Speed Painting Challenge no. 48.

[waheed nasir]

hello there folks...:), here i bring u the 48th Speed Painting Challenge....starts today and ends on the 8th of July, 2006, saturday.

this time u have to paint a scene and at the same time paint a feel and drama...paint an atmospher, which is always an important element of any painting.

Topic: A landscape With A Storm or A Storm Just About To Hit. its upto u whatever u like to include in a landscape, but remember it must have a dramatic mood of a Storm or Storm arriving.
hints: thick, dark clouds, wind, distruction.

u can post upto 3 artworks, but please do mention the one u want to be taken as your final entry for voting. pls take it seriously as it makes things clear for others and good for your ownself as well.

*editing of an already posted entry is not allowed. only make a post when u are all satisfied with the artwork*.

voting starts after 8th of july.

all the best folks...:).

[BuffDady81]

Ok - straight in with a quick 20 / 30 mins painting of a storm just starting over the sea. Photoshop 7.0 and Tablet. Bit abstract, going to do a more realistic type one later but thoguht Id do this to get in the mood, get those creative juices flowing!

[artecnl]

hi guys, i think this is a very nice topic and i hope to see great entries,
i do this one in 2 and a half hours, with ps7 and a graphire 4 , hope you like it :D, good background Buffdady :)

[Arioch]

Did this in about an hour and a half or in 3 "that 70's show" episodes you pick =D

[Arioch]

here is the refrence pic i used.

[Rico]

buffdady: nice colors, but that horizon really needs some work. normally it wouldn't be a black line that indicates the break between ground and sky. especially on the sea, when you look far into the horizon, you will see that the water nearly melts with the sky, even more when there's a storm approaching. i know u know that anyway :)

artecnl: very cool, colors are great. that pic reflects a nice mood, really impressive! but i somehow don't get the impression of a stormy atmosphere...

arioch: very difficult to distinguish what's going on in that pic. i like the mood and the colors. i think it's a tree there. i suggest a more wide angle shot to get an impression of the scenery. also reduce some of that bluriness, that will make it way more interesting.

this is going o be a great challenge, keep going!

[Alletun]

Hey all :wave: i've been following the speedpainting competitions for some time now and i thought it was time get involved myself. This one took alittle under 3 hours with a wacom tablet in ps cs2.

Nice entries so far, keep it up all!

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5624/speedpaintingstormylandscapev3.png

[rawwad]

artecnl - Nice work man, great lightning

photoshop + tablet, 40min
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/853/10stromfinal4lb.jpg

[artecnl]

:D thanks rico., i hope to see your entry soon, well maybe i need more wind or destruction on my image, thanks for the comment
Arioch, nice colors but its too blurry, you should make it bigger
alletun, A big welcome to you , nice start
Rawwad what i can say, greaat lightning, great mood, and very nice colors, nice work man :D
see ya soon

[BuffDady81]

Rico - thanks for the comments, but I do say it is an abstract impression of a storm, I know the black line wouldnt be there but its all part of the overall look I was going for - Didnt want a realistic sketch quite yet, just wanted to do a quick impressionistic painting. The Sea is more of a flat mirror then actual water.

Alletun - Great first entry, way to make a mark on this forum, lighting and atmosphere are very good.

Rawwad - like the effects, and the sun peaking through the clouds, very atmospheric.

Artecnl - what can I say - usual high standard. At this rate you will own all the texturing CD's

[PsyPuff]

Great entries everybody!
Espacially Artecnl Rawwad and Alletun (welcome)!
Trying to make one of my own in the next few days.
Finally - finished highschool, getting ready for the army for the next few monthes - so I have alot of spare time!!!

[krume_dimov]

Hey guys. This is my very first entry in speed painting challenges. I made this in photoshop for about 2 hours, I hope you like it and C&C are welcome! ;)

[krume_dimov]

I used this picture as a reference.

[waheed nasir]

dramatic indeed!!!...very well done my friends...:). im surprised to see such enthusiasm and creativitiy...nice colors and good appropriate mood...:).

cheers and all the best.

[stojan_dimov]

Here is my first entry for this challenge i hope you like it.
Made in 1h 30min in Photoshop cs2. Enjoy! :D

[stojan_dimov]

This is the picture i used as a reference!

[Rico]

hey dimovs, it seems you are twins. the similarity of your pics indicates that :smug: nice entries.

alletun and rawwad: awesome!!!

and yes artecnl, i will do one especially for you :)

[homemacai]

nice entries so far..this one will be chalegening(does this word exists?) anyawy...the signature of Rico inspired me, like Treblika was a nightmare, i will try to take the feeling of that place with an upcoming storm...Artcnl - your is the one i most like

[krume_dimov]

Rico - You're right, we're twins. Thanks a lot.
Nice entries everyone ;)

[tyry_2]

nice entries guys :)

But these dimovs i think they play unfair.It is so obvious that the picture is not 100 % made in photoshop.I think they have used extracts from other pics...

