META's WEEKLy DESIGn BOUt

[metaphysiks]

the history:
a while ago i started the lord of laquinta challenge thread. i challenged one and many came. and all was good. more and more started to come. and all was good. this has become a very good thing and i want to make it better.

the idea:
from now on i will present the topic every monday. the topic will consist of three random words that will give the guidlines for the art to be produced. these words may be nouns adjectives or pretty much whatever i feel like. sometimes there may be special topics but for now we will stick to the words. the art will then be produced and posted the following sunday night for the world to see.

the payoff:
after and if the thread has had a productive run, all entries will be documented and put into a book that i will attempt to have printed and distributed. not only would this be a neat thing to have it is incentive to produce great art to be seen and had by all. ive got plans for the book so i hope we can make it happen. the more artists we get in on this thing the better are chances are.

the rules:
topics will be posted on monday. art will be posted the following sunday. i have been guilty in the past of posting but it is something that i plan to rectify. this is the only rule. everything is fair game.

I hope to have many people join and be committed to this. i think it will be a good development skill for all, it will enforce work and deadline habits and when the book is produced it will be one hell of a memento for all. i am serious about this and hope to find more who are as well.

spread the word ad we will be starting shortly (as soon as the artists want to)

thanks
meta

[vigostar]

sounds like a good plan meta... and all the entries will be printed.. Thats def. a cather... Maybe after you have all the artwork you would want to put into the book we could have a book cover challenge! It also be cool if you could get a judge... someone who would be neutral....

[metaphysiks]

well as soon as we can get more people we will start this thang. im looking at jan 2 for the first topic.
meta

[Teknobabel]

I'm down, seems like a good way to improve. Don't know if I'll be able to do much the first week though, cause of the workshop.

[Chrysophylax]

just jumping over the the LaQuinta thread to say i'm game

[Groover McNab]

I'm pretty sure I'll be down after the workshop. Way too busy before then.

[metaphysiks]

after the workshop it is. i think we will get nice art from everyone once the flame has been put under ye olde ass.
meta

[AnarchyAo2]

I've never posted much art on the forums, and this will be a good way to modivate me...So, what the hell, I'm in.

[Jack Frost]

Hey chris.....nice to see that la quinta has morphed into this solid thread....kudos man.....wonderfull Idea to make a printed book....
I assume the weekly winners will be the ones that make the pages..

also...one last thought since we are using Conceptart.org/Massiveblack to run this maybe you should get some feed back with the overlords to see if you/we can do this...we might need some kind of perrmission.....or maybe they might put there seal of approval on it?

[metaphysiks]

thanks for the advice evran. it would be a good idea to see if they approve it since we are using their webspace. as far as the pages of the book go, i was thinking the top one or two entries from each week would make it. we would need to find an impartial judge with the time to commit each week. thanks for the feedback.
meta

[young paddy1]

decided to mooch over and take a look at the new thread, I'd be in just to pad out the image count if nothing else, loved the work in the other thread.


got plenty of time on my hands so I'll just keep practising.

[|NTeRN]

im down. sweet idea

[steak-tron]

word UP!
yea, gotta be after the workshop. but like you said that will be a great way to get drawing after the inspiration.

[Burning Eyes]

im in, just saw this thread and its an awesome idea

[thirdeye]

I'm in :)

I loved the great work all of you have contributed in the other thread. It'll be an honor to join you guys.

[Nike]

great idea...
I'd love to join

[metaphysiks]

great! it seems like we have some interest. we will have the first topic when the workshop has come to an end. until then, bone up on your skills because this will get crazy.
meta

[Carnifex]

haha,you know i'm so in boy. >:D
but as everyone else,i'll be just able to contribute after the workshop-and if i'm right this is a very good thing because we'll all be filled till our necks with inspiration and information-so the images should get crazy good. >:D
c u on terra.

[GriNGo]

Great idea. I'm also in I believe. :)

later,
GriNGoLoCo

[hurricane]

this is too good not to participate in !

im in !!

cheers !

[liam.c]

ill give a go for shrue mate

[goflamesgo]

Lets do this...I'm gonna blow you all away...
>:D hehe,just joking,but win or lose,I will give my best effort though...

R'john
:donk:

[Rusty]

great that your continuing this thing man,though i have to admit im gonna miss the name "Lord of La Quinta" 4 sum (most probably gay) reason..

Ive just gotta sort my shit out first then ill b back 4 the dickslapping fun,lightsaber style..

..Jace

[metaphysiks]

aight guys. the workshop was probably the best thing ever and i missed. you fellas will just have to show me what i missed by producing great art. the first topic will be introduced this monday at 7 pm. the pieces will then be posted the following sunday at 7. get it? good. sharpen your pencils boys and spread the word. this monday rusty's dickslapping action will ensue.
:yayca: long live and prosper
meta

P.S. We need a judge, so if anyone reading this does not want to participate but wouldnt mind judging awesome art then please pm me. thanks

[Carnifex]

to make your time a bit sweeter,here is a photo thread i just started of my sf pics:)
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36868

just came to think of it: i will miss the familiar "lord of laquinta title bout" too. :dad:

[steak-tron]

haha maybe we should all colab and make some horrible shit like this.

muhahahahahhah. A little SF 4am maddness, just deteriorated into dicks and vaginas. Guess that's what happens when 9 guys draw together in the gayest city on the planet.
http://www.kempart.com/posts/colab5.jpg

Lots of awesome talent gathering in the thread, this should be awesome if we all POST ON TIME!
I'm setting my self up here so I dont eat my foot.

[hurricane]

cool, just to clear things up, only pen and paper? or is it digital too ?

would be cool to have paper-only, but for pimp purposes, digital :P


well well, anyway goes !

... i will go down in the bout, but not until i drag everyone else down with me :D


cheers !!

[cartoonfox]

ooh cool, im down for this, should be cool, i doubt mine will ever be good enough to be printed, but i'll try ^-^

looking forward for monday ^-^



peace all :7up:

[Jack Frost]

hurricane.....I think anything goes....your choice....unless the topic specifies it

[dogfood]

Figures... I'm going to be on the road until 2 Feb. Of course, this sounds like an idea that will keep going for quite a while (as long as the follow-through is there). Hopefully there will be a couple conscientious judges each week.

[metaphysiks]

hurricane.....I think anything goes....your choice....unless the topic specifies it

that is exactly right, if my topic does not specify, what you do is up to you.

[GriNGo]

so when will it start?

[metaphysiks]

so when will it start?

FIRST TOPIC TOMORROW, MONDAY JAN. 17 @ 7 PM.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS. lets make this the most bad ass display of art on this site. get everyone you know involved.
still need a judge. maybe we can poll?
lemme know what you guys think.
:yayca:
meta

[strych9ine]

I'll be here, beetches.

[flex mathews]

i'm in.

[arghmisfit]

this soundz greeeeeeeeeeat! :D

now hurry up and post the words :perv:

[GriNGo]

omg! 2 hours left! and do you have a "list" of people who you would wish judge this grudge?

greetings!
GRiNGoLoCO

[metaphysiks]

sorry guys its late. internet shit wasnt working. i prolly should pay my bills.
aight here they are.

words:

mask
six
unnatural

those are the random words this week.
this week will be digital submissions. sorry about the delay. get on it and good luck!
meta

[GriNGo]

digital??? :dead: damn it i only can do it normally.

i'll submit what i do eitherway,

see you later!
GRiNGoLoCO

[Victor B]

Count me in I've already started on mine, just hope i have enought time to make it really sing!

[cartoonfox]

hmm, how about trad, with digital colour? is that ok?





peace :7up:

[metaphysiks]

since we have folks who can only do traditional then we will allow that for this one. i may keep them open from now on as far as media because i didnt even think about peoples limitations.
traditional is a-okay.
good luck everyone
meta

[Jack Frost]

Here is my shite..... I always thought the spidey clone three arm thing was "unatrual", with its freaky "six" arms, and I thought if I were a spider freak I couldn't make a cool costume like the book and movies....I would have to put a rag bag over my head and call it a day.....first I'd draw a friendly smile on the rag bag, aka "mask"..HA >:D

http://www.evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/SpidaWHo.jpg

[Nike]

hi everyone - here's my first entry!
At 6 am when the alarm rings dreams are weird...

I did a quick pencil sketch that you can see here (http://spacewalkers_rest.250free.com/maskpencil.jpg) and colored it in ps.
Ran out of time unfortunatley, as I'll have to prepare stuff for tomorows lessons.

http://spacewalkers_rest.250free.com/maskcol.jpg

Jack Frost - I like yours! It s always great to see with how many diffeent ideas people ae coming up at the same topic :)

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/maskcollector2.jpg

he's cyborg, number six, collects the war masks of samurai he kills, lame but all I got

[Teknobabel]

Here's mine. Its not very out there or anything, I basically just opend up Photoshop and started randomly painting. Six would be the 4 gold eyes added to her own, and unnatural would be the eye colors (yeah not that exciting, but oh well). What started out as a mask kinda ended up more as a headdress.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/teknobabel/sketches/meta1.jpg

[metaphysiks]

nice to see the submissions so far. mine will be along shortly. come on eveeryone, you have until the clock strikes 7 on the west coast. lets see some more!
meta

[hurricane]

http://www.rainysaturday.com/Hurricane/Hurricane_metachall.jpg


sorry if the file sizer is too large, can resize it if you guys want

a wizard who wears the mask of the 6 unnatural elements !


great submissions so far guys and gals !

cheers !"!

