C.O.W. - #001: Mascot

[Fozzybar]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/images/cow.jpg


Round #001

Topic:
Mascot - the winner creature will be the mascot for the cow-activity!

Deadline:
02.02.2005





- for any questions or help go here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37512

note: The deadline won't be EXACTLY after a week...it can last up to 24 hours more, i am human and have to work also, you know ;)

Post your creature for this week!

[JoshuaTheJames]

Yo? So is everyone doing their take on a Monsterous Cow???

I think that would be a great idea for the Mascot!



-Joshua

[davi]

then paint it you fart!

[Banned_User]

both of you stop bitching and paint a big fat ugly cow your arses

[JoshuaTheJames]

Hahahah.


-...

[Uziel]

Something like this?
At first sight it looks like a normal "big fat ugly cow"...perhaps it still looks kinda fastdrawn but i did it between two exams and I have no more time to adjust... Stupid exams taking precious drawing time grmblm... oh yeah the cow

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/jarrafatti/COW2b.jpg

Now go and draw something much better

[Fozzybar]

Joshua, davi and Mike:
Oh boy...don't take a leaf out of this guys book people...we are curiously waiting for the first creatures in this thread....but the only creatures we see are you 3 weirdos flaming the thread :)...now go and draw! And don't come back without a creature!

Uziel:
Congrats for the first entry in this activity...and another thing i forgot to mention as i see...please don't use text if it's not REALLY necessary for your work...yeah, i know, uziel...in your case it was REALLY necessary, hehe...

[OLSEN]

Here's my bovine. Gangsta style. :swepimp:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/COW-1-OLSEN.jpg

[JeroArt]

Olsen:
This gangsta cow is realy cool!
You realy could make a chance i think :wink:
Can't wait 2 see the other 1's!

Keep it up!

[Fozzybar]

hahaha....sweet stuff olsen! The piercings are hilarious! :)

Cool to see you posting again, bro, yo! :swepimp:

[cartoonfox]

k hers my crappy attempt

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/sketchbook%204/sketch-119.jpg




cool stuff olsen, a hitman cow!! ^-^




peace :7up:

[Jull]

I'm sorry, I couldn't be any serious :bashful:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v162/zafio/forum/tmp/jull_cowanabe.jpg
Yes, it could be in a more natural pose, less static... but...

P.S.:Too bad it is one entry only :( May I change it in the last minute? :teeth:

[Main Loop]

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/07/237.JPG

here's mine.. sorry i didnt draw a cow, which probably means i'll lose.. yes that's a self-portrait...

[Hamsta]

Here's my take. Makes for a tough steak, trust me.
http://img137.exs.cx/img137/5524/cow1.jpg

[ZapRadon]

A...snorse?
http://24.247.229.69:8880/images/misc/critter/glister.jpg

[Tafrid]

heres mine

http://astrosun2.astro.cornell.edu/~akgun/Image/cow.gif

lol, jk, ill put one up soon tho, if its not too late lol

[Banned_User]

I think that perhaps..for a design sense, they should have all been done on a background color that matches the ca.org background like Jull's. It would make it easier to use as an "icon" ..if this is going to be the mascot. O well. ;)

[Thestral]

Here's my entry :}
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/fundesign/cow_mascot_entry.jpg

[karma militia]

hehe thestral, thats a great one :teeth:

im going to have a go at this.

[Fozzybar]

Yeah...cool entries yet people! <3

cartoonfox:
Ha, fox, when will you ever add bodies to your faces :P ;)

Jull:
You can change your entry until the deadline...no prob...

Main Loop:
There is no rule, that your creature must look like a cow...i personally prefer a non-cowish-creature, hehe...

MIKECORRIERO:
Good idea, but i will change the mascot's background or size for our uses anyway...so it's not a big deal...

[Dan.v.D.]

Jull:
You can change your entry until the deadline...no prob...


no he can´t. he already won. next round plz!!!!

[Baaaah!]

http://www.jamessinton.plus.com/paul_sinton_work_page/images/speed_painting/COW_01.jpg

I've no idea where this thing came from, but here it is. Some excellent entries - cool idea Fozzy.

As an additional note:

The idea behind this fella, is that it's some sort of demon or imp acting as a cheerleader for its team. The cow head is its costume that it acquired from a real cow :^^:

[Warhead82]

so its just gotta be a cow creature?

[shadow]

geez, hope you guys like this, here goes.

http://img171.exs.cx/img171/5657/cow8zh.jpg

[Sterlingcrispin]

so its just gotta be a cow creature?


Topic:
Mascot - the winner creature will be the mascot for the cow-activity!

The topic is "mascot" so , thats just what people happen to be painting, seeing as "Creature of the week" 's initials is "cow"..

[conundrum]

Awesome idea for an activity thread, it should be fun. Great entry Thestral, really cool. This is mine, I went for a normal cow (no mutations, except for a large pencil strapped to her back). it might be bit too sketchy though, i dont like to render too much, i always end up ruining the drawing

http://img197.exs.cx/img197/4742/Cow-Draw.jpg

[LuisNCT]

Here's mine! That cow is very angry cause has been marked to be an advertising for the C.O.W.
http://onfinite.com/libraries/310518/fbb.jpg

[Matthew-S]

I was actually doing this one for this thread but I think I misread the topic a little. I guess you wanted more of a logo, oh well I guess I am posting it anyway.
btw seems like fun stuff this creature of the week activity, I hope traditional stuff is allowed since I don't do digital nowadays.

About the creature, I was thinking in terms of a future suit-man being infested with fungus hence why he has lost one arm and with creepy stuff surrounding his body. And the fungus is turning him into something weird.
hmm yea silly I know.
http://www.lensflares.net/wicked78.jpg

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[Matt Dixon]

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

Here she is - the CA.org Critique Cow.

Armed with the 'Crit Cleaver' in one hand ( +2 versus fragile artist's egos with an instant death effect against photo paintovers ) and the 'Totem of Shutyeryapandpractise' in the other, she wanders the boards in search of artwork to battle. Those who succumb must suck on the teats of wisdom. Mmm...creamy!

( She's a bad-tempered bitch at the best of times, but she's particularly angry here because of my badly-managed palette, unbalanced composition and unimaginative design. Some full-cream learnin' coming my way, I think. :S )

Great turnout all round so far! Can't wait to see the rest, and I really hope we can keep this up in the coming weeks!

OLSEN - Great stuff!
Jull - Crazy! My fave so far.
LuisNCT - I really like that style.
Fozzybar - Where's yours?! :P

[Slash]

You never seize to amaze me dixon.

Thestron: Good shit.

The rest of you: Go to hell, i hate you all! :bashful:

[OLSEN]

Fozzybar - Where's yours?! :P

Yeah Fozzy, where is yours. >:D

Bloody nice work all, and thanks to those that commented on my piece. So far my favs are Julls, Dixons and Thestrals, but theres something in everyones i like. Slash, go to hell. :teeth:

[colvinj]

I like all, but in the spirit of this thread I think THESTRAL has a great one.

[Jason Manley]

these are fun!!! hahahah!!!!

It will be interesting to see where this is leading!


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[Gaither]

Everyone is doing a great job. Fun stuff!
Here is mine....

http://www.gaithergraphix.com/ca/cow-baby.jpg

The NEW mutant baby displays the ever changing ever transforming theme of the NEW Creature Of the Week contest. Whereas the plush COW toy repersents a consistent place where you can always come to for fun and entertainment. I sketched out a pencil rough and the rest is 100% photoshop.

[arteric]

Wow, totally rockin' art...

I just spotted this new thread this morning.... GHAAAA! Two days to come up with something..... I'd better get to work. So do we have until Wednesday before Mindnight to turn this in or what????

I Love MD's cow with the +2 Cleaver.... my pick so far.

-Eric

[Fozzybar]

Matt Dixon, OLSEN:
Yeah, where's mine? I am not sure if i will have some time to do something...kinda busy currently, but i will participate for the next rounds for sure anyway...
Matt, i really love the description you made...that's what i was talking about in the rules...i think we really should try to write some stuff about our drawings, this is a site about concept-art isn't it? It really helps the viewer to understand the piece and the concept at all...

arteric:
I think i will close this thread after wednesday midnight, between wednesday and thursday...if not i will do so until thursday evening for sure!