Cheers :)

[krume_dimov]

nice entries guys

But these dimovs i think they play unfair.It is so obvious that the picture is not 100 % made in photoshop.I think they have used extracts from other pics...

Cheers

That's not true! About a month ago we downloaded few photoshop brushes (trees, lightnings etc.) and when we saw this challenge we wanted to try them out. If what we did is not allowed, we're sorry!

[tyry_2]

This is painting chalenge.Of course those stuff are not allowed...

It is same as you put others models in your scene for a modeling chalenge...

If i were administrator i would disqualify you this time...

Sorry, but please next time try to play fair...

[artecnl]

here are the rules (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=24525) i dont see that brushes are not allowed

[tyry_2]

It is not mentioned in the rules because it is so obvious...

It is a painting chalenge for god saik...Only you should paint using brushes as you would in real world.But not brushes like they used...

As i said already : it is same as you put others models in your scene for a modeling chalenge...

I think administrator will think of this and write it in RULES...

[Chulk607]

Hi, i've been a long time lurker on 3dtotal and never thought my first post would be in the speedpainting, as its something ive only recently got into.... im mainly a 3d artist...

anyhow, i hope this works, its my first ever post and my only entry for this subject, hope you like it.

Great entries so far! Keep it up people!

oh, one more thing, is there a limit on image size? i wasn't sure where to find anything about that sorta stuff, i hope i got this right...

[Chulk607]

Ok, so i forgot to include any useful information haha,
the image was created in photoshop using a mouse unfortunately, not enough cash for a tablet.....
anyhow it took me about 40 mins to create, would have liked to put more detail in but didnt have chance unfortunately.... well hope you like it, any crits would be much appreciated.

[Rico]

chulk nice entry. i like the mood and feel of a chaotic storm. but what is it? i would suggest a tumbling wave, or is it a forest in the distance?

[art mekanik]

I live in arizona soo forgive me for the boring pic but none the less the skies out here are BEAUTIFUL.... took like 20 minutes painter and intous 3

http://www.tallguystudios.com/images/storm_001.jpg

[Michael]

Hello everyone.

Loong time no see :) How you're all doing? I see challenges are up and running pretty smoothly, thanks so much to Waheed :) :D

OK, I've been asked to help with solving the brushes issue. So from my point of view - the brushes aren't forbidden, those are tools that help to achieve a certain effect or mood or anything you want to be in the picture, BUT it SHOULD NOT be a pre-made part of the painting, like a tree, brush, lighting etc.

Now I'll explain why - those challenges were started and are held for you to learn. To make an effort, use your imagination and paint somehting of your own. So when you use a brush, that scatters leaf-like shapes, it's good, you need to make the stokes and paint the tree on your own. Now - when you use pre-made tree - it's no effort at all to paint this tree. And you learn nothing with it, the painting is impresonal, though technically good. And if you loose your individuality - you lose the ONE thing that makes artists different. So basically - you're just hurting yourself.

Dimov's entry is accepted, because it wasn't mentioned in the rules, that are being created on the run, when some issue comes up. But other entries like that won't be allowed anymore.


Also - please check the rules, another change needs to be made - YOU CAN'T just edit your previous work - paint over weak areas of already submitted work and call it another entry, because it's not and it misses our point here, which is to learn and have fun, guys and girls.

Anyway - I'm really glad to see new faces as well as frequent visitors to our challenges. Do have fun and learn as much as you can with it.

[waheed nasir]

it would be great if people paint like manual painting, with normal brushes, then their real ability as an artist can be judged. im sure people get the point now.

:). cheers all.

[waheed nasir]

for Rules (updated), pls click on the link below:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=266492#post266492

[Michael]

I gotta add this - real pros like Linda Bergkvist, Natasha Roeoesli, Erik Tiemens, Ryan Church, Iain McCaig when using digital media - they just use standard brushes with a bit of texture. Think of it :P

[Jessie_Rivers]

Hi, Friends.
I hope everything is alright. The present artworks are very good. Here is my first contribution. Corel PhotoPaint 12 and PhotoShop CS. 1 hour, 15 minutes, with mouse. I hope you like it.

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Ligth-rod.jpg

Congratulations to the Challenge No 47’s winner, Artecnl. Well done, amigo.
To Josiah: I voted for you. The next one is yours. ROAR!
To Rico: Third Place is not so bad. Well done, amigo.
Reference: In this case, I used as reference the Benjamin Franklin’s Lightening rod. I made this drawing for the book “Los Inventores y sus Inventos” (The Inventors and their inventions). I made 24 pencil drawings: 24 inventors with their respective inventions. From “The Fire” to “The Computer”. I enjoyed this work very much.

