C.O.W. #197_Dream Guardian_Wips Thread

[Si_Swe]

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Round #197 Dream Guardian

Topic:
Round #197 Dream Guardian

In Native American culture, Dreamcatchers were a device which were hung where a person slept to catch all the nightmares while letting through all the good dreams for a person. Imagine a creature living on the astral plane whose job it is to defend the dreams of a person from nightmares intent on devouring all the positive energy present in that person’s mind. Design this creature that must fend off nightmares and worse. We’re dealing with dreams so make sure to get across that this is a creature on the astral plane, it doesn’t necessarily have to practical or resemble things in the realm of possibility. That said, this is still a creature and not an abstract concept, so with that in mind, let’s see what you guys can dream up!



Deadline:
Wednesday December 8th, 2010. 9:00 PM PST (GMT -8 )

Finals go here: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2939971#post2939971

[lancer_idenoure]

ooo sexy topic si_swe. im busy this week though :( we'll see...

[Xeinnex]

here is my basic sketch, i wasnt sure about adding arms or legs because well... why would they need it in an astral world?? .... so i went with this quick idea that poped out in my mind, lets so how it turns out

[skullbeast]

here is a thumbnail

[ninety9]

sounds nice. so every person has one of these creatures guarding their dreams?
i am just asking since the last COWs move more and more into the direction of unique creatures (like CHOW) instead of reflecting a broad amount if creatures/species.

great move on the multiple-vote in last round btw. thanks a lot!

[Si_Swe]

Think about it more in the sense of a species of astral creatures, and yes I suppose that could imply that every person has one of these. We've had a few that slipped into unique creature territory because we felt it would garner interesting results, we aren't trying to make creatures into characters.

[RayTwicket]

good luck everyone, i'm gonna focus on personal work for a while :)

[Buchmaler]

Just scribbled a little bit on the head to have a starting point. It will be some sort of astral rainbow-mammel-fairy that can banish bad dreams with its colorful light.

[mbetteker]

My first take at the Dream Guardian. Thinking about this bird bear creature with his dream catch adornment.

[mobius-9]

It's not much but here's what I've got so far. Might just start from scratch as I'm already getting frustrated with this.

[Xeinnex]

mbetteker: wow i was thinking about using some feather-dreamcatchers adornments, but i dont want you to feel i stole your idea. -- great start by the way

[mobius-9]

Which one should I continue? Dragon, monkey or bear?

[Xeinnex]

mobius-9: i like the monkey one.

[Ragnj]

Dragon

[Buchmaler]

Many Hands doing much rainbow-magic against nightmares.

[FilRam]

want to make a creature that is in a infinite good mood ;)

great wips so far!

[Jaunay]

Hey guys, here are some of the sketches that I've been fiddling around with. A few of the main ideas that keep popping up for me are ways that the creature can catch/consume/covert the dreams into something it can use. There's more though in the writing, if you can read it. I try to get things down quickly fast brain is fast/ S:

Also when im dreaming as soon as something scary is about to happen i have this feeling of butterflies or adrenaline this is the time that the creature would use to defend.

[Jaunay]

Xeinnex Great idea with not giving your creature legs. It's kinda cute and creepy, can't wait to see where you go with it.

Skullbeast I'm loving the muscle structure and the neck it really makes the beast look powerful, also the head reminds me of predator somewhat.

Mbetteker Wow it's great to see the coloured wip next to the sketch, great transfer. The colours are great very dream like, although it's abit hard to see the details of it's face. Either way looks great. :D

Mobius-9 Great starting point, i don't think you should start again though, unless you're not happy with the concept at all. I like that he's standing over the bed it makes for powerful symbolism, also it looks mighty which is definitely something you want defending your dreams.

Buchmaler Love the rainbow against magic idea, it looks so cute and inncocent it would be cool to see an action shot of it fighting against the darkness with its rainbow hands of doom.

FilRam That face would happily scare away negative dreams. I like that its fluffy and wavy, very dream like. Also are there beads on it? Im interested where you take from here. :D

[Xeinnex]

Skullbeast: nice start, i like its head and its 2 tails :) hope to see an update soon.

mbetteker: very good concept, i think you managed to make a creature that actually looks very mystical and astral, great colors too.

mobius-9: great loking creature, looks very misterious and i like that you are also showing the guy sleeping, i liked your first sketch, i dont really understand why you wat to change your idea but if you decided to change it, then i would say i'd like the monkey one.

