DSG 359: Creature: Temple Guardian

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Today's topic is: Creature: Temple Guardian

[schmu_20mol]

clearly lost focus....should concentrate more on one thing...never get sharp lines...anyway...

~60min

DSG - TempleGuardian (http://schmu.250free.com/conceptart/DSG---TempelGuardian.jpg)

[0kelvin]

It's been a while, and I missed some awesome topics while I was away. Well, might as well get back into the swing of things as soon as possible.

http://pluh.com/members/baldy/DSG/TempleGuardian.jpg



0kelvin

[ApricotSoup]

Woo uni work out of way :D

Anyway 1 hour of photoshop.

http://thumbs.deviantart.com/300W-96A096/images2.deviantart.com/i/2004/08/5/a/Temple_Guardian.jpg

[Morr]

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Morriperkele/speed23.jpg
meh

[Myriadian]

So far great stuff, guys. It's definitely a topic a lot of people should be able to get ideas for. Hopefully I can work my scanner enough to be able to show you mine. I look forward to seeing the rest!

Morr, there is no reason to 'meh' with that picture. It inspired me to draw my temple guardian--instead of a hulker, it's a more devious creature. And the way you did it makes it seem like an ethereal being... something not tangible. I really enjoy it.

ApricotSoup, I like the idea of an enchanted, posessed set of armour and weaponry. It adds the sense of mysticism like Morr's--something not there, but there, et cetera. Great colours.

0kelvin--that's very good foreshadowing with the hands. You've got it down, and you've given it a great pose. The colours and textures are great. However, there is little thing which, if you look past the pose, irks you. His hand and foot doesn't seem flat on the ground judging by the rocks and wall's corner, touching the ground. But that's a bitty thing--the whole thing is very good!

schmu_20mol, I would never of thought of doing something non-fantasy like. It's great that people can think 'outside the box', so-to-speak. Keep up the work!

[Freakt]

so far great arts here! realy!!!
so here is my pic... 25 min drawing and 20 minutes coloring with PS

http://www.night-pictures.de/Guardian.jpg
http://www.night-pictures.de/Guardiancolor.jpg

[Jeters]

very quick sketch today before work, might color it, might not...


gaze upon my fearsome temple guardian!

http://wolfwood.chipshot.net/~jeters/things/dsg_359.jpg

[Osmus]

here is my 8-bit guardian
http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/untitled.jpg

[Swan]

This took me far longer than it SHOULD have. I too lost focus on the big picture and paid to much attention to a single detail (rendering the marble). Anyway, here it is...

http://www.jenniferwilliamson.com/dailysketch/temple.jpg

Schmu-20mol - I know just what you mean. But I do like the modern take on the subject.

Freakt - What program are you doing these in? Maybe we can find a way to get rid of the white pixelated borders around everything.

[Mad Giraffe]

Swan read is post carefully;) he says he colored it in PS, and that means Photoshop:P

[Swan]

Yup, you're right. My mistake. He DID say. I just wanted to make sure he COULD get rid of the white pixel borders, should he decide to.

[Freakt]

hi guys, i take photoshop 7.0 for color my pic.
i m not realy good with that program and i m not realy good in coloring! and i m sorry but my english bad and i cant understand what you say about my picture, could you expalin for a little stupid child ;-)))! please... i know i need some help about this coloring, allways i try all brushs in this programm to make my picture done, but i dont know what they do?!?!
thanks Freakt T

[simmi]

all ps
http://www.simnet.is/simmi/dsg/dsg359.jpg

[gekitsu]

that was a great topic!

http://www.polycount.com/cottages/gekitsu/pimp/dsg_templeguardian.jpg

0kelvin: design's cool :) i find some problems reading depth correctly, though - he seems to be not connected to the floor (a simple shadow and some texture could help) and the reds in the bg bring some pillars in the front a bit too much i think. but i certainly dont want to get in its way :)

morr: this one freaks me out O_O. great style, too.

simmi: birdmen rule them all! :)

[evre]

Ah, my first DSG. Quick, but fun... :D

Deizens of temples can change over the milenia.
http://evre.homestead.com/files/sketch/DSG359-templeguardian.jpg

[John]

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v13/AncientKitten/temple.jpg

Morr, i like the way the head turned out, but i think you fellow is a little bit thin :D I'd spent some more time on the torso and the waist, that'd help.

gekitsu, really cool. I can't quite make out what that thing above the right arm is... i know, it might just turn out to be the left arm, but it looks kinda funked.