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Benjamin%20Franklin.jpg

Jessie Rivers
Independent Republic of Mordor

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Bandera%20de%20Mordor.jpg

[stojan_dimov]

Well this is my second entry. I made it in photoshop with regular brush only. I didn't count how much time it took me to make this painting but it was about 2 hours of painting and experimenting. Hope you like it! :D

[Chulk607]

Hey guys, some nice entrys so far!
Thanks Rico for your comments, i kinda intended it to be a marsh-land , or perhaps river, with forests in the background, as i said, i'd have liked to put more detail in but just didnt have time sadly. Again, thanks for the comments, and everyone keep up the good work!

[tyry_2]

stojan_dimov come on man ... :)

Are you kiding with us? It is so obvious that you have used a lightning brush again...

You should definetly be disqualified now ...

[DerekSc]

Come on people, this is supposed to be fun!

With all the bitching and whining going on lately, it's hard to get inspired to do anything for these competitions. Lighten up, the whole point of these things is not to win a little CD, but to challenge and express ourselves artistically.
The general attitude in here for the last couple of competitions has really kept me away, and this current mess is not helping matters.
Please try to keep the criticism constructive, and remember this is about art.
Thank you.

(by the way, there is a simple solution if you think someone is cheating... don't vote for them.)

[stormnboy]

Some nice work here - I might need to pull the ol' tablet out of the cupboard...

[Chulk607]

Indeed, too much whining! Also, you can win a CD? I had no idea, I always thought it was just for kicks!

Stormnboy, you keep your tablet in a CUPBOARD! for shame! ;P

[bb0x]

stojan_dimov come on man ... :)

Are you kiding with us? It is so obvious that you have used a lightning brush again...

You should definetly be disqualified now ...


it looks more like a smudge to me...

because he used a brush before and got crits about that...makes me thikn if hed be stupid enought to do the same....i dont think its its a brush...looks to unlightening-ish to be a brush...like i said...looks like a smudge :dunno:

[CHK]

Hey long time no see. I thought I would give to this SP a try. But I use filters and played a lot with blending mode. Is it still allright? Actually did learn things by doing so. 1h30 /Photoshop.

[waheed nasir]

this looks nice chk...playing with filter and blending modes is okay, as long as one uses them for creative purposes. remember, our objective here is to learn things too, its better if we go into filters and blending modes as less as possible and develop actual painting skills, without taking help from other stuff. we must be sincere with everything ourselves.
hope u get my point...:).

cheers all.

[stojan_dimov]

tyry_2 I don't know what's your problem! We cleared out the things about "the brushes". Do you really think I'm so stupid to do the same thing again?
bb0x has a really good eye and he's right. I used regular photoshop brush with master diameter 1 and smudge tool to fix things a little.

[waheed nasir]

hi stojan_dimov...:). thats fine. your last painting is Ok.

[Josiah]

Attack of the dragons on a stormy night!

Here is my entry@ I hope you all like it. I am very proud of how it turned out!

Thanks

Josiah

[tyry_2]

tyry_2 I don't know what's your problem! We cleared out the things about "the brushes". Do you really think I'm so stupid to do the same thing again?
bb0x has a really good eye and he's right. I used regular photoshop brush with master diameter 1 and smudge tool to fix things a little.

What is my problem? I still think you used lightning brushes . . .

I hate cheaters.That is my problem

[rawwad]

another quick one
photoshop + tablet, 30min

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9300/stormsecondfinal9bp.jpg

[BuffDady81]

Second Entry and my voteable one unless I do another... Took around 2 and a half hours from scratch in photoshop 7.0. Due to file size restrictions I have had to cut its size down by half, so you cant see the detail as well as I would have liked, but I'm happy with the images overall look.

[stojan_dimov]

tyry_2 Why do you continue doing this? I know I'm not a cheater! I thought this would be fun, but now with your false accusations it's not. To be honest I'm more into 3D and the only reason I wanted to participate on this challenge was to have fun and to upgrade my skills, not to win CD. I've participated on speed modeling challenge and everything was fine, I had fun and learned something. It's not right to say I'm cheater just because you think I'm.

[krume_dimov]

This is my second entry on this challenge. It took me about 1h 30min in photoshop cs2 to paint it. Nice entries everyone. Good job. ;)

[Rafa 3d]

made 1h 30'

[artecnl]

Jessie-Rivers, very nice, you have an unique style
CHK. its almost a miracle to see you here! LOL, welcome back , excellent mood and image,:)
Josiah, nice painterly style, well done
rawwad- nice colors again, and great mood
BuffDady, :D great choice of color, , maybe a more contrast or brighter areas should be nice, well thats my point of view :D nice
dimov Brothers well it will be nice if you put more colors and detail, however, nice works,

and Tyry_2 you should make a painting, thats the fun part of this forum , have fun.

