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A Challenger Appears

Journal Entry: Mon May 5, 2008, 7:39 AM


Hello kids, see I was talking to me buddy :iconbah-zero99: about art and practice.
He challenged me to get a picture done, and I did the same thing. Then after
talking about it we came to something WE thought was a fun idea for
practice, which is a weekly challenge for each of us. Since we're not selfish
bastards, we wanted to share our idea so if you like it too feel free to join our
madness c:


What's the purpose?
Getting your lazy bun to work and practice a lot for your own improvement,
and maybe see your mate practice for your amusement ;D

What kind of challenge can we make?
A N Y T H I N G ! Whatever you feel like it! Just keep in mind that we're
doing this to HELP each other in our improvement.
Your challenge isn't restricted in any way. You can ask your buddy to work
on their watercolor skill. How about making backgrounds? Poses,
Expressions, use of colors, shading, proportions...EVERYTHING counts here.

But my buddy is a photographer/writer!!
Be creative! Ask them to take a shot of a particular scene or object.
Or challenge them to write a poem/story/song/whateveryouwant of any
subject.

Rules?
Here they are:

1. Try to be as helpful as possible, remember this game's purpose is
polishing our skill.

2. Don't go harsh on this either, if your buddy can barely draw a face, don't
go and ask them for a speed painting of The Last Supper. Be creative and
reasonable.

3. We don't recommend that you take more than a week to finish your piece, unless it's really needed.
Let's say if your friend asked you to work on a background scene, you might
need more than a few hours to complete it.
And we all know we all have our lives outside the screen and shtuff to deal
with so sometimes for personal reasons you won't be able to finish your art
within a week.
We encourage you to still finish the piece even if the week already passed.
However if you and your challenger think you need more time, go ahead and take it. We are putting a week deadline to each other because we think it's a good start to get rid of our laziness when it comes to regular practice.

4. Try to be constant with this, practice makes perfect, there's no perfect in
art. So don't go thinking that one challenge has powered up your skills.
We'll try to do this weekly for as long as we can.

5. If you finish your part of the 'trade' and there's plenty of days before the
week dies, this doesn't mean you can't do anything else but wait until the
next challenge comes. Go and check your art, ask your friend for critique
and try to improve it if you think it's needed and if you feel like doing so.

6. Don't break any deviantArt rules IF you're going to post your work, so keep
that in mind. However if you don't intend to post it, do whatever you want.
However, we'd like that you submit your work, it would spread the word of
this idea and it would inspire more people to join.

7. Can reference or stock be used? Yes. Absolutely, anything as long as
you're not breaking any rules, be sure to ask permission first.

8. If you have any question feel free to ask!

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On a last note, spread the word! We'd love to see people giving this a try.
Re-post this entry or link to it to let people know how this works!
So, Are you in? :D

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Version en Español

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This week:
~bah-zero99 challenged me to sketch a couple of people, in a particular pose, the woman's gotta be naked and the man can be dressed.

I challenged him to draw one of his anthro characters in both human and animal forms. 100% animal & 100% human.

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=Penril I don't know what yet.

I challenged him to work on a night scene.





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    ~kwondo51:iconkwondo51: 2 days 14 minutes ago
    hi and thanks for your reply, "being part" means we want to publish your works in the book. so if your interested you may submit new works but that is up to you, we contact you as well as some others because the work we saw was very good and would fit in this title, so any work old or new is welcome. i have the official invite letter and PDF of the call out sheet as-well as the licensing agreement, so if you think you would like to be in this book let me know and i will send you the documentation to an email address. your work will be showcased along side such artist as "tokidoki" "chacura" "spicy brown" "chocolatesoop" "furi furi" to name a few. please send me an email once you have made up you mind.

    all the best shawn

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    Mr S A wright Artistic Director , Designer and Editor
    International Book ;Publishing Centre (IBPC) 
      LST Publishing House 
      25 Shiyiwei RD, Shenyang 110003, Liaoning, China 
       
      Tel. office: +86 / 24 / 23280035 
      Fax. office: +86 / 24 / 23280070 
      Email: kwondo51@hotmail.com
      Web: [link]

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    Im an artistic director for a publishing house, a friend showed me this site and i thought it would be a good idea to get to know the artist here as me and my company are looking for fresh ideas for new publications. look forward to getting to know you
    =actias:iconactias: 2 days 1 hour ago
    jojo karateee!!! dance2

    primero lei mal, entendi bloody movin' hahaha ._.u
    We're looking for romance
    we're longing to read secret letters and
    we want it to last for ever :sing: *inventa letra mientras escucha dead dogs two* -3- o sea, todo contraste y nada que ver haha pero sabes por que es c:


    te quiero amigo caninen :hug:


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    =actias:iconactias: 2 days 1 hour ago
    Hello :) Thank you for your interest. "Being part" meaning what? working on new art, or using the ones that are allready made?

