Art schoolers vs Self taught artists *Image posting thread*

[Leari_79790]

Indeedy, 986 posts and over 16 pages of smack talk and obnoxious hooting have led us to this moment. It's been fun and alot of people have broken down along the way in fits of conniptions, some people have complained that the orgainsing of this contest was too good, some other bad stuff happened but we made it in the end.

RULES

1. Submit your picture in JPEG format scaled down to thumbnail size. You can scale your image down to thumbnail size with your hosting website.

2. Entries close on January 3rd, or whenever January 3rd ends for you.

3. Post your image with a brief description of your person, i.e

Name (year of birth - year of death)
What they're known for.
A brief description of the person

Richard the Lionheart (1157 - 1199)
King of England, led the Third Crusade
Anti-semite, not too fond of that guy Saladin.

4. NO SMACK TALK IN HERE, don't post anything other than what has been forementioned, questions should be PMed to me or posted in the mother thread.

5. Judges Ilaekae will format these pictures to his hosting site and from there you will pair up the opponents and judge the winners.

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NERDLINGER'S ENTRY

Reginald of Sidon (1130-1202
Played an influential role in the third Crusade
Took Saladins sister, Saladin started a holy war against him, was eventually captured and Reginald was offered to accept Mohammed as the prophet or death. When he chose death Saladin slew him with his own hand.
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/2999/dsc00083gc0xj7.th.jpg (http://img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00083gc0xj7.jpg)

FLIP has asked me to submit his entry for him so..

Ardashir I (late 2nd century - 241)
King of Persia, Founder of the Sassanid Dynasty
He took the kingship from his brother and then quickly expanded Persia. During his latter years he challenged the Roman Empire, leading the way for the successes of his son, Shapur I.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9641/noskoolardashirimv1.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=noskoolardashirimv1.jpg)

[Justin.]

SELF-TAUGHT


Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 – January 8, 1324)
Great explorer and merchant.
His uncle, his father and himself were among the first Western Europeans to travel along the "Silk Road" to China.



http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5827/finaloh4.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finaloh4.jpg)

[chaosrocks]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/eleanor4.jpg

theres the link
do with it as you choose

Eleanor of Aquitaine
1122-12o4

wife of 2 kings
mother of 2 kings renoun for intellegence and beauty, and the fact that she owned half of france and pretty much invented courtly love (thats courtly...not courtney)
went on crusade, led her own men and wore armour.... I could go on

Team School

[Dile_]

Oh great.. I thought the deadline was 5th, I though I could relax and start to slowly work on this today, but NOO that damn deadline was 3RD AND I DIDNT KNEW! so heres my rushed entry, oh well.... sucks, but I still entered this time. yay...heh.


http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p254/Dile_/Final.jpg

Kublai Khan -

born (around) 1215, died 1294.

Knew marco polo and marco's uncle, helped them out of asia.

[JL.Alfaro]

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2846/minamotonoyoshitsunecopmy4.th.jpg (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=minamotonoyoshitsunecopmy4.jpg)
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経)
(1159 – June 15, 1189)

A legend in Japan, he has been subject to many movies,books, manga, anime and theater performances. Yoshitsune's feat of cutting leaves as they fell from a tree has been referenced many times in Japanese pop culture. In some instances, characters attempt the feat to compare themselves to Yoshitsune. Yoshitsune is enshrined in the Shinto shrine Shirahata Jinja in Fujisawa.

Yoshitsune was a general of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. His life was a short but tragic, and his skill with a sword is still the standard of high excellence in the Samurai world. Extensive Manga and animes have been created about his life along with the Japanese classics including Akira Kurosawa's film The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and the great Japanese literary classic Heike Monotogari (Tale of the Heike).

read more here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoshitsune)

[alxcote]

Edward The Black Prince

http://www.alxcote.com/2006/edward_thumb.jpg (http://www.alxcote.com/2006/edward_large.jpg)

Edward of Woodstock (June 15, 1330 – June 8, 1376),
Prince of Wales, effective military leader, and very popular during his life.

