Iron Avatarist: It's... Magic!

[Gullara]

Best Magician
Taric - The Gem Knight (he use some kind of magic)
*snipped*


Pfft, Taric is barely a mage:smalltongue:

[Elder Tsofu]

Had this lying around 95% finished and was a bit disappointed when I couldn't find an opportunity to show it of. But here it goes.


Best Magical Display/Magic Trick
Don't bother Caster
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/Tsofu/Fate-SN/Casterlarge.png

[HalfTangible]

Had this lying around 95% finished and was a bit disappointed when I couldn't find an opportunity to show it of. But here it goes.


Best Magical Display/Magic Trick
Don't bother Caster
[IMG]http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/Tsofu/Fate-SN/Casterlarge.png[IMG]

There goes my hope. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

[Cealocanth]

There goes my hope. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

Don't say that, just make something to beat it. This is a competition, after all.

[HalfTangible]

Don't say that, just make something to beat it. This is a competition, after all.

Trying. Making long, flowing hair for a woman is a pain in the ass in stick figure style :smallsigh: cuz if you get just ONE little wavy line wrong you gotta start all over again...

[Zexion]

Trying. Making long, flowing hair for a woman is a pain in the ass in stick figure style :smallsigh: cuz if you get just ONE little wavy line wrong you gotta start all over again...
1. Hit ctrl+shift+7 while selecting a path.
2. Add Spiro Spline.
3. Add Pattern Along Path.
Tweak around, and there's your hair!

[Cealocanth]

Trying. Making long, flowing hair for a woman is a pain in the ass in stick figure style :smallsigh: cuz if you get just ONE little wavy line wrong you gotta start all over again...

Try Epic V (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0642.html)'s hair. Modifying that can give you pretty good long hair.

[HalfTangible]

Try Epic V (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0642.html)'s hair. Modifying that can give you pretty good long hair.

... Huh. And here i was just gonna use the illusion chick elan makes in cliffport. But that's much better. Thanks!

EDIT: Aaaaaaand inkscape crashed.... :smallfurious:

[max-is-working]

Trying. Making long, flowing hair for a woman is a pain in the ass in stick figure style :smallsigh: cuz if you get just ONE little wavy line wrong you gotta start all over again...
One alternative is to make the hair in small pieces. Then you can combine all those pieces using whatever feature exists in your software to "unite" the pieces into one big object.

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Try Epic V (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0642.html)'s hair. Modifying that can give you pretty good long hair.
Excellent suggestion! I will bookmark OOTS #642 for my future hair design needs!

[Teutonic Knight]

Bout time I finished.

Best Magical Display/Best Rookie Entry
Now imagine turning an entire army into lava... on a mountain.

Pending re-entry...

Best Magician/Rookie
Talidil'yrr Aleanrae, Transmuter Archmage
http://a.imageshack.us/img843/3349/tall.png

Best Magician/Rookie
Gai-Ruy, Drow Wizard
http://a.imageshack.us/img196/2425/dwiz.png

Best Magician/Rookie
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme
http://a.imageshack.us/img69/7876/strangex.png

For now...

[Domochevsky]

It's readable as is, but what you should do is either arange the panels vertical (4x1) or as a square (2x2) instead of the current horizontal (1x4). :smallsmile:

(Man, i need to get working on my next piece.)

[max-is-working]

Best Fantasy Scene
Incarnations of Immortality Triptych:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj123/maxwerx/oots/triptych-medium.png

This triptych depicts three scenes from Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series. The scenes are the book covers of (left to right) Bearing an Hourglass, On a Pale Horse, and Wielding a Red Sword.

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The individual panels of the triptych are:

Time (from Bearing an Hourglass)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj123/maxwerx/oots/triptych-left.png

Death (from On a Pale Horse)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj123/maxwerx/oots/triptych-center.png

War (from Wielding a Red Sword)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj123/maxwerx/oots/triptych-right.png

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And I think I'll take a break. I some other ideas, but I think I'll save them for next week. Or for the next Iron Avatarist. :-)

Good luck and happy doodling, everyone!

[petersohn]

I think you should rearrange it so they are below each other, so it won't be that big.

[Dogmantra]

I think you should rearrange it so they are below each other, so it won't be that big.

Yeah, I was going to mention this to Teutonic Knight too. We don't want spoilers or thumbnails because it can be irritating having to click a bunch of stuff just to see the images, but putting the panels vertically would help. Similarly, with Teutonic Knight's comic, making it 2x2 might help screen stretch.

[max-is-working]

I think you should rearrange it so they are below each other, so it won't be that big.
I don't want to put the panels one on top of the other because it's a triptych. They panel themes were chosen and designed to be viewed side by side.

I'll see about creating a clickable thumbnail instead.

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Yeah, I was going to mention this to Teutonic Knight too. We don't want spoilers or thumbnails because it can be irritating having to click a bunch of stuff just to see the images, but putting the panels vertically would help. Similarly, with Teutonic Knight's comic, making it 2x2 might help screen stretch.

I made it into a clickable thumbnail. I also unspoilered the individual panels. :-)

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Just let me know if it's OK now or not. :-)

[Mina Kobold]

*Yawn* Touchpad'd school, finally finished redrawing this

Best Rookie Entry
Best Magical Display/Magic Trick
Master Of Night and Day
http://a.imageshack.us/img291/6092/nightnday1.png

And a smaller one

Best Rookie Entry
Best Magician
Astronomical fun
http://a.imageshack.us/img261/1260/nightnday2h.png

You guys make great art, all of you :smallsmile:

I admire the judges and VT for making this competition.

I am very tired.

Cheese *Falls unconscious* :smalltongue:

EDIT: Rezised the first one

[Domochevsky]

What is it with you people and making giant screen stretching entries today? >_>

Keveak, that entry really could use a reduction by half.

[Mina Kobold]

What is it with you people and making giant screen stretching entries today? >_>

Keveak, that entry really could use a reduction by 40%.

Way ahead of you.

It wasn't supposed to be that big but I'm not particularly good at seeing how big it will end up when I upload it :smallredface:

[licoot]

Can I point out that pictures shouldn't really need to be screen stretchers, If the picture is to big, It's hard to see, so its worth making it slightly smaller so you don't have to scroll up, down, left and right to see it. If it is a comic style entry, organize the panels in a way that fits, because at the end of the day, if two entries are just as good, but one you have to go to quite a lot of effort to see, and it makes it slightly harder to view the other entries, which one is the judge gonna vote for.

EDIT: kinda semi-ninja'd, but my point still stands, and I would have said it anyway

[Domochevsky]

Right, personally i'm thinking that there should be some sort of max-width, like 800px or somesuch. There isn't really any reason to go wider than that for anything. :smallsmile:

[Trixie]

Well, on 1680 px wide screen even 1200 px wide pictures show up without stretching.

But yeah, it really shouldn't be as wide :smallannoyed:

[Elder Tsofu]

470 px is allowed in the signature, so if you go larger than that its probably going into the realm of too large.
But its a thing which comes with a few entries, you start thinking vertical.

[Teutonic Knight]

Yeah will fix eventually. It even stretches my desktop screen which is 1680.

[Serpentine]

Teutonic Knight's would work as well in a vertical format.
max-is-working's doesn't need to be that big - make the triptych a bit smaller - you could go down to half easily without any loss of quality, though you probably don't have to go that small - and then just post the whole thing, no thumbnails or links or anything. Remember: We they don't mind some screen-stretching, but you want to make it as easy as possible to find and view your entry.
By the way, a link would be about a million times worse than a spoiler.

[HalfTangible]

BEST ROOKIE ENTRY
BEST MAGICIAN

Neriana, Dragonfire Adept
http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy293/HalfTangible/GiTP/Neriana.png

[Domochevsky]

Best Magical Display
Duel at night
http://www.nudecreator.org/Domochevsky/IA/IA4_2.png



Edit: Well that's decided then. :smallsmile:

[Elder Tsofu]

I think that you must have an animal in the fantasy scene - it indicates that with the "^" arrow pointing toward the animal category.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Can i get some clarification on the categories? >_>
Best Magical Effect.

Best fantasy scene was intended more along the lines of fantastical vistas. If they're doing magical displays, it's a display even if it's as big as a scene.

[Crimmy]

I don't know if this is right, but I've a bit of a proposition for you artists.

The song "Ain't your Fairytale", by Sonata Arctica, tells the story of a "Mythical beast". I've come to have some sort of lucid dream by listening to the song while asleep.

Anyway, I had a revelation.
Why is it that people don't show Transmogrification and the such with this?

I mean, that old legend of the wizard who created the first werewolf, or Lycaons legend, in which Zeus turns him into a horrible being, and so on, are all magical displays of incredible magnitudes.

So, why don't you guys broaden the idea, and give us something more, not the average "Fire vs. Water magic".

Just saying. :smalltongue:

[Lord Raziere]

I don't know if this is right, but I've a bit of a proposition for you artists.

The song "Ain't your Fairytale", by Sonata Arctica, tells the story of a "Mythical beast". I've come to have some sort of lucid dream by listening to the song while asleep.