[steak-tron]

goddam, these are looking hot guys!

Hurricane: <3

Mine will be up in a bit.

[cyaneyed]

it is so cool to see people posting on time, and good work....

hurricane, wonderfull piece....really feel like the dude is going to mess me up with a spell

Teknobabel- cool portrait...really nice digital painting skills

young paddy1- great drawing....wish you did something with the background, but cool anyways...like I'm the one to talk...

Nike- mrs. queen of victory, what a great name, I really enjoy your piece, did it come to you in a dream?

[metaphysiks]

werd. here is mine. not much and not great. it is now somewhat ready for colors. i really wish i had more time to work on it. i just have so much homework to finish up.
against my better judgement, this is the second concept that i started and i stuck with it. i dont really like it but i had to finish something. it could use a lot of help/tweaking. maybe someday it will be done. shoulda stuck with my first one. blah!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/funkunderground/metawdb1.jpg

meta

[Victor B]

great entries everyone... i've had mine done but can't scan it till later tonight ... i guess its up to metaphysics i understand if u don't want me to post but i did spend a great deal of effort into it I tried to push myself... oh well great posts everyone I got to say Hurricane yours blows me away :yayca:

Edit: so i finally got my scanned and uploaded I was forced to cut the bordering 1 1/8 so i could scan it and even then it was in two pieces, but oh well lots of problems, but i learned alot pushed myself to do more than my first instinct ( no offense to anyone) man w/ more that one bodypart w/ mask on facing viewer knees up.. i tried to do something different... I stayed up till 2 am on sat... that is to say technically sun. to get it done it time ...but couldn't post it... so in that respect I will remove my img/ if meta requests me to do so , no hard feelings

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/flacayflaco/902ce255.jpg

[Teknobabel]

Its great to see everyones work so far, good job everyone! Specially Hurricane, that pic blows me away! And Meta, I love the facemask/tounge in the crotch thing, that made me laugh.

[metaphysiks]

good job everyone.
steak, go ahead an gets yours up dood.
next topic will be posted tomorrow at 7.
for now we will have an impromptu voting system. go ahead an email me or pm me your vote.
email- [email protected]
thanks
meta

/m\ this thing is awesome

[GriNGo]

:bashful: i'm too embarrased after looking at some people work here.. everyone good work! specially hurricane and meta, your stuff is great!

Here you go: the keeper of the armor of 6 masks. (awful title).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/GriNGoLoCO/conceptart/6maskskeeperbyGRINGO.jpg

it's a sketch. i'm pissed cause i have 2 other similar sketches, and 1 possible lighting study. work and college got in the way :\ the other 2 versions had better proportions, (this one is just the better rendered) well eitherway it was fun! looking forward for the next topic!

greetings!
GriNGoLoCo

[steak-tron]

Sorry this is so late, I'm busy BUT that's no excuse so feel free to scold me as you wish...

Just got my hands on painter, still gotta feel out all of the crazy shit you can do with it. I'm not very happy with it.
Crit it up fellas
http://www.kempart.com/posts/mask.jpg

gringoloco: cool intircate pattern on the armour, got some big anatomy issues tho. Check those legs and makes sure the guy can stand on em'

vctr: image is pretty small dude, but from here I'd say beware the outline, makes stuff flatten a little. I could comment better If i could see it.

meta: awesome pic dude, great realistic tech strikes a cord with me. Those legs are real solid too, looks like the exist in space. My first impression tho is that it's cramped in the box, the tech assembly stops at the image border making a box sillohette. Composition isn't always sooo important to me but in this case it's influencing your design.

hurricane: great piece man! You always get the most out of your colors and I love the detail. My only crit is that maybe the idea on unatural elements (the 6) could be pushed more - pretty minor issue tho.

teknobabel: nice design, I really like the six eyes idea. The large eyes bug me a little, the one closest to the viewer looks a little out of place.

jack frost: great monster man. finish it up a little and it'd be a good pic.

-- I thought it'd be a good idea if we each crit eachother with our posts, so no hard feelings :) , on that note let me have it.. -

[Rusty]

late as hell as always..
Its still unfinished cause i wasnt feeling confident with it.texas chainsaw influenced,i dunno just a pretty uninspired day today couldnt come up with anything original..

quick thumbnail sketch..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/Rusty187/2005page-21.jpg
..unfinished sketch..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/Rusty187/2005page-20.jpg

Jack Frost ...welldone sketch Jack,sum tonal work wouldve polished it off nicely..
Nike ...It started of good untill you tryed to hard to make the keywords obvious in your picture,kinda ruined it.still i like it though.
young paddy1 ...Robo cop mask just dosent work 4 me here,but it still works..
Teknobabel ...pose maybe a little lifeless but its still all good,nice idea with the 6 eyes.
hurricane ...beautiful dude,i love everything about this one,skillful use of lighting in this one.
metaphysiks ...looking good so far captain,the number 6 feels i little corney though..cant wait to see it coloured.
vctr ...The scan a little small man,take care with where and how you lay your line work down,it looks a little too uniform throughout.
GriNGoLoCo ...maybe a little to heavy with your linework,really sort the drawing out b4 you commit to laying the ink down,itll save you many headaches.
steak-tron ...Stunning stuff Kemp,your a future player in tha game,no doubt...the rushed orange surrounding the figure ruins it for me,the leathery look you did on that one makes me cry tears of joy ..

Welldone to everyone.

...Jace.

[metaphysiks]

great job everyone. not bad for the first crack at this. i can see now that in time this will be a truly great thread, lets keep pushin.

jack- i think the forms in your piece are solid. the arms look real nice. i would have liked to see you jump in there and render it out. i love characters with six arms, maybe a sort of fetish.
nike- this piece is very surreal. my only gripe is that it is hard to tell that the thing plugged in is the neck of that mask, if thats even right. it would be great to see you go into that a little more.
young paddy1- i like the idea. his pose is a little stiff but you can re-work that. i love how he has the masks on his belt. maybe if you could bring more attention to that. why not make him a real samurai, is there any reason why he is a cyborg?
tekno- great start, would love to see where you go with it. i like the idea of the different eye colors.
hurricane- i love the color and texture. the face is rendered nicely too. i had a little trouble picking up on the six, but it doesnt ruin the piece.
meta- crap.
vctr- i wish it were bigger buddy. i really cant see much but from what i can see it looks like you put a lot of time into it. blow it up some.
gringo- i like the traditional media. the marker rendering is cool. i would like to see a more finished product.
steak- for you first time in painter i must say that you are grabbing it quick. the leather looks great and the subtleties of the "six" is real nice. good to have you aboard.
rusty- hey man i know all about being uninspired. look at my entry. i like where you were going with yours, very creepy. would love to see it done.

thanks everyone for the crits and hard work. i will post the new topic tonight at 7.
after tabulating the votes, it has come to be that HURRICANE is the winner for last weeks topic. congrats hurricane, in the grand scheme of things your piece became the first page of this book. please send me a high res copy of your piece.
see you guys tonight!
meta

[Victor B]

Thanks for the crits guys I really enjoyed this session alot

Jack Frost: I like it alot I just wish you could've finished at least the other leg it would have taken you only a min and it would give the pic a more finished look

Nike- nice work I enjoyed it certainly unusual perhaps just a bit more work on the clock to make it look like a clock it looks just like the idea of a clock more than an actual clock itself although i understand you were pressed for time.

Young Paddy1- I like the idea alot my 2 major crits are I wish you would've worked a bit more on making the masks on his belt stand out without just scracthing in the white & the green skin color ( metal color) isn't pleasing me too much but like i said love the idea great stuff

Teknobabel- Great original stuff My crits would just be that i think the skin colors looking a bit bland right now maybe inject some more color into her skin and the only other thing i think her eyes could be done a bit better . Overalll really nice thou!

Hurricane- MY favorite piece and i guess everyone else's too no real crit except what had been said previously that the "six" isn't imedieatly visible but i got it. Really amazing piece!

Meta- really cool piece thats some nice tech you got going there only crit I feel the torso anatomy could be better also would've loved to see some color on this! but as with all of us understand no TIME

GringoLoco- nice piece markers are a nice touch , crits it does some a bit busy and the proportion / anatomy really does bring down the piece remeber get those down before you render! perhaps you could post the other 2 with better proportions ?

Steak- really nice piece probably my secound favorite it looks really nice for someone who just got painter! only crit is wish it was more finished the figure is great as is wish there was some backround on it thou.


Rusty- fantastic and Thanks for posting your thumbnail I only wished you could've finished as right now the masks on the finished piece is virtually not there


Overall great stuff guys, thanks for the great crits I will look out for that I apologize for the tiny scan it was resized when i uploaded oh well nway I took some quick digicam pics if anyone wants to take a look, if anyone was wondering about my pic the "unusual" the boy on the left his feet arn't touching the ground.... and there's a bunch of kids in a forrest and the middle girl is wearing a lions mask... and the horrizons don't line up... Ithink thats it I think... theirs six kids and the mask well is easy to see.. also at bottom of pic is supposed to be a creek but by the time i got to it was tired and it was rendered horribly also boy is spacially supposed to be on top of rock closer to the viewer.. lots of room for improvement so its back to the drawing board for me!.... oh and feel free to check out my sketchbook i'll be upt today!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/flacayflaco/IM000265.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/flacayflaco/IM000266.jpg

[cartoonfox]

doh! sorry guys, i completley forgot about this one, i was busy working on my thunderdome peice and playing my DS ^-^

i'll make it for this weeks one, i promise
nide entries all, hurrican awesome man, congrats





peace :7up:

[Carnifex]

SHIT!
that's sooo typical of me...now it's ball-season so i constantly forget to check my suscribed threads...and what happens? i miss this thing!
what a start! :zzz:
a well deserved winner.