(from wiki): Although Edward is almost always now called the "Black Prince", he was never known as such during his lifetime. He was instead known as Edward of Woodstock, after his place of birth. The "Black Prince" moniker does not appear in writing until at least 200 years after Edward's death. Its origin is uncertain; according to tradition, it derived from an ornate black cuirass (piece of body armor) presented to the young prince by Edward III at the battle of Crécy. However, it is also possible that the name was first coined by French chroniclers in reference to the ruinous military defeats he had inflicted on France or his cruelty in these.

[Octothreat]

Constantine I (272-337)
First Roman Emperor to favor Christianity.
He is remembered for the Edict of Milan and Council of Nicaea, because of which Christianity was allowed to spread. Though known as the "first Christian Emperor," he may have continued with pagan beliefs for much of his life.
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3633/constantinefinalsmjp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
In my ignorance of the internet ways, I don't think the thumbnail works, so here is a link as well...
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/9938/constantinefinalsmce9.jpg

[Silvi~e.]

Simeon The Great (866 – May 927)
Tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire

Simeon marked the highest point in the development of the Bulgarian Kingdom in the middle ages. In the first quarter of the 10th century Bulgaria is an unparalleled in south-eastern Europe and one of the most civilized states in the Christian world.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Sillvi/SimeonTheGreat_Silvie_th.jpg (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Sillvi/SimeonTheGreat_Silvie.jpg)

S.

[NicoRaven]

Shapur the II King of Sassanians

Born king 309 - 379 AD
Killed Julius the apostate opposed christainity
was involved with Zoroastrianism. I may be dQed but oh well.....

eDiT woW I FeEl so Stupid......guys well here is my entry in larger format. IF I am DQed fine, cause I accidently saved over the final version so all that is left is the sketchbook version.

Am sorry, I blame my technical skills, lack there of that is.....

I even pmed nerdlinger after i posted and asked was everything fine. here look....

Yesterday, 03:47 PM

SEND IM NicoRaven
Self Taught User
Level 4 Gladiator: Meridiani Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Still in Florida
Posts: 175

where o where

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you will need the larger image right. How am i going to send or "link" you to that image?

I dont really understand much about hosting the image


Reply said

Re: where o where

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerdlinger
Looks to me like you've done alright. I think there's a big write up on hosting in the Lounge or somewhere in the forums..



"honto arigato" I responded

Looks like it is still my fault

[embee]

selfie

http://mitglied.lycos.de/sturm68/grafik/selftaught_final_thumb.jpg (http://mitglied.lycos.de/sturm68/grafik/selftaught_final_big.jpg)

Walther von der Vogelweide ~1170-1230
He was a very famous german lyric poet and was the first one in the middle-ages, who made songs/poems about love-relationships that worked out. Those before him told stories of knights loving unreachable princesses.
He was a very romantic character...

[masque]

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5775/bgupfinalrgbweb02lx1.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bgupfinalrgbweb02lx1.jpg)

Brahmagupta (ca. 598-668 CE), astronomer and mathematician during the post-Gupta period in India. Possibly best known for formalizing the use of the value zero in calculations, he also wrote about the use of negative numbers, and was the head of the observatory in Ujjain (modern Madya Pradesh province). Pictured here as a young student on the campus of Nalanda University, possibly the greatest learning center of the era and considered the first residential university in human history.

team: self taught

[amer-nazri]

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1246/therealay4tn5jy7.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=therealay4tn5jy7.jpg)

Salahuddin Al-Ayubi (1138 - 1193).

He founded the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt, Syria, Yemen (except for the Northern Mountains), Iraq, Mecca Hejaz and Diyar Bakr. Saladin is renowned in both the Muslim and Christian worlds for leadership and military prowess, tempered by his chivalry and merciful nature during his war against the Crusaders.

[Ilaekae]

So far, i am unable to acquire a usable image (because there either is no link or the thumbnail isn't linked properly) for...

