LMS3: Round One | RESULTS ARE IN FIