Concept Art Contest #8 - Giants

[Heinvers]

Giants
Contestants are to create a piece of artwork depicting a gigantic being or creature. It can be inspired from ancient mythology as long as it brings something interesting to look at and it's obviously immense in size.

• No submission may violate any of the site rules.
• All submissions must follow the current theme. If any concept does not fit, a moderator will tell you as soon as possible as to avoid confusion.
• Your submission must be posted before the deadline. The post containing your final submission must also contain the following:
  • A thumbnail attachment or and image shown with
    
    tags. Please do not give us a link to a site where the image(s) is/are hosted.
  • The file in the appropriate format.
  • Optional short story/lore behind your chosen entry.
• You must show at least one unfinished preview of your submission, before the deadline, as proof that it’s yours.
• Your submission may not be started/made before the official launch of the contest.
• Judges may not participate.
• Teamwork is not allowed, but providing feedback to other contestants is strongly encouraged.
• Blood, gore, intense violence, and extreme visions of the grotesque are allowed as long as they follow site rules and are within a good level of reason.
• Backgrounds on concepts where they are not the main focus are allowed so long as they do not detract from the concept.
• Both traditional and digital media are accepted for this contest.

• First Place: 50 reputation points and your entry on the award icon
  
• Second Place: 35 reputation points and an award icon
  
• Third Place: 20 reputation points and an award icon

• Blood Raven
• Heinvers

Theme	Does the artist take advantage of the theme, or is the vision unfitting?	/10%
Execution	Does the artist display the design in an effective manner, or is it hard to tell what is what? Are artistic techniques used effectively to make the character interesting, or does the style deteriorate the concept? Is the appearance of the design objectively pleasing, or is it of low quality?	/25%
Concept	Does the design offer a new creative approach, or is it generic and cliché? Does it have character, or is it just another boring design? Does the design make sense and fit the description, or is it necessary to read the title to understand?	/40%
Realism	Does the design balance, or are the proportions impractical? Is the anatomy or construction correct, does it allow the character to move as it should, or is functionality disregarded entirely?	/25%

• 75 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
• 25 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.

• The contest shall begin on April 19th 2016, 15:00 GMT and conclude on May 25th 2016, 17:00 23:59, GMT

Assigned Moderator: Sin'dorei300

 

[fladdermasken]

Contestants are to create a piece of artwork depicting a gigantic being or creature on and about.

I'm not sure "on and about" actually means anything in that context. Change the description and I can approve it.

 

[-Grendel]

so is the theme restricted to like, the mainstream giants?(the one on the contest preview for example) or are we allowed to make something like a water or airborne creature as long as its a humongous being?

 

[Heinvers]

Not at all. The preview is just for the 'show', an example if you can think of. Creativity is greatly encouraged.

Edit: Anyway, the entries are currently listed below.

Contestant	Entry
-Grendel	Click
Roland	Click
NightStalker06698	Click
Marcos DAB	Click
AditTechno	Click
San	Click
Meatmuffin	Click
apcrabnightlive	Click
xYours Trulyx	Click
-Berz-	Click
morbent	Click
kari0003	Click
Coldblows	Click
GunSlinger	Click
UgoUgo	Click
XxDizzyxX	Click
eubz	Click
Murlocologist	Click
bear_369	Click
~Nightmare	Click
Imadori	Click
Mr.Goblin	Click
stein123	Click
Windrunner29	Click
crabas_sakti	Click
Naze	Click
Name	Click

 

[fladdermasken]

Approved and moved to main forum. Creating a notice for it now.

Good luck, sheeple.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Haha, this should be good. Can't think of a Troll "giant", though, so I'm already checked out. xD

//EDIT// Wait, what about a humongous Troll walking mojo-statue, patterned after the Loa and animated by nefarious hexes? Alright, clocking back in.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Good luck, people!

 

[AditTechno]

It has been started!

EDIT: Oh, so we don't have to use backgrounds? Awesome. I think i should go with the character only.

 

[Moy]

I will be looking forward to this contest. Good luck to the contestants.

 

[That_Guy_There]

Uhh.. I don't know where to post, The New Hive has a Contest Poll for a new subject, While here it's already picked. I'M SO CONFUSED.

 

[Roland]

I'm in! Woop woop!

 

[Wasabee]

Yeahh I'm in.

 

[-Grendel]

i'm in

 

[AditTechno]

I'm in!

 

[GunSlinger]

Ey. There's a new one. Hopefully this doesn't get delayed a lot.
Anyways, I wish you all luck!

 

[-Grendel]

have some wip i guess.

 

[FireTiger]

Good Luck, Guys!

have some wip i guess.

Looks Cool. ^^ :F

 

[morbent]

A gigantic moose?

