Dynamic Energy Challenge 2010 - View of a Spidey

[The7Artist7]

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Hello & Welcome to the Dynamic Energy Challenge 2010 - View of a Spidey!

Open to everyone and all levels of skill - have fun pushing the levels of Dynamic energy in your art! Submitting WIPs and sharing constructive crits is encouraged!

Characters:
• Spiderman

So - the idea with this challenge is to draw our friendly neighbourhood hero from a dynamic viewpoint! You can add supporting characters to make more sense of the image if you like - have fun and be creative!

The only restrictions are:

• 1 final entry per person.
• Your piece must include Spidey as the main focus.
• You must have a dynamic, energetic view element - perspective, position, etc.
• Have awesome fun!

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Extended Deadline - 11th July 2010

Please feel free to join in anytime - the aim is to have fun!

After the deadline there will be a Poll-thread containing all the final entries that will run for 4 days so everyone can vote for their favourite. :lounge:

Feel free to use any media or art style - all I ask is that you keep it clean thanks! (no obscene stuff etc - you know the drill )
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List of entrants (updated as people join) •no piece submitted yet / •rough submitted / •final submitted:

• The7Artist7
• Diarum
• Mahran
• Asatira
• tobbA
• gordebak
• js1701
• dacountno2
• NickyBeats
• Mohog
• Jordan85
• Me,Myself & Me again
• PxelSlayer

Feel free to post and discuss as many roughs and ideas as you like in this thread! Just let me know when the image you post is your final piece thanks

Any questions - just ask!


Please keep all submissions original - copied art is not allowed - thanks!

[Diarum]

This is cool, I'm in!

[The7Artist7]

This is cool, I'm in!

Nice one - Welcome! :D

[Mahran]

Brings back fond memories :mittenbop:
Needless to say, I'm in :steph:
Did u win the last one or was it me????
In any case, betta watch your back my friend :muscle:

[The7Artist7]

Haha - smacktalking already! Well mate - I've won a few of the last Challenges but you weren't involved in those :scratches chin: .. clickity click ... hmmm after a bit of research it would appear you beat me the last 2 times we were in the same challenge! o.Ó Ok dude - gloves are off! :anime: :painting: :painting: hehe - all the best sir!

Ok peoples - don't be shy - join in! If anyone feels the deadline is too near then don't worry! Just let me know and I'll see what I can do - this is an open challenge for all to join in and enjoy :D

[Asatira]

Sounds fun. And I'm coincidentally in a Spider-man mood. Once I finish a different piece with Spidey influence, I'll get to work on this.

[The7Artist7]

Welcome Asatira! Great to have you join us :D

Come on peoples - 161views and just 3 joined so far (and Mahran had committed to join before I made the thread)!

Which reminds me .. I previously ran these challenges in 2 parts with a roughs stage and finals stage - would people like that this time too?

Rock on everyone :yayca:

[tobbA]

I'll prolly whip something up. Should just finish some other stuff first. Fun to see the challenges are back :)

[The7Artist7]

Hey tobbA! Yeah great to be running them again :rocker:

Lookin forward to what peoples come up with :painting: :lounge:

[gordebak]

Hey, this is fun! Thanks Mahran. I'm in.

[The7Artist7]

Welcome aboard Gorde! :D

I'm wondering if I should add a another week to the deadline to allow time for people to join in - what does everyone think? I can always extend it if it gets near and people need that bit extra time :)

[js1701]

Count me in!

[Mahran]

Welcome aboard Gorde! :D

I'm wondering if I should add a another week to the deadline to allow time for people to join in - what does everyone think? I can always extend it if it gets near and people need that bit extra time :)

Hey G
I don't mind either way really. I'll have mine finished before the 9th but if a couple of people ask for more time then yeh, lets push it a week or so. It would be very nice to have a lot of people involved in this challenge :rocker:

js1701: nice to have u with us :yayca:

gordebak: No prob, great to have u here :lifedrawing:

[The7Artist7]

Thanks Mahran - makes sense to me :thumbs up:

Added you to the list as well js1701 :)

[js1701]

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Added you to the list as well js1701 :)

Thanks. First time for me. May be an obvious question but... what exactly are we looking for in this picture...?

