Teen Challenge: - Topic ideas -

[Narmo]

(I've created this new thread, hope I didn't make a mistake :yayca: )

Hey everyone !
Here is, as in the Community Activities, a topic ideas in order to help organizing the weekly (more or less ;) ) Teen Challenge.

So..



What do YOU suggest guys ?




Here is the list of the suggestions, I'll try to keep it uptoday:
SUGGESTIONS LIST

(the blue ones have already be done)
The 8th Wonder of the World ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81781) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=83902)
Snow Battle ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=88210) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90146)
The Wanderer ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90403) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=91813)
Teen Challenge mascott thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1141319#post1141319), poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84755);

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84760); Poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=86085)

Book scene ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=86442) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=87818)
The Haunting ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80324) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81427)
The Heist ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79655) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80316)
The Nightmare ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=78759) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79561)
Ultimate Armor ;poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=78557)
over-the-top weapon ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77117) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77752)
Deep Sea Discovery ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=76316) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=76965)
The Robot King ;thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75158) & poll (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75829)
The Discover ;
Hero: Design your own hero ;
Video game: Illustrate a scene from a famous videogame ;
A devils plaything ;
Souless/ Soul less ;
Concert ;
Poison ;
Freedom ;
Old picture redraw ;
21st Century fantasy scene ;
21st Century scene in a fantastic world ;
Redesigning ;
Aquaduct Landingpad ;
Magazine ad for [insert company] ;
The Power of Music ;
Lightshow;
Urban rebel shoot-out ;
Neo-Russian cityscape ;
Kung-fu in the streets ;
Serene Scene ;
Nature's Fury ;
Containment ;
Release ;
Creation ;
Protection ;
Destruction ;
Reflection ;
Birth of Magic, ;
Wizard battle ;
Medieval Troops guarding the gate ;
Scenes from the Divine Comedy ;
Holding them off ;
Up & Over! ;
Night Lights ;
Snow Fight ;

Assault on the North ;
Penetrating the City ;
Eluding the guards ;
Underwater harmony ;
Lifesource ;
Sexyness ;
Religious Battle ;
Neo-Rome ;(think classical Rome)
Sky-city ;
Owner of Shadows ;
Mailman 2441 ;
Martyrdom ; (moment in which person becomes a Martyr- Dies for their cause)
Autoportrait as N ;(N=pilot,astronaut,ninja,knight,wizard,hippie etc.etc.)
Void ;
Free composition done in your weakest medium ;
The Game ;
Deamon's tower ;(interior!)
The vehicle(sp?) of your dreams ;
Portrait of your best friend ;
Illustrate your favorite song ;
Self Portrait ;
Gun designing ;
Creation myth ;
To be continued...
edited on the 7th March => teen challenge #25

[TLL]

The topic "8th world wonder" is really good. There are so many ways you could do a new world wonder great idea.

My idea is to design an own hero. There are so many different storys and heros nut we could imagine our own hero (or group of heroes).

This is my topic idea, but yours is also interesting.

[Njord-E55]

Im thinking about a theme called "A devils plaything". THats the only thing i can come up with right now.

[v0rbiss]

"Souless?"
"Concert"
"Poison"
"Freedom"

[Narmo]

Does Souless means soul less ? Sorry that my English is not as properly as I would like. Well I edited the list on the first post, you got nice ideas that's great !

[Orifice]

I say, its about time you made this thread, good thinkin.
Fresh outa ideas right now though, I'll be back. later. when I can think properly.

[Keng]

Book Scene

Capture the scene from a book or story. Any scene you want, just post a slight snippet from the text as the picture's description.


Old Picture Redraw

Dig up the old sketchbooks and doodles from middle school and elementry and recreate them.

[moroi]

how about something magical/fantasy placed in an every day ordinary setting?
or the opposite?

like....a dragon waiting at the bus stop in NYC with everyday buisness people. i dunno, probably been done way too many times before....XD

[Narmo]

I like both your ideas, I put them on the list, entitled "21st centuries fantasy scene.", if that sentence dosen't means anything just tell me ;)

[bestow]

well since video game scene was my idea, i'll stick with it, anyone else like that idea? very teenish!

[v0rbiss]

:$ My english sux hard, I meant soulless. :nohope: :bashful:

[blog]

ur favourite streetfighter, and I aint talkin about a redesign! or something along the lines...

[asoir]

8th Wonder of the world sounds fucking brilliant! Would love to participate in that one.

[TLL]

Lets vote one of this ideas, so that we can start a new challenge.
I think there are enough suggestions now. What do you think??

[Narmo]

I can't make a poll in this thread, we have to create a knew one. I don't have time right now, if someone could do it it would be nice thx !

[inkerton]

Sorry for my absence again, school's been pounding me all week. 8th wonder of the world sounds like a great topic, I'll set up the challnge thread as soon as I get back from my last class for the day.

[Justin.]

No, don't worry about the poll, we can just keep suggestions updated in the top post, and the winner can choose one. Once a topic is chosen, it should be in Red so it isn't chosen again. Some suggestions:

Aquaduct Landingpad,
Magazine ad for [insert company]
The Power of Music
Lightshow
Urban rebel shoot-out
Neo-Russian cityscape
Kung-fu in the streets
Serene Scene
Nature's Fury
Containment
Release
Creation
Protection
Destruction
Reflection
Birth of Magic,
Wizard battle
Medieval Troops guarding the gate
Any of the multitude of scenes from the Divine Comedy,
Holding them off
Up & Over!
Night Lights
Assault on the North
Penetrating the City
Eluding the guards
Underwater harmony
Lifesource
Sexyness
Religious Battle
Neo-Rome (think classical Rome)
Sky-city
Owner of Shadows
Mailman 2441
Martyrdom (moment in which person becomes a Martyr- Dies for their cause)

[Narmo]

I finally found some time ..
Wow that's a great list Justin ! Thanks a lot. I'll try to add some more ideas myself...

[v0rbiss]

Autoportrait as N (N=pilot,astronaut,ninja,knight,wizard,hippie etc.etc.)
Void
Free composition done in your weakest medium(e.g.watercolor[moi])
The Game
Deamon's tower(interior!)
The vehicle(sp?) of your dreams
Portrait of your best friend

[JL.Alfaro]

Heres a suggestion for you guys,
-your favorite song

paint what your favorite song is, what goes through your mind when you hear it, what emotional distress or joy it creates or the madness it influenced you to paint. Of course keeping it in relation to the song and content.
as bonus you could always post a link to the song-that way everyone knows what the hell just happened in your head. Music to illustration interpretation...hmmm onto something maybe...

[v0rbiss]

Heres a suggestion for you guys,
-your favorite song

paint what your favorite song is, what goes through your mind when you hear it, what emotional distress or joy it creates or the madness it influenced you to paint. Of course keeping it in relation to the song and content.
as bonus you could always post a link to the song-that way everyone knows what the hell just happened in your head. Music to illustration interpretation...hmmm onto something maybe...

Imfuckinpossible, unfortunately...

[j a k e]

I think a self portrait would be a lovely idea. Don't dig architecture.

[JL.Alfaro]

Sorry I thought the Teen Challenge was supposed to be..."challenging"

heres a new suggestion:
stick figure Puppy
or better yet
stick figure man in an empty white universe

[foggle]

hahahaha, "my sarcasm detector has gone off the scale"
that really depends on what the song is - If you're a big fan of jimi hendrix its not exactly difficult to paint a picture of your favourite song - whatever tripped out thing next comes into your hippy head. But if you like, for example, death-core metal, you'll be hard pressed to think of anything that isnt just a page full of black paint

[v0rbiss]

On sarcasm: it should be forbidden for americans tho..*sarcasm/m\ *

What I was trying to imply was, that those two senses are extremely different from each other, and it'd be far too hard task to sucessfully express the emotions created by a song trough an image. It's been tryed(sp?) before, with poor result, and you'd never guess what was the idea, before reading the theory(massive theory at that) behind it.(Kandinsky comes to mind) There is simply no way to hear with your eyes or something like that. Imagine looking at an image, and the first tought you get is: "woah, master of puppets!".
So I stand by my previous statement: fuck that.:^^:

On a side note-abstract art is too complex for teens. Hell, it's complicated for some of the adult painters too, it seems! ;)

[JL.Alfaro]

...and it'd be far too hard task to sucessfully express the emotions created by a song trough an image

Success would depend on the song, all songs have a meaning behind their creation. Even instrumentals have meaningful titles which open a window into the origin or story behind them(eg. Beethoven's Ode to Joy, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Coletrain's Favorite things etc) Metal and death metal are almost always(but not always) tinted with anti political propaganda or political awareness. Every type of music contains a purpose or a message, and so does the songs of that gender. Any rock song will have a story as well as any rap song will have a message. Its really not that hard to do, you of all people should know what your favorite song is all about...after all thats why it's your favorite...right?


Oh and whats America without sarcasm...:\

EDIT: On a second thought, you might be right about it being too complex for the teens. Nevermind, I guess some of us liked our challenges higher when we where teens. laters

[Justin.]

There was an all girls T-Dome earlier where the topic was "Interpret a song through your art", and there were FANTASTIC entries, so it really isn't that hard...

[j a k e]

EDIT: On a second thought, you might be right about it being too complex for the teens. Nevermind, I guess some of us liked our challenges higher when we where teens. laters

That's a silly thing to say. I don't think you should be coming around a thread with that type of attitude and patronization. It doesn't help anyone, and definitely doesn't make you look like a hero. Thanks.

[JL.Alfaro]

Attitude? Sorry didnt realize I had one-was just reemphasizing what vorbiss said..

... is too complex for teens. Hell, it's complicated for some of the adult painters too, it seems! ;)

My apologies again if I insulted or demeaned any one on the thread. I'll get out of your hair now, bye. (no sarcasm intended)

[v0rbiss]

Jake was talking about that part I suppose: I guess some of us liked our challenges higher when we where teens
Patronizing and "I'm better than you" type of statement, par excellance! ;)
I don't think anyone feelings were hurt, I was just voicing my opinion, i may be wrong on the subject, but take my 2cents for all they'r worth...
And you shouldn't leave the thread just because someone didn't liked your idea. ;) Feedback=good. No attn.=bad! \w/

[j a k e]

That is the part I was referring to v0rbiss yes.

[inkerton]

Feedback=good. No attn.=bad! \w/

No, positive feedback = good. If you like an idea, show support for it, but there's really no reason to call out someone else's suggestion just to shoot it down.

Play nice, guys. This isn't the place for petty arguments.

[v0rbiss]

No, positive feedback = good. If you like an idea, show support for it, but there's really no reason to call out someone else's suggestion just to shoot it down.

Play nice, guys. This isn't the place for petty arguments.

I was doing that?!? Hmmm....
And btw, I should keep my mouth shut when I think someone's idea isn't apropriate in the particular case, is that right? I'm not forcing my opinion to anyone, just typed what was on my mind...If I wasn't constructive enough in my
explanation what exactly I think was wrong, I'm sorry. I realize(now) using phrases like "fuck that", altho not entirely(irony, read as: not at all) serious, may disturb some ppl, surprisingly. ;)

[Narmo]

I added the "Teen Challenge Mascott" in the ideas list. I think it could be fun and useful :)

[Keng]

I added the "Teen Challenge Mascott" in the ideas list. I think it could be fun and useful :)

Deffinately. I mean we'll be moving into challenge #21 now. We SHOULD have a mascot. It'd be good as a two week one. That way we'll really have time to develope our ideas and work on it, which is important for something that could wind up being permanent.

[Cecil]

Well we could just slightly tweak the topics to stuff a game or film company would want. Its probably what we are already doing but if its what we are going to do in future then wouldnt it be good to practise. Without limiting creativity.... like Design a gun that can be dual weilded with alien design powefull, or Full suit for futuristic space marine not original but just those kind of topics.

[Tigermilk]

I think a good topic would be The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
You choose one of the riders and illustrate him/her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse

"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are mentioned in the Bible in chapter six of the Book of Revelation. The four horsemen are traditionally named Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death. However, this is slightly at odds with the conventional interpretation of the Bible, which actually only directly names the fourth: "Death".

Consequently, it is not possible to definitively state the intended interpretation of the horsemen; in fact, interpretations frequently reflect contemporary values and issues."

Cheers!
tiger

[Narmo]

It sounds great Tigermilk ! I've updated the list...

[Keng]

In honour of the first snow and inspired by the snowball fight I just had:

Snow fight!

[ambidextros]

i think the magazine add for a company would be a fun challange

[bunny]

I think "creation myth" would be interesting.

[Keng]

Could this thread please be moved to the challenge areana now that it's been seperated from the thunderdome?

[Evil_Sloth]

/agreed..

[Diginova]

'Karma' and 'Limitation' are the only two in my mind right now ...

[Diphallia]

How about teen enviroments?
Edit: maybe was a bad idea, since there's a thread to post enviroments in alredy.
2nd edit: War enviroments? Or well, not enviroments, more like war scenes. Just love myself for that idea right now :P

[Rhythmus]

I once asked a group of people what a good subject to draw would be, and the best answer was this: "A being that absorbs light and exudes darkness."
I'm in for Teen Challenge Mascot and Religious Battle

[paradoxba]

"Lost identity" or just "Lost",nothing to do with the series.
How about this "Me as a coldblooded assassin(Bounty Hunter)"

[dannE-B]

-"Meeting A Giant",
- a character Depicting Ultimate Power.

[brandon.leedy]

- Illustrate the "city" of the internet (if the internet was a place where the sites were buildings what would it look like, how would the people look? Maybe a focus on what ConceptArt would look like if it were a building in this internet city)
- The artist of the future, complete with his tools of the future... (we use pencil, paint, wacoms...but what would they use?)
- The afterlife, like purgatory or limbo...idk if thats been done before but it sounds like it could be borrowing/incorporated into some of the other ideas

[comixink]

Leadster I love that idea! That's way sick. How about some Spaghetti Western stuff, or a mix of Western/Future concepts. Umm, think Daisy Kutter! Or we can do something with limited paletts? Use certain colors to come up with an illustration?

How about mixing westerns and samurai flicks, Akira Kurosawa and Eastwood, siiiick. XD

Dunno.

[Weeda]

Then next step in human evolution- You're prediction for our appearance in a few million years. Something decidedly not human but that looks like it could have started that way. For an added challenge you could try to take what humans need to survive in the future or how we have supposedly evolved in the past into account and just so it's not another creature challenge, make it so the face of the subject has some character so it looks unique, like people do.

[dannE-B]

Hm i like your idea comix, mixing Things up is indeed Siiick!...how about you have to choose 3 different ideas...and Mix them...like Pirate/Zombie/Ice Cream Man......Or Magician/Robot/squid = Whatever you can imagine it would make...

[comixink]

Oooh, that's a great idea. Yeah, that'd be way fun. I also like the conceptual evolutionary idea. I saw a discovery channel show where they did something similar to that, but there weren't many hominid creatures until you found out that the invertebrates like squids and octopus became the dominant species.

[Weeda]

Two Ideas:

1. I thought it would be fun to take a screen shot of a scene from a cartoon like Futurama or Family Guy or whatever floats your boat and try to reproduce it in a more realistic style. Now, you wouldn't need to go for complete realism or anything. Just a different style that isn't quite as minimalistic as most cartoons. The characters and structures in the picture must be recognizable as who they are base on.

2. Suggestion two is an environment... What I had in mind was too hard to explain so I'll simplify it: Design a place so fucking* fantastic that your head would explode (in a good way) if you actually went there. Some kind of wonderland, though, not necessarily one of the winter variety.

*(Profanity for emphasis, not a suggestion for theme)

[Clodioz]

Two Ideas:

1. I thought it would be fun to take a screen shot of a scene from a cartoon like Futurama or Family Guy or whatever floats your boat and try to reproduce it in a more realistic style. Now, you wouldn't need to go for complete realism or anything. Just a different style that isn't quite as minimalistic as most cartoons. The characters and structures in the picture must be recognizable as who they are base on.

2. Suggestion two is an environment... What I had in mind was too hard to explain so I'll simplify it: Design a place so fucking* fantastic that your head would explode (in a good way) if you actually went there. Some kind of wonderland, though, not necessarily one of the winter variety.

*(Profanity for emphasis, not a suggestion for theme)

the first idea is great... but the second.. uhm fucking fantastic enviro :O I dunno how to draw enviros from mind jajhahhahahhaha xD

[Twiggy]

heres my idea:

Redesign a favourte musician or actor with a theme.

E.g. Frank Zappa the pirate, John Lydon the Jester, Jack Nicolson the Cat, Micheal Jackson the Joker, ect. Or whatever.

like an extreme holloween costume, something twisted, you know. Be offensive if you want... the responisbly is yours :)

[vibhas_virwani]

awesum idea....the actor one ...!!!!

[Weeda]

It is, but doesn't it seem just a bit too much like the self portrait one we just did?

[Micaiah Nelson]

Well I dont know about these ideas. It seems redesigning is getting a little old and not original.

By the way. This is my first time posting in this section. (I think) and I know this is where all the young ones of CA hang, and I thought I should join in before I turn 20 next mouth!

Heres my ideas.
1; Well I took this idea from Jakes his thread, which I'm still drawing, but Teen challenge doesn't have a mascot Illustration graphic like COW, Chow, ect! Wanna make one?!
2; Story Boarding, most artist listen to music while drawing. And sometimes When I do that I create my own story of animation in my head. We can do a short story, fight scene, or whatever your creative mindsthink of.
3; Epitaph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph), Pick an epitaph and make an illustration based off it.

[vibhas_virwani]

It is, but doesn't it seem just a bit too much like the self portrait one we just did?

yeah it is sorta similar....hey but how about a free topic u knoe sorta like the ones in LMS ...like " as i walk into the sun " ....free interpretations on that one....

[Weeda]

Heres my ideas.
1; Well I took this idea from Jakes his thread, which I'm still drawing, but Teen challenge doesn't have a mascot Illustration graphic like COW, Chow, ect! Wanna make one?!
2; Story Boarding, most artist listen to music while drawing. And sometimes When I do that I create my own story of animation in my head. We can do a short story, fight scene, or whatever your creative mindsthink of.
3; Epitaph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph), Pick an epitaph and make an illustration based off it.

These are great ideas. I especially like the first two.

[Jasper_]

I like the mascot idea, I think it would be pretty challenging.

[Twiggy]

I like mascot idea too. Something that could represent us teenage artists. I'm really liken some the ideas here, good ideas.


awesum idea....the actor one ...!!!!

cool :^^:

It is, but doesn't it seem just a bit too much like the self portrait one we just did?Well yes its kind of similiar, but I swear it wasn't inspired by that. The point is we have a choice to pick any face that could fit n twist with the facial feature with some theme and make it work.




Oh heres another idea:

If we were gay (homosexuals/lesbians) what would our dream partner look like ?

Hows that for a challange.:D

[Jasper_]

If we were gay (homosexuals/lesbians) what would our dream partner look like ?

Hows that for a challange.:D


:nohope:

[Linguini]

I don't know if it's been suggested, but how about one based on mythology? Maybe we each take a myth and illustrate it. Or if that's too broad, narrow it down some. Like, Greek myths, or Chinese myths, etc. Or even further down into separate myths. I vote for Daphne (the myth where she turns into a laurel tree).

Or maybe your idea of God/god/gods? It would be interesting to see how different religions affect each person's views.

[vibhas_virwani]

hey how about someone start a poll on these topics.....then whichever topic gets maximum no. of votes ...we can start on that if sloth doesnt get bak by then ???........anyone ??

[Micaiah Nelson]

These are great ideas. I especially like the first two.

Thanks!
Woops yeah the last one sucked I actually meant Aphorisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphorisms). Find a famous qoute and make an illustration that fits it.

[Blaz]

Thanks!
Woops yeah the last one sucked I actually meant Aphorisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphorisms). Find a famous qoute and make an illustration that fits it.

Well the last of those 3 was actually my favourite. Was very original idea and we cound freely interpret the epitaph. Just an opinion. :teeth:

[Micaiah Nelson]

I got that idea when I was watching one of my favorite show Angel, the Buffy spin off. And sadly it canceled suddenly, but mind you it did a lot better than Buffy. They end it with angel swinging his sword saying "Lets go to work" its his epitaph but its an Aphorisms. Epitaph are Aphorisms that are clever text engaved on a tomb stone. "Like thats all folks", and "I'm burried some where over there". If you use Aphorisms. We can qoute famous lines from various poems or Famous qoutes. Or even a whole poem (but make it short).
exp;
"When two illnesses arrive at the same time, the stronger silences the weaker." Hippocrates.

Picture with your clever twist.

Maybe You'll know what I'm talking about if I post links
Aphorists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphorisms#Aphorists)
heres also a website. I started off with some funny woody allen aphorisims.
http://www.aphorismsgalore.com/author/Woody_Allen.html

Heres another Idea. A Memento mori (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori). Put your artistic skills to this idea.

[Theodoric]

I actually like the Epitaph idea, if not I think a cool one would be picking a landmark or city and illustrating it post apocalypse/disaster/nuclear war etc.