Official Chow Suggestion Thread -archived

[S.C. Watson]

Okay, we need fodder. Post your topic ideas here.
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PLEASE READ

-=ON CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS=-

There is no hard and set rule here, but there are some things to keep in mind.

A character is an individual. This means that we are dealing with a specific person or creature, whatever it is. You can get as detailed as you want, or as vague as you want. But something individual, something unique, has to show through for your description to be a true character.

:right: Unrelated words strung together do not a character make. :left:

Character descriptions will vary greatly. They will at times be in depth. They will at times include a little bit of back story. And, they will at times be very, very brief. Below are three examples of character descriptions that stand a good chance of being accepted:


EXAMPLE 1: The Lizardman. This character is a member of a jungle tribe, and a member of the priesthood. This character holds a fair amount of authority and has a lot of presence in public, and as such must be dressed according to ceremonial ritual. The temple he is a member of is the Temple del Sol - Temple of the Sun. His design must reflect his affinity with the bringer of life, the giver of light. He should be armed, but not heavily.

EXAMPLE 2: Commodore Billipickfinster has just been ordered to take his Airship fleet and use their atomics to sterilize the Koochi-koochi invasion... by destroying his home city, where his family is trapped.

EXAMPLE 2: Fred is an angry teddybear


In presenting your ideas, anything that gets the sense of a *character* across, stands a good chance of being used. The more characterized, the more personality you pick up from the description, regardless of how many words you use, the better.

A good suggestion is to start with a name....


GENERAL COMMENTS, AND DISCUSSION CAN BE DIRECTED HERE (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54397)

[scumgrinder]

The Bölk, ketian droning warriors, follows orders, no reproductive organs, three external lungs protected by exoskeleton, carries 3 weapons:
close range- a parasitic organism known as "Klk" that shoots poison
A retro technology revolver, looks similar to a revolver but shoots obsidian bullets
A "B.A.R." - not really a browning automatic rifle but baptized like that by human soldiers since it has a similar strategic use. It's an alien weapon only similar to a BAR in that it's a specialized "rifle"

it's a species that adapts fast to the newest threat, adapted to use human weaponry and vehicles in two generations, so it's human like in stance and general shape. That's where the similarities end. Scientist predict an almost identical replication of humans will occur in 4 generations, once this is achieved, scientists plan on destroying them using the diferent types of virus.

No eyes, but a series of chemical and motion detecting organs are distributed on key points of the skin.

Connected to a central intelligence, they collect data and send it back and then receive new instructions, all intelligent processes are conducted outside of them. They serve a purpose similar to ant warriors. Both the retro revolver and the BAR are the central intelligence's interpretation of human weapons.

Humanoid

[nephilim]

clockwork collosus- a massive, intricate, and powerful automaton. Built by a race of long dead astronauts and left on a desolate moon.

keywords- enigmatic, intricate, massive

transhuman- with advent of genetic manipulation, humans have changed themselves to varying extremes. Design a human who's natural environment is now the vaccuum of space. They are mechanics, pilots, and rescuers.

think what a human would need to survive in space, make it realistic

keywords- human, but not human.

single mother- Lucy works two jobs, assembly line worker, and stripper. She hates both, but needs the money to support her child. Her husband died years ago. She was recently confronted at the strip joint she works at and asked to have sex for money. She doesnt want to, but the extra money would mean she could leave her assembly line job and spend more time with her daughter, who is growing up in daycare.

keywords- strained, tired, sorrow

fisherman- a stolid new england fisherman from Rhode island. Born and bred there. catches lobster, clams and crabs. Likes to get drunk on Narragansett beer. has a mean streak.

keywords- working class, dirty and smelly job.

Mike

[S.C. Watson]

scumgrinder - I really like your idea here, but I think it's a little too generalized. As it's written, it's more of a COW with weapons - Not a bad thing! I actually like it. But as for a character, I was more interested in the source of the hive mind - the conscience behind the the hordes - what motivates that?

It may work, though.

Nephilim - those are great!

~Oreg.

[sour]

it's pretty funny watching you two edit posts over and over again.

[sour]

wtf, now i look real cool.

[BrainBug]

Meh, this thread needs filling up a bit :) so here goes, ditch as many as you want:

° Real Life Chess set:
In ancient Rome gladiators fought solo, this different form of entertainement exists of 16 vs 16 battles...
--> design one basic unit (pawn)
--> other 5 units (king,queen,counseler,bishop,rook) have different armor and weapons, design those too (copy paste your basic units and draw over it, or seperate designs for armor/weapons, basic unit should be same anyways)
, a bit like this image by Mike Corriero (http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/weapons.jpg)

° 007 disguised as a Jehova's witness (or something else thats not really expected) (don't forget the gadgets he got from Q)
° Exorcist Preparing to do his job
° Girl possessed by devil
° Blacksmith forging the kings sword
° Roland the gunslinger (from Dark Tower series by Stephen King):
--> Cowboy, living in a postapocalyptic world
° bride of dracula
° white mage
° angel of death
° grim reaper
° general to lucifers army/admiral to lucifers fleet/...
° Person with nickname after a herb ;)
° Depressed empoyee getting ready for a boring job on a dull monday morning
° Shapeshifter, halfway through his morph from human to whatever his shifted form is (example: werewolf, busy transforming)
° Knight on his way back from one of the crusades

[Aly Fell]

Most of these are a bit daft, but could be fun...

-Bored dominatrix waiting for the next trick... reluctantly.
-Slightly iritating computer games programmer with a fixation on medieval roleplaying.
-Canteen lady on the Death Star, just been told off by Darth Vader for serving Lasagne YET again!
-A completely usless cowboy gunfighter, who thinks he's the top dog.
-An evil scarecrow.
-A space rocket petrol station (gas) attendant, or a geeky kid working in a 12th century fast-food joint.

[S.C. Watson]

Posh, they may be daft, but they had me laughing :D

[young paddy1]

captain of a war blimp
a 16th century english witch
an 18th century doctor who knows what he's doing but has to make his own instruments because all other doctors think he's mad
a futuristic corporate assassin
the king of the universe
the giant that created the world
a street pedlar
devil's blacksmith
maintenance crew on an imperial star destroyer.
asteroid miner
futuristic organ grinder and pet
space gypsy
charioteer in a year 3000 olympics
dragon master (basically looks after the stables)
time slicing monk
fisherman on jupiter's moon Europa
an army grunt on a planet with no atmosphere
cat burglar
a fortieth generation video game champion and all the natural selection that would entail if you were killed if you lost.
greatest hunter in the galaxy
19th century engineer who has decided to build a rocket to the moon

[Saise]

Topic Idea # 1 - Alien Plumber - from outer space, the only the one representant of multiversum working class. The alien plumber, always with 'All-Tools-In-One-Machine' in his hand, always smoke his last cigarette, and always wear the same striped dirty clothes. Mood: Get out of here, I Work here...

Topic Idea # 1 - Demonic Vindicator (Tenant) - from the deepest vaults & burrows of the hell, this one demon is the most cruel of all. In stylish suit, with golden Pen he with laugh take all thing from humans with & withous debts, to cause havoc and terror in mortal world. Mood: Demonic Smile.


Topic Idea # 1 - The Black Summoner- a person without face, who search minions in the other dimensions, captivate demons, horror and nightmares to serve his cruel plans. He wear dark, used robe with a lot of mystic symbols... Mood: A little Fishy.

[Uziel]

Holloween topic
The pumpkin man

[asoir]

MC of the future

Tall, elongated limbs, this MC is a future rap superstar.

[Dusty]

(From the old thread)

Chubby Milkman
Seedy Merchant
Flower Lover
Ancient Astronaut
Angry Teddybear
Rocketman
Psychic Vampire
Cuddly Satan

(New suggestions...)

MTV Brat
Scared Scarecrow
Superhero Demon
Trashcan Rummager
Big-Fingered Sleezeball
Melonhead
Arabian Sultan
Genie of the Electrical Lamp
Evil Ice Cream man
Plastic Woman


Maybe more later....

-Dusty

[Teigrob]

Don't know how many of you have read "When the Wind Blows" by James Patterson, but the main character is great: Max (short for Maximum), eleven year old girl who was genetically designed with six limbs: four regular, and wings! She has long, silver blond hair, white-blue wings. She hates her lab name: Tinkerbell. She is strong for her age, witty, extremely smart and scared, running for her life away from the dreaded "School". Yes, she can fly, and darn well too!

[Lake]

God of insanity
Cultist of the sun
The greatest artist in the world
Monkey overlord
Undead emperor
vampire hunter
one of the seven deadly sins personified
serial killer

[Uziel]

Baby in space...

[Standing]

How about time tourist? - an inquisitive chap who gets his jollies by nipping back to ancient times to scare the willies out of the primitives or impersonating dieties and generally making a mess of space/time?


Biological weapons inspector - it's a bit topical, but I'd love to see the protective suits/detection devices people came up with. Um, maybe this one's better for IDOW

[VirusArtist]

present day walkyrie from a parralel dimension:

backstory:
In a parralel dimension where the vikings have conquered most of the known world and never converted to christianism, the vikings were able to create an empire spanning 1/2 of the world. Norse mythology has carried over into present days as did art etc... The viking states are at war with christian and islam nations.

the walkyries are a type of special unit with the task of taking the bravest soldiers, who have fallen in battle, to a central processing plant called "wallhalla" run by the asgard corporation.

In walhalla the brain of these fallen soldiers gets revived and transplanted into a cybernetically enhanced body, thus creating a group of supersoldiers called "Einherjer". These soldiers are reserved for the most dangerous of tasks.

The walkyries themselves are of the same brand with the slight difference that only female soldiers are chosen to become one of them. Normally they appear wearing the asgard corp heraldic helmet, a kevlar helm with metal wings on it. The wings themselves function as antenna and radar, suited to get detailed statistics about the battle behaviour of the troops as well as a symbol for the strong beliefs of the men fighting at the front.


just something i had floating in my mind for weeks now... think i need to get a break fromdoing so much reenactment recently heheheh ;)

cheers,
Etienne

[princeofhappiness]

what would be the real challenge is to handle a detailed description of the character's behaviour, personality, attitude etc....thats the real challenge, to visualise the right expression, physique etc to let the viewer know as soon as they see the character that he/she is this type of person.

[MonkeYoakum]

Conrad was a normal guy commuting to work when the bomb dropped. He woke up hours later dazed and with alterations. Conrad died in the blast, but the radiation transformed him dead alive.

His bottom jaw was blown clean off and his flesh melted like silly putty. The concussion from the blast and lack of necessary flesh also made his eyes pop out from his head and dangle by the optic nerve, but now undead with consciousness altered, he continued on.

