ChoW#223 :: Barbarella

[Gavage]

Going for a sort of wild west theme in combination with the Barbarella style. Need to come up with some more decorations for the outfit. And something to do with lasers... and taller platforms on the boots.

Just a quick question, what does everyone here define as campy? I envisioned 'camping gear' and homosexuality. But I think the campy thing is probably related to the era that this was created in. Any help anyone?

Just to add to emerging's description.. within this context I think it's mostly to do with overt sexuality and ridiculous sci-fi elements. Ie; audaciously impractical costumes for space travel, and laser contraptions so inappropriate they'd have Nikola Tesla spinning in his grave.

[Lucyohlucy]

Sweet topic, im in

My first idea was Barbarella rescuing somebody undewater, but i dropped it... Now im thinking about creating her some kind of profile on the website - like facebook or something.. It will be far away future, almost all people on earth are living online lives, they have avatars and are spending most of the time online. So when somebody is hacking the site Barbarela must step in and rescue the cyberworld

Missile - nice work so far

[Clockwork Bunny]

I'm in, now just to re configure GIMP since all my settings are out the window since my last upgrade - having a dabble in my paint

[richart]

emerging - nice start, deffinately sexy ;D
Wiggers - love the pose, try exaggerating the hips to make her more sexy
BAMeyer - Her costume has a believeable material, but like you said it would be nice to incorporate some skin, try looking at Tomb Raiders diving gear for inspiration. If she were underwater it would be cool if she were floating; creating a more interesting pose.
fudoki - try elongating the legs, or turning her at 3/4 pose so you can exaggerate her curves. Good start
pixeltuner - try curving the back inwards then outwards, atm it looks a bit stiff. Also be careful with your colours its starting to look a bit muddy - pay attention to colour temperature. I love the costume and pose.
MittyMandi - Good start, I like the pose - nice curves but be careful with her proportions the head and hands look a tad too big. At the moment it looks quite flat. Putting the contrast up will only make the whites whiter and the darks darker,and this will still result in a flat image. What you need to do is use the entire value range, not just a portion of it. Go from pure black all the way to pure white for highlights, this will add more depth and pop your character out
doombee - sexy pose, be careful with the foreground the leg perspective its looking a little disjointed flip the image to see if that helps you fix it -also try cropping the image so her back is right against the left of the canvas for a more interesting composition
kissorkill - traditional! cool stuff, is this watercolour?
fudgeloa - good start! Atm its all very soft, pay attention to edges to help define the form better. It could also benifit from a greater vaule range that I mentioned to MittyMandi

I made a quick sketch and some basic colour/costume iterations - I think I'm going to go with B - gonna make her a blue alien for that sci-fi alien sex appeal, with ofc squid hair C&C welcome

[Adam Schumpert]

Its been awhile... glad to be working on a CHOW again



Hope to get this one finished with all the holiday travel going on this week

[LJS]

Botero+Brigitte Bardot = BB
I give you...Giant barbarella...with her Botox dispencer

progress

[Quinn Simoes]

Cool topic!

[snootchy]

wicked sketches so far, keep up the good stuff all!

quick lunch doodle for this weeks chow...

[brambor]

Some really nice concepts in here. Here's my quickie.

[teapo]

everyone's entry is looking awesome! well here's my first iteration... might change a few things :U

[CrookedHorn]

Quinn Simones::: thats what im talking about! you just inspired me to do this CHOW....and here i was about to take a few weeks off

[fudgeloaf]

Brambor-looking good man! the head looks a little strange at the minute maybe its the hair shape
LJS- damn you should have kept the little men on!
Kissorkill-liking the watercolours good style reminds me of the Aeon Flux women
Emerging- Wow man killer start loving the edges cant wait to see the huge fella
Doombee- Great pose she means business i dont know if her heads a little small but something looks a tad off
Mittymandi-the pose looks like it could be a good one just remember if theres a moon behind her and its the only light source you wont see much detail and it may just be a sihouette, dunno if you want this or not.
Missile- Great costume idea liking the whole space cowboy theme
Clockwork Bunny- Great pose the eyes have a lot of emotion really works well
Richart-I'm liking the first few variations the latter seem to go all prehistoric and it may not suit the theme, but thats just me
Adam Schumpert- Awesome pose really like how you incorperated the feet into it to make her more playful
Quinn Simoes- Awesome hope keep the more evil look you have at the minute love it
Snootchy- Great start liking the highlights although the face looks a little out of place, cant wait to see more

I think that was everyone.. daaamn that took a while.

