Tournament Round 1 Group 2 Discussion Thread

[L Jamal]

It's all beginning now a few days early because I'm going out to town this weekend and all the reference is available now.

Group 2 is
cuzz85, Doomsmith, Grimspeare, jobberstable, Matt the Greek, MaxMayhem, pencilartist, Propsdue, Scaleyinx, The Bionic Cl@m

From this group 5 will move into the Round 2 of the main tournament bracket.
All the rest that are not no shows will move into the second tournament bracket next week.

This is a double elimination tournament but no shows don't get a second chance. All art show be posted in the the art thread. The art thread for this group is:
http://www.digitalwebbing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96389

Your subject for this week is Arak versus a lizard man.

Reference can be found as attachments below.

The art can be in any stage of completion and in any medium, but it has to be your art and it has to be in the art thread by the deadline.

The deadline is 19 August 2006 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time (currently GMT-4).
If your art is not in the thread by that time, you will be considered a no show.
If your art changes after that time, you will be considered a no show.
If your art post is edited at that time, you will be considered a no show.

The subject can be interpreted as loosely (within reason) as you wish. If I'm vague, it's purposely vague. However if when reference is provided that should be the reference used.

For this round I will not be providing reference for the lizard man.

Have fun.

[L Jamal]

Arak is a Native America (Indian) character from DC Comics. He had a series that lasted for 50 issues and 1 annual. For a while (5-6 issues) he sported a mohawk.

[pencilartist]

Got it. Good luck to everyone in group 2

Remember have fun with it.



pencilartist

[Propsdue]

Hey i remember this guy!!!...This should fun!!!!Good luck to all :har:


And ljamal let me say I had no idea there were so many Barbarian-Conan-esque characters floating around...research for all this must have been a pain :blink:

[Mike225]

Never heard of 'em...Good luck, everybody! :cry:

[L Jamal]

And ljamal let me say I had no idea there were so many Barbarian-Conan-esque characters floating around...research for all this must have been a pain :blink:
Sadly I knew most of these only Zandor had to be found.

[Grimspeare]

Oddly enough I think I have a copy of the first issue tucked away in a box somewhere. I didn't think anyone else knew about Arak but me.

G.

[L Jamal]

I had the full run of Arak including the annual.

[Scaleyinx]

Cool looking character! :w00t: Never heard of him though :p

Best of luck to you all!

And thanks Jamal for all your hard work on this. Although I gather you really enjoyed doing every bit of it, since the plan all along has been to bring your post count up. :rolleyes:

[L Jamal]

you think this is all a plot to increase my post count?







I plead the fifth....

[Scaleyinx]

Well, with a User title of 'Closing in on Bio', .....I'm just not picturing you as a stalker,..... but I have been wrong before. :)

[L Jamal]

Well, with a User title of 'Closing in on Bio', .....I'm just not picturing you as a stalker,..... but I have been wrong before. :)
Once again ... I plead the 5th

[Mike225]

If you guys look at the face in my drawing, that's warpaint. I was trying to find the tribe he was raised by, but I think it's fictional. Anyway, that's a handprint.

[Scaleyinx]

.....
If your art changes after that time, you will be considered a no show.
If your art post is edited at that time, you will be considered a no show.


Question...

If I post a pencil drawing and then later edit my post and change it to an ink version or maybe even a colored version,...will I qualify as long as I make the changes before the deadline?

[Scaleyinx]

If you guys look at the face in my drawing, that's warpaint. I was trying to find the tribe he was raised by, but I think it's fictional. Anyway, that's a handprint.


Jobberstable, way to go first post'er for our group!

And I must say, that's one hella LARGE lizard man! :w00t: I love the expression on Arak's face. He looks like he's thinking "EWWWwwwwWWW!!! :confused: Nasty! Check out this green blood! "

:thumbs:

[L Jamal]

Question...

If I post a pencil drawing and then later edit my post and change it to an ink version or maybe even a colored version,...will I qualify as long as I make the changes before the deadline?
As long as the final changes are made before the deadline it's all good.

[Scaleyinx]

As long as the final changes are made before the deadline it's all good.


Kewl! :D

Thanks

[Mike225]

Jobberstable, way to go first post'er for our group!

And I must say, that's one hella LARGE lizard man! :w00t: I love the expression on Arak's face. He looks like he's thinking "EWWWwwwwWWW!!! :confused: Nasty! Check out this green blood! "

:thumbs:


Thank you :)

[Mike225]

Good job, Pencilartist

[pencilartist]

I did my best being out of practice for such a long time.

MAN! It feels good to get back into the flow.

My wife really liked this picture and that's all that counts to me, but I hope others in this draw off like it to.

Oh! what do you mean you don't remember me. ( just kidding) :D

[Mike225]

I updated mine, but I'm not much of a colorist.

Anybody know why my pictures keep getting blurry when I save them in Illustrator?

[Mike225]

Scaleyinx, nice post. Very vivid imagery. I'm not sure about his pectorals, though, but that could be just me.

[Scaleyinx]

Scaleyinx, nice post. Very vivid imagery. I'm not sure about his pectorals, though, but that could be just me.