Anyway, I had a revelation.
Why is it that people don't show Transmogrification and the such with this?

I mean, that old legend of the wizard who created the first werewolf, or Lycaons legend, in which Zeus turns him into a horrible being, and so on, are all magical displays of incredible magnitudes.

So, why don't you guys broaden the idea, and give us something more, not the average "Fire vs. Water magic".

Just saying. :smalltongue:

you just gave me a great idea. Zarakkan will be making an appearance in this contest :smallamused:

[max-is-working]

Teutonic Knight's would work as well in a vertical format.
max-is-working's doesn't need to be that big - make the triptych a bit smaller - you could go down to half easily without any loss of quality, though you probably don't have to go that small - and then just post the whole thing, no thumbnails or links or anything. Remember: We they don't mind some screen-stretching, but you want to make it as easy as possible to find and view your entry.
By the way, a link would be about a million times worse than a spoiler.
Thank you for your advice. I resized it to 800px wide. I'll use 800px as the max cap for horizontal next time.

[Serpentine]

There, that looks better :smallsmile: It's usually better if you can take it all in at a look, anyway.

[Ashen Lilies]

*decides to get off gluteal region and enter one of these things again*
It's so on. :smallcool:
But first: OLD AVATARS!!!

Best Magician
Great Balls of Fire!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/Avatar%20requests/Kool-Aidavatarreq.png
AKA my THIRD AVATAR THAT I MADE EVAR!!!!!11! (I believe my first one is one of Nale and Elan dueling that I made for Banjo198whatever, and my second the one I made for me.)

Best Magician
Arcana Green is Made of PEOPLE('s souls)!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/Avatar%20requests/RedDeath.png
AKA my FIFTH OR SIXTH AVATAR EVAR!!! Considerably worse than my THIRD AVATAR EVAR!!!

Best Magician
"You can fly great heights, young one... as long as you don't mind the bird poop all over your shoulder."
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/FlWiPig2.png
Moar early (and sucky) avatars.

Best Magician
Should Have Spent More Time at the Gym
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/Skele-Asmodeus.png

And now, moving away from my earlier experimentation and into my current style, we has:
Best Magician
Warlock has no shirt, Warlock NEEDS NO SHIRT.
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/TieflingWarlock.png

Best Magician
This swirly backwards 'S' is intriguing, non?
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/Boddyknock.png

And lastly:
Best Magician
The Sorceress of Go- OOH! SHINY!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/JazirianGBed.png

Deciding to withhold this one (http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/Jazirian-1.png) from the competition for now, despite it being obviously magical, mostly because his gender-bent fellow is quite nice on its own merits.
Now... *goes to work on some original art for the contest*

[Serpentine]

This is what I thought of when I saw the thread title.

Best Avatar?
It's... Magic!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Avatarables/MagicHands.gif

Disturbing insight into the inner workings of my mind? Maybe!

[C-Lam]

First post in IA :smallsmile:
Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry
Garruk Wildspeaker, planeswalker
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/crystallam1995/garruk.png

[Mina Kobold]

Duel at night

Awesome, I wish I could do stuff like that but all I know how to do is pencil drawing and Inkscape colouring.

How did you make it? :smallsmile:

[Serpentine]

He did a little tutorial in the last IA, if you wanna have a look.

[HalfTangible]

He did a little tutorial in the last IA, if you wanna have a look.

Which one was that? It's not like these are numbered

[Maximum Zersk]

Page 8 of the SUMMERTIME Contest.

[Serpentine]

No... But it is the last one posted in :smalltongue: Uh, what was it... I still have to vote on it... :smallredface:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Which one was that? It's not like these are numbered
It is still on the first page of Arts and Crafts however:
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9200039&postcount=212

[Mina Kobold]

It is still on the first page of Arts and Crafts however:
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9200039&postcount=212

Not that it isn't very impressive but I still don't know what program that is :smallfrown:

[Gullara]

First post in IA :smallsmile:
Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry
Garruk Wildspeaker, planeswalker
*snipped*

How great is that. I should have thought to make paneswalkers. Sarkhan maybe?

[Derjuin]

First time showing off any art I've done...:smallredface: Here goes!

Best Rookie Entry
Best Magical Creature
Farspawn Pseudonatural Fiendish Treant - A wizard did it, once
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/rect2985.png

[Domochevsky]

...

Transmowhat? Hey, bending is cool get off my back. >_>



Not that it isn't very impressive but I still don't know what program that is :smallfrown:

openCanvas. I have no idea how to use inkscape. :smallsmile:

[Mina Kobold]

Transmowhat? Hey, bending is cool get off my back. >_>

My linguistic skills (I have skills?) tell me that Transmogrification could mean the act of transmogrifying AKA a picture of someone in the act of shape-shifting :smallsmile:


openCanvas. I have no idea how to use inkscape. :smallsmile:

Looks like a pretty neat program, unfortunately I won't have access to my own money for years so I'm stuck with Inkscape :smallfrown:

It's fairly nice and easy to use but I'm an artist not an image editor, slammit! :smallmad::smalltongue:

[Domochevsky]

My linguistic skills (I have skills?) tell me that Transmogrification could mean the act of transmogrifying AKA a picture of someone in the act of shape-shifting :smallsmile:

Oohh... yeah, i could do that. :o




Looks like a pretty neat program, unfortunately I won't have access to my own money for years so I'm stuck with Inkscape :smallfrown:

It's fairly nice and easy to use but I'm an artist not an image editor, slammit! :smallmad::smalltongue:

Actually, v1.1 is freeware. It contains all the basic stuff, just with a lot less fancy. :smallsmile: (And i think it lacks the event recording option.)


Edit:
Talking about event recording... watch (http://www.viddler.com/explore/Domochevsky_2/videos/28/) as i stumble around and start over a couple times until i finally manage to draw fire and decide on a scene.

Drawing fire is hard. :smallsigh:

Edit2:
Making of: Avatar of the Sun God -> here (http://www.viddler.com/explore/Domochevsky_2/videos/29/) (Watch as i tweak, fiddle and crop the crap out of this one. Also: Glow/Shine made easy.)

[Mina Kobold]

Oohh... yeah, i could do that. :o


And it would be awesome.



Actually, v1.1 is freeware. It contains all the basic stuff, just with a lot less fancy. :smallsmile: (And i think it lacks the event recording option.)

Cool, then I'll get that and do horrible with it :smalltongue:

Will take me a few days, though. Not at my father's place right now and I want to talk about downloading art stuff with him (and what computer to do it on)



Edit:
Talking about event recording... watch (http://www.viddler.com/explore/Domochevsky_2/videos/28/) as i stumble around and start over a couple times until i finally manage to draw fire and decide on a scene.

Drawing fire is hard. :smallsigh:

Edit2:
Making of: Avatar of the Sun God -> here (http://www.viddler.com/explore/Domochevsky_2/videos/29/) (Watch as i tweak, fiddle and crop the crap out of this one. Also: Glow/Shine made easy.)

Groovy, You make it look both easy and very, very awe-inspiring :smallsmile:

[Crimmy]

Transmowhat? Hey, bending is cool get off my back. >_>


I know it's cool, but to be quite honest, everybody is doing fireballs and icelances.

Not to mention, with your skill, you could easily make a nice pic with what I said.

[Domochevsky]

I know it's cool, but to be quite honest, everybody is doing fireballs and icelances.

Not to mention, with your skill, you could easily make a nice pic with what I said.

Yeah, i get that. I'll step to it after i'm done with the next piece. Gotta use the ideas when they're warm! o/

(Also need to do more Earth/Air bending at some point.)

[Derjuin]

Decided to try something a bit bigger...

Best Rookie Entry
Best Magical Display/Magic Trick
The Forests will Burn
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/Overlay.png

[Serpentine]

edit: changed and reposted later.

[Domochevsky]

Holy balls of fire, Serp! D:

[Mina Kobold]

Awesome Phoenix, Serpentine-terpentine :smallsmile:

It does kind of lack that red-haired human part, though :smalltongue:

[Gullara]

Holy balls of fire, Serp! D:

:smallconfused:How can you tell its male from this side?:smalltongue:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

...am I the only one who never sees phallic symbols until it's pointed out?

In this case though, you're stretching, fellas.

[Dark Faun]

...am I the only one who never sees phallic symbols until it's pointed out?
No. :smalltongue:

Anyway, I vaguely recall that people shouldn't comment on the entries to avoid influencing the judges... Is my memory correct?

[The Vorpal Tribble]

No. :smalltongue:

Anyway, I vaguely recall that people shouldn't comment on the entries to avoid influencing the judges... Is my memory correct?
I don't recall that ever being a rule. Commenting is encouraged actually.

The judges when they judge just scroll through each entry. I sincerely doubt most read through the thread while doing so, much less are influenced. I know I never did.

[Dark Faun]

Okay.

Good job Derjuin!

[C-Lam]

Best Rookie Entry
Best Magician
Magic 8-ball Magician
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/crystallam1995/magician.png
Just a idea I got.

