The Great Challenge!

Challenge Tzu!






---------------------CHALLENGE HAS ENDED!---------------------





This might be the last week I get to spend of concentrated tablet slavery.
Therefore, I want to draw you the most epic, most detailed, and biggest work I've ever made which has me sweating blood for 24 hours or more.

There are two factors in this Challenge:

- inspiration
- gold

I will run this thread for 3 days only [ENDED], in which time you have to present me with a request which is either really inspiring, pays very well, or both.
It's a challenge to you, the customer, as well.

<(^.^<) ___ If your gold pouch is slouching, you better get your creativity in gear.
(>^.^)> ___ If gold is pouring out of your nose as we speak, be aware that a great idea is as shiny as platinum plates, to me.


SO!

Throw at me the wildest, most epic request you can possibly think of.
There are no rules, but a few guidelines:

* Doesn't have to be Guild Wars related.
* Please try to think epic in every way, not just amount of characters/creatures in the artwork.
* You don't have to have reference images, but I would prefer if you did.
* If you're in my commissions queue, you're free to put your commission here instead,
maybe spice it up a little to fit the theme.
* Please add a soundtrack to your request! Just for fun

Other than that, go bonkers!
Oh, and, uhm, don't worry Shala! XD I'm working on yours as we speak,
as a matter of fact; it was your commission which gave me the inspiration and confidence to do this! ^^

Quote: suggestions so far

Zodiac Meteor: [50k] "Day & Night"

Verene: Dark + Light + Pyreflies

Invertation: Dissidia battle

Chicken Of The Seas: [50-55k] Vira strangling Merc

Pansy Malfoy: GvG at Figo's

Nemesis Xero: Epic battle

Crucist Ovv; Monk + Tommy the panda

ajc2123: devona based on fanfic

Queens Of Art Alliance: queens of art

BlueXIV: [0k, but I might get beaten if I dont] facets of tzu

Fey: wow style angry dragon :3

Smilin'Assassin:Permadeath OR Smilin'Assassin:Final Party

Revelations: ele vs necro epic battle

thought I edited this already but... Blue pretty much put up what I was thinking, but better. :|

Save a spot

Saving my spot

a.k.a.... another auction thread, except this time awesomeness might be able to make up for a smaller budget.

Go go guys, good luck. And get ready for piles of money Tzu.... "XD"

notsaveaspot

btw, for those of you who dunno what my style looks like:





Except, you know, I hope to do better on this one! :P

and it will be in colours.

these two will, as well... soon ^^

EDIT: blue pointed it out.... alacrity does NOT have a crease under her left eye!! X''D
It's just a misbehaving strand of hair... I haven't fixed the hair since the first sketch, but I promise (smilin'assasssin) that it won't be there in the finished one! :P

D:

This post is reserved by Fabez, should he ever get off his lazy butt and think of something epic worthy of being drawn.

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueXIV

D:

Warning: My art rivals a 3 year old!

The 3 year old pic is what I want it to look like.

You think 50k can inspire you?

Damn bad attachments!

Characters

What I want it to look like.

You're too funny Tzu! Are you married? (uhm, ignore last question).
Keep up the good work, love your art!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tzu

btw, for those of you who dunno what my style looks like:

-snippy-

-snip-

Except, you know, I hope to do better on this one! :P

and it will be in colours.

these two will, as well... soon ^^

EDIT: blue pointed it out.... alacrity does NOT have a crease under her left eye!! X''D
It's just a misbehaving strand of hair... I haven't fixed the hair since the first sketch, but I promise (smilin'assasssin) that it won't be there in the finished one! :P You better put those on DA when you're done with them...I'm so itching to favorite them. They look great, you've improved so much that I can't really tell its you who drew them! I mean that in a good way of course.

I'll probably post a little something something later, tired and hot after college. =P

Quote: Originally Posted by Chicken of the Seas

It's that the joke video of the rainbow phoenix and bone dragon making love?

Bristlebane: lol, thanks XD


Quote: Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor

Oh, here is a song.

Edit: For a depressing mood that can light you up
This!!!!!

For action and fun
Youtube video, awesome singing.

Can't upload music file, oh well

Quote: Originally Posted by Tzu Bristlebane: lol, thanks XD

that's a really neat idea! ^.^
I've always been a sucker for the "world fusion" concept.

