Team CHOW II: TEAM Chönyid bardo!

[JailHouseRock2]

TEAM Chönyid bardo!

We are:

Snootchy
Grandmassa Mr. Spect
Hala
:cheerleader:Walid D:cheerleader: - (who will be our cheerleader)
and JailHouseRock2!

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DESCRIPTION

This month's Team Chow is going to be a little different! This time, we are creating fantasy portraits for player characters - with good and evil versions! It's both a wide open brief and a very strict one! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a random team from the options given to you below, and to create 4-8 fantasy portraits that read well together and still look awesome separately. Thus, as a team, you must create a compatible 'look' for your characters.

ConceptArt.Org is going to be running game design activities and it is our hope that some of these characters could really inspire people doing activities on the other parts of the site too! Fuel for their fire so to speak. :]

Also, Jason has allowed me to offer you some fabulous prizes!

The winning team will get four downloads of their choice each and a pass to an upcoming live streaming course right here on conceptart.org!

Also, individuals within teams are also up for a prize! These will be given for leadership, and for extra effort in making great characters. This prize will consist of four downloads and the pass to attend ca live streaming event.

On to the nitty-gritty:

Here are the rules!

1. Teams of two MUST create at least 4 portraits, teams of three or four need 6 and teams of five need 8. You are perfectly welcome to create more images that the requirement if you feel your team is up to it.
2. You must take a random selection of the choices below. Please don't do 4 elven fighters, or only orcs, for example. Please take a randomized selection. If you would prefer me to give your team a specific assignment, I will generate the selection for you. If I see teams doing more select parties, then I will request you to change to something more random.
3. You must follow the format provided. See it below, please!
4. You must do a LIGHT and a DARK version for each character, please! This means that for each character you need two portraits.
5. You must submit a paragraph about each character. Do a short write up for each character you create. I want to see some interesting, stereotype-breaking stuff here, folks!

PLEASE SELECT ONE OF EACH CATEGORY FOR EACH CHARACTER.

Gender: Male / Female

Race: Human / Elf / Half-Elf / Dwarf / Orc - (and anything else you can think of!)

Class: Fighter (Barbarians, Knights, Dark Knights, Brawlers, etc) / Thief (Assasins, Rogues, etc)/ Spell Caster (Wizards, Sorcerers, Druids, etc) / Healer (Priest, Cleric, White Mage, Medic, etc) - (feel free to make up something for this, too)

Alignment: Good / Evil (please do both for each character)

YES, THESE LOOK LIKE STEREOTYPES. IT IS YOUR JOB TO BREAK THEM. I want to see some really interesting, kick ass stuff!

Okay, NOW GO!


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SUBMISSION GUIDLINES

The Final Burning Thread will go up ONE WEEK before deadline. The deadline will be August 31st, at 11:59 pm GMT - 4, Eastern Daylight Time. I will accept submissions as long as it is August 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
6. Please keep to the format of the image below. We're gonna be a little bit more strict about presentation this time - each portrait should be portrait-aligned, like so, and the figure about as big as the one you see below. Full bodied figures, please.


From here we shall launch out grand attack... but first here's a vid for inspiration, and I will update with the full CHOW rules and character descriptions when known!

(Oh and remember to subscribe to this baby:))

Let the games begin!

[SMILEFACE]

jail house freak'n rrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCKKKKSSSSS SSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

SOME REF INSPIRATION I HAD FROM LAST TIME GOOD IDEA FOR EVERYBODY TO FIND SOME SO WE CAN SHARE AN I THOUGHT MAYBE WE SHOULD START COME'N UP WITH GESTURES AN BODY TYPE ANYTHING THAT IS GENERAL THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED EASILY TO FIT DIFFERENT CHARACTERS

[hala]

Thanks jailhouse!

and shiz son, I was totally thinking of the spanish bull fighter outfits too spect, lol we already are on the same wavelengthhhh


WOOT FOR INSPIRATIONS :D

[JailHouseRock2]

No prob, awesome pics Spect!

Right, from what I learned last time, the fastest we can decide on a theme or whatever the better.

And also something that was a problem, was the differing styles and such of the final images. Of course me and Master Spect have different styles, so half the characters/images looked different from each other. But with 5 of us,every ones going to look different!

So maybe we can work out a system for that.:shrug: Like once all the characters are designed, one or two people do the line work, and some colour the final images, so there's more consistency.

But we have heaps of time to work that out!

Cheers,
matt

[kikindaface]

I agree with Matt, instead of doing a character alone, we should all work on all the characters ! I guess that's the purpose of the team chow, like a big collab ! Anyway i'm looking forward to it !

[snootchy]

ooh big thanks matt for putting this up and props to you and Granny for bringing the mojo to this team!! I like Matt's idea and definitely would help congeal the character as a whole, will post some ref pics up as well tomorrow. Time to drop kick this team chow challenge into the galaxy!!

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Hala (http://www.livestream.com/larissaclausedigiart)
Mr. Spect (http://www.livestream.com/MRSPECT)
Walid (http://www.livestream.com/walidart)
JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)

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Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

all characters should have a unifying element as well
whether it's a skin mark, or something consistent in their costumes. ie: they all have plumes on their hats, or chains implemented into their armor, they all have glowing tattoos..whatever. so that even with varying style they overall designs will be unified as well. :)

[SMILEFACE]

i really like the idea of tie 'n theme matching
an i was think'n if we have extra time it would be cool to make a quick teeser video simple qiuck cut scenes an panning enviro shots inter laced with are names the're names an then bam TEAM TEAM Chönyid bardo! COMING SOON! DROP IT ON YOUTUBE AN REPOST IT HEAR





ive been try'n to get body types an faces together fer anything i might have to draw im make'n em very general so when we have the discriptions i can add personality an such i think we all need to pic two eras each an then throw em in a hat or if there is one we all want an so on i was think'n ''futuristic knights Armour plus advanced tech'' or ''80's style punks kinda like the fashion style of 80's anime but more realistic ...moehawks chains an studed sleevles jackets'' this is just an idea haha an i just want to get started already haha

[Mat Kaminski]

Awesome guise! :D

[hala]

granny u are so good with faces!!

lol hi matte! *waves*

[SMILEFACE]

des be just some quick tums mon

[JailHouseRock2]

Hay awesome work Mater spect!:yayca:

Right, I'm just going to suggest a whole load of theme's, feel free to disregard all of them.

The first and most straightforward theme/time period that came to mind would be a Japanese/ Samurai thing. There's HEAPS of reff and inspiration on the subject, and I think we could match the characters nicely. You know, everything from Samurai and monks, to Geisha girls and Emperors.


This next ones going to be harder for me to explain, but its been rolling around my skull for a while now.

Well I believe the characters we'll be given this time round will the the bad-guys. Last time we had the heroes... now we get the villains.

So I think it would be cool to do a dark religious theme. Christianity has so much imagery and iconography that we could pull into characters.
But I don't what to do it if this would offend any of you. I haven't found God as it were, but I'd hate to do this if its against your beliefs.
Anyway they could all be part of the Churches hit-squad. I just love the idea of a Nun running around with a machine gun... or the Pope with a sniper rifle.
(Haha, I told you it was offensive:):P)


Things I DON'T really want to do are only really Post-apocalypse (been done so offten its not funny) and steampunk (for the same reason)

So I'm cool with what ever.
cheers,
matt

[hala]

omg. we're such a good team
matt-- i had a similar idea with the religious one. i think if everyon'e up for it
it's a great idea since the imagery and symbols that can be tied into it leads to really powerful characters and theme--even if we don't use legit relgious symbols, things that resemble them are stilll powerful. i have a fetish for those religious crusader-weapon-bearing-esque characters....but here's my vote for that theme xD




some more notes:

I'm gonna bring in my knowledge from sewing and fashion/graphic design here. if it annoys anyone just tell me to shut up ;p

Contrast of material: contrast is not just for color and values. a good character has a good costume, and the design itself is usually much more powerful when there is a contrast of materials. Ex: grungy metal armor mixed with soft silk cape, or loose, thin under-clothing. Big, gaudy, decorative elements mixed with finely detailed, subtle accents. This kind of contrast creates interest and unique-ness. But it must be well done or it will look out of place.

geometry: you all know how to make silhouette, but maybe try going at it from a fashion approach. the "silhouette" in fashion design is based on geometry of the contours. Is it boxy, is it curvy, is it amorphus? These silhouettes tie directly into personality. boxy/shape oriented is typically associated with bold, confident characters, while amorphus is usually a tribute to ultimate femininity and softness.

repetition and symmetry: These are two things to be careful with. Symmetry is extremely powerful and aesthetically pleasing but can become boring very quickly if it lacks a punch. Same with repetition of shapes. Repetition adds rhythm to the design, which makes it very pleasing to look at and makes it easier on the viewers' eyes, but when overdone, or not varied enough in scale/color/contrast, it will become an eye sore and very overdone. Asymmetrical designs tend to me very intriguing to the eye, providing you reach the same level of weight balance that becomes so appealing in symmetry.



hope that helps some.
i know i don't always use these things myself.
but i think the costume speaks volumes for a character, just as much as their face does.

[JailHouseRock2]

Great to hear Hala! And awesome notes/help as well... I no nothing about any of that stuff!

Just some stuff I had in folders, will look for more later.
matt

[hala]

some costume designs from korean BJD designers---http://www.dreamofdoll.com/

these always inspired me.
(C) DREAM OF DOLL, not me :D

[hala]

great stuff matttttt
is that assasin's creed i see? :DDDDD

[kikindaface]

Hey, the theme is crazy, i really love it ! Well, doing 8 characters will be hard, because we are five, but i think we should do 10 characters, so each one will do a good and an evil character ! And instead of doing both characters from the same race, we could do our good character, and then the evil one of another member ! + like we must follow the format made by daewsten, there will be 1 enviro for each characters ( Well we could do a typical enviro for the good and another one for the evil, and then each one paint something similar, it'll be easier then ) ! 2 characters, + 2 enviros, in a month i think it's a good deal ! Just writing my ideas ! I hope to hear more from you :D !

[hala]

the theme is crazy mad good, so lets get working on breaking those stereotypes!

i agree with walid, i think we should just up it to 10 and each do two. Would just be easier to organize.


some things we need to handle immediately:

Who is team "leader/spokesperson"?
what race are you interested in drawing? PLEASE Answer this asap so we can all start, but be sure that we are all not creating the same race!!
Who will be keeping track of the "team activity"?


and some motivation


THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN SOME FREE MB EDUCATION.

^^^^^^^^^

GOOOOOO!!!!!! :D

[hala]

I made this just for us.

THIS IS a RESERVOIR OF DESIGN IDEAS.

it is not complete, but if you are stuck or looking to make things unique, you can look into these categories and start exploring.

[vardoburrito]

Am I too late to get in on this? :teeth:
+2 more characters +2 more environments.
Who's the boss? Please.

//else, I can do cheerleading for yous. :)

[SMILEFACE]

I would like to start with
f/half elf/knight/good
m/human/hustler/good
male/orc/brawler/good
female/cabunny/theif/good

an i just wanted to say thanks fer all the great suff yall are putten up already go team....we rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooccccccccccckkkkkkkkk KKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hala]

Dwardo, please ask Daestwen for permission :)

LOL spect, if you can make a human hulster in high fantasy, GO FOR IT!
and you said you were doing evil versions of all of them as well correct?


currently I'm interested in

f/elf/whisperer(summoner of sorts)/good + evil
m/orc/medic/good+evil <---i think this breaks up the stereotypical no? XD



Remember to keep your WIPS

IF YOU RECORD YOUR PROCESS ON LIVESTREAM, PLEASE SELECT THE OPTION TO SAVE A COPY TO YOUR DESKTOP. I WANT TO COMPILE OUR WORK INTO A YOUTUBE VIDEO AT THE END.

THanks!

[snootchy]

haha granny i do believe you could do all those and then some, haha and hala i think those are great ideas too, never seen an orc healing so i think that would be a really interesting mash up!

i'm not really sure what i gonna do, but thinking right now

dwarf battle axe bruiser (good) / dwarf apron cooking butcher (evil)

and for the second character might turn out to be 4 characters it was characters i had in mind way back about characters morphing, i named it animorphs (i think there's a comic out called that now or something similar) but the idea came from after watch underworld where the lycans shifted from human form to wolf like beasts

amazonian cheetah fitted lady that morphs into cheetah creature (good) /
greek spartan warrior that morphs into a lioness (bad)

reason for choosing those 2 counterparts is that i've read both animals are on top of their food chain but a lion will kill a cheetah in order to kill off competition and the reason for making the cheetah lady good is because it always seems the hero's have this uphill battle of overcoming tough adversaries in this case the lion having more advantage in terms of power

I'm not sure if this works for chow but was the idea i had in mind and would still fit that time period of fantasy like world. Not sure but what do you guys think?

LIVESTREAM PLAYAZ!
Hala (http://www.livestream.com/larissaclausedigiart)
Mr. Spect (http://www.livestream.com/MRSPECT)
Walid (http://www.livestream.com/walidart)
JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[SMILEFACE]

those sound great!
im not sure if mine are streo type breakers enoughf but i will see what i can come up w/
great job yall

[JailHouseRock2]

Right so sorry I've missed the fun!

This sounds crazy awesome (like a pillow fighting another pillow to the death crazy awesome)!

I agree we should all paint only one version of a character. But yet again I feel we're going to struggle with keeping the rendering styles consistency, but we can work that out once we've designed the characters.

I really don't mind what characters I do. So whatever race/class everyone's doing less of, I''ll do.
Atm we don't have to many Humans, so if nobody's wants them I'll give it a go. And also we've got the various fantasy types like trolls, goblins etc...

So I'll just follow your guys lead.

And I'm cool with Hala being team leader!