[Mina Kobold]

...am I the only one who never sees phallic symbols until it's pointed out?

Yes, I still can't see it :smalltongue:

[Derjuin]

Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry
And the illusionist said, "Your perception is but what I let you see."
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/IllusionistSmall.png

There's a bigger version of this one too, should I bother including it?

[half-halfling]

I am making a bigger drawing, and part of it inspired me to make this -magic computer :smallsmile: (also ,idea came from Discworld's HEX). This eyeball in the glass is internet camera (he is talking to this girl on screen). This machine is even connected to the net :smallsmile:. I don't know if it's a good category -I was thinking about "Best magic creature", but this is rather magic device.

Best Magical Display/Magic Trick
Personal Thinking Engine
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx144/half-halfling/mc.png

[Domochevsky]

Connected to the... ow. :smallsigh:

Best Fantasy Scene
Deep and Ancient
http://www.nudecreator.org/Domochevsky/IA/IA4_4.png



Man, the competition is fierce this time around. :smalleek:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I'm loving this stuff, guys and gals. Keep bringin' it!

@Half-Halfling
$@#* that HURT.

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

....

Best Magician
Eridan Amphora
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/AlmightyStriker/OotSAvatars/MSPA/Eridan.png
Yer a wizard, Eri'!

.... Dude needs brighter colours in his outfit.

Forgive me.

Ummmm..... I know!

Best Magician
Phase, the Hegemonic Ball
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/AlmightyStriker/OotSAvatars/PumpsPhaseWithMouth.png
Phase is magical, right?

Best Magician
Necromantess
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/AlmightyStriker/OotSAvatars/NecromantessSmall-1.png

Yeah. Only Eridan's new, the other two were in my photobucket. Just throwing these into the runnings, and possibly doing a couple more. I dunno yet.

[max-is-working]

I am making a bigger drawing, and part of it inspired me to make this -magic computer :smallsmile: (also ,idea came from Discworld's HEX). This eyeball in the glass is internet camera (he is talking to this girl on screen). This machine is even connected to the net :smallsmile:. I don't know if it's a good category -I was thinking about "Best magic creature", but this is rather magic device.

Best Magical Display/Magic Trick
Personal Thinking Engine

I love this! Yes, it does remind me so much of Hex from Discworld. My favorite is the correction to the web. I love it!

[Derjuin]

Phew...another big one...

Best Fantasy Scene
Best Rookie Entry
The Ace's Arrival
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/HopefulFinal.png

[Ashen Lilies]

Prelude to the main piece:

Best Magician
Dr. Facilier, at your service.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/DrFacilier.png

[max-is-working]

Phew...another big one...

Best Fantasy Scene
Best Rookie Entry
The Ace's Arrival

Is this from Alice in Wonderland? The Looking Glass Wars?

[Bryn]

Is this from Alice in Wonderland? The Looking Glass Wars?
Homestuck (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/).

[Zefir]

Best Magical Display
Epic Spell needs Epic moment
http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae257/Goldmann-andreas/Epicspell.png
(I like telling short storys.)

Best Magician
Dark Mage Hunter
http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae257/Goldmann-andreas/DsrkMsge.png

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Trophies have been awarded for Iron Avatarist: Summertime (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9336288#post9336288)

Go take a look!

[Derjuin]

Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry
Sufficiently Advanced Magic is Indistinguishable from Boogie Time
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/MagicofMusic.png

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

Best Magician
The Archmage
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/AlmightyStriker/OotSAvatars/TheArchmage.png

Gargoyles, man. Crazy. The Eye of Odin, the Pheonix Gate, the Grimorum Arcanorum, and a vengeful medieval sorceror all rolled up into one angry arcane ball.

[Crimmy]

Prelude to the main piece:

Best Magician
Dr. Facilier, at your service.

My brother gave the advice, and I agree:
The Shadow should be doing something entirely different, so it shows that the magic is present.

I know it's not doing exactly the same, but it still looks much like a normal shadow...

[Serpentine]

Sufficiently Advanced Magic is Indistinguishable from Boogie TimeThis is possibly the best entry title I've ever seen on here :smallbiggrin:

[petersohn]

Best magical display
When judges disagree
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7102/judgewar.png

[C-Lam]

Best Rookie Entry
Best Fantasy Screen
You shall not pass!
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/crystallam1995/bathroom.png?t=1284287399

Best Rookie Entry
Best Magician
"You shall not pass" Magician
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/crystallam1995/gandalf.png

[DarkCorax]

Best Magician
Summoner
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/MalcomVel.png

Best Magician
Wizard
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/Melantrist2.png

Best Magician
Dark Elf Sorceress
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/Sorceress.png

Seeing as other planeswakers have been submitted:


Best Magician
Gideon Jura
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/GideonRed.png

Best Magician
Nissa Revane
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/Nissa_Revane.png

[Serpentine]

Best Magical Creature
Phoenix
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/IronAvatarist/phoenix.gif

Best Magical Creature
Simurgh
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/IronAvatarist/simurgh.gif

[HalfTangible]

Best Magical Creature
Phoenix
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/IronAvatarist/phoenix.gif[IMG]

Best Magical Creature
[I]Simurgh
[IMG]http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/IronAvatarist/simurgh.gif[IMG]

You already posted the pheonix =/

[Serpentine]

See above - edit it, so deleted it from before.

[Szilard]

Best Magician
"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader."
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/SzilardG/vader.png

[Lord Raziere]

Best Magical Display
Zarakkan Transforms
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/ZarakkanTransformation.png

[HalfTangible]

Best Magician
"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader."
[IMG]http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/SzilardG/vader.png[IMG]

.................................................. ..............

so much win. Just... SO MUCH

[Derjuin]

Since there were other Planeswalkers submitted, I felt the need to try...

Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry
Urza the Planeswalker
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/Urza.png

[Mina Kobold]

Zarakkan Transforms


Squee!

I love how human!Zarakkan looks :smallsmile:

[Dogmantra]

.................................................. ..............

so much win. Just... SO MUCH

Please don't quote entry images. It makes the job of judging more frustrating. Feel free to leave the title so we know which one you're talking about though.

[HalfTangible]

Please don't quote entry images. It makes the job of judging more frustrating. Feel free to leave the title so we know which one you're talking about though.

My bad. i meant to delete the slash in the second img block so that it showed the url but not the image.

[Dogmantra]

My bad. i meant to delete the slash in the second img block so that it showed the url but not the image.

Eh, no problem, it's gone now. In fact, it's not even a problem 'til the judging rolls around which isn't for a couple of weeks.

[Derjuin]

Best Magic Trick/Magical Display
Best Rookie Entry
Who has "useless class abilities" now?

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/BoV.png

[Lord Raziere]

Squee!

I love how human!Zarakkan looks :smallsmile:

Thanks but....no love for full dragon Zarakkan? that is the one I put my most time into :smallfrown:

and why did you put that exclamation point there? :smallconfused:

[Dvandemon]

Speaking of oldies I found some of mine.

Best Magician
Halfling Lich
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx135/oots12321/HalflingLich-1.png[/QUOTE
Haha! I remember that one![QUOTE=half-halfling;9332254]I am making a bigger drawing, and part of it inspired me to make this -magic computer :smallsmile: (also ,idea came from Discworld's HEX). This eyeball in the glass is internet camera (he is talking to this girl on screen). This machine is even connected to the net :smallsmile:. I don't know if it's a good category -I was thinking about "Best magic creature", but this is rather magic device.

Some should really do HEX...please?
Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry
Sufficiently Advanced Magic is Indistinguishable from Boogie Time
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/MagicofMusic.png

I wish you were on dA so I could fave that

[HalfTangible]

Haha! I remember that one!

Some should really do HEX...please?

I wish you were on dA so I could fave that

Don't quote the images.

[Zexion]

Don't quote the images.
Don't point out other people's minor mistakes like they've broken the Geneva convention. :smalltongue:

By which I mean you are correct, but there is probably a less aggressive way to say the same thing.

[HalfTangible]

Don't point out other people's minor mistakes like they've broken the Geneva convention. :smalltongue:

By which I mean you are correct, but there is probably a less aggressive way to say the same thing.

Hey, people pointed it out when i did. :smalltongue:

[Zexion]

Hey, people pointed it out when i did. :smalltongue:
Yes, but "Please don't quote entry images. It makes the job of judging more frustrating. Feel free to leave the title so we know which one you're talking about though." is much nicer than "Don't quote the images." :smallsmile:

[HalfTangible]

Yes, but "Please don't quote entry images. It makes the job of judging more frustrating. Feel free to leave the title so we know which one you're talking about though." is much nicer than "Don't quote the images." :smallsmile:
Being nice is for suckers! :smalltongue:

[Gullara]

Haha! I remember that one!

:smallsurprised: Someone who actually recognizes something I made. That's a first. You weren't the one I made it for right? Because then it doesn't count:smallbiggrin:

[C-Lam]

Best Rookie Entry
Best Magical Display/Magic Trick
Elan, the magician.
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx194/crystallam1995/elan.png?t=1284391686

[Serpentine]

Best Scene
Two Birds, One Magic
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/IronAvatarist/phoenixsimurgh.gif

Anyone got a better name for this one?

