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AC Challenge 23: I WANT TO BELIEVE [there is actually a poll]

FugitiveFugitive Registered User regular
edited December 2010 in Artist's Corner
no_toast
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earthwormadam
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m3nace
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Leo
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El Diablo of art
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"Mangoes", or any variation thereof
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CyberMonkeytron3000
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Uncensored: http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4894/missglobloc02.jpg

SpinalCracka
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Stplmstr
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NibCrom
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Sublimus
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ALIENS

Space is full of all kinds of beautiful and fascinating things that could instantly kill us all.

Asteroids, gamma rays, cosmic strings. Recent discoveries, like the possibility of methane-based life on Titan, and the potentially habitable extra-solar planet Gliese 581e means we might soon be adding other living, breathing entities to that list.

But what will they look like?



Might they be gangly abominations whose every body part is an erect phallus?
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Or maybe they will be titans of unfathomable size, hosting an eon-spanning jam session?
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Or perhaps they may simply be a hamfisted allegory about racial intolerance.
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It is completely up to you if you want to include a brief description of our new overlords.

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.

Good luck!

Previous Challenges:

CHALLENGE 1: Hidden World
CHALLENGE 2: Red Vs Blue
CHALLENGE 3: Satan Teapot
CHALLENGE 4: Crime Fighting Hobo
CHALLENGE 5: Universal Monsters
CHALLENGE 6: Lyric Interpretation
CHALLENGE 7: Santa vs Dinos
CHALLENGE 8: Retro Poster
CHALLENGE 9: Literal Literature
CHALLENGE 10: Choose! Choose the form of the destructor!
CHALLENGE 11: Heroes In a Half Shell
CHALLENGE 12: Fancy Hats
CHALLENGE 13: God Splicing
CHALLENGE 14: Copycats
CHALLENGE 15: Pinups
CHALLENGE 16: Trick or Treat
CHALLENGE 17: How Far We Have Come
CHALLENGE 18: Back to the Retrofuture
CHALLENGE 19: Crime Noir
CHALLENGE 20: Make a Video Game
CHALLENGE 21: You Just Got Served!
CHALLENGE 22: HERE THERE BE DRAGONS

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  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Ohhhoohhoh
    Looking forward to see everyones entries.

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  • ChromatomicChromatomic Mr. DCRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    "Space is full of all kinds of beautiful and fascinating things that could instantly kill us all."

    How very true. Fun Fact: If we weren't bogged down in the middle east we would totally be bombing space right now.

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  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Chromatomic wrote: »
    Fun Fact: If we weren't bogged down in the middle east we would totally be bombing space right now.

    Yeah, we'd totally be fighting to get our hands on summa dat space oil
    a.k.a. spice

    dune_cat_spice_must_flow-475x267.jpg


    Great OP, Fug. Looking forward to the aliens you lunatics create for this challenge! :)

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    oh god I hope this thing stays open for another month

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fugitive wrote: »







    Or perhaps they may simply be a hamfisted allegory about racial intolerance.
    bele_and_lokai_star_trek.jpg

    Haha ths is funny, you're a funny guy fug. :^:

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  • FugitiveFugitive Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Daww shucks.

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  • Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    This sounds really fun. I really wish my scanner and tablet weren't both broken :(

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  • no_toastno_toast Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Looking forward to doing something to this challenge. Great topic!

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  • the_monarch23the_monarch23 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Working on this'n at the moment.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    Can I submit previously done paintings, or is that bad form?

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  • FugitiveFugitive Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Generally the challenge threads are just a way to get people drawing, with a token vote at the end as a reward. Submitting something you've already done kind of defeats that.

    Which really I'm not sure why there isn't an rule that lays that out.

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's one of them unwritten rules.

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  • DMACDMAC Come at me, bro! Moderator mod
    edited October 2010
    Like "Anyone who submits their entry in the form of an interpretive dance wins by default."

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I think we should really make that one official.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    all right then. i'm gonna post this because i'm proud of it and also i'm never gonna see the physical painting again

    DSCN5239_croppedfixed.jpg

    but i'm not entering it in for consideration, just as a 'let's put images in this thread so people don't flake out' type post

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  • no_toastno_toast Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    No interpretive dance from me this time but here's a nasty alien from a distant watery planet.

    ac_alienchallenge_final.png

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  • JABMonkeyJABMonkey Cincinnati, OHRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Hot damn no_toast, you're not playing around. Wow.

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Wooo way rad NT, way to give me nightmares.

    (workin workin workin on mine)

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  • MangoesMangoes Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    DMAC wrote: »
    Like "Anyone who submits their entry in the form of an interpretive dance wins by default."
    mangocomic.png
    Does this count?

    EDIT: Choose your own soundtrack.

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  • MangoesMangoes Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
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    Here's my [strike]real entry[/strike] I guess. Not very interesting.

    *Not official entry. New entry on page 2.

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  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I like it, Mango!

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    That is also something that I like.

    Also, I finished mine after two five hour sessions today and yesterday. Hiphop hooray!

    spacebacondone.gif

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  • MangoesMangoes Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Gee, thanks friends. :oops:

    I love the animation, Adam. I get a Scribblenauts vibe from it; in a good way.

    Mangoes on
  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's a heartwarming story about an alien who travels across the galaxy to discover the joys of bacon but ends up finding himself.

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  • NibCromNibCrom Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Mustang wrote: »
    It's a heartwarming story about an alien who travels across the galaxy to discover the joys of bacon but ends up finding himself.

    LOL

    Thanks for cheering me up, Mustang. Also, awesome animation, Adam!

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  • DMACDMAC Come at me, bro! Moderator mod
    edited October 2010
    CapnMango wrote: »
    DMAC wrote: »
    Like "Anyone who submits their entry in the form of an interpretive dance wins by default."
    mangocomic.png
    Does this count?

    EDIT: Choose your own soundtrack.

    Make yourself a mango costume and film it and we'll talk.

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  • MangoesMangoes Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Psh, costume.

    I don't need no stinking costume. I am a mango.

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  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Argh man I've got all these ideas and doodles for this, it just wont come out right.
    Fuck, maybe I'll post the doodles then!

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    wow i actually have some ideas for this but no artistic talent

    i might see if i can do something anyway

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  • MangoesMangoes Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    A good idea can go a long way, even if you're not comfortable with your ability.

    For instance: my weak school portrait of a semi-aquatic alien probably would've been more interesting had he actually been doing semi-aquatic things.

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  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Just give me one more day, just started my entry.

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  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Here's my submission. Long overdue but, well...
    spacetrooper_poster_by_emir0-d32fy98.png
    Also here's the version without all the bullcrap
    spacetrooper_nocrap_by_emir0-d32fyiz.png

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    This is pretty great m3nace.

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  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Thanks.
    Lets stretch this contest to last this month out.

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  • NanakiNanaki Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    If that becomes true, I might consider finishing mine up as well. What's the normal ending date on these contests anyway?

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    Let's look death in the face and say, "Whatever, man!"
  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Well they usually end at the end of the month. But sometimes it's quite *hrmm* sloppy.

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  • FugitiveFugitive Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Geological record indicates they were at one point a week long

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Fugitive wrote: »
    Geological record indicates they were at one point a week long

    Now they end when you see one of these roll through the thread.

    Tumbleweed.gif

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  • LeoLeo Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    ACChallenge23_Leo.jpg

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  • ThaneThane Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    is that an eyegina

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