Rico, :D se salvaron el domingo, jejej suerte en el partido contra Alemania, Espero que Saquen al Local de su copa del Mundo, y que Ganen la Copa.

P.D.sigo esperando tu imagen :D

[stojan_dimov]

Well guys this is my third entry.
2h 30min in photoshop
artecnl thanks from both of us!

[Rafa 3d]

thanks for the indications, always enchant east art I look for to me to improve... their works also are a jewel... I promise will be more... and I hope we gain Sunday...

[Rafa 3d]

gracias por las indicaciones, me encanta este arte siempre busco mejorarme...
sus trabajos tambien están una joya...prometo habrá más...
y espero ganemos el domingo...

[Rafa 3d]

perdón el viernes...contra Alemania

[BuffDady81]

Thanks Artecnl - But I cant change it now, maybe the next one!!!

[moljnir]

Nice one artecnl! And Alletun, sets a great mood.

Anyway here's my first, a little under 2 hours in Painter. :) I couldn't decide between the color and B&W, any opinions?

http://students.washington.edu/mmccain/landscape4-bw.jpg

http://students.washington.edu/mmccain/landscape4.jpg

[Rico]

yeah, blueish-grey. cause both don't let me feel like there's a storm ahead. the colored one may let someone assume there's a fire behind, the grey one is missing a bit of personality. the image looks really cool, only the storm is missing :)

[Humuni]

Hi all!! i'm seen a lot of great arts (especially artecnl, rawwad, and CHK) i like this topic!! so, i posted my own too.... \(^o^)/

... 4 half hr ... PS ... (i wanted to show the storm is gradually comping form the right...-grass-)

[DerekSc]

moljnir: I prefer the colour one, much more striking (especially the clouds). Good job.

[CHK]

Nice works all!
Artecnl: Thanks, I've been busy but trying my best to participate. Your painting is inspiring!
Rawwad: Nice color scheme and mood ,I like your lightings!
BufDady81: Better now with landscape.
Rafa: Maybe the storm could be more emphasized.
Moljnir: Very nice but I also don't have the feeling of storm but rather a feeling of fire.

[jbsniff]

Here's my contribution.
Software: Photoshop CS2
Time: 1 1/2 hours

[moljnir]

Thanks for the feedback guys :wave:

Yea, I was trying to do something a little different but got caught up in all the fiery stuff and lost the storm-ness.

jbsniff that's awesome, my only crit is the sand in the air on the left looks overblurred to me. Did you use any reference? (Not trying to imply that it looks like you did, just curious how you approached it.)

CHK, I feel like that would be impressive even without the filtering, maybe even more so - nice work.

[wargrafix]

Hello to you all. Wow these are some incredible pieces! I just want to contribute a little. This took me a little over 1 hour and 12 mins an Alias Sketchbook. This by the way is from memory when i witnessed the near hit of hurricane Ivan.
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[artecnl]

Rafa 3d nice image, you can put some water and darker clouds in your next entry, :D
stojan_dimov- nice second entry
moljnir, :D thanks, and great image, i like the strokes, nice and painterly i like it
Humuni welcome to forums, nice first one, try to put more detail in the grass and more clouds for your netxt, Well done :D
CHK. THANKS dude. :) i say the same to yours
wargrafix, very detailed its a shame that you can colored this one, however, nice details :)

excellent Challenge, guys :) see you laterr :wave:

[wargrafix]

I agree artecnl. These days my colour sense a bit off. Your piece was superb! Thanks for the kinds words. ^_^ I'll do another one soon. That day it was very grey. That and the fact i was stranded on one of the islands near my country, with very little shelter, so I was trying not to get killed, lol.

(BTW. first time I've ever used a smudge tool on my lines. I think i found a new toy.Joy!)
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[Rafa 3d]

hello I have made today this new painting with stormy and dark surroundings, and I title strange earth...

hola¡ he realizado hoy esta nueva pintura con un entorno tormentoso y oscuro, y lo titulo extraña tierra...

by , saludos

[wargrafix]

Nice one Rafa 3d! I get the feeling that the storm has just passed, not more than 30 minuites ago.
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[CHK]

Another one...Just for the fun. not votable!!1+30mn, Painter and Photoshop.
I tried to upload a bigger file but it won't accept it. How can you guys upload so big pictures? Is there a trick?

