Castle Paradox

Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

Time for another art contest! This one is simple, but important, as it will fit in with an extended series of contests to be held over the course of the coming months. The theme of this contest is to evoke an emotional response from your viewers, though more importantly, it is to hone your skills as artists in doing so.

Firstly, draw an OHR Character of your choice - it may be well known or not, your own or somebody else's, male or female, it matters not. So long as it is an OHR game character who has appeared in at least one game/demo. The size of the picture may be any dimension so long as it'll display adequately on a 1200x1600 screen (this shouldn't be a problem for most of you), and may be handdrawn, pixelated, or in any other media you so choose to render your artwork. Once your picture is done, proceed to the second step.

Secondly, you're to draw the same character EXCEPT to display it in a manner that evokes particularily heroic/noble/superhero traits. In other words, if anyone were to look at that character, they would know without a doubt that that character was a protagonist. Make the viewer want to cheer them on. This is to be done without any significant changes to the character - hairstyle, clothes, etc. (you'll be working with expression here)

Thirdly, you're to draw the SAME CHARACTER again, but this time, draw them as a Villain. Portray the character in the opposite light as a hero. Again, make no significant changes to the character - although if you pull the famous "evil spock with a beard from the mirror universe", it probably won't hurt.

Fourthly, draw the character humorously. Make me laugh. Same rules regarding no significant changes apply.

Finally, draw the character in a maudlin/sad tone. Same as above.

Once you have done all this, submit your five pictures together in this thread. Contest ends June 30th, so you've about one month to work on your entries. You may enter as many times as you like, so long as you do 5 pictures of the same character in the states described above. Once the contest is over, voting will commence to decide who best captured the spirit of this contest - whose artwork shows the character as each of the five the best. The clear winner will receive $10 by mail.

Joe Man · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject:

Would you prefer it if all of the images were the same media, or do you care?
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Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

I mentioned nothing of the sort, except that you may use any medium you see fit for your artwork. If you feel you can better show off a particular emotion using different ways to draw it, then more power to you.

Artharol · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:48 pm Post subject: Neat.

That sounds kind of interesting, I might very well try out for this thing. The only problem is that I haven't yet released the demo for the game that I'd like to take the character from, lol. So, I guess I'm going to be placing a "rush" order on my game, eh? Both game and artwork, in by June 30th. Happy

Thanks for the motivation, lol.

Edit / Question
Oh! Before I forget, do we need to show the entire character in each image, as in the entire body? Or can one or two of them just have maybe the chest or torso and up?
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JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

oh god, No_Shot is the perfect character for this.
I also suggest the guy from "God Damn, It's Dark in Here" and the evil potted cactus.

... I'm not entering because I'll lose.

Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

Shadowiii · **It's been real.** Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460

5 points if you can guess who I'll do if I enter.

(come on, is it really that hard?)
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Komera · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 711

i love drawing, so i think i might enter. though really i want to see fenny's entry (oh, we all know you'll have to enter. having a drawing contest that you don't bother entering would throw the entire universe into utter and total chaos).
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JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

We all know Fen starts all these contests just because he has an idea for an entry that will probably win.

Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

Valid point. I won't enter squat unless the competition is just that good. Fair enough?

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Neat.

Gizmog1 · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject:

My entry may be a bit abstract, however, I'm sure it's been used in an OHR Game at least once, somewhere. Halloween No Ingles, Pitch Black (Probably) Shadey Night (Probably) etc. Just to make sure it's allowable, I'd like to do the Man in the Moon. (He's got a message for you. Just yoooooooooou.)

Komera · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 711

Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

You know what? I will join this contest. I would love to be a part of this. Let us see the reasons:
-I haven't really been that active recently.
-I like drawing.
-Fenrir probably wants me to.
-Somebody else on this community probably wants me to.
-Seems like a good idea.
-Maybe this'll get me enthusiastic about OHR again.
-A koala is biting my arm.
Yeah, I'll join, but I have no idea who to draw? I have some ideas...

Should we ask the owner before we draw?

Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

Coincidentally, this isn't my entry. Just felt you guys needed a good laugh.