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At 10/20/08 11:45 AM, jagondudo wrote:

At 10/20/08 01:21 AM, sucho wrote: traditional methods typically are unable to do justice to these kinds of slick toon characters, but i really liked your piece, you managed to keep it clean and glossy. it looks hand-colored, but in a good way. like a twisted hallmark card.

guess mine didn't do it justice just wanted to do something different.

gah, i didn't mean for that to be interpreted in context to others, just on a whole. i'm gonna keep my mouth shut from now on.

when are the results coming??

At 10/20/08 12:00 PM, sucho wrote: when are the results coming??

That's what I want to know! I was sort of hoping we'd have heard by now.

At 10/20/08 12:38 PM, johnnycancer wrote:

At 10/20/08 12:00 PM, sucho wrote: when are the results coming??

That's what I want to know! I was sort of hoping we'd have heard by now.

it's been a couple of days... and then some

At 10/20/08 12:38 PM, johnnycancer wrote:

At 10/20/08 12:00 PM, sucho wrote: when are the results coming??

That's what I want to know! I was sort of hoping we'd have heard by now.

Yeah, I was hoping so too! :(

Ditto with the anxious.

Here's mine full size. Anyone got any last critiques?
[High Res]

At 10/20/08 01:21 AM, sucho wrote:

At 10/20/08 12:50 AM, Sharples wrote: Mine was hand drawn/inked, colored in photoshop. Seems like I should have re-done it in Flash though... I think the winners will mostly have been done using that method. :'(

traditional methods typically are unable to do justice to these kinds of slick toon characters, but i really liked your piece, you managed to keep it clean and glossy. it looks hand-colored, but in a good way. like a twisted hallmark card.

Hey, thanks! I thought the look of "gourmet" appreciation by AH of the FBI guys' brains was funny.

I think I imported a sort of fuzzy, dirty paper texture into the whole thing to try to keep it looking a little more hand drawn. (this has been sitting on my computer for years, so it's hard to remember)

But yeah, other than some unintentional fading of the inked lines after I messed with colors, I was pretty happy with this. (Also, the background was obviously an afterthought.)

Thanks for the comment!

At 10/20/08 01:16 PM, Occluded wrote: Ditto with the anxious.

Here's mine full size. Anyone got any last critiques?
[High Res]

The textures on the suit look completely wrong and the face is too blurred out to the rest of the photo. You obviously just used a filter or two in photoshop on your pencil drawn space-man, which brings me to idea that you should try to vectorized him. But the face takes a bit of the biggest hit, but the smoke improved at least.

SHIT.

Ok this should have been a requirement from the start, but...

CMYK

Yeah. Everyone who hasn't might want to make a quick convert. Didn't effect my piece, but anyone using really bright Greens and Reds or even Blues to a lesser extent in RGB might want to run a quick conversion. And the judges might want to as well on any pieces they are considering. Give any authors with big problems a chance to correct.

My piece again was not noticeably effected. And now that I think about it maybe I'm the only asshole who made this total NOOB move.

At 10/20/08 02:27 PM, PolishMatt wrote: The textures on the suit look completely wrong and the face is too blurred out to the rest of the photo. You obviously just used a filter or two in photoshop on your pencil drawn space-man, which brings me to idea that you should try to vectorized him. But the face takes a bit of the biggest hit, but the smoke improved at least.

Thanks for the props on the smoke I spent longer on just it than the rest of the background put together.

The textures on the Tankman might look a bit wonky at 100%. But (and this is why I just gave that CMYK warning) when you print it out it looks fine. What we're really talking about here is really no bigger than a piece of paper. Hold a piece of paper up to your screen. Zoom until the piece is that size and you get an idea of what I'm saying. 300 DPI is crisp.

At 10/20/08 01:06 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: Yeah, I was hoping so too! :(

*pokes with a stick*

At 10/20/08 03:11 PM, Occluded wrote: SHIT.

Ok this should have been a requirement from the start, but...

CMYK

FUCK. I totally didn't think about that. If you flatten your image and make it from RGB to CMYK your colors won't be as different as if you changed the mode with your layered file. Well, I guess if I'm picked I'll have to convert it, otherwise I cba ;P

Ok this should have been a requirement from the start, but...

CMYK

FUCK. I totally didn't think about that. If you flatten your image and make it from RGB to CMYK your colors won't be as different as if you changed the mode with your layered file. Well, I guess if I'm picked I'll have to convert it, otherwise I cba ;P

i didn't notice a change at all when it was flattened before converting. i've had cs2 since it came out and i still know next to nothing on how to use it.....

At 10/20/08 04:18 PM, BlueHippo wrote: *pokes with a stick*

ouch :P

At 10/20/08 03:11 PM, Occluded wrote: Ok this should have been a requirement from the start, but...
CMYK

That's not an issue, so don't worry about it.

If we go with print option A, I will convert the images... if we go with print option B, that press can handle rgb & cmyk, so... yeah, don't worry about it.

Also very anticipated, not looking to hopeful, not been in anyones picks yet, It was a great learning experience going nuts with blockhead at least.

At 10/20/08 05:32 PM, Scuzzfest wrote: Also very anticipated, not looking to hopeful, not been in anyones picks yet, It was a great learning experience going nuts with blockhead at least.

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you. But just think-- you're now (if you weren't before) officially a part of the newgrounds art community. That can only be a good thing; From now on, people will see you improve, can give you advice on fixes, and can encourage you when you don't know what to do with a piece...

That goes for all of us who haven't been on pick lists--It's our consolation prize.

It's the MAGIC of the INTERNET!

At 10/17/08 07:03 PM, Maverick-10 wrote: Just out of curiosity, is there anyone besides me that drew their pictue entirely on flash? Well, I used MS paint, and screen cap to resize it, but other than that, it was completely drawn in flash.

Also, feedback anyone?

-Thanks.

I like how you all skipped over the second question... lol. Feedback, anyone?

!!!OMGOMGOMGOMG!!! >>>>WINNERS!!!<<<< !!!OMGOMGOMG!!!

THANK YOU to everyone that submitted something! Just because you didn't win doesn't mean your piece wasn't awesome!! BoMToons and I went through and each pulled off the ones we thought were contenders. I had almost 50 ...out of 160! That's pretty impressive!! From there we managed to narrow it down to 12 (not an easy feat!!) Once the staff got involved there was screaming and yelling, tears, punches thrown... and that was just from Stamper! (lawl! kidding! <3) But in the end, we got our winners. I know some people will be pissed and disagree, but... you can't please all of the people all of the time, right?! So, CONGRATS to the winners, and THANKS again to everyone that was part of this!!

Now we just need to hope these babies sell so we can do it again next year!!!

At 10/20/08 09:24 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: !!!OMGOMGOMGOMG!!! >>>>WINNERS!!!<<<< !!!OMGOMGOMG!!!

damn..

THANK YOU to everyone that submitted something! Just because you didn't win doesn't mean your piece wasn't awesome!!

kinda means that

Now we just need to hope these babies sell so we can do it again next year!!!

meh, dont know why i bother

Maybe I should have submitted more than one picture...? Oh well.

Good job all you winners...good try all you non-winners!

wow cool NOVEMBER.
congratulations to everyone who got a spot. and you guys who didn't don't get so depressed going on about FAIL and what not. you can't try harder just improve your art skills

Just improve your art skills

thats subjective

1) If you have MAD ART SKILLS (like you :]) you can make an awesome entry, and KNOW youre gonna get in. I mean, you werent nervous about winning. Dont deny.

2) And if you draw a MEDIOCRE picture, but OMG! It was from _______ user, yeah. You are in. Because of "popular demand". Just like sex sells, on NG it sells ike that: how many people know you.

Well, for the rest of us MORTALS, with good drawing skills, but no name for ourselves, its the boot and a thank you, come again..

Yeah, im bummed for not getting in. I'll get over it. BUT FUCK DAMMIT, there are about 4 or 5 "winners" that can be EASILY replaced with a better picture.

But hey, what are you gonna do? NG is just like rest of the world. Corrupt.

bitch, if you must

At 10/20/08 11:14 PM, WAaAzZAaA wrote: thats subjective

1) If you have MAD ART SKILLS (like you :]) you can make an awesome entry, and KNOW youre gonna get in. I mean, you werent nervous about winning. Dont deny.

believe it or not i was, mad art skills like you say doesn't guarantee you a win.

2) And if you draw a MEDIOCRE picture, but OMG! It was from _______ user, yeah. You are in. Because of "popular demand". Just like sex sells, on NG it sells ike that: how many people know you.

thats exactly why i was nervous, i dont talk a lot here and am not well known like other users, and i know how it is when people have their favorites.

Well, for the rest of us MORTALS, with good drawing skills, but no name for ourselves, its the boot and a thank you, come again..

well you either make a name for yourself by spamming a lot or your art, pick one.

