Team ChoW II - The Howling Loveboys

[trevor]

just starting the thread
we are
mr delicious
twitchfinger
marco mazzoni
and me
sketches on the way soon

[Marco Mazzoni]

someday, we will be Howling Lovemen...

[Mr.Delicious]

:D Can't wait to see all your beauty unfold <3

[Mat Kaminski]

Epic lineup lol!

[AhChu]

Killer team, looking forward to the cool stuff you guys will be producing :)

[Mr.Delicious]

some skatchas

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/MrDelicious/Artwork/lizarddude2-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/MrDelicious/Artwork/Lizarddude-1.jpg

[trevor]

i loooves it
sketches from today
trying to loosen up a bit and do things quickly

[Marco Mazzoni]

Assasin orc, elf-ork hybrid thief, ent warrior... or something to that effect

[DIMAGYAN]

good works! Looking forward for your concepts

[Stark]

Trevor...you know this team is unfair! I'm going to be creaming all over the place! Looking forward to your sketches and finished products.

[Mark Tarrisse]

You guys are insane, this is going to be mad !

[Adrian Wilkins]

fucking shit this is going to be the bomb

[Sellis]

Haven't been on this site a long long time and now there's this whole team chow thing goin' on, cool idea! You guys have a very strong team, the first sketches are great so i'm definitely looking forward to seeing what unfolds :)

Cheers,

Stu.

[MattGamer]

*drools*

[Beelow]

Nice stuff you guys! Waiting to see some new stuff keep at it.

[t i m]

The big boys have come out to play, truly awesome stuff guys! Really looking forward to following your sb.

[CKLamb]

I'm sure you guys will put the MB tutorials to good use if you win....seriously...you guys could use some help.

[trevor]

another sketch!
slow night for me
im a bit tired

[Sirkenneth]

OOOOH shit.

[Marco Mazzoni]

Here's a quick satyr... shaman? I dunno.

[MattGamer]

can i be yours fanboy? thnx :]

loveeeeeeeeeee eet all! i can smell the goatman!

[trevor]

ew hahahah

[Sentinel.]

You guys rock so hard! Awesome work so far, the finished product is going to be bad ass.

[Capt Sprinkles]

o wow! trevor, david and marco on the same team? this is going to be a trip!
cant wait to see your guys' finals

[trevor]

dont forget adrian ahhh i mean twitchfinger!

[Capt Sprinkles]

and adrian too? sheesh.. wish i could join ya guys maybe next time..

[Moai]

This thread is a huge inspiration already.
Rock on, you guys.

[trevor]

tonight's work
working on a mer dragoon
from here ill do some ideas for skin texture maybe more appendages
need to come up with some light-weight armor

[Quicksilver]

Pure awesomeness. I love it! :D

Looking forward to the final pieces.

[trevor]

so we have given more thought to what exactly we will be doing
i will be drawing
1 mer woman dragoon
2 half giant brawler
3 human summoner

i actually want to do much MUCH more but we will see what time allows
ill let everyone else post what they are going to paint
then we need to figure out how to tie it all together with materials usage and design elements for items clothing and accessories as well as graphic elements to use in presentation

[DefiledVisions]

Intruder allert; swedish spy in camouflage incoming.. no not really.

Just wanted to say you guys do an amazing job, your sketches are great and so inspiring! So manny different designs and stuff, can't wait to see your finals :)
enjoy.

[trevor]

they're surrounding me these swedes! i work with 2!
thanks for all the kind words people
i havnt had this much fun in a while
spent a couple hours on this tonight
trying to see where i want her design to go before i design the armor (good 1st i think)
cant wait to do the weapons too!
i think ill start on my brawler now

[daestwen]

hey trevor! loving the mer/dragon. I really like the kind of speckled patterning on the first one, but the colouring of the third.

[trevor]

thx britt
not sure which i will use yet
prolly a combo of 2 of them
did this crap
try again tomorrow

[Beelow]

Trevor your a bum, You'll never be anything in life, LOL. hip stuff as always, trev, how you doing in the Atl?

[Twitchfinger]

Had to get out of a little art funk for a couple of days, but I'm ready to roll now!

Currently the characters I have planned are:
1) Human Cleric (good) / Necromancer (when he's eeevvvill)
2) Dryad (or maybe Wood Elf) Beastmaster
3) ???????

Sketched a bit tonight:

[Marco Mazzoni]

...and with that, The Loveboys have assembled.

Thanks for all of the encouragement guys, turns out I'm having a blast with these, despite my having never really attempted high fantasy.

I'll be running with:
1) Satyr Archer
2) Centaur Pikeman (see 50 CENTaur below)
3) Halfbreed Orc/Elf Assassin if time permits

Here's a quick sketch

[Mark Tarrisse]

In fact you guys are making self portrait. We all know you are not HUMANS ! :P

[Dished]

omg.....you guys are sofrigginawesomscooolsogoood! cant wait to see your guys' finals

[Genius_Malignus]

The talent in here is awe-inspiring.

