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Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: July 24th, 2011, 3:35 pm
by nin10mode
The first one had the most with a 10+, and the rest followed with 2s and 3s, if I remember correctly.

Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: July 29th, 2011, 6:45 pm
by UsuarioTHf
Enough working.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6926 ... yincom.png

There be my entry.

Plot if you don't get it: show
Usu's laying down there, all bored and such. Camila's playing with Garcia high in the sky.
And by "playing with", I mean "torturing". She had found a scepter with powers, and was using it to beat the heck out of Garcia.

After a bit of playing, Camila smacks Garcia with the scepter, sending him falling so fast, he breaks the sound barrier, smacks with Usu and breaks trough the panel line.

Then it's pretty much Usu just fallin' trough the twisted dimension outside the comic, which is called "internet".
And Usu comments on random stuff while falling.

Not my best work...I think I overdid it with effects. What will the judges think?

Anyways, most characters copyrighted by Nintendo, partially by SEGA, by Nickelodeon, ZUN, The Pokemon Company...etc.
...um, if you find your work in there, keep in mind i'm giving credit to you, okay? kthnxbai.
.‿.'

Also, that single comic is about 4 MB of memory. :l

Quality over quantity. :3

EDIT: Oh, one last thing.
Comic was intended to be transparent, but it doesn't look like because I can't post it here without it cutting off.
And transparency isn't really seen on white pages...
...but still...: show
Here's proof if you don't believe me.
Zoom out with CTRL+[-button] to see the full comic. Once you're done, use CTRL+[+button] to zoom back in.
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Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: July 29th, 2011, 7:05 pm
by nin10mode
Forfeiting. Sorry, I've been really short on time with this, plus it's about 4 pages worth of trial&error that I have to do. I'll still post it in a different topic though.

Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: August 2nd, 2011, 6:45 am
by AlucardX60
Um. I know this is last minuet but can I get a small extension? I finally got a idea for a comic I'd be more confident in but I'm not sure if I can finish it today. So if I don't have it up can I have a one or two day extension?

It's okay if your answers no since I already have a comic up but I just think I'd have a better chance with this then then other one which, admitably, isn't all that great.

EDIT: So um... no reply means I got it right? :awe:

Well I have it finished if your wandering.
I broke the fourth wall again: show
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something about this makes me feel like a newbie...

Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: August 2nd, 2011, 8:59 am
by nin10mode
I was confused why no one announced the end submissions on Sunday. But I understand now that no one has signed up to judge yet. >_>

Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: August 2nd, 2011, 9:11 am
by Suyo
No I just forgot about ending this durhur

Anyways I'll let that entry count, if you think this is unfair e-mail me at idgaf@suyo.com :awe:

And the three randomly chosen judges aaaaaare
Ridder
Dark Yoshi
UsuarioTHf

Aaand here are the comics
Dark Yoshi: http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/4795/2 ... whenyo.jpg
Suyo: http://thesuyo.deviantart.com/art/A-Nor ... -239592148
YB118: http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5566 ... agpole.png
Star king: http://oi54.tinypic.com/fe2vjo.jpg
Doram: http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/672/comicu.png
Usu: http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6926 ... yincom.png
Ace: http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39 ... lagain.png

7 entries. Not that bad. LET'S GET JUDGING.

Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: August 4th, 2011, 6:18 pm
by UsuarioTHf
Okay, sent my judging.


I totally didn't hide them in this post using the hide tag.


See? I told you I didn't hide them here.

Hopefully Ridder will judge soon. I heard from Suyo that he sent his judging...

...Da suspense. :0

Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: August 5th, 2011, 12:51 am
by Suyo
OKAY GUYS YOU READY

IT'S TIIIIME

ON THIRD PLACE WITH 14.33 POINTS IIIIISSS...

STAR KING!


RANKING SECOND WITH 14.5 POINTS...

SUYO!


AND FINALLY,
FIRST PLACE WITH 15 POINTS...

DORAM!






All the scores:
Dark Yoshi: 11/20
Suyo: 14.5/20
YB118: 13.66/20
Star king: 14.33/20
Doram: 15/20
Usu: 12.5/20
Ace: 13.33/20

All the reviews:
Suyo: show
DARK YOSHI
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RESULT: 7 + 2 + 2 = 11/20
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While I really like the mimic of the characters, I still say it would be great if you improved the borders. They should be a bit thicker than the rest, and please, use a ruler. Also, the right side is cutoff - if you draw a comic on paper, you should leave space to the sides, because scanners like eating them.

YOSHI BOO 118
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RESULT: 7 + 3 + 3 = 13/20
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The biggest complaint I have is the clashing beetween the 8-bit and 16-bit sprites. Also the borders look wierd as every panel is sized differently. The after-image effect was solved pretty good.

STAR KING
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RESULT: 8 + 3 + 2 = 13/20
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The artifacts around the bags look really wierd, especially on a dark background. You should clean them up. Apart from this I like the bag sprites, but they clash a bit with the realistic background.

