CHOW #61-VOTING. Guest Host: AndrewLey. Topic:Chief Librarian of the Lost Sea Scrolls

[Oblio]

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Chief Librarian of the Lost Sea Scrolls


Hey man - here's my topic idea

"Chief Librarian of the Lost Sea Scrolls


The Chief Librarian was once a lord of Atlantis. Foreseeing the city’s demise he gathered the most sacred and powerful texts and took them to a place where no mortal could find them. He now lives in solitude, the sole guardian of the secrets that allow one to control the most powerful forces in the oceans. "
Now... concept!

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POLL RULES
(for the new people)
NOT ALL ENTRIES ARE TAKEN TO THE POLL.
(the selection is based on technical quality criteria)
ENTRIES NOT POLLED WILL RECEIVE C&C
(i really try to do this every time)
IT IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS - MISTAKES CAN BE MADE
I am trying to set this as a professional demand. I act as the client...
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ROUND COMMENTS:

SOOOOOORYYYY for the delay. AndrewLey ws missing for the crits.. and i was bouncing atound east europe again - just didnt find the time to get online.
3 days for voting left

Some of YOUR NICKNAMES were not found in the filename - those guys are not correctly named on the poll.

edjuante - that was funny - but wrong. (i corrected yours)

BIG welcome to the guys who were here FIRST TIME. Thank youfor your entries.

The selection of the piees that go up.. was very rushed (i admit) and on a quick glance mode. I had the chance to see a selection of portfolios for real job done in the same way... so.. even if it's wrong - it's still a practce.
Please continue to participate in CHOW. I promosse your art will get better.

Thank you all for being part of this and for putting up with so many rules.


DON'T FORGET YOUR PRIZE! THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND WILL SELECT THE TOPIC OF THE NEXT ONE!

And will assist me in selecting the entries for the poll. In one week we'll have a new client.Vote him now <3

CONGRATULATIONS - D-BAKER is the new kid on the block ;) Great entry. Now.. give us a topic.

[Tenno]

Been meaning to have a go at CHOW since number 50. Posting this so that :xbox: doesn't win again.

edit: Some thumbnails from me:

http://www.graphuji.com/cowwip.gif

edit FINAL:

http://www.graphuji.com/graphuji_chow61.gif

[s.ketch]

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6743/buckweiselchow61atlantijk5.jpg

My guy carries the scrolls around his neck so that they never leave him while he travels through a labyrinth of undersea caves to get to a new world.

[cakeypigdog]

real nice topic.
first few thumbs
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f87/cakeypigdog/keeperofscrollsthumbs1a.jpg

update: painting

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f87/cakeypigdog/keeperofscrolls1n.jpg

got a busy weekend ahead so thats me done folks.

final: http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f87/cakeypigdog/cakeypigdog_chow61.jpg

[Beluciel]

Well i'll try to make this one, even if I am not certain I can pull it in time...
EDIT : here is my take on the subject :

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/853/belucielchow61wf1.jpg
The concept :
Atlantean chief librarians were exclusively selected among the clown fish hybrid, for only them were able to manipulate the precious scroll made out of jellyfish hide without hurting themselves. When Atlantis fell, the long lived hybrids saved the vast majority of the scroll, and pleged to protect them until the day when Atlantis shall rise again. Today, they live in isolation, dispatched among the vast sandy sea plains, storing the scrolls at the heart of venimous sea anemone, which also provide them their characteristic mantles.


EDIT2: Following Dragon4lunch remark, I am compelled to precise that the red coral is fire coral, a highly venimous polyp. As such, it is more a potential weapon than a cane.

[ChaoticKnight]

Found the idea interesting so i thought Id throw a couple hours into something.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/ChaoticKnight/chow.jpg

[Ashab]

Had loads a fun doing it....
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q189/ashab23/chow_61.jpg

[D-BAKER]

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r112/D-BAKER/librarian-2.jpg

nice entries so far guys, ill try to paint this guy up tonight if i have time

All done, cheers peeps

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r112/D-BAKER/D-BAKER_CHOW_61_LIBRARIAN.jpg

[paperX]

omg d-Baker thats just insane!!! im ashamed to post these now :nohope:

arrg well what the heck...here are some crappy thumbnails for space holding purposes only...

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3920/thumbsforchow61cyb6.jpg



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and this is as far as i can go in the time i have left...hope im not too late :^^;:

Description:
Utilizing what Atlantean technology that remain, the former lord of Atlantis hides away the most powerful secrets of the ocean. Under the depths of his now watery domain, lies the hope of a once-glorious civilisation and the one man who lives to guard it.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/646/paperxchow61chieflibrarac9.jpg

[fuuryoku]

Here's mine that I'm working on. Still need to get some clothes on there (nekkid merman! for shame! :) ) and detail the scrolls on the ocean bed, but it should be clear enough what I'm heading towards on this one.

http://www.thomscottart.com/images/Merlibrarian.jpg

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/ChiefLibrarianoftheLostSeaScroll-1.png
probably won't be able to finish but here's what I got :\


awesome Cakeypigdog and D-Baker

[kboss]

Real nice topic this week, lets see if I can get this one so's i'm happy with it.
Great work so far folks by the way, D-BAKER esp.

