[WAR: Season II] Drawn Art

[monkeybard]

I honestly should have set aside a lot more time for this, but something is better than nothing, right?

Form
Name: monkeybard
Team: Jupiter Mining Corp
Myth/Legend: How Koi Become Dragons
Summary/Link: [link]
The essence of it is, many fish in the wild will travel upstream in breeding seasons; salmon are a common example of this, as are koi. There's a Chinese myth associated with this where when a koi successfully scales a waterfall with all its strength, it is rewarded for its efforts by transforming into a magnificent dragon. I wanted to draw some koi-dragon hybrid in mid transformation and ascending to the heavens where it now deserves to be. Incidentally, this idea is also where the concept of Magikarp (Koiking in Japanese) evolving into Gyarados originates from, if I'm not mistaken.
Piece of work:

[Coru]

WEEK 2 REJUDGE @Morzone

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 7/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/5 | Accuracy: 3/5] 6/10
Effort: 9/10
Total: 32/40
Comments: I like this, I mostly like how you have done it where there is a waterfall at the corner of the page. Nice touch, I looks good and it works. You have clearly shown you favourite animal and I can see the effort you put into this. You also got the scenery quite accurate in terms of where the tortoise would live. However, there are a few things with this. Although a good piece, I feel that the lack of colour means that some of the piece is lost. Even if it is just a little bit of colour, I think this piece would benefit as it would bring a bit more life to the piece and add a bit more depth. Also, the horizon is completely flat. If this was land, it would not be like this, there would be some form of shrubbery or foliage making the horizon less straight. In terms of a drawn piece, well done. This is good.

@Felly

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/5 | Accuracy: 2/5] 5/10
Effort: 8/10
Total:31/40
Comments: This piece is a nice starting point. It has nice colours, a good concept and is quite a charming piece. Although some bits are very flat, it seems to create a type of style that can be appreciated in itself. There are only two major issues I have with this, and those are the flatness of everything compared to the room, and the way the room is made 3D. I feel that the two prospectives clash here, if you made it all 3D, it would look better or if you made it all 2D. What I mean here, is that the room is intended to be 3D so it has the boxy room feel to it, but the table and drawers are really flat. These clash and make it seem a bit weird. The way you did the room also makes the room seem a little too long. It seems to extend quite a bit. Overall, if those were worked on it would be a nice piece. Well done and even if you feel you have no artistic ability, there is a starting point for everyone and it all is improve on from there.

@Pokemon Trainer Sarah

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/5] [Accuracy: 4/5] 8/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 34/40
Comments: I'm a reptile lover too! They are amazing! haha. But onto the piece, I like the way you made it a birds-eye-view of the hatching of the turtle. It is quite different from the others for that. I also like how it is at the start of the life cycle of the turtle as it seems to be interesting to you, and I agree it is brutal. I like how you have done the sand too. A few things to improve on would mainly be adding a few of the egg fragments, as the hole seems to have no fragments scattered around it and also maybe add a little bit of texure to the sand itself. However all of this is just to add to the overall look of the piece, so it is small but will benifit a lot. Great piece. Well done. :)

@Velocity

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 9/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/5 | Accuracy: 5/5] 9/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 36/40
Comments: Where do I start with this, haha. I really like how you seemed to research this so you have the anatomy correct in terms of what we have found out. That would give you a lot of accuracy points there. Also, I like how you have layed with the two different looks. It doesn't look inconsistent, as it, in my eyes, demonstrates differentiation within a species. The one issue I have with this is the light sources. It seems to me that there is two. The normal source which would be the sun that you can see on the tree's foliage in the background which is coming from the left, but there is a second, more bluish light source coming from the right reflecting off the tree trunk. This is the only thing that bugs me a little with this. Other than that. Good work there.