DORAM
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RESULT: 9 + 2 + 5 = 16/20
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I like the "no-borders" style you are using. The shading is awesome. I didn't really get the joke at first, but after I asked I heard there was a site crash while I was in Berlin - but I still don't know if this really qualifies as a joke. Might just be me missing all of your reactions on the chat. But bonus points for orginality, comics about the site itself are rare.

USUARIOTHF
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RESULT: 9 + 2 + 4 = 15/20
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The sprite edits you made have are great, but the joke is not really visible to me. You're getting some points for orgynality (see wut I did thar? :troll:) though, since I've never seen a comic idea like this before.

ALUCARDX60
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RESULT: 8 + 3 + 1 = 12/20
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The background looks odd since the door is not aligned right, but I like the Ace sprite. I would like it though if you gave him more expressions, as right now it's either "Mouth Open" or "Mouth Closed", and the default standing pose. I like the reference to Usu's comic, but I hate how you use Doc Oc. You should never use memes like this in comics, just if they fit. The Rick Astley picture was a good use, the Shoop da Whoop not.


UsuarioTHf: show
expect downrating-*shot by everyone in the contest*

Dark Yoshi
(and the show begins! .......show?)
Eye-Catching Appeal: 7/10.
Seeing how it's hand-drawn (and because DY's the only one that bothered hand-drawing comics in the whole contest (I guess Suyo did, too, but he revamped it- i'm getting into that later)), it gets a bonus. Also, I can finally understand the writing. That's a start.

Joke: 3/5.
Too bad you didn't talk about bringing a slime to the surface. Diamond jokes got somewhat old now. Nice try, tho.

Originality: 3/5.
You talk about slimes here and you get more points. Diamonds are WAY overused for Minecraft jokes. They're still fun, somewhat.

Total: 13/20
(i thought he'd get more points...freaking math.)



Suyo
(with games i haven't played...*does research to try to get joke*)
Eye-Catching Appeal: 9/10.
My point. If you revamp it, it looks pwettier. Some characters look weird, but that's really hard to avoid for some reason. Kudos for the effort.

Joke: 4/5.
You know what's win? When you take out something's flaws and point them out. Too bad I missed the inside jokes, as I don't play TF2...or Portal 2...i actually researched about half-life 2 episode 3, and i lmao'd.

Originality: 3/5.
I really don't know how famous this kind of joke is...so i'll leave it like that.

Total: 16/20.
(hey, that's a nice score.)



Yoshi Boo 118
(Okay, tiem to get into the Sprite Comics.)
Eye-Catching Appeal: 7/10.
For some reason I didn't feel the 8bit-32(?)bit mix working out. It looked somewhat weird.
Everything else seems good.


Joke: 5/5.
YB takes the cake. Heh. WaLuigi Tea Tiem. Even though I see these kind of jokes so often, they never get old...

Originality: 2/5.
...Which brings me to my next point. The joke could have been used with different characters you wouldn't expect it from. But Luigi jokes are so overused...

Total: 14/20.
(Could have been worse. Actually, I don't think this is close to being bad. I could have given any of these comics a 4/20. But nah. They all seem good.)



Star King
(Finally getting to rate a Bagz comic...nice.)
Eye-Catching Appeal: 10/10.
This one totally takes the cake. Mixing sprites with Real-life backgrounds is a hard task. You managed to do so, somehow. Pretty cool. And I always liked the bagz.

Joke: 3/5.
I don't know. Superhero fails aren't that funny to me. They're just somewhat overused, especially if you use them twice in the same series. Mondays DO suck, though. :3

Originality: 3/5.
What didn't get you a 2 was actually the design of the superhero. "Airbag" sounds like if it's a bag with air inside. Since you mentioned they're potato bags...OMFG RUSSIAN DOLLS :0

Total: 16/20.
Pretty well done. I really like the Bagz series. Keep up the good work!



Doram
(i swear that at first i thought this wasn't an entry.)
Eye-Catching Appeal: 6/10.
Looked somewhat....um...bland...

Joke: 4/5.
Doram's the only one that would come up with making a comic related to a site crash. The page he got was even funnier.

Originality: 5/5.
Aaaand Doram takes the last cake. Sorry everyone else, you all get consolation cakes.
Again, Doram had the creative idea of trying to make a joke out of something bad for us. A somewhat good use of satire.


Total: 15/20
(I really didn't think this one would be judged. O_o)



UsuarioTHf
(not a judging but meh.)
Eye-Catching Appeal
I didn't focus on this too much. I wanted for the comic to look really weird and twisted. Like the internet is. See the connection?

Joke
I tried to make it look really trippy, in hopes of being able to recreate the internet's real shape. Perhaps I got something totally different.

Originality
Breaking the 4th wall isn't exactly original. However...What about literally breaking the fourth wall? Can we count the comic's bottom panel as a wall? Making it the fourth wall? I don't know how much this idea has been used...But I don't think it's been that much.

(Let's just see how this turns out...)




AlucardX60
(Aaand the last one.)
Eye-Catching Appeal: 8/10
Nice room you got thar.

