Chow 145 :: VOTING :: Supervillain Self-Portrait

[daestwen]

FINALS ONLY
-=ROUND 145=-
-=SUPERVILLAIN SELF-PORTRAIT=-

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ROUND #145 :: SUPERVILLAIN SELF-PORTRAIT

DESCRIPTION

Kind of a different round for CHOW this week. Totally open, just a self-portrait of yourself as a supervillain. (I mashed together a couple different ideas from the suggestion thread. )

Make sure that along with the design, you get across what your powers/super evil weaponry/death glare is!

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ACCEPTANCE TO POLL WILL BE BASED ON THREE CRITERIA:
1: DID THE ARTIST FOLLOW THE BRIEF? (allowance for creative takes will be made).
2: IS THE PIECE ARTISTICALLY SOUND? (Is the illustration "finished?" - did the artist pay attention to anatomy, perspective, other fundamentals?).
3: IS THIS ILLUSTRATION THE BEST ONE?

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SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY:
1: You must submit ONE full sized image.
2: Make sure your name and CHOW # are EASILY READABLE on your entry.
3: Use the Standard format (Below);


PLACE THE IMAGE IN A FRAME WITH YOUR NAME/TOPIC
SAVE YOUR FILE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:
Chow##_Nickname
example: "CHOW#100_Oregano.jpg"

THE REST IS EASY:
1: No comments before poll is set. They WILL be deleted with utmost malice and petty grumbling.
2: Sit back and enjoy the show. BYOPC (Bring your own popcorn)
3: Good luck to all.

[daestwen]

Please review these helpful reminders if you have not done so already.

ON GETTING TO POLL
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NEW ROUND RULE: WIPS PLEASE!
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SUBMISSION FORMAT REMINDER



PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR COPYRIGHT INFORMATION UNDER THE IMAGE SO I DON'T HAVE TO HUNT YOU DOWN LATER!

[sticmann]

Why don't you ever see any really intelligent superheroes? Why is genius villainized? These "heroes" always come in with the kicking and the punching and the laser vision. What's with all the physical violence? Heroes! Even a well-trained monkey can do that! Also, what are we doing here, ballet? What is with all the leotards? Yes, we know you have huge muscles. Come on.

If destroying oppressive, greedy, international mega corporations is bad, then call me evil. I call it liberation. I am freeing the people from their bondage to consumerism by simply removing the lure of so many buy-your-way-to-happiness campaigns. They are the real evil.

In hindsight, permanently grafting on this bionic arm maybe wasn't the best idea. I've lost some fine motor skills and it's really difficult to bathe. I'll make a note of that for future reference.




So, here are some of the things that I went through while painting this one. When I read the brief, I immediately came up with most of the text above. My initial sketches got most of the idea down. I knew I wanted a strong upward-looking angle to give the character dominance in the frame. As I went through the rendering, some things changed. I roughed up the hair because it looked like I was wearing a helmet. I got rid of the hanging sleeve; it looked a little sloppy and too mage-like. The eyes were initially colder and more stern but I wanted to make them more dynamic and intense, so I widened them and moved them up to fix the anatomy a bit. This was great fun and I look forward to future challenges


Joshua Marchlewski
1/30/09
Concept art
Characters
Super-hero
other... Gimp

[Sen Holiday]

Copyright: Sen Holiday | Concept Art | Villain! | Corel Painter

[GregTaylor]

Yeeeee, this is how i'd like to be as a supervillain.. hes very closely based on myself (obviously) perhapse a little more toned *cough*

As I like my metal, i've given him a more black metal appearance, with a vampiric presence, leaching power from blood.

[Nadiamoon]

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Attachment 579933

[dustin53545]

I usually have more wips but I jumped right into this one.

"Have you ever seen your family die in a house fire? Did just stand there watching in horror, helplessly as they burn to the bone and wonder why the fire never touched you or even singed your cloths. Then to have some caped crusader come flying to save you from the burning building. Sure he says he saves people all the time. All heros say that. But were are they when your powers first manifest, where the hell are they when you figure out its your fault that your family is dead. That hero didn't save me, no he just let me live in hell and torment just a little longer. I don't blame myself anymore, I blame the hero. Time for the world to burn. So lets see how the hero can save it now!!!!!!"

[SMILEFACE]

I survive off pizza ,ciggarettes ,cherry coke and the blood of the innocent

[LA-Fairy]

Too bad I first thought off adding feet in phototshop 10 minutes before I had to crash. Oh well, I am satisfied with the outcome.
Wips and ref.

