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[AC Challenge Thread] Crime-fighting Hobo

ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
edited October 2008 in Artist's Corner
The Crime-Fighting Hobo
Like Batman, but dirty and homeless, and not just for pretend.


This malodorous vagrant lives on the streets. His modus operandi is to clean up the scum of the city starting from the very bottom of the barrel. Hobo justice is swift and fair.

How does our musty protagonist fight crime and protect the innocent? Is he the charismatic leader of an underground hobo militia? Does he have the power to communicate with urban pests and command a legion of pigeons, rats and stray cats to do his bidding? Does he assemble ramshackle gadgets from street refuse? Ancient chinese martial arts gleaned from studying thrown out fortune cookies? Maybe he just chases off muggers with broken bottles or swings a stapler around.

Create your very own hobo hero!

Deadline: October 16

~ BI-WEEKLY CHALLENGE THREAD ~

For those of you who frequent the conceptart.org forums this should be pretty familiar; tens of artistic combatants thrown together in to an artistic arena, each struggling for the honor of being dubbed a master of the visual arts. Those of you who succeed will be bathed in glory and the blood of their competitors, those of you who fail will be exiled to a life of shame and isolation.

The aim of this thread is to try and spice things up a bit here in the ol' Artist's Corner. This thread is for entries in to the challenge or the discussion thereof. If you'd like to suggest a topic for the weekly challenge, go right ahead, but understand that the last winner of the challenge has total control over the task (unless they have won more than two challenges in a row, see rules).

The rules are simple;

RULES:

* One entry per person, per challenge.
* A contestant cannot win more than two challenges in a row.
* Winner gets the privilege of choosing the next challenge.
* At the end of a challenge, the thread is locked and a new one is begun.
* Stick to the challenge topic; no going off on a tangent.
* All formats welcome, whether they be traditional or digital; 2D or 3D; still or animated.


If you're looking for inspiration, check out the aforementioned conceptart.org forums (specifically the creature/environment/character of the week sections).

PREVIOUS CHALLENGES:

CHALLENGE 1: A Hidden World
CHALLENGE 2: Red vs. Blue
CHALLENGE 3: Satan's Teapot

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Oh fucking awesome Scos. I'm in on this one.

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  • mullymully Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    s_o has the lead on this one
    he has a crime-fighting hobo whom he calls 'spare change'
    and he is fantastic, from what i have seen

    also i am joining woo

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  • LucentLucent Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Oh my science.

    What hobo-pandora's box have you opened Scos

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    This challenge is totally badass! I might give this one a go, just for fun :)

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Holy crud I can't believe I missed Satan's teapot.

    I'm going to try...

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Great topic scos!

    (But for some reason, the first thing that springs to mind is a drunk down-and-out punching the crap out of oscar the groutch...)

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    i'm gonna do this one!

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Faster than a speeding bullet. Smellier than an open sewer.

    The Recycler!

    recycler.jpg

    The Recycler knows the importance of a dollar, or in his case, a nickel. It doesn't take a genius to realize that superheroes require financial backing. Without his industrial enterprises, Bruce Wayne would be nothing but a cocky prick. The Recycler prides himself in saving the planet in more ways than one. By day, he wanders the streets collecting cans. By night, he suits up to stop the criminals that plague society.

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  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    God I think I may have to participate.

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Adam, I love the names you've given the sodas. Hahaha!

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    "SPRIT" is my favorite.

    Hobo Samurai.
    hobosamuraisu5.jpg
    EDIT: Or Billy Idol on a bender (I just realised).

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  • JohnTWMJohnTWM Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Tonkka wrote: »
    "SPRIT" is my favorite.

    Hobo Samurai.
    hobosamuraisu5.jpg
    EDIT: Or Billy Idol on a bender (I just realised).

    lol wow. totally is.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited October 2008
    "nice jacket"

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    "nice jacket"

    Oh you magnificient bastard.

