DSG 370: Environment: Carnivorous Garden

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Environment: Carnivorous Garden

[schmu_20mol]

carnivorous:
1. flesh-eating or predatory
2. charaterized by destructivve or predatory behaviour
3. botany: capable of trapping small insects or other small organisms and absorbing nutrients from them

[Wocket]

http://wellofdreams.net/dailys/carn.jpg

[guns1inger]

It's late, it's frivolous, and it will be done to death if I don't get in early.

http://users.tpg.com.au/adslrotx/images/audrey2.jpg

[Matt Dixon]

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

[lahbaid]

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

and here the ugly colored version *g* Pls forgive me ! :(

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v76/lahbaid/flesheating2.jpg

[ApricotSoup]

30mins PS

nice work so far, damn you matt for being too good :p



http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/apricotsoup/DSG_370_-_Carniverous_Garden.jpg

[ApricotSoup]

Got bored and did another piece :D

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/apricotsoup/DSG_370_-_Carniverous_Garden_2.jpg

[sketchling]

I seem to have some time on my hands at work today... daily sketch is the PERFECT thing to get my creativity flowing.
This took.. um about 3-4 hours id say. With a few breaks.

http://www.sketchling.com/artwork/C_Garden.jpg

Thanks
K

[samhain]

Matt Dixon- looks awesome
sketchling - I like the atmosphere, the colours, great!


I´m not very happy with mine, pretty sketchy-I really wish I had a Wacom.

It´s feeding time
http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v91/freistil/1111.jpg

[sketchling]

you did that WITHOUT a wacom? respect. Is that a chicken he is holding... ?? a distraction?

Keep at it!
K

[Railboy]

http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/garden.jpg
Okay, this didn't turn out well. :) I'm trying out minimalism & black outlines. So far no success. I think I'll submit another later today.

Sketchling - holy cow, that's fantastic.

[OLSEN]

wow, some very nice stuff in here already.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/carnivore_garden.jpg

[SinisteR]

Alright, this is:

http://a.domaindlx.com/PhoeniXX/PSH%201.jpg

My first actual drawing in Photoshop;
With a MOUSE.
My first DSG (which is something I`ll do more often from now on)
Not all that bad. I like my shading a bit. Though it could`ve been better.

samhain - looks to me you work your mouse just fine
OLSEN - cool concept, those flowers almost look like evil sunflowers.
Railboy - It`s a bit empty, but I like the lines.
sketchling - Wow, and only four hours on that. It really has a nice carnivorous GARDEN feel to it.
Wocket - what could eat me there? Doesnt look very harmful.

[djstoker]

looking good people!

i thought this was gonna turn out ok-ish, but looking at the finished product im annoyed. argh digital drawing/painting can be so frustrating sometimes hehe, in real life i just draw much better. oh well comments please, i need the advice!

PS ~ 25mins
http://free.one.picturehost.co.uk/dsg.jpg

[Hermchen]

http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/DSG/dsg370_carnivorous_garden.JPG

Matt Dixon: N I C E

sketchling: WOW. love the colors, love the contrast, love the plant live, WOW.

[Chermilla]

Mine is a kiddyfied version...flowers, pretty but deadly. Especially when u suffer from hayfever like me. :rolleyes:

http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v85/chermilla/carnivorous.jpg

[sketchling]

djstoker:

The best thing I can think of for you to try is make some interesting brushes that are not so round and blurry. Or use the riound and blurry brush and use a sharp brush like a pencil afterwards to give it contrast.

Also, the background looks like an afterthought... and it doesnt really create any contrast. It actually draws the eye away from the tree itself. (except the floor which works better)

Another thing that might help is to look at the rythm of the roots... they are all evenly spaced, as to a lesser extent are the branches. Its something the brain instinctivley does, but if you are aware of it, try breaking the regularity.

Anyways, Keep it up!
K
(oh, if you prefer drawing by hand, do so, then scan in and use it as a guide. Its great to work like that)

[Mr Man]

I thought i would try and make my pics a little more exciting than usual ( nothing special tho).

i may have made a spelling mistake
http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/mrswoman/plant.jpg

[samhain]

sketchling- 90% is "mousework"...the rest a crappy pencil sketch and yes it is a chicken, i like your idea that it´s used as "distraction"....

[Milady]

this is my part to this topic :)
Its the botanical part.

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

@Wocket - hey, I like it!
@Matt Dixon - as always wonderfull
@lahbaid - good work :)
@sketchling - very good work, very atmospheric

[Railboy]

http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/garden2.jpg

My second sketch today. This is what I have so far. I have to get to work so I don't know if I'll finish it. I used reference for the boy's face.

[Kexe]

sketchling: beautyful! I really like it alot...seems so full of life to me

heres mine...didnt have time to finish it, but maybe I will some day.

http://www.halfeld.dk/dsg/dsg370.gif

[Amerasu]

I really wish I had more free time today because I love the topic. There are some great pics already! Unfortunately just a quickie at lunch hour for me... and a pretty standard carnivore plant at that, lol. Ah well, perhaps tonight.

http://amerasu.randomleft.com/ca/mar02_04_garden.jpg

Chermilla - nice and colourful!
Kexe - Really like it, the style, the light, the plant. :)

[Jane Radstrom]

I found this site dedicated to carnivorous plants. In this seed bank section each type of seed has a description and photos at several stages of life - in case anyone else needed some inspiration, too. :)

http://carnivorousplants.org/seedbank/seeds.cgi

Sketchling, Hermchen & Matt Dixon - really like the atmosphere you all have created!