[wargrafix]

Hey CHK, that was a good one. For big pictures, when I save, I first save a high quality version, then save a jpeg of it of lowered quality and play with it until it hovers around the 100kb file size. It would have been cool if the site allowed 150kb, but that's life.
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[Milan]

Artecnl-very cool
Allentun-Very nice entry man
Rawwad- Doing nice like your second one
and every body well done keep it up. Great entry s

[-R3D-]

Ok, I havn't been on here for a while, well actually since "Galaxy" but anyway. I was reading through some of these comments about the lightening, regarding how they must be brushes..... I thought I'd try making lightening myself :D I just put my hand into jitter mode and started drawing the forks :) it works :D Anyway, I done that then done the cloudy sky and then the rest. Didn't intend on making anm entry but why not...

You can see a bit of blue sky to the left, The storm has almost taken over :)

I'm kinda proud of it, seeing as im more of a 3D modeller than a 2D digital painter. :)

Hope you kinda like it.... a bit :shy:

App:: PSP X
Using:: Mouse
Time:: 3-4hrs It got very addictive :D
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5457/stormcomingin4za.jpg

[DerekSc]

Nice job -R3D-, I really like the clouds.
If your speed painting skills catch up to your modeling skills then we are all in a lot of trouble. :)

[-R3D-]

:D Cheers DerekSc, I doubt I will become that good in Painting:) I only do it every now & then. But I do like this topic quite a lot. :) I may do another if I get an idea crop up.

See ya :wave:

[homemacai]

here´s my first entry! very nice entryes o far!congratulations to everyone!
ink.

[HammerCH22]

Well here it is
Adobe Photoshop 4 hours

[Humuni]

Very nice HammerCH22 (*0*) i like the mist.....

[HammerCH22]

The Airbrush tool is my best friend...

[CHK]

Homemacai: love the style!!!...
HammerCH22: Very nice! Got the mood!

[Rafa 3d]

hola amigos esta es la tercer imagen creada por mi, bueno espero les guste...en ves de usar Photoshop esta vez use Painter... estos dos programas me encantan...

hello friends this is the third image created by my good hope likes... in you see they use Photoshop is time uses to Painter... these two programs enchant to me...

[CHK]

Couldn't resist, I got addicted...here is a third one. I war working on how to paint clouds and lightings. I haven't got it yet but still working on it. 1h30mn Painter and Photoshop.

Wargrafix: thanks for the tips I could upload a bigger size now,Lol.

[wargrafix]

No problem CHK. Damn, that piece came out good! Although I would recommend darkening the horizon clouds to make it feel a bit more ominous (is that spelling right?).
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[homemacai]

CHK - thanks,..this last one is great what tool do you use to make the clouds??i have a big problem doing clouds on photshop..

[Jessie_Rivers]

Hi, Friends.
To artecnl: Excuse me, Forum’s friend. I go to speak Spanish in this opportunity with artecnl: Gracias por tu opinion con respecto a mi trabajo, lo hago lo mejor que puedo. Trato de que mi arte parezca sobre todo hecho a la acuarela más que pintura al óleo o acrílico. Cuando era un muchacho tuve un montón de influencia artística del arte POP: de Andy Warhold (las serigrafías de Marilyn me enloquecen), de Roy Lichtenstein (en especial su obra maestra WHAAM!), la película “Yellow Submarine”, de los Beatles, los affiches de Meter Max… En general, todo el arte POP. Cuando ingresé a la escuela de Arte, los profesores me cambiaron los parámetros de mi forma de hacer arte, debido a que me decían que vivía en el pasado con eso del arte POP. Bien: Me he convertido en un pintor del Renacimiento, Ja, Ja, Ja,… Sin embargo, me escapo de vez en cuando a mi infancia y hago cosas con un marcado acento POP. Bueno, ya está bien de hablar de mí por el momento.
Por otra parte, considero bien merecido tu premio del reto anterior, aunque no vote por ti, te metí en el cuadro de honor. Tu último trabajo, el # 3 para este reto es muy bueno.
Thanks to Forum’s friend. I come back to speak english:
Here is my second entry. Corel PhotoPaint 12 and PhotoShop CS. 45 minutes, with mouse. I hope you like it.

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Stormdog.jpg

Reference: In this case, I used as reference one picture of my she dog “Mancha”. I love dogs (animals in general) very much. Mancha live inside my house since three years ago and she is the light of my house. My family adore her. She is very spoilt! I made this picture because I couldn’t to imagine one dog inside kennel in the middle of the storm. Terrifying!