Joke: 4/5.
Results of breaking the fourth wall can vary. This one is one.

Originality: 2/5.
Yeah, with little variation, breaking the fourth wall is pretty old. Especially if it consists on the author talking to the comic's characters.

Total: 14/20.
(also, i see you referenced mah entry.)


Ridder: show
Dark Yoshi: 4 + 2 + 3 = 9/20

Comment: The art style has, admittedly, improved since your first couple of comics . I found that there wasn't really a main punchline to go off of or any consistency to the panels other than the numbers. The moral of the story wasn't really funny, and even though many of these events may be true, you didn't apply it in a humerus way. I get that it's supposed to be a Minecraft joke, but it honestly doesn't work very much.

Suyo: 7 + 3 + 3 = 13/20

Comment: The art style is a tad rough, but otherwise clear. I've seen the joke used several times before, and while it's still funny, it's not exactly original. I may have laughed more if you involved Gordon's inability to speak in the crime that is the delay of Half-Life 2 Episode 3.



YB118: 8 + 3 + 3 = 14/20

Comment: Oho ho! This one was a little bit different. While a sprite comic is rather easy to do, it's always possible to rate how well the comic was done. Now, the panels lack proper borders, which makes some of the screens bigger than the rest, which in some cases, it's better if it isn't. The close-ups and afterimage effect are well done The joke and originality may not be the best, but that doesn't deter this from being a good comic.


Star king: 7 + 3 + 4 = 14/20

Comment: This comic was rather well done, The joke is not entirely original, but it still works. Very well, actually. I still have problems with the little white bits surrounding the bagz, they're very noticeable and makes the comic looks rough. The text boxes aren't very stylish, but they're clear and readable. A fine comic indeed.


Doram: 6 + 3 + 5 = 14/20

ARI Comment: Short and to the point, I find this joke to be rather shallow and pedantic original and somewhat humerus. The art style is very original and nice. It lacks depth and seems a bit rough edged in some bits. Not much of a comic, more of a cause&event sort of thing, but it's still pretty good.

Usu: 6 + 1 + 3 = 10/20

Comment: I don't really know why this isn't working. The immediate "comic" at the top is swell and may have worked by itself. The text box and sprites are very well defined.......and yet....... As far as I could see, it was a random jumble of images from the internet and Usuario playing through Touhou, Osu, and an image from Triple Baka. There wasn't really a joke to understand or laugh at after the initial comic defying, and it lacked an ending, for that matter. It seems that it could have been a lot more, Usu, really. keep trying.



Ace: 8 + 2 + 4 = 14/20

Comment: Omfg. Alucard, Y u no do original artwork liek dis? The art style itself was superb, and I assume, original. The whole 4th wall breaking.......not really working. I believe that if you'd made a joke while going with your mom instead of just opting to immediately break the 4th wall, a lot more could have been achieved.


Dark Yoshi: show
Comment by Suyo: I've been thinking about not including these reviews into the score as... well, you see yourself. These are not counted, but you can look at them.

Suyo's comic: 18/20
Eye-Catching Appeal: It looks good, the color is kinda. Dark-ish... 9/10
Joke: I honestly didn't get it... Well, not all of it. I got some of it. 4/5
Orginality: I think it was kinda original so...... 5/5

YB118: 20/20
Eye-Catching Appeal: The clashing of sprites and bright colors makes it look nice. 10/10
Joke: ROFL COPTER! ROFL COPTER! 5/5
Orginality: The idea was very original. 5/5

Star King: 20/20
Eye-Catching Appeal: The colorful backgrounds make this comic eye catcing. 10/10
Joke: Very funny! 5/5
Orginality: Incedibly original 5/5

Doram: 20/20
Eye-Catching Appeal: The second you see that annoying site, your eyes are caught! 10/10
Joke: I hate that site so damn much! 5/5
Orginality: Yes, I think it's very original 5/5

Usu: 18/20
Eye-Catching Appeal: It's pretty eye catching since it's so weird! 10/10
Joke: It's kinda funny, not like. ROFL Copter funny. But funny. 3/5
Orginality: It's original. Guy falls out of his webcomic into the internet. 5/5

Ace: 20/20
Eye-Catching Appeal: It's pretty easy to tell why it catches my eye... 10/10
Joke: Pretty funny. 5/5
Orginality: Very original. 5/5


Thanks everyone for joining in, and I hope the next Art Contest won't die again!
now excuse me while I make a Art Contest Medal

Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: August 5th, 2011, 1:24 am
by Doram
:wtf: :oops: Wow. Another Surprise First Place. Thank you guys so much. This is awesome. All the entries were great. Wow. Thank you. Just... wow.

Re: 5th Art Contest - the final try

PostPosted: August 5th, 2011, 7:09 am
by UsuarioTHf
Oh cooooool I lost due to choosing a rather obscure joke for my comic.


Well, whateverz. Congrats to Doram. He managed to work his way up to first place. Perhaps he should give congratulations to the site for crashing.

So I baked moar consolation cakez for everyone. *grabs a slice* Yum.



Next time I'll try to do something better...