Graphics Contest Entry Thread

**Doc Frye** · 03-05-2008 12:24 PM

Wow! We have some really sweet looking rides in this little compitition. It feels good to create, right?

MO, I didn't notice the beautiful stain fade the first time I saw your board, but it really does add a lot.

Jcup, Funny. I just received a Wacom Bamboo as a gift because I was enjoying art so much again. Those Wacom pens are really incredible. I am especially enjoying the Oil Painting features.

Rodgon, Are you still waiting for the board to arrive or the art to be finished? I'd be freaking out if the board wasn't in front of me 2-3 weeks ago!

Destroyer of Poetry, Cool as Sh#@ board! Did you play with the colors a little on the picture to get the image to pop out? I ask because I can't tell what color sheet is behind the board.

David

**rodgon** · 03-05-2008 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Doc Frye

Rodgon, Are you still waiting for the board to arrive or the art to be finished? I'd be freaking out if the board wasn't in front of me 2-3 weeks ago!

The artwork has been done and is being translated on to the board and being finished up as we i type this. it should be done well before the deadline. Just keep an eye out for it. its an awesome mini!

**LB1967** · 03-05-2008 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by rodgon

The artwork has been done and is being translated on to the board and being finished up as we i type this. it should be done well before the deadline. Just keep an eye out for it. its an awesome mini!

There were two deadlines for this contest explained in the rules. The board had to be completed by the end of Feb and you had a week to decide when to post your entry. Am I missing something? Because I failed in completeing my entry by the deadline stated in the rules and it will not be entered.

LB

**destroyerofpottery** · 03-05-2008 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Doc Frye

Wow! We have some really sweet looking rides in this little compitition. It feels good to create, right?

Destroyer of Poetry, Cool as Sh#@ board! Did you play with the colors a little on the picture to get the image to pop out? I ask because I can't tell what color sheet is behind the board.

David

Thanks man! And, yeah, it does feel good to create and see others awesome creativity!

The pics of mine have a bit of redish in the background (it's a white sheet) because it was quite difficult to photograph (because the paint has a sheen to it.) It was a challenge to get a clean pic of the whole thing that didn't have a big glare. That, and the nose and tail are quite dark, but still have detail, so needed a fair amount of light to show that. My boyfirend was in charge of taking the pics, and did a great job

Pics were tweaked just a bit to correct the color, and it acctually looks a lot like it does in real life. It looks sweet in person, (a teensy bit greener too), but I'm sure all these boards look more awesome in person than in pics! Sweet entries!

**Doc Frye** · 03-05-2008 01:27 PM

I know what you are saying. I litterally took hundreds of photos trying showcase the art without getting shine. The reflection would cover so much of the board that it would obscure the artwork. Your boyfriend did a great job, and that scene is just amazing.

David

**Jesse Tighe** · 03-05-2008 01:58 PM

what time do the have to be subbmitted by is it on thursday or friday and what time of day i just screwed mine up and im tryin to corect it
heres what it did look like before i scrape some paint

heres my other one

bear in mind i suck at anything intracate

**liljimmisticles** · 03-05-2008 02:12 PM

Heavenly- good to see you posted, I like the honeycomb I think a random coloring of the individual "combs" connected together would look great. I dig the hypno-seuss must speak in iambic pentameter.

**Jesse Tighe** · 03-05-2008 02:27 PM

ye i am going to spray two or hree black but i scuffed some paint so i am going to have to work my ass off tomoro to get this finished

**teddy** · 03-05-2008 03:20 PM

Man ya gotta love back street art, no frills just 'stoke'

**rodgon** · 03-05-2008 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by LB1967

There were two deadlines for this contest explained in the rules. The board had to be completed by the end of Feb and you had a week to decide when to post your entry. Am I missing something? Because I failed in completeing my entry by the deadline stated in the rules and it will not be entered.

LB

The board just has to be completed by the deadline, and submitted by the deadline. there wasnt anything that said that there was a time for building... you trying to get me disqualified? hahahaha

or am i mistaken?

mmmmm?

**Weed** · 03-05-2008 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by Jcup315

Hi everyone, I have been enjoying the entries so far and have finally completed my graphic. The board was cut and assembled a while ago and has been sitting around blank until I heard about the contest. I sketched a robot with an MPC on his chest hitting the buttons with one arm and blasting an old boom box in the other. I scanned the sketch into photoshop and start painting over it using my Wacom tablet and pen. Once the design was desirable I held the prints over my hot stove to age the paper and mute the colors to match the rough stain. Then I cut out all the pieces carefully with a small blade and mounted them on the deck. Finally the clear coat...enjoy!

