Team Chow II: Team Obsidian

[t i m]

Popping back in for an update, working top down. Oh, and do we need a background? Is it suggested? If so, not a big deal to add one.

[Aaron Death]

That is an awesome evil orca, tim, I love it! I don't know what happened to the white area above his left eye though. Looks kinda jarring to me~ The neck won't suddenly just end right?

About the BG. I saw JessiBean do this.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...8&d=1249936671

Not sure if it is required though. However I do feel that a BG looks better than Pure white!

Sorry Shawn, when you called me today on MSN, I was not at the computer~

Anyway, a little update for today. Anyway, heavy armored wizard, or battle mage~
I'm still not decided if I should make it male or female, it kinda overlaps with Shawn's evil warrior if it's a male though. Girl in heavy armor? Sounds better~
I gotta design a better staff though. Staff is hard~

Still, I need to make him/her look like somebody who wears armor and at the same time, can actually decipher scrolls and cast spells, instead of some dumbass big orc who happens to pick up a staff.

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

Tim, I do believe that backgrounds, while all good for experience, are not necessary for the contest. I do agree with Aaron, plain white ain't right

[t i m]

Aaron - the white area is the spot above an orca's eye. I'll spend more time on that and his neck to make them more readable.

As for you mage, I'd suggest trying and loosten her up. Right now her pose is pretty static. Take a look at Debbie's fox, alot more curves in her lines. Just a thought...POST MORE!

Shawn - "plain white ain't right", hehe. How's the broadsword guy coming along?

A bit more on mine..

[t i m]

More, more, more!

[t i m]

Can he have a sidekick? Cause I think Clubby would be awesome!

[JailHouseRock2]

Great stuff going round here!

Looking good, and Tim I love the little guy!

[daestwen]

Portraits are supposed to be singular...

(though I agree that the clubbing seal is awesome.)

[Aaron Death]

Awesome progress, t i m. He's real wicked. Background looks nice, but he's kinda floating now...

Lol, deadline is closing in. I guess I'll hurry up a bit. And yeah, I should give her a more dynamic pose....

I made some pencil sketches today, but I can't scan them in. But I'll be able to replicate it in digital some time later.

I wonder if I can put her in a library, or mage tower though. That should made her more "wizardly". But how are we gonna do the layout anyway?

I think Team Baguette's layout is pretty cool. It's actually easier to do. And backgrounds add a lot to the chars, right?

Like this, perhaps there can be something to divide good team and evil team though.


Here are some other possibilities. They're not very likely to work though.
For example, we can stack them.


Or a ring.


Or put them in a unified background, or perhaps two BGs.

[Razorleaf]

Gawd Tim your evil orca is fantastic!! -- Its so Ahab and Moby Dick -- And I love the little "pal" that you can't use hahaha.

I am still out of commision with the damn wireless ..... our recent hurricane could have effected it somehow?? Who knows. Anyway, I should be up and running by Thursday.

Here are some recent posts ......

[Razorleaf]

Here's a comparison of my good and evil character....

[Razorleaf]

OK ...... I love my character but she is a bit blah!! hahahahaha. So yesterday I did this one up. No, don't ask .... I can't use her cause I forgot to save my progress. I do have the riff file though. Anyway ......

[Razorleaf]

Damn, now that I see this one on another computer I can see some anatomical issue. Oh well, they can always be fixed up.

[t i m]

Nice job Debbie, 2 in the can, awesome!

Aaron, if you guys want to PM me your finals I can arrange them on a nice background.

Daestwen...I'm sorry for bringing this up again, no disrespect intended. What if my little clubby is a pet for my main character? I see some teams have there characters riding animals, it's kinda the same? I was gonna do a white seal cub pet for my good character so they balance out. Lemme know, either way it's all good. THANKS!

[Razorleaf]

I agree with Tim, I think he should be able to use his "pet".

As a companion piece to my newest idea I thought I'd post her evil counter part

[Razorleaf]

Tim, I need your character description.

[Niva.]

Daestwen...I'm sorry for bringing this up again, no disrespect intended. What if my little clubby is a pet for my main character? I see some teams have there characters riding animals, it's kinda the same? I was gonna do a white seal cub pet for my good character so they balance out. Lemme know, either way it's all good. THANKS!