[half-halfling]

Best Rookie Entry
Best Magical Display/Magic Trick
Elan, the magician.


That is awesome ! Especially horrified expression on Haley's face :smallsmile:.

[licoot]

Best Scene
Two Birds, One Magic
-snip-

Anyone got a better name for this one?

this is awesome, but the second bird's legs made me giggle, which I then felt bad about because it made it sound less awesome

[Dogmantra]

Don't point out other people's minor mistakes like they've broken the Geneva convention. :smalltongue:

By which I mean you are correct, but there is probably a less aggressive way to say the same thing.

But when several people ignore it despite you trying to make it as clear as possible, it can get quite frustrating...

[C-Lam]

That is awesome ! Especially horrified expression on Haley's face :smallsmile:.

Thanks:smallbiggrin:

[Crimmy]

Don't point out other people's minor mistakes like they've broken the Geneva convention. :smalltongue:

By which I mean you are correct, but there is probably a less aggressive way to say the same thing.

@Dvandemon:
Don't quote the images.

[Dvandemon]

Okay, I won't quote images sheesh :smallfrown:

[Serpentine]

this is awesome, but the second bird's legs made me giggle, which I then felt bad about because it made it sound less awesomeYeah yeah, I know :smalltongue: It's meant to have paws, but I didn't get them looking very good...

[Mr_Saturn]

@Serp: Does the name have anything to do with the whole "kill two birds with one stone" phrase? Because that's the only witty thing I could think about. Or... "A magical bird in hand is worth two in the bushes".

I'm getting the feeling that these aren't going to "fly" well with you. :smalltongue"


On another note, I am at a continued lost for ideas. And I don't really want to submit any more of the same categories. Just keeping in mind that I don't want to compete against myself by submitting anything and everything.

Then again, I'm also not very artistic like some people I know...

[Gullara]

@Serp: Does the name have anything to do with the whole "kill two birds with one stone" phrase? Because that's the only witty thing I could think about. Or... "A magical bird in hand is worth two in the bushes".

I'm getting the feeling that these aren't going to "fly" well with you. :smalltongue"


On another note, I am at a continued lost for ideas. And I don't really want to submit any more of the same categories. Just keeping in mind that I don't want to compete against myself by submitting anything and everything.

Then again, I'm also not very artistic like some people I know...

You? Not artistic. Are you mad? You avatars are great.

[Teutonic Knight]

Fixed to be horizontal.

Best Magical Display/Best Rookie Entry
Now imagine turning an entire army into lava... on a mountain.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8234/epicmag.png

Gah, need time to make more entries.

[Derjuin]

Just curious, is the title literal or do psionics count too?

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Just curious, is the title literal or do psionics count too?
Literal, magic only! We had a psionic competition awhile back.

Iron Avatarist: Future Psychics (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120221)

[Derjuin]

Okay, thanks! I'd drawn something psionicky, then it hit me "Oh yeah, Magic..." :smallredface:

[Serpentine]

Fixed to be horizontal.I think you mean vertical :smallwink:

[Crimmy]

What's with this talk about diagonal lines?

[Teutonic Knight]

I think you mean vertical :smallwink:

I believe I do. :smallbiggrin:

[Kaytara]

Whoa. With a topic this broad, you judges are going to have your hands full even more than on the War contest. O.O

I'm totally going to enter this. :D

EDIT: Ok, right now. XD

Best Fantasy Scene:
The Summoning

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2699/newbeginning.png

And I still totally want to do a scene from The Last Unicorn (Magic do as you will! :D), even though somebody already beat me on Schmendrick. <.<

[Mr_Saturn]

I'm totally going to enter this. :D

EDIT: Ok, right now. XD

Best Fantasy Scene:
The Summoning

Wow, that's so good it doesn't even look like its OotS until you see the summoner.

[Crimmy]

@Saturn:
Yeah, what you said.

[Domochevsky]

Damn! This is gonna be a hard competition. :smalleek:

[cheese monster]

thats so COOL!!!

[Serpentine]

Sooooooo cool!

[Mr_Saturn]

The only thing distinctively OotS is the three-fingered hands.

On another note, it would make an uber-sweet desktop background.

[Trixie]

Wow, that's so good it doesn't even look like its OotS until you see the summoner.

Yup, the dragon is totally-non-OotSy. And half of the figure! :P

It should be totally disqualified for that! :smallbiggrin:

[Serpentine]

I disagree. Aside from the large wings - which I've done, and prefer - there's nothing about it that's especially non-oots.

[Zefir]

This pic is Epic just Epic.
I think same as serp. Cause it don't look like the dragon in OotS does not mean it is no OotS style. Just look at the IA monster(or was it dragon) compatision they mostly don't look like OotS dragon.

[Trixie]

I disagree. Aside from the large wings - which I've done, and prefer - there's nothing about it that's especially non-oots.

Perhaps you haven't noticed ':smallbiggrin:' at the end of the sentence? :smallconfused:

Though, yes, I might be overusing it these days.

[Derjuin]

Best Magical Display
Best Rookie Entry
The Necromancer's Curse
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/Necro.png

[Teutonic Knight]

Best Magical Display
Best Rookie Entry
The Necromancer's Curse
It's... gone. (Actually it's right ^ there.)


Aha. Using purple mist to obscure half your drawing and therefore drawing less. Very sneaky. :smalltongue:

Like the outline-less cape.

[Qwernt]

I love the use of color on both the Dragon and Necromancer pictures. VERY nice.

[Derjuin]

Aha. Using purple mist to obscure half your drawing and therefore drawing less. Very sneaky. :smalltongue:

Like the outline-less cape.

Hehe :smalltongue: I actually had to move the mist a lot, to make modifications to the zombie in there and to make sure things actually looked right under it.


I love the use of color on both the Dragon and Necromancer pictures. VERY nice.

Thanks! :smallbiggrin:

[Crimmy]

@Kaytara:
Okay, I want that Summoning picture, and badly.

Make it a wallpaper, I beg of you!!

[Kaytara]

Derjuin, I love the use of dramatic silhouetting in your pic. :D

Thanks, guys. ^^ Hehe, mine is actually directly based on and (old) digital painting (http://kaytara.deviantart.com/art/A-New-Beginning-31911334?q=gallery%3AKaytara+boost%3Apopular&qo=0) of mine - I basically tried to recreate it in Inkscape. Which I'm not sure was a good idea, with all the blurring I had to do. O.O XD But somehow I figured if Domochevsky can get away with his cartoonish little scary abominations, then what's wrong with the occasional weird dragon or two? ;P

@Crimmy

Thanks, but I'm not sure how to do that. Don't pics need to be, like, wide, to make viable wallpapers? :smallconfused:

[Crimmy]

Expand some BG to the sides.
Keep the summoning to the center, making brownish landscapes to left and right, I'd suggest.

[HalfTangible]

Best Magical Display
Best Rookie Entry
The Necromancer's Curse
[IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/Necro.png[IMG]

Great. Not only does someone use the same idea i do but they do it well enough to make me jealous. :smallsigh: There goes my dignity.

Nice one, job, btw :smalltongue:

[Serpentine]

Perhaps you haven't noticed ':smallbiggrin:' at the end of the sentence? :smallconfused:Oh no, I knew you weren't serious about it being disqualified. I just disagreed with the suggestions (not just yours) of non-ootsiness.

[Domochevsky]

... But somehow I figured if Domochevsky can get away with his cartoonish little scary abominations, then what's wrong with the occasional weird dragon or two? ;P
...

Hey, who are you calling a cartoonish abomination, Sparkles. :smallbiggrin:

[Szilard]

Thanks, guys. ^^ Hehe, mine is actually directly based on and (old) digital painting (http://kaytara.deviantart.com/art/A-New-Beginning-31911334?q=gallery%3AKaytara+boost%3Apopular&qo=0) of mine - I basically tried to recreate it in Inkscape. Which I'm not sure was a good idea, with all the blurring I had to do. O.O XD But somehow I figured if Domochevsky can get away with his cartoonish little scary abominations, then what's wrong with the occasional weird dragon or two? ;P
That's why that looked so familiar! :smalltongue: I favorited the original in DeviantArt.

[Qwernt]

Best Magic Trick
thog's disappearing ice cream
http://hackmasterj.members.winisp.net/images/oots/ia/thogMagic.png

[Dvandemon]

Wow, that's so good it doesn't even look like its OotS until you see the summoner.

Are you saying OoTS is bad?

[HalfTangible]

Are you saying OoTS is bad?

We read OotS because it has a good story and good humor, not because it looks pretty. :smalltongue:

[Hyoumu Yau]

We read OotS because it has a good story and good humor, not because it looks pretty. :smalltongue:

I want to disagree with you there. The OotS style is pretty cool :smalltongue:
And various forumers have shown us that you can make it look extremely epic, even compared to other forms of art.

