ChoW#216 :: Day and Night

[Martheart]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii293/chowarchive/CHOW_Headerimage/QUEENOFCHOW_logo-1.jpg



ROUND #216:: Day and Night



DESCRIPTION


Day and Night


They are twins but never see eachother. When he comes out, she disappears. His presence means darkness, but her appearance brings back the warmth and light. He is Night and she is Day.

Design Day and Night.

- You can choose to do only one character (Night or Day), but ofcourse it’s more impressive if you design both!
- As personifications their appearance should be inspired by day or night, so use colors, symbolism, shapes, personalities etc. to show what these characters represent.
- Setting can be anything!
- You are free to switch the gender of Day and Night



Good luck!


PLEASE NOTE THE RULES AND THE DEADLINE TIME

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DEADLINE:
SUNDAY, October 3d, 2010


Deadline is Sunday, at 9:00 pm (GMT +1).
Check your timezone (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/)


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THE RULES
If you do not stick to these 6 simple rules, you will not be added to the poll.
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:right: 1) FOLLOW THE TOPIC.
It's about designing the character of the topic. The environment or side characters are far less important.

:right:2) SHOW AT LEAST ¾ OF YOUR DESIGN.
This is not an illustration contest, but a design contest. Show your whole design!

:right:3) POST YOUR FINAL IN THE FINALS THREAD.

:right:4) INCLUDE WIPS WITH YOUR FINAL.
Show your work in progress and post (links to) this in the finals thread!

:right:5) SAVE YOUR FILES IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT. Chow##_Nickname
example: "CHOW#100_Oblio.jpg" ;)
No final.jpgs please!


:right:6) PLACE THE IMAGE IN A FRAME WITH YOUR NAME/TOPIC

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i222/ChowPics/frame.jpg
(you can add CA logo, etc).



About quality - as general rule: if your shapes and values are not decent - you are out. Watch proportions, perspective etc. we need perfectly readable shapes and coherent, consistent values.

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BE PROFESSIONAL - only finished and good quality entries will be taken to the poll. Icemoon and Arthemis IX will make the selection.
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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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!

[Ian Barker]

Now this, sounds awesome! >:D

[BAMeyer]

My WIP for day n night seems a little generic but a good opportunity to practice painting.

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[Josu]

i'll deffinitly do something for this one

[Si_Swe]

Here's a quick little thing I threw together to get my juices flowing, whether I'll pursue it or not, I don't know. But I like how open the topic is. I hope it will produce some inspired results.

[kissorkill]

Im thinkin a dual identity/split personality/cross dressing theme.

[Ian Barker]

BAMeyer: Nice, but it seems as though Day is dominating the composition at this point. Night is just crouching in the corner.

Si_Swe: Keep track of the shapes of the composition, right now its kind of swampy. Also the colors are washed out. Looks like you have some interesting ideas going though! :)

[LA-Fairy]

That sounds fun.. maybe I can come up with some dark twist of it.. hmm.

[John McKenna]

His majesty the Bishop-King still lives, but his mind has been failing for years. As such, his twin children control the country, the son with the force of arms, the daughter with the force of coin.

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[arri-att]

can we switch the gender of the theme? ike she - darkness, he light? or is it important?

[porcupine]

Very nice topic, hope to see alot of great entries! :)

Heres my very rough sketch/idea:

[Martheart]

can we switch the gender of the theme? ike she - darkness, he light? or is it important?

It's allowed to switch!

[Crysse]

First sketch Nix & Hemera… great subjet again.
I searched on the side of Greek mythology,
the Tarot of Marseilles and ... dance.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5029542228_7c0090e816_z.jpg

[silentkitty]

My horrendous mess so far, lots of work to do obviously. :D

[Pixeltuner]

Schaweet :) Might go traditional on this one since I picked up acrylics again which also explains my absense from these chow's... :p

[JanJager]

silentkitty
Nice take to have them in opposite directions.
Crysse
Beautiful sketch
porcupine
Shows day and night clearly.
John McKenna
Good idea.
Si_Swe
Beautiful start.
BAMeyer
I like the action.

Some thumbnails on day and the twins.

[shockowaffel]

@Silentkitty:
He reminds me strongly of Orochimaru from Naruto, but Im curious how it will looks in the end.

@Janjager:
The second sketch with the curtain looks best so far, I think.

[Gavage]

Not sure if it's wandering too far off the brief to have them attached, but they are still facing opposite directions so er... this is both characters but focused on night who is elegant but obnoxious, casually ignoring the fact she'd be invisible if the day wasn't kept in some close proximity to her. As such, the pair wear each other as clothes. This sounded better in my head.

[Nev87]

was curious. since they are twins I was sorta thinking of a mirror type image(you know you stand half your body on one side and the mirror reflects that and you look whole from just the right perspective). Would that be allowed or will I need to show more of the bodies for the 3/4ths rule? Figured since they were twins and the body will look for the most part whole that maybe it would be allowed? idk lawl

[Krisjoe]

@janjager i agree with shockowaffle, the second thumbnail design with the curtain looks great.
@shockowaffle I love that second design of yours its really cute, you've inspired me to do a cute design aswell
@crysse great design dude, i like how much research your putting into it

I must get back to drawing, great work so far guys

[JanJager]

shockowaffel
I like the second best.
Missile
Great design.

Some updates

[Amerasu]

Fantastic theme and already some good ideas. I hope to get something done for this one too.

[ArtByManon]

Missile - I love your concept.

[RedSquirrel]

Inspiring topic. The whole never seeing eachother thing kind of reminds me of the storyline for Ladyhawke.

[porcupine]

BAMeyer - Really nice sketch.

Si Swe - The movements look really nice in this.

Crysse - looks like a great start!

John McKenna - Nice idea.

SilentKitty - Like the headgear.

Shockowaffel - love second one.

Missile - intresteing take on it.

JanJager - Great idea!

Came down with a fever, hopefully I'll be better soon and able to finish it, heres what I got so far:

[SamC]

Quick sketch, all I have time for today :O

[Ruri]

Can Day and Night be the same sex?

[hemlock-key]

Drat.

I'll have to do this one.

[Noamos]

Can Day and Night be the same sex?

yup it says in the description

[ArtByManon]

I adore Klimt, so i'm using him as inspiration for the posing on this. I'm switching the sexes because the moon represents the feminine and the sun the masculine in pretty much any symbolism... Man dominant, woman submissive... etc etc. Yin Yang...

Night so far

[Ruri]

yup it says in the description

I thought maybe it meant that you could switch the genders of your Day and Night characters, but it had to be one male, one female?

[shockowaffel]

@ArtByManon:
Well, you can also say, that the sun is the source of life on earth and that it would fit better to be female, but I guess it doesnt matter. ^^


My sketch in colour so far.
Since the sketch is childish and cute I decided for a child book style.
Im curious myself how this will look in the end. ^^

[Nev87]

ITS A GAME OF TAG!!!!!! and Day is IT! She is chasing her brother night down. Initial line art. need help with the feet! what should i do. im leaning toward barefoot but im terrible with drawing feet o.O any other suggestions?

[Amerasu]

Here's my quickie sketch though not sure about the intertwined hair. I might get rid of that. Hope I get enough time to work on this and add more symbolism, colour, etc.

http://www.slscheibe.com/images/2010/chow_night-day_v1.jpg

[ArtByManon]

@ArtByManon:
Well, you can also say, that the sun is the source of life on earth and that it would fit better to be female, but I guess it doesnt matter. ^^


My sketch in colour so far.
Since the sketch is childish and cute I decided for a child book style.
Im curious myself how this will look in the end. ^^

Yeah, I hear ya - although the night has that sense of mystery, and guys are always saying that they don't understand women... ie, they're mysterious! and therefore nighttime.
Anyway, its all just anthropomorphisation isn't it.

I really like the clouds on your earth -they are very 3D looking...

[reginanegra]

Not sure if it's wandering too far off the brief to have them attached, but they are still facing opposite directions so er... this is both characters but focused on night who is elegant but obnoxious, casually ignoring the fact she'd be invisible if the day wasn't kept in some close proximity to her. As such, the pair wear each other as clothes. This sounded better in my head.

i think thats actually an amazing idea... top marks for originality! i cant wait to see it finished. :)

[shockowaffel]

ITS A GAME OF TAG!!!!!! and Day is IT! She is chasing her brother night down. Initial line art. need help with the feet! what should i do. im leaning toward barefoot but im terrible with drawing feet o.O any other suggestions?

Feet are far away from the focus point, dont worry about them too much.
When the rough shape is ok, than it's enough.

Anyway, its all just anthropomorphisation isn't it.
How dare you hitting me with such words ?! ^^

[KyllSwitch]

Excellent topic. I Know I want to have an eclipse effect with the characters, but I'm not sure what direction to go with their wardrobes. I'm thinking night will be an actual Knight.

[hoshicat]

First Wip :)

[ArtByManon]

Feet are far away from the focus point, dont worry about them too much.
When the rough shape is ok, than it's enough.


How dare you hitting me with such words ?! ^^

Sorry!! I mean 'humanizing' of everything!! :$

[Eiki]

thumbnailing my idea.

i wont be able to push that piece that far as i would like to ... but i like the theme so i will do my best :P

[OliviaM]

Well since I completely spaced on the deadline for the last one, maybe I can get this one in on time! Haha.

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[Gavage]

ArtByManon: Love the cloudy hair with the stars in it but (though I say this as someone who only saunters into CHOW on occasion and has never quite got it 'right himself) avoid leaving the figure completely nude; there's so much character that can be added with some good costuming. You've mentioned 'submissive' but I think dainty clothing that hints at fragility can achieve this better than a totally nude figure - which always sort of look vaguely confident and defiant.

[ArtByManon]

Missile - I hear ya - although i kind of had 'mooning' in my head... haha...
I might play with costuming - although kind of like the idea of her being naked, only because its more 'natural' if you get me. But Klimt was a great one for awesome costumes - so maybe I should do that? I'll have a fiddle about next time i post.

So far, but will put stars in the hair again later

[Marlo]

http://i52.tinypic.com/2hyff5k.png

my start :)

[Alex Boy]

First sketch

[BAMeyer]

Changed the composition a little bit dont know if im going to paint it now actually.

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[lkjhgfdsa]

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[m8y]

Eerily close to yours Amerasu. >.<

Shockowaffel, absolutely love everything about this. Can't wait to see final version.
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[Amerasu]

Eerily close to yours Amerasu. >.<


Looks good! Great minds and all that :teeth:

[spacebunny]

ahh hi.. here's my initial sketch. not sure if i'm going to stick with this or if i'll have time to finish but we'll see how it goes. I've gotta work on the guy more.. and there's some issues with the anatomy

http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv158/Forrez/dayandnightchowsketchcopy.jpg

[Brandozer]

Ghostridin' the WIP:
http://brandomain.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/nightanddayweb.jpg

[John McKenna]

Got to focus on Day a little bit more...