[robinchyo]

looking sweet, fellas! lots of exciting ideas formulating here! :)

[trevor]

thanks robin!
i drew this for you
like
right now

awesome

[trevor]

ok so we are all getting together and sketching tonight and creating our team banner
i am hoping we will all have our rough designs done by sunday and we can spend the 1st half of next week doing POs and critiquing each other to make sure we all have solid cohesive designs
go team go!

[Mr.Delicious]

whoa we're all meeting up? :(

[trevor]

your welcome

[Marco Mazzoni]

It has been a powerfull evening.

[robinchyo]

look what you've done, trevor.... -___-

[Mr.Delicious]

woooooooo

sketchin around trying to stir up some ideas! Don't wanna go toooo tight just yet... NOT YET <3

[trevor]

oooooh david!
what classes are they?
love the lizard/bird thing so far

heres my work from tonight

[m0uS3r]

ok dude lets sign out this boys gonna f&%k everything

hehe like ASUS says rock solid, heart touching

nice stuff loverboys :D

[yoitisi]

So romantic...*sighs*

Great stuff in here dudes :D

[daestwen]

Guys, that banner is absolutely terrifying. :P Just so you know.

[Adam Schumpert]

I must agree with Daestwen that banner is terrifying... terrifyingly awesome!

You all have got some great designs going on here, really pushing your characters beyond the standard high fantasy hero types, and producing some badass results. I can't wait to see the final line up you guys come up with. I just have a few comments which you guys can pretty much ignore if you want because you are all so much more kickass at this than I am... but here it is anyway it might be helpful?.. maybe... probably not... but anyway...

Mr. Delicious- So far out of the ones you posted I think the bird/lizard one in you last post has the most appeal. You've really been able to capture a lot of personality in the character which can be difficult when working with a creature with avianesque features. Awesome. >:D

Twitchfinger - I like the visual designs you have come up with for your cleric and the dryad but I think you could push more with the concepts. Make them a little more unique. Maybe instead of a dryad beastmaster, wilderness/warrior, druidic type maybe a dryad who has uprooted her tree, planted it in a mobile planter and has become a traveling druidic evangelist converting farmers to druidism, or an embodiment of nature's revenge slaying peasants for clearing forest for farm land or something... by now I'm just talking out my ass but you get the idea. As for the cleric my only suggestion is... more pope hat... and when he turns evil... even more pope hat!... Necromantic pope hat of DOOM:P

Marco - the centaur is badass I'm loving the armor design. I like the halfbreed assassin idea it also looks like an interesting way to go. The sayter design is also good just make sure it doesn't end up looking too much like a Gamesworkshop Warhammer chaos beastman, maybe a more refined, less wild looking sayter? I dunno I'm sure it will end up awesome as well. :teeth:

Trevor - I'm liking your halfgiant brawler but I think the style with the tattoos and the mustache from pg. 1 has a lot more personality and unique style than the last few versions. Maybe a mix of the two since the mustachioed version looks maybe a little too human? Also the mer dragoon is coming along nicely out of the colors you played around with I like the third one the best but the yellow spots on the 2nd one really stand out to me. They remind me of some bioluminescent sea creatures which could be a really cool effect... here are some pics for reference of what I'm talking about.
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Anyway sorry about the long post. I hope something I said might be useful...
if not just throw it out or ignore it or whatever. Like I said, you guys know
more about what you are doing than I do so take it as you will :confident
You guy just keep rockin' hardcore can't wait to see the final pieces.
More... more...we want more inspiring awesomness!
Later. :teeth:

Take care,
Adam

[trevor]

thanks adam!
you bring up some valid points
i know what your saying about the brawler the wraps from the human one are way more fun and i think i want to tie them in more to this dude
as far as designs and unity i think it would be really cool to
make the materials from good vs evil really different
ie: good is man made artisan sort of gear quality engraved and ornamented metals and maybe some refined scrimshaw and for fabrics
fine hides with quilted, embroidered fabrics in between the armor

for evil mainly creature materials like bones scales and shells
again all engraved but dirty and jagged
just a thought

[trevor]

thanks adam!
you bring up some valid points
i know what your saying about the brawler the wraps from the human one are way more fun and i think i want to tie them in more to this dude
as far as designs and unity i think it would be really cool to
make the materials from good vs evil really different
ie: good is man made artisan sort of gear quality engraved and ornamented metals and maybe some refined scrimshaw and for fabrics
fine hides with quilted, embroidered fabrics in between the armor

for evil mainly creature materials like bones scales and shells
again all engraved but dirty and jagged
just a thought

[trevor]

oh and brit
there is WAY more where that came from
we did a lil hour long photo shoot ( dont own studio lights anymore though.....sigh)
heres a lil sneak peak


oh
and nobody will be safe from this photoshoot until this contest is over
by that time
you will have a whole new photoshoot to worry about hahaha

[Twitchfinger]

Thanks Adam, great suggestions! I'll keep them in mind as I go along.

Sketching out a pose for the corrupted cleric/necromancer.

