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Default CharacterForge 2D #26 :: Monkey King




CharacterFORGE 2D :: ROUND 026 :: The Monkey King
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Name: Sun Wukong (The Monkey King)
Race: Anthropomorphized Monkey
Role: Warrior/Guardian spirit, Adventurer
Gender: Male
Age: Adult (20-30)

Era: Song/Yuan/Ming Dynasty (8th-16th century China)
World/Setting: Romanticized Medieval China
Tools / Artifacts / Equipment / Weapons: Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Battle Stuff), Golden Chainmail, Phoenix Feather, Cloud-Walking Boots

Clothing / Dress: Golden mail, with any adaptation of Chinese dress/uniform/costuming. Google will be your friend on this one.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5'2-5'7
Stature: Lithe, compact, and incredibly strong - Think the condensed strength and speed of Bruce Lee. The level of..er...'monkey-ness' in his figure is up to you.
Hair/Fur: Variable, dark grey to blonde
Eyes: Brown

Personality: Very much a trickster and free spirit. Egotistical, cheeky, quick-witted. Sometimes brash.
Characteristics/Traits: ESFJ (Extroversion/Sensing/Feeling/Judging) - Sun Wukong is extremely powerful, knowing ancient secrets of combat and a myriad of different magics. His excess of self-confidence and bravado sometimes gets him in trouble, but deep down he is a noble warrior who will fight for a righteous cause. He is very much the analogue of characters that exist in numerous mythologies- Raven of the Inuit, Hanuman of the Ramayana, etc. etc. He is definitely a ''good'' character.
More on the Briggs/Meyer personality types:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-B...Type_Indicator
and
http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-p...mbti-types.asp

BACKGROUND NOTES: This is another challenge meant to push you out of your comfort zone. Here's things you should consider as you begin: As a master fighter, should you go with kung fu/wushu action poses? What balance do you want to strike between his monkey and humanoid aspects (ie. how 'human' do you want to make him?)

There have been several iconic images and adaptations of the Monkey King painted by some world-class artists, as well as a big-budget Chinese kung fu movie coming out this year. Seek these out for inspiration, but please do not directly 'ape' their character designs.

DUE DATE: April 3rd, 2012 12:00PM EST


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    Hey oh lets go!
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      OOH! Sound intemeresting
      Ill start brainstorming on this one :]
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        Some doodles while waiting for my slow PC at work
        Haven't decided on how monkey I am going I am leaning more towards the more apelike features.
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          hi yah! nice to meet you all, this is my first contest here and hope could learn alot from you guys! time to do some sketches and doodles
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            I'm in too!!!
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              Smile My first


              I'm down to draw, this'll be my first Forge.. looking forward to a challenge and some good feedback!
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                Default some ideas


                very basic quick sketches of the king.
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                  Hi, new here... here's a rough sketch. Probably need to fiddle with it a bit more but the gist of it is there.
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                    Hi everybody, this is my firt involve, and I very happy to join with you all.
                    Here's sketch I did in today lunchtime, hope you like my idea.
                    Waiting for some feedback from you guy :X
                    (sorry for my bad english ^^)

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                      i changed my pose into this, i think this is like the original monkey king pose with his witty and naughty manner
                      zentrope: glad you like it, thanks man
                      i hope to get some feedback from you guys!
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                        Another update, think I'm going with this idea. I'm not used to painting without sketching/lineworks/inking it first, but its fun learning the process.
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                        A lot of great works here, good job, guys, it's all looking awesome so far.
                        Kudos to you, Ewaldus, for improvising your flow of work. It's going very well, also, good job!
                        I'd like to see a more trickster-impish looking Monkey King, I just love a character with those traits
                        I'll stay on the bench for this one, lots of things to do, but I'll keep an eye out for all of you and I'll be rooting for you guys!
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                          So far, so good..
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                            Another update, think I'm going with this idea. I'm not used to painting without sketching/lineworks/inking it first, but its fun learning the process.
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                            Looks amazing so far very Nice!


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