Open Illustration Challenge: Mythological re-imaginings

[N D Hill]

The challenge is to illustrate a famous scene from ancient mythos and/or folk legend. The choice for source material is open as long as it can be verified. So anything from ancient greek, norse, japanese, chinese, native american etc. is fair game.

That is all.
-Noel

[evildisco]

I'm not promising anything yet, I MIGHT participate, but I am not sure as of yet.

[light]

*rampaging into thread*
School starts in a day or two, but i'll try to squirt something up.

[Cwn Annwn]

I need to try and compete against light - my cbot nemesis. For no real reason.





I'll probably lose. Oh well. Pwned by a 9 year old. Not too bad. ;)

[Ilaekae]

Damn, Exo. I wish this was three weeks later so I could get in...

[davi]

im in

[chaosrocks]

I LOVE Mythology, Greek Norse Celtic......I don't know as much as I d like about African, (Multitudinous) I have studied Japanese and Indian, and then theres all the judeo Christian Mythos toO ! too many too many!... hm think think think, gonna ahave to be trad media for me, quicker..... not much time for a whole epic....hmmmm

btw..Im in

[GriNGo]

I'll try to do something for ya.

[Hookswords]

this could be fun, I might try and get in on this

[Stephan_R]

I want to try to get something in here. I need to make something "finished" and "polished" for "once" "."

[davi]

The birth of the minotaur

[blog]

wow davi, thats awesome!

[N D Hill]

Here's mine.

Beowulf Defeats Grendel.

[GriNGo]

damn davi that's insane! nice stuff exo!

[TheGnoll]

shit, very interesting challenge...exo's looks very good.Davi, your is very good too, but maybe i would have avoided all that noise in the light area, maybe it could use some blur.

this challenge is waaaaaaaay to hard for me :D

EDIT:actually, just realized you gave a really short deadline for such an illustration IMHO, i would extend it ;)

ciao

[TRUZART]

http://community.conceptart.org/gallery/I/2005/01/01/12022.jpg
http://community.conceptart.org/gallery/I/2005/01/01/12023.jpg

[light]

I wanted to do a full scene with valkyrie but school and other shit interfered.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/LightKirtar/valkyrie-1.jpg

[chaosrocks]

I've gotten thus far..please please please more time....its 100% humidity here and my Gesso won't dry!

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/persephone-1.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/persephone2.jpg

chaos

[Octothreat]

I hope this isnt late...
I was gonna do Grendel/Beowulf, but I saw that that was "taken", so I did Leucothea saving Odysseus
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/7954/saidsmew5.jpg
Davi - thats amazing!

[Supervlieg]

omg, birth of a minotaur ftw.

Hehe, nice subject, but I think I'll pass. I'll keep an eye on it though

[Supervlieg]

Ah its finished, nevermind the keeping an eye on it stuff.

[chaosrocks]

shucks...oh well I'll post it elsewhere
chaos

[N D Hill]

Don't let a little technicality stop you. I decided that there really wasn't much point to enforcing a deadline when there was so much interest but so few who could actually turn something out due to busy schedules. In fact, if a moderator were to see this thread, perhaps they could move this thread to the community activities section? Anyway, post'em if you got'em.

[KaWaii]

WOOT ! So it's not over yet? :D

I can still make something? :D

Anyway, Exo, a deadline is needed if you don't want a total chaos.
However, you can extent it of course...