Cheers,
matt

[hala]

Hahah pillow fights are win!


Matt is right--we need a balance of races and characters, so at least we're finally getting some direction!. we will wait till everyone posts what they want to do, then probably duke it out via msn. :)

Just to organize all the brainstorming that has occurred.

Our options---


1) Everyone must make one character. for organization purposes, I think it's easier if you do both alliance versions for your own character, however, if anyone wants to switch off--feel free to organize that amongst yourselves. :)

2) If you want to make more, then do. 2 characters seems manageable if you can handle it.


3) Please brainstorm ASAP some ideas for unified elements and post them here or via MSN. This needs to be decided on soon so that we all have something common within our characters and we can start designing.

4) Another way to make our pieces look like they come from the same group is to organize color and format.

Some ideas:

-all dramatic light, all subtle light,etc
-rich colors, warm colors, cool colors, etc...

brain storm these too please.


5) Format: I was thinking we can make a master format, kind of like a deck of cards has, that each composition can fit into at the end when it's time to present our work. what do you guys think.


NOW GET TO WORK FINDING REFS AND SKETCHING!!!!! : D

[SMILEFACE]

hello

the cabunny is or was a slave an she has a good heart but dont piss her of an dont f wit her frends she dosent like to be taken lightly an disrespect an you eat gravel
the orc orfaned as a baby grew up on the streets shunned be the humans around him a klepto by necessity still knows right from wrong an feels shamefull for his ways
the half elf is a valiant knight sworn to protect a fallen kingdom an fights for honor an rightousness
the hustler is sssuper happy w/ an underlineing sadness he is the life of the party an your best friend until you find everything you own is gone he trys to fill his soul w/ superficial things

[jdeegz]

you guys are lookin real good!

[JailHouseRock2]

I've just been speaking to a freind about this... hes come up with an awesome little character! Posting this really just for inspiriation... but if anyone want to use it your quite welcome!
________________________________
By James L.

Name: for now lets call him (squishy)

Gender: Male (probably)

Race: Human: fishy shape shifter dude

Class: thief /shapeshifter
Background 1:
deep in a lake hidden in some marmalade forest that has magic/nuclear-fallout coming out the kazoo. There is a species of aquatic creatures that have been adapting and mutating at an excessive rate, one day they will be cleaning the scum form their pool...
the next they will be tearing apart bears foolish enough to drink from the shoreline!

Squishy if the first of their kind to achieve sentience
Of course this does not mean he is “intelligent” quite the opposite…. Orks stand next to him to look smart. But being the big fish in the little pool has warped his perspective on life a little… he’s not the idiot the rest of the world is!

Why should they be reading these paper words? When mouth words are just as good and you can shout at people in them silly humans and their customs!
Squishy doesn’t see why everyone else does not understand that wind is made because the sun pushes it around the sky as it moves… it’s a perfectly simple idea.

And why does everybody always shout at him and hit him with point sticks when he takes the shiny coins out of their pockets? Aren’t they for sharing? He’s seen people giving them to each other all the time.
Needless to say society would very mush like to be rid of squishy.


.... and there's more a character/physical descriton
Description:
an octopus/jellyfish/cuttlefish like creature that moves around on a”pool” of tentacles can’t be much taller than five feet tall. The rest of him is purely a result of his environment… his advanced genetic makeup changes not only his appearance but his physical qualities. He’s hit by a fireball his fire resistance goes up but he probably suffers a decrease to ice resistance.
He’s punching people a lot be becomes stronger but slower. He spends a lot of time stealing things he becomes more nimble… but probably less powerful.
And of course because he has no spine he can fit through a space another creature of his size would get cheese grated through. (possibly usefull for the party? Used to sovle puzzles?)

Note: a good squishy does not necessarily need to be nice he could be an honourable know-nothing-no-it-all… on the side of good… but a complete dick. On the other hand when he becomes a little less honourable he might begin too look like a cheeky little lovable scoundrel.
(I imagine him a bit like a grunt… small and possibly considered cute… but a bit of a pain in the ass)

Ideas for mobility:
On tall tentacles like stilts (think hannar from mass effect.)

No legs at all but pushes himself round on a foot of cilia (like a little puddle)

He is a sidekick to another character and due to his immobility he must be carried

drags himself along with long arm tenatcles.

Haha, I just thought it was fun!

[KonnA]

Looking awesome.

[hala]

just some practice i finished.


the fashion wasn't really "high fantasy"
but meh... it's practice.
i had fun doing it :)
tomorrow will get down and gritty with da real stuffs >: D

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking awesome Larissa! Great stuff!


... haha, and you guys thought I was joking...

[hala]

inter species relationships.

matt that's total pwnage. i can die happy now!!!

moar!

[snootchy]

Hala she is super smexxxy (that's right prngraphic triple sexy, keke), and also like the variations you did on them, great job!!

Matt you are too funny man, we are definitely gonna have to get him some CHOW time!!

Granny just siick, love the orc and the colored version of the cute chicky chick poo!!!!

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9229/44976061.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/i/44976061.jpg/)

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4893/a138copy.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/i/a138copy.jpg/)

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3964/dwarfpass1copy.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/i/dwarfpass1copy.jpg/)

LIVESTREAM PLAYAZ!
Hala (http://www.livestream.com/larissaclausedigiart)
Mr. Spect (http://www.livestream.com/MRSPECT)
Walid (http://www.livestream.com/walidart)
JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

I love the changlings bro, they rock my world!

[vardoburrito]

OMG, I think snootchy finished one already. :P


edit: There's a limit to 5 members.
I can't wait to see what you bunch come up with. :teeth:

[jigje]

Go team Chonyid Bardo. Woooo Hoooooo.

[SMILEFACE]

AMAZING WORK YALL YALL ARE RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK
THANKS FER LETT'N MY JION YER TEAM!


so the first bad is a high fantasy pimp deals in slave trade
the orc is an officer under the dark mega evil bad guys
the next is a dark knight haha no not batman
an the last is an official that is stuck ups

[Sirkenneth]

This is looking awesome! Team Chonyid Bardo ftw!

[SMILEFACE]

somethin weird happened when i tried to edit my post sorry for spam haaha i am spam

[kikindaface]

Hey i dunno if what i'll say has already been said, i read fastly your post, i'm kinda busy, but maybe we should first create the character's stories ! I mean if we create a whole story for our character, the design process will be kinda easier, a lot more accurate about what we wanna do, and if the stories are great, we will be able to create some great designs far from the stereotypes ! Hope to hear more from ya ! Take care all !

Oh Btw, i talked with dwardo and he said he'll do his own team !

[hala]

Granny!! No mercy looks sick, and fits the theme the best me thinks!! Actually, all your evil sides are good! I think you could put more into the good ones though, they aren't as strong as the evil ones. (RAISE TAXES LOL XD)


yup i agree walid, matt started doing that last night!!!

Also, it's kind of tedious to go through, the but game design thread in the lounge has some real jewels and info on good character design and stories. A lot of us have been practicing our character descriptions in there for the upcoming project--check it out if you got time.


and thanks to all the people stopping by and supporting us!! You are all awesome!! *o*

kk everyone back to work, y'all doing great!! ^^

[hala]

Hi guys, here is the concept work for that game i told you about.
This is not the full collection, but you can see that there were several different artists on the team with noticeably different styles---it still works!

You see they are all coherent with their design and sticking to the theme:

This is much more important than trying to unify the way we paint or render.


http://swordofthenewworld.gamersfirst.com/concept_art.php#costumes



Notice the one person draws traditionally with a very unique, more realistic style, while the others were drawn digitally in anime style--yet you can tell they have the same goals and come from the same assignment.

I wish I can find the site with the full collection--like I said. there were about 10 artists on the team and they continually added more designs over and over again. Their theme was old spanish colonial mixed with rococo and victorian, with a modern twist.

SO, have faith guys--our radically different styles WILL work, and we WILL bring it all together! yay! : D


I will be making a tentative calendar for us just so we have some structure and deadlines and we'll all be on the same page.

:sungod::sungod:Goals for today and tomorrow (and of course you can spend more time on this afterwards): :sungod::sungod:

-Collect references, GO TO THE LIBRARY <---- I promise you, just head over to the fantasy novel section and the cover art will inspire you. Create ref collages, bookmarks, etc.

-write up your drafts for your character descriptions. Remember, if you are creating a race not on the original Team CHOW II list, you must have a good explanation within your write up!!! These don't have to be perfect, but better to start now like walid said!

-once we collect these write ups, we'll talk via msn on the overall color theme and mood + enviros since we are still a little stuck on that. :)

[hala]

CONCEPT ART FOR HIGH FANTASY GAMES

hope this inspires some of you. we don't need to copy these styles at all, but it will give you an idea of how we can manipulate high fantasy. :)

-Warhammer Online: Great examples, and one of the artists posted their tutorial in the "FINALLY FINISHED" Thread. The work goes by years, look at all of them. They are full of goodies.

Link -- > http://www.warhammeronline.com/conceptart/index.php

-Legend of the Seeker: the greatest of corny high fantasy knock offs. Very simplistic designs, but if you are not familiar with high fantasy, google this show and check out this small gallery.

Link -- > http://scifi.about.com/od/legendoftheseeker/ig/Gallery--Legend-of-the-Seeker/Kahlan-Amnell.-2Yg.htm

-Age of Conan: Highly rated. The enviros for this are stunning as well. Their concept work has a great play on the barbarian/brawler type. A more prehistoric tone to the high fantasy.
Link -- > http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=frontend.show&func_id=1050&template=inc_images&selected=1050

(it will ask for you bday, just put it in and it will direct you to the page).


-Priston Tale II: High fantasy with another twist. Check it out, some very unique designs in here.

link -- > http://photo.mmosite.com/content/2008-10-14/20081014004929028,1.shtml

[SMILEFACE]

thanks to team GREAT WORK AN INPUT GO TEAM!!!!!! an thanks for anyone that comments

this is just some more quick ideas i wanna wait tell i have more of an idea what the group is doing be for i go further then i should have enough info to make some more dynamic final paints

[SMILEFACE]

had a quick thought all the bad guys an gals could all be apart of like an evil empire holding different positions thus serving a dark lord that could mean similar Armour, costumes an maybe a common symbol just idea

[hala]

Hot damn son--i like that idea, good brainstorming man, we'll put it on the list :D

keep it up guys!


GROUP MANAGEMENT:
Leader/Spokesperson: Hala
Group SB manager: Matt
Video Compilation: Mike
Walid and Granny, is there anything you'd like to do specifically? ? Like making vids also, or helping to maintain the calendar or our MSN meetings? Or be in charge of organizing our ref links and stuff? I need to make a list of group activity and what everyone is doing, so please let me know what you'd like to do/be called! :) Dun worry, I know everyone's busy in their life, if you can't fit in anything else, that's fine too :)

GO GO GO TEAM : D


MATTTTTTT

Can you please put this in the first post if possible/ Just so it's easier for everyone to find?
-> team calendar

[JailHouseRock2]

Wonderful work, Blake and Larissa!

Lets rock this!

[jigje]

All my friends just hang out here now. Im gonna lurk ok? Go for it guys, your organisation skills are supreme and yer brainstormin is amazing. Im excited just watching.

[JailHouseRock2]

Hay peps,

Just some sketches from before.
Not like the first one (somesort of elf king?), but I like the sillo and heavy layers of the second one. Not sure what race he is yet, either ork, troll or whatever.

For the second one I tried to make him more neutral, so we can easily change from good to evil.

Possible store for Character: Good character, but not necessarily kind or friendly. He has a twin... the darker version of character. They grew up with a lot of wealth, but the (good) character's spoiled and unfriendly manner drive the (evil) brother/twin/character from his live, and into a life of murder and crime.

So the first brother grows up spoiled, rich, unfriendly and stuck-up... but still good.
And the second brother grows up poor, always in with the wrong crowd, determined... and evil.
Just trying to play with the whole goodVevil thing, and also the two versions on the same character stuff.

Sorry, I'm still just playing with idea's:)


EDIT: Oh and some of my favorite fantasy creatures are from these guys (click on CREATURES) - http://www.stewartandriddell.co.uk/edge/- some great backstorys too!


Cheers,
matt

[snootchy]

wow lots of great updates! go team!!

hala thanks so much for organizing the calender and this will help mucho in getting coordinated!

granny awesome meow sketch, i luv the design and i think would fit greatly with the changeling, also i think that's a great idea, to keep the design similar with the side the character resides on!

Matt awesome sketches mate, really dig the second one a lot, it looks like the second one leans more towards the dark side but dig the style on that one!

haha dwardo, it's not finished, not even close just a quick sketch on that dwarf dood with the axe, but thanks again to you and all that drop by for leaving comments and crits!!! =D

here's some more characters I'm messing around with, took some from the sketchbook and worked on a bit digitally

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/849/a150rev2.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/a150rev2.jpg/)

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/562/ccf0802200900003.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/ccf0802200900003.jpg/)

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9305/duod.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/duod.jpg/)

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3976/charactersketch23copy.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/charactersketch23copy.jpg/)


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JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

i love the butcher man, i like the dynamic perspective. :)
i think the last piece looked better without the gladiator dude, he looks out of place. they all definitely have a good design though :)

thanks jigje!! :)

[hala]

just some crappy practice again.
not really happy with these at all. they aren't very clear.
anyway--back to writing up my drafts for my characters, and some initial sketches to be done today yay

[SMILEFACE]

hello great updates every body wicked designs an tonz o cool pics



an this was just an idea an crudly put to gether but thought might help show my idea for how to present the first half would be the character select menu with head shots from each character w/ two that where selected by the gamer an the bottem is like for the enviros we could have them fighting side scroller w/ life gauges an timer like street fighter
i idea i think is that make/n it a fighting game helps break a major stereo type w/ highfantasy an would be easy to manage high quality from each of our different styles an work them into a single format just an idear

[Sublimus]

haha. I love you guys - you're such high energy!

