Den of Thieves

2009!?!  Already?  Where does the time go?  I'm sitting here, putting the final touches on my evil animal piece, while the amazing Benjamin Button* soundtrack blasts off my speakers.  I started to think of our next challenge and my first thought was a villain shown at 3 periods in his life**.  But this seemed too easy.  I think this upcoming year, should be the year to get serious.  To make some leaps.  Artistically. Personally. Figuratively.  Literally, too, why not!   

So lets step up these challenges, shall we?  I think it's time to start drawing outside our cozy little boxes.   (The music is coming to a crescendo, you almost hear, can't you.)

Here's what I'm thinking.  (And it has nothing to do with the movie)

Part 1: Thieves

I want a page of character concepts for a group of thieves.  Say, at least 10.  2 rows, 5 columns.

These should be exploratory in nature.  Painted Black and White. Not really super super detailed.  But detailed enough to give the sense of a world in which these men belong to.  It can be past, present, future...whatever.  Each character, though, still has to be his own being.  No Clones aloud.

Part 2: Den

Draw their den, their hide-out, their base.  I'm thinking from a 3/4 viewpoint.  Again, this doesn't have to be fully rendered.  Just enough to sell your concept.  It can be a single room where the deals are made, it can be a building, it can be whatever fits your thieves' world.

Place all characters on one sheet.  Place Den, next to them if they fit. Or on a separate sheet.

So.  Go at it!

j.

* Chris, go see this in the theater, it's a big screen kind of movie - don't wait for dvd. Go alone if have to. Actually. That might add to the experience.

** Maybe we'll come back to this first idea, if we can up the ante a bit.