Artist Showcase 2011 - December Submission Thread

Some details have been adjusted in the past few months so please review to make sure you know the deal:

TIMELINE: It's open for work created from the 1st of the month untill the end of the month. There will be 14 days of polling after and winners of each category will be announced on the 15th.

RULES TO ENTER: It would be chaos without them, so here's the premise.

1) There's no set theme, an artist can post any work they've done within that month but they must choose ONE FOR ANY MEDIUM THEY CHOOSE TO ENTER by the deadline (defaults to their most recent unless specified).

2) For their submission choice they MUST include the following information when posting:

MEDIUM : Traditional / Digital / B&W / Color / Web Comic (required - if you don't specify which medium that it's for, it's not a submission)

REASONS FOR CHOOSING : (not required - but offers insight into the artists creative thought)

SUPPLIES / DESCRIPTION : (not required - but offers insight into the artists creative process)

POLLING: the first 14 days of the next month voters will be able to submit there choices for the following criteria before the winners are announced:

All votes will also apply as points to the 'Artist of the Year' ladder which you can track at THIS THREAD HERE.

MEDIUMS:(pick what you feel your entry fits under)

Best Traditional Drawing (paper/pencil/ink/paint/canvas)

Best Digital (tablet/3d/photo)

Best B&W

Best Color

Web Comic / Strip / Panels / COVERS

For this category you may submit a sample (1 IMAGE) of any Web Comic/Strip/Panel layout that you've produced for 2011. In the case of web comics you should also provide a link to where to view the entire comic.

GENRES:(You don't submit to these below, they are chosen from all entries above)

Comedy
Horror
Originality
Special FX

PROGRESS:

Most Improved

Each vote will count as a point for the artist and the one with the highest point count will be considered the overall 'Artist of the Month'. Voters can vote once for all criteria or just the ones that they can come up with a choice. I know there's no glory of picking the next theme but it does offer an artist a chance to focus more on different areas of their work and get a decent idea of what parts of their work people do like.

Here's hoping all you great artists can pluck something out of your monthly pieces to submit :)

I'd like to enter this as my Traditional entry. Mid-90's Bone Claw Wolverine from the Onslaught era. Did this as a commission for someone. A warning to all, the new batches of Marvel blank covers are very resistant to colors and inks. I unfortunately lost a lot of the detail I did in the hair because of this.

@MetropolisKid41: man you make a vicious looking Wolvie, very very cool :)

Unless I come with something I think is better, here's my B/W entry.

And maybe I'll be able to get something colored in as well...hopefully.

@tonis: Thanks!!!

Heya i want to post my new Lilith piece for the Web Comic Catagory :D
 

i wanna put this in for black and white, Flash Gordon was a comic strip, more to come

this i want for color, and traditional

hope you like Flash Gordon

damn we're off to a great start for December, I'm loving the colors, action, and some classic characters I really dig. Great work everybody :)

@DomDom: it has gone fast, but you know what they say, time flies when your on the vine :)

Ooooh - can't wait to see what everyone produces

@DomDom: Very Nice Lightning :D

@MetropolisKid41: Oooooooh LOVELY Wolvie!!! :D Fantastico!

It's early in the month but this is the first action page I've been able to draw in a long time so I'm throwing it in the ring. As always, you can find the comic at http://selfcentent.com.

@rocketpig: very killer action shot :)

i am going through an intense Flash Gordon phase and did some drawings, this is one for digital (i know right? i never do digital, accually this is my 4th attempt, first post at this digital)

@SteveRodgers: loving the Flash Gordon phase man, such a classic character. Awesome to see some digital in there too :)

Great work been submitted so far guys.

Well I missed out last month because of college work but I'll be done with all that by Friday and promised someone I know I'd draw something for her so hopefullly I'll have something done for next week :)

@tonis: thanks, digital is hard to do with a mouse, i need a pad. oh yah, now Flash Gordon (1980) is officially my favorite movie of all time

@SteveRodgers: yea, that's one of my fav movies too, killer soundtrack, classic hero, and hotties everywhere you turn :)

@tonis: pprecisely, besides it is the movie that inspired George Lucas to write Star Wars

@SteveRodgers said:

@tonis: pprecisely, besides it is the movie that inspired George Lucas to write Star Wars

The television show Flash Gordon was one of Lucas' prime inspirations (the movie released well after Star Wars and was actually made because of Star Wars' success) but yeah, Lucas loved the Saturday morning serials from the 50s and used them as a basis for both Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

@rocketpig: he as writing a Flash Gordon script but then Dino De Laurentiisbought the film rights so Lucas wrote Star Wars and made it before Flash Gordon was released...3 years later

anymore discussion you can private message me, i dont like taking up so much space on a thread

I'd like to submit the following: 
 

@thecheckeredman: So cool to have The Checkered Man in the showcase, he's been one of my favorite things on the vine all year, and the new look is truly fantastic.

It's also inspiring to see digital that looks so traditional, absolutely great work Denver :)

Nice work. Me hearts teh Checkered Man.

How about good ole...

Can I add more!

@Doctor!!!!!: hehe, perfect choice going with Emma, always catches my eye :)

yea you can put one in for traditional and one for b&w, just let me know which is which before 12/31 midnight.

@tonis:Cooool! let me putdown one from my other collection

Ms.Kyle needs to keep her butt on that roof!

@Doctor!!!!!: another fine choice and one of the best forms to fit into a skin tight bodysuit and crack a whip :)

I've got a small piece I should be able to add to this. Whoah, I haven't contributed in a while.

Asuka Soryu from the Evangelion franchise. Used a photo reference (her hair+plugsuit can be a bit tricky) for it. 12x15.5 cm, traditional media. Colour category I guess? I like the colour on this, even if the upload looks a little grainy in parts.

@darth_brendroid: awesome addition man, she's very beautiful and great coloring work. you can use it for both color and traditional :)

@tonis: Sure, so both?

Thanks, I'm not sure if I did the reference justice but I think I did the character some.

Gambit as a leprechauns.

I think ill enter it to color.

I've got another one for Traditional.

Still gotta finish that one I'm coloring though...

@ARMIV2: hahaha, being a photographer who used to take those holiday pics I totally know the mentality, awesome addition buddy :)

@tonis said:

@ARMIV2: hahaha, being a photographer who used to take those holiday pics I totally know the mentality, awesome addition buddy :)

Heh-heh, thanks!

And because I have finally finished it, here is my color entry.

@ARMIV2: whoa, wicked coloring job on that bad boy, very nice :)

@tonis said:

@ARMIV2: whoa, wicked coloring job on that bad boy, very nice :)

Thank you.

i think im going to go for Lilith Hilderbradt for Digital and Lilith Furious for the Colour catagory :D

Ok and this will be my Traditional and B&W entry :D
 

@Kubashi said:

Traditional w/ Graphic: Mechanical pencil, 6b pencil, 3b pencil, 2h pencil

Oh dear ahahahaha! Nice!

@darth_brendroid said:

Asuka Soryu from the Evangelion franchise. Used a photo reference (her hair+plugsuit can be a bit tricky) for it. 12x15.5 cm, traditional media. Colour category I guess? I like the colour on this, even if the upload looks a little grainy in parts.

This is beautiful. Nice work.

Hawkeye

@Daveyo520: WHERE! *looks around*

First Month Entering anything properly. I have had heaps of fun, I should get involved more!

@Hawkeye446: You and your naked robots!

@Daveyo520: I made it G rated. Lol.