CHoW#236 :: VOTING :: Snowmancer

[Eofn]

FINALS ONLY

-= ROUND 236 =-


-= Snowmancer =-

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m591/Elixyart/CHoW/CHoWWeekly_236.png
DESCRIPTION
The nomads of the North are renowned warriors; capable of surviving extreme conditions and defeating the most ferocious of arctic beasts. But these ice lords are also bound by magic as well as nature. The gifted Snowmancers conjure fantastic beings made of snow, ice and magic to aid them in hunting, fighting, even moving huge blocks of ice when constructing new buildings.


Design a Snowmancer of the Northern Nomads AND their conjured beast

Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evocation

Things to remember:
Can be male or female
The setting is a freezing environment so make sure that the attire is appropriate
Can be any time or genre
The challenge is for both the Snowmancer and their creation


Good luck!

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

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

THE REST IS EASY:
1: No comments before poll is set. They WILL be deleted with utmost malice and petty grumbling. >:{
2: Sit back and enjoy the show. BYOPC (Bring your own popcorn)
3: Good luck to all.


Please review these helpful reminders if you have not done so already.

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



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

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Quick Check: Have You Submitted Your Chow Properly?

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

Good luck!

[macimovic]

Nukka and Iluliaq (iceberg)

[daveneale]

1187919

1187920

1187921

[kloakatriposa]

The Snowmancer apprentice and his lazy imps

[Sgt. Spanky]

:nohope:

Okay, this one is just for fun. I realized last night I wasn't gonna get a real entry finished on time so I greatly simplified it into a cartoon.

Looking forward to seeing all the other entries.

[Frozensceptre]

The final entry of my Snowmancer.

[SteFlack]

1188637

1188638

[Ruri]

chillin with his snowbros.

[jrbarker]

Snow Pals...

[Flame_Unquenchable]

Tanaraq returning Atka to the snow.
1188779
11887801188781
11887891188790

[alexson]

Great work everyone!

1188864
1188865

[Dread_Reaper]

Wolf Priest Nanuk of the Lupo Tribe.

-Dread_Reaper

[Reedux]

Here's my entry with gif wips.

1188872
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/Snowmancer_steps.gif
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/snowmancer_summon_steps.gif

[MatejaPetkovic]

Snowmancer
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/sqezavela/Chow236_MatejaPetkovic.jpg

process
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/sqezavela/process.jpg

M

edit: details
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/sqezavela/Snowmancer-details.jpg

[Sgt. Spanky]

1187919

1187920

1187921

I love this and I just checked out your sketchbook. You can officially include me as a fan of your work. <3

[OfficialLamp]

Inuit Snowmancer, injecting a spirit into the base.

[(lark]

final...

1189064

step...

1189066

[kingkostas]

here my final & wips :)

[fdisk]

I love these fantasy CHOWs!

1189097

When children are born they are assigned an Animal Spirit depending upon the circumstances of their birth. Once they reach adulthood, a snowmancer must venture alone into the wilds, track and kill the earthern form of their Spirit Animal (In this case, a polar bear).

Once slain, the Snowmancer must perform a bonding ritual using a part of the dead animal (In this case a paw). They must carry this piece with them at all times in order to bond their own spirit with that of their Guardian.

After much training, the Snowmancer is finally able to summon their Snow and Ice Guardian at will by casting an ancient bonding rune, the Guardian will take the shape of their Spirit Animal and the Snowmancer will be able to control them through their bond.

1189098

[JanJager]

Snowmancer

[Partisan]

so here is my final for this week, I must say I feel exhausted but it was worth it, its by far the best piece Ive ever produced, thank you all, if it were not for you I probably wouldnt try to push myself further every day!

so enjoy
Seb

[Artfix]

Good work all

[Revidescent]

First CHoW ever, had a blast! I'll hopefully be back next week. =D

1189277

WIPs:
1189276

[Urötskidoji]

Great week people, awesome topic! It´s been fun but hard, I chickened out on the coloring of mine, sorry but I feel I cant make the image justice if it looks like a colorised mess.
Anyways, here is Orbai Khan at the Battle of the Tartar Pass, along with her summoned wintersnake Felin.

[Kafka Dreams]

I was out for a long time but finally Made it back in time. Missed the competition immensely.
1189339

1189340

[Crumbelievable]

Entry for the week. This one was tough!

[eralfralos]

Great job guys!

[IvanHrastaman]

Snowmancer

[RXMT]

Here's mine, it isn't perfect, but I learned a lot doing it :-D
There are so many great works so far! Mine is pale in comparison :-p

[SaraCuervo]

-Light the path-
1189617
1189583
Phew! Finally. This was a though one... But I learned a lot of things doing it. Can't wait to see all the entries!

EDIT: I didn't notice some lights on the lamp turned to be off-positioned after the cropping. Corrected now.

[artina]

Hey everyone,

Here's my final and wip. Thanks for the critique. I am grateful because the piece turned out better. See you all next week.

[vineris]

Final:

1189613

Wips:

1189615

1189616

1189619

[slence]

Done - Snowmancer

[Dreoilin]

Probably could use some more work- but I'm worried about making it on time! First chow I've actually finished in awhile :)

[h2rra]

Started working on this one today so didn't really have time to participate in wip thread.

Mr. Petkovic, that is insane.

[oldboy115]

my final for this week, phew..

[Suncut]

Last minute rush for the win.

1189691
1189692

[Parsakoira]

Yup its deadline :) i dont yet have the know how to do a poll so i have to wait for Elixy!

[oDaYWaLKeRo]

Congrats everyone... So many masterpieces!!! Voting will be quite challenging for me.

[Eofn]

Sorry guys. Internet has been on and off all day. About to post the poll now

[Partisan]

Voting will be quite challenging for me.

thank god for multivote ! ^^ couldnt decide myself either ^^

[MatejaPetkovic]

ok, i have voted for davenale, beautiful work, i can almost see entire book for children or cool comic or cartoon. Excellent style, execution from start. Top notch
second vote is for (lark, although i see you could work on it more on all parts of image(tree, beast, character) i kinda like it. Can't say more, maybe because of character sketch, maybe because of 45 degree/from above angle shoot.
I would also like to mention cool works by partisan, artfix and ruri. All of you have excellent style, very unique, but in next chow i would like to see more!!
oh and fox as well, great drawing
Everyone else, great works, will see you on next round

cheers guy, this was excellent week, at least for me, 34 entries!!!

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[Sivonja]

Gz to all , very nice works ....and my main vote goes to Mateja ...maybe it's too early to say but i think he is winner :) ,gz m8

[dragon4lunch]

alexson: Super cool rendering of the ice! Dig the style. You get a vote for sure!

MatejaPetkovic: That's just so sweet, totally rock-solid. I don't even know what this is! Is is somekind of photo-montage-action? If so, I've never seen it used so successfully for a concept piece. In any case, you are a painting-pro and this thing is over-the-top for a concept piece! Excellent entry!

[daveneale]

Good work everyone, really good standard all round.

I've limited my votes to the three that stood out above the rest for me....these aren't the only ones I liked, they just had a little something else:

Lark: Love the perspective you used, great composition and colour too, would have been cool to see it more rendered, but you can tell that all that would take is more noodling, you've got a great feeling into it now.

Janjager: I love the way you treated the creature, I know it's not a creature design activity, but the way you communicated the ice is really sweet, dig the character's pose too-it feels like she's actually part of the ritual.

MatejaPetkovic: Really nice work, dug your last piece too-cool style.

[jrbarker]

Great round everyone!!