/m\ haha i love this thing.

[metaphysiks]

okay guys. time for another, gosh it feels like we just finished the first.
the words:
light
girl
symbol
restrictions: color images this week guys. traditional or digital.
good luck
meta

[Jack Frost]

First....thank you all for your comments.....my first obligation was finishing on time...I should have fleshed it out more

2nd. Hurricane Congradulations, amazing piece and well deserved win

meta- good piece, stop beatin your self down....check out muttin head on coloring on top of a black and white image...I think he has a great tutorial somewhere

vctr- love your illustration, gives me a chilling feel of a Narnia Cult

Gringoloco- like your piece but your major problem is anatomy, good feel....a little jason manley in there

steak-tron- excellent use of Painter :), I agree with I think hurricane....wish you would have done a little more with the orange glow....but excellent piece great feeling of latex on the woman

Rusty- great start on the piece....wish you finished, oh and congrats on winning the character thunderdome a ways back


can't wait till next sunday..good luck peeps

[blankslatejoe]

LA Quinta challenge has been reborn?!!? How did I miss this guys....

Arg.... I dont have time fer participating much for this week, but I'd be up for helping out with judging if you guys need/want it...

[metaphysiks]

Stromboli- if you would like it the judging spot is yours. i would be very grateful. thank you kind sir.
meta

[strych9ine]

Nice pieces all around guys. Hurricane, congrats on the win dude, the piece rocks. I like what you're doing around here meta, this kind of art free for all is exactly what we need around here. Now, if only I'd submit when I say I will...

[blankslatejoe]

awesome, so i guess im judge.... i should be subscribed to this thread now, but for some reason i haven't been getting update emails, so let me know if im not around when it comes time for the judging.

Also, i feel more comfortable not being the only say all, anyone else want to be a co-judge?

[Groover McNab]

Hey Joe, I can be a co-judge if you fellas don't mind. Looks like I won't have time to do a piece this week :(

[metaphysiks]

great, joe and and groover will be judges. awesome, should make things a bit easier. cant wait to see the submission tomorrow.
adios
meta

[tyboogie]

hey dudes..

cool thread meta...thought id give it a try

not exactly what i had planned on...but sometimes just experimenting is the best part of creatin'..but the piece could have fit the topic closer i think

http://www.subskies.com/fun/lightgirl.jpg

[Pavel Sokov]

il get in on this, but im not liking the colored girl theme, so il check back here later when this has some horror related stuff :^^:

[Teknobabel]

Arg, I won't be submitting anything in this one. Had something going that I really liked, but then my gf decided to come up from LA and steal all my free time. Don't get to see her that often, so unfortunately she takes priority! I'll be in the next one tho. Can't wait to see what everyones come up with.

[al-x]

Nice subject this week, this thread will be fun to watch.

Spent a few hours doodling in photoshop this evening and came up with this.
http://www.alextornberg.com/art/illustration/burning_up.jpg

Tyboogie: You've got a really nice palette on that one.

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/meta22.jpg

major photo ref of elisha cuthbert

[Nike]

Hi everyone
I'm sorry about not having replied to the last submissions and thanks so much for your crits - also today it was a fight with time, lol, but even though some things are still bothering me, here's my today's entry.
http://spacewalkers_rest.250free.com/girllightsymbol3.jpg

I'll post my crits tomorrow morning, as I am busy with university stuff agin - hope that is ok for you-
young paddy1- I love yours :)

[metaphysiks]

blah, too much schoolwork this week so i only got a few hours here and there. this is what i have so far. would love to have finished it.
tyboogie: i like this image. the girl has a nice pose and the red thing is fun to look at. maybe the image is a little blurry tho?
al-x: nice storytelling. i think the lighting and the anatomy could be tweaked some but i like the direction. also, really nice and subtle symbol there in the bg.
paddy1: nice image. good likeness and she really pops from the bg. i think maybe the shirt and stuff look a little flat. nice pic.
nike: this piece too has a nice story going on. i think the lighting,texture and anatomy need some work. really push teh lighting expecially. you have the chance to do something incredible with those windows.

sorry about the infinished state guys, i am really busy but at least owe you guys an attempt.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/funkunderground/mwdbcwe2.jpg

meta

[Jack Frost]

What the fuk?.....I was all upset for not posting on time, 30 minutes late to be exact.....and now I see that my post isn't even there....

so here is my tube of crap again....I really like everybodies, I will make my praise tomorrow

http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/Fish%20girl.jpg

now I am a f-ing hour late...sorry MEta

[GriNGo]

couldnt make it :( good work everyone looking forward for the next topic...

later,
GriNGoLoCo

[steak-tron]

Aight' Mine is crazy late, which blows... I've now put my foot in my mouth 2 weeks in a row.

Also, my entry is eatin' big asses but here goes. The staff was supposed to be the symbol but it falls short. Still a great exercise, I'll try and do something decent nxt week.

http://www.kempart.com/posts/LSG.jpg

tyboogie: Themes are all there and great colors. Always like your designs and way of drawing. The hands are a little blobish but it's quick.

alx: cool pic, the figure looks doll-like which is cool in a freakish way. If I was being picky about realistic proportions I'd say the neck is too long. I also don't see enough of the fire reflected in the skin.

youngpaddy1: Nice pic dude, I like the makeup design and the figure is solid. could pop the fires in the back out a little more.

nike: nice take on the theme. The light line on the side of the girls face really flattens it out... cool mood

meta: noice rough pic. Looks like a good start to a painting. It'd be good to see you take it farther. Also missing the symbol.

jack frost: good work on the theme and interesting pic. It would be nice to see more reflection on the glass and value shift in the fluid to make it look like a tube.

Let's make next week a killer!

[Nike]

Hi again :)

good work everyone, and thanks a lot for your comments and crits!
now here are mine...

tyboogie: great picture - I love the colors and the composition, the only thing bothering a bit me is that the outline of her legs and arms are a bit blurry.

al-x: good pproach -I like the scene - there are some anatomy issues though - the arms look a bit strange and her throat seems to be a bit too long.

young paddy-I've already said-I really like yours, no real crits, maybe her shoulder is a bit small.
metaphysics: I'd love to see that finished, good sketch!

Jack Frost: I really like the idea, and nice colors - maybe you should try to bring some more depth in it - add some shadows and define a light source.

steak-tron:nice pic - I really like the colors and mood in it, nice light, there are some anatomy issues though -her right foot is bothering me most)

hope that helps and makes sense, sorry about my english :)

I've been trying to work some more on mine, I'm still not that happy with it, the girl's face is bothering me most, but, well, I'll keep working on it...hope that's a step into the right direction anyway- I'm trying to make it less chaotic and to work on the light ...
hope it's alright to post the further steps also in that thread, if not, just tell me, and I'll move it to my sketchbookthread :)

edit: some more changes, like her face a bit better now, thanks for your advice, Prometheus, just seen it :) I'll rework it again! Your piece is awesome btw.
http://spacewalkers_rest.250free.com/girllightsymbol4.jpg

[Prometheus|ANJ]

http://itchstudios.com/psg/misc4/symetrygirl.jpg
(Sorry for butting in, just wanted to do a pic on the theme, didn't really read the rules if there are any.)

al-x> some fire light on the girl's body would make the scene more homogeneous. Now it seems a bit like 2 different elements. Anyways, has 'grafiskt forum' tossed the old database? I couldn't find my login. Layout changed too.

ty> The dodged patches and (thus) lack of silhouette makes the figure difficult to read.

Nike> The dark robed character sorta melds into the dark BG. I think there's some theory on making things separate with 3 diff values and 3 planes, resulting in a number of combinations... saw some site on that.... or was it 2 planes? Arg I'm rambling. Anyways, if you feel that a figure is risking to merge with another element or background, don't be afraid to just change the value/color of that figure (or BG). It's legal to change anything that threatens to not make the composition work. Don't feel stuck with a choice you made earlier.

[al-x]

Wow, thats cool Prom. But are you getting lazy, just painting one side and then mirroringin (uh...) it ;) .

I just recently found "grafisktforum" so I dont know what happened to the old database.

Thanks for the crits on my piece. Some flames on her body would make a bit more sense i guess, now it looks more as if she is rising from the flames instead of burnin in them. And I really need to fix that neck on her, she looks like some kind of brontosaur right now. And some elbows would probably make those arms a bit more armish. And the highlights should be pushed a bit more.

Shit, thats a lot of things that dont make sense... :nohope:

[metaphysiks]

great job everyone,, seems like life caught up with us this week. next week will be different.
prom thanks for stopping by. the only rules are posted every monday. i give the restrictions and the key words. you are welcome here every week and i hope that you continue to draw with us.
new topic tonight guys.
meta

[Matt Dixon]

http://www.vortex.plus.com/LightGirlSymbol.jpg

Looks like fun. Hope you don't mind if I join in too, even if my pic is late, sloppy and doesn't contain a great deal of 'design'. :S

Some nice looking stuff in here!

