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Carlie

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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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crimsonblade55

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Shepherd

Posted February 4, '09 10:02pm UTC

hmm OK so let me just take a bit of time real quick to look this all over.I also have plans for the winner since I did make a promise at the beginning of all of this...

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thoadthetoad

5,634 posts

Peasant

Posted February 4, '09 10:19pm UTC

WOOT!
I wonder who's gonna win...

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thoadthetoad

5,634 posts

Peasant

Posted February 5, '09 12:28am UTC

CRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN
You missed your OWN deadline >:U
I'm really eager dude! Don't leave us hanging!

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crimsonblade55

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Shepherd

Posted February 5, '09 12:28am UTC

This took longer then I expected it seems, well anyways here I go,with tradition I shall have the champions exhibit.

Champions Exhibit:Ubertuna

Enough said

1st Place:Zophia-Each in their own bubble~

I actually liked this one quite a bit for the fact that it in a way showed a special type of culture.I noticed that everyone in the picture was literally in their own little bubble minding their own business,not caring about what was going on around them.The name of the .png file helped even more(wouldyouignorethesoundoftears.png)to come to this conclusion about this submission,and on top of that it just was overall an impressively drawn submission,and I think the sort of gray scale it had(or really just being colorless almost) kind of worked for the tone of it to me.So all-in-all I liked it,and thought it deserved this...

2nd Place:Strop

While I can't say I know how to speak Chinese(or sadly any language besides English fluently)but it was interesting to know that Australia apparently has Chinese culture in it,which I did not know about before.Sadly back when I was yonug I guess the media kind of brainwashed me into thinking all Australians say Crikey and wear hats that look like the one Indiana Jones wears(its pretty bad I know,but at the time I never had met anyone from Australia before) but this kind of reminds me that stereotypes and assumptions are never a very smart thing to do.On top of that it was, to put it simply, well drawn and just as expected from Strop.

3rd Place:thoadthetoad

I don't quite know why,but there is something about this submission that I liked.I think it may be the fact that it was hand drawn,or something,but all I can say is that I thought this should go as 3rd place.

4th Place(Cause thats how I judge):Gantic-Son of Sasquatch

First off I just want to point out that I like 4 places instead of 3.Don't ask me why,but thats just me.So I decided to pull out a 4th place,and Gantic got it mainly because he managed to pull off Sasquatch's Appearance not just almost perfectly,but truly an uncanny resemblance,besides the fact that he didn't look angry,which wasn't really necessary,since his face is covered,which could be one of the reasons why you managed to not screw up a single thing about him that I could see(I'm a strong critic about fan art) but seeing as how you covered up his face it doesn't really quite matter,and he is supposedly Sasquatch's son so he doesn't necessarily have to be angry,but other then that it was also a well implemented art reference.So I gave it 4th place.

Other Entries with Categorization

Patriotic with Awesome Text

Cholokid

The category says it all,but to go into detail the Army Strong I still think has some awesome effects to it,but I looked at overall more well drawn art first,before certain parts of them that I looked good,but still this one came close to getting one of the top 4.

Simplistic Yet Satisfying

Cenere

To say it simply(no pun intended....possibly)this was a well drawn,but quite simple submission,that made it hard for me to give it a place in the top 4,and seeing as the art is simple so shall be my explanation,so...yeah.

Zega

While it probably may not be too simplistic artistically it is overall simplistically for the fact that it is just a floating book in front of a sun background with some writing.It just seemed simple to me,but still I like the background.

WTF!?

kingryan

I still don't quite understand why some of you guys found it funny,and shouldn't assume that just because Carlie found it funny that the current judge would have the same opinion about it.Now its still good,but I just don't get whats so funny about it thats all.Maybe I should have paid more attention in biology,or maybe look at it a bit differently.Still I think it seems like you are improving(artistically) though oddly enough.Thats about all I can say about this one.

OK so that is all of them at least from what I can tell.It took me way longer then I thought it would,so yeah I didn't exactly expect it to take me 3 hours to judge,but maybe that because I spent some extra time making the trophy and making sure I don't screw anything up(although as history of this competition shows I probably still screwed something up anyways as tradition) but anyways thats my judging.If you haven't noticed,its hard for me to actually act serious in this forum section even as a judge(contender) so I added a few things in there for fun.

