GENERAL DISCUSSION: Art Contest

[Megar]

The Art Contest has begun, and representing our team will be Nan. Here, we'll discuss anything related to the event - be it suggestions to the rep, or just ideas on what to do.

...So admittedly, I have no idea what's going on here. I was expecting a thread or something to be made giving us a few details but there's nothing as of posting this. So for now, er, go Nan!

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

If it's not against the rules (I doubt it is) then Nan can always post his work in progress here and we can give him pointers or suggestions on what to do next.
Like, if the colour scheme is okay, if there are parts that are too sharp and/or too blurry, etc.

As long as we don't actually edit the piece ourselves, then I think this is well within the rules.

[Megar]

Yeah, I'm fairly sure that's a thing we can do. I heavily doubt we wouldn't be allowed to.

[Thefiredragoon]

Nan has got this in all the bags....
I only have one bag

[NanTheDark]

Theme: The Runolympics and Values of the Runolympics.

First idea that came to mind, portraying the competitors sharing and talking to each other after an event. I could draw mainly the leader of each team, but if I have time I'll try to draw as many people as I can, hopefully including every team member, as well as Sk and Doram. If I draw this real well, it could really reflect on the theme and score some big points. I could have people like shaking hands or doing a high five or fist bumping, I dunno.

I'm not redoing the emblem, because that seems way too simple to be worth much in the overall game.

I'm not doing an anthem, because I don't really have a good mic handy and I'm not that good at composing anyway.

I guess I could design a mascot, but I have no ideas for that right now...

I'm not writing a story about teamwork because I don't want to write against MoD. I hate to admit it but he's got more experience writingabout overly poetic and pretentious things than I do.

I could draw an alternate logo, but it also seems like something too simple and I don't really have ideas for that right now.

The way I see it, MoD will write. As far as I'm aware that's his one artistic card. Raiyunni and Nin will both do visual art. Nin however isn't as skilled as me (I think ) and Raiyunni can make up for his lack of lineart skills with coloring, which is something I have to cover for myself. OJ... I have no idea of what he'll do.

So I'm leaning towards doing my idea.

Before I get on with it though, I want to hear what you guys have to say about it. Do you agree with me, do you not, do you have any opinions, suggestions, complaints, kicks in the ballz, I dunno.

[Megar]

Your idea is probably for the best. It's definitely original (I can almost guarantee most other teams will try a logo) so we'll get points in that regard. The idea also promotes sportsmanship which is pretty neato.

I say go for it.

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

I definitely think doing something original will play to our advantage. Tbh a lot of people in the world are visual learners, like to look at pictures, diagrams, colourful things and process things best that way. Not as many people are auditory (music) or reading/writing (stories). So I'd say to stay on the safe side in that sense and stick to something purely visual.

But that doesn't mean we have to stay really simple.

[NanTheDark]

Here's an update of what I've been doing. These pictures were taken with my phone's sucky camera, please bear with it...



This is some sketches of the Team Makers. Nin was made according to his avatar, Shroom is based on a sigbar I made for him long ago, and the others I made from scratch. Raz's overall look is inspired by Harley Quinn, and he he has Raz's googles and some features on his shirt that resemble Tsutarja's tail and its... shoulder things. Xpo is an athlete who sports a bell and the number 9 in his clothes, as a reference to Mr. Game & Watch. He'll also be black when colored, so we have more diversity.

Supershroom's hat sports the Sonic Heroes logo, as suggested by MegaR.



This was the first concept I drew. However I decided to scratch it because the hands together thing has a tricky perspective. I decided to do something simpler, but with the same concept.



At first I was going to just fix the hands together thing so that the characters were all side by side, but instead I decided to do this.

Runolympics 2015 - To do our best and to have fun!, that's a slogan I sort of came up with for this. It's not very good, and it may not be there in the final product, but I wanted to fill that empty space with something.

My plan is now as follows: Starting tomorrow I'll do this on the PC, and try to make it look as great as I can. Maybe put a cooler background or something. And if I have time left before the deadline, I might add more characters in the background, one from each team maybe. How does it sound?

Any opinions/suggestions/complaints/insults are welcome.

[Megar]

It's a super good concept (and very well executed from the sketch alone) but yeah that slogan is super cheesy. I'll see if I can come up with a more fitting slogan for you to put on it but for now we're all good.

[NanTheDark]