CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Well, I've been granted the opportunity to continue the coloring contest during the summer months. Whoo! ^^

This month's artwork has been generously provided by Vernhal. The rules are the same as ever: you may use any medium, interpret the picture however you want to and creativity is encouraged, as long as the line art is still more or less recognizable in the final piece. But this time around, there will be two different categories for winners:

"Best technical submission" for best overall coloring.

and

"Most creative submission" for the most original and creative interpretation of the artwork.

The deadline is June 25th at midnight, which I believe is a Sunday. Good luck! ^_^

(I would be much obliged if a mod would move this to the contest forum. Thankee!)

WHOOT! CONGRATs, THE LQ, for being awesome enough to do the coloring contest this time around! ^_^

I really like the line art, but my lackage of good computer graphics programs still taunts me. I may try this, though. *Looks at line art suspiciously* Time... will... tell...

Oo! Yes! I do hope that you'll enter Linksquest ^^

Also, I thought I should mention that the lineart is only appearing for logged in members as it is an attachment. Must..get..image hosting.

*goes back to attempting to hack her ancient Photobucket account*

Meh, what the heck. I'm no master colorer [frankly, I'm terrible], but I'll give it a shot.

.rai//

YAY perfect time to practice the gimp that I just got!! ^_^

All right, yes, lots of interested people. Go for it guys! Let's have a big turnout this time around. The are hundreds of possible interpretations for this one, I wanna see some neat backgrounds!

the_lizardqueen wrote:Well, I've been granted the opportunity to continue the coloring contest during the summer months. Whoo! ^^

This month's artwork has been generously provided by Vernhal. The rules are the same as ever: you may use any medium, interpret the picture however you want to and creativity is encouraged, as long as the line art is still more or less recognizable in the final piece. But this time around, there will be two different categories for winners:

"Best technical submission" for best overall coloring.

and

"Most creative submission" for the most original and creative interpretation of the artwork.

The deadline is June 25th at midnight, which I believe is a Sunday. Good luck! ^_^

(I would be much obliged if a mod would move this to the contest forum. Thankee!)

Yeah!
*saves*
I think your idea for the "Most creative submission" and "Best technical submission" is wonderful.

I think I might start working on mine tonight.

Lots of hugs, Tammi.

Wow! I wasn't expecting such a huge response, and so quickly too. Awesome! *giddy*

White Raven wrote:I think your idea for the "Most creative submission" and "Best technical submission" is wonderful.

I think I might start working on mine tonight.

Yay! I'm so glad to see that you're entering ^^

As for the categories for winners, I must give credit where credit is due ^^;

*nudges Esoteric*

well.. Im halfway done with mine......

RAGH I cant think of a BG..

Most likely hes gonna be swimming in mine though~

thanks to everyone who commented on teh lineart!~

oh and if you wanna see mine so far you can go here-

http://www.sheezyart.com/view/772619/

Hmmm...I think I'll try it out this time! This looks like it'll be fun to color!

Question. How do you upload the picture to your computer so that you may begin to color it? I am new with computers, so go easy on me.

Phantom_Sorano wrote:Question. How do you upload the picture to your computer so that you may begin to color it? I am new with computers, so go easy on me.

Oh okay just click on the thumbnail od the picture to open it in a new link! then right click on it and click save to computer
Hope that helps!

...oh, I'll try that in a few hours...I need to get some sleep now. Thanks.

Oo, the coloring in your version is looking absolutely lovely Vernhal! It's so soft and real looking, I love the muted tones and the way that you shaded the hair. I'm looking foward to seeing what you'll do with the background ^^

Yay for Radical Dreamer entering! And welcome to the contest Phantom Sorano, feel free to PM me or post here if you have any questions or need help with anything. I know in the past people have also entered by printing the line art, coloring it with traditional tools (pencil crayons, toothpaste-) and then scanning the finished piece. It's always an option instead of digital coloring, although the coloring contests can be an excellent way of learning new tricks and skills when it comes to Photoshop and other programs.

Hmm, I wonder if Scribs is going to enter this month. *misses the CAA's resident Surrealist*

the_lizardqueen wrote:I know in the past people have also entered by printing the line art, coloring it with traditional tools (pencil crayons, toothpaste-) and then scanning the finished piece.

Oh, so you remember the toothpaste?

Esoteric wrote:Oh, so you remember the toothpaste?

How could I ever forget the toothpaste?

Hehe. It's like white gouache, but minty! ^^

the_lizardqueen wrote:How could I ever forget the toothpaste?

