NEW AC CHALLENGE RULE: Winner of the previous challenge picks the winner of the next challenge.
We're used to seeing video game characters being heroic, powerful, and almost invincible, but what happens after you beat the last boss? Show your favorite video game character doing something mundane: Mario making some spaghetti, Samus buffing her armor, Ryu pooping in the bushes, because he's a vagabond, etc.
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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.
* Winner also gets the honor of picking the winner of 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: Hidden WorldCHALLENGE 2: Red Vs BlueCHALLENGE 3: Satan TeapotCHALLENGE 4: Crime Fighting HoboCHALLENGE 5: Universal MonstersCHALLENGE 6: Lyric InterpretationCHALLENGE 7: Santa vs DinosCHALLENGE 8: Retro PosterCHALLENGE 9: Literal LiteratureCHALLENGE 10: Choose! Choose the form of the destructor!CHALLENGE 11: Heroes In a Half ShellCHALLENGE 12: Fancy HatsCHALLENGE 13: God SplicingCHALLENGE 14: CopycatsCHALLENGE 15: PinupsCHALLENGE 16: Trick or TreatCHALLENGE 17: How Far We Have ComeCHALLENGE 18: Back to the RetrofutureCHALLENGE 19: Crime NoirCHALLENGE 20: Make a Video GameCHALLENGE 21: You Just Got Served!CHALLENGE 22: HERE THERE BE DRAGONS CHALLENGE 23: I WANT TO BELIEVECHALLENGE 24: FIRST!!!!CHALLENGE 25: YOUR NAME AS A LABELCHALLENGE 26: SEVEN DEADLY HELMSCHALLENGE 27: Jurassic Park 4 Concept & DesignCHALLENGE 28: Pirate vs Ninja vs Cowboy
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Ok, I'm done. Somebody else make something now.
I've got one hanging in the mind. Hope to get it done and scanned in as soon as I go on break this coming week.
So fear not Scadilla! More will come.
(Didn't read the original post very closely to see samus was mentioned in there, just got the gist and went off :S)
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Line- It comes from a combination of the life drawing exercises in school that I have been goofing with (unsuccessfully for years) and getting inspired by guys like devilpig on dev art http://devilpig.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=48#/d49nbmj and Arnold Tsang when he does stuff like http://arnistotle.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/dwh4hh . And then trying stuff like http://stplmstr.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4704d5 and http://stplmstr.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d47nilb so obviously I am still trying to work out how to make it work best
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...but seriously, you've probably got enough time. If you still want in, whip something up!
Not mine, btw
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That Samurai is really intriguing to me. It's obviously digital art, but...the artist has taken some serious care to give it the qualities of physical painting. From the sculpted look over the top of the ghoul's head to the underpainting bleed along the bottom curve of the composition to the tasteful use of different brush types to establish a sense of texture and material...I'm not entirely sold on the face and the neck is a little too geometric in my opinion, but...strong colour choices, strong compositional choices, and a very astute use of blending in the surrounding negative space to make the whole image more dynamic than it would otherwise be. There's a lot worth studying in this piece.
Some more inspiration?
This is kinda cool.
this is that guy arnistotle
I'ma do one now.
Now Chun Li on a bicycle would be more interesting, or doing some intense thigh workouts. That would be something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc
Looking for new idea
I guess this'll be my submission lol
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?261761-RJbonner-2d-3d-Artist
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78501
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I like the third one.