What a magical world we live in <3 <3

[Marco Mazzoni]

Lookin great guys

Here's a little more motivation

[trevor]

this is amazing
i saw it happening and then BAM
instant awesome
adrian
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
might i suggest some animal materials? bone, shell or scale sorta stuff? or nasty hides?

heres my rough designs for pure/corrupt brawler / berzerker
i need to push the corrupted bit much further but my plan is there now so im good i think
could also use more personal items as well for both of them just to add character

how do YOU spell victory? hahahaha

[conte]

what the hell?!
awesome stuff, guys!

[trevor]

working on the corrupt brawler or what im going to call the berzerker
designing as i go to save some time here
enjoy

[trevor]

ok adrian suggested we see more of the head
and i had a plan for the color scheme so heres my last update today

[trevor]

ok 1 last update
damn..im addicted to this chow
too cool of a topic to do real work hahah

[Chijts]

That is a sexy picture, in a repulsive sort of way.

[prostate sunrise]

My only concern that I can see is that you seem to have too many source pictures for you to make your banners :b

This is great stuff guys, I'll be sending some baby powder for you all in thanks for making me depressed...

haha, peace out

[trevor]

too many picture? or not too many enough?
and thx for the baby powder
my balls is chafing

[Ionic]

great work guys... loving the synergy.

[Pixeltuner]

hahahahaha, your teambanner already earned you a spanking vote. And another one for the shear awesomeness of these concepts. Well played.

[trevor]

moving very slow today
more tomorrow
i hope to finish him by then hahah 6 illos is a tall order

[trevor]

thx for all the kind words and crits people

[Marco Mazzoni]

...and thank you for setting the high water mark.

[Twitchfinger]

Can't wait to see this guy finished! Stay sweet, have a great summer!

[CKLamb]

What this piece really needs is a pair of black foam nunchucks (preferably with golden dragons printed on them).

[Cam Sykes]

Damn Trevor, that thing is fire.

Just one small suggestion though. Thinking that perhaps if he's a brawler he's maybe had a couple of teeth knocked out from previous fights.

[trevor]

like this ck?

[smokenmirrors]

scrabble infamy....

fantastic work fellers! makes me almost want to don my 80's cut boy shorts...

almost.

:P

[CKLamb]

Fuck...you're good. Bonus points for the Bruce reference.

[Ninjerk]

i love scrabble

[Meon]

Hahaha. Trevor, you're the man!

Awesome Character, guys!

[sourgasm]

hahah aaaaawesome

[Twitchfinger]

Rooooughs for the night... working out comps for the good/evil Wood Elf beastmaster.

:scribble: :scribble: :scribble:

It's a celebration.

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[trevor]

looking good so far! only suggestion so far is maybe tilt the wolf's head up a bit
lie he's looking towards her face like he's checking for her reaction to something?
i dunno just a thought

[domo arigato]

awesome stuff!!!

[Marco Mazzoni]

Well, here's what I did today. The corrupt satyr archer w/ arbalest. I still need to flesh out his armor and accessories, but I got the composition and color scheme about where I want it for now. I've been noodling on this thing since this morning and I need to take my eyes off of it for a while, probably start up the pure version tomorrow.

[secret_science]

Siiiiiiick Satyr-goat man! He's got the fire.:mod:

[Genius_Malignus]

You guys rock. This stuff really makes me want to practice.
I like the last one a lot, but I have trouble reading the nose/mouth part of his face.

[sourgasm]

you guys are doing a great job at keeping everything contained to a cohesive style and palette.

although i ended up here after googling "lathered up sasquatch cock punch." tricky taggers.

[MattGamer]

i'm happy to stare

[Twitchfinger]

Only had a little time to work on this little lady. Lots mo' work to do, but right now I'm off to watch the meteor shower.. might work on it a bit more when I get back. PS I suck at drawing wolves... will gather more ref when I get back. Think his head's too big or something.

Sourgasm, thanks for googling us, it tickles.

[Teundeboer]

I'm not sure how open I'm supposed to be to comment. but staring at this last picture of Twitchfinger gave me some thoughts I hoped you wouldnt mind me sharing.
First, a minor detail, I think her abdominal region is too far pointed left, compared to her stance. But that's a tiny thing of which I could be wrong or you had already noticed.

Second, a design thought. I think her outfit needs to be brighter. Or greener, to be of greater contrast with her future evil side. Since it's leaning a bit towards black i'm sure everybody will be able to see the difference between her and her evil side. But i think adding some more light and/or green/life to her outfit will offer an even greater constrast.

Feel free to ignore this since I'm just saying what I'm thinking.

Oh, and almost forgot. I freakin love this shit, I press the refresh button at least 20 times a day hoping you guys updated this thread. Hm, sounds creepy.

[Twitchfinger]

Don't mind the comments at all, any feedback is totally appreciated.

You're right about the abdominals, it (along with a few other things) are throwing her center line out of whack. I'll fix that tomorrow.

As for her outfit, I'm planning on introducing some greenery with leaves and vines sewn in along w/ the rest of her outfit. There will be a pretty big difference between the good and evil once I get into rendering the materials. The corrupted one is going to have incredibly gnarled wood pieces, with some nasty black metal melding in with it as well. Thinking of making her hair like that brittle, deadish lichen too.

Bed time

[trevor]

lookin good
small update i had to take a day off
dont want to burn out hahaha
not sure why but i have been running out of steam on this one
working too slow
i think its time i moved to another for now

[Icon]

i'm rooting for you guys!! :D

...wait...i have a team of my own.... ehhh oh well :P

[trevor]

im flattered! you should just join our team then you can root for yourself!!!!:cheerleader:
whats your team name? i hadnt seen it yet
i definitely want to see it!

[Ninjerk]

icon is on one of the atelier teams

[zimfin]

God! Don't you guys sleep? A LOT of awesome stuff going on in here.

[prostate sunrise]

Of course they don't sleep, have you seen their banner?



oxox

cake

[Marco Mazzoni]

That's a common misconception. We actually take several cat-naps a day while sharing a sleeping bag. This strengthens our deep bond by simulating a shared womb.

[Twitchfinger]

We refer to them as cat-naps not only because of the duration of sleep, but also because of the excessive purring

[Mr.Delicious]

God you guys are pumpin this stuff out D:! I'm trying to finish up my client work so I can get back to this :O. Hope you dudes dont hate me <3, lovin all the concepts

[Marco Mazzoni]

Aw, we could never hate you man, after all, we're The Howling LOVEboys (triple thanks for that name btw). It's completely understandable that you gotsta get paid first before you bring the hot fiyah ;)

[trevor]

true dat........
heres the wip for the summoner
starting to get pumped again
you guys should see my chest
its heaving

[Mr.Delicious]

started some more on my previous bird dude concept <3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/MrDelicious/Artwork/CHOWcolsketch.jpg

[prostate sunrise]

you guys hurt me in a very good way.

Trev, man nice start to that summoner dude, I love the stance and the badass comp you got going. Mr. Delicious, or may I call you Dave? not that you aren't delicious, but its really long to type. That is one killer f'ing birdman. Nice silhouette potential!

[robinchyo]

dang you guys are just pumping these out like it's nothing! really nice stuff trevor (like the colors you've got going on that guy's armor) and dave (very interesting idea. it's like a punk raven warrior)!

[trevor]

OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHi love itssss
all the work ill get done tonight
need to add all of his jewelry and trinkets
saving that for ....today

[Marco Mazzoni]

My goat, see.

[trevor]

AWESOME!
i wish i could thank you more than once just for the joke

[Twitchfinger]

I see your goat and raise you some wood.

[FalyneVarger]

Wow...
I actually want a team other than my own to win.

[jozulus]

huh men... thats the $PIRIT... mad painting skills.
waiting for more, i keep my eyes on this stuff

its just one additional bonus, that you got different styles in figure creation, but the result, as a team work, is homogen

[Ninjerk]

This thread makes my crotch happy

[Jason Snair]

you guys are freakin' awesome! hope you don't mind, but I saved a bunch o' these to me inspiration folder.

Most of you seem to be working in the, paint in BW first then in layers add in color tints. Then go back in and add more colors, saturations, highlights, opaques, etc. I just started trying that technique myself.

Nice work, guys!

[CKLamb]

:asspat:

[midknight523]

inspiring.....


damn

[daestwen]

Marco, I am loving that goat, man. The layout is really nice and strong, I like it.

You guys are rocking this contest so hard!

[Earendil]

Sweet! Inspiring! I'll look forward to the day when I can just go "oh, I'm running out of steam on this one...guess I'll just do another one real quick ;)

[Dished]

hoooot dammnnn.....:perv:

[Icon]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[Jovian M]

I just read the tags. I see how cock punch is fitting, and maybe even diarrhea machine. But sasquatch? C'mon, you guys are being silly. :/

Fantastmical. D=

[trevor]

ok not a lot of progress but here we go

[Marco Mazzoni]

...pfft, slacker.

Spent some time noodling on this today, still much to do.

[Verehin]

You guys are power!

[Twitchfinger]

Looking great guys!

One question: do you think the color palettes for the good versions are veering a little too close to the corrupt ones? If I didn't already know which ones they were, I would have guessed they were evil.

Plugging away at this a little more. Still plenty to do, but I'm going to move onto something else for a bit.

[sourgasm]

twitch: i'd say yes, though it may be a matter of tone and feel as much as particular palette. moody, heavily shadowed areas, etc.

[Vatsel]

Thanks guys... This made my day.

[Sirsketchalot]

These are looking fantastic guys! I agree with the others about the palette. Also, I had to see the WIP of the goat to understand he was holding a bow. It gets lost in the darkness. Beautiful details in the summoner one as well. The textile designs have bumped him up to another level of awesome.

[trevor]

good call adrian im on it hahaha
wooooo so pumped

[alive]

is there any way i could join this team? I admire everyones work so much it would be so inspiring/ motivating to try and keep up.. is it ok? when is the deadline for this?
ps, trevor that summoner is so badass!

