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SAMURAI ARTBOOK PREORDERS OPEN!

Fri May 17, 2013, 8:57 AM

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· WHAT
Samurai is a full-color artbook containing the works of seven artists from all around the world. Within the 74 pages of Samurai you'll find artworks of diverse nature, topic and techniques with just one thing in common: male beauty appreciation.

Artists: Akira Atsushi, AMSBT, Boomer, ElephantWendigo, Noiry, Psydrevo & Skoptsy

:iconakira-666: :iconamsbt: :iconboomerr: :iconelephantwendigo: :iconnoiry: :iconpsydrevo: :iconskopt:


· HOW

You can pre-order your copy now and until 30th of JuneFill this form, then send your payment to no.rest.for.the.pure@gmail.com
All pre-orders will come with a set of pins and an exclusive postcard.


· PRICE

15


· SHIPPING

Ordinary mail
- Europe: 7€ ($9)
- Worldwide: 10€ ($14)

Registered mail
- Europe: 9€ ($11)
- Worldwide: 15€ ($19)

Give yourself a treat and rejoice with this collection of astounding men!


*****


Finally guys! After 1 year and a half of hard work this book is ready to print. 

I'm so excited! It's my first publication as main artist ever. 

Also I want to thank you :iconboomerr: because she is the best sweetheart ever, always available and not to mention she is the co-organizer of this awesome project (I'm the organizer in fact and I really proud of myself so I won't hide this time :iconhurrplz:).


I want to thank :iconakira-666: for all the informations and the help when needed. I discovered a really kind person. I had no idea she was adorable like this.


And now, :iconnoiry: because she saved my life and had so many awesome ideas like the pins and she made the postcard artwork. Not to mention she was always around when I needed the help, she discovered the site what will print the book, she fixed my InDesign template, she was always kind with me and my sillyness. SHE.IS.AWESOME.


Also I want to thank :iconamsbt: :iconskopt: and :iconpsydrevo: for the beautiful art!


Now I want to thank myself as well because I had this idea, to have the courage to ask my favourite artists to make this book together, and it was hard but we MADE IT, I made the graphic and created the digital version of the book, and I will ship all the orders *dies*. 


I really hope you will like the results!




FAQ: from notes and tumblr

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 4:12 PM

about MY ART AND CHARACTERS


Q: Which SAI brushes do you use?
A: My SAI brushes are custom. I created many by myself: [link]
I also have my own settings. Many are also from =DarlingMionette's gallery.
 

Q: What would you think if someone wanted to Cosplay/Draw as one of your characters? 
A: I would LOVE it!

Q: I thought you got someone to flat CyberSteel for you.
A: Yes, but this person is actually busy with school.

Q: What size (in pixels) do you normally start you drawings in photoshop(or sai)?
A: I normally use A4 (2480x3507px), 300dpi resolution. 

Q: Could you tell me about a character I've seen you draw a few times called Nuvat?
A: Oh Nuv were a punk guy when he was a human. Actually he’s a god. He didn’t really liked this involuntary transformation so that’s why he always tries to kill himself in the most brutal ways, but of course a god can not die (he can rigenerate his body parts too).
He hates humans because of this reasons: he’s jealous of their mortality, sadistic with others and masochistic with himself, he has also forgotten the meaning of ‘morality’. 

Q: Just curious, what would happen is Stefan and Nuvat met?
A: I think Nuv would annoy Stefan with his silliness and Stefan would try to kill him, but Nuvat can’t die. At that point I think Nuv would destroy him. Another option, since they’re both ‘evil’, would be…Stef will be chosen from Nuv as his medium so he could use him to kill people and reach his purposes. °^°

Q: How long does it take you to finish an artwork?
A: Between 4 and 8 hours for a normal drawing. From 6 to 12 for a painting. 


ABOUT commissions


Q: Do you take commissions? Will you take them in the future?
A: Not at the moment. I won't take them for a long time. 


ABOUT COllaboration & trades


Q: Are you up for collaboration or trades?
A: No, I'm really sorry. Unless you're on of my favourite artist and I have time for that.


ABOUT your characters and art


Q: Could you please draw my character? I can't draw. I have a description on my journal. 
A. NO. I don't draw for free. I do kiribans and gifts sometimes but I don't accept random requests.

Q: Do you enjoy/appreciate seeing artwork that your own creations have inspired other people to do?
A. Yes. Show me by note. :)

Q: Do you have any tips for an aspiring artist?
A: Practice a lot. Look around. Never stop. Use references. Don’t be lazy.


ABOUT deviantart


Q: I saw you made an auction. How those things work?
A: First you should offer something. 
Write a journal with a reference of the type of work you want to offer, better if it's a thumbnail. 
In the same journal add a base price to the work, written in bold under your picture (I used 5 USD). 
Set a overbid price (I suggest you to use 5USD), so people could just raise the biddings using this amount (1USD would be too short). 
Write the deadline (made it clear, using the Time Zone Converter). 
Specify the number of slots available, the payment methods accepted, the commission informations (what will the winner get?)...

Unser all the infos you should write a message like "Comment on this Journal for taking part in the Auction." and below
"Your comment MUST be formulated in this way: 

5$ + 5$ = 10$"


Then just below:
"If you want to raise another user biddings, you must add 5$ to their offer, like this:

USER1 comments:

5$ + 5$ = 10$


USER2 comments:

10$ + 5$ = 15$"


You can see a sample of one of my closed auctions here: [link]




Send your questions to my tumblr or via note, if you have any. 




Livestreaming LIVE NOW!

Wed Apr 24, 2013, 12:25 PM
[link]
Me drawing live. Coloring :iconjak-the-drox: lines!


