Thursday, February 21, 2008

Chades: Armor Giraffe & IF: Multiple



IF:
Here are multiple giraffes I drew for a character design challenge called "Chades." I finished it on Thursday and what luck, "Multiple" was the IF word.

Chades:
Here is a giraffe modeling some medieval and space armor. Giraffes are my new favorite animal: Hairy antennas, strange proportions, Huge ears and eyes, and awesome patterns. They are so cool, as Austin already stated. Probably wont get more armored giraffes in this week. See more armored giraffes at Austin's (Munchanka) link to the left.

Observation: with those long necks giraffes must get crazy head rushes.

22 comments:

Rui Sousa said...

fantastic, really funny!

Unknown said...

cool take on the theme this week and I love giraffes!!! a threesome of them is perfect...

Tim Tomkinson said...

i love the armored one. i put armor on a marmot once for a magazine. perhaps the giraffe and the marmot should joust each other?

carla said...

Fabulous! I like the middle guy best - I am imagining some knight trying to ride him in a jousting tournament!

Teri said...

This is just great!! So original and creative!!

neilornstein said...

good stuff

Anonymous said...

wow, these are faboo, you could joust with the middle one!

steve said...

isn't it funny how, when you draw something from observation, you gain a certain appreciation for it. This is great stuff, to say the least.

Bee said...

These are great, fantastic drawings and really thoughtfully done amour.

murphy girl said...

giraffes are one of my faves, too! these are great!

raim said...

Great work...
Thanks for your comment...

froggie is... said...

josh! these ROCK but i'm wicked scared of "mecha-giraffe." would need phineas fogg the terminator to beat it off the trees. GREAT rendering! :))

Michael Villegas said...

Fantastic work...

Janice Ykema said...

these are fun... one feels like making a template and designing giraffewear! *smiling here*

thisisnotabloggerblog3 said...

Interesting.
I like how the horns in the second giraffe were made into armor spikes. Nice touch.
Great work as usual.

Brine Blank said...

Okay those are pretty awesome! I had a friend send me a link for a guy that designed cat armor...and I mean the real looking ornate deal...it was pretty spectacular. Great idea for a project! I believe I'll share this one...

Unknown said...

That's a smart idea, using the same pose, and playing with armor concepts. I like the exaggeration of the horns, very nice Josh!
I posted some really superb animal armor from a site Steve MacLeod showed me. you should check 'em out!

lil kim said...

wow these are awesome! I'm a big giraffe fan myself.

Ester GarcĂ­a said...

hahahah, So fun and imaginative!!!

SLW said...

This is sssooooooo cool!! It's a really fun idea.

samacleod said...

These are great man! Really nice. Love the line up!

Joseph David said...

hey thanks for the kudos on my sketch for IF today, the "Save" thingy,

Keep an eye on it, I'm gonna improve on it tonight, and I'll post tomorrow morning.

Now, for the kudos that you have coming to you for this piece with the giraffes, OMG, I absolutely love it, as mush as I love giraffes! Your skills are very much up to snuff!!! I digz!!! Kudos!!!