C.O.W. - #100: Creature Festival!!!

[Fozzybar]

COW - Creature Of the Week 100th round
Creature Festival



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INTRODUCTION
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100 rounds of COW! Time to honour this old Lady with an event which is doing justice to all the work, effort, creativity and fun hundreds of artists had so far with this activity.

Thousands of new species were created. Enough to build up a complete new world with an unique fauna. Enough to show how much you can reach when you just keep drawing. The key for new worlds is in your mind and in your hands. Never forget this!

Doing 1 creature would hardly do justice to an activity which started 2 years and 8 months ago with 99 rounds of pure creativity and passion to creatures.

So the solution was as simple as perfect:
100 creatures!
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MAIN FACTS
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Task:
Draw 100 creature thumbnails. 10 topics. 10 creatures for each topic = 100 creatures in total.
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Contest period: 30 days
Starting: Sunday, 30th of September
Ending: Tuesday, 30th of October
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Prizes:
A Workshop ticket for two special individuals
judged by Jason Manley(if you cannot afford the plane ticket, you can opt for a later workshop ticket).

Massive Black DVDs
T-Shirts
Calenders
Andrew Jones Self Portrait Posters
Matt Dixon Original Cow Mascot Posters (about A4)!

...and we'll see if we can dig up even more!!
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DETAILED INFOS, RULES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR COW #100
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1. FORMAT

- canvas:
width: max 2000 px
height: max 2000 px

- thumbnails:
50px - 150 px in height and/or width, not bigger or smaller! See Samples below for more information!

- color:
no b/w or line art. Colors are required. See Samples below for more information!
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2. PRESENTATION

- layout:
Layout is in your hand, but creature design and diversity is the main focus. See Samples below for more information!

- numbering:
Add numbers to every thumbnail from 001-100. See Samples below for more information!

- text:
Add the topics you chose for the 10 creatures next to each creature block.
No naming or texting for each creature. See Samples below for more information!
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3. CONTENT

- amount:
100 creature thumbnails

- focus:
FOCUS is on diversity and design!!!

- creature themes
Choose from a pool of different themes (like underwater, herbivore, insects, predator etc) and draw 10 creatures for each theme = total of 100 creatures. The themes will be posted when the kick-off date has come, so no one can cheat in starting before

- design:
Make designs which are obviously creatures, stay away from mechanical, industrial and human-like stuff!!!
No interacting creatures! If so make sure, that the creatures are seen fully, not mixing up the shapes
We need to see the whole body...no heads only, no cropping to half bodies etc See Samples below for more information!
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4. TIME

- 30 days:
You will have (officially) 30 days to post your final images.
Starting 30th of September, Ending 30th of October.
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5. PROCEDURE

- Posting:
No WIPs in the posting thread, only discussion and questions allowed
Send me the final images before the deadline via pm or email when you are done
email address is: [email protected]

- Poll:
I will set up the poll as always and post the final images there.
Voting will work as usual. 1 vote per member. Names of Voters will be visible. No self-voting.

- Judge:
2 judges:
There will be the official poll as usual in COW, where winners will be determined.
Additionally for the 100th round there will be an official judge, who also is judging and deciding about some prizes, eg the workshop tickets.
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PICK 10 OF THESE SUBJECTS AND MAKE 10 CREATURES FOR EACH SUBJECT:


01 Blind Rock Climber
02 Golden Lantern Beetle
03 Feathered Desert Runner
04 Phosphorescent Tunnel Digger
05 Crustacean Shark Eater
06 Arctic Firehead
07 Speckled Turtle Cracker
08 Purple Tentacle Creature
09 Flying Pearl of Night
10 Naked Tree Hanger
11 Plague Dragon
12 Firestarter Amphibian
13 Pink Furry Predator
14 One-Eyed Deep Sea Monster
15 Glowing Reptile Beauty
16 Striped Beast of Skies
17 Venomous Sabertooth Rodent
18 Slime Spitting Cave Hanger
19 Electric Swamp Dweller
20 Icecold Lava Diver
21 One-Horned Glacier Slider
22 Heat Generating Hunter Fish
23 Scavenger With Thorny Head
24 Orange Fluffy Bloodsucker
25 Green Geyser Glider
26 Razorhead Dinosaur
27 Giant Tree Eater
28 Flower Patterned Jungle Lurker
29 Nocturnal Light Dazzler
30 Cute Six Legged Egg Sucker



SAMPLES FOR RESTRICTIONS AND RULES OF THE ENTRIES:
















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NEXT STEPS
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30th of October: Last Day of Contest. Send me the image urls via pm or email.
Email address is:
[email protected]

[davi]

this is so exciting

[Diphallia]

Ahhh!!! Around the 200th round of CoW I'll be good enough to participate!
Damn, This IS so exciting. Just like davi said.

[Carnifex]

this is so exciting

wholeheartedly agreed

[JakkaS]

It's suck......






















....now we have to wait 14 more day to start this fun

[Matt Smith]

let me get this straight, it thumbnails only?

[Sangmort]

let me get this straight, it thumbnails only?

100 quality thumbnails

[Seer]

omgwtfpwn

I had to read this twice because I was too sped up the first time through.

[Charanty]

I didn't get - each person draw 10 creatures or 100????

[Fozzybar]

You hurt me...

100 creatures!!!

[joelhinxman]

are you gona tell us these snazzy themes or do we just make dem up

[Saturns Gate]

Oh!... I am so in!

[Xpose]

are you gona tell us these snazzy themes or do we just make dem up

He'll have a list to choose from but he's not going to post the list until the kickoff so no one can cheat.

[Sellis]

I'm bailing guys I just don't have the time for this one....really wish i could. Anyhoo, good luck to all who participate.

Stu ;P

[joelhinxman]

He'll have a list to choose from but he's not going to post the list until the kickoff so no one can cheat.

well dang it i wanted to cheat oh well ill just have to draw a buch of creatures now so im in good creature drawing form when the list comes out

[ikuru]

can we draw dogs?

I like dogs...

[Mydrim]

Dammit, I am in!

And.. What for are these days? I mean, till 30th september? Like spiritual focusing, meditation before?

[jMarkus]

ok im very excited .. this oneim tryinn to do def... i need to go to another workshop... so this is cow is gonna be my life for the next month!

[Moai]

Edited to be less of an annoyed outburst: I think all pertinent questions have been answered quite clearly in Fozzy's post. If you have a question, just reread the rules and guidelines a bit more carefully. Pretty much every question has already been answered several times, in this thread and in several others.

[Stark]

Read post directly above...
I'm in...

[Sangmort]

Edited to be less of an annoyed outburst: I think all pertinent questions have been answered quite clearly in Fozzy's post. If you have a question, just reread the rules and guidelines a bit more carefully. Pretty much every question has already been answered several times, in this thread and in several others.

Agreed ~

[Villa]

i had some problems sleeping, now its all good cuz, im not gonna sleep at all.

[shaoshao]

I'm in

[RDMD]

dam I will like to be in but I have no scanner or anything

unless you accept pics made by paint lol

[Rezeroth]

So coooll! XD

[Sangmort]

dam I will like to be in but I have no scanner or anything

unless you accept pics made by paint lol

You could try taking a picture of it if you have a digital camera ~

[RDMD]

You could try taking a picture of it if you have a digital camera ~

if I could have a good camera....

[Ben Mauro]

imagunna do it.

[S!R]

Im in! Nothing like starting my first COW with this one! Should be a hoot..

[Sickbrush]

i don't have a tablet so i can't use color so i guess i'm out of the official business.
but i'll still be doing this and posting perhaps in my own sketchbook thread.
let's have the beasties released mwhaahah