September Proko Challenge - Reference Bash with Peter Han

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September Proko Challenge - Reference Bash with Peter Han

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

Peter Han

assignments 81

Here is a race of warriors from the planet Lemuria, who use insectoid armored horses

LESSON NOTES

Combine multiple references into one sketch!

Prompt

For this prompt, we’re providing you with a variety of reference images (in the downloads tab) to choose from and it’s your job to choose from at least three and combine them into a SKETCH of a brand new character, creature, or creation with elements from your references. Peter will judge entries based on technical skill, creativity, and storytelling.

Alternative Download: If you're having trouble downloading the files in the download tab you can grab the photos here

Medium: Any medium, traditional and digital, 2D and 3D is allowed

This challenge is closed for new submissions.

Congrats to all the winners!

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Prizes

Winners will be contacted via the email on their Proko.com account.

Peter Han will pick 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place based on technical skill, creativity, and storytelling.

1st Place

Wacom One Creative Pen Display
1 year access to Sentient Academy
Vision X Replay Pass
$50 gift card to ArtStation Store
Proko Figure, Portrait, and Anatomy courses

2nd Place

Wacom Intuos Small Bluetooth
Vision X Replay Pass
$50 gift card to ArtStation Store
Proko Figure, Portrait, and Anatomy courses

3rd Place

One by Wacom Pen Tablet
Vision X Replay Pass
$50 gift card to ArtStation Store
1 Proko course of your choice

Community Choice

$1000 Proko Gift Card - YOU get to choose a winner by upvoting your favorite submissions!

Proko Team Choice

$1000 Proko Gift Card - The Proko team will vote on their favorite.

Skelly's Choice

Proko Skull - Skelly will choose his favorite.

Proko Impromptu Awards

10 impromptu winners will receive:

1 Proko Course of your choice

Wacom Random Winner

To give students a higher chance of winning, Wacom is awarding a random participant a Wacom Intuos small tablet.

Proko Random Winner

To give students a higher chance of winning, Proko is awarding another random participant a Proko course of their choice.

Sentient Academy Award

1 Year Skill Accelerator Subscription ($360 value) - Sentient Academy will select a winner who used traditional media.

Trekell Award

Trekell will select a winner who used traditional media.

Trekell Brush Set for your medium of choice
Trekell Panel
Trekell Brush Soap
Trekell Brush Restorer
Trekell Brush Case

Shipping Restrictions

Free shipping of Wacom prizes to US, Canada, Latin America (except Venezuela), EU, UK, Japan, and Australia. Participants in all other countries would pay shipping costs to claim a tablet.

Free shipping of Trekell prizes to US, Canada, Latin America (except Venezuela), EU, UK, Japan, and Australia.

Participants in all other countries would pay shipping costs to claim prizes.

COVID-19 Alert Shipping to certain countries will not be possible right now because of the pandemic. Please be aware of an indefinite delay for shipping prizes to winners outside of the United States.

DOWNLOADS

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Proko-Reference-Bash.zip

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ASSIGNMENTS

Works in Progress

Post your process sketches and works in progress for the challenge here if you want feedback from the community.

This challenge is closed for new submissions. Congrats to all the winners!

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View judging video and all winners

Carlos Diaz

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4yr

So, I didn't make it to the deadline but still, I'd appreciate some community feedback!!

Willem De Fields

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4yr

Love the pteruges flower skirt :) and that direct sunlight.

Ioan Chirita

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4yr

Can you still post submissions? I see that people are still entering the contest...

Zoungy Kligge

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4yr

I think the only ones being considered were posted by the deadline, noon on Sunday, because Peter had to go through them and record a reaction prior to leaving for a trip to Africa

Chris Schmidt

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4yr

yeah i wondered too. i live in another time zone but by now i thought it should have closed?

@artinthesky

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4yr

O Great Ancient One you who guard the tombs of the dead will rise once again to harvest the wandering souls into your embrace for they do not know rest apart from you…

@yoba

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4yr

Here is my sketch for proko Challenge I think I don't get at time :'(

Noor Zainy

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4yr

Ben

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4yr

I think there is a typo in the rules, on Instagram it says 11:59 pm for the deadline but on here it says 11:59 am I know I am cutting it pretty last minute but I hope the instagram post is the right deadline

Remi Da Silva

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4yr

the fusion to give life to a new creature!

Love Byström

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4yr

WOO, think I made it on time! anyways here is a creature I made, tried making it as dynamic as possible but it was a lot of fun! These challenges are great motivation for me even if I'm not always going for a win so thank you to Stan for hosting them.

Magnus Marshall

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4yr

I’m starting to think it looks better without the colour and wishing I had submitted a picture of that too...

Sebastián Flores

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4yr

Sketches of the photos to understand the shapes and find some ideas to draw. Also my final entry process.

@boxoq

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4yr

Maky, the sneaky lemur assassin from the rebellion on his mission to kill lieutenant Equus. This battle could determine the outcome of the Junglia civil war... I should've redo the whole image, but for whatever reason I left the work for the last two days (as usual), so I only have this mess to present. I'm actually quite happy with the composition and story (and unhappy with everything else). Hope you enjoy it!

Barnaby Wessell

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4yr

Hello! - A bit of a late submission (Its just a sketch challenge how did I still leave it last minute???). I know you've probably trawled through a lot of posts to get to this one so keep it up! Story: Late one evening at Proko Industries two scientist going by then name of Peter and Stan made a rather unusual discovery. It turns out laughter is not an human response to humor in the slightest but a bacteria! The discovery was quite groundbreaking, occurring because Peter told a particularly funny joke while stan was using the microscope causing him to exhale the bacteria and view it under the lens. The bacteria has a distinctive shape somewhat likened to that of a jellyfish although we have been assured but our top scientists that its a flagellum used to propel the bacteria through the depths of hysteria. A truly remarkable discovery.

Priscilla Kim

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4yr

I designed a witch/guardian character who cares for little birds. I kind of had the elderly-in-the-park-feeding-birds image in my head as I was drawing this and I was trying to capture that enjoying the little things in life kind of vibe. Hope you enjoy!

@sirraindrop

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4yr

that was fun!

Chris Schmidt

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4yr

Here is my contribution to this months proko challenge. Deep in the north of russia lies the Arghaktza temple of an ancient alien race, just discovered by the Иванов family who went lost on their way to the house of their dead grandfather. when he was alive he wanted to tell everybody about the temple but no one would belive him. No its up to his offspring to rediscover this mysterious place.

@subhamjha

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4yr

i took 7 images and tried to make a story out of it. I named this art piece as "THE JELLY ZOMBIE " . through this i tried to show a hero who is trying hard to protect world from the attack from zombies of jelly fish . it was so much fun. thanks to proko sensei for giving us this challenge.

Luke Osborn

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4yr

Hi everyone - Here are my reference sketches for this month's challenge. I really enjoyed working on them. The complex shapes and forms of the insects are always challenging to capture. There are so many interesting design ideas in the grasshopper. I made notes of all the interesting aspects that would drive the design. Some ideas I can develop further in the future ... ( can only get so much done in the weekend :) Any feedback or critique is welcome - Best of luck to everyone. P.S. Peter Han - big fan :)