Artist's Challenge!

Started by Signomi July 14th, 2011 9:49 AM
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Signomi

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Artist’s Challenge – Summer time!


It is common knowledge that PokéCommunity is a jack of many trades—mainly thanks to the members!
For they are the ones with the many talents at hand. And I personally know that there are some very talented artists aboard and lurking.

So why not come out of hiding and show the community just what you’re made of?


Welcome to PokéCommunity Get-Together 8’s Artist’s Challenge!

Here, we put contestants at any skill level to the test—how well can people convey the theme in their art?

So how do we do this?


It is very simple; all you need to do is be creative with the theme of the challenge. Get out your pencils and sketch anything related to the theme of summer.
You know…beaches? Heat waves?
Sun bathing? Even melted ice cream? When you summer pops into mind, what is the first thing you associate it with?

We want you to answer that question in the form of art. You can be as crazy as you like,
we love seeing craziness in peoples’ drawings! If anything, the crazier you are with your work,
the more likely you are to have people looking on in awe and wonder.


What? Can you be any LESS creative with this theme?


Excuse you! Summer may be a theme used by other competitions in the Get Together…

…but this one comes with a bit of a twist.

While the theme of the challenge is summer, the judges shall expect all entrants to show their creativity…

IN COLOUR!

Spoiler:


What Black and White cleverly does with seasons is play with the tile colour palette in accordance to what the creators feel slot in with the mood of each season—with Autumn having a warm yet cool sort of presentation in contrast to seasons like Spring and Summer, which are both rich in colour and earthly beauties.

This is why I feel colour can play an essential part to identifying what season an artist is trying to portray in their picture, and it's here where I intend to put forth the challenge.

Although entries are not required to be beaming of a rainbow spectrum, entrants will find that the competition around them will motivate them to make their entries stand out.

All you need to do is draw anything you like (bear in mind it doesn't need to be Pokémon related either) and we will mostly evaluate your piece not just by the obvious cosmetic elements of summer (like beaches and water) but also by colour scheme. It should be noted that colours can catch the eye of the viewer immensely, and if your colours are vibrant and warm enough to suit a summer scene—then show us!

Here are some sample colour palettes I made myself, these are ones that I feel can represent any summer piece quite well. Some may seem more unlikely than others, but it's your job as the artist to make them work!

Pick any one you like to work with. You can even work with your own colour scheme, doesn't necessarily need to be the ones I picked out myself.

Spoiler:


Just be mindful of the following requirements.


Rules


  • All entries must be made completely by the artist. Art theft will not be tolerated.
    • Art theft is the use of other artwork from the internet and other resources, this is heavily discouraged and could risk your place in the challenge.
  • Entries must adhere to the theme of the competition.
    • Summer is the theme of the challenge.
    • Themes are allowed to be non-Pokémon related.
  • All entries must be made before the deadline.
    • The deadline is Thursday July 21st at 11:59 PM (GMT)
    • Entries shall be evaluated by the judges and results shall be posted shortly after the end of the challenge.
  • Only one entry per person.
    • However, you are allowed to edit your entry before the deadline.
  • Entries must be of suitable quality and presentation:
    • All digital art must be saved in PNG or GIF formats, both formats keep the quality of your image clean and crisp. JPEG images are disallowed because the format is notorious for ruining images with poorly compressed artifacts. If you have trouble with saving your images to the either of the appropriate formats, do contact either of the judges for support.
      • Traditional art (drawings made with traditional media such as pencils, crayons, etc.) must be scanned or photographed with good visual presentation in mind, as the judges will not take kindly to poorly presented images. When scanning your drawing, be sure to increase brightness/contrast levels if needed to display your drawing as accurately as it was on paper. If you have no scanner available, photography is a second choice—however—you must take a clear shot of your drawing as if it were a scanned image. Entries that do not adhere to this will be disqualified.

And the rewards?


First! - You came 1st Place in the Artist's Challenge during the 2011 Get-Together, showing that you possess great drive, passion and imagination to make an incredible piece of art. Congratulations!


Second! - You came 2nd Place in the Artist's Challenge during the 2011 Get-Together! It was a tough decision, but your artwork still wowed us tremendously!


Third! - You came 3rd Place in the Artist's Challenge during the 2011 Get-Together! Not quite the top, but this still shows you are a very skilled artist!


Participant! - You participated in the Artist's Challenge during the 2011 Get-Together! Although you didn't place, your entry was still a work of art!



Have fun, and good luck!


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Charizard★

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Mine's definitely not going to win any awards, but I was just kind of in the drawing mood after drawing a Pokemon:

Spoiler:


I definitely suck at scenery ;; and what's even worse my scanner is broken so I had to take a picture and it doesn't look too good...


