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[Weekly Challenge Thread] Suggestions, go!

FlayFlay Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Artist's Corner
~ 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 week's challenge.
  • At 50 pages, the thread is locked and a new one is begun. The last winner gets to create the next challenge thread.
  • 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).

CHALLENGE 1: A Hidden World

Feel free to interpret this topic any way you wish.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I like this idea. Did you get a mod's approval for it? Seems like something that would be ok.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yep, officially mod-approved.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Awesome. I'll ponder on some stuff, but I'm sure others will have better ideas. My entry would likely be in 3D. I'm assuming this is format-neutral? :P

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Good point, I didn't think of that. I'll add a rule to the OP.

    Flay on
  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    "A hidden world"!

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    those of you who fail will be exiled to a life of shame and isolation.

    You say that like it's a bad thing.

    I like ND's suggestion.......and I smell speed paints.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    How about, 'design a playing card based on a stimulus word'? We could run it so everyone uses the same word, or each person gets their own individual stimulus.

    Flay on
  • DeeLockDeeLock Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I like the idea of doing a playing card.

    We should have everyone use the same source so that we can see the different interpretations and styles of the subject.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    'Illustrate your username" (not your avatar) For some it would be obvious what to do, but be creative!

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I don't know if there's any way to illustrate my initials. :\

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  • beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    no not the username thing, I like the playing card idea or ND's idea.
    I think we should do an environmental contest and a character design contest kind of like how CA.org does it.
    It's great practice, and amongst people we're all friends and familiar with, not NEARLY as daunting as competing in the CA.org ones.

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  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    "A hidden world"!

    :^:

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I like the hidden world idea. I already have things in mind. :D

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Playingggggg caaaaaaaaard!!!

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  • NibCromNibCrom Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Are we allowed to play even if we are not the "master of illustration"?

    A playing card would be cool. I would play.

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  • beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    NibCrom wrote: »
    Are we allowed to play even if we are not the "master of illustration"?

    A playing card would be cool. I would play.

    that's the idea.
    it is an exercise in improving.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    It would give me a reason to model something other than space ships and abstract anomalies. :D

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  • Giga GopherGiga Gopher Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    The Draw With Your Opposite Hand challenge!

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Heres a genius idea from a class assignment i got at uni last year...

    "design a chair for a celebrity"

    yay!

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    Mundane technology from an alien world (eating utensils, door knobs, farm implements, etc)

    A medieval knight from a world without metal

    a robot designed by ancient egyptians

    clothing style for intelligent, civilized insects

    Satan's teapot

    a musical instrument made entirely of stone and grass

    a caravan used by an astral gypsy to travel along the outer reaches of galaxies

    a race of birdmen from a world with one tenth Earth's gravity

    a blind bloodhound from a children's cartoon about traveling anthropomorphic animal jazz musicians

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I say Flay get's final say, on what game we play, hopefully he may, by the end of today, decide in what way, we will play.

    Mustang on
  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    Mustang wrote: »
    I say Flay get's final say, on what game we play, hopefully he may, by the end of today, decide in what way, we will play.

    ::Slow clap::

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    So I really like some of the contests they held at the CBR forums.

    They had ones like

    Personify a zodiac sign,

    Design your own Amalgam character,

    Redesign an X-man using magic instead science,

    or Design a justice league member in the wild west.


    Of course most of theirs were comic themed. If we were to use pre-existing licenses here, they could be from any branch of pop culture really. The interests here really cover a lot of sub cultures, videogames, tabletop games, comics, movies, novels, etc.

    I also like Rank's "a robot designed by *insert specific culture here*"

    Pretty much, I like it when everyone works within specific regulations so that creative problem solving skills become apparent. If the problem is too open ended, the results vary too drastically to even compare to each other.

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Mustang wrote: »
    I say Flay get's final say, on what game we play, hopefully he may, by the end of today, decide in what way, we will play.

    ::Slow clap::

    Sorry about that, flay just rhymes with fucking everything and it got a bit out of hand.

    Mustang on
  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Mundane technology from an alien world (eating utensils, door knobs, farm implements, etc)

    A medieval knight from a world without metal

    a robot designed by ancient egyptians

    clothing style for intelligent, civilized insects

    Satan's teapot

    a musical instrument made entirely of stone and grass

    a caravan used by an astral gypsy to travel along the outer reaches of galaxies

    a race of birdmen from a world with one tenth Earth's gravity

    a blind bloodhound from a children's cartoon about traveling anthropomorphic animal jazz musicians

    Sir, we think alike.
    but you do it better

    Tam on
  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Should I put the most popular ideas up as a poll?

    Flay on
  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Unless AC is some sort of freak, polls can only be added by mods and admins.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Touché...

    Flay on
  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Touch what?

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    ITT misappropriation of fencing terminology.

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  • VeritasVeritas Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Hidden World sounds good, as does a playing card or something.

    I was thinking something like a Movie Poster for a really really bad movie. Like "Axl Rose in Young Guns III: Desert Rose" or something to that effect.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I think Rankenphile's suggestions were the best. We should do one of those.

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  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    There's a poll option limit of 10, so I had to slim it down by 3. Something I didn't realize until now and tried to base my decision for cuts solely on which ideas were more descriptive. The 10 poll limit is just something to be mindful of in the future.

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  • VeritasVeritas Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Damn I'm torn, I have a few ideas for two of them and I can't decide, provided I go through with it in the first place.

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    This is hard...*strokes imaginary beard*..I think I'm going to have to go with Satan's teapot.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Hows about we finish off the poll on Monday? By the looks of it, it seems we already have a winner.

    Flay on
  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Satan's tea pot, or I'm posting those pictures of Eliotto... you know the ones!

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  • zacharyzachary Creative Developer Minneapolis, MNRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    should be: Satan's Own Teapot.

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  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    Satan's tea pot, or I'm posting those pictures of Eliotto... you know the ones!

    Scandalous.

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