[Workshop] Guild Wars Halloween

@Morag: Again, really liking the vector art. That crystal effect is pretty neat too. Nice choice of dark to light colors for some contrast.

@Qing: Big improvement on the stance and outfit in the second sketch. Definitely looks and feels more like a costume. I think the current laces on the blouse work well with it. As for the bottom of the skirt, maybe some type of frill or lace design? Don't want to make it overly intricate - it's looking like it has a nice balance between elegance and simplicity.

Nice progress guys, your pieces are coming along nicely!

Woops. Totally should have looked for a ref of zhaitan before drawing him. Realized after rendering him that I made some kind of weird mecha dragon that looks nothing like him. LOL.

OH WELLZ.



Yeah, haven't worked on the bottom half yet. But lols.

@ Qing - I like this version much more than the first one, looking really neat! I like the boots as they are, not everything has to be overcomplicated with details. Perhaps some fishnet-type lace would help the skirt in places, but I'm not sure

@ Charlie - thanks! I wanted to try this approach to ... painting?? well it's not drawing either, but I think it looks cool xD

@ Blue - looking awesome, me likes mecha dragonz colours are coming on really nicely, love the contrast between the blue and red, and the moon is awesome xD


well, I got some more progress:

http://i33.tinypic.com/2zrqoso.jpg


totally unsure what to do with the bottom bit underneath the body... I feel it should be darker but then I don't want to just block it out... on the other hand I'm trying no to overload it too much - any suggestions?

Morag: Love the vector art! The purple glowy bits look so cool

Quing: I'd go with the last phrase, it's the funniest of the 3. ^_^ As for Gui's dress, I agree with Charlie, it shouldn't be overcomplicated, just add some frills/lace on the edge of the skirt, and maybe a bit on the head of the boots.
She's gonna look so cute!

Blue: LOL you cracked me up with your post, but I feel bad for you still.
However, I don't think making Zhaitan a bit mecha is a problem, in fact, I think he looks very cool Plus, you can only really see it on his chest.


I added the trick-or-treat bags and some candy corn to my picture. Only the post work and drawing is left now, the 3D part is done.

Right, I believe I've finished


(clicky for hueg version)


I wanted to get away from the general pumpkin-nes of Halloween and go with my margo theme so here's a Word of Madness having some fun, while the evil moon is watching in amusement


Changed the effects a bit in the final version, added some details and gave the guy a slightly more evil eye ; more tentacles too, solved my background problem. as previously said, the creature is a cross between concept and ingame art - the ingame face is too fugly to replicate xD references from wiki - concept art and ing

hope you enjoy

Okay then, sounds like she's getting some lace on that skirt! Now I just have to draw the darn thing. Hopefully I can get most of it done tomorrow and just polish on Tuesday. The hardest part will be getting her pose right, since her whole body is going to be bending to her left and I don't want her to look like she's going to topple over. Getting the piece balanced with Ebia and Jenna in the background may prove tough, too. I still can't decide how chibi they are going to be - I want them to be small and a little chibi but still in the main style of the piece. And thanks Minami, I think I am going to go with that quote.

@Blue: Who cares if your Zhaitan doesn't look like the official one? They are going to be so blinded by his epicness they won't notice.

@Minami: Ooh, candycandycandy! Looks very nice. My only comment is that the lighting of the bags seems a tad off, but I can't place how. What is the drawing part going to be? *curious*

@Morag D: AAAAH, Tentacle Monster! Haha. Really looks good, though. I didn't think it would really turn out very Halloween but it actually really fits. Super cool style too.

@ Morag That looks really neat. :-) For some reason it reminds me of trading cards and I start thinking of little stats at the bottom.

@ Minami Are the upper trick or treat bags supposed to be behind her? I think some variation on the brightness would help with distance. It looks so cool, I wish I knew how to do that kind of work.

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Started taking pictures today, going to take a whole mess and decide which I like best. Here is a test pic.

My computer nommed my freaking story >.< and of course I forgot to put it on my flash drive. Because I'm a genius like that.

I get to babysit today (oh joy) so I'll be reworking that as best I can.

Morag, that is awesome. Creepy, but awesome :P

And wooo, mecha dragon!

Quing & Kiya: Every bag has it's own point light in it, to make it light up like the bags in-game. The program calculates the light's distance from the render camera and renders it into the picture. I could try and lessen the light's intensity in the hind bags and see what that looks like. And yes, the top bags should be behind her.
As for post work drawing, I'm gonna make the pic look all "summony". Whoosh lines for the bags and candy, and smoke.

Kiya: That just looks SO damn awesome! ^_^ I wish I saw that in our neighborhood, I'd be like WOOOT!

Morag: Wow, your finished pic looks fabulous! Such a nice and unique form of art, very cool! ^_^

Oh my this all looks so incredibly good!
It makes me pink and fluffy inside to see so many people giving it their all, in both skill and originality, this halloween.