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I'm also trying to figure out how to incorporate that logo in between them, make it more about night and day in terms of it's form.

[Crysse]

Brandozer > Wooow it's great !…
I stop immediatly my work. It's fantastic budy !

Alex Boy > Nice sketch !

Art by Manon > Excellent, excellent, excellent !

[arri-att]

Concept : Guardians of the sun|moon valley
two twins were cursed to guard a certain place. They are engaged in infinite circle chase in the borders of the valley, attacking everything they see, never reaching each other.

He the represent o all burning sun, nicknamed "Solar Empire" for his combat power is equal of the legion.
She the represent of chilling moon, wielding all swallowing darkness, nicknamed "Ghost of the wicked blades" can slice your soul in numerous pieces.

[Ian Barker]

Still working on the designs, but here's what I've got so far! Couple of rival superheroes/mutants... unfortunately for both of them, Day only has power when exposed to the sun, while Night's power is weakened by the sun... so they never really fight. Great story, huh? ;P

[ArtByManon]

Brandozer - LOVE it, its so joyful!!

arri-att - gorgeous sketches, can't wait to see your final

[S Rose]

Clockwork representations for night and day- Always straining to catch a glimpse of the other out of the corner of their eyes. I think I've moved away from the brief a bit, perhaps I shall backtrack.
Rough sketch and refs.

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[Miki Tikus]

Here's my idea for it. The only problem I'm having at the moment is the placement of Night, I'm just not happy with the composition if he's lying there like that. I might change it so that the picture only shows his head and shoulders, like, so his looking into the distance. Opinions?

[matias]

Hey guys, just got my progress so far, got into the background, didnt realise painting edge-lit clouds was so fun! Working on Ms Day at the moment, she's got a real Zeleznik/ la roux vibe going on (I'm obsessed with mohawkes on chick for some reason!) Really not happy with her face & neck so far, the angle and the fact I'm utter balls at drawing girls faces is not helping!! :P

Spacebunny I'm liking your direction so far, Night's face is looking good but I think Day's legs are much too short for her body, but it sounds like you got a handle on it!

Brandozer she is awesome! Lots of fun, a really strong sketch cant wait to see the colour!!

[OliviaM]

Got rid of Day's face. I didn't like it all that much...

WIP
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[porcupine]

Alot of wonderful ideas here, gonna be fun to see the finals!

Heres an update:

[Gadbury]

Great work already from everyone, I'm going to try and finish this one. Wip of mine so far

[shockowaffel]

@MikiTikus:
We dont HAVE to show both of them. You can also focus on one and put more details into it.

@Brandozer:
Lifely good sketch. You're awsome at character design.
To be honest I dont like these this time. Maybe the moon face is a bit cliche or it's because adults doing biggyback jumps looks strange. ^^ I dont know.

[Brandozer]

@Brandozer:
Lifely good sketch. You're awsome at character design.
To be honest I dont like these this time. Maybe the moon face is a bit cliche or it's because adults doing biggyback jumps looks strange. ^^ I dont know.



It will bother you...FOREVAR!!!!!!!!

[ArtByManon]

It will bother you...FOREVAR!!!!!!!!

LOL - I like it exactly BECAUSE its 'grown ups' doing piggy backs. I personally like riding on shopping trolleys when at the supermarket - AND doing piggybacks. And I'm a grown up. :mod:

[buffichar]

Hoping this will work

[Sean McClain]

Buffichar well you have all week to work on it, might as well give it your best shot.

Mr.Gadsbury Nice sketch! very moody, especially with his face in darkness
that way, funny I was considering having an owl in mine originally as well, what with that owl movie that just came out.

PorcupineIneresting :)

well here is my progress thus far...
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[fdisk]

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[Alex Boy]

Clean lines

[hoshicat]

Started hating my last piece... So started a new one...

[knut-]

Not so obvious, first thoughts.

[Sakuranym]

Ok, this topic is right up my alley! I love nature inspired/myth inspired prompts like this. Here's my rough rough start. I plan to tweak her hair/add tattoos. The grayscale doesn't have anything to do really with the final image, just a way to separate shapes for myself in this phase. I hope I can finish @__@ I just focused on the sun for mine. If the anatomy is wonky can you guys please let me know what looks off? Lovely entries so far!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Kit_Foxfire/sun.jpg

[knut-]

Sakuranim i love the position of the creature and especially its neck/ head. It's a bit like chopped off but i think i get it :) As for anatomy, i think that her left leg must be a bit more think at the lower level and knee and her arm a bit fatter. Maybe try to iron out a bit the hips and boobs so to have less hard edges, which i think this style don't need. And maybe a liiiitle bit bigger the head (not so big as mine's Day...). Keep up man.

[OliviaM]

More WIP. Adding some detail.

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[spacebunny]

started working on painting day
still trying to get used to using photoshop...
anything you'd like to say,..critiques,etc are welcome C:

Matias thank you. i do tend to make the legs too short for some reason.i'll continue tweaking them

http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv158/Forrez/dayandnightchowwip.jpg

[hoshicat]

Update...

[GeneralSilver]

Ok, first sketch and uh.. first post on Conceptart ever!

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv338/silver249/CHOW/sunmoon1.jpg

Going to create something very Yin & Yang inspired with one dark and one light side, very classic, but with a bit symbolism in it. Sketchy sketchy.. Will work some on their lower bodies and outfits some. I have plans for awesome shoes on Sun.

Also, liking what I see so far in the thread, awesome job ppl.

[shockowaffel]

@Hoshicat:
Dont forget about composition. You really dont want to have such a large free space in you picture. If you want to put in Mr Night, than do so before colouring so the positioning is better.
Another tip is to look up how to draw circles in perspective.

@Sakuranym:
Looks very promising. In points of the anatomy, Im not sure myself but maybe if her leg int the front was a bit longer it would look better.

[Gavage]

GeneralSilver: love your idea! The hand-kissing is a nice touch.

It feels like the details on night's face are a bit lost on mine when it isn't being viewed up close, not too sure what to do about it. Though it does feel like the concept works sort of well as an inverse silhouette so I'm trying to get the shape as neat as possible, going to smooth out the lines from night's waist down to day's torso.

[Gavin.Gray]

Hey guys! first time entering Chow! I know there is the rule about showing atleast 3/4th of the character so I'm not sure if my entry will count.

Here's the sketch:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs321.ash2/60177_1574893726112_1048623476_31620984_4844740_n. jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs676.snc4/61681_1574893886116_1048623476_31620985_295906_n.j pg

Fantastic work everyone!

[shockowaffel]

And WIP of mine.
I've got a feel that it's almost done, but I dont know if or what could still be done. Maybe a little refining on the chara/clouds area.

[Arbor]

Some very messy thumbnails/gestures where my hand and brain were miscommunicating, but still trying their darndest, poor things. I kept wanting to play with reflections, mostly.

And then a messy beginning on what I think I may go with.

(They are going to get clothes, by the way.) ETA: Ergh. I'm noticing now her turkey neck, haha. And I should push her spine.

[ArtByManon]

Ok, this topic is right up my alley! I love nature inspired/myth inspired prompts like this. Here's my rough rough start. I plan to tweak her hair/add tattoos. The grayscale doesn't have anything to do really with the final image, just a way to separate shapes for myself in this phase. I hope I can finish @__@ I just focused on the sun for mine. If the anatomy is wonky can you guys please let me know what looks off? Lovely entries so far!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Kit_Foxfire/sun.jpg

Oooh, I love the creature too... gorgeous lines. I so love your work, can't wait to see it finished...

[Carnifex]

sakuranym - not sure about the leg,it's abit well elephant-like.
schockowaffel - really like the idea with the starsigns on his coat. see that you polish the whole picture,it's abit unsharp right now.

can't get venetian masks out of my head,so i'll go with that. i picture night as the calm,composed one,thus more of a uniform. day is abit wilder,livelier,thus the slightly torn sleeves, and abit more open clothes. not quite happy with her yet.
first sketch. input appreciated. :)

[shockowaffel]

sakuranym - not sure about the leg,it's abit well elephant-like.
schockowaffel - really like the idea with the starsigns on his coat. see that you polish the whole picture,it's abit unsharp right now.

can't get venetian masks out of my head,so i'll go with that. i picture night as the calm,composed one,thus more of a uniform. day is abit wilder,livelier,thus the slightly torn sleeves, and abit more open clothes. not quite happy with her yet.
first sketch. input appreciated. :)

Thx, I'll rework it.

Yours is nice too.
Maybe it would be more interesting if the sun had dark skin and the moon was pale.

[ActonArt]

Here is a start to my Day. Don't think I'll have time for a night. :) I'm going for a playful, childlike day.

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[shockowaffel]

@ActonArt:
Get the anatomy right before colouring.
The legs look too short and the shoulders are too low.
Try getting into the same position and check out where your elbows are and where your limbs etc can reach.


Next WIP:
I tried to render it some more and got more contrast into it.
I also tried out a canvas texture.
What do you think ?

[Gadbury]

Worked some more on mine, added some cheesy eyes

[nudity]

Hi everyone. First time participant. I like everyones concepts, some really origonal compositions are coming into fruition (more origonal than mine). Keep it up, I'm really inspired by the community here, and hope to participate more often.

Anyway here' smy wip

[Nibras]

I love chow for all the great new artist you can find

[GeneralSilver]

Carnifex - Love the Venitian masks

Some progress. Had less than an hour to sketch today and I'm a bit dry on ideas for Night.

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv338/silver249/CHOW/sunmoon2.jpg

I want something on his back to balance them out, but not sure what. Thinking of constellations attached to his coat.. but not sure that looks good :/
I am so open for suggestions and feedback!

I have this romantic idea here. The moon represents Night in this case and the moon can't glow without the sun. When sun isn't there, he's dark so I kinda want him romantically interested in Day.. and somehow get that.. 'never shall they meet' kinda thing.

[OliviaM]

Hooray for changed ideas entirely! So since I didn't like where my first image was going and I decided to take those characters and put them into a different pose/setting. Started with a silhouette this time.

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Here we see them passing the light from one to the other. Conceptually, they are guardians of the light and when one isn't protecting it, the other does. Each dawn and dusk, they meet and exchange places, but they can never exist at the same time.

The day is youthful, bright and energetic and the night serene and more mature.

[pixelfuture]

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/8752/29485778.jpg

crits please. i am still working on my anatomy. as i do these weekly projects

[Gadbury]

Just another update

[Obstfelder]

ArtByManon: That´s a really great character. It´s got tons of charm. There is something that doesn´t seem quite right with her costume on the left. Shouldn´t those bands wrap around her hip more?

GeneralSilver: Your day character makes a very strong connection, but your night character seems to be lost by all the focus given to day. Maybe give him something to do with his hands?

I got to try this one as well.

My first WIP: the titan gods of dusk and dawn...

[benu]

Brandozer- I lol'ed at yours. Very cool.
Missile- Very original concept, love it!
Manon- I like her face and hair. Maybe give her a little more space on the left side?