Signomi

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Nice entries so far, guys!

@Charizard★ - Can you perhaps brighten your entry up a bit? It's nice, but it would look even nicer when if you added more brightness and contrast to it. :)

@Hikari10 - I'm afraid I'll have to disqualify your entry. The Oshawott is an outside image that I've seen before. It's in the rules that you're not allowed to use outside resources, it's technically art theft. Entries must be drawn completely yourself.

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Charmander_004

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Ok so i decided to join this contest, cause I dont have too many competition options, but i do love artwork. This is actually something I did in the oekaki section some months ago, only got a comment for it, and since its so far the best thing I could have ever wanted to do and took me a lot of time, i decided to put it up for this contest. Unintentionally it matches the contest's settings and rules so that's why i thought it was perfect for a mid-summer sunset beach setting. You might be wondering whats a charmander doing on a cliff over a beach, well, that charmander sure has a trainer somewhere there. I hope you like it.
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I'm gonna enter mine.....I just need to color it though, so I'm going to paste it into this post once I'm done. Reserve me...well, if I'm not too late.

Done. I suck at coloring, so forgive me if it's not the best. I hope to get a place though....the beach ball is in very light colors, so forgive me if it looks white.

Pokestick, good times.

cheeky

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I think I'll enter; though I'm not 100% positive that I'll have the time to make something in time for Monday.
Wish me luck though ;D

Hybrid Trainer

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I'm so rusty at drawing by hand D:
If i have time i wanna try and remake this in inkscape but if i can't heres my one in oil pastels (touched up in gimp afterwards ;D)

And yes there is a random flower head there ^-^
Spoiler:

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cheeky

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OK, I neglected all my plans for today and threw together a little something.

It's an anthropomorphism of summer. U mad? :D

Mind, I only used SAIs airbrush, and non of them fancy PhotShop cloud brushes (I LOVE THEM btw). Painting clouds manually is quite fun :3
Anyway, I've played plenty with colours. Hope people like it.

There's nothing that says summer to me like a bright, grassy meadow under a blue sky~

Aorio

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Here's my entry! <3


I titled this peace 'Ocean Eyes'. The Eevee's eyes are the colour of the sea, which to me represents a longing for summer :) It's looking into the sunlight, enjoying the new weather. I made the ocean a vibrant blue against the warm sandy colour of the beach, which is totally summer to me. The life-saver-ring thing and starfish were for pops of colour. I hope you like it!
Part of my inspiration was Signomi's picture at the top, and a few other pictures as well.
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This is a traditional drawing with colored pencil and some marker. ITs a Wooper buried in the sand, sort of a joke about how it's always smiling, apparently even when about to be drowned 'pirate-style' (though I'm not sure its possible to drown a fish lol)

It says
Still smiling! No one can bring me down!
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I wasn't sure if i should enter as my drawing skills aren't that good but decided to enter anyway. It's an old fashion pencil and marker drawing with a touch of paint editing. Hope it's good and somebody likes it :). Good luck to all the participants :D




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Statement: This is what summer means to me. As a student, summer is the ultimate release--a final state of relaxation, at a great cost. Realistically speaking, summer is where I've lost most of my knowledge and forgotten a lot of the lessons I've learned throughout the year. This summer in particular has been quite a painful one in terms of some unfinished business before college started. Regardless, it's been nice... Summer is fun, but I feel like (for me) it's without substance.

It's pencil on paper, with watercolor on top. I was going to ink it, but I decided not to since it would take so much more time. I couldn't get the photo to be any whiter, so I just left it grey... I tried to fiddle with the contrast as much as possible too, but that didn't work out too well.

It's... A lot more detailed up close.


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"I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away."

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Well, I'm bad at art and bad at drawing with a trackpad, so this is the best I can do.
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Signomi

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Actually, I mean to update this thread about that.

Due to the Get-Together extension, the Artist's Challenge shall be extended till Thursday 21st July at 11:59 PM GMT. This gives entrants more time to send in their entries, and people who have already entered are free to edit their entries within that time.

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Meganium

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Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
I guess I can enter in my picture. ^_^

Summer reminds me of the beach, always. And the first thing that reminds me of the beach is the sunset. So I went ahead and drew a picture of the sunset on the ocean. thank goodness for Photoshop brushes!

Spoiler:

Pokestick, good times.

cheeky

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Seen October 31st, 2022
Posted June 20th, 2022
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I'm seeing plenty of really well done pieces, can't even decide which ones I think look the best ;w;

Good luck to current and future participants!

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And the contest ends one minute before my birthday o3o