[snootchy]

Thanks sublimus, dig the jungle theme with your team chow!!

ooh great updates, hala, and granny!

I like the street fighter idea, good way for us to showcase the characters, great thinking Granny!

some more thumbs along with the quick rough sketches, still along the lines of changeling character idea

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/775/changeling2.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/changeling2.jpg/)

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7883/changeling1.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/changeling1.jpg/)


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Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[GriNGo]

Looking great works! Excellent poses.. great sketches overall!

[snootchy]

thanks mucho lots GriNGo!

hey guys i just took some of ur sketches and mine and just dropped it into a enviro just to see what it would look like for sh#ts and giggles! Sorry matt i didn't do your troll justice, i just did a quick value/color overlay, and hala you too, i just took added a quick color overlay, but this is just for a rough idea

well one background will be needed for the good and one for the bad and none fo the ugly!

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6749/samplex.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/i/samplex.jpg/)


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JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[JailHouseRock2]

WOOWWWW! Duuuuuuude that frigin' rocks!!!!!!!!!

Love it man! Great bunch of sketces as well!

And thanks a lot to GriNGo, and anyone else for there support!

Cheers!
matt

[AvisNocturna]

Hey guys! Last sketch is looking great, reminds me of Soul Calibur :D Keep it up!

[snootchy]

Thanks Matt and Nele (keep up the hardwork for fluffyfledlings!!)!

here's a quicky rough enviro, sorry Granny didn't do ur orc justice but decided to use for scale

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5681/enviro2.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/enviro2.jpg/)


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JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

I like the enviro a ton man--one of your best so far me thinks :)

[hala]

All your work is looking awesome guys!!!


while we're drafting and thumbing and hustlin, please make a couple drawings of symbols we could use as discussed previously!!


keep working and working and working
AND ROCKING
AND ROCKKINGGG

AND ROOCKKKINNGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !


k? We'll all talk friday to make final decisions on everything so we can take off in the right direction. if not sooner than then. If we all got our stuff together and on track, we can talk any time before then. :)


Been drafting and making thumbnails all day. will post again later :)

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking so good guys!!

Love the eviros mike!

And thanks for setting up the fourm Hala!

Just some Ideas, sketching what come into ma noggin':P

Cheers,
matt

[hala]

"my mother was fucked by a tree"

^ win win win win win win win win ^

[jackpot_anjr90]

Doing some badass work guys :D Keep it up!

[snootchy]

thanks for the support Jackpot!

Matt those sketches rock, that one with the defiled mother is too funny hahahah!!

Hala thanks for setting up that site!!

character thumb of a dragoon paladin knight idea i had

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4594/dragoonpaladinknight.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/dragoonpaladinknight.jpg/)


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JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)
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SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

I really love this one snootch--it's look really pro! Keep it up man!

only one person other than myself has registered on our discussion forum.
please register today--


I just spent a few hours working on faces but it ended up like sheeeeeet so i stopped, gonna start it over again later

Keep it up guys! We can rock this! :)

[snootchy]

cute portraits, definitely has a great elf look, like the rendering on the portraits, great stuff hala!!

some random character sketches and ideas for attributes

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8807/charsketch6.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/charsketch6.jpg/)


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JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)
jackpot anjr90 (http://www.livestream.com/andreart)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

i like uber long limbs guy. i hope you develop him : )

i think i will end up changing my elf to a human character--since it looks like we're coming up with a ton of fantastical ones, need a balance :)

again, please team, get your butt to our discussion forums and post your ideas.
we will be making solid decisions on friday : D

and as always
Keep posting your WIPS and stuffs here! :) <3

[snootchy]

woo hoo thanks hala for being on point and laying the law down, alrighty friday it's crunch time hehe!!

new custom rock brush test, that went awry and turned into an orc, hehe

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2364/psychonautorc.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/psychonautorc.jpg/)

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6472/psychonaut2copy.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/psychonaut2copy.jpg/)


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JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)
jackpot anjr90 (http://www.livestream.com/andreart)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[JailHouseRock2]

Great work!!!!!

Here's a real quick idea on how the characters could be presented.

Obviously the characters would look different, and the background would actually have something in it:)

but just an idea playing with the different light sources, and colour scheme's.

Sorry it looks so rushed, but well.. it was:)

Cheers,
matt

[hala]

awesome work guys!!

Thanks matt for posting that, i'll add it to our presentations pool. I like how the light sources play off each other : D

Keep at it men!! Don't forget to check the calendar please--we got a big group, we gotta stay organized!! :)

bahahah i am the only girl in this group D:

[hala]

Fuck yeah because drawing orcs before breakfast is better than sex [ok..almost better].

what? i don't know i'm sleep stoned with a migraine.

orc features sketches.

render later. lunch time.

[JailHouseRock2]

You da best Hala!

[JailHouseRock2]

Ideas for Dwarf Character:

Male:
Class- Thief:

Name: Cliffton Thumblebee (or something similarly dumb:))

Cliff was always been a strange, even by dwarf standards.
At 40 years young he had not grown into the heavy round weight as his countryman, nor had he reached the normal height of his fellows. And most shockingly of all, (and to the disgrace of his family) his beard had not grown to the semi-bush shape that was expected for his kind... even his sisters beard had more bounce to it.

But being light weight, short, and with-out an hairy beachball in front of his nose had its advantages... especially for a life of crime...

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv90/jailhouserock2/MorerandomT-CHOWSketches.jpg

[snootchy]

awesome update guys! nice lines hala and haha Matt i feel bad for Cliffton Thumblebee, but think he'll rise to greatness!!

another thumb sketch, but a little bit more refined

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6345/charsketch9.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/i/charsketch9.jpg/)


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Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
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Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

fuck yea guys-keep it up!
keep checking the private forum--it's friday (eastern USA )so it's decision time based on our calendar.

DIEDRALIN: HUMAN SOOTHSAYER (Buffer/debuffer)

Diedralin's aura is immediately noticed by anyone--she carries such an air of confidence it becomes almost suspicious--Unknowing enemies often approach her in courtship only to be rejected by a quick whisper of death off her tongue. When Diedralin was born with her unique tongue, her clan immediately deemed her as a gift from the gods rather than a deformity--making her an apprentice to the current oracle of the clan.
She observes her enemies from afar to concentrate and gather all that is to be known about their next moves: letting curses slide off her tongue to weaken the enemy's intentions, and blessings to fortify her war mates against any damage she foresees.

HEDRICK: ORC MEDIC (PRIEST)

Hedrick was exiled from his homeland for his "distasteful" differences--he is rather calm for an orc, preferring to let the enemy come as close as they please and only striking them when necessary. Having extensive knowledge of brutal wounds (after all, he did come from a battle-hungry clan), Hedrick is capable of reversing damage and recycling it into small passive attacks. He rather enjoys this intelligent redirection of the enemy's hatred, instead of being the damage dealer himself--he finds it much more satisfying in quite a cynical way.


yup...they need to be edited.

here's my basic sketches for today. i will probably end up redoing hedrick...i'm not reallly well versed in Orc anatomy---need to practice.


http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6460/evilsketch.jpg
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2236/goodsketch.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4932/redoevilsketch.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3008/redogoodsketch.jpg

[Peetaer]

Whoa. This is awesome! You guys got some killer stuff goin on here. Big fan of the woodland mystic character.

[hala]

Thanks Peetaer!

Dear Team,

It is game time. Get your game face on NOW. No slacking! The only person with an excuse is Granny cuz he told me he would be away for a lil while.

GET GRINDING.

Whether you are sentimental or not, THIS IS A COMPETITION. Start acting like it! I wanna see you guys put blood sweat and tears into this work! We're off to a great start, but I know you all better---you are all capable of much more!!! Push yourself to the limit

MAKE THESE YOUR BEST PIECES.

PUSH YOUR CREATIVITY. What we have now, is not enough!!! I'm gonna push us past our limits--whatever it takes; we'll do to get there.

I won't accept any pansy's on this team so GET TO WORK.

I will update again at midnight with our storyline and crew of characters.


-Hala, crackin' the whip.

You're all my brothers but I gotta lay the law down.


WORK HARD.
NURTURE YOUR IMAGINATION.

[hala]

A quick update;

Say Good Luck to Walid D since he's leaving us to go to belgium--good luck man!!

He said he's gonna be our cheerleader.

http://cdn.faniq.com/images/photos/photo_large/67/85067-32.jpg

[hala]

Our official storyline. (GOOD and EVIL will be replaced with clan names eventually).


The Earth has always been rich in mana energy--though it endlessly regenerates through cycles of life and death, it can only be found within certain areas of the land. The GOOD have always believed in cultivating this energy to create towns and stabilize peaceful villages that are in harmony with the Earth. The EVIL have desired otherwise though: accepting the reality that no civilization has ever been peaceful, and would rather harvest the mana to strengthen warriors and weapons to protect their homeland and retain traditional values--they do not want to mix with the GOOD; it would spoil their culture.

Due to this polarized situation, mana has been fought over--the winning clan gains the territory and claims the mana as theirs. Though the GOOD would like to resist fighting--they see the EVIL will not back down, and instead hopes that eventually they will be wiped out and all the land will be owned by GOOD and achieve their goal of total harmony. EVIL however does not back down so easily from their precious roots of strong warriors and isolation....




What this means for our portraits:

We will be working on designing "wells" of which the clans pull the mana from the earth--these wells should be included in your image. For now though, I highly doubt you will have a full planned out enviro, don't worry so much about that. Continue to work on the design of your character.
Please use references of HIGH FANTASY--remember we want to be unique within the genre--not stray away from it.

we will have a group crit tomorrow--just post your work here and just leave in-depth critiques of your teammates' work.

[SMILEFACE]

freak'n spectacular work everybodies yall are RRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mod::mod::mod:

here be some smores of ma junk JUST IDEAS AN THAT LOLD MY BRAIN IS DUMB HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[SMILEFACE]

i was try to come up w/ ideas that could incorparate yer well idea hala

[SMILEFACE]

haha moar crapinski'

[SMILEFACE]

hello

[hala]

Great development granny, love it!

Talked to snootchy---we're thinking we should go more in the direction of rich fabrics (think the way the Victorian era utilized fabrics for different effects and stuff), instead of full on armor. Please view my post with the concept art for Granado Espada (Sword of the new world) on page 1 for an example of what i mean.


I am going to put up a list of Rankings in these alliance armies. You should decorate your character with badges/pins/insignia's to represent their roles.

so--just redoing diedralin's designs for the good alliance.


Played with color schemes---i prefer the dark brown scheme in the middle, but let me know what colors you'd like to use.

I was also re-reading Beowulf...and they had an interesting way of naming things.
by compounding words like "glory" and "spear" (Hrothgar). we could do something like that for the alliance names.

kk here you go

back to work! :)

I will leave crits later


http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5877/fabrics01copy.jpg

[SMILEFACE]

i dig the middle'ns

[SMILEFACE]

haha ALOT

[hala]

haha cool man--we might end up using both cuz snootch digs the far right one.so maybe the middle can be the good color scheme, and the far right the evil scheme. If you got any other schemes in mind, please post some mock ups!! ^^


KK CRIT TIME: I'm only going by works posted today--as you post from now on, please take the time to crit your team mates, and your work will be critted as well.


So. mr grandmassa you are the only person to post so far today--I love seeing batches of work! : ) First let me say, I totally love the latest sketch of CABunny--she's absolutely stunning and alluring--great character coming through. I love the minimal clothing as well xDD (Haha i dig chicks too lol) but I think you could push the design even more--still going with minimal amounts of fabric, and keeping her sexy by being revealing.

Maybe play around with different hip belts you could put on her, or more elaborate gloves--something very exquisite and feminine, so she still has the class allure to her, but still keeps her attitude and personality coming through. I absolutely love her face! It so says "come here so I can kill you >:3" Perhaps look at some corsets/bodice references and enhance her one-piece there a bit. Overall, I like the structure of her outfit. : ) (And may i say, your anatomy has improved a lot!)


That orc is excellent. Great demonstration of power through the use of scale and design. Again, great structure to work off of--keep developing his armor and elaborate on his weapon (SICK DESIGN BRO! Totally dig it!) I love his face too--great job on this one man!!

*Claps* So there are my suggestions for now bro, great work tho, i love seeing you post so much it's great! you're working hard and it will pay off!!!



KEEP IT UP TEAM!!

[JailHouseRock2]

You guys are epic!!!! Awesome stuff Blake, and I love the layerd clothing idea Hala, great stuff!

Some dawrfs!



http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv90/jailhouserock2/Evildwarfwip.jpg

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv90/jailhouserock2/TwoDwarfssketch.jpg

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv90/jailhouserock2/GoodClifton.jpg

[SMILEFACE]

HAHA the SCIZZERS ERRR GREAT!

[snootchy]

posts for today, sorry for the tardiness

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6992/nonusablecharacters.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/nonusablecharacters.jpg/)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/217/colordkp.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/i/colordkp.jpg/)


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Mr. Spect (http://www.livestream.com/MRSPECT)
Walid (http://www.livestream.com/walidart)
JailHouseRock2 (http://www.livestream.com/matthaworth)
Dwardo (http://www.livestream.com/oimooki)
Snootchy (http://www.livestream.com/snootchy)
aardvarkphil (http://www.livestream.com/aardvark)
jackpot anjr90 (http://www.livestream.com/andreart)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[snootchy]

Crit Time...

Grandmass Mr. Spect: Great updates on Cabunny and the Orc fighter! What I like most about them is the pose and the colors on Cabunny, great job mang!!

I know these are still rough, but I agree with hala that more elaborate designs can be pushed to give the character more design elements. Also when you do go into tighter sketches of the Orc with the badarse ax, make sure to get the footing grounded in the right perspective.