A GIGANTIC MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

But seriously, can I draw like a God, a Colossus, a Demonic Ovelord, how broad is it exactly? Is it restricted to gigantic humanoids? It says being. Isn't it too broad then? I can basically draw anything and I just have to multiply the size by X. Not complaining, just asking before I get into it.

 

[GunSlinger]

I think as long as it's a living humongous(6-7 stories tall or more maybe) being, it should be fine.

 

[NightStalker]

I'm in as well, I already made some sketches to start working on!

 

[AditTechno]

have some wip i guess.

Is that skullface edited?

 

[-Grendel]

Is that skullface edited?

what do you mean edited? like i photoshopped it before i uploaded?
no, i'm doing a full traditional art process, all ballpoint.

 

[AditTechno]

That skullface is awesome though. Keep going.

 

[That_Guy_There]

Okay, I'm In... Maybe just.. maybe I can show something...

 

[Roland]

JESUS CHRIST I CAN'T THINK OF ANY IDEAS!!!! But, I'll go with Giant Juno the Cat brawling over puny sized armies of ants, It'll fit the theme

EDITSY

Final Entry: Feline Behemoth

 

[NightStalker]

I have two sketches, I'll go with one when I choose, this time I'll take my chance on Photoshop and with colors, see what I can do.

sketch1

sketch2

 

[Moy]

Is a giant dragon allowed?

 

[Wasabee]

LOL. Of course.

 

[Moy]

Then I am in!

 

[DEE-BOO]

BananaThings for scale contest, I'll give it a try.

 

[Marcos DAB]

I'm in?

Sketching

 

[Naze]

Wow, wonderful sketch, Marcos! That's gonna be some big contestant to deal with, huh *bad bad joke*

I'm looking forward to join! By the way, the Judging part of the 1st post still has criteria of the last contest (that was horror themed):

Theme	Does the artist take advantage of the theme, or is the vision unfitting?	/10%

Not a big deal though

 

[-Grendel]

nah, gonna change my concept. will probably post a wip at the beginning of may. too busy and too hooked up practicing portraits lols.

 

[AditTechno]

Hidden

Here's a WIP
Forget the little square. That's just a mistake.

When I paste it, the photo is rotated itself.

 

[Roland]

I'll edit my entry soon digitally..

@Adit: PLEASE USE HIDDEN TAGS!!

 

[The_Silent]

I'm very inclined to draw Cthulhu, but that isn't exactly creative, also, not actually a giant, although Cthulhu is gigantic.

Will draw a Lovecraftian giant, probably with some other mythological inspirations. We'll see.

As always, may bot finish anything, but will attempt to.

 

[San]

Hey,please count me in!

WIP

 

[Roland]

Saaaaaaaaan You're awesome.. I love you. Keep up the great work!

 

[Meatmuffin]

I'm in! Haven't done something like this in a while

EDIT: Uploaded the image. Started on the scenery, heck, it's pretty amateur Will add more detail and then will start drawing the giant.

Scenery

 

[Wasabee]

Here is my WIP.

 

[moyackx]

I feel like drawing some gigantic.....

 

[Meatmuffin]

Eh, final entry:

Lore

Art"

Being misunderstood, exterminated from his own
hometown, the wise Giant was sent to earth by the locals of that planet.
It was the only habitable planet that was close enough
for them to send the Giant away. But this particular one
has a very sensitive behaviour towards nature...

Knowing the earth's nature is on its ending days, abandoned
and no longer relevant to modern day society, will the Giant be
friendly? Or will he be hostile, driven mad by the poorly
treated mother nature?

I know it's extremely shuddy, but I had some spare time and I wanted
to participate. Good luck for others, I have already seen some interesting
concepts!

 

[Blood Raven]

What I understood from the description is that it doesn't even need to be humanoid, correct?
If so, this contest will be fucking awesome!

 

[Yours Truly]

Can we use a reference? I feel like drawing this guy

Just in case it's too big

 

[NightStalker]

What I understood from the description is that it doesn't even need to be humanoid, correct?
If so, this contest will be fucking awesome!

It shouldn't be limited with only humanoid creatures, in one post Heinvers(if i remember right) said that they encouraged creativity.

But a mod's approval would be more solid than my quote.

 

[aeman]

Fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell the wips of a hive user,
Be they online, or be they offline
I'll visit this thread to see more wips.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

"Contestants are to create a piece of artwork depicting a gigantic being or creature..."
So, an imaginary creature, humanoid or not, that has something unusual, except its impressive size and its super strength.
Unleash your creativity!

 

[Edge45]

> Subscribing <
Wanted to check out the cool drawings here

 

[Yours Truly]

Here's my first WIP. Pretty sketchy. Represents Cthulhu,the Sleeper of R'lyeh. And srsly,we all know the guy's massive . Big thanks to Sin'Dorei300 for instructing me on uploading a real life image into the digital world.

WIP 1

 

[aeman]

giants? how about new york giants. they still giants, right ?