The tag in the cloud says Abstract Grey (my graphic design title for the longboard scene) and the logo is on the bottom of his foot.

thats ####### sick

heres mine

**rodgon** · 03-05-2008 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by sniffleless

You can enter all the way up until I make the poll thread. So that gives you until March 7 to safely get your entry posted. Top or bottom. As long as it's a graphic you can enter it.

that being clarified..

only a couple more minutes till submission of Arcane/Rodgon Collaboration project.

**sniffleless** · 03-05-2008 05:11 PM

The entry week has always been a grey area. Perferably all contestants should have their work finished by the end of the designated build month (febuary). That being said, (and I just covered this in another thread) anyone could still be working on their art all the way up until the end and no one would be the wiser. So why not just say it's okay? It usually gets a few more entrants in and keeps things running smooth. I let things run a little loose with these contests. If you start coming down hard on everyone and they tend to be less fun. These contests are just about having fun.

**LB1967** · 03-05-2008 05:36 PM

Well, I guess i should have just skipped the rules and kept on chuggin' along. Too bad as I can't complete it now. Oh well. That being clarified , I was not missing anything. The rules just called an audible in mid contest. It is correct that some could lie about not being done in time , but some already have outed themselves.
Just think it is one thing to go into a contest as a pro amoungst hobbiests and another to go in as a pro and not make a deadline.
Later.

**Doc Frye** · 03-05-2008 05:37 PM

5. All entries must be made during the official build period specified. This means it has to be new work. Not something you did last year or whenever.

Timeline:
Febuary is the official "Build Period." All entries must be made during Febuary. I will post the "It's Go Time" thread to kick it off.
You have until the end of Febuary to finish your art.

Cut and pasted from Sniffless Rules.

I can see this from both sides, though.

**Birdman87** · 03-05-2008 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by Doc Frye

5. All entries must be made during the official build period specified. This means it has to be new work. Not something you did last year or whenever.

Timeline:
Febuary is the official "Build Period." All entries must be made during Febuary. I will post the "It's Go Time" thread to kick it off.
You have until the end of Febuary to finish your art.

Cut and pasted from Sniffless Rules.

I can see this from both sides, though.

Problem being, how can it be enforced?
It really can't, until the thread is locked...
but, whats the point of locking a thread if there is no vote option.

I love the way Sniffy runs these. The gray areas of the rulings always tend to clear themselves up.

**arcane** · 03-05-2008 05:43 PM

Here is a collaboration between Rodgon and myself. I have to say to begin with that the art work was competed and sent to me in February. I applied the top graphic and painted the stripes during February. I was unable to apply the bottom graphic to the board until this week. I don't know if this is in keeping with the rules so I figured I would let everyone know.

The beautiful artwork you see on both sides of this board was conceived and brought to life by Rodgon. It was applied to a mini I made with waterslide paper. I laid down the center stripes and finished the board with a combo of polycrylic and spray clear coat.

The board is entitled Ahu. The Ahu are the platforms on which some of the Moai which are the Easter Island heads were erected. It seemed like a fitting name.

Here are the pics from conception to final deck.

Here is the original sketch by Rodgon.

A pic during the art development process. Computer art magic.

Finished work.

**LB1967** · 03-05-2008 05:48 PM

Can I suggest that from now on any contests with posted rules stick to the posted rules. I can read the very un-grey rules and Feb is Feb, this is March. No Grey involved. Simple comprehension of simple rules needed only. Others had posted concerns about not completing in the time allotted (sylviajane) on the 20th and was told that she had a week or more left to complete. NOT 18 days which brings her to the 7th. So that makes my entry and concerns not singular.
Would have thought a pro would have made the deadline and would not badger the point but for his cocky attitude and lack of respect for structured rules.
There is an expensive board I am no longer in the running for and that makes this very un-fun for me.

LB

**LB1967** · 03-05-2008 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by Birdman87

Problem being, how can it be enforced?
It really can't, until the thread is locked...
but, whats the point of locking a thread if there is no vote option.

I love the way Sniffy runs these. The gray areas of the rulings always tend to clear themselves up.

Enforcement is easy . Those that postred they were not done,here, today, are in-fact done with the contest. They did not make the deadline. This is for a boad worth major $$. Has some balls and withdraw. Simple.