Hala: Thanks for the color work up, I really like both of them. I think the middle works well for good and the far right colors would work well for the evil, great job setting those up! Also great to see more fabric over armor being used so we get a bit more variety in the character appearances.

My only suggestion is to work up some poses that you plan on working and also to push design elements.

JailHouseRock2: great sketches Matt! I really digg the overall poses, definitely portrays a thief, great job mang!

I'm not sure if it's a requirement or you plan to include the bottom half of the body, but it'd be nice to see the whole character fleshed out. Haha I also don't understand scissors workings, but I think it would help to ref some scissors or use a pair to get the right positioning and perspective of it in the picture.

Great job everyone, you guys rocking it up! Now go sketch some moarRRRR, muhahhaha!!


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[SMILEFACE]

crit this BBBB III IITCHEEEZZZZ HAHA
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MY CRITS ARE IS F' N RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCKKKK KKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jigje]

Awesome lads and lady.
Hala, you're a natural leader/organiser, tho I feel for your poor boyfy. :) You guys are doin so great, keep dancing.

[SMILEFACE]

THANKS FOR RRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCK'NNNNNNNNNNNNNNN jigje




an :ilaekae::ilaekae::ilaekae::ilaekae:WHERES MY FREAK'N UPDATES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JailHouseRock2]

Some crits:

hala- I think these are so good- http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5877/fabrics01copy.jpg! Great designs, and I'm pleased we've decided to go in the direction!
Out of those three, I think the middle one works best, but I'd say toneing down that orange quite a bit. And although I think these colour fit your character perfectly, I can't really imagine lets say.. a Dwarf waring them. So I'll try and come up with a more earth-y colour scheme for him!


Grandmassa Mr. Spect- Dude you've got so much good work up!! This ones looking awesome! - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=746684&stc=1&d=1249771569! But maybe try higher boots? Kinda like hala gal.
And this one too!! great stuff! - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=746732&stc=1&d=1249777866- And maybe play around with different cloths and stuff tho, but loving it!
And the last one... haha. Creepy as heellllll, but surprisingly appropriate:) Nice job for sticking with the styles!


snooooootchy- Great work man! I love seeing how they progress from simple sketch as well. Dig the jumping green dude, but some more cloths maybe appropriate:) Nicccce skull idea too, and cool simple bg! Cool armoured dude on the right as well, but again some more layered clothing would help.


Just playing with an evil version of this character, looks to barbarian atm though...

Edit: a quick colour experiment.

[SMILEFACE]

hey about the color i was think'n similar classes or species should have but not limited to similar color schemes yah know what i mean like warriors similar officials sim poor sim so on so more diverse but w/ in a reason same for dress style a poor guy might not dress the same as a rich or even a pig mi or an elemental character that is my group crit just an idea hope i made sense haha i am a noodle! great werks everybody!!!! RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! !!!!!!!!!!

[SMILEFACE]

just some mind funk

[SMILEFACE]

DFRHASFDCHADsdfasdgrR4WEWWWF THATS CODE FER GET YER ARSES TO WORK!!!!!

[snootchy]

Granny you had me in tears with that Gimp fella and the nipple tugzz! I really like the rendering u did on that caterpillar character, post it already dood!!!

Matt awesome violence, i'd like to see something like that fleshed out; definitely a gruesome evil alliance type shizz!!

Keep up the goodness, here's some brain fart, some lighting ideas for good alliance and bad character work up and some quick enviro ideas.

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6632/demonhuntress2.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntress2.jpg/)

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9886/demonhuntress3.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntress3.jpg/)

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8620/demonstress.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/i/demonstress.jpg/)

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6860/enviro4.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/enviro4.jpg/)

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[SMILEFACE]

thats ma boy snootchy

[jigje]

GRRRAAANNNNYYY catapiller man is off the scale awesome man. One of your best I reckon. Who pulls it out when it's needed????? GMR.
Snootchy, Lighting number 2 dude is very very cool. I dont know art terms but the foreshortened leg and the subtle color maakes it special.

[SMILEFACE]

shanks jigje you RRRRRRRROOCCCCKKKKKKKKKK AN SNOOTCHY RRRRRRRROCKSSSS!!!!!!!!!

JUST A QUICK IDEA FER THE BACKGROUND I DIDNT DO ANY KIND O PERSPECTIVE JUST WANTED TO JOT THE IDEA DOWN FER TOMMORROW WHOOPS CUT SOME OFF AH WELL

GO TEAM!

[hala]

thanks jigje for your support! you're awesome and a great friend! :)




hi guys, i'm happy to see a lot of progress happening!! i finally moved all my shit back into my room as of this afternoon so i should finally be able to work on chow.

working on diedralin's good portrait right now. been fixing up the anatomy 193048u3029 times. so by no means is it worth looking at but here's an update anyway.

and the old evil designs, thanks for your crits guys, i will edit it tomorrow :)


i will leave crits for you guys tomorrow
other than that i talk to you all on msn :)

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5054/wips01tc.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/806/fabrics02copy.jpg

[JailHouseRock2]

Lo0king so goood guys!!!

Sorry in a real hurry now, crits later.

Started on values,
matt

EDIT: Edited pose a bit, any thoughts?

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv90/jailhouserock2/Eviltrollwip5.jpg

[Ninjerk]

JHR, your drawing there is pretty close to your reference (http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/images/conceptart/CA0802_14.jpg). You may want to try a different pose.

[JailHouseRock2]

Great work all!

Grandmassa Mr. Spect- Dude that caterpillar character is great!!! Awesome colours man! And your gimp & master are coming along as creepily as ever as well! Cool room you've designed too, and the perspectives not that bad at all!

snootchy- Nice characters man, As I said before, lighting 2's great, but I'd love to see more of the character. But This is great as a nice dynamic pose! The 3rd chars looking sweet as well!
But man, these evrio thumbs.. sooooo amazing bro!!!!! Love them all, great moody colours too!

hala- This is looking great to me! You really have a flair for costume design, can't wait to see more!!!!

Ninjerk- Hay cheers mate, good point! I didn't reaslise how close to my reff I was, but its just early sketch, I'm going to change alot. But thanks all the same man!


Lol, Thinking of ways to show ma master thief in the act!

[snootchy]

sorry in a hurry will crit when i get back.

rough environment idea i had in mind for the compilation final, like one side with bad alliance and the good on the other and a big mana spring separating the 2 alliances.

another pose in mind for the good character in a long corridor but not liking cuz it's too closed the pose not revealing enough of the design.

and the third is a rough of the bad character i had in mind, gotta work out a lot of the anatomy but think i'm gonna stick with this pose for final

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9821/enviro3.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/enviro3.jpg/)

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6370/demonhuntress4o.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntress4o.jpg/)

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3744/demonstress4.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/demonstress4.jpg/)



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[hala]

tried a couple more poses, nothing too solid
so i went back to this one
i think i like it
just gotta fix up the shittastic perspective
but matty boy mentioned the mana wells being like shrines
so i played off of that idea and mike's statue idea.

needs a lot of work.



PS: not to be a bitch guys, but I think we've strayed off from the storyline a bit. Please go back to my post with the story that was pulled together from our discussions---if you don't wanna follow along with the theme of good set up evil with a trail--then please post up some suggestions.
while i know you guys are resistant to uniformity because it can be boring, our pieces still need to be cohesive in some way. Just some things to think about because right now we're all doing great work--but it doesn't seem to read as closely related to each other as it should be. (and this includes mine here. i am at fault too!)

It's game time fellas.
The big dogs came out to play--this is reason enough to bust our asses even harder!!!

and sorry for my absence the past few days. things are hectic around here. should be back in full swing this week!


IF YOU GOT TIME TO BREATHE---YOU"RE NOT WORKING HARD ENOUGH! >: D


http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9417/wootwootparteh.jpg

[hala]

OK GUYS

AFTER OUR INTENSE DISCUSSION


HERE IS OUR COHESIVE FINAL DECISIONS.


WHERE: MEDEVIL FOREST MOUNTAIN LANDS. OUTSIDE THE LORD's CASTLE. SNOWY WINTER.

WHEN: NIGHT TIME FOR EVIL. DUSK FOR GOOD.

STORYLINE: EVIL HAS BROKEN THE DEFENSES. THEY ARE INVADING THE CASTLE WHILE GOOD PICKS OFF THE BAD LEFT OUTSIDE. INTENSE HEAT OF THE FINAL BATTLE.

RACES: UP TO YOU

CLASSES: BASED ON CHESS. please incorporate the following symbols into your designs--while deciding if they are MELEE, MAGIC, MEDICS, BARDS, , etc


BLAKE: KNIGHT

MIKE: ROOK

MATT: BISHOP, KING

LARISSA: QUEEN


PUMP UP THE HEAT. PUMP UP THE VOLUME. PUMP UP THE ROCK AND OWN GUYS.

[JailHouseRock2]

Thanks Larissa!

This is going to be all kinds of awesome.. all over again!!!

First thumb for good king, with fur hood... not sure how I'm going to do a crown yet...

Edit: bit of an update. Any thoughts?
matt

[SMILEFACE]

WAY TO SNOOTCHY 'THANKS HALA 'RAD START JAILHOUSE' wicked werks guys an gal YALL ROCK!
MY GOODNIGHT AS I GOODNIGHT' GUNNA ADD SOME STUFF THEN DO SOME THINGS AN THEN SPRINKLE SOME CRACK ON IT HOPEFULLY IT WERKS OUT

[hala]

Hi matt---i definitely like this so far--the composition is great too. I love the fur hood.
a couple crits

--his face is slight turned, yet his torso is directly facing us, and then his pelvis appears to twist in the direction of the face--so the fluidity of his pose is a little stiff. Not a biggie, but something to think about.
also, i think some more decorative elements (bigger panels of fabric/armor,..etc), things that will make him look bigger---something that gives him a grandeur his constituents won't have--that clearly defines him as royalty. basic structural things. (other decorative stuff i'm assuming you'll add later since this is only in the initial stages). :)
edit: actually on second look, i think he's fine. keep working on it. (i should not look at stuff when i first wake up. i miss things) xD


spect:
i love it as a piece, is this what you're using for the knight tho? or this just a mock up? if it is your piece then here's some crits:
-her legs are gonna get cold bro--give her some wicked stockings/higher boots or something : )
-the storyline we picked is full of action--i think you could pusht his further--make the dino (LOL) rear up and her ready to charge or something.

other than that i love it :)

GREAT WORK GUYS!!
AHHH i gotta get back to working on my own :)
-

[hala]

preliminary work for good queen. (she's still got the tongue, just not drawn in for convenience).

will be thumbing and gesturing now. :)

edit: i think i'm gonna scratch the tongue idea.

Chipp Kidd---"Never get attached to ideas. they're like whores. there will always be new ones"

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5200/wahattahfhno.jpg

[snootchy]

Matt: great idea for the king and love the snowy theme whirlwinding chaotically around him, think the sketch is great just a little be too centered i think

Grandmass Mr. Spect: luv the design of the armor on the dino and main character, keep pushing want to see the rendering on that bad boy

Hala: oooh fantastic design on the dress in the upper left top corner, i really like that one and would look fantastic fleshed out!

sorry for the brief crits, gotta run; not gonna be able to work on this too much today but here's where my bad alliance piece is heading, i got the rook so i decided to put her as a guard in the tower, i plan on cooling the piece down a lot and adding some snowy wintery elements to the background, the setting is dusk, and the character i'm working mainly in greyscale on the form right now, i just added a quick color overlay and popped some highlights just to see what it would look like; i'll get to clothing and armor as soon as i get back!

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4787/dem6x.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/dem6x.jpg/)




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[hala]

i gave you my thoughts already this morning mike haha so no crits for now : )



just did some thumbs for the queen. I'm not really sure which one, i like all of them except the bottom left.

D: which one is more appropriate for CHOW?????

also, she is no longer soothsayer w/ tongue thing.
just not working out too well.
so she is a mage instead.


http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7275/thumbscopy.jpg

[SMILEFACE]

killer king jail house wicked queen hala hot demon snootch

this is my basic design fer the evil im gunna take these two to the end if i have more time ill try more dynamic poses as fer now i tried to emulate the pose of a night piece

[hala]

hahahah the dino got spikes!!! keep at it spect!
and gimme some of that magic crack to sprinkle.



hmmmmmmmmmm
so i tried making a comp out of one of the thumbs that i thot was best...but it just doesn't seem to be capturing the movment of the thumb
and she looks oh-so-apathetic :/

i will prolly half flesh out all the thumbs just to see what truly works best

edit: on second look i think it's the fact that the perspective is lame as hell. wanted it to be more looking up at her and her dress swooping into yer face. maybe i will try it again later.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/678/wips.jpg

[JailHouseRock2]

Great work everyone, killer knight Granny, pleased you did a chick as well!

Diggin' it Mike as you know, but I think it still needs some cooler colours and tone? Just an idea tho!

And hala, I love this queen of yours! I was thinking the king and queen should have to similar design features. I'll follow your lead (your costume design far better than mine) even if its just smiler detailed trim or something?

Sorry I'll update with my stuff some, but some costume elements would be good if you have any ideas? But no worries if you don't!

Cheers,
matt

[SMILEFACE]

thanks matt
heres a place holder idea didnt want to do anything w/ it but show idea for a group pick there would be a good an bad all the characters in line like the pieaces of course they can be in natraul poses linke all the draws could have swords spears an that this is like a place holder an just an idea to help present

ethier two good /bad or one side all charging in thier postions on a chess board(kinda mavel comic style brawl)like a face off

[hala]

Matt: i absolutely agree. I was reworking the design after my last post--i think i'm gonna give her a fur hood like your king--and maybe you can add some more fur trim like you said.
:) you also mentioned a while ago you were into religious crusaders--and the image of the king in chess is a cross most of the time--go crazy it with it man, this is your chance!

Granny--i like it alot!! when we get down to more solid designs, we'll talk about how we want to present both sides--but i like that format a lot :)

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking good Blake!

Thanks for repiling so quick Larissa, and I'm glad where on the same page too! Nice ideas!

So I've been trying to define our Kings costume a bit more, please let me know what you think!

ANd my first thumb for the Bishop! haha, I'm going to have fun here...:)

(and these are all good chars atm)

Cheers,
matt

[SMILEFACE]

here is a quick thumb fer the bad night haha i blew it up twas the size of a fity cent piece let me know if its dynamic enough pose an im think'n like reg chow can take a week to render one pic we have multiples an still some hazy issues so im think'n dun worry what everyone else in the group is doing except wat we know already we need more renderd ideas of what we want individual an then combine as a group so get to werk only 2 weeks left thaanks for rooocckkkkkkkk!!!!!

[hala]

Hey spect--for Chow guidelines I thinkt he character needs to be bigger--I love the action going on though! i think play around with cropping and diff. perspectives of the same action, just to get the character in the main view :)

matty i left oyu my comments on msn :)

[JailHouseRock2]

Thanks for the help guys, red lines and paintovers would be much appreciated!

Looking good granny!

[CKLamb]

Hola! Great work guys, you've got probably one of most put together group efforts out there right now, don't lose focus. Seems we're half way in this, and I don't see many finals floating around team threads, it's going to be a tight one. I'll be keeping an eye out for your finished work!

[snootchy]

CKLamb: hey thanks mate for the support, really like the developments your team is making keep up the hard works!

all i gotta say is you guys are macheeeEEENz! luv it all and think the ideas we discussed on msn are solid, like granny mentioned earlier in the chat more finished works or moving in that direction to get some serious crit action going on!!

developed more of the background and changed to a wintery scene and tried to keep some of that cool to warm transition, i decided to put an overhang of some sort to place some darker shadows over the character; the armor is one rough idea and plan to do a few more to see what works and what doesn't

*edit that white dot on her forehead is supposed to be like a boney horn since my character is a demonstress, prolly gonna have to make it more pronounced to be visible

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8780/wip3i.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/wip3i.jpg/)




TEAM Chönyid bardo! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164711)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

snootch--it's still hot to me!!! i luv it, and love the colors. i'll wait to crit till you develop her attire and personality more. :)


matt--i did a quick paintover--i didn't wanna ruin ur pic too much so my paintover is not entirely accurate either. the biggest problem was that your charcter was falling flat because most of the ellipses of his clothing were drawn as if we were viewing him at eye level dead on.

so i just altered some things to give you an example--tho while working on it i noticed (his) right leg is connected a lil wonky. if you're up for it, you might want to draw out the shapes of his body on a separate layer on top, and do the shapes in perspective, then paint over them. i'm only being pushy about this because you have a great composition planned out and i know that pushing that perspective and anatomy will only make it that much more powerful :)

i hope this helps and doesn't seem too bitchy and nit picky ^^;;;

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4154/redlineformatt.jpg

[hala]

Thanks CK! :) yeah--it's exciting tho, so much cool artwork coming out of this competition!



Hey guys, a family friend died yesterday. :( im gonna be driving up to the service with me mum this weekend.

please stick to the original calendar goals as well please! thanks guys :)

i'll try and make some posts later today

[JailHouseRock2]

Oh wow, thanks hala! Really heelpful PO, I see what you mean, and I'll change stright away!

And I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.

snootchy- I love the ice blues in the bg leading to the warmer fg! Looking real good!

And thanks CKLamb! Appreciate the support:yayca:!!

[Jason Rainville]

I keep coming in here trying to make constructive comments but I can never really think of anything :( I can say that snootchy; she's turning out nice. Really like the texture in your stuff. watch out with the smoothening of her skin though, I think you're losing some anatomical information in her shoulder area.

Hala got the perspective thing right on Jailhouse. I also want to say though that his head looks a tad small (might want to measure head lengths though, I could be wrong)

and Hala, your lady's coming along nicely, but you might want to flip the canvas; I think there might be some slight skewing in the face. Best to catch it early on.

Anyways Great job, lots of energy in here, can't wait to see everything done :)

[JailHouseRock2]

Hay thanks alot jason, appreciate the input mate!

Any better?

[snootchy]

Ooh big thanks for reminding me Jason, i have a tendency to smooth things out a bit at times!

yea looks better Matt, nice update; I think the face is still a little off or how it's sitting on the body looks strange, i'll take a closer look tomorrow; great update though!!

here's as far as i'm gonna render in value for the pose; still gotta figure out how i want the arms positioned and what they doing as well as fix that wonky ear, but for the overall body think it's good base to work off since parts are gonna be covered by armor and clothe; also did some designs for armor

oh also this one is for the bad alliance, i know some of the designs came out too chippery so most likely won't use those; as for good alliance i plan on outfitting her with vampire hunter D in mind more clothing based rather than armor; as for why i stuck with the bra top in winter design, is because her wings keep the upper region of her body warm

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9581/71371251.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/71371251.jpg/)

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3188/armordesigns.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/armordesigns.jpg/)




TEAM Chönyid bardo! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164711)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[Peetaer]

Wow, nice progress here! When's the due date?

[SMILEFACE]

thanks peetaer you RRRRRRRRROOOCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow jail house that rocks dig the face

an this is my proposal we have this format the border can be derssed up er stylelized but the idea is we use all our old characters for the extra peices like the second bishope night an rook i used my cabunny an the design from my requierd to easily come up w/ this counter part all everyone would have to do is werk on their required like discussed an all they characters we came up w/ can be cut pasted an touched up to a simple gray scale pieace an transfer design accordingly you may think alot of werk haha but thats what this is if you dont want to make or dun have time to make the character i can do this the example is a rough duplicate of my night for the black an the pawns can be made from all the extra just need one basic design an then we can each chose characters already made an i will use them to cut an past an touch up to make a grey scale group photo of whites an blacks i strongly believe this will werk an be an efficient use of all the characters already thought of it will help give a large diversity of character an will be easy to follow like i said if the extra bishop or night is to much werk like jailhouse you already have alot i can do it with your character pick just to help eas the werk load will just an idea so lemme know what you think the main focus will be our required this will act like the ice'n on the cake ahh an if ya dont like the idea dun worry haha i just try to help ahh an the chess piece in the corner could be like a checkered banner w/ the piece sown in

[JailHouseRock2]

snootchy- Yeah I know the face on the king is still off.. I can't seen to work it out, so I'll just leave it foe now:) Love what the colours are doing in your one man!!! The anatomy is a lot better, but its still not perfect I feel. Keep working on it Mike, its looking great!

Grandmassa Mr. Spect- Wow, Congrats on the worlds largest sentence dude!!!! Great work Blake, good plan! And I love the knight! Shes looking so good man, and I love the little knight design in there!

Been really trying to think of the practicality of there costume. Looking at a LOT of snow boots and such.

I think I've worked out almost all the perspective problems with the King, next on to some colour!
Hving a bit of trouble with the bishops hand as well.. but I'll work it out:P

Hope everyone's weekends going alright,
matt

[SMILEFACE]

haha look AWESOME ROCK2' I AM THE WRITER OF LONG SENTENCES MMWWHHHAAHHHAAA

I WAS JUST PLAY'N W/ THIS SEEN WHAT HAPPENS I GEUSS

[SMILEFACE]

here was the quick design fer good the cubanny but im gunna scratch em an make a regular night to fit the chow

[snootchy]

hey guys great job on the updates, Matt I think the head looks good the way it is now, and nice rendering on the king plus the bishop is coming out great!

Granny I dig the riders of the storm! I think it's cool to have some of our characters or introduce some vehicle type into the finals!!

still trying to come up with a comp for the good alliance one, here some sketches

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2465/demonhuntressa.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntressa.jpg/)

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3518/demonhuntressb.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntressb.jpg/)



TEAM Chönyid bardo! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164711)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[JailHouseRock2]

Blake: this is looking so good man! The colours are coooooooooool as, and the designs are killer!

Mike: Really liking the updates, going real solid man! and the colours are working really well together!

First thumb for the Dark Bishop. There's going to be shadowy demons around him, as well as some good-old rim lighting:)

Any suggestions?
matt

Edit: also included a quick tone colour practice for the king, playing with some for grannys awesome blues!

And little more on the top half of the bishop.

[SMILEFACE]

my suggest tion woul be fer all yall would be keep FREAK'N RRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOCCCCCCKKKKKKKNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNN HAHA SO COOL

EDIT HAHA LOOK'N RAD SNOOTCHY AN JAILHOUSE THATS WHAT IM SAY'N LETS TURN IT UP AN BURN THIS MOTHA DOWN!!!!!!!!!!RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOORRRRR RRRRRR AN MISS YOU HALA AN YOUR AWESOME ROCK!!!!!

[SMILEFACE]

this is my sketch fer the required all the info from the previous will be added an more rendered hahha i gunna add some rims light as well from the lightning an give one of them bad guys a torch to pop some 3d magix haha an put this ish in CHECK'

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking great Blake, nice dynamic piece!

Some colours I quite liked...

Edit: Oh and I could swear I've already uploaded these.. but if not, here's some of my some gear reff, and some hoods (maybe helpful if Halas Queens still going to have a hood?)
http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv90/jailhouserock2/Snowreff.jpg

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv90/jailhouserock2/HoodsforChowreff.jpg

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv90/jailhouserock2/SnowgearChowreff.jpg

[hala]

hi guys. it's been a very rough 2 days. i'm home now but i can't work on my CHOW till tomorrow. just too much on my mind.

great work--keep it up please!

[JailHouseRock2]

Sorry its been a rough couple of days Larissa.
But I hope the funeral went as well as it could, and I'm glad your back in the game!

About half way there, just got to colour the goods, and theb start on the bads... hopefuly they should be easier.

[SMILEFACE]

YEAH I MISSED HALA!!!!!!!!!! SHE IS THE FIRE:mod:
great colors jail house an the bishope rocks i got some smoar dun on mine but a ton more ta do untill tomorrow


an larissa if you ever feel like talk'n im here an if yah want i wont even talk back just listen :yayca:

[jigje]

Awesome Spect.

[snootchy]

jigjie thanks again dood fer ur support!

welcome back hala, hope everything went alright! great job fellas looking sharp as ever keep up the hardwork

tried to get to sleep early but i got problems, and so hit the PS again, pretty set on overall comp for bad alliance (if you guys or anyone has suggestions i'm still open to new ideas) and having mucho trouble with the good alliance composition and pose but here it is anyways

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6475/demonstressb.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/demonstressb.jpg/)

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/173/demonhuntressd.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntressd.jpg/)

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1548/demonhuntressaa.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntressaa.jpg/)




TEAM Chönyid bardo! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164711)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hala]

thanks guys--i appreciate the support. i'm not ready to talk about it right now, but it feels very comforting to know you guys care <3

snootchy, the third one works best but her anatomy is really wonky. her upper half isn't overlapping her pelvis correctly and the leg was looking a little funky so i just rotated it a bit. be careful of her crotch being too low--you have her crotch meeting with her legs directly--the female crotch goes higher than the legs by a lil bit. i think maybe a cheerleading or gymnastics ref will help to show you what i mean. (i tried to draw an outline for you)--the crotch is higher and will overlap with the leg that is extending behind her.

anyway--i think you should keep to that composition.


spect, i love how it's coming along--it's a big improvement and looking really good so far. i can see you like her hair buns--but i think you can play around with her hair more to come up with some sort of gear/attire that keeps her hair buns---but protects her or keeps her head warm. other than that it's a great design--you might want to do some more drafts for her weapon tho because it's looking a bit sci-fi ish. i think just simplifying some aspects of it will help with this.


matt: looking good, just watch for your anatomy sometimes--it's getting lost under the clothes and they are looking a bit thin and rectangular. thanks for the refs too they are really helpful



keep rocking it guys--you are kicking your own asses so hard and have improved a lot already :)

[JailHouseRock2]

Of course we care hala, and thanks for the crits, will work on that.

This mornings work on the Dark Bishop. What yall think?

Fantastic work everyone!
matt

[Sekino]

Hehe! Just wanted to say you guy's thread is sure fun to go through! I really like the chess-set inspiration (If that's still what you're going for).

All the best for the finals, guys! Looking good :)

[snootchy]

thanks hala for the po it makes a lot more sense based off yer po, yea i know it's super wonky and i just gave up on it, the pose i was trying to go for was one that's always been in my mind, the cloud pose from ff7 where he's holding out the buster sword that's coming towards the viewer's eye, thanks again for the po but just gonna start it over not really crazy about the character

Matt that's looking really great, i like the sharp shapes that help distinguish between the dark and good! I think there could be more form of the leg that's coming forward with the drapery draping over let's say the knee cap to give the figure some more form, great update!!

Sekino, thanks mucho's and hope the best for your group, really dig the style you ladies are doing!!

just under 2 weeks crunch time ladies and gents, keep up the hard works all!!

small update, still working out the armor and such for bad alliance then gotta start the good.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6853/demonstresse.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/demonstresse.jpg/)




TEAM Chönyid bardo! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164711)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[JailHouseRock2]

Sekino- Thanks a bunch Sekino! Appreciate it, and you and the girls keep up the good work!!

snootchy- Looking better man, really liking the details!! Thanks for the crits too, I suck at cloth:)

My idea for the colour/mood.

Edit: HELP! dose anyone know why the colours are saving differently form photoshop? When I was painting this in ph, the colours where a darker purple... and not the blue that's here. I don't think I've changed any setting, and it's in RGB mode... Anything like this happend to you?

