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Carlie
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Blacksmith

Hello and welcome!

This is a spin-off of the original GFX Art Battle, but with some updated rules and changes. Please make sure to read the rules before entering, since they have been modified. Good luck, we look forward to seeing some creative artistic entries!

Competition Rules
1. Must be hand drawn, either on paper or in a program. It can then be manipulated in an graphics program. But unoriginal artwork cannot be used as the main focus. Copyrighted images cannot be used. All pieces containing copyrighted images will be disqualified.
2. Submissions must follow the current theme that has been chosen by a moderator for that week. If you submit more than one piece, please clarify which one you would like to be judged.
3. If your image is larger than 600 pixels wide, please provide a link to the image instead of posting it in the forum. Otherwise, the image will be cut off.
4. Artists cannot win in subsequent weeks. You can still submit, but if you won the week before, you cannot get first place again the next week.
5. After the deadline, a moderator will pick the winner, and they will be awarded a 25 AP award.

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Pois0nArr0w
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First time using GIMP. Made the picture on paint (big mistake)
and colored/edited with GIMP. Didn't turn out as well as I hoped. Post comments and I will update.

http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu19/Pois0nArr0w/PurpleVirus-1.png

jalex13
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oh god poisonarrow, that is quite disturbing. I LOVE IT

Pois0nArr0w
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Pois0nArr0w
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Nomad

oh god poisonarrow, that is quite disturbing. I LOVE IT


Glad you like it... have any suggestions as to how make better it?
Zophia
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Scribe

Yeah, I like injecting words and phrases with multiple connotations just to mess with peoples heads. -.- Oh wait...
I'm not saying it's the only reason, I'm just sorta convinced that you enjoy the fact that it works that way. I like your entries, they're just difficult to judge.
Also, you get a vookie.

Yeah, purple injection sucks. At least dig your brain and find better ideas :P
Psh, you could just post some good suggestions in the thread, I do listen. :P
Also, it is not just random.

All you guys now mentioning how touchpad-drawing you are actually makes me miss drawing with my touchpad. But Photoshop won't recognize the touchpad clicks when I try...
Pois0nArr0w
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Pois0nArr0w
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@Pois0nArr0w
Hey how did u do the eye effect? and the blur?


Eye effect... I think it was the smudge tool :P

And blur I did with the blur/sharpen tool, the thing that looks like a water drop. I think the blur adds some depth to the image.
thisisnotanalt
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thisisnotanalt
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Shepherd

I don't particularly want to make this my official entry. . .I'll make another one, but this stands till then.
Puerple Injection!
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3673/puerpleinjection.jpg

Cholokid
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http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee348/Cholokid34/injected.jpg?t=1243472788

YAY! DONE! Whew. White spots galore but I dun care. lol.

Gantic
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I'm not saying it's the only reason, I'm just sorta convinced that you enjoy the fact that it works that way.


Half the fun is in naming it. The largest group of entries are named directly after the theme. The second largest group are named directly after the what's in the picture.

purple.jpg
PurpleEntry.gif
injected.gif
PurpleInjection.jpg
injection.png
functional.jpg

Functional? What the heck? (I made up the file names but I'm pretty sure a couple of those are actual file names or close.) At least I didn't go with an idea codenamed barmey.

Also, it is not just random.


The Purple Injection has to be the worst Danish indie band I've never heard (of).
Zophia
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The Purple Injection has to be the worst Danish indie band I've never heard (of).
I did not know there was such a band. But lol.
Actually I think yours might be closer to what I referenced it to than most others. I'm not sure, though, since I never know how you think your entries.

Half the fun is in naming it. The largest group of entries are named directly after the theme. The second largest group are named directly after the what's in the picture
I always like seeing the more creative filenames~

Functional? What the heck? (I made up the file names but I'm pretty sure a couple of those are actual file names or close.) At least I didn't go with an idea codenamed barmey.
Lulz~

*wonders if Cen will rejoin judging ranks this week*
LufffiStudios
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I seriously think Cenere should win again..it may not be very colorful, but that's the point..-.-

Cenere
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Jester

*wonders if Cen will rejoin judging ranks this week*

*points at portfolio assignments, makes a choking sound*

I seriously think Cenere should win again..it may not be very colorful, but that's the point..-.-

But it us fugly! And not very creative... On the other hand I never win with the drawings I feel just a little proud of... But this one is really on the limit... Good thing I cannot win, I think.
FireflyIV
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Here's my image.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6093/purpletrippy.png

I fear it may be too large though, so here's the link:



MSPaint+Touchpad ftw.

Strop
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Bard

Okay, I just went through this thread.

JereN: AUGH WTF ROFL. I *am* smexy in that outfit!

Gantic: if that line were going backwards I'd call it a classic Wolff-Parkinson-White.

Okay, Zophia, your theme is awesome. I MUST PARTICIPATE

nichodemus
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Grand Duke

Seeing that I'm absolutely useless at Art...Much less something abstract...I won't enter this time.

But language ahh....Love to dabble in that.

Zega
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Peasant

A purple injection zoomed in.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5694/purplepower.png

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