Headgate Art Challenge~!: October 2006

Monday, October 30, 2006

OH NOES!!1 Halloween edition

Halloween! Dia de los Muertos! Etcetera! Lets try to do something creepy or downright horrifying, like maybe have more than 5 people contribute. Aaaarargghhrghbbq!!!1oneexclamationmark

Jack Pumpkinhead is not dead... yet - Savage

"Trick or Treating is Scary" - Smitty

the grim reaper - a.b. murray
Yeah, he's not "finished", but it's a start.

Posted by Leo Michalek at 10:52 AM | Permalink | Comments

Monday, October 23, 2006

This Old House

No, not necessarily the Bob Vila kind. Take the topic and run with it.

The other kind of temple - Xavi

Ye Olde Victorian Spooky Haus- Josh

Smitty needed to finish this yesterday -Smitty

Posted by Mike D. Smith at 12:59 PM | Permalink | Comments

Monday, October 16, 2006

ACTION HEROES

Yep, big letters! Use this weeks challenge to indulge in your testosterone filled male world (at least at Headgate) and give us something worthy of the hours of entertainment given to us by such timeless characters as Rambo, Robocop, the Terminator, the Bride, Tony Jaa on a Plane, etc, etc.

WIP - a.b. murray - Ben Richards (The Running Man)

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. I guess... - Savage

John McClain "The Cowboy"- Josh

River from Serenity - Smitty
Click here to read the sad story of its creation

Kill Bill! - Xavi
Click here to see full process shots

Posted by Leo Michalek at 10:48 AM | Permalink | Comments

Monday, October 09, 2006

Draw a Marvel hero or villain

For this week and following on the Comic Book theme, go crazy and give us some good 'ole Marvel action. Extra points are awarded for obscure Jack Kirby cracked out characters!

Boom Boom! -Smitty

Here it is- My Homework Assignment:

DOCTOR STRANGE!!! -Josh

Storm sez: You guys are slackers! - Xavi

RELEASE THE FLESH-EATING NUCLEAR MONKEYS!
Dirk Anger - Savage

Posted by Leo Michalek at 12:37 PM | Permalink | Comments

Post your 24 Hour Comic!

In order to keep it clean, give us two sample pages and then provide a link to where they're being hosted (Photobucket, Flicker, a forum, etc).

Page 6

Page 9

Click here to see the whole thing - Aaron

Page 4

Page 10

Click here to see the whole thing - Xavi

"Too Much Caster"
My one page that I didn't even finish in an hour *sigh*
Click here to see the finished version
-Smitty

Posted by Leo Michalek at 12:29 PM | Permalink | Comments

Metal Slug!

These are the results from the first ever weekly challenge we had. Great work Josh and Savage!

A First Person Side Scrolling RPG-Shooter Adventure Game for the Future! - Savage

All hail the Regular Army!- Josh

Posted by Leo Michalek at 12:16 PM | Permalink | Comments

Monday, October 02, 2006

Your Favorite Miyazaki Character

So this is the first official Headgate Art Challenge post.
Note: Feel free to go and post under older topics other than the most recent. For example, we still have an old draw jam out there that should get posted up. Post away! -Smitty

Lupin III - a.b. murray

Porco Rosso - Savage

Ashitaka and Yakul- Josh

Totoro - Xavi

Nausicaa -Smitty

Posted by Leo Michalek at 12:50 PM | Permalink | Comments

Old Draw Jams

These are from the early days when we did each topic on a single sheet of paper for all artists. Draw Jam is the technical term I believe. Ahh yes the good old days... Seems like it was only yesterday... or last week rather ^_^. So here they are, more or less in reverse order IE newest to oldest. Click on the thumbnails to see the full size version. -Smitty