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Mancha.jpg

Jessie Rivers

Independent Republic of Mordor

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Bandera%20de%20Mordor.jpg

[artecnl]

Jessie Rivers excelente que te mantengas el estilo, me parece muy original, siempre es bueno hacer lo que te guste, a mi tambien me gustan mucho las obras de Warhold. y tambien gracias por tu comentario del challenge pasado. Saludosssss!! que estes muy bien, por cierto muy buena tu ultima imagen me gustan mucho los contrastes de color :D

homemacai, very dramatic mood, excellent lineart, :D i wish to see color on that,

Rafa3d, very nice the last two images are great, nice lightning. :D

CHK, wow, thats some great stuff, Very well done my friend

[HammerCH22]

Alright 1 hour 45 minutes Adobe Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. No Reference at all...

If I have to choose an entry between the two then this is it. Inspired by a couple of posters in this thread...

[Chubbs]

Wow, cool entries! My favorites gotta be Alletun and Rawwad though :wave: !'
Started working on a piece yestarday, and its a storm comming on that one too :P so why not enter it! Early stage, but its what I wanted to show for this speedpaint!

3-4h Photoshop CS, wacom

[Chubbs]

oh btw, if someone got confused or wondering, this is from inside a hotel room.. :)

[Arioch]

Did another, this is the final one to get judged and all. Took me about an hour in painter and a little bit in photoshop, done in an impressonistic style like my last one. Hope you all like it =D

rafa 3d and rawwad good job, I really get the feeling of an incoming storm and they are both very well done.

[stormnboy]

Wow... Beautiful dog, Jessie_rivers. Ive got a King charles cavalier aswell. Almost as cool as yours. ;P

[pasita n_n]

:wave: Hi, this is my storm, in photoshop, 4 hours, and well done everyone, great jobs.

[artecnl]

Chubbs a little bit darker but well done
Arioch. nice lightning :D
very Nice pasita :D i like the vegetation and the clouds :D

[artecnl]

here is my second paint, 2 hours ps7 and a graphire 4 :D hope you like it

[moljnir]

Here's my second entry, a snowstorm in the mountains. No reference, although inspired by the Fellowship's attempt to cross Caradhras. :)

1.5 hours, painter and CS2.

[Arioch]

Artecnl, really like the rain effect you have going in the last one. Good job =D

[CHK]

CHK - thanks,..this last one is great what tool do you use to make the clouds??i have a big problem doing clouds on photshop..
Homemacai, thanks. I used painter first and play with two colors first then I use some blender brush within painter. Then I go to Photoshop and use Digital airbrush and play with some filters such as the "clouds", "noise" filters. I also play a lot with layer blending modes such as overlay. No big deal ;)!...

Artecln: Really like that last one! You stunned me!!Lol...

[Alletun]

Hey! :wave: theres some really nice entires in this challenge.

cool rain effect artecnl, really nice

[memod]

weeeee, I'm back. had some major computer issues, but I hope that everything works again now =)

here's my entry for this competition, hope you guys like it!

edit: time taken: about 100 minutes

[clovishs]

Hi, this is my storm, with photoshop, 3hours.

http://s2.slibe.com/fullimage/6fcd2542-SP_3DT_2_1_jpg.jpg (http://www.slibe.com)

[mikeb87]

Here my first entry for this new challenge. A bit less than a hour with wacom intuos 3 a5 and photoshop.
I hope you like it
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/9135/tempest28qr.jpg

[memod]

nice work clovishs, just think a little bit more detail might give the whole shot even more scale.

love the swirl thingy, mikeb87, but the summoning figure seems to merge with the rock a bit...some colour variation would be nice, to have it pop out more =)

[CHK]

Memod: Dazzling!!...Love the strokes....

[csc]

wow! great picture clovishs i love the mood!
fantastic job!

csc

[ximahmoud]

nice work everyone ...specially all of you..;)..i don think that i have the time for this one..i have some 3D work for a cartoon series on the TV..and iam on a dead line..may be catch you the next time..cya

[Glottis]

Great entries everyone :)

I was browsing through the challenge in my work this morning, and actually found it rather strange no-one had made this joke:

so my first entry is:
Storm (from X-Men) about to hit:

a 10 minute doodle via wacom and photoshop 7.

(funny if lack of sleep for a total of two weeks included)

[XYZ]

wow,, great entries everyone,, all sad, but great. I'm bad with the lights and that stuff so I wont participate in this one...

[surboo]

oki so this is my first ever entry so please dont laugh too hard.. : D anyways couldnt decide to go with the black and white or color...
used a paper with watercolors and photoshop about 4 hours?

oh and everyone has much great entries!

[surboo]

heres another that i made in about an hour just now.. hope it doesnt hurt eyes?
thx oh and this is made in just photoshop

[clovishs]

thanks for commenting mine post, I go to have to try to make all the indicated changes.