Conrad was the messy sort, so his commuter was packed with things in which he could outfit himself. Some items include; jumper cables, a funnel, a tire iron and jack, a small cooler, broken toaster oven.

Every one knows your chances of survival in a post apocalyptic world depend on two things, how well you’re dressed and how cool your car is. Will you help Conrad survive?

[Boogieman]

Two from me. I realize these might not be exactly what you're looking for, so I typed down some more concise alternatives as complement.

1 - Disfavored son to a single mother of two (think Doughboy from Boyz n the Hood). What character traits might you develop from growing up without a father and beeing treated as less worth by your mother? Attention seeking? Violent? Introvert? Pleasing? You decide.
Alt. - Hustling thug from the hood.

2 - Young woman from a wealthy suburbian home with communication problems. Since birth her parents have tried to protect her by putting her in private schools and keeping close track of how she spends her free time. What character traits might she develop? Will she conform to her parents ideal of a good girl or will she rebel and go on to figure life out for her self? What will she become?
Alt. - Right wing bitch from suburbia.

[VirusArtist]

got another idea from watching a halloween special yesterday:

Horror movie franchise icon:

Think freddy krueger, jason vorhees, michael myers, the scream guy, leatherface, ash, pinhead, chucky etc. A new breed of serial killer/horror movie hero.

He (or she) has to have evrything to create a good horror franchise: some kind of favored weapon, a self explanatory outfit giving a glimpse of his/her background and most of all a certain "tick" (like freddy being associated with that bladed glove or jason being associated with his hockey mask).

Character ideas can go from the cliche chainsaw-wielding psycho in a jumpsuit wearing a hockey mask, to a cute cuddly teddybear hugging 3 year olds to death.


cheers,
Etienne

[neoknocker]

Shissa is a magic user of the shevass race, a humanoidlike reptilian being. He travels the world of Valan trying to pass unotice for is art is illegal, taking place in secret societies and the underground, but his thirst for knowledge is likely to blow is cover in the long run.

He stands about seven, or so, feet tall. Has Dreadlike hair and he is quite thin. He dresses in the fashion of the regular valanian magic users (who mingles in necromancy, elementalism, conjuration, etc.), which is like most common garb and caries this bag of unmentioned spell components and books. He is intelligent but somewhat shaken by the debilitating effect of spellcrafting, which might take it's toll in all sorts of mental illness, in Shissa's case, he's starting to get a little paranoid.

[PGC]

A butcher

(.. and that says it all :P )

[solorpower]

Shane, Ask and ye shall recieve........
:O :confident :wink:

[flatliner]

As a more open or fun topic, why not 'Create a Super Hero' or 'Create a Super Villan'. You could just leave the topic as open as that and see what wacky entries we get (lord knows what some of you guys can come up with), or you can specify a Alias, super powers, secret identity, weakness, etc. Then again, you could just give a name. Conceptart.org Man, anyone? Perhaps Captain Concept Art?

if it was just left to a name, it would be loads more fun imo, and would leave a lot open for creativity.

[Mr. Indigo]

Fantasy Human --- Caleb, who was raised by a pack of canines, has trouble trusting his pet cat.

[ToBeHuman]

2058AD: John Doe. Age 21. An insane asylum patient who isn't insane. Being drugged and restrained for far too long, his body is thin and frail. His face is worn. He has been institutionalized because he thinks he can see the spirit forces of the living and the dead around him. He can. Even in his current state, he's still attractive.

[Monkeylizard]

How about the Phat Pink Ninja. 8)
http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/japan/mie-drive/img_5656.jpg
Except 80s style.

[S.C. Watson]

How about not?

[Prehistoric]

here's a few to toss in the pile.

- "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" redesign.

- head of the ancient order of the librarian's guild

- smash two cultures together (i.e. - ancient rome/fuedal japan)

- custodian of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

[bdfoster]

Becca is a techrat. She spends way to much time in the datastacks and neuronet. She should look, at the least, haggard and malnourished. She has recently hooked up with a techno gang out of Newpest, and they've bought her some heavy hitting upgrades. He flowing locks are now interspersed with data cables, and the datastorage unit juts out of the back of her skull like a parasite, but she's happy with the hardware.

Too many years of meth use and neuro net surfing have given Becca some tics-- She is edgy, and paranoid, sometimes downright insane. Residual personalities from the *ahem* "previous owners" of her hardware upgrades occasionally vie for control of her personality, but typically they just manifest as "voices" in her head.

[neoknocker]

Dont have the merit on this one. I was inspired by a member. How about a dark futuristic evil Nazi super soldier. We have to work on vilains as well, dont we?

[hiddenmeaning]

noob alert :perv:

[S.C. Watson]

Where is the Winners Thread? ;)
That would be here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=55747) - at present since we only have one winner, it's dedicated to Our Queen of Character. But as her court increases, they will be added as well.

~Oreg.

[broken lizard]

J.johannah is an interstellar graffitti artist. s/he has travelled to many planets to spread his/her reputation, trying to leave a lasting mark of paint on the universe. s/he has been successful so far, but his/her name has never been mentioned by others, as s/he has never signed one of the collosal, jarring images that have been marked as "attractions and sightseeing opportunities" on travel plant brochures. his/her only lasting name in the public mind was "black loop", after his/her third peice of work, a thirty-five foot tall image on a planet senate building, in nocrestas. personal details have yet to be found about the ageless, sexless celebrity of the underground.

peace, broken lizard.

[Sinix]

Out of work male pornstar.

[young paddy1]

Big Camp Masked Wrestler
Scribe of a Daemonic Text
A Techno Mage, just a really good inventer whose gear is so clever it must be magic
School Yard Gladiator
Minstrel in a post apocalyptic court
Alien cat burglar
Siege weapon operator/loader
genetically enhanced bloke for working in space for short periods unaided

[solorpower]

Not sure if this was brought out, but Mythological characters are always in season. But to spice up the genre, mixing 2 or more mythical gods into a new (and weird) alternate being. No comic book versions, but original classical ones in modern times. This'll be good for historical references! :blahblah: :blahblah:


(Incidentally, we had to pick a Classical Mythology type character for my character design class.)


yes? yes? :\

[masque]

(double checks -- yes this IS the right thread...)

1) A card shark in a rundown, dimly lit dive in the decaying center of a dystopian future urbanopolis...

2) One of the first generation of vat-grown synthetic humanoids, created as slave labor for the "naturals"...

3) Mom & Pop bodega owners, in an altiverse where the dinosaurs didn't die out...

4) A down & out veteran of the first Earth/Mars conflict...

[Zergaloth]

How about Aeneas from Virgil's Aeneid?
He fled burning Troy, made love to Dido and founded Rome.

Or is that not-done, creating images by already existing characters like Aneas.

[Aly Fell]

I've been thinking (oh dear); we've had five ChOW's now very heavily set in fantasy. It would be healthy to have some less so. Some of the more 'real world' suggestions that have been bandied about would be cool too. To have characters that are set in a world we can identify with would push peoples imaginations a bit, because the emphasis would have to be on 'character', not costume or presentation. Wibble...

[S.C. Watson]

Posh, you're absolutely right. Without giving anything away, this week was intended as our last foray into the realm of fantasy for a while. Five on paper doesn't sound so overwhelming, and when I initially set this up and planned it out (yes, believe it or not, I *am* following a plan!), I had never anticipated the response that we've recieved.

There's some cool stuff (I hope) in the coming weeks, and with luck, it won't fall into quite as a repetitative cycle as we've had here. I apologize about that.

[m@.]

Sounds cool oregano! Posh is right with that :)

[Aly Fell]

There's some cool stuff (I hope) in the coming weeks, and with luck, it won't fall into quite as a repetitative cycle as we've had here. I apologize about that.
Oooh, don't apologise Oregano! You're doing a superb job! It was just me thinking out loud really. :)

[Smith Wesen]

-Nameless CyberPunk Samurai Punk
He disappeared from the Hub almost ten years ago, finally leaving that which had overcome his ideals. Now he has been spotted throughout the city in his old jacket. He now carries a blade with him that he draws at lightning speeds and is bent on righting the wrongs of the corporatocracy that rules the city.

[Sinix]

Also, do a kid, they've all been adults so far. It's going well tho.

[Sept13]

How about this:
A futuristic gothic knight from the Earth-Mars Empire.

[magicgoo]

A Battle Angel!!


male or female
NO cliche wings allowed (like feathers). Must create your own type of wings that you think no one has ever done before.

[tainted wumpus]

Hey, I really liked this idea!

QUOTE=nephilim]clockwork collosus- a massive, intricate, and powerful automaton. Built by a race of long dead astronauts and left on a desolate moon. [/QUOTE]

Or, how about an Intergalactic Orkan Man:
Think pest control, but on a major level. He would be a traveling high tech mercenary type.

[CaptainInsano]

road kill scooper with severe ADD

[Farvus]

I think this could be interesting:
- Randall the demonic designer :)

[neoknocker]

Buddhist Monk

[neoknocker]

Special Ops of a fantasy medieval period.

An executioner set in a dark or alternate future, secondary character.

Deathmonger Cult Member, a member of a dark secretive cult.

Deathmonger Priest, A priest of the Deathmonger cult.

A contemporary hunter of mythical beings, vampires or werewolves

Postal! A broken down postman set on a rampage.

Clive the brainy nerd.

Warzone Santa Claus, getting presents to the kids at all cost! Chistmas is coming so...

Roman general of the pre-christian age.

I used to play a rpg where you played a kid facing the dark hordes of Closetland. Maybe something like that:
Billy, 8 years old. has set to find his missing sister in Closetland.
He is armed with his faithful baseball bat.
Reference: Little Fears. by Jason L. Blair.

[Aly Fell]

Good idea Neoknocker, how about something with a seasonal ring to it? Re-design Father Christmas, or your take on a Christmas elf? Heh heh!

[LuckyDevil]

How about a superhero with uncommon powers

could be male or female but their powers got to be something that hasnt been used before.

its an idea if someone wants to improve on this be my guest!:^^:

[Erilaz]

Sam: A 5 year old child with a slight disability, and a penchant for painting. Has 5 very mean sisters.

Imperial Geisha: A master of the shakuhachi, no one seems to see that she's actually a man, even though it's obvious.

Blood Wretch: A slave to "The Cause" in South America, he uses a special tool around his neck to insert into victims to siphon off the blood for tranportation. So enthralled with his maddening work, he has no time for personal appearance or hygeine, although he keeps his watch in impeccable order so as not to miss shipments. No one has ever found out what "The Cause" actually is, or even if it exists.