Wocket, it's sort of cute.. and then freaky! Nice job intigrating the shape of that little creature, you don't notice it at first which makes it more of a suprise when you do see it.

[djstoker]

first off thanks alot sketchling for the tips
ive just given it a 5-10 min working over with a pencil and some other odd brushes. i think the tree looks a tad better, im having trouble fixing the background. i hope i understood ure comments correctly, anyway here goes...
http://free.one.picturehost.co.uk/dsg1.jpg

[ApricotSoup]

hehe nice work all

and samhain I do all my work 100% mousework, no scanner or wacom, damn this cheap student life

[Dementist]

http://mbnet.fi/zenbie/uploaded/dsg-pirahnaplant.jpg

Couldn't resist doing the classic Mario Bros. Pirahna Plant.

Have I mentioned that I hate backgrounds?

[gealflings]

I had to make mine totally off the wall....

When your garden fights back...

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

Hermchen: Yours really appeals to me - it's frightening.
Matt: Excellent work! Deadly and dangerous.
Wocket - Very subtle danger lurking under those lilypads - it took me a while to get it, and then I was trapped there.
Railboy - You really nailed that look of terror on the kid's face!

Everyone's stuff is great today - such a talented group of people on this site!!

[Codexus]

Hi again everyone!. Here's my entry for today and I had a lot of fun doing it :) I hope you like it.
http://www.codexus.com/dsg/env_carnivorous-garden.jpg

@Wocket: I love the concept and it's very well done!!
@Matt Dixon: Amazing!
@Sketchling: it seems so peaceful for a carnivorous garden but it's really beautiful.
@Railboy: It looks great you should finish it ^^
@gealflings: Revenge of the vegetables, lol! it rocks!
@others: great pictures too!

EDIT: oh and I forgot to give some info about my pic. ~1h30 Painter 8 and Photoshop CS for final color adjustment. I used an anatomy book as reference for the skull.

[NecroNet]

quick wacom sketch and a sloppy ps job.
http://w1.455.telia.com/~u45516617/bushes.jpg

[Pichuerca]

Wow, for this subject there are many goods drawings.

Mine is here:

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

2 h

[Carnifex]

20 min. ps7.
http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/carnivorous_garden.jpg

[Jane Radstrom]

http://www.velondra.com/images/doodle/carnivoregarden.jpg

About 45 minutes in Painter 8.

[Wednesday]

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/awednesday/Untitled-2aa.jpg

This one beat me up. Goodluck to the rest. Naptime for me now..

[SinisteR]

Is is just me or is the DSG not the best place to get even the slightest comment? All I see here is praise really.

lahbaid - I really do like that coloring, but you really should do something with that background.
Carnifex - Sketchy, but nice job on the figures and perspective.
NecroNet - It could really use some details.

[Mr Man]

Considering i used microsoft paint (LoL) and a mouse how do you think this next pic looks???:confused:
http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/mrswoman/flying_plant.jpg
Great work everyone this has been a good thread today!!!!

[SirSushi]

gealflings, have you seen my dsg 276 entry by any chance? :p

to be found here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=14532
http://miau.geekhost.info/images/sketches,speed/muchs_stuff/dsg27601.jpg

as they say, great minds think alike. :D

[guns1inger]

Second submission. This one was done in the free version of ProjectDogWaffle. Kinda scary after photoshop and painter - no layers, limited undo - where's my safety net ? Painted by mouse on a laptop, so apologies if the gamma seems off to others.

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

[Barti89]

great entries today ...
I was gonna do something for today .. but when I was 70% completed ... I went to the movies to see Lost In Translation and god damn when I came home the electricity had gone off and I FORGOT to save before I left ... god damn those crashs ! :flamig:

[Shelldragon]

http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/10594/chia%20eat.jpg

it's everyone's favorite pet! The chacha chia! Now comes in venus fly trap style!

sorry for the crappedness of this one, i was trying to learn to use open canvas, i'm usually not this bad, really.

[gealflings]

Originally posted by SirSushi
gealflings, have you seen my dsg 276 entry by any chance? :p

LOL

I didn't see it (that's really far back there for this newbie..hehe), but that's really funny.

as they say, great minds think alike. :D

Why yes, yes they do.. :P

[Iotrez]

Hi yer.

Some really cool stuff here the last few days.

Love it Hermchen.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.davies/CarnivorousGarden.jpg

[Commander Obvious]

This topic is TOO MUCH FUN to pass up.

