Concept Art Contest #5 - Mythology

[Mr.Goblin]

Well, that weird unvulnearable lion or what it was also "exists" now too. anyway...

seriously this is getting ridiculous,

if you think his concept is nothing but a drawing of two birds, than he will loose all the points he had in the ''ideas'' and will automatically won't win..

now, it's nice from all of you to say he's not original and he will choose if he wants to change his concept or not.. :\

and about that, all the comments about people drawing humanoid... isn't necessary and don't have their place in this thread..

Now, we can all agree this contest have a freaking open subject, so everyone, can draw what ever he/she wants to draw... we just have to remember it's a ''concept competition'' and it's more about the look and the cool idea of representing a mythological creature, more than how well it have been done.

 

[Jaret]

Bottom line, it is his drawing, so his opinion.

 

[Midnighters]

This contests theme is really open, technically, mythological creatures, are anything that is not real, and/or exists.

 

[Krl70]

well, mythological is apparently referring to a myth according to dictionary.com, and a myth is: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/myth

That would be a end of discussion, wouldn't it?

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Could you guys just stop complaining about the theme? I mean really.... the contest is already started so it's not like it's going to change.

Yes it's open ended, thus you're free to be as creative as you'd like - that should be more of a blessing than a curse.

 

[-Berz-]

I don't know why bother?

Anyway here is another WIP

 

[chanan12]

My kind of contest. woot.

 

[Midnighters]

Here is a new update of my concept...

 

[Jaret]

Nice, -Berz-.

 

[Midnighters]

Next update....

 

[chanan12]

can it be science fiction? or classical mythology only.

 

[viiva]

Just keep in mind this is a concept art contest, so there should be some creativity and actual concept involved.

The way I see this contest: You should only read the story/myth, then come up with an original idea on how to visualise that. Execution is secondary.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

can it be science fiction? or classical mythology only.

I wouldn't exactly consider science fiction mythology.
About classical, idk, I just wouldn't consider science fiction myth

In the study of folklore, a myth is a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form.[5][6][7] Many scholars in other fields use the term "myth" in somewhat different ways.[7][8][9] In a very broad sense, the word can refer to any traditional story.[10]

 

[chanan12]

thanks. that definition helped.

 

[Zealon]

@Berz that looks is a really good ^^

 

[Arisato]

looks like i can't T.T Open ended right?

 

[warhog]

looks like i can't T.T Open ended right?

say what?

 

[chanan12]

When do i have to show a WIP by to be accepted?

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Any time before your final

 

[Tails96]

Cool contest, I am in.

 

[chanan12]

My WIP. scanner messes with the colors for some reason.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

My WIP. scanner messes with the colors for some reason.

looks nice.. but remember, this is not a 2D contest, it's a concept art.

so it's better if we see the creature completly (front, and side view) in a T posture than to see it in action half hidden.. :\

so before getting further, I can tell you, we don't see a shit about that hydra of yours except the face.

 

[chanan12]

Ohhhhh thanks for the advise.

Edit: Can i submit more than one file for the different views? Because i would like to get into lots of detail.

 

[-Berz-]

I think, I'm pretty much done.

 

[chanan12]

@ -Berz- looks really nice. especially from far away.

 

[Deolrin]

The orange outline on the 'sitting' raven looks kinda bad, same goes for the trees. I think you should refine\detail it a bit more as at the moment it is a bit basic.

 

[chanan12]

New WIP took me like 5 mins, is the kind of drawing it should be? Again the scanner makes the colors a bit different.

Edit: spelling correction.

 

[4eNNightmare]

My wip, I would appreciate comments.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

My wip, I would appreciate comments.

some thing I said to the other..

It's not a freaking 2D art competition, it's a freaking concept art competition.

what we want is

CONCEPT EXAMPLE

understand?, no scenes involve, no In battle involve, no dancing involves, nothing, a static pause and THAT'S ALL!, we want the detail nothing more nothing less.

 

[4eNNightmare]

oh! thanks, helped me to understand. I wonder also whether it is valid to create a picture of something lacking in mythology, a monster or how to invent my own characters.

 

[Arowanna]

Info

Mythology
Contestants are to create a concept for something mythological. This can be a creature, a person, an environment, etc. It can be taken from real myths or it can be made up.

@4eNNightmare, yes, you can.

 

[Walle]

some thing I said to the other..

It's not a freaking 2D art competition, it's a freaking concept art competition.

what we want is

CONCEPT EXAMPLE

understand?, no scenes involve, no In battle involve, no dancing involves, nothing, a static pause and THAT'S ALL!, we want the detail nothing more nothing less.

I don't agree with you here, what you have there is a design sheet or a reference picture that could be used for modeling.

If i understand you right, your saying this is not concept art?

Though i agree that it would be more useful if you do it like in the picture you linked.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

umm no, mr goblin. for example

pic

that counts as a concept art. its creating something new that no one else has thought of.
now if 4eNNightmare puts the character in a scene, it adds to the back story. The back story is also a part of the concepting process. In this case, there is already a back story behind so by putting the character in a scene strengthens that backstory without having to explain it.

 

[chanan12]

So many different people saying different things. why not just accept the art as the artist wants it?

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

THW: We know drama

 

[chanan12]

lolz

 

[Just_Spectating]

a concept should at least show the entire body of the character
like what blizzard does with their concepts.

something like this is fine

 

[Billy the Cat]

Even though this contest isn't limited to characters the old rule that at least 75% of the character has to be visible might still be useful to followed for those doing characters. I wouldn't say concept art has to be a static pose though as long as additions tell more about the character (but that's not up to me to decide).

 

[-Berz-]

I'll extend my entry to Hugin Munin and Odin.

 

[Krl70]

and not his 8-legged horse? O=

 

[-Berz-]

Well i could also add wolfs but that would be just too much for one picture.

 

[Hemske]

Well i could also add wolfs but that would be just too much for one picture.

And would probably draw away the attention from your actual concept (Which is, I believe Odin and his ravens?) It is better to keep it simple.

 

[-Berz-]

@ Elainiel, yeah pretty much

WIP

 

[Tails96]

Mithologycal... But not only from greek mithology.

 

[Lich Prince]

Quite awesome work coming along here.

Norse Mythology ftw.

 

[Just_Spectating]

mine is also norse.
but from my own imagination

 

[Jaret]

I'm stepping out of this contest. No free time. :/

 

[NextGenHuman]

I'm in. I love to draw and i have some ideas.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

a concept should at least show the entire body of the character
like what blizzard does with their concepts.

something like this is fine

thats what I really ment for concept,

what the two other members did was to show only like the head or the chest and head of a character, wich is far from being enough when you are making concept art.

 

[NextGenHuman]

Here's my WIP for an Anubis Undead Jakal. Need comments! Sorry for bad quality of the images I'll try to improve it.