Yeah, im bummed for not getting in. I'll get over it. BUT FUCK DAMMIT, there are about 4 or 5 "winners" that can be EASILY replaced with a better picture.

which is exactly why some of the better artists weren't safe. and art skills aren't just about painting ability, but anatomy, CONCEPT, composition, color usage and all that.

believe it or not i was, mad art skills like you say doesn't guarantee you a win.

hmmm...

thats exactly why i was nervous, i dont talk a lot here and am not well known like other users, and i know how it is when people have their favorites.

i'll give you that one.

well you either make a name for yourself by spamming a lot or your art, pick one.

im hoping to do that in a month or two. If it doesnt work, damn. its more serious than i thought.

which is exactly why some of the better artists weren't safe. and art skills aren't just about painting ability, but anatomy, CONCEPT, composition, color usage and all that.

I didnt wanna bring up names, but what the hell is wrong with TurkeyonaStick's entry?
Just freakin tell me that.

Cool! Congrats to all the winners- I think this calendar thing is a great idea and I hope it becomes an annual thing.
Yes, there are some that deserved to be in over others, but there's no way to make everyone happy.
Also very glad to see some traditional artwork fighting it's way through the heaps of typically newgroundsie shiny, metallic, super-sleek images. Really loved jagondudo's.

For those of you feeling depressed about not getting in- don't let it phase you. I can't tell you how many times my work has been overlooked in favor of the big names, the egos, and the "safe" artwork- I'm talking real art galleries and competitions.
Just keep creating!

At 10/20/08 11:58 PM, threadwood wrote: Cool! Congrats to all the winners- I think this calendar thing is a great idea and I hope it becomes an annual thing.
Yes, there are some that deserved to be in over others, but there's no way to make everyone happy.
Also very glad to see some traditional artwork fighting it's way through the heaps of typically newgroundsie shiny, metallic, super-sleek images. Really loved jagondudo's.

For those of you feeling depressed about not getting in- don't let it phase you. I can't tell you how many times my work has been overlooked in favor of the big names, the egos, and the "safe" artwork- I'm talking real art galleries and competitions.
Just keep creating!

i feel like an ass for posting "advice" and i feel guilty for being picked now that i see the actual line-up, but y'know this is the first time i've made it in an art contest with an actual prize, i can't tell you how many i've lost on other sites in other years - BUT if you're serious about your art, it always leads to improvement - whether you notice it consciously or subconsciously.
this isn't the last art contest in the world, and not the last on newgrounds for sure. if you're genuinely into art then you'll hit your stride, and find a contest or whatever that befits your style and skill even better than this one.
but that's just my two cents.

By far my favorite one was Sucho's- so I'm glad he got in. I'm also happy Savory's and HotDiggedyDemon's got in. Some people may be disappointed that theirs or their favorites didn't get in, but this is the very first calendar, and they have a year to advance on it, so in the future they may be able to include some kind of poll or more site-wide way of deciding who wins (after all the users will be the ones buying the calendars). So THANK YOU to EVERYONE who participated-we wouldn't have been able to get this off the ground without so many good entries. I'm excited and can't wait to buy some for my buddies!

-Richie

At 10/20/08 11:14 PM, WAaAzZAaA wrote: But hey, what are you gonna do? NG is just like rest of the world. Corrupt.

If you asked 50 people to pick their top 12, you'd get 50 different combination. So it's no surprise that people are gonna disagree with the choices. If you're that upset and wanna discuss it, feel free to pm me or hit me up on aim.

I explained why yours wasn't picked on my user page :P

Congratulations to everyone who got picked.

They may not have all been the ones that I would have picked, but they all seem like worthy artworks.

I had really given up hope and stopped caring whether or not I got in long before the end of the competition, so I don't feel particularly disappointed that I didn't get in.

I've always liked these competitions; they give me motivation to actually get off of my arse and draw something. I was quite happy with my entry in any case.

Now the big hurdle for Newgrounds is to actually get people to buy them.

At 10/20/08 11:58 PM, threadwood wrote: For those of you feeling depressed about not getting in- don't let it phase you. I can't tell you how many times my work has been overlooked in favor of the big names, the egos, and the "safe" artwork- I'm talking real art galleries and competitions.
Just keep creating!

well said, and yours was one of my favorites, really original and was funny in a dark way.

and to WAaAzZAaA on TurkeyonaStick:
i don't and won't presume to be an art expert. there's nothing wrong with it as an art piece, is it a newgrounds character? [sorry if i should know], anyway it has some nicely rendered parts like the neck and the bolt on the axe thing. other than that it does look a bit unifinished, a bit flat and not as whimsy as some other entries. i've seen him do way better. and its up to the people who chose the entries their preferences.

At 10/20/08 11:14 PM, WAaAzZAaA wrote:

2) And if you draw a MEDIOCRE picture, but OMG! It was from _______ user, yeah. You are in. Because of "popular demand". Just like sex sells, on NG it sells ike that: how many people know you.

like who?