[petersohn]

OOTS art is pretty simplified, but still highly creative. On the other hand, many entries (and most winners) in IA use much more complex art than that, only keeping the "general look" of OOTS. Kaytara's dragon is a fine example of this.

[Cizak]

Does the images have to be oots-style and drawn on the computer? I'm guessing yes, but just wanna make sure :smalltongue:

[Trixie]

Yup, it really isn't that difficult to produce art orders of magnitude better, as most winners of IA demonstrated.

Me, I like Tsofu's ideas the best, probably because I saw most of his good work and the themes were really good :P

[Bryn]

Does the images have to be oots-style and drawn on the computer? I'm guessing yes, but just wanna make sure :smalltongue:
OotS-style, yes. Drawn on a computer? I don't think that matters, as long as it's still OotS-style. OotS-style is defined pretty loosely, a lot of us don't stick very close to the comic at all as is being discussed here.

12 days to produce something to compete with the amazing entries here... :smalleek:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Creatures are required to be OotSified (though animals and monsters even in the comics are rarely stick figures, so open to the artist's interpretation like the above amazing dragon scene amongst others), but landscape and such has no requirements besides being drawn and cartooned. There is no 'stick scenery'. As such, if you want to make a fantasy scene without people you can go wild.

It can be drawn by hand or computer. The Giant himself has hand drawn with the Order of the Scribble.

Erfworld-style will be permitted for as long as this site hosts the comic, but there will be no specific Erf-style category.

[lord pringle]

Prelude to the main piece:

Best Magician
Dr. Facilier, at your service.

you couldn't by any chance shrink that down to avvie size and let me take it? Cause I got voodoo I got hoodoo I got things I ain't even tried! and I got friends on the other side.

[Derjuin]

I hope this one isn't too wide...

Best Magical Display
Best Rookie Entry
The Chaos Archmage's Temple - Summoning, Death Rays, it's a Package Deal
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/NV3.png

Edit: Woops, put the wrong one up first...

[CoffeeIncluded]

Alright, here's mine.

Best Fantasy Scene
The Almir Institute of Magic and Technology, Present and Future

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac294/caffeineincluded/AIMT.png

Why yes, I am applying to college this year, and yes, I am applying to MIT. :smallamused:

[Domochevsky]

Why hello there, screen stretching. Didn't expect you here. >_>

(Youhave enough space in that picture to keep the speech bubbles at the same size and shrink everything else down, i'd say. :smallsmile: )

[CoffeeIncluded]

Why hello there, screen stretching. Didn't expect you here. >_>

(Youhave enough space in that picture to keep the speech bubbles at the same size and shrink everything else down, i'd say. :smallsmile: )

Sorry. Let me try to fix it.

[Mr_Saturn]

Are you saying OoTS is bad?

No, I love OotS-style drawing. I like the "sophisticated simplicity" (if that's an oxymoron don't shoot me.) that the Giant has perfected into an art form. There's a delicate balance in which it's easy to add a lot of cool things that end up looking messy. (Not to say anyone has necessarily done this.)

Then there are certain forumites who up the ante and can push it to the edge with the amazing-ness while still holding to the OotS-style and I commend them.

In the end it's up to the judge's preference as to what they think fits most to the theme and the spirit of Iron Avatarist. I'll leave it at that.

[petersohn]

No, I love OotS-style drawing. I like the "sophisticated simplicity" (if that's an oxymoron don't shoot me.) that the Giant has perfected into an art form. There's a delicate balance in which it's easy to add a lot of cool things that end up looking messy. (Not to say anyone has necessarily done this.)

Then there are certain forumites who up the ante and can push it to the edge with the amazing-ness while still holding to the OotS-style and I commend them.

In the end it's up to the judge's preference as to what they think fits most to the theme and the spirit of Iron Avatarist. I'll leave it at that.
Sophisticated simplicity... I like that phrase. It describes perfectly what I think of the art in OOTS. Armed with this, let me rephrase what I said earlier.

Many entries in IA are considered OOTS style because they look distinctly like OOTS, especially the characters, but they still completely lack the aforementioned "sophisticated simplicity". Kaytara's dragon is a great example of this, though there are many others.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I was thinking of future contests and was wondering if anyone here would even understand an Apogee based competition?

Or maybe just old PC games in general.

I'd absolutely love to see some Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Whacky Wheels, etc.

[Trixie]

*raises hand*

I practically grew on that s*** :smallbiggrin:

Early 90's/late 80's gaming, that's me. Every title you mentioned, and then some. One Must Fall, Keen, Eye of the Beholder, Heretic, Descent, TIE Fighter, Lion King, X-Wing, Dark Forces, Civ/Col, eh...

I feel like a dinosaur now thanks to you :smallfrown:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I practically grew on that s*** :smallbiggrin:
I know I did. Dad was a comp programmer and never owned a game machine, so computer games was it.

Dark Ages, Jill of the Jungle, Crystal Caves, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventures, Wolfenstein... *reminisces*



I feel like a dinosaur now thanks to you :smallfrown:
You know the 80's were awesome.

[Crimmy]

I played some of those too.

I would say, that contest sounds like epic epicness.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Might just have one then :smallbiggrin:

Btw, speaking of the 90's, wheres the Pen and Tellers, artists?

[Domochevsky]

...the what now? >_>

[half-halfling]

Finally, I've finished my drawing. It turned out to be much larger than I expected. This is old idea I've had for "Great scotts" competition, as alternative OOTS timeline. Drunk wizard in purple robes is from last panel of this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0130.html) strip. I doubt Inkyrius had so much alcohol in his house -it's there by rule of funny :smallsmile:. In second panel of fight scene dragon is green, because she was hit by dimensional anchor. Also, I know D&D rules only basicially, but I hope everything is OK. And I don't know English very well, so there can be some mistakes. So now, enjoy :smallsmile::

Best Fantasy Scene
Six wizards were needed to do this

http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx144/half-halfling/cwdv1.png
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx144/half-halfling/cwdv2.png


I was thinking of future contests and was wondering if anyone here would even understand an Apogee based competition?

Or maybe just old PC games in general.

I'd absolutely love to see some Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Whacky Wheels, etc.

Funny thing: during drawing final scenes of my comic ,I was listening to soundtrack of "Lotus 3", and "One must fall" :smallsmile:. Maybe good idea would be IA competition about computer games in general, and category for early '90 games? I remember games from this time very well :smallsmile:.

[Domochevsky]

And now that you've finished it, would you kindly reduce its size by 40%? :smallwink:

(There's a surprising amount of screen-stretchers going on here all of a sudden. :smallconfused: )

[CoffeeIncluded]

Half-halfling, that was great.

[Qwernt]

I know I did. Dad was a comp programmer and never owned a game machine, so computer games was it.

Dark Ages, Jill of the Jungle, Crystal Caves, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventures, Wolfenstein... *reminisces*



You know the 80's were awesome.

Now, to figure out how to OotS-ify @
(Rogue, Larn, Hack, HetHack - note my location, it has been the same for years).

[Serpentine]

I was thinking of future contests and was wondering if anyone here would even understand an Apogee based competition?

Or maybe just old PC games in general.

I'd absolutely love to see some Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Whacky Wheels, etc.I reckon you should have a SCIENCE! contest after this Magic! one, but that's just me :smalltongue:
If you're wanting to do this, I recommend making it "classic/retro games", rather than video games in general, as we've already had that.

[Bradakhan]

Best Fantasy Scene
The Last Airbender
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa116/greyshadow0/avatar-1.png

Would have added shading, etc., but the way it was had already began to slow down my computer

[Mina Kobold]

I know I did. Dad was a comp programmer and never owned a game machine, so computer games was it.

Dark Ages, Jill of the Jungle, Crystal Caves, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventures, Wolfenstein... *reminisces*



You know the 80's were awesome.

Wolfenstein! I remember playing a PS1 version of that when I was five or so!

Feeling old yet? :smalltongue:

Maybe we could broaden the theme? Making it about all media of the eighties might give the younger of us a chance to shine as well :smallsmile:

On another note, I really need to make more pictures for this, preferably some that looks a little better than before I got OpenCanvas :smalleek:

[Trixie]

I reckon you should have a SCIENCE! contest after this Magic! one, but that's just me :smalltongue:

Could be good.


If you're wanting to do this, I recommend making it "classic/retro games", rather than video games in general, as we've already had that.

Yes! Classics! Everything that had a diskette version! None of this modern dung! Muahahaha! :smallbiggrin:

Man, I remember these 70 diskette games. Or was that 'unofficial' version?


Btw, speaking of the 90's, wheres the Pen and Tellers, artists?

The what? :smallconfused:

[Dogmantra]

The what? :smallconfused:
Penn and Teller. The magical double act responsible for many silly things, including Desert Bus. One speaks, one doesn't (mostly). "Teller" is the entirety of his name. Actually, just look 'em up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_and_teller).

[Zefir]

Best fantasy Scene
Magic moment with firefly
http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae257/Goldmann-andreas/path11033-3-66.png

I got some more ideas but I have a leak of time.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

...who doesn't know who Pen and Teller are?