My Livestream Playlist

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 12:38 PM
Because some people keep asking so I converted my 'Metal/Rock' playlist into text. 
The songs are divided by artist in alphabetical order. It took me more than one hour I'm gonna kill youuuuu! D8
Also I saw on gig: Amon Amarth, As I lay dying, Backyard Babies, Children of Bodom, Danzig, Eluveitie, Finntroll, HIM, Killswitch Engage, Korpiklaani, London After Midnight, Marilyn Manson, Misfits, Rammstein, Slipknot, System of a Down, 69 Eyes, Volbeat

30 second to Mars - The kill
Aerosmith - I don't want to miss a thing
Afterhours - Juda's blood
Afterhours - Ballad For My Little Hyena
Afterhours - White Widow
Agonoize - Die for Blood
Agonoize - To Paradise
Alice Cooper-Poison
Amon Amarth - Pursuit of vikings
Amon Amarth - Tattered Banners And Bloody Flags
Amon Amarth - Cry of the Black Birds
Amon Amarth - Prediction of Warfare
Amon Amarth - Valhalla Awaits Me
Amon Amarth - Runes to My Memory
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Apocalyptica - Bittersweet (feat. Ville & Lauri)
Apocalyptica feat. Nina Hagen - Seemann
Apocalyptica feat. Lauri Yloenen - Life Burns
As I lay dying - An ocean between us
As I Lay Dying - 94 hours
As I lay dying - Meaning in tragedy
As I lay dying - Nothing Left
As I lay dying - Reflection
As I lay dying - Through Struggle
Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
Blue Stahli - ULTRAnumb
Blue Stahli - Anti You
Blue Stahli - Kill me every time
Children of Bodom - Children of Decadence
Caliban - I will never let you down
Caliban - Let go
Caliban - Sick of running away
Cradle Of Filth -  Nymphetamine
Cradle of filth - Cthulhu Dawn
Danzig - Mother
Danzig - Twist Of Cain
Deathstars - Cyanide
Deathstars - No Light
Deathstars - Synthetic Generation
Deathstars - Semi-Automatic
Deathstars - New Dead Nation
Deathstars - Motherzone
Deathstars - The Rape
Deathstars - Damn Me
Dio - Don´t Talk To Strangers
Dir en Grey - Cage
Dir en Grey - Hotarubi
Dir en Grey - Red...[em]
Edoardo Bennato - L'Isola che non c'è
Eluveitie - Inis Mona
Ewan McGregor And Alessandro Safina - Your song
Ewan McGregor, Jose Feliciano And Jacek Koman - El Tango De Roxanne
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack - Nobuo Uematsu - Ending Theme
Finntroll - Eliytres
Finntroll - Svartberg
Finntroll - Trollhammaren
Finntroll - Skogens Hamnd
Finntroll - Nattfodd
Finntroll - Jaktens tid
Finntroll - Slaget Vid Blodsalv
Finntroll - Rivfader
Finntroll - Kitteldags
Placebo - Every you every me
Guano Apes - Open your eyes
Guns n' Roses - Don't cry
Guns n' Roses - Don't damn me
HIM - Buried Alive By Love
HIM - Soul On Fire
HIM - In Joy And Sorrow (acoustic)
HIM - The beginning of the end
HIM - Pretending
HIM - Gone with the sin
HIM - Rendezvous with anus
HIM - Join Me In Death
HIM - The Funeral Of Hearts
Incubus - Drive
Incubus - Megalomaniac 
Jace Everett - Bad Things
Joey Ramone - What A Wonderful World
Johnny Cash - Hurt (nine inch nails cover)
Judas Priest - All Guns Blazing
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Kill Bill - Volume 1 SOUNDTRACK - The flower of carnage - Meiko kaji
Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade
Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
Korn - Freak On A Leash
Korn - Make Me Bad
Korpiklaani - Wooden Pints
Korpiklaani - God Of Wind
Korpiklaani - Beer Beer
Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary
Linkin Park - In the end
Linkin Park - Pushing me away
London After Midnight - Spider And The Fly
London After Midnight - This Paradise
Manowar - Hail And Kill
Manowar - Fight For Freedom
Manowar - Heart Of Steel
Manowar - Swords in the wind
Marilyn Manson - A Place In The Dirt
Marilyn Manson - Minute Of Decay
Marilyn Manson - Target Audience
Marilyn Manson - The Nobodies
Marilyn Manson - If I Was Your Vampire
Marilyn Manson - Cake And Sodomy
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
Marilyn Manson - Evidence
Marilyn Manson - The Speed Of Pain
Marilyn Manson - New Model No.15
Marilyn Manson - Spade
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Marilyn Manson - Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-Zag
Marilyn Manson - Mutilation is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery
Metallica - The Unforgiven II
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Metallica - The Unforgiven
Misfits - Dig Up Her Bones
Misfits - Helena
Misfits - Last Caress
Muse - New Born
Muse - Apocalypse Please
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Muse - Hysteria
Muse - Plug In Baby
Muse - Muscle museum
My Chemical Romance - Helena
My Chemical Romance - To the end
My Chemical Romance - Vampires will never hurt you
My Chemical Romance - You know what they do to guys like us in prison
My Chemical Romance - Thank you for the venom
My Chemical Romance - I never told you what I do for a living
My Chemical romance - Demolition lovers
Nicole Kidman - One Day I'll Fly Away
Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away
Nightwish - Away
Nightwish - The Phantom Of The Opera
Nightwish - Nemo
Nine Inch Nails - Sin
Nine Inch Nails - Wish
Nine Inch Nails - the Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails - StarFuckers inc.
Nirvana - Come as you are
Nirvana - Smell like teen spirits
Nirvana - You know you're right
Oomph! - Auf kurs
Oomph! - Gott Ist Ein Popstar
Oomph! - Labyrinth
Oomph! - Das letzte Streichholz
Oomph feat. Marta Jandova - Träumst du
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
Pain - Shut Your Mouth
Piero Pelù - Io ci sarò
Placebo - The Bitter End
Placebo - Pure morning
Placebo - You don't care about us
Placebo - Meds (Feat. Vv Of The Kills)
Placebo - Post Blue
Prozac+ - Acida
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of
Rammstein - Tier
Rammstein - Morgenstern
Rammstein - Seeman 
Rammstein - Du Riechst So Gut
Rammstein - Keine lust
Rammstein - Ohne dich
Rammstein - Amour
Roadrunner United - The End
Roadrunner United - In the Fire
Roadrunner United - I don't wanna be a superhero
Roadrunner United - Army of the sun
Saves The Day - At Your Funeral
Sentenced - End of the Road
Slipknot - Wait And Bleed
Slipknot - The Blister Exists
Slipknot - Vermilion Pt. 2
Slipknot - Vermilion 
Slipknot - The Nameless
Sonata Arctica - Fullmoon
Sonata Arctica - Last Drop Falls 
Static X - The only 
Subsonica - Tutti i miei sbagli
Suburban Tribe - Frozen Ashes
System Of A Down - Spiders
System of a Down - Lonely day
System of a Down - Soldier Side
The 69 Eyes - Brandon Lee
The 69 Eyes - Wasting the Dawn
The 69 Eyes - Radical
The 69 Eyes - The chair 
The 69 Eyes - Hand Of God
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Distillers - Drain The Blood
The Distillers - The Hunger
The Sisters Of Mercy - Walk Away
Trivium - Rain
Trivium - Requiem
Trivium - Becoming the Dragon
Trivium - Kirisute Gomen
Trivium - Before The Morning Sun
Trivium - The End Of Everything
Trivium - Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr
Trivium - Down From The Sky
Trivium - The Calamity
Trivium - He Who Spawned The Furies
Trivium - Shogun
Trivium - Throes Of Perdition
Turmion Kätilöt - Irstauden ilosanoma
Turmion Kätilöt - Arise
Turmion Kätilöt - Shuttle To Venus
Turmion Kätilöt - Kirosana
Turmion Kätilöt - Pirun Nyrkki
Turmion Kätilöt - U.S.C.H !
Turmion Kätilöt - Teurastaja
Turmion Kätilöt - Verta ja lihaa
Turmion Kätilöt - Messu
Turmion Kätilöt - Härkä
Volbeat - The mirror and the ripper
Volbeat - Heaven nor Hell
Volbeat - Who they are
Volbeat - Fallen
Volbeat - 16 dollars
Zamfir - The Lonely Shepherd