I totally agree with the fact other teams have portraits featuring other creatures. The baby seal rocks!

SAVE THE BABY SEALS CAMPAIGN STARTS NOW!

+1

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

Tim - That's an awesome little dude there, if he's not allowed to be in the portrait, you could do a 'spinoff'

Debbie - Quite the pair of frosty babes workin for yeh..

I figure I'll post my wip so far on the bad dude. I think the lighting is a bit funky but I'm trying my hand at a close flame being the source... I'll experiment later on tonight but it shouldn't be too bad (i hope)

[t i m]

Debbie - I like the ladies, but I say go with the foxes!

Shawn - Nice one, loving the progress on the evil dude.

N1va - Haha, let's hope so I'm crossing my fingers!

Intial sketch for the Final of the good orca:

[Aaron Death]

Debbie:Those are cool chicks~What are their stories?

t i m: Your pencil lines are delicious, and the pose and composition is awesome too~

Shawn:Love the wip on the evil dude....Pretty cool setting~

So I did some work on the evil battlemage~

She betrayed her fellow battlemages and fled to the frozen land to study the art of necromancy~
After long prolonged influence of the dark arts, she obtained supernatural ghoulish strength. The muscles on her hands gradually faded away, and now, she has SKELETON HANDS!

Here is the armor design.
I kinda like the idea of a sheep skull on her head, but I'm not sure if I should make it more like a helmet, or a mask~

The rest of the body could use some work though. I suck at armors.

I think I will add more patterns/decorations on the armor when I decided on a pose~


Weapon design.


And some poses for her.


Gotta hurry up. 4 days left~

[Razorleaf]

Tim, I love the new sketch - very nice And you're right, lets go with the foxes.

CD .... excellent evil guy! I love the pose! And the firelight adds that much more drama. Nice!

Aaron ..... Love the storyline, can't wait to see her.

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

Tim that's a cool sketch so far... Can't wait to see it grow.

Aaron, an awesome storyline. Keep it going dude, I can't wait to see both your girls!

A few little additions and subtractions... maybe a bit of random guessing

Did a shista tonnage on the evil dude, and a bit of a touchup on the good dude.

I'll work on the stories as soon as possible.

[Razorleaf]

Alrighty dudes here's the last meeting's minutes.

Shawn says:
I'm gonna have to get off of here pretty soon, so If you fellows want, we could have our next meeting same time on thursday?
I'll let debbie know. Hopefully we all can be here together one time
Tim says:
Sounds good, same time Ill be here.
I'll post all those sketches and what not into the sketchbook
Aaron says:
okey, good, I'll be there~
And I'll work more on the char~

Ok you clowns, I waited 45 minutes for you guys on Thursday and you were all a "No-Show". Whats up with that?

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

I'MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM SORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYY SRSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!3

It must have sliped my mind last night. I truly appologize. It is unlike me to forget apointments.

[Razorleaf]

No Prob CD ......

[t i m]

I'm so sorry Deb!

Guys, it's crunch time. Do you think you could get me your finals by Saturday night/Sunday morning?

Let me know.

[Razorleaf]

I've sent mine, Tim. If you haven't received them please let me know.

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

I'm thinking that this will be it for these two, I get the feeling that if I continue to play with them too much longer... they will breakdown.

I'll go ahead and send them your way Tim.

----- Good Dude -----

The wandering swordsman, Taliriktug.

After swearing vengeance against the demented tribe that ransacked and destroyed his village, raping and killing his wife, and defiling his family's burial grounds; Taliriktug sought out the lands for a trail to their lands with his ancestral battle gear. His blood hot with rage, and his body unrelenting moving against the cold frigid landscape he finds what he's been looking for. His family and friends' murderers making camp across the snow dunes. Now not even heaven nor hell will stop him.

----- Evil Mofo -----

The murderous blademaster, Tukugaq

This fiendish man wielding a most unusual blade has been infamous across the Great Northern Territories. It was said that he was a warlord's vice general until slaying him and his entire platoon of soldiers all with a smile on his face. His massive set of scars that run across his body, a signature of his battles and a measure of his skills as a swordsman.

[t i m]

Shawn - I got your finals.

Debbie - Still haven't gotten yours?

Aaron - Hope to see your finals.

[Razorleaf]

Tim, I've been sending you stuff all week .....

[email protected]

Deb