I hate the game, but I get a little weak in the knees when I see this poster:

I'm also such a girl for Pyreflies, and the whole FFX world concept... >.<'''
so there's inspiration for you guys who don't have any idea what to do yet. :P

(cue Verene posts an idea pretty much identical to the Tidus poster (she knows what I'm talking about)... mmm wet men... 8} PYREFLIIIIIIES

I have a picture of my friend and I dressed up as Yuna and Lenne, doing that pose, and another friend of mine Photoshopped us onto the background. IT IS AWESOME.

And bahahahaha. I would but I don't have any male characters for you to draw

Anyway! Saving a spot here. I have an idea in mind, but I want to see if I can get some reference images for you.

Okay, so. This is going to be non-GW in nature, and I think it'll be pretty epic, but it's also fairly personal. It's my Star Wars RP character, Rianna, the one that I described in Araiia's giveaway thread. I kind of want to do something with the duality of her nature - her dominant evil side vs. her (not quite entirely gone but very deeply hidden) good side.

As far as the pose goes - there are several ideas I have in mind. The first is the classic Yuna/Lenne poster pose that you posted and that I adore. Or perhaps something like this, or one of these, or this one...you get the idea.

For evil!Rianna, I shall go ahead and grab the description I put in Araiia's thread:

Quote:

She's tall, very skinny, and very fair-skinned with some freckles across her nose. She has long wavy red hair that is normally pulled into a loose braid, and almond-shaped eyes that are an icy blue color. She normally wears tight-clad brown pants, a sleeveless black top, knee-high black boots, and a red cloak. She is very temperamental and easily angered, and extremely violent (though these days she uses her anger to hide the fact that she is deeply frightened by many things). She's a bit of a psychopath and is rather mentally unstable, though she's starting to realize what a nutcase she really is. Then for non-evil!Rianna: Quote: Physically, she is the same (obviously), though her hair is worn cut to about chin-length, and is rather unruly and curly. She wears standard Jedi robes that are dark brown in color. She is very stubborn and has a quick temper, though she tries to keep it under control as best as she can. She does not work well with others, though, and prefers to work alone as much as possible. She is prone to worrying about things and frequently does not believe in her own abilities. As far as the background goes...go nuts. If pyreflies make an appearance, I will not complain My idea is that there should be a definite distinction between dark and light between the two halves of the picture, that non-evil!Rianna should be more towards the back of the two, and that she should appear slightly faded or ghost-like. Music: There is of course, Rianna's playlist which I am prone to listening to while RPing her. http://www.playlist.com/playlist/14602357771 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noIdhI4iBnU This is good for her descent into madness (which I am currently RPing through, it's going to be so horrible and heartbreaking but so amazing) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmA2v5eEfg And then this, for the sort of conflicts between her two selves. Basically the idea is that while her dark side may have always been present and it was only a matter of time before she gave into it, her good side has not completely been destroyed and still lurks back there, somewhere. Phew! That's a heck of a request. Hopefully it attracts your interest

I'll say simply enough--a series of works focusing on a grand battle. Different angles, characters, views, all of the same event.
Dissidia Style

Quote: Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor It's that the joke video of the rainbow phoenix and bone dragon making love? Why yes it is! It was a lot funnier with the music though...stupid youtube copyright crap.

I'll just copy paste some bits of what I put in UraLoo's commission, since pretty much I only want one art work done like this, but by whomever wishes to do it first =P

Character: Vira the Dark (necro) and Mercenary Guardian (paragon)
SC Reference Pictures:
Vira -
I'd also like this scar pattern on her face- http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6508/headshotvira.jpg
I know that the norn armor has extremely difficult details (well, it seems like it to me anyway) =P So if you'd prefer another armor, use this one http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7025/asuravira.jpg

Merc-

In case you'd also like wings on him, here's some screens of them:

Eyes: Vira's eyes are white or palish, like a blind person's (because of the scar pattern). Merc's are blue.

Pose: Well it was really really hard to find a pose sortof minicing what I want but the closest I got was this: http://m3-productions.deviantart.com...le-02-21718589 Kinda like this pose, vira would be the big guy and merc would be the girl getting strangled. Obviously she wouldn't be able to lift him off the ground though since he's a pretty heavy paragon.

However that's extremely lose guidelines. As long as Vira is strangling or choking merc in someway, I'll be happy with it =P.

Mood: Vira should look like she's enjoying doing the strangling, or completely evil, or both. Merc should look like he's in pain.

The paragon looks kinda like Tidus except with white hair, and he's pretty hot compared to the person who actually plays him (oh noes I hope he doesn't read this post, if he does I was jk!)

Oh, and a good song is No Heaven by DJ Champion

I'm willing to spend around 50-55k I suppose!

wow Tzu, that looks awesome

epic commission is EPIC