[steak-tron]

hey, great pics Prom and Matt. Glad you guys could join us, hope you can next week.

matt: the "design" title only really means how you put together an illo with the words, so s'all good.

nike: that works allot better for the face.

[Carnifex]

hey wait for me! i'm almost finished with this one! wait for me to post it! don't start anew topic without me! arrrrghhhh!

(though i stand no chance agains prom)

[Carnifex]

haha! right on! though i'm super-late i guess. when should i have posted it?
anyways, the light falls onto her,she's a girl, and the symbol is on her right arm,that little red thing. just incase someone doesn't know how this pic fits the descriptions.
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle10739.jpg
love it or hate it. personally i think it's one of my best colourings so far. just photoshop with standard brushes in different size and opacity.

[Groover McNab]

Cool entries all. I've talked it over with blankslatejoe and we will be posting feedback on all the entries and the winner soon. :teeth:

[blankslatejoe]

Ok folks, me and janu talked a bit and decided that this weeks title should go to Prometheus! Congrats dude! We were a bit half and half on the runnerup between Steak and Mattdixon, so they get dual runnerup!

both me and Janu will post overall comments later tonight, good job all around guys, this was a fierce week!

[Chris King]

Im in!

[Chrysophylax]

GAAARRRRRCCCGGHHH!!!! (punches self in face)

i can't believe i missed the first 2 weeks of this... "IDIOT! GOSH!"


all right... all tantrums aside... i'm in for the next week... which should be starting today?

[GriNGo]

I think Matt Dixon or steak atron should've won. Prometheus ANJ's entry is good, but i hardly believe it is a girl at all. just because that monster has boobs doesnt mean its a girl. well anyway, just my 2 cents.

later,
GriNGoLoCo

[blankslatejoe]

well I haven't asked grooves, but on my end it was pretty close between the three of them, and all three are kickbutt artists. But we both leaned towards prom on this one. Last I heard there's no real prizes, and this is just for fun and community building/motivation.

Hey meta, give us a new topic, I think I may have some time to actually enter this week!

[metaphysiks]

great entries everyone. congrats prom. i would have chose his too. boobs make it a girl for me:)
prom, if you read this please send me a full blown file of yours, 300 dpi is preferred.

ookay everyone. here is todays new topic. in order to have more people join this time i am going to leave it a bit more open.
this weeks topic:
battle scene.
whatever you want goes this week with one exception, well two actually
ABSOLUTELY NO FRIGGIN ORCS. lord of the rings is awesome, i agree, but there are more things that fight than elves and orcs. if i see any orcs you will be permanatly banned, well maybe not but i will campaign for it,so NO ORCS.
secondly, there must be more than two figures. thats all, whether they are human or beast please have more than two. thats all.
lets get it on

meta

[blankslatejoe]

ok orcs banned but elves still ok. got it. elves versus goblins then!!


just kidding :)


Ok, commentary time, sorry it took me so long to get to this, I wasn't able to get the time to to this right during the workday.

Carnifex - wow buddy, I agree, that's one of the strongest things I've seen from you yet. Great work and keep pushing, you're improving fast!!! You might want to consider adding a setting into this piece though.. even if it fades off into the dark, it would still be nice to see the suggestion of a ground plane/background

MattDixon - I love th sense of character of this one! Excellent sense of weight on her, and I love the shininess level to the skin. I think the upper left corner of the picture gets a little fuzzy, but this has a coool quality to it throughout.

Prom - nice nice nice, I love the color scheme and the limited pallette. Took me a while to even notice you copy/pasted the two halves.. but now I see the mirroring it's hard NOT to notice it... Still, great piece.

Nike - Nice atmosphere to your piece... my only real comment would be that it's painting in very neutral light... and you've got this cool looking stained glass window in the background that could be doing alot MORE to the light colors on the statue and the girl. It's there a little bit, but you could really push that aspect lots! Great job man, I think the face turned out well.

Steak - I love her athletic physique, with them long narrow limbs and long fingers, that really gives her a nice sense of character. I also love the light source. Crit wise I think her butt doesn't really feel like it's sitting on the ground, it's missing a little pressure from her weight I think. Her left leg seems a little weird too. Nice stuff as usual man!

Evren - rad colors man, she really looks radioactive... I know shes supposed to be immersed in a chemical bath/jar thing of light, but she might look cool with some shading...like almost that monochromatic xrayish shading you get with formaldahyde preserves? But, She's very graphic at the moment which might have been what you were going for. Very cool!

Meta - nice start man, I really like the composition and the pose. I think maybe the light could play a bit more pronounced of a role on her skin but that's a excellent start!

Young Paddy - Very moody man, she looks badass.. you can really see the photref in there... which is kinda cool because it gives it a nice lighting, but kinda looks odd too with various elements. Nice work!

al-x - interesting piece, I dig the girl a lot but she looks a little grayish to me.. youd expect all that fire would be creating crazy shadows and light on her. The fire feels a littttttle photoshopy, but I don't mind it too much. I really like that deep red behind her though, that + fire + grays loooks nice all together!

Tyboogie - Glad to see ya over here ty. This is by far the most stylish piece of the lot... youve got some really cool stuff going on with her skin, I like those glows and shininess to her... it really adds atmosphere. The red coils kinda look odd because they're not reacting to the light as much.. but that gives it a strange stylish look to it too. cool stuff.


Ok everyone,that was some kickbutt work. I hope i didnt forget anyone. I'm stepping down from judging and am gonna try and participate this week. This is a great idea meta, I'm glad to see the Laquinta challenge lives on!

[Carnifex]

thanx for the crit man. perhaps i'll (even) resubmit the piece with mentioned changes. though i'm pretty lazy. ;)
cool new topic. i actually did some fight thingy today,but it has just two characters in it,and one of them is about to drown:)

[metaphysiks]

guess what guys. this thread has made it amongst the prestigious in tis early age. we will now be located under the community activities as a CA official weekly activity. go us!!!! please check that thread shortly for updates and what not.
thanks everyone.
meta

[Jack Frost]

Congradulations Prom....I really like everybodys pieces...

Meta I really wish you finished, like joe said it is a really great start

Ty Boogie....I really like yours maybe should have one, the only reason is that it didn't seem finished

thanks for the coments people, I look forward to next weeks pieces

see in the new area

[tyboogie]

hey peeps..thanks for teh crits

good stuff...i liked proms alot..especeially that blue belly...although i wish the symmetry was less apparent.

not sure if ill make this weeks..but ill def be checking to see what you guys come up with

peace
ty

[Carnifex]

guess what guys. this thread has made it amongst the prestigious in tis early age. we will now be located under the community activities as a CA official weekly activity. go us!!!! please check that thread shortly for updates and what not.
thanks everyone.
meta
congrats us!:)
hope i'll be able to keep it up weekly.

[hurricane]

Meta thats great !! yay us !!

thank you all for the kind words on the first challenge !

i like the second rounds entries alot !

Here comes some thoughts, take them or leave them :)


Nike : your looks good, but i get the feeling of that it lacks the sence of "space"... i get the feeling of that its too flat. You could check some photos or something for the face because around the cheeks and eye on the left side is off, i think you see too much of it.. But, its a very nice picture and clever way of solwing the challenge !

Tyboogie : very nice colors, but it looks like it could use some more work on the brushes, or edges so to speak. nicely framed and pleasant for the eye.

al-x : nice idea and well executed, my suggestion would be to juice up the colors alittle so you get that intence heat feeling. Good work non the less !

young paddy1 : Nice picture ! i like the feeling of it! But some parts look too much like copypaste, hmm, you havent worked parts into the picture enough (blend). cool stuff !

metaphysiks : as you said, its unfinnished, but it looks like a good start ! you should finnih it !

Jack Frost : Very nice idea ! what is it inside of the tube? if she isnt floating in air in there you should maybe try to give her some volume fog next time you would draw something similar.. try to find some underwater pictures and you'll see how stuff fades away when you view it beneath the surface. Great idea and a nice picture !

steak-tron : i think it was a good idea, you didnt fall short, but my critique would be about the colors, for me they look alittle too muddy. I like her pose alot and her face !

Prometheus|ANJ : Nice picture and congrats on the win ! But i dont like the fact that it looks too mcuh like its mirrord, but its still a nice piece !

Matt Dixon : Nice picture !! i like hte painterly feel of it ! but in my opinion her face is off, is it in a unatural angle/placement ? i dont know, but i think the head is wrong.. i like the colors alot !

Carnifex : Nice image, i cant remember your stuff but according to others you have progressed alot, that is always cool ! Next time maybe you should think about the position and frame for your picture, now this one has alot of "dead" areas, like black or darkred thats added just to fill the canvas. try to give the viewer a feeling by placing her in a more interesting position on the canvas and angle. Looks great and i like the picture, just some things to think about until the next one.

[Prometheus|ANJ]

Glad you guys liked it! I know I cheapoed out with the mirror thing, I did the same on some earlier Gigerish pics I did. It's a fun and fast way to paint. I remember in deluxe paint you could paint in various symetry modes. I wish PS had something like that.

I'm afraid it was painted in very low rez, the web version is 66% of the original I think. What do you need the high rez for?

I actually started a battlescene pic but it developed into something else...