Meanwhile, I'm sick -_- I think I might be able to get better by tomorrow, if I take it easy, and so rescue the project in time.
I was getting stroppy with the strappies the day before yesterday, so I have made progress at least. So many details @.@ But it is what I wanted to do, so I better get through it with a half-hearted smile at least.

aww get better soon Tzu!
*Eryn Shadowbane is using Chocolate Mantra of Mending on Tzunedaine Fouil*
everybody seems to get ill around this time of the year... Fresher's flu >.<

great job everyone! I hope we're all entering the official contest - I wouldn't mind some assessment & feedback on the Halloween-ness of my piece in the light of all you experts

Morag D: it's missing some pumpkins ;P (not sure what the purple bit is on the moon?)

KiyaKoreena: what about putting the asura and golem in a more "active" situation, e.g., building some kind of pumpkin-based construction (like the funny ones the asura do)

BlueXIV: love your pic, what about making the Mad King "glow"? or have some kind of ghostly trail (or trail of ghosts)? Maybe increase the size of the columns in front of Mad King so make Zhaitan more impressive.

Really great art here, it's a very high level of artwork. I probably won't be able to submit anything due to the swine flu putting me back 2 weeks in my agenda :/ Good luck everyone, still 3+ days to go!

I'm redoing the pictures either today or tomorrow, depending when my husband can sneak out of work. It was so breezy yesterday it kept knocking things over and none of the shots were quite what I wanted.
And its too green out there! lol
Another test pic:

kiya hw bout the asura pointing its finger in a commanding way sort of like in the gw2 trailer and the golems moving that way, make sure the asura is taller than the golems for effect .
blue i hate you you are soo dam good
Morag the styles nice but needs to be more halloweeney

Holy crap kiya, how many did you make XDD

Mwahaha, I have one of those moas. That's a lot of golems, I had no idea you were making more than one =P I wanna see some night time shots too!

Seeing i just realised this, it is only 1 more day for all your creativity to come to one piece ... as i only just discovered this thread, i will share my work sofar ...

First off, i wanted to do something along the lines of the trailer, since that was the biggest news about GW all year, GW2 ! ... now seeing the rules state it has to be captured as a picture and my movie editing skills are very small (also lacked good software to make a trailer) ... i stalled this idea for a bit, but only for it to keep going around in my head ... So, i thought, if i cant make a trailer why not make a storyboard/comic sort of thing that convey's the same message ...

First thing i did was watch the trailer a couple of times, to catch all the spoken text, which i then converted into a halloween styled tekst along the same lines ...

Quote: Tyria, Halloween

Pumpkins have always been here
Growning deep within the earth, beneath a tree
Waiting for the time to rise...

1 year ago, this pumpkin was just a seedling growing into a plant
It became a king who's name was written in the legends of Tyria
A King known as, Mad King Thorn

His candy army rose from the land, hungry for games and party
Our ancesters played all through the night
But Mad Kings Thorn's power was to great..

We have learned from those defeats
We learned that a single emote has no need to proceed
The emotes must be preceded by "Mad King Thorn says.."
So refuse to be knocked down..

Hero's come together in capitals
Discovering these games
New trick or treat bags, with presents or coal

It is time for legends to become real
...
...
Now! is the time, claim your mask
Win your bags.. So now i have the basic outline of my tekst, to be used in my story board, it then became a thing of converting this into pictures to go along with the tekst.. and ofcourse shave the tekst there where needed, depending on the availability of picture material, and my photoshop skills...

First i typed all the text and found a decent font for it, then i started to take screenshots ingame to (show off the quality of the GW1 engine, and) go with the lines i made sofar, to then use photoshop to merge these screens and pictures i found into images to go with the tekst ...

Here is where i stand sofar:


Then work stalled as i ponder the situation for the next picture, i found the perfect picture online, but its not a picture (/screenshot) i made myself, so i pondered about this: 'should i use this picture from some-one else, does it have any copyrights or do these copyright belong to Anet anyways, seeing it is a screenshot, does my work become less original when i use a picture not of myself, which i cant change to much as it is perfect for the line';

Ofcourse i have allready used pieces of screenshots of others to make the pictures sofar, but these were mere elements of the total picture, not a whole picture ... but i ponder to long i realise, as now i only have 1 evening and 1 day left ... so i probably will end up using it as well, there is hardly anytime to think of a way around this ... then a sigh of releave as i google for it again, it is a screen on the wiki, so i feel less worried about using it now, as i personally view this as a community share page, which means if one shares it, i can use it

Sooo, i will be busy tonight and tomorrow, and with me i think loads of others, hang in there, dont cut to many corners, enjoy your work and keep the deadline in mind ... Goodluck !!

I just made one golem. Oh how I love tripods, timers, and photoshop. I'll try and get some good evening/night time shots too tonight.

From yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i8VDF7BL6Q

I think I am done.


Between focusing on it too long while editing and the Neo-Citran my brain is going a bit wonky. Can anyone see any cords or chair bits that I have missed? Anything look horribly wrong that I should correct?

Nope, s'far's I can tell everything is just great. That is soooooo adorable. I still want to know why ANet has not yet hired you to make their merchandise.

I know I've been complaining about how 2d art never wins, but I won't be at all unhappy if this wins.