[Thoras]

What bout a Hell Knight, or a Celestial Knight?
Easy to do and abstract idea, leaving plenty of room for invention.

[romance]

How's about a midevil chef?

[Razorb]

Master of the Night

Lone Wolf

Preacher gone Bad

( been reading alot of comics lately .. can you tell ? )

[PaulGanguly]

As much as I know this activity's founders wanted to avoid it, I think that a character reinterpretation would be cool. So long as they're done very rarely.

For some reason, Power Rangers comes first to mind, just because it's so godawful retarded, that virtually anything would be cooler than what's been on TV for goddamn years. I envision some classic antihero spin on the childishly clean themes that I remember from back in the day.

Really any kids show could stand to have this treatment.Take the fantastical elements and make them concrete.

In keeping with some previous ideas like:
How about Aeneas from Virgil's Aeneid?
He fled burning Troy, made love to Dido and founded Rome.

Or is that not-done, creating images by already existing characters like Aneas.I think it would be extremely interesting to try and give shape to some archetypal characters that aren't really reinterpreted through the lens of modern character design in this way. We know what the sculptors and painters of antiquity thought these characters looked, but how would they look if they were alive today? What if they were still alive and no one knew it? What if they were still alive, and everyone knew it?

Also:Becca is a techrat. She spends way to much time in the datastacks and neuronet. She should look, at the least, haggard and malnourished. She has recently hooked up with a techno gang out of Newpest, and they've bought her some heavy hitting upgrades. He flowing locks are now interspersed with data cables, and the datastorage unit juts out of the back of her skull like a parasite, but she's happy with the hardware.

Too many years of meth use and neuro net surfing have given Becca some tics-- She is edgy, and paranoid, sometimes downright insane. Residual personalities from the *ahem* "previous owners" of her hardware upgrades occasionally vie for control of her personality, but typically they just manifest as "voices" in her head.I think this one is cool


Just some ideas.

-Paul

[Sept13]

Yes, I love the idea of something Aneas or any other mytholothical character for chow. Something that allows and even forces us to do background study in order to create something appropriate. Like the ww2 north-african italian troops and the Degenesis character.

[S.C. Watson]

I plan on us doing reinterpetations, no worries there. I just haven't decided on who or what yet. But the Power Rangers? I have to say, they weren't high on my list.

We'll see. I"m not going to say no. But let me think about that... I was thinking maybe G.I. Joe or something a little more gritty...

~Oreg.

[PaulGanguly]

Power rangers just came to mind because it'd be funny. I mean, the shows were SO lame that it'd be funny to see something actually cool spun out of that storyline/world.

G.I. Joe would be cool as well though. Or a star wars character reinterpretation. Or really characters from any sci-fi/action movie franchise.

[evildisco]

Nobleman Swordsman, think of a fencer of 16th, 17th century, wild yet regal.
Of course the twist is that it will not be based on the conventions of the European tradition but that of a fictious world, so exotic weapons and original costuming.

[Andrea Smith]

Oh yes! Please suggest something that requires a little study as well as imagination! I for one LOVE studying clothes and such of the past, and I think it would be SO NEAT to see other people here draw hoopskirts or something! That would be waaay out of what I usually see around here. I also love the idea of personifing characters from ancient myths! Here are my ideas...

Aphrodite: this may cause trouble because of the nudity, but I think it would be interesting to have everyone draw THEIR ideal of beauty and still make it sort of classical.

The Sphinx: this strange half-lion half-woman/man would be very interesting to see re-designed.

Also, how about some Egyptian mythology! Maybe...

Anubis: dog-headed guy!
Hathor: cow goddess.
Nephthys: Egyptian goddess of the dead
Selket: Scorpion goddess
Sobek: Egyptian crocodile god
Horus: Falcon-headed, with the sun and moon as his eyes. Ruler of the day and of the sky, I think.

Other ideas are...

A lady from the 1800s. Perhaps a Pride and Predejuce design of Lizzie? This may not be a very well-known character, though.

A man from the late 1800s. (1870 or something) Perhaps in the design of an undead hunter or something.

Hope some of these are okay ideas!

[S.C. Watson]

The 17th/18th Century historical or fantasty/historical figures are of an interest to me, so perhaps we'll move them up and around a bit. Personally, I love the Victorian and Edwardian era's. But that's just me :bashful:

~Oreg.

[Define.]

The 17th/18th Century historical or fantasty/historical figures are of an interest to me, so perhaps we'll move them up and around a bit. Personally, I love the Victorian and Edwardian era's. But that's just me :bashful:

~Oreg.


As do I! It'd be both super fun and challenging to do something like this. I'd definately be in. :bounce:

[evildisco]

Heavy Metal Pin-up cover.

[VirusArtist]

Heavy Metal Pin-up cover.

sounds intriguing...

[Alday.J]

I was thinking about something after made that pic. Sound stupid, but anyway, here I go:

Here the pic (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/Jujubox/foreverBetty.jpg)

Based on that loosy tribute to Betty Page.
"the pin-up spy". A combo between Pin-up and old James bond movies. Pin-up is just a cover for that character, a real expert in espionage, sabotage and sneaky missions. It will be fun if her name sound like the "Betty Page" or the "Bunny Yeager". The little extra for challengers will be to do the pic in the ol 50's pin-up mood or in some james bond's generic/titles/poster movie.

Peace and sweet new year 2006, Folks !

[Chuck,mate.]

wild boar/hog kid.

HUGE, REPUGNANT, OBESE, NASTY, INSANE PIGBOY.
:moon: :painting:

:teeth:

[Andy DV]

i would like to see concept drawings for the title character Harrison Bergeron from the story by Kurt Vonnegut.

the story can be read here (http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html).

thanks.

[Andorz]

Butcher Griegr Strevoslav.
Russian, kinky butcher gone bad.

He's big. He's kinky. He's Greigr.

[Digitalmar]

With Valentine's Day around the corner, why not a character for all those with broken hearts or just plain angst against all things lovey-dovey.:needle:

The Anti-Cupid is there whenever Cupid tries getting two people to hook up. Just like the little angel and devil on your shoulder, the Cupid and Anti-Cupid are in a never-ending battle to bring forth either love or suffering.

[Interceptor]

Does this include re-designs? I was just thinking of how much I'd love to do / see some re-designs of Carmen SanDiego.

[axeman61]

Mi-joo-Tah, the vampire eater: A humanoid vampire who once belonged to some alien race. He was abandoned on a vampire planet somehow and bitten soon after. The vampire virus caused physical and biological mutations. He could withstand sunlight, but was often wracked with internal pain. Vampire blood was a painkiller. Eating the whole vampire, however, would somehow trigger pyrokinetic and sunlight-producing powers.
With aspirations of experiencing his powers at their zenith, and a hatred for the vampires, he's become a terrror. He's often wearing red clothes or draped in flowing red garments. It's sort of become the only color he can wear while supporting his habit. If a contest regulator decides to use this, PM me for more details, if they're needed.

I got the big idea out of the way. I'll come back with some small ones later, as there's stuff to do and things to eat around me.

[endregan]

dr jekyll and mr hyde.

[Silveraxe]

First idea:

Joe Smith is a simple man, who works in a big office where he has a cubicle for himself. But he can't take it anymore... He is not the brightest person in the world, but that shouldn't give right his co-workers to bully him; it just reminds him of school days.
So now he has decided that he cannot take this life any longer, he shall end this hell-ish life...

Joe usually wears the white shirts his mother bought him in the clearance and he has the most boring selection of ties that, again, his mother got for him. He wears glasses. He's got short, flat hair.

-----

Second idea:

Magicians? No... They had died hundreds of years ago, long before the world had reached postapocalyptic age. But this is what 'everyday people' thought.
Glimmell Foryusal had a special blood running in his veins. His raven-dark hair, grey eyes were not for nothing!
The Foryusal family had kept their magic secret after the tragic mass massacres of magicians ages ago. But now Glimmell has no chioce, the rich nobles are trying to kill poor people for their selfish experimentations and the people have no way of fighting back.
The nobles come with their aircrafts and take people by force. Now Glimmell has to protect the ones he love, the ones that are precious to him, though they were the ones who killed his ancestors... by using his magic.

Glimmell looks older than 20, but people would say he looks less than 30 none the less. He's a gentle guy with a slender body, he could be any young girl's dream guy ;)

He might be wearing his ancestors' unusual magician outfit as a fight costume

--
I kinda got into too much detail in the second idea.. but yeah the summary of that would be a young magic using human in a post apocalyptic world vs the rich nobles.. :)

[magicgoo]

How about this?

MERMAID / MERMAN without a typical/conventional fish tail.
In other words, a half-human / half-sea creature. Whichever half is sea-worthy and whichever half is human is entirely up to the illustrator.

[darth massacre]

I like the anti-cupid idea. Though I think many of us will have the same or similar concepts about the dude.

How about this?

FAT, GREASY, PIZZA MUNCHING 35 YEAR OLD GAMER Who lives in his parent's basement playing WoW all day long and his online character is a sexy looking night elf archer (or something sexy). :teeth:

Too L337?

[cakeypigdog]

can we do a streetfighter 2 character redesign one week?

i'd love a bit of that i would!

[Thoras]

What bout:

Atropos - King of the Draconians, and Everlord of Light.
Brash-Makar - Lord of the Underworld.
Samael - The Great Guardian.
Crowstriphen - Vultan Overlord.

[cakeypigdog]

forest king

[CaptainInsano]

RaveDawg1

"RaveDawg1" is his/her identity on Concept Art.Org, an on-line forum crowded with young, aspiring, artists who haven’t shaved, showered, or eaten a meal that didn’t include the words “Top Ramen” in it. RaveDawg1 spends countless hours tracking down and studying the “big dogs” on Concept Art, and berating the n00b‘s who turn in fan-art of the latest crap-tacular cliché’ garbage. Day light is not usually seen by RaveDawg1, nor are phone calls from members of the opposite sex. Hungry for food, hungry for artistic growth, RaveDawg1 is what every beginner is, and what every professional once was.

[Uziel]

Parker D great idea
Also the addicted gamer is a good one.

-Police/swat in the near future

-the (crazy) science professor/dentist/surgeon

-fortune teller (gypsy/some stoned dude/old man/...)

-your favorit superhero/villain /comic character but you have to draw him/her as a baby/ 5 year old.

-John: the pierced and tattooed barkeeper of a stripclub. Big and strong guy, who knows the ways of mixing hard liquor. He has seen more tits than you can dream of and he loves to watch classic ballet.

