Project CBRunway 4: Challenge 1

[mattbib]

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CHALLENGE 1: DICK

This is Project CBRunway. You're either in or you're out. Who will be CBR’s next big comic character designer?

Good morning, designers. Welcome back to the runway.

From Dick Tracy to Dakota North, P.I.s have long been a comic book staple.

For your first challenge you must create and design an original and memorable non-powered, human, plain-clothes detective or private investigator.

Your outfit may consist of natural or synthetic materials and the style certainly does not have to be noir.

In addition to the written description required as outlined in the submission requirements, you may include a one-pragraph biography for your character.

Submission Requirements

Artwork may be done in any medium but must be in color.
Artwork may be no larger than 550-pixels wide and 800-pixels long.
Entries must be inserted into your PM, using such services as Photobucket.com or imageShack.com. If you are unable to use such a service you may e-mail (mattbib@comcast.net) your entry and we will host the image for you for the duration of the competition.
All submissions should include a written description of the costume, explaining, to the best of your ability, material, functionality, design inspiration, etc. Some rounds may have additional written requirements.
Write-ups are to be no longer than a single PM, which is limited to 5,000 characters, including your image address and all formatting and image tags.You have only five days, through Midnight PDT of Monday, March 9, to Private Message (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=342) (PM) me your entries for that week’s Challenge. Be sure to select “Request a read receipt for this message” in the Additional Options section before sending. Failure to complete a challenge will result in immediate elimination from Project CBRunway. There will be no extensions or exceptions.

Post any questions, comments, or concerns about this challenge in this thread. The voting thread will be posted this coming Tuesday.

Designers, make it work!

And non-contestants, be sure to Play Along at Home (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?p=8525039)!

[escapegoat]

Ha! Just last night I was remembering that I still owed Dazzler a rendition of Lady Day (got a bit of a start on it), and here I haveta go and design another P.I. :tongue:

[escapegoat]

I've got my concept figured out, but it's 2 characters. What's the ruling on that? Am I allowed to create 2 characters?

[mattbib]

I've got my concept figured out, but it's 2 characters. What's the ruling on that? Am I allowed to create 2 characters?
The challenge requirements seem pretty singular to me. :smile:

[escapegoat]

The challenge requirements seem pretty singular to me. :smile:

Hmmmm.....I'm working with 2 monitors at work here...so if open up another IE page on the second screen, bring up this webpage again....then I can make it look double to me and go with the flow.......YES!!!! Street smarts wins again!!!



j/k ....I've got another great idea for a single character too, so I'll just go with that... :wink:

[escapegoat]

Gee....it seems pretty quiet around here for the first round of Project CBRunway 4. I'm all excited to be in....

Hello? People?!?

Do I need to start up some smak talk or something?


Maybe I needs to lay off the ice cappacinos in the morning.....

[Affinity]

Hmmmm.....I'm working with 2 monitors at work here...so if open up another IE page on the second screen, bring up this webpage again....then I can make it look double to me and go with the flow.......YES!!!! Street smarts wins again!!!

...

LOL. This is an excellent strategy.

I am excited! I can't wait to get near a Mac to try some stuff out. I think I've learned my lesson from previous seasons on how to not drop out of the competition prematurely.

[escapegoat]

LOL. This is an excellent strategy.

I am excited! I can't wait to get near a Mac to try some stuff out. I think I've learned my lesson from previous seasons on how to not drop out of the competition prematurely.

Great to see you in the competition Finny! Can't see what you'll unlease this year. :smile:

[Gene M.]

This is gonna be one hell of a challenge. Good luck, everyone.

[End of Time]

This one is tough!

I'll have to do some research. A lot of research!

[Gene M.]

Matt,

Are we limited to only one drawing of our design in the final submission? Like, if the design has multiple layers (ex. a raincoat over top of a suit), can we submit a view both with and without the coat as long as it fits in the submission guidelines for image size?

[Affinity]

Matt,

Are we limited to only one drawing of our design in the final submission? Like, if the design has multiple layers (ex. a raincoat over top of a suit), can we submit a view both with and without the coat as long as it fits in the submission guidelines for image size?

I'm sure it's allowed.

[deanlegion]

As usual, I have a few different ideas rolling through my brain.

In case anyone's interested, I do my sketches, and the one that "speaks" to me most becomes the final design submission. I tend to gain great affection for my characters, and even if they don't get many votes, I know that they were the right creation in my mind, and I stand behind them.

Last year, also had great affection for the other designers' characters too, and created the Project CBRunway Fan Art thread. I'm quite sure I'll be adding drawings to that thread again this season.

[LewMoxinsghost]

This is absolutely my favorite genre to create in... I am really excited! I have a million possibilities to consider before I will be ready. (I just watched the Watchmen and have Rorshach fresh on my mind. Hurm. :smile: )

[Spidey]

As usual, I have a few different ideas rolling through my brain.

