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Carlie

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Blacksmith

Posted September 11, '08 8:55pm UTC

Hello and welcome!

This is a spin-off of the original GFX Art Battle, but with some updated rules and changes. Please make sure to read the rules before entering, since they have been modified. Good luck, we look forward to seeing some creative artistic entries!

Competition Rules
1. Must be hand drawn, either on paper or in a program. It can then be manipulated in an graphics program. But unoriginal artwork cannot be used as the main focus. Copyrighted images cannot be used. All pieces containing copyrighted images will be disqualified.
2. Submissions must follow the current theme that has been chosen by a moderator for that week. If you submit more than one piece, please clarify which one you would like to be judged.
3. If your image is larger than 600 pixels wide, please provide a link to the image instead of posting it in the forum. Otherwise, the image will be cut off.
4. Artists cannot win in subsequent weeks. You can still submit, but if you won the week before, you cannot get first place again the next week.
5. After the deadline, a moderator will pick the winner, and they will be awarded a 25 AP award.

Hello and welcome! \r\n\r\nThis is a spin-off of the original [url=http://armorgames.com/community/thread/1185080/gfx-art-battles]GFX Art Battle[/url], but with some updated rules and changes. Please make sure to read the rules before entering, since they have been modified. Good luck, we look forward to seeing some creative artistic entries! \r\n\r\n[b]Competition Rules[/b]\r\n1. [i]Must be hand drawn, either on paper or in a program. It can then be manipulated in an graphics program. But unoriginal artwork cannot be used as the main focus. Copyrighted images cannot be used. All pieces containing copyrighted images will be disqualified.[/i]\r\n2. [i]Submissions must follow the current theme that has been chosen by a moderator for that week. If you submit more than one piece, please clarify which one you would like to be judged.[/i]\r\n3. [i]If your image is larger than 600 pixels wide, please provide a link to the image instead of posting it in the forum. Otherwise, the image will be cut off.[/i]\r\n4. [i]Artists cannot win in subsequent weeks. You can still submit, but if you won the week before, you cannot get first place again the next week.[/i]\r\n5. [i]After the deadline, a moderator will pick the winner, and they will be awarded a 25 AP award.[/i]

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kingryan

4,193 posts

Farmer

Posted January 27, '09 4:52am UTC

Above spammer posted his AIM, maybe his AIM should be spammed!

Maybe not. Maybe we should just draw more pictures about hearts and then keep going.

KingRyan

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Zophia

9,424 posts

Scribe

Posted January 27, '09 9:04am UTC

I set the deadline to today, right? Today, in my timezone... Hmm, after school then.

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Cenere

13,656 posts

Jester

Posted January 27, '09 8:42pm UTC

I set the deadline to today, right? Today, in my timezone... Hmm, after school then.

9:40 pm

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Zophia

9,424 posts

Scribe

Posted January 27, '09 10:26pm UTC

Judging allures... I'm typing up the commentary now.

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thoadthetoad

5,634 posts

Peasant

Posted January 27, '09 10:30pm UTC

Judging allures... I'm typing up the commentary now.

*tattlebats you*
MODSPAM!!!!
lol, I can't wait to see if mine even gets into the top 3, considering (sadlY) I always get a HM, which I find disappointing, lol.

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Zophia

9,424 posts

Scribe

Posted January 27, '09 10:45pm UTC

Brawr. I bring thee teh magical judging of fail. Or something.

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First place:
ubertuna - Heart Attack

I just smile every time I look at this one. It's funny, it's simple, I wouldn't mind buying a T-shirt with it on... I love it, however vaguely it may be connected to what I hoped would come from this theme.

Second place:
Gantic - Hear It

I see symbolism. I'm sure I'm missing out of some of it, but I see it there. And what I get out of it, I like. Also, nice brush.

Third place:
Cenere - Jack of Hearts

Third place, or "the entry that made my head explode for overload of symbols".
I dislike analyzing pictures, so actual symbolism most often goes over my head. However, I do think there is a very nice composition in this image.

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It's almost midnight where I live, and my head really isn't working in the "ohhh, let's write comments!" kind of way, so the rest of the entries will only get their - HM and a one liner that may or may not make sense...

B/W image I can't come up with a category for:
slliM - Bullet Heart

Click for full view.
Falling, breaking, disturbing the entity~

Nonplaced lulz:
crimsonblade55 - Sasquatch's Heart(AKA something went wrong)

Well, bell peppers DO seem to have those chambers... *chuckles*

Literal with a twist:
plokkey - Confusion at heart....