Buchmaler: i like the idea that you are trying to make a cute creature, with raibow powers, it sounds like something that would work against nightmares. good work

FilRam: i like your sketches but its maybe too soon to give an opinion, wanna see more progress. i kind of understand some mask in there, looks cool.

JauNay: very good ideas, i see a lot of sketches, im looking forward to see what you end up doing, keep going!..


and finally:

:steph: My Update :steph:

please comment and let me know how can i improve my creature, what ideas do you have about it, whatever you want to comment is fine, everything will be take as a constructive critique.

thanks.

[skullbeast]

update

[sourfruitjunkie]

Just for clarification, do we HAVE to incorporate a dream catcher/Native American theme to our Guardian species? Or were you using the Dream Catcher as a purpose catalyst for a "nightmare catcher" creature?

[Si_Swe]

The incorporation of the Dreamcatcher and Native American culture is entirely optional, I just like to show where my prompts are coming from a lot of the time.

[ARefrigerator]

I might work on something later, I will join this one though!

[sourfruitjunkie]

Jaunay: I love how you've mapped out your concept creation. Really nice to see where the ideas are coming from and good thought and background in a concept. Very essential!

Here's my brain vomit sketch. I'm going with the ideas of lucid dreaming and a line from a translation of the Ramesside Dream-Book: "when the sleeper is temporarily in the primeval ocean of Nun {cf. [Vajra-yana] ocean of "clear light"}, and he awakens in a dream, he finds himself within the confines of the farworld, and able to interact with the other inhabitants."

Not yet set on the creature design though. More later, hopefully...

[Jaunay]

Sourfruitjunkie Thanks for the feedback, I'm also having a hard time deciding on a final concept. There are so many options that it's hard to get past the initial ideas. I really like the reflection, i can tell that even though you dont know the final design the composition and eye line are going to be really strong.

Cant wait to see more.

Here's something I've been doodling around with. Checking back on my concept sheet I've taken the ideas of knight holy and wise, inner self as a creature. The turtle aspects represent stability in dreaming and create a shield on his chest, the face is very simple and abstract, almost like a mask, to represent the self. The horns of the creature are dark matter conductors, that attract the nightmare energies, once close by it devours them.

I'll probably change it, but I'm curious to see feedback. I may work on something that's a little closer to my heart. Perhaps my own dream guardian, I can lucid dream, so lets see what my subconscious says and ill get back to it. Heh.

[mobius-9]

Thanks for the awesome comments guys, very much appreciated :)

So I went off on a tangent with that dragon-esque sketch I did and ended up with a nebula space worm...

I'm much happier with this than the first concept I came up with. Lemme know what you think.

[Jaunay]

mobius-9 Great to see so much progress. I'm liking the nebula space worm but it doesnt have as much meaning as the other creature that you designed. It's very striking and the colours are grand. It would be nice to know how the creature operates in the astral plane. Also the initial tones imply that the creature is very close to that galaxy in the bg, not that it's bad thing, it's just something to keep in mind.


Also I need to stop sitting on this page and refreshing. Hah.

[Xeinnex]

im sorry that i keep updating too much :D but i love to share my progress, and i need some uggestion, that yellow thing in its back, i dont know if it should be yellowish, what other color would you use for that?

thanks

[Ville_S]

Wow! So many cool and interesting concepts! Good job.

Xeinnex: No worries. I for one love to see the progress from start to finnish, so just keep on posting those updates. :)

Here's my concept WIP. I was thinking about the fluid and everchanging nature of dreams and trying to gather some ideas/inspiration from those two words.

[ARefrigerator]

I had two people say they liked the first one so then I just worked on it more, might sleep on it and work out a composition/ more sold design tomorrow. I like 3D in the first image, so I might make it a personal thing instead of using it for this if it doesn't feel right.

[Buchmaler]

Maybe it will get a snail shell. *scratch the head*

[MasterStryke]

@Xeinnex

you really should do more sketches before working out this first thing

[Xeinnex]

Masterstryke: you are probably right, the problem is that i still feel like a beginner, and i have to learn what to do with sketches before i add more pressure to it, and im not quite good at sketching, would you or anyone else give me some tips?, like what brushes should i use for sketching, i use photoshop cs3, and the sketch part is one of the hardest for me, however, i will try to give a good look to the creature i started, and who knows, maybe i might get at least 1 vote in the finals :D.

so, any tips for sketching?, i dont have a scanner so everything must be done in my computer.

thanks

[SailorMooninite]

Mbetteker
Really nice start. Great concept with the bear/owl hybrid. (i know you didn't say owl, but that's what it proportionately reminds me of.) They both have spirit in the idea of sleep and dreams. Nice color execution too. Very vibrant and abstract!

