Stylized Animal Challenge

[ArcticBarbecue]

Welcome to the Stylized Animal Monthly Challenge, sponsored by Zoo Publishing Magazines and 3DTotal. Please post all images @ questions in this thread.

What is this challenge all about?
Each month we will select an animal and post some images as reference. All you have to do is create a 2D Painting of this creature in a stylized/abstact/cartoon style whilst keeping your creature instantly recongnizable. We wanted to publish some content in 2DArtist Magazine on how to create stylized animals such as you see in the many feature films and cartoon galleries. We thought this regular competition might bring in just the images/making ofs we need whilst giving away great prizes and exposure. If it's a success we will start to boost the prizes up as much as possible!

What are we looking for?
Funny and humourous entries which break the animal down to its most recognizable components, enphasize these in whichever ways you think best and render your stylized/abstact/cartoon masterpiece.

Timeframes and requirements?
The rules are pretty laid back, please submit 1 2D Final Image. If you want to have a background, include some graphical elements or text on your image its up to you. Image posts should be around 800 pixels across, but please work at a much higher res as the top 10 will be featured in 2DArtist Magazine (http://www.2dartistmag.com). There will be 1 comp per month, with the deadline being the end of the month GMT. For a valid entry, just make sure your final image is posted in the main competition thread before this time.

We require the top 3 winners to submit 'making of' overview articles that will be shown on either 3DTotal or 2DArtist Magazine (http://www.2dartistmag.com), these need to show the stages of your creation, different elements and some brief explanation text, of why and how you did what you did. We will format this into some nice looking pages to give you some great exposure and us some quality content.

Posting Works in Progress?
Each competition will have one thread that starts with this info and the brief at the top. This is where all entrants post all WIPs give feedback and generally laugh at the crazy ideas that are emerging each month. Please dont start any new threads! Just reply to this one already set up.

Prizes!!

1st Place
Any 3 items from the 3DTotal Shop (http://www.3dtotal.com/shop). We sell lots of items these days such as our book, (http://www.3dtotal.com/book/) Design Studio Press books, (http://www.3dtotal.com/design%5Fstudio%5Fpress/) texture CDs, (http://www.3dtotal.com/textures/) Shorts DVDs, (http://www.3dtotal.com/shorts/) Lots of training DVDs (http://www.3dtotal.com/training/) and 12 month subscriptions to 3DCreative Magazine (http://www.3dcreativemag.com) and 2DArtist Magazine (http://www.2dartistmag.com).

2nd Place
Any 2 items from the 3DTotal Shop (http://www.3dtotal.com/shop).

3rd Place
Any 1 item from the 3DTotal Shop (http://www.3dtotal.com/shop).

Judging
Everyone who entered can cast a vote of their top 5 then we will add them up and ship out your prizes!

[ArcticBarbecue]

Here we go with a new monthly challenge which is designed to be fun, creative and not too intensive whilst giving best entrants prizes and great exposure in 2DArtist Magazine (http://www.2dartistmag.com).

This month is a really fantasic looking beast which goes under the name of 'Highland Cow'

http://www.3dtotal.com/images/toonanimal/highlandcow.jpg

This one is the very rare 'no legged' variety but we want yours to have legs too! So here's some more links to lots of reference images to get you started.

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=highland+cow
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&text=%22highland+cow%22&filetypeID=
http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=highland+cow&w=1

Have fun!

Tom Greenway

[duddlebug]

Great Idea... Sounds fun!!

Count me in!! (if i can find some time..??)

[Ostrander]

Cool, I'm in too.

[Njord-E55]

I'm in, lets se what images that comes out of this.

[Hookswords]

This sounds like a lot of fun. I'll try to get in on this.

[Ian Mack]

haha I'm interested in this. That's a funny lookin' cow.

[entdroid]

I am SO in!!!

[voraz]

Sounds interesting, I like to draw animals, I'll give it a try.

[TRUZART]

drawing a cow....

[wil.whalen]

Hell, why not?

[GunTrouver]

I'm in!

[Dan_Grr]

If I have the time, I'll give it a try.

[Nike]

that's fun! :) I hope I'll find some time for this...

[MUNIZ]

I'm in.

[ArcticBarbecue]

Looking forward to seeing some of the cool artwork you guys are capable of ;-)

[voraz]

ok, first cow sketch, just to study the shape, not quite the kind of stylisation I'm going for:

http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/1208/skt141206001rg1.jpg

[Dan_Grr]

I like beef.

[Njord-E55]

Here is my abstracted cow. Wanted to try something different than my usual watercolors or pencil. So here is the String-Cow.

http://iup.in/img/solbero/Highland-Cow2.jpg

Cheers

[ArcticBarbecue]

I knew I could rely on you 2D types to break the mould ;-)
Nice idea!
Ben

[v0rbiss]

Woah, that's very sweet, gj Njord! :)

[Njord-E55]

Really, we should get more ppl to join this challange. Heck, it even has prizes.
Good job on you your part ArcticBarbecue, this initative is aprishiated. I only hope more ppl will discover it, right now i feel the respose isn't too good on our part.

[Hookswords]

I've got some final touches to do, but I'm almost done. I think this idea is a lot of fun. I hope it conitinues.

[ArcticBarbecue]

Well, the hope is that it will build nicely over time.

