Chow 200 :: The MONARCH of CHOW :: FINALS

[Aly Fell]

FINALS ONLY
-=ROUND 200=-
-= Chow 200 :: The MONARCH of CHOW =-
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http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii293/chowarchive/CHOW-LINES/CHOW-LINES-MEDUSA.jpg
NOT SURE ABOUT THE GUIDELINES? CLICK HERE! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=117390)
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ROUND #200 :: The MONARCH of CHOW

DESCRIPTION

The MONARCH of CHOW

The queen is dead. Long live the... queen? 200 ChOWS, or rather 199 and it’s time for a new mascot, and this time it doesn’t HAVE to be a Queen. We want a monarch, so it could easily be a king instead.

The flag bearers have raised their poles. The courtiers are quivering in antici.... pation. The herald has blown his trumpet dry and the ministers are stroking their long... beards! The stage is set for a monarch’s grand arrival so let’s see that royal entrance! Design and create the King or Queen of MUSIC. What kind of music? Well, that’s up to you. Put your take on it. Metal, punk, classical, country, industrial, rockabilly, dance, goth, EMO, AOR, hard house, rap... the list goes on! Or somehow incorporate all those genres into one, if you’re plain bonkers enough.

Need more options? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_styles

Remember, the monarch is to be the mascot of the next 100 ChOWS! The reigning sovereign, so regal quality is pretty essential to the character; otherwise it’s a fairly free brief. Make sure your chosen music is reflected in the character and costume and we want only one character design, male, female or any points in-between. As for whether human or not, human please as this is based on human experience. But variations thereof: ie: angel, vampire, mermaid etc. are OK as they feature in a lot of musical symbolism. More than one entry is permitted.

Have fun! But please keep the Youtube inspiration clips to a minimum!

This is a MONTH ChoW.
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SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY:
1: You must submit ONE full sized image.
2: Make sure your name and CHOW # are EASILY READABLE on your entry.
3: Use the Standard format (Below);

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i222/ChowPics/frame.jpg
:right: PLACE THE IMAGE IN A FRAME WITH YOUR NAME/TOPIC
:right: SAVE YOUR FILE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:
Chow##_Nickname
example: "CHOW#100_Oregano.jpg"

THE REST IS EASY:
1: No comments before poll is set. They WILL be deleted with utmost malice and petty grumbling. >:{
2: Sit back and enjoy the show. BYOPC (Bring your own popcorn)
3: Good luck to all.
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Please review these helpful reminders if you have not done so already.

:right:ON GETTING TO POLL (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1891823&postcount=15)
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:right:NEW ROUND RULE: WIPS PLEASE! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1910999&postcount=27)
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:right:SUBMISSION FORMAT REMINDER (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1911002&postcount=28)



PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR COPYRIGHT INFORMATION UNDER THE IMAGE IN THE FINAL BURNING THREAD SO I DON'T HAVE TO HUNT YOU DOWN LATER!

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Quick Check: Have You Submitted Your Chow Properly?

- is it named correctly? (ie, "CHOW#100_Oregano.jpg")
- has it been uploaded using the attachment editor?
- have you also uploaded or linked to your wips?
- have you followed the brief?

Good luck!

[lissinator]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h263/a_avery/CHOW/Chow200_lissinator.jpg





WIPS:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h263/a_avery/CHOW/outfits.jpghttp://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h263/a_avery/CHOW/Picture8.png

[razwit]

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/razwit_bucket/RockQueenSketch.jpg
http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/razwit_bucket/RockQueenBlackAndWhite.jpg
http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/razwit_bucket/RockQueen.jpg
(I was under the impression that an explanation our process was wanted, so below is an explanation of that. If you don't care, don't bother to read on.)

A few words about the character design: I wanted to focus more so on the music and instruments commonly involved in Rock, rather than the personality and style of the fans of various sub-genres of Rock. I felt like if I dressed her up in say, a punk rock outfit, she could never look royal enough to be a queen. I didn't want her to look like some punk trying to be a queen, I wanted her to be a queen who represents rock. That said, I began my concept sketch with what I believed looked like a queen. Then I began fusing her with various rock instruments. The focus had to be on the electric guitar, so naturally the crown was made of that and piano keys. I also went with mini-drums on her right arm, drum sticks on her shoulder armor, and guitar picks in her forearm greave. Decorating her with instruments wasn't quite enough though. I felt that if she was going to be queen of rock, the music had to be a part of her. So I made her hair curl in such a way that it looks like music notes. the strands across the front of her face make up the staff, and on it, two more hair curls make up two eighth notes.
That's all for the actual design of the character. The process of finishing the concept art is actually new to me. I saw this method of a black and white under-painting done on a youtube tutorial by Peter Mohrbacher. basically, after the black and white you just use overlay layers to color the image. I've been trying to find a technique for painting digitally that I click with for a while, and for whatever reason, possibly because it feels similar to how I paint traditionally, this one seems to be it. Anyway, this is the first finished work I've done with this technique, and I'm really pleased with the results.

This Chow was really fun for me, this was my first one (lots of firsts, woohoo!), hopefully of many.

[orangus]

Initial thots of the King of Metal were of Metallica, mostly of Kirk Hammet, his powerful stance, low slung guitar, hair flying... powerful. Thats what i wanted to get at, raw power..