For the ones who commented on my Bases...

Journal Entry: Thu Apr 4, 2013, 9:06 AM
...literally breaking my balls asking me why I decided to censor both female and male nipples.

Mine was an ideal choice, based on the fact female's nipples are considered nudity and male's are not.
People have started commenting me, trolling me, asking me 26783789437 time why the hell I censored the male ones, half of them just said nipples aren't nudity, so the result was I decided to leave the picture uncensored without the mature content tag.
Guys, seriously...there where just female nipples, neither real nudity (Okay, you may think it's nudity, I respect your opinion). Nothing more than that, but my deviation was reported for showing the supposed nudity.

What did you win? Next time I will unable comments. I'm serious.
I've had enough of the people on this site: they can be really rude and immature (5 years old children are more mature).
Not to mention the attention spammers gave to my picture and nasty comments about how crappy my anatomy is.
BTW now I'm showing the bases without the mature content filter because I added a bikini as censorship!



Also I'm recently receiving Spam notes and notes from people who want to be helped from me or want me to advertise their journal or something.
Since I'm not Jesus Christ (and believe me, in none of the possible ways), I'm telling you there's a forum for SHOWING YOUR ART OR THUMBNAILS with others, and also one for the HELP IN REAL LIFE.

So please, I'm a busy human at the moment and I would love to reply to other questions by note, but I WON'T reply to the 'HELP ME, SHARE THIS' stuff anymore.

Interview with *K-Koji

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 3:26 PM
Hey Pewdie by *K-Koji
'Hey Pewdie' by *K-Koji

Today I want to introduce you an artist who has won my recent 'Slice of life in Winter' contest: *K-Koji 
K-Koji has a semi-realistic style with a strong Japanese aesthetic, heavily influenced by video games.
I suggested a small questionnaire to K-Koji and I'm attaching it below. I hope you like this short trip.


Age: 
20's
Country: 
Japan/Canada. I moved to Canada 2 years ago but half my brain is still in Japan. 
What school did you go to?
Some art college. Though I hated it lol. Also, they never taught painting. 
Do you have other hobbies? 
Survival horror video games, traveling/culture, dogs, zombie apocalypse prepping. 
Any advice for other aspiring artists?
Always keep trying. I myself go through periods of self-doubt, 
or wonder if I should give it all up and go to school for something entirely different, 
but I also know it's important to push through that and never give up. 
It's possible to teach yourself how to paint/draw/programs if you really want to learn. 
I'm sort of walking proof of that. I didn't really start teaching myself until 2 years ago. 
I didn't know how to use Photoshop, or Painter, or even how to paint (digitally or other). 
The only thing I had ever done was traditional sketch. 
So if I can learn all this through self-study, I'm sure anyone can . 
Just takes perseverence, a lot of patience, and observation. Push through self-doubt. 
If you have to take a break for a few days because your frustrated, take the break. 
It can be difficult, but I usually come back and accomplish more than I thought if I could.
...that or marry someone really rich who let's you sit home and look pretty while you paint! 
That's my Plan B. :iconherotimeplz:

Sebastian Michaelis by *K-Koji GENESIS by *K-Koji

Artists who inspired you?
 I'm not sure of specific artists names, but being a huge game geek, these days I'm always inspired by art 
and design in videogames , I'm also inspired by writers/writing.
Favourite subjects in art?
 Apparently guys. I tend to enjoy painting the more interesting ones though, 
like visual kei/punk/demon/dark style. 
I also like zombies and yaoi (preferably not together), 
though I don't draw those nearly as much as I'd like. 
Tools of choice?
 Photoshop and my tablet (intuous 4).
Favourite body part in real life?
Waist/stomach.
Favourite Body part in drawings?
Face

AnK by *K-Koji Kuroshitsuji: Undertaker by *K-Koji

The journey is about to end but don't forget to check *K-Koji's prints on Society6!



Life updates!

Thu Mar 14, 2013, 4:34 PM
Hi guys. I have news concerning my life.

I found a job, thanks to my father, where I should get through a desk job. Basically I should organize and scan huge piles of sheets, invoices, documentations...
I will start this work the next week and it will keep me busy for more than one year I guess: 40 hours a week, 8 hours a day.

Also I'm doing a stage in my free time in the cinema field (I'm still graduated in Cinema Yap!), thanks to a former colleague and friend of mine.
She introduced me some guys of an association which works on social and territorial documentaries.

For this reason, commissions will remain closed for a looong time!
Also please don't expect me to draw every week or to update CyberSteel often.

New awesome art projects are on their way, anyway.  Save your money for the better!
Keep calm and don't procrastinate!

Sincerely yours,
Abominable Dr. Wendigo

I want to sell some stuff on Gumroad and I thought about a sketch collection with unpublished or older works that I deleted from my dA account. I would sell this PDFs at a really cheap price like 5$.
At the moment I lost many of my old drawing because my hard-disk felt on the floor and broke, well, I still need to fix it but I'm not sure if I could save the contents.
But the problem is, I'm not sure guys if you will be interested in a sketch book from me. Would you prefer some tutorials maybe? Some printed and signed stuff at a lower price?
Photoshop brushes or resources?
Maybe I may do adoptables but outside from that site. Are you interested in adoptables?

life drawing 5 by ~algaegoblin
'Life Drawing 5' by ~algaegoblin

Do you know how to sketch human figures but do you want to refine your anatomy skills? Or do you not know anatomy at all and you are tired to trust your imagination? Did you notice you create disproportions in your drawings?
If you are aspiring artists and you already have your own style, you might as well believe you have no need of a guide, but you are wrong. Before exaggerating human proportions and begin to have your own style, you first have to know the basics. 
This little guide is the result of an accurate research and 5 years of high school of art, and it's created for all those who want to learn something new or just make a useful review.
For those who have already studied art, my suggestion is to go to step 6 or trying to repeat all steps in Digital format. 