I am trying to keep up with these weekly now. I am determined to get better. Hoping to post a sketch early tomorrow morning.

[painedadj]

Immedietly as I think of a Guardian or a protector I think of something big and bulky. My Guardian is looking over me from a distance (not to be seen) but as soon as he needs to act he's there and ready. I wanted to go for a hairy but colorful idea that awaits up in the clouds. I'm no were near finished yet but here's my idea so far.

[Jaunay]

Xeinnex Glad to see you updating so frequently. I need to do the same. :D As for sketching digitally, there are lots of tutorials on places like deviantart. Also as for sketching with brushes in photoshop I usually use a small brush emluate using a pencil by ading some texture, fiddle around with some brushes and see what works for you.

Ville_S I think you really have the fluidness down, it looks like a fast creature because of the muscle structure you've given it. It looks pretty angry in the headshot sketch, it scares them away like a snake?

ARefrigerator Great amount of concept sketches, it's really good to see the way that you carry from one idea to the other. I'm actually a fan of the last one on the page, it stands out. But the structure of the one above the last really catches my eye.

Buchmaler The colours for this are starking to look really striking and so does your creatures expression. It's almost like he's been snuck up on. I think a snail shell could work, but does it have a reason that relates to the design of the creature, could his hands retract intot the shell? Haha.

Painedadj I'm liking the colours you've chosen really seems like a protector and intimidating to scare away your enemies. It could be nice to know more about it's design and how it helps defend you. :D

[MasterStryke]

Masterstryke: you are probably right, the problem is that i still feel like a beginner, and i have to learn what to do with sketches before i add more pressure to it, and im not quite good at sketching, would you or anyone else give me some tips?, like what brushes should i use for sketching, i use photoshop cs3, and the sketch part is one of the hardest for me, however, i will try to give a good look to the creature i started, and who knows, maybe i might get at least 1 vote in the finals :D.

so, any tips for sketching?, i dont have a scanner so everything must be done in my computer.

thanks

eh dude?

ever heard of pencil or ink-pens? :dur:


before you work something out - and you feel like a beginner - you really should fill one sheet of paper with different sketches and experiment a bit.

because the most important is the basic.. if that is worse your painting is going to turn out kinda wrong or boring too..


hope I kinda helped you

[Xeinnex]

MasterStryke: thanks for your concern, i will try my best on the sketch next time, for now i will finish what i started, and yes dude i've heard of pencil and ink-pens, i might try to work with that first but after all im going to have to sketch it again in photoshop, and thats what ai truly want to learn.

[MasterStryke]

MasterStryke: thanks for your concern, i will try my best on the sketch next time, for now i will finish what i started, and yes dude i've heard of pencil and ink-pens, i might try to work with that first but after all im going to have to sketch it again in photoshop, and thats what ai truly want to learn.

or you simply scan it and overwork it digitally

[SailorMooninite]

Masterstryke: you are probably right, the problem is that i still feel like a beginner, and i have to learn what to do with sketches before i add more pressure to it, and im not quite good at sketching, would you or anyone else give me some tips?, like what brushes should i use for sketching, i use photoshop cs3, and the sketch part is one of the hardest for me, however, i will try to give a good look to the creature i started, and who knows, maybe i might get at least 1 vote in the finals :D.

so, any tips for sketching?, i dont have a scanner so everything must be done in my computer.

thanks

I know you say you don't have a scanner, but do you have a digital camera? I use that when I dont have a scanner lying around. Get in an area with the most even lighting possible to shoot. It requires a lot more clean up in photoshop, but desaturate the image and play with brightness/contrast and you can usually make your pencil sketches look halfway decent. Use the burn tool to darken lines that didnt come in well.

When sketching use your whole arm and make long fluid strokes. No chicken scratches! If you find that to be a big step, get a harder pencil like 2h and do your rough concept drawing. The harder pencil draws lighter marks. Then when you like the look, get a softer pencil or a pen and pull out the main shapes with longer lines. Draw harder in shadow areas and lighter in highlighted areas.

(i am an industrial designer by trade, and still do this often when I am still exploring possibilities. You can scribble all you want then pull out what the lines you like later. It gets rid of the fear of making a mark and allows you to focus on ideas)

[OHI]

I´m not sure if I´m going to participate or not. But here is a wip. I´m trying to find different ways of shading. Before I used a round soft brush but I don´t like how it looks. It feels to clean. Does anyone have any tips on how to shade?