[noche]

-cyberpunk antihero and its mascot-bot-droid friend.
-corporative leader that has gone thru a LOT of eye/lung surgeries and implants due to a rare and new sickness, wichs side effects are extremely white skin.
-soldier wakes up to his real identity (from apparent brain death), as a biomechanical elite unit, 34 years later, in the middle of some cataclysm..
-trash cleaner. android- humanlike form. of pipes or something (make something monotone, interesting)
-mr. weisvein. is not dead...

[nathonicus]

How about a peace-maker? A diplomat, negotiator, counselor or even a police officer or miliatary officer, but not engaged in warfare. Shown in such a way as to inspire confidence and or trust, someone that the audience/viewer is going to have to feel is capable and trustworthy enough to entrust them with their lives and lower their defenses.

[neoknocker]

Roy the psycho farmer.

The guy lives alone, on is farm and people who come close of this place often disapear.

Important requested criterias:
In his late 40s.
Look's a bit redneck.
And he has to wear overallls.

[bdfoster]

In the year 2120 everything is digitized--information, memories, personalities. The question of the soul is no longer in debate, it is downloabable content stored on microchips.

Enter Jack, ex-military turned street thug. Jack's been in too many bad situations and gotten on too many people's bad sides. That's why he went into hiding... in the body of a 4 year old boy. Jack never knows when he'll be discovered, so he still tries to keep himself armed, but it's tough to sneak a hand cannon into the daycare.

They say the eyes are the windows of the soul. Do the years show in this little boy's eyes?

[Hideyoshi]

-depressive killer
-the ambitious martial artist
-Salesman of cybernetic bodyparts
-futuristic cannibal

[VirusArtist]

"grantz the unforgiving, conqueror of worlds"

grantz is the most feared alien in our solar system.. evil,twisted and armed with his deadly zap gun he is known to have conquered entire planets all by himself.

his hobbies include: desintegrating other peoples faces, torturing prisoners with his horrible karaoke skills and dancing on other peoples graves (his fav dance being the twist- he's a pretty good dancer).

now he is planning to wreak havoc on the only free planet left: EARTH. He only has one problem: his size... being only 2 inches tall, the conquest of the blue planet will be a tough task, but his advanced weaponry, his highly evolved intellect and his gruesome karaoke skills will be more than enough to show those puny earthlings who is boss in this solar system...

[Teigrob]

"Big John" O'Massey, chief of Ladder 14, FDNY. He's seen one too many burnt out buildings and bereaved parents, but he'll be damn'd if he'll retire while he's still got legs to stand on. Was in the North Tower when the South Tower collapsed and still struggles with anger at Middle Easteners 5 years later. Catholic.

[J.Willis]

Jonathan Dixon is a doctor that frequents the local hospital of a small town. He is well known by many patients and people alike by sight. For the past 36 hours, Dr. Dixon has been on his feet treating one person after another for what seems like an eternity as he and others around him try to cope with a disaster.

Leave it up to the artist to determine the environment that Dr. Dixon is function in and state of dress. Expressions that has to come through are bone-weary fatigue and a determination to continue to help others to the best of his abilities and equipment.

[theshunzun]

maybe somekind of lycanthrope type of character? Were-tiger, were-rabbit, were-opposom, whatever.


I have another suggestion, but it's not really ChOW. It's more like a general suggestion for all the OW's but I don't know where to put it.

Are you guys going to create somekind of hall of fame for the winners of all the OW's? Only the ChOW seems to have that, and it seems like it hasn't been updated for a while. I think it would be great to have a ChOW, EOW, COW, and IDW winners thread.

For business purposes, maybe you can take all the illos and make a hardbound book out of it, once you've got enough? Split the profits with the winners, they get more exposure, create more moolah for the site here and Massive Black. Who knows, with the talent that submits to this site, it could probably do well. Hell, I'd buy it.

But hey that's me. Just thought I'd try to be helpful.

[J.Willis]

Redesign of American Folktale Legends:

Pecos Bill
Paul Bunyan
John Henry
Johnny Appleseed
Daniel Boone
Casey Jones

With the recent merger of Pixar/Disney, some of the old animation are to be updated to determine if Circle 7 can truly compete with Pixar. Characters are to be revamped into "modern" drawing styles and dress. The designs have to be simplified enough for animation (both film and computer), but detailed enough to leave the eyes begging for more. Above all this is family oriented and should reflect that view.

[hp]

Some guy or girl who cosplays at conventions. I've seen some pretty bad outfits on the internet of cosplayers...

[seba_boi]

How about this?

MERMAID / MERMAN without a typical/conventional fish tail.
In other words, a half-human / half-sea creature. Whichever half is sea-worthy and whichever half is human is entirely up to the illustrator.
This just reminded me of Futurama when Fry tried to make love with a mermaid from Atlanta...

[trev]

Riot - with a choice of designing one of the rioters or one of the police.

[Vulgar`]

Medicine man

[flex mathews]

drug dealer

[onionface]

Mohammad...


and the forum goes quiet.

[onionface]

Jason manley dopelganger

[wakizashi]

One of the "seven samurais of New York" redesighn one of the characters from the classic story of the seven samurai, if it took place in a modern day city.
A Retired dead celebrity what would curt cobain or bruce lee be like if they lived to be 75?
the next step in human evolution we evolved from apes, so what comes next?
A person posessed by an ANGEL theres plent of exercist type movies where people are taken over by devils and turn all ugly, but im curious what heaven would do with a persons body.

[asoir]

Goofy. The kid who everyone makes fun of at school, he has abnormally sized teeth and the braces just make it worse.

:dad:

:teeth:

[Trashy]

Posted this actually in the creature of the week suggestion forum. I think this would belong in here though.

The Evil Fastfood Mascot- Make your own evil fastfood mascot that would even give the Burger King dude the jitters.

[GunTrouver]

Hey, some cool ideas,I think some redesigns would be cool:)
It would be also interesting to make some "redesigns" of bible characters, maybe from a special chapter, maybe the book of revelation or all apostels and jesus as the superheros of the past:) I like all the religious and mystical elements, I think that would be very cool.

[walnut]

Martian barbarian anyone?
About religious redesigns: An Indian or Greek (except for aphrodite?) deity interpreted in a scifi setting would be cool.

[seba_boi]

all apostels and jesus as the superheros of the past:) I like all the religious and mystical elements, I think that would be very cool.This one I think is a no-no... Religious topics always ask for trouble...

[asoir]

Martian barbarian anyone?
About religious redesigns: An Indian or Greek (except for aphrodite?) deity interpreted in a scifi setting would be cool.
imo aphrodite would make the MOST interesting subject...although risque...

[GunTrouver]

Hm, okay,it's a pity...
But religious elements would be cool, you could it arrange that there's no risque I think. It just had to be clear, that indignities are definitely are not allowed.
One could give it a try:)

[Krogdor]

characters based off song names, pretty open, just pick a song that a character could be based off of, for example, the god that failed or Deadnight warrior or dr feel good. :)

[Krogdor]

actually, the god that failed sounds good

The God That Failed - A Powerful Celestial Being in a time of unrest where his plans for the universe are not going as he planned

[walnut]

Hmm, i was thinking more something like Uptown Girl. Or foxy Lady. Yeah, Foxy Lady! How genius is that!

[ZeTsU]

How about good and evil personified?

Its been done, but they always look so cliche. I'd love to see another take on it.

[Snarfevs]

Here are some open to a lot of interpretation:

Street samurai
Information warfare specialist
Maxwell's Daemon
Culture jammer
Suburban survivalist
Elite freemason chef
Weapon in silk
Tactical genius
Watchtower recluse
Frontline icecream vendor

[Muttonhead]

Santa Claus

[Muttonhead]

Scratch that. I see it has been done.

[PaulGanguly]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/05/16/tattooed.mummy.ap/index.html
Awesome.

[carotello]

I really like the idea of drawing upon the victorian and edwardian era. Aside from that, here are my suggestions:

The Masked Red Death - Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" has a broad enough description that would allow for a variety of interpretations, but I have always been both fascinated and terrified by this character.

Bluebeard was a man of revolting appearance, and so unlucky as to have a blue beard. Yet his wealth and his cunning allowed him to indulge his murdering perversions. Over fifty wives he had, and none of them were ever seen again after their wedding.

Dorian Gray's worse fear was losing his beauty to time; and even worse, the idea that someone might stumble upon the painting that holds his blemishes and demise.

She walks the night like a fleeting shadow, a phantom never to see the light of day. Forever a child, and yet bearing the knowledge and pain of a thousand years, she searches for her next victim among those foolish enough to share the streets with her nocturnal presence.

That's it for now.
I also vote yes on the re-vamp of well-known characters.

[Tom Garden]

a few meagre suggestions...

- Roman Warrior of the 21st centuary

- A multi-personality character

- A character whos has integrated with their environment

- The most rediculously over the top, and impractically equipped modern soldier. And i mean REALLY ridiculously over equipped!

[Clintmilne]

A work aholic tooth fairy? Sorry put simular idea in COW but it would work just as good in Chow and i cant just let the idea lie....

[Emperor]

"one of a kind" very unique creature, think about a new species of some kind
infantbeast, bay-ish creatures, baby-looking but mature
granny's pet granny-ish creatures, granny-looking but born to kill
towwering insect, big baddas insect creatures (that take over earth)
hyper-evolutions : creatures that can adept to anything by evolving in seconds of tine
newb-scientist's creations, weird genetic failures or a too strong breeding habid perhaps

@clintmilne, that souns very cool, but that would be more a chow than a cow

*phew*
I was on fire, but no my brains are burnt out :P

[asoir]

The ugliest human being in the world

[Emperor]

beatiful & deadly

[Emperor]

@my first post, that shoul've been voor cow and not for chow ;P

[axeman61]

Kin.Del.Ing1A - In the infant stages of advanced bipedal robotics, the fiberoptic wires of Moritech droid robots could barely stand-up to even stovetop heat. They were already hot relaying other functions, and the conductivity of metal wasn't a help. There was no way to stay afloat AND keep this droid cheap for consumers. Heads were rolling as to what to do, until another division hinted at an answer: wood.
The other department's chemicals could "drug" wood into being 99% fire-retardant. Kin.Del.Ing1A is the first robot of the XK series, shelled with this wood and donated to a fire department after successful lab tests. Kin.Del.Ing1A's ability to stand up to burning buildings will be great Press for the company.

So, the basic idea is a wooden robot that fights fires.

Kim Madsen - Long hours, heavy workload, and stupid people all day. So... why doesn't she quit? Well, when you're Satan's secretary, it's not a breeze to walk away. Though she's still pretty most times, she occasionally blacks out or has insane fits from the torment of her job. Catching her at either time will grant you a view of her ugly "true" self, mirroring the wickedness of her soul.

