Halloween Workshop [>2000k prize pot]

@ Obastable: Yay! Another lit entry Represent! I like how you're using the wordpress blog for your WiP. I hadn't been sure where to put my stuff, but I think I'll go check out that site to see if I can get one going for myself So far, your story is looking interesting… I think there's just something about Rits that just fit with Halloween, huh?

@ Tommy: I love that pumpkin The candy corn guards really came out well. Are you going to keep the sharper lines on the guard coloring? It really gives them character although smoother would match the pumpkin style. I really like the difference though!

@ Minami: Loving the background! I think Death By An Arrow hit it on the mark when he said the armor looks kinda flat but I think it's because of the absolute gorgeousness and detail of the face. But, if you can make a 3D face look like that, I can't wait to see the final armor!

@ Silverfire: Her armor is very pretty

@ KiyaKoreena: Your costume is really turning out well! It's going to look so cool when you're done!

Minami, I knew you weren't done with the armor, I was just pointing out that I'm really looking forward to the final armor look after seeing the level of detail you did with the face!

ogodthisthreadisspeedingup D':

I can't keep up ,___,~

oh yeah...

lol, omg Marshmallow, I LOVE how you drew Thackeray and the eyes just completely sealed the deal on his cuteness!!

I like your background. What is it that's peeking over the roof?

Marshmellow: I really, really like your's so far. It's hilarious
i like thackery's pumpkin and the clouds the best
Keep it up ^^

Death by an Arrow, I like your sketch! I think it's a fun idea Can't wait to see the progress ^_^

Silverfire, the sky changing made the pic look better. Good job!

Thistle, Such a cute doggy! ^_^ I hope you can make him sit through the costume making and photo session, it's a very cute idea!

Marshy: OMG cuteness overload again! *flops* More more!!! I like the rock too, don't see anything wrong with it.

My progress:
Ok, did many smaller things today, and a big one.
Made the hair a bit more unruly, and the bottom of the bangs a little more "torn". I'll try and work some more on it, it doesn't show so good on this small pic I link here. (Original size is 4500x3730)
Added ambient color on the skin and lightened it a bit too. Added a bluish hue to the lips, so it seems more necromancer-y.
Did the black part of the armor and added ambient color to it.
Lifted the bust a bit, since it's a harder armor.
Started blocking in the armor's green metallic color. It's only a very rough version, lots of blending to follow, and will also fix the green line edges to be smooth (before I blend of course). Right now I didn't pay too much attention to the smoothness of the lines yet.
Also change the perspective of the armor, the other one didn't sit quite right. Liquify tool FTW...
Added the Vabbian scar to her face too, textured and shaded it.
I haven't done the mouth corner lift yet, I'll do that once all the skin layers are merged. I have about 5-6 skin layers now, some at different opacities and settings, it would be a paint to try and do the exact same lift on every layer
I think that's it... Difficult to keep up with all the changes I do, cuz it seems like I like to work on different things every 10 minutes D:

Workflow goes something like this:
Color blocking the black of the armor -> gone to draw the scar -> outline the green armor parts -> back to the black part, blend some -> work on the scar -> fix something in the background -> block in green colors -> blend black -> create the green color palette -> put ambient color on the skin..... etc etc... I have so many layers.... *sigh*

EDIT: I hate jpg compression artifacts in pictures V_V

Ok, here it is...

Yeah, there's way too much going on in this thread for me to keep up with. I'll try to comment tomorrow.

More wippee.

Omg I love the expression of this new girl. Cool how they both look so unique. Tbh I would leave it so light, it looks quite natural, more then the lightning on the other (but perhabs upcoming ambient lights will change that^^) And she looks like someone I know in real life .

Gah, I NEED to stop looking at Charlies piece just before I go to bed. >_<

Hello, I don't think any of you know me. I noticed this thread last year just after the contest, so I thought I might as well join you this year!

I always try to come up with virtual originality in my entries, I won a honorable mention with it last year (click to see entry).

I hope it's still possible to enter for this though?

Name: Sephios
Art Form: illustration
Idea: undecided
Progress Gallery: none yet
Real Life Prizes: [_]
Official Contest: [X]
Workshop Awards: [X]

Added new artists to the list!
Darcy's 100k donation was split between Most Amusing and Pure Evil, the dyes went to Most Original (black) and Muse (white)!
A notable donation from Kiya was split as follows: 1st Place Best Progress (Everlasting Macabre Tonic), 2nd Place BP (250 Mysterious Summoning Stones), 3rd Place BP (200 Mercantile Summoning Stones), Guru Halloween Artist Extraordinaire (Demonic Aegis Of Fortitude)

Charlie, your work looks absolutely fantastic so far. Bonechilling awesomeness. <3

Kiya, I really like your MK costume progress! The difference in textures shows an eye for detail I wish more cosplayers had, it makes a big impact on the final outcome. This costume will be so epic!

Loving the amount of Literature artists we have so far too! I like your progress so far Xandra! You can submit your final story whichever way you want; via PM or e-mail to me, post it here in spoiler-tags, put it up on a fanfiction site, Wordpress, Blogspot or Deviantart. I would personally reccomend Wordpress because you can post your progress as different blog entries, and you can give the story a fitting backdrop to create a good reading atmosphere.

Okay I have been in lurk mode in this thread for awhile now, drooling over all your progress! So glad to see new faces as well!

I am done with my piece but would work on some improvements today (I had a friend in DA look at it initially because I felt like something was lacking and couldn't pinpoint it. She got it spot on lol)

Then I will probably post it here for further critique

Alright, today I threw in some base colours. I made Mad King a little darker than the other pumpkins to make him stand out more. What do you guys think? Good idea/bad idea?


Heres the direct link if the image doesn't work again.

So deviantART image posting doesnt work... is there a reason for it? I might upload them to imageshack or photobucket to post them here if the link is inconvenient.

Stouda, darn great if you ask me. I like that comic book style, and the hellhound is simply amazing. My opinion for the "right" (our left) rear leg would be as close to the right front leg as possible without touching - as the left rear leg is far back and the left front leg is most probably going to stretch forth a little. Or however you have planned it, but I think that as the legs on the hound's left are far from each other, the right side ones should be close to each other in the picture.

Thistle Xandra, did I understand correctly that you're making a dog costume like this one?


If yes, then I'm quite excited to see the outcome

Looking good, keep up the good work, fellas

/E: Tzu, my name is not on the list My parttaking info is on the second page and my progress gallery is here. Thanks

Woot.. its done (well, atleast stage 1, will try to progress it to stage 2 if have time)

I will go for the orginality... since I cann't compete against all the other amazing artist here




Name: Actionjack
Art Form: digital media
Idea: old school
Progress Gallery: none yet
Real Life Prizes: [X]
Official Contest: [X]
Workshop Awards: [X]