My Idea is, that night is days shadow, intrinsically tied to the light. Actually a part of her but she is oblivious of him.

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[Alex Boy]

Color version, kinda done, but I'll probably find stuff to polish or adjust before next sunday.

[fdisk]

Sakura: Great concept as always, love the creature! I can't wait to see the color palette you choose for this one.

Alex Boy: Loving it, but I think you should outline "Night" a little more with some rim light, he's getting a little lost right now.

General Silver: I love the concept, but I think "Night" is getting a little lost in your composition. Something you can definitely fix with the colors though, so I'll wait and see what you do with that.

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[echoless]

Really liking all the different methods people have come up with to combine the 2 characters. My favorite method so far is probably missile, my only thought is maybe the guy should have hips. The woman merges at the knees, whereas the guy appears to merge at the waist. just a thought.

I doubt I'm going to find the time to do both characters but I have a rough design for day/light. Just trying to decide what pose to put her in, anyone have a suggestion?

[Gavin.Gray]

Update! Not sure if I'm liking my composition. I feel it a little too forced compared to the genius ways others have combined the two characters. I think I'm going to pull them apart.

Here's the update. Just working with value so far.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs700.snc4/62035_1575911951567_1048623476_31622520_3960353_n. jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs137.snc4/37191_1575912111571_1048623476_31622521_8378228_n. jpg

[Sean McClain]

Gavingrey well it seems like you chose to do something that's really hard to compose, I like it though it works for me. I am curious how your going to pull it off.

pixelfuter I like blue pencil on grey paper.:). one thing I would suggest
is to figure out if your anatomy ,face,hands and costume are all working for
you in just line. before you start rendering it out. This saves a lot of time.

Generalsilver wow almost M.C. Esher, I like it.

here is my progress,
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[MasterTroglodyte]

Mr. Gadbury: I love your concept and the way you've integrated the two figures but focused on night... however, I liked the original coloring you had because it evoked a golden hour of morning or dusk, either when night is just coming on or going out... I felt it evoked a deeper mood.

Crysse: I enjoy your style. Hope you get to work more on your piece...

Brandozer: I love your cartoony style, your lines, and the energy of your day and night in general, but my wife is disturbed by the central location of the piggyback "anatomy." Perhaps it's not so much adults doing a piggyback that's got a couple of individuals screwing their noses but piggybacking where at least one adult is nude... ?

schockowaffel: I really like the bottom iteration, with the chibi-esque chars circling the globe... Hope to see more of your stuff...

I'd appreciate any and all help, critique, advice...

[GeneralSilver]

Alex Boy - Those lines are so gorgeous. This was my favourite pice.. until the colours. The color-idea is great, but I don't really enjoy the blue and green on the earth. Color balance time :D Otherwise, as I said, those flowing lines..

Mr. Gadbury - Oh, he's soo menacing! Lovely values in this one :)

Thanks for the lovely comments :) I'll see what I can do about Night. A friend at work said: Maybe make him more vampire-like. I'll see what I can do...

[~baxter]

Initially wasn't going to enter this round, but I've found a bit of free time. First, and hopefully not the last, wip for my entry. Going for a djinn-esque kinda character, just kind of rolling with whatever comes off the noggin right now. Kinda has a bit of an Oogey Boogey feel with the face :P Debating on having him sitting on the cloud rather than having the general cloud-legs design.

A few quick crits/comments:

MrGadbury: I like it a lot. Nice color pallete and I enjoy the owls and subtle eyes in the background. Just have to say I'm glad theyre not crows (they're a bit overdone in night pieces sometimes).

Gavin.Grey: I feel like you're focusing on the composition before the character design itself. To me they seem like Life vs Death right now.

AlexBoy: Nice work so far. Nice touch with the transparency and line color shift.

GeneralSilver: Coming along nicely! Looking forward to seeing some color on it.

shockowaffel: Nice colors, but my major gripe with this one is that it doesn't feel like a character piece.The earth is holding a lot of the attention and area and the characters are falling by the wayside. Just remember this is Character of the Week. :)

[Gavin.Gray]

@~baxter - Man, I think you're right. It's been bugging me the whole time. The strong horizontal line through the center really just makes the image stagnate. Think I'll pull them apart and work with two characters rather than worry about trying to make them work together. I wanted a little bit of life and death in there, the sun giving things life and the night being a little creepy, but him feeling like he's under the ground is probably too much.
Great piece by the way, the only thing bugging me is the highlight on his right forearm I'm not sure how to read it.


@GeneralSilver - Fantastic sketch, can't wait to see the finished piece. someone earlier said you're losing night a bit, but I agree you can bring him back with color.

@pixelfuture - I know you know, but keep working on your anatomy. Something that helps me is to break the body into boxes and spheres and draw those in space, then draw over the top of those. That will help you get dimension as well.

Thanks for the great feedback guys.

[Crysse]

Fantastic works, magnificent sketches …and final which annoce amazing.
A small word to thank the author of this subject which brought a little
more poetry in our creations. ;)

[ActonArt]

Mmm... have i improved the anatomy at all or did I just dislocate her shoulder?
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[AzureLure]

Hello everyone. I always love watching this thread but haven't had time to join in, (plus I need to develop my skills!) hopefully I can finish this one.
Any help appreciated!

Alex Boy: I love your yin yang composition.
Sean McClain: Yours really come across as characters. Nice colours.
Mr. Gadbury: This guy totally embodies the night!

[ArtByManon]

ArtByManon: That´s a really great character. It´s got tons of charm. There is something that doesn´t seem quite right with her costume on the left. Shouldn´t those bands wrap around her hip more?