STEP 1

First of all, if you want to learn faster you should draw using traditional tools.  It may seem a stupid or banal rule but it is not. 
You will need a piece of paper and a pencil, preferably a medium-hard pencil or HB ("H" stands for "hardness," while "B" stands for "blackness"). If you  have already familiarity with this hard drawing medium you could obtain different soft pencils instead: B, 2B and 4B will be fine. A putty rubber and a white rubber from a good brand will work fine. 
However, I'm not here to describe which tools are better for drawing traditionally, and for me a hoe would work fine as well: it's the passion that counts!

My tools by ~thepunisherone

 Now that you have a pencil and F4 paper (F2 is less thick and if you erase often you could ruin it, that's why F4 is ideal) you can start your work. You can also make out with A4 paper which is thicker than normal,  otherwise you will pass the sheet if you use a hard mine (or if your hand is too heavy, if you know what I mean...). 
Well, now that you have the tools, sharpener included, get in a bright spot of your house, preferably on an inclined surface (otherwise your future drawing will look in perspective, and you may not be happy with the result!) and copy the hand your not using for drawing. Try not to erase too much. Try to grasp the structure of your hand through many sketches in which you should only draw the outlines of your hand and fingers, you should forget about the shading for a moment. 
Fill the paper with these sketches of your hand in different poses and please include your wrist if you can. Continue your workout every 2/3 days (preferably daily) for 2 weeks, what am I saying?  Do it until you could see significant improvements! 
Write the date on each work you have done and keep them carefully without rubbing them. The first step to be a good artist is to give value to your works. When the hand really looks like a hand and not a mass of sausages then you're ready for Step 2.

The result will be similar to this, only the folds of flesh and contours of the hands should be visible.
Six Hands by ~ArandaDill

Hand proportions work this way...
Hand Tutorial -Tips+Reference- by *Qinni Hand Tutorial 2 by *Qinni


STEP 2

So now we better move to the second point. Ok guys, do you remember your own hand? That hand you copied so many times, that fist, that cramp that came while you deformed it? Here you are, you should repeat the procedure but this time you will not have to copy only the outlines of your fingers. You must work hard and point on your hand the dramatic light of a lamp, because this time you should draw your hand and shade it. 
If you are drawing using a HB  pencil then shade using a B or 2B. You will realize soon that it is not so difficult to find the darkest points: the hard part is not to make the whole drawing uniformly black or uniformly gray and creating well balanced halftones. 
You may find some difficulties, yeah right! all normal, because in fact you're seeing your hand in colors (as long as you're not color blind) and you're just simplifying your hand colors using the greyscale instead. So, don't give up! It was hard for everyone at the beginning.
Repeat this exercise every 2/3 days until you can see a clear difference between the first hand  (remember to write the date on the drawings!) and the last hand you drew. Are you satisfied with your improvemente?  Good, because you will have more fun following STEP 3. 

These are practical examples of a good result.
Hand anatomy by =Elthenstorm Hands and Feet by ~ArandaDill



STEP 3

Since you are already conversant with your left hand (or right that it is) and you say you know it by heart (if you say so...), now I'm asking you to take your colored pencils and do an experiment. This time I'm asking you NOT to do a preliminary sketch in pencil of your drawing: just draw one or both of your feet, using colored pencils only on semi rough paper F4 of different colors (I recommend a white, a grey, a blue and a black for a good start). Again, do not stop until the result satisfies you. Write the date on the work because now the interesting part begins.
The result should be similar to this, of course in colors.
Six Feet by ~ArandaDill

Feet proportions works this way...
Art Tips - The Foot by ~ArandaDill +TUTORIAL-Feet drawing guide+ by *goku-no-baka



STEP 4

Now that you have experimented with various techniques and you quite understand how your hands and feet are made, you need a model for understanding how the face works. 
Ask one of your friends, your parents, if nobody wants to pose for you then use a picture (but it's always better to do life drawings first!). As tools you will need a ballpoint pen, preferably black or blue, and a white smooth paper (A4 copy paper is fine too). Now make a copy of the person in front of you (face, neck and shoulders), and remember well that you can not/must not erase this time! Yes, I'm evil. Try to do several sessions of the same person until the drawing is really similar to the original and recognizable from others. 
Begin with a front and profile view, then try out 3/4. 
Portraits 2 by ~ArandaDill
'Portraits 2' by ~ArandaDill

The proportions of the human face work this way...
Face Proportion by ~endzi-z Profile Proportion by ~endzi-z



STEP 5

It 's time to understand how the human proportions work. A tip? Never stop taking references from the human figure (as long as you're learning) or you will make a lot of mistakes or exaggerate many anatomical features without even noticed it! 
Now use your live model of choice, or look in fashion magazines and copy a full human figure in different poses, focusing on lines, shading, dynamism and execution speed.
To improve your speed you should first start with 15 minutes poses, then reduce the time to 10 minutes and 5 minutes at last. Use a timer: leave the drawing unfinished and start another one when the time elapses. 
Do many of them, every day. 

The results should be something like this...
Life Drawing Collage 4 by ~travelingpantscg
'Life Drawing Collage 4' by ~travelingpantscg

figures 8 by ~Luthie13 .Life Drawing 2010: 5 Mins. by *hino-kitLife drawing 2010 by ~jeffsimpsonkh
Figure Workshop 13 by ~JerrySabatini Figure Set 1 by ~ethician
Figure Studies: 1 by ~beavotron life drawing: 5 minutes by ~scaragh
figures 3 by ~Luthie13 figures 5 by ~Luthie13
some figure drawing by ~Luthie13 some more figure drawing by ~Luthie13
Figure Drawing Collage by ~BamfetteFigure studies. by ~RoscoeFink
Life Drawing Collage 3 by ~travelingpantscg
life drawing 042511 by ~bigbigtruckLife Drawing at CDA 3 pt2 by ~reiq

If you didn't understand how the anatomy works, you can study some good tutorials for the human body...
Arm Anatomy by =Azot-2012 Trunk Anatomy by =Azot-2012
Man Anatomy by =Azot-2012
 General Body Tutorial by ~shark-bomb


STEP 6

The time has came. It is time to finish something guys! You should be really excited: you reached execution speed and some anatomy skills but you lack accuracy.
Use your awesome live model again and ask him to pose for a longer session (2/3 hours minimum). Use the tools you like the most, sit comfortably, tools in the hand and start your session.
Here are some good results you may find inspiring.
Prenda XXVII by ~napoleoman old man_figure drawing by *michalivan
12hr figure drawing by ~infernovball Life drawing:  A sitting by `thienbao

I really hope you will find this journal useful and I really hope you enjoyed the journey. ^^ 
Ps: Sorry my English is not my mothertongue. 


