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April Coloring Contest 2006!

PostPosted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:30 pm
by Scribs
The time has come again, the coloring contest has returned after a short sebaticle in March. The rules are the same as always, you can do whatever you darn well please with the picture as long as the same basic lines are there at the end. Get to it, and have a good time!

Our art was provided by Vernhal this month, get to it!

Image

PostPosted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:59 pm
by Esoteric
Oooh, nice Vernhal! I was wondering if you'd ever put up something for us to color! Sadly wouldn't you know, it came as soon as I promised myself I wouldn't enter for a while in order to get some other work done...

So all you other artists better come up with some good coloring jobs, I mean it! ;)

PostPosted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:25 pm
by RubyJewelStone
Maybe I'll give it a try.

PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:06 am
by the_lizardqueen
I am so in! Er, final projects permitting O_o

PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:51 am
by Neko Niisan
I've always wanted to try applying colour to art (most of what I do is shaded). Well, I'll give it a go!

EDIT: Oh. Spiffy pic!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:10 am
by Aka-chan
Awesome work! I can't wait to see what people do with it!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:49 pm
by Kuro-Mizu
heh thanks everyone...

as about the pic... the chars are all from final fantasy CC

heres a site to get color info and such!

http://media.cube.ign.com/media/479/479090/imgs_1.html

yah just a bunch of screenshots lol and that creature would be a moogle lol!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:04 pm
by RubyJewelStone
Ack! I wish I knew that before I startred coloring. Oh well...nothing the color tool shouldn't fix.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:35 pm
by the_lizardqueen
RubyJewelStone wrote:Ack! I wish I knew that before I startred coloring. Oh well...nothing the color tool shouldn't fix.

I wouldn't worry too much about it ^^ Generally in the past coloring contest entries have been so different colour wise that it's a veritable rainbow with a crazy variety of creative backgrounds too.

I think personal interpretations rock and I'm not planning on checking the actual colour schemes until I've finished my entry, just to totally weird myself out O_o

PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:22 pm
by Kuro-Mizu
RubyJewelStone wrote:Ack! I wish I knew that before I startred coloring. Oh well...nothing the color tool shouldn't fix.



NO fanart in the past has never been the right color.. its all good!

PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:37 pm
by Scribs
RubyJewelStone wrote:Ack! I wish I knew that before I startred coloring. Oh well...nothing the color tool shouldn't fix.


correct color has never been a qualification when it comes to judgeing. If I end up judging this (as has been the case in the past) I will not even have looked to see what the colors should be, so just be creative.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:44 pm
by Shao Feng-Li
Around half way done with mine.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:28 pm
by Kuro-Mizu
Awesome! I cant wait to see them!

PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:15 am
by Shao Feng-Li
Image

PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:31 pm
by Esoteric
Oooooo...the first one is up! Very cool, Shao, although the red swirling eye is a bit freaky... O_O <is hypnotised>

PostPosted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:33 am
by Kuro-Mizu
Woe Psychadelic..... again lol awesome! I LOVE THE HAIR!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:45 pm
by CreatureArt
Beautiful entry, Shao! I love the characters and the background, too. The red gem/eye looks great too - I love the swirling colours on it. The fur and hair textures are awesome, too.

(I probably won't end up submitting an entry this time around as I'm working on an animation for my course but I still love seeing everyone's entries).

PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:04 pm
by RubyJewelStone
Image

I finally got off of my lazy bum and finished it. Not a personal favorite coloring-wise but I don't feel like fighting anymore with photoshop and my mouse that's in need of a new battery.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:19 am
by CreatureArt
It looks great, Ruby!
Yes.... just like computers, Photoshop seems to be your friend and everything is working well until it turns on you! It betrays you!

*cough* *cough*

Very nice colouring there though. :)

PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:33 am
by rii namuras
(Wow, only two entries? I wish I could've entered this month, but with Regionals next week I can't. Maybe next month - unless I qualify for Nationals.)

(Nice eye, Shao.)

PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:27 am
by Kuro-Mizu
sweet! is the contest over already?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:58 pm
by the_lizardqueen
Vernhal wrote:sweet! is the contest over already?

I hope not, I was going to try to whip something up tonight.

Well, I guess I'll go ahead with it and hope that I'm not too late to enter ^^;

WhooI'mFreeFromSCHOOOOOOLAsOfYESTERDAY!!! *dancedancedance*

PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 5:55 pm
by Kuro-Mizu
yes please enter LQ I really wanna see what you can do with it!

PostPosted: Wed May 03, 2006 4:04 pm
by Shao Feng-Li
*is impatient*

PostPosted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:06 pm
by Scribs
as we only have 2 entrys we can wait for LQ to get hers in befor I judge.

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:03 pm
by the_lizardqueen
EEP! I didn't realize you all were still waiting! I figured I had just missed the deadline ^^;

*scrambles back to work frantically*

It's 2 PM or bust, totally. And that would be one hour off O_o

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:20 pm
by the_lizardqueen
Phew! My entry is finished. It's a wee bit rushed but an entry is an entry and a promise is a promise.

After tackling this piece of lineart, I must say that my hat is off to Shao and RubyJewelStone and their excellent renditions :thumb:

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:18 pm
by Esoteric
Mwahaha, methinks LQ is employing my patented photo technique! ;) And it's been put to good use too, nice entry, and nice to see you around, LQ. How's school, goin?
Great entries everybody!

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:45 pm
by the_lizardqueen
Aww, and here I was hoping people would attribute any photorealism in the background to my mad computer coloring skillz ^_~

I finished school last Friday and I'm sleeping, and eating, and actually having free time again! ^.^

Well, that is when I'm not at work and having to go to a 'History of Design and Advertising' course during the evenings twice a week. Still, I'm falling back into summer mode and trying to work on some personal world building projects that have been in limbo throughout the year. And you guys'll definitely be seeing alot more of me during the coloring contests *plots*

Oo, and I actually kind of understand Photoshop and all the Adobe stuff now! Though I think I've probably only just scratched the surface thus far, there's so..many....menus O_o

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:46 pm
by Scribs
Well, all the entrys are in and the winner is...

Lizard Queen!

Congratulations!