Concept Art Contest #5 - Mythology

[Deleted member 157129]

That thumb looks great? :O

The other finger is way too defined though, to a point that it reminds me of hagiography.

If by great you mean large, then yes. It was a mistake that came with some resizing of the arm I did, and I figured I'd keep it. I've changed the gesture now though, so the long thumb is gone.

Too defined? Hagiography? Pardon?

WIP

Starting to get there design-wise.

 

[Kwah]

If by great you mean large, then yes. It was a mistake that came with some resizing of the arm I did, and I figured I'd keep it. I've changed the gesture now though, so the long thumb is gone.

Too defined? Hagiography? Pardon?

WIP

Starting to get there design-wise.

Head perspective is wonk'ed.

 

[GhostThruster]

WIP 3: Now with colour! Made on GIMP. Give some critique please

Backstory - apology for racism towards Scotland

Backstory: As the Sundering was occuring, a large Blue Dragon was sucked into the Maelstrom by accident. As Azshara wanted its service, it asked the Old God to also mutate the Blue Dragon to allow it to survive underwater, turning it into some strange thingymabob. Unfortunately, the magical pull of the Maelstrom was so strong, it sucked in the bloody serpent, and spat it out in a lake in... er...Scotland. One day, a local fisherman was, um, fishing, when it saw the tail of the leviathan. He went to all his friends, telling them about the monster in Lake Ness. However, a twisted turn of events...his stupid accent caused all the townsfolk to call the beast the 'Loch Ness' Monster. Ever since, this half-Naga, half-blue Dragon, half-stupid idea of GhostThruster has been dwelling in the depths of 'Loch' Ness. Oh, and it looks like Gyarados.

WIP 3 - Smaller now

 

[PROXY]

WIP

Starting to get there design-wise.

The right tusk of him isn't placed correctly. You see too much from him.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Head perspective is wonk'ed.

How so?

The right tusk of him isn't placed correctly. You see too much from him.

Compared to?

 

[GhostThruster]

The right tusk is 'connected' to the teeth. Some kind of flesh should be in between.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

The flesh is out of sight, and it looks like it's connected because it's not shaded yet.
I'll draw a few more sketches for the head to show the design in the final entry.

 

[Pharaoh_]

If by great you mean large, then yes. It was a mistake that came with some resizing of the arm I did, and I figured I'd keep it. I've changed the gesture now though, so the long thumb is gone.

Too defined? Hagiography? Pardon?

WIP

Starting to get there design-wise.

By great I meant beautiful. Hagiography is religious art that derrives from the Byzantine era:

Example

Look at the lighting on the pic I posted, it looks like the lighting of your piece.

I preferred the previous thumb to be honest, it was really fine.

 

[NFWar]

Pharaoh_ is absolutly right. Shiik style looks like pictures in chirch ^^

 

[Dionesiist]

Fuck this, I'm done. Say hello to Chiron.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Looks really awkward, but I guess that's the point. ^_^

 

[PROXY]

Fuck this, I'm done. Say hello to Chiron.

Looks cewl.

 

[Desiderium]

Aight, I've partially signed up to this forum because of this contest, and have lurked around for long long.

Here's my entry:

A Shinigami, supposed God of Death in Japanese culture. I've been tying to figure out if this would fit in or not with mythology things, but I also think this could pass on as Hades. Thou my main inspiration was actually derived from the manga Death Note.

I've also tried to grab a nice art style - and I'm not good with actual real stuff either, thou before I haven't done much character concept art either. And I don't really do characters.

Here are some wips:

A black and white speed painting I did, to get the deal down.

Black and White speedpainting

And an edited version, a bit different shapes, more thinned body (I think it works better), and a bit taller as well. Also did the first color pass. Seems interesting, but I might go for a fiery look. Oh, and bat-like wings incoming. :3

Color pass 1

 

[PROXY]

Awsome.

 

[-Berz-]

Desiderium, first, welcome to THW. Second your /hidden are empty :/
@Dio, that's pretty wicked and ugly(in a good meaning) at the same time

 

[M0rbid]

Well something happened, they were visible before now not anymore, so you might want to reupload them here.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Desiderium, your host seem to be down/file path has changed. You should probably attach the images to your post.

WIP

(Don't mind the missing fingers on his right hand, I'm going to add a weapon and I'm not sure how I want him to hold it yet.)

I'm a WIP-spammer. :3

 

[viiva]

My hard disk died on me so I will probably start over
Anyway here's a WIP from about a week ago:

Don't know if I'll do the same myth or try something else.

 

[viiva]

Also, Desiderium, that looks awesome!

 

[Amargaard]

*cough* Do not double post *cough*

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Des - your images don't work
Dio - that's pretty awesome, weird face - also interesting how what looked like an octopus dog turned into what looks like a mix of a goat and a gorilla

 

[viiva]

New concept: Loki possesed by the snake that was guarding him.

 

[HaniBon]

I can join the judges if you want me to.

 

[NFWar]

I am out. All this time I didnt made even a freakin sketch. My mind is empty. I am not ready for this, and will not be ready for a long long time.

 

[Xatoga]

I'm in this now, why not. Sketched up a few poses of Fenrir, the big ol' wolf from Norse mythology. Gave him a few tweaks from just being a wolf, but yeah.

EDIT: And hopefully I'll find a better scanner (aka not a webcam -_-) before the end of this.

 

[Zealon]

@NFWar, aww I was hoping for somthing epic from you.

