Introducing: Blob OC

[Hyver]

My fellow romans!

In short: Blob OC is a drawing game played with OpenCanvas (see opencanvas wpe thread for more info).

How it's done:
2 players each draw an undefined blob outline, for the other player to make something out of.

It's a so called creativity booster because you try to make the best out of a given shape.

In detail: Best to let the other player draw on a white background, se what we do is fill half the canvas grey and draw the blob using the eraser.

Some images to clarify this babble:
http://www.lensflares.net/SpeedPaintings/blob.jpg
these are the blobs from a session Matthew and I had yesterday. Left is Matt's blob for me, and vice versa.

This here was the result:
http://www.hyver.com/store/mattman_hyver_OCblob2.jpg

and here (http://www.hyver.com/store/mattman_hyver_OCblob2.wpe) is the wpe.

WPE info:
you'll see another blob on the left side at first, but that just didn't do something for me, so Matt kindly did another one :)

There, that said, I'd like to invite everyone to try blob-oc and post some results here.
Hell, it would be cool if people started working on other people's blobs as well.. and... aaargh the options.. the sky.. the Light!

anyway, enjoy

hyver

[fishingblue]

I like it

[God-Of-Zilla]

hey did they just change the name of this main section? sketches & ideas, cool. :)

Yea as I said hyver I really like this idea and we have to do it more, thank you for posting it so the others would be aware of how it works with blob painting. :)

see you
Matthew

[beetlebum]

*hrhrhr* great idea :)

I like it. I'll try it with some friends.

[Hyver]

session with dfacto from just a minute ago.
here's the blob:
http://www.hyver.com/store/dfacto_hyver_OCblob_blob.jpg

and the result:
http://www.hyver.com/store/dfacto_hyver_OCblob.jpg

and here (http://www.hyver.com/store/dfacto_hyver_bloboc.wpe) is the .wpe

enjoy

[Hyver]

quicky with dfacto... we decided up front to do a landscape thing this time.
http://hyver.com/store/dfacto_hyver_OCblob_blob2.jpg

http://hyver.com/store/dfacto_hyver_OCblob2.jpg


and here (http://hyver.com/store/dfacto_hyver_bloboc2.wpe) is the wpe

enjoy, we sure did

[simmi]

Me, hyver and matthew did a threesome (:D) at oc today. Here are the results.

The blobness:

http://www.lensflares.net/SpeedPaintings/blob2.jpg

and the results:
http://hyver.com/store/bloboc_hyver.jpghttp://www.lensflares.net/SpeedPaintings/blob3.jpg http://www.simnet.is/simmi/images/digital/blob-hyver-matt.jpg

wpe file 2,50 mb: click me (http://www.simnet.is/simmi/wpe/blob-hyver-matt.wpe)

[Hyver]

no .wpe file this time :(
file got corrupt when matt rejoined and fucked it up :evilbat:

anyway had lots of fun with this one (as always)
cheers guys

[God-Of-Zilla]

Hyver, :chug: hehe

ok we had one more session and this time it was speedy and a fight til death 30 minutes, here´s who did what: top-down - Hyver, Matthew and at the bottom Duracel.

http://www.lensflares.net/SpeedPaintings/blob4.jpg

see you
Matthew

[simmi]

Real nice ! :D
Damn, now i feel bad missing that beutiful oc session.

[Hyver]

for those interested: HERE-O (http://www.hyver.com/store/bloboc_landscape.wpe) is the .wpe. Almost as if you were really there :D

[zenna]

Hyve introduced me to blob oc lastnight :chug:

Had a nice little sesh , thankz Hyve i learnt alot m8. Feel free to crit , its my 1st digital piece and 1 of my 1st atempts at using colour so i need all the feedback i can get :D Lots To Learn!!!


http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v73/zenna/2004-3-2-0.jpg

[lavhoes]

Brilliant, brilliant idea, perfect for getting out of those ruts where inspiration seems like a distant fellow.

I have to give this a go!

[Hyver]

very funny session with homeboy Jens
http://hyver.com/store/bloboc_jenshyver.jpg

[merd]

This is really a cool idea :chug:

[God-Of-Zilla]

yea good session today hyver. :)

hyver and me today, hyver I am gonna post this one in the speedy over at Sijun too, I hope it is ok.

http://www.lensflares.net/SpeedPaintings/hyver.jpg

ok going to bed now
Matthew

[brkofdon]

they should make this a permanent thing, its a good idea and a fun one too!

if anyone wants to throw down on Blob OC with me PM me, and lets get this thing goin! :chug:

[Hyver]

I suggest going to the chat #conceptart to find people willing... Better chanes at finding someone who shares your biorhythm ;)

[lavhoes]

I can't really OC as much as I'd like, so I've taken your brilliant idea and moved it over to Sculpey. I just poke and prod the big, white, heaping blob of sculpture material until it looks interesting, and then I draw it.

This does two things:

1. Works on the 3d - 2d conversion skills. Usually I'll just gesture the blob and then go from there, though sometimes I'll do an extended study of a blob...uh, like creature.

2. Sparks the imagination. Once you get going with one idea, you kinda start to run with it. You add more and more, and eventually your brain will be in high gear.

So yeah, this blob thing really helps a lot. I'm finding it better than drawing random lines, because when you start putting lines on a paper you kinda already know what's going to come out. With somebody else drawing the blob or using some clay, there's a bit of randomness to it that you can't control, so you end up with fresh, oftentimes imaginative ideas.

This could be the very spark of inspiration that would allow a lot of artists to continue drawing even through perceived "ruts" in imagination. If we can draw more creatively and for longer, we'll be able to have better and more developed ideas.

Though, that may be stating too much for now, heh...

Regardless, I'm very excited about all the thoughts that race through my head every time I sit down to do some blob drawings. I've worked it into my morning warm-up exercises, just to get my brain going for the day. I'm finding that I have much more creative energy on days when I do some blob-type drawings than on days when I just stare at the paper and hope for the best.

This was a great idea =D

[Hyver]

i figured it was time for a :ab: :au: :am: :ap: right here and now...

[lavhoes]

i figured it was time for a :ab: :au: :am: :ap: right here and now...

Oh hell yeah!

I've been using this ever since I found out about it. My creativity's shot through the roof since I've been warming up with this blob technique using clay.

This is something everyone should try!