Speed Painting Challenge no. 56.

[waheed nasir]

:wave:...hi.

Speed Painting Challenge no. 56. starts now and ends on the 29th of November. 06. Wednesday.

:*poly: Topic: Alien Portrait.

uve to painting a portrait this time, portrait (face) of an alien. paint a face, dont go for the whole figure. bust (shoulders and chest) would be okay. work on the features and facial expressions. capturing an alien's look is important.
its upto u to add a background/surrounding if u like to.

u can start working and posting, u got time till the 29th of nov. voting starts after that.

each person can submit upto 3 artworks and please do remember to mention your final, votable entry.

Rules: http://forums.3dtotal.com/s...ead.php?t=24525

:wave:...see ya.

[Suirebit-3DT]

freaky cool :D

[morpheusman]

woo hoo.......2nd post!

[Suirebit-3DT]

My first entry, some sort of templar high priest...I didn't gave too much thought, I just painted :D Some 2,5 h in PS; Might try to improve it if there will be time.

Comments are treasured! Thanks for viewing :)

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4413/alienuf1.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4413/alienuf1.jpg

PS: Attachments still don't work???

[Johnzie]

Cool!!! A very gooooood topic. very goodd...very..

[stephendm]

Great Start, Suirebit! I really like what you did for the head (and the glowy part on the chest :)). I might add a bit of detail to separate the cloak from the body but very cool anyway.

[Rahakasvi]

My second attempt to Speedpainting challenge :P 3h with PS+wacom

It's called Bly-Ish

http://www.divinefilms.fi/temp/alienpotrait.jpg

Hope you like it..

[Hexonal]

My entry for thisone

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/Hexonal/alien55.jpg

2hrs 15 min

[Alletun]

First for some comments:

Suirebit: very cool design, but a bit dark which makes it hard to see.

Rahakasvi: if it wasn't for the horns, your alien would look almost cute with it heart shaped head :) wonderful concept.

Hexonal: wow really like what you did with the mouth and general design for this alien. Very nice execution. The markings around it's eye adds a good finishing touch to it.

And now for my own entry:

i think I'll have to do a little explanation about it. I was doodling around looking for a good concept for an alien, but I liked none of the things i came up with. I remembered while watching tv the other day, the speaker using the words "illegal aliens" about mexicans crossing the US border without permit. So here is my Illegal Alien :haha:

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3690/illegalalientj8.jpg

Photoshop
Wacom
photo ref used (is that allowed?)
4 hours

Hopefully I'll get working on a "real" alien if i have the time.

[Rahakasvi]

Alletun: Thanks.. My alien is an adult. Baby bly-ish creatures doesn't have horns yet ;)

Your idea is excellent. Never though of that. You have an amazing skill of using colors. (Not this one alone)

[Lukanus]

Hi people!

1. Suirebit - great cocept.Add a bit more highlights to the robe and maybye make the red eyes(correct me if I'm wrong) more visible(but it's a not important detail) .Realy great job!:)

2. Rahakasvi - nice idea.One thing,if I may suggest,is that you could play more with highlights and shadows to give your painting more depth.Anyway nice idea. Keep on trucking !

3. Hexonal - excellent one! It reminds me the "Predator". You could add some reflections and dampness to the eyes,to give it a more believable look.Anyway it,s a really,really,rrreeaaally great concept!

4. Alletun - man, I've expected everything...almost everything :D :D :D. Btw excellent painting (as allways). :D :D :D

Ok. My turn (took about 3h + PS + tablet). "Enjoy"... :

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/5773/alienconcept1lv2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Best regards!

[Suirebit-3DT]

Thanks Lukanus, yes those are eyes :D
Alletun, thanks, good advice, ill consider more contrast.

Will give comments a bit later.

[Jim#1000]

Lukanus, I love that texture on your creature! Fun stuff.
Suirebit, im a sucker for anything glowing nice job!
Hexonal, ooh... cool design!
Alletun, theres useing your head! :smug:
no real crits aside from what has been allready been said.

edit- I took this one down as im no longer entering it and to save page loading time.
here is a link if you still want to see it for some reason http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o256/jim_grib/alien-01.jpg
2 hr photoshop + tablet

[Jim#1000]

After some thought on the subject I decided to make another.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o256/jim_grib/alien-02.jpg
I loved the absurd nature of my first alien but it was to generic.
After some thought on what kind of absurd alien would have a portrate of themselvs painted I came up with this. hope you like it.
2.5 hours photoshop + tablet

[Kreean]

... it´s been a long time since i posted my last picture.
But this time i couldn´t skip it. It´s a great topic, so i couldn´t resist ;)
Too bad that uploads don´t work, does anyone know why?
Great entries so far!

This is my entry: PS with Wacom tablett 4hrs

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o114/Kreean/alien01.jpg

[rodriguez]

hey guys this ones getting off to a good start liking what i'm seeing hopefully lots more to come

anyway here's my effort


http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1693/alienportraitog6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

photoshop and tablet about 3 and a half hours

[stephendm]

Wow! Some very seriously cool pictures there guys. I can't comment individually at the mo - hopefully soon.