@Xatoga, wow its looking really good so far ^^

 

[-Berz-]

Ok rename this contest to Norse mythology

Xatoga, Some badass wolves you have there

 

[kola]

norse is the mythology with thor and all this?

cuz if it is... i did a cyclop from greek mythology so.

 

[Lich Prince]

norse is the mythology with thor and all this?

cuz if it is... i did a cyclop from greek mythology so.

You're not the only one who chose something from Greek Mythology. Dionesiist made Chiron.

 

[Hemske]

norse is the mythology with thor and all this?

cuz if it is... i did a cyclop from greek mythology so.

And mine is done from the Japanese. There is plenty of norse, but not all of it.

 

[67chrome]

All right, here is my first wip. Super blurry I know, but w/e



I'm doing Cerberus btw.

 

[M0rbid]

Okay, WiP time here aswell:

Show

It's the Arachne.

 

[PROXY]

Okay, WiP time here aswell:

Show

It's the Arachne.

Wow, your best work so far

 

[warhog]

@M0rbid
What the f***! totaly awesome, but the legs seems to point to every possible direction you could find

EDIT: added my first wip of my new choice: the Chimaira!

Awaiting your respectful nodding

 

[67chrome]

All right, wip 2

 

[kola]

daaaamn... i will need to make another concept if i want to have a chance to win (or atleast to be in top 3) haha.

By the way... Awesome starting sketch chrome.. he looks very bad ass.

 

[GhostThruster]

Meh, I'm in it for the fun. I'll be lucky if I make it to 2nd last...

Everyone's doing ancient stuff. Greek, Norse, whatever else. I'm the only one to think up some shit from Scotland. Speaking of which, WIP 4 and extra one.

WIP 4: Nearly finished. Just need to smoothen the edges.
WIP 4.5: 9/10 finished. Just needs a background.

WIP 4

WIP 4.5

 

[dead-man-walking]

WHY DIDN'T I HEAR OF THIS SOONER? D:
Oh well. Count me in.

@GhosT: 4.5 is way blurrier than 4
@warhog: Chimera? I see Nemean Lion. Wait. Snake-tails....
@M0rbid: Nude? NUDE?

Chrome and shiiK is in too? D:

 

[GhostThruster]

Usually when one logs onto the Hive, you see GIANT BIG GREEN LETTERS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. Just jokin'.

I'm sharpening my final version as I type.

 

[dead-man-walking]

I didn't pay attention.

Just a question: Is Golems allowed?

 

[warhog]

@warhog: Chimera? I see Nemean Lion. Wait. Snake-tails....

well I dont have a clue where to put the goat head yet ^^ and also thinking of adding 2 additional snakes as tail

I didn't pay attention.

Just a question: Is Golems allowed?

cant see why not

 

[dead-man-walking]

The goat head is usually placed right next to the lion head. Probably left of the lion head, from frontal perspective.

 

[deepstrasz]

Must the final submission have colors ? or can it be in black and white ?

 

[warhog]

The goat head is usually placed right next to the lion head. Probably left of the lion head, from frontal perspective.

actually I read that the lion is the normal head, the goat head is on the back and the snake is tha tail.
I think i will do only one head with different features from both the goat and lion

Must the final submission have colors ? or cant it be in black and white ?

it doesn't have to be in colour no

 

[67chrome]

actually I read that the lion is the normal head, the goat head is on the back and the snake is tha tail.

That's how the initial description of the chimera is, or the one from the legend the Chimera is in. Don't think I've played any games that used that concept though (which makes me kind of sad, really). Usually the Chimera is portrayed as a three-headed beast, usually with one of the heads being a lion's and the others ranging from goats, snakes, dragons, falcons, bulls, and any other creature that appears in some sort of hybrid creature. In one of the final fantasy's (10?) the chimera was a three-headed humanoid with a snake for one of its arms. That one was kinda cool.

I think the word chimera can actually be used to describe any sort of creature that is a sort of collage of different critters.

In medicine the word chimera is used to describe a rare phenomenon in which a person has two different DNA sets from twins essentially growing into the same person. They look just like anyone else and you can't tell unless you take multiple samples of their DNA to see if they have two different sets.

Anyways, I'm liking the concepts I'm seeing from everyone.
The Arachne looks sort of zombie-ish and creepy, which is sort of a good look for a spider.
I like how the Fenris looks like a massive Hellhound.

 

[Hemske]

In the comic/manga/anime Full Metal Alchemist chimeras are kind of hybrids between humans and animals. Merged together through alchemy. So yeah, as chrome already more or less stated. Chimeras are (according to me and my conclusions) kind of a merge or a fusion of animals/humans.

 

[Deolrin]

67chrome, Age of Mythology has "classical" chimaera, with the goat head being stuck somewhere halfway through the body. Either the goat head or the snake tail actually breath fire, too; which is pretty cool, but incredibly weird. Also, all of the fur, and body, is that of a lion.

EDIT: Nevermind. Checked again. It's actually three-headed. Sucks.

 

[Krl70]

Wow.. i still haven't made one single succesful scetch, i didn't hope to win, but i atleast wanted to participate, but i'm probably not going to get this done...

 

[GhostThruster]

Don't give up! Just think of something and draw it...

I don't even want to discuss Wc3's deformed Chimera...christ what did Samwise Didier do to it?

 

[thisruoy]

Thunda and Laghting, this is craazi

Very early colours