Tried to push the values more and its looking better cheers for the advice! still lots of work to do her face is so mannish!




Will do more tomorrow with a fresh eye

[Aly Fell]

Barbarella! Hope I can finish this one. Haven't done a ChoW for ages!

First sketch:


Colour pass. Something a bit bright and cartoony.


Final, for now, reduced the size of the helmet, but I'm not sure. Kind of liked the abstract size of the earlier one...

[Anim8ergrl]

my wips so far.

[MittyMandi]

kissorkill : Looks good so far - the arm seems really short though. Not sure if that's editable
fudgeloaf Welcome to CHoW I like the pose, can't wait to see everything tightened up a bit
richart I really like A and E
Adam Schumpert Great pose!
LJS well that certainly is unique! Feet look a little wonky though.
brambor I'm diggin' the costume

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I'm actually thinking about scrapping mine and just starting over D: What do you guys thinK

[Mincx]

@MittyMandi I think if you make her legs longer it'll make a big difference, she's looking a little small. I like the whole composition and it would look awesome if the sun's light was blazing through her!

[insipidalien]

Crits welcome.

[kissorkill]

@Richart yes it is!

as for the hand, it is unfortunately not easily editable, I may use photoshop to correct it but that is the way the hand was in the ref I used for the pose.

[Thélema]

My Barbarella!

[KarylGilbertson]

AlyFell, a lot of the work in here is looking promising but yours is different still-- very fresh, and I'm liking the colour scheme a lot. Keep on trucking mate I wanna see the final!

[caanan02]

Needed to work on women faces, and this is as good an opportunity as any, hehe. Here's what I have so far. Little past this point, but just showing some progress.

[bluki]

whoa! gotta join, probably tonight I'll work on the sketches

[Rhdnor]

I'minI'minI'min.

[rex-craft7]

I've never done a CHOW before, but it sounds pretty fun so I'll join in on this one. As a side note for future reference, is this an OK thing to do?
I used this photo as reference: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1268858
I didn't trace it, but its pretty much a direct copy of the pose and everything. Is this how people usually use references for figures?

[Smolin]

My feeling about Barbarella is that she is real ingenue -- sort of innocent and naive. I have no idea how I ended up with a cheerleader/stewardess. Next!

[kittymeow84]

Didn't think I'd have time for this - and started pretty late. Not quite sure where I'm going with it and whether I will finish. But hey - I knocked this out in about 40mins so I'll see how I feel about it throughout the week.

Cool stuff so far!

I realise her weapon is not on the right angle. I've never really drawn any kind of machinery so this could be a disaster.

[Pixeltuner]

Aly! I had a strange feeling you would show up for this one gehe. Right up your alley. I like the cartoony twist to it

[Aly Fell]

Aly! I had a strange feeling you would show up for this one gehe. Right up your alley. I like the cartoony twist to it

Cheers Lennart! I don't pop in as much these days as I should, but Barbarella is fun. As for yours, I don't know if you're going to finish as you say Dominance war is on, but I reckon either showing all of her, or raising the cut-off on the bottom higher for more of a three quarter. I do it myself sometimes, but ankle cut off's tend to look a bit awkward. Also show her hidden arm as well!

[emerging]

some update. still a waaaaaaaaay to go

[reginanegra]

this is my sexy futuristic barbarella with base values. still working on the costume design...

emerging she is absolutely gorgeous, and the angel....oh...em...gi can i have him assigned as my guardian angel plz? still i would say the placement of her left hand is a bit too suggestive? especialy as i see a shape emerging through the brushes that form the cloth was that intentional?