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    ~kwondo51:iconkwondo51: 2 days 5 hours ago
    Dear "actias"

    My name is Shawn Wright and I’m the artistic director and editor of (LST) “Liaoning International Publishing House” I’m writing to you in regards to a new titles we are making and I wanted to extend an invitation to you, and enquire if you would at all be interested in being part of our new title named “The Little Book of Kawaii”

    This book will showcase all things Kawaii, from graphics and illustrations to food, fashion designer toys and characters.

    If you think you will be interested please contact me at the below email address’s

    E-mail: Kwondo51@hotmail.com

    Website: [link]

    Look forward to hearing your thoughts, thanks for your time.

    Kind regards

    Shawn Wright



    Titles in Production:

    1. Flux Toy design
    2. Young illustrators of the uk
    3. Chinese Illustration now
    4. Poster Illustration
    5. Romantic Illustration

    Some Previous titles:

    1. Leading Designers
    2. New Visual Works (German Graphic style)
    3. gift wrapper collection
    4. Oriental patterns and palettes
    5. The Ultimate logo collection

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    Mr. Shawn A Wright Artistic Director
    25 Shiyiwei RD, Shenyang 110003, Liaoning, China

    Tel. office: +86 / 24 / 23280035
    Fax. office: +86 / 24 / 23280070
    Web: [link]

    International Book Publishing Centre (IBPC) LST Publishing House

    Founded in 1982, Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House (LSTPH) as a member of Liaoning Publishing Group is a professional all-around publishing house with rich experience and strong integrated strength. The books published cover medical science, architecture design, industry technology, life style, management, etc. and nearly 400 varieties of books are published each year. LSTPH is the first large-scale publishing group in China to operate under a modern enterprise system. The number of best-selling and constant-selling books has steadily increased. Especially the books on architect and design gained international popularity.

    In 2004, as a department of LSTPH, International Book Publishing Centre (IBPC) was founded for the sole purpose of creating beautiful illustrated source books for professional designers and artists of all types. In International Book Exhibitions which are held in Frankfurt, London, Beijing each year, IBPC becomes the focus and is highly praised in international publication circles. IBPC has kept fruitful cooperation with publishers from USA, Russia, France, Italy, South Korea, Japan ,Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan Regions.

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    Im an artistic director for a publishing house, a friend showed me this site and i thought it would be a good idea to get to know the artist here as me and my company are looking for fresh ideas for new publications. look forward to getting to know you
    ~bah-zero99:iconbah-zero99: 2 days 7 hours ago
    Body movin' body movin'
    A1 sound' sound so soothing
    Body movin' body movin'
    We be getting down and you know we're crush groovin' :sing:


    :karate!: :glomp:

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    =actias:iconactias: 4 days 3 hours ago
    Gatito c:

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    =actias:iconactias: 4 days 3 hours ago
    Thankies

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    =actias:iconactias: 4 days 3 hours ago
    c: thank you

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    *gato-de-agua:icongato-de-agua: 6 days 22 hours ago
    I love your icon!! :excited:
    ~starrynight11:iconstarrynight11: May 6, 2008, 5:46:30 PM
    Hey, I love your stuff!
    ~Mewgo:iconMewgo: May 3, 2008, 10:20:56 AM Mood: Love
    MeeOOOOWW!! :+devwatch::nod:

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    Meow.
    =actias:iconactias: Apr 29, 2008, 8:20:16 AM
    Haha A not so green version :giggle:

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    *X-A-N-A:iconX-A-N-A: Apr 28, 2008, 9:48:22 PM
    :lol: I was Googling the moths, and your name popped up!

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    =actias:iconactias: Apr 25, 2008, 3:30:19 PM
    Thank you too

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    ~marilyn1999manson:iconmarilyn1999manson: Apr 25, 2008, 12:33:36 AM
    thanx 4 putting me in you're friends list

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    =actias:iconactias: Apr 23, 2008, 5:11:50 PM
    Si ya me creo mucho u_u

    :hug: pero poes gracias a ud, tambien lqm

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    =em0Boy:iconem0Boy: Apr 23, 2008, 4:10:29 PM
    ai si ai si ...
    ya tengo mas sub ...

    jajaja :hug: !!
    tqm

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    You're just a sad song with nothing to say :music: !!
    =actias:iconactias: Apr 19, 2008, 8:21:04 PM
    Thanks so much <3

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    =actias:iconactias: Apr 18, 2008, 11:29:38 PM
    Si, si, aunque Barbossa si se llama Hector xD! por eso lo dije.
    Seamos piratas :ahoy:

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    ~princedesflammes:iconprincedesflammes: Apr 18, 2008, 5:02:57 AM
    I love you're style! ^^
    It's really sweet and fun
    ~Drakside:iconDrakside: Apr 17, 2008, 11:07:28 PM
    y tu Gaby Sparrow??

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    =actias:iconactias: Apr 17, 2008, 12:00:03 PM
    Espero que si sr Hector...Barbossa :noes:

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    ~Drakside:iconDrakside: Apr 17, 2008, 12:21:30 AM
    :o pos estubo bien si quedas!!! yey!!!! seremos chicos UACJ

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