15 Jun 2010 at 21:57 - 205
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Work harder G.! You got about 35 more hours or something. The submitting ends when its the 16th every where on the world. Still got to find out when that is in my local time
My maths is a little dodgey but I think that would be midday on the 16th (whereever you are  ). Though that could be totaly off hehe...
Almost done at least... one final WiK before I put up the final draft:
Think I'm going to remove the globe in the centre - too distracting.
15 Jun 2010 at 22:03 - 206
Wow G, that's looking REALLY REALLY GOOD! I love the dragon idea. The rendering on the guy on the left looks amazing and the background. I assume you're still gonna work on rending the guy on the right and the dragon. Can't wait for the finished piece.
this is how far I got to last night. Still got some fixes to do such as her arm, hand. I'll finish it tonight
15 Jun 2010 at 22:09 - 207
That dragon is really cool G! (lol so funny calling you G.  ) Really good. Gogo finish last bits
Looking nice Ravenhawk, would make her lips a bit wider though, she looks like she ate a sour prume And whats the think on the back? is it a mask?
15 Jun 2010 at 22:33 - 208
I like her lips - She looks like she's concentrating on something... or someone.
I love the hair...I must have taken ages to get it that perfect.
16 Jun 2010 at 02:05 - 209
Not even close to what I was aiming for - But I need sleep and by the time I wake up the deadline will be over (I think)...soooo:
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IWANTTOENTER! D:
Artist Name: G (it seems to have stuck around here )
Artworks Name:The honoured guest
The bridge and sunn's right arm are a bit 11th hour.. I can still see me touching it up for days to come aswell
It turned out waaay different from my original vision - But I'm not too disappointed with the final piece.
Also thanks to you guys I learnt a lot - So a big cheers to you all for putting up with my constant spamming of this thread
I think its safe to say scenery is more my caliber than people though hehe.
Next time I'll pay more attention to these things so I have more time in advance
and now...it's 3am...zzzz
16 Jun 2010 at 02:23 - 210
Wow, I love that bridge Mr G!
Guess it's my turn:
IWANTTOENTER! D:
Artist Name: Ravenhawk, character by Omens
Artworks Name: Canthan Nights
Artist's Notes:
As soon as it was Omens' turn to get a commission, I immediately realized that theme he requested fits the Canthan Workshop contest:
If I remember it correctly, Omens wanted something "Action-y and has a Canthan/Asian feel".
Since I started my commissions thread, I knew that anatomy, action poses, foreshortening and backgrounds are my main weaknesses. I can't say I am good at any of those right now but I am still working on it. Those are pretty much what I wanted to achieve in this piece. Although the pose was more subdued/stealthy than action-y, the angle and overall anatomy really challenged me (In fact, I still see stuff that I need to fix but the deadline is already passed so I will not update that entry lol, just the one that I send to omens later).
I also tried drawing the background this time instead of using custom brushes or screenshots. I used photoshop's blur tool to emphasize the foreground from the background and try to denote depth and distance. I always like dramatic lightings and it's also one of the things I enjoyed doing the most while doing this piece.
Special thanks to Omens for letting me use his badass ritualist  I really had a lot of fun and thank you for the opportunity to join in this contest.
16 Jun 2010 at 06:33 - 211
Very nice submissions...looks like the judges will have a hard time deciding. the celestial dragon looks great, like a screencap of guildwars the animated series (but not in a bad way) The rit/assa too, the lighting and color composition is well done..gj =D
16 Jun 2010 at 08:46 - 212
Okido Good entries everyone! Now its the judges turn to decide who wins what They won't have it easy. So please wish our judges all the best!