Freakt, an manchen stellen sind weiße scharfe kanten, besonders in der oberen rechten ecke, die man vermeiden kann indem man in PS einen neuen layer erstellt, den man auf multiply stellt, und auf den man die farbe aufträgt. Dadurch färbst du das bild sauber und schnell ein :D

[Defunct]

shame I can do these dsgs so rarely, they're really great practise for me

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Defunct/tguardian.jpg

mine turned out a bit boring, need to work on my brush strokes (among other things)..

gekitsu - what can I say? perfection... :)
evre - nice work!
0kelvin - love it! (the hand on the left side seems to be a bit out ot perspective though? *whine whine whine*)

[NecroNet]

Real cool stuff morr, love the character and swan your has niice atmosphere =).

http://w1.455.telia.com/~u45516617/Temple.jpg

bit more than an hour in photoshop, the stares looks a bit out of context because i got frustrated and used a bit to much of the shift key while drawing the lines =).

[trelogy]

http://www.trelogy.net/art/sketch/GUARDIAN.jpg

quick sketch.. wasnt sure about (his) right hand.. if i was gonna have him grasp the sheth or leave it hanging free.. oh well

[Pichuerca]

This is my firt post in this section. I dont know if you guys understand the character´s pose because my brother doesnt.
(i explain If it would be necesary ;) ;

I need 25 min to finish the sketch and 3 hours to paint it. This is the first time that paint a draw, so guys aren´t bad with my. I use paint 8.

Please critics my drawings, i would to want learn more... (This sense is correct in english?? I would want learn, I want would learn.. oh oh I've a serius problem).

http://personales.ya.com/sanand/horror.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/sanand/horror2.jpg

God bye

[bernstein]

i'm just getting used to painter. grabbed a random tool and did the best i could (some kind of chalk, dunno the explicit name).

it took me about an hour, because i trashed some ideas first and had problems with the composition. effective working time: 30-45 minutes.
painter is fun, i need to play more around with it :)

my guardian is the grim reaper in the moonlight
http://www.planetquake.com/acid/death.jpg

edit
apricotsoup: i love the style :>
morr: absolutely cool, reminds me of the wc3 lizard.
geki: great colors, nice symbiosis of the raven and the human.
vely bad man: awesome! :eek:

[TheFlood]

here is mine, i dont know how long it took me but no longer than an hour and a half
http://www.erikgroves.com/wp/images/guard.jpg

0kelvin - great concept man, and your line flow
gekitsu - love your ligthing and bird concept
trelogy - i love your dude he flows so well

keep up the good work guys.

Erik Groves
www.erikgroves.com

[Vely Bad Man]

Guarding the Temple of Pain...
http://www.jimwoo.com/dsg/04.02.20.jpg

[Freakt]

thanks Ancient Kitten, thanks for the translation;-)
i edit my pictures new and i colored it complitly new with a new style! i think it is much better... what do you think?

[Swan]

DEAR GOD I love you people. *ahem* *clears* throat. I mean...nice work everyone! :D It's always SO inspiring to see how differently people interpret a topic. Some of these pics are so beautiful...Vely Bad Man, Gekitsu...stuff like this reminds me of why I bother to get up in the morning.

Pichuerca - Like the demon, but I have to agree with your brother. Don't quite 'get' what's going on with the pose. If you have to explain what you meant...it's not working.

Evre-Yay! An octopus! Love this pic. Love the fact you put the temple underwater. I'd have never thought of that.

[Jeters]

EDIT: double post?

[Calle_]

Some really cool works here, and here is mine. Just gotta run in my brand new wacom =) =)
Done in PS CS. about 20 mins

http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Calle_/DSG359.jpg

[Calle_]

Opps.. alittle big ^^;;

[SABRE]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/CONCEPTART%20ORG/TEMPLE_GUARDIAN.jpg

ITS A PIECE OF THE ORIGINAL PIC.....(ITS TOO HUGE FOR FINISH IT TODAY...)