Omg, plokkey, I think you might need a heart transplant if you by AG. >_>

One way to disappoint thoad again:
thoadthetoad - scan0016 (also known as something untitled)

Sowwy thoad. Does it comfort you that I still like it?

The stuff I'm still going 'wut?' at:
gameingkid - the grim reapers heart!

Wut?

kingryan - The King of Hearts was tired of having a sword through his head.

Lolwut?

The fluff that isn't an official entry but still gets listed because it's fluffy:
slliM - smilyheart

Fluffy frame is fluffy~

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There, I have now proved my lack of judging skills, and shall pass the judging torch over to crimsonblade55~

Brawr. I bring thee teh magical judging of fail. Or something.\r\n\r\n__________________________________________________\r\n\r\n\r\n[b]First place:[/b]\r\nubertuna - Heart Attack\r\n[img]http://img19.picoodle.com/img/img19/3/1/25/f_heartattackm_af4e89b.jpg[/img]\r\nI just smile every time I look at this one. It's funny, it's simple, I wouldn't mind buying a T-shirt with it on... I love it, however vaguely it may be connected to what I hoped would come from this theme.\r\n\r\n[b]Second place:[/b]\r\nGantic - Hear It\r\n[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/blackcairn/AG/HEARt.gif[/img]\r\nI see symbolism. I'm sure I'm missing out of some of it, but I see it there. And what I get out of it, I like. Also, nice brush.\r\n\r\n[b]Third place:[/b]\r\nCenere - Jack of Hearts\r\n[img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/heartcopy.jpg[/img]\r\nThird place, or "the entry that made my head explode for overload of symbols".\r\nI dislike analyzing pictures, so actual symbolism most often goes over my head. However, I do think there is a very nice composition in this image.\r\n\r\n__________________________________________________\r\n\r\nIt's almost midnight where I live, and my head really isn't working in the "ohhh, let's write comments!" kind of way, so the rest of the entries will only get their - HM and a one liner that may or may not make sense...\r\n\r\n[b]B/W image I can't come up with a category for:[/b]\r\nslliM - Bullet Heart\r\n[url=http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq195/slliM/bulletheart-1.jpg][img]http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq195/slliM/th_bulletheart-1.jpg[/img][/url]\r\nClick for full view.\r\nFalling, breaking, disturbing the entity~\r\n\r\n[b]Nonplaced lulz:[/b]\r\ncrimsonblade55 - Sasquatch's Heart(AKA something went wrong)\r\n[img]http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/crimsonblade55/Hearts-1.png[/img]\r\nWell, bell peppers DO seem to have those chambers... *chuckles*\r\n\r\n[b]Literal with a twist:[/b]\r\nplokkey - Confusion at heart....\r\n[img]http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o378/mopkey/hartconfusions.jpg[/img]\r\nOmg, plokkey, I think you might need a heart transplant if you by AG. >_>\r\n\r\n[b]One way to disappoint thoad again:[/b]\r\nthoadthetoad - scan0016 (also known as something untitled)\r\n[img]http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr28/thoadthetoad/scan0016.jpg[/img]\r\nSowwy thoad. Does it comfort you that I still like it?\r\n\r\n[b]The stuff I'm still going 'wut?' at:[/b]\r\ngameingkid - the grim reapers heart! \r\n[img]http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp162/gameingkid/art%20contest/Thagrimreapershears.png[/img]\r\nWut?\r\n\r\nkingryan - The King of Hearts was tired of having a sword through his head.\r\n[img]http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm193/kingryanv/koh.jpg[/img]\r\nLolwut?\r\n\r\n[b]The fluff that isn't an official entry but still gets listed because it's fluffy:[/b]\r\nslliM - smilyheart\r\n[img]http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq195/slliM/smilyheart.gif[/img]\r\nFluffy frame is fluffy~\r\n\r\n__________________________________________________\r\n\r\n\r\nThere, I have now proved my lack of judging skills, and shall pass the judging torch over to crimsonblade55~

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Cenere

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Jester

Posted January 27, '09 10:52pm UTC

Lol, fail @ title.
You seem to accidently have written a s after the title of my entry. I have no idea why, though.

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ubertuna

2,120 posts

Shepherd

Posted January 27, '09 10:53pm UTC

Yayz! Comedy prevails over skillz! Anyway, thanks Zoph, glad you like the submission Now Crimson: What's the next theme?