The judges of the 'Slice of Life in Winter' Contest
:iconelephantwendigo: :iconxthesoul87x: :iconlehanan: :iconhyazintha:
are proud to announce the winners of the competition!
CONGRATS!
The wnners will  be contacted from the donors by note soon.

:winner: 1st place :winner:


by :iconk-koji:

Prizes

:bulletred: 5000:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
=ElephantWendigo - Colored sketch of 2 characters half-figure
=Kuneria - T-Shirt from dA store (Free shipping to America) + half body realistic painting of 2 characters
~yuzero - full body painting
*Eeren  - bust in colors
~TapetalCookie - bust shot
~BlueShadowM - pencil portrait
=rokushi64 - colored bust digital
=Jayslullaby - full body painting


:winner: 2nd place :winner:


by :iconalaisl:

Prizes

:bulletred: 3000:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
=ElephantWendigo - Black and white sketch of 2 characters half-figure
=Kuneria - bust painting
~yuzero - bust painting
*Eeren  - bust lineart
~TapetalCookie - bust shot
=rokushi64 - colored bust digital
=Jayslullaby - half body lined and colored


:winner: 3rd place :winner:


by :iconkuneria:

Prizes

:bulletred: 1500:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
=ElephantWendigo - Black and white sketch half-figure of 1 characters
=Kuneria - bust painting
~TapetalCookie - bust shot
=rokushi64 - colored bust digital
~Altairias - traditional request
=Jayslullaby - bust lined and colored
~ArtsyKiwi - free request colored or black and white
*Drawing-Rainbow - Full body or chibi request
*Ilman-Lintu - Bust with background


Read prizes and rules: [link]
Browse other entries: [link]
You can send a private note to =ElephantWendigo if you want to receive a feedback on your work.


The 4 judges of the 'Slice of Life in Winter' Contest
:iconelephantwendigo: :iconxthesoul87x: :iconlehanan: :iconhyazintha:
are proud to announce the 25 semifinalists of the competition.




   
 
 


The winners will be announced soon! Stay tuned!
Read prizes and rules:  [link]
Browse other entries: [link]


KIRIBAN TAKEN!

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 10:53 AM

The kiriban was taken by :icontherealweenie:!!

:iconlaplz:
[link]
This time I offered a work as a prize of the value of 90$,
a colored painting with simple background in colors, fanart or OCS
like this one:


I received so many notes I can't reply to all :faint: I'm really sorry....


1 commission slot CLOSED TOO LATE

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 9:32 AM
I'm taking one super fast commission, value higher than 50$, and I need the money within few hours. D8 So please don't send me a note if you don't have the money right now. It's urgent!
The types of commissions available in this moment are:

3 shaded sketches of the same character in this style, half figure with hands and arms, no colors, no preview:
60$


I can make you a fullfigure sketch + 2 expressions sketches and fast color them all for 80$ in total.

DIGITAL ART drawing with lines and colors and fast background, preview:
70$


I can make you a flat colored version of this typology for 50$ instead of 70$.

Half figure painting + not so fast background of your choice and colors, preview:
90$


If you don't want the preview the cost will be 70$ instead of 90$.

Digital ART fullfigure with lines colors fast background and preview:
100$


If you don't want the preview the cost will be 80$ instead of 100$.

SLOTS

● EMPTY

I forgot: send me a note providing me 3 VISUAL references of your character/fanart anything.
I won't draw furry neither porn, this time.


NEVERMIND. It's too late. SIGH!
If one person will contact me, I'll take the commission anyway but consider them CLOSED again!


Character Design: An introduction

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:29 PM
Arvalis-2012 by `arvalis
Arvalis-2012 by `arvalis


What does 'Character Design' mean?
The character design is the process  which comes after the characterisation and consists in defining the character  through his/her physical appearance. 
We need to consider a character as a little fictional creature, human or not, that aims to please its creator and the public as well.
While the basic characterization of this fictional creature (his tastes, his fears, his behaviors) may take a little mental effort, as it is a sort of list of emotions, facts and feelings that come and go in the life of a character, the process of visual realization of this creature may not be as simple. That's why many writers and characters creators prefer to rely on experienced hands.
Also many of the mental aspects of the character are not possible to gain by using 'static' visual medium. For 'static' I mean all the illustrations and drawings unable to tell a story, but that's the beauty of writing and reading, isn't it?  Anyway there are also plenty visual media that can graphycally or spatially recreate the emotions of a certain character, his thoughts, his complex mental structure that makes our creature a simulacrum of the human being. I'm talking about cartoons and comics, videoclips, anime and manga art, where the design of the character is a real milestone in the realization of a story of success.

Which are the differences between a design for cartoons and a design for games?
The first one requires a simple shape, highly recognizable at a first glance. The second one requires a higher complexity, able to show the real power of rendering of the console (or the power of your video adapter). The higher complexity design works really well for concept art  and trading card games as well. 

Slugterra Development 6 by *CreatureBox
Slugterra Development 6 by *CreatureBox

Tips from experts?
  • Take a sheet of paper and write down the psychological characteristics and traits that you want to give to your character. If the character is not yours but you already have a description of the author, the better.

  • It's also important to see the character in proportion to the medium on which the character will appear and the target audience it should have: keep the design simple if it's going  to appear on small media, use more structured design in case of  larger media, use bright colors if the character is designed for children. In any case, the design must be strong and original to make it look interesting to its public.

  • Now you can start sketching. Take inspiration from the world that surrounds you, from fashion magazines, from other original characters. Starts from a successful design and work on how you would change it for the better. Add items to its design and remove others. 

  • In cartoons, the consistency of the line should be the protagonist: use curved lines for good and sweet characters, use hard and sharp lines to  present cruel and evil characters. You may also need to exaggerate the physical features that correspond to mental characteristics: thick arms for a strong man, thick lips for a seductive woman...