GeneralSilver: Your day character makes a very strong connection, but your night character seems to be lost by all the focus given to day. Maybe give him something to do with his hands?

I got to try this one as well.

My first WIP: the titan gods of dusk and dawn...

I like the dusk and dawn idea - I can't wait to see this finished.

Regarding Night's costume - she's actually not IN a costume really - she's more of an ethereal representation of the moon and stars.. maybe its not reading as that well enough though...

I really need to do more feedback - but things are manic my end... preparing for Birmingham International comic con!!

[ArtByManon]

Initially wasn't going to enter this round, but I've found a bit of free time. First, and hopefully not the last, wip for my entry. Going for a djinn-esque kinda character, just kind of rolling with whatever comes off the noggin right now. Kinda has a bit of an Oogey Boogey feel with the face :P Debating on having him sitting on the cloud rather than having the general cloud-legs design.

A few quick crits/comments:

MrGadbury: I like it a lot. Nice color pallete and I enjoy the owls and subtle eyes in the background. Just have to say I'm glad their not crows (they're a bit overdone in night pieces sometimes).

Gavin.Grey: I feel like you're focusing on the composition before the character design itself. To me they seem like Life vs Death right now.

AlexBoy: Nice work so far. Nice touch with the transparency and line color shift.

GeneralSilver: Coming along nicely! Looking forward to seeing some color on it.

shockowaffel: Nice colors, but my major gripe with this one is that it doesn't feel like a character piece.The earth is holding a lot of the attention and area and the characters are falling by the wayside. Just remember this is Character of the Week. :)

I'm liking this - really unusual - although not sure it needs the legs, this version works really well for me.

[ArtByManon]

A few tweaks, don't think i'll have time to do the day...

[ArtbyWard]

Just a note on the 3/4th rule:

I see a lot of sketches that only show half the character. You have to show AT LEAST 3/4 of the character, keep this in mind.

[Alex Boy]

Alex Boy - Those lines are so gorgeous. This was my favourite pice.. until the colours. The color-idea is great, but I don't really enjoy the blue and green on the earth. Color balance time :D Otherwise, as I said, those flowing lines..

Mr. Gadbury - Oh, he's soo menacing! Lovely values in this one :)

Thanks for the lovely comments :) I'll see what I can do about Night. A friend at work said: Maybe make him more vampire-like. I'll see what I can do...

Thanks for for the comment, I'm glad you liked the lines, I kinda see what you mean, but what would you recommend about the earth? I can't really change the blue of the water, is it the green that ruins it?

[~baxter]

Another wip! Got into a groove and made decent progress!
Threw on some legs and started detailing. I think it makes the piece not seem as empty with them on. The swirls on his skin are a bit of a placeholder for now. Not sure if I want to do some sort of design there or not.

[Angel Intheuk]

ArtbyManon That is beautiful :) I love her expression, quite cheeky :D

~Baxter I like the Djinn concept, I was thinking boogey man when I saw it, but it still works. Maybe star constellation tattoos?

Here's what I got so far...just initial sketches, my idea was teenage siblings the nightowl who has pallid skin and lank hair and looks moody and the morning person who is friendly and bright and colourful. Had a manga style in my head (I think I was reminded of Fruits Basket) anyway, not sure how far I'll get, I think I'll concentrate on night, I like him better.

[pixelfuture]

@pixelfuture - I know you know, but keep working on your anatomy. Something that helps me is to break the body into boxes and spheres and draw those in space, then draw over the top of those. That will help you get dimension as well.

Thank you! Will do

[Obstfelder]

Regarding Night's costume - she's actually not IN a costume really - she's more of an ethereal representation of the moon and stars.. maybe its not reading as that well enough though...

I think it reads as what you say, I just didn´t have a better word for it ;)

I was perhaps not clear in my feedback though. What I meant to say was that the mist thing as it is now looks a bit flat. So her leg looks like a large flat shape. Maybe you could round it off with some more shadows on the right side?

Hope that makes more sense :)

Keep up the great work!

[Obstfelder]

Sakuranym: Love the character! Not much to say on anatomy. The only thing is the turning of the hips don´t read as well as it perhaps could. It probably won´t be a problem in the colored version, but if you bend the lines of her belt a little more it might read better in the lineart.

Looking forward to seeing it in full color glory!

[popwilleatitse1f]

Hey! Its been about a month since I entered my first submission and I have been too busy to do a follow up. I really wanted to enter last weeks but I was too busy. So far I have done a B&W version of Day and I am now drawing the Night counterpart. I really like this image in black and white but I'm really looking forward to merging the 2 characters together and colouring them.

[Brandozer]

Brandozer: I love your cartoony style, your lines, and the energy of your day and night in general, but my wife is disturbed by the central location of the piggyback "anatomy." Perhaps it's not so much adults doing a piggyback that's got a couple of individuals screwing their noses but piggybacking where at least one adult is nude... ?

Thanks for the props! So I talked with her...she said that she tried to wear clothes back in the late 80's...but it all burnt off...

Nite is pretty upset about it too.
:pirate:

[Obstfelder]

Brandozer: I think your humorous approach is refreshing. I would have gone that route myself, but I just couldn´t come up with anything funny.

Mr. Gadburry: Cool spooky character. With those eyes it looks like an 80´s Stephen King, book sleeve :)

Missile: Good idea using 1920´s costumes. I like the deck of cards approach too. Dunno about her face being concealed. It´s a really striking design element with the hat like that (not to mention era apropriate), so I would keep it.