[trevor]

sorry alive we are all full up for this competition (there are 4 of us you know) but im sure there are other teams looking for artists or you could form your own team
and thx about the summoner
the deadline is the end of the month btw

[alive]

awww dam, ok thats cool, i thought it was 5 person limit though? oh well, i was going to work so hard, i guess i can start my own team :(

[trevor]

almost done!!!!!
have to tone down a bit of it but adrian suggested a few things that kept me from ruining it hahahah

[Teundeboer]

WOW, such a giant transformation. May i suggest something? Since he is a summoner, I'm assuming he is controlling/summoned the statue to life. The thing he's standing on. Because the statue is beaming light while the summoner's hands are glowing. If this is indeed what is going on, I would suggest linking the light of the hands to the eyes of the statue. And in that way connecting them, making it absolutely sure that the summoner is controlling the statue, or bringing it to life.
Feel free to dismiss this if I am misunderstanding your intention of your beautiful piece.

[trevor]

thx man
i had actually tried it and it looked weird but i have something else in mind
you should see it tomorrow
if poonly i drew him doing this:mod:

[Jason Snair]

lovely image. love the light.

edit: And I really like your attention to the details of the costume. The stitching, embroidery, etc., is done quite nicely as well.

[Adoyle1]

you guys are rascals, this stuff is awesome.

I've been checking this thread a couple times a day since it started - keep it coming!

[SMILEFACE]

YALL ARE DO'N GREAT but i think some anatomy studies or drawing from life could really help push yall to the next level anywho keep w/ the goods:D:D:D

[Marco Mazzoni]

Well Monday nights we usually get oiled up and pose for eachother anyway, maybe we can actually study eachothers anatomy as well. Thanks Mr. Spect ;)

[trevor]

squat

[trevor]

thrust

[Marco Mazzoni]

repeat

[Twitchfinger]

We made this with our hands and our hearts.

[Teundeboer]

Who the hell is posing for these brilliant things?

[trevor]

who is posing??????
who do you think is posing?!!?!?!?
it is us the men of "the howling loveboys"!!!!

[sourgasm]

i say scrap everything and enter those shots of the loveboys in action instead. you'd bowl through the competition like that fat kid from hook.

http://sour.org/fatkidfromhook.gif

[trevor]

mmmmmmm ok progress time
on to the evil one
need a break from him

[Nadiamoon]

this hello kitty warrior looks great! gogo Howling Loveboys

[DeKal]

unreal man. love it.

[Ninjerk]

that tiger aint frontin

[domo arigato]

I don't care even care what you guys put out anymore, that image of you guys is going on my desktop forever. And that is that.

[clanlord]

I am now A FAN!
You guys rock. I wish you very best of luck and success! Like a competitor to another competitor. Your renedring is always awesome and the POSTERS! Gosh why don't you get some printed posters of HLB and stick to the buildings walls?

May I give you an advice for the last one? (it would be honor for me) It is a little thing that may change the whole look of the evil character. Why don't you draw his head up to the looker? Like he is staring right against you with evil blazing eyes which light will slightly lighten his contours on the face. I do not charge you to do it. It is just a suggestion. Thank you for the beautiful work :) - G

[Quike Garcia]

In words of the great Tenacious D: "Fuck yeah!!"

This is great... images in this thread may help me to do one cock push-up...

And the illustrations too..

[trevor]

I am now A FAN!
You guys rock. I wish you very best of luck and success! Like a competitor to another competitor. Your renedring is always awesome and the POSTERS! Gosh why don't you get some printed posters of HLB and stick to the buildings walls?

May I give you an advice for the last one? (it would be honor for me) It is a little thing that may change the whole look of the evil character. Why don't you draw his head up to the looker? Like he is staring right against you with evil blazing eyes which light will slightly lighten his contours on the face. I do not charge you to do it. It is just a suggestion. Thank you for the beautiful work :) - G
how nice of you not to charge me :P
i already have some plans for the alternate version
and there is no worry at all that it will look like the good
thanks for the kind words everyone

[Ghostbrush]

ha ha i love the attitude u have taken to this guys, its very funny and the work so far is looking sweet! digging all of it so far!

keep up the great work and the hilarity!

All the best

Alex

[trevor]

THX GUYS!
1 last update before sleep
more info on why hes like this tomorrow

[Robert.B]

you guys really make a great team! Keep it up!

[Undeadartist]

Love your guys stuff big fan following all of your work can wait to see all the fully rendered characters good luck on the competition

[Inca]

Trevor you are an actual genius, I love the concept of the evil one, fucking brilliant idea and an excellent opposition to the good. Marko, dude I love your style and the awesome stuff you've come up with so far, seriously looking forward to the half orc assassin and a final for the centaur. And twitch, I wanna see moar!

[Marco Mazzoni]

Here's what I have started for the corrupt Pat Cenataur
He's going to be swinging a massive flail or morning star

[trevor]

ok so
he summoned a lesser demon he could no control and let the being take over twisting his body and will
woot!

