CGAN Nov 2019 - The Watchtower - Final entries

The Watchtower


Brief: Take the title interpret it into some awesome artwork.

Deadline: Midnight on [strike]Saturday the 30th of November[/strike] VOTING closes 9th of December

This is where you post your final entries. WIPs (work in progress) should be posted over here: cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...-the-watchtower-wips

Challenge rules and guidelines:
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...s/39-challenge-rules

Rules in brief:
- All challenge entries must be your own work.
- You should post at least two WIP images that are clearly different from your final entry and each other.
- Your final entry should contain your image (inserted so it shows up full size) and at least two links to your WIP posts on the forum.
- No chatter in the finals thread – if you have questions, post them in the WIP thread or PM an admin.
- Feedback is allowed & encouraged together with the voting and in the WIP thread.
- Deadline is given in UK time (midnight GMT) with a grace period of 5 minutes for getting the post sorted.
- Each member may cast one vote.
- No cheating! Admins may decide to disqualify an entry that does not adhere to the above rules.

Great theme, learned a lot about perspective, working at a higher resolution, various textured brushes and painting with a complimentary gamut palette while working on this one

First WIP:
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...atchtower-wips#26669

Late WIP:
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...-wips?start=20#26803

And the finished piece

A couple of Wips.

And after some last minute, deadline day finger poking I ended up with this...



*sigh*
I wish I could do better edges.

Voting is open until the 9th of December Ho Ho Ho.

Plus one for Mindbender.

I think your picture captures a wonderful mood of lonely watchfulness with that single silhouette. It manages to be slightly sinister yet also quite peaceful too.
The tower itself is brilliantly rendered with that clever pointilist style. It gives it great texture as well as making it a solid and substantial edifice with visible presence and mass.
Terrific rendering of light too. The way it catches the stones around the door and the tree braches in the darkness is absolutely beautiful.

A great picture all round and well worthy of my vote and more!

Nice images guys. Also sorry I didn't get back to mine. Just still dealing with too many things presently... I like the darker elements of both images, but also like the color and light variations in Valence's image.

Valence, thank you for all the kind words. I like the intricacy of the structures, the overall palette and the sense of isolation and vulnerability the lone figure evokes in your piece. Very well done ?

Mindbender, I like the light and texture in yours. One can really tell the tower is built of stone. But I'm afraid my vote goes to Valence for what looks like an alien fantasy landscape, somehow. Not typical fantasy nor sci-fi, exactly. But I like it, it seems like a whole different world.

Charlotte wrote: ...for what looks like an alien fantasy landscape, somehow.

You know what it looks like to me?
Skyrim. Again. (Not that I'm obsessed or anything. )
Did the walk into Markarth the other day, saw the big wall with the guard tower behind and was immediately dismayed at my lack of originality.

Voting is over and Valence has won by 4 votes to 3. Congratulations Valence.