[hala]

mike: i like it so far--but i'm really not seeing the chess piece come through enough if you know what i mean.

matt: Adobe has a significantly different color profile than most PC's and web browsers. Especially anything along the red spectrum comes out different. i don't know how to fix this though : ( i have this problem all the time. i sort of just give up trying to fix it ;p

keep it up guys--i'm really happy we're progressing fast!


this feels so shittastic. 50 % done. i promise when i get back home tonight i will bust my ass till my fingers bleed and get this done and get evil started.


i slapped some colors on just for shits and grins.


i will be uploading a new calendar soon--please keep your eye out for it.

[Jason Rainville]

Edit: HELP! dose anyone know why the colours are saving differently form photoshop?

It could be that your monitor output isn't jiving with your actual output; when it happened to me, I went to view>proof setup>monitor RGB and it's been right as rain since.

[hala]

nice bit of gold there jason--wish someone posted that a while ago :)

[JailHouseRock2]

Hay thanks so much Jason!! Great help!

Hala this is looking wonderful! Great stuff, I'm going to take some stuff from it into my King deisgn!

[JailHouseRock2]

Strange, colours still don't look right.

[hala]

good stuff matt keep working on it---get some texture in there too :)

Come on guys---full speed now!!!


still working on this bitch. she is so utterly noob i can't wait to put her away and do the evil one and hopefully see some progress.


I WANNA SEE MORE WORK
NAO!!!!!!

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6928/wipsmyass.jpg

[hala]

fur fur fur fur fur fur

60% now
edit: i just realized i painted over her fingers :x shiizzz son.
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2342/wipsmyass2.jpg

[hala]

fixed her hands a bit and some of the colors.
though it seems like the colors are over saturated and the details of the render get lost (not totally done with the render, just needed to get away from b/w for a while ;p)

any ideas/thoughts on colors plz?

edit: i didn't notice the oversaturated blue till i posted it here *face palm* ><
edit: wth i shouldn't color on low blood sugar : DDDDDD

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2352/wipsmyass3.jpg

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking fantastic Larissa!

I've just got to tidy up some bits (snow etc) and this ones nearly done.

And this is my idea for the colour for the good bishop, ice inspired. And the last image was my reff for the ice... kinda got carried away with it! Oh and that ice wall pic.. is in fact a painting!! And not even a digital one!


Or do you think its a little to strong a colour scheme for what we're doing?

All the best guys,
matt

[SMILEFACE]

WOW YALL ARE HOT!!!!!!!!!! AN YA RRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!


KINDA PLAYED W/ THE DESIGN A BIT TO TRY TO FIT IT WITH YALLS GUNNA JUST TIGHTEN THIS UP AN ADD A BIT OF MOOD LIGHT MAYBE A KINDSA GREEN AN SOME SUTTLE SNOW hopes ya likes it GO TEAM HAHA FIRE!

[hala]

finish that king matt! almost there! :)
i was thinking for our evil royalty, they could be wearing the traditional headwear--the fabric+ crown ordeal. just google medieval crown/headdress/ etc. ya? and maybe less fur, and more layers of leather and fabric hm?


great job so far spect, keep pushing!!!!



altered some of the colors

70% done now.
just need to fix up some skin tone, tone down the blues a lil,and refine the texture and edges.

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1681/colorswipsss.jpg

[hala]

i messed around with teh snow a bit..i made a couple diff version but they all seemed to be overkill and looked "shooped"

so what do you think about this?

overkill? not enough? (this is the one i settled on. the others aren't worth showing since they are ridicccullloussss)

might put this one down for a while and work on the evil version now.
my plans: to bust that baby out tonight!! at least 50%

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8066/snowyesno.jpg

[danlambert]

So this is where you guys have been hiding, and I see you're now all taking whatever the hell Spect is on! Keep up the great work guys, your arts is hot fuyah!
Peace!

[Peetaer]

Whoa, this page really shows how you guys are pushing each other. Some of these characters are really coming along.

Hala, I love the atmosphere you have captured with your character. It's beautiful.

JailHouseRock2, Man, those 2 characters are tight. Love the orange lighting on that character. Sick work guys!

Spect, that knight with the mace, riding that dino-dragon is looking awesome. Can't wait till you've rendered it out more.

Looking good guys, can't wait till you are done! Keep up the awesome awesome work!

[JailHouseRock2]

Just dropping by: Hala I think its great, have a well deserved break from that one!

And thanks Dan, and Peetaer! Appreciate the awesome support!

[snootchy]

Dan & Peetaer: thanks fo the support fellas, you guys roxurs!!

Granny: I really dig the overall composition and the lighting, plus the dino looks freaking ace! I know where you're trying to go with the blurred out spots where you want to draw the eye to certain areas but I think it's looks a bit too purposefully done; not saying that u used a blur filter, but i think it doesn't make sense where half the dino's front teeth are blurry compared to the backrow, i'm not sure if u were planning on sharpening the front row of teeth up but, if anything the front which is closest to the viewer would be the sharpest and the back row or furthest teeth would be less sharp to increaste the depth of field. I really like the design of the overall armor, and like the little intricate details you have made on the armor; i think a bit more polish will help to indicate a more finished look!

JailHouseRock2: Ooh I diggz the color palette and there is a nice play on cool to warm contrast! I think the overall scene looks great, only thing is that the snow seems a bit flat overall, like variations in snow size as well as the direction of the wind and gusts of snow that go in the direction of the wind like for instance where the kings cape is flowing maybe also a gust of snow trail is flowing off into the distance, i think a few things like this will help to create more depth in the image; also there could a bit more details, like scratches or tiny textures added to the outfit design to make feel a bit more worn and add character to em; overall i think the comp is great just a few things could be worked on to push to a final piece!

hala: wowza, i really digg the queeny piece and the whole atmosphere created is really well done! The fur is excellent and is the first thing that pops out at me, I think the forms could be further rendered as they looks to soft and lack of some structure; like in the face it seems to be to blurry, not sure if that was going to be worked on but i think the rendering on the forms of the face could be worked on a bit further. also the hand that's upside down looks a bit funny to me the way it's positioned, like it's resting the staff on the wrist or something and i'm not sure if that's what ur going for but just looks a bit wonky; i think further plane definitions in the hand will help, looks a bit too soft like the face and u can always blur or like soften certain edges to depict the snow swaying across after defining the forms; i also really enjoyed your composition and luv the design of the dress, just a few fixes and i think it'll be fantastic!

but i'm really not seeing the chess piece come through enough if you know what i mean.

I hear ya and i plan on adding elements like a signia on the armor and the orb to be a glowing rook piece, but i thought that the main selling point for me was that my enviro is the tower and she is a defender of it; besides the rook piece i think compared to other pieces on a chess set is a bit blatant in terms (and i'm not downplaying anyone else's pieces at all so please dun misunderstand me) what it is but a rook is castle, representing defense; if you have any other suggestions then what i planned to do then i'm totally open to ideas.

sorry for the lack of updates, just been super burnt from just 3 days of work, will get cracking on this weekend, keep up the awesome works!!

[kelly x]

these look amazing, I didn't know where you guys were!!! excellent work and I'm glad to see people still call granny granny... Hi guys!!!
sorry, get back to work!!! Mahahahahahaha!!

[JailHouseRock2]

Hay thanks Mike, will do!

And thanks so much dear Kelly! Keep rockin'!


Todays:
Have a good weekend everyone!

matt

Edit: Update, not far now!

[SMILEFACE]

thanks soOOOOOOOO much fer SUPPORT HAH YALL RRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!! AN GO TEAM !!!!!!

I KINDA CRISSCROSSED THE DESIGNS AN THE EVILS WILL HAVE DINOS A GOODS GORILLAS

THIS IS THE PART OF THE MOVIE WHERE WE HAVE A MONTAGE AN GET READY FER THE FINAL BATTLE HERES SOME MUSICS TO HELP WITH ROCK!
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[t i m]

Awesome work guys!

Hala - Dude your character turned out AMAZING! The colors are so subtle and delicate, shows alot of care went into making her. Really digging the design.

Granny - HAH! Knights riding dinosaurs, and chicks with antler helmets riding gorillas..your ideas are always tops man!

JailHouse - Awesome style you've got there, it has a touch of Mignola which steals my heart. Great jobs with the color palette too, I can feel the frostbite...brrr.

Snootchy - Loved the bat-girl character. Your pieces have a real surreal almost dream like quality that I find quite cool. Keep it up!

I'll be checking back, hope to see some more killer updates!

[kikindaface]

Gimme a C
Gimme a H
Gimme a O
Gimme a N
Gimme a Y
Gimme a I
Gimme a D

Gimme a B
Gimme a A
Gimme a R
Gimme a D
Gimme a O

Woooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ( doing a fucking crazy backflip )

Some motivation for you guys !

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And for SNOOOOOOOOOTCHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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[hala]

your lack of hot brunettes, carrot tops, and non-white people upsets me greatly walid
you phail uberly as our cheerleader--but i'll let you keep the job anyway

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1303/1307730225_f712cec3f5.jpg
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/38368/cowboys-cheerleader_12_.jpg
http://xnepali.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/photo_eagle-cheerleader-swimsuit-calendar.jpg
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/images/08/19/dolphins-cheerleader.jpg
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0208/pg2_g_cheerleader_400.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/328746675_658d0880bd.jpg?v=0
http://blackdcc.net/Quickstart/ImageLib/DCC_MelissaRycroft2.jpg

[SMILEFACE]

mmmmMMMMWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHAAAAHHHAAAAAAAAA GO TEAM !!!!!!!!! THANKS TIM AN WALID AN HALA FER AHH RRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!! !!!!!

[hala]

Thanks Tim for stopping by! watched your vid of references, and it was pretty helpful :)


thanks snootch for the crits, i gotta work on those things.


DEAR TEAM.

I OFFICIALLY MOVE IN ON THURSDAY.


PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

GET YOUR PIECES DONE EARLY.


I want to hand them in

BEFORE the due date.

We need a weeks time to really polish up the way we are presenting them.

Doing things last minute is NOT WORTH IT. get it done on time, and right. otherwise you will be wasting your own time as well as everyone else's. yeah that's harsh but it's the truth. If you rush things--it's apparent.

Please manage your time efficiently to get these done. we're doing great so far but I see us coming to a halt and I don't like that.

I will be gone tomorrow, and this week will be hell (edit: hell as in--i won't be able to talk to you guys much) for me as noted on our team calendar because I gotta move in and prepare for uni. i expect you all to be working hard. Yeah i understand we get busy with life. But we all knew that going into the competition.
If you're behind--sacrifice just one hour of something to work on your piece. whether that's sleep, a tv show, chop some time off ur shower, or get up earlier.


JUST DO IT.

GO GO GO GO GO GO!

[snootchy]

sounds great, and big ups for the motivation hala!!

Tim and Walid D: Thanks a bunch for the big push, and I super dig ur sketches Tim, really dug the one with of the chick driver in ur SB nice muted tones! Walid I knew I could always rely on ur cragee cheerleading abilities!

Matt & Granny: looks great and coming along really well, keep plugging away, last week for us all to polish up we got and bring it all together!

Oh also after reading the requirements and dae's response to twitchfinger, looks like they gonna be pretty strict about 2:3 aspect ratio just like that of zhang lu's demo pic posted in the sign up thread. So good idea fer us all to copy his image and make sure our images fit that format.

Well keep up the hard work ladies and gents!!

Sorry been a bit busy this weekend, and still burnt out from work, but here's a sketch for the bad alliance, spent about 3hrs on the sketch after watching jchan's villian demonstration as he was stating how it important it is to get things worked out before rendering and I've fell into that trap on the first one, so hopefully this one will go much faster. I decided to switch up the first one to the good alliance since the colors and face and pose look a bit too graceful. Also if i do have time I might integrate an idea i had to incorporate rook piece a bit better.

The enviro is the final i plan to go with, also gonna break up the hard edges and texture it better.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8210/demonstress11.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/demonstress11.jpg/)

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3564/envirodemonstress1.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/envirodemonstress1.jpg/)

[SMILEFACE]

Tester got a bit more werk on it but im gunna get the other up to par an then finish em off

[JailHouseRock2]

Good work guys, lets kick it up a notch!

Lovin' it Granny, and great stuff Snootch!

Really hope your move gose alright Larissa! All the best!

Barrrr...... Everything that could go wrong did on this one. I even think I fucked up the size... This is nearly as big as it gets:( Oh well, I'll take a quick brake from it and start the Drak King.

Keep rockn'
matt

[hala]

i like the sketch snootch, now flesh that baby out!! i agree. it's uber hard to design a character without working everything out first. even if you gotta have a style sheet drawn up before you even make the composition. :)

spect, coming along great--i should have said this earlier so if i'ts not possible don't worry about it--but can you make her/dino closer/bigger? she is kind of small in the composition. if you can't fix it, dun worry about just work with it! :)


matt, i loved the first bishop, and this one is banging too---work on softening up some edges though--a lot of them are really bold and don't mesh well with the atmosphere--and don't beat yourself up too hard cuz i don'[t think it's as bad as you think it is. also--that size is ok--sucks for trying to work on details, but our final presentations can't be much larger anyway, so don't sweat the size. and thanks! :)


awesome guys i'm glad to see some more work coming out!
i'll try and get something up tonight. been busy with family this weekend and right now i'm supposed to be packing but um....yea...CA > packing.

[jigje]

You guys. WOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW.

Yer all on fire. :sungod: :sungod: :sungod: :sungod:

[snootchy]

thanks jigjie, you roxurs mang!!

Granny I agree with hala, in that the character could be a bit bigger, cuz it looks a bit more like an illustration more so than character sketch, looks great though!

Matt really nice lighting you captured and it totally shows a bad force to be reckoning with, nice job also agree with hala to mix up some of the hard edges, keep going mang doing great!

