The January 2010 FArt Battle

PM'd asking for more info on the piece. Or a small version of the piece would do too. Not fair to judge it on limited information and all.

B..b..bb...b but my butt has to be stationary to draw if I move it I'll never get anything done.

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I will settle this. ORANGE FTW! - Ex Libris

I (maybe) refuse to change my entry until Christopher Robin chooses to use regular, easy to read standard white type. The field of orange when I see his posts kills my eyes x.x; I honestly skip anything he types because it's giant and orange and is a pain to read. It's nothing personal, other than his choice in colors. I'm making a stand! (maybe)

Yes, pieces that set out to change the entire Olympic format to give it a super-powered spin are perfectly acceptable. Its all in your set-up.

From the description FD gave me, I'm thinking his piece will be fine.

The difference is that he very clearly intended to bring male and female contestants together for his piece. The difference is the clear intent. When I look at Shia's piece, I don't see any clear intent to abide by the Hot Chicks rule. And I'm also clearly not the only one who saw it this way... because it was pointed out before me. There was nothing showing that this was a co-ed race (as will be clearly shown in FD's piece). You could just as easily say the foot in the pool is an oddly-shaped balloon as you could that it is female, based on the CONTEXT.

Heck, if there was a high heel on it, I would have taken it. That at least would have shown acknowledgement of the rule, and maybe even a little tongue-in-cheek way of showing his feelings for it!

I feel really awful about all this going back and forth arguing about Shia's piece. I hope he takes all the suggestions everyone has come up with as a sign of how much we want him to stay in. I love that tattoo suggestion, among others. Goes to show you guys can come up with ways of using the rule to your advantage to come up with something interesting and creative.

Also, Shia can always pop in to plead his case if he feels he's been really wronged here. Or PM me. Whichever =)

EDIT: You darn people have to stop posting while I'm typing and making some of my comments irrelevant!

hahah I'm getting Déjà vu here and we havn't finished the first month yet...


In my opinion that guy on the left totally has boobs...

Great job Shia, i saw what ya did there

Enter a contest or don't but if you do then complaining that the rules apply to you is silly.

As for the rules, if a person has a problem with them the proper time to speak against them is before the contest begins. Complaining after the fact is just... Inane.

As for the co trovery itself, well it's very darn amusing to watch... Please do continue . But personally, if I had the balls or talent to enter, I'd probably would hace had a baby chicken on fire at the very bottom of the pic... And in each month I survived I would have advanced the chich a little further across the screen and had the fire a little bigger... Screw wether it was relevant to the submission or not... I just think burning baby chickens alive to qualify would be amusing!!

Thanks, Caemgen.

I also would have taken a burning baby chicken. Anything that was a specific nod to the rule in an effort to have fun with it is excellent.

You brought up a good point... I had a thread going for a month before the January theme even went up detailing my intentions for the contest. The January theme has been up since December... there's already been more than enough time to bring up any ill feelings. So now its way past time.

People who don't like the rules don't have to play the game. It isn't like this is an officially sanctioned contest or for any prize. This is something that Juggertha started up, and I don't know if you all realize this, but I specifically was given permission by him to run it this year.

If someone wants to have a concurrent Fan Art competition going with different rules or a different set-up, go for it! There's nothing anywhere saying the boards can only handle one contest ever and that's it.

The long and the short is; I've gone over this a bunch of times, made suggestions, Shia still has time to either convince me himself or take any of the numerous suggestions, and I've made my position quite clear. So I consider the matter closed.

I always miss the good drama. *pout and sigh*

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

((applauds))

They're your guns Wassy, stick to them!

Deebs could have had a good argument against the rule if it was made before the start of the contest- a hawt chick may be obviously out of place in some arts, how much hawt chick must be shown, why not be fair and insist on eye candy for those who prefer the dudes, etc etc... I may have been on board with that.

However, was not one of the big complaints last year regarding changing rules after the fact? I cannot recall who made that complaint last year but I see no reason to give them call to make the same complaint so early into the contest this year...

Briefly because I need to get some sleep.

@ Shia: In a word, No.
If I were to change my text font or color to something else it would not be through coercion or your "making a stand." Click n' drag over my text and presto it's now blue on white... Super easy to read and it takes less than one second and almost no effort to do.

If that is too much "work" for you to do then just ignore me.

If you are looking for an easy way to cop out you have several avenues open to you and it's kinda strange that you would seek to pin it on me?

@deebs: F.Y.I. For those not aware the forums gives you approximately 1 minute to make any changes to a post you want without being considered an edit. Seriously as many as you want as long as you are less than 60 secs it counts as your original post... how do I know that? Simple I do it all the time.... I edit all my posts.

Every single one of them.

Take a look through my thread (button is in the sig) or anywhere I post often and see for yourself. If there is a post that does not say edited it's more than likely because I was fast enough to beat the 60 second clock. You think I am editing just on account of you???

Nope think again.

Also you have edited posts too, what's your point?

If you honestly want to have a debate about the rules, something you think I said wrong or my "maddening orange text" I'm willing to do so in PM's or through voice chat, but if you just want controversy for it's own sake or to ruin the contest thread for others I wish you well but you are on your own.

P.S.

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Originally Posted by Deebs but of course theres super heroes in the olympics right , gotcha CR !

Of course there are... define super hero... ummm Un-gotcha CR !?!
But define it in a PM... i'm like taking a stand and stuffz(maybe)... >. > __ < .<

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I will settle this. ORANGE FTW! - Ex Libris

Ok guys... this seems to be getting all too familiar.

In 2008 I started up the FArt contest as a way to focus, challenge, and inspire some of the artists on this board. It was never to be taken too seriously (look at the title for god's sake), and it is strictly for enjoyment purposes.

The first year went off relatively smoothly. Some people objected to the contest, and they simply didn't join. The second year, well, joined or not, many people decided to voice their strong objections to nearly everything - the main focus seemingly on the adherence to the rules.

So this year, Wassy is running the show and has decided to be a bit firmer with the rules. They dont sound outrageous to me, and they were posted well in advance.

So, if the rules are unclear, ask for clarification (as FD did) - but if you don't like the rules of the contest... WHY COMPLAIN ABOUT THEM WHEN IT'S UNDERWAY??? Why not say something beforehand?

And seriously folks, chill out a bit. This is for fun. If you're not having fun, shake it off and don't bother with this thing.

It's not worth it.

.... I would now like to state for the record that I HAVE collected all 493 pokemon...

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err... umm... also I think for this contest now, that we need at LEAST a one breast minimum on all drawings

Y'all's be so crazee!

This contest isn't what it used to be, so I'm going to call myself the the last and therefore only reigning FArt Champion.

You might as well just call the whole thing off now.

or or or the first person that submitted a piece this year to be declared the winner.

If you want to enter... follow the guide lines set forth by the host or don't enter.

Hm, I did fail to recall the 'women' requirement as I worked on this so suddenly (As I very rarely think before I do anything), however I have made necessary adjustments to my piece (It did take me a while as I was trying to think of a way to put it in that wouldn't harsh the humor and artistic integrity of my original submission). So, after careful consideration (And quite honestly sitting back and enjoying the forum drama for quite a while, while considering how best to respond), I have come up with this girl version of my original submission!