This month your job is to go out and find a piece of PolarBearGod's uncolored line artwork and then color it. It can be any piece he ever posted in the forums, even one that has already been colored (possibly more than once). You must color the drawing specifically for this contest. You may not submit a piece of artwork that was colored before this contest started, whether or not you were the one who colored it.
I know there are plenty of his drawings floating around, but some of them can be hard to find. If someone wants to do a little digging and post as many of his uncolored drawings as they can find in this thread (preferably in spoilers ;)), that would be awesome as I don't have the time to do that.
Since this contest is starting a week late, I will be willing to extend it as necessary. I know from experience that a good coloring job can take some time, and please take your time and do a good job.
Is this theme really poor enough that nobody is going to submit any entries? There are only four days left in July and I'd really like to see something come of this.
If needed I will extend this contest through August as well, but honestly this one shouldn't need it. Three weeks is plenty of time to do a quality coloring job as we know from the artwork contests where people only get one or two weeks because they're paired with someone else doing the drawing.
I don't think the theme is bad. I think it's more the fact that most of his line art, or at least the stuff that was posted in the thread, has already been colored... extremely well, haha.
and all the files that were posted are jpegs, I think that'd make it a little harder than usual. If anyone has the PSDs I'd love to have them, at least for practice, I'm not very good at it yet ><.
I don't think the theme is bad. I think it's more the fact that most of his line art, or at least the stuff that was posted in the thread, has already been colored... extremely well, haha.
Yes, but some of it hasn't been colored and I see no reason why you couldn't just try your hand at coloring something that someone else already did. The old version (better or worse) won't be in this contest, so people should compare it to the other submissions, not the previous coloring of that artwork.
and all the files that were posted are jpegs, I think that'd make it a little harder than usual. If anyone has the PSDs I'd love to have them, at least for practice, I'm not very good at it yet ><.
You're not going to get a psd of uncolored artwork. As you said, his artwork is line drawings (which is why it needs coloring in the first place). He drew them and then scanned them in, so there never was anything (digital) other than jpgs.
I'm extending the deadline for this contest three days (to the end of August 3). I may extend it farther into August (like to the end of it) if we don't have a reasonable number of entries by then, but I'll give you guys at least an extra few days.
I'm doing something with the Dragon from post #11 from that same thread. I haven't colored someone else's B/W work since I was in elementary school, so this is a bit of a new experience for me.
As I said in my last post, unfortunately mid-August isn't really an option. I can't start another contest in mid august because there wouldn't be enough time for people to get their entries done before the contest closes. So really, this either needs to close in the next few days, or it needs to run the length of August.
We still only have one finished entry by my counting, and that's nowhere near enough. I need to hear from people. Would an extension through August be helpful, or is this contest just not your cup of tea? By my current count we have 1 entry in and 3 that could use the extension, but nobody else is saying anything.
I say do the extension if it will help out some people. I've got something to turn in before the deadline, but that would only make two entries total, which is pretty low.
I wasn't here last summer, but I think that it's not so much the contest as everyone's schedules during summer. Attendance on other forums is down and I've seen the number of participants in my local FNM drop by a third.
At first I was going to reply with why I couldn't do it and yadda yadda yadda, but then I decided to stop my long-winded explanation and just color something. I felt like trying new things anyways and I left it as a render, enjoy..
I say do the extension if it will help out some people. I've got something to turn in before the deadline, but that would only make two entries total, which is pretty low.
I wasn't here last summer, but I think that it's not so much the contest as everyone's schedules during summer. Attendance on other forums is down and I've seen the number of participants in my local FNM drop by a third.
That's a good point. I was around last summer, but I don't remember what the entry totals looked like, so it very possibly could just be the summer.
Either way, I want this contest to have more than three entries, so I'm making the call to extend this contest through the end of August. Any entry submitted on or before August 31 is fair game.
Also, a note to FKiH and spiderboy, if you want, you may make some modifications and/or additions to your entries. Seeing as you submitted them without knowledge of the extension, I think it's only fair that you have the extra time too if you want it.
Krashbot, when you post all the entries for judging, are you going to put the original B/W pictures up as well, side by side as a sort of "before and after"?
Krashbot, when you post all the entries for judging, are you going to put the original B/W pictures up as well, side by side as a sort of "before and after"?