If you're wanting to do this, I recommend making it "classic/retro games", rather than video games in general, as we've already had that.
While a couple mentioned made it into video games, most of those are purely PC games, not video games.

[HalfTangible]

...who doesn't know who Pen and Teller are?

*raises hand*

[Mina Kobold]

...who doesn't know who Pen and Teller are?

Me! Me! Pick me!

I have no idea, at all, what they do besides the vague explanation earlier :smallsmile:

[Quincunx]

Wolfenstein! I remember playing a PS1 version of that when I was five or so!

Feeling old yet? :smalltongue: . . .

I think that (for once) I may speak for both VT and myself when I say
shut up, shut up, SHUT UP! lalalalala I can't hear you

No, even though the theme favors me and mine (I've played Jill of the Jungle, remember the throwing daggers bug? I had 21 up at a time), a theme that cuts out large swathes of the artist base is too narrow. I didn't like '80s or Nintendo for the paucity and the poverty of entries; either you "got it" or didn't, and if you did then you didn't need to try, or something like that.

[Dogmantra]

...who doesn't know who Pen and Teller are?


*raises hand*


Me! Me! Pick me!

I have no idea, at all, what they do besides the vague explanation earlier :smallsmile:

I am going to cry.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Sad, sad world we live in...

Sleight of Hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qQX-jayixQ)
Houdini Trick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98WQbzDHxko)
Paint Trick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUEvDKHsus4)
Shadow Trick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un1pNtmYguA)

I will go to Philadelphia NAAAKED! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt9IdPttScQ) :smallbiggrin:

Can't find any of the bloody ones, think you tube censored them, but P&T would do well in the world of D&D. Violence through magic.

[HalfTangible]

Sad, sad world we live in...

Sleight of Hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qQX-jayixQ)
Paint Trick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUEvDKHsus4)

I will go to Philadelphia NAAAKED! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt9IdPttScQ) :smallbiggrin:

Airplane?! i loved that movie =D

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Btw, for more inspiration, Orange Tree from the Illusionist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFEoxpWlbE)

Wonder if MauveShirt could animate that affect?

Also had this idea for someone performing before the Lady of Pain and trying to bring her into the act... and they themselves dying horribly. In fact... Pen and Teller + Lady of Pain + Blood = Epic Has-To-Be-Done


Airplane?! i loved that movie =D
Not the same movie :smallwink:

[Mina Kobold]

Btw, for more inspiration, Orange Tree from the Illusionist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFEoxpWlbE)

I will draw that, whether I can make it before the end of the month or not 0_0

Then I'll watch that movie :smallbiggrin:

[Serpentine]

Would have added shading, etc., but the way it was had already began to slow down my computerPff, shading's overrated.
...who doesn't know who Pen and Teller are?While I know they were/are magicians, I kinda mostly know them for their show which would be bleeped here. Which I love.

While a couple mentioned made it into video games, most of those are purely PC games, not video games.Fair enough.

[Crimmy]

*raises hand*


Me! Me! Pick me!

I have no idea, at all, what they do besides the vague explanation earlier :smallsmile:

You guys, I have two questions:
1.- Do you live underneath the earth? Bunker, basement?:smalltongue:

2.- When were you born?

I'm just 18 years old, and I know about Penn and Teller.
And I'm not even American!

[Rae Artemi]

You guys, I have two questions:
1.- Do you live underneath the earth? Bunker, basement?

2.- When were you born?

I'm just 18 years old, and I know about Penn and Teller.
And I'm not even American!

This is the reason right here. Y'see here in America, something becomes popular first, and then we are also the first to forget about it. Everywhere else gets our popular things later and forgets about them later too.

At least I think that's how it works.

[Domochevsky]

You guys, I have two questions:
1.- Do you live underneath the earth? Bunker, basement?

2.- When were you born?

I'm just 18 years old, and I know about Penn and Teller.
And I'm not even American!

I don't know about them either, and i'm older than you. >_>

[Derjuin]

Regarding retro games...erm, I guess I've been on a bit of a kick with drawing a few scenes from them in the past few days... (though, I don't know how "retro" ADOM is considered...)

I've heard of Penn and Teller but I haven't actually seen any of their performances. I live in a bunker-esque apartment, and I'm almost 22...

Anyhoo, on to picture :smalltongue:

Best Fantasy Scene
Best Rookie Entry
Against the ElDeR cHaOs GoD
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/ChaosGod.png

[Teutonic Knight]

The reason I don't know this stuff is because it was had a cult following during YOUR time, and so then in my time it was like non-existent. I grew up on Pokemon Red and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II. Plus I wasn't aware of all these American/British things; I was born in the US but had parents from across the Pacific who came as refugees during war time. Proabably the most exposure my dad had to these things was the version of Galaga that let you shoot as fast as you could press the button.

Dnd for me started only a couple years ago.

On topic, that was an epic Avatar poster Bradakhan.

[Crimmy]

This is the reason right here. Y'see here in America, something becomes popular first, and then we are also the first to forget about it. Everywhere else gets our popular things later and forgets about them later too.

At least I think that's how it works.

That doesn't make sense.

I don't forget about things I like or find amusing.
Of all the people I know, none of them forget about things they like/liked.

So... ???


I don't know about them either, and i'm older than you. >_>

You've got to be kidding me.
Penn and Teller are, IMHO, the best magicians around.
Critique, comedy, magic, they do all that, and they are good at it.

[Trixie]

You've got to be kidding me.
Penn and Teller are, IMHO, the best magicians around.
Critique, comedy, magic, they do all that, and they are good at it.

The only one even remotely known here is Copperfield, I'm afraid.

So, PC Classics, after science, was it settled? ;P

[Rae Artemi]

That doesn't make sense.

I don't forget about things I like or find amusing.
Of all the people I know, none of them forget about things they like/liked.

So... ???


What I was saying was that when a thing's popularity starts in America, it usually falls out of the spotlight earlier in America, which, while it doesn't mean the people who liked it forget about it, it does mean that less new people learn about it.

[Crimmy]

What I was saying was that when a thing's popularity starts in America, it usually falls out of the spotlight earlier in America, which, while it doesn't mean the people who liked it forget about it, it does mean that less new people learn about it.

Bieber and Criss Angel, why don't you start falling out of the spotlight? :smallfrown:

:smallbiggrin:

[Rae Artemi]

Bieber and Criss Angel, why don't you start falling out of the spotlight? :smallfrown:

:smallbiggrin:

Hey, Criss Angel is pretty cool. Justin Bieber though... Yeah, I think it would break some rules for me to voice my opinion of him here.

[Trixie]

Bieber and Criss Angel, why don't you start falling out of the spotlight? :smallfrown:

Who now? :smallconfused:


:P

[Mina Kobold]

You guys, I have two questions:
1.- Do you live underneath the earth? Bunker, basement?:smalltongue:

2.- When were you born?

I'm just 18 years old, and I know about Penn and Teller.
And I'm not even American!

1. I live two stores above the sea level but given where I am that could as well be a bunker :smalltongue:
2. The twenty-second century :smalltongue:
Just kidding, I was born in the mid-nineties, 1994 to be specific :smallsmile:

Trust me, Denmark is not the place to go for American popular culture.

We have a single actual comic-book store that I know of* and I doubt anyone here know what Start Trek or Doctor Who is.

Madness!

*Plus a few bookstores that sell used comic-books from when they actually produced them here, which seems to be the forties :smalleek:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

*Plus a few bookstores that sell used comic-books from when they actually produced them here, which seems to be the forties :smalleek:
...40's comic books you say?

*dollar sign appears in eyes*

[Mina Kobold]

...40's comic books you say?

*dollar sign appears in eyes*

I'm not sure, they were all very old Superman and Phantom comics last time I were there at least.

I doubt they're worth any more than what they sell them for, though.

Translating stuff to Danish tend to suck out all value from it :smalltongue:

[HalfTangible]

You guys, I have two questions:
1.- Do you live underneath the earth? Bunker, basement?:smalltongue:I spent six years learning how to socially conduct myself.

SIX. YEARS. OF BLOODY CLASSES. TO LEARN HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE!!!

I might as well have lived under a rock :smallannoyed:


2.- When were you born?1991

I'm sad i missed out on them now...

"I WILL GO TO PHILADELPHIA NAKEEEED!!!"

[Crimmy]

Well, worry not.

Socializing with EVERYBODY is overrated, anyway.

[Mina Kobold]

Socializing with EVERYBODY is overrated, anyway.

Unless it's High School.

Then it's vital for your continual existence :smalltongue:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Unless it's High School.

Then it's vital for your continual existence :smalltongue:
Highschool sounds like the sh*tiest place in existence from what I hear. I was privately tutored through high school at home myself so I missed out on the opportunity to knock heads. I can out-socialize anyone when I'm in the proper mood however.

As a friend of mine once put it, "Highschool doesn't teach you to socialize, it just teaches you how to be a b*stard." :smallwink:

[Mina Kobold]

Highschool sounds like the sh*tiest place in existence from what I hear. I was privately tutored through high school at home myself so I missed out on the opportunity to knock heads. I can out-socialize anyone when I'm in the proper mood however.

