Get a Chance at a Free BAKART Commission!

As some of you know, my father passed away this past month and it has left me a little unmotivated to do any serious art collecting. In and of itself, that certainly isn't a problem - it's not like I have to collect art - but I was in the queue for another BAKART piece and I'm just not feeling in the mood to develop another scenario for him to capture as brilliantly as he usually does. My lack of motivation will undoubtedly pass but it is my turn and I don't want to keep the guy waiting any longer.

So here is the deal: You send me your idea for a scene featuring your own character with all the proper references as soon as you can. I'll put my favorites into a big bowl and pick one at random to send it off to Fauji to immortalize. And I'll pick up the tab. A few rules:

1. You're going to have to link your references so make sure all the links work and are of good quality. Please don't ask me anything about "is this good enough?" or where to host image files because I likely won't answer. Just be as thorough as you can as good references make for a good piece.

2. You can send the references to me either here or over on deviantArt. I prefer to get them via dA because it will be much easier to forward the selected references to Fauji from there. Make sure to be prepared to provide an email address so you can receive your image file in the event you are selected. The link to my dA account is in my signature below. Do not send anything to BAKART. He has given his consent for this but is uninvolved in the selection process. Send the references to me and me alone.

3. Try to not get too crazy with the number of characters, scope, etc. He does great epic stuff but he's not going to make a career of your piece. You can check examples of his work in here - BAKART's Gallery - to get an idea of what he can do but understand that those multiple character pieces probably carried a slightly higher price tag. Try to keep it to no more than 3 characters.

4. The references must be received by 12:01 AM Pacific, January 8, 2011. That's a little more than 26 hours from the time of this post. I'm sorry for the short notice and time frame but he's been waiting for me this week and I've let the guy down. So chop chop. Please.

5. All of the regular art collecting folks are certainly welcome to submit references but I am leaning towards trying to give the shot to some folks who maybe don't normally have the resources for this occasionally expensive hobby. That said, if I just love your idea it'll get a fair shot no matter if it is your 1st or your 50th piece.

6. Only one "entry" per person please. You folks with multiple CoH accounts and multiple dA accounts are on the honor system. Don't screw me over. Please.

Get cracking!

Just a quick update to mention that your references should include everything specific you'd like represented in the piece. The artist has done some CoH art but is not a player so if you want your hero fighting a few Nemesis soldiers, for example, he needs to see them too. The more detailed your references and description, the better. Make this as painless for me as possible, please.

A very giving gesture Attache. I've always been a fan of spreading the art around and I applaud the direction you've chosen to go with this. Bravo!

*/em salute*

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"So here is the deal: You send me your idea for a scene featuring your own character with all the proper references as soon as you can. I'll put my favorites into a big bowl and pick one at random to send it off to Fauji to immortalize. And I'll pick up the tab."

One of the nicest gestures I've seen in this Forum.

Tena rawa atu koe i to aitua nui,

James.

Thanks for doing this, Attache.

I sent my entry to you via a note on DeviantArt; user name there, as here, is Crazy1van. If that's not how you needed to recieve it, I'm sure whoever does win your drawing will appreciate your gesture too.

I agree that's a very nice gesture and I'm terribly sorry for your loss. Personally I can't take advantage of the offer as it wouldn't feel right to me, but that's my own personal hang-up.

Sent you the refs on DA, atleast I hope I did. (First time for me)

Thanks for the initiative Attache

Very cool, i'll bow out in favor of someone less artwhorish

Sent a Boards message to you, Attache.
Sorry for your loss.

Very good of you to offer this, Attache.

I've not got a huge art collection myself, but I've already scored two from BAKArt, so I will not take advantage of this opportunity in favour of those who haven't.

Awesome of you to do this. And made me think of a really nice scene for one of my Burnt Matchsticks. Very fun!

I can't ever afford to get commissions from the nicer artists, so I'm totally in for a try.

I neglected to mention the time zone - time runs out at 12:01 AM Pacific...so there is just under 6 hours to go at this point. Plenty of time.

Also, I've gotten quite a few and it looks like it'll be a late night at work so pouring through them, picking favorites, and then drawing one might take longer than anticipated. Hopefully, I'll have a pick by 2:00am.

Pacific.

Pacific time is the best time, yo.

Indeed one of the nicest gestures I have seem around here! =) I am totally down for it. I will be sending you a note with my character and an idea for you to draw. My DA is Eddragon.

Cheers man =)

The final submissions are:

1. Ronzorus
2. Robot H3 Nri
3. Echo So'Kar
4. LadyLiberty
5. (This one is a gift for someone...so I'll keep the name to myself)
6. Comrade Hero
7. Chloe Macomber
8. 2 characters whose names I were not given - they are a couple
9. Lady Arete
10. The Mighty Mirage, Kid Kilovolt, and Shooting Star
11. Oryo Ryou
12. Burnt Matchstick
13. Scarlet Finch
14. Massacre Melanie
15. Philly Girl
16. Allastor Darkflame

I'll need a little time to study them and pick my favorites. No more submissions, please.

And the drawing yielded...Scarlet Finch!

For those who are wondering, I picked about 12 of the 16 submissions that I personally liked as finalists but I don't feel comfortable saying which 4 were excluded since it was so lopsided. Trust me that I really analyzed each one and mostly picked the folks who provided enough reference material to make some good art. I didn't really let my likes or dislikes about particular character types come into it. I think everyone had a fair shot.

If I feel bad about anything, it was #5 who was hoping to give it as a gift to someone special. I was rooting for you, man.

Jophiel, I'll get this off to BAKART tonight. You might want to send me an email address over on deviantART that I can give to him in case he has any questions or clarifications. He may also try to reach you through dA as well.

Thanks everyone for taking part!

well after a rather bland birthday, Im really happy someone is gettin' somethin' cool lol !! Grats to Jophiel, maybe I will have you teach me how to take GOOD screen shots someday lol. I didn't even enter this cause well. . . I know my ref. shots are to dark and not detailed enough. Im really touched by the way you gave this slot away Attache, it was beyond kind of you
even if it was more to appease the artist than anything. I can't wait to see the finished piece, I know it will be breath taking !!!

Gratz Jophiel!

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Originally Posted by EnnVee well after a rather bland birthday, Im really happy someone is gettin' somethin' cool lol !! Grats to Jophiel, maybe I will have you teach me how to take GOOD screen shots someday lol. I didn't even enter this cause well. . . I know my ref. shots are to dark and not detailed enough....

Ouch.

Too bad your birthday was so bland and you got nothing cool, but hey at least someone did.
Also I seem to recall a bunch of "your reference shots" were taken by me. Granted they are not the
best shots I ever took (and they predate Ultra Mode) but I would think they make the cutoff for GOOD.

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This was a wonderful idea Attache, and congratulations Jophiel!

I'd love to do something like this, but my penchant for 'everyone is a winner' would create something cluttered and incongruous. And then I'd have to find an artist even more gullible than me.

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Grats Jophiel

Oh, wow... that's really cool and thank you very much.

I don't know what to say about references except that I use the usual "screen shots from costume creator" method (couple angles for body, head, weapons), adjust them for brightness/contrast and then included a screen grab from one of the CoH comics (I had a Freedom Phalanx character in there) as the reference for that and a crudely drawn Windows Paint picture of what I wanted. I just find that helps along with describing it.

Anyway, it's been a long time since I could afford to drop anything on art and even then never on the "big" stuff so this is a definite treat. Thank you again.