A BATTLE DAMAGED MECH/MECHA

ART BRIEF
SUBJECT: ILLUSTRATE A BATTLE DAMAGED, BUT TRIUMPHANT MECH/MECHA (Yes, apparently there’s a difference. While doing the research, I learned that Mechs are typically associated with Western designs, while Mecha are associated with Eastern design influences. Who knew?)

CONCEPT: This is a little different from what we normally do, but I think that’s what makes these challenges fun. You’ll be tasked with designing and illustrating a battle damaged mech. The setting and situation are both left open to you, which means there’s a lot of room for creativity. Try to work up your own setting and situation for your mech/mecha. Consider things like the size of the mech/mecha, whether not it’s manned, who or what it had been battling, the setting and time period. This is a great way to develop your creativity and concepting, while you’re working on your art. Good luck!

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The Rules:
THE ART CLASH is a weekly art challenge. Each TUESDAY a new Art Clash challenge will be posted. You may work in ANY MEDIA you like, but you must stick to the brief of this week’s Art Clash. And please, no posting old work in the Art Clash. This is about encouraging growth through work, so we expect a new piece every time.

Your final art will need to be uploaded to an image hosting service (here are a few I recommend: Imgur, Google Photos and Flickr) and then may be posted here ANY time until SUNDAY evening at MIDNIGHT (EST). Voting begins immediately afterward and polls close on MONDAY at MIDNIGHT (EST). So don’t miss out!
The artist with the most votes for the week by the close of the polls is declared that week’s winner and chooses the next Art Clash.

***A BRIEF NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN***
Just a reminder that we’re currently in The Art Clash version 1.1. The primary difference in this iteration is each week’s Art Clash will feature two tiers of competition: sequential and pin-up. Anyone entering can choose to illustrate that week’s challenge in a sequential storytelling form (page templates will be provided here) or as a stand-alone, pin-up-style image. Build and illustrate a story of your own around an Art Clash challenge, or wow your audience with a single powerful image. It’s up to you. We want to foster all levels of creativity here, so this will provide an opportunity for all artists to take their work in whatever direction he or she desires and to whatever degree of finishing.