As a friend of mine once put it, "Highschool doesn't teach you to socialize, it just teaches you how to be a b*stard." :smallwink:

Sounds about right, everybody is either testosterone poisoned or spends their time partying and/or talking about people I have never heard of doing stuff I don't care about.

I avoid it by being weird and spending my time on artsy stuff :smalltongue:

[HalfTangible]

Highschool sounds like the sh*tiest place in existence from what I hear.

I take it you've never been to middle school.

That was a hellhouse...

[Lord Raziere]

Sounds about right, everybody is either testosterone poisoned or spends their time partying and/or talking about people I have never heard of doing stuff I don't care about.

I avoid it by being weird and spending my time on artsy stuff :smalltongue:

I go to an above-average high school in a good community, I'm probably both one of the smartest and one of the least idealistic people there, while there when I'm not listening to interesting lectures about history or books or philosophy, I'm sitting bored learning about subjects I don't like- math and spanish- or I'm pacing around alone, thinking about random stuff or inwardly ranting about they are just idiotic cliques talking about nothing important and walking around together like sheep.

so yeah, sounds about right.

[Domochevsky]

I go to an above-average high school in a good community, I'm probably both one of the smartest and one of the least idealistic people there, while there when I'm not listening to interesting lectures about history or books or philosophy, I'm sitting bored learning about subjects I don't like- math and spanish- or I'm pacing around alone, thinking about random stuff or inwardly ranting about they are just idiotic cliques talking about nothing important and walking around together like sheep.

so yeah, sounds about right.

That sounds more like your own fault, really. >_>

[Crimmy]

I go to an above-average high school in a good community, I'm probably both one of the smartest and one of the least idealistic people there, while there when I'm not listening to interesting lectures about history or books or philosophy, I'm sitting bored learning about subjects I don't like- math and spanish- or I'm pacing around alone, thinking about random stuff or inwardly ranting about they are just idiotic cliques talking about nothing important and walking around together like sheep.

so yeah, sounds about right.

Hey, spanish is nice. (Nicer than Maths, at the very least.)

And talking about nothing important is nice, too! Not everything in life has to be serious. This place, in itself, is not "important". But we hang around here because it's fun, it's relaxing, and stuff.

Now, I propose we get more artsy, and less talky.

[Ignition]

In the spirit of more arty things, I present this (in a thread already crowded with awesome :smallbiggrin: ):

Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry

Scrying Into Technicolor Oblivion

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d77/Xerxes2005/Oblivion-1.png

Alternately in .jpg if you prefer, plus it's a little bit larger:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d77/Xerxes2005/Oblivion.jpg

Apparently the eldrich abominations this cultist worships prefer pink :smallwink:

I may come up with more later.

[Rae Artemi]

In the spirit of more arty things, I present this (in a thread already crowded with awesome :smallbiggrin: ):

Best Magician
Best Magical Display
Best Rookie Entry

Scrying Into Technicolor Oblivion

[IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d77/Xerxes2005/Oblivion-1.png[IMG]

Alternately in .jpg if you prefer, plus it's a little bit larger:

[IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d77/Xerxes2005/Oblivion.jpg[IMG]

Apparently the eldrich abominations this cultist worships prefer pink :smallwink:

I may come up with more later.

You can only enter an image into one category, plus best rookie.

[Ignition]

Whoop! Thanks for catching that! :smallbiggrin: I went with Best Magician, since it's avatar sized. I may make a "five minutes later" version that's bigger.

[Ranger Mattos]

Having just gotten Inkscape, I'm going to see how it works out.

Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry

The Apprentice
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/663/avatarmage1.png

Bigger version:
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1212/avatarmage2.png

[Domochevsky]

Mattos, could stand to be a tad bigger. :smallsmile:

Also, arty stuff:

Best Fantasy Scene
Oh, hello there. Haven't seen one of you in a while.
http://www.nudecreator.org/Domochevsky/IA/IA4_5b.png

[HalfTangible]

Domo, is there a particular reason you keep your characters always shrouded in shadow? black as night even when a light is shining on them?

[Domochevsky]

Yeah. It's the only way i can aproximate something that resembles OotS' style, making it valid for this thread. >_>

(But thanks for reminding me about the light. *adjusts*)

[Serpentine]

I like it ^_^


Mattos: Don't forget to give it a title!

[Terry576]

I'd love to enter but I'm not good enough.

And I''d shame this thread by posting my fantasatars on it.

[Domochevsky]

Pff, as if Being Good is a requirement for any of this. If you can't do Sexay, do Funneh (and vice versa). :smallwink:

[Terry576]

Pff, as if Being Good is a requirement for any of this. If you can't do Sexay, do Funneh (and vice versa). :smallwink:

Fine.

Best Magical Scene
Hot Hatter on Platypus Action!
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab324/Terry576/OoTS/RHLFull.png

[Domochevsky]

...of course it should fit the current theme in some way. Is it magical action? >_>

[Terry576]

...of course it should fit the current theme in some way. Is it magical action? >_>

Vaguely?

She's conquering a Human-esque Platypus.

I could always just submit Platypus Human.

[Serpentine]

Not if it's mine, you can't :smallconfused: And the word you're looking for is humanoid or anthropomorphic.

Try having the Hatter defeating him with magical powers or something.

[Oblivion]

Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry
Scrying Into Technicolor Oblivion

Apparently the eldrich abominations this cultist worships prefer pink :smallwink:

Hum... why are you scrying into... ME!?!?!?!?! :smalleek:

:smalltongue:


You can only enter an image into one category, plus best rookie.

Hum... that's not true. You can submit as much images as you want in a category. Haven't you seen all the more "seasoned" avatarists dump enter a bunch of their old avatars in the avatar category when they "fit" the theme? :smallconfused:

[Elder Tsofu]

Hum... that's not true. You can submit as much images as you want in a category. Haven't you seen all the more "seasoned" avatarists dump enter a bunch of their old avatars in the avatar category when they "fit" the theme? :smallconfused:

But they don't enter any of them into multiple categories - due to being "seasoned". :smalltongue:

[Bryn]

Scrying Into Technicolor Oblivion.
Ignition, you would be much better off saving your picture as a GIF or PNG, not a JPEG. The compression messes up your picture a bit.

I must enter this competition soon.

[Dogmantra]

Hum... that's not true. You can submit as much images as you want in a category. Haven't you seen all the more "seasoned" avatarists dump enter a bunch of their old avatars in the avatar category when they "fit" the theme? :smallconfused:

He was saying one category per image rather than one image per category. Otherwise, as you said, Art of War and whatnot wouldn't've been nearly as good.

[Mina Kobold]

Also, arty stuff:

Oh, hello there. Haven't seen one of you in a while.
-snip-

Remind me again why I am even trying? :smallfrown::smalltongue:

I really need to learn how to do some of those things, maybe it's just because I have the free version but I simply can't figure out how you do that rain. How?

[Elder Tsofu]

Slightly blurred, grey and transparent straight lines of different thickness?
Add them semi-random over the screen and it would probably look like it.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Try having the Hatter defeating him with magical powers or something.
What serp said. As is that's not even vaguely magical.

[Ignition]

Ignition, you would be much better off saving your picture as a GIF or PNG, not a JPEG. The compression messes up your picture a bit.

I must enter this competition soon.

The "avatar sized" one is PNG, but for some reason when I saved it as a JPG, it was much larger than anticipated. Weird stuff; I'll have to practice some more!

[Derjuin]

Best Magician
Best Rookie Entry
Druidic Magic gives you Wiiiiings
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/xilobucket/Wings.png

[Domochevsky]

Remind me again why I am even trying? :smallfrown::smalltongue:

I really need to learn how to do some of those things, maybe it's just because I have the free version but I simply can't figure out how you do that rain. How?

Because the feeling of beating me will be oh so delicious. Ask the other people here, it's quite tasty. :smallwink:

The rain is done in a extra layer with a 0,3px pencil ("Draw Line" instead of Freehand, pure white, scatter all over the screen) at 60% Transparency, topped off with a light helping of blurr to make it mesh with the light. Add another layer to that with the same properties and throw these "sprinkles" in where the rain drops hit the ground/objects and bounce off. :smallsmile:

Also: The Making Of (http://www.viddler.com/explore/Domochevsky_2/videos/30/).

[Mina Kobold]

Because the feeling of beating me will be oh so delicious. Ask the other people here, it's quite tasty. :smallwink:

The rain is done in a extra layer with a 0,3px pencil ("Draw Line" instead of Freehand, pure white, scatter all over the screen) at 60% Transparency, topped off with a light helping of blurr to make it mesh with the light. Add another layer to that with the same properties and throw these "sprinkles" in where the rain drops hit the ground/objects and bounce off. :smallsmile:

Also: The Making Of (http://www.viddler.com/explore/Domochevsky_2/videos/30/).

