CHOW #315 :: The Royal Family

[delightful_piffle]

Working on the king of Spades. Did some research on the Spade, apparently the strongest card in the deck is the Ace of Spades, that's why we have the phrase "you have it in spades". Also the spades design may have come from the symbol of a sword, so made my king a war king. And in the tarot deck he symbolizes a lawyer or sometimes a judge, so giving him an imposing courtroom look. Eventually his colors will be black and green for the German card deck.

[MasterTroglodyte]

Pixeltuner you bastard! Stop going so fast! She's lovely, and round.

Here's whats I got so far...

Queen O' Clubs, Queen O' Spades, Queen O' Hearts... erm, not sure which one I should do...

[mcreation]

Hey mouzzi, in dungeons and dragons half-elves have the same ears as elves, not bigger, nor smaller, just the same, so be creative as wanted, the real diference, is that they have some caracteristics as men and elves alike, taller than elves, can grow beard, low-light vision, curiosity and ambtions as humans, love for magic of nature as elves...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-el...s_%26_Dragons), and hey nice idea!!!

[NIZZY G]

Never done a chow before, and seen as everyone is showing rough stuff heres what i got so far. Its a human king of spades.

I know his right hand is completely wrong, need to work a lot more on the pose and design before i start to focus on the rendering.

[fudgeloaf]

Hey i think il give this CHOW a go, its been a while. I'm thinking Jack of Diamonds here's a sketch!

[Stinkfist]

Ooo I hope I finish this.

[sweetguts]

Doot doot doot

[Eikoae]

Here is my concept.

I wanted to do something a little... different. I hope it still fits within the guidelines. My idea is that the Queen of Diamonds rules this realm which is sustained by the energy of a Red Diamond. The Queen herself was placed into the center of the Diamond so that it may suck a royal lifeforce from her, and instead, give her the ability to plant the seeds of new, smaller diamonds (called Jacks!) The King of Diamonds would sort of play the role of a gardener, who rules over this process and makes sure that the world is getting the amount of life that it needs from the Queen.

Pretty rough, but I'm trying to work with it.

[fairstranger]

Really loving the different takes on this. My last effort at Chow was a bit of a disaster but it sure is fun to do.

[HoodwinK]

wow. interesting theme. can't wait to see the final entries of everyone.

hopefully i can join in too.

[NoShot]

Lots of cool stuff so far. Here is mine; jack of clubs. Gotta figure out more of the clothes etc.

[MasterTroglodyte]

This is where I'm at. Yep. Not one soul helped me pick which one to do. So there. lol

Anywaaaay... need to move on this 'un, instead of inching along.

[CrookedHorn]

what fun topic

One eyed Jack of Spades(I keep one in my wallet always)
probably going to change this a few times but this is the first idea that came forth



couldn't sleep, started another pose.

[Ironbyte]

Great topic, did some work on the Queen of Hearts...

MasterTroglodyte - Liked them all, hard to choose!

[cz64]

hey, nice topic.
i'm trying to make my kings so that they have only upper bodies attached to each other - somewhat taking literally the illustration on most of the playing cards.
im still thinking about stitching them together and adding a little necromantic tone.
clothes would make the core idea less obvious so i might keep them in this 'conan'ic clothing.

[Dayle]

cz64 - Great idea, I'd definitely stick with it. Maybe make the gestures a little more reflective of the suit and the kings personality.

[Havok Reed]

Here is my concept.

I wanted to do something a little... different. I hope it still fits within the guidelines. My idea is that the Queen of Diamonds rules this realm which is sustained by the energy of a Red Diamond. The Queen herself was placed into the center of the Diamond so that it may suck a royal lifeforce from her, and instead, give her the ability to plant the seeds of new, smaller diamonds (called Jacks!) The King of Diamonds would sort of play the role of a gardener, who rules over this process and makes sure that the world is getting the amount of life that it needs from the Queen.

Pretty rough, but I'm trying to work with it.

I really like the idea. Just make sure your design reflects royalty. Right now I'm only getting sugar plum fairy and not so much a queen. Your story behind it explains it well but the design must also support the story. Just giving you a little bit more of a heading.

Great stuff from everyone so far. I would offer more critique on everyones work but im currenty not in front of a computer to do so. I'm really surprised not more people went a different race other than human. Keep up the great stuff!

[zoukka]

Got the basic form together and now I'm experimenting with different helmets and weapons. I'll post more once I find a bunch more. I need to keep the royalty aspect in mind despite this being some kind of battle armor for the king :b

King of Hearts btw, the symbols are still a bit vague.

[NIZZY G]

Howdy, lovin the ideas behind the images, very imaginative. Heres where im at, just seem to be rendering over and over, and still the finish isnt in sight.

Oh and i still have not fixed the hand, probably should before i continue

[Ros1]

MasterTroglodyte - Cool sketches! I like the most center one

Next wip. There are still some issues with perspective and proportions, but i'll fix that later, now it's just a colorscript

[Renart]

I really love what everyone is doing! Pixel and Ros1, I love your ideas and your concept are going pretty well I'm stoked about seeing more of everyone. Hopefully I'll get time to do one on myself

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[delightful_piffle]

Howdy, lovin the ideas behind the images, very imaginative. Heres where im at, just seem to be rendering over and over, and still the finish isnt in sight.

Oh and i still have not fixed the hand, probably should before i continue

Hey Nizzy G, quick question, I'm kind of at a stand still as far as my king of spades goes:



And I really like the painterly, 3Dish look to your artwork, is there a painting demo or tutorial somewhere online that I could reference?
I watch Artgerm's demos a lot but his isn't really as painterly as yours.

[Havok Reed]

@delightful_piffle: This has also eluded me. I find that many people that have a painterly style, will paint over the lines of a really rough sketch and usually at 80-100% opacity ( I also find that most of them have a background in traditional painting). Since all of your work, that I have seen, focuses heavily on VERY neat and clean line work (which is great by the way), that would be my first suggestion. Try to avoid lines, use them only as a guide. Of course, make sure that everything is where it should be in the line work first, but then paint right on over it. I started a new process which I have gotten very excellent results, where I paint over the lines, but at a lower opacity and I layer it on, build up the values and go from there.

Here is a link of the end result: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iRURDPSN90...970/header.jpg

[AeonPhoenix]

Been lurking on CA for some time now. I think I ought to start doing CHOW's. I went with the Jack of Diamonds. And I guess he's a Thief/Assassin type. Just a basic sketch. I think I have the details I want with this one. Head might be a bit too small, but I can fix that in a jiffy.

[Keira-chan]

So my theme is I guess fantasy Russian..... Don't know why really, just really like the way the Russian clothing looks so here are a few roughs, I haven't decided which one to go with yet.

Let me know what you guys think... maybe help me decide. The sitting queen of hearts is holding a lamb, for your info.

[sweetguts]

Keira-chan, I like the queen of hearts but I think her silhouette could use a little work. Maybe have her extend her hand out like in the first one?

[Quinn Simoes]

Nice work guys! Love the variety of designs!

Here's what I got so far

[zoukka]

Ros1: That's a winner already in my eyes Very illustrative and clear.

[fudgeloaf]

awesome ideas all and thanks for the backstory to the suits. heres a quick update i liked the idea of diamonds meaning coins, so jack of coins could translate to a thief/rogue.. prince of thieves ho ho

[Ironbyte]

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