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Discussion: City of Heroes Declare Your Loyalty 6 Year Anniversary Contest!

AliasiSudonomo

By AliasiSudonomo,
Posted on: 2010-04-30 24:36 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion

 

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This thread is to discuss the announcement found here.

Thanks,

 

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I may have skipped it (twice) but is it only 1 entry per person?

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Originally Posted by EmperorSteele View Post
I may have skipped it (twice) but is it only 1 entry per person?
Yes.

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One entry per person ONLY will be accepted, so you will have to choose which category you'd like to enter!
All entries will be judged equally on the following criteria: creativity, originality, visual appearance, and strength of propaganda idea (for Loyalist Billboard Category only).

 

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I for one like that its saying that us good loyalists are blueside and those horrible resistance are redside.

 

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I for one like that its saying that us good loyalists are blueside and those horrible resistance are redside.
The actual game thinks otherwise

I'd like to enter this - but I'd be using a 3D art program, and I'm not sure I could get all the parts I needed to make models of Tyrant or his thugs in time for the deadline.

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How about some still shots of resistance/loyalist/Praetorean AVs to help us make our images? Or did I miss a link with some good options to pull from?

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Submitted in .psd format (to preserve layers) if possible; otherwise, .tga format
Hurm. Any chance of allowing other formats like PNG, TIFF, or BMP? My non-thousand dollar editor of choice (Acorn for OS X) doesn't support PSD or TGA.

Thanks!

Looking forward to seeing what people come up with!

-Buxley


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Originally Posted by Bystander View Post
I for one like that its saying that us good loyalists are blueside and those horrible resistance are redside.
I caught and loved that, as well.

 

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Originally Posted by Buxley1 View Post
Hurm. Any chance of allowing other formats like PNG, TIFF, or BMP? My non-thousand dollar editor of choice (Acorn for OS X) doesn't support PSD or TGA.

Thanks!

Looking forward to seeing what people come up with!

-Buxley
Y'know what? Sure. We can work with other formats. Having layers is ideal because it gives us the ability to easily modify individual elements (which would save us time in adapting the art into actual game assets), but the contest is really about clever ideas, so don't let the file format be an issue. Submit the art in any common format, and we'll work around the layer thing.

Have fun!

David Nakayama, Lead Concept Artist
COH Concept Art Gallery now open at http://pixelsaurus.deviantart.com/

 

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
The actual game thinks otherwise

I'd like to enter this - but I'd be using a 3D art program, and I'm not sure I could get all the parts I needed to make models of Tyarnt or his thugs in time for the deadline.
The examples are just that: examples. Feel free to use whichever characters make sense to you.

And just a tiny bit of art direction for you guys, to point you down the right path: 3D art may not be the best fit in Praetoria b/c we're looking to sources like Communist and American propaganda circa WW2 for inspiration. That means flat, stark colors either alone or combined with a more painterly approach, bold block lettering, and clever graphic design.

We definitely weren't expecting you guys to build and execute in 3D.

David Nakayama, Lead Concept Artist
COH Concept Art Gallery now open at http://pixelsaurus.deviantart.com/

 

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Would it be wise to post watermarked WIP's in the art subforum?

 

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I'm normally a very positive person on these forums, but seeing yet another competition I cannot legally enter gets me down.

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Originally Posted by Buxley1 View Post
Hurm. Any chance of allowing other formats like PNG, TIFF, or BMP? My non-thousand dollar editor of choice (Acorn for OS X) doesn't support PSD or TGA.

Thanks!

Looking forward to seeing what people come up with!

-Buxley
May I make an Open Source suggestion?

 

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Any chance you might allow videos? If I can get hold of the demofile models for GR, I could probably do an ad for either side, a la Recluse's "I am Recluse, hear me blather" speech on the Grandville monitors.

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Originally Posted by David Nakayama View Post
The examples are just that: examples. Feel free to use whichever characters make sense to you.

And just a tiny bit of art direction for you guys, to point you down the right path: 3D art may not be the best fit in Praetoria b/c we're looking to sources like Communist and American propaganda circa WW2 for inspiration. That means flat, stark colors either alone or combined with a more painterly approach, bold block lettering, and clever graphic design.

We definitely weren't expecting you guys to build and execute in 3D.
Well, Photoshop can add some very good efefcts to make 3D look like it's 2D - and as I can't draw, 3D is my best way of doing it

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Would it be wise to post watermarked WIP's in the art subforum?
Sure. You guys could probably help each other come up with stronger ideas. I won't be able to weigh in personally (or it'll look like favortism), but when I need art advice, I always find it helpful to run my ideas by a friend.

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
Well, Photoshop can add some very good efefcts to make 3D look like it's 2D - and as I can't draw, 3D is my best way of doing it
Sounds like a plan. Just try to think old school, like you're actually working for the Ministry of Proganda in some authoritarian state.

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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
Any chance you might allow videos? If I can get hold of the demofile models for GR, I could probably do an ad for either side, a la Recluse's "I am Recluse, hear me blather" speech on the Grandville monitors.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Alas, this one's 2D only, I'm afraid. The Loyalist propaganda will be attached to billboards and the Resistance graffiti will be applied to walls--no tv screens.

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Originally Posted by Rylas View Post
How about some still shots of resistance/loyalist/Praetorean AVs to help us make our images? Or did I miss a link with some good options to pull from?
We'd like you guys to approach this as a drawing/graphic design challenge. You can use the GR website resources (character profiles and concept art) to get an idea of what some of these characters look like, but shoot for simple, stylized images and think hardest about the message:

What would the Cole government say to keep citizens in line? What truths does the Resistance want to expose?

David Nakayama, Lead Concept Artist
COH Concept Art Gallery now open at http://pixelsaurus.deviantart.com/

 

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Originally Posted by Obsidius View Post
May I make an Open Source suggestion?
Maybe? If I can open your file in Photoshop, we're golden.

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Originally Posted by Buxley1 View Post
Hurm. Any chance of allowing other formats like PNG, TIFF, or BMP? My non-thousand dollar editor of choice (Acorn for OS X) doesn't support PSD or TGA.

Thanks!

Looking forward to seeing what people come up with!

-Buxley

Ifranview and Photoscape I find quite handy.


Not sure if they're exactly solve your problem but irfanview can open a load of formats including psd. A fast google showed a couple of free converters TO psd.*




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Any chance those of us outside the acceptable areas can submit something with the appropriate disclaimers and still have it appear in game, without being eligible for the prizes?

Edit: To clarify, I mean those of us outside the US, Canada and EU.

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Originally Posted by David Nakayama View Post
Sounds like a plan. Just try to think old school, like you're actually working for the Ministry of Proganda in some authoritarian state.
You're making it sound like Tyrant's some kind of dictator, rather than just a misunderstood hero

Like I said about the 3D, I'd like to enter, but ti depends on what ready-made 3D elements I can find that'd be suitable for Praetorians.

@Golden Girl

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