Gavin.Gray: I like the look of the character faces, but the clean cut between them is awkward. I would suggest making the border between the two backgrounds blurry or removing it altogether.

MasterTroglodyte: Looks like a though pair :) I would suggest not cutting them off at the feet. Give them some space in the frame.

~baxter: I like the wierdness of it and I can´t help thinking of Earth Worm Jim :)

WIP 2:

Thightening up the linework a little, and trying to make their faces more interesting. Not really sure what to do about the composition, I´m considering cropping it quite a bit.

Any suggestions?

[Carnifex]

obstfelder - perhaps go for more of a widescreen version?

[ArtByManon]

I think it reads as what you say, I just didn´t have a better word for it ;)

I was perhaps not clear in my feedback though. What I meant to say was that the mist thing as it is now looks a bit flat. So her leg looks like a large flat shape. Maybe you could round it off with some more shadows on the right side?

Hope that makes more sense :)

Keep up the great work!

YES>.. makes perfect sense, thank you!!:mod:

[ArtByManon]

Hey! Its been about a month since I entered my first submission and I have been too busy to do a follow up. I really wanted to enter last weeks but I was too busy. So far I have done a B&W version of Day and I am now drawing the Night counterpart. I really like this image in black and white but I'm really looking forward to merging the 2 characters together and colouring them.

This is really beautiful and luminous - Did you use ref?

[Pepperwheel]

Wow, so much awesome artwork going on here :D Here's my last minute entry created last night (I don't have internet over the weekend at the moment so I have to submit now ^^;). Lol, thinking about it, my Night looks like he's wearing starry pajamas xD I am going to practice putting more thought into the designs.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/KweenKairi/chow_night_and_day_web.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/KweenKairi/chow_night_and_day_wip_steps_WEB.jpg

Sweet stuff everyone! Keep it up :)

[echoless]

Another wip of day.

[Gavin.Gray]

@Pepperwheel - Love your style. The atmosphere is great, very mysterious and fantastical. However, I fear you are correct in your assessment he is wearing stary PJ's. Footy PJ's at that. Clever splitting the two with the tree in the middle.

@~baxter - diggin' the legs, they add mass to his form. You might revisit the folds they aren't reading quite right to me. Love the pattern idea too, I'm going to do something similar with my "moon" character. Must be the stary night sky inspires patterns.

@Obstfelder - Thanks! Yeah I decided to pull them apart and work on them separately. The composition wasn't working, and this will let me focus on the character design more. Your converging lines are great, really pulls my attention to their faces. Can't wait to see more.

[prepsage]

can't...work.... on this.... anymore.... gaaah.

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So much good stuff. Fingers hurt too much to type anymore.

[OliviaM]

Ok! Liking this one much better. I'd love some new takes on solutions for the hands- I'm not so sure about those.

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[GeneralSilver]

Pepperwheel - Gorgeous! Those Values are great ^^

Morning sketching, trying to refine Night a bit. Want his coat to be covered in stars and he also got a top hat. I wanted him to kinda walk on/with clouds so clouds coming from his pants was one way of doing it. I'm considering making the clouds looking a bit clothy in the end, would be a nice touch.

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv338/silver249/CHOW/sunmoon.jpg

Also slapped on the first colours in a rush. Gotta go clean the apartment. Cheers.
http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv338/silver249/CHOW/sunmoon2-1.jpg

[Brandozer]

WIP update fo' all' y'allhttp://brandomain.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/nightanddaycol.jpg

[Crysse]

Brandozer Hot, hot, hot :) you're my hero !
General Silver a fantastic work !
olivia a good start !
prepsage amazing… simply amazing !

[Gavage]

Brandozer: Quite endearing concepts. I love Ms Day's face, it's like it verges on being a caricature without making any of the details too grotesque. Do the symbols on the Night's clothes mean anything in particular?

[blackrobin]

so many good stuffs, a great topic, whoever came up with it is brilliant

my sketch, not sure if they are twins enough, i hope i can post color wip fast enough to get the juicy crits :ore:

[GeneralSilver]

Brandozer: Quite endearing concepts. I love Ms Day's face, it's like it verges on being a caricature without making any of the details too grotesque. Do the symbols on the Night's clothes mean anything in particular?

Its the The 12 Zodiacal Constellations :) Am I rite?

[Carnifex]

argh,i'm out...no time.
general silver and brandozer - really nice!

[Shogo]

Decided to go with some sister and brotherly love here.

More work to be done, especially on the girl.

Crits needed!

[shockowaffel]

Decided to go with some sister and brotherly love here.

More work to be done, especially on the girl.

Crits needed!

Who's the girl ?
I only see two fighting brothers and it also doesnt really look like brother /sister (brother) LOVE...more like a fight.



WIP of mine.

[Brandozer]

Its the The 12 Zodiacal Constellations :) Am I rite?

You are BANG ON!

WOOT!

[ArtByManon]

Trying to squeeze day in...

[master.mind]

hi

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1073801&stc=1&d=1285950171

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1073802&stc=1&d=1285950261

[Ruri]

Some of these are looking awesome!

Got off to a late start with this one, might not finish in time. Another Jack Kirby (http://kirbymuseum.org/) inspired design.

[arri-att]

going to finish this stuff before sunday, since i am pretty much free for holidays.

[Gavin.Gray]

New moon sketch, hopefully I'll get this done in time.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs379.snc4/44241_1577807958966_1048623476_31625894_7987095_n. jpg

[aline]

i was rechearching about thing with day and nigth and found this (http://www.gamaniak.com/video-5484-day-and-night-pixar.html)!!! very inspirational!