Hey thanks! :happy:

Funky pectorals, ya think?,...Yep, you're probably right. It's been almost two years since I've had to draw a muscle bound male. I think my lack of practice is showing :laugh: Nevertheless, I had fun drawing him.

[DarkKni9hT]

Two years since you've been with a musclebound male?!?! Poor girl! :p

Nice pic, Scaleyinx. I think the pectorals looked pretty good actually. Not every man muscles up the same. What struck me was the daintiness of his forearms compared to the rest of him. Especially considering the constant use of hand weapons, you'd think he'd be beefier through the forearm. Good stuff, though. Really a dynamic shot.

[Scaleyinx]

Two years since you've been with a musclebound male?!?! Poor girl! :p

Nice pic, Scaleyinx. I think the pectorals looked pretty good actually. Not every man muscles up the same. What struck me was the daintiness of his forearms compared to the rest of him. Especially considering the constant use of hand weapons, you'd think he'd be beefier through the forearm. Good stuff, though. Really a dynamic shot.

:laugh: :laugh:

Actually, my hubby modeled the arms for me. He use to a be wrestler! :w00t: But he has since let himself go. He's not quite the musclebound hulk he use to be. Granted he still has his 54 inch chest, but it seems his bulbous muscles have deflated :p . I'll let him know he needs to step it up and beef up his forearms so he doesn't make my hulky males look like wussies. :har:

Thanks for the compliments!

[Craig DeBoard]

I updated mine, but I'm not much of a colorist.

Anybody know why my pictures keep getting blurry when I save them in Illustrator?


Try saving them as a .pdf, then opening the pic in photoshop, flatten it and save it as a .jpeg

Other than that ya got me! :huh:

[Mike225]

Thanks, Craig. I'll try that next time.

[Propsdue]

Engarde you varlets!!! :mad: ;)

[Mike225]

Good job, dood. Nice use of shadows.

[Matt the Greek]

I updated mine, but I'm not much of a colorist.

Anybody know why my pictures keep getting blurry when I save them in Illustrator?

You may have your output settings on lo-rez - when you select Save_As you'll get a popup screen once you decide what filetype you want (.pdf, .jpg, .eps etc). Somewhere on this screen you should be able to adjust the resolution of the file you save out, depending on what format you choose. Otherwise check yr Output Options in the File menu of Illustrator, it might be set low as a default.

Nice to see everyone stepping up for the first round.

Draw, pilgrims!

[Mike225]

You may have your output settings on lo-rez - when you select Save_As you'll get a popup screen once you decide what filetype you want (.pdf, .jpg, .eps etc). Somewhere on this screen you should be able to adjust the resolution of the file you save out, depending on what format you choose. Otherwise check yr Output Options in the File menu of Illustrator, it might be set low as a default.

Nice to see everyone stepping up for the first round.

Draw, pilgrims!

Thanks, buddy. Nice pic, too!

[sevans]

The Group 2 thread is going well, Heaps of posts already.

Have to say, Propsdue is gonna be hard to top.

[Scaleyinx]

Engarde you varlets!!! :mad: ;)

:eek:
How dare you, you ....you evil art VILLIAN! Pulling out your Trump card right off the start are ya!? Well, Hmmph!! I'mma have hurry up with my coloring job now if I plan on standing a chance against you, ya meanie!

BLAAAAAHH!!!! BOOOOO!!!!

:nyah:




Hope I at least make the top 50 % :(

[Propsdue]

:eek:
How dare you, you ....you evil art VILLIAN! Pulling out your Trump card right off the start are ya!? Well, Hmmph!! I'mma have hurry up with my coloring job now if I plan on standing a chance against you, ya meanie!

BLAAAAAHH!!!! BOOOOO!!!!

:nyah:




Hope I at least make the top 50 % :(


In the words of my favorite Asgardian..."Forsooth, it be-ith hammer time :laugh: :laugh:

Oh yea great entries gang...only 2 more days and this first rounds in the books..Be great if all our troops make the deadline ;)

[Mike225]

In the words of my favorite Asgardian..."Forsooth, it be-ith hammer time :laugh: :laugh:

Wow. Eric Masterson reference. :laugh:

[Grimspeare]

Sweet. Almost everyone's posted their stuff. I'll be posting mine at the last possible moment. I'm looking forward to seeing the last couple drawings.

G.

[DarkKni9hT]

Scaleyinx. I just caught your coloured version, and I gotta say you just became the person to beat this round, all groups in. That's fukkin' phenomenal!!! Oh, yeah, and I hate you!! :p

[Scaleyinx]

Scaleyinx. I just caught your coloured version, and I gotta say you just became the person to beat this round, all groups in. That's fukkin' phenomenal!!!


Hey thanks! :happy:

Propsdue was totally whoppin' my ass,... and everyone else's entries are looking mighty awesome, ...so I figured I had to try and do something to make my entry worthy.

Killed my neck and fingers coloring this though, ....'cuz I'm the slowest colorist ever! :laugh:


Oh, yeah, and I hate you!! :p

:nyah:

[L Jamal]

Please move all discussion to the art thread.
The voting will begin soon.