-Submitting is now no longer available (at least that is if its the 16th everywhere on the world, gogo check timezones)-
16 Jun 2010 at 10:45 - 213
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Originally Posted by Benderama
howdy hoo all ^^ sorry this is a post about those pieces of art mentioned on the first page.
you know the dragon in "the dragon and his lady"(?) how do you get the lighting effects and the textures of the scale on the underside of the dragon  ? are you guys using a specific art program? (since all i can actually afford is PSelements 8), i don't have a scanner or graphics tablet yet so i haven't been drawing solely from that program.
srry, i saw this just now :***
anyway, i've used photoshop cs3 (you can see with what program is picture edited if you right click it > properties)
and for the textures, its basically what Tommy said, although i often use brushes with applied texture on them, i like it that way because its more customizable (i hate when "transform wrap" messes up my texture >_<). For dragon scales, i used combined custom brush and pattern and some other tiny settings. You can probably do that with pse, but im not sure, you can always download trial version of both programs, and see what function you'll have. Or you can try some free programs, Gimp or something like that.
Oooooooh and i see more finished entries, yaaay ^^ too bad there's just a few  (( but still yaaay ^^
p.s. Tommy, you forgot to add Lili's entry in OP 
16 Jun 2010 at 10:59 - 214
*Ashamed!* Sorry Lili, adding you as we speak. Thnx for pointing it out Magik!
16 Jun 2010 at 11:05 - 215
Yay I hate funny internet
16 Jun 2010 at 11:11 - 216
Want to spam you with more posts
16 Jun 2010 at 17:28 - 217
Good luck to everyone. I had fun participating.
I also added an additional description to my entry, more like personal notes/thoughts on the entire process of creating my artwork.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/c...52#post5175352
17 Jun 2010 at 00:51 - 218
Very, very nice entries everyone. This is definitely going to be hard to judge, I know I couldn't pick my favourites. Good luck!
19 Jun 2010 at 20:04 - 219
So when are we going to hear who won? It's been days...... (I know it will be difficult all such wonderful entries)
21 Jun 2010 at 13:00 - 221
hehe, well it is a tough call, I guess you have to give them some time.
*waits patirntly - twiddling thumbs*
29 Jun 2010 at 09:51 - 222
Thnx to Alacrity we have another prize catagory, The Growth Reward
Also she donated even more gifts of the traveler for the party!
Wait.. Party?! Yes Party!
Ok so last time we hosted a party after the winners were announced and I think I speak for everyone when I say that was alot of fun. We played all sorts of games and there were even more great prizes to win. Therefor there should really be a celebration this time again! But... I'm going on vacation coming sunday, so I will not be able to host this party if you all would like it to happen anytime soon. If I return from vacation I would be more then willing to do so.
Therefor I want to ask you? Would you prefer the party like this weekend, a week after that, or can it wait till I've returned? In case you want it quicker I leave it to the comunity to pick someone from the crowd to arrange it. Please let us hear your opinion about this
Lastly I adjusted the prizes a bit. I'm afraid I will not receive the donation of YSJ as he seems to have left these forums. A new prize catagory and the First 3 prizes are equalized a bit, because everyone did so great! Thankyou all!
29 Jun 2010 at 13:45 - 223
I would not be able to make it this weekend. 12 chars to get through Dragon Festival quests! Some time after would be better, need to recover. ;-)
29 Jun 2010 at 14:12 - 224
I don't mind waiting for you to get back at all Tommy. You HAVE to be there
Out of curiosity, when are you coming back?
29 Jun 2010 at 16:55 - 226
I wouldn't be able to come this saturday, I'm going out.
02 Jul 2010 at 13:25 - 227
Ok everyone, I got the results back from the people that were kind enough to do the judging for me I think they had a tough job and did very well on it. I hope you agree with them, and if not then.. well.. then nothing. Here are the results!
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Best Artist Award
The Best Artist Award is given to the artist(s) who have listened intently to critique, mastered the art of Personal Growth, made long leaps to better his/her piece, and had according to the judges the nicest artwork.
1rst Place Best Artist -Charlie Dayman with ''Confrontation at the Skyway''
2nd Place Best Artist - Mr. G with ''The honoured guest''
3rd Place Best Artist - Tommy's with ''Birth of a Dragon''
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