Nerdlinger (why th'fuck am I not surprized?)

NicoRaven

Either fix 'em or post a full size. NOW!

[Justin.]

To clarify:

YOUR THUMBMAIL MUST LINK TO A FULL SIZED IMAGE. NICORAVEN, YOU LINKED TO A PSD. WTF.

[shaoshao]

TEAM SCHOOL
http://www.victoriaying.net/stuff/angesthumb.jpg (http://www.victoriaying.net/stuff/angesfinal.jpg)

St. Agnes

After refusing to marry a pagan king, he ordered her execution. They were not allowed to execute virgins so they put her in a brothel. But she was so pure that when any man looked upon her with lust was struck blind by God.

[edit] lousy grammer

[VirusArtist]

UNSCHOOLED


Alexandr Jaroslawich Nevsky
(1220 - 1263)
Russian national hero and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

He first defeated the Swedes in the "battle of Neva" in 1240 and drove back the Teutonic invasion in the legendary battle on the frozen Peipus sea, thus preventing medieval Russia from further German invasion attempts.

In 1547 the Russian Orthodox Church declared him as one of their Saints.

IMPORTANT NOTE: seems like my server is having trouble again, so I attached the requested thumb per CA.org as proof that I finished on time. The link to the full size pic is as follows:

http://www.virusarts.com/CA/virusartist-alexandr_nevsky.jpg

Hopefully my server problems will be solved tomorrow. I'll be gone for a few days, so I hope the link will work. Cant wait to see all the entries when I'm back :)

Cheers,
Etienne

[quickreaver]

Hey, I'd be interested to see who is 'schooled' and who's 'unschooled'. I was watching this thread, and too busy and/or chicken to pipe up. A great many people participated in the original discussion......

[TRUZART]

UNSKOOLED.....

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/truzart26/constantine1.jpg?t=1167802635


Constantine
Edict of Milan 313

He was the man that brought back Christianity to Rome by defeating the Roman army at Gaul... He is believed to have made one of the most greatest contributions to the practice of Christianity...

[mrgrumble]

DISCLAIMER: I apologize for the quality of this pic-glossy as hell oil painting, hard enough to photograph let alone without good lighting or a good camera! Trust me it looks a little better in person!
Anywhoo-

Team School

Hasan-I-Sabbah
circa 1034
Founder of the Assassin Clan, came to fame when he overtook the Alamut fort in the Persian Mountains, where he became touted as the 'Old Man of the Mountains' due to his religious hermitage inside that very fort for thirty five years.
It is rumored that he drugged men and had them wake in a divine and lush garden, which he told them was a taste of the afterlife, and if they served him he would allow them to die and be sent to that place again-which reasons for the drug Hashish to be named after him as well.

Hasan-I-Sabbah (http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r93/timmypow/hasan-3.jpg)

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

[Nutter]

Team Selfie

Mu‘āwīyah ibn Abī Sufyān (Arabic: معاوية بن أبي سفيان‎)‎ (602 - 680) was the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. He engaged in a civil war against the fourth Sunni Caliph and first Shia Caliph, Ali (Muhammad's son-in-law) and met with considerable military success, including the seizure of Egypt. He assumed the caliphate after Ali's assassination in 661 and reigned until 680.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/Lechy/NutterCaliph.jpg

[Art_Addict]

team school.

Had to rush this.

- Flavius Valens -
- 328 – August 9, 378 -
- The last true Roman, Roman emperor, killed in the battle of Adrianople -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/roman.jpg

[t i m]

Team Self Taught

Godfrey of Bouillon (or Godefroi de Bouillon) ( c. 1060–1100) The first Latin ruler of Jerusalem. He played a minor role at Nicaea and Antioch, but achieved prominence in the siege of Jerusalem (1099) and was elected ruler of the city after its capture. Having refused the title of king on religious grounds, he was designated defender of the Holy Sepulcher. He won the battle of Ascalon (1099) and brought several Syrian towns under tribute. Godfrey was killed when he was struck down by an archer's arrow in battle.