Here's mine anyway - I wanted to try and get away from the traditional 'alien' as much as possible so here's what I came up with...

About 4 hours, Photoshop, Intuos3 A4, no reference.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/932/alienportraitky7.jpg

[Cartoonera]

This is actually my first post to this forum so Hello. Heres my ALien portrait.
PS 1 1/2hrs

http://thedailyvomit.com/alien1.jpg

[HA-Jassar]

Very good subject Waheed! I'll try to think of something....
I will not comment on the great enteries because I'm a noob my self lol!

Cheers!

[Cartoonera]

This one was about 45 minutes PS
http://www.thedailyvomit.com/alien22.jpg

[Jim#1000]

got another one

im going to need to start getting rid of old entries if this keeps up :smug:
great work so far!

3 hours painter+tablet

Cartoonera, neato aliens!
stephendm, woa, thats trippy man. I like the smoke and shadowing but im having a hard time reading the image.

edit- moved to page 5 with other enteries.

[drained spirit]

Hi,

This is my entry. Hope you like it.

Software: Corel Painter IX
Time: 5 hrs

http://xs109.xs.to/xs109/06471/The-Last-Alien.jpg

[Cartoonera]

Crab people, crab people. Nice Jim#1000

[nucron]

crits crits

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Suirebit: I like your concept. there's a kind of cool simplicity about it and the character appears to have no emotion or sympathy. a lot of this feeling comes, I think, from the interesting blue lighting coming from the back. as such, I think the picture could do with some more contrast, especially making the shadows in the cloth, etc. really dark and making those highlights in the helmet and armor really pop with bright colors. don't be afraid to use contrast, man! the character itself though, like I was saying, is also cool. I especially liked the lighting and the way you made the three red lights at the top look like they are coming from behind the dark "glass" on his helmet. maybe you could have put a few more details into the clothing/armor, for example, the shoulder thing doesn't seem properly connected to his body, and the lighting on it is kind of inconsistent. but overall, a creative concept and it has a nice mood. good work!

Rahakasvi: haha, that's a funny little guy you got there. my first impression was something like, "well, nothing could ever have a head shaped like that," but then I though, well, it's an *alien* so I really can't judge what an alien can or can't look like without having seen one myself. maybe to make a bit more "believable," though, that center horn and the top of the head could probably be raised a bit. but that's not really much of a problem. the main thing I think that could improve the picture would be changing the angle, making the composition more dynamic. right now you're looking the alien straight in the face at a dead angle and his horns extend to the edge of the picture. as a viewer of the painting, this makes me more aware of the edge and the angles of the composition don't lead me to a focal point. my eyes just kind of go from the middle somewhere and then just trail off the page. maybe if you pulled out a little bit and made the alien at a slight quarter turn or something like that, the painting would be more visually interesting. I will say, though, you're doing some interesting things with brushstrokes and you seem to be playing around a bit with lighting. keep practicing and nice work.

Hexonal: Interesting one here. sort of a Predator-esque cyborg-ish thing in design. I really like the shadowy vibe you have going on in this piece. you really used the lighting effectively. the character itself is interesting. he has this sort of defeated look on his face. it's sort of an eerie emotional tone. the tubes are pretty cool. and the way you rendered the shape of the head very well done. oh, heh, I don't want to say too much, but I kind of snickered a little at the shape of his mouth :evil:, but no offense intended. I think one thing that will help send this picture towards improvement would be to sharpen things up a bit. right now everything seems kind of blurry, which is actually sort of interesting in a way, but I think it could be better if at least some of it was sharper, like maybe the parts closer to the foreground, which would create some depth of field. it just seems to me like that left side of his face should have a harder edge and his eyes should have brighter highlights to make them look shinier. but these are all just opinions. overall, this is some great work. keep it up!

Alletun: haha, I was wondering if someone would use one of the "other" meanings for the word alien. the portrait itself is great. the proportions are good and you can really see how worn out he has become over the years. you have also managed to make one of those portraits in which the character is looking at you no matter what angle you are looking at him from. in fact, it's almost like an optical illusion or something (maybe it's just me), but when I moved my head from one side to the other, not just his eyes, but his whole face seemed to move slightly to follow me. crazy stuff. initially I had some problems with the grey background, but now I don't think it's really the issue. I know I've said this to everyone else, too, but seriously, maybe some more contrast in here would make this piece really stand out. some highlights in his hair and on his nose and some deeper shadows on his neck and clothes might help create more dimension in the piece. but, yeah, great use of brushstrokes and great portrait.

Lukanus: hey, I really like the style of this one. it's sort of a pseudo-2d/3d approach. also, nice use of textured brushes here. he kind of reminds me of an alien Juggernaut (like in the X-Men), but maybe that's just me. very good work with the colors and highlights, in this piece. his eyes look really reflective. maybe more work could have been done on the teeth--they don't look as detailed or well rendered as the rest of the painting, almost like they were an afterthought. when you look at the painting part by part, everything in the painting seems to be alright, but then when you step back and look at it as a whole, there's something strange with the dimensionality of it. for some reason, the top of the helmet and forehead seems sort of flat, but then the reast of it (maybe the bottom 60% of the painting) has a great sense 3-dimensionality about it. the overall effect is that the top of his head seems to be caving in or something. I'm not sure how to sort this out because when I cover up the bottom half and just look at the top, it looks fine. hmm, maybe it's something to to with the shading. but anyway, good job, man, this is some nice work.

Jim #1000: well, you're rather prolific in your alien portraits, eh? I'm not saying it's a bad thing, by the way, hehe. let's go one at a time, shall we?
-#1: haha, yeah, that's your typical cartoon alien guy. nice work here. he's a funny looking guy and I like the the sort of kid's story book pastel painting style. a few things I think you could do better are 1) do something with the background. that rainbow-ish color isn't doing much for me, and in my opinion kind of clashes with the color of the alien. and 2) change the angle, if only slightly. this is the angle you always see these cartoon aliens from. now imagine maybe pushing the viewpoint up slightly , and looking downwards on his big fishbowl helmet. if you're imagining it the way I am (and hopefully you are, heh) it would make the picture slightly more dynamic and interesting. but of course, these are opinons only, and I'd say the pic looks pretty good overall.
-#2: ok, I did a bit of a double-take here. I couldn't even believe the same person did this painting and that last one. it's a completely different style! I really really like the brushstrokes in this one--very dynamic and layered. also very good use of contrast and lighting. the design of the alien itself is also great! his expression and exaggerated features are just perfect--cartoony goodness, indeed. the golden "frame" is a little cheesy-looking in my opinion, but it doesn't detract much from the picture. I'd say just put a background on it (at least a few brush strokes or something) and this would be one great portrait.
-#3: ack! crab guy with light-bulb eyes! aaaahhh! that is one mean looking dude you got there. that's cool how you rendered those bumpy, shiny textures on him. very convincing, indeed. it sort of seems like you just kind of "stopped" at his body, though. but, yeah, I know the focus of this challenge is supposed to be the head. overall, this one is very cool, and has some interesting details. nice example of character design.

Alletun: the first thing that struck me here was the colors you used! very interesting colors, that don't get used often enough, in my opinion. the way you used the colors is actually quite well done--the whole painting has a flow and consistency to it. also, nice use of contrast and shadow. you have a very recognizable style, and I can almost always pick out your paintings after seeing your stuff in the last few challenges. I don't really know how to describe your style. it's sort of post-modern, art deco or something (please forgive me if I sound like a jackass). you got relatively simple, well-defined shapes and usually pretty bright colors with deep contrast. I like it, it's very painterly and unique. with this painting in particular, there are a few things maybe you could do to improve. for one, I'm kind of on the fence about the way the character is portrayed as a "floating" bust. on the one hand, the contrast at the bottom kind of helps to direct your eye toward the focal point of the eyes. on the other hand, having him sitting in the middle like that kind of makes it as if there is nothing pulling the painting together composition-wise. I think you get away with this a little because of the way you used your colors so well, but still, I think somehow the composition could be tightened up a bit. also, compared to the brushstrokes in the character, the brushstrokes in the background seem kind of half-hearted. but yeah, I know it's a speed paint and you gotta do what you gotta do. but overall, yeah, a great piece with your signature style.

rodriguez: interesting alien there. I guess he's sort of more of a modified human, or android? anyway, you have some good things going on here. your lighting is pretty consistent and your character design is actually pretty believeable the way you rendered him. but there's just something...missing. just that special x-factor that separates the technically well-done paintings from the truly great paintings, you know? but I think there are definite paths towards improving it, since you already have created a solid base. I think for one, this painting would benefit immensely from contrast. the colors right now seem sort of muddy except for the clothes and the hair (which are done quite well, by the way). really, you have to put some deeper shadows and sharper highlights in there. also, maybe for details like in the hair, switch to a smaller brush for a while to really get in there and make the hair look like its namesake. I'd say just the opposite for the face--maybe go with a bigger brush at lower opacity for a while just blocking in colors so you have a little less inconsistency in the gradation of tones. but then of course, maybe afterward go in and put in some details. overall, you got an interesting character here, and it's clear you got some skills. keep practicing, and you will certainly improve. keep it up!

stephendm: oy! you changed your name! hehe, whatever. anyway, whoa, that is one crazy looking I don't know what you got there. very cool the way you painted this on black - really makes the highlights pop and the shadows work very well. I don't know what kind of alien this is (some kind of combination ash tray, skull, insect, android, demon creature?) or what crazy planet it would come from, but I like it. it's an interesting design, almost like it's cobbled together from the spare parts of other creatures and machines. the way you placed it in the frame, I'd say it works pretty well compositionally. I'm not really sure what else to say, except it kind of seems strange to me that the eyes are not shiny, but I guess that's more a personal preference thing. other than that, I guess maybe just make the brushstrokes a little more consistent to help bring the painting together, because right now the way put down the paint and textures in different parts of the alien are in very different styles. but in a way it kind of works in that it emphasizes the "cobbled-together" style of the character. anyway, some really nice work on this one.

cartoonera:
#1: ah, here's a creepy cartoon alien guy. there's something oddly unsettling about this character you've made, here. something about his expression just makes it seem like maybe he knows something I don't know, and he wants you to know it. anyway, I like the overall style of it. sort of that pastel, painterly cartoon look. and the character is just kind of funny to look at. his tentacle moustache, his half-closed eyes, crooked smile--it all works together pretty well. I think you could have worked a bit more on his body, especially with all the detail you put in the head. also, the body seems a bit too low, and since there's no neck, it's like the head isn't really attached to it. and also, that background just seems out of place, you know? here you got a very painterly-looking alien, and then you have a blatantly computer-generated, light generated, gradient-filled background. maybe if you could make a background that matched the style of the alien, it would help a lot. but yeah, I do like the style of the alien, though. the look and colors come together well and the alien guy is like something I could almost see in a Tim Burton movie or something. a few things to improve, but great work overall!
#2: oh, whoops, I just noticed your second one. hmm, I do like your first one better, but this guy is cool, too! especially his eyes! I see that, though, you didn't spend as much time on him as the first one, and it certainly shows. maybe a little more detail could have been used in drawing the lines and making the highlights. also, the body on this guy isn't very convincing, like it sort of blends into the background and it's hard to tell if there's a shadow on it from the head. I see you used some kind of filter to make it look more painterly, but that's cheating! you gotta get in there and paint that thing yourself! haha, but really though, you made your first one look like it was painted without using filters (at least I think). the effect of using filters on this one just kind of makes the painting have a confusing, inconsistent style. I think the main things you should focus on to improve are consistency and details. also of course, things like composition and lighting, but you're actually doing relatively well with that for your style. keep practicing, and keep it up!

drained spirit: you know, I have no idea why, but this reminds me of one of some character from a video game from some time back in the early 90's. oh, and I don't mean that as an insult or anything. he just has this sort of over-the-top alien renegade vibe to him. you know, with that title there "The Last Alien," it even sort of looks like video game case art. just slap a rated "M" for mature thing in the corner and some video game company logo, and there you go. you have some interesting things going on with the character design here. of course, as you probably know, there's some room for improvement. I'd recommend maybe paying more attention to the composition and the way highlights and shadows can create contrast. I don't know the way you paint, but I find something that helps a lot is blocking out the basic shapes in a sort of mid-range to dark color just to get the composition down and then adding in highlights and slowly building details on it. I'm no expert or anything, but almost all the tutorials I've read do it that way, and it really does help you to create a more interesting looking final product. but I'm not trying to discourage you! you got some excellent creativity here. just practice practice with the skills until they catch up with you! keep up the good work.

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wow, I can't even believe I did that. well, there's 45 minutes of my life gone. I guess I was really bored. anyway, I hope it helped at least a few people! peace.

[Suirebit-3DT]

wow, that's the longest and coolest crit i've ever got here :D Thanks nucron, very much appreciated :)

[Jim#1000]

nucron, wow man Thank you! I took some of your advice and well have a look...

4 hours photoshop+tablet and lots of coffiee, as I just pulled an all nighter then read your most awsome post and went kinda nutty. I had to stop (i allways have to pull myself away from the tablet orelse i will keep working till i drop dead :smug: ) um what was i saying? i dunno i think im gonna crash. oh yea, speed chalanges rock.

you all rock!

edit- in my sleep deprived stupor i posted the wrong file and have now changed it to the right one.

edit- moved to page 5 with other entries.

[Cartoonera]

Jim your last post is awesome!

little under 1hour photoshop. http://www.thedailyvomit.com/alien3.jpg

[HA-Jassar]

Nice Cartoonera and Jim!
There are so many good pieces here, and I'm too tired to comment on all of them ;P so well done everyone!
Here's mine

Edit: I've done a nose job to this "thing"....I hope it looks more bizzare now :crazy:

http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1157/4389532/13572164/207170378.jpg

3 hours using Photoshop and tablet. I hope you like it :roll:

Cheers!

[waheed nasir]

just wonderful...fantastic entries friends...its great to see such a brilliant response from u guys...:).

[nucron]

well, Suirebit, thanks for the kind words--glad my review helped. and Jim #1000, also, thank you. your new painting is much improved and nice idea with the alien tourist polaroid.

anyway, I decided to take a whack at this challenge. haven't painted anything of substance in a while. so here's my attempt. enjoy:


~1 hr. 30 min., painter 8

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/ronaldraven/alienportrait-01-color-03a-small.jpg

[Cartoonera]

Nice nucron. It reminds me of the last Doctor Who episode with the ude.

"we must fee.. we must feed. you! if you are hungry"

[Suirebit-3DT]

He's the boss :D tis the most active challenge methinks, many great entries, it's gonna be a tough voting :)

[Eetwartti]

Nice entries (as always)!

Here's my attempt, hope you like it.

Photoshop CS2 ,Wacom tablet. Took me about 3 hours.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1033/alienentryqf3.jpg

[kikko]

Hi people,

I saw so many good works on this forum that I decided to join! I even (in part) bought a Wacom tablet (my first tablet) because of this section ^^.

So this is my entry for this challenge, about 30 minutes in photoshop :

http://cyril.diagne.free.fr/ftp/threedy-56-alien.jpg

[morpheusman]

Ok, here is a quick one..... 30mins with Intuos 2 and Painter 8

If I have time I think I will repaint it with some more detail. It turned out a fun little character.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b260/HarryTheNutter/Artwork/Creature-1.jpg

Morph

[artecnl]

Hi to all, many great entries till now, im been so busy this days, :D and i have some time to do this, about 2 and a half hours on ps cs

cheers :D

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4563/alienaw4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[drained spirit]

suirebit: #4, definitely looks commanding and you have rightly given it a priests role. I like the eye pattern u got there; eerie stuff.

Rahakasvi: #7, cute but dangerous as well!!! great concept. Wish you had given prominence to the nose and mouth too. good depth.

Hexonal: #8, amazing work!!! Your color pallette really gives an eerie feel and i think this is very close to an extra-terrestrial. It would definitely fetch high points with concept and the anatomy looks accurate too. Have you actually seen this creature?!!! :)

Alletun: #9, Illegal aliens, Very nicely thought up. Your painting is superb. Very real. The lines on his face, i love it.

Lukanus: #11, mean, mean, alien :), I like your creature a lot, the bicolors you have used reflects the venomous nature of this monster. I expecially like nthe reflection you have given to the eyes. Makes it look more real.

Jim#1000: #14, great strokes and a great idea. He looks like a sentinal. I like the way you have worked on the highlights and shadows.

#21, This is Awesome stuff, very detailed, amazing visulization. The horns have a nice glass effect.

#26, great colors you have used, This is a very beautiful work and i like it a lot. Very humarous.

Kreean: #15, WOW, this one looks fantastic. Very different and your finish is impeccable. great concept. Love your treatment of the creature. You have really brought out a plastic kinda texture to his cloth. great job.

rodriguez: #16, i like the specular you have given the image. Although he has got an unusually thick neck. I bet it would suffice when we see it with the whole body. great job on the hair and face, especially that prominant cheek bone.

stephendm(Crackerlips): #17, WOW, what a texture!!! i love it. very original concept and the way you have worked on the shadows is terrific. I should complement u on the texture again. Great render.

Cartoonera: #18, great work, it looks funny and mysterious
#20, nice concept there,
#27, great finishing. the specular is really definitive and brings out the effect of the sagging skin. All the best.

HA-Jassar: #28, It sure looks bizarre like an alien, awesome smoke effect dude. keep it up.

Nucron: #30, yeah, it sure looks wierd. Nice interpretation and treatment. I must thank you for your comments that you gave and the valuable tips. Thanks again :)

Eetwartti: #33, the texturing looks great. The creature looks very cute.

Kikko: #34, wow, very crisp it looks, great concept.

artecnl: #34, your work has always been the best, and this is the best entry till now as far as i have seen :). your treatment has always been awesome, as it is this time too. The hair is great, the eyes look very real. perfect shading. All the best for the voting.

[Rahakasvi]

Artecnl: That's not fair entry! It's way too awsome.. :xx: Makes me look at my work and say: cheese, what am I doing here...

[rodriguez]

Hey guys artecnl love the lighting and the texture awesome as always :cool:

Heres my second effort

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6733/alienportrait3zb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

About 4 - 5 hours

This is my votable entry

[Suirebit-3DT]

Everytime artecnl posts something, the crowd is in awe :D I won't go so far to say it's the best, there are some proportion issues, but it's a good image nevertheless :)

[adamski]

hey guys, this both my first post and my first attempt at a competition, just gotten into digital painting, i love it, its great

anyway, heres my attempt took 1 hour on photoshop cs2, with a wacom.

http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/5574/2004117068044648123_rs.jpg

i may try and rework it a little before final entry, is that allowed??? got to check the rules again, anyway, loving all the entries, look forward to seeing them all before the deadlines!!! keep it up guys

[morpheusman]

Can someone tell me how to put my picture into the actual post.....

Morph

[rodriguez]

i use imageshack

http://imageshack.us/

hope that helps

[Hexonal]

Wow, everyones stuff is great! I unfortunately dont hive time for a crit. on everyone, but it is nice to see so many styles.
I'm really glad I found this forum.

[MoKhatib]

Hello everybody.. Wahid keefak? :)
great entries everyone.. I really miss this forum

Wahid i have a problem uploading my image.
i keep having this error msg:

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[Annatar]

MoKhatib try....

http://imageshack.us/

[waheed nasir]

hello mokhatib...im fine, thanks...hows yourself? about having problems regarding uploading, yes, there is some, u have to try imageshack, photobucket etc. if u follow others posts, ull see many have done that.
it would be nice to have your entry too...:).

great entries...i really enjoy coming in here...:).

[Kreean]

Hi @ all,

my second alien, hope you like it

Photoshop with Wacom ~6h

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o114/Kreean/alien03.jpg

@ Jim#1000 thanks for the tip with photobucket :)

[morpheusman]

hello mokhatib...im fine, thanks...hows yourself? about having problems regarding uploading, yes, there is some, u have to try imageshack, photobucket etc. if u follow others posts, ull see many have done that.
it would be nice to have your entry too...:).

great entries...i really enjoy coming in here...:).

Yeah, I have put the image onto photobucket.....but then all I can post is a link to the image. It's much better to put it into the post, cos then more people will see it...... Is the only way to put the image into the post to upload it as an attachment?


Morph

[Jim#1000]

hey morph, just copy/paste the IMG line into your post and that will do it.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o256/jim_grib/Untitled-4.jpg
copy/paste the Img line into your message.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o256/jim_grib/alien-03c-1.jpg
just doodled this up.
edit- Anytime man! Awsome alien btw!

[Suirebit-3DT]

Here's a 'different' interpretation of an alien :D An alien, misterious elf. Starting from a sketch, then art took control and it evolved into a full scene, croped here for portrait. This part of the image took about 2-3h to complete.

If any is interested to see the full scene, let me know :)

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8149/aliensh0.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8149/aliensh0.jpg

[Jim#1000]

Im interested Suirebit, post a link!

[MoKhatib]

Hello evryone
finally i got the time to uplode my image, i know you can still see my pincel strokes.. sorry for that, but i couldnt spend more time on it.
"no refrence"

took 2 hours PS
enjoy

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1672/alienballsba9.jpg

[drained spirit]

MoKhatib : , beautiul colors!!! very different alien. great entry

Suirebit : , nice concept,great hair effect.

Jim#1000: pretty awesome creature you have there. your strokes show the ferociousness of the creature very nicely

Kreean : wow, pretty and unusual, very nice finish. texturing is also great.

[Suirebit-3DT]

Here's a link to the full scene (cgsociety link, if you don't have an account let me know and I'll try to put it elsewhere):

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=434128

drained spirit thanks :)

[drained spirit]

hi,

I thought i would go underwater for this creation. I have here a creature called 'Breeder'. It lives underwater in an alien planet and has it's name because it breeds its young ones in the holes on it's face and it is the most venerable predator. In this scene i show it face to face with a small predatory fish but the latter unfortunately has just lived it's last day

software: Alias Sketchbook and Adobe Photoshop CS2
Time: 5 hrs

http://xs209.xs.to/xs209/06470/theBreeder.jpg

Hope you like it :)

[Annatar]

A very quick doodle... playing around with ideas... 40 mins Photoshop

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8349/liquidalienaa0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[rawwad]

So many nice works guys!

Here is mine, photoshop + tablet, 50min
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4379/alienspeedydo8.jpg

[nucron]

bravo, rawwad! that one is really cool! the lighting and textures are amazing. excellent work.

[Jim#1000]

whoo hoo, rawwad, you just got my vote! Execlent job man! I gotta try some of that myself!

edit- well I wanted to make something in under an hour but I had too much fun with this one and well...

edit- moved to page 5 with the rest of my finals.

[artecnl]

really great mood and character Rawwad :D excellent

[gordon13]

Wow Rawwad amazing piece. Awsome texture and lighting work. Well done!

[chainface]

Holy sh*t i cant believe its been over a year since i posted...i bleedin disgrace.
Some absolutely gorgeous paintings here lads!!!Cant go into mentionin them all cuz id be sat here for a week an a half! :crazy:
heres my entry...hope yez like er!

wacom an photoshop, 2 cigarettes and three cups of coffee 40 minutes

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5176/alienfaceie1.jpg

[Kreean]

Oh Man,

Rawwad what can I say. Perhaps.... FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!
That´s a hell of a painting! It´s simply awesome.
I like the way you use the brushes... it shows me that you are a Pro.
I´m just curious about it what kind of brush and what setting you use? I know that it sounds like a noob question, and I know that this information will not teach me how to use them properly, but for me this is the right step in the right direction.
Away from manga and comic to a more realistic and artistic style.

Thanks in advance!

[big chief]

Pure class- mad style and mental design. You've done this before...right!

IN THE BAG, MAN

[Jim#1000]

Dam, I made alot for this one. Here is the one im submitting.
Subterranean alien.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o256/jim_grib/alien-01c.jpg
3.5 hr photoshop + tablet.


Thanks for the info, Kreean! :D

[Kreean]

hmm... actually one picture should be the final one...
see the rules
Micheal wrote:
IF YOU PAINT MULTIPLE ENTRIES, YOU NEED TO STATE BEFORE DEADLINE WHICH ONE YOU LIKE THE BEST.
I would choose No. 3 because it looks more like a portrait.
My Final one is my 2nd painting because I don´t think that I will have the time to paint a 3rd one.

[Hexonal]

Seeing everyones entries, i decided to do another one.Taking the advice given, I tried to add a bit more depth of field, and dident include any...questionable anatomy. you can imagine what you like beneath the mask.
Everyones stuff is just amazing.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/Hexonal/alien2copy.jpg

3 hrs. Photoshop 7. Intuos 3

[artecnl]

great image Hexonal :D

[artecnl]

hi, great challenge, i enjoy a lot to do stuff like this, cause i can practice proportions, im really bad at it, many great entries guys, here is another, 4 hours on ps cs :D, a more humanized alien,:D

cheers.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4859/alien3cwebke9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kreean]

The background and the lighting are beautiful.
Very good painting artecnl!

[chainface]

excellent man!!!! :D

[wargrafix]

Finally had time tonight to participate in a challenge. Life has been so damn hectic, but i hope this is worthy of the incredible submissions this round.

time: A little over 3 1/2 hours
Tools: The usual...Alias sketchbook pro, painter 9 and a graphire 3

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3006/alien12vk7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[waheed nasir]

Voting Time

its time to submit your votes. no more atwork please.

:).

[gordon13]

1 Rawwad
2 Chainface
3 Jim#1000

Great work from you all.

[wargrafix]

Ah, voting time again!
1. Jim#1000
2. Rawwad
3. artecnl

H.M.: Chainface, Suirebit, drained spirit

[Alletun]

MANY awesome entires in this challenge! absolutely amazing.

was very hard to pick 3, but finally got this:

1) rawwad
2) MoKhatib
3) Suirebit

HM's: artecnl, Jim#1000, Chainface and many more :)

[Hexonal]

1. Jim#1000
2. Rawwad
3. artecnl

[rodriguez]

hey guys the three that stood out for me were

1. Rawwad
2. Mokhatib
3. Artecnl

[Jim#1000]

1) nucron - Stands out to me, original and entertaining.
2)rawwad - Beautiful workmanship, top notch speed rendering.
3)Lukanus - Interesting portrait of an interesting alien, I dig that crazy metalic texture you gave to it.

[kikko]

#1 - Rawwad
#2 - Artecnl
#3 - Mokhatib

awesome works guys

[Annatar]

Hmmmmm tough one.....
1: Rawwad
2: Artecnl
3: Suirebit

[stephendm]

1. Rawwad
2. Artecnl
3. Jim#1000

AWESOME!

[Kreean]

1 Rawwad - awesome painting - very fast - good lighting and style
2 artecnl - amazing background - good lighting
3 Jim#1000 - patinterly and interesting character design

HM:
Lukanus - for excellent use of texture
Alletun - refreshing interpretation
nucron - great (old ones) character design ;)

To all others great work and keep it up
Where´s the next challenge? ... let´s get it on :shout:

[artecnl]

1-Rawwad
2-jim#1000
3-hexonal

great challenge guys :D

[Cartoonera]

1-Jim#1000
2-Artecnl
3-Lukanus

[CrowZ]

http://forums.3dtotal.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=518089#
alien :ufo: I dont know how you all didnt see the creativity of Mokhatib's art.... ......its so obvious that he is #1

1)MoKhatib
2)rawwad
3)Hexonal

[beshoo]

you are really great artiest, but what is this eggs!!
http://forums.3dtotal.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=516602#
alien


http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1672/alienballsba9.jpg


1)MoKhatib

2)Hexonal

3)rawwad

[oj212]

there's alot of greatest pictures here ,, from MoKhatib,Hexonal,artecnl and Suirebit and i like the pic from too much Alletun and rawwad
1.MoKhatib
2.Jim#1000
3.artecnl

[queen madness]

rewwad loved ur work man it was gr8,, and keep up the good work,, kareen very nice work =),, umm ok let's jus vote and get it with =p
1.MoKhatib
2.rahakasvi << cuteneess =D
3.Jim#1000

[artecnl]

Voting Procedure

:*poly:...hi there everyone...this is regarding how voting would take place from now on, starting from this challenge.

Only those who take part by submitting their entries for the challenge would be allowed to submit their votes. votes from all those who wont be taking part in the challenge, wont be considered.

to avoid confusions, only vote if u post an artwork.

is this rule still active? i see so many first posters votes, this is from challenge 51, just to know, :)
( if is inactive i can invite all my friends and family to vote hehe :D J.K. LOL)

[chainface]

Here's my votes if they're still valid!?!

1)MoKhatib

2)rawwad

3)Hexonal

Excellent stuff from everyone tho!!!great challenge!Well played!

[Kreean]

Huh... actually post # 87,88,89 and 90 are quite embarrassing... :o
People that are just registering to change the results? :hmm:
Come on guys this isn´t a sympathy challenge...
You should vote realistic because it´s all about the quality of the submitted paintings!
There will be always people with better skills, just try to recognize what didn´t work and get better...
That´s all I can say.... :cool:

@ artecnl: don´t know - it´s not written in the rules, so maybe this rule is inactive :???:

[MoKhatib]

Hello everybody

I need to clarify certain things about some of the votes I received for my image, the following members:
CrowZ
beshoo
oj212
Are simply a group of my friends who I told about forums.3dtotal.com and the speed painting challenges that am participating in and asked them to check it out sometime.

Therefore they thought it would be a supportive thing to do voting for me, although I think it’s not a fair vote…. Because it’s a vote to a friend.

So I apologize for their actions, and totally ready to accept the moderator decision according to this matter.