[Carnifex]

i think he wanted to make it for a print to publish in a book,right?

anyways here's a preliminary layout and character sketch that i need to flesh out further. i personally quite like the composition. what'ye think?
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle10774.jpg

[metaphysiks]

Glad you guys liked it! I know I cheapoed out with the mirror thing, I did the same on some earlier Gigerish pics I did. It's a fun and fast way to paint. I remember in deluxe paint you could paint in various symetry modes. I wish PS had something like that.

I'm afraid it was painted in very low rez, the web version is 66% of the original I think. What do you need the high rez for?

I actually started a battlescene pic but it developed into something else...

this hi res is for the finished product of this thread. after the thread is successful for a while i want to print a book. this hi res version will be on teh page that your art will be on. anything you have is fine. i hope you will join us for the battlescene topic.
meta

[el norteno]

count me in

[metaphysiks]

hey carnifex, great idea posting a WIP. here is mine, although it may end up veery different.
http://www.chrisewald.com/gallery/albums/sketches/mwdb3wip.sized.jpg
meta

[hurricane]

nice wips so far !

heres my finnishd one, its sunday for me so...


http://www.phuxxx.com/~hurricane/Temp/Sketchbooks/Feb-05/concept01.jpg

cheers !

[dogfood]

Hey, Hurricane!
While this both wails and rocks, the straight columns of smoke rising from the dragon really take away from the motion of the action. It's as if everyone is posing for you (if they did, then it's all cool), vice the midst of a battle.

Still, this is amazing.

[blankslatejoe]

wow, nice stuff guys... i dont' think I'm gonna get to finishin mine this time around... this week really flew by!

[metaphysiks]

hey guys, due to some personal family issues, i wil not be able to compete this week. i still look forward to everyones entries and looks forward to the next challenge.
meta

[Nike]

hi everyone.
Good wi-i-p s carnifex and metaphysics, great dragon, hurricane! :)
My only crit is that the piece is looking a bit "static".

I'm sorry I can't participate this week, I have 2 very tough exams on tuesday, I'm a bit screwed :)

Cu next week!

[Carnifex]

you're gonna have to wait some more for me to post the pic...i dunno how the time limits are,but for me sunday is over in 1 hour...though i guess it's not too much of a problem if i post in about.....20 hours,is it?
i mean for me that's monday evening then,but for you...?
i haven't had time to make something more out of the pic yet,so forgive me.

edit: sorry to hear that meta. i was really looking forward to your finished piece. the wip had real depth that kinda sucked me into it. it's a shame it doesn't get finished.(or will it?)

[Jack Frost]

Nice Pic Hurricane,,,,I sent mine to joe...since I can't post right now...hopefullt he will have it up real soon

[blankslatejoe]

Yo, evren's picture is here, he's unable to upload it himself.


JACKFROST:
http://www.30lives.com/wips/evren.jpg


Goodluck all!

[GriNGo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/GriNGoLoCO/conceptart/METAgringobattle.jpg

if you checked out my WORLDTD entry, then i tried to make the same character. hope you like it!

later,
GRiNGoLoCO

[Carnifex]

Yo, evren's picture is here, he's unable to upload it himself.


JACKFROST:
http://www.30lives.com/wips/evren.jpg


Goodluck all!
sorry but i can't stop thinking they look like they're gonna have a sex orgy. most of all because the dude in his armpit seems like he's grinning.
and somehow...just the pose the main character is in,and the way the dude behind him pinches his hips.:bashful:
i'm soon up with mine,wait alittle more.

[metaphysiks]

sorry about my troubles this week guys. to the three that did post, thanks. well have a winner for you tonight when i post the new topic. thanks guys
meta

[Carnifex]

argh damnshitassfuckgoddammitburninhellmotherfuckingsuc kershitdrawing!
i can't find enough swear words for my frustration! first i couldn't flesh out the drawing itself in any better way,and now i couldn't find any matching colours! i started three attempts at colouring it,but each of them turned out shitty. i couldn't find the colour sheme i wanted and everything seemed rushed. so i'm just leaving this shit as my final entry for this week.
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle10868.jpg
*sigh* hopefully i'm leaving something better next time. this time it was all talk and nothing behind. sorry guys. i feel damned. :dead:

[metaphysiks]

hey guys. the winner was hurricane this week. come on guys. lets give this guy a challenge. i will be at work today at 7 so i am posting the topic now.
this week you will design an environment. simple characters will be placed for scale or if you want go nuts but the environment is the focus.
you must design a bustling commercial site in a city. use reference do whatever but design the busiest part of a city. lets make some real nice art guys. imagine your very own new york.
go for it
meta

[Jack Frost]

congrats Hurricane very nice piece....I really like the way you rendered the dragon....

ok Meta we will work harder to beat him next week :[


Gringo Loco= your marker technique is good you just need to push you anatomy but that will come :rendered: , I really like the set up

[GriNGo]

Every since the first match, I wondered: "Hurricane is going to kick all of our collective asses hands down". But now I think it will be a matter of time until another of the regular participants will win themselves one page of Meta's book. :confident

Now my C&C for everybody:
-Carnifex: dont be afraid or molested of the color choices you use. Just do it.
-Hurricane: errr, just a very good illustration :) probably from another point of the view the composition could be cooler.
-JACKFROST: kick ass composition, maybe some darker mood colors would have been better, or else Carnifex will come up with that comment he posted :bashful: By the way thanks for the comments on my entry :) yes, anatomy is what I'm trying to practice more now :)

later,
GRiNGoLoCo

[tyboogie]

to-do list for the week of february 7-13th

1.) pay bills

2.) grandmas bday card

3.) topple hurricane

4.) cauliflower from grocery store




MUAHHAHahahaa

:wink: :pirate:

[Layil]

This is a cool idea, im up for doing the next one.

:)
:yayca:

[Carnifex]

hahaaa! first one to post an entry on this one!
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle10947.jpg
perspective is fucked up,rather.

[Jack Frost]

Carn_ way to get ahead of the gang....but like you said the perspective is messed up so now you have the rest of the week to polish it up and add some more contrast

Gringo_ thanks for the ideas....I will push the color contrast more next time...fit for the mood of the piece no less

[Carnifex]

uhh i'm afraid that won't work,bc:
1) i'm too lazy to erase and rework the whole perspective thing.
2) i'm gone over the weekend. the only time i would be able to do something,and then i can't.sorry.
well,i'm waiting for your entries.:)

[metaphysiks]

tsk tsk carni:

Motivation is everything. It's right there, you said it. >:|

[Carnifex]

yeah,but what is my motivation in this case?
i have finished the pic,so what would motivate me to work further on it?
and as said,i regret to say that i have no time to do it.

[Nike]

hi
I enjoyed the topic, even though it was quite a challenge for me...I have to do more persepctive studies again :)

now here's my piece, maybe it's not a busy enough place, I'd call it "Agora"...
a market...that these two characters in the foreground are watching from a place above...
as always these days I was a bit short of time :)

http://spacewalkers_rest.250free.com/busycenter.jpg

[tyboogie]

shite.

i dont think im gonna have time to do anything...well see. hoping for more cool posts though

[Jack Frost]

my picture is on the tip of my server....I just can't post it yet cause I used a friends computer to scan it and her computer crashed...and it is password locked....ughhh..

So anyminute I will post

[metaphysiks]

blah.
[IMG]xxx[IMG]
shit, i am having trouble, just a minute

[Jack Frost]

here you go....I didn't get completely done on the edges and I didn't color it...but I might push it farther....the Concept is if Willy Wonka could design a entire city...

didn't push the detail as much as I wanted though

http://www.evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/WillyTown2.2.jpg

[metaphysiks]

thanks for the posts guys. citing web problems i will post mine when i hear back from dreamhost. tonight i will post a new topic fo yo ass.
meta

[Layil]

yeah,but what is my motivation in this case?
i have finished the pic,so what would motivate me to work further on it?
and as said,i regret to say that i have no time to do it.

well kiddo what can i tell you- that attititude isnt gonna get you anywhere!
your motivation isnt just to finish, but to finish it and make it as good as you possiby can in the time you have! theres plenty of things you could fix on it. everyone is allowed a lazy day once in a while, and i understand your time restrictions because of your trip, but you did ask- so there you go. props for getting it done early, but theres alot of things you could have improved if you had taken the time. I know its easy to get frustrated with a piece, but the only way its ever gonna look good is if you put the hours into it. (HPX and Justin Sweet are exceptions!! the rest of us mortal types need to actually spend hours on a piece to make it look anywhere decent!!) and the rest of your time needs to go into honing the techniques that allow you to complete a work to the level necesary in a given amount of time. thats one thing we all need to learn if we ever want to become concept artists!!!

so that said, nuff talking more drawin!!!

peace.

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/quickcity.jpg
got back from Tunisia yesterday, forgot about this excellent bit of the site, this is as close to what I wanted to do in 45 minutes.

[metaphysiks]

hey guys, still havent got my shiznit figured out. this weeks winner is jack frost. it was close, but i like where he was going with it. nice idea and concept. here we go
this weeks words ;
smoke
mobile
aggressive
this week is a focus on character design. dont worry about the background just show me a character
booyah
meta

[Crow]

Thought I would actually try to do one of these things. Just thought I'd put up a quick sketch of my idea. Can't wait to work on this some more, and see what other people come up with.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/crow_mcauley/86.jpg

[hurricane]

cool idea crow !


heres my wip


http://www.phuxxx.com/~hurricane/Temp/Sketchbooks/Feb-05/wip.jpg


congrats jack frost !!!!!!!

i couldn't participate this time, schoolproject is almost at its end, so its crunchtime :(

great entries all of you who posted !!

cheers, until sunday then!!

