting busy again now that school's started back up. *le sigh* Pencil, with photoshop color slapped on top.

http://www.pbtteam.com/dump/egyptguard.jpg

brianl: I don't know what I'd do without Google. :D

commander obvious: Hee hee! I laughed at the thought process. And the drawing is really great too.

schwoasa: ...um. Wow.

phantom_head: Loving the colors.

Can't wait to see more!

[avalos]

More of a modern take on the subject.
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/lavacasuprema/egyptguard.jpg

[juicy_fruit]

i love how u used the new style guys instead of oldschool avalos

[dfacto]

Owned!!!!

Apologies for the super fast color job, but I actually got to get some sleep today. If I don't want to stumble through tomorrow morning in a haze again... :rolleyes:

Anatomy is not my strongest point, but I can pass it off a bit in this one because he is getting torn apart by the sheer force of the impact. (Think, flying kick = sent across room headless and smashes into wall hard enough to put a dent in it even though human flesh shouldn't be able to do that.)

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/dfunkt/316_copy.jpg

I love that Schwoassamoasda. I can feel the impending crushing...

[juicy_fruit]

i finally achieved veteran.. 60 post yay! beautiful work guys

[Wundergeek]

dfacto: Actually, the anatomy looks pretty good to me, I think you did a good job considering those are some tricky poses. The only thing that looks a bit off to me is the guy on the left - his neck seems a bit long, and his head seems a bit too small.

Great job coming up with a really dynamic piece, tho. You can really feel the movement.

[edit: for stupid typos]

[catterpillar]

speaking of bad anatomy!!! (I thought I'd go for the obvious egyptian guard.) :p bout 20 min scanned sketch in painter...



http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/catterpillar/dsg1.jpg

oh crap I forgot to colour his gauntleted hand... oh well.

[funshark]

Schwoassamoasda : i really like your pic :]

here mine.. some references used.
:cool:

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/atharil/conceptart/08jan2004.jpg

[DV8]

Quick sketch... posting last nights right now too. Chipping away at all the ones I missed, will post them all one night.

Captain of the Egyptian Royal Guard.

good job all.

Mike

http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/dsg_316_Egyptian_guard copy.jpg

[Hunger_Artist]

interesting how some of you did a contemporary design.. I never would have thought of that.

http://members.tripod.com/carlbeu/6ea0ff00.jpg

yes, the cat does have one eye.

[brianl]

Hunger_Artist : I love your guard! Beautiful... =)

[zzzzj]

man i dont know

i must be thinking about indian when i drew this

lol, hope those pyramids could make it more egypt than indian...

my first DSG
:D :D

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~zl25/e.jpg

[Kirt]

Hunger_Artist - Really out there ... I like it. Although it reminds me more of the Martian Chronicles for some reason.

Schwoassamoasda - Uber cool also. Good sense of scale on that one.

Mine may be late ... but I'll get it done.

[cute_elvira]

some fun drawings today, I like the mix of old and new influences.....

[shadoman]

Second post. Not much, but it was a VERY busy 11.5 hour day, so hence the quick doodle on the back of a printed email during a meeting...

http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg316.jpg

Schwoassamoasda - cool!
brainl - I really like the realism.
phantom_head - I like the pencil work.

See you all next time around, tomorrow's our company's Xmas party, with an open bar that is... :beer:

[Mr. Teatime]

Some good ones here, here's mine. Twenty mins in Photoshop with a mouse (i really need to get a tablet...)

Its the egyptian gaurd of the waters, a croc (or gator, i dont know) coming out.
http://www.angelfire.com/art2/creature/Egyptian-Gaurdian.gif

[shiro]

hi! my little contribution :fruit:
mwhaha i got lazy on the coloring....^3^
http://slaayart.free.fr/image/gallery/DSG/DSG316.jpg

[bkmini]

hey guys,

here's my egyptian guard. I kinda thought my priest looked sorta like a guard with that sword, so I did Horus. I don't know, he is a guard of the after-life or something.

http://www.bradkurz.com/horus.jpg

great stuff lately everyone. I haven't been posting because my girlfriend is back. She was in Florida working for the Mouse this past semester, so now that she is back I have much less time to draw. Hopefully I can figure something out...

[dfacto]

originally posted by Wundergeek
dfacto: Actually, the anatomy looks pretty good to me, I think you did a good job considering those are some tricky poses. The only thing that looks a bit off to me is the guy on the left - his neck seems a bit long, and his head seems a bit too small.

The thing about the neck is that I was trying to make it look like it was being ripped off or at least badly broken by the impact and the guy pulling on the chain. Don't think I got it across well enough though. Maybe some action lines would have been in order?

[juicy_fruit]

thats a guy kicking? looks like a chick

[dfacto]

Either way...

[tumbra]

A little experiment in PS6
http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v26/tumbra/Egyptian_Guard_copy.jpg

[Rockhead]

I have been lurking around today and then I decided that I couldn't let this topic pass by so I did a sketch. I will have to color it later. Hey Teatime! Looks like we both thought of crocs, mine is based off of Sobek the Egyptian God. I ran out of paper at the bottom.
http://www.rockydavies.com/forreview/sobek.jpg
DV8-I really like that sketch, very well designed
Swasa-something?-I like the giant pharaoh gaurd, good mood and color

[I.was.ink]

heres mine

http://iwasink.visiblesurface.com/sketch/sketch50.jpg

I should do these more often :D

[HellTaxi]

30 minutes:

http://www.gino.hostrocket.com/egyptpic.jpg

[tharmine]

Don't look for the guard, he is not there. I begin with the background, but was too enthusiastic and too long! It's not finished yet, but i see that i will have no time to add the guard. I will finish it later. But i post it anyway.....

http://www.shoppinglefilm.net/tc/images/dsg316.jpg

[donkeypuncha]

i need a scaner at home. painted lines just don't cut it.

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/donkeypuncha/EGYguard.jpg

[Kirt]

http://www.kirtstanke.com/images/dsg316.jpg

well ... it's something :D

[SABRE]

PFFF, ITS NOT FINISH YET...¬¬


http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/EGYPTIAN_GUARD.jpg


I BE BACK WHIT THE UPDATE!!



BYEE............................

[MadMaxMan]

Hi, long time no posting on this section, this time i only did the coloring job, the lineart is from a friend of mine, i hope this doesnt breaks the dsg rules. 2hours in painter 7 +/-
i was ink and rockhead great job

http://bullfighter2.eresmas.net/dsg.JPG

[tharmine]

It's fantastic MadMaxMan, just fantastic !
:eek:

[Rockhead]

I know this topic is already passed, but I have to comment on Madmaxman's piece, that is AWESOME, I don't care if you just colored it, it is still one of my favorite things I have ever seen on this site. Great job, I had to save that piece for future reference and inspiration. Dang, that's cool...do you have a website somewhere with more? Who did the pencils?

[MadMaxMan]

Thanks tharmine & rockhead. No, no website yet, sorry, neither has website the person who made the pencils but I have visited yours and i liked what i have seen, specially the sketches section. See you around here.