GOOD WORK ALL..............


SEE YA....................

[Hunger_Artist]

here is a good accident:

http://members.tripod.com/carlbeu/7a380b00.jpg

[ApricotSoup]

2nd dsg design, hope that's allowed.

Another piece I worked on today, bit longer about 3 hours in photoshop this time. Thought it would be a nice guardian to a seriously alternative temple, as it's not going anywhere.

http://images2.deviantart.com/i/2004/08/b/6/Experiment.jpg

[Pichuerca]

ook, i explain it!! :bash:
He is supported in the wall (to a left side of the hole). It's leg, in addition, is suported in the hole. It isn't nothing more than that.

All the drawings are very good!!, i like paint like you guys.
goodbye.

[dischord]

Hmm, my first post here. I should've drawn or painting something nicer for that special occasion, but I didn't feel like making a digital painting on my incredible slow computer.

http://www.alexanderpowell.com/pics/dsg359.jpg

And of course I have to add that all of you have some great work posted.

[bgermain]

I can't be the only one who had this idea...

http://www.bgstudios.com/website/sketches/dsg359.jpg

[JDShaffer]

Man, living in japan means I'm almost always last! :-( And I rarely get comments.

Hmm... Gonna have to do something abotu that... maybe wake up in the middle of the night and start working on it... :-)

Here's my entry... a Take on the Japanese sense of temple gods and guardians... Like my Cuttlefish image, the layout was done in Photoshop based on reference images, then brought into Painter for the rest...

I wanted to do something with Charcoal, as I've never done that, but ended up giving everything a WASH to smooth it out. It ended up looking like a type of oil painting.

I hope to improve, and would appreciate any suggestions you have!

"Guardians of the Temple"
http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/jds/misc/DSG/2004-02-21.jpg

[SicFrost]

JD nice piece i love Nippon an always wanted to go there, the stones remind me of those from Spirited Away...

How did you happen to live there?

_B0R1S

[JDShaffer]

sic8sic : Thanks! Wow. I'm happy, I made something someone else enjoys! :D

Yes, the stones are heavily influenced by "Spirited Away". I LOVE that movie. I saw it it's first day out here (in Japan.) But there are many stones similar to these all around Japan. Sometimes different designes, but usually about the same.

As for living in Japan. This is my 2nd time living here (this time for good.) I have a job at a university here doing multimedia / computer work as well as the occasional art / animation job. I'm trying to convince them to buy me a copy of Painter for the new fiscal year. ;)

Thanks again!
Jeffrey

[SicFrost]

but I mean did you just go there one day and got a job I heard that living in JP is extremely expencive, have you ever seen ICHI the Killer, no one here has :( or have you heard of Genbukan or Bujinkan....I am a student with them...nut anyway, Ill stp before DAVI bans me for spamming...lol
later

_B0R1S

[JDShaffer]

No. I got this job before I moved here. I did a lot of animation work (mostly for myself) back in the US, and a guy here was looking for a multimedia person with teaching experience (I taught English in japan for 3 years, previously.) So he contacted me and I ended up here again. :-) So, no... didn't just move here. And yes, it's expensive, but the pay is good.

Sorry I don't know those names, but perhaps because I just started hanging out here in the Forums. Hope to meet everyone soon!

Cheers -- Jds

[Flip]

This is an idea I actually woke up with today, not exactly a creature design, but it does fit as a temple guardian.
I was going for a hawkprey-style sketch, not sure how well that worked but I'm fairly happy with it, although I am toying with the idea of having him floating.
Crits welcome.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/laing/dsg/temple-guardian.jpg
[edit]Here's the floating version, which I prefer:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/laing/dsg/temple-guardian-floating.jpg

[Amerasu]

Wow! Some really impressive pics here today.

http://amerasu.randomleft.com/ca/feb20_04_guardian.jpg

I had this gargoyle guy already sketched from a different pic never finished so I stuck him here instead. He looks guardian like.

