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thepossum
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This is a new type of contest. It is a contest where I(Or whoeva the judge is. There will be more than one judge every week, and we will be judging together, so the winner isn't just based off of one person's opinion.)will post a theme, and you guys enter a work of art that you think best represents said theme. It can be a poem, a painting, a drawing, a short story, a picture, a sculpture, a picture you photoshopped, music, whatever. We judges will choose a winner out of all the entries. There will only be one winner. Firt themeI was forced to make this the theme from peer pressure)is Bad Ideas.

Deadline is next Monday.

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GhostGS
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[url=http://s945.photobucket.com/albums/ad293/CasperGS/?action=view&current=Cartoonbadidea.jpg]

GhostGS
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^sorry i made a mistake^...
fixed (hopefully)
http://s945.photobucket.com/albums/ad293/CasperGS/?action=view&current=Cartoonbadidea.jpg

buenothebear
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http://s945.photobucket.com/albums/ad293/CasperGS/?action=view&current=Cartoonbadidea.jpg

Fixed for you.

I think it's a little hard to judge a story and a song or a picture, might just be me though, I don't think they compare well.

I'll try to enter.

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Direct link.
http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad293/CasperGS/Cartoonbadidea.jpg

It's a quite good idea.

thepossum
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Is it just me or is the pic bueno posted still not working?

thepossum
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LOL nvm. Please disregard that. ANyway, @thepic:LOLOLOLOL Ironic much?

wolf1991
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This Hollow Land

Within these silent rooms
The pacing yet to cease.
I pass the time of night and day
And wallow in my grief.

Oh fair wonder of the world.
Oh angel in my waking eye
What beast have I become?
What wicked soul am I?

Black hearted ambitions
Which were filled with good intention
Have led me down this path
Of war and grieving aftermath.

Where the sun rose red and bloody
And set over fields of crimson red
I have destroyed thy beauty
In one grave you lie dead.

Here marches the legions
That I have spawned forth
Through wicked thought and deed
Good thoughts are not my worth.

For here in Hell I shall abide
With wicked words upon my tongue.
These thoughts and actions I have made
And the world has become undone.

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How are you going to judge an ''every type of art'' contest though...Art can only be judged when compared to other art of it's kind no? I mean, how do you depart a really good drawing from a really good text for example? You can't really choose the ''Better one'' since both's quality is rated upon different standards?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to criticise or say this thread won't go anywhere...I was just wondering how you planned to...you know...judge ^^.

Uproar
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I was just wondering how you planned to...you know...judge



Technically it's pretty impossible without seeming biased.
You could go on what looks more appropriate to the theme, but as you said art is judged between it's on category.

A picture and a poem could not be judged. Which is where the best way to go about it, would be to choose either;

- The top 3 entries.
or
- Pick the top entry from each category.

Anyway best of luck with this.
crimsonblade55
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How are you going to judge an ''every type of art'' contest though...Art can only be judged when compared to other art of it's kind no? I mean, how do you depart a really good drawing from a really good text for example? You can't really choose the ''Better one'' since both's quality is rated upon different standards?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to criticise or say this thread won't go anywhere...I was just wondering how you planned to...you know...judge ^^.


I think the idea is to judge based on which implemented the theme best.
thepossum
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It will be a lot easier to judge then you think. It's all about what represents the theme best. If you have a poem that reps the theme well and a pic that reps badly, you can compare the two and say the poem is better.

Uproar
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It will be a lot easier to judge then you think. It's all about what represents the theme best. If you have a poem that reps the theme well and a pic that reps badly, you can compare the two and say the poem is better.



Well my friend, it really won't.

It's a biased decision, you cannot simply state that the poem represents the theme better then a picture or visa versa.

A poem takes on so many different meanings and messages, you have what the writer is trying to invoke in his piece and what everyone else takes in from it.

As for a picture, again when you design an image you have what your trying to achieve already set out, what you achieve and what people interpret is two different things, which is why this contest really is difficult to judge unless you decide to choose one winner from each category.

Example;

You have two Cars, both have the exact same performance, but one is made by BMW and one is made by Mercedes. Your going to go on the biased decision of;
Which brand you like more
&
Which car has the better appearance

Its a biased decision to your own personal preference.
If anything have AT LEAST, 3 different judges each round to stop any biased motives.


Anyway all i can say is good luck, but the idea and motivation is with you, but the game plan will be really hard to follow through without being biased and narrow minded about what people are handing in to be judged.
thepossum
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How about you guys just stop worrying about it? You're not the judge, let us worry about how to hard it will be to judge. But, my friend, I have a bit more experience in this than you do.

Uproar
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I have a bit more experience in this than you do.



Sorry, it must of slipped my mind that i've done contests and competitions on design forums and on my own design forums for 6 - 7 years now with success that every week over 20 people would enter without fail, heh my bad though carry on.

Good luck as i said.
thepossum
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Thank you for the good luck saying. And congrats about the forums. But, either enter the contest, talk about the entries, or leave. This conversation is not needed. The burden of judging is not yours.

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