Wrath of God - Angel? Demon? Nobody knows. They do know his otherworldly presence stands out, and he can really kick some ass. His title should tell you the real story.

Non-Human football fan - Alien, robot, Michael Jackson? What does it matter? Can't we all just enjoy a good game of football?

A Primitive Vampire - Humanity isn't the only bipedal, opposable-thumb-bearing, big-brain having, tool-using species to undergo the hell of natural selection. Vampires were on the million-year grind too.
You just have to show one...

[Eshara]

The only thing I have so far:
A Dr.Sues Character made into a Sinister or twisted modern day person.

[flex mathews]

drug dealer, present day or futuristic
fire fighter, futuristic
bartender

[Snarfevs]

Spam warrior. Same sense as that spam thread where people started drawing characters carrying items from that spam list.

[Tavarilyn]

The Tormented - Jake hated his life so much that he gave it away one night. It didn't matter so much how, but that he succeeded in killing himself. What he never counted on was what happened after... Dante wrote that suicides shall forever be tormented in hell as "living" trees, bleeding out for eternity. How do you view the eternal torment for one such as Jake? He pawned his soul for a quick end, now it's time to pay for it.

Querianaielle, the ugliest elf - Querianaielle was a beautiful child, growing up in the Elven Tree City but when she reached the age of maturity, things began to change. At first it was barely noticeable but, though her parents tried to hide their swan's transformation, others began to notice the "ugly duckling". Elves are prideful creatures who, while they'd never turn out another elf, had some rather cruel ways of ostricizing those not up to par.

Scottish Dandy - It's been said that the reason Scotsmen wear kilts is because sheep are afraid of the sound of a zipper. But putting that aside, William of Ornshelm wasn't like other scotsmen of the highlands. He had a bent for fashion that went -beyond- kilts. Some of his creations were downright wild! The men never could quite bring themselves to wear William's creations, but one or two of the women were bold enough to try.

Ok, more concepts later...

Tava

[Saise]

Il Tuccatore - the opera crew filled with fear. An old as the civilizations wraith haunt the opera building. Everyone saw him. Everyone hear him. But, in fact, the wraith didn't do anything bad... no instant murders, nor other nasty things. Just wandering through the opera, in seeking of nothing. The crew called him the Master of the Masks... or The Men with Milion Faces. In fact, no one ever seen his face, still masked by one of his mask. He always appear in dark clothes, hodded, carying a strang looking festival mask. He propably have thousand of those mask, because whenever he appears, he appears with other one. What did he want? Why he wander through the building, why he don't spoke a word? No one knows the mystery of Il Tuccatore, and no one want to discover it.

Rhuu - 'Rhuu' isn't his name. No one know his name. Unnamed he is. And he is an avatar of havoc and destruction. He wander from town to town, from city to city, from country to country... in seeking of perfectness. And, if he don't find it, he eradicate the entire landscape with everything on it, because he can't stand unperfect things. He have unlimited power. No one can stop him. Maybe, he don't see the thruth - he seek for perfectness, but for him nothing would be perfect, because he is perfect? For thousands of deaths it doesn't matter at all...

[Artifex33]

Darkness Allergy - A person overrun by a virus which makes them sensitive to the darkness--the dark burns.

Ovum-Born - A child born from a external human egg.

Masochistic Narcissist - Someone who has had plastic surgery to make themselves uglier out of self-hatred.

Medieval counter-terrorist - Trained to operate in small, clandestine groups in the Middle East during the crusades. Duties include rooting out of spies within Crusader camps, abduction of hostile informants, infiltration of enemy camps, bribery of enemy officials, and assassinations.

[seba_boi]

How about draw your Gladiator level... For example, Level 5 is a Myrmillo... I guess it's some sort of gladiator class... Artist's take?...

[Moai]

Jaded Pokemon Trainer/Battler- Middle aged, grizzled, cynical, constantly haunted by the dream of what he could have been - a pokemaster!

Elder God- Awakened from his billion year slumber, he is appalled at the state of the universe, and decides to put creation back on the right track, through whatever means necesarry. Individual lives, even individual planets and stars, mean nothing to him. His only concern is to reshape the cosmos to his liking.

[Main Loop]

hehe i like futuristic drug dealer...

hate this weeks topic though

[Chandan]

Bird Hunter
Carpet Maker which makes them out of his victims hair!
Underworld Pirate
Dreamcatcher
Person who eats only tomatoes to live haha
Point Mutated shop dealer
person who sells potions
Dna dealer puts other peoples dna in yours
Cloud Dweller
Mutated Nomad

[Michael Jaecks]

hehe i like futuristic drug dealer...

hate this weeks topic though

I have to agree with this, on both counts. Futuristic drug dealer sounds really interesting. "Used to be pretty lady with terrible liver disease in film noir style" is not something I want in my portfolio. Sorry its just not. In fact, unless the pay was pretty good, I might even turn down a paid assignment like that. I certainly wouldnt go see the movie. I just... its not believable. Its goofy. I wasnt crazy about futuristic eastern orthodox autocrat either.

I think Oblio is trying to engage and challenge us with unusual topics and the formula has sort of become one of reversals... pretty orc lady, non-japanese geisha, non-spanish toreodor... I'd kind of like to see us get back to basics. Or at least characters that make more sense.

Futuristic drug dealer makes sense. Will there be drugs in the future and people who try to sell them? Of course.

"Wanna buy some deathsticks?"

but please ...no more transsexual lesbian conjoined-twin figure skaters.

[Moai]

Repentant Demon

[Stephan_R]

I like TOm's "rediculously equipped soldier" and Chandan's "Dreamcatcher"

-turtle shepherd
-gaurdian of the forest
-oxygen king (as in all mankind must get their air through him)
-fairy hitman

I wouldn't mind doing some game/cartoon character redesigns. (older/younger or new style)

[sleep]

hell..

[TechLoveAffair]

Edward Cannonhands. One unwieldy cannon per finger, of varying size and length, kind of like in the Tim Burton classic.

Jorton the gladiator has had lots of bad days, but ever since his anabolics started shrinking his face it's only gotten worse...

EL SKIGS THE FAMED CYBORG-SPIDERBOT-GANGSTER-VATO with knives for feet.

Footman can't fly but he stomps out crime!

Five-in-One Fred lives out his days in the Asylum of his hometown, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, always naked.

Jimmy Stoltzmeyer, Rock and Roll God, plays a WICKED xylophone solo on tour with his band MechanaBeasts!

After the accident, Harvey Deaner wanted to have guns grafted to his body. Doctors were skeptical since he lost all of his limbs, but Harvey insisted.

Hope I'm not repeating anyone! :D

[axeman61]

Fairy hitman is great, Stephan_R.

For my idea, I'm thinking an agent of some mythological figure. A God or unseen force. This God or unseen force wouldn't be half as efficient without this agent.

[softocean]

How about 2 sisters, one is beutiful but mean, and the other has homely looks but is kind and gentle? It seems fun to try to project these personalities into the characters, while still making them look similar.

[KaWaii]

A vampire which hates blood

[dragon4lunch]

TechLoveAffair: What are you smoking?!!! ;)

[Main Loop]

im gonna kill whoever came up with this week's topic.. bleah

[Pound]

Year 2039: World Record Holder for most plastic surgery

Living shop dummy

Man with built in sweet dispenser.

Futuristic zombie with all manner of extensive fittings to keep him fresh and working

Bi-Polar Man (interpret it as you like)

Seaweed Woman

[Moai]

The Bad Toy- Forgotten and abandoned by its child, the bad toy emerges at night to torment the toys who still hold the child's favor.

I wish more topics would be taken from this thread! There's some really interesting ones in here. Certainly much better ones than a Scottish Dandy.

[Tavarilyn]

If you'll bother to look above to where I posted... the Scottish Dandy was my idea. I do a lot of Renaissance Faires here in Cali, so I guess this is something I'm drawn to (no pun intended). -shrugs- Just so you know, the idea -was- posted in this list. Sorry that no one seemed to enjoy the topic, but I think the creative ideas that came out of it are great!

I'd love to see more ideas that are interesting, engaging and get more than 5-10 peeps to post. My hat off to whoever manages said feat...

[daylightNinja]

hell, i had a lot of fun with Tavarilyn's Scottish Dandy.

[KaWaii]

Well, you like it, or not. No one to blame for that.

I definetly DONT like it at all. It's simply horrible (sorry Tavarilyn), I though I was gonna die when I saw it hehe.

Was eating dinner while looking around untill I saw Oblio's Dandy piece... I think I slept with an empty stomach that day...

Btw Tavarilyn, where's your piece? I thought it was your idea :/


As for the next topic suugestion: (instead of just bitching around)

Tom Garden and Softeocean mentioned both something about multi personality, I think that might be fun :)

[TechLoveAffair]

dragon4lunch: The best peyote in the continental US :D

Poor Allen ate a battery and now he has an electric appendix, which is now making alkaline bile.

A superhero based on the artist's favorite song.

Misunderstood mutant experiment turns to the Emo lifestyle to deal with his/her problems.

Text Man fonts, resizes, and formats his foes' defeat!

Billy the Air Duster addict won't admit that he has a problem.

'Jorge the Amazing Jorge' realizes a little bit too late that his bunny-based magic trick is going horribly, horribly wrong.

The Head Chairman of the Lazy Guild is eating his favorite fatty snack in front of the tube for the eightieth straight hour this week. As Head Chairman he's got a duty to be lazy and he's giving up sleep for it.

[Supervlieg]

The thief one was nice though, and got a lot of entries. I think it is important to keep the theme fairly broad to let people come up with different takes. Scottish dandy might be too specifc. I know it was for me :uzi2:

How about these:

-Berserker from the mines
-Robot god
-Geneticly engineered bastard shemale truck driver
-Underwater humanoid
-Boltthrower

[KaWaii]

"A superhero based on the artist's favorite song."

OMG TechLoveAffair your a GENIUS !

[TechLoveAffair]

Say thanks KaWaii :D

[Moai]

If you'll bother to look above to where I posted... the Scottish Dandy was my idea. I do a lot of Renaissance Faires here in Cali, so I guess this is something I'm drawn to (no pun intended). -shrugs- Just so you know, the idea -was- posted in this list. Sorry that no one seemed to enjoy the topic, but I think the creative ideas that came out of it are great!

I'd love to see more ideas that are interesting, engaging and get more than 5-10 peeps to post. My hat off to whoever manages said feat...

