WTB 500k Duo Commission- CONTEST!!!

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

Hi everyone...I was just random surfing through the fan art section and LOVED all the commision threads....There are people with some serious talent here! So i wanted to jump on the band wagon and start up my own Duo Commissions Contest! The two subject are my male and female necros.

This is my female necro The Zagan


This is my Male necro The Emik


Here is a little description of my characters....(yeah i know it's a sucky description...im not really creative)

my male necro The Emik is supposed to be demon posessed and very psychotic....lol...hes a stone cold killer....and he has a very evil sense of humor....

My female nero The Zagan is a tortured soul.....she is someone who lost everything and wus turned a vampire....shes very reserved and almost emotionless....she is The Emik's right hand man....err....woman.....she is a very powerful psychic...

I'm not looking for anything in particular as long as its a picture with Both characters in it and the piece isnt awefully boring....I want everyone entering the contest to go to their extremes...go all out...i want some kool looking pictures....i would probably like it better if you can make it look wicked with like some violence theme or something...

the piece can be using any medium that you want.....you can sketch it......etch it....or do wutever you want....whatever you think will win it...

i would prefer if you stuck to the armor in the pictures....but you can put them in any clothes you want....you can also put them into a scene where theyre not the center of attention...and you can also do two separate piece(one for each character) that goes together...

It's up to you guys to draw my characters with weapons...but if you do include weapons, i want a big sword preferably a fellblade on my male necro and one of those skeleton staffs on my female necro....


AS for the prizes,

1st place: 250k
2nd place: 150k
3rd place: 50k (two winners)

all in total 500k out of my pocket...so please try to make your pictures worth it...

The contest starts thursday april 26th and it will end around may 26th...
BUT..by 2 and a half weeks time, if there isnt much interest in this thread anymore, i will give three days notice and promptly close the contest...

no matter what happens, the winners will get paid for sure....

The GWO thread wus posted april 26th
I apologize but the guru thread was posted like a day late....possibly i will stretch the deadline later on...

with that said, let's see what everyone can come up with!

Kayleen Ajzurion

Kayleen Ajzurion

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Me

OO another contest, and with more pretty prizes nonetheless ^_^
Well count me in

mistress of chaos

mistress of chaos

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

Legion Of The Crimson Shadow

W/Mo

sounds like fun count me in

eela

eela

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Bangor, North Wales

[yaoi]

E/Mo

Count me in too ...*hides for Commissionee's* ^^'

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

nice..the more the merrier

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

just so ppl know...my two characters do not neccessarily need to be the biggest or the center of attention as long as they are in the piece....

Nephelpito

Nephelpito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

i would like to compete^^

Nephelpito

Nephelpito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

this is what i'm working on for this contest^^

"Sir, he is still moving..."
"Good good..hyaha...heh..heh.."
*puts in another needle*
"Hahaha see that? It made his shoulder budge! Ahahaha!"
"..."

Kayleen Ajzurion

Kayleen Ajzurion

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Me

Hehe, well I think that fits the theme of 2 necros quite well lol ^_^

Actually, for some odd reason, the whole quotes under made me smile

Good job!!

I guess I'll be ready with my lineart around next week or so, I'm a bit busy at the moment >.<

Kay

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

rofl! that pic is freakin hilarious.... i lovin it...

Mistical miss

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

Awesome Nelphito, but some things that may help you:

- The necromancers eyes line out on the upperside, that makes him look asian. He also lacks a belly ^^.
- The Zagan looks very unstable in that position. As if shes going to faint. Was that intended? No need to change it though, I like it as it is.

This is gna be a very red picture ^^

powercozmic

powercozmic

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Cosmic Ocean

DVDF

Me/

Too bad I'm not a fan of visual depictions of dismembering and torture. I don't enjoy it at all. The dialogue is funny though.