[chaosrocks]

I dunno... make like the Dragon thread and just leave it open for folks to see. I have about 6 scenes I want to work on. these are fun.
C&C as we go along..

the Birth of the minotuar is very amazing... altough, Brthing something that largge would actualy be more bloody...but maybe his half divinity helped out. and actually I suppose if she were able to have sex with agod in the form of a bull .... I contemplaated doing the other ende of that story Ariadne sleeping abandodned by Theseus for her debauchery...may still after I finish Persephone

Exo- Nicely rendered, I looks like you had more fun withthe Grendell than with beowulF, Im having a little trouble making sense of beowulf' head. I think to strain enough to ripp of an arm it might be thrown back as a counter balance.....beside the critters has got to smell really bad.....:P... and it would make the composition a little pmore dynamic and a little less static.

truszart- I can accept the Cyclops but the Medusa was a beautiful woman with hair of snakes.....she thought the heros coming to see here were lovers and was confused when they turned to stone. Probabble a symbolic tale containing relics of the old snake worshiping earth mother religion.....more than you wanted to know Im sure....

Light-- image has potential...but I was not aware that valkyrie rode wolves.....finish it?

Chaosrocks- Finish that , or at least shut up and get to work.

Octothreat- seems a little strange in the angle I would concider cropping the pic down so that we are focused on the scene and moving Odyssus a nd Leukothea closer so that there is more dynamic tension between them.

Keep em coming folks I love these!

Chaosrocks

[Cloister]

Yes, a deadline would be excellent! Do I have time? Should I bother? Can I fit this one into my schedule...' in May? .... I'm rubbin' it in real good here, don't you think? DL, please...

[Adarias]

if this is still open, i might as well have a go

[chaosrocks]

uuuupdate! I'm still working on it
althoguh I took a little break to do Jason...umm that sound's so wrong ;P

chaos

[trevor]

wow great challenge
and davi sweet peice
ill see if i have time to do an entry
in between my argonaut challenge and my WoW entry

[jackenstein]

That birth of the Minotaur made me cross my legs. And I'm a guy. Great stuff.

[chaosrocks]

I should go back to this. the paint is probably dry-ish
chaos

[jackenstein]

Oh, btw, I'm in too, that is, if there is still time.

[trevor]

hmmmm seems il have time after all
perhaps a japanese myth, yuki ona a snow/ice- ghost/demon
or...........something else

[chaosrocks]

cool....do it!
chaos

[DarkPixel]

Am I too late to join this battle?

[artiphats]

hey Im also working on something now, when is the deadline so I know when to be done by?

[Rich Pellegrino]

Is the deadline over? I'd like to take a stab at this. Sounds like alot of fun! cool images so far!

[artiphats]

Persian Mythology: The gods Tishtrya and Apaosha

http://www.artiphats.com/artwork/mytho_painting_web1.jpg


"Tishtrya goes down to the cosmic ocean in the form of a white horse with golden ears and trappings, where he meets Apaosha the demon of drought, as a black horse. They fight for three days and at first Apaosha is victorious and drought prevails on the earth. However, Trishtrya appeals to Ahura Mazda, who feeds him with sacrafices and so makes him strong. He overcomes Apaosha and the rains flow again."

Tishtrya = Rain God
Apaosha = Demon of Drought
Ahura Mazda = All embracing sky, the Supreme God

Text taken from "World Mythology, page 67, by Dr. Roy Willis

[chaosrocks]

Nice one Artiphats....

way ta go with taking on horse anatomy! good job

chaos

[loizze]

hello guys
when will this thread be closed ? the challenge is still on or not ???
well, might be interested if it is

cheers to all
loizze


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64973&highlight=loizze

[Felicia]

I did a portrait of Medusa. I am still working on another illustration with some harpies.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o229/feliciacano/medusa.jpg

[Narmo]

That's such a great portrait ! I think if I look at her one more second I'm going to become a stone-guy...

[chaosrocks]

stone? or stoned?
we keep this thread sort of generally around. it's neve had a deadline or anything. I should really finish mine some day. nice medusa

maybe it should be filed the the Dragon thread... which gets added to when ever anyone feels the urge for a dragon
choas

[Felicia]

Here is another entry.
These are the Harpy sisters Aello, Celaeno and Ocypete having some fun.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o229/feliciacano/harpy2-blood.jpg

Chaos, have you been working on yours? It is coming around nicely.
Narmo, Thanks.