I like your Japanese temple, JDShaffer. It's soft and peaceful, plus your guardian guys remind me a bit of the little statue from Spirited Away. I don't have much in the way of suggestions other than to say that perhaps your painting could benefit from some more clearly defined lines (a little detail). Anyway, I like it. It's a tranquil temple :)

[Osmus]

a new one..bigger than 8-bit
http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/TEMPLE_copy.jpg

[Dave_Lynch]

Flip- very nice. I like the floating one better too. maybe a bit more emphasis on the crucifix. Don't know what you mean by 'hawkprey style sketch' but I like it.

Hungerartist- love the mood and texture. Nice use of the widescreen effect.

Gekitsu- great!!! Awesome idea (a bit more mature and more based in actual mythology than some) executed very very well. Maybe a little bit more contrast and lights and darks to real move the eye around but I love it.

[stormy]

it's friggin late. I'm tired, and.....n/m. Been busy the past few days but wanted to get a drawing in (actually in the mood to paint, but no time..and anyway).

Not your standard temple guard, I guess, but not your standard guard. In case you didn't get it. The hand is the guard..and the temple is built into a rock face. Honestly? I wouldn't need a guard to keep me outta there, but hey...it's the first interesting thing that came to mind (what does that say about my mind?)

http://members.lycos.co.uk/oldstormy/gatekeeper.jpg

[BlkCelebration]

cool topic, cool pics.

Hunger_Artist: I really dig this one, it has a very Radiohead feel to it, one of my favorites from you.

SABRE: that's lookin' killer, very nice detailing on the scales...

gekitsu: that crow's head makes the image very strong, nice mood on this one.

aaaaaaaaand heres my entry, done in Painter and messed around with in PS.

http://9doublebass.homestead.com/files/newart/aatemgard.jpg

[Matt Smith]

Hey everyone. I went more for an undead approach because i was thinking that a temple guardian would be something that is stuck protecting it forever even after it is dead. I want gonna do a full beast but I went with just a portrait instead. Tell me what you think.

http://www.mattksmith.com/templeguardian.jpg

[INFERNOmunky]

my 4 minute crap shot....

http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v64/INFERNOmunky/DSG/DSGtempleguard.jpg

[sushiboy]

I haven't posted in a while (as if I posted much in the past) I've been sick, but this is a captivating topic. Great job everyone!! There's too many favorites in this thread, but I like them all so props to everyone! Here's mine:

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Dark%20Sushi%20Boy/temple.jpg

[JeniThus]

wow there's some neat things in here now. Guess I was inspired by giant flightless birds of death. Maybe it's a mayan or aztec temple. I spent about an hour on it, got lots to do on the background and integrating the bird though. Gotta say seeing what some people pop out in an hour here is pretty sweet. Hope y'all like it.

http://www.squidartjen.com/conceptartweb/birdthing.jpg

[kinokuniya]

uhg bout 10 mins - here it is not very thoughtful but it was fun

http://www.kurwandor.com/jascha/images/guardian.jpg

[Doodle Bob]

great topic...great pictures from everyone!! keep up the good work guys/gals!!

heres my entry...

http://9doublebass.homestead.com/files/uploads/red2.jpg

[Pixie]

One of these days I'm actually going to start early enough that I can get something semi-finished looking done.

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v40/piccolo133/templeguard.jpg

[SicFrost]

http://www.crackerbee.com/PIX/tguardian.jpg

sorry for being late... and sorry for not having it colored
this was really a last minute job
so don't judge it too harshly

_B0R1S

PS - everyone's work looks great
- he also has a spear in the other hand

[saladbowl]

heres mine...
I prolly should not have used my rough sketch to go on with after figuring out the pose, because it was already messy at that point of time, but since I'm a lazy bum this is my (by the way 1st) contribution to the DSG...

http://mitglied.lycos.de/apollo_hbc/templeguardian.jpg

By the way...I'm chris

[ducktape]

Its very very late, but I just got my new scanner (with working drivers this time) last night. I had sketched this the day of and wanted to share it. I haven't colored it yet, but I plan to soon.

http://www.offramp.org/~ducktape/359.gif

The hand holding the sword is a little off. :meh:

Sorry I dont have critiques qued up for everyone, but they'll be on my next contribution :)