miss.lynette
November 30th, 2007, 01:28 PM
Welcome to the Stylised Animal Monthly Challenge, sponsored by 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 stylised/abstact/cartoon style, whilst keeping your creature instantly recongnisable. We wanted to publish some content in 2DArtist Magazine on how to create stylised animals, such as you see in the many feature films and cartoon galleries, and we thought this regular competition might just bring in the images/Making Ofs we need, whilst giving away great prizes and exposure!
What are we looking for?
Funny and humourous entries which break the animal down to its most recognisable components; enphasise these in whichever ways you think best and render your stylised/abstact/cartoon masterpiece!
Timeframes and requirements?
The rules are pretty laid back: please submit 1 x 2D Final Image. If you want to have a background or include some graphical elements or text on your image, it's 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. A 'VOTING' thread will be created at the end of the month. For a valid entry, just make sure your final image is posted in the 'VOTING' thread before the 8th January 2008. Voting will take place from the 8th January to the 16th January 2008, when the winners will be announced. 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 don't start any new threads; just reply to this one already set up!
Prizes!!
1st Place Any 3 items from the 3DTotal Shop (http://shop.3dtotal.com). 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/), textureCDs (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://shop.3dtotal.com).
3rd Place
Any 1 item from the 3DTotal Shop (http://shop.3dtotal.com).
We do unfortunately have to limit prizes to 1 book per winner per competition due to high postage costs for heavier items.
Judging
Everyone who entered can cast a vote of their top 3 in order; we will award 3pts for a 1st place vote, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Then we will add them up and ship out your prizes!
This month we have chosen SWIMMING DINOSAURS! (Although there's technically no such thing; dinosaurs apparently lived on land only. If we want to be picky we should really call them "Plesiosaurs" or "Ichthyosaurs", but let's just call them "swimming dinosaurs" for the sake of this competition and to keep things nice and simple!;))
http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/main_small.jpg
ŠiStockphoto.com/Maartje van Caspel
Here are a selection of Images to give you some good references.
swimming dinosaur 01 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/01.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 02 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/02.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 03 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/03.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 04 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/04.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 05 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/05.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 06 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/06.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 07 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/07.gif)
swimming dinosaur 08 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/08.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 09 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/09.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 10 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/10.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 11 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/11.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 12 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/12.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 13 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/13.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 14 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/14.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 15 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/15.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 16 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/16.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 17 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/17.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 18 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/18.gif)
Please don't start new threads: all design sketches, WIPs, feedback should go in this thread! Final Images should be posted in the 'VOTING' thread, which will be created at the end of the month.
Have fun everyone! There are some pretty cool images on the Net for this subject, so enjoy your explorations! Should be a fun one this month! Enjoy!! :)
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 stylised/abstact/cartoon style, whilst keeping your creature instantly recongnisable. We wanted to publish some content in 2DArtist Magazine on how to create stylised animals, such as you see in the many feature films and cartoon galleries, and we thought this regular competition might just bring in the images/Making Ofs we need, whilst giving away great prizes and exposure!
What are we looking for?
Funny and humourous entries which break the animal down to its most recognisable components; enphasise these in whichever ways you think best and render your stylised/abstact/cartoon masterpiece!
Timeframes and requirements?
The rules are pretty laid back: please submit 1 x 2D Final Image. If you want to have a background or include some graphical elements or text on your image, it's 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. A 'VOTING' thread will be created at the end of the month. For a valid entry, just make sure your final image is posted in the 'VOTING' thread before the 8th January 2008. Voting will take place from the 8th January to the 16th January 2008, when the winners will be announced. 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 don't start any new threads; just reply to this one already set up!
Prizes!!
1st Place Any 3 items from the 3DTotal Shop (http://shop.3dtotal.com). 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/), textureCDs (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://shop.3dtotal.com).
3rd Place
Any 1 item from the 3DTotal Shop (http://shop.3dtotal.com).
We do unfortunately have to limit prizes to 1 book per winner per competition due to high postage costs for heavier items.
Judging
Everyone who entered can cast a vote of their top 3 in order; we will award 3pts for a 1st place vote, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Then we will add them up and ship out your prizes!
This month we have chosen SWIMMING DINOSAURS! (Although there's technically no such thing; dinosaurs apparently lived on land only. If we want to be picky we should really call them "Plesiosaurs" or "Ichthyosaurs", but let's just call them "swimming dinosaurs" for the sake of this competition and to keep things nice and simple!;))
http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/main_small.jpg
ŠiStockphoto.com/Maartje van Caspel
Here are a selection of Images to give you some good references.
swimming dinosaur 01 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/01.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 02 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/02.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 03 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/03.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 04 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/04.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 05 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/05.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 06 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/06.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 07 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/07.gif)
swimming dinosaur 08 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/08.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 09 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/09.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 10 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/10.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 11 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/11.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 12 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/12.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 13 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/13.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 14 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/14.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 15 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/15.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 16 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/16.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 17 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/17.jpg)
swimming dinosaur 18 (http://www.2dartistmag.com/challenge_resources/13_dec07_dinosaur-swimming/references/18.gif)
Please don't start new threads: all design sketches, WIPs, feedback should go in this thread! Final Images should be posted in the 'VOTING' thread, which will be created at the end of the month.
Have fun everyone! There are some pretty cool images on the Net for this subject, so enjoy your explorations! Should be a fun one this month! Enjoy!! :)