[Jack Frost]

I am so happy....if you want to use mine for your book Meta I will finish up the edges and clean up the drawing...

Nike....I loved your entries in the daily sketch group....and I like what you did here your progress is outstanding..

young paddy1- I really like your drawing, the perspective...if you colored it I would have been doomed...

Carnifex- like I said before good piece but you could have pushed it farther but you got almost all of us beat when it came down to the deadline

Meta...I always love seeing your work...sucks you weren't in this time...

I guess I could count my stars hurrincane didn't post ;)

[GriNGo]

omg! i forgot! well this topic looks cool, i'll try not to forget...

later,
GriNGoLoCo

[Carnifex]

well kiddo what can i tell you- that attititude isnt gonna get you anywhere!
your motivation isnt just to finish, but to finish it and make it as good as you possiby can in the time you have! theres plenty of things you could fix on it. everyone is allowed a lazy day once in a while, and i understand your time restrictions because of your trip, but you did ask- so there you go. props for getting it done early, but theres alot of things you could have improved if you had taken the time. I know its easy to get frustrated with a piece, but the only way its ever gonna look good is if you put the hours into it. (HPX and Justin Sweet are exceptions!! the rest of us mortal types need to actually spend hours on a piece to make it look anywhere decent!!) and the rest of your time needs to go into honing the techniques that allow you to complete a work to the level necesary in a given amount of time. thats one thing we all need to learn if we ever want to become concept artists!!!

so that said, nuff talking more drawin!!!

peace.
ouch. now that was one hefty crit. more or less. but gettin called kiddo is something new for me.;)

[klinesmoker]

I was digging through this thread and I might have skipped it, but is this still open to anyone? If so, well damnit! I'm down for this!

[metaphysiks]

hey kline, the activity is open to all people. tell your friends. great to see the wips already, nice excitement.
lets go guys
meta

[blankslatejoe]

nice stuff going on. excellent job evren on the win, and everyone else for nice pieces. I'm gonna actually ENTER one of these someday...

[klinesmoker]

I really didn't want to go the "robotic" route on this one, so my apologies for all my peeps who don't like this. My creation here is "Beelzebub, Worldslayer." I tried to give a modern twist on an ancient horror, that gorges on the souls of the living. I didn't elaborate too much on this piece, hope y'all enjoy! MY FIRST ATTEMPT ON THIS THREAD! HIYA! POW! :yayca:
Done in about 2 hours in pen and ink.
http://img137.exs.cx/img137/488/worldslayer26eq.jpg

[Nike]

Hi!

Jack Frost - congratulations! nice entry! and thanks for your comment :)

Oh, and awesome w-i-ps so far, didn't get started with mine yet...awww

[hurricane]

klinesmoker : Great work ! but you get kinda confused on whats happening, wheres the rest of his legs?

heres mine, im posting it now, because i'll go away over the weekend...


http://www.rainysaturday.com/Hurricane/metachallenge2.jpg

cheers !!

[klinesmoker]

I was trying to avoid too much gore in the pic, so I didn't want to show the ends of the legs as I imagined them, ie: rotted away. Damn you Hurricane! Why did I try! WHY!?

[madster]

Just found this thread as an offshoot referral from the damnable "Artist Wanted" scam solicitation...

Awesome idea. My only suggestion would be to keep the 3-word concept, as opposed to the "battle scene" or "environment" generality. The 3 words really open things up to interpretation, and seem to provide a much wider range of responses...

All of the entries have been awesome, and the winners are fantastic! I hope to find the time to enter, but current commitments have my painting skills occupied. Best of success to all entrants!

[klinesmoker]

I'm glad to see my little note in that stupid thread worked. Tell everyone you know to join this little competition here!

[Molly]

I saw a post from Klinesmoker in another thread about this one.... ;)

I'm well up fo it Meta, this is a really cool idea - count me in!

Hugs n that,

Mollyx

[roger]

I've been meaning to participate in this since it started but before that some comments on the ones that have been posted already.

klinesmoker: nice drawing, in addition to what hurricane said I also think it could have more impact if we saw the face of the character.


hurricane: I love it! specially with the head hidden inside the armor. The only crit I can tell you is that the smoke doesn't really look like smoke to me, just nitpicking.


Ok, here's my entry, I guess I came up with a centaur mixed with a biker.

http://www.rogertallada.com/albums/userpics/10001/20050219color.jpg

[Jack Frost]

the mobile part I just left to the legs...

http://www.evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/FireCompleteweb.jpg


great pieces so far I will wait till after the comp for my happy comments :)

roger- great to see you here again

[jaded yolk]

I like what I see Got something good going on here Guyz and Galz wanted to play along this week. Get some growth POTENTIE -ALLL!!! going on around here hope it rubs off. let me know what ya think Hurricane and others. Recess AHHH!
Thanks meta chose the wrong option DUH! :nohope:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/DJC2005/meta2.jpg

[metaphysiks]

looking good everyone. hey jaded, maybe a bit bigger?
everyone, it is your turn to vote this week. after 7 please email message or post your vote.
mine could use some more work
http://www.chrisewald.com/gallery/albums/concept/mwdbcwe5.jpg
poo!
meta

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/toady.jpg

not much to it but here it is

[jaded yolk]

looking good everyone. hey jaded, maybe a bit bigger?
everyone, it is your turn to vote this week. after 7 please email message or post your vote.
mine could use some more work
http://www.chrisewald.com/gallery/albums/concept/mwdbcwe5.jpg
poo!
meta

I am digging yours Meta, you get my vote
Jaded Yolk.

[GriNGo]

this is difficult, but I think I'll be voting for ROGER....

later,
GRiNGoLoCO

[SJ Bennighof]

I dunno if it's too late or not, but this is just a random sketch anway, so:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/SABERinBLUE/smokemoblieagressive.jpg

[Carnifex]

wait!wait for me! gaahh!
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle11070.jpg
little smoke holes,her mobility are her legs,the claw explains itself.actually i had this done on thursday but was too lazy to scan. :nohope:

anyways i'll give my vote to klinesmoker for struggling with the inks for such a kickass piece! i love the motion and crosshatching. :confident

[young paddy1]

I'll go with meta's looks pretty twisted not so aggressive, but damn cool.

[metaphysiks]

good job everyone. this week the winner was roger. great job everyone.
klinesmoker- inks are a bitch. i am happy to see that you attempted that. i think that the depth could be pushed.
cane- i love the idea, real nice concept, maybe a bit more aggressive.
roger- well drawn. I feel like the guy is a little disconnected from the bike. maybe attach him directly?
jack- nice helmet design. maybe push the aggressive thing.
yolk- thanks for joining us. i like the idea of a tank, i think maybe thought that the paints could be worked in a little more.
meta- crap.
young paddy1- i like the scale that you presented us with. he is as big as mountains. i think the design could be pushed.
SJ- i am kinda having a hard time reading this. concentrate more on your design maybe? thanks for joining us.
Carnifex- i like where you are going with the design. try to push it a bit more.

okay ladies- this week the words are:

shadow
warped
feed

black and white this week, i wanna see the values pushed
good luck
meta

[klinesmoker]

Black and white? I can't handle it! I'd feel cheap voting for myself for last week,s bout. I think I'll toss my vote to.... You Meta, I dig the originality.

[SJ Bennighof]

SJ- i am kinda having a hard time reading this. concentrate more on your design maybe? thanks for joining us.

*Nods* I wasn't sure how concrete entries have to be, so that's helpful.

[Jack Frost]

Kline-smoke...nice inking..good piece.

Yolk...now that we can see your piece a great idea....pushed farther would make it truly standout...

hurricane nice piece...can't win every week :confident

carni-nice woman not getting aggressive like mine....

congrads Roger...voted for you

[roger]

this week the winner was roger.

Hey thanks, I didn't expect that! Cool stuff everyone. :)

Gotta start working in this week's assignment...

[Undertow]

black and white... hmm.. I think I just might have to jump in on this one.

[plsangel]

hmmmm....I'm glad I stumbled onto this thread...I think I might have a go at it...although I just have to warn you, as hard core and bad ass as my designs seem in my head they always come out cute =T....but I'll try

[hurricane]

Good run last time !

congrats Roger !!

great pieces the rest of you !!



same story this session, i must go away over the weekend so i post my entry now..

He's old and warped, a shadow of his former self, in a last struggle to gain life by putting a live feed into his veins, he tried to survive... but died... behold number 18 !! a corpse of the old empirium...


http://www.phuxxx.com/~hurricane/Temp/Sketchbooks/Feb-05/Metachallenge3.jpg

cheers !

[arghmisfit]

self portrait, with shadows and shit. Its a picture of a parallel universe, the door behind me leads to our normal universe... The pencil feeds my brain...


http://www.artground.com/forum/sp4.jpg

[dogfood]

Finally! I haven't been able to partake until now (and even now I find myself short of time). Hopefully I'll do better next week on time management.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/dogfood411/WarpFeedShadow.jpg

What a weak shadow beast.

