[WINNER: ILAEKAE] 2-Faces-In-1 Portrait Challenge

[FlipMcgee]

Poll results: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81434


http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4299/portraitchallengeai0.gif


DEADLINE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2006


Separate poll thread to run from Nov. 6-10. Winner will be announced in this thread's title.


CHALLENGE: Create a dual faced portrait (i.e. half face "normal", the other half something else). Refer to this image (http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8881/imgfx08qm5.jpg) if needed.


DON'T GET DISQUALIFIED, READ THE RULES:

- One half must be human.

- One half doesn't have to be grotesque or scary just because halloween is coming. But if you want it freaky, go nuts.

- Don't make a Janus head.

- Entry size must be around or less than 800 high x 700 width. (So no humongous pic will hog the poll thread.) If you break this rule I'll be forced to down res and re-sample your image....and add lens flares!

- Host your submission yourself so it will be easy for me to set up the poll. Or if attaching, make sure your forum name is big and clear in your entry. The forum's attachment tool has it's own way of sorting a group of images, so it can be confusing for voters to figure out who did what.

- Compositionally, crop your entry from the neck up (from the torso up is ok too); We're just going to focus on the face/head. If your actual piece is bigger than that, display it in other forum galleries and submit a cropped version in this t-dome.

- Any Medium, Any style, All skill levels. Photo manipulation, paintover, Poser use, 3d-2d mix 'n match is welcome. Experimentation with technique and tools/media is encouraged.

- Faces don't have to be anatomically correct, like jaw line flows logically from one half to the other. Be as asymmetrical as your dare. You can use a split screen effect (http://www.tv-timewarp.co.uk/incredible_hulk/IncredibleHulk.jpg) where half of your face or picture plane is different from the other. Conversely, you can do something like the Harvey Dent/2 Face (http://trashi.blogia.com/upload/twoface.jpg) villain in Batman.

- Other interpretations besides the provided examples, in terms of blending of the halves or orientation of the split is allowed as long as one half, or at least a good fraction :) of the image is human and it conforms to the framing (close-up to extreme close-up) as I've mentioned above.

- So an entry can be a head shot photo with one half painted over (tattoos, warts, etc.); another can be half digital collage, half trad media rendered.

- Optional: feel free to share wips, experimentations, different versions or interpretations. Just clearly mark which one you're submitting for the poll.

- Keep image wips under one post as much as possible and keep these files small to keep things tidy and minimize browser slow downs.

Submit final entries anytime on or before the due date. I'll edit this post with a link to the poll, gathering all your final images or whatever you've abandoned in this thread if you don't finish in time.

RULES WILL BE AMENDED AS NEEDED.


Pick your own art direction. Mine your imagination. Let's go!

[Ilaekae]

I'm in.

[noiion]

Do huh?! I'm so in!

[Noë]

Oh YES! That is so my piece of cake (ehh right)
Will be nice to practice some more skintones also.. Really needed to do that.
Now let's just hope I won't forget about it after my vacation..

love
Marleen

[Njord-E55]

Im in too, sounds interesting.

[glikster]

lemme get off of my lazy ass and jump int the ring!

[chaosrocks]

this is so cool Im in
chaos

[Waffle_King]

*Throws hat in ring*

I'm in.

-Andrew

[v0rbiss]

I'm in too! 3 weeks=yeah, baby!<3
Btw the entry should look like the second example, or we should draw 2 separate images like the first example? 2 images would be cooler imho. ;)

[Noë]

Okay I made a quick sketch.
Feel free to crit it while I'm gone :D

37094 37095

EDIT; oh I just read that the other part doesn't neccesarily have to be freaky, just different.. I'm thinking about going more mechanical now, that'll be an extra challenge. :P

love
marleen

[wil.whalen]

I'm in.

[Nike]

interesting!
I'm in :)

[FlipMcgee]

Good start Noë! You get the idea.

I updated post 1 with the details. Ask here or pm me if you have questions.

[Ilaekae]

Flip, I can't access your examples, but everything indicates that this is a vertical split only, ala either two half pics or one pic with some sort of physically real blending (I assume that's the Dent reference?). Ergo, any other kind of half + half is out, as in overlapping, transparent, or top and bottoms?