[ArtByManon]

Aline thats great!

[knut-]

That was the short-lenght movie shown before Toy Story 3 at my country. Really great idea posting it Aline. I try not to muddle up the idea "Day & Night" with the one of "Sun & Moon". It's really challenging cause it's much more of a genitive idea.

[Sean McClain]

mastermind fantastic.

arriattnice pallet very painterly

ruri cool man, sun and moon faces. look forward to checking it out.

gavingrey I'm sure if you pound away at it you'll get it "finished enough"

some polishing, I need to make the eyes on her smaller and better establish
the focal area on the guy.
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[popwilleatitse1f]

So I worked on Night today and finally got something that is a good contrast to Day. He wasn't nearly as easy to paint as she was. I put the two of them together and now I will try colouring them and see what happens. I really like them in Black and White though so we will see. I might just leave them like this.

Yes I did use references.

master.mind your sketch is really awesome I want to see it finished.

[lach-land]

Heres a quick first take on night and day (sort of moon and sun in this sketch)
I sort of wanted moon to be a bit seacreature/big billowing cape sort of feel
because of the moons effect on the sea.

and day to be avian and spiky- with a bit of aztec...

they both have 2 pair of 'wings'

I realize once again its left of field compared to everyone else's.
Such is life.

I probably wont get to colour it.


Manon - i love your take on it.

[silentkitty]

Man, I hated my last piece, stomped on it, lit it on fire, and started over, but now I'm probably not going to have time to finish.

Oh well, at least it's good anatomy practice..

Some awesome stuff in here this round, really loving GeneralSilver and Brandozer's so far. And master.mind, I really dig that bottom sketch, I'd love to see it finished!

[echoless]

lach-land - really like the design, hope you get it done on time.

silentkitty - looking good. It could just be because the hair is not covering it yet, but the ear looks a little too round.

I'm gonna try in get night done tomorrow, but probably wont have it done for Sunday.
I think I'm finished with day/light, if anyone has and suggestions I'm happy to hear them.

[Carlos Rodriguez]

these are my sketchs an the last one is how it goes so far

[lach-land]

a bit hazy
- the sort of thing that happening with her cape is sort of what I had in mind.
needs more light added and things sharpened,

sort of wanted the night sea creature lights like stars.
Might add a halo.


echoless- it might be possible if I figure out colour with this one I started tinkering with

[JanJager]

Some great stuff in here.
Could not resist doing another wip.

[Rist]

I'm not going to join this activity but I have created this because of seeing this topic.

[DK_sketch]

This migt be a little late to ask but does a foetus count as a character??

well anyway this is my interpretation of night and day:)

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[Crysse]

DK_sketch > great great idea… I like really !

JanJager > Logic… brillant references ;)

lach-land > impressive

[m8y]

Don't think I'll be able to finish this. My intuos 4 has been dying over the last few days and is practically unusable as it is now. :(
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[MasterTroglodyte]

Obstfelder- Thanks for the suggestions... you'll see below I scrapped what I had...

lach-land- Wow. I'm really digging your idea. I love the character, its expression, the mood etc. I'm hoping you'll include a skosh more contrast and texture (especially in the water? behind) and work out more highlights and complimentary colors in the figure itself. It's beautiful, truly.

[Thujon]

Very brilliant stuff!!! Sorry for not joining this week, I have no time!! :-/

Lachland, simply amazing stuff!!!!

[Ruri]

GeneralSilver: Beautiful composition and character design.
Brandozer: Awesome colours.
shockowaffel: Nice idea.
Sean McClain: Thanks. Cool atmosphere in your Night pic.
DK_sketch: Creepy cool.

Here's where I'm at.

[lach-land]

Tinkered away for an hour or so.

Bit of a mish - mash-
not so much a character design-

more a picture of a feeling or ideas.

I'll put it in the chow mix anyways.

[GeneralSilver]

lach-land - She looks amazing ^^

This might be my final one. Gonna look it over one last time before submitting it to final with some more WIPS. Have some stuff to do today anyways.
I'm unsure of the comet on Night's hat. But oh well. Chow has been so much fun. I'm gonna spank myself into doing this again. :assspank:

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv338/silver249/CHOW/Final1.jpg

[Kristoff]

Thow I don't really like it i'll post it. It's done for the chow anyways...maybe you'll advice mt something

http://s003.radikal.ru/i203/1010/a6/5cfd8284b296.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

wips:

http://s43.radikal.ru/i100/1010/ce/3a9fc5d7c166.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru) http://s47.radikal.ru/i115/1010/e2/cbb833b1ff76.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

[echoless]

Here's my design, Not sure about it. particularly wish i had time to fix the night character. The idea was that he is a shadow, so when light shines on him be becomes transparent. not sure if it works that well, but I'm submitting it anyway.

[Obstfelder]

This will probably be my final. Out of time anyhow. Might do a little bit of cleanup.

[Martheart]

Deadline is in about half an hour :D

[lach-land]

Dunno why but this came out this morning -( left hand needs finishing)
a bit night like

the owl looks a bit burnt out-
too many late nights I guess

[ZenzybaR]

OliviaM, I SOOOO want your piece as a poster in my room.

[shockowaffel]

@General Silver:
I love it ! Only little things are, that I think her umbrella is a little bit too bright and one of her shoes wasnt coloured correctly.
I hope you dont mind if I save it as a reference. ^^

[OliviaM]

A bit more finalized version than the one that made it in time for the competition. I like this one a good bit better.

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[eekolite]

Here's what I had been working on. It's too late now, but thought someone might be interested.

Lots of great work here as usual!