(Please vote in the previous challenge) 

Tarra's Scary Friend Beast

The monthly theme is open to interpretation as long as you show the beast and its friend "Tarra".  You could just make a monster, but will it be a Scary Friend Beast?  Also don't let the title lead you to believe it has to be silly.

Deadline: Midnight (GMT) on March 31st (this is Saturday night, End of the Month, for those that need clarification). There is a 5 minute grace period allowing people to get their posts and links sorted. A moderator will then check links and post a list of valid entries after which voting will begin. If you have time, please include crits with your vote.
 
Post your FINAL ENTRIES in THIS thread and remember to include links to at least two wip posts in the wip thread.
Please keep questions, comments, general chatter and all WIPs (required for entry) to the WIP THREAD.

Additional rules & info:
- If you forget the wip links or if the links are posted incorrectly, your entry may be disqualified. See link below on how to post wip links.
- All artwork must be the work of the entrant and completed within the time frame of the challenge (this means it should also be started after the challenge is posted).
- You may only enter one artwork per challenge and only vote once during the voting process.
- Please keep posted images below 500 kb in size and below 1000 pixels across, for the sake of everyone but especially those with slower connections.
- Moderators monitor the voting in these challenges to combat cheating and maintain fairness. We may discount any vote we consider suspicious, and will disregard any attempts at sabotaging the voting, or in any way screwing with these challenges.

WIP Rule Details and Guide: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/thread/107660.aspx

General Image Posting Guide: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/thread/703.aspx

Brief History and Challenge Rules: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/thread/53757.aspx

I couldn't resist making Tarra a little girl in this challenge; there is such amazing opportunity for juxtaposing complete opposites (short/tall, beautiful/ugly, harmless/dangerous, etc).  The "beast" was heavily inspired by opposums and naked mole rats (see references in wip post2) with a little bit of my Aunt Miranda thrown in. Just kidding!  To be honest, I just wanted to paint gross slimey waxy skin on something hugely fat!

I've given the story behind this image a little thought, though I think too much would ruin it. Let's just say I put the glowing kite there as a story point and a focus for the beast (and also because it's so awesomely out-of-place underground). I know you viewers can make up lots of good reasons why they would be using it. Maybe it's a magical glowing kite that is leading Tarra and her scary friend beast along their quest! 

 Here are links to my 5 WIPS+references:

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/storage/7/377496/tarabeast%20wips%20and%20refs%20(small)%20split1.jpg 

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/storage/7/377497/tarabeast%20wips%20and%20refs%20(small)%20split2.jpg

p.s. I hope the links are acceptable. I tried the official way of linking but the link window never showed so I linked you directly to the images.

Here is the page they are on, although this t6hing refuses to hyperlink it, bold it, or anything!

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377496/ShowThread.aspx#377496 

EDIT: I'm going to try the links again.

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377496/ShowThread.aspx#377496

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377497/ShowThread.aspx#377497 

yeah, they still don't hyperlink at all. this sucks 

EDIT#2:

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377496/ShowThread.aspx#377496

 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377497/ShowThread.aspx#377497

 It worked! It turns out it was Google Chrome's fault. I don't know what was going on but Firefox worked. Too bad I didn't think of that before huh.

Good Luck to all participants!

With Easter around the corner I went for a Bunny type beast and utilised Tarra as a 'carrot' for said bunny. I imagine that they are both pretty excited for it to be easter and Tarra already has some easter eggs ready to go...but are they friends or is the Bunny beast going to eat her?

wip1: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376440/ShowThread.aspx#376440

wip2: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376485/ShowThread.aspx#376485

wip3: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376493/ShowThread.aspx#376493

wip4: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377013/ShowThread.aspx#377013

Tarra's 'imaginary' friend wasn't as imaginary as her father thought when he spied this scene through the keyhole to her bedroom door.

WIP1: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/375822/ShowThread.aspx#375822

WIP2: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376243/ShowThread.aspx#376243

WIP3: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377555/ShowThread.aspx#377555

WIP4: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/378048/ShowThread.aspx#378048

Good Luck! 

This is Tarra and Beast and they do not like tanks.

I hope my links work but if not just simply copy and paste the address into address bar to go to my WIP's. 

Good luck everyone! 

EDIT by voluspa: I made the links clickable (for me it's just adding a space after the url and it's a link automatically - maybe that works for some of you as well although I guess it might differ for different browsers...?)

Hi guys, here's my entry for my very first IFX monthly challenge! I'm an amateur artist, learning how to digital paint and had a ton of fun with this.

My beast is a friendly but mischievous chap, who looks scary to others but is Tarra's best friend. Here they are going out for a walk just like other pet owners, but as you can see he still has a few 'beastly' tendencies of his own!

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WIP: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/378287/ShowThread.aspx#378287

WIP 1 and 2: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/7/375687/ShowThread.aspx

WIP 3: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/9/375687/ShowThread.aspx

WIP 4: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/10/375687/ShowThread.aspx 

EDIT by voluspa: made the links clickable - check to make sure they go to the right part of the wip thread though (they look a little different from the other urls)

Tarra's grandpa spent a lot of time away at sea, but whenever he came back to port he brought her some new treasure from his travels. The best thing he ever brought her, though, was a pet he found on a strange island he found in the pacific, that never appeared on any map...

WIP #1: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376393/ShowThread.aspx#376393

WIP #2: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376827/ShowThread.aspx#376827

WIP #3: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376953/ShowThread.aspx#376953

WIP #4: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377360/ShowThread.aspx#377360

WIP #5: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377692/ShowThread.aspx#377692

Good luck everyone!

EDIT by voluspa: made links clickable

There was once a little girl named Tarra. She liked puppies, science class, and skipping rope. Today was a exciting day. Pet Day! She couldn't wait to show all her classmates her new "doggie"...

I was inspired by old children's book illustrations for this picture: simple lines and colours. The "Beast" was mainly inspired by a moose.

WIP 1: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377219/ShowThread.aspx#377219 

WIP 2: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/378109/ShowThread.aspx#378109

So other people don't suffer the same headache, I don't suggest anyone use Opera to post your WIP links. I got a different problem every time I tried to post them: first the insert link window wouldn't open, then I couldn't get the second link to work. I ended up using Internet Explorer and had no problems.

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376463/ShowThread.aspx#376463

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376477/ShowThread.aspx#376477

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/376960/ShowThread.aspx#376960

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377236/ShowThread.aspx#377236

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377697/ShowThread.aspx#377697

Hope everyone had fun doing their pieces. I had a blast once again! All the best everyone!!!

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377236/ShowThread.aspx#377236

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/377947/ShowThread.aspx#377947

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/375687/378014/ShowThread.aspx#378014 

Final: Edit : hope no one minds  I fogot to add my black border....I noticed Katzy hasn't listed the finals yet. 

Good luck all

Best Mike 

Tried to capture the moment when the beast realized Tarra was indeed his friend.

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/378514/376029/ShowThread.aspx#376029

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/378514/376472/ShowThread.aspx#376472

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/378514/376617/ShowThread.aspx#376617

WIP 1: 378402

WIP 2: 378403

WIP 3: 378531

And the final... 

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/378533/376412/ShowThread.aspx#376412

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/378533/376755/ShowThread.aspx#376755

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/378533/376887/ShowThread.aspx#376887

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/378533/376995/ShowThread.aspx#376995

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/378533/378533/ShowThread.aspx#378533

Meet the ferocious bull demon and his controller, the zombie matador Tarra.