Almost there dewds, last week to put it into 5th gear!

Hala not sure if I'm gonna be able to finish my other character by thursday, i'll try my best, but will let u know in advance if i can't make it by then. Oh also I was wondering if you guys have the character's separated like on separate layer so that it's easier to just piece together, rather than have to go lasso it out, not a biggie but just wondering?

Here's an update on the good alliance succubus, still got a bit to do on this but it's getting there. I'd say it's about 3/4's finished, but the checklist is still long for what i need to do to finish this piece up!

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8120/demonhuntressh.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntressh.jpg/)

[SMILEFACE]

does this help? sorry guys didn mean to drop the ball i can do another with just the girl if yah want lemme know

[snootchy]

cool beans man looks good to me!; maybe we can double check with dae on most of ours, like compile into one big sheet so she can scan over to see if the aspect ratio is appropriate

[vardoburrito]

aaaa Mike, her right bottom leg looks/feels a bit long.
Perhaps show the ankle bend or bottom of the shoe more. [Googly eyes though. o.0 Please x2.]


Keep the heart attacks in check, blaghblagh

[JailHouseRock2]

Thanks a bunch for the crits guys!
Blake this is looking sweet! And mike as well, but I agree with dwardo that the far leg is a bit to long.

Oh also I was wondering if you guys have the character's separated like on separate layer so that it's easier to just piece together... :up: and just so there is no confusion, we don't need to do a compliation image for this CHOW.


Hope your moves going well Hala!

And thanks again to Jigje and Edward, Cheers!


My evil King concept, trying to keep it simple.

Don't slow down!
matt

[snootchy]

Dwardo & Matt: thanks for the fix! yea the leg armor is giving me lots of trouble but left it rough and moved onto other things but I plan on polishing the bottom half as much as the upper! awesome job matt, looks great; i think the arms look a tad long but other than that works really well for the villain, also i think tears and ripped clothing might add a bit more edge to the bad guy!

oh that's awesome, so just need to finish our characters up and slap it into chess board, werd up! thnx matt

here's a quick block in and then experimental lighting/value and color, prolly won't use this but just to see how quickly I'm going to be able to get this one knocked out

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9623/demonstressf.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/demonstressf.jpg/)

[SMILEFACE]

wowzaers yall er look'n freak'n hot burn'n down this thread the evils are WICKED HAHA GO TEAM AN DWARDO ROCKS SUGAR COOKIES

[Peetaer]

Wicked character and experimental lighting. Very cool.

[SMILEFACE]

shanks peetaer !!!!!!!!


some werks on it gunna have em as good as i can do on thurs night

[hala]

Matt--see if you can push the design a bit more. I know you can do it--it's looking good already but I think you can make it scream "BAD ASS AND EVIL" a bit more ;) maybe have a couple decapitated heads too. not just one. :D (Edit: Bahh i'm a fucknut and totally read over your statement about keeping it simple--go for it :) )

Mike: I know she's supposed to be in a tower--but in our storyline evil IS in the forest. could you include some snowy tree branches of something? just to show the location in regards to the story line. I also think you could do more with the lower half of her body--her top half has some great design--but isn't being carried out through the whole body. just some thoughts :)

Spect : I love the saddle on the gorilla and I like what you've done with her outfit. I'll wait to see what you do next before I crit.


edit: i'm sorry if i'm coming off nit picky. just trying to be helpful and provides crits even tho i wanna give ass pats--i save ass pats for when we're done ok? :)

----------------------

I don't know why I am even posting these pathetic sketches :\ gonna just make it ratty-lots of metal and chain. I'll try and get some thumbs up in a couple hours.
my family has been spending a lot of time with me before I leave so I haven't had much time to draw. really sorry ><
since Mike has a job now
i'm assuming he doesn't have time to put the team video together--is anyone else up to the task? if not it's ok---we can't do everything :)

i made changes to the good queen..i post them later tho
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5517/badesigsndcopy.jpg

[CKLamb]

Hustle, hustle, people!

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking great Spect and Snootch!

And hala these an't that bad at all, I see where your going and it looks great!

And thanks CKLamb, and Peetaer!

Haha, Larissa I think I read you mind again... two heads! And yeap I'm still working on making him more evil looking... Harder than I thought...

Cheers,
matt

[hala]

Ck's right.
We need our asses kicked so bust it out kiddies.
Thanks CK! :)


I like it so far matt, the colors really helped it in terms of personality. Just an idea--flip the cross upside down? Maybe that is way too cliche but just an idea.

Watch the proportions of his legs/feet. There is something off about them. Maybe you could have some small animal skulls hanging off the bottom is his cape or belt or something. He's a slayerrrrrrrrrr xD

And thanks--tho I feel like she is coming out way too dainty and not as powerful as i had imagined in my head.

[snootchy]

peetaer & CK Lamb: Thanks mang you rock big time for the ra ra cheers brah! CK hope u and ur team push it hard to the finish line but looking great mang!!

Granny: looks great, i think further detail in certain areas and pushing of darks and lights on the character will help it pop a bit more, but keep going it's looking greeeat!!

Matt: the lighting is awesome on that sketch really gels well, and it's looking more sinister, i think some softer edges still could be implemented and also check the perspective of the crown looks a tad off, but liking the overall mood keep pushing mang almost there!

hala: ooh great sketch in the top left, really like that pose and design, looks like a certain urgency is created in the pose! good luck with the move!! just keep working things out, the character will turn out great, i know it's tough with the move and all but u'll come through wif the bomb diggity!!

I know she's supposed to be in a tower--but in our storyline evil IS in the forest.

uum i guess i had the wrong impression of what we were doing cuz i thought we could either set it in the castle of each side or the forest but no worries, i'll just do a new enviro

so here's the update on the good alliance, i have a little checklist going and plan to be done with this one by tomorrow night and hopefully get started on the evil alliance tomorrow as well; like i said the previous post was just a test, not really anything i'm going to stick with other than the sketch of the character, but thanks for your responses!

4 more days y'all!

*edit: yea i'm not sure about the video, i haven't really took shots of any of my sketches but if u guys got anything just send it to me and i can do it this weekend otherwise if anybody else is up for doing it i'm coo wif that!

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5788/demonhuntressj.jpg (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntressj.jpg/)

[hala]

blurry thumbs.
yay D:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/232/thumbsforbad.jpg

[JailHouseRock2]

Thanks a bunch for the crits guys!

Hala: Awesome thumbnails, I'd go for either the 2 bottom, they show off the character more! Great stuff!

snootchy: Details are starting to looking great! that legs stil to big, but I know you've got to do that yet. And I'm afraid I having got that much saved on Livestream, it lags up my photoshop too much, so I don't mind not doing it.

still heaps to do, but heres an update before I go to bed!

All the best,
matt

[JailHouseRock2]

Just about there on this one, really enjoyed painting it... hope it shows. But I don't like the crown/helmet.. any ideas?

On to the dark Bishop next... and If I have time I've got some extra stuff planed... wait and see:P

Go team go!
keep rockn'
matt

Edit: Update on the Bishop, nearly there!! Rock on!:rocker::rocker::rocker:

[jigje]

schweet Matty

[snootchy]

Jigjie: thanks mang fo the cheers!!

hala: cool thumbs, keep pushing them! Have a greeaat move tomorrow!! Also don't think i'll have both mine done by thursday, prolly late friday or mid saturday, if it's too much work for u to put together i don't mind putting the stuff together this weekend and submitting either way let me know.

Matt: suhweet, looking great! the cloth rendering looks excellent as for the crown maybe a dead carcass head or animal head of sort as a crown or bones for design elements

sorry thought i'd finish tonight but i'm just way too burnt out from work today, so only spent an hour today, still gotta fix that back leg, also the enviro touched up a bit was thinking of putting like a plasma shield wall, kind of like her powers, she can defend the castle from flaming firecrackers with her demonic powers by casting a proto-plasma wall of some sorts

also including a close up, almost 100% size of the res i'm working at, most of those small details will get lost on the downsizing

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6306/demonhuntressk.jpg (http://img159.imageshack.us/i/demonhuntressk.jpg/)

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3440/upclose.jpg (http://img159.imageshack.us/i/upclose.jpg/)

[SMILEFACE]

all yall are fire FIRE ! JIGJE IS AWSOME ROOCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!! I WAS PLAY'N W/ THIS BUT I WAS AT THE DOC AN HAD TO GET MY ARM SCRUBBED AGAIN AN A TETNESS SHOT YEAH WELL HOPE ITS WERK'N ILL DO THE TOUCH'N UP AN SOME HARD EDGES TOMMORROW SHOULD BE DONE W/ BOTH BEFORE MIDNIGHT TOMORROW GO TEAM LOOK'N FREAK'N RADTASTIC FFFIIYYYAAAAHHH:mod::mod::mod::mod:

[SMILEFACE]

ALRIGHT THIS MIGHT SEEM WEIRD BUT IF YOU HAVE SOUND I WANT YALL TO JUST FEEL THE MUSIC HAHA make sure no ones around an get PUMPED ITS CRUNCH TIME ALL OR NOTHING LETS END THIS HARD!!!!!!!! LOL THIS SONG ER WHATEVER IT IS RRRRRRROCKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSS WEATHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT NOW LETS RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK THIS MOTHER LEVEL UP TIME AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[JailHouseRock2]

Fu*k yeah, lets do this shit!
Looking good guys!
TEAM Chönyid Bardo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lol, this one dose different thing for different people:)
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[hala]

aw spect man i totally understand.
just ask phil--when i was painting the good queen on live stream i had a jock jams combo playing on repeat. can't work without
LETSSSSSSSSSSSS GET READYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TOOOOOOOOOOO RUMMMMMBLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE E.

haha and that's my fave dave chappelle ever. :)

it just feels awesome u know? Anyway, I hope your arm is ok


Nice work everyone! I move in to my apartment in a couple hours D: so i wo'nt be available on the interwebs oh noes
but i will get my piece posted by tomorrow via uni computer lab


BUST IT OUT NOW PEOPLE


NAOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WORK.

HARDER.

[hala]

Haha thanks for that matt xD

"YOU HAVE THREE FUCKING SECONDS TILL I GOUGE YOUR GODDAMN EYES OUT".
I feel like that way to often >> maybe this is why i have no friends xD

you guys rock!!!!

[SMILEFACE]

hahaha yall are my heroes an heres yer last chance to crit or forever hold yer piece i can werk some more on it after werk an that but if you can get the crits in early i can get a jump ons it thanks fer letting my be on yall team im deeply honored

[snootchy]

great pep talks and vids peepz u guys coo as bang bang in da anoose!!

granny: awesome update mang! i think some more details on the characters itself would help pull more focus to them, doesn't have to be super detailed all over just in areas where there is light present; also the good version, she seems to be in a standing pose or looks like it, rather than nested into the saddle, i think a bit of drop shadow or contouring of that leg into the saddle will help to ground her more in the saddle, keep up the hard work

was a pleasure werking wif y'all, keep up the hard werkz peepz!!

oy think i'm getting sick, not feeling too well today, but got a bit of time to the bad one, still deciding on lighting and enviro; think i'm gonna go with night moonlit dappled lighting effect on this one

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4961/demonstress111.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/demonstress111.jpg/)

[JailHouseRock2]

Great stuff!

Granny I love em'! really well done man!

Snootchy awesome work! Really hope you don't get ill, that would suck, It's been awesome working with all of you as well!!!!

So if its cool with everyone, I'll finalize the images (add unified borders that sort of thing.) and name and submit everything on time. If your cool with that just upload your portraits here (make sure you state there finales), and as big as you can thanks.

Thanks again guys, this has been awesome... and a needed distraction!

For kicks:
matt

[hala]

excellent work guys--we've all improved quite a bit!!!


That's fine with me matt---it's really helpful actually if you don't mind finalizing and submitting. school starts for me that day so it will be hectic.



Hi guys, i managed to pick up someone's network in my apartment.
I'll have evil done and posted by tonight

but i'm a butt munch and left my finished copy of the good queen at home D: *slams head repeatedly
:( i had fixed her up quite a bit but oh well. So Matt---The finished queen is the last one I posted. (sorry about that guys. bad hala :( )

anyway, lovely work guys--i'm glad we pushed ourselves pretty hard :D
ttyall later

[Peetaer]

Awesome work guys, it's been way fun watching this thread develop.

[hala]

laptop kept overheating yesterday. I'm almost done now--just working on the background---anyone know how to improve color profile on shitty monitor? or is it just shitty monitor and you gotta suck it up and deal with it? I can't see things right on here x.x

cheers,

greetings from the ghetto D: (i haven't slept since I got here because I'm paranoid about being robbed/raped. my screen has dents from someone trying to pry it open D: )

anyway, any help on the monitor/color settings would be great--i'm on a really crappy LCD laptop monitor.

[JailHouseRock2]

Oh sorry Larissa, I wish I could help but I'm terrible with monitors (I usually just start playing with the setting til it melts into a huge glowing mess) But maybe try asking a question in one of the help forums? Even some of the ones here a good... and your sure to get a quick response if you post in the lounge.

Sorry.

God your new living situation sounds a little grim, but I'm sure you can look after yourself. And is not, get a gun or a dog... or a bear... Or get a dog with a gun to ride a bear...?

Sorry again:P

And thanks a lot Peetaer as well!

You guys are awesome, thanks so much for letting me participate!
matt

[SMILEFACE]

YEAH THANKS PEETAER AN HALA SOUNDS LIKE MY OLD APARTMENT JUST REMEBER YOU ROCK AN YER A UFC STREET FIGHTER I DUN KNOW HOW TO FIXERED THE MONITOR BUT JUST DO YER BEST AN IT WILL WERK OUT CAUSE YOU GOT HALA MAGIX an THANKS JAILHOUSE FOR ROCK I DUN CARE ABOUT COMPOTION IN THE SENSE OF THIS QUIESTION BUT IS SNOOTCHY OKZ IM WORRIED ?