Oops. I didn't look. I pretty much read just the first few posts before skipping down and adding my own.
What I meant to say was that I wish more interesting topics were chosen. No offense to you at all. If that idea is inspiring to you then that's great, but it just doesn't do anything for me. I was just expressing my sorrow at all the topics here that I find inspiring that haven't so far been chosen.
Congratulations on your topic being chosen, though. It's more than I can say for may own topics.:P

[Tavarilyn]

Yea Kawaii, it was mine and I didn't even have time to lift pencil to paper this week. We started back to school here in Cali and I had to focus on my classroom first, unfortunately. If I do get around to getting a piece like that done, I'll post it here somewhere. Wish I'd had a chance to do it! -sigh- It figures that the one week I reaaaally get busy, my idea gets chosen. -grin-

Onward and upward and all that crap. -snugs to all-

Tav

[KaWaii]

O, ok, be sure to join next time XD

And TechLoveAffair, I thank you if it's chosen as new subject hehe.

Where's is the poll?

[Mr Man]

Just recently my dad was telling me about an english folklore of a person/thing called "Spring Heel Jack"
He was suposedly a demon man who could leap great heights in one bound. He had been sighted jumping from roof top to roof top around london victorian age.
People said he was like a demon man thing that breathed blue flames and had great firey eyes.

I thought he would be quite an open character as no one quite knows what he was. He could be someone of illusion using technology to fool people (steampunk style) perhaps newmatic legs of somekind that made his incredible leaps and also maybe He had a gadget which made him look as if spat blue flames. He could have generally been some type of strange demon though too.

The choice is yours :)

Heres a Wiki with more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack
Ignore the batman looking illustration, his appearance varies.

[Konstruktion]

V! From the comic, from the movie.

[jackenstein]

A weapon hunted by both God and Satan himself, a weapon forged in flesh. Is a teenager, biracial, sex unimportant. Has the ability to utilize the powers of both sides at will, and can even combine them to transform him/herself into something combined, opening portals, manipulating the souls of those around him/her, even transforming into a form of both angelic and demonic traits. Is an outcast and is constantly on the run; has had visions of the endtimes since toddlerdom, causing great emotional distress. Uses different souls to cloak him/herself from the opposing forces.

[S.C. Watson]

Glad to see the CHOW trucking along nicley since I stepped down - Trevor and Oblio are doing a bang up job.

Something I'd dearly love to see, and this is just a suggestion, is a return to the provided description. It's fun to come up with your own for the piece, but when you're doing characters for clients, they provide that information for you. You can (sometimes) embellish it, or change it, but most times, the client has something specific in mind.

It's your job to match what the client wants, not the other way around - that was the whole idea beind the CHOW when I set it up.

And, the provided description was one of the big factors that set the CHOW apart from the rest of the activities.

Anyway, again, just a suggestion.

Lots of Lurve,
~Oreg.

[jackenstein]

I actually think a challenge more in that style would be just what we need. Nifty idea, Oregano.

Also, just another CHoW suggestion:

Sunstruck

She opens her eyes, a regular occurence. This time, however, her eyes are fixed upon something entirely new and foreign. It burns so bright in the sky, it's so warm, so effluent. It's almost...distraction. She's confused, confused, fearful, tantilized...she has opened her eyes and has seen a sun for the first time.

- female
- character cannot be vampiric
- think about what kind of emotions she would have, given the type of person she is, and how her body language would reflect that. Not only that, your take on this concept should let us know why she hasn't seen the sun ever.

[Wizard of KOZ]

Steam Punk Airship Pilot:
Just what it says, cool steam technology coupled with the spirit of high seas adventure and rouge swashbuckling badassnes

Wind Surfer:
This can be interpreted a lot of ways. Is it literally, or figuratively?

Solemn Nomad:
He/She travels the world, why are they sad? What have they added to their personal effects from their travels? What about them shows that they are solemn? Do they adorn themselves with items that hint to their past?

Awakening Giant:
Is this the birth of a future leader of the people, or an actual giant waking in the morning?

Masquerade King/Queen:
This might be better suited for October, but I figure this could be a fun one for Halloween. Go balls out and create the most ornate and extravagant Masquerade character. Are they just a party goer? Or is this their guise for vigilante work. Are they hero or villain?

[jackenstein]

^I like the idea of a Masquerade King/Queen for around Halloween. I know we better get something awesome though. Alot of people here do great sci-fi/horror stuff, so it'll be a real h00tenanny to see what pops up that week.

[trevor]

17th century mechanical dragoon

airship captain

cybernetic arena combatant

70's luchador

childrens book villain

summoner and demon

deranged cult leader

quoted from oregano:
Something I'd dearly love to see, and this is just a suggestion, is a return to the provided description. It's fun to come up with your own for the piece, but when you're doing characters for clients, they provide that information for you. You can (sometimes) embellish it, or change it, but most times, the client has something specific in mind.

It's your job to match what the client wants, not the other way around - that was the whole idea beind the CHOW when I set it up.

And, the provided description was one of the big factors that set the CHOW apart from the rest of the activities.

i concurr
i would gladly put full descriptions for my above suggestion if we didnt have to write one for each individual entry
but as the chow exists now where we have to write descriptions
i would prefer just to have a topic title be open ended
it doesnt make any sense for us to have a description and then have to write ANOTHER description (some of which i have read contradict the initial one in the first place) and the truth is
when i browse this forum i look at the initial description
and then the artwork. no offense guys but most of the spelling and grammar in these descriptions is atrocious (not meant as an insult to any foreign participants translating cause i know how hard it is)
and i really dont often care about the sub descriptions and im sure many of you feel the same way about it.
and now that votes are awarded based on having an extra description.....
bleh
ill stop bitching just thought id throw my 2 cents in
oh and thanks for the props oregano
but i just did that one thread
im just looking out for all of our friends here when oblio is busy
(and it is a bit fun) he does all the real work

[Faroresama]

Wizard of KOZ--I love all your ideas, especially the nomad. Lots of history and character that can be added. And YES the masquerade one for halloween!

[gethsemane]

Hopefully I didn't miss any thing too similar to these. I kind of scanned the current suggestions. I just like coming up with ideas.

Space Pirate. In the distant future, human and alien races trade across vast interstellar distances. Like the Terran Golden Age of Piracy, the respective military forces of the races are tied up in conflict and thus the merchants willing to risk the long passage between worlds risks not only the ravages of space and nature and their own lonely mind, but the constant threat of pirates living outside of authoritarian reaches. The character in question is a crew member of an interstellar pirate ship. She lives a life that is rough and patently violent, in which she can go years or even a lifetime without going planetside. Most all of her supplies, including clothing, comes from the ships she raids. Morals are a no; battlescars, a plus.

The God(dess) of Lost Things. All those mismatched socks and mislaid watches and wallets and strange objects left on plane or train or taxi have to go somewhere- and someone has to care for them. That's just the way divinity works- for all things, a divine being, even those things that the rest of the universe has forgotten.

Sewer Mermaid King. Beneath city streets, among waste and giant long-forgotten alligators, there are mermaids. They may not be the pretty little fish-women of myth -they are urban, begrimed and toughened and adapted to survive in the harsh environment beneath the city- but they are mermaids nonetheless. He is their king.

The King of Mars. Meet Joe. He's old, wrinkled, hairy and dwells either in one of San Francisco's homeless shelters or on the benches and greens of Golden Gate Park. He tells anyone who will listen that he's the King of Mars. They never believe him, the poor homeless louse. Too bad for them that he's not lying, or crazy. His people are coming for him, and they aren't happy.

The Reverted Soldier. In the future organized government was destroyed by the private military power of Corporations. With external regulation defeated, the Corporations then turned upon each other in a bloody 150-year battle for Earth and her consumers termed "The Corporate Wars". After repeatedly losing troops to battlefield headhunters (and yes, I mean headhunters in the "hires good people out from other companies by offering better pay/benefits" sense), the company Gentech, Inc set out to engineer a perfectly loyal soldier. For the most part, they succeeded, and began to dominate battlefields across the planet. Something went wrong with our character, however, and he suddenly found himself amidst a battlefield wondering where he came from, why he was fighting and who was pulling the strings.

The Experiment. Dr. Mettalico was a mad scientist of the mountain peak castle and humpbacked assistant variety, bent on making monsters. Of course, the torch-toting mobs got the good Doctor one day, and his hunchback too, leaving the Experiment alone in the dark, crumbling castle that was its womb. The Experiment is very lonely now. All It wants is a friend.

The Voodoo Doll. She made the voodoo doll because that man was stalking her. A little sawdust, some blood and hair and she had it: a three-inch puppet. What she didn’t know was that she had a gift, and the little voodoo doll was alive inside its sawdust-and-stick head. That was okay, though. Like the man he was modeled from, he was obsessed with her, and didn’t mind taking a few pin stabs or candle burns if it meant being in her hands.

The Elven Barbarian Queen. Tired of the solemn dignity and poise that made any emotional outburst utterly taboo in elven culture, she led a band of dissatisfied elves into the northern wilds to form a tribe of violent, passionate, reactionary barbarians. Over the years, feeling stifled by standards for “proper elven behavior”, more and more elves young and old felt the primal call and joined the her. She was always a kind of embarrassment to the proper elves, something to laugh and sniff at from within the city walls, until the day her massive thundering hoards stormed from the North to raid and ruin the elven capitol itself.

*is nervous.* First post, please don't eat me.

[S.C. Watson]

i would gladly put full descriptions for my above suggestion if we didnt have to write one for each individual entry

It's really too bad, that.

gethsemane Great character ideas! I especially dig the King of Mars.

Cheers,
~Shane

[demented]

i would prefer just to have a topic title be open ended
it doesnt make any sense for us to have a description and then have to write ANOTHER description

haven't been around here, like ever, but I like the idea of something more open ended. It's very easy to add everything the description tells you to add, but it's a lot harder (and way more fun) to interpret a character. I'd even go for a single phrase, like "manically depressed clown" or "mime warlord" or even "pretence" and leave everything else to the artist. It'd be a lot more inetersting than something too specific.

Gonna try and join up with the next one. Great ideas trevor and gesthsemane, btw. Think I'll go think some up too lol.

ciao!

- d.

[buck6455]

you all are going to love this. i think we should pool our collective efforts and redesign the hooters girls outfit/look. it is in desperate need of an update.

[Snarfevs]

Ancient Astronaut

[jackenstein]

Male Bikini Bandit from a Frozen Tundra
Gargoyle Alchemist

[Piru]

Carnival Director of Abnormal Proportions and Size. This can be taken a lot of ways: small, tall, large, slim, ogre, midget... , ofcourse inspired by the series Carnivàle, love em!

[Orifice]

Updated... Theyre ok...?

1930's government secret - The people cant handle this yet. They shall never find this secret out. This secret is ours, and when we find use for it we will use it for our own benefit.