Hehe. It's like white gouache, but minty! ^^

Well that settles it. Next time I'm gonna have to do a picture using only toothpaste, food coloring, and maybe some watercolors. That's gonna be hard...and messy.

the_lizardqueen wrote:How could I ever forget the toothpaste?

Hehe. It's like white gouache, but minty! ^^

LOL! I remember that too! Despite the fact that I only ever actually entered once, I have still been lurking around the thread a lot. I would do an entry with colored pencils, but I have a really bad scanned and I have absolutely no ideas for what I would do with this picture. But don't be surprised if I randomly return to the group of colo[u]ring buddies at some point.

That's so awesomely psychedelic Shao

I love the shades of green and blue that you used and the hair is so shiny. The flat graphic shapes are working really nicely and I really like the contrast between the more realistic skin tone/shading and all of the vivid blues and greens. Very cool! ^^

meboeck wrote:Despite the fact that I only ever actually entered once, I have still been lurking around the thread a lot. I would do an entry with colored pencils, but I have a really bad scanner and I have absolutely no ideas for what I would do with this picture. But don't be surprised if I randomly return to the group of colo[u]ring buddies at some point.

Coolness! It's nice to know that you're still keeping an eye on the goings on in the coloring contest threads. And you are most definitely welcome to come back to the colo[u]ring buddies club anytime

I think I'm going crazy trying to get this picture perfect.

A big thank you to Vernhal you did a good job on the line art.

Very cool Shao. I was tempted to do some body art designs as well, but now I'm glad I didn't. Yours is cool!

White Raven wrote:I think I'm going crazy trying to get this picture perfect.

I used to have that problem...but now with so little time, I tend to just stamp things out real quick and they never turn out quite as I planned. But i think this came out okay. I took my approach based on the name of the picture (realistic elf). The background is a tripped-out version of a photo I took on my last vacation.

Hey, Meboeck, yeah enter again sometime. We can both do toothpaste entries .

Ohhhh nice entries, SFL, and Esotaric.

SFL, yours would look so awesome printed on a black t-shirt.

And Esotaric, Yours looks like it just came out of LOTR.

Very good job guys.

I think I will sit on mine for a bit. And make sure I like it the way it is.

Yeegads I'm not the only one sticking him in a forest!

*grabs mind-reading-proof tinfoil hat before any other ideas leak out*

Kidding, kidding ^^ I may be doing a forest too but it's really different from what you've done (for better or for worse)

That atmosphere in your version is incredible Eso. It's just so pretty with the backlighting (especially on the hair), shading, textures and crazy transparencies with the shirt. How did you do that shirt? O.O

The eyes look so lovely too, overall there's a very nice sense of realism and drama ^^

Well I guess I’m going to bite the bullet and post mine.

Let me know what you all think.

I’m not for sure if he is king of the ocean or just a water sprite.

Anyway I worked very hard on him.

A red eyed sea monster?! Whoa, now I'm afraid to go near the water!

The conche for his ear is super creative, as well as the fish in his hair. Beautiful cloud work, and the root-like patterns on his skin are very cool. *stares at red eyes* But I uh, sure wouldn't want to meet him!

How did you do that shirt? O.O

Yes...well everyone knows that forest elves use radioactive isotopes to make their clothing glow...

Actually, I drew the outlines in Illustrator, pasted them in photoshop, colored them white, made multiple copies, blured a few, added some transparent blue fabric, and airbrushed alittle for a halo effect. Hmm, radioactive isotopes sounded better, huh?

Esoteric wrote:A red eyed sea monster?! Whoa, now I'm afraid to go near the water!

The conche for his ear is super creative, as well as the fish in his hair. Beautiful cloud work, and the root-like patterns on his skin are very cool. *stares at red eyes* But I uh, sure wouldn't want to meet him!

I think your just predigest against red eyed sea creatures.

He looks completely innocent to me.
Of course, I have a feeling, that if he smiled, he would have a mouth full of razor sharp teeth.

Anyway thanks for the compliments.

WAHH these are so awesome! I love them!

Shao-

Awesome the colors are so cool! and I love the pattern on his skin!

Eso-

Lovely! everthing is awesome! And I love his shirt!

White Raven-

Amazing! this is just so cool! I just love everything about it! and his hair is so awesome!

Vernhal wrote:WAHH these are so awesome! I love them!

Shao-

Awesome the colors are so cool! and I love the pattern on his skin!

Eso-

Lovely! everthing is awesome! And I love his shirt!

White Raven-

Amazing! this is just so cool! I just love everything about it! and his hair is so awesome!

Thanks so much Vernhal!:hug:
I want to print him out and hang him in my bathroom (if that’s ok with you)
My bathroom is done in a seaside, and lighthouse motif, so I think he would fit in very well.