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Welcome to the March Bi-Monthly Altered Art Contest voting thread. The theme for two months ago was: Sci-Fi Alteration! The theme for this go around is sci-fi! Do you have a favorite sci-fi flick? Maybe you're one with the force or a die hard trekkie. Whether it be Aliens, Predator, Luke Skywalker, or E.T., your goal for this month is to alter a card in such a fashion that you work in a small (or large) tribute to your favorite sci-fi flick or character. The original card must be easily recognizable and you must alter a real card without any digital means. Entries will be do by April 30th at 12:00 midnight EST. Good luck and I look forward to more entries this go around ladies and gentlemen.
Alright, I suppose I should offer up an explanation
First of all, it is the Oracle from the third Matrix movie (Matrix Revolutions)
I realize my execution isn't great, but I needed something turned in with all of the talk of cancellation of the contest. It does look decent in person, but scans didn't turn it the way I want too. It was late, dark, and the deadline was coming up..
I used a Sharpie. I don't currently own anything else that would really show up well on a card. I think this (along with other factors) limits the number of entries.
With the photoshop contest, many of us have Photoshop, .gimp, Paint.net, or even MS Paint and can do some manipulation. With the artwork contest, everyone has access to at least paper and pens, pencils, or crayons. I would guess that the number of people who own acrylics is far, far less.
Also, this is the third contest and I think many of us are like me - students who have some free time, but need to finish studying for a midterm or homework before fixing up an internet artwork project.
I wanted to enter all three contests, but quite frankly for this one, I lack the tools, some artistic ability to actually paint with paint, and the time after trying to do the other contests, so this one was really a quick entry with not too much time or thought put into it. I stumbled across an Unhinged Plains in my trade binder, noticed that it looked a little bit like the opening credits for X-Files and drew a freehand logo and words, as well as darkening the mountains to make it resemble the darkened sky with a Sharpie.
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Welcome to the March Bi-Monthly Altered Art Contest voting thread. The theme for two months ago was:
Sci-Fi Alteration!
The theme for this go around is sci-fi! Do you have a favorite sci-fi flick? Maybe you're one with the force or a die hard trekkie. Whether it be Aliens, Predator, Luke Skywalker, or E.T., your goal for this month is to alter a card in such a fashion that you work in a small (or large) tribute to your favorite sci-fi flick or character. The original card must be easily recognizable and you must alter a real card without any digital means. Entries will be do by April 30th at 12:00 midnight EST. Good luck and I look forward to more entries this go around ladies and gentlemen.
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First of all, it is the Oracle from the third Matrix movie (Matrix Revolutions)
I realize my execution isn't great, but I needed something turned in with all of the talk of cancellation of the contest. It does look decent in person, but scans didn't turn it the way I want too. It was late, dark, and the deadline was coming up..
I used a Sharpie. I don't currently own anything else that would really show up well on a card. I think this (along with other factors) limits the number of entries.
With the photoshop contest, many of us have Photoshop, .gimp, Paint.net, or even MS Paint and can do some manipulation. With the artwork contest, everyone has access to at least paper and pens, pencils, or crayons. I would guess that the number of people who own acrylics is far, far less.
Also, this is the third contest and I think many of us are like me - students who have some free time, but need to finish studying for a midterm or homework before fixing up an internet artwork project.
I wanted to enter all three contests, but quite frankly for this one, I lack the tools, some artistic ability to actually paint with paint, and the time after trying to do the other contests, so this one was really a quick entry with not too much time or thought put into it. I stumbled across an Unhinged Plains in my trade binder, noticed that it looked a little bit like the opening credits for X-Files and drew a freehand logo and words, as well as darkening the mountains to make it resemble the darkened sky with a Sharpie.