[Mat Kaminski]

Well, this has been a bit of an 'in-the-works' slowly, mainly because work has been working me like a dog, but here ya go:

THE QUEEN OF GRUNGE

http://www.matart.org/images/tempimages/FINALS/queen-finals/Grunge-Queen3.jpg

And here's the WIPS:

http://www.matart.org/images/tempimages/FINALS/queen-finals/Grunge-Queen-sketch.jpg
http://www.matart.org/images/tempimages/FINALS/queen-finals/Grunge-Queen-bkgd-test.jpg

Finally... a ChoW finished /gasp

[Refschaufscheik]

Final:
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WIPS:
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http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/150/5/1/progress_for_chow_by_Refschaufscheik.jpg
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This has been a huge learning experience for me - I definitely pushed my limits. I was more patient, tried out new tips and tricks and got a result I am essentially really happy about. I didn't think I'd be able to pull something like this off, but I just goes to show - we know more than we give ourselves credit for...
The feedback was a great help, and I got some great tips from many in the forum - so thanks guys!
I can't wait for the next challenge. Good luck to all!

- Refshaufscheik

[Boulton]

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The Kaiser of Glam Rock
The first thing that came to my mind were my favorite types of music and artists. Rock, especially glam and classic rock. David Bowie is a god and I love the 70's and 80's groups like The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Motley Crew, Poison etc. I started my basic sketches first not really having a direction except a few reference photo's of Bowie and then scanned it. Decided to outline it with Photoshop instead of ink, i thought this might be easier and allow me to create more versatile shapes. It especially helped when i started laying down my basic colors. After that just kept rendering until i was happy :)

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[Dorkthrone]

Here is one of two entries I'm probably going to submit. ....We can submit more than one this time, right?

This first one is the Queen of Progressive Rock.

I was really inspired by bands like Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, The Mars Volta, Yes, and the like. I tried not to focus on a certain aesthetic for this piece, because members of the genre don't really have a set fashion. Rather, I was inspired by the spaced-out feel of the genre, as well as a few Roger Dean paintings.

This was my first CHOW entry and I plan on doing more. I've found the process behind this really helpful.

The second final isn't done yet, but I'm planning on basing it off post-rock.
http://timesofgrace.tumblr.com/photo/1280/651173226/1/tumblr_l3b18wKFSE1qaecjj

[Energy222]

Here is my submission. The Heavy Metal Goddess who comes and saves us from the commercial infected music that has polluted our ears since MTV, HAHA.

Hope you like, critiques are more than welcome even if I do get bumped from the poll.

Cheers,

Matt

[Lior Schiller]

My work.

[Astrobiology]

King TheRE-MAN.XVII of Atomic-Age Electronic

[Rhdnor]

Who would be
A mermaid fair,
Singing alone,
Combing her hair
Under the sea,
In a golden curl
With a comb of pearl,
On a throne?
The Mermaid (http://www.litscape.com/author/Alfred_Lord_Tennyson/The_Mermaid.html) By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

[crimson_shape]

oh man ... time's running out. i would've loved to get more into the painting, but I gotta catch a flight tomorrow. :/
anyway, here it is, more a work a progress than a finished piece.

The Monarch of Funk-Jazz, a synthesis of two styles that have influenced modern music to a tremendous degree. One being the ancestor of today's dance scene, the other a successor of yesterday's classical music.

I tried to capture the regal quality with mood and attitude and less with symbols. A true and powerful monarch does not need a crown, nor any symbolism to clarify his status - that was my thought, and I don't know if I have accomplished that goal. The process was pretty straightforward. just painted what came to mind.
comments and critiques are highly welcome!

[Mykro]

"On that world you vision, through the layers of tears
The ones you choke and keep hidden when the players are near
I watch you chase it with beers and frustration and fear
Try to figure out why the hell I came here
Well I don't know either, and I'm not ready to take a breather neither
All I know is I'm still a believer
So you can beat me up, or you can beat me off
Pick a side, any side, and let me do my job"-Atmosphere

[multi_crab]

finally finish..

[Risaki-chan]

The Queen of Nagauta - traditional Japanese music which accompanies the kabuki theater.The shamisen, a plucked lute with three strings, is a very popular instrument in nagauta. Nagauta performers generally play the shamisen and sing simultaneously.
She looks like a demon because in kabuki often someone played demon and some kind of fox ghost geisha ( well i think so :))

bigger WIP : http://img27.imageshack.us/f/chow200risakichanwip.jpg/

/ i don't know why i can't make it bigger but for more details : http://img408.imageshack.us/f/chow200risakichan.jpg/ /

[artina]

Hey everyone,

This is my final and WIP. I went for industrial rock. Good luck to all.

[dannE-B]

Hey well heres my Entry.

My concept was inspired by musical hybrids, the coming together of two forms of music to conceive something entirely new. This is the King of Funk and soul, And the Queen of Electro.

I wont be able to check this competition after today, for a whole week! so good luck to everyone that enters. Cheers.

[cjuzzz]

well here's my queen of hip hop
i didn't know we were supposed to save out the process so i painted mostly on one layer...but i do have a sketch that i started the painting from
anyways i'm loving the wide variety of entries so far...good luck everyone!

[Elina]

my entry

[Bendragon]

All hail the queen of classical! Heres to another awesome round!