I hadn't thought about it, but that's not a bad idea. I think I might actually do that just for the effect of "this is what the coloring did." That way it also removes some of the bias toward voting for art that was really good in the line form as there's more of a "who improved the art the most" feel to the contest, which is more what I was going for in the first place.
OK, seriously guys, wtf? I didn't give this contest an extra month so you could submit a whole lot of nothing. I only extended it because I thought people actually needed the extension. Had I known that it would have net one entry (that came the day after the extension) I would have extended it for a day and called it at that.
Anyway, this contest is closed. The poll will be up shortly.
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This month your job is to go out and find a piece of PolarBearGod's uncolored line artwork and then color it. It can be any piece he ever posted in the forums, even one that has already been colored (possibly more than once). You must color the drawing specifically for this contest. You may not submit a piece of artwork that was colored before this contest started, whether or not you were the one who colored it.
I know there are plenty of his drawings floating around, but some of them can be hard to find. If someone wants to do a little digging and post as many of his uncolored drawings as they can find in this thread (preferably in spoilers ;)), that would be awesome as I don't have the time to do that.
Since this contest is starting a week late, I will be willing to extend it as necessary. I know from experience that a good coloring job can take some time, and please take your time and do a good job.
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http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=117294
It has a lot of his work, colored and not colored.
Is this theme really poor enough that nobody is going to submit any entries? There are only four days left in July and I'd really like to see something come of this.
If needed I will extend this contest through August as well, but honestly this one shouldn't need it. Three weeks is plenty of time to do a quality coloring job as we know from the artwork contests where people only get one or two weeks because they're paired with someone else doing the drawing.
Let's see some entries here!
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
and all the files that were posted are jpegs, I think that'd make it a little harder than usual. If anyone has the PSDs I'd love to have them, at least for practice, I'm not very good at it yet ><.
Yes, but some of it hasn't been colored and I see no reason why you couldn't just try your hand at coloring something that someone else already did. The old version (better or worse) won't be in this contest, so people should compare it to the other submissions, not the previous coloring of that artwork.
You're not going to get a psd of uncolored artwork. As you said, his artwork is line drawings (which is why it needs coloring in the first place). He drew them and then scanned them in, so there never was anything (digital) other than jpgs.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
I'm extending the deadline for this contest three days (to the end of August 3). I may extend it farther into August (like to the end of it) if we don't have a reasonable number of entries by then, but I'll give you guys at least an extra few days.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
Oh, I see ><
His drawings were all so crisp and dark, I just figured they were done in PS with a tablet of something, my bad.
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I don't really want to extend it past the 3rd unless I'm going to make it a 2-month contest because otherwise the August contest gets cut very short.
However, if people want me to extend it through the end of August I am willing to do so. If you have an opinion on the extension feel free to post it.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
We still only have one finished entry by my counting, and that's nowhere near enough. I need to hear from people. Would an extension through August be helpful, or is this contest just not your cup of tea? By my current count we have 1 entry in and 3 that could use the extension, but nobody else is saying anything.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
I wasn't here last summer, but I think that it's not so much the contest as everyone's schedules during summer. Attendance on other forums is down and I've seen the number of participants in my local FNM drop by a third.
That's a good point. I was around last summer, but I don't remember what the entry totals looked like, so it very possibly could just be the summer.
Either way, I want this contest to have more than three entries, so I'm making the call to extend this contest through the end of August. Any entry submitted on or before August 31 is fair game.
Also, a note to FKiH and spiderboy, if you want, you may make some modifications and/or additions to your entries. Seeing as you submitted them without knowledge of the extension, I think it's only fair that you have the extra time too if you want it.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
Krashbot, when you post all the entries for judging, are you going to put the original B/W pictures up as well, side by side as a sort of "before and after"?
I hadn't thought about it, but that's not a bad idea. I think I might actually do that just for the effect of "this is what the coloring did." That way it also removes some of the bias toward voting for art that was really good in the line form as there's more of a "who improved the art the most" feel to the contest, which is more what I was going for in the first place.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
OK, seriously guys, wtf? I didn't give this contest an extra month so you could submit a whole lot of nothing. I only extended it because I thought people actually needed the extension. Had I known that it would have net one entry (that came the day after the extension) I would have extended it for a day and called it at that.
Anyway, this contest is closed. The poll will be up shortly.
Winner of the Weekly Signature & Avatar Contest Weeks 51, 59, 78, & 118.
I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.