[Twitchfinger]

Rough for the good cleric, aka C. Thomas Pummel. I hope I haven't made any Clerical errors.

[Sellis]

Stuffs great! Loving this thread. The evil summoner is a great idea and Marcos new Centaur is brilliant, keep it up guys.

[gerezon]

You guys are sooo inspiring, made me draw nonstop yesterday. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

[vardoburrito]

lmao.
wait, are you guys working in the same studio? :teeth:
good vibes. kick ass moods. lol hotlanta buahaha. faved!

[trevor]

yeah except for david we a work at CCP north america ( makers of eve online)
and we get together and draw pretty frequently anyways so it was nice to have a direction given to us with this competition hahaha

[vardoburrito]

:teeth:
Awesome [Googles Eve online, not a gamer doh!]
n Funny Creative vibes are always infectious, like a nice burrito stand.
lmao short shorts ... too funny.

[indus]

Wow, I really like the design of summoner who take on the tentacle demon.
cool idea! cheers and keep it up<3:cheerleader:!

[John Bridges]

Damn, you guys. Just...damn.

Marco, that evil centaur scares me. I'm crying. Make him go away.
Trevor, why don't you summon some suck, 'cause this piece doesn't have any yet.
Adrian, bless you my son.
Dave? Dave? Anyone? Dave...hahaha I want to see more of your stuff man! Start howling, loveboy!

[trevor]

is it just me
or does "avatar" look like the most horrible piece of bad furry deviantart crap ever?
a lil off topic
but
wow
WOW
thats.....um
thats bad

[domo arigato]

insane. holy crap. keep it up guys!

[trevor]

for those of you going to dragon con in the atl

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2398324&posted=1#post2398324

ill be having a sketch meet up
should have a model :lifedrawing:
doing demos:painting:
drinking :drinkup:
eating :asslick:
farting :nohope:
etc:moon:
keep an eye on that thread and when the time comes rsvp

smooches!:groupie1:

[Mr.Delicious]

oh man trevor, I thought the same thing about avatar. Those designs! WHAT, even the mech/ship things were super generic. Revolutionarily generic I mean <3. I only hope james doesnt let us down.

Imma try and post soon, my life is a busy life right now :(. I just took time out to get my puppy some meds. Hopefully after i finish what im doin now I can post some new stuff... :(

[trevor]

we all understand completely
but
we
we.......
we miss you
so much

[CKLamb]

Look....if you guys want to win this thing you're really going to have to start taking this seriously. I mean come on, not a single set of boobs to be found in the bunch. One big sausage fest.

You're welcome.

757639


(BTW, don't forget these have to have a paragraph description to tag along with them. I just thought I'd remind you guys because you've got a crap load of characters on your list. Great job guys and best of luck!)

[Mr.Delicious]

man i always tell trevor the boobs are too small. he never listens!

edit: leave the breasts for david, he will show you the light.

[Muscari]

this thread is AWESOME, and that summoner pic just made my day. wish you all the best of luck in the comeptition!!

[trevor]

hey! there are boobs coming! adrian has the fem beastmaster
and im doing the fem mer dragoon
and it seems the summoner summoned himself a sweet pair of sweater puppies! :p

[CKLamb]

:bashful:<---My memory only lasts about one page's worth. I forgot all about the beastmaster and dragoon.

[conte]

really cool stuff, dudes.
trevor, great pattern work, man!

[Nadiamoon]

so evil, so good. Can't wait to see more

[Marco Mazzoni]

Got a little more done on this guy tonight. Hopefully I can get the pure version to this point by the end of this weekend too
:mod: (seems appropriate)

[trevor]

its...its glorious!
progress on the evil summoner
more tomorrow!

[yoitisi]

Awesome work in here dudes, can't wait to see this finished :)

One note though, it's been said a bunch of times in this T-Chow section and on in the main thread but the format (width-height ratio) was set to the example given. I noticed yours are all varying a lot which might not fit the brief, just figured I'd point that out.

[Hideyoshi]

wow you guys are totally rocking this!!! O_O

[t i m]

Great work guys, really loved the last batch!

Trevor - Hey, it's a little late but I thought I'd mention it anyway. I really liked the color tutorial you did in the ImagineFX May issue, stellar work man!

[Twitchfinger]

Yoitisi: The brief states that "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."

I took that to mean that we just had to make sure that the canvas was in a portrait format, rather than landscape, square, etc. And that we needed to keep the figure at approximately the same size relationship as it is in the Zhang Lu example. But if it means we have to use the exact same dimensions as that one, then I guess we better fix that :) Anyone know?

Looking awesome guys, I've got most of today set aside to work on mine.

[yoitisi]

Twitchfinger: Well, I started seeing squar-ish compositions in here so :P But yeh I think Jason means sticking to the format pretty strictly, actually.

[Twitchfinger]

Word from on high.. looks like we're supposed to stick as close as possible: Twitchfinger: I'd rather you stick to the 2:3 ratio, or close to. Thanks!

[trevor]

so what do we need to change our aspect ratio?

[Niva.]

