Art Archive The Official Fan Art Challenge (August)

Welcome to the Offical Fan Art Challenge! Each month, a single subject or category from the Star Wars universe will be chosen for artists of all skill levels to interpret. A wide range of media will be accepted including, but not limited to, graphite/ink drawings, paintings, photo-manips, digitial paintings/drawings, collages and posters. It's really whatever you're inspired to do. Be creative! If the subject is a TIE Fighter, don't just draw a TIE Fighter, try to incorporate it into a scene that's interesting. Or perhaps you would rather take the Alliance's view on the TIE. The possibilities are endless!

*NEW* - 2/6/09
As an extra twist, the Challenge will now be considered as a contest or a game. At the end of each quarter(Fall;September-November, Winter;December-February, Spring;March-May, Summer;June-August), all pieces of artwork submitted during that particular time period will be up for nomination for the "Art Challenge Fan Favorite Award." If your artwork makes it through the nomination process and wins the final vote, you will be awarded colors of your choosing and a title for a week to sport around the entire JC. But wait! There's more! As an added bonus, the winning piece of artwork will also be created into an icon and uploaded onto the JC forums for all to see and use at their choosing. Good luck to all participants!

Past Winners:

1. Fall 2006 - academygrad88; Boba Fett and Family
2. Winter 2007 - DarthMikus; Quinlan Vos
3. Spring 2007 - BIEREN; Darth Vader
4. Summer 2007 - Basement24; Humiliation of Defeat
5. Fall 2007 - ART2-D2; Artoo on Halloween
6. Winter 2008 - Ty_Ordell; Princess Leia
7. Spring 2008 - ART2-D2; Battle Droid
8. Summer 2008 - Saith_Vaaper; Tahiri Veila
9. Fall 2008 - Ranil-Starwing; Master of Vaapad
10. Winter 2009 - earlybird-obi-wan; Sleep
11. Spring 2009 - Black-Dog; Nas Choka Mini Figurine
12. Summer 2009 - COULD BE YOU!

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[color=midnightblue][b]Some Guidelines to Follow:[/b][/color]

[blockquote][li]Please post your images in this thread so we can have them all collected in one area, but of course you're also allowed to post them in your own artwork threads.[/li]

[li]You can submit fanart for one topic, or do all of them. It is up to you.[/li]

[li]Comments for everyone's artwork should also be posted in this thread. Even if you're not participating yourself, your comments are more than welcome.[/li]

[li]Everyone is welcomed to post responses to this thread regardless of whether you post in the Fan Art forum or not. Please don't be nervous or discouraged. We would all love to see your work! [/li]

[li]If you have suggestions for future topics, please PM them to [link=http://boards.theforce.net/user.asp?usr=351318]

 

PM me your favorite SW film and a number and I will give you your assignment.

 

Huh. What're the odds of someone picking the same scene and film in the same day.

Oh well. This will make it interesting. I'll give you your assignment, but please remember to send your choices to me via PM next time. Thanks!

 

Mitth: This really came together in the end! You focused in on one particular moment and really went to town. I know you mentioned the background was an accident, but it was a happy accident. The toned background gives the drawing a whole new life.

earlybird: Very nice! You approached this as you would a spot illustration for a story and that's exactly what I was looking for. You summed up the scene nicely. What medium did you use for this?

 

I_AM_GEEK: Oh wow, I'm not sure why I didn't see this sooner. That is really impressive. You captured the scene quite nicely using very simplistic shapes. I love it!

Serena: Great start! I like where this is going but as it stands now, it appears a little too rough. I think it would really benefit from an ink job. My suggestion would be to ink Luke in the foreground and color him in as usual. Leave the background "un-inked" and just fill it in with swirls and splotches of color to suggest the jungle scene and the presence of the X-wing.

 

I can go ahead and start a thread on the topic in general and then you're free to repost your query.

 

I just started the thread. It can be found here:

http://boards.theforce.net/fan_art/b10020/30212426/p1/?0