ForumsArt, Music, and WritingASC Round #32: Favorite ASC Round (Ends July 3rd)

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Hectichermit
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Welcome to the Art Skills Competition 2014/2015, or "ASC" for short. It is a contest to gather willing artists from the forums to compete in a friendly test of their skills and reward the best of their work each round.

Rounds will take place each month, the last day of the month will be the final cutoff for any entries. The judging will take place the first week of the following month.
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Competition Guidelines :

1. The entry must be 100% original material.
2. Each round lasts for a month; closing date is at the end of that month.
3. Submissions should be relevant to the current month's theme. (See thread's title)
4. Keep posts resolutions within reason and if you must have a larger resolution, link it to the entry.
5. Entries can be created in any medium, please note that it will be appreciated if hand drawn entries are cropped to contain only the intended work.
6. Winners will be announced by the judge of the competition at the end of each round; the results are final and non-debatable.
7. The winner of a round will have the right to choose the next theme; if this takes too long, the judge will choose one instead.
8. All participants of each round will receive a Merit for their hard work; the winner of each round will receive the Armor Games "Artist Quest"!

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Rounds held thus far :

Round #1 : Knight (2014 Page 1) - Winner @kegaumongo
Round #2 : Fantasy (2014 Page 4) - Winner @weirdlike
Round #3 : Smileys (2014 Page 7) - Winner @MrDayCee
Round #4 : Horror (2014 Page 10) - Winner @AHomoSapien
Round #5 : Wild Animals (2014 Page 15) - Winner @SirLegendary
Round #6 : Superheroes (2014 Page 16) - Winner @Alexistigerspice
Round #7 : Birds (2015 Page 21) - Winner @kegaumongo
Round #8 : Alone in the Dark (2015 Page 24) - Winner @Cenere
Round #9 : Through the Fire (2015 Page 26) - Winner @kegaumongo
Round #10 : Blue (2015 Page 30) - Winner @StormWalker
Round #11 : Robots (2015 Page 34) - Winner @weirdlike
Round #12 : 3D Glasses (2015 Page 40) - Winner @Cenere
Round #13 : Self Portrait (2015 Page 44) - Winner @StormWalker
Round #14 : Dragons (2015 Page 47) - Winner @huwbert2013
Round #15 : Demons, Green Mouse (2015 Page 51) - Winner @FishPreferred & @kegaumongo
Round #16 : Crystal, The night (2015 Page 53) - Winner @Koshionos
Round #17 : Extraterrestrial Life, Coffee (2015 Page 53) - Winner @Cenere
Round #18 : Cats or catman, Rocking horse (2016 Page 55) - Winner @Shoeminor
Round #19 : Aether, Balloons (2016 Page 55) - Winner @Reton8
Round #20 : opposition, science (2016 Page 55) - Winner @akshobhya
Round #21 : Summer (2016 Page 38) - Winner @Laspa
Round #22 : Flowers (2016 Page 39) - Winner @ivanxxxxxxx
Round #23 : Ninja Horse (2016 Page 40) - Winner @SirLegendary
Round #24 : Space Alien (2016 Page 41) - Winner @Huwbert2013
Round #25 : Video Games (2016 Page 43) - Winner @Miraidematro
Round #26 : Music (2016 Page 45) - Winner @SirLegendary
Round #27 : Masks (2016 Page 47) - Winner @Gaboloth
Round #28 : Winter (2017 Page 48) - Winner @ivanxxxxxxx
Round #29 : Dead Nature (2017 Page 49) - Winner @Laspa
Round #30 : Women (2017 Page 49) - Winner @ivanxxxxxxx
Round #31 : Dead Nature 2 (2017 Page 50) - Winner @ivanxxxxxxx and @HahiHa
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Starting theme...

Round 1: Knight
This months theme will be dedicated to creating a knight representing that of Armor Games, it is a non official character to try and stir the imaginations of artists and viewers. The artist should endeavor to embody Armor Games in a Knightly character.

Goodluck and have fun

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trigon123
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I don't like his new face...

Hectichermit
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Last day to post :P

xerox
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I can join someday too if i had a drawpad and some kind of tool.