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thoadthetoad

5,634 posts

Peasant

Posted January 27, '09 10:54pm UTC

Sowwy thoad. Does it comfort you that I still like it?

sorry but no. The HM's to me just feel like a handout at this point, like the kind you get at summer camp so no one gets left out. The HM's are just a catergorizing now, so I'd really just prefer for you to say "huh, that's cool" 2 days after I post it rather than me waiting an entire 2 weeks to hear the same thing, only 1-up'd with an HM that everyone seems to be guaranteed to get. I didn't like the way my "heart" ended up anyways, the lighter side looked too happy and the darker side didn't look demonic enough.
I said it once, I'll say it again.
F*** art, I'm going to Iraq.
*walks out of the room in both shame and distaste, again.*

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Zophia

9,424 posts

Scribe

Posted January 27, '09 10:55pm UTC

Lol, fail @ title.
You seem to accidently have written a s after the title of my entry. I have no idea why, though.

But the key is RIGHTS there next to all the others! ... Sorry about that one. If you hadn't posted, I could've reposted the entire thing~

Yayz! Comedy prevails over skillz! Anyway, thanks Zoph, glad you like the submission

Yays~ *wanders off to find a random comment of yours to merit*

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Zophia

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Scribe

Posted January 27, '09 10:56pm UTC

*sighs a little over thoad* You'll win eventually...

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Cenere

13,656 posts

Jester

Posted January 27, '09 10:57pm UTC

You could still do it, you would just need to erase mine too.

Oh well, fail at winning because of too many symbols (the thing Gantic seem to win on).

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thoadthetoad

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Peasant

Posted January 27, '09 11:02pm UTC

*sighs a little over thoad* You'll win eventually...

At this point, I don't even totally care about wining, I just care about recognition. I've tried everywhere, even free-lance forums hosted by clans on Combat Arms, but the only time I can blow someone away is if they hadn't been within a e-3mile radius from you or DA. I'm just a little mopey that no one actually says "wow, that's pretty cool" without those exact words in either regret or just plain dishonesty. Every time I had shown my father, mother, and even friend my drawing, it's species, backround, and overall existence in a humorous, fun way, no one even says "Wow that's srsly cool dude!" without it being at least half filled with crap. So then I broke away from drawing and I did something few dare to do, I wrote. Turns out, people totally ignore writing pieces just about everywhere. Before you can get a big arse publishment from some hot-shot from holywood or a publishing company, you seem to get absolutely nowhere in the art of writing until your at the point of prodigy.

I guess my point is that I don't care about winning as much as I care about other people caring to say something more than 10 words about a piece of artwork, besides saying how bad it sucks.
*is signing draft papers*

[quote]*sighs a little over thoad* You'll win eventually...[/quote]\r\nAt this point, I don't even totally care about wining, I just care about recognition. I've tried everywhere, even free-lance forums hosted by clans on Combat Arms, but the only time I can blow someone away is if they hadn't been within a e-3mile radius from you or DA. I'm just a little mopey that no one actually says "wow, that's pretty cool" without those exact words in either regret or just plain dishonesty. Every time I had shown my father, mother, and even friend my drawing, it's species, backround, and overall existence in a humorous, fun way, no one even says "Wow that's srsly cool dude!" without it being at least half filled with crap. So then I broke away from drawing and I did something few dare to do, I wrote. Turns out, people totally ignore writing pieces just about everywhere. Before you can get a big arse publishment from some hot-shot from holywood or a publishing company, you seem to get absolutely nowhere in the art of writing until your at the point of prodigy. \r\n\r\nI guess my point is that I don't care about winning as much as I care about other people caring to say something more than 10 words about a piece of artwork, besides saying how bad it sucks.\r\n*is signing draft papers*

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Zophia

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Scribe

Posted January 27, '09 11:08pm UTC

If I were my old commentary babbling self, I'd throw me at your drawings, thoad. I honestly do like your works and admire your imagination (and those writings about the Nergyls and that world especially).
I'm just not that babbling anymore. And you're absolutely right about writing getting less recognition, and it's annoying, but that's just how it works, apparently.

Oh well, fail at winning because of too many symbols (the thing Gantic seem to win on).

Not really.

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thoadthetoad

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Peasant

Posted January 27, '09 11:12pm UTC

I honestly do like your works and admire your imagination (and those writings about the Nergyls and that world especially).

to say the truth, I haven't heard anyone say something to that effect since I first created them. I thank you, but it's not just you.
*raises hand*
I request to not get an HM lest I deserve it for realz plz. Just put it under "and other entries" if it really doesn't deserve an HM. I think that's the main thing that got to me. I always hated awards that made people feel special and non left out. Misses it's meaning.

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