DSG 366: Character: The Prom Date

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Character: The Prom Date

[schmu_20mol]

for all of us non-americans that want to know the exact meaning of it....here ya go

prom(short for promenade): a formal dance held for a high-school or college class typically at or near the end of a academic year.

btw...it's also P(rogrammable) R(ead) O(nly) M(emory) .. so let's date shorty and an array of char ..hehe

[buz]

heh, english isn't my first language, so I didn't know the meaning of prom, so I did a little search. here is it, I prefer the second definition ;)

prom :n. A formal dance held for a high-school or college class typically at or near the end of the academic year.
[Short for promenade.]
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PROM n. Computer Science Memory hardware that can be programmed only once.
[p(rogrammable) r(ead-)o(nly) m(emory).]
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[buz]

duh ! we posted the same thing at the same time !! lol

[schmu_20mol]

hehe gotcha .... :rofl:

[Hagac]

http://www.angelfire.com/art2/hagaart/images/prommansHAGA.jpg

I've been playing Pit Fighter recently. I think it influenced the insanity of my picture.

I suppose he's a sandworm. I'll draw his date in a moment.

[Milady]

Thank you for the definition!
I haven't heard "prom" before.
:P

[buz]

http://alt64.gotdns.com/dsg/366_prom_date.jpg

i went for definition #2 :P couldn't resist

[illy]

ehehe. hope someone finds this funny.

and nice one hagac! i like it.

http://www.softwareoutlet.com/illy/sketches/promdate.jpg

[y2korean]

http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/shawn/images/dsg/dsg002.jpg
Dress outline is thicker 'cuz I messed up the line and had to "correct" it.

[Hagac]

http://www.angelfire.com/art2/hagaart/images/promwomansHAGA.jpg

Sandworms have feelings too, you know.

[Hunger_Artist]

Hagac- lol.. the perfect couple!!!

interesting ideas!

[Brium]

http://www.brium.net/images/art/prom.JPG

@ illy - That's hilarious!

@ hagac - those are awesome, hope I can do stuff like that some day.

@ y2korean - looks like a fashion model. very good.

@ buz - funny. cool take on the subject.

[SicFrost]

HAGAC - Thats MY prom date, and shes spoken for... I will NOT let you take my girl away from me...

:chug:
_B0R1S

[schmu_20mol]

nice entries so far...

played around with the acrylic brush...
~60 min Expression (and not at all satisfied :bash: )

http://schmu.250free.com/conceptart/DSG---PromDate.jpg

[schmu_20mol]

Originally posted by Milady
Thank you for the definition!
I haven't heard "prom" before.
:P

but you sure know what a 'date' is :huh:

hey take it easy commanderObvious ... it's just a joke and I think he/she does know that ... so no offence meant and hopefully no offence taken :rolleyes:

[Commander Obvious]

That's okay if anybody here doesn't know what a prom date is, I didn't get one so you'll have to do like me and use your imagination...

...here's what I imagine her expression would be like if she found out I was her date at the last second...

speaking of last second, I'm up at 4 am doing this and I don't think I'll stay up another second to finish it. Besides, this is called the "Daily SKETCH Group," right?
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Russell_Collins/DailySketchBook/DSG366_PromDate.jpg

sorry about that first comment, it was supposed to be lightheartedly humorous but I suppose without making that "obvious" ;) it could be taken wrongly. My bad. I was teasing, that's all, no harm intended...

[guns1inger]

Very quick, very silly, very literal

http://users.tpg.com.au/adslrotx/images/promdate.jpg

Going for a 5 minute fashion design look
(for the record, it is a Prom 'Date', not a turd in a dress)

[gealflings]

This is my first DSG.. First post ever, actually. This is pretty much what I looked like in high school, but I wore a tux to prom. Heh. About 40 minutes or so in Painter.

http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v90/gealflings/punkprom.jpg

guns1inger: I'm SO glad you clarified the whole date/turd thing. :D

commander obvious: Great facial expression. For some reason, I really like the way her glasses match her dress.

hagac: Awesome! I love the drooling hands. :D

[Matt Dixon]

We don't have Proms in the UK - when I saw the topic, I thought of CA.org's favourite panty samurai, Prometheus ANJ, so my pic is kind of inspired by his stuff. Prom's date.

I doubt I'll get a chance to finish this today, so here it is after about an hour. Good work all, especially Commander Obvious!

http://www.vortex.plus.com/PromDate_WIP.jpg

*edit* Updated pic on next page.

[toinjoints]

http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/toinjoints/prom.jpg

[gekitsu]

i had the same idea as matt :)

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

[Candy_Warlock]

wee my first post here

made this in art class since i dunt have a wacom at home...

bleah

http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/Candy_Warlock/promdate.jpg

[Bluedreamer]

Second post on DSG. I am always in my period where I copy to learn so I drew this...

( I am not satisfied with the shade on the guy's face )

http://membres.lycos.fr/bluedreamer23/images/prom_date2.jpg

[lahbaid]

Hi! Ive done this sketch... Im not glad with it but however *g*

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v76/lahbaid/DSGPromDate.jpg

[Milady]

http://img26.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Milady/Looking_for_something2.jpg

[Swan]

Just a quick sketch.

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

Toinjoints - cool. I like this one a lot.
Matt - is her right leg off? The way you have the knee to the side and the foot facing looks incorrect to me. And darn it, I want to see her face!
Geaflings - that's what you looked like? Me too! (ahem...just kidding)
Commander Obvious & Hagac - love it!!!! Both great and clever (in different ways obviously)

Wonderful ideas here and I love them. Great work!

[Beatnik]

Quick one from a couple refs i found on google. The main thing I remember from my prom was the goofy ass dancing... and there were lots of mullets.


http://www.zmans.com/misc/dsg_366.jpg

[gealflings]

Beatnick! I seem to remember dating a guy with a mullet and thinking he was the best thing since hair gel. :D

Swan - hehehe close :D I left off the obnoxious black-framed glasses, though. hehe I love the little guy in yours - so cute! I would have gone to prom with him. LOL

[emilpaun]

did this before going home from work, in flash mx 2004.

errrr, every girl's dream right? :)

http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v95/enilpaun/dsg_prom.jpg

[Railboy]

Wow, it's so hard to predict which DSGs will take off...
http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/promdate.jpg
This was a fast one, about 10-15 minutes in PS 6.

Hagac - I love the bold outlines. I can practically feel their leathery skin. :)

Bluedreamer - Try using colored shadows instead of black. If you're using PS, try using multiply for a start.

gekitsu - Soh cute

[Amerasu]

http://amerasu.randomleft.com/ca/feb27_04_promdate.jpg

[DramaticDigital]

Hey buz, did you choose the less prom-inent definition? hehehe Ok that’s it’s a bad joke and I’m a little late but I just got up.

[Phuzion]

Heh heh. Nice work everyone! Funny interpretations. Amerasu and Commander Obvious, well done ;p Keep 'em comin'. I'll try and post something a little later today, after I get some homework done. Peace, and draw draw DRAW!

[Tiger_Lily]

Hey, heres my sketch 4 today. I've just started using photoshop/painter, but doing these sketches every day has already helped me to get more familiar with the programs.

This pic was actually what my prom date wore that day. He thought it would be cute if him and his buddy rented the most God awful tuxes for the prom. That, or this was all that was left...I hated that damn dickie with the ruffles. :P

http://animeneko.com/promdate.jpg

Commander obvious: so much detail, did you use painter for that? What brushes did you use? Awsome job!

Swan: I love your sketch, quck, but full of life, great job!

[Sapphire]

Commander Obvious: LOVE it! Yours is my fav so far...it has such a charicature quality to it! I'll get to one as soon as class is over...

[ApricotSoup]

bleh...

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/apricotsoup/DSG_366_-_Prom_Date.jpg

[Carnifex]

not too happy with the face but otherwise nothing i really find wrong...
http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/prom_date.jpg
drawn out of mind,but i had seen that dress before-slightly adapted.
(http://gallery.millesich.at/albums/album26/12418_G.jpg)

[Commander Obvious]

Originally posted by Tiger_Lily
Commander obvious: so much detail, did you use painter for that? What brushes did you use? Awsome job!


You know what's funny? I recognize a lot of people (vaguely) in the faces and outfits of the people that have been drawn here. I can't decide if that's good for the sake of humor or if all my friends are complete nerds... :P :D

Anyhoo, yes Tiger_Lily, I used painter 7 from start to finish. My favorite brushes might not be the best way to go (very time-consuming if you're not fast) but they are very simple. I use the digital airbrush and the palatte knife. I've used other tools and had good results, but for my purposes, these are still the fastest and most direct. I use keyboard shortcuts for the eye-dropper tool constantly so I can get colors to match from layer to layer too.

buz: I love puns (perhaps a bit too much) but P.R.O.M.? Whew! I didn't want to go there because all my friends who look like the geeks in this thread would disown me. A few of my friends have actually managed to hack the PROM in their cars' computers (not that kind of prom in the car illy). They used to use PC RAM sticks for keychains (RAM that they'd burned out in their youth as hackers trying to get THAT much more speed out of a K5 or something only recently made primative).

bluedreamer: is that a photo-referenced image? If so, look harder at the colors in the faces.

Matt, gekitsu: panty samurai named Prometheus ANJ?? :O I must have missed that one. Sounds like a terrible title for a Rainbow Six sequel :P

Favorites so far: buz because I'm woefully fond of puns, and illy because I'm also woefully fond of the phrase "well, off like a prom dress."

[Iiori]

My date If I went. ^^ I missed my prom because I had an art Competition thingy the next day, and I wasn't finished with my project.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/date.jpg

Im a big fan of yours today too Commander Obvious.

[Matt Dixon]

Phew! Managed to finish her off after all.

http://www.vortex.plus.com/PromDate.jpg

Gekitsu - Hoorah for panties! Yours is more Prom than mine.
Swan - You could be right about the leg, though the profile is less lumpy now, which helps a bit I think. Let's just say those heels are uncomfortable, so she's standing awkwardly... ;)

Too tired for more comments, but well done all!

[ducktape]

Thought I'd try a different style - more of a cel shade. So here's the date for all the submitted chicks! :p And by the way, those are pink carnations for all you Sex and the City fans.

http://www.offramp.org/~ducktape/366.gif

[jook]

great stuff for todays...

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v13/jook13/PROM.jpg

[RefrigeratorCo]

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~mlewis/Prom.jpg

[riq]

I also noticed this subject seemed to inspire a lot of people.

well mine is a simple, old american, apple pie interpretation.

http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/thassan/promdate.JPG

[Jane Radstrom]

30 min in PS trying out using the color sensitivity from a tablet for the first time.
http://www.velondra.com/images/doodle/prom.jpg

Make your own story.. :)

[SicFrost]

i really didnt want to post this since mine is the only one thats a sketch, took 'bout 8-10 minutes...please dont kill me

http://www.crackerbee.com/pix/dsg_366.jpg

_B0R1S

[Swan]

Yours is the only one that's a sketch? *grin* Better take another look....a number of us did plain ol' sketches.

S'all good, anyway. Is yours the prom date from hell? :D

[SicFrost]

haha close
shes more like prom date FEMINIST from hell, hairy armpits and all

:(

_B0R1S

EDIT - Swan yours is awesome man....the detail is hot

[Shelldragon]

http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/10594/prom%20tramps.jpg

that's me in the mandarin dress. Ya I had a date but you know, the guys all hord around the trampy girls. Just like they draw the trampy girls hehehe!

I love yours, Captian Obvious! I think it's my fav here!
Oh i really like riq's too!

[SicFrost]

omg please dont start again....

_B0R1S

[Shelldragon]

haha, i know, i'm kidding you, I can't help that I'm so cynical!

[SicFrost]

good cuz you scared me that feminist thread went on for a little too long, i think there was a page without any pictures,..just arguments

_B0R1S

[Shelldragon]

I know, pretty hysterical eh? At least I can keep people on their toes. Maybe I should be joining a debate forum instead of a dsg eh?