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/shadowmaster.jpg

moving in the shadows, devouring its victims from the inside, the soul taker strengthens itself for the battle its warped mind knows is coming.




just realised this may have been better for last week oh well :dur:

[SJ Bennighof]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/SABERinBLUE/shadowwarpedfeed.jpg

[jaded yolk]

Hello, all this is mine this week, I coulda, shoulda, woulda, but I didn't so I hope you like it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/DJC2005/metascout.jpg
:yayca:

-D-

[metaphysiks]

sorry guys, life caught up with me this week, so you get pencils. its crazy what a tired mind thinks of.
http://www.chrisewald.com/gallery/albums/concept/mwdb6.jpg
crits after work
meta
p.s. i just wanna take a second to show my appreciation to those who have been participating. i love the sense of community.

[steak-tron]

nice sexy lady meta :wink:

So I almost entered this week but I don't have my scanner and I had allot of bla bla bla.... but I swear to mutha'-fucking god and satan that I'll do one for next week.
.
So hats off to you guys for keeping it steady these last few weeks. Work gets stronger with challenges like this, and it shows.

[wax]

i've been following this thread for a while now, and i must say, it gets better all the time. so i thought i'd give it a try. here's mine, no background included, time is my greatest enemy ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/sackwombat/shadow2.jpg

[blankslatejoe]

FANTASTIC entries this week. Good job everyone, this is inspiring!

[Jack Frost]

sorry almost done....kinda rushed the stones...well you will see....got carried away with all the oscar crap....will post mine very soon

[Jack Frost]

ok..done...well....i did two....well I started one but didn't like the way it was going and then realized that it was fitting the chriteria of the contest so i finished another....

first the unfinished one... both of these the "warped" part I was think more on the lines of modern lingo as meaning that the subject matter is twisted, or screwed up....this piece didn't have a shadow...and I wanted to use feathers for the cape so it took away the loose conotation of batman being the dark knight, shadow of the night, it became more about a birdman character....plus I wasn't feeling the finish coming and working out the painting details were bogging the piece down

http://www.evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/Bat%20Progress.jpg


and then this came about....batman investigating a strange crime scene.....which is my actual entry...sorry about missing the deadline..Damn YOu Oscar!!!

http://www.evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/Bat_investigation.jpg

[metaphysiks]

congrats young paddy1, you are this weeks winner. nice piece. i am about to go to work so i dont have the time to crit right now but i will later. the words this week are:
contradiction
confusion
feral

good luck guys
lets get some good ones this week
meta

[blankslatejoe]

definitely a tough week, you earned it tho paddy1!

I'm gonna think a bit about this weeks words, these contests are getting too good NOT to enter!

[Jack Frost]

congrats pdaddy.....nice rendering job, and great compostition

hurricane - really nice work, great piece nothing else really to say

arghmisfit- I really like your piece I would have votted for it ...it it was that type of contest this week...great rendering with the pencil

dogfood- I like the way you handled the black and white, and gray tones...I think what is a little strange is the guy hitting something or just a shadow?

SJ Bennighof- if you pushed the background it would have brought your piece farther to the finish line

jaded yolk- intresting concept I think you are not acheiveing depth to well because the ship and guy have a white halo around them...

metaphysiks- hands down a great concept drawing...rusty would be proud....

wax- I like your drawing....grewsome indeed

[dogfood]

What a doof I am. I forgot to put the accompanying verbiage. He was hung up as dinner for the invisible beasty, which is given away by his shadow in strong light and the faint odor of old beer.

Nice work YP and every, really.

[plsangel]

great drawings guys! SJ Bennighof, yours is the spitting image of me on my way to Starbucks this morning!

Meta - really nice design. can I ask what you suppose would go in or possibly come out of that opening in her stomach?...I just have to know

Congratulations Paddy!- she truely looks scared, it looks like it should be the movie poster for a Hitchcock film. Artistically - ditto what jack frost said

Hurriccaine, stunning as always. Looking through your body of work, I see that you have many many varieties of monsters living under your bed. These days mine just threaten to keep me up until I can do a decent drawing of them. =T

Jaded Yolk - the settings on my monitor are off and it's too big to fit on the screen :(

Armisfit, your self portait is great! Really nice rendering. It's cool that it's skewed but still fits so nicely on the page

Wax - he's really expressive...good use of values. Is it me or would the light source have illuminated his nose and maybe part of his head? eh, what do I know....

Jack Frost - great Idea for incorporating "shadow" into your piece.

Kleinsmoker - Where's Yours??

I spent more than a few hours on a piece this week but I got terribly hung up on my anatomy....maybe I'll be able to pull something together for next week's challenge.

[SJ Bennighof]

SJ Bennighof- if you pushed the background it would have brought your piece farther to the finish line


I was thinking the exact same thing, actually, after the fact... I had sort of convinced myself that the main item of importance would be the creature, while disregarding the background proved to make for an ineffective piece... Well, what can I say, my main goal in all this is to improve for the future.


SJ Bennighof, yours is the spitting image of me on my way to Starbucks this morning!

I told my friend while showing him the thing: "He sucks stuff in. You know, like fwooosh." :hatsoff:

[Carnifex]

sorry i couldn't enter last week.i've been sick all time.
congrats on the well-deserved win of young paddy.

[dogfood]

OK, here's a wild man (covering the feral) yelling at a cymbal monkey; the contradiction arises because he's obviously part of the Wasp Coalition, which loves all cymbal monkeys. The confusion comes in if you needed this explanation.

Still working with values (stepping back from color until I can do better with the b&w).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/dogfood411/CCferal.jpg
crits, comments, and paint-overs appreciated.

[blankslatejoe]

bwahahahahahha thats hilarious.

[klinesmoker]

That is the funniest thing ever. Sorry about being gone recently, just been having too much stress, and am trying to mellow out!

[jaded yolk]

He and the marauders of peace just wiped out the village of the princess he intended to give flowers too. :nohope:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/DJC2005/riders-of-the-storm.jpg


I couldnt get enough of the black and white thing. I should have started days ago.
No excuse, enjoy
-D-

[maxetormer]

Really nice work all!!! I read this tread a week
ago, and I really thoguth is a great idea, but last
week is did not have had time make someting finished so
I decided to wait untill this weeks topics, and after reading
the word, feral, this is the picture that poped in my mind
a giganting tiger with a magical gem in his forehead, fighting
a warrior girl, in the top of some rock formations, I hope
you like it :D

dogfood: Dam I really like the hands in this fella, and
his expresion looks feral as hell, nothing but love for
this one :D

jaded yolk: nice work, I would suggest to you to
use harder brushes, I like the beast he is riding,
but I think it needs more definition, some
shapes are hard to read (legs and the hands per example)
good work, keep on experimenting!! :D

FIXES: the pose and overall anatomy of the girl
lowere the sharpness of the background rocks
add a little of color variation on the background

http://img237.exs.cx/img237/8662/tiger286ds.jpg

[SJ Bennighof]

I got nothin this week, guys; not only am I getting a site constructed from teh ground up, but also I really couldn't get anywhere with this week's words. Not that I'm dissing the words, they're great and out-of-the-box, but I'm not focused enough to pull something off with them this week. Be back next week!

[Carnifex]

yeah,sorry no entry from me either this week guys.no time.

edit: max gets my vote aswell.

[arghmisfit]

:O Whoa maxetormer thats the best thing ive seen u do so far. the fur on his jaw seems a lil too cartoony to me tho, also something in his eyes makes him a little sad looking maybe thats just in my head tho. KEEP IT UP

got any progress saves???

u got my vote :perv:

ill try to pump something out this week :yayca:

[cotron]

nice entry max! very nice color choices. I would have had the background's edges be more vague, though, so that way it looks like it's receding into the distance more. you got my vote this week.

I wanna participate, what's the topic meta, oh kind sir?

[metaphysiks]

ruff week this week, sorry i could not enter this week. too much other shit going on. this week maxetormer is the winner! yeah!
lets get more participants this week.
this weeks topic:
battery
organic
half

good luck, thanks to those who did last weeks, they were tough words
meta

[maxetormer]

Carnifex, thanks for the vote dude! :D

arghmisfit: Hey Im glad you liked thanks for
the ecouragment, and yeah he he
is a sad angry tiger you know :^^:
as far as the hair on the head goes its just that
I like to stylize hair that way, its a part of my style
at paiting I guess.

I have sum progress saves, I did not
saved all that often in diferent files, but here
they are the ones I have:

first wash; I use very dark unsaturated colors
for this, to avoid over saturating the painting:
step1 (http://img237.exs.cx/img237/7249/tiger13li.jpg)

I pumped out the sat a bit more, I decided to
go for an orange-violet scheme, and blocked in
main shapes, no need for detail here:
step2 (http://img237.exs.cx/img237/289/tiger32cp.jpg)

I started to add sum detail and to clarify the shapes more
step3 (http://img237.exs.cx/img237/8020/tiger43jr.jpg)

more details:
step4 (http://img237.exs.cx/img237/5056/tiger50qf.jpg)

final:
step5 (http://img218.exs.cx/img218/3194/tigristum51hd.jpg)

cotron: I blurred the edges of the bakg a bit more,
Im glad you liked the color choises :D thanks for the vote as well

metaphysiks: Im the winnner Yay ME!!! :party: he he
good entries all around, ill try to make something
for this week too :D

[Jack Frost]

Jeez I completely forgot about this week...to make up for my no show I will show wip pieces for this weeks entry

oh and congrats max-great piece

[Midnight]

I'll get the ball rolling this time - he's only half organic, and the thing on his back is some kind of weird battery which keeps him alive.