I see, you put quite a lot of work into this, don't you? :smallsmile:

(Not that I don't, I just have no idea where to put it into it :smalltongue:)

Blurring stuff is a pain, though. The blurr tool for the free version makes almost no change so I have to mess with the waterpaint tool to make it blurry.

Which, as I have recently discovered, makes a very nice effect in red and orange.

[HalfTangible]

I see, you put quite a lot of work into this, don't you? :smallsmile:

(Not that I don't, I just have no idea where to put it into it :smalltongue:)

Blurring stuff is a pain, though. The blurr tool for the free version makes almost no change so I have to mess with the waterpaint tool to make it blurry.

Which, as I have recently discovered, makes a very nice effect in red and orange.
:smallconfused: Blur works fine for me. What software are you using?

[Mina Kobold]

:smallconfused: Blur works fine for me. What software are you using?

OpenCanvas, same as Domochevsky.

Except that he uses a better version that I sadly can't buy due to being a sixteen year old lazy geek with no job :smalltongue:

[Domochevsky]

Yeah, v1.1 is rather... limited. I recommend at least checking out the 30 days trial of v4.5+ (http://www.portalgraphics.net/en/oc/) though. :smallsmile:
(Good for one and a half IA contests! And i have yet to discover all functions.)

[Trixie]

OpenCanvas, same as Domochevsky.

Except that he uses a better version that I sadly can't buy due to being a sixteen year old lazy geek with no job :smalltongue:

You people have problems.

It seems that every graphic program out there can do something amazing that can't be replicated in others - every except the one I use, that is :smallsigh:

[Qwernt]

And back to the art contest...

Best Fantasy Scene
"Mostin the Metagnostic Discovers TimeStop"
http://hackmasterj.members.winisp.net/images/oots/IA/MostinDiscoversTimeStop.png

And for those who don't know what I am talking about, or what you are missing, go to EN World and read the Tales of Wyre (http://www.enworld.org/forum/story-hour/58227-tales-wyre.html).
And for those who do not have time for the whole thing (hours or days of wonderful reading), the chunk that matters:
At this point Mostin (Mage insane by choice of dealing with psuedo-outsiders) is polymorphed to look like a Kelvezu. The PCs are essentially invading an Evil Fey world, and are in the middle of their first contact... The rest of this spoiler is a direct quote from the story:

Shupthul spoke again, the merest hint of malice in his voice. "King Irknaan has issued instructions that you should attend him forthwith. We have been sent to escort you to his presence."

Crap, Ortwin thought. He smiled graciously. "I regret that, at present, such a visit will be impossible, as today, I hunt. Perhaps in a day or two. My proposition stands, however: King Irknaan is most welcome to join us."

"You misunderstand," Shupthul said menacingly. "Afqithan’s King requires your presence. Your hunt must wait."

"I…" The Bard began, but never finished.

Because Mostin, whether in a fit of paranoia, or anticipating an inevitable coming to blows, acted unilaterally, and made a decision which would change the way that the travellers related with the inhabitants of Afqithan. To the others, it also demonstrated the power that an arcanist of Mostin’s stature could wield in Faerie or any of its orbiting demiplanes. He spat a number of syllables out, prompting bows to be drawn or shot, and eliciting a desperate but ineffectual gesture in response from Koilimilou.


**


Ortwin experienced a strange sensation which lasted less than a fraction of a second – the merest flash in his mind. Shomei immediately recognized it for what it was – a temporal discontinuity in their vicinity. After it had passed, there was a colossal discharge of magical energy, and the tapestry of reality threatened to rupture completely before it rewove itself. Echoes of Sonics hung in the air.

The three Jariliths, Shupthul, the Succubus and twenty-six of the thirty Hell-hounds had vanished: the Captain’s empty armour and arms collapsed to the ground in a noisy rattle. Eleven of the Loquai had been petrified, along with six of their griffon mounts – some frozen with grotesque expressions of terror upon their faces. One other sidhe was dead from fear, and all but one of the remaining steeds had likewise been slain by a phantasmal killer. Each of the umbral quicklings had been reduced to a pulp by sonic attacks. The female sidhe sat upon a stone griffon with a vacant expression on her face.*

And yeah, if wants to take on the Quiescence of the Spheres go ahead.

[licoot]

Qwernt: thats really awesome, I just have two small problems, to me its a bit copy and pasty.

and also no ones cheating and blatantly pandering the judges, well not me anyway.

*mumbles under breath*:smalltongue:

[Domochevsky]

Qwernt, needs less screen stretching, a bigger text bubble and less empty space. :smallsmile:

[Qwernt]

@Licoot - Well of course it is copy and pasty. Do you think the Giant draws each goblin from scratch? :smallwink:

@Domochevsky - The bigger text box is all it really needed (as that is what kept me from doing everything else, but after ~150 layers, I didn't want to mess with it any more.

The complaint I was expecting was "hey, where are all the sonic'ed to blobs and the floundering flounders?"

[Teutonic Knight]

Qwernt, needs less screen stretching, a bigger text bubble and less empty space. :smallsmile:

And maybe a horizon line?

[Ashen Lilies]

@Licoot - Well of course it is copy and pasty. Do you think the Giant draws each goblin from scratch? :smallwink:

@Domochevsky - The bigger text box is all it really needed (as that is what kept me from doing everything else, but after ~150 layers, I didn't want to mess with it any more.

The complaint I was expecting was "hey, where are all the sonic'ed to blobs and the floundering flounders?"


!
I think I've only ever capped out at about 20 layers working on a big project. Which reminds me that I should really be starting my next entry sometime soon...

[Elder Tsofu]

... I usually have 2, 3 -4 if background and effects are too much for my pc to handle and I need to hide them as much as possible. :smalleek:

[half-halfling]

Here's my new picture ,from Miley Cyrus' "Can't be tamed" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjSG6z_13-Q&ob=av3e) music video. I'm not her fan, but I liked the first scene of this video where she has wings (when I saw it on TV, first thing I thought of was "magic creature" category on Iron Avatarist :smallsmile:). I hope this creature is magical enough -aftaer all wizards of computer graphics did it :smallsmile:.

Ladies and gentleman, in captivity for the first time..

Best Magical Creature

"the rarest critter on Earth"

http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx144/half-halfling/mc-1.png

[Ashen Lilies]

I make a habit of putting down a new layer every time I need to draw any sort of line that touches or intersects another line, because I'm horrible at erasing things and inevitably I'll find I want to edit that line slightly or get rid of it, and it's easier to get rid of a layer or erase something on a different layer than having to zoom in on the intersection and try to erase the one line without nicking the other line or ruining the anti-aliasing. Generally the layer box on my average avatar-in-progress tends to look like:
Items
Clothing Accessories
Clothes
Facial features/hair
Limbs
Basic Head/Body
(Color)
Board Background (to help with color choices)


Obviously if you're using a vector based program, you don't have to worry about layers so much, since to erase something you just click whatever line/shape/stroke and *delete*

[Serpentine]

Here's my new picture ,from Miley Cyrus' "Can't be tamed" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjSG6z_13-Q&ob=av3e) music video.Everything in the first minute of that video is cool... except Miley. Not even talking about her singing, cuz I didn't bother turning my speakers on. Even mute she looks... boring.
Your wings are possibly even cooler than hers :smallsmile:

[Elder Tsofu]

Obviously if you're using a vector based program, you don't have to worry about layers so much, since to erase something you just click whatever line/shape/stroke and *delete*

That's the thing then - vectors can be quite nice. ^^

[Akrim.elf]

Best Fantasy Scene
Best Rookie Entry

Dragon and Princes
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n159/Akrim13/g11246.png
sorry for realy bad english...

oki, edited...

[C-Lam]

Best Fantasy Scene
Best Rookie Entry
Best Magical Creature
Dragon and Princes
.....
sorry for realy bad english...
I'm not a expert on these contests, but I don't think you can enter on both Best Magical Creature and Best Fantasy scene. Think you can only enter one, and Best Rookie Entry of course. And please don't put it in spoilers tag, makes the judges job much harder when they need to click.
Oh, and if I'm wrong and this is all nonsense, by all means tell me.

[Domochevsky]

Nah, C-Lam, you're right on that. :smallsmile:

Qwernt, 150 layers? Holy balls, how did you produce so many? Are there even that many elements in the picture? :smalleek:
(As an aside... i have to admit, i'm still not quite sure what's going on in the pic in general. >_> )

[The Vorpal Tribble]

sorry for realy bad english...
That's not bad, only thing off is it needs to be 'corset suffocation'.



Ladies and gentleman, in captivity for the first time..

Best Magical Creature

"the rarest critter on Earth"

Ha :smallbiggrin:

I'm too old to be of the Milie generation, and never gave a crap... but I seem to remember her being something other than a pornstar or bad Gaga-wannabe. Oh well, the beginning was cool.

[Ignition]

Man, so many good entries :smallbiggrin: It's amazing what a little photoshop/illustrator can do with a prompt! On that note, I actually do have another idea, but I'll need to wait until I get home to do it/get started on it. The contest runs until the end of the month of September, right?