It forgives me for the o my bad Englis.h

[mikeb87]

Here my second entry, done with photoshop and wacom intuos 3 in about 1 hour 15 mins. I hope you like it :smug:

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8876/tempesta43fg.jpg

[stephendm]

Brilliant entries everyone! :)
Unfortunately I have only time to comment on a few at random (sorry if I've left you out)

Artecnl (post#94): Your colour palette is awesome as always - love the moody pic.

Moljnir (post#95): Excellent take on the typical storm scene myself and nearly everyone else did....I'd print that and hang it on my wall!

Mikeb: Your pics are really interesting - Really like what you did with the skies.....the one in post #111 is particularly powerful. Nice one

CHK (post#82): Absolutely amazing sky and I love the tiny detail at the bottom of the pic. My one crit is the lightning bolt is too thick.

Rawwad (post#47): If you sit back and look at this you'd nearly mistake it as a photograph - GREAT STUFF!

Here's my take on it. Took about two hours in Photoshop with an Intuos 3. No ref.

[Humuni]

........... (0_0).. Wow! nice pic crackerlips!! i really like the color.... its too good!

[waheed nasir]

amazing entries folks...nice dramatic artworks...:).
mikeb87, i like the angle.

[Pehrson]

hello everyone this is my entry made it 6 months ago. Ps7 Wacom 3h
Critics are very welcome.
nice work everyone.

[Jessie_Rivers]

Hi, Friends. I was very sick. I had an horrible cold. Now, I feel better. Thank heaven!
To artecnl: Thanks for your comments about my art. On the other hand, your artwork # 94 is really very nice. Congratulations.
To stormnboy: Thanks for your comments about Mancha. What happened with your dog? Missing?
To memod # 99, clovishs # 100, mikeb87 # 101 & # 111; and surboo # 109: I like your entrys. Very nice, friends.
To Glottis # 106: Your idea is great. I like for one comic’s cover, seriously. I’m sorry not have time to make it.
To Ximahmoud: Good look with your 3D cartoon series. I like to watch your work very soon. I love cartoons. I made three cartoons, of 3 min each, with the National Filmboard of Canada long ago. Of course, traditional animation, frame by frame, not 3D. On the other hand, you are necessary in this forum with your work and your right comments. Come back when you can.
Here is my third entry (votable). This time, I use only PhotoShop CS. 45 minutes, with mouse. I hope you like it.

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/High%20Towers.jpg

Reference: In this case, I used as reference one picture of space shuttle, “Discovery”. I read in the newspaper that Discovery had problems in its launching. I hope nothing serious. Well, my three towers are liquid oxygen tank, and emergency propellents of Discovery.

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Discovery.jpg

Jessie Rivers
Independent Republic of Mordor

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Bandera%20de%20Mordor.jpg

[CHK]

crackerlips: Thanks for the remark, I'll note that! Amazing work you did. Looks indeed like a tropical storm.
mikeb87: Nice angle!

[CHK]

hello everyone this is my entry made it 6 months ago. Ps7 Wacom 3h
Critics are very welcome.
nice work everyone.
Nice Pehrson, but it's missing some 'energy' in the whole picture somehow!!

[pyromir]

Here is my first entry for one of these challenges.I used adobe photo shop.This took me 60 minutes to do.Most of the time was just making the grass look right and making the rain look right.

[wargrafix]

Well, here is my submission piece. I decided to return to to my old sig name Ice Raven. By the way, this is my first color painting in digital. I must say it was tough to maintain my detail style in this format, but things seemed to have turned out nicely.

Stormy evening in Caroni Plains.
Time: 2 1/2 hours
Software: Alias sketchbook pro & Corel Painter 9
________
BMW M43 HISTORY (http://www.bmw-tech.org/wiki/BMW_M43)

[mikeb87]

Yes...i know...maybe someone will not appreciate it but...i'd like to create something different from the usual stormy clouds. I tried to recreate a hormonal storm in the blood flux :evil: Made with ps and wacom in 1 hour

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/113/tempestaormonale3xe.jpg

[waheed nasir]

VOTING TIME.

its time to sumbit your votes, no more paintings pls.

all the best my friends...:).

[pyromir]

Here are the people that I am voting for.
1st -- crackerlips.
2nd -- Alletun.
3rd -- mikeb87.

[waheed nasir]

hi pyromir...there is a way to vote..uve to do that for 3 people..first, second and third, like:

1st -- (Name of the person comes here).
2nd -- (Name of the person).
3rd -- (Name of the person).

all new comers can visit previous challenge to get the idea or just wait a day, to see how others vote, then they can sumbit their votes afterwards.

cheers....:).

[pyromir]

I hope I have it corrected now.