[Stitchface]

I thought I would throw something into the ring here, Great thread!
Matt Dixon's entry is top notch (my fav).
I decided to just go ahead with this piece, I'll post the other ideas in my sketchbook thread instead...

"Oh drink the milk of the weekly C.O.W., let the creative juices of imagination flow freely from every purple pore..."
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Stitchface/Sketchbook/SF_CACOW_01.jpg

[USER777]

whoa, awesome pic stichface.. i like your design best so far.. 2nd choice would be matt dixon's armoured cow..
great stuff so far. i am sorry i didnt have the time to participate. i will definitely submit for the next event.

[arteric]

Hello all,

Here is my submission for the Creature of the Week Illustration Contest thingy... I have updated this mere hours before the deadline. Added a cloudy night background to create more of a sense of place, not just floating in white space. I also muted the colors, I noticed they were WAY over-saturated after a second look.

http://tinypic.com/1j0z1l

I (as with most) also went with the cow theme. The subject (a cow caught in the middle of a costume change) is symbolic of the various images and creatures we will be creating over the weeks to come. A single being doesn't quite capture the "in-flux" nature of the Creature of the Week" thread, so the costumes add to the sense of multiple characters even though there is only one, our cow quick-change artist. I tried to place a variety of images from alien to robot to organic creature (even the prop sword brings to mind the orcs and warriors I am sure we will be seeing in the months ahead.)

I can only hope this image stands up against some of the incredible submissions I have all ready seen.

Stitchface: Incredible.The lighting and the textures leap right off the screen. A realism approach to a fantasy image.

Matt Dixon: Awsome. The brush strokes are great texture work. I love the little pencils and paintbrush tip added to the staff.

Shadow: The image is a powerful one. As we read left to right, so does the cow become more bizzarre (sp?) as our eye moves in that direction. A simple but effective layout.

Thestral: I love the details, the scribbled out notes in the corner... the single brush propped on the paint tube. It is the details that make this one cool.

Jull: Perhaps the most "mascot" approach out of them all. The creature is just strange enough to make you stop for a moment, but enough seems real (llama?) to make you think you have seen this creature before, giving it a familiarity. The fact that it painted the logo on itself is GREAT!

Olsen: Great strength to the image. I love the COW tatoo and the udder rings. The small etching detail in the gun is great.

Enough compliments, everyone did cool work. can't wait to see how this one turns out.

Eric

[Form]

Hey i REALLY had to rush this one!! Spent about 20 mins on the sketch a few days ago, and about the same on the colours :)

Cartoonfox: I actually drew this the morning before you posted yours, i nearly killed myself laughing when u posted!!! Great minds think alike ;)

Unfortunately yours was a little more technically profound than mine ;)

Went for a logo-ish approach, ended up completely not how i foresaw it!!! Hope the saturation dont make your eyes bleed - didnt have time to fix it.

Love you all!!! GO COW GO

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/formsketch/cownet.jpg


*edit* fixed the shite ink splats. ps, i still hate the text.

[guterrez]

hey guys really strange kind of art here...in apositive way

Fozzy are we speakin about 12 pm in Europe??? hope you don`t close the thread so I can also post my "cow"...

[Fozzybar]

There is not exactly a time as a deadline like 12 pm...for this round it's wednesday, but i will close this thread thursday evening, so no matter where you live you will have enough time regarding the "normal" deadline i set...this will be same for the next rounds...no one should complain there was not enough time :)

[BIG BRUTICUS]

Here's my C.O.W. the Cow God. He eats dairy farmers. I hate him.
http://tinypic.com/1iyhix

[guterrez]

okay people forget everything what you think to know...what you`ll see now will change your consciousness forever...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/guterrez/ancientudder2.jpg

that`s it, the ancient udder from outer space, came to our earth to feed its children with the juice of wisdom and creativity
I have tasted the liquid in the mind of the universe, and was not offended, for I knew I had to rise above it all, or drown in my own SHIT... :dur:
think I listened too much funkadelic while workin on this...

forget to say: thats my third try with my tablet and I spent 3 days of fun with this
no refs used ;)

[Scarn]

Red x Gluterrez - kinda want to see it after that description :wink:
--Edited after Image appeared--

Lol - that's awesome! at first I thought it was a heart... raw and exposed.

