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February Coloring Contest

PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:37 pm
by Scribs
This Month's Featured artist is Aka Chan! I look forward to what you will all be able to do with this months picture!

Rules are the same as always, the deadline is the end of the month,

Get to it!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:57 pm
by Yumie
Wow, cool, I think I'm going to color this one (it's about time, I keep saying I'm going to. . . but just watch, I won't get this one done either, XD)

PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:33 pm
by Kuro-Mizu
WOw! What awesome lineart... but alas I think I will have to sit out on this one.. To busy with other things.... (Like godly paladins pic) *Walks away to go work on it*

PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:12 pm
by bakura_fan
well, I shall try like I said I would....

PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:59 pm
by Esoteric
Wait, everyone's busy? That's impossible! How can there be so many busy people in the world? Okay, okay, I'm just goofing around! Hope you all can find the time...I know I have trouble too. I have an idea for this one...question is, can I pull it off in time... hmmm.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:04 pm
by edendreams
count me in this time. ^-^ if i don't start it tonight i'll do so later

PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:47 am
by White Raven
Here is mine.
I had some fun with this one. And I'm happy with the way it came out.
Image

PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:47 am
by Esoteric
Oooh, the rose is a nice touch! Very nicely colored, LArt! The background is very Valentine's Day-ish too. Did you make that yourself?

PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:57 am
by White Raven
Esoteric wrote:Oooh, the rose is a nice touch! Very nicely colored, LArt! The background is very Valentine's Day-ish too. Did you make that yourself?

It’s a pattern that I did for my mom on mothers day. I used a picture of lace for reference then tried to make mine look half as good. :sweat:

PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:11 am
by bakura_fan
....great....=_= I had the same idea for the rose just the guy holding it....will that make me look like a copy cat? 'm not sure I can even get it done...I'm note ven gona be availble the last week of february and who knows when after that *basic training don't ya know...*
btw. the pic you did is very nice....I'm too intimidated to finish....;-;

PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:47 am
by White Raven
[quote="bakura_fan"]....great....=_= I had the same idea for the rose just the guy holding it....will that make me look like a copy cat? 'm not sure I can even get it done...I'm note ven gona be availble the last week of february and who knows when after that *basic training don't ya know...*
btw. the pic you did is very nice....I'm too intimidated to finish....]

No that is fine, you can use a rose if you want :thumb:
Pleas finish yours. I want to see it. :jump:

PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:34 pm
by Esoteric
Happy Valentine's Day everyone. I had some spare time and decided to push myself little on this one...so don't run away people! Bakura_fan, I wanna see yours too, rose and all!

Well there's no rose in my version, and this relationship is on seriously rocky ground, unless you take a metaphorical view of things.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:00 pm
by White Raven
Esoteric wrote:Happy Valentine's Day everyone. I had some spare time and decided to push myself little on this one...so don't run away people! Bakura_fan, I wanna see yours too, rose and all!

Well there's no rose in my version, and this relationship is on seriously rocky ground, unless you take a metaphorical view of things.


Wow very nice. :thumb:

PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:29 pm
by bakura_fan
I'm almost done with mine. I may or may not finish it by tonight... btw. also very cool...er...hot? concept. ^^, lol. nicely done.

edit: err...make that tomorrow night I might be done...*sigh* so many details...@_@ I now am wishing that adobe 7.0 was on this comp and not my laptop. oh well, paint is good enough for now.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:10 am
by Aka-chan
0.0 .......holy cow...... This is pretty much the first time I've ever had anyone color my work, and these are AMAZING! I'm just totally blown away by the hugely differing interpretations and how well done they are.

ILoveArt, the delicate feel you've put into it, and softness of the coloring. It really has a Valentine's feeling--makes me wish I had someone special to send it to. XD

Esoteric, wow. I never thought about it like that, but I have always loved fire/ice juxtapositions; it's way cool to see it here. The different possible interpretations of it make it particularly interesting.

Great job, guys! :thumb:

PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:42 am
by Kuro-Mizu
WOW! these are so cool! great job Eso adn Lart!

PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:14 am
by bakura_fan
this is as far as I'm gonna get with the time I have left til I leave. the background is based off of a sunset picture I took of our view of the san Juan Islands. Hope you like...

http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=february33uz.png

I accidentally saved it as a jpeg once...and it wasn't a good thing...I had to go back and redo some of the smudged areas. the only one I didn't redo was the rose. I also tried attaching the image...but I couldn't get it to work. anyway, all work done in paint.:shake: I can't believe I'm doing this...

PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:48 am
by White Raven
That is awesome for paint, bakura.

I love the guy, he reminds me of Sesshomaru.
And the sky is very cool, I love the mixture of colors

I think you have definitely put yourself in the running.

Aka-chan wrote:ILoveArt, the delicate feel you've put into it, and softness of the coloring. It really has a Valentine's feeling--makes me wish I had someone special to send it to. XD



Hey, thanks. :thumb:

PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:50 am
by White Raven
Sorry, double post.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:15 am
by Esoteric
Oh, the tree was a good idea! I hadn't thought of that, but it puts his unusual stance in a good context. Very nice concepts here, bakura_fan, I'm impressed. I especially like the two-tone hair!

PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:27 am
by bakura_fan
thanks guys. ^^, glad you like it.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:00 pm
by Aka-chan
Wow, that's really cool, Teej! (Do you still go by that name sometimes?) I love your interpretation, and the vibrant colors are really nice, too. That must have taken so much patience!

PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:49 pm
by bakura_fan
yes I still go by that nickname. ^^, glad you like it. yeah, took a long time to get it done. but I had fun.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:14 pm
by Shao Feng-Li
Here's mine: Image

PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:12 am
by Aka-chan
w00t! w00t! Purple hair! This is really cool, Feng-Li! I really, really like his shirt design, and the delicate transparency of the flower is really awesome. You've got some really awesome color nuances throughout the whole thing!

PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:58 am
by Esoteric
Very nice, Shao! Love the creative shirts and of course, your coloring skills in general. Hmm, not many entries this month again huh? But at least the ones here are all good!

PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:32 pm
by edendreams
*Le sigh* I'll try to color it but recently i just got a job offer to be an illustrator for a book a member of the church is releasing... >< Geh i don't know if she'll even like my stuff but well i'm trying and that's why i haven't finished my coloring yet... I'll at least get the basic colors..

BTW i know we're supposed to keep the origional line art but can i do that but also put layers over the top?? you'll still see the line art but just enhanced... ^-^;;;

PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:36 pm
by Scribs
If you can tell that the line art is still there in some form it is fine.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:22 pm
by bakura_fan
shao...I can only say this...:wow!:

PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:14 pm
by Esoteric
edendreams wrote:*Le sigh* I'll try to color it but recently i just got a job offer to be an illustrator for a book a member of the church is releasing... >< Geh i don't know if she'll even like my stuff but well i'm trying and that's why i haven't finished my coloring yet... I'll at least get the basic colors..


Dude, go for the illus. job if she likes you're stuff. Wish I could be so lucky to get an offer. Guess I need an impressive portfolio first <runs off to make portfolio>