[ErikStorstein]

Click here for progress and here for a picture of me

"I like to think I was given these powers for a reason, and the path of destruction just seemed like the most fun one"

Copyright: Erik Storstein - Concept Art - Super Hero - Photoshop

[Clockwork Bunny]

Ok hope its good enough now

copyright:
Clockwork Bunny,
conceptart,
character,
fantasy,
GIMP.

[NateShaw]

After finally ingesting too much herbicide, far more than any human should, NateShaw wilted and died. Only to rise from the grave to stalk from garden to garden laying a path of brown and dried destruction.

I kill invasive exotic plants in the Everglades for a living.

[Brushcommander]

"Gimme all yer money or I'll bust a breast!"

[masque]

"They took it all, my home, my family, even my art.
But they couldn't take my mind. A fatal mistake.
Now they pay. Now the world pays!"

Attachment 579822
Copyright stuff: Karl G. Nyman; Concept Art; Characters; Sci-Fi; Photoshop


WIPs (sort of embellished )

Attachment 579823

[KonnA]

My FIRST completed DIGITAL art piece!

"They told me only the strong will prosper in this world. Now... Now I'll dominate"

edit by daestwen: added the following to this post, please don't post comment posts until after the poll is up!

Click here for progress

"I like to think I was given these powers for a reason, and the path of destruction just seemed like the most fun one"

Dude rename you're image...

CHOW145_Zilrion.Jpg Otherwise you won't get to poll!

[TengkuAdam]

My first weekly, a bit rushed I found out late! Some good stuff here though, good luck everyone

[~baxter]

A modern lich, surpassing death and mastering powers of necromancy.

Copyright info: Erik Dolphin/concept art/characters/horror/photoshop.

[dirkvandulmen]

Here's my super villain, Mr Laser-eye-guy! ( and wips)
Enjoy!

[Liam Harvey]

Chow#145 w.i.p
begin with greyscale.
Attachment 579972
work on proportions and tonal variation
Attachment 579973
enlarge "canvas" to include legs.
Attachment 579975
Colour grescale with layers, blocking in colours.
Attachment 579982
By time of Final, changes have been made to design, such as removal of mask, stance of legs and colours are blended.

CHOW#145 final entry:
Attachment 579994

[Darkwolf]

Ahhh, he isn't exactly brilliant, but he's serviceable enough, IMHO. *grins* correct me if I'm wrong.

MonkeyWrench Murphy

Monkeywrench Murphy is one of those odd supervillains who try to do good criminally. He is the living embodiment of Murphy's Law (If It Can Go Wrong, It Will), but cannot control his power fully (IE- it doesn't always go right), and it can even affect him. Heh.

[Artofinca]

This is her dress I loved best... thorn to pieces by my long-fingered hand

[anamirela]

Wow, a lot of great job from everyone!

Here's my supervillain me and the story behind.
Due to a mistreatment of a rare bacteria infection as asthma that implicated steroid abuse, NObreathing, with her lungs completely destroyed, found a way to survive. She needs huge O2 quantities that only by processing Earth's atmosphere can be supplied, and that makes her not a really nice person. She is bounded to a tornado machine, with the only superpower that steroids can give: super aggressivity!

WIP:

[shannanigan]

For those who know me, my choice to depict myself as a B-Movie Rockabilly Monster Villainess,
ruling over hordes of goofy Pirate Zombies and slaying tentacled creatures is not a big surprise. LOL!

WIPs: 1st Sketch . . . Rough Layout

Copyright: Shannon Finch 1/31/09
Categories: ConceptArt/Characters/Horror/Photoshop

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Oh and lets not forget the reference photo.... with my mean face on. LOL!

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[trevor]

final i guess
i may sneak in and add a little flavor as it comes to me but for now
woot!
great round everyone!

[t i m]

"Hi, I'm Tim. I live in that castle. Yea I know,it's pretty sweet. Speaking of sweet check out my sugar plum army. Are they tough? No, no, but they sure are TASTY! Go ahead try one, or two, or twenty. Feel free to take some home to the fam too! What's that, how do I plan on conquering the world? Four words my friend.. Tooth Decay, Obesity, DIABETES...muahhhhaaaa!

Fun stuff guys, great entries so far!

[Tenno]

Here's mine, had a lot of fun with this one - great work everyone!

Copyright: Graphuji; Concept Art; Characters; Sci-Fi; Photoshop

[jshamburger]

This was fun

[deadred]

image category: conceptart, characters, fantasy, photoshop

my evil superpower is summoning demonic pandas of mass destruction

(the baby panda is my power source >.>)

[FerrousJack]

Yup, that little voice in my head that tells me when I need to stop just spoke up. I may add a little more later to develop it some, but I say it is complete for now.

Good work everybody!

copyright Ron Smith
concept art
character
urban
Photoshop

[Lt_Action]

Yeeeaah... I won't have time to refine it, so here's the final!