[JailHouseRock2]

Cheers Granny, you ROCK!

Playing with ideas for the finale image.
working with some logo stuff from before, was thinking about having two designs (one good, one evil) and having appropriate chess pieces in the center?

Also I think we need to asign class's as well, (I don't think King or bishop count as class's do they?).

All the best!
matt

[SMILEFACE]

lold i dun know haha but i really like what ya did w/ the border mine was a half elf night good/bad i think that should be enough great werk man you RRRRRROOCCKKKKKKKKK

[snootchy]

Hala: glad you moved in ok! bummer fear of the hood =( as for the color calibration not sure if it'll help a whole lot to color calibrate, cuz the color gamut in a laptop lcd is pretty small range and the brightness and contrast levels are pretty low since they use tn panels, i think it should be alright regardless since values are relative, just the colors might not come out the way you wanted to; but just post what u got and that way others can give u feedback as to what the colors look like

matt: ooh awesome job on the template, i really like it and works well with what we are going for, big thanks for doing that and putting the whole thing together!

granny: haha i'm good man, well doped up on medicine, hard to concentrate on sketch but chipping away at it, thanks dood for the concern! any updates on finals?

sorry all, been a bit siick and taking meds so imma bit not clear headed, but here's my final for the good version of the demonstress succubus and what i have so far on the bad version; matt i'll try and have the bad one done by early afternoon tomorrow and also send u the write ups for my characters, thanks again for putting it altogether, y'all are the shizznizz!

FINAL
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/1020/final2f.jpg (http://img53.imageshack.us/i/final2f.jpg/)

working on...
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/687/notyet.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/i/notyet.jpg/)

[SMILEFACE]

damn MANG THATS HOT AN GLAD TO HEAR YER GOOD

[hala]

I LOVE that border and logo matt. fuck. you should take my spot in college and be a graphic designer.

DON"T FORGET YOUR WRITE UP GUYS-----YOU NEED TO SUBMIT A SUMMARY OF YOUR CHARACTER(S) AS WELL.


Here is my bad queen. if you need a bigger size let me know matt.


I feel like this is the most uncreative thing i've ever made :/ If we had more time I'd totally drop her and redesign her.

Please let me know if something looks terribly wonky with the colors. Other than that I know there are a ton of mistakes, i managed my time poorly on this one.

Other than that you guys are totally looking FRKN AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


WE ROCK OK!!!!!! I DON"T CARE IF WE STILL LOOK LIKE NOOBS COMPARED TO SOME OF THE PROS COMPETING, Y'ALL STILL PROS IN MY BOOK CUZ YALLLLLL ROCK SO DAMN HARD!!!

I think we all learned a lot and I see improvement in all of us so imo, we got a lot out of this.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2866/badfinalscopy.jpg

[hala]

As leader I feel obligated to give you guys a mushy conclusion speech:


MAN I LOVE YOU GUYS, STAY AWESOME 4EVARRRRRR!!!! this was a lot of fun (and frustration). I hope that if team chow comes around again ever we should try it again since we will have a bit more experience now. It was really cool to see you all push yourselves to your highest level to see what a "finished" piece could really be. I think our winter theme too forced us to learn how to do different things and use diff. techniques to get there. Im proud of yall, you should be too.

Cuz no team, no matter how talented,

ROCKS AS HARD AS CHONYID BARDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!


CHEERS!

[jigje]

Well done all yall. It's been real entertaining to watch the painting development, Spect blasting his arm, Hala moves to the ghetto, Snoochy experimenting with the meds from work. Matty, thank goodness your a rock. :D

[hala]

Lol Thanks jig!! We wouldn't be team chonyid bardo if we weren't mostly crazy :D


MATT---The chess titles are just names for the characters--there class is still determined by you--for instance I had the queen,but her class is a mage. Your king could be a brawler for example but he's still called the King.

[Jason Rainville]

Really cool work all around guys, it was fun to watch :)

One last crit: @snootchy, on the one you're working on remember reflected light on her dark side! There's lit environment behind her which would slightly illuminate her back, which would also help separate her from the darkness a bit.

[JailHouseRock2]

Wow loooks great Hala! But some of those branches are a bit distracting, so maye fade some of the further ones back. This will also help with depth! LOve it!
Snootchy this is awesome!!!! Love the lighting, and I think Jasons right as well!

Yep so if everyone wants to put there write ups here, I'll do the rest!
ANd If you don't want to write up the character briefs, I'm pretty sure I know the characters by now, so I' could do them easily!!

LOL, looks like were going to have lots of mages... so If you could maaaaaaaaybe think of another class (hala) that would help:)

Granny:-- the two characters on the last page, are they the finales? If so is there anyway you could post them bigger? Again, no worries if you can't.

ANd Finley, if its fine with everyone, I'm going to write up the teams progress report. We need a brief list of what everyone did, and I don't mind doing it!

We fucking rock!!!!!!!!!
matt

[hala]

yeah i thot we discussed the mage issue a while back but i could be wrong..kind of hard to change that now since she is holding a staff in both images.
I guess she will be a medic then?

if i find time tonight i will edit some of the branches, and make some alterations to my character so it's clear she's a medic.

Thanks for opting to do the progress report matt! :)

[SMILEFACE]

haha all yall RRRRRRRROCCCKKKKKKKKKKK AN THANKS AGAIN SSOOOOOOOOO MUCH I HAD SOOOOOOOOOOMUCH FUN THANKS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED US TOO CAUSE THEY ROOCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHH SORRY JAIL HOUSE I COULD BARLEY GET THE EVIL TO LOAD AS IT IS ON THE SITE ITS LIKE 506 KB OR SOMETHING I DUN KNOW HOW THAT STUFF WORKS REALLY
IM NOT TO SURE WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THE WRITE UP IM AH NOT SOO GOOD AT AH WRITE UPS BUT I DO KNOW WE ALL GAVE OUR BEST AN LEARNED ALOT AN IM PROUD OF ALL YALLS AN HONORED TO BE APART OF ROCK WE ARE WIN!!!!!!!! I GOT WAY MORE THAN JUST LEARNING ABOUT ART AN TEAM WORK I GOT A STRONG BOND WITH AN AMAZING BUNCH OF TROUBLEMAKERS

I HOPE WE STILL TALK TO EACH OTHER WHEN WE'RE AT THE RETIREMENT HOME BUT EVEN IF WE NEVER CROSSED PATHS AGAIN YALL WOULD ALWAYS BE APART OF WHO I AM THANKS ....:D:D:D:D:D

[snootchy]

haha well put Granny, ditto y'allz!!

sorry matt this is taking a lot longer than i thought; actually couldn't get started on this till a few hours ago, will try my hardest to get it done by tonight, also might have to leave the enviro kind of rough cuz of time but will try my best

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2834/notnotyet.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/i/notnotyet.jpg/)

[snootchy]

heya's here ya go matty, sorry for the lateness, but finally finished! wish i had more time to work on both but these'll have to do; i'll send you my write ups tomorrow after work or during lunchtime at work. oh yea also i have file sizes bigger if you need, actually i shrunk the images about 30%.

great job y'all, awesome werking wif ya's!!

FINAL...edit this final saw some stuff that was not worked out
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/7503/final3d.jpg (http://img125.imageshack.us/i/final3d.jpg/)

[SMILEFACE]

Damn snootch yall drop'n knowledge !!!!

[Lyno]

Nice guys, very cool works!

[AhChu]

Good job guys, you have some cool looking colour palettes going on here and some wicked ass artwork :)

[hala]

Hey Mattehhhh I will have my write up for you later this afternoon (ur in NZ, you'll prolly still be asleep by the time i upload it xD) I won't have a chance to make corrections to my work :( i'm so sorry

anyway, our team rocks, it was so much fun working with you guys, I guess it's back to stalking you all on seperate sketchbook threads now xD

And thanks to everyone who visited and critiqued! :)

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE :D

[snootchy]

thanks all for the great support and also best of luck on the rest of the day to all the other teams competing in chow!!

hey Matt, was wondering if I would have time to work on my character sketches after work for like an hour or so, I normally get off at 7pm eastern time in US? If not, I'm ok with submitting the two I posted...

Great to have werked wif y'all!!

[hala]

DRAFT 1

i'm most likely gonna come back and edit it
just throwing it down before i forget.


I'm trying to make it clear that her personality is vain, boastful, and petty.

-THE QUEEN-
(Alexandra)

While her King and her people are fighting on the front lines, Alexandra moves through the castle defenses and the thick forest trees, healing and buffing her fellow war mates. Feeling the need to appear regal and superior at all times; her armor is rather grandeur and decorative. She is a lady to the finest degree--If an enemy's blood happens to stain her skirt or shoes, she will run to her King whining and crying like a child until he adequately dismembers the enemy's body for such a sin. Her Childish antics often annoy people, but it is what keeps her on her toes, moving swiftly from one wounded warrior to the next, evading many attacks and messes. This capability however also leads her to be quite boastful. Afterall, there are not many people who can brag about healing a thousand soldiers during a bloody battle while keeping their appearance perfect and pristine.

[JailHouseRock2]

Great stuff Hala, but did you mean to post the same one twice, or do you have another one?
And is this for both good and bad chacaters?

[hala]

Snootchy your pieces are stunning man--awesome work you pumped out!! The details in them really shine! :)

Matt your pieces look very coherent and I love the simplicity of them, they definitely look like they are from the same story! Great job!! (The good bishop is my favorite)

Granny your pieces rock cuz they were made from you and you are the god of rock--I also love the idea of riding dinos and gorillas!!! Really nice too to see you push your pieces--just like the amazon woman when u pushed her to a finished, you really improved with these!!!

FINAL DRAFT.



-THE QUEEN-
-The Human Medic-
(Name: Alexandra)

While her King and her people are fighting on the front lines, Alexandra moves through the castle defenses and the thick forest trees, healing and buffing her fellow war mates. Feeling the need to appear regal and superior at all times; her armor is rather grandeur and decorative. She is a lady to the finest degree; decked in fur and layers; elegant and refined. However she is quite petty with keeping her appearence--If an enemy's blood happens to stain her skirt or shoes, she will run to her King whining and crying like a child until he adequately dismembers the enemy's body for such a sin. Her Childish antics and fragility often annoy people, but it is what keeps her on her toes, moving swiftly from one wounded warrior to the next, evading many attacks and messes. This capability however also leads her to be quite boastful. Afterall, there are not many people who can brag about healing a thousand soldiers during a bloody battle while keeping their appearance perfect and pristine.



I'm excited and nervous at the same time over this. Competitions are always so nerve wracking!

Again--we rock guys.
Even if we're not the best we can be YET as artist (we still got room to grow), we are the best team.
We got the best energy
the most crack *cough* i meant candy
and had the most fun.
I won't even post our MSN convos cuz they are too much for CA to handle xD

I don't care what anyone else says
I firmly believe we're the best team cuz we work together well
and dat's what it's all 'bout!!!!

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[hala]

Great stuff Hala, but did you mean to post the same one twice, or do you have another one?
And is this for both good and bad chacaters?

woops i didnt know i double posted sorry bout that matt

that is for them both
(do we have to one for each version? I thot it was just for the character as a whole. tell me if not i will write another one)

[JailHouseRock2]

Lol, I think it should be fine, but your wecome to write another one if you wish, I'm nearly readly to post... I bit longer, but don't worry!!

[SMILEFACE]

EVERY DAY WE HUSLTEN' EV' EV' EV' EVERY DAY WE HUSTLEN' BOOM' BOOM' CH* WE ARE RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK EVERY ONE IS RRRROOOOOCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK WE OUR ALL RROCKKKKKKKKKK ALL eVERYTHING

[snootchy]

awesome awesome awesome is all i gotta say to the team luv and harmony!!

Hey matt i'm just gonna grab something quick to eat and i'll post my write up after dinner. Thanks!

[hala]

ev'ev'ev' every day we're kicking ass :D

[snootchy]

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5602/finalsg.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/i/finalsg.jpg/)

sorry matt hope i'm not too late on my write ups?!

oh also here's the breakdown of each character:

Gaeia
Gender: Female
Race: Succubus
Class: Geomancer Defender
Alignment: Good

Lena
Gender: Female
Race: Succubus
Class: Geomancer Deceiver
Alignment: Evil

[hala]

snootchy, i thot the assignment was supposed to be two versions of the same character.

:x dunn wanna shit on your finished write up there but maybe check the guidelines?

i'm sure it doesn't matter anyway

Ps: i like lena's face a lot, i keep forgetting to say that. she looks really mystical :D

[JailHouseRock2]

Snootch:- Awersome man, but anychance on typing/copying it here? That way I can Direcly Copy and past in the Fanle Burning thread?

And yes I think Hala cold be right one breif for both Characters I think.

[SMILEFACE]

i think he'll be here in a sec jailhouse the destroyer thanks for rrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK2

[snootchy]

Sorry bout that fellas, here the final write up:

Born into nobility due to their protective nature, succubi reside close to their king's. They are either looked down upon by the human race and feared for their frightening appearance or lovestruck in awe of their beauty. Their appearance could be described as demon like with wings that keep them warm in the winter solstice and horns and tails that protrude from their head and body. Succubi create false perception by invoking climate changes, whether it be a misty fog to create a screen of some sort or to create hazardous blizzards to cloak the location of their kingdom. One uses the power for protection while the other uses the false perception to kill their enemies furtively.

Thanks again Matt for putting it all together!

[JailHouseRock2]

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay! ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=167193)

[snootchy]

Matt you f#$king rule man! Big ups again for coming through with the assembly of the goodness!!

Great job everyone, was awesome to have worked with y'all on this project!




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