Fin

This took longer then I expected it seems, well anyways here I go,with tradition I shall have the champions exhibit.\r\n\r\n[b]Champions Exhibit:Ubertuna[/b]\r\n[img]http://www.insertarthere.com/images/iah-logo.png[/img]\r\nEnough said\r\n\r\n[b]1st Place:Zophia-Each in their own bubble~[/b]\r\n[img]http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z121/Mazzelh/Wouldyouignorethesoundoftears.png[/img]\r\nI actually liked this one quite a bit for the fact that it in a way showed a special type of culture.I noticed that everyone in the picture was literally in their own little bubble minding their own business,not caring about what was going on around them.The name of the .png file helped even more(wouldyouignorethesoundoftears.png)to come to this conclusion about this submission,and on top of that it just was overall an impressively drawn submission,and I think the sort of gray scale it had(or really just being colorless almost) kind of worked for the tone of it to me.So all-in-all I liked it,and thought it deserved this...\r\n\r\n[img]http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/crimsonblade55/ApprovedCulture-1.png[/img]\r\n\r\n[b]2nd Place:Strop[/b]\r\n[img]http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/strawpony/cnystrop.jpg[/img]\r\nWhile I can't say I know how to speak Chinese(or sadly any language besides English fluently)but it was interesting to know that Australia apparently has Chinese culture in it,which I did not know about before.Sadly back when I was yonug I guess the media kind of brainwashed me into thinking all Australians say Crikey and wear hats that look like the one Indiana Jones wears(its pretty bad I know,but at the time I never had met anyone from Australia before) but this kind of reminds me that stereotypes and assumptions are never a very smart thing to do.On top of that it was, to put it simply, well drawn and just as expected from Strop.\r\n\r\n[b]3rd Place:thoadthetoad[/b]\r\n[img]http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr28/thoadthetoad/scan0001-1.png[/img]\r\nI don't quite know why,but there is something about this submission that I liked.I think it may be the fact that it was hand drawn,or something,but all I can say is that I thought this should go as 3rd place.\r\n\r\n[b]4th Place(Cause thats how I judge):Gantic-Son of Sasquatch[/b]\r\n[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/blackcairn/AG/TheSonofSasquatch.jpg[/img]\r\nFirst off I just want to point out that I like 4 places instead of 3.Don't ask me why,but thats just me.So I decided to pull out a 4th place,and Gantic got it mainly because he managed to pull off Sasquatch's Appearance not just almost perfectly,but truly an uncanny resemblance,besides the fact that he didn't look angry,which wasn't really necessary,since his face is covered,which could be one of the reasons why you managed to not screw up a single thing about him that I could see(I'm a strong critic about fan art) but seeing as how you covered up his face it doesn't really quite matter,and he is supposedly Sasquatch's son so he doesn't necessarily have to be angry,but other then that it was also a well implemented art reference.So I gave it 4th place.\r\n\r\n[b]Other Entries with Categorization[/b]\r\n\r\n[b]Patriotic with Awesome Text[/b]\r\n\r\nCholokid\r\n[img]http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee348/Cholokid34/culturestrongcopy.jpg[/img]\r\nThe category says it all,but to go into detail the Army Strong I still think has some awesome effects to it,but I looked at overall more well drawn art first,before certain parts of them that I looked good,but still this one came close to getting one of the top 4.\r\n\r\n[b]Simplistic Yet Satisfying[/b]\r\n\r\nCenere\r\n[img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/culture.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nTo say it simply(no pun intended....possibly)this was a well drawn,but quite simple submission,that made it hard for me to give it a place in the top 4,and seeing as the art is simple so shall be my explanation,so...yeah.\r\n\r\nZega\r\n[img]http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/96Zega96/ArtYay.png[/img]\r\n\r\nWhile it probably may not be too simplistic artistically it is overall simplistically for the fact that it is just a floating book in front of a sun background with some writing.It just seemed simple to me,but still I like the background.\r\n\r\n[b]WTF!?[/b]\r\n\r\nkingryan \r\n[img]http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm193/kingryanv/culture.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nI still don't quite understand why some of you guys found it funny,and shouldn't assume that just because Carlie found it funny that the current judge would have the same opinion about it.Now its still good,but I just don't get whats so funny about it thats all.Maybe I should have paid more attention in biology,or maybe look at it a bit differently.Still I think it seems like you are improving(artistically) though oddly enough.Thats about all I can say about this one.\r\n\r\nOK so that is all of them at least from what I can tell.It took me way longer then I thought it would,so yeah I didn't exactly expect it to take me 3 hours to judge,but maybe that because I spent some extra time making the trophy and making sure I don't screw anything up(although as history of this competition shows I probably still screwed something up anyways as tradition) but anyways thats my judging.If you haven't noticed,its hard for me to actually act serious in this forum section even as a judge(contender) so I added a few things in there for fun.\r\n\r\n[b]Fin[/b]

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thoadthetoad

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Peasant

Posted February 5, '09 2:12am UTC

YAAAY I GOT 3RD!
Holy fragginchrist I think it's a miracle.....or a freebie.
I hope it's not the freebie.
If so, I'll have to OD....again....this time without drinking water......fuck.