  • Colors ay be really important. Dark colors, black and purple (and sometimes acid green) are used to identify the villains. Bright colors, white and pink are for vouchers. Heroes uses yellow, red and blue.


Oriental enchantment by *TorqueArtStudio
Oritental Enchantment by *TorqueArtStudio

  • Add accessories to your character. Animals could work as accessories as well, but their symbolic meaning can be very vast and ancient. New items will help add personality to your character, or they'd give you ideas for their background story. Clothing is a very important accessory to identify the social class and taste of a character. A warrior will have an armor, a mage will have a stick or a scepter, one who wears sandals will not be a great walker unless he/she is poor...They say the clothing doesn't make the monk, but in Character Design the bow makes the archer and the sword makes the knight. 

  • Works a lot on your character behaviours and facial expressions. Is he/she the angry type? Or is he/she curious? Well,  in both cases it will affect his/her appearance!



  • Good designs are well balanced. Doodle many designs without planning but don't add too many oddities to the same character. Just one but a good can be enough. Try to work on the silhouette of your character, make it immediately recognizable.

  • Develop your design both on your computer and using a sketchbook. The world is the best inspiration, especially when you can look at so many human types all together. Look at their make up, hair, facial features, clothing...Everything! 

  • Works on characters with different physical characteristics that can help identify the 'type' at first sight. 


Some good design sketches

Scarlet Empress by ~your-fathers-belt
   
   
    
   
 


Items study and different races or types

Rift Necromancer Tank Minions by *ArtofTy
   
     
   
    
  
 


Process: from the sketches to the final version

Sketch Stages by ~dapper-commissions
  
  
 

Some finished character designs

COLD FLAME by *offrecord


     
    
    
     
    
    
   
    
    
    
     
      
      


Sources: 


Credits:
All the images belongs to their respective owners. Click on the image to see the fullview from the artist gallery.
English is not my mothertongue. Be gentle. :dummy:


Spreading Semi-Realism appreciation!

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 3:36 PM
cloud rhapsody by ~anndr
'Cloud rhapsody' by ~anndr

Since I believe the efforts of semi-realism artists are not sufficiently appreciated, because there are so many fantastic illustrations in this style that does not have the right visibility on here, I decided to create an article to advertise these artists that are, for me, the 'new faces' of this fashionable and yet so difficult art style.
First of all, Semi-realism is a drawing style derived from mangas but more complex in terms of style. Indeed, if we want to be more precise, it is the missing link between mangas and digital art. No giant eyes but neither skin blemishes. 
I would really appreciate if dA could add a category for this particular art style but I can easily admit the boundaries to define this style are very labile.
Well, after this brief introduction, I'm featuring some samples of this style from really talented people. Many of these artists came directly from the manga world, but perhaps not fully satisfied with it, they started to complicate their lives for real. Because semi-realism is difficult, really. You must know anatomy and other boring stuff, but BLAH BLAH BLAH. Too much talking. 
Enjoy this little feature. I hope you will find some new artists to watch and stalk (in alphabetical order). 


AKIRA-666

:iconakira-666:
::: Pillow of Your Bones ::: by ~aKiRa-666 ::: see me forever ::: by ~aKiRa-666 ::: Waiting ::: -for ethe- by ~aKiRa-666


ALEXZAPPA

:iconalexzappa:
++ COMMISSION ++ GREYSON by *alexzappa miss the summer. by *alexzappa ++ COMMISSION ++ Kei by *alexzappa


AMSBT

:iconamsbt:
rufio o o o by ~AMSBT  Hunhan by ~AMSBT Elegance by ~AMSBT



ANDRAHILDE

:iconandrahilde:
 namemarcus by *andrahilde  Creator meets Creation by *andrahilde comemylady by *andrahilde


ANNDR

:iconanndr:
Gun n' Sword by ~anndr White Praying Mantis by ~anndr Opalus by ~anndr



CASHILE

:iconcashile:
AT - Cuts by *Cashile Tranquilien by *Cashile F - A Forgotten Portrait by *Cashile



FAELICIA

:iconfaelicia:
SS: NeodeadlyraveR by ~Faelicia  Sketch 7.10.2012 by ~Faelicia Red Paint by ~Faelicia



GERWELL

:icongerwell:
Adrian II by *Gerwell The Golden Ashes II by *Gerwell 


MELOKI

:iconmeloki:
face your demons by ~MeLoki


OFFRECORD

:iconoffrecord:
 AC - Altair by *offrecord AC - Wings by *offrecord



PSYDREVO

:iconpsydrevo:
Ousatsuhei by *psydrevo gen by *psydrevo ice cold by *psydrevo


ST-BOOMER

:iconboomerr:
ants by *boomerr   Kreep by *boomerr


VIRUS-AC

:iconvirus-ac:
A by =Virus-AC XXXIII | Vampire Maverick by =Virus-AC AC II by =Virus-AC 


Dulcis in fundo! I hope you enjoyed the journey! :heart:


WISHLIST

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 8:44 AM
I'be been invited from :iconboys-exchange:, and I joined OwO
I think it could work for the :iconghey-day-exchange: as well.

Dear Secret Cupid,

I would very much like it this year if you could draw me any of these characters

REF 1 - ANGER



Brown hair/brown eyes, 26 years old, French, 2 earrings for each ear.
He loves playing violin. He's a killer, but he doesn't use weapons. He wears warm colors, plaid shirts and leather gloves. He's a romantic guy and has a passion for women. He's naive dreamer and virtuous.

REF 2 - MARK KOCH


And one reference from Paexie's Tumblr: [link]

Green/blue eyes/blond hair, Mark is a blond guy, green/blue eyes, 26 years old, height 1,77m. He's a weapons builder, specialized in firearms and he's also a firearms merchant.
He was born in a colony in the desert in a post apocalyptic world. He's an arrogant, confident and vulgar cocky man, but he's big-hearted and he's willing to sacrifice for the persons he loves.
He is always armed and he also knows how to use knives.

REF 3 - NECROMANCER


Fluo-green eyes, black hair, pointed ears.
He practices divination by conjuring up the dead.
He feeds on their spirits to rejuvenate his appearance.


If you would like to draw a couple or more than 1 character please draw me one of these:

NUVAT AND SHYE


These 2 have a sado-masochistic relation because they're both gods, the dark haired is a masochistic god the other's a sadistic one. Feel free to not draw the blood and of course you don't have to show the 'kinky' side of their relation. They're just very dependent on each other.
Nuvat has dark brown/black hair and icy eyes, 2 stitches at the side of his mouth and a bland messy mohawk with 3 long dreadlocks at its end, both his lobes are expanded.
Shye has white/grey/light blue hair, and green eyes, and a deep scar on the nose and left cheek.
He has 3 artificial implanted feathers that branch off from its clavicles.
A good reference of them is here:


Thank you santa and I look forward to whatever you've chosen to draw for me! :dummy:
=ElephantWendigo


SPECIAL DONORS

:iconkuneria: :iconelephantwendigo:


Contest Starts:

TODAY!! December 7th 2012

Contest Ends:

January 28th 2013 (00AM PST/8AM GMT)

THEME

'Slice of Life in Winter'. 
Draw moments in the =ElephantWendigo's Original Characters lives that take place in wintry settings (fireplaces, cold, icy, snow, Christmas, mountains, warm clothes, leafless trees, etc.). These moments don't have to be 'routine actions' of a character's life but rather moments where =ElephantWendigo's characters are protagonists. 



THEME RULES and SUBMISSION RULES

  • Only =ElephantWendigo's original characters are allowed (NO other OCs or fanarts).
  • You can find the list of the characters here -> [link]
  • Characters must be recognizable. It's not allowed to draw them into animal or furry form or change their gender though. 
  • You can mix the character in a single picture in every way you want, and you can draw how many characters you want in the same picture (Sample: characters from 'CyberSteel' story can be drawn with OCs from 'The last Heir of Versewil III'). That means Crossovers are allowed. 
  • You can add animals into your picture and also not recognizable characters as part of the background (crowd etc)
  • Blood, nudity and violence are accepted as long as they don't infringe the dA rules or be posted with the Strict Mature content filter ON.
  • You could make the character facing a situation unusual for him/her.

  • You can join with how many entries you want, but only one of them can win. 
  • All the formats and sizes are accepted.
  • It's better to participate with completed works rather than sketches, and to scan traditional art and cropping it instead of taking a picture. No squared or ruled paper!
  • Your entry can't infringe dA rules
  • You MUST credit all the resources or references you used and provide a link to them
  • You CAN'T use Copyrighted resources and materials, or part of someone else's gallery for making your picture, except for textures and resources.
  • Don't offend or contest judges votes in any case.
  • Judges can't participate in the contest. Contest creators can't participate in the contest.
  • Donors can take part in the contest.
  • Your work can be added to as many dA groups as you want.
  • You CAN'T use part of my gallery or someone else's gallery for creating your work. This is stealing and you may be reported!





ALLOWED MEDIA

  • Traditional and Digital art, Mixed media, Drawings and Illustrations, Animations and Gifs, Vectors and Vexels, Cartoon and comics, Manga and Anime, Realism and Semi-realism, Sculptures and Artisan crafts, Oekaki and Pixel Art, Muro drawings.
  • Written captions or subtitles are also allowed
  • Your work can be in Black and White or in Colors


NOT ALLOWED MEDIA

  • Abstract and Fractal (unless just in small part of the picture), Photography, Photomanipulation, Cosplay, Paper Dolls.




HOW TO PARTICIPATE

  • Your entry must be a NEW deviation made exclusively for this contest, but you can use preexisting stock and resources.
  • In your deviation comment you MUST mention this contest and you must add the link to this Journal.
  • It happened many times that you forgot to add the link to our contest in your Deviation comment, please remember to add it before submitting your entry.
  • Send a NOTE to =ElephantWendigo with the object "CONTEST ENTRY", providing the THUMBNAIL or the LINK to your entry. Messages will not be accepted. 
  • When your entry will be accepted, it will be added to =ElephantWendigo's Collection named "My OCs by others" -> [link]


BROWSE ENTRIES




PRIZES


1st Place Prizes

:bulletred: 5000:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
=ElephantWendigo - Colored sketch of 2 characters half-figure
=Kuneria - T-Shirt from dA store (Free shipping to America) + half body realistic painting of 2 characters
~yuzero - full body painting
*Eeren  - bust in colors
*TapetalCookie - bust shot
~BlueShadowM - pencil portrait
~rokushi64KC - colored bust digital
=Jayslullaby - full body painting


2nd Place VISUAL ART Prizes

:bulletred: 3000:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
=ElephantWendigo - Black and white sketch of 2 characters half-figure
=Kuneria - bust painting
~yuzero - bust painting
*Eeren  - bust lineart
*TapetalCookie - bust shot
~rokushi64KC - colored bust digital
=Jayslullaby - half body lined and colored


3rd Place VISUAL ART Prizes

:bulletred: 1500:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
=ElephantWendigo - Black and white sketch half-figure of 1 characters
=Kuneria - bust painting
*TapetalCookie - bust shot
~rokushi64KC - colored bust digital
~Bukko - traditional request
=Jayslullaby - bust lined and colored
~ArtsyKiwi - free request colored or black and white
*Drawing-Rainbow - Full body or chibi request
*Ilman-Lintu - Bust with background

ART DONORS
:iconyuzero: :iconeeren: :icontapetalcookie: :iconblueshadowm: :iconrokushi64kc: 

:iconbukko: :iconjayslullaby: :iconartsykiwi: :icondrawing-rainbow: :iconilman-lintu:


JUDGES

:iconelephantwendigo: :iconxthesoul87x: :iconhyazintha: :iconlehanan:

The work will be judged on the basis of:
:star: Use of Theme and Characters
:star:Technical Skills
:star: Visual impact
:star: Originality
:star: Accuracy

25 Semi-finalists will be selected by the Judges and 3 winners will be selected among the Semi-finalists.



IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT US...
...you can FAV this Journal! :+fav:. If you want to donate points or art please drop a comment. :dummy:
Thank you!

Any question?

Good Luck!

CONTEST CREATED BY:
:iconelephantwendigo: :iconxthesoul87x: 



Society6 promotion! FREE SHIPPING!

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 3:59 AM
Hi guys! Society6 is actually shipping without fees.
Here is the promotion code, in case you want to buy some stuff from my store.
[link]
It's valid until January 13th, 2013 at Midnight Pacific Time.
I'm still uploading stuff to the store. Just lemme know if you want to buy something specific. :)
Thank you.

Auction CLOSED!

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 9:02 AM

THE WINNER IS:


:iconsaburwulf: for 90$!!

Auction for 1 Full figure drawing + lines and colors of your character or fanart.
Style sample:


Rules

Base Price: 5$ (USD)
Overbid: +5$ USD at a time, not more
Deadline: Friday, December 29th (tomorrow): 00.00 Midnight (GMT +1 - Rome) Time Zone Converter
Slots: 1 SLOT
Payment methods accepted: Paypal only!!
Commission INFO: The drawing will be available in digital format only. It comprehends: lineart, full-shading, colors, one character. I won't send you the preview sketch. If you do not send me the payment within 1 week your seat will be deleted (the winner will be the second place).