Hoverspeeder racing legend - The man who beat Conrad McWilford and won the hearts of the people.

Quick n stealthy - A swift killer silently executing the unexpecting, or forced to become quick as a ferret to survive?

Pale shadow lurker - This man/woman has never seen the light of day, constantly creeping or lurking in the shadows. Forum lurker perhaps?:D

"Spatulatron - the robot of steel" - Made mainly from household items, Spatulatron is king amongst robots.

BC hero - Strongest amongst the Groonawts, the BC hero is constantly saving the caves from dinosaur attacs.

Mecanic in future city - The guy to call if your "speed arrow" or "power loader" needs a look up. Even though excentric and even though he has the messyest workplace ever seen, he's the best in town.

Fat zombie deafeter - Living on the outskirts of MetroCity, this loner defends his/hers beloved property against the growing number of zombies. He/she never sieces an oppertunity to crush a human skull with a monkeywrench

Hyena tamer - An open one... Person taming hyenas, thats all.

Leader of the Man Eater Crew The man eater crew terrorises whatever place they come upon. No one has ever tried to fight them, mainly becuz of the mear sight of their leader. A horrible person.

[russell]

im joining in with the ortho chow as a 3d modeller - i hope we can have a 'Model.Of.The.Week' section.


just a quick idea - maybe we can make a model one challenge, and the artists pick one they like and draw it in a dynamic pose? so the reverse of what we have at the moment :wink:

[Stephan_R]

The Organic Collector: He/She walks about the barren planet, finding treasures of life.

Out of Place Giant: A giant character in a world of miniature inhabitants.

Color thief: He/She steals/consumes color.

Candy Land Remakes! Maybe a gothic Queen Frostine, or an obese Mr. Mint?

Mr.Mint
Gramma Nutt
King Kandy
Jolly
Plumpy (taken out of the most recent version of the game)
Princess Lolly (renamed 'Lolly' after 2002 edition)
Queen Frostine (renamed 'Princess Frostine' after 2002 edition)
Lord Licorice
Gloppy the Molasses Monster

[Simon Boxer]

Nanotech Gardener - In charge of maintaining a garden full of species that are part-organic part-machine.

Miss Lemur - Everyone loves Lemurs, and this girl was raised by them.

Gene Splice - One of a string of people raised with a combination of human and animal/creature genes. They're intended to be used for dangerous professions such as firemen, astronauts, underwater welding etc.
eg. You might also give a fireman the genes of a dragon for fireproof skin.

Main Attraction of a Sideshow

Along the redesign line...
Maybe a Post-Apocalyptic,Sci-Fi or other genre version of an Alice in Wonderland character.

[Wizard of KOZ]

NYC Gang Memeber from the Warriors 1979 move: Create your own campy outlandish gang member

Atlas: Redesign the classic and tragic mythological figure

Band Mascot: What would your favorite bands music look like personified?

[Interceptor]

In spirit of halloween. I propose a ghost busters redesign.

[Stephan_R]

please do a ghostbuster remake! great ideas guys :)

[jackenstein]

boo to the Ghostbusters remake. There was already that animated series, both of them I should say. Let's go for something more original. It's such a creative holiday, we should do something really extravagent.

edit: On second hand, perhaps rehashing could be the way to go. I myself am still not gungho about doing the Ghostbusters, but to make it somewhat inclusive of that, we can redo famous monsters and horror film icons. Everyone from Nosferatu' Graf Orlock to A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger.

I say no duplicate entires though, and it must be a character(s) from a film classfied in the horror genre-though it isn't my place to declare, it's just my suggestions.

To up the stakes, maybe have a revamped movie poster included!

[boomheadshot45]

Typhon-Sits on his front lawn infront of his small Tokyo house (like 800s) and watches the weather.

[Red Rabbit]

Future Warrior- A single soldier with a powered suit (doesn't have to be a big robot, preferably not) or exoskeleton and an array of robotic vehicles that help him do the job of an entire squad.

New Splinter Cell- Come up with the replacement of Sam Fisher and his new suite and gadgets if you like.

[Oblio]

boy i need to follow this thread! It' sbeen ages since i had the time to get in here.
Trevor - i ready you buddy. Changes are to come.

ALL - AMAZING subjects. Next week we'll pick one :)


Again - this is YOUR space... we'll build it so you feel good inside ;)

[Artifex33]

I've always wondered, who hunts the hunters--Sam Fisher of Splinter Cell fame, Garett from the Thief series, etc. Fiction has offered us so many skulky protagonists, yet what if we were to add another layer to it by trying to understand things from the perspective of the enemies who have to deal with these sneaky bastards?

The concept is: an Assassin Hunter. Someone who is equipped and trained to deal with someone who is rarely seen, yet poses a lethal danger. This is NOT someone who guards a location, waiting for Sam Fisher to drive a knife into his neck. This character proactively seeks the destruction of thieves, assassins, and their ilk. Do you really need a thief to catch a thief, or something else?

I'll leave the time period open, but imagine what you'd have to come up with to catch and/or kill this guy (http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/)!

[Red Rabbit]

I've always wondered, who hunts the hunters--Sam Fisher of Splinter Cell fame, Garett from the Thief series, etc. Fiction has offered us so many skulky protagonists, yet what if we were to add another layer to it by trying to understand things from the perspective of the enemies who have to deal with these sneaky bastards?

The concept is: an Assassin Hunter. Someone who is equipped and trained to deal with someone who is rarely seen, yet poses a lethal danger. This is NOT someone who guards a location, waiting for Sam Fisher to drive a knife into his neck. This character proactively seeks the destruction of thieves, assassins, and their ilk. Do you really need a thief to catch a thief, or something else?

I'll leave the time period open, but imagine what you'd have to come up with to catch and/or kill this guy (http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/)!


....I like it. I think this can be taken in different directions and its awesome.

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

A simple concept... a disabled old man (wheelchair bound) who had lost his family to a gang of huligans... however they didn't realize that they had attacked the family of an ex-(insert military killer here), and that he is still very much able to exact revenge even in his old age.

Another one perhaps a man in a deep coma finds himself able to control the world around himself to converse with people via telekenesis. His only wish, to end his pain-filled, horrible existence.

[Stephan_R]

I think The Legend of Zelda:TP release deserves some appreciation!

-Realistic Link
-Link Remake
-Zelda Remake
-Ganon Remake
-Legend of Zelda Boss
-Legend of Zelda Mascot (Tingle, Midna, Fairy)

[PeanutButterWerewolf]

A Link remake would be awsome and so is the Sam Fisher replacement one. I'd want to see Link into a really old man, that would be interesting.

I had a game idea too...it would to make your own Final Fantasy summon. I know some of them are creatures, but some of them are characters like Shiva and Alexander. That would be cool!!!

[Stephan_R]

Had to throw this one out:

Jetsons remake :) (any of the jetsons family including Rosie or Mr. Spacely)

Global Warming Santa: How does he deal with the new conditions ?!

[proximity]

bek,Top swordsman, Bek swings his steel of death carving down enemies with the flick of the wirst, Try to get the air of confidence(not arrogance) that sorrounds him

[vances22]

welp I guess I shall put in my 2 cents. I know that for right now you are doing guest hosts, and its been mentioned and tried a little bit before, and I shall mention it again. A team up with environment of the week, but more along the lines of something like the skillful huntsman. We go for a month. We vote on a story to illustrate, pic some characters and environments and produce a re-invention for a month. When it's all done, make a big poster or something. That way we are all working toward a goal, but there is not a huge worry of trying to force a character into an environment or vice versa, but at the same time are able to take a ideas by looking through both threads. Just a thought... It sounds like a tall order I know.

[fedezz]

Mom and dad are gun toting siamese twins.

[dragon4lunch]

Dragonrider!!! Ooooh, yeeeeah!!!

[zenarion]

A merger of different game/movie charachters:
The love child of Link and Solid Snake (And yes, i know a method to make one!)

[Vulgar`]

I've got one:

LEFTOVER CHINESE MONSTER

Or, if not a monster, something else. Fried rice, anyone?

[zwei]

-Venus in furs - loosely based on a synopsis of the book
-modern umberto D.

[dragon4lunch]

Hey zwei, by "modern umberto D" do you mean to redesign an old man who rents his room to prostitutes? Hehe, you are really going obscure places with that suggestion - and I would argue most people don't know the movie. Try being more specific so that people know what you mean without having to do an internet search.

[Vulgar`]

The God of Art

[zwei]

Hey zwei, by "modern umberto D" do you mean to redesign an old man who rents his room to prostitutes? Hehe, you are really going obscure places with that suggestion - and I would argue most people don't know the movie. Try being more specific so that people know what you mean without having to do an internet search.

his landlady rents his room out while he's not there.

I thought it would be challenging; attempting to convey a superficially tidy, polite, old man who loves his dog while hinting at the inner struggle which puts him in the path of a train :)

the film isn't that obscure, I believe it's on the IMDB top 100 and I think he's one of the most loveable characters ever and it would be interesting to see how he was portrayed. but, perhaps you're right, I wont stray so far next time :X

[NicoRaven]

What about a samurai who is powered by batteries......... male or female.

Or a three legged dancing person. Or a fire breathing mermaid or a half gremlin half man or a gargoyle slayer.

[dragon4lunch]

ROBOT SAMURAI!!! How about that, NicoRaven?!!!

[t11]

I've got a good one... How 'bout the Beast that Ate Oblio. Open to interpretation, I myself am thinking along the lines of a she beast. Anyone?

Otherwise anything Dragoon, Ninja esque.

[Stephan_R]

The God of Art

Hell yeah :muscle:

[mr-nick]

I always liked the idea of mimic (the movie(great creature design also) in which giant insects mimic the shape of humans to move amongst us. What else could be walking amongst us, loosly disguised as a human?

[Alezunde]

I think that we should do a post-nuclear-apocalypse heroine alcoholic.

[mrgrumble]

hows about a post-apocalyptic fisherman/hunter?
sadist civil war surgeon
medical quack salesman (yknow, selling electric garderbelts and whatnot)
pictish / viking goatherder (kilt wearing so not to warn the animals...)
steven seagal

[Kougansharde]

Treant Commando :)

[chaosrocks]

Barbie, as action hero
rescuing Ken from the mess he has gotten into by being stupid

chaos

[s-sama]

The Queen of Hearts- owner of a posh futuristic night club.

A half orc waitress

A magical creature exterminator- modern or "medieval"

Kishala- holy dancer of the goddess of time and chance, Isli'il. It is said that the dance sends her into a trance in which she can see possible futures. It is her duty to choose which future is most probable to give to the people she is dancing for.

[DIMAGYAN]

A Man O Female Of The Twenty Century Without The Plastic Or The Use Of Oil And Derivates...