P.S. I realize its a cartoon, but hell I can't paint for beans..gotta play to your strengths ,ya know?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a296/gr4phic4rt/godfreyfinthumb.jpg

Godfrey of Bouillon (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a296/gr4phic4rt/godfreyfin.jpg)

[strych9ine]

Haha, I did Godfrey too, timothy... soon to come...

[entdroid]

Team Schoolies

Dunstan ( 909–988 ) was an Archbishop of Canterbury who was later canonized as a saint.
He gained fame for the many stories told about his cunning in dealing with the Devil.
He functions as the patron saint of goldsmiths. The tongs are his symbol.

St Dunstan, as the story goes,
Once pull'd the devil by the nose
With red-hot tongs, which made him roar,
That he was heard three miles or more.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9752/stdunstanentdroidco7.th.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stdunstanentdroidco7.jpg)

[fedezz]

Team Schoolies

Alcuin of York (c. 735 – May 19, 804)
He was a scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, England. He transmitted to the Franks the knowledge of Latin culture which had existed in England. He took part in the development of the carolingian minuscule, a writing standard that was used in Charlemagne's empire between approximately 800 and 1200.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1204/fedezzalcuinhs1.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fedezzalcuinhs1.jpg)

[Noë]

Nice stuff is being posted here!
(hihi and they're almost all males.. Ofcourse that's because the world was ruled by males in the time from which we had to pick a character, but still :P)
Here is mine (nót proud of it :/ )

Team Self Taught

http://www.marleenrenders.com/sketchbook/selftaught_thumb.jpg (http://www.marleenrenders.com/sketchbook/selftaught_noe.jpg)

Charles Martel (686 - 741)
Saved Christian Europe, pushed the infidel back to the pyrenees and is founder of the Carolingian Empire.
He was quickly angry, fought many battles and always fought with a hammer.

[Mr-Joe]

Hey everyone, Great work, I'm outta time for working on this:

Mr-Joe - Team Self Taught

Taoist Master Chang San-Feng (1247-1447) : He is said to have been a government official in his youth, learned Shaolin martial arts while living in the Pao-Gi Mountains, and then living for scores of years as a Taoist hermit and sage in the Wu-Tang (Wudang) Mountains. He is reported to have lived to be 200 years old, but his death date is uncertain. He is said to be the founder of internal martial arts, the yang family claimed he was the originator of Tai Chi Chuan, This is uncertain.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6255/changsanfeng1sz3.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=changsanfeng1sz3.jpg)


This is a link to a smaller version:
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/963/changsanfeng2su1.jpg

[Ostrander]

Team Schoolies

http://www.rhinohidestudios.com/EBfin_thumb.jpg (http://www.rhinohidestudios.com/EBfin.jpg)


Eric Bloodaxe (Old Norse: Eiríkr blóðøx) (circa 885–954), was the second king of Norway (930-934) and the eldest son of his father Harald Fairhair. Once the power was in his hands, he began to quarrel with his other brothers and had four of them killed, including Bjørn Farmann and later Olaf and Sigrød in battle at Tønsberg. A Latin text describes him as fratris interfector (brother-slayer), and it is entirely conceivable that the "blood" component of his cognomen refers to his propensity for fratricide.

-From the Great Wikipedia

[Jens]

here's my entry, team school


Genghis Khan or Temüjin by birthname, (ca. 1162–August 18, 1227) was a Mongol political and military leader or Khan (posthumously Khagan) who united the Mongol tribes and founded the Mongol Empire (1206 – 1368), the largest contiguous empire in world history. Born to the name Temüjin in the Borjigin clan, he forged a powerful army based on meritocracy to become one of the most successful military leaders in history.


full version
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=71927&stc=1&d=1167848675

[v0rbiss]

5ch001Z0rZ Cr3\/\/ :P


http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/900/kingkv4.th.jpg (http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kingkv4.jpg)

Tsar Teodor-Svetoslav (12xx-1321), Bulgarian king for over 20 years. Cunning politician, he took hold of the throne by complex and ruthless conspiracies. He practically rebuilt the kingdom from the ashes, after fifty years of Tatharian domination. He ensured relatively peacefull and stable period for the kingdom for a short while by crushing a ~10,000 men crusader army, just four years after he became king. Soon after that, the Turks came and.... but that's a different story... :)

[voraz]

Schoolies
No time for more:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/4640/dah3107finalcw9.th.jpg (http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dah3107finalcw9.jpg)

D. Afonso Henriques (1109-1185),
First portuguese king. Known as the conqueror, because the large extension of land conquered South to the sarracens. The process of independence from Castela is complicated and takes severall battles, including with his own mother's army. In 1179 the Catolic church recognizes Portugal as a country, being the first European country to be established. He was described as being a very tall and strong guy and contrary to what was usual took part of the battles in the front line.


http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dah3107finalcw9.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

Team Schoolie

Empress Theodora (500– 548) known as the "Great Papal ".


Roman Emperor Justinian I, he made her joint ruler of the empire, and appears to have regarded her as a full partner in their rulership. A strong-willed woman, she showed a notable talent for governance. In the Nika riots of 532, her advice and leadership for a strong (and militant) response caused the riot to be quelled and probably saved the empire.

"Never was a woman so completely abandoned to pleasure. Many times Theodora [before her "gentrification"] would banquet with ten young men who had a passion for fornication...after exhausting them she would go to their attendants (by now more than thirty) and copulate with them as well in an futile effort to satisfy her unquenchable lust..."

She was commemorated on a saint in the Orthodox Church,

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/6466/theodoradoneresizets6.th.jpg (http://img477.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theodoradoneresizets6.jpg)

[strych9ine]

Team Self Taught

Godfrey of Bouillon (c. 1060–1100) The first Latin ruler of Jerusalem. He played a minor role at Nicaea and Antioch, but achieved prominence in the siege of Jerusalem (1099) and was elected ruler of the city after its capture. Having refused the title of king on religious grounds, he was designated defender of the Holy Sepulcher. He won the battle of Ascalon (1099) and brought several Syrian towns under tribute.

(Thanks for the bio timothy, lol)

http://123pichosting.com/thumbs/6496GodfreyOfBouillon-9ine.jpg (http://123pichosting.com/images/6496GodfreyOfBouillon-9ine.jpg)

[rodriguez]

Team Schooled

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2358/williamwallacegl5.th.jpg (http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=williamwallacegl5.jpg)


[img=http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2358/williamwallacegl5.th.jpg] (http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=williamwallacegl5.jpg)

William Wallace (1270 - 1305) a Knight of Scotland he led a resistance against the English. His most famous battles were at Stirling bridge and Falkirk
eventually he was captured by the english and brutally executed

[llothcat]

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8271/theodora4bp2.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theodora4bp2.jpg)


Empress Theodora
c. 500-548
Byzantine empress

Was resposible for the building of Hagia Sophia, among other feats. Alas..I had not the time to put that much in....

[ikuru]

Wu Mai
(742-780)

Lineage holder (762-780) as Grand Master of "Shaolin Black Dragon Kung Fu".

The Black Dragon was a warrior monk sect that protected the temples and surrounding community.

The Wu Family Black Dragon Kung Fu system was founded by Wu Chen Pai in 714 AD (Tang Dynasty) at the Northern Shaolin Temple in Honan province China.

http://www.ikuru.se/box/thumbfinal.jpg (http://www.ikuru.se/box/final.jpg)

[jfwalls]

Schoolie
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3479/hawaiirf2.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hawaiirf2.jpg)

Pili-kaaiea

In Hawaiian mythology, Pili-kaaiea (or Pili-auau) is a chief, called a 'grandchild' of Lana-ka-wai on the Ulu line, but born and brought up in Kahiki. Because the chiefs of (the island of) Hawaii had carelessly intermarried with junior chiefly lines, Pa'ao went to Kahiki to find a relative of pure blood who could compete in rank with the chiefly lines of the other islands. He recites a chant to invite Lono-kaeho to return with him. Lono-kaeho declines the invitation, but sends Pili in his place. Pili becomes high chief and wins the support of the people and he becomes the ancestor of the chiefs of Hawaii on the Ulu line down to the late 19th century.