[AimBiZ]

Times running out, gotta call this done.

I wanted to create a queen influenced by goa trance and other electronic genres inspired by indian culture.

WIPs

992244

Final

992243

Good luck to all!

[bangalore_monkey]

i present THE KING OF ROCK... and chow.

great round, Good luck everyone.

[Sakuranym]

What a fun round! Here is my entry:

The queen of Celtic Music! I used a lot of Celtic knotwork and wood instruments as inspiration, and all of the fables and woodlands that normally come to mind when Celtic music is played. I was going for a more fairy-folk celtic type feel, with a hint of magic ;)

Good luck to all the entrants, some amazing pieces in this round!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Kit_Foxfire/CHOW200_sakuranym.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Kit_Foxfire/CHOW200_sakuranym_detail.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Kit_Foxfire/Chow200_sakuranym_progress.jpg

[Lodin]

CHOW 200
The Monarch of CHOW
Artist : Lodin

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8489/chow200lodin.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/chow200lodin.jpg/)

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1842/chow200lodinwip.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/i/chow200lodinwip.jpg/)

[Irrlaeufer]

wrong thread -.-

[Khallel]

"The King" Rahjay

WIPs

992773


Final

992774

[QueenGwenevere]

Queen of Baroque! With canary friend... and lots of gold...

[Tetrodotoxin]

The Queen of Dubstep/IDM...

Copyright: Tetrodotoxin; ConceptArt, Characters, Sci-Fi, Photoshop


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[sketchius]

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[goldilockz]

Strings, piano, and percussion in the background ;)

[Demo]

I chose glitch Hop it got a bit carried away from my initial ideas but i still like it hopefully it is still regal enough for yeahs.

Hopefully I entered it right if i didn't can I get an pm and ill fix it.
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992938

[danihel]

Metal Baron:

[Irrlaeufer]

The Queen of Grunge

[IVIATT]

Queen of Trance
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Process Work
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CHOW!

[B-zilla]

Afternoon guys!

Here's my entry. The Queen of classical orchestral music, played to the sounds of Frank Frazetta. RIP.

[Aly Fell]

You have till tomorrow night to tweak, Monday 7th. Neither Daestwen or myself can organise the poll today, so an extra 24 hours is yours to polish those masterpieces! :D

[Pixeltuner]

A day extension eh? Well, tomorrow is just another day at the office so it won't really help gehe. Neither does the fact that I made this this weekend due to all kinds of reasons/excuses blahblah. Anyhoot: Here is the 'king ov (grim and frostbitten) pagan war metal' :p

wips: http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2764875&postcount=529
and http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2765317&postcount=533

[cptcrandall]

DIGITAL MUSIC...DIGITAL ART!!

ALL images copyright Randall Mackey June 6th, 2010.

[no87]

so many awesome pieces!!
good luck everyone!! ^^

here's mine. had ago at an emo queen. did quite abit of research into emo to try and figure it out abit. so ended up messing around with the ideas of heart break, self harm and light n dark for the monarch. hence her walking into darkness with light behind her, slashed arms, broken hearts graphic etc. tried to keep the monarch element in there with a crown of blades and the cape. the mic i kept at kinda sceptre length to. not sure if it all comes across very well but ha i tried :p.

wips and final

[MasterTroglodyte]

This is my first time posting for a CHOW, (well, my first time putting anything up) so I hope I haven't gone astray...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4675081525_1aa42ddfaa_b.jpg

and some WIPs:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4656966801_79045a35bb_m.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4657587622_c2a44bedcf_m.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4664589344_ae7350af02_m.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1273/4663971563_e1ed83d597_m.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4664591276_3393783101_m.jpg

[Martheart]

:medusachow: The young queen of bit music! Inspired by consoles like the NES, SNES and Gameboy and all the music they produce :)

[ArtbyWard]

I present the Queen of Trance :yayca:

Fantastic round everyone!

[courtlandw]

King of the bar song. Inspired by the music of the Pogues and the Barley Mow drinking song. The idea's pretty straightforward - there's nothing like a good shanty, and anything that'll get you swinging a pint around is this guy's territory. I thought it was important to include the crowd, as the chanting and chaos is just a big a part of the music as he is.

first time posting any work on CA.org. hopefully i'll be able to do more.

[leuparaleu]

Thanx for the extra time :). I loved this round. Great topic. Can't wait for the next one.

Here's mine. The queen of violin.

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[LeoListens]

All Hail the Boom Boom King, the Beat Master, the Rhythm Lord!

Special Thanks to Refschaufscheik for her incredible feedback! I love when misinterpretations lead to new ideas. I want that sneaker throne in my living room! :)

[KWhite]

Queen of classical piano good luck to all!!

[Brandozer]

the Monarch of METAL! GL all, you guys ROCK!
http://brandomain.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/chow200_brandozer2.jpg
(not sure why my blog adds a number to the file name)
http://brandomain.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/chow200_brandozerwip.jpg

[Aly Fell]

Remember to read the requirements. We WILL be strict this time.

[vibhas_virwani]

good luck to everyone , great round !! :)
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/chow200_vibhas_virwanismall.jpg
some wips >>
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/wips.jpg
larger version >>
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/chow200_vibhas_virwani.jpg

[Lianti]

For some reason i thought the deadline was June 10th so I am out of time, I started very late. Posting as it is, but really wanted to polish more.
My vision was to combine traditional view of monarch with modern day, but i went a little ahead and created a new instrument that amplifies vibrations and produces a completely new sound.

[Soupandbutter]

Rap:

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[Quinn Simoes]

Copyright: Quinn Simoes - Concept Art - Characters - Fantasy - Photoshop

Queen of Death Metal

[monkeysills]

Didn't get as much detail in as I wanted but I'd better call it done. :)

[Tommoy]

Didn't finish like I was planning.

[Pinback]

The King of Psuedo-Classical music

[Dan!]

Here is my Monarch of Music- influenced by everything. Good work glad to be part of such an epic round.

[Reymus]

The kings (and queen!) of southern music, Folk/Blues/Country.

[Gavage]

Queen of Industrial: a sweet tooth for the unpleasant, not afraid of being transgressive or blasphemous, surrounded with subtle yet elaborate symbolism of violence and drug use.

The month went by fast!

[magicgoo]

Yeah, so it looks like Brandozer and I were on the exact same page :)

Here's my contribution. Was very fun! <3

[daestwen]

NO ENTRIES PAST THIS POINT!

30 minute grace period, but if i have over 50 entries for the poll, you'll be cut out. Sorry!

edit: Don't worry Sork, since we posted at the same time, i'll count you before the cut-of.

Entries are still welcome, we're just already pretty close to full for the poll, so I can't guarantee anyone else will get in. There are already going to be cuts.

[Sorknes]

My Monarch is inspired of how the traditional and folk music here in Norway are finding ways into everything contemporary the last decade, especially metal and rock.

Great round! Good job everyone! :D

Sorknes, Conceptart, Characters, Photoshop.

Edit: Oh, darn, I must have been posting while you posted about the deadline :( Shit happens, I guess.

[Sentinel.]

Oh, hell! I was typing this up when you posted, Dae! Am I out? :(

I'm in the process of getting my WIPs together, I'll have them up in a minute!

Edit: I have my WIPs up now :D

Queen of Indie Rock

Is it strange for a person to want a Keytar as desperately as I do? :teeth: There's a lot more grafitti on the wall I wanted to do, and it still needs a little work, but overall I'm really happy with it. Special thank you to Mark Tarrisse for crits and suggestions! Sorry I couldn't get it all in there :heart:

Christina Davis
Conceptart
Characters
Urban
Photoshop

[jpedro]

i realize this one is veeery late, but i wanted to post it nonetheless, since i much enjoyed working on this topic.

here's my Queen of Rock :)

[Raydiant]

Darn, I guess I'm late? :/

Anyway, here's my DJ Monarch of Chow. Good luck to all the entries! :)

[Angel Intheuk]

Waaay late..:( enjoyed it anyway so just posting for crits if any :)

Good luck everyone who gets through! :teeth:

Queen of Funk

[daestwen]

POLL IS UP!

Okay, obviously there were some cuts, as we had tons of entries and I had to get it down to 50. So we cut for naming and for those who had less than a 3/4 view of the character.

Out for naming:
Master Troglodyte
SoupAndButter
Tipa
MatKaminski
Danihel

Out for three quarters view:
Khallel
Refschaufscheik

[ManaBurn]

Wow what a tremendous waste of my time. You guys need to get your act together! How did we lose the extra 24 hours while I was at work? I would have just posted last night. What a joke.

[goldilockz]

Wow what a tremendous waste of my time. You guys need to get your act together! How did we lose the extra 24 hours while I was at work? I would have just posted last night. What a joke.

What do you mean? The deadline was originally 5pm Eastern time yesterday... but we got extended by 24 hours meaning the deadline was 5pm today. We didn't lose any extra time. They were right on time.

[APW]

AWWWWW! Quinn Simoes, Where was your King? I was going to vote for him.
Cptcrandall- I think yours was the best here with Pinback in second. Awesome work everyone!

[Cartogriffi]

I'd expect nothing else from such an excellent round but boy is it hard choosing favorites from those entries!

Overall I like IceMoon's Queen of Trance the most. I don't actually listen to Trance but there's something about the colors and the pose that really appeal to me. Of all of them I think that's the one that most felt like a future mascot as well. (But I'll still miss Medusa!)

[cptcrandall]

AWWWWW! Quinn Simoes, Where was your King? I was going to vote for him.
Cptcrandall- I think yours was the best here with Pinback in second. Awesome work everyone!


Wow! Thank you!

[zephyri]

Missile... I live the design hints to past eras and the framing of her. Voted cause I really liked the image, but I'd have probably been hard pressed to guess she was a queen of any kind of music.
Quinn Simoes. This is awesome character design. One of my favourite images as you adressed both parts of the brief (monarch and music). Love the fact the design hints are quite subtle too. Great colour and rendering on top.
Sakuranym: Probably my fave of the lot. Great design, I love your style and colour choices, a gorgeous image that had inspired me to try my own hand at a celtic queen, but I ran out of time :/.
No87: There's just enough hints in this to get at the idea of a monarch within the genre of music, and I love the pose.. she's got a load of character.
LeoListens. Great work at taking this to an entirely different level to most of the entries here, this got my vote for most unique, but it's a cracking piece of design and colour control. Love it!
Artina: You absolutely nailed regal on this. I voted mostly because I love the character, but again, I wish there'd been a little more of a hint as to his 'music' side of things (maybe something like hints of stage props/speakers etc in the background), but it wasn't quite enough to put me off voting.
Lianti: spent a while just looking at this one. Couldn't quite decide if I liked it or not, but in the end I think it fulfils the brief well, and the fact it caught my attention for such a span of time swung me into voting! He's kinda like what would happen if you took a renaissance-stlye lute player and plonked into a rock festival in modern times.
Brandozer: Awesome character design here, and another of my overall faves. Love the style, the colour usage, in a glimpse it's quite obvious what she is and the kind of character she possesses.

Couple of near misses for votes too:
Bendragon: I really liked your character design, but the image as a whole felt very busy, and the background distracts from the character.
Iviatt: Another great sense of design here, and your colours are lovely... I just felt she was lacking in the regal feeling.
Arthemis: I can't tell you how much I love this image... the colours, the style choice, the way the pixel blends with smoother rendering. Very skillfully done. But in the end if I'd looked at this image without the brief, aside from the small speaker to her left, there wasn't much in this that said music to me. She'd rock a queen of the 8bit consoles tho!


Also, Daest... is there a reason QueenGwenevere's image isn't in the poll? Or am I being blind? I really liked that image and wanted to vote for it!

[Pixeltuner]

Wow what a tremendous waste of my time. You guys need to get your act together! How did we lose the extra 24 hours while I was at work? I would have just posted last night. What a joke.

If you find this a waste of time because you're now not elligible to 'win' you're here for entirely wrong reasons.



Another thing: Although this is a queen round and all, I don't think any of these works (including mine) surpass or even comes close to Jessies reigning Queen, both in design and execution.

I miss a lot of regal qualities and just see a lot of musicians or the other way around with a too subtle reference to the music where it's just an anime girl. Sounds harsh maybe, but I can't be the only one thinking or noticing this.

[Refschaufscheik]

I was so sure I had asked about the 3/4 rule. How can the costume not be included?
I'd like to know for the next time...
- Refshaufscheik

P.S.: Where's Queen Gwenewere's entry?

[Martheart]

Another thing: Although this is a queen round and all, I don't think any of these works (including mine) surpass or even comes close to Jessies reigning Queen, both in design and execution.

I have to agree... I don't want to be negative, but where were all the "pros":P? I was really looking forward to Aly's and Jessiebeans piece for instance... There are still a couple of really good ones, I really like Brandozer, Sakuranym and Sentinel. But this round doesn't feel any more spectacular than a regular Chow :P

[Aly Fell]

Wow what a tremendous waste of my time. You guys need to get your act together! How did we lose the extra 24 hours while I was at work? I would have just posted last night. What a joke.

I don't know what on EARTH you are banging on about Manaburn. You had a month plus a day extension to get one image done, how much time do you actually need? Lecturing us is going to get you short shrift round here!

As for 'standards' of art here, there are actually some fine pieces, but ChoW is not really about a showcase for pros., it's about getting better and honing your character skills. And people have other priorities from time to time. Jessi's last Queen was a great image and so deserved the title spot, but with respect to all, I don't care if the final piece is rendered to the nth degree and shines like a beacon of light, if it's a good concept then it deserves to win, so look at what we have here and vote for what you think is the best image/concept/character.

As for me, I had a finished piece, but as a mod I wait to see how the entries are going and only submit if it looks like there's space. The first priority for space in the poll is the entrants not the mods as far as I'm concerned.

Queen Gwenevere - I have no idea why you aren't there. I saved the image and resized it, so it should be. I'll look into it and get back to you.

[Aly Fell]

Queen Gwenevere - Your image wasn't in the Photobucket account where we store the resized pieces. I know what happened. I had a browser crash when I was saving them to Photobucket last night, yours obviously was the one that didn't get there. I'm sorry, I'll have a word with Daestwen about this but we are at 50 max images right now. Maybe there is something we can do.

[cptcrandall]

Wow! A lot of negativity! Get the good vibes flowing again. This is a badass art jam. There are a lot of good pieces out here. Just glad to be a part of my first CHOW and get some votes! Thanks all!!

[goldilockz]

Oh nooooo! A misvote! Recount! Recount! That sucks about Queen Gwenevere's entry :(

I voted for Brandozer. He far surpassed many of the entries, and even though I'm not a fan of Metal, I thought his design was amazing.

I already feel so honored to have three votes! <3 Thank you!!!

[danihel]

I'm not exactly sure what was wrong with my naming can somebody explain it to me please?

[IVIATT]

For me it was between Sentinals Queen of Indie and Artemis 8bit Queen.
Both of them completely captured what the essense of their genre was. The means of creating the art was also an expression of the particular musical style.

I gave the edge to Sentinal because of the subtlety in which he/she captured the feeling of Indie. And not to mention Indie is, by its very nature, hard to categorize. But you did a great job. The graffitied crown on the wall speaks volumes about the character and Indie itself. Artistically, what really won me over was the deftness of the shadow notes against the light, both on the figure and the wall. Convincing yet subtly handled...She is simultaneously "Indi-fferent" yet regal at the same time. Awesome.

And great job to everyone who very obviously put in alot of thought and effort into their pieces! Keep it coming!

[ArtByManon]

Brandozer - because it filled the brief with kick ass monarchy!! What a woman - I liked the nod to a Frazzetta style female here too and the balance of the image and the drama and colours. Gorgeous.

However, I also loved....
Sakuranym - really beautiful and very regal.
Lodin - cheeky! Love the attitude.
Matt - gorgeous style, really love the hands, very rubenesque.

[Pixeltuner]

I think it's kinda funny how people interpret genres and how to portray them. I think Brandozer's image is a cliche filled metalposter, Sentinel's image doesn't spell indie for me at all but more like hipster electro80sindiepopcrap and Arthemis's 8-bit queen has a bit too much 16 or even 32-bit influences ;)

[goldilockz]

I think it's kinda funny how people interpret genres and how to portray them. I think Brandozer's image is a cliche filled metalposter, Sentinel's image doesn't spell indie for me at all but more like hipster electro80sindiepopcrap and Arthemis's 8-bit queen has a bit too much 16 or even 32-bit influences ;)

True, I see what you're saying. I think a lot of that can be left open to individual interpretation. For myself, I voted based on "regal presence" mixed with an obvious musical theme. It didn't necessarily have to be spot-on as far as its genre (just for my own opinion!), but I can absolutely understand how that can sway someone else's vote. :drinkup:

[danihel]

I think now i understand, the filename wasn't correct.
I see there is no room for metal retards like me in the chow :nohope:

[Martheart]

Arthemis's 8-bit queen has a bit too much 16 or even 32-bit influences
Haha I know what you mean, :D I even painted a SNES in there. That's why I called her the "Queen of Bit" instead of 8bit, and made it into a tribute to old console game music. I love those tunes :P

[Refschaufscheik]

I def. think there are some great pieces! CourtlandWs piece got my vote - I think it has a more subtle royal feeling to it, which I really dig because it goes nicely with the environment. And it was an unusual concept :)

[Pixeltuner]

ChoW is not really about a showcase for pros., it's about getting better and honing your character skills.

I totally agree with that, but for me personally and please let nobody take offense in this: I'd rather see the pro's smacking my ass here showing off because it's something I can look up to and motivates me to try even harder. There's so much to learn from the big guns and it's one of the major reasons I'm doing these chow's. Seeing their sketches, wips etc. is very insightful and invaluable for guys like me.

[Pixeltuner]

Haha I know what you mean, :D I even painted a SNES in there. That's why I called her the "Queen of Bit" instead of 8bit, and made it into a tribute to old console game music. I love those tunes :P

QFT! Videogame-soundtracks rule my ringtones :p

[goldilockz]

...Seeing their sketches, wips etc. is very insightful and invaluable for guys like me.

And gals like me! :assspank: lol

[Pixeltuner]

Are you highfiving my ass? :yayca:

[Reymus]

I totally agree with that, but for me personally and please let nobody take offense in this: I'd rather see the pro's smacking my ass here showing off because it's something I can look up to and motivates me to try even harder. There's so much to learn from the big guns and it's one of the major reasons I'm doing these chow's. Seeing their sketches, wips etc. is very insightful and invaluable for guys like me.

I agree with you on that but on the other hand most of the time the voting is lopsided in one persons direction, little crits/paintovers and all, it'd be nice to have a "Mentor CHOW" sometime, where a pro, or someone at that level picks a newbie and works with them to produce that week/month's character.

By the way on the voting note, I personally found the C.O.W. way of voting a bit better because I get the feeling people don't really spend time looking at the individual pieces and vote by thumbnail only lately (whereas COW you have names and below in the thread the pieces themselves. Just a personal pref. though.

I voted for a few myself, but the one that stood out to me was Pinback, the linework and color is top notch, though I liked the full version vs. the cropped.

[Astrobiology]

Exciting stuff. And Rashufachekblah, I know you seem confused as to your 3/4 cut, even with your gown the image does seem to be more... 2/3's maybe. Not quite 3/4. I think to be safe in the 3/4 rule you have to at least be able to imagine there are knees somewhere within the confines of the image. Under clothing or not. Sorry yours got cut!

Pinback - I was sad to see yours cropped off. I loved those horns. I really love your style of rendering too.

Matt or it is it Natt - I love this image, it's textured so well, seems very mixed media.

[Pinback]

Seems to be some slight bitterness from some about this CHOW, which I think is unwarranted. I thought it was a fantastic turnout, many diverse and wondrous styles, and a buttload of professional AAA quality entries. Where are the pro's? Hell they're massacring me in the polls is where they are! But I didn't enter to win, I just wanted to look back on CHOW #200 knowing I was a part of this fine event!
And thanks to the Mods for your toil, bang-up job yo!

Reymus+Astro Aww shucks, thanks guys. I hadn't really finished my entry (pretty much my first attempt at painting with a tablet), I bit off more than I could chew as usual, and it was either submit a detail or post unfinished work. I plan on spending the next 6 months doing almost nothing but CHOW, EOW, and IDW though, so one day the prize will be mine! Mwahaha!

[goldilockz]

Are you highfiving my ass? :yayca:

Absolutely!

[goldilockz]

I agree with you on that but on the other hand most of the time the voting is lopsided in one persons direction, little crits/paintovers and all, it'd be nice to have a "Mentor CHOW" sometime, where a pro, or someone at that level picks a newbie and works with them to produce that week/month's character.



Oh that sounds fun. Like a Big Brother Collaboration type thing.

[Lior Schiller]

What do you mean by "out of naming?"

[ArtByManon]

I think it's kinda funny how people interpret genres and how to portray them. I think Brandozer's image is a cliche filled metalposter, Sentinel's image doesn't spell indie for me at all but more like hipster electro80sindiepopcrap and Arthemis's 8-bit queen has a bit too much 16 or even 32-bit influences ;)

Yeah, it is a bit cliche'd, but its just a really dynamic and powerful image. Sometimes its better than trying to be too original/clever. If that makes sense!

I voted based on the regal quality and the impact - which image kept making me want to look at it.

[QueenGwenevere]

Queen Gwenevere - Your image wasn't in the Photobucket account where we store the resized pieces. I know what happened. I had a browser crash when I was saving them to Photobucket last night, yours obviously was the one that didn't get there. I'm sorry, I'll have a word with Daestwen about this but we are at 50 max images right now. Maybe there is something we can do.

Ah... so that's what happened. I was just wondering if I'd screwed something up somehow, but I couldn't think what.

Darn. And I was scrambling to get it posted on time in the middle of vacation craziness, too... :(

[Cyr]

I'm going to hold off voting for a few days.

Since the omission was because of technical reasons, I wouldn't consider it unfair to make a one-time exception, include 51 entries, and add QueenGwenever's entry to the poll.

[Pixeltuner]

Yeah, it is a bit cliche'd, but its just a really dynamic and powerful image. Sometimes its better than trying to be too original/clever. If that makes sense!


Sure it makes sense, but I've been a metalhead (musically) for the better part of my life and have seen imagery like that quite a bit so to speak, so it absolutely doesn't do anything for me. You can go a lot more overboard with cliche's than that, trust me.

[Pixeltuner]

Absolutely!

Hell yeah! :asslick:

[Brandozer]

Thanks for the votes all!
Sak is killin it! Bravo! I liked everything about it except the presence of character. She IS the Queen of the Celts, so she shouldn't be so shy about it ;)

Other Favs:

Quinn - Sexy and dark
Dan - Cool mix of ideas
Pinback - Line work is tits
LeoListens - Love that char
Arthemis - I went apeshit for your first prelim with the pixel skirt.
Bangalore - Wonky shiznit ftw.

Otherwise you guys rock my ass and this business is nothin' but good times.

1love
-Brandozer

[humboldt squid]

The King of Psuedo-Classical music

This is probably my favorite this round, even though I would have thought it to be more prog rock than pseudo classical. Is there any chance of higher rez so I can use it as wallpaper?

[Stinger88]

Great entries everyone. Shame i didnt get finished. Nevermind. I still enjoyed what i did.

Where's Bnoch's rock god? (LINK (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=188011&page=11) near the bottom) I thought that would steal the show tbh. Shame it didnt make the finals

[Gavage]

Votes to:

Quinn Simoes: I love the use of horns and the subtle way you've handled the dress. And the face. Quite Giger, but very unique at the same time. You've really captured that grim side of music.

Arthemis IX: The thumbnail of this doesn't really do it justice. Great concept, the colours you've used look like they could have been plucked right out of an old video game but aren't painful on the eyes.. it actually works well.

[ArtByManon]

Sure it makes sense, but I've been a metalhead (musically) for the better part of my life and have seen imagery like that quite a bit so to speak, so it absolutely doesn't do anything for me. You can go a lot more overboard with cliche's than that, trust me.

Yeah, I'm no metal head - lol - I was wanting to do an image of the Queen of Bellydance drums/music - but didn't have the time!!
The only vaguely metal thing i used to like as a teenager was guns n roses - but its not really metal compared to stuff these days!

[Pixeltuner]

Yeah, I'm no metal head - lol - I was wanting to do an image of the Queen of Bellydance drums/music - but didn't have the time!!
The only vaguely metal thing i used to like as a teenager was guns n roses - but its not really metal compared to stuff these days!

GnR? Vaguely indeed hahaha :p

[ArtByManon]

GnR? Vaguely indeed hahaha :p

Hey... I was a 12yr old girl in an all girls school - not really predisposed to getting me into hardcore metal LOL.

[Pixeltuner]

Hey... I was a 12yr old girl in an all girls school - not really predisposed to getting me into hardcore metal LOL.

the dark side always finds a way ;)

[ArtByManon]

the dark side always finds a way ;)

Yeah... it just didn't find its way through metal ;)

[Sakuranym]

Wow this is crazy! There are SO many awesome entries this round, I don't know what some of you guys are talking about. I feel so honored to get so many votes! I just expected to try really hard and have a nice new portfolio piece in the end-and to learn, which I did!

I really really loved Sentinal's and Icemoon's entries. Something about the color and character design on both is really amazing and inspiring!

And what's with all the hate, guys? It's not at all about winning. You should be in this for fun and to better yourself through learning and interacting with others. 'Friendly' competition is healthy, but don't let it be otherwise <3

[Pixeltuner]

Wow this is crazy! There are SO many awesome entries this round, I don't know what some of you guys are talking about. I feel so honored to get so many votes! I just expected to try really hard and have a nice new portfolio piece in the end-and to learn, which I did!

I really really loved Sentinal's and Icemoon's entries. Something about the color and character design on both is really amazing and inspiring!

And what's with all the hate, guys? It's not at all about winning. You should be in this for fun and to better yourself through learning and interacting with others. 'Friendly' competition is healthy, but don't let it be otherwise <3

You know, I love your piece and as most here I think it's the most well rounded of the bunch. The character-style is awesome, great use of colour.. but it doesn't read Monarch of a certain music style to me. :)

edit: Oh, and I saw a Darkstalkers-piece in your portfolio <3

[ArtByManon]

Wow this is crazy! There are SO many awesome entries this round, I don't know what some of you guys are talking about. I feel so honored to get so many votes! I just expected to try really hard and have a nice new portfolio piece in the end-and to learn, which I did!

I really really loved Sentinal's and Icemoon's entries. Something about the color and character design on both is really amazing and inspiring!

And what's with all the hate, guys? It's not at all about winning. You should be in this for fun and to better yourself through learning and interacting with others. 'Friendly' competition is healthy, but don't let it be otherwise <3

I agree - its friendly competition and not about winning. Obviously its nice for someone to win - but its just a great place here to improve skills. I'm dying to do another Chow, I can't wait to see the next one and if it tickles my fancy!
Sakuranym - I think your piece was gorgeous too, but like pixeltuner I didnt read the music part - I wish this time had been multiple votes!

[sanya]

LeoListens and Arthemis are my favorites. <3

[QueenGwenevere]

Good stuff here, but I'm honestly still too depressed to vote or comment on it, sorry... :(

(Damn it, I went through hell and high water to get that thing done and posted a day early, too. And all for nothing...)

[rumpenstiltzkin]

sad to not see QueenGwenevere in the poll, was a favorite of mine and got my vote even if not in the poll!

i think its great round, many entries, great work all of you! i been stalking the wip thread everyday x)
i wish i had done something finished for this but just hadnt any good ideas or motivation :/

[Razorleaf]

Icemoon and Lianti got my votes.

All the entrants were great but I just found that Icemoon's Diva really came thru as a music queen and Lianti's style is so very good as the regal monarch type. Very nice :)

[Tesla]

Aww 200 chow! what a pitty, I didn't see this earlier. It will be difficult to improve the Jessi Bean's Queen, but I'm gonna take a look to those majesties ^^

orangus It's very cool, I just think it needs a little more of definition and lights.
Refschaufscheik Nice concept!
crimson_shape awesome, a little crazy but it rocks :) I think you just needed some more time.
Mykro haha, nice concept, I liked it.
artina well done, looks strong.
dannE-B very interesting concept :)
bendragon so pretty, and desing is great, i love the head over all. May be long body.
aimBiz Nice effort, great sketching work.
sakuranym You have a nice style and nice skills. Desing is cool but I think the string instrument should be more important.
Lodin Very nice skills, I want to hear that guitar lol
QueenGwenevere Awesome, she is more than a queen, she is almost a goddess :D I love the lights on trumpets and desing on "skirt". Wip is very nice too, thanks for sharing :)
Iviiat I like your work with shadows and composition. I just think her neck and hand are a little strange.
Belindi Nice work! The lance is cool and that textures rocks a lot. Nice desing btw.
Pixeltuner Nice skills.
LeoListens Cool! Hahaha a shoe-throne, great XD. And your style and color skills are very nice too, I love the bottom section with that green and purple.
Brandozer Gorguerous. I want those boots :D
vibhas virwani Interesting. He looks like a god of music.
Lianti gorguerous details.
Pinback Super detailed! 0.0 I think it works better like illustration than character design, but congrats for the great piece.
Dan I like it, specially the stave and legs outsfit.
Sorknes I like a lot her dress, nice effort on textures.
Sentinel Great skills, she looks so smooth and a little dangerous at same.
jpedro I like it. Long red hair and skulls rock forever :D

What a bunch of nice works ^^ It's allways great to see the chows.

[multi_crab]

I like to thanks Janson Snair, Kitten Poker, Leonnn and Tipa for their vote.

[Rhdnor]

Well at least ONE person liked my sketch---thanks for voting for me Bethany k!

[JR McGee]

QueenGwenevere omg i wanted to vote for you! that is insane.

I'm surprise Pixeltuners entry didnt get more votes. thats piece is amazing.

awesome entries all around tho. i'm looking forward to joining the fun.

[Jacob Kobryn]

I just wanted to say to Lodin, that the guitar design is SICK. It looks like Colin Marston's Warr guitar:

http://warrguitars.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/19/fron_back_metal.jpg

Warr guitars are INSANE... 8 - 14 strings on all of them. :o

[Pixeltuner]

QueenGwenevere omg i wanted to vote for you! that is insane.

I'm surprise Pixeltuners entry didnt get more votes. thats piece is amazing.

awesome entries all around tho. i'm looking forward to joining the fun.

Why thank you, I couldn't agree more ;) No just kidding, it's actually a bit of a rush-job and a pretty cliche'd thing as well, so behind the pretty rendering there is not much substance.

Welcome btw, the more the merrier :)

[MikeOB]

loving the work from sentinel, sketchius and leo listens
it's good to see people trying something new and fresh with chow

[ArtByManon]

So when is the new chow monarch going to be up as the new mascot?

[Martheart]

So when is the new chow monarch going to be up as the new mascot?

Working on it! :-)