Art Archive The Official Fan Art Challenge - Your Feedback Needed!

I had a real Leia image on the go, but I severely messed it up past a really good hand and face I had going. So, for the time being, here's Leia in her Slave get-up as a Minimate design I created.

[image=http://www.basement24.com/galleries/minimates/starwarsep6/princess-leia-sail-barge.jpg]

I'll be back later on with a 'real' drawing of Leia, once I get the kinks worked out.

 

[image=http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4196/leia7kk.jpg]

 

I thought it would be fun to sharpen my watercolor skills with this one. It's been years since I painted, so be gentle...[image=http://home.earthlink.net/~jkukovich/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/leia002.jpg]

 

odj_310388 - Good stuff, I like that style! This is from the new statue, no? I really like the angle you've got there.

DarthKuk - Painting can never be easy (at least in my books) but you've done really well for someone who hasn't painted in years! Nice shading and good retailing, especially since it was with a brush. Good job!

Here's another Leia I did. I was super-frustrated with my original idea, Leia on Endor removing her helmet. The helmet was all wrong and it really didn't look like Leia either. Instead, here's a quick moody Carbon Freezing Chamber piece. It's very blocked out, but I think it works. Based on the one shot where she looks up at Vader. That little shot always chills me for some reason.

[image=http://www.basement24.com/galleries/starwars/2006/leia-freezing-chamber.jpg]

 

Yea its from that new statue, it looks pretty awesome imo I might get it. Great image you got there, I love that kind of blocky effect that your able to get with contrasty images.

 

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I find it kind of funny how not only that every drawing in here is of Leia, but that she's wearing a different outfit in each one.

odj_310388
I like her pose and how you see her spunky fighting spirit on her face (The Leia we all know and love). I also enjoyed your style of her outfit.

DarthKuk
Nice work - Particularly on all the finer details. Like Basement24 said, It's not bad for someone who hasn't painted in a long while.

Basement24
Cool effect. It's simple yet detailed enough and you captured the right colours too. (I love the lighting of that whole scene - excellent pick.) The minimate design looks pretty good (Minimate = Lego, right?)...and I can't help it, it is slightly funny.

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My small addition.

[link=http://members.lycos.co.uk/studiosifer/swfan/p-anime-leiacloudcity-colour.jpg]Leia - (ESB - Cloud City) - anime style[/link]

- Suz ^_~

 

Gads!!! What great entries this month (and I wish I'd had time to participate, but alas... )!! You've all done such wonderful pieces!

odj--Great linework here! I love the angle you chose for this, too--very dynamic--and of course, that "warrior Princess" look on her face is perfect!

DarthKuk--I've already gushed over this painting--it's really amazing, and makes it so hard to believe that this is your first foray into watercolors in a long time... Lovely work!

Basement24--OMG!! Great piece--almost vector-ish--and is a stunning capture of that moment (it always gave me chills, too): I always believed that this moment was when Leia's Force-sensitivities really began to awaken, and she could actually sense through the Force that Vader had some strange connection to her that she didn't at that time understand. Why else would Vader have pursued the 'Falcon so feverishly after the escape from Hoth? He thought Luke was aboard, but was in fact sensing his daughter's presence instead... ?? Fabulous!

And Your_Worship--Holy Moly!! How many styles are you the master of, my dear?! I love this piece--it's just beautiful, and the colors and shading are gorgeous! The face carries enough of Carrie's specific facial contours to be very recognizably her (aside of the costume/hairstyle), and the work on the gown is amazing! Wonderful work!! And let's get this up in your thread, too, hm?

Fantastic entries, everyone!!

FF

 

I think you could do both points 1) and 2), separated.

Get some official title for Qui-Ran-Demera's topic and make a contest out of it, and we have our first 'new challenge'.

And for 2), I think that's quite something to make folks participate more... you always enjoy more to make art if you're able to 'win' (in this case: reputation? ) something...

Well, that's just me 2 cents...

 

I'd very much like to see the Challenge continue, in some form or other--I think it often offers inspiration and encourages participation. However, it may be due to the busy-ness of the summer months that we're not seeing as many folks joining in (I myself was nostril-deep in request work...). Just a thought. But the first two options you suggest, Mme. Moderator, also appear to be decent alternatives to the current (overlooked?) thread... I think, though, that it might be good to include at least two subjects--some sort of choice might help to snag the imaginations of some of our members and encourage them to join in... So--like Corran--there's my "two cents!" And if I can help any further with this, Han, please let me know.