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Strop

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Bard

Posted February 5, '09 2:41am UTC

LOL I love the framed poster you did for zophia, Crimson. That's a really nice personal touch.

'grats to Zophia, at first I thought well, to be blunt, "another emo entry", but to be more honest it's an incisive commentary on the state of modern urban life. Thus I agree that its first placing was well deserved.

Australians say Crikey and wear hats that look like the one Indiana Jones wears

Baahahahaha. Only Bogans would do something like that. Then again there are a ton of them around...Except these days nobody wears Akubra hats anymore >:

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crimsonblade55

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Shepherd

Posted February 5, '09 2:42am UTC

I hope it's not the freebie.

sorry I don't typically do freebies when it comes to contests.So let me make it clear,that you didn't get third as a freebie.I just like your submission.To tell you the truth it was actually one of the best ones(in my opinion) that I have seen from you,but I just couldn't find a way to be specific about what exactly I liked about it.Thats all not a freebie though.

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thoadthetoad

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Peasant

Posted February 5, '09 3:58am UTC

sorry I don't typically do freebies when it comes to contests.So let me make it clear,that you didn't get third as a freebie.I just like your submission.To tell you the truth it was actually one of the best ones(in my opinion) that I have seen from you,but I just couldn't find a way to be specific about what exactly I liked about it.Thats all not a freebie though.

Well, instead of sketching, I took Cen's advice and used a pen (though ballpoint, it was) and I colored using the best concentration I had, and I spilled my heart out into it, even though I, to say the truth, Didn't really like the concept of the Briktuk mask all too much.

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Zophia

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Scribe

Posted February 5, '09 5:15am UTC

I was like... Smiling over having won, and then I scrolled down and saw the "trophy" and I just laughed... That was brilliant, crimson, absolutely brilliant.

'grats to Zophia, at first I thought well, to be blunt, "another emo entry", but to be more honest it's an incisive commentary on the state of modern urban life. Thus I agree that its first placing was well deserved.

Well, it is another emo entry, it's just emo in a sociocultural way? And I do somewhere find it sick that that really is how it is outside... People don't care about people they don't know.

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thoadthetoad

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Peasant

Posted February 5, '09 5:20am UTC

Well, it is another emo entry, it's just emo in a sociocultural way? And I do somewhere find it sick that that really is how it is outside... People don't care about people they don't know.

Yep, one time I had been limping (very noticably) and my entire body was twitching, and no one had cared, even for a 13 year old that's just cold man.

I think that the main reason why some people don't say "hey man what's the matter?" when they see someone clearly crying is because it would give a really awkward moment, and people feel that they shouldn't get involved in another persons life, since the generation (and possibly the last generation) thought it to be rude.

Why?

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Zophia

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Posted February 5, '09 5:30am UTC

I don't know. But I know I wouldn't ask someone who was clearly upset like that what was wrong, just as I don't expect anyone to do so when I cry in public...
But it just feels wrong somehow. There is no care in that arena, but couldn't there be? All our communication tools create greater distance between people IRL...

Both the newspaper and the phone in my entry have actual text, btw.

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thoadthetoad

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Peasant

Posted February 5, '09 5:39am UTC

There is no care in that arena, but couldn't there be? All our communication tools create greater distance between people IRL...

Both the newspaper and the phone in my entry have actual text, btw.

I just think that people don't do it because the usual circumstance where, at the end, you end up saying "You try and do something nice or care about somebody and what does it get ya?" because they won't accept your condolences for some whatever reason, or they actually get all pissy on you with a "WHAT DO YOU CARE?!!??!?" with a sob or two. I have noticed that it does upset people by you, however. I would care should someone be sitting next to me, crying, but I wouldn't say anything for the sheer fact that I think they would retaliate overreactingly and mean. Most sadness I see is brought on directly by anger. So yeah.

I thought that the text was maybe yaltan on the phone, or some sort of odd written language I couldn't understand, but I didn't know the newspaper had writing, I'll have to check that out.