As there are no written records before the 1700's in Hawaii I don't know the exact date that Pili-kaaiea lived, but it is believed to be around 1100 or 1200 AD that Pa'ao arrived in Hawaii.

[Sinix]

Sorry for not doing much, keep getting wrapped up in other stuff, at least I'll get something in this. I just noticed that JLAlfaro did the more famous sibling of this person.

http://www.sinixdesign.com/art/misc/dsb010107b.jpg

Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147 -1199)
Founder of Kamakura Shogunate
Helped bring about the start of the feudal age. Warrior samurai and fun stuff.

[sve]

Ivan I of Russia, Ivan Kalita, Moscow Prince
(1288 – March 31, 1340).
Collector of Russia. He gained trust of Golden Horde khan Uzbek and was allowed to collect taxes for him.
Stole some, got rich fast suffocating other Russian Princes by financial loans.
Made Moscow and then Russia very powerful.


Like my friend said sort of a loan officer, or better say loan shark. More information about him http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/articles/history_04.shtml
I'm in Self taught team.

http://www.rhinohidestudios.com/sve_SelfiesTD_thumb.jpg (http://www.rhinohidestudios.com/sve_SelfiesTD.jpg)

[wil.whalen]

Vercingetorix (?? - 46 BC)

Lead the Gauls against Caesar in an effort to not be conquered. Surrenedered to Caesar in the siege of Alesia.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/koroshiya001/vercencol.jpg

[Felicia]

School Taught

Lady Godiva (c.990- 1067)
Lady Godiva took pity on the people of Coventry, who were suffering grievously under her husband's oppressive taxation. Lady Godiva appealed again and again to her husband, who obstinately refused to remit the tolls. At last, weary of her entreaties, he said he would grant her request if she would ride naked through the streets of the town. Lady Godiva took him at his word and, after issuing a proclamation that all persons should keep within doors or shut their windows, she rode through, clothed only in her long hair.
From Wikipedia

Lady Godiva (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o229/feliciacano/lady_godiva.jpg?t=1167874559)

[Blue]

Self Taught.

http://www.temion.net/quick/Albertus-Magnus-thumb.jpg (http://www.temion.net/quick/Albertus-Magnus.jpg)

Albertus Magnus (1193? - November 15, 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar who became famous for his comprehensive knowledge and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion. He is considered to be the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages. He was the first medieval scholar to apply Aristotle's philosophy to Christian thought at the time. Catholicism honors him as a Doctor of the Church, one of only 33 men and women with that honor.

(I could have done so so much more, i literally worked on it up to the wire. Procrastination kills!)

[look]

My own host is very slow today, so I'm using imageshack for the time being.

Schoolie Team

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3927/lookxuanzangjl0.th.jpg (http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lookxuanzangjl0.jpg)

Xuanzang (602-664)
A Tang Dynasty monk who is known for his sixteen-year pilgrimage to India and career as a translator of Buddhist scriptures.
His book "Journey to the West in the Great Tang Dynasty" was also the main inspiration for the famous Chinese classic fiction "Journey to the West".

alternative link to the image if above one fails. (http://lookie.org/misc/sketch/look_xuanzang.jpg)

[joelhinxman]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/joelhinxman/fin.jpg

Ruaidri Ua Conchobair (rory o'conner)
(??-1198)
was the last true high king of ireland. the king he usureped ran to king henry II and ask for help king henry invaded ireland and rory fought to push him out but lost and had to surender power to the norman invaders

[xenos]

damn, i didnt make the deadline :nohope:
well anyway, heres what i drew:

