Speed Painting Challenge no. 39.

[waheed nasir]

hello there friends... :wave:.

here, i bring you the 39th Speed Painting Challenge, starting today and ends on the 10th of Feb, Friday.

Subject for this challenge is "Life Under Sea - Octopus". this gives u so much to think about and paint, think of all the stuff/life that comes in your mind about life under sea... :).

*IMP* - you have to have an Octopus in your scene, other than that, its upto u what to include accordingly. u can just paint an octopus in some sort of under sea environment, or add other creatures with that. its upto u.

so start painting and posting... :shout:.

u can post your artwork till the 10th of Feb. after that, voting starts... :).

all the best to all of u...cheers... :wave:.

[artecnl]

nice topic waheed, i hope i can do some entries :)

[CHK]

Hi guys! Been a while since my last visit. I was getting rusty so I decide to participate to that one just for practice. There's still some work to do in it though.

[alidanesh]

Brownboot:
Hi friend....and ye Happy birth day to U :dance: :dance: ..i wish the best for U...And congrat for winning last Week(sorry that i was absent for Voting time :xx: )...
good luck...

[Brownboot]

Thanks alidanesh. :D

Hmm, this round it s tough one. Going to have to spend more time brainstorming than normal...

[VishyP]

Hey waheed i will try my best to do an artwork and post it as soon as possible.


Cheers
Vishal

[waheed nasir]

hi there. nice work CHK.
sure of seeing work from all others soon.
welcome VishyP...:).

yes its a bit tough, but fun...:).

see ya all... :wave:.

[-t3d-]

CHK: Well done on making the home page, good piece of work nice colour range.:)

[artecnl]

hi everyone, chk nice starter pic, very nice, t3d, nice job i like the highlights it seems very 3d, well, this is my image, done in ballpen scanned and colored in ps7 i hope you like it :) 3 hours
cheers.

[waheed nasir]

thats some wonderful addition -t3d- and artecnl...:).

see ya... :wave:...all the best.

[CHK]

Thanks for making my pic as homepage but I think I could improve that some more.
Td3_Nice atmosphere. I don't have the feeling of underwater though. The fishes in the background look like they are small planes.
artecnl_Nice color compo! I like it!

[vidshank]

Hello pple Its been a very long time since i posted anything here....i have worked on something which i would like to share....Thank you for bringing such competetions :D

[vidshank]

Guys how do i post image here...the attachment option only allows 100 kb worth a file...plz help

[L07u5]

Okey so this is the first time I submit anything. I used Photoshop and my wacom. It took me a little less then 2 hours too make this picture. Hope you like it.

[Brownboot]

If the image is too big to attach then you must upload it to the internet somewhere and link to it using the bbcode image tags.

[DerekSc]

Hey Vidshank,
I am constantly having to lower the quality when I save images in Photoshop in order to get in under the 100k limit.
For the last challenge I entered I had to go down to 6 ( :crazy: ), but there weren't any noticable compression artifacts.
I've also had to shrink the image size to get it under the limit as well.
Hey Waheed, is the 100k limit a system restriction, or just an average number the moderators chose? It'd be nice if it was a little larger than that, like 120k, I find I'm always ending up with 105k and have to drop down one more level to get it under the limit.

[Brownboot]

<<<<<<ENTRY REMOVED>>>>>>

The unofficial rule seems to be that hte octopus must be gigantic :P. I like it. 35 min on this one before I run to lunch.

The whole giant creature underwater thing creeps me out a lot, this was a lot of fun to paint, it was a lot easier to get the atmospheric perspective than I thought it'd be. *shrug*

[NordicDemon]

Here is my little contribution. I just got watercolors a few weeks ago and this seemed like a good excerise.

I really like your atmosphere Brownboot. And the slimy texture on the octopus' skin is good. I have a little diffuculty figuring out the thing in the forground, is it a diver?

One hour and 40 minutes, a lot of waiting for the paint to dry.

[Brownboot]

Ya its a diver... If you're having trouble that probably means I ought to work on it some more :P...

I dig the watercolor.

Edit: Updated!

http://www.allenwhite.com/octopus1.jpg

Time is up to 50 min total now.

[Arye_z91]

Hello people..
This is my first one here, I hope you'll like it..
about 2 1/2 hours of work. :dance:
http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/7153/octopus29se.jpg

[artecnl]

wow amazing entries :) i hope to do another one :P, cheers and good luck

[Brownboot]

Sweet stuff Arye. Very 3d. Octupi don't have eyes like that though. Looks very cool though, and I like the warm color palette.