Koshionos
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@xerox, Why not use MS Paint? Don't be too hard on yourself, good or bad, have some fun with it. Take a chance to just enjoy the act of making art!

Reton8
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@xerox
You can always download GNU Image Manipulation Program (G.I.M.P.). It's free and rather powerful, but there is a medium learning curve.

xerox
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Ah, i am just very bad with mouse. I just want to control the pen with my hand. Not with a mouse. You can't just make those little details just with a mouse xD

Zophia
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Objection!

https://40.media.tumblr.com/ca7c847f1b9ae7607ef1b2b36902b1ce/tumblr_nndyrldOWm1u201pgo1_400.png
Drawn with a touchpad in Paint, totes has detail. Admittedly took like an hour and a half, so uh, yeah, not saying you shouldn't go for a graphics tablet, they are super handy for easing the process.

I was actually going to enter this round of the ASC but I didn't have time to finish a thing within the deadline. Maybe next round I'll give y'all a run for it like in the good old days (pending theme).

ETA: This is Diditai, character from a project I'm working on.

Hectichermit
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Winner

@Stormwalker
http://pre00.deviantart.net/0b1c/th/pre/f/2015/095/6/5/i_m_blue_by_stormspanner-d8oh6vb.jpg

I think this one was by expression the most blue, not only in color but it gives a feeling of melodramatic blue with the stretch limbs and flowers trying to bloom. One suggestion I would make is crop some of the excess space around the subject to give it a better focus point.

Runner Ups

@Guest_Pegasus1234
http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/19/09/28/34/sadsun11.png

well made and a fine expression of Blue

@Koshionos
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd369/Chris-Koshionos/23e276be4c7a43b9596b9ccf0dce1572.jpg

I think you have an interesting style going on, it is almost like you want to go for something made of clouds or mist. I would love to see you try to capture something in motion with this style, leaving a smoke trail. It is well done and I hope to see you refine this technique.

Petition to ban Cenere from ASC! He's OP!

Instead I present...

The Cenere Award
For all his awesome submissions, they are just great I like to thank @Cenere
http://cctrophy.securesites.net/images/p500x500/art-trophy-awards-v6FP8j.jpg

But seriously I cannot give the prize to you everytime, even though I am compelled to say its probably some of the best refined submissions on this thread. I try to be unbiased and determine what best fits the theme.

Still this is great

https://36.media.tumblr.com/cb86b9068ff05f15cee87231b23a631e/tumblr_nmo296CT0m1taipczo1_540.jpg

Honorable Mentions

@SirLegendary

http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag107/Jose_Luis_Esguerra/FINALTOUCHES_zpsinwdvatw.png?t=1428241479

No idea what you were trying to express here but the drawing particullary stands out for its exaggeration of its subject.

@Renton8

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a627/Reton8/AG%20Image%20Uploads/Blue%20Armor%206.jpg~original

don't give up, even I am pessimistic about my own art, it is pretty good though It sorta looks like you might have used a few filters to cheat shading in.

akshobhya
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Congrats, @Stormwalker ! and to all other mentions above! Great work everybody!

StormWalker
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I won? Neat!
Congratulations to me, and also everybody else for also making fantastic art.

I forget, does this mean I'm allowed to pick the next theme?

SirLegendary
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Congratulations to Strom!

Also, @Hectichermit The meaning behind my work is about those who go out every night to have fun. Trying to fill themselves with things like alcohol, nicotine, and drugs to feel better about themselves yet feel unsatisfied about why they aren't going anywhere with their lives. It shows about someone who may do those things yet if you look them at a different kind of perspective, they are sad and only want to find something happy. The bubblegum was the only thing pink to represent those things these people intake to feel temporary happiness, I didn't want to add cigarettes or anything because I thought it would inappropriate. Sorry I couldn't express that better.

Still congrats to everyone especially @StormWalker

MrDayCee
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Congratulations to everyone and especially to @StormWalker! Well done!!

You may now indeed pick the next theme!

StormWalker
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I have selected the exciting topic of robots. From small robots that live in your walls for the NSA to cyborgs to very large things that stand on your house and shoot lasers. Go wild.

Koshionos
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@StormWalker! YES!!!!!

MrDayCee
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Great theme @StormWalker! This should make for some great entries I bet!

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