[WAR: Season II] Drawn Art

[Coru]

Yes the new theme is up! Hope you all like it and I hope it can help get more people involved as it is a different type of theme compared to last week.

[Suicune's Fire]

May I suggest making a post here, too? Nobody knows when it's updated because it's not in its own separate post here too. :<

[Coru]

Good point. Ok. Here's the new theme for week two:

Theme:

WEEK 2:

Favourite Animal:

So, this theme is very different from last weeks. I request for you to get inspiration and draw your favourite animal. It could be just of the animal itself (no background), of an animal in a home place (like a pet) or an animal in it's natural environment, however, this theme will give a nice amount for a background that suits the piece, but to make it fair, it won't be enough to put those without backgrounds to a considerable disadvantage. Go wild. Do what you want to make it different and original. Remember, although this is quite a broad topic, I still want for you to be creative and think outside the box in this, that way you can grab some valuable creativity points!
Any animal is ok and go crazy with it and I will say this. It can be as realistic or unrealistic as you wish. Just as long as it looks like the original animal.
Have fun!
Also, if you want, you could also put in why it is your favourite animal and I will add that to the form. If you don't want to, you don't need to, just remove it from the form. It is just there if you want to interest me with some reading and discussion on here. haha

Form:

Name:
Animal:
Why is it your favourite?
Entry:
WAR Team:
Extra Details:

Here are two sets of examples. Browse through the art if you wish to get inspiration

Traditional Art examples
Digital Art examples

You have until Saturday 20th June. You may start!

[Suicune's Fire]

Erm. That should be BB code, not HTML.

Also, with this:

I still want for you to be creative and think outside the box in this, that way you can grab some valuable creativity points!

Is this in relation to composition and setting? Such as what the animal is doing and where it is?

[Coru]

Fixed that. I had copied and pasted from the tapatalk app which didn't work well, had to just switch and come onto my laptop to fix it. haha

Yes. You will get creativity points for it being different and unique. If it is just an animal in the middle of the page, it won't get as much creativity points compared to a piece that has a dynamically positioned animal and the composition of the animal and the way it works with the background, if they choose to add one, will give more creativity points. For instance, a piece with maybe a tiger that is maybe leaping or hunting would get more creativity points than a tiger that is just standing there like it was a modeled statue.

[Suicune's Fire]

Cool, that helps. :] Thanks.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Congrats guys! You all did awesome!

Max's is still my favourite! Anyone who can do that with paint and a mouse is seriously talented. Plus the idea is so original. :D I want one of those little plastic guys!

[Suicune's Fire]

I agree. :] He's always full of ideas. ;) I thought it was a penguin though! Everyone had great entries for week one. :D

[Coru]

He had a really good idea, I really liked it, there were some other really good ones, I would have loved for him to wins some points along with many others. In my eyes, all deserved a win and deserved points, but there was a lot of competition with week 1 and feel that the best entries for that week won but it could have been between any as there were only 1 or 2 points between many people and a winning spot, however, I could tell that everyone worked really hard on their piece, which makes me really happy as I love it when people try their best and create masterpieces because of it. (Masterpieces in terms of the work and effort. It is as much or if not even more important than the look of the piece in deciding if it is good)

Also, I have completed all of the judging and you all have a paragraph waiting for you explaining my reason for giving you your mark and how I feel you could improve. I hope it helps and I hope that you all enjoyed week 1, even if you didn't win.

[Suicune's Fire]

Coru. That is one long sentence. xD But yes, I agree. There were too many awesome entries and too few winning spots! (As is the way.)

As for the feedback, thanks! I can definitely see what you mean. I was going to use shading but then thought that if it was a virtual program (especially if it was made by coders, who often do not draw xD) then it wouldn't have shading, as it's a flat image in a computer. However, this was made unclear since I talked about it being in the real world, where it would have shading as a 3D object. x) I agree about the positioning of the arms and the antennae, haha. I had fun with it though! Thanks for the feedback. :]


I'm keen for this week's theme. c: I can't draw background for crap, though, but I'll sure try. xD