Background Blitz- Contest Closed

Kelma · Wed 16/06/2010 01:54:09

Theme: A Garden

Create a garden with only the limitations of your imagination. It can be anything from a beautiful paradise to a withered and weedy ruin; you decide.

Winners will be decided for the following categories:

Idea - The creativity and originality of the work
Design- How innovative and intriguing is the depiction of the idea/theme? How well do content and details enhance the work?
Technique-The artistic skill and style employed in depicting the theme.
Functionality- How well the background would work in a game.

Enjoy!

SookieSock · Wed 30/06/2010 03:51:06

I am going to enter, but it won't be in till the end of the day.

I hope some one else is going to do one, I don't want to be all on my lonesome.

SookieSock · Wed 30/06/2010 04:43:04

bed now

Chicky · Wed 30/06/2010 11:12:59

I really love that SookieSock! reminds me of a children's book

Victor6 · Thu 01/07/2010 15:15:38

Quote from: SookieSock on Wed 30/06/2010 03:51:06

I hope some one else is going to do one, I don't want to be all on my lonesome.

I did start one, however the summer heat keeps melting my brain and prevented me from finishing.

Kelma · Thu 01/07/2010 16:57:51

Thanks for your entry Sookie!

Unfortunately it's not much of a contest without more than 1 entry, so I've decided to extend the deadline by a few days. I hope that's okay with everybody :>

straydogstrut · Thu 01/07/2010 19:43:33

That's great news! I hope you get more entries.

I had started an entry - it's literally "a garden" since it was also meant to be a father's day card (my dad's a gardener, obviously) - but it never really went anywhere.

I'll try to finish it and enter it to make up the numbers. No way I can match Sookie's quality though!

Crimson Wizard · Thu 01/07/2010 19:51:42

I want to try too. Just started though. I have not much free time recently, but I'll try my best to finish in time. Besides, I need practice, and I found competitions are best at pushing me to do something

Crimson Wizard · Fri 02/07/2010 16:59:11

Umm... I have a question. I want to participate but I will only have time to finish my picture tomorrow (3rd July), but I won't be able to use internet until late sunday (4th July, GMT+3 time). So I wonder, will you wait for me?

Kelma · Fri 02/07/2010 18:11:16

No problem Crimson!! I want to make sure I don't cut off any time zones early anyway, so I probably won't start the voting until the morning of the 5th.

Crimson Wizard · Sun 04/07/2010 20:29:13

Okay, this is my entry. It's a little bit unpolished though, because I must go to bed now (I rise to my work in early morning); also that's why I just painted distant background fast... anyway, I think I succeeded in what I wanted to do

My Little Magic Garden

FrÃ¶ken BjÃ¶rk of the town of Olgrad knows a magic secret which keeps her flower shop running even in the middle of the winter...

Atelier · Sun 04/07/2010 21:18:29

That's really good!

But Sookiesock's is too!

It will be hard to vote.

Victor6 · Sun 04/07/2010 23:23:47

Out of time again, so no lighting, no shadows, no finished backdrop and no perspective correction.

....but hey, the flowers look pretty (and it makes up numbers bit.)

Domino · Sun 04/07/2010 23:54:28

Wow!! Very nice entries. :o

straydogstrut · Mon 05/07/2010 04:15:20

:o WOW! :o Amazing entries from everyone, it's almost a crime to tack my crappy entry on the end=S

Well I did say i'd enter. So here's some filler:

There's plenty I wanted to add - more shadows, fix the bird table and greenhouse etc, better highlights on the tree.. but i'm shattered to be honest. Gonna call it a night.

Great entries everyone=)

Crimson Wizard · Mon 05/07/2010 07:17:34

Umm... I am watching my entry on another computer and it looks like there is way too much green hue in it. (I've drawn picture on my laptop, which displays everything in pastel colours) Is it how other people see this, or its just a weird monitor of mine? $:-\$

straydogstrut · Mon 05/07/2010 12:30:45

Looks fine at my end. Colour overall is a bit richer than pastel, but I don't see a problem with the green. The whole thing works really well.

It's very good=)

Kelma · Mon 05/07/2010 14:39:14

Time to begin the voting!

Winners will be chosen for each of the following categories:

Idea - The creativity and originality of the work
Design- How innovative and intriguing is the depiction of the idea/theme? How well do content and details enhance the work?
Technique-The artistic skill and style employed in depicting the theme.
Functionality- How well the background would work in a game.

Please vote for a winner in each category.

Voting ends July 9th.

straydogstrut · Mon 05/07/2010 14:46:01

Idea - Crimson Wizard
Design - Victor6
Technique - SookieSock
Functionality - SookieSock

Wonkyth · Mon 05/07/2010 14:55:30

Idea - Crimson Wizard.
Design - Crimson Wizard.
Technique - SookieSock.
Functionality - Victor6.