I'm glad I keep checking this thread, this ratio aspect being a precise requirement was not something I'd realized until reading these last few posts.

[Twitchfinger]

so what do we need to change our aspect ratio?

Seems that way... :[ Luckily I don't think most of them will have to be changed much.. just a little cropping or extending.

Speaking of things extending, I was just looking at the Loveboys posters again. <3

[Marco Mazzoni]

Speaking of things extending, I was just looking at the Loveboys posters again. <3

Mmmm, the feeling is mutual... :asskisser:

Stay salty my friends

[daestwen]

Sorry for the confusion, guys. :( I think most of yours are fine there's only a couple that are a little too square.

[Cam Sykes]

Marco: that piece is looking incredibly rad. The depth and movement is really working, not to mention how sick the design itself is. I really like the strokes happening in the background.
JUst one little thing I picked up on though. In my opinion his armour looks more menacing than the weapon he is wielding. Perhaps either make the ball more spiky, or it could perhaps be a keyring sorta thing on the end of the chain, if you can imagine the keys being big blades. also some little spikes coming off the links would look pretty rad, like a chainsaw.
Keep shakin that green ass dude!

Trevor: The idea behind your latest piece is raelly well concepted. Gonna keep my eyes on it's progress. Thanks for the Thanks in my team thread too, not sure what it was about.

[Krato]

all of these pictures are amazing o.o gj

[SMILEFACE]

MOAR updates PLEASE

[demonchylde]

Wow Trev looks like you have really been busy since highschool. Holy Cow. I Guess I have a lot of catching up to do lol. Keep up the great work. Inspiring as always.
T.J.

[trevor]

ok
heres james brawlin
my work from today on the good brawler
and thanks a lot tony! good to finally catch up with you after 15 years
welcome to the boards
now get a sketch book started and get to work hahahaha!

[Twitchfinger]

Lazy screencrap of brogress! There will be plenty of ornamentation on C. Thomas Pummel here, but haven't gotten to it yet.

[trevor]

they look so awesome all lined up! all pretty damn together as far as worldspace
love

them

kisses!

[trevor]

ok damnit i couldnt leave well enough alone!
im addicted to this challenge hahah

[Niva.]

That is mind boggling what you guys have managed to produce, I said this before but it doesn't hurt to say it again, I think you guys have this one in the bag. Congrats on the awesome results.

Forgive the shameless plug but I'd really like some critique in our thread for Doomsday Dream Clan if you guys can spare a few minutes: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=165681&page=4

Cheers!

[cakeypigdog]

that is lovely looking wet fish you have there trevor!

[Razorleaf]

Excellent stuff! The amount of detail in your work is incredible. :)

[Ginseng]

Jaw-dropping-drool-producing stuff guy! I am really excited to see your finished pieces.

[Jason Snair]

Love how they look all lined up like that. Very cool. It's very epic looking.

Trevor: Nice handling on the fishy skin. Great color variation, transparencies.

Can't wait to see you guys package all this work together in one shot.

[algenpfleger]

Man you guys are awesome! The three of us spend more time drooling over this thread than actually working haha. Keep kicking out the awesomeness! :D

But don't think that we'll go easy on you just because you are gay hahaha :D



And Jana says she loves the photos! And she's not the only one whooooooooooooooooo

[trevor]

Man you guys are awesome! The three of us spend more time drooling over this thread than actually working haha. Keep kicking out the awesomeness! :D

But don't think that we'll go easy on you just because you are gay hahaha :D



And Jana says she loves the photos! And she's not the only one whooooooooooooooooo

haha thanks man
you guys are killing it tho hahaah
we all spent the last month hoping the wall went back up and they would steal your internet
and dont worry there is no need to go easy on us just because we is gay
you may find yourself in the grumpy saddle by the end of this if you dont watch out
oh
and you guys need to make a dick butt smiley hahahaha

[Marco Mazzoni]

Yeah, there's no reason to go easy on us, we like it rough ;)

[luvazquez]

Awww.....you guys made me ink!

[trevor]

heres my Brogress from tonight!
got all inspired to work on the water wyvern
maybe i should pay as much attention to him hahah

[2100]

Cool, rhino feet

[Quike Garcia]

Wait, wasn't the wyrm the character? :P

Love the frankenstein look head :)

[algenpfleger]

IE3KdcTgrno

[Havok Reed]

where the hell do you get all your ideas from???? I'm crying on the inside because I cant seem to come up with epic stuff like you guys. And it's not just the characters, but I mean, the armor, clothing, detail, crazy stuff.

[daestwen]

Trevor, that wyvern looks sick. Are you going to be doing a full version of the dragon/mermaid one?

[Vulgar`]

http://www.musiccataloger.com/images/LOVERBOY%20CLASSICS%20-%20THEIT%20GREATEST%20HITS%20-%20CD_LG.jpg

Enlightening work fellers.