[quote]There is no care in that arena, but couldn't there be? All our communication tools create greater distance between people IRL...\r\n\r\nBoth the newspaper and the phone in my entry have actual text, btw.[/quote]\r\nI just think that people don't do it because the usual circumstance where, at the end, you end up saying "You try and do something nice or care about somebody and what does it get ya?" because they won't accept your condolences for some whatever reason, or they actually get all pissy on you with a "WHAT DO YOU CARE?!!??!?" with a sob or two. I have noticed that it does upset people by you, however. I would care should someone be sitting next to me, crying, but I wouldn't say anything for the sheer fact that I think they would retaliate overreactingly and mean. Most sadness I see is brought on directly by anger. So yeah.\r\n\r\nI thought that the text was maybe yaltan on the phone, or some sort of odd written language I couldn't understand, but I didn't know the newspaper had writing, I'll have to check that out.

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Zophia

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Posted February 5, '09 6:14am UTC

True... It's still really odd that that is how it is.

It is Yaltan on the phone~ And I doubt you can read the paper, since the writing is really tiny~

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thoadthetoad

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Peasant

Posted February 5, '09 6:25am UTC

True... It's still really odd that that is how it is.

heh, just yesterday I had a terrible situation like this, and I had tried to support, but, beleive it or not, they just got aggressive and angry. Then I just said "I'm sorry" and went to a different seat. I guess that's why people really don't do that, because human instinct tells most of us to be mean, because when we're sad, upset, angry, or anything negative, we wanna cry on the shoulders we know, and yell at a different person's face. you know?

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Gantic

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King

Posted February 5, '09 6:57am UTC

Well, it is another emo entry, it's just emo in a sociocultural way? And I do somewhere find it sick that that really is how it is outside... People don't care about people they don't know.

I don't know. But I know I wouldn't ask someone who was clearly upset like that what was wrong, just as I don't expect anyone to do so when I cry in public...
But it just feels wrong somehow. There is no care in that arena, but couldn't there be? All our communication tools create greater distance between people IRL...

I just think that people don't do it because the usual circumstance where, at the end, you end up saying "You try and do something nice or care about somebody and what does it get ya?" because they won't accept your condolences for some whatever reason, or they actually get all pissy on you with a "WHAT DO YOU CARE?!!??!?" with a sob or two. I have noticed that it does upset people by you, however. I would care should someone be sitting next to me, crying, but I wouldn't say anything for the sheer fact that I think they would retaliate overreactingly and mean. Most sadness I see is brought on directly by anger. So yeah.

Are you * kidding? I challenge that unless there are experimental results to prove otherwise. The * it matters how the crier would react. Private people want to be left alone. The way is as follows: You say something. They don't want your help. Leave them alone.
They're on a phone. Leave them alone.
They're reading something. Leave them alone.
Hiding in the bathroom? Maybe leave them alone.
They're sitting on a bench. Obviously not.
Circumstance dictates response.

[quote]Well, it is another emo entry, it's just emo in a sociocultural way? And I do somewhere find it sick that that really is how it is outside... People don't care about people they don't know.[/quote]\r\n\r\n[quote]I don't know. But I know I wouldn't ask someone who was clearly upset like that what was wrong, just as I don't expect anyone to do so when I cry in public...\r\nBut it just feels wrong somehow. There is no care in that arena, but couldn't there be? All our communication tools create greater distance between people IRL...[/quote]\r\n\r\n[quote]I just think that people don't do it because the usual circumstance where, at the end, you end up saying "You try and do something nice or care about somebody and what does it get ya?" because they won't accept your condolences for some whatever reason, or they actually get all pissy on you with a "WHAT DO YOU CARE?!!??!?" with a sob or two. I have noticed that it does upset people by you, however. I would care should someone be sitting next to me, crying, but I wouldn't say anything for the sheer fact that I think they would retaliate overreactingly and mean. Most sadness I see is brought on directly by anger. So yeah.[/quote]\r\n\r\nAre you * kidding? I challenge that unless there are experimental results to prove otherwise. The * it matters how the crier would react. Private people want to be left alone. The way is as follows: You say something. They don't want your help. Leave them alone.\r\nThey're on a phone. Leave them alone.\r\nThey're reading something. Leave them alone.\r\nHiding in the bathroom? [i]Maybe[/i] leave them alone.\r\nThey're sitting on a bench. Obviously not.\r\nCircumstance dictates response.

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