'Evil Cyborg War Horse' Defeated In Battle

Status: Closed
Prize: £140
Entries Received: 43
Winner: blacktee011

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Contest Brief

Hey, please read this carefully as this project is very specific and detailed. I'm looking for a talented illustrator to create a piece of artwork which will be used to promote and advertise my website. The site is dedicated to training people in how to analyse and reverse engineer malware. There are three main elements to be included in the composition.

Most prominently will be the 'evil cyborg war horse'. I envision this to be a dark horse but perhaps with some 'wolf like' characteristics (though it should clearly be a horse). It should be in a pounce (jumping on) to the 'innocent girl' (we'll get to her later). The horse should clearly look evil, violent and vicious, I imagine a lot of this can be done in it's expression, perhaps a snarl with dripping saliva from it's teeth (just a suggestion, you are more creative than me!). The main part of the horse however is it's skin. Parts of the horses skin should appear to have been 'blasted open' revealing the horses internals which are composed solely of HEX values (you can be creative in how you style these). The groups of two digits visible in "hexvalues.gif" are what I'm talking about. You can use any values you want, and you are welcome to include your name (no web addresses please) somewhere in hex form, you can find a text to hex converter here: http://string-functions.com/string-hex.aspx

The second element is the "innocent girl". This is the young girl who is about to be attacked by the 'war horse', you can use your imagination to style her, though she should be sitting down and cowering away from the attacking monster (horse). Age wise, I'd say she was around 20-25. She should have an open laptop with her (we shouldn't see the screen), this should just be generic and unbranded, probably grey in color. The girl has her finger on one of the keys.

The third and final element is the "lightning". This is the connection between the horse and the girl. Essentially, the girl's laptop casts powerful lightning which rips away a part of the horses skin (revealing that the horse is in fact, made of 'computer code' [the hex values] ;) ). This symbolises the power of reverse engineering and analysis.

General Image Notes:

* I imagine this taking place on a baron battlefield, you can include craters, cracked ground etc.
* As this is aimed at an adult, technical, analytical audience, attention to detail will be a really big plus and the imagery should have an adult tone (mature style), think of the difference between powerful, violent, shockingly memorable imagery (as in what I'm looking for) and the calming, soothing, friendly imagery of childrens illustration. :)
* I'd like there to be a violent sky, and the image to be dark in style.
* Background wise, any suggestions welcome, depending on what suits your vision of the scene best.
* Size, I'd like a decent sized image, wide screen format, but the option to scale the image without loss of quality is important (as it may be used on different formats).

General Project Notes:

* If there are any promising illustrations whose creators are willing to put more time and work in to perfect the image, I may increase the budget ;)
* Style wise, I have a more inked style in mind but I will be happy to consider all potential styles (except for 3d rendering, this should be a 2d type image)
* The image will receive much public exposure online and offline and all exposure will be fully credited back to the winner (with either a name credit or where applicable a website link too)
* This will be the start of further projects in the future and so any entrants whose work impresses me will be considered for future work, although obviously the winner of the contest will have priority. One of the smaller projects will commence very soon after this contest closes (it will most likely be awarded to the winner)

* Attached are some images to inspire some thought :D
* If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask

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“I have no complaints about Dima, the opposite in fact. A true professional whose talent is way underpriced. Dima understood exactly what I wanted and kept in touch throughout the project.”

JSaile, United Kingdom.

Public Clarification Board

Cornman
- 9 years ago
Congrats, Blacktee! Great work!
- 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
Thank you everyone for your submissions and please accept my sincere apologies for disappearing, I'm afraid illness hit me half way through and I've been in the hospital most of this time. I will feedback and rate everybody who entered and award the contest today
- 9 years ago
1. jaufox
  - 9 years ago
  hope all is well man ..
  - 9 years ago
Cornman
- 9 years ago
The guy said he was in the hospital, maybe he went back to it. Let's hope he's okay.
- 9 years ago
jaufox
- 9 years ago
what happened with this contest???
- 9 years ago
Cornman
- 9 years ago
>:)
- 9 years ago
blacktee011
- 9 years ago
:)
- 9 years ago
stants
- 9 years ago
Hi, check #52 , hope I'm not late :)
- 9 years ago
licarto
- 9 years ago
Hello, please check #48 , thank you.
- 9 years ago
Cornman
- 9 years ago
Please check #50 . Thank you.
- 9 years ago
jaufox
- 9 years ago
hello :) please check #47 thanks much!
- 9 years ago
jaufox
- 9 years ago
working on it.. please dont close it yet.. :)
- 9 years ago
minhGL
- 9 years ago
please check # 42
- 9 years ago
hillaryclint
- 9 years ago
#38 sense of art....
- 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
Hi everyone, finally got out of hospital today so the contest is active again :) Thank you all for your submissions, I have been looking through them and will get back to everybody within 24 hours :D
- 9 years ago
1. blacktee011
  - 9 years ago
  We hope you are okay and wish you speedy recovery! Have a great upcoming week!
  - 9 years ago
Mar Fandos
- 9 years ago
Check #37 ! Thank you!
- 9 years ago
Steven14
- 9 years ago
Check out #35 please.
Thank you.
- 9 years ago
Cornman
- 9 years ago
Can you please check #36 . Thank you.
- 9 years ago
blacktee011
- 9 years ago
#30
- 9 years ago
Cornman
- 9 years ago
Hello,Is it too late to submit my entry?
- 9 years ago
kebinmiranda
- 9 years ago
Could you leave a comment on #33 and a rating please?, the deadine's closing in. thanks
- 9 years ago
kebinmiranda
- 9 years ago
Check out my work in progress #33 , the brown one, hope to hear something from you
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Hi thanks for the submission, I'll get back to you with a rating and feedback later today (really sorry about the delay)
  - 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
Really sorry guys have been ill so not been online. Will get around to everybody with ratings and feedback later today
- 9 years ago
kebinmiranda
- 9 years ago
Hi, i've decided to change my entry, and so i will keep you posted ASAP. just keep this open. thanks
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Hi, no problem :) Have got a bit behind with feedback but will get back to everybody later today
  - 9 years ago
blacktee011
- 9 years ago
My latest submission is #30 I don't want to delete the older ones cause I receive points of experience for them :)
- 9 years ago
kebinmiranda
- 9 years ago
checkout my portfolio http://drawcrowd.com/kevinmiranda/ to see if my style suits you! thanks! i'd love to join
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Hi, I checked out your profile and I really like your style :D You're more than welcome to enter, I'd really love to see what you can come up with!
  - 9 years ago
2. kebinmiranda
  - 9 years ago
  is it necessary to see the face of the girl?
  - 9 years ago
Aisbeth
- 9 years ago
What the hell is yasir3330 doing, submitting edited versions of blacktee011's design??
- 9 years ago
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1. Aisbeth
  - 9 years ago
  On another note, I have sketched some design today but I still have another job to finish before I can really start working on it. But I'll upload a more detailed, digitalized version of it in a few days and then I will count on your feedback to determine how to proceed :)
  - 9 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Excellent, I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with! :D
  - 9 years ago
maxiredcircle
- 9 years ago
when contest done i want to join?
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Hi, there are still over three weeks left of the contest, plenty of time to join :)
  - 9 years ago
2. maxiredcircle
  - 9 years ago
  thanks
  - 9 years ago
asheralpay
- 9 years ago
Please keep this contest open..I'm planning to join the contest..Please see my portfolio http://artofasher.com/ site to see if my style will be ok with you. Thanks!
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Hi, have just looked through your profile, very impressive! :D I like your style of artwork and I can definitely see that it would work for the project :)
  - 9 years ago
blacktee011
- 9 years ago
please eliminate yasir3330 for being a thief and stealing previous concepts
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Have removed him from the contest, it's not acceptable for people to steal other people's work. I have no idea what made him think I wouldn't notice and reject/ban him.
  - 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
Hi guys, thank you so much for all the entries, the standard of artwork is just so impressive, you're all so talented! And I'm loving how you're all interpreting the concept in varying ways :D ~ Sorry for my late responses, I've just got back from a vacation, so will rate and feedback everybody very soon!
- 9 years ago
misharichet
- 9 years ago
Please don't close the contest before the end, I will send my entry next week!
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  At the moment, I intend to keep it open, there is clearly a lot of talent here and I'm really looking forward to seeing it :D
  - 9 years ago
2. Aisbeth
  - 9 years ago
  Same goes for me as mischarichet - this is a really interesting concept, I will start working on it in a few days :)
  - 9 years ago
costin55
- 9 years ago
this is beter suited for a project , check my gallery http://reiner55.deviantart.com/gallery/ and let me know if youre intersted, thx.
- 9 years ago
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1. alehandra1410
  - 9 years ago
  should it be colored or sketched?
  - 9 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Hi alehandra1410, at this early stage to get some concepts of the image which can be fleshed out, I will rate and feedback color or sketches, though I recommend a sketch first so you don't spend a lot of time if you're heading down the wrong path ;)
  - 9 years ago