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  • devicesdevices Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    for some reason the first person i thought of drawing for this was angel of bacon

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  • GodfatherGodfather Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    devices wrote: »
    for some reason the first person i thought of drawing for this was angel of bacon

    Because he looks like a hobo superhero?

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  • NakedZerglingNakedZergling A more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    hobocopy.jpg

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  • Angel_of_BaconAngel_of_Bacon Moderator mod
    edited October 2008
    Godfather wrote: »
    devices wrote: »
    for some reason the first person i thought of drawing for this was angel of bacon

    Because he looks like a hobo superhero?

    Man now people I don't even fucking know are calling me a bum? Fuck you!

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  • RubberACRubberAC Sidney BC!Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    hobocopy.jpg

    This is actually my favorite so far, for thinking out of the box while managing to be so obvious at the same time.

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  • AusteraAustera Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    hobocopy.jpg

    Nice! What does the B on his cap stand for?

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  • RandomActionRandomAction Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    why do people keep reposting posted images in their reponses

    it can't only be annoying to me o_O

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I agree. People should 'spoil' the images.
    hobocopy.jpg

    BTW Zergling, that is badass.

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  • CrowlestonCrowleston Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I'd like to see a fellow bostonian come up with a "chili guy," if they know who the famous bum is...

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  • NakedZerglingNakedZergling A more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Thanks everyone. The B was gonna be a red sox cap, but i know it was drawn wrong.
    GO SOX!

    crowleston...i'm from providence.

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  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    haha that is cool zergling, he looks like a bum green arrow, was that your aim?

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  • NakedZerglingNakedZergling A more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    It wasn't, but as soon as i posted it i thought that. I'm not really a DC fan, but i would bet that it was in my subconscious.

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  • DeeLockDeeLock Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    "I cans fly!"

    hobohero.jpg

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  • GrennGrenn Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Not my usual style of work at all but wanted to give it a go, as it's the first thing I thought of:

    littlest_hobo.jpg

    "Maybe tomorrow I'll wanna settle down, until tomorrow I'll just keep movin' on..."

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  • devicesdevices Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Godfather wrote: »
    devices wrote: »
    for some reason the first person i thought of drawing for this was angel of bacon

    Because he looks like a hobo superhero?

    Man now people I don't even fucking know are calling me a bum? Fuck you!

    there's nothing wrong with being a bum

    especially an artistically learned bum with a manly beard and really dapper hat.

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  • NakedZerglingNakedZergling A more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    grenn...thats beautiful! i don't get the bum aspect though. but damn thats beautiful.

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  • CyberMonkeytron3000CyberMonkeytron3000 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    grenn...thats beautiful! i don't get the bum aspect though. but damn thats beautiful.

    even dogs can hit hard times

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  • AaronAaron Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    CrimeFightingHobo.jpg

    This half worked out the way I planned.

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  • NibCromNibCrom Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I like that mucho.

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  • beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    grenn that is awesome
    i adore the littlest hobo

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    It's gonna be hard to pick a winner once this is over.

    In the spirit of the season, how about we go for a Halloween-themed challenge once this one's over... Like... Uh... 'The abandoned, haunted insane asylum for psychic Siamese twins and axe murderers'?

    Flay on
  • AcetaldehydeAcetaldehyde Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Not really worthy of this thread, and might not even meet the requirements... But come on.

    He lives in a cave!

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    I really want to know what that thirsty fish test is like now.

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Aaron wrote: »
    CrimeFightingHobo.jpg

    This half worked out the way I planned.

    Looks stylish. Love those cliched superhero poses in front of the american flag.

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  • CyberMonkeytron3000CyberMonkeytron3000 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Spoilered for H(obo) scroll
    Separate, they are Ho-Bros. But with their powers combined.... they are...

    hoboscopykc7.jpg

    Spoilered for spoilers sake
    ....Hobot!!!

    hoboteo9.jpg

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I don't think that can be beaten CyberMonkey.

    I would buy that comic.

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