@a3person

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/5 | Accuracy: 3/5] 7/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 33/40
Comments: I like this as it has more of a painted approach due to the lack of lines. I also like how it seems to be flying away from some sort of fire or explosion. The anatomy looks ok as some things don't look out of proportion but that tongue looks rather large, however, this may have been the intention. I like how you did the wings too, theywork well. A few little problems I have with this is the fact that some things look a little off. For example, the horns looks less rounded and more flat but this could just be the shading on it. Also, they seem to get fatter up the horn which usually isn't the case, they usually get thinner, again this could be due to the style, but it makes it look a little strange. Also, some parts of the background could be touched up a little, the main part being the stone. The way you did it makes it seem to melt into the redish rock. Overall, I like this piece. well done.

@purple umbreon

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/5 | Accuracy: 3/5] 6/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 32/40
Comments: I like the idea of this, although slightly grim and depressing, it symbolises the harshness of nature sometimes, which is a nice idea. Also, the anatomy looks good and the cubs look really cute, haha. Also, the rocks look good and don't look awkwardly placed. One main issue I have with this is the fact that there is a lot of white space, just like Morzone had. I feel like more could be done with this, even if it is just adding some grass or ground of some sort. Then it would just make it a bit more creative and less blank. However, without this, it is still a great piece. Well done.

@PTGigi

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 9/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/5 | Accuracy: 4/5] 8/10
Effort: 8/10
Mark demotions: Glows: -2 Points
Total: 33/40
Comments: I like this piece. I has a lot of atmosphere and I really like the colours you have going on here. It is a really atmospheric piece. The anatomy is good, the antlers look great and I like how you have used purple as a shadow for the white hair as it suits the piece a a whole. The main issue I have with this is that the water (I assume it is water) seems to actively blend in with the sky and you do not know which is which. This is a little confusing. Also, I have had to demote a few marks because of the use of glows. I usually would let this go because I know glows can be done authentically, but they look a bit too perfect. I apologise but it does say that effects and edits may not be used.

@The Frost Dragon

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 7/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/5 | Accuracy: 3/5] 6/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 31/40
Comments: This is a nice piece. The emotion in the otter makes it quite sad. There are no huge issues with the anatomy and I like how you have gone for an underwater city idea. The only issue I have is that this is not clearly shown. When I first saw it and if I did not read your little description, I would have thought they were at a window of a normal skyscraper. So I feel if you add a few bubbles or watery features to show it is an underwater city then that would make it much better. Also, I feel because it is underwater, to clearly show this, you could add a bit more to it rather than just have skyscrapers, so maybe just little shoals of fish swimming around. It doesn't have to be that but something like that if it makes sense. Well Done.

@Sou Cleife

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/5 | Accuracy: 4/5] 7/40
Effort: 8/40
Total: 33/40
Comments: Why does this cat look so myschievous? haha. I like the whole environment of this, it suits the type of cat it is, making the cat look posh and sassy, which is quite funny and interesting here. I also like how you did the cat itself. The whole style is very well done and I think the best part is definitely the head. The one thing with this that needs to be sorted is the tiles on the floor. They look like perfect squares. This would only be the case if you are looking at it from a birds-eye-view. This means that it makes it look like he cat isn't actually standing on it, so you would need to angle the tiles a little bit to make it look a bit more accurate and look better. Also, with the light source, the shadow the cat would be casting would extend a bit more to the left and I feel bits of the shadow are lost so that is the only other thing that needs to be fixed by making it darker and extending it a bit to the left. Other than that, well done.

@Elysia

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/5][Accuracy:4/5] 8/10
Effort: 9/10
Point Demotions: Late Entry: -5 points
Total: 30/40
Comments: Theres one thing here that I will mention first off. You were late submitting this piece by a few hours. I will not discount it as you still entered and it wasn't rediculously late, however, I will take 5 points off your final score because of this. So, I personally like this one. I feel like the sky would take ages to complete because of the amount of stars you put onto it and how it looks so delicate. That will give you effort marks. Also, I feel the owl was drawn well. I like the colours and they all work well together. One thing I will mention is the legs that are seen. I know we can't see all of the legs, however, the parts we can see look slightly awkward. Other than that, well done.

Winners
3rd Place

Spoiler:

a3person, PTGigi, Sou Cliefe
Team Juniper Minin Corp, Team Prism League, Team Trainer
33 Points
0.5 Points each

2nd Place

Spoiler:

Pokemon Trainer Sarah
Team Trainer
34 Points
2 Points

1st Place

Spoiler:

Velocity
Team
36 Points
Gains 2.5 Points

Here is the WEEK 2 rejudge that Neo Emolga asked for. I have rejudged based on what he said and what I agreed I should need to change.
I am working on Week 3's results and they will be up later along with the last Theme of the WAR

[Coru]

Week 3 results @Noblejanobii

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 5/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 2/10] [Accuracy:3/5] 5/10
Effort: 6/10
Total: 26/40
Comments: I like the backstory to this. It is quite interesting and sounds quite tragic at the same time. I also like the idea of a gravestone to her, especially since it is in your garden. I, however, feel like a little more could be done with this. I feel like it would have been nice if you drew maybe your garden around the area where her tombstone was and include the tombstone. That would be a little more creative and eyecatching than the epitaph that you did. I like it, but I feel much more could have been done with this idea.

@Morzone

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 7/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/10] [Accuracy:3/5] 6/10
Effort: 7/10
Total: 30/40
Comments: I was wondering if this would pop up, haha. I feel the pyramid and All seeing eye sum up the Illuminati well. All that is missing is some conspiracy haha. But I like it. The people could do with improvement but are a really good start as the size anatomy seem reasonably ok, it is just the shapes and the way everything flows that needs a bit of an improvement. Other than the people, there is nothing wrong with this piece, but I would have liked to see some colour in this. I think colour would bring in a bit more to life and make it more eye catching, but overall, good piece, keep up the good work.

@Velocity

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 9/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/5][Accuracy: 4/5] 8/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 35/40
Comments: Is that a gradient I see in the background? To me, it looks authenticly done, however, be careful with those as they may be mistaken for editing. Anyway, this is a good piece. A nice take on the Sphinx. The Spinx character kind of reminds me of that wise character in stories with their white hair in parts and that type of face. I also like it's surrounding, they fit well and the whole colour scheme of the piece is consistant and nice. One thing I would say is the background seems a bit more rushed compared to the foreground, which looks a little weird, however, I know that people use that to focus on the main areas in the foreground, so it is not much of an issue. Well done, great work as usual.

@Sou Cleife

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/5][Accuracy:4/5]: 7/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 33/40
Comments: Pandora's box. I like that story too, I also like how it has taken on many forms throughout the time it was told. This is a nice piece. I especially like how the ghosts have the deadly sins written on them. Nice touch. I also like how you drew Pandora. The anatomy is ok and shading is well done. However, the left ear looks much bigger than the right and the prospective means they should roughly be the same size. I sometimes have this issue and find that drawing them one after another and using guidelines help with this issue. I also like how the background is done, however, the way they are shaded isn't consistant, unless the light source is intended to be from the centre of the room. One other thing is the words in the ghosts are really hard to make out, so it would be better if the ghosts were made a little bit more opaque so there is more contrast, or the word written in another way. Overall, good piece, well done.

@Arrow-Jolteon

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 9/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/10][Acuracy:4/5] 8/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 35/40
Comments: I don't think this piece is awful at all. I think it is done quite well. The colours look consistant, however, I'm not too sure about the lime green on the crest but it still works nevertheless. The shading is good and I like the anatomy because it is how I would also imagine the Loch Ness Monster to look. The eye is also a nice touch. I also like the water, using the spray brush works, it gives it some nice texture, however, it doesn't really work with the style of Nessy. If it is cleaned up a little then the water would look great along with Nessy. Good Piece. Well done.

@Shruikan

Spoiler:

Theme: 9/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/5][Accuracy] 3/5] 6/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 31/40
Comments: This is quite different. I didn't intend for the theme to really involve pokemon, but It seems to fit, so good work, haha. It is an interesting story and clearly is shown by the image as you can see the love potion at work. Also, it is quite a cute piece. I like it. However, there are a few little improvements that could be made. The main would be the dimensions of the work. Some of it seems too flat and with shading it still looks a little strange. The main example here being the table. If you added a rim going around, it would look less flat and would make it a bit better. Also, I feel that if the planks of wood were angled, it would make it look more like a flat surface. To me, the planks seem to make the floor look strange so if they were angled, I feel it would make it look better and make the pokemon look more like they are truly standing on it. Good work.

@purple umbreon

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 7/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 3/5][Accuracy: 2/5] 5/10
Effort: 7/10
Total: 29/40
Comments: I like the story of this piece. Seems quite spooky and interesting. Your buck is also decently drawn. However, I feel like adding colour would benifit this piece massively. To me, it seems quite plain and bland without the colour. It also lacks some of that spooky atmosphere, so I feel if you added colour, the piece would be great. The buckdriver is also not too bad. Thr anatomy from what I can see seems ok, but the face, unless it is meant to be empty, seems too smooth. If this had colour, it would help this piece a lot. well done.

@Elysia

Spoiler:

Theme: 9/10
Creativity: 8/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/5][Accuracy: 4/5] 8/10
Effort: 8/10
Total: 33/40
Comments: A name that I recognise. Princess Mononoke is a great film. Quite long though. Not the sort of interpretation I intended, however, it is as valid as the others as it did use the word 'Legend' which can refer to a person. I like your take on Princess Mononoke. She still has that wild feel to her that I felt she had in the film. I again see that starry background that you used to some extent in your previous piece. I like it. The one feature that really stands out on this is the mask which I really like. It looks great. Something I think that needs inprovement is the mane. It gets a bit lost and looks a little like cloud or mist rather than fur due to the smooth shading and almost smooth edges. I feel if you make the shading a little messier and scruffier, it would look more like hair. That is the one thing that needs improvement in this. Good work.

@monkeybard

Spoiler:

Theme: 10/10
Creativity: 9/10
Artistic: [Experimentation: 4/5][Accuracy] 4/5] 8/10
Effort: 9/10
Total: 36/40
Comments: I really really like this piece. I like how you have also gone for this myth and have tried to illustrate the transformation, the whole transformation must have been hard to imagine let alone draw. I like the way you drew the Koi dragon. The golden scales look great and I like the shading. I also like how you drew the waterfall and how mist shrouds the dragon as if it is mist-ifying (Sorry, I just had to do that) I will just say that compared to the koi, the waterfall looks a little simple and like less effort was put into it, however, like I said with Velocity's piece, I understand that Artists do this to emphasise the piece in the centre of attention, so I like it. Well done.

Winners
3rd Place

Spoiler:

Sou Cleife, Elysia
Team 'Trainer' and Team 'Yoga Bears'

33 points
0.5 points each

2nd Place

Spoiler:

Arrow-Jolteon, Velocity
Team 'Juniper Mining Corp', Team 'Phoenix Battalion'
35 Points
1 points

1st Place

Spoiler:

monkeybard
Team 'Juniper Mining Corp'
36 Points
3 points

Well done everyone! What a great week.
Now, for the Grand Finale of the WAR Drawn Art contest.
WEEK 4: Pokemon Fusion Gijinka
So for the Grand Finale, I want to finish with a challenging bang. And it is this. Pokemon Fusion Gijinka.
There shall be two steps to this, and because it is challenging, I will say that starting as soon as possible will be best.

STEP 1:
Visit this website and randomly select some pokemon, two being the minimum and 3 being the maximum (Any higher would be too time consuming and would mean that you wouldn't have enough time to complete it.)
If the pokemon really aren't your best, you can cycle through a few random cycles. Doing this 3 times at the most. You are then to draw a fusion pokemon from these two pokemon. This IS NOT the piece you will be judged on, so it does not need to be good, it can be a sketch. However, the better the drawing, the better it will be for you to use later on in the task. I want you to submit this fusion draft along with the final subission. It will not be marked, but it will help me judge your actual entry as it will give me an idea of what I am looking at. (So if it helps me understand and relate to the piece more, then you will get more marks, so it will indirectly help. Bare this in mind)

STEP 2:
Now using that draft you made, create a Gijinka from it. A Gijinka is a person who looks like the pokemon, much like a person cosplaying a pokemon. The main way that will show the relation to your pokemon fusion will be the clothes, so make sure these resemble the pokemon you created. You can do anything with this. They can be of any age and gender, any body type or ethnicity, as long as it suits your pokemon. Any way to relate it to your pokemon is allowed. Go crazy.

Another thing.
THEY MUST ALL BE DRAW ON PAPER. NO DIGITAL SOFTWARE AT ALL IS TO BE USED.


Here are some examples of Gijinkas to help you for ideas:
http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/?q=Pokemon+Gijinka

Have fun, you have 1 week. Entries will close on Saturday 4th July at midnight

Form:
Name:
Team:
Pokemon in fusion:
Fusion draft:
Gijinka:
Extra Details:

[monkeybard]

Really good work to everybody! The entries were all really creative and we all did pretty well c:
I really don't want to be that guy though, but it looks like you've added up Velocity's score total wrong (10, 9, 8, 8).

In any case, this last task is incredibly hype, I love designing fusions and I love designing gijinkas; I wonder why I never though to combine the two. Are we expected to have a background or would drawing the design out like clean standalone art/concept art type deal yield the same results?

[Coru]

I was thinking it would be standalone. A background here would not be appropriate with the brief, but if you wish to add one, feel free. Just know that it won't count for much, if anything it will only give you maybe one creativity point at the most but the big proportion of points will be on the Gijinka itself.

I've also fixed the miscalculation, thanks. :)

[monkeybard]

Standalone is just fine! I'll get to work on it as soon as possible c:

[Suicune's Fire]

AWESOME WORK, GUYS! So proud of our team. ;~;

Also dammit. D: I suck at drawing humans. >.< But that's awesome that it has to be traditional! O:

[purple umbreon]

I have my pokemon randomized and now I need to start drawing. I am looking forward to this

[monkeybard]

Name: monkeybard
Team: Jupiter Mining Corp
Pokemon in fusion: Scatterbug and Relicanth
Fusion draft: Scattercanth [Design 1]
Gijinka:

Extra Details:
I don't have a lot of good colour pencils, and it might've looked a bit better if I shaded it with lead but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I thought that Scattercanth's face would work well as a mask, but I didn't want to have the gijinka wear the mask because that would obscure a lot of details and just make it look like I put a Scattercanth head on a human body. When I made her wear the mask to the side of the head and gave her slanted eyes like a Scattercanth, the rest of the summer festival/yukata look just fell into place, and I made her gloves, sandals and obi pointed like the 6 little feet of the Scattercanth.

[Arrow-Jolteon]

Name: Arrow-Jolteon
Team: Jupiter Mining Corp
Pokemon in fusion: Raikou and Cherrim
Fusion & Gijinka: "Cherraikou"

Extra details: I really hate how the hands look in this one. They give me hell. Okay, ranting aside, at first I thought I'd go for a more elegant design, but then I realized it was going to be tricky to make the Cherrim component show through the design if I went for elegant, so instead I went for something small and cute. It came out looking like a chibified Raikou with petals glued to its body XD. The little flower at the tip of Cherraikou's tail is based on Cherrim's Overcast Form, and in the humanized version I turned it into a toy. Speaking of the human version, it wasn't originally going to be a child, but I decided to draw the two interacting and I thought it'd look funny if it was a kid playing with their pet.