Tall & Grumpy

The smaller image is what I ended up with after the hour was up, and I can see why it didn't receive any votes - too muddy, needed contrast. So a simple curves adjustment later I arrived at what you see in the larger image.

Godzilla Ballet

"Something big, yet graceful" was the topic chosen by Peter Deseve for that night's challenge. The below image is the result after an hour. The image to the left is after about 15 minutes or so of tweaking. I'm still not sure which is better. I think the original is more fun in a way, while the later one is perhaps, more convincing? Either way, this was a different direction for me, stylistically, which is one thing I love about these one-hour chiustream challenges - room for experimentation. The time limit sort of forces me to try new things to get the image looking presentable at the end of the time limit. My brush strokes could have been more graceful, and had they been, Peter might have taken notice of my work... hindsite is always 20/20 though. I'm just glad to have participated.

Cute Fuzzy Animal

"Cute, Fuzzy Animal" was the assignment. This was an hour sketch (as they all are, unless noted otherwise). It came out really quickly, as minimal detail usually lends itself to cuteness. Maybe I should do cute more often?

Ugly Duckling from Space

This was another post-chiustream "fun challenge", with the assignment of "Ugly Duckling from Space".

I don't remember if this was an hour or a half-hour challenge. I actually joined blogger shortly after creating this, which is why it also has it's own blog.... I'm still figuring out how this site works, I'd love to be able to rearrange and edit older posts, but as of now I'm not even sure that's possible - though you'd think it must be, right?

Bug Bunny

"combine a rabbit and an insect" was the assignment... I showed up late, this wasn't one of my better pieces, still it makes me giggle and I like how my "Gary Larson influence" shows through.

Fat & Scary

Not one of my better entries, but I kinda like where this one is going. Note the "balloon knot" belly-button.

Evil Pikachu

"Evil Pikachu" below is the image after the hour deadline, to the left is the final image, after I went back and punched it up to look more like Pikachu, (using reference this time). This was one of the first Chiustream challenges in which I participated.