[moljnir]

Hey, I forgot to specify, my second entry is the votable one - the wintry mountains piece #95. Thanks!

My votes are:

1. crackerlips
2. chk
3. memod

[artecnl]

nice challenge guys :D here are my favorites, (by the way i choose my firs entry for the votes :D)

1.- rawwad
2.-crackerlips
3.-Jessie Rivers- i like you mantain you style :)

everybody else great subbmision, :D see ya in the next one

[waheed nasir]

yes pyromir, thats right...:).

[wargrafix]

Well, here comes the moment of truth. Lol, seriously this was a fun experience that most certainly taught me a whole new set of uses of the regular brushes in painter. My second submission is the votable one.

1st -- artecnl
2nd -- Alletun
3rd -- crackerlips

To all the rest:keep it up!
________
Mexico Hotels (http://mexicohoteles.org)

[pasita n_n]

:wave: Hi !!!

Greats jobs all, this are my favorites.-

1st Rafa 3d
2nd Artecnl
3rd Buffdady

Congratulations everyone all are excellent works :haha:

[BuffDady81]

loads of good entries and its good to see more and more people entering and improving - it was close this time but I have gone for...

1st - Crackerlips - Great image, the use of colour is excellent.
2nd - Alleton - very nice indeed. Good atmosphere.
3rd - Homemacai - There is just something about this image that I love.

See you all in next challenge!

[Rico]

ohhh so many nice entries. unfortunately i wasn't able to find some time to join this challenge :cry:
anyway, my votes:

1. crackerlips
2. rawwad
3. alletun

keep it up!

[Illegal]

awsome entrys

1st.artecnl
2nd.memod
3rd.Rawwd

[Humuni]

wow!! a lot of nice entries!

1) crackerlips
2) rawwad
3) rafa3d

[stephendm]

There were sooooo many pieces I wanted to vote for as per usual - excellent work everybody.

In the end I decided to go with:

1st: artecnl
2nd: moljnir
3rd: buffdady

Keep it up guys - I love it :)

[CHK]

1--artecnl
2-- rawwad
3--crackerlips

Nice works everyone!

[homemacai]

1-crackerlips
2-chk
3-buffdaddy

[memod]

1. rawwad
2. moljnir
3. crackerlips

great works guys! =)

[Jessie_Rivers]

Hi, Friends.
My votes: In general, all artworks are very nice. Congratulations to participants. Explaining that my election don`t have nothing to see with the artistic value of the artworks presented here. It’s my personal liking simply.
1.- artecnl # 94
2.- clovishs # 100
3.- mikeb 87 # 121 (you broke the barrier of imagination with this idea. Very nice)

Honors (without order of position):
Alletun # 7
rawwad # 8
CHK # 41
Chulk 607 # 25
Josiah # 45
BuffDady 81 # 48
Rafa 3d # 68
R3D # 73
Memod # 99

Jessie Rivers
Independent Republic of Mordor

http://www.myimagehub.com/files/2581/Bandera%20de%20Mordor.jpg

[mikeb87]

My 3 votes:
1) Moljnir (i like very much your style)
2) Rafa 3D
3) -R3D-

[Chulk607]

thanks for the mention Jessie! very kind of you. I really love the stuff you guys have come up with for this challenge, as it was my first ever entry to this it's been an eye opener for sure.... heres my votes anyhow!

1st crackerlips
2nd rafa3d
3rd rawwad

:dance: :dance:

[tokai]

Great work everyone!

1 - clovishs (post #100)
2 - CHK (post #41)
3 - jbsniff (post #63)

regards,
tokai



@moderators: btw, would be nice to enforce pointing out the post number in votings too (for the case that participants submitted multiple pictures). Else I don't see how you can fairly choose a winner picture.

[waheed nasir]

hi tokai...this has been mentioned a lot of times, i really want people to co-operate in this regard, those who post multiple artworks, must not forget to mention their final entry and those who vote must see that as well. this must be taken seriously for fair results.

cheers...:).

[La Cobra]

good work, shame i can have time to do one , the next i do something
the votes goes to:

1.artencl
2.chk
3.rafa3d

byeee ;)

[waheed nasir]

49th speed painting challenge is up...click on the link below:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=477562#post477562

see you there...:).

[waheed nasir]

RESULTS.

here:

crackerlips -- 26.
artecnl -- 20.
rawwad -- 14.

Congratulations crackerlips...:), 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 everyone...:).

[CHK]

RESULTS.

here:

crackerlips -- 26.
artecnl -- 20.
rawwad -- 14.

Congratulations crackerlips...:), 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 everyone...:).

Congratulation crackerlips!Lol

[stephendm]

Many thanks Waheed and CHK!

Well done to everybody - See ya in the next challenge! :wave: