Aug. UNOFFICIAL Fan Art Contest -ENTER

[chaseter]

NOOOO...but today is August 31...so it should end tonight.

 

[MadMaximus]

and some contests end a few days before the month is over...

 

[Mattchew]

since there will be no voting thread this month, just wanted to tell everyone great job!

 

[EXCELSIOR]

NOOOO...but today is August 31...so it should end tonight.

Sorry chaseter... it's closed!
Please re-read the first post of this thread...

GOOD WORK EVERYONE!
I should have the winner up this weekend along with the Sept contest!

 

[webhead731]

Oh crap.

School might not give me enough time to draw something.

 

[batman7289]

Just as a sidenote... I am loving the designs for the new Transformers movie. I just thought that the concept of creating a homage picture to the 3rd issue of the Marvel comics series, which featured Spider-Man, would look awesome.

i really like this pic

 

[deDIKnight]

Its definitely a very cool picture

 

[deDIKnight]

Maybe you missed where I typed "Swiping an entire Layout"

I have no problem with you posting, just that your work appears a much higher caliber because of the layouts you are paying homage to or swiping.

Rhon "swiped" the wolverine layout from ultimate xmen for a few reasons
Its my character he drew

LOL I'm a HUGE wolverine fan - I actually come from Canada too
So he swiped that layout intentionally to pay homage to ultimate Xmen and as a nice injoke for me being a Wolvie fan as he knew i'd spot it


Maybe you missed EXCELSIOR saying it was fine?

No point going on about it

 

[mrsparkle]

is the winner announced tonight?

when does the next comp start?

 

[Timstuff]

Just as a sidenote... I am loving the designs for the new Transformers movie. I just thought that the concept of creating a homage picture to the 3rd issue of the Marvel comics series, which featured Spider-Man, would look awesome.

Teh w1nn0r!

A great reminder of how awesme next summer will be! up:

 

[KAD]

Rhon "swiped" the wolverine layout from ultimate xmen for a few reasons
Its my character he drew

LOL I'm a HUGE wolverine fan - I actually come from Canada too
So he swiped that layout intentionally to pay homage to ultimate Xmen and as a nice injoke for me being a Wolvie fan as he knew i'd spot it


Maybe you missed EXCELSIOR saying it was fine?

No point going on about it

I didn't miss anything and I wasn't talking about the deadeye pic just making a point in general about swiping.

I was only responding to the post about how most artists here swipe or borrow if you will.

It's my opinion as someone that doesn't use reference material not an attack on his art.

 

[chaseter]

^I think if the art is totally 100% original and someone changes it in any way yet it resemebles the original then it is swiping and the artist should be mentioned. But if it is not original and the first artist changed the original picture, art, etc...then it is ok for the second artist to change it as he sees fit and should not mention the previous artist.

 

[KAD]

^I think if the art is totally 100% original and someone changes it in any way yet it resemebles the original then it is swiping and the artist should be mentioned. But if it is not original and the first artist changed the original picture, art, etc...then it is ok for the second artist to change it as he sees fit and should not mention the previous artist.

I can get behind that.

Or have the original art posted with the enhanced version so swiped entries are judged as inks or color categories

 

[chaseter]

^It is kind of a tough issue. If I colored a pic of Spider-Man black and then someone else came in and added more features, etc...then I don't think it is necessary to credit me if they totally changed the picture. But if someone used my SuperGirl manip and just added a different background and hardly changed anything...then the original artist should be mentioned or asked permission before hand. I don't know...it is a tough issue.

 

[Untilteld]

it's the 2nd, when can we start voting and stuff?

 

[Mee]

No voting this time. We're all waiting on Excelsior's pick.

 

[Untilteld]

oh alright thanks

 

[uriondo]

I hate you, Morph, you are so incredibly talented that it hurts me... argh!

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

wow lol and here me think i may have had a chance with my photography

 

[Juggertha]

Maybe you missed where I typed "Swiping an entire Layout"

I have no problem with you posting, just that your work appears a much higher caliber because of the layouts you are paying homage to or swiping.

So, where would you draw the line? Swiping a pose (or using it as reference) is ok, but not the whole scene?

I ask, because I do a lot of it as well. I will use poses from photos (sometimes taken by me, sometimes not) and other artists to get the angles I want.

 

[EXCELSIOR]

Lets put this idea of swiping to rest...

First off this months contest was a free-for-all, NO RULES so anything goes!

Normally with these contests, and I've been running them for many years now here... I don't mind artists using 'reference' but there have been times when there have outright swiping. Swiping has been a long tradition in comic books, the greats all did it! Jack Kirby did it they all at some time did it.. does that make the artist any less talented? NO
But Kirby would swipe a pose or an atitude, not simply copying an image, swiping by comics defention is a form of reference, and should be looked as such... this can be interperted in many ways by different artist, one mans swipe is another artists copy...

Bottom line, if I feel an entry in a contestis too close to or a direct copy of an exsisting image it will be disqualified...

And if anyone here has a problem with any entry I ask you ALL to PM first and I will be the judge in the matter. Arguing about it in the contest thread solves nothing but only to clutter it up!

PLAY NICE

Sept. contest will be up today!