Comment on this Journal for taking part in the Auction.

Your comment MUST be formulated in this way:

5$ + 5$ = 10$



if you want to raise another user biddings, you must add 5$ to their offer like this:
USER1 comments:

5$ + 5$ = 10$


USER2 comments:

10$ + 5$ = 15$



I hope it's clear. :3
Drop me a message if you have any questions.
The Auction starts....NOW!!!

SPECIAL DONORS

:iconkuneria: :iconelephantwendigo:


Contest Starts:

TODAY!! December 7th 2012

Contest Ends:

January 28th 2013 (00AM PST/8AM GMT)

THEME

'Slice of Life in Winter'. 
Draw moments in the =ElephantWendigo's Original Characters lives that take place in wintry settings (fireplaces, cold, icy, snow, Christmas, mountains, warm clothes, leafless trees, etc.). These moments don't have to be 'routine actions' of a character's life but rather moments where =ElephantWendigo's characters are protagonists.



THEME RULES and SUBMISSION RULES

  • Only =ElephantWendigo's original characters are allowed (NO other OCs or fanarts).
  • You can find the list of the characters here -> [link]
  • Characters must be recognizable. It's not allowed to draw them into animal or furry form or change their gender though. 
  • You can mix the character in a single picture in every way you want, and you can draw how many characters you want in the same picture (Sample: characters from 'CyberSteel' story can be drawn with OCs from 'The last Heir of Versewil III'). That means Crossovers are allowed. 
  • You can add animals into your picture and also not recognizable characters as part of the background (crowd etc)
  • Blood, nudity and violence are accepted as long as they don't infringe the dA rules or be posted with the Strict Mature content filter ON.
  • You could make the character facing a situation unusual for him/her.

  • You can join with how many entries you want, but only one of them can win. 
  • All the formats and sizes are accepted.
  • It's better to participate with completed works rather than sketches, and to scan traditional art and cropping it instead of taking a picture. No squared or ruled paper!
  • Your entry can't infringe dA rules
  • You MUST credit all the resources or references you used and provide a link to them
  • You CAN'T use Copyrighted resources and materials, or part of someone else's gallery for making your picture, except for textures and resources.
  • Don't offend or contest judges votes in any case.
  • Judges can't participate in the contest. Contest creators can't participate in the contest.
  • Donors can take part in the contest.
  • Your work can be added to as many dA groups as you want.
  • You CAN'T use part of my gallery or someone else's gallery for creating your work. This is stealing and you may be reported!





ALLOWED MEDIA

  • Traditional and Digital art, Mixed media, Drawings and Illustrations, Animations and Gifs, Vectors and Vexels, Cartoon and comics, Manga and Anime, Realism and Semi-realism, Sculptures and Artisan crafts, Oekaki and Pixel Art, Muro drawings.
  • Written captions or subtitles are also allowed
  • Your work can be in Black and White or in Colors


NOT ALLOWED MEDIA

  • Abstract and Fractal (unless just in small part of the picture), Photography, Photomanipulation, Cosplay, Paper Dolls.




HOW TO PARTICIPATE

  • Your entry must be a NEW deviation made exclusively for this contest, but you can use preexisting stock and resources.
  • In your deviation comment you MUST mention this contest and you must add the link to this Journal.
  • It happened many times that you forgot to add the link to our contest in your Deviation comment, please remember to add it before submitting your entry.
  • Send a NOTE to =ElephantWendigo with the object "CONTEST ENTRY", providing the THUMBNAIL or the LINK to your entry. Messages will not be accepted. 
  • When your entry will be accepted, it will be added to =ElephantWendigo's Collection named "My OCs by others" -> [link]


BROWSE ENTRIES




PRIZES


1st Place Prizes

:bulletred: 5000:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
:devElephant Wendigo: - Colored sketch of 2 characters half-figure
=Kuneria - T-Shirt from dA store (Free shipping to America) + half body realistic painting of 2 characters
~yuzero - full body painting
*Eeren  - bust in colors
*TapetalCookie - bust shot
~BlueShadowM - pencil portrait
~rokushi64KC - colored bust digital
=Jayslullaby - full body painting


2nd Place VISUAL ART Prizes

:bulletred: 3000:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
:devElephant Wendigo: - Black and white sketch of 2 characters half-figure
=Kuneria - bust painting
~yuzero - bust painting
*Eeren  - bust lineart
*TapetalCookie - bust shot
~rokushi64KC - colored bust digital
=Jayslullaby - half body lined and colored


3rd Place VISUAL ART Prizes

:bulletred: 1500:points:
:bulletred: 12 Months Premium Membership or 2,396:points: from =ElephantWendigo
:devElephant Wendigo: - Black and white sketch half-figure of 1 characters
=Kuneria - bust painting
*TapetalCookie - bust shot
~rokushi64KC - colored bust digital
~Bukko - traditional request
=Jayslullaby - bust lined and colored
~ArtsyKiwi - free request colored or black and white
*Drawing-Rainbow - Full body or chibi request
*Ilman-Lintu - Bust with background

ART DONORS
:iconyuzero: :iconeeren: :icontapetalcookie: :iconblueshadowm: :iconrokushi64kc:

:iconbukko: :iconjayslullaby: :iconartsykiwi: :icondrawing-rainbow: :iconilman-lintu:


JUDGES

:iconelephantwendigo: :iconxthesoul87x: :iconhyazintha: :iconlehanan:

The work will be judged on the basis of:
:star: Use of Theme and Characters
:star:Technical Skills
:star: Visual impact
:star: Originality
:star: Accuracy

25 Semi-finalists will be selected by the Judges and 3 winners will be selected among the Semi-finalists.



IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT US...
...you can FAV this Journal! :+fav:. If you want to donate points or art please drop a comment. :dummy:
Thank you!

Any question?

Good Luck!

CONTEST CREATED BY:
:iconelephantwendigo: :iconxthesoul87x:



At what time you usually have dinner? 

30%
560 deviants said I don't dine at the same hour everyday.
30%
551 deviants said 7/8 pm
27%
495 deviants said 5/6 pm
10%
180 deviants said 9/10 pm
3%
58 deviants said Other...

A bit of everything

My OCs list: [link]
Kiribans: [link]
Commission Info: [link]

Journal History

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