[FlipMcgee]

Flip, I can't access your examples, but everything indicates that this is a vertical split only, ala either two half pics or one pic with some sort of physically real blending (I assume that's the Dent reference?). Ergo, any other kind of half + half is out, as in overlapping, transparent, or top and bottoms?

Yes, they're all verticals.

Okay (I knew somebody's gonna ask or suggest this :confident), other interpretations besides the provided examples in terms of blending of the halves or orientation of the split is allowed as long as one half, or at least a good fraction :) of the image is human and it conforms to the framing (close-up to extreme close-up) as I've mentioned above.

How's that?

[Jska]

First time, but this is too good to pass up... any media you say?? Hrmmm *evil thoughts* hehe

[chaosrocks]

two portraits..both alike in dignity in Veronas fair city where we set our scene....

do we have to do the split down the middle thing? I have another idea..it's still 2 portraits of two aspects of the same person...thats the point right?


chaos

[FlipMcgee]

I have another idea..it's still 2 portraits of two aspects of the same person...thats the point right?
chaos

Sure, go ahead.

[JL.Alfaro]

I am in, and this time Im bringing all of it with me...yes, my type of challenge:needle:

EDIT: (JLALFARO's ATTORNEY WRITES) :
Mr. JL Alfaro will not be responsible for any traumatic mishaps and or seizures, projectile vomiting, dizziness, fainting, erectile disfunction, or accidental pregnancy due to the viewing of his entry piece into this contest. JLAlfaro understands that this is an amicable contest and apologizes in advance to any discomfort and/or making you curse the heavens for his existance.

Ok then...lets get it on!:devil:

EDIT
Heres some ideas Im throwing around.

[loizze]

i m in if it s not too late cheers guys !!!


loizze

[FlipMcgee]

Ho ho! Nice series JLAlfaro! My favorite is the thumbhead.

Lot's of time loizze. Looking forward to your interpretation(s).

[chaosrocks]

are we posting WIPs or saving till the unveiling!
Chaos

[FlipMcgee]

Optional.

Post wips, test versions, studies, etc. only if you wish to share (or get feedback). Also if you finish early you can even post it before the deadline.

[Mehz]

Quick little something.

Edit: thought it looked better without the hard outlines.
http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/3779/twoface2bd6.jpg

Another idea. Calm yin raging yang sort of deal.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2168/yinyanguf9.jpg

Would young-old qualify?

[JL.Alfaro]

no, read the first post

[FlipMcgee]

It's not? Lemme read what I wrote :S

Mehz, if that's how what you feel like submitting. Sure go ahead.

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Last weeks before FINALS folks! Snooze you lose ;)

[noiion]

Here's a place holder. Just a sketch for now. I've already started painting. You're not going to see anymore until I'm done.:P
Edit: Here's my entry. Still got ways to go but I'll work on it some more if I can get some noodle time. Otherwise this is it.:^^;:
Edit:2 Final
http://3thumbsup.0catch.com/New%20Pictures/2Face-Noi.jpg

[FlipMcgee]

Dang! That's my idea too noiion! Seriously. But the medusa side is on the left.

Now I gotta think of something else.:dur:

[noiion]

I thought something like this might happen. That's why I post early.>:D No harm in having the same idea. The execution will always be different.:)

[chaosrocks]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/dual-portrait-done.jpg
done

chaos

[JL.Alfaro]

Well heres mine, two days shy of a deadline- Im gonna stop right there since I have to work and all that stuff

[glikster]

Here's where mine is right now....

EDIT... I guess this is my final

[noiion]

Nice Piece, Chaos. Is that fire and ice, or water and fire. I would suggest you drop the bottom of the face down a little lower starting from the top of the lip. It looks too short.
JALlfaro: Both are really nice,but I would go for the turd man. It looks more unique.
Glikster: Haha! Any chance you could go for half male half crossdresser?:wink:

[NathanLong]

Okay, Flip, don't flip, but this flips this contest on it's head.

This is the first time I have posted any work on CA, let alone entered a contest, but I didn't see anybody else trying this idea, so I gave it a shot.

I am more of a graphic artist than an illustrator, and more of a writer than either, so please don't kill me.

Thanks for having a look.

[chaosrocks]

fire and water. thanks for the advice. I won't be updating it though, Im done with it. It spent a week in Critique land and I acted on the helpful comments I recieved there. I wish you had said something then. Maybe you didn't realized it but its oil paint.... not so easy to make changes without repainting a quarter of the image. I was trying to make it a bit more proportioned like a child rather than an adult oh well. it is what it is
thanks anyway.
chaos

[JL.Alfaro]

Nathan- I love that thing bro! I always been intrigued by those thingamabobs( damn I forgot the word)

Noiion- Brother I think my witch looks ahellavu lot like your medusa, I didnt do that on purpose, I'll stick to my turd man.

Chaos- oil? you crazy you, with all the cleaning and the brush strokes-my hat goes off to you...is that a scan or a pic?

[Hyver]

my wippie

edit: is updated below

[Noë]

woot hyver that's looking pretty fine already!
I must say the normal side of the face looks kindof unnormal too :P but not so unnormal to not be able to exist.
Love the glasses, they add a lot to the personality or something like that :)

I'm not sure I'll be able to make it, I'm very busy with school and having trouble keeping up with all the subjects at the same time, we only have 2 weeks until next test week, and we've only just started the new school period (we have 5 of them) a week ago, so we have to do a lot of work in a very short time.
Ah well, I'll try to get a bit more details and basicness in my image and then stop working on it.

love
Marleen

[noiion]

Looks very promising Hyver.
Chaos, sorry I missed your WIP. I need to visit that place more often. It's been a while.:^^;:

[chaosrocks]

s'okay
and actually is a dig photo, I dont like getting wet oil paint on my scanner
But I think Im getting the hang of taking decent digital pics

nice one hyv.. all thoguh to my eyes the two halve don't look all that different yet
chaos

[arttorney]

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/arttorney/doublehead5_edited-1.jpg
I Know, I know. I'm a mummy.

[Mehz]

My final I guess.

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/563/twofaceyyuh2.jpg

Yay for cheapest background ever.

[Waffle_King]

Here's mine.

Good work, All! :yayca:


-Andrew


http://artkid.us/CA_Sketchbook/2face2.jpg

[FlipMcgee]

Good turnout!

But, I'm still working on mine. We still have 15 hours til closing (based on my time zone anyway). You don't have to rush your final touches.

[Nike]

15 hours :) that's great. I'm still working on mine, too.

[Nike]

Great stuff eyeryone!

update

[noiion]

Good job, everyone. I'll post mine later tonight. I still need to work on those darned snakes. :^^;:

[chaosrocks]

ssssss......ssss.s...s.

chaos

[Hyver]

not quite finished, but i guess this is my entry before deadline :s

http://www.hyver.com/hyver_twoface.jpg

[Ilaekae]

Shit...mine is probably going to be late. I made it really complicated last minute. When it's done, I'll post, but if I'm too far past the deadline, treat it as a non-entry...

[chaosrocks]

pussy!

chaos

[FlipMcgee]

After approx. 10 hrs. on this I call it done! Although my original take was gonna be a half medusa I'm happy how this turned out.

I'll set up the poll either later tonight or early tomorrow morning. Just pipe in if you're gonna submit at the last minute so I can get to bed early if that's the case.

[Hyver]

i might be able to squeeze in a more finished piece somewhere between now and 12 hours maybe? no clue what your timezone is, let alone biorhythm ;)
if not, take the current :D

[Ilaekae]

I'm gonna be long after midnight here...if that helps you get more sleep so you grow up big, strong, and handsome...like me... :dead:

[noiion]

Entry sent. It's still not done.

[Hyver]

guess i'm done now.. cheers for hanging on Flip! :yayca:

[Ilaekae]

There ain't nuthin' like bein' up all night for three days and still bein' late...

[glikster]

whoah... Ilaekae...that is damn cool!

[noiion]

Congratulations, Ilaekae. It's a tough battle between us. I'm just happy I got a vote from the big Viag. :teeth: See you guys in the next round.

[Ilaekae]

Thanks, noiion. I seriously thought you were going to beat my poor vector ass to a pulp on this one. I'd like to see your's finished, so I hope you don't toss it.

We have to do a one-on-one sometime, maybe in December. Something serious and socially constructive...like Killer Red Beets from Venus or something...

[noiion]

Hehe. I'll be pretty busy finishing up my portfolio in Dec. But It'll be a pleasure going head to head against you. Just bring it you old Kitty.:P