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    Challenge Brief



    Illustrate any moment out of Norse Mythology. Valhalla, Ragnarok, Loki insulting the gods, any moment is open! That's it!



    Guidelines


    - Illustrate a moment or character out of Norse Mythology.

    - All types of illustration open. ( interior pages, card formats, book covers, magazine covers)

    - Working File can be any size you want, finals to be no wider than 1000 pixels ( you can include detail shots if you want).

    - Post FINAL image in FINALS THREADS ( to be posted later)

    - Post your progress in this thread! Don't be shy!


    Resources


    About the mythology:


    -http://www.norse-mythology.com/

    -http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/norse/articles.html

    -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology

    -http://www.akasha.demon.co.uk/norse.htm



    About the craft:


    -Creative Illustration - By Andrew Loomis

    -The ArtOrder

    -Muddy Colors


    -James Gurney's blog



    DEADLINE:

    Big theme, big deadline!
    12:00 AM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME , THURSDAY APRIL 14TH, 2010.



    NOTE: Deadlines will change from now on. We will deliver finals on thursday!!!



    Happy Illustratin' everyone! --- Icon

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    ooh this is perfect!
    I was actually going to start a personal project with Norse Mythology, good thing i hadnt started yet =)


    Maybe i got some advantage, me being a swede and all

    Good luck to all!
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      Sounds like a pretty sweet challenge...



      A quick sketch of Odin and his ravens...going for more of a Valkyrie feel with the 'birds'
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        Ok Ive not tried this before. I've chosen Odin bringing life to man and woman, from two old tree stumps.
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          Looks fun - I'll have a go.

          I'll pick Thor battling Jormundgandr at Ragnarok.

          Here's the sketch:

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            Fantastic idea! The mythology is so rich. I'm going to give this one a try...
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              Here are a couple of concepts I am working on. The subject is the giant Wolfe creature Fenrir, who is destined to kill Odin at Ragnarok (Apocolypse). Odin is the former god of war, who helped trap him in an collar made of Dwarf-made ribbon. In the process of being trapped, Fenrir ate Odin's hand. Fenrir was chained by the Gods because of a prophecy that some day he would overthrow them. Anyway, here are the slketches. Please let me know what you think and which one you think I should develop. The first is rather straight forward, but the second Fenrir is already eating Odin, and the other gods are approaching him from behind, about to face him in battle. It is set in Hel, land of the dead, and you can see Syartalfeim land of the dark elves, as well as Muspelheim (home of the fire demons) and Midgard (earth).



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