EOW #87 Woodland Mouse House

[chaosrocks]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/EOW2.jpg

EOW 8 woodland mouse house

REQUIRED
country setting
sense of scale-- this is a miniature


DUE May 11th short aND sweet
BIG ROUND COMING NEXT![.



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[Gaius]

cute, I like this :O)

Whats the big round next?

[Homeless Foxman]

Chaos, I love this topic, it's awesome. I think I'm going to give this one ago seeing as I have some free time now, hurrah!

[chaosrocks]

heheeh
it'll be a surprise
but I guarantee it'll be cool

[matejkovacic]

Nice topic. Started something, I hope I'll have time to finish.

[tsujni]

Is this like a cinder block?
A certain animated feature has a name that escapes me.
I'm thinkin 'Nym' , but, google says no.
Sweet movie if you can find it.
I found it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_NIMH

[paberu]

Great topic, sounds like a good challenge to do something different from usual subject matter.

[kenjitsu]

I might give this a go.

Kind of fun how beginner I am as I don't even have a usual style. Everyones trying to do something different, while I'm looking for my usual style/subject... ;P

[Lucky Munky]

:sungod: I was just talking to someone about the Secret of Nimh on Saturday - coincidence or destiny?

Nice New Topic! I'm gonna give'r a go.

[chaosrocks]

destiny.... definately

so apocalyptic woodland mouse house anyone?

[Dan!]

:skull: classic.

[PaTXiNaKi]

Oh! i was reading the brief, and something like this come to me.

:o

[chaosrocks]

cool...where's the woodland?

[Nightblue]

so far all the "... of the week"'s seem to have big rounds coming up :-o

CHOW promised it... IDW promised it... now EOW too? eek.

I'll likely do this one because I have special affinity with mice :D

[Arbu]

this is what ive been doing...

wip

[tatiana]

The topic puts me in mind of the "Mouse Guard" comics. :)

http://www.davidpetersen.net/mouseguard/index.htm

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[VulgarDragon]

What the heck...I'll give this a try. Here's a quickie of what I am thinking.

[matejkovacic]

Well, this is how I see the woodland mouse house.

[Arbu]

howdy again!

Arthur 'Two Sheds' nice going! i want to see more!


i worked some more on mine but its still not finished

heres is it so far

[Hunger_Artist]

I liked this topic because I got to watch secret of nimh on youtube for research...

http://studentpages.scad.edu/~carbeu20/may/emomouse.jpg

[Pixie Trick]

Mine so far. :) It need a little more work on the background and some other little tweaks, but otherwise it's pretty much done.
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[peetsbeets]

pixie trick

The colors you used for your mushrooms and (especially the door) don't fit in with the rest of your piece. Meaning, those colors are really bright and unnatural, but the rest of your piece is more realistic looking with more subdued hues. I think you need to add more of those colors around if you want to make the piece look consistent.

[Lucky Munky]

Here's what I've got so far. A little different than my usual style.:oneye:

[revenebo]

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q150/revenebo/EoW87_Revenebo.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q150/revenebo/EoW87_Revenebo_thumb.jpg

I have some isometrics of the interiors too, I hope to have time to work on them.

[nickmarshallvfx]

Beautiful Revenebo!

[revenebo]

space-sprayer thank you!

chaosrox let me guess what next week surprise will be: a super-mega team-up of all the community activities (e.g. designing in one day some panels about a character using an object and fighting a creature in an environment). It could be challenging but I hope I'm wrong...

[Alayna]

http://www.alayna.net/cawip.jpg
WIP

Revenebo, really awesome work!! Nice textures and lighting :D

[chaosrocks]

Alright
Due To Upcoming Excitements! Deadling For This Is Moved To The 14th

New Events Begin The 15th

Final Burning Thread Is Up

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[Arbu]

deadline extended.. hummm i bet it has something to do at least with chow! x) ist that it chaosrocks ?

but if not, it would be interesting to join the weekly events together once in a while and create something mixed up!

we would have to make an ilustration with related topics
ehhe

[Anid Maro]

Extended deadline? Sweet. Didn't get to finish mine up over the weekend like I planned, but a couple extra days will put me on track. Just gotta finish the inking (almost done) and then give it a touch of computer color.

[Misplacedhippos]

Here is what I have so far. Pretty much my first time painting with photoshop. Any tips would be great. I'm having a difficult time with the background foliage.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk18/onion204/mousehouse.jpg

[Gaius]

Have posted in final burning.


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i179/gmiley/woodland_final_post_size_adjut2c-1.jpg

Sadly the mouse was eaten by the fox hiding behind the tree. :yum:

so any ideas what this big event is ?

[revenebo]

In the topic suggestion thread Chaos once told that she was saving the Underwater City topic for later on. The blue band in the upper right corner of the screen says "DEEP". I think they're preparing something linking all of the "Of The Week" activities together, in an underwater environment or something similar.

[Gaius]

Sounds like it could be very cool

[jread]

Iv missed so many amazing EoWs! well Iv just been made redundant coz the company exploded into a puddle of liquidation...so might find some time to join in once again :)

amazing piece Gaius...I see your still churning out some fine (and inspirational) work...

[Villa]

a little oriental twist.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z66/zano66/mouseh1.jpg

[peetsbeets]

In the topic suggestion thread Chaos once told that she was saving the Underwater City topic for later on. The blue band in the upper right corner of the screen says "DEEP". I think they're preparing something linking all of the "Of The Week" activities together, in an underwater environment or something similar.

I think we had everybody get together and create parts of a theme -such as an underwater city: the park, city center, market etc..- that would be totally awesome.

[tatiana]

Alright
Due To Upcoming Excitements! Deadling For This Is Moved To The 14th

New Events Begin The 15th

Final Burning Thread Is Up

Please Move Your Finishe Images Over There
And Don't Forget The Icon

outside Host The Icon Please!!!!!!

Sweet, I just noticed that the deadline for this one was extended. I will have time to submit my concept. :)

...and I'm very curious about that "DEEP" thing that seems to be going on...and turning things blue. Hard to read, but with a fun surprise, I hope!

[Arbu]

hunger artist: beautiful! =D

revenebo: thats awesome... like it a lot.

alayna: hope to see more of your already wonderful wip =)

gaius: that painting is "music to my eyes" lol! those rocks.. those leafs... omg! *teach me* xD

villa: i like it! awesome theme you got there, but the tree seems too much flat!

here's my finished

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/133/e/c/Woodland_mouse_house_by_Arbu.jpg

[revenebo]

Arthur "Two Sheds", Arbu Thank you! I'm glad you guys like it, I didn't expect such appreciation. It's funny because I spent no more than two hours on it, while other images I tried to refine more where less successful...

I forgot: I use both Photoshop and Painter. This was done with Photoshop.

[Gaius]

Love it Revenbo. There's a nice natural sketchiness to your style and a great use of high contrasting tonal values.

Ditto for Gaius. Love how raw the actual 'mouse house' area is. Do either of you guys use Painter at all or is it just Photoshop?

Thanks

I use painter 80% of the and photoshop the rest. :)

[revenebo]

Gaius Great. Peaceful ad dreamy "Hobbyville" mood. How did you paint foliage and grass? By hand, custom brushes or some (well blended) photo insertion?

()nion I think foliage is a problem for everybody...

Arbu Nice. Reminds me of naif paintings.

Villa I like it (even if that tree looks a bit flat).

Arthur "Two Sheds" I like the illustration-like style.

[Gaius]

I did the foliage by making paper textures within painter, bit of a trick to it, gradually building it up in layers.

Thanks for your comments btw. :)

[Anid Maro]

Eh, already posted in the Burning thread last night, but forgot to put it up here too. I'm a little slow sometimes. :P

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And some comments on a few that really caught my eye.

Revenebo

Very nice. Love the tree texture and also the little details. Like the steam pipe/vent up at the top, I didn't even think to add windows let alone something like that. Awesome work.

Gaius

Just... awesome. The foliage in particular. And the rocks too. I'd also ask how you did it, but Revenebo already did and it looks like I'll just have to be satisfied with you holding it as a "trade secret" of sorts. :)

Villa

Simpler than the above, but it gives off a very definite atmosphere. Very cool use of colors.

Rayk

It's got a rough edge but like the above it exudes a very strong atmosphere. The rays of light are a particularly nice touch.

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I am rather dissatisfied with my own grass and bark "textures". Aside from being out of practice, I also never really drew trees and outdoor environments (or environments at all) much. So it's one of those things where my personal limitations became very apparent early on. I think I've found my next pet project, I've already started brainstorming how to do textures... particularly nature related ones. :)

[Alayna]

Ty Arbu!! Your grass is great! How did you do it? :D If you don't mind me asking...

[Jonny]

I guess I'm supposed to post the finish in here too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/jcreator/EOW87_Jonny.jpg

Btw, Gaius, I like your painting style.