[vidshank]

Thank you Brownboot And dereksc for ur valuable suggestions. I have made my art wrk shrink in Ps When saving it for the web..so it goes


Fully rendered in Photoshop CS, Mouse and since i was working in the expense of office hours :P it must be 6 to 7 hrs on and off. C n C welcome

[waheed nasir]

good stuff...:). great to see that.

yes 100 kb is the maximum limit for an image to come in here.

and i just thought to mention this link below for the Rules, its always good to go thru them...:), this is more for new comers, here:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=24525

keep posting, all the best.

[Seven2]

i've got a question, what are some of the programs you guys use to make these paintngs? :dance:

[DerekSc]

I use Photoshop CS and a Wacom Graphire tablet. It's a 6x8 but I find I still have plenty of control (I just zoom in to do more detailed stuff).
At some point I'd like to do actual paintings for this, but the computer is less messy, and I need to work on my PS skills for texturing. :)

[efish]

Hello!

I'm impressed by the entries so far!
This is the first time I enter a speedpainting-challange, and this is actually my first attempt on drawing in photoshop. Please don't be to harsh on me :crazy: .

I used a UC-Logic drawing tablet (a cheap one). Spent about 2 hours..
Looking forward to see more entries:D!

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1183/octupusfinishlow3fq.jpg

[Brownboot]

Not bad at all efish.

I use Photoshop CS and an Intuous Tablet.

[Arye_z91]

I use photoshop cs2, and Acecad Tablet.

efish, I love the look in their eyes..

[NordicDemon]

I felt the inspiration flowing when i sketched a couple of tumbnails so I tried out a new idea. Made with ink and watercolor. I'm not sure if I want this one to be counted in this competition or my other enty, what do you think?

1 and a half hour of work.

[waheed nasir]

thats some lovely work guys... :!!!:. a big surprise for me indeed when i came in...:).

all the best... :wave:.

see ya.

[nucron]

I'm brand new to this forum, but this whole contest thing is a pretty cool concept.

here's my attempt. it didn't quite turn out the way I thought it would, and there are some things that kind of got messed up, but that's speed painting for you.

50 min, photoshop elements 3.0


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/ronaldraven/Octopus-01-final.jpg

[NordicDemon]

A good picture, a few things can make it even better. A little something in the background. Some fishes maybe, just sugested by some simple shape. The octo could also have some more contrast in some places, like around the top eye. Right now it looks sort of washed out and with the light above it, it would make a nice focusial point for the compsition. Overall it is a good painting and welcome!

[nucron]

I completely agree about the painting being kind of sparse, and the contrast also. maybe I was so focused on the "speed painting" idea, and getting it done in under an hour that I didn't really look at the composition and colors as much as I should have. adding the fish is a good idea. I was actually trying to make the eye the focal point like your were saying, but you're right--it looks a bit off. if I get some time, I might tweak it. but then that might make it go over an hour, which I was trying not to do. anyway, thanks for the suggestions, man.

[nucron]

oh, and NordicDemon, I liked your painting. the colors and the simplicity of the drawing are nice, and you have good control of watercolor. I thought it was kind of funny the way the octopus was swimming in the opposite direction of the fish. it was an interesting touch.

[cid228]

WOW ! Amazing stuff u guys got !!!
Cant find a single "less good" contribution so far !
(not that i use to find any in the other comps ..well u know what i mean=)

Hope i get some time after work to get the pen to the paper and join in on this one !!!

[efish]

Thank you, Brownboot and Arye_z91:)
Very nice images NordicDemon and nucron!

Looking forward to see more:D

[Brownboot]

Nucron! You actually work fast! Excellent. Stuff here can get over 7 hours, which isn't much speed to me anymore...

[Josiah]

Enjoy:

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/5912/octo1ci.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[terminator]

hello
my first entry here.
done with corel painter 9
took me 3 hours

[NordicDemon]

It is nice to see a lot of newcomers.

Josiah, try to get some hard edges, especially on the places in the light.
Your drawing right now is a bit blurry. Here are somthing that maybe will explain it better. (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913) There is a good mosphere though.

Terminator, you rocks are really good. And the clarity is awsome. Maybe it is a bit too clear?
I think that a bit of the blue background color introduced into the foreground would make it a bit more under seaish. It would also connect the piece togheter.

