ChoW#230 :: Rangda the Demonqueen

[Martheart]

ROUND #230 :: Rangda the Demonqueen

DESCRIPTION


Rangda the Demonqueen


Rangda is the demonqueen of Bali. She has a flaming tongue and rolling eyes, and even eats children! If that’s not evil enough, she leads an army of evil witches to fight everything that’s good. It is said the origin of the myth of Rangda dates back to the 11th century, to the Javan queen Mahendradatta. Mahendradatta was accused of witchcraft and was exiled by the king. She returned however, and took her revenge by slaying half of the kingdom through the plague.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangda

Design Rangda!

• There are some interesting rituals and depictions connected to Rangda, so make sure you do some research for this design!
• Time period and setting is free, but make sure it’s Rangda; use color and symbolism to make this clear in your design. Be creative!

Good luck!


PLEASE NOTE THE RULES AND THE DEADLINE TIME

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DEADLINE:
SUNDAY, January 30th, 2011


Deadline is Sunday, at 9:00 pm (GMT +1). (check your timezone!)


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THE RULES
If you do not stick to these 6 simple rules, you will not be added to the poll.
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1) FOLLOW THE TOPIC.
It's about designing the character of the topic. The environment or side characters are far less important.

2) SHOW AT LEAST ¾ OF YOUR DESIGN.
This is not an illustration contest, but a design contest. Show your whole design!

3) POST YOUR FINAL IN THE FINALS THREAD.

4) INCLUDE WIPS WITH YOUR FINAL.
Show your work in progress and post (links to) this in the finals thread!

5) SAVE YOUR FILES IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT. Chow##_Nickname
example: "CHOW#100_Oblio.jpg"
No final.jpgs please!


6) PLACE THE IMAGE IN A FRAME WITH YOUR NAME/TOPIC


(you can add CA logo, etc).



About quality - as general rule: if your shapes and values are not decent - you are out. Watch proportions, perspective etc. we need perfectly readable shapes and coherent, consistent values.

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BE PROFESSIONAL - only finished and good quality entries will be taken to the poll. Icemoon and Arthemis IX will make the selection.
Please review these helpful reminders if you have not done so already.

ON GETTING TO POLL
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NEW ROUND RULE: WIPS PLEASE!
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PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR COPYRIGHT INFORMATION UNDER THE IMAGE IN THE FINAL BURNING THREAD SO I DON'T HAVE TO HUNT YOU DOWN LATER!

[Pixeltuner]

Kewl. Couldn't resist a quick sketch before bedtime. So we're off again

UPDATE: colour and stuff. Time for upres and detailed rendering I guess.

[PxelSlayer]

So first I was like "Yay, a hot demon chick! Woohoo! "
And then I read the description and was like "Aww, she`s old and pruney... "
And then I was like " Hey...saggy boobs!" So I`m back to "Yay! " again!

Quick sketch...and something I noticed. Old witch/hag who`s all scary and eats children/babies....kinda reminds me of this one ...weird how some archetypes exist in independent cultures...

Edit - wee bit of rendering and a color test...this one might turn out to be more complicated than I thought...fun!

Edit2 - Decided to actually FOLLOW the task and DESIGN the character. May not "fly" with people, but it`s so easy to fall into that "OMG must make an awesome illustration" trap. This one is all about Rangda. For better or worse

Edit3 - Done...ish. Tomorrow - weapon and some more work on the final. Time management FTW!

[invinciblewombat]

sketchin up some sketches

[Izi]

Barong and Rangda

[Pixeltuner]

So first I was like "Yay, a hot demon chick! Woohoo! "
And then I read the description and was like "Aww, she`s old and pruney... "
And then I was like " Hey...saggy boobs!" So I`m back to "Yay! " again!

Quick sketch...and something I noticed. Old witch/hag who`s all scary and eats children/babies....kinda reminds me of this one ...weird how some archetypes exist in independent cultures...

That's the first thing I thought as well: the Baba Yaga resemblance

[PxelSlayer]

That's the first thing I thought as well: the Baba Yaga resemblance

Which could either mean

a)we`re very well informed and know our mythology....OR
b) we`re doing way too much ChOWs....

Hummm....? ^_^

[crossmirage]

I figured this Rangda (as depicted in the Megami Tensei series) should be good reference

[Izi]

i dont know that I'll have time to finish these

[Pixeltuner]

Which could either mean

a)we`re very well informed and know our mythology....OR
b) we`re doing way too much ChOWs....

Hummm....? ^_^

We're doing too much CHOWS Well, never too much actually. :p

[shyamshriram]

doodles so far..

[shyamshriram]

playing with colors...

[GEB]

Not sure I'm gunna have time for this but just did a quick sketch and thought I'd see what folks think

[Pixeltuner]

GEB: Me likey. Finish it

[Gavage]

I feel like I've comitted some cardinal sin for not giving her what Wikipedia politely describes as 'pendulous' breasts. Need to make the face look a bit older, I tried making the cheekbones more craggy but she began to look eerily like Jack Nicholson.

GEB: Disturbing! I love it.

[GEB]

Thanks guys, now I just need to study up on old ladies dangly skin bits... Yum!

[Eofn]

This was my initial idea for posing, any thoughts? For some reason I can't stop thinking about the shinigami from Death Note

EDIT: Updated the image. Does anyone have any thoughts? The left hand looks off but I can't work out why. Feel free to do paint overs if something needs fixing

[GEB]

Quick update

[.empyrean.]

Let's see if I can finish it...

[Pixeltuner]

GEB: Nice progress. Watch out for going too bright too early on, and the same for the darks. You won't have any values to work with when you start your colouring. Trust me, I make that mistake all the time :p You might want to add a multiplied (light)grey layer on top of it to give yourself some headroom again

[SGoodson]

heres what i got so far,thinking of keeping it to two arms cos she was human u know?

[SGoodson]

update, i read that she spread the plague and killed half the country..so naturally she controls a swarm of flies that take the form of her hair and obey her every plague spreading desire

[Persondoingstuff]

SGoodson: I really like your concept with the flies.

Some thumbs from me. I'll follow through on one of these Chows eventually!

[Eofn]

A very VERY rough colour pass. I can't decide if I like this or not...

[aBenson]

I'm in on this one sounds like a blast, I need to draw more women anyhow.

[MeZergy]

The first day and so many works-in-progress already!

School starts this week for me, so I'm going to do my best to be in this competition (and not chicken out like LAST time).

[KittyKaida]

Ooh, this one looks like fun.. I'll try this one out, hopefully i'll get to render this time!

Great job so far, everybody!

[Noamos]

found this online I though it would help out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawhawjames/4309707535/
going to try this one out and hopefully I can actually do something with my ideas this time around.

[MeZergy]

Posting this here so I feel obligated to work on it more.

Was wondering if the mask's gaze was too distracting...

Gotta work on old woman physique *coughboobscough*

[Untouched24]

I'm looking forward to seeing some of these WIPs when they're finished.

Here's my start.