My guardian doesn´t use it´s body to fend of bad dreams. It uses it´s mental powers jedi style! Most of the time it´s just asleep. When it´s a wake it tends to listen to Don´t worry be happy by Bobby McFerrin. :)

[Buchmaler]

Hmm, i think you, OHI and Xeinnex have a similar "problem" (i hope you do not take this offending but as maybe helpful critique). I got the impression that you have accumulated needs concerning drawing and painting basics and before you sit down and learn it from scratch you will only improve very slow (if at all) imho. To practise is not funny often and sometimes stultifying (especially the basics) but it is necessary. I do it too from time to time in fields that i am not good in (there are many) and i know some very good artists (far better than me) who do it. You will hardly find any good artist that never had to learn and practice (very talented people do learn much fuster, but they have to, too)
Your questions are hardly answerable without starting to explain very much fundamentels and it is also hard to critique your work because of that.

[OHI]

Hmm, i think you, OHI and Xeinnex have a similar "problem" (i hope you do not take this offending but as maybe helpful critique). I got the impression that you have accumulated needs concerning drawing and painting basics and before you sit down and learn it from scratch you will only improve very slow (if at all) imho. To practise is not funny often and sometimes stultifying (especially the basics) but it is necessary. I do it too from time to time in fields that i am not good in (there are many) and i know some very good artists (far better than me) who do it. You will hardly find any good artist that never had to learn and practice (very talented people do learn much fuster, but they have to, too)
Your questions are hardly answerable without starting to explain very much fundamentels and it is also hard to critique your work because of that.



Thanks! It´s just so hard to know where to start you know! There´s so much! :)
I´m only 15 so I´m probably young and stupid too. Hopefully I´m going to study art at the gymnasium (kinda like highschool) and learn the basics. If you want to you can drop by my sketchbook and give me some tips.

[porcupine]

Xenniex and OHI - Something I would advice you guys to do is to drop the colors for a while and to work in black and white. What you need to do at the stage you're at right now is to get volume and shapes in there and that's a lot easier and black and white.

As others said, practice on the boring parts. Every day draw an egg lying on a table and its shadow and focus on get it to look like its in 3D. Then draw your hand. That's because it's there and it has complex shapes and forms that is hard to get right. Don't worry if it looks horrible, it will get better. Do this every day as a warm up, then when you have finished draw fun things you want to draw.

I think it's very important to switch between the two. If you only do basic training you'll get bored and maybe try avoid to work. If you only do the fun stuffs they won't turn out as you have imagined them and you'll get frustrated and maybe try avoid work.

But in the end, the most important thing is, draw every day, never stop practicing. In the end that's all that matters and everyone has to find their own path to greatness.

[MasterStryke]

good, that I started this topic I'd say

[Buchmaler]

Hope not to annoy anybody with my frequent WIPs, it motivates me.
The color is not final, there will be much more detail in color at the end.
The wings will be fairly transparent.

[Wiggen]

Hullo, thought I'd join in on the fun.

My idea of a dream guardian is a silent, careful hunter. It treads the dreamscape, looking for bad dreams to eat. It's not so much a guardian as it is a scavenger, but people have misconstrued its intentions as something noble.

Still working on lighting.

[PxelSlayer]

OK, first of all - hi guys. I stumbled upon this weeks topic and just HAD to join in, even though I never created/designed a creature before. I usually hang out down at ChOW watering hole (good times, good times...), but hey - there`s a first time for everything, right? ^_^

Second of all - my WIP so far. Now, once again, I`m having serious issues with human anatomy, so you can imagine how good I am at drawing animals (hint - superbad), so my creature turned out a bit more...humm..."humanish" in appearance, which brings me to my first question - could this pass as a creature design at all? And my second question would be - which one looks more "astral" (concerning the background). I can`t decide between these 2, and I have to if I want to render it out properly with matching non-eye-sore colors. I really should pop by EOW peeps as well to pick up a thing or two. Spite the fact they kinda creep me out :3

P.S. You people don`t creep me out. Well, not as much, anyway :D

[Si_Swe]

PxelSlayer - That can certainly pass as creature design. Our rule about humanoid creature's tends to exist to discourage the use of human proportions. People tend to think that, because of the rule, upright bipeds are disallowed, which isn't true. When it comes to to the humanoid rule I tend to think about it this way, if your creature's proportions resemble a human and if you could think of entirely as a character and have it still work, you're probably breaching the rule. It's always good to ask, though, (lark and I are around a fair bit so we'll let you know if you aren't sure.