"This is the rare and extremely deadly 'Honeypot Man-trap' flower. It is the only known species of plant to have addapted an auditory lure for its human prey. Such specific targetting of one species by another has never been seen in such contrast or with such effectiveness. Male observers are encouraged to listen to recordings of this flower in place of firsthand observation."
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Russell_Collins/DailySketchBook/DSG370_CarnivorousGarden.jpg

oh, this took 26 minutes as if it matters

[Cybot Floor]

wait, ill rescue you! *bangingwithheadagainstmonitor*

[Barti89]

well ... found out 5 minutes before I was going to sleep .. that my pic hadnt got all lost in the crash .. it was still in the "Temporary files" or sum like that in oc :) thou it wasnt saved so I gave it a couple more minutes .... a very quick finishing job :/ .. .not to glad about it but what the heck

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/dsg_forest_jpg.jpg

[tumbra]

Just a quick one. I'm still at work. http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v26/tumbra/KILLER_PLANT_copy.jpg Crits please.

[Johannes]

unbelievable swwet entries today - I cant begin to mention them all. Frome extremely funny to extremely lovable to real horror too :D

http://home.swipnet.se/panzerkunst/dsg_040301b72.jpg

[SlugMan]

cha-cha, almost didn't do todays DSG. no time for a background. I might do more a little later create a better "garden" feel.

http://www.mythforums.com/files/SlugMangarden.jpg

[Jeters]

some really awesome DSG's lately! unfortunately, Ive been working too hard to participate =(


Heres mine =)

http://pages.emerson.edu/Students/Jennifer_Tantleff/dsg_370.jpg

and yes, these threads arent the best place to find comments on your work........I just keep hoping one day one of mine will be good enough to get commented =p
honestly, though, its more of a way to jumpstart your creativity, not a place to critique.

[SABRE]

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

@Matt Dixon: WOW, LOKS LIKE SWAMP THING, COOL
@Wednesday: NICE COLORS!!
@sketchling: o_O!! DAMN, I LOVE THAT PIC!!



CHAUU..........................

[Matt Smith]

Quick sketch, done in photoshop.

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

[Idiot Apathy]

Found time to do another one yay, good to see some people I recognize from the past.

Lets see about 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, painter and photoshop (ps for "sweetening"). Had fun with this one :).

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/tdsdsgmarch2.jpg

Some real amazing stuff guys, keep it up!

[Shea]

http://www.f1databaseconsulting.com/shea/images/big_image/plant.jpg

[Grace]

Still sick...so keepin' it simple for today.

http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v90/serein32/DSGCarnivorousGarden.jpg

[Shelldragon]

hey gealflings, did you get your screen name from that movie The Dark Crystal? Cuz there were the people in it called Gealflings or some such spelling.. Man i loved that movie. I remember watching it when i was a wee tiny ankle biter. You dont have wings cuz you're a boy! hahah best part of the film.

[gealflings]

LOL Shell - that was it.. One of my friends used to call me Gelfling, and the name kind of stuck :D

[Commander Obvious]

This DSG was so fun (and I was so strapped for time to be creative) that I used the image for my twice per week comic for the university's newspaper. Check it out...

http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Russell_Collins/Miscellaneous/3_02_04_VenusManTrap_Small.jpg

Matt Dixon: dude, too awesome... :eek:

[Railboy]

djstoker - That's a lot better. Huge improvement.

[silentbrain]

The girl of the garden lures victims to their deaths.

http://venimarolka.com/dump/030304-dsg-carnigarden.jpg

Inspired by Hunger Artist. Attempt to use textures and more local color and more overall abstraction...looks like I got a long way to go, hahaha

Sketchling- thanks for the tip about using less of the round brushes! I've been using almost nothing but the round brushes up till now, I guess that figures why I wasn't getting the results I wanted. :D

[jolly]

My first time at the DSG and my first post, too.

Heard about this place lurking 'round Ebony Keep, and I thought this would be a great way to get in some much needed daily practice.

So here's my contribution. Don't step on the DandeLIONS! Har. :P

http://www.madamemiller.com/blar/carn_dsg.jpg

This was an interesting topic, with lots of great sketches. I think there's nice lighting and lovely use of color in many of them.

Fav's thus far:
Matt Dixon - Augh! He saw me! It's magical and creepy at the same time.
lahbaid - Although you don't like the colored version, I _really_ like the direction you were going with the lighting.
sketchling - This one really draws me in. Almost feel like I'm there.
Hermchen - Smooooth!
Dementist - Haha! Love the insane lines. I think no background works in this case.
Wednesday - Beautiful.
Iotrez - Looooveee.

I'd offer crits, but I think I'd better get a bit more acquainted around here first.

[Shelldragon]

hehehe, i love it, Jolly, I always love super cheesy jokes! DANDILIONS hahahahhaha...ahh... gota love the classic cheese. Also, great strokes and color and such. keep up the good work. You'll grow up from sword pupil to master in no time, i'm sure.

[0kelvin]

I did this yesterday, but my internet access went down and I wasn't able to post it. That's why it's so late. But hey, better late than never.


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

Sometimes you have to embrace a cliche and just go with it.



0kelvin

[Scteven]

Hi guys!
Some great pictures here keep the good work up!

Heres my first ever post! Sorry it's in microsoft paint! But we all have to start somewhere! lol

http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v96/Schteven863/carniverous_garden.jpg

I know i need to put in more detail, but i like it for my first pic!