Yannick of Avo

Yannick of Avo

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Netherlands

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

Mo/E

well I'm in

Blackgate

Blackgate

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

Atlanta, GA

N/

Heh. Emikxone, I just noticed something funny about The Zagen's description. She's very 'reserved'...but she walks around in her undies. She seems more the type to toy with a man's emotions and then relish the kill even more. Sort of like a succubus or a sexy vampiress. Just an observation.

But, ah, if you don't mind her looking a *little* sexy, I'm up for submitting an entry. If her being reserved is the difference between winning and losing, I'll pass. Let meh know.

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

hahahahha....yeah youre right....lol....id prefer her to be a sexy succubus or something....what i meant about reserved was that she keeps to herself and is very mysterious....

Yannick of Avo

Yannick of Avo

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Netherlands

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

Mo/E

here is what I am working on, far from done but I like to show it anyways. Do note this is still WIP the final drawing is still in the making.

Mistical miss

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

Could you post a screenshot of the backside of Zagans armor?

hlc617

hlc617

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

P/

hayy is this contest still going on? i need to know whether or not to color the sketch i did haha.

Mistical miss

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

I think it is O_o though the contest leader doesn't check here every day..

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

hey guys...yeah this contest is still going....im just in the process of moving to a different state right now....im sorry if i cant check it everyday......for the person who wanted zagans backside pic....i dont ahve access to my computer with gw for another 2 days ......ill have ti up asap and if you guys want i can stretch the dead liens...thanks everyone....

Nephelpito

Nephelpito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

i hope everything's ok emikxone ^^;
and i was wonderig how many pics we can enter b/c i made two that i really like already^^;
kk thanks~!

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

people can turn in an unlimited amount of pictures.....BUT you can only win one prize.....so if you have two pictures youd like to submit, even if they are like uber fantastic.. you can't win both first and second....youll only win one prize....

clawofcrimson

clawofcrimson

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Crimson Claw

W/

Ok here is mine... sorry if it looks too 'sketchy'... all my drawings end up that way.





http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/1...nsketchqd3.png

hlc617

hlc617

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

P/

ok well mine is boring.. but it's a desktop (...*hopes you have 1027x768*) and I actually shaded for once..eh? lol enjoy~

http://ligermagic.com/necros.jpg

Yannick of Avo

Yannick of Avo

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Netherlands

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

Mo/E

wow that's really nice hlc

here is my entry:


and highrez, I had to put some compression in it because of the mb restriction of imageshack, not much though. If you like the raw version, send me a pm so I can e-mail it too you.

ravensong

ravensong

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Croatia

Me/

Very nice everyone....

...hlc617 i must say im big fan of your style and drawings! ^^

Kayleen Ajzurion

Kayleen Ajzurion

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Me

Wow those entries are really pretty ^_^

Hlc, I really like your style of drawing and the expression of your characters. Yannick, I like the idea of combining a screenshot for the background .

OH and Emikxone, I think you should mention on GWonline that the contest is still on but that you will be unavailable to check for a while. Good luck with things btw

Anyways, nice job all

Kay

clawofcrimson

clawofcrimson

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Crimson Claw

W/

Ive gotta ask... what tools do you guys use to color your pictures... photoshop? and if so is there a good online guide for it? I would like to start turning my 'sketches' into comic book style art.

Yannick of Avo

Yannick of Avo

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Netherlands

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by clawofcrimson
Ive gotta ask... what tools do you guys use to color your pictures... photoshop? and if so is there a good online guide for it? I would like to start turning my 'sketches' into comic book style art. I use photoshop, this is my third drawing colored with it though. I'ved used paint shop pro before that. steps are the same notherless. Photoshop is just a bit more refined.

Basicly here are my steps:
- Scan the drawing/make the scetch
- Make a layer group above the drawing
- Put it on multipy, this will make your color's go under the lines but above the white background.
- Put a layer inside the layergroup, just keep it on normal.
- Get the brush and eraser and start coloring. I recomend putting each differant color or area on a differant layer. This will make shading a bit easier later on. I recomend a brush with 60-80% hardness for the bit sharper lines, the smaler the brush the lower the hardness basicly.
- Once done get the dodge/burn tool, this is what I use for shading. dodge for lighter, burn for darker. basicly hold down alt for the burn option.
- Sometimes I get the brush at a low Opacity to touch up the color's.

there, that are my basic steps for coloring drawings Hope it helps a bit.