[wargrafix]

Huh... actually post # 87,88,89 and 90 are quite embarrassing... :o
People that are just registering to change the results? :hmm:
Come on guys this isn´t a sympathy challenge...
You should vote realistic because it´s all about the quality of the submitted paintings!
There will be always people with better skills, just try to recognize what didn´t work and get better...
That´s all I can say.... :cool:

@ artecnl: don´t know - it´s not written in the rules, so maybe this rule is inactive :???:


Those referred posts seemed to be spam, the reason for artist voting is because the suspected cheating that happened some time ago, with people spamming for votes.
You are definately right about it a challenge of skill. Winning for me would be nice, but it doesn't mean that my art is less quality if i don't.

[wargrafix]

MoKhatib, that was very honourable of you to mentioned this. Coming to think of it, your piece was not too bad. Not bad at all. :-)

[Kreean]

@ MoKhatib - I understand that bro. Your friends put you in a quite unpleasent situation. Wargrafx mentioned it already your last post is a sign of honour and dignity. :wave:

@ wargrafx - Sorry I didn´t mean to troll around. :hurt: I hope i did´t sound like: the winners are the best and the rest of the paintings are crap. What I tried to say is, that the winners are better in certain things (Colour Theory, Perspective, Shading, Lighting, Anatomy etc.)Actually that´s the reason why they are the winning... :haha:
My personal opinion is that painting is 80% technique and 20% talent,
and we´ve got to have enough self-criticism, and realize where we´re not good at, to evolve.

[Suirebit-3DT]

And this is not the first competition where guys who haven't submitted a thing are voting....there were plenty in the last ones too.... :blah:

And MoKhatib isn't the only one voted through spam, there are also some new faces who voted for some other guys....keep your eyes sharp and keep this contest fair please...:)

[Lukanus]

My votes:

1. Rawwad

2. Chainface

4. Artecnl

Great job everyone!

[wargrafix]

Kreean : No, no, not at all. You gave a fair context of it, actually I was praising your insight. The desire to win should never overshadow the fair weighing of each entry. I found I rushed my piece a bit and hope in the next challenge I can do better.

[Annatar]

If as Artecnl quoted...
"Only those who take part by submitting their entries for the challenge would be allowed to submit their votes."
Then there is no problem.
Let MoKhatib's friends, indeed anyones friends vote for who ever they want. It will not change the outcome.
Indeed it can be seen solely as praise and encouragment for a friend, and as such, a good thing. Tis not the end of the world.

But this only works if.....
"Only those who take part by submitting their ..............................."


@MoKhatib
No worries mate. Class post #94.

[Pehrson]

MoKhatib don´t know if your friends all live in the same appartment or if they were in the same room together when they posted but if you look at the time of posting it´s like 3-4 minutes apart and for that to be just chance is just bull.

I think cheating is just as low as you can get, this is not just about winning this is about geting better at what you love to do and to hopfully get some great crits doing it.

don´t know if i´m making any sens but don´t cheat.

[Annatar]

Pehrson, that pre-supposes that his friends were all in their individual homes giving him encouragment all at the same time which IS a little bit ermmm.... bull.
However, they could all have been in one of their homes, at one PC etc etc - MoKhatib not being present etc.

There is no way we really can go so far as to call cheat. Unless there is definative proof....

Anywho, as Artecnl pointed out, the rules cancel these entries out so all they are, are encouragment.


Here's the rub:
Now if people start posting sh*t work that takes 2 minutes and starts voting (new users with 1 post etc) what then?!?!?!?!?

[MoKhatib]

@ Pherson
MoKhatib don´t know if your friends all live in the same appartment or if they were in the same room together when they posted but if you look at the time of posting it´s like 3-4 minutes apart and for that to be just chance is just bull.

I think cheating is just as low as you can get


Listen Pherson I have nothing to prove to you or any one else on the forum, I am participating in these challenges for the same reasons as everybody else here, I gave my apologies once for the mess some of my friends have made here and I wont give it again strictly to you.

If you were suggesting that I posted these votes, you’re totally mistaking and if this suggestion proves anything it only prove a very limited and primitive way of thinking you have.

Think before you type.

[Lukanus]

C'mon children! Give a break.

Waheed,what's the next topic?? When will it start??

[Pehrson]

MoKhatib it´s nothing personal never ment to be to hard on you but when something like this happen it´s just sad, and the cheating bit was for anyone even thinking about doing it so hope no one does.

and yes lukanus I agree leav it and get on with a new challange

no hard feelings :wave:

[Annatar]

Goodun lukanus hehehehe

[waheed nasir]

new one will be on very soon, in a couple of days, with a strict rule regarding the voting system, a permanent one.

[Jim#1000]

wow, I guess I havent missed much during my net blackout (inbetween moveing sucks :hmm: ). I hope to snag this connection agian for the next chalange but its kinda doubtfull, at least I missed the drama. :D

Heres hopeing to be in the next one!

(ya i know i mis-spelled stuff but im outside and its too cold to go editting my post)

[Annatar]

Hope ya dig your new digs Jim#1000!

[waheed nasir]

Speed painting Challenge no. 57 is here:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=519442#post519442

[waheed nasir]

Results

here:

rawwad -- 35.
Jim#1000 -- 14.
artecnl -- 14.
MoKhatib -- 8.


Congratulations rawwad..:), 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...).

have fun.