[SicFrost]

great idea for those who cant draw or dislike to....lol

_B0R1S

[darkautumn]

"You wanna skip Prom?"
http://images3.deviantart.com/i/2004/09/4/8/Prom_Date.jpg

[SicFrost]

dude, why do u keep reposting your picture..?

_B0R1S

[darkautumn]

My pic isnt showing up at all... any input?

[SicFrost]

its a chick with her hair tied up and a condom in her left hand....
what do i win??

_B0R1S

[darkautumn]

Man... why can't I see it then?!?!?! You win A virtual pat on the back. =^-^= Sorry about reposting it and all... I am new here... and I am just getting used to how everything works.

[SicFrost]

dont worry dude, im sure everyone else can see it,
the chick is pretty hot, but id try to clean it up a little more with PS..;)

_B0R1S

[darkautumn]

Thankyou. I could probably ink it or something... I just have a sketchy style and a dirty scanner. =^-^=

[illy]

hmmm.. i can't see it at all. box with red x.

[darkautumn]

Really?! >_< I dun know what to do....

[UnderwearNinja]

You can't link directly to pictures at deviant art. Boris might be able to see it because he's logged into the web page, but I'm not sure.

Here's the link for those who cant see darkautumn's work:
http://images3.deviantart.com/i/2004/09/4/8/Prom_Date.jpg

[darkautumn]

I can see it now... that's so weird

[Hunger_Artist]

http://www4.oekakibbs.com/bbs/h_key/data/285.png

[Sapphire]

The first thing I thought of were those really idealic and stylized fashion drawings, so I did one like that. I may color it later.

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v35/Sapphire8400/promstyle.jpg

[Jack Frost]

hope I'm not to late.....quick 5-10min sketch of one of the first things that came to mind....to freaks finding each other on the dance floor..

http://www.evrenbilgihan.com/images/invis-sketches/lov.jpg

[Hush]

Freaks of a different kind
http://home.surewest.net/thang_le/dsg-366.jpg

[jook]

damn hush. that is just beautiful. one of the few DSG entries that is able to emotionally move me... bravo.

[shadoman]

I thought I would take a stab at the shallowness of the "loss of innocence" that happens to a lot of teens at Prom. I lost mine much earlier, so I never had to go to prom and didn't...

Pencil sketch then two hours in photoshop with my non-tablet (mouse). Really trying do some more color studies, but with no references, it's all in my head.
http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg366.jpg

Hagac - Those are a great take on the subject.
Commander Obvious - Very well done. I love the eyes. If you would have given her a shadow on the ground, it would have made it much more. It looks like she is floating.
gekitsu - Very nice assshot there buddy. hah. Nice, soft style.
Swan - Wow. I love this sketch. I am assuming that this is Dorothy? Any references used? Great work.
Railboy - Well done, as usual. But how is this Prom related? Just wondering.
Matt Dixon - You make it all look so damn easy! Very cute and well done prom date. I agree with Swan about the leg though. But is it HER right leg or the PICTURE'S right leg? I would say it's the picture's. It just looks as if it should be moved a few pixels to the left (Picture's left). Great work as always.
ducktape - Good style change. The braces are a hoot. Unless you were going for the Matrix look, you did forget the earpieces for the glasses though.
jook - Be my valentine, baby. Cute.
RefrigeratorCo - Schwing!
riq - Very nice style. Norman Rockwell meets quick, sketch painting.
Shelldragon - Wow. Very passionate. Check mine, it's the "expensive prostitute" in your sketch.
Sapphire - Wow. I love this one. I would say one of my favorites. It reminds me of the 50s fashion sketches.
Jack Frost - That is just so damn cool. Good take.
Hush - Subtle and elegant. Great lighting too. Marriage and kids are right around the corner.

Til tomorrow...

[Sapphire]

shadoman : thank you so much for your compliment, and the comments you made!

Hush : That is so beautiful. I stared at it for a long time; there's a lot of feeling in that pose and soft lighting, and her face is done especially well.

[Swan]

Shadowman - Well, I HAVE been reading Wicked lately (Gregory Maquire, great book) so I probably had munchkins a bit on the brain, but honestly, I was more thinking along the lines of Snow White. I did use a reference for the young lady.