In terms of your astral question, I tend to lean towards the middle one. The more saturated palette works well with the more muted palette being used on the creature and I feel like there's a lot more opportunity for play in that sense.

[mbetteker]

another thought

...each cube has it's own overseer, a guardian. We all must visit our cube during sleep. It is only the guardians that protect the cubes from evil.

[mobius-9]

Urpdate.

[OHI]

It´s a slug.

[Buchmaler]

Much detailwork and shadowing still to do ... and the wings (what will be next) but i am in time.

[NecrotoX]

Initial sketch. Hope I'll have time to finish it :/

[SailorMooninite]

In traditional Native American belief, bad dreams were caught in the "web" of the dream catcher, and the good dreams would pass through and follow down the feathers to the sleeper. The bad dreams would then be destroyed with the light of day.

The dream guardian absorbs the bad dreams into its body to keep them from passing through the web and into the world of the dreamers. The side effect of this turns the otherwise beautiful creature into a product of all of the nightmares. However, with the light of dawn, the bad dreams are destroyed, and the guardian returns to its original form.

[JanJager]

Wiggen
Interesting take. Reminds me of Salvador Dalis dreamlike paintings.
Buchmaler
Coming very good. Great creature. I like that you introduced variations in the creatures colour.Why not pain in some hard edges to make the arms separate more from etch other. I love its head.
OHI
Coming good. Why not show its legs.
Xenniex
I think porcupine and Buchmaler have some god points. I think a god way of starting drawing a creature are
Draw just the silhouette until you happy wit it and go further from that.
or Try to simplify the anatomy and think in basic shapes, then go into details.
or look at a picture or a living animal draw it as realistic as possible the go further by redoing it.
painedadj
Good idea. I think its time to start planning how the light will effect the shapes.
ARefrigerator
I agree with you go for 3D. It has a original design.
PxelSlayer
Grate. I understand your dilemma to decide between the tow backgrounds. The are very good both of them. They will bee grate both.
If I had to decide I would go for the middle one.
Ville_S
Good idea. The creature reminds me of smoke or liquid. Why not have it coming at the viewer.
mobius-9
I like it very much, Beautiful and got a dreamlike feeling. I know its a wip but the arms gets a bit lost. Perhaps put sone light on them. I liked the bed it gave this obvious dream association
Jaunay
I like the turtle aspect. I think you can develop that.
sourfruitjunkie
Elegant sketch. The reflecting surface gives this impression of the divide between tow worlds.
skullbeast
Powerfully guardian.
FilRam
I like the sketch. Its kind of fluid as a dream and a good creature. Also nice S-curve.
mbetteker
Great Perhaps give unsharpened to the text in the left corner and the object in the right corner and render out sharpness and details even more on the creature and its nearest soundings.
I liked your first one tow.
NecrotoX
Nice Indian chief association's. I like the native shamanistic feeling.
SailorMooninite
God story. Can you get some more of the dream thing into the picture.

Hers my play with totem animals.

[Vulgar`]

E.O.W. Round 152: Pilgrimage - MULTIVOTE!!

Great round - cast your votes!

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=202094

[Buchmaler]

Thx to everybody who did c&c :).
At the moment i cannot decide if i will use those glowing lantern eyes or if i should add iris and pupil.

P.S.: Cannot take part at cow 200 because i will be in rehab :(

[OHI]

JanJager: It doesn´t have legs. It´s a slug type of thing. :)

I don´t really know what to do with it right now. I know it needs alot of more work, I just don´t know what that work is.

[acb]

wow...awsome topic ! this is what i have so far:

initial thing:
http://i51.tinypic.com/25hfh41.jpg

and then:
http://i51.tinypic.com/sevd35.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/34ycwaw.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/30aezwg.jpg


story:
there is a tale of a place beyond existence, a very special place, which according to the legends contain the pond of dreams. the pond is told to contain the liquid of which dreams are made from ,and the mere echo of this liquid which travels so long to get to the realm of our universe , makes us dream at night.
it is told that a mighty creature,which is bound to the pond and uses its powers, protects it from the evils of this realm......andddd this is it :D

well ive done this during a break from the work on the DW5 mini entry (which i dont know why this forum isnt on it as well...) and im not sure that ill finish it (either that or the DW entry) because theres some work to be done on both and both ends on the same date ~_~...damn... well any C&C is welcomed and ill see if i have the time to work on it....great stuff ppl :D gl hf !

