Week 4 Art Challenge: Weapon of Choice

Week 4 Art Challenge: Weapon of Choice

It seems a few of us got a bit swamped for a bit there (myself included), but I want to make sure to keep the prompts coming. :)  I'll be posting my Week 3 assignment later today (and my Week 2 soon-after...  I wasn't happy with my first pass).   

This week's (Thursday to Wednesday to Wednesday) challenge/assignment begins with hand-prop silhouettes for study, and moves onward from there!

The warm-up exercises will be to draw a variety of hand-prop silhouettes (black on a white background) from various pre-existing media, including anything ranging from comic books, movies, games, or else-wise.  The emphasis here should be on media where the prop itself comes from a strong cultural background that is apparent in the style of the prop.  No bland traditional scimitars, for example, but fantasy swords? Perfect! Complex hand-cannon? Awesome! If you like, take notes on your observations.

The challenge is to create one original weapon for the fantasy/sci-fi world/culture of your choosing.  Try to take it beyond a sketch and leave some time to either model it, render it, sculpt it, whatever it takes to really "sell" the cultural tie-in. 

Due: Wednesday, September 7th. (So a little under two weeks so stuff doesn't start piling up.)