Genghis Khan (born between 1150 and 1160, and died 1227)
Killed lots and lots of people (more info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_khan))

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v403/puppeli/TD/th_genghis_khan_by_xenos.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/puppeli/TD/genghis_khan_by_xenos.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/puppeli/TD/genghis_khan_by_xenos.jpg

oh yea, i was in the self taught team :yayca:

[Pan]

Team School

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3715/panstbrigidaf4.th.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=panstbrigidaf4.jpg)

Saint Brigid of Kildare (451 AD - 525 AD)

Named for the pagan goddess of fire, Brigid was inspired by the preachings of Saint Patrick and became a nun. She founded a monastery and a school of art and attained the title of abbess. Brigid's symbol is a cross woven from rushes which, legend tells, she gave to a dying man on the roadside to convert him.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3715/panstbrigidaf4.jpg

...ah, I'm assuming I made the deadline. It's 11:40 where I'm at. If not...I'm sad.

[quickreaver]

VERY interesting! And some beautiful work....wish I'd had the balls to participate!

[Jska]

Abū-Yūsuf Ya’qūb ibn Ishāq ibn as-Sabbāh ibn 'omrān ibn Ismaīl al-Kindī (c. 801–873 CE; Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب ابن إسحاق الكندي), also known by the Latinised version of his name, Alkindus to the Western world, was a Muslim Arab scientist, mathematician, physician, and a talented musician. (from Wiki)

http://www.jskaconcepts.com/badaboom/dailysketch/jska_alkindi.jpg

I actually started this out as an oil painting and painted over it in photoshop just to finish on time. Wish I had way way more time to work on this though :(

[2100]

OMG. Fucking colours are messed up on PC~~

http://www.eciad.ca/~jtiong/charlemagne.jpg

[Beelow]

Team Schooled

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f55/Beelow3/Arturconcept7.jpg

Arturius(500?-600A.D.?)
This one of the guys that is behind the Legend of King Arthur. But, the problem is he is not a King. He was actually a commander son of a King. Here is more info on the this legendary character.http://www.legendofkingarthur.com/i/arturius.pdf It is evident that this guy really existed. I just linked mines I don't know how to thumb mines at all and just don't have the time trying to fiddle with it at all. Peace fun contest!

[YVerloc]

aargh. I'm trying to upload my image now. I'ts done. I'm on the phone with my sevice provider's help line right now.
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[YVerloc]

Team School

alright, let me try this. I hope I can link an image from my gallery here.
http://community.conceptart.org/gallery/I/2005/01/01/19162.jpg
hope this shows up.

OK, I can see it. I hope everyone else can.
I know there are probably a lot of Lady Godivas, since it's a pretty obvious choice. I haven't checked the rest of the thread yet, but I'd be surprised if this was the only one.

She lived from 990 to 1067.
She accepted a dare from her husband to ride naked across Coventry, in order to win financial relief for her husband's tenants.

yo, 2100 - you're at my Alma Mater!

[2100]

YVerloc, you went to ECIAD?

[YVerloc]

Yeah, got my diploma in film-animation there ages ago.

[2100]

Coolness, I'm in my first year still.

[ikuru]

So is it OK to start posting the comments in here now?
Whats happening now again?
When is the judging and that gonne be?
thanx.

[Zanconato]

Self taught

Sorry internet kept coming on and off yesterday, wasn't able to post.

Mine is based on a famous Icelandic viking and skald named Egill Skallagrímsson. He was born in Iceland in the year 910 and died some time around the year 990. Many historians consider Egill to be one of the deadliest men that ever lived in bladed combat- several accounts tell of him slaughtering as many as 20 or more armed men singlehandedly, and even dispatching a feared berserker with relative ease.

Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egill_Skallagrímsson

My piece - http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c194/Majikz/vikingcold.jpg

[Leari_79790]

No More Late Entries

The Gate Is Closed, Buahauhahahahahahahhuha!!!

[ikuru]

and thats when out trojan horse pop open! YEAH!