[Scarn]

WEll, I know I'm not going to win - so, this is purely for the sake of participation.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/Scarn/cow.jpg
^
Look! It stood up!

[Form]

Oh My God The Headcrabs Are Evolviiiing

[Ostrander]

http://rhinohidestudios.com/images/cow%20mascot%20med.jpg
I haven't posted in a long while, been lurkin' lately and I thought this was a really fun contest of sorts, I couldn't get past the cow idea either but I thought I'd have a crack at it. I love Julls, Matt Dixon's and Stitchface's those are really cool. Nice work all around guys. Good luck!

[Fozzybar]

Ok, here's mine...actually i had no time and wanted to skip this round for me...but after Matt's and Olsen's call i had a bad conscience, hehe...

And i don't know why, but you guys managed it to infect me with this cow-visual...actually i didn't want a cow...but it must have burnt into my subconscious or something like that...

However here's my try...the mascot of cow....with seven teats for seven days, squeezing all the necessary skills and ingredients for a creature of the week on every day of a week...collecting the cow-essence in a special bucket...drink it to the last drop...

http://www.kidomatix.com/ca/cow/cow_001_mascot_fozzybar.jpg

JOSHUA, MIKE, where are yours? ;)

[JoshuaTheJames]

Here is my Utterly Foul Cow...ugg. Mine is a bit too gross for my taste. :hatsoff:

Fun stuff Guys!


-Joshua James


http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/CAcowJtJ.jpg

[Banned_User]

ugh lol.. i have nothing to show, although there are some really awesome submissions here. I'm going through some troubles at the moment.

[Gaither]

I wish I had 10 bucks for every time I logged in this week to see if a new cow had been posted LOL. Some really great stuff posted.

[Matt Dixon]

Hahaha! This thread just keeps getting better..! I want to do more cows next week!

[AmishCommy]

awesome work everyone.

I wish i didn't have this stupid project I doing for a job interview so I could do something for this. I had all these composition sketches and a ton of ideas. I'll try to squeeze it next week just to say that i did it.

[Fozzybar]

MIKE:
No prob, i know you will post in a round later...you can't do without creatures i know, hehe... :^^:

Matt Dixon:
Noooo....i should have named this activity with something different :nohope: ;)

Amish Commy:
I think i will close this thread after the deadline and the final thread is set up...i am not sure yet, but it seems to be the best solution...you can post your entry in the final thread then...

I am happy that this turned out so great so far...motivates for the next rounds...i will post c&c on the final-thread with the poll and all images posted in...

[Baaaah!]

Excellent work from all. I think this is going to be a very popular thread. :^^:

[shadoman]

Some great works so far guys. I wish I had an ounce of time to work on this, I am missing out on all the fun...

[MURCHIE]

Hi everyone!!
I have been watching and admiring so many artists on this site for a while but have never really been involved. I really like all the cows posted so far and there is a lot of creativity to draw from.
The colors of my cow are not typical of my normal palette. I was drawing in blues and pinks to mock my good friend JoshuatheJames's style. Muhahaha!!! Both he and I went to the same school together. If any of you know who McNallyism is, I also went to school with him and we roomed sophomore through senior year. So, if there are any stylistic similarities, thats why. I normally draw in more subdued colors but I thought this would be a fun exercise.
Anyways, this cow is not done but its close enough for now. Hopefully I will be able to post more of my work soon. I've been putting most of my effort into concepts for Turbine Games, developers of Lord of the Rings Online, where I am currently finishing up the monster designs. I hope you like my cow!!

--JEFF MURCHIE
http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/JeffsCow.jpg

[Thestral]

WOW! Absolutely Amazing works here guys and thanks to those who commented on mine. I really am blown away by the different styles and interpretations of just this first subject. This thread is great!
As far as I'm concerned they're all Winners! :teeth:

[Fozzybar]

THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS FIRST ROUND!



It really turned out great...now go here for the VOTING:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=398451


This thread is closed...any c&c go in the new thread...!