Hope this makes some sense. A lot of good work here.

[terminator]

Terminator, you rocks are really good. And the clarity is awsome. Maybe it is a bit too clear?
I think that a bit of the blue background color introduced into the foreground would make it a bit more under seaish. It would also connect the piece togheter.


thx for reply,i suppose you are right,i should have painted some more blue
layers between the foreground and background rocks.

[waheed nasir]

hi there everyone...:). great to see a good number of entries. and all are nicely handled, though need some sort of refinement, but very well done as a speed painitng thingi. i like them...:).

[vidshank]

hello
my first entry here.
done with corel painter 9
took me 3 hours

nice work you got there terminator...needs a lil bit refining. i luvd the way the anchors texture came out

[-t3d-]

With a few more lessons from my son, I've added to my first entry.

~8 hours from before with an extra half hour to get to this. ~8.5 hours
Done in Paint shop pro 7
Wacom tablet

[-t3d-]

loads of good work everyone, keep them coming :)

Here's my 2nd entry, Taking my lessons into consideration:haha: I made this.

Approx: 7 hours
Done in Paint Shop Pro 7
Wacom Tablet

[chilly-willy]

Great paintings from everyone!!!

Hope i can do one painting by the end of the week. now i'm far to busy with work work work :wall: :wall: :wall:

hope to see more great works. see ya

[NordicDemon]

Interesting work t3d, I can certaintly see that you have learned something from you mistakes. Your secound entry is much better. One thing I can see that looks wierd is the left uppermost arm. It looks like it is fossilised. A part from that a great entry.

[CHK]

Great work td3! I like the render.

[artecnl]

excelent job t3d :D really nice textures and feel :)

[waheed nasir]

hello there...:).
definately a tough contest this time. so many impressive paintings! hard time for voters...:).
friends u've a couple of more days left to post your work.

:).

[-t3d-]

artecnl: Thank you, i have been learning hard ;) you have again acheived another great painting, well done.

CHK: Thank you :)

NordicDemon: Thank you for the complimant, i tried to give old octi a leathery look, but i think i gave it too much lol ;). That link you gave was a great help, thanks for sharing it with us. You entrys are good, they have an octopus in them, so they should count.


Seven2: Hi there, I have three programs on my computer which are:- Photoshop CS , Painter Essentials 2, and Pain shop Pro 7, they are all good in there own way, but i mainly stick to PSP7 ( im finaly getting the knack of that one lol) plus my Wacom tablet.

Lots of good entries this time round, well done everyone.

:wave:

[Glottis]

-t3d- y´know photomanipulation´s not allowed here :P

kidding, your latest is amazing!

But looking at all your work, I feel a bit ashamed posting mine :S

Photoshop 5.5

35 mins

Wacom

[-t3d-]

Glottis:Hello there, phew you scared me for a min,i thought i had done something wrong ;) thanks for the comment. Never feel ashamed of painting anything, its the best way of expressing you feelings. By the way, your pic is good, i feel the terror in the divers eyes. :)

I have seen a few mention the time it has taken to paint, and worried about it, so i looked out the rule for it.

Rule No:3. Since it's a speedpainting, it should be finished in the smallest amout of time possible, but if you paint a whole day, you won't get disqualified, too . But for example 4 days is too much.

Hope this help some of you;)

[CHK]

-t3d- y´know photomanipulation´s not allowed here :P

kidding, your latest is amazing!

But looking at all your work, I feel a bit ashamed posting mine :S

Photoshop 5.5

35 mins

Wacom

I like the look of this painting.

[stephendm]

Hi Guys,

Really nice work EVERYONE. It's amazing what can be done in just a few hours!
I haven't had the chance to start an entry yet but am really hoping I get the chance later today (since it's speed painting, I should still be able to enter, I hope) but can anyone tell me......just in case....

"u can post your artwork till the 10th of Feb. after that, voting starts".....

Does this mean that the end of today, 9th, is closing or the end of tomorrow, 10th??

[-t3d-]

crackerlips: Hi there, welcome the forum, hope to see some of your work soon. You have untill the Friday evening to submit your entry, then voting normaly starts late friday night or early saturday morning, thats how it has worked in the past challenges. good luck. :)

CHK: Thank you again for your complimant. :)

[waheed nasir]

hello crackerlips...nice to see u here, sure, do submit your painting till tomorrow. though its always good to be on a safer side, so work on it as quickly as u can...:).

waiting for your entry...:).