[Paolo13]

just...something..not even sure what...

[SailorMooninite]

Grayscale shading done on the creature. Lots more to do: Thicken the dark side of the web, and "shimmer" the light side, add the "cloudy" dark nightmare environment, with good dreams breaking through, add sunrise inside the "real world" environment (visible through the web portal), add color. Hope I can finish!

[senhora coisa]

hello!
I'm new here!
my creature is inspired in a pillow.
this creature gives kisses in people to make then have sweet dreams!:D:D

[Moemoore]

Here's mine so far. It's basically a colossal insect which lives around nexus points that link the astral plane and the human psyche. The creatures constantly produce spores which act to ward off nightmares and other such terrors that seek to invade the human mind.

[mrd33ds]

Hey there guys, this is my first try at this cow.

My idea is this dude that is flying around in the dream world. he is sorta like santa in a way. but instead of giving nice presents to children he gives nice dreams. the nightmares are taken and stored in the little bubbles and sometimes they can break out to be caught again.

what do u think i should do with it to make it a final cow? of course ill redraw it, but does it matter what kind of pose he is in? i dont have digital so i will be using pencil. thanks :)

[skullbeast]

update Im going with the thicker neck

[SailorMooninite]

Another update. More to come tomorrow.

[(lark]

buchmalerI say go with no pupils. Just a taste thing, I feel it makes your creature more dreamlike. Less grounded in reality which I think works better for this round. Also its too bad you won't be around for 200. Its shaping up to be really cool if I do say so myself. Me and si swe have some neat stuff brewin. Either way, get well soon with whatever ailment you have.

Everybody is doing some really top notch studf so far! Lookin like its gonna be a good round. Not sure if I'll be in this one because I have a lot of other work I'm concentrating on right now. But we'll see.

[Wiggen]

working working... aaand watching Doctor Who. Yeah.

[Buchmaler]

Finished i think.

[mbetteker]

loving all of the originality! Seriously, amazing stuff going on here. Keep it coming!

Thanks for the feedback, worked some more into this.

[JanJager]

JanJager: It doesn´t have legs. It´s a slug type of thing. :)

I don´t really know what to do with it right now. I know it needs alot of more work, I just don´t know what that work is.

Sorry OHI did things in a rush yesterday.
I think there are always things you can improve with a piece. Why not put a shadow under its head that will tell were the light sourcees are,
and connect it to the ground kind of giving it a position in space.
Take a look at pictures of slugs and similar animal to see how they appear. Look at how light and shadows gives a shape to the body.
How is the structure of the body smooth, scaly, granulated. will it be variations in colour. Will you have some wrinkles, hair shaft, verrucas,horns, slime, mm

[o0Dave0o]

Well here's my WIP so far! Just getting into this. I'm thinking of some sort of creature gliding through the astral plane, collecting the fog of nightmares in its large net-like fins. Absorbing nightmares and letting good dreams get past, and after absorbing so many horrible nightmares (most of which we can never imagine because we never see them) they die from the weight of a thousand nightmares. But they continue to spawn and make the epic sacrifice to make our dreams safe.

[Wiggen]

Still not quite done. I don't think I'll be entirely satisfied by the time I enter it, but I'm of the opinion that I need practice. (Thus the practice.)

[samantharobinson]

Hey everyone! I am going to give this a go! I just hope i can finish it in time! :D
My idea is a small furry creature which is summoned by the use of a dreamweaver. (if you hang one, he knows to come) and he feeds off the dreams. Expelling the bad ones. Sorry the sketch is rough as i only started it a while ago!

here he is...

http://i54.tinypic.com/2hp6s6s.jpg

edit: another wip...

http://i56.tinypic.com/1qoiol.jpg

[mobius-9]

Here's my final. I'm not sure the point of posting it here AND the finals thread, guess I'm just an attention ...

Anyway, here she be:

[SailorMooninite]

Still lots more to do! Work is getting in the way this week :(

-Colorize "nightmare side" of creature
-Add red glow to "nightmare side"
-Add shimmer to golden side
-Texturize both sides
-Bring in some swirling black nightmares around legs and in dark corners
-Draw in rays of light to draw attention to the dawn dissipating the nightmares.

I really hope I can finish!

[Ishren]

Starting late again. Dunno if I'll finish in time.

http://i55.tinypic.com/m9b0av.jpg

[skullbeast]

final

[Si_Swe]

Hey guys. Really sorry, I was busy all night. I'm putting up the poll now.