I have attached some pics from the 3D Comp running alongside this one...just for inspiration / reference:

http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=render01lm0.jpg
http://67.15.36.49/images/toonanimal/01.jpg
http://67.15.36.49/images/toonanimal/02.jpg
http://67.15.36.49/images/toonanimal/03.jpg
http://67.15.36.49/images/toonanimal/04.jpg
http://67.15.36.49/images/toonanimal/05.jpg
http://67.15.36.49/images/toonanimal/06.jpg
http://67.15.36.49/images/toonanimal/07.jpg
http://67.15.36.49/images/toonanimal/08.jpg

The Forum Can be Found here i9f anyone wants a better look:
http://www.threedy.com/site/forum/showthread.php?t=47755&page=12&pp=15

[voraz]

HA, HA... great stuff!

[AztcFireFlower]

Some great ideas and completed pieces.
I love the one with the little egg-shaped chicks.
How long is this challenge running? Til january 11th???

[NicoRaven]

I'm out...... no in! cool idea. I'd love to have My name in a magazine dreams....... prizes too!!!!!!

Just dont tell the "big guys"

wait wont me typing this message bump the thread wait na *click*

[Njord-E55]

I must say, some of those 3d ones are really nicely done. All glory to the modellers. Here are some preperatory sketches I did. This is just for show and not my final entry.

[Hookswords]

I have to say this was a lot of fun. I look forward to more of these. Great entries on both 3d and 2d so far.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5270/highlandcowzk7.jpg

[Dan_Grr]

http://i16.tinypic.com/3y64s4h.png

[entdroid]

Here's mine! Had a lot of fun doing it :)

67976

[Siole]

Hi everyone !

Im totaly new and unknow and I want to do this challenge, but I don't speak good english (I'm french :/).

I don't understand if the illustration must be only "cartoon styled" or if I can draw it with my own style... And when did this Challenge will close ?

Thanks (and sorry)! :)

[mambo]

Yeah sorry for mucking up the thread with questions... but I couldn't find a deadline in there anywhere...:(

What is the deadline for submitting to this thread with artwork?
*realizes everyone who monitors this thread is probably off eating Christmas pudding. :p

[entdroid]

There will be 1 comp per month, with the deadline being the end of the month GMT. For a valid entry, just make sure your final image is posted in the main competition thread before this time.

There you go... it's in the first post.

[Njord-E55]

I don't understand if the illustration must be only "cartoon styled" or if I can draw it with my own style... And when did this Challenge will close ?


It says stylized in the rules, so I presume you can use your own style. By the looks of it they're not looking for super-realistic renders. So go for something special, original and your own.

[Chuck,mate.]

http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/6/12/26/f_highlandi_8ef2m_e8eb0610.jpg
process:
http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/6/12/26/f_highlandi_8ef2m_05ce4f49.jpg
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[mrgrumble]

chuckmate! tit doesn't even matter that your cow is so whimsical, just the fact that you have a friggin plaid sun i think you should win

[Siole]

Mine
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SbS (http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/7025/sbsob3.jpg)

[Siole]

updated but I think it's not finished, good luck everyone !
woups, thanks entdroid and Njord-E55.

[Steph Laberis]

I was gonna toss my hat into the ring, but Ent has this covered. Way to represent with the vectors hon! :yayca:

I'll keep prowling around for next months... this kind of comp is right up my alley.

[fedezz]

Here's mine.
Awesome entries so far!
68373
Cheers

[Siole]

Nice lol

Ok, I thinks It's finished now :
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/339/cowrace3go3.jpg

At this moment I have a very bad screen, but tomorrow I would see my work and I would rectify the colors (contrast, black, white, grey...)

[Siole]

little speed for fun :)
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9507/speedycow2b2c3czo8.png

[Chuck,mate.]

chuckmate! tit doesn't even matter that your cow is so whimsical, just the fact that you have a friggin plaid sun i think you should win

:)
thanks mate. I like plaid things. yupe.

[Siole]

Hop its finished now :
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5300/fgggfgpq0.png

[GunTrouver]

Some nice entries:)
Entroid yours is very cool!

Couldn't invest so much time in my ones, but here it is anyway...
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/guntrouver/highlandcowfinished.jpg

[ArcticBarbecue]

Its great to see them coming in! Only a few days left to go on this one guys! Look forward to the voting!

[Eric Lofgren]

It's been ages since I last entered a competition here at CA. So I thought I'd throw in with this one. I'm a fan of highland cows :)

And there are some seriously cool entries so far.

http://ericlofgren.zenutech.com/eric/highland_cow.jpg

[mrgrumble]

okay, so i apologize in advance for this. not what i intended and not done yet (i have no patience for tartans tonight!), but i'll post up some wip's so you can see how disorganized i am when i work digitally (what not to do i guess):

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r93/timmypow/highly3.jpg

[Siole]

Nice !

Sorry, I don't like my first cow... :dead:
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9366/finalcowzj4.jpg
20min

[shaoshao]

gee i dunno if its too late to join this thing or what, but i'll give it a shot

Here's my entry :)


EDIT AGAIN: Server went down

[ArcticBarbecue]

Hi Guys,
Well after a mega busy winter its time to cast the votes! I have created a new thread with a poll in for voting here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=86209
The work is looking really good by the way and all credit to those who hit the deadline! As the release of the mag is at the beginning of each month the winners will feature in next months magazine, along with the making of's. The mag will be released around the 5th of February.

Thanks again........audience, hit those keypads and get voting....

[kawakaze]

when is the next topic gonna be announced?

[ArcticBarbecue]

today. I just have to work out how to use these forums things first ;-)

[ArcticBarbecue]

Ok have set up a new thread for voting. Please Vote again if you have already done so:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=86313

[voraz]

Sorry I couldn't make it in this one... I am surelly going to participate with a final piece to this in the future.

Very nice entries in here!
cheers