In case anyone's interested, I do my sketches, and the one that "speaks" to me most becomes the final design submission. I tend to gain great affection for my characters, and even if they don't get many votes, I know that they were the right creation in my mind, and I stand behind them.

Last year, also had great affection for the other designers' characters too, and created the Project CBRunway Fan Art thread. I'm quite sure I'll be adding drawings to that thread again this season.
That's an interesting technique, Dean. I do my sketch early ( I know it wouldn't seem like it) and I chip away at it little by little. Adding here, changing a small design element there. The design to me is like a living thing, it evolves over the 5 days. The reason I don't really press to finish it until the last day is, because I'm never really satisfied with it until the last minute.

[Kid Icarus]

I have drawn my initial sketch and she looks fiiiiine

[CBrown]

On my way to a screening of Watchmen last night, I saw Christian, the winner of Project Runway Season 4. I hope that's a good omen for me!

[mattbib]

On my way to a screening of Watchmen last night, I saw Christian, the winner of Project Runway Season 4. I hope that's a good omen for me!
Fierce.


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[hunter_peterson]

Hmm... sent mine in. Spent all day on it. Well. I took a break to see Watchmen for the second time. So awsome.

I didn't even know if I was in the competition till today, never got a chance to check. Hope I'm still in...

[spaghettikiss]

I just submitted mine! Can't wait for the first voting thread!!!

[LewMoxinsghost]

After much blind stumbling around, I think I finally have my concept! Now... the execution! Wish me luck! I must be excited, because every sentence I am saying is an exclamation! And like Spaghetti, I can't wait to see everyone's designs as well!

[Danny Wall]

Oh, man. I think I went for "risky" right off the bat. I hope I didn't end up shooting myself in the foot. At the very least, I had a blast making it.

Incidentally, maybe because I'm actually on the other side of the international dateline, the whole "midnight" thing is confusing to me. I understand 12:00 am (or more precisely 00:00) to be the very beginning of the day, and not the last possible moment of the day. In other words, in Japan we use a 24 hour clock, so noon is 12:00, midnight that day is 24:00, unless it's the beginning of the next day, in which case you use 00:00. (This is why a local pub has opening hours posted from 19:00 to 25:00.)

I hope I'm correct in reading the intent of the contest as being the last possible moment of Monday, at 24:00.

[spaghettikiss]

Oh, man. I think I went for "risky" right off the bat. I hope I didn't end up shooting myself in the foot. At the very least, I had a blast making it.

Incidentally, maybe because I'm actually on the other side of the international dateline, the whole "midnight" thing is confusing to me. I understand 12:00 am (or more precisely 00:00) to be the very beginning of the day, and not the last possible moment of the day. In other words, in Japan we use a 24 hour clock, so noon is 12:00, midnight that day is 24:00, unless it's the beginning of the next day, in which case you use 00:00. (This is why a local pub has opening hours posted from 19:00 to 25:00.)

I hope I'm correct in reading the intent of the contest as being the last possible moment of Monday, at 24:00.

Don't quote me on it but I am positive that you are in the clear!

[LewMoxinsghost]

I stayed in relatively safe territory for mine. Since I think I am overly familiar with the genre, there are lots of references to other detectives with my creation- but it is 100% original. It was hard to stop at just one drawing. I did three, but settled on the straightforward approach.

[End of Time]

I have no idea if I shot myself in the foot, I might have, but it depends on the other entries.

I don't think I went for something risky, but looking back it might be considered risky. I did the research, and I've been a huge fan of detectives since forever, but designing one that's original is a lot harder than I imagined.

Also, looking back, I might have misinterpreted the challenge, seeing a lot more restrictions than there actually were.

[Manon]

After a weekend of brainstorming, penciled mine last night. Have to ink and color it today. Definitely a fun challenge.

[End of Time]

How many hours are left?

I'm in Europe, so... yeah.

[Manon]

EDIT for clarity:

if my math is correct, 11 more hours. I'm a time-zone or two off from them.

[End of Time]

if my math is correct, 11. I'm a time-zone or two off from.

Amsterdamn time

[mattbib]

How many hours are left?

I'm in Europe, so... yeah.It's about Noon EDT now, deadline is Midnight PDT, so you have thirteen hours.

[Danny Wall]

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

Very convenient.

[Spidey]

Just sent mine in.

[Manon]

Yeah, I got mine in too. I'm fairly happy with what I've got.

[mattbib]

Less than two hours to PM me entries for Challenge 1.

[End of Time]

*does a little dance*

that's the excitement dancing. I'm too damn curious for my own good. I want to see what you guys turned in. :D