C.O.W. #266: Front-line Assault Beast-WIPs

[scorge]

Darnit Njoo, why do you have to be such a badass? It's really great to have you back in the arena, I miss the good old days sometimes when we all fought tooth and nail, and ended up losing to you anyways. Excellent entry, and I was going to consider this for my final, but now I think I'm gonna have to go in and fine tune some stuff. Thanks again for making us all work harder. Nothing like a great big push from one of the old masters.

[Rob Powell]

njoo, scorge: seriously dudes!!!

never really got a chance to work on mine any further, wasn't really happy with it anyways, may wip up a new concept in a few.
this is where I ended up...

[I-Bomb]

Damn Njoo and scourge blowing this C.O.W out of the water lol

Well I ditch the bug idea cause I couldn't think of another way to make it intimidating so I revamp the plaguespreader to a more serpent like creature
here are a few sketches I just did by instinct






p.s njoo is going to own us with that creature of his lol

[Caio Chagas]

Guess i'm a little late, no time to finish this guy... By the way, you guys got some killer work... now i'm really screwed, lol

[Prometheus09]

Holy shit, njoo, that is just absolutely ridiculous. I mean, don't me wrong folks, you're all amazing, but wow. Man. I can't wait til I'm at a level where I can compete with you folks.

[TTmambo]

nJoo introduced me to this weekly challenge and this is my first time I want to join this COW weekly activity as much as I can in the future! Great art everyone, I had lots of fun!

[I-Bomb]

TTmambo Not bad I like that one
Caio Chagas Ah man I wish you did had time I like where that concept was going but dont feel bad same with me I wont finish mine in time lol

[Rob Powell]

TTmambo: oh snap, man! This topic is turning into quite the lightningrod! Welcome to the fray! Will look forward to seeing more of your work in the future, mate!!

[njoo]

Scorge: Thanks for you kind words man! I think it was 2006 when I first entered COW with iceberg eater... man how much time has passed. Tho I don't remember when you started, but I really see your awesome improvement over the years, and I gotta thank YOU for the hardwork and pushing ME to work hard

[Wiggers]

Hi, not done this for a long long time! i don't think i'll get much more done before deadline but will join in again in the future.

[Wiggers]

njoo scorge and TTmambo awesome work!

[Quint_]

Stunning work as always in here! njoo, scorge and TTmambo; you guys have gone above and beyond - talk about raising the bar! Awesome stuff indeed.

I think I still need to tweak a few things, but this is pretty much there.

[Obstfelder]

Amazing looking beasts everyone. I have to join the chorus and say that Scorge and njoo are awsome.

Started rendering tonight. Might just finish in time.

[Pixeltuner]

Way too much awesome shit over here... I couldn't resist chiming in as well though so I humbly present my gorilla, bull, rhino, alien thing

[RXMT]

Wow great work everyone!So far, I especially like the ones from Scorge, Njoo and Vyse!

Here's my progress, I'm having a hard time with all that fur around the torso. ^.^'

Also, it's strange how my drawing seems to always slightly change color after I save it in jpg from photoshop. It's not supposed to have that overall orange tint... Does anybody knows why?

[scorge]

@ Wiggers: Damn! it's been way too long man! Really is great to see you. How have you been? It's amazing to think of what that's going to turn into. I don't know if most of these guys know what you're capable of.

@Njoo: Well, looking back in the records there, it would appear that your first COW was October of 2006, and mine was in January of 2007, The Elf Eater. Man, for my first COW, I'll admit that could have gone a lot better. Looking at the list of winners, it's amazing to me the number of guys who have participated in this simple activity and are now the cream of the crop industry wide, including Mike C., Kekai, Bjorn Hurri, Jakkas. Damn, it's been a great ride so far. Thanks a lot for the compliments, and thanks for bringing TTMambo along. That guy's got some skills.

@TTMambo: Nice! Awesome Evangalion feel to it. Great to have you along for the ride this round. By all means, please come back when you can.

Welp, this is my final. I've run out of time and must continue on to other things. VegasMike, thanks for such an awesome topic my brother. And let me know what it's like to moderate this activity, as personally, I think it's difficult, and a pain in the ass. Great luck to all!
See you in the finals.

[Charfade]

Current progress so far, Going to try and knock it out tonight. Still much left to do. ^^

[Wiggers]

@scorge been busy mate! having our first child also moving house but things have settled down now so i will be joining in again!

[ChromaticCodex]

oohhh wish I had jumped in this round! This is going to be a tough one.

[aburnier]

Wonderful work to everyone. Unfortunately I was way too wrapped up in personal projects to participate. Thanks to VegasMike for the great round! I can sense a contentious voting round coming up!

[Callergi]

Man, this has been such an active thread with very nice results, I wish I could have taken part to it sooner.

I couldn't finish in time for the many mouthed monster of minnesota and probably wont finish this one either, but anyway here is my contribution:

After fiddling around with some tigerish, insectoid and boarish shapes i settled for the gorilla-like one from the bottom rightcorner.
From there it has been an interesting experience for me as i resisted going with the first idea that came along in detailing it, and found that it offered much more opportunities than would have guessed otherwise.
I favour the ones from the upper left corner .. but will have to see, sci-fi or fantasy...

[MacTire]

Calling it here, see you in the finals!

[VegasMike]

Hey COWies, you all make me proud!

I'll save my comments/crits for the voting round but I want to thank all of you who have participated! This is my first time hosting a round and you have made it a very rewarding experience. I hope you all have had fun and have learned something new!

I was inspired by scorge's mulligan so I decided to take one as well. I felt I had a responsibility as the moderator to push the design further. I scrapped the first monster for this guy...please let me know what it needs as I take it to final.

[Bahkana]

I loved seeing everyone's piece evolve over time and give me something to aspire to you guys are awesome!


I have attached my progression pictures, sorry I didn't do it as I was going but this was my first C.O.W. and I was a bit apprehensive about it.

[I-Bomb]

such a fun C.O.W shame I couldn't finish it in time

[Caio Chagas]

So, i kinda finished but it could be way better with more time. Anyway, i learned a lot with this one.

Just posting here too hoping some feedback, as in the FINALS thread there's no post focused on that.

[Callergi]

Trying my best to finish in time. I have done a little pose study for the beast before going on to the ilustration, but I'm kinada having trouble with the falling hand and the fact that i like it more when it was raugh...


@ Caio Chagas - very nice detailing man, but i would tone of a bit the splotches at the corners so to get less distraction from details such as the mouth of the beasts

[Pantro]

Well... It seems I wasn't able to finish it on time. I still need to practice more on how to color. Either way, I ll leave my lineart in here, critiques are welcomed !

[Rob Powell]

here's my current progress, dunno if I'll have time to finish before the deadline (unless there's an extension wink wink) would like to put this guy in an illustration as well instead of a boring side view like this, but we'll see. Atm I need to head out so we'll see if I give myself enough time to wip something up. btw that potato thing is supposed to be a vocal sac or something, think of something like a prairie chicken, cept a million times louder. Tusks look kinda awkward at this point as well.

[VegasMike]

Great to see some late entries...Rob Powell I wold love to extend this challenge for the rest of the year! I'll have to close it this evening unfortunately around midnight CDT...basically 8 hours from now...