Sketch/WIP:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5683/atlantianscrollkeeperss8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Final. Very little time to work on it, but this is as finished as its going to get by the deadline.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6861/kbossef1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Lost for millenia beneath the ocean, the last remaining Atlantan presides over the remnants of a once majestic civilisation. Tirelessly guarding the entirety of their knowledge and technology until the world above the waves is ready to receive it.

[mc2mc2]

Might as well call this finished:\

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u118/mc2mc2/mc2mc2_CHOW61_Librarian.jpg

D-BAKER and cakeypigdog....you guys own.

[Flat]

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f201/Orangeki/Drawings/PaulSchafferFinished.jpg

By the way, hello.

[Corrick]

Every morning she would wake, the last of her kind. Her servants had passed long ago. Every waking morning was a ritual, a remembering.

Every day she would tend to the responsibilities entrusted to her by a forgotten race. Her pets, as she knew them, kept the histories of a thousand years safe, and as she passed by each one, it would gently nudge her, tentatively, respectfully, reminding her that they knew, and remembered.

Every night she would slip into her bed. The folds of sleep would press softly against her, and she would pass from one day to the next. Her life would never end.

In the morning she would wake...

Sketch (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Corrick/librarian2.jpg)

Progress Shots (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Corrick/Lib_progress.jpg)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Corrick/Corrick_CHOW61_Lib.jpg

[Ifman1]

Here's my Final. Not that I had a WIP.

http://www.geocities.com/rio_isaac/ifman1_chow61.jpg

D-Baker: Awesome stuff. I kinda liked the suckers on his arm before, but your coloring is so off the wall, I love it.

Corrik and Kboss: Can't wait to see those finals.

[matias]

Hey guys, some sweet entries again. Anyways, I was starting with a old miser type scribe, but I always think my stuff is too 'safe' and it kinda pisses me off at myself. So I ditched that idea and thought about it, we have this guy who was a Lord of Atlantis, who saw the end coming, perhaps no-one beleived him, called him a deluded doomsayer, so he gathered the scrolls and secreted himself and the scrolls away for enternity. The long, bitter solitude has twisted him into a madman, frightened of every shadow, every noise and the anger has made him visicious. so on and so forth...
http://members.optusnet.com.au/matias.jakku/Linking%20Files/Dead%20Sea%20Scrolls%20Guardian%20Crazy.jpg
Anyways, heres a wip to see where I am heading, I thought I take a chance as its an exercise and thats the point, right?

Soorry! Down to the wire again, morale of the story dont change ideas mid term! Pretty rushed not happy with the hands or the pose now Ive finished d'oh oh well, in the hands of the judges!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/matias.jakku/Linking%20Files/Matias_chow_61.JPG

Cheers
Matias

[rawwad]

late night quick, 40min entry.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8207/rawwadchow61librarianchql6.jpg

[foofoo]

hello. this is my first entry to CHOW...and i wondered why i never did it before. Really enjoyed doing this. Interesting concept...and nice work everyone. And so heres my entry
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/foofoo83/foofoo_chow61_chieflibrarian.jpg

[Pheuronskeurts]

many awsome entries, cheers to corrick and zomg foofoo, your first chow entry makes my first attempt uhh....haha indeed
ok so first chow : the great underwater scroll/book, general keeper of teh knowledge..it glows, wonderful stuff that knowledge really.. ^^
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/pheuronskeurts/pheuronskeurts_chow61_librarian.jpg

[JakkaS]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/JakkaS/SB/Chief-Librarian-of-the-Lost.jpg

[xgabo]

http://www.gabo.ca/xgabo_chow61_librarian.jpg

[edujante]

James Cameron expedition found an ancient construcion in the deepest ocean.
There they found a picture digital frame...


http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/edujante/oblio_chow61_chiellibrarian.jpg

[Oblio]

it's on !

only 3 days left for voting!

so sory for the delay. i'll punish myslef.

[cakeypigdog]

my vote is for mr bakers awesome entry! excellent stuff indeed!

[matias]

I went for Corrick's one, instantly it grabbed me as just such a sweet piece man, I loved it!

[Spitch]

Voted for Jakkas. Soooo Lovecraftian... a delight.

[Stephan_R]

D-Baker wonderful work, colorful and creative.. you got my vote!

[Oblio]

D-BAKER gets this one so easy. Great entry. Now.. give us a topic, sir.

[cakeypigdog]

ha ha well done danny boy! congrats on your first chow!

[D-BAKER]

Ha thanks Cakey!

Thanks for the votes guys much apreciated!