Monthly Art Contest 5!

Chou Toshio

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Bam! Back from a 2 month hiatus due to internet issues. Way back in MAC 3 I "dropped out" of the competition , but in reality I finished my piece, but of course my net box didnt think it worthy.
A near complete version of it can be seen here
http://s1020.photobucket.com/albums/af325/VictusInferi/?action=view&current=TheRevolution2-1.jpg

As for this MAC, I love the concept and got started right away. Heres an early rendering



Its based on a Frill Shark, and also has a sorta Gladiator thing going.
Any suggestions? Feedback really helps...
And good luck everybody!
Wow, awesome idea dude! It looks so ancient!
 

Shinxe

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Work in progress! The preliminary color/value study-- then I'll blow it up, refine it like hell/get the perspective right, make the designs clear, change the composition/canvas size a bit, etc... but I thought it might be interesting to post my paintsketch!

I love seeing people's designs so far; mine's still rough, but I'll get there, just have to keep a Pokemon-mentality in mind as I go in and work more.

 
Wow Victus, that is excellent!
Shinxe, yours reminds me of dinotopia, if you ever read those books :D

Looking great everyone! I'm still toying around with my pokemon concept at the moment.
 

Shinxe

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ffff Sentret

If it reminds you of Dinotopia then I'm going in the right direction.
James Gurney = pretty much my favorite Illustrator ever

Thank you! I'm looking forward to see what you do. :D
 

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Gosh you people work fast, it's barely been a day and already all these good-lookin' works in progress are popping up!

*goes off to research fossils*
 

Chou Toshio

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Work in progress! The preliminary color/value study-- then I'll blow it up, refine it like hell/get the perspective right, make the designs clear, change the composition/canvas size a bit, etc... but I thought it might be interesting to post my paintsketch!

I love seeing people's designs so far; mine's still rough, but I'll get there, just have to keep a Pokemon-mentality in mind as I go in and work more.

AWESOME!!! I love archaeoptrix (spelling?) Anyway, looks sweet dude.
 
Wow I'm loving everything I see! Fantastic work guys, I'm looking forward to seeing the end result ^____^
 

Shinxe

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Yep Chou! I love those things, too, it was either that or a microraptor, which is much the same anyway.

Thanks!
 
I like the second one better, myself. It makes it look a little less "natural", and pulls off your theme a bit better. Did you base the fakemon off of anything?
 
Ohhhh, dangit. I didn't even check that. Okay then, new concept in progress now. Lesson for me to check all similar Pokemon before creating one...*facepalms*
 

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This one's giving me a ton of ideas, but none of them are good...

Trying my best to avoid designing a lolimon again, although that's REALLY tempting to do right now!!
 

Alchemator

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Victus you will call it MURMILLOST

It looks like a Murmillo gladiator, whose helmet is actually based on a Fish. The "Lost" part is because it's extinct and I couldn't think of anything better 8D
 
Lmao, Shinxe enters, I'm not even going to try.

Nah, just kidding, but I do like your draft-thing, Shinxe, love it. I was considering entering this month (I loved the dragon den topic previously, the submissions were great) but I am really not a fan of Fakemon. I'm going to try and see how it comes out, ART SCHOOL DON'T FAIL ME NOW!
 

Shinxe

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ahaha... what no :V Did you SEE Chou and Aragorn and Yilx etc etc last month? dayuumm upped the ante like whoa

well speaking of art school, god only knows if I can finish this piece what with classes starting next week. :1
 
ahaha... what no :V Did you SEE Chou and Aragorn and Yilx etc etc last month? dayuumm upped the ante like whoa

well speaking of art school, god only knows if I can finish this piece what with classes starting next week. :1
All of theirs was amazing :D In fact, Icepick's was probably one of my favorites, there were like 5 that I really, really liked. I just said that because you posted and they didnt yet, xD

Good luck with school. I know how difficult and time consuming it is :(
 

Chou Toshio

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It looks like this round there will be some deviation from The Smog. Last month, The Smog articles and the MAC entries were due on the same weekend, which made things crazy (albeit Jimbo said Smog art stuff could be late, I think alot of people were working on them simultaneously). Well, this time it looks like MAC is early and The Smog is late, so we should get some reprieve. :)
 

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