In my mind it was either this or half a potato, converted into one of those crude organic batteries! I ditched that idea because it was just too exciting :)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/_Midnight_/Cyborgupload.jpg

[dogfood]

A Self-propelled, Self-loading, 155mm Mountain Rough Terrain Artillery Unit, (Alliance codename "Longhorn") from Omega Battery, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery. While difficult to fit with the gun apparatus, they are a marvel of genetic engineering, with diverted spinal cord, vastly enhanced skeleton and musculature, and a service life of 80 years. Armed with laser-guided sabot rounds, they are a battlefield multiplier in their ability to launch on command and allow battle units to terminally guide the munitions. They stink to high heaven, however, with the worst gas known to man.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/dogfood411/HalfOrganicBattery.jpg
This one is a real disappointment and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, though I was only able to spend about 90 minutes on it (tough week). Sorry about the long intro.

[SJ Bennighof]

Define the mechanical parts a bit more, I'd say.

Sorry guys, it's taking more time than I thought to get my website put together. I'll be sure to have one for next week, though.

[Jack Frost]

I did mine....I just haven't scanned it and put it up yet....sorry

[cotron]

i did this one on the plane, couldn't get to a scanner in time for the deadline...

http://www.codymiles.com/newsite/coppermine/albums/sketches/2005/3-15/spacemop.jpg

[metaphysiks]

hey guys, sorry i am late, i am at home and out of commission. there will be no topic this week but next week be ready. the winner for the last one is dogfood. i like the animal concept you went with. nice back story. later guys.
meta

[blankslatejoe]

hey! new topic!

[dogfood]

You see, he swallows the rounds to load up and poops out the shell casings after firing...


I was so disappointed no one mentioned it, but I figured out the art is too poor to portray it well.

Hope you're feeling better soon, Meta. I also hope your weekly design challenge isn't dying. Participation is slipping, but I really like this idea (it's similar to the thread regarding the DSG). Maybe we need some guest artists to crit the works each week (would they be called "critters"?) in order to increase the appeal. We could advertise and get someone to dedicate themselves that Monday to give a short crit for each piece.

[cotron]

seriously... just come up with three words chris...

vegetable
oxygen
apparel

youre not too out of commission to do that are you?

[blankslatejoe]

wow... i just realized that this thing has been around in some form or another for 4 or 5 months now...starting with the ol' lord of la quinta thread. funfunfun.

[Burning Eyes]

well cant wait till next week, ima try and participate... maybe be the first deadline i ever meet?! i dunno wish i would joined sooner!

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/oxygenapparel.jpg

vegetable
oxygen
apparel

[blankslatejoe]

hahahaa thats clever paddy1

[SJ Bennighof]

I was hoping someone would do something with that...

But you cannot beat mine, fool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/SABERinBLUE/vegetableoxygenapparel.gif

[dogfood]

Oh, man... I've been out half the week and totally missed Cotron's challenge. Of course, it's probably for the best. I'm certain I'd have done something with zuchinni or cucumbers and that's never good...

I'm up for the next one.

[elboy]

I like the whole idea of this thread. I've been checking it out from time to time.
I know that this is totally late to the max, but here's a sketch I came up for battery, organic, half. I thought I'd post it for kicks and giggles.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/roychung/mwd_HalfBatteryOrganic.jpg

In case you can't read it, on the right there's the Copper Top Tester. At full power it's "Stud", but our friend is at minimal, "Premature" power.

[metaphysiks]

sorry guys, i have been slacking. george, sterling and jon foster kept me busy as of late. next monday we will be back on the ball. i love you guys for sticking with me. thanks guys
meta

[Cuki]

im likeing and want to get in on this challenge thingy. cant wait to you get this weeks stuff up.

[metaphysiks]

hey guys, after a small break we are ready to go. this weeks words are
container
broke
animal
good luck
meta

[blankslatejoe]

hahaha, i misread that as 5 different subjects/words at first;
container, broke, animal, goodluck and meta.

[blankslatejoe]

hahaha, i misread that as 5 different subjects/words at first;
container, broke, animal, goodluck and meta.

im dumb.

[steak-tron]

I read it as that too.... too many blows to the head I guess.

[steak-tron]

I'll try to get this one in.

Roy: nice batteries, I'm glad that female-battery is furious at male-battery for his less-than studly-ness. That always happens when my batteries get it on.


sheit, hell, word to your mother.

[Jack Frost]

ok I said that I would post my wip images from the last contest, however I didn't enter the last contest, so I will show my wips from this week

first are a few rough ideas, sketchs on the words provided by meta

http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/break.jpg

http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/break2.jpg

http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/break3.jpg

now here is the concept that I went with....the idea is that the sabertooth tiger really didn't become extinct, infact aliens had altered them...increasing their intellegance.... so as the numbers of the species began to decline, the cats develop hybernation chambers to survive untill a more tolerant time on earth exsists.....however one of the cat's chamber because weak and cracks causing imdiate awakening,,,,,opening the shudders on the animals room it looks across the west...all out of my ass :)

http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/catsketch.jpg

http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/Cat2.jpg

http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/cat2.4.jpg

http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/cat2.5.jpg

so here is the finished piece...again still wrestling with how to finish the piece in a way that I would like in photoshop...


http://evrenbilgihan.com/Pages/Sketches/Cat.jpg

[dogfood]

Hey, Jack, you know, it might be better to post these out in the main threads. That way, you can say these were done for Meta's challenge and that would be free advertisement for the thread in particular and the Challenge section in general. Keeping this thread a little more orderly (just for the final entries) would just be a secondary effect.

I was in L.A. all last week and have a few hideous sketches of my intial idea for this week, which amounted to a distressed man crawling from a broken canister which had just fallen through the forest canopy. Around him were a few Dodo birds and maybe a unicorn, all innocently curious about him, the cannister, and the sunlight streaming into their forest glen. Looking a little frantic, he was reaching for a tree limb... Yeah, I know. Tripe. So until I was just ready to go to bed, I wasn't able to work it up to something I wanted to even continue when I was struck with an entirely different idea: The Handler. These urban soldiers clear buildings with the aid of their charges. This one is having trouble with the container. It seems to be broken...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/dogfood411/ContainerAnimalBroken.jpg
About an hour. I could have kept going, obviously, but I had to work today and didn't get any sleep the night before. Why do I hate everything I draw within 12 hours of thinking it was OK?

[SJ Bennighof]

About an hour. I could have kept going, obviously, but I had to work today and didn't get any sleep the night before. Why do I hate everything I draw within 12 hours of thinking it was OK?

Same thing happens to me. I think it's like the way beer makes anyone hot. You regret it in the morning. But that chick you took home last night is pretty sexy in her own right.

[blankslatejoe]

Why do I hate everything I draw within 12 hours of thinking it was OK?

easy dude. it must mean that you've gotten better than you were 12 hours ago.

hows that for a positive spin on things?

[steak-tron]

way to be sappy and cheerful joe....

haha, you're right tho.

Dogfood: it's good to get mad like that, I've pounded my fist into the walls over a drawing. If you never got frustrated you would never improve. Also makes victory that much sweeter

[dogfood]

Thanks, guys. It's actually not everything, just everything that anyone else sees. I am blind to my own mistakes until I post something; then about half of them pop out and haunt me (the other half are surprises until someone points them out, then they haunt me, too).

Does anyone else hear that humming and gargling? I think the fat chick is warming up back stage.

[metaphysiks]

hey guys, i know i know, i am a chump. i have really dropped the ball on this as of late. i am trying to get my life in order. for this week, the topic is to create the leader of a culture or nation. have a small back story for this nation of people, animals, whatever. show me this leader.
good luck
meta

[Carnifex]

i gotta apologize too i guess.i'm doing quite some art but something about this particular challenge got lost. maybe it's just the title "lord of laquinta" that i miss.i think we'd need something to push us more.some kinda reward.

[metaphysiks]

thinking about putting this thread to rest.
i have a couple ideas for new threads. stick with me and i will see what i can do. i need to have some kind of incentive or something.
meta

[purb36]

Strong-willed with a complex that some would call "Napoleonic" (just don't call him short). Leader of the "beorgeoisie" in the bloody revolution of 1782 he and his forces toppeled the aristocratic Lancome and Revlon to become the sole Emperor de Toilet. His hunger for power is ever-present, his daily (and nightly) quest continues to be the same thing he does every day (and night): try and take over the world!

Petroleum Bonaparte (seen with Major General Shampeux de Chevaux)

http://img174.echo.cx/img174/1962/artj004a1gc.jpg

[blankslatejoe]

any chance of reviving this thing?

[Carnifex]

i'd be all for it,but i dunno if anyone else is in

[GriNGo]

but in a new thread...

[Carnifex]

and let's call it lord of laquinta again:^^:

[GriNGo]

what was la quinta?? just curious...

[Carnifex]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32108

[blankslatejoe]

id be for the lord of la quinta thread again, that put a good spirit on things and has become part of ca culture.

[Carnifex]

all the way i say. the title motivates me more and perhaps we could have it the good ol' way of one definded topic again instead of three words. i've recently come to the conclusion that that didn't work too well for me.