StarrTheInsane

StarrTheInsane

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

Stephenville, TX

D/W

Okay, I'm in. Things have slowed down here with school out, so I have plenty of time to work on this now.

Perynne

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by clawofcrimson
Ive gotta ask... what tools do you guys use to color your pictures... photoshop? and if so is there a good online guide for it? I would like to start turning my 'sketches' into comic book style art. I use Photoshop, Painter or Open Canvas. Photoshop is the most well-known of the programs, Painter is popular with all the big artists for getting a really "painted" kind of look to your drawings (it focuses pretty much only on painting, whereas Photoshop can be used for other things) and Open Canvas is something only a few seem to have heard about. It focuses on getting a watercolour-kind of style, and is also used only for painting.

Yannick summed up the steps quite well. The only harder thing you really need to learn is how to use layers, and even that shouldn't take long.
Controlling the flow and opacity of your brush is also quite important. It will help you get a smooth, painted look if you choose strong, dark colours and then pick the middle colours from the drawing itself using the dropper. Dodge/burn tool is good for some parts in drawings, but personally I rarely ever use it because it tends to leave the image looking a little flat and the shadows/highlights without any distinguishing colours. Dodge and burn is used sometimes in comic style colouring, but rarely ever in painting style works.

Hmm... maybe I should turn my next commission drawing into a tutorial...

And to keep this in topic... wow, amazing entries from people! I will definitely need to get something done, even if I'd only have time to do a sketch.

clawofcrimson

clawofcrimson

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Crimson Claw

W/

Thanks for the tips guys... I have gimp (poormans photoshop clone) Maybe I will try to add some color to my picture later.

hlc617

hlc617

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

P/

Thanks guys !

claw- I usually use Photoshop 7 or Open Canvas 3. For this one I did the painting parts in OC and put the texture and text on in PS.

I have a photoshop tutorial-- at least one to get the coloring started.

StarrTheInsane

StarrTheInsane

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

Stephenville, TX

D/W

Okay, here's what I've got.

Mistical miss

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

Zomg the details.... insane, her neck is really long though..

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

duuuuude....im LOVING your guy's entries....hey mistical do you still need the back shot of my chars?

BTW.....im thinking of stretching the deadline about a week? tell me what you guys think?

Kayleen Ajzurion

Kayleen Ajzurion

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Me

Well, I have resigned myself to winning anywhere near the top 3 in this contest(there are so many pretty/great pieces >.<)
....but, I spent my free time doing a sketch for my piece, so I guess I'll just finish it anyways .

Btw Emikxone, this is what I meant with my earlier posts about "concept"

Here ya go:




A few notes:
- Yes those dragons are "supposed" to be Glint and Kuunavang in an undead state revived by the all-mighty necros :grin: (yes I know no necro can have neither as a minion but still)
- That stuff coming out of the male necro's mouth in the bottom is blood not drool >.<
- The top characters are purposely left sketched so they fade in more with the backgroud once the color kicks in....hopefully
- My glint proportions are all wrong but I tried doing her in that pose with the ones in game(ie front legs bigger hind ones smaller and a much large head/neck) and it wasn't really nice so I decided to modify her anatomy a bit
- I tried to give the male necro a more sadistic feeling like you said in your description and tried for a more cold/emotionless feel for the female one.

*sigh* only coloring left now >.< Oh such work, I must find time. *runs away to free up schedule*

Anyways, just an update on my current entry. Oh and Emikxone, if you don't feel this is what you'er looking for, I'm planning on making another entry which is more "traditional" if you want.

Kay

clawofcrimson

clawofcrimson

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Crimson Claw

W/

Starr your male necro is amazing. ^^

Mistical miss

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

Still need the backshot