[dbensen]

Okay, this'll be my first post. Hope I'm doing the right thing.
So characters, right? Here goes:

In the 25th century, Imperial Earth and the confederated Belt habitats have finally amalgamated, Dual Polity law extends throughout the Solar System, and emissaries are busy extedning the spread of this law to Earth's many extra-solar colonies (they have faster than light travel). The technology exsists to turn these emissaries into super-human cyborgs, but the two halves of the Dual Polity, ever afraid that one might gain advantage over the other, stipulates that no single person can get all of the enhansements.
Thus, Emissaries come in pairs, a BRAIN, with mental augmentation but no physical, and a BRAUN, with physical but no mental. One is always from Earth, the other from the Belt.
adjectives, Earth: Old-Fashioned (as in cultural reconstruction), artistic, rule-bound
adjectives, Belt: Utilitarian, sarcastic, detail-oriented

Is this too constrictive? Too much description? I hope I'm doing this right. :/

[SephyCloneNo15]

Flood Combat form Redesign (although that may be a tad too similar to the Chrysalid from a while back)

QRAE Squad members- Quarantine Recon Assistance Elimination Squad. A special military unit that enters areas locked down for epidemic diseases and performs special missions inside, ranging from administering potentially life-saving 1st aid to VIPs to eliminating targets percieved to be responsible for the plague.

[Alezunde]

Supernatural King.

[ArtZealot]

link from legend of zelda but middle aged and realistic rather than cartoony rendering.

[Liam Harvey]

Here are my ideas:

1.a character who is the an amalgam of various widely known cultural characters and icons.
2.a person a dystopian future with items of the past with him/ her.
3.a character with an imaginary friend. both the character and friend are in the image and the imaginary friends appearance must be symbolic of their pesonality/nature.

also: illustrate an image of your concept.org persona's name eg if i were to do mine it would be a freaky living fetus of a gerbil.
the appearance of the persona should be able to accuratly tell us what you think of the name.

[Muttonhead]

- 1000-year-old Emperor
- Old West Sorcerer
- SciFi Hitler (Or Stalin)
- The Pirate-King
- Thomas Jefferson: Lord of the Deep

[Vulgar`]

The President's Bodyguard

[SephyCloneNo15]

Just an ordinary person, granted extraordinary powers.

Mutant Rockstar

[Fatalis]

Stuffed-Animal Soldier: This is a Stuffed Animal who is animated, and has taken up a weapon to fight offthe creatures that come from under the bed at night.

Soul Merchant: This is a merchant who sells souls to the soulless in the underworld.

Thats all I have for now.

[Vulgar`]

Another:

THE CHOSEN ONE

"Neo and Jet Li were intruders. This character is meant to be."

[fydbac]

Lately, I've been really interested in redoing alot of old school characters. The two most recent ones;

-new take on the smurfs/ papa smurf --> wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs)
-heh, remake the cookie monster in ones own image --> wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_monster)

[axeman61]

I've got something.
Ninja Christ.
That's right, Ninja Christ. There is no cap on how he has to look, but his appearance should either be heavenly in some way, reflect how he died (up to you), or both.
The "Christ" part comes from him dying to save humanity.

[Delmar]

Hahah- NinjaChrist

How about

"The unsuccessful twin brother of David Hasselhoff-ROY HASSELHOFF"...:}

.....:nohope: i´m sorry.

[pandyra2505]

Lets see...
A brilliant chemist/alchemist who comes from a highly unstable past, like the mixtures he makes. He is very young, probably only in his twenties, but he is one of the best in the world. He's neat in his lab, but messy in most other areas of his life. He is also a musician.
A magical prodigy who also has a highly disturbed past and is very young. She is highly talented--but also highly unwanted. She is charismatic, amusing and slightly eccentric due to her unhappy life, but neither Heaven nor Hell want to accept her when she dies. It has granted her a (reluctant) immortality, but she is frequently lonely, since rumors of an awful curse surrounds her, making even humans reluctant to see her.
And lastly, a sunny, bright healer who has a dysfunctional family, with three stepfathers, one an alcoholic, and a father who is so completely moronic that she can't believe he contributed to her genes. :q Her family is also poor, so her mother is often out working. Being an only child, this has driven her to be the best worker at the hospital in her small town, so she won't feel so lonely. She is the best worker and clearly good at what she loves, and there should be talk of med school, but her mother's never home to find out about her daughter and there's never enough money.
...These aren't gonna work, are they?

[chaosrocks]

"beloved secret"

[pandyra2505]

The unruly apprentice.

[Aly Fell]

Seeing as we've just had Iorek Byrnisson, how about Lyra or Lord Asriel and Marisa Coulter? Or even Serafina Pekkala or Lee Scoresby..? in fact anyone from His Dark Materials! :)

[Stephan_R]

-Wizard of OZ remake... any of the traveling heroes.

-Travelling Super Hero (everything he/she needs is carried with them to the next city where they'll do good) This image would be an "in between" destinations shot, not actually in the city... but the boring commute between areas of saving.

[pandyra2505]

Sakura blade (cherry blossom blade)--a male or female warrior, not necessarily human, who is known as the sakura blade because of the way they use their weapon, for their beauty, the way their weapon looks, etc.

[Idiot Apathy]

Pirate Satan.

[axeman61]

IADemon - Lucifer's most trusted spy. He reports it when other demons are plotting on Satan.

Theophany Maker - When ever the gods wanted to come down to earth in another form (say human or animal), he was their man. The gods themselves could barely contain their power if they made the bodies themselves.

Mutant "Lid" - Mutants do indeed exist, but one true god among both man and mutant wants to keep their existence a secret until most of humanity is mutated. Up to you what he looks like, along with his methods.

[mrgrumble]

satan pirate

[fedezz]

emo satan

[chaosrocks]

That the hands of the sisters
Death and night
Incessantly, softly wash again..and ever again this soiled world

---whitman

The sisters..Death and night

[alesoun]

I'm a newbie; but I might try this if I ever discover how to upload successfully *hangs head in shame*.

How about nobody? You know like, Mr Nobody, Nobody did it, etc, etc, etc?
Or "he was just a nobody":wink:

[Penumbra]

Ok Here are a few ideas:

An obese fairy tale persona (lipid fairy?)

the Angel of imperfection

Cuthulu's valet

Sister Blister- a sorceress that has overused magic for too long.

The Kind and Gentle Killer

Guthrie- the oldest assassin still paying his dues

Ok in honor of some of the other suggestions

: Post apocolyptic milk or pizza delivery guy

[Irish_Jim]

A few ideas kicking around the musty corners of my brain:

*The Slight King - A monarch so obsessed with how his people view him he develops an eating disorder

*Goddess of Vengeance - So consumed was she with her quest to exact revenge on a former lover, her eventual suicide ended with her ascenscion to a high post in Hell - the overlord of those who in life thirsted for revenge.


I also had an idea the other day for a serial event. Why not consecutive CHOWS on the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

*Famine

*Pestilence

*War

*Death

[Vulgar`]

Aziz: The President's Bodyguard

[Zin]

What about a soccer playing robot?

[dragon4lunch]

Whoa Oblio, there are four or five CHOW #69 Death's Horse threads posted in the CHOW department. Looks like something went wrong. The voting thread is not up - I suppose something didn't work out when you tried putting up the thread? Just typing this so that you notice - eh, I guess you will notice anyway, so this was a waste of time. Sorry.

[Evui]

Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil

[Doc Solomon]

Desperado Vampire - Marooned in a sun bleached desert in the Southwestern US, finding ihis/herself beset on all sides by enemies, the vampire affords great risks to survive the wild west.
Wounded Soldier - The injury is mortal, and they know it. In the heat of battle (wars past, present or future), the lone soldier finds themself at peace.
Unemployed God - A former diety who used up his/her fifteen minutes(centuries?) of fame, now working a menial job to get by in the mortal world.
Supernatural Slave-Driver of Witches - A Puritan holy man who finds the means to enslave the wicked forces within his village. He is callous & methodical in execution his micro-inquisition.
Stonewrought - The strangest member of the Paris Metropolitian Police is Det. Stonewrought, a titan magically-animated Greek statue, in addition to its incredible skills of deduction, Stonewrought's ability to speak to art make him a valuable additon to a city plagued by a mythological resurgance.

[S.C. Watson]

I'd like to direct everyone's attention for a moment to this very first post in this thread: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=628566&postcount=1

Please read carefully. The CHOW, while strong, has sort of gone adrift from its original course in terms of character descriptions.

Cheers!
~Oreg.

[Nismo]

Ok, here is an idea:

We are all ranked as gladiators depending on the number of posts we have made.

For a character how about we design the gladiator that corresponds to our rank?

Here are descriptions of some of the gladiators:

Types of Gladiators

Andabatae: wore helmets without eye holes

Catervarii: did not fight in pairs, but several together

Dimacheri: fought with two swords

Equites: fought on horseback

Essedarii: fought from chariots like the Gauls and Britons

Hoplomachi: were like the Samnites, but more heavily armed
They wore ocrea on both legs and mail or leather cuirasses

Laqueatores: used a noose to catch their adversaries

Meridiani: fought in the middle of the day, after the wild beast fights
They were lightly armed

Myrmillo: wore a large galea with a fish on its crest, a manica of mail, leather or metal scales on his left arm, ocrea on at least one leg, a scutum and a straight Greek-styled sword

Ordinarii: were the regular gladiators who fought in pairs in the ordinary way

Provocator: was armed like the Samnite with a parma and a hasta, his opponent was often the Myrmillo

Retiarius: wore a subligaculum and a metal galerus on the left arm
He carried a net, a dagger and a trident or tunny-fish fascina

The Samnite: used scutum and ocrea on his left leg, a galea with a large crest and plume, and a gladius

The Secutor: carried a large oval or rectangular shield, an ocrea on his left leg, a round or high-visored helmet, manicae at the elbow and wrists, and a sword or dagger

Thracian: wore ocrea on both legs, a small square shield, a helmet, a sica or the Thracian sword.

I'm sure you can find more infomation from the net. There's no need for the gladiators to be actual Roman gladiators (they could be sci fi or fantasy) but they need to be warriors involed in spectatorial combat and they must adhere to the ethos of the weapons listed above. For example, the gladiators could actually be cybernetically enhanced warriors (think Battle Angel Alita), inhuman (orcs, ogres etc), or even robots, mobile-suit mecha riders.

Anyway, just an idea...

[Micaiah Nelson]

seagods, mermaids, angels, religous gods, samurais, ninjas, princeses, fairytails.

[Micaiah Nelson]

Ohh Ohh Ohh, adams family