[The7Artist7]

Thanks. First time for me. May be an obvious question but... what exactly are we looking for in this picture...?

that's cool - hopefully the first of many eh! The aim of this series of challenges is to provide a fun environment for people to push the dynamism in their art. The series will cover as many aspects of dynamism as possible: motion, angles, perspective, style, colour, etc... in this challenge the particular aim is to draw a pic of Spidey from a really dynamic angle! Try being adventurous with the piece and feel free to put Spidey in a scene with a situation happening that enhances the energy and story of the pic! :painting:

Hope that helps! Any other questions just ask and I'l do my best to answer as soon as I can. :lounge:

Also remember that you can post roughs and WIPs in this thread if you'd like and ask for feedback. I know it's technically a challenge but constructive crits and advice is encouraged so please help each other out :hugsmile::yayca:

[Dacountno2]

I don't see any roughs up yet, but here's mine ( fully photoshop, which I suck at)... yes, the anatomy is wonky & way too muscular & it's weird but... tear me apart, it's the only way I'll get better!

:sungod:

[Mahran]

I don't see any roughs up yet, but here's mine ( fully photoshop, which I suck at)... yes, the anatomy is wonky & way too muscular & it's weird but... tear me apart, it's the only way I'll get better!

:sungod:

Lokin good! Yeah, just a little too muscular but it's great that you can do roughs with photoshop. I'm not comfortable doing that at all! I have mine roughed on paper and I'll probably have a very tight pencil drawing before I do anything digital.
Really lookin forward to seeing your final piece.
Keep up the great work :steph:

[NickyBeats]

hey everyone!! the7artist7 invited me to come and check this out, and i couldnt be more excited to get some ideas flowing for this challenge. i love spidey, and havent had a chance to draw him in a looong time, so im gonna go hit the drawing board, and be back hopefully tonight with a first wip. thanks again for the invite the7artist7 (ps. whats your real name, so its easier to type)

[NickyBeats]

Dacountno2 - great start man! - at this point its still pretty early on to give any helpful crits, however i can see that its already starting to become pretty busy with all the saturated colors in it, which is fine, but take care that it doesnt distract from the selling point of your image, which is spidey. you may want to knock the bright colors back a bit, maybe desturate them with a levels adjustment layer. then you can really have some freedom to lift spidey out more with some vibrant colors. keep going!

[Dacountno2]

that idea is scrapped, the figure is all wonky. new direction:

( thanks for the C&C yall!)

[Mahran]

that idea is scrapped, the figure is all wonky. new direction:

( thanks for the C&C yall!)

NickyBeats: Great to have u with us, loved your SB...

Dacountno2: This angle looks more dynamic. Maybe you could use 1 point pespective and have him falling from a height or something. In any case, great work, lookin forward to seeing the final version..

[Dacountno2]

okies, I'm done... for now :)

much happier with this one.
On a side note, I hate doing landscapes & environments. Always been a tad jealous of folks who like doing them...

[George Abraham]

Chirp, Chirp!!

If this was a Batman drawing contest

[MoHog]

ooooh i remember these, well im in

[The7Artist7]

Wow! Awesome! peoples have been busy :painting: :wip: :lounge: :lounge: :painting: :lounge: :anime:

Great job on helping each other out with comments etc! Dacountno - great 2nd pic taking on the comments and it now really fits the challenge brief of a dynamic viewpoint! Loving the style and vibrant colours - only crit right now is his left leg (to our right) looks a bit too misshapen despite the cool wacky style - almost like the calf is part of the knee and the foot is a right foot.. I really like the pic though great work!

Also welcome to the party NickyB and Mohog :D Have added your names to the list! (zaorr - you taking part? go on ya know ya want to! ;P and don't you worry a Batman challenge or two is deff planned dude!)

Oh yeah NickyB The Name's Greg but I don't tend to use my real name in forums - just call me The7 if you like dude - I'm always shortening names :P

Keep rocking everyone :rocker:

[Dacountno2]

Zaorr: Loomis has a heroic proportions book!? *rushes out to the internet to see if it's public domain...

I also dig the bats! :)

The7: thanks man - I always have some minor issues with extreme foreshortening & overlapping; was trying for a socked feet look ( i always find it funny in the comics, that often his feet are just little points, even when guys like Mcfarlane & Lee are drawing him...)

Just cant decide on what looks better: stylized or lifelike representational. Trying for a kewl happy medium I guess. I'll get there at some point!:mod:

[MoHog]

quick wippy

a crossover i really want to see....

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Some epic energy and perspective Dacountno, tough to get anatomy done especially with the foreshortening. keep up the good work

[The7Artist7]

O.o whoa! lol didn't see that one coming but trust good ol Mohog to get crazy with the theme! Rock on dude - I love the humour in your wips +1 for cute Spidey n Venom! :D hehe

One comment is remember to really push the Dynamic viewing angle - lets see some crazy perspective etc! Get that awesome imagination of yours into 3D space and imagine zooming the 'camera' around for the most epic view!

Keep on rocking everyone! :steph:

[Dacountno2]

MoHog: Spiderman vs. Aliens? awesome! Predators would be neato too!
Actually, any comic book character vs preds/ aliens is badass. except Superman.. his was a bit lame...

VERY fond memories of the original Batman vs. Predator, back in... 91? 92?

I'm stoked to see where this leads Mo!

[MoHog]

ha ha the cute points rackin up.
yeah im working on summin a bit more snazzy now, this is tough

yeah superman was lame, batman v alien was sooo good

[NickyBeats]

Dacountno2 - oh yea man! nice update! i really like the perspective on this, it really feels like hes hurdling downwards!

MoHog - hell yea dude! spidey vs. aliens! -i also remember that old batman vs predator comic! that one was epic!

i was doing some loosey goosey pen doodles last night of spidey, but they werent very dynamic to say the least haha, ive gotta really come up with something good because i looove spiderman. i think ill have to read one of my spidey books for some inspiration, maybe "one more day". that book was pretty sweet! oh shit, maybe ill throw Mephisto in there too!

[NickyBeats]

alrighty here we go with wip #1, c+c welcome and appreciated!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1010796&stc=1&d=1278039676

[MoHog]

desk is covered in spidey n alien sketches now

went for this composition in the end, couldn't resist adding predator

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gimme your thoughts

NickyBeats: great grasp of anatomy, envy you for that. i'd look at capitalising on the massiveness of the hulk, have him more looming or chucking something just to add more depth. maybe.

[Jordan85]

I'm in :yayca:

did this this morning

[NickyBeats]

MoHog - thanks man! yea, i think im gonna bring hulk's head around more, so it looks like spidey just swung past him, and to give him more of a pissed off face. i think im gonna toss some colors on it tonight, and see how it goes. by the way, yours is looking awesome man! love that alien in the bg, getting blown to hell!! great work!

Jordan85 - hey man! glad to see your gonna participate in this one! i really love your style man, very dynamic, and original pose for spidey! i was struggling with my pose for far too long, so i opted for the generic swing. i wish i had a better mental pose library. but ahh well, hopefully the paints can pick up some of my lazy slack!

keep it up everyone!! great stuff!

[The7Artist7]

Looking good NickyB - just need to work on the energy of the whole picture and maybe go that extra bit with the dynamic view - go for it! PUSH that dynamism! :anime: Love your style though :lounge:

MoHog - yeah man that's what I was talking about! Great job dude and including the other characters to push the story of the pic too - great job!

Hey Jordan - welcome to the comp and really liking the pic! great unique pose bursting with dynamic movement and if you can add some epic dynamic viewpoint elements with his enviro it would rock!

:yayca:

[NickyBeats]

The7 - thanks man! im hoping this update is a bit more dynamic, i think once its painted up, with the ugly lines scrapped, it should look alot better.

wip #2 ----->

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1011145&stc=1&d=1278104862

[NickyBeats]

ok i think mine is done at this point, i need to move on to other things. but it was fun to do! and thanks for the chance to draw spidey again! good luck everyone!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1011308&stc=1&d=1278129037

[Mahran]

desk is covered in spidey n alien sketches now

went for this composition in the end, couldn't resist adding predator

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gimme your thoughts

NickyBeats: great grasp of anatomy, envy you for that. i'd look at capitalising on the massiveness of the hulk, have him more looming or chucking something just to add more depth. maybe.

MoHog: I like this a lot. You have a Mike Wieringo look in your art, which is great cuz he does an amazing cartoony spidey. Looking good :rocker:

[The7Artist7]

Found some time today to scribble up an idea of my own - early days but thought I'd post something! :D

Crop I'm thinking of working on :painting:
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NickyB - Digging the style dude! my only crit is the kinda static movement - almost feel like Hulk should be taking a swing at spidey and missing with his upper body twisting to the left (following the movement of his right-arm punch) and Spidey showing a little more twisting fluidity too! But these are just thoughts re pushing a great pic that bit further into Dynamism! thanks so much for takin the time to join in! :yayca:

[tobbA]

Wippy WIP

[The7Artist7]

Nice wip MrT! Crits... erm his foot's a little strange! great dynamic idea though - fulfilling the challenge brief well! :painting:

[MoHog]

ok final i think. got carried away with the whole avp aspect. crudely faked up screenshot with arnie just off-screen :)

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NickyBeats: awesome colours, shame you don't have more time - nice job nonetheless.

Mahran: cheers for the praise sir, very kind of you.

The7Artist7: woah! that is surely the epitome of dynamic energy. mabye have hob/green gobo hanging off the underside of the glider? nice stuff

tobbA: same thing 'bout the foot, sketch atm i guess tho. very dynamic and great musculature work

[Mahran]

Wippy WIP

tobbA: Looks great, nice dynamic pose and potentially a very cool 3 point perspective view :yum: Same thing the lads pointed out tho, the foot looks a bit off.
Great stuff, keep it up :rocker:

[The7Artist7]

Ooh looking good Mohog! And thanks for the comments - I was originally thing of Green Goblin then it kinda went the direction of a remote controlled craft (controlled by GG).

Back to your pic - I'd give it a few more passes on the shadows and highlights to really give it depth and luscious colours :D Pred's linework is also looking a little lumpy. But great pic dude - really like the dynamic situation and view!

[Mahran]

ok final i think. got carried away with the whole avp aspect. crudely faked up screenshot with arnie just off-screen :)

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NickyBeats: awesome colours, shame you don't have more time - nice job nonetheless.

Mahran: cheers for the praise sir, very kind of you.

The7Artist7: woah! that is surely the epitome of dynamic energy. mabye have hob/green gobo hanging off the underside of the glider? nice stuff

tobbA: same thing 'bout the foot, sketch atm i guess tho. very dynamic and great musculature work

MoHog: This is very nice :yayca: Spidey looks very cool n cartoony and I actually like the alien and predator in the BG :lifedrawing:
My fave one so far...

[Me,Myself & Me again]

Sign me up buddy i'm in ^.^ thanx for the post btw.
I'll something cooked up tomorrow but now is sleep :P

[Me,Myself & Me again]

All done!
And i know the anatomys off. :)
Hope you like tho.

[Mahran]

All done!
And i know the anatomys off. :)
Hope you like tho.

This is greeeaaaattt :yum: I like this a lot, venom looks v menacing!!! Great work, mate, and pretty quick too, good stuff :yayca:

[The7Artist7]

Hey peoples! I've been really busy with a new commission which has quite a tight deadline so haven't been able to work on my piece at all :( noooo...

BUT!

I will be extending the deadline to this Sunday - 11th July :D

So anybody needing that extra bit of time can get their pic sorted :painting:

MM&Magain - great pic dude! Yep Spidey is a little wobbly in places and it'd be cool to see more of a Dynamic viewpoint exploited as that's the particular theme for this challenge. You could add a background with a really dynamic viewpoint!

Edit: Doh! I must have accidentally edited out me saying how awesome your venom was! I was sure I left that in sorry dude - Your venom rocks! :rocker:

Keep rocking everyone!

[Asatira]

Woot! Extension! I have procrastinated on this, but I do have a rough drawn. Unfortunately, I can't show it because I had to temporarily move my computer to a different room and my scanner isn't connected. I'll see about moving it back tonight and scanning the rough.

[Asatira]

'Kay, here's my rough. Feedback welcome.

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[Mahran]

'Kay, here's my rough. Feedback welcome.

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Asatira: Lookin good, cartoony spiderman always rocks! What do u plan to do with him? Pose or swinging? Looking forward to seeing the final version :lifedrawing:

[Asatira]

Mahran: I may try to push the pose a little further, arch a little more, but the idea behind it is that moment in-between swings or at the end of a swing. So I'll try a little skyline background to indicate the moment.

[MoHog]

Hey all only managed some subtle colour n detail changes, but will have to leave it as this for this one. hope you like.

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MM&M again: thats some schweet venom goin' on there (love the eyes). really nice piece, would agree with the7artist7 on the dynamic angle though.

Asatira: luvly sketch, looking forward to the linework - back arching would be a good idea.

[The7Artist7]

Hey Asatira - sketch is a great start ... but remember the theme for this challenge is 'Dynamic Viewpoint' so try to imagine your Spidey in 3D space and you move your view of him around to find a really dynamic angle! This could also be achieved by putting a really dynamic background in with 1 or 2 point perspective. With your Spidey his right arm (to our left) looks to be dislocated from his shoulder or he has a strange bulge between his shoulder blades.

Here is a quick paintover to show what I mean - I've also added an idea of how to give this pic the dynamic viewpoint :)

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[Me,Myself & Me again]

There we go! Reworked with dynamic in mind :P

[Mahran]

There we go! Reworked with dynamic in mind :P

Me,Myself & Me again: Very nice, looks even better :steph:
great work mate!

[The7Artist7]

Nice one! - much more like it M3! Now I'm thinkin 'Watch Out Spidey!!' and also I'd better move too as that trains coming right for me! :anime:

[Jordan85]

ok heres my final piece. thanks for extending the time. I scraped the first drawing and went for a different angle. I wish I could've added more but was kinda busy. Looks like everyones doin a great job!

[Mahran]

Here's my final entry :yayca: Decided to go B&W with this one :lifedrawing:



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[The7Artist7]

Got some time to give mine a quick ink and throw in some colour - not sure how much further I'll get (gah so much stuff getting in the way - I wasn't busy until I started the challenge hmph lol!) but we all have until midnight on the 11th July (tomorrow as of this post) to submit finals. If that's still pushing it for you let me know and I'll wait for you - but you gotta let me know :)

Keeeeeeep Rockin!
Edit: Whoa Jordan and mahran!! Your pieces are great! Nice work guys :yayca:
(Edit2: rough progress updated)

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[The7Artist7]

Ok - Done! :D

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[Mahran]

Ok - Done! :D

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The7Artist7: Great work G! Very cool concept, crazy perspective and very nice 'n cartoony spidey!
Two thumbs up :yayca:

[PxelSlayer]

OhNoes! Hope I`m not too late to join the par-tay. :anime:

[The7Artist7]

Thanks Mahran! :^^: :yayca:

Hey Hey PxelSlayer - not too late at all my friend (we technically have until tonight as it's still 11th until midnight) but even if you couldn't make it for 11th I'd be happy to wait for you to complete a piece if you let me know :)

Talking of 'pieces' - 'agh he's coming right at me! ...It wasn't me Spidey - I didn't do it!!!' haha - talk about dynamic! Thanks for joining in! :yayca:

[Mahran]

OhNoes! Hope I`m not too late to join the par-tay. :anime:

PxelSlayer: Very nice, painted spidey rocks (cartoony spidey also rocks btw...), anyway, great piece :rocker:, will pass by your SB shortly :yayca:

[PxelSlayer]

Thanks guys! Unfortunately, this is the most I can do right now, as I`m leaving for a month (family and all), so ill say - finito! And congrats in front to everybody - dynamic perspective, dynamic pose - is quite hard but we all pulled it off! So...yay! :D

[The7Artist7]

Ok peoples - the poll thread is now open for voting!

tobbA and Asatira - if you have more recent versions of your pics please submit them in this thread asap and I'll update your pics in the voting thread!