[stephendm]

Thanks guys,

I'm gonna do my damndest to get an entry in. I've been desperately trying to find an hour or two to spare all week to get it done - should get a bit of time tonight, all going according to plan! Let's just hope now my entry isn't an embarrassing disaster. :)
I'll send it in regardless though.

Cheers.

[NgInE]

here's mine :)
time: 2,5 hours
software: Photoshop CS2

all of your work look great guys!

[VishyP]

Hey guysssss, good paintings......... :) and here is mine speed painting done with PS and wacom in 4 and half hours, hope you guys like it. :dance:



http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/9387/underwateroctopus34gi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Cheers
Vishal

[VishyP]

Hi all, here is my second entry. It took me 2 hours 55 minutes on PS and wacom.




http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1492/octopuswater13la.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



Cheers
Vishal

[ashras99]

VishyP, good ones, I like the second one more. Because there is more dark blue in the first one. What you think?

[waheed nasir]

hi there, this challenge will be closed after an hour...:).
hurry up friends.

[stephendm]

Hey,

Wey....I managed to get most of a pic done for the contest and thanks to Waheed, who extended the deadline for me, I get to enter it too!

So here it is - Couldv'e done with touching it up a lot tho and adding some fish but...aah well.

Created using Photoshop, Fireworks 4, paper, pen and a scanner.

Took about 3hrs btw.

Crackerlips.

[stephendm]

Sorry ppl - had no idea my entry would come out so enormous when posted.
It's only 97kb.
To view it properly, save it and shrink it to less than half that size.

Eek!

[waheed nasir]

hi there everyone..seems a tough one this time, great entries by all of u...:).

no worries about the size crackerlips...glad u managed to sumbit yours as well...:).

nice work all of u.

[waheed nasir]

*Its Time To Submit Your Votes. no more paintings pls...:).*

lets see... :wave:.

[artecnl]

hi everyone, very nice entries this week, many contestants , thats so great :)

here is my voting

1.- t3d second entry, very great, its the most realistic entry, nice texturing :) great job

2.- terminator alot of details nice

3.- crackerlips, so eyecatching :D

[-t3d-]

Great work from everyone, this is a hard choice, again in my eyes everones a winner.

1st.... Terninator #40
2nd....artecnl #9
3rd.... nucron #32

[efish]

Hello. Great entries! It have been very fun to join:) I'm learning a lot.
Here are my votes:

1st: VishyP (http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1492/octopuswater13la.jpg) , second entry (Beacause I love the caustics in the water and 3d-feel of the octupus)
2nd: CHK (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=90433&stc=1) (Looks very professional. Nice composition. Great drawing)
3rd: Artecnl (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=90560&stc=1) (Like the cartoonish style. Nicely detailed. Cool light)

Everyone did a great job!
Good luck;)

-efish <><

[Josiah]

1st: VishyP (http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1492/octopuswater13la.jpg) , second entry
2nd: CHK (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=90433&stc=1)
3rd: Artecnl (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=90560&stc=1)



My vote as well. :)

[stephendm]

Hey All,

That was fun - despite the crazy mad panic to get it done and posted! Twas my first attempt at digital painting (obviously :haha: ) ...really looking forward to the next challenge now.

So Anyways,

Fairly hard descision in my opinion but I think I've made the right choices:

1st: Artecnl .....Light, style (really like the cartoony look), perspective, detail, colour - all awesome, what more can i say - NICE ONE!

2nd: -t3d- (Second Entry) .....Real underwater feel got from this pic - texture and light choice 100%. (I wouldn't say no to a little more colour, tough - one or two bright fishys would do the trick ;))

3rd: VishyP (Second Entry) .....Light reflection on the sea bed is amazing (you gotta share how you did that ;)) Love the feel of smooth/slow motion got from the octopus. Again, very slightly lacking in something colourwise!? Can't decide what though!


Excellent job EVERYONE.

[NordicDemon]

Here is my vote:

1: Brownboot - Love the feel of the picture.
2: VishyP secound entry - The lasy octo floating through the water and the caustics is amazing.
3: Terminator. The clarity of the image and the details is amazing.

Many good entries, hope to see you all next week in the next challange.

[pasita n_n]

so cute and nice images this week, this is my vote :kiss:

1_artecnl
2._CHK
3._brownboot

i wish to participate in the next topic :)

[CHK]

1_VishyP: Very nice feel for the undersea situation. You have achieve a really nice rebder for the bottom of the sea.
2_Artecnl: Very nice and many details.
3_t3d: For the convincing texture.