[trevor]

algenpfleger
i have no clue what that means but it was damn awesome
long island NY should be burned to the ground
and what business does that kids mom have on lotr? hahaha
and for thsat matter
who plays MMOs with their mommy?

britt
i would love to but im not sure if i have the time now
and it seems we may be a man down by deadline sigh
i really do want to get her done whether its by the deadline or after though

[Niva.]

algenpfleger
i have no clue what that means but it ...

It means Algen has BALLS OF STEEL and he just threw down the gauntlet!

[daestwen]

britt
i would love to but im not sure if i have the time now
and it seems we may be a man down by deadline sigh
i really do want to get her done whether its by the deadline or after though

D:

That's a shame!

Looks like we're a man down too, so I hear you. :(

[Janaschi]

aw you rock, we are refresghing every 5 mins in hope to find more updates *____*

trevor: I think Algenpfleger wanted to say: 'You guys have got ball of steel!' or something like that :>

[trevor]

awwww jana thanks
and yes our balls ARE made of steel
but we bought implants
here is a quick test layout
dont like it
but i wanted to see em side by side like adrian did his a page ago
not as much impact as i had hoped
may need to do some serious color grading at the end

[algenpfleger]

Damn that's scary! So, are you like, gonna do four illustrations each? Clocking in at 16? That would be crazy hahaha but you seem like the guys to do it because you got looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove yeah!

[trevor]

we were originally shooting for 6 each ( 3 chars a piece) but that is looking less and less likely i have been slowing down the last 2 weeks and i think david is swamped with freelance so i would assume the most he is getting done would be 1 character
if i have time though i will do the mer dragoon like i had originally planned

we do have love
but for outdated sporting apparel, lightning and deep space tigers

[Marco Mazzoni]

we do have love
but for outdated sporting apparel, lightning and deep space tigers

And fuckin' scrabble!!

[secret_science]

That human summoner is probably a rocking DJ. He be spinnin' dat beast right round.

[trevor]

up
date
tired now
bed

[Twitchfinger]

:groupie1: :groupie2: :groupie1: :groupie2: :groupie1: :groupie2: :groupie1: :groupie2:

[Marco Mazzoni]

Progress on the pure Satyr and the start of Gran Centaurino with a placeholder pike cause I'm lazy tonight...

[Swordhand]

aargh! Three sick updates all in a row! you guys ROCK!

[Moai]

Awe-inspiring work, guys. Jaw-droppingly beautiful.

[B-Man]

You guys sure do sexy art!

[2100]

Marco, those are looking great!

[Lege1]

You guys are amazing for real. Keep putting this incredible work out please.......

[John Bridges]

Marco, you'd better be wearing a cup when you come in, cuz it's time for a junkpunch.

[trevor]

i second that emotion

[secret_science]

Helmet touch, sand sphere, flight wheel, iced canes, diamond bags, and many others....you guys can't forget these core values, especially as we get down to the wire here. Now get back on that grumpy saddle and ride to hot mama.:girl:

[trevor]

ok
i have decided i wont be happy with this unless i do the mermaid by the deadline as well so
my first doodles for ethel mer-man
color image is at 30-40 mins
it all came together so smoothly so im pumped
like
wicked pumped
but we all know tumblers are better than pumpers

[Marco Mazzoni]

Pumpers like to pump. Pumpers need to pump... just remember that.

[trevor]

that they do sir....that they dooo

tonights work
spent most of my night finishing freelance
so only about 3 hours from the last
seems slow....hmmm
i still cant seem to keep my inital speed through an entire image
i think all the tiny BS detail is getting to me hahaha

[robinchyo]

trevor- love the guy carrying his eel bitch
marco- loving the goat man!

[cakeypigdog]

awesome work all round guys, you are killing it.
Marco: the painting on your goat is tres bon my good man. Wonderful work.

[Icon]

do it ! do it! do it! do it!

[smokenmirrors]

dayamm.... theres some sickness festering in this thread!! Crazy designs and techniques throughout!

specifically:

Trevor: how you going about laying down those fresh patterns along the hems of your characters garb and likewise the layers/translucency with your beaten serphent beasty!?!?? Always serving the tecniques up stinky fresh! love it!

[secret_science]

Those scars are fawking sick!!!!:assspank:

[trevor]

thabk you so much people!
i believe we have all (not just our team) stepped up our game for this
competition and i personally think these are some of the best images i have created to date
and im learning a ton in the process so im glad you appreciate what we
are doing here

smoke
when we are done im posting tuts so keep your eyes peeled

[acb]

hmm cool stuff are happening on this thread ^_^ keep up the good work :D

[trevor]

getting close to done with him
damn i wish i was faster
the mer maid is calling for me in my dreams
trevooooorrrrrrr you mussst paaaaiiint me hahahah

[Sublimus]

Fucking colonel sanders secret sauce, I love you guys!


Trevor, could you be so kind as to tell us how you made those sweet tatts?

Thnks. me love you long time

[Twitchfinger]

Just this for now.. other updates are kind of boring. Just polishing bits and pieces as I go. Here's what I've got going so far for the necro, man. Sir.

Might need to desat the colors a bit.. but i can do that as I get closer to a finish. Make sure they all fit together.