FF

 

I would like to continue the challenge. I didn't do anything last month not because of lack of interest, but it was a really busy month for me. I think most students and parents of students found their time taken up with school functions. Then when school ended most people take their vacations. I think July and August will see more people participating.

AG88

 

It's too bad the Monthly challenge isn't working. It's a great idea, but I think busy schedules are the downfall of it. I've been crazed with requests and such recently in non-SW stuff, so that's why I haven't been posting as much in my own thread. I wanted to enter each Monthly challenge though, because it was something I could "force" myself to do for fun.

Overall, I like the idea of #1 and #2 that HanSolo brought up. Here's some other random thoughts...

I think the regular challenge, and the Qui-Ran-Demera challenge could be combined somehow. There could be only one character suggestion for a month, but you could choose any outfit they wear, any scene they were in, or recreate it. I've never seen anyone use the "How I'd draw it" format in the monthly challenge, so maybe it can be opened up to that way. We could also have one thread for anything you want to redefine in your own eyes, but it would be a free-posting topic that has no specific theme or time-frame.

I think one choice for a monthly challenge would be best as well. On www.drawingboard.org, under their superhero section, there's a challenge a month, but it's vague. Last month was Superman, and it was completely open to any style, interpretation, or scene. I think this is most like the Character suggestion for our Monthly Challenges, but I would remove character choices, and scene choices. Instead of "Yoda vs Sidious", it would just be "Yoda" and whomever could choose the Sidious battle, or whatever other scene they enjoyed (or just pin-up art).

Another idea of the Monthly one, is to maybe provide some quick reference pics. I'm sure most people here know the movie characters and such, but on other drawing boards I'm a member of, even when the topic is even something universally known (like the Superman thread), there are a few references from Google Images or Wikipedia to get people going. Sometimes all it takes is a little inspiration to get going.

Rewards or prizes would be a nifty idea, but I think it would have to be consistent, and with some kind of official voting system.

I think that's all I've got for now! Let's get this up and running! I don't think there's anythign wrong with the way it is, it just needs some new energy and blood. Here hoping it works!

 

I like the idea of prizes also, but the problem with that is who is going to fork up the money to buy and ship the prizes? I am a Moderator at another site where I sponsored a fanfic contest. I paid for a copy of Betrayal, a Mark Hamill movie and a SW Calendar for prizes. But it was a yearly contest. For a monthly contest it would become too costly.

I guess what we could do is have volunteers sponsor the monthly contest. They think up the monthly theme and provide the monthly prize. Of course, I don't know if most people feel confortable with giving out their mailing address to complete strangers if they happen to win the contest.

And then you also have the problem that the Fanfic people ran into last year with people using socks to vote for themselves. Although, that probably wouldn't be a problem here since the art community pretty much knows each other.

AG88

 

Well, that would have saved me a great deal of money if I had thought of that. I like the idea of getting VIP colors for a week or two... or how about until the next months winner gets named. So you get VIP colors for a month and you get to pick the next topic(s). I really like that idea.

That inspires me to win!! Next month's topic is.... Oh you can probably guess.

AG88

 

I think the VIP-colors as a prize would do great! IMO, this'll sure get you some more participants.

 

I'd prefer to keep the monthy challenge, I always enjoy doing it and seeing what ideas other people come up with.

 

I got another idea: if we got with the two-topic challenge, I think we should have the topic in the title... like on CGTalk, where you got DailySketches with short forms of the topics in the title... this way, you can easier get an artist's attention on the challenge... e.g., take "Stormtrooper" in the title, and maybe some artists who always wanted to draw a stormie, but haven't seen the challenge before, will participate...

 

Personally, I don't participate all that often b/c my subject matter currently is rather limited, and I'm not terribly inclined to go out of my way to create something I'm not interested in.

I don't like the idea of a single thread. As seen in the wallpaper thread, it makes it too hard to tell where old sections end and new sections begin. And I find the previous challenge's posts and comments and votes (in the case of a competition) mixed with the current month's thread to be pointless and irritating. If I want to see the previous month's stuff, I click on those links in the top post.

However, I DO like the idea of a small prize like board colors. It could certainly serve as an incentive for some people. It won't for me b/c I'm no pro, but some of these people around here certainly deserve some recognition for their outstanding art.