Great job all!!...Nice thread by the way...

[vidshank]

hi guys i have been off for a while and wot do i see...so awesome submissions...gr8 work guys!!

I would like to rate as follows:
1) Vishyp (2nd entry) jus luv tht guys eyes!
2) T3d (2nd entry) nice 3d type rendering..well done buddy
3) Nucron: luks too gud for a 50 min rendering...remember guys it is a speed challenge and this guy has done a gud job in jus tht time!

[equinox]

hi,nice work u all!
i would like to vote
1.artecnl
2.t3d second
3.terminator

[-R3D-]

Great work everyone. So many good pieces.

1st:: Vishy P (both are great but 1st one's my favourite because of the depth and eariness of it)

2nd:: -t3d- (I'm honestly not being bias, but I like the depth and murky feeling to this, I like the textures too, nice and tough looking)

3rd:: Brownboot (It's got great depth and scary feel to it, and I get an excellent sense of scale with the diver in there)

Nice job everyone else :)

[DerekSc]

My votes are for:
1. Vidshank - Originally had you ranked 3rd, but the more I look at it, the more I like it. The colours and negative space captivate the eye.
2. NordicDemon - Very soft and pleasing to look at. Giving you props and the second place spot even though your avatar creeps me out. :)
3. t3d (second entry, #46) - Love the textures you used, always helps in establishing realism.

Honourable mentions: Brownboot and VishyP (#2)

I made a few tries at this one but they were terrible... so when's the next one coming out? :haha:

[VishyP]

good work everyone, and here are my votes
1st- terminator
2nd-chk
3rd-t3d(second entry)

[mim]

Hi all, I’m back after a long period because I was between so many speedy projects. :xx:
And now I see some guys really advanced in their works and also many new peoples that come on the board with great works, I’m really sorry for lost these past challenges with really interested topics, anyway in this challenge I can just vote.
.................................................. .........
:*poly: Please notice that I can’t see some of works like “Arye_z91” one or “efish” and some other guys because a stupid proxy :shout: , although these guys didn’t attach their works directly in the forum that is the main reason of problem :shout: , therefore I ignore theme from voting, sorry. :hmm: :*poly:
.................................................. .........
1-Brownboot #19
2-artecnl#09
3-CHK#03
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cheers, mim.Armand. :max:

[La Cobra]

good imeges, its a shame i can do mine on time, i post it in other thread

the best images i see, and i like most
1: terminator
2: artecnl
3: Nordicdemon

[waheed nasir]

RESULT

hi... :wave:. thanks to everyone for participating..:).

here is the result:

artecnl - 19.
VishyP - 18.
-t3d- - 14.
terminator - 13.
CHK - 9.
Brownboot - 8.
NordicDemon - 3.
vidshank - 3.
nucron - 2.
crackerlips - 1.


woho...that was too close again.

Congratulations artecnl...:). please write to cdsupport@3dtotal.com and to Ben-3dt or Tom-3dt, with your postal address and your cd choice, do include the link to this page as well...:).

thanks again everyone...see ya. the 40th Speed Painting Challenge will be here soon...:).

enjoy... :wave:.

[equinox]

congratulation!

[artecnl]

yei :) :D thanks to all, and congratulations to vishyP and t3d and to all, everybody did a magnific job this challenge :D

[-t3d-]

Congratulation artecnl on another great painting. :) well done also to vishyP. and to every one else, thank you for voting for me, i am happy to come third. looking forward to the next one. :)

[artecnl]

thanks t3d, i really enjoy your last one work :) very realistic. see ya in the next one :)
have a great day
cheers :D

[VishyP]

Congratulation artecnl :) and thank you very much guys for voting for me, man i just missed it :zzz: hope will be doing some stuff for next challenges coming up, thanks t3d for appritiating my work.


Cheers
Vishal.

[mim]

:dance: , :dance: , :dance: !

[artecnl]

:D thanks VishyP and mim, a lot :) see you in the next challenge
cheers :D

[CHK]

Congratulation!!!!Lol

[NordicDemon]

Congrats to you all, you did a great job!!

[stephendm]

:dance: Congratulations Artecnl - well deserved. :dance:

Well done to everyone else too.

I'm mad to get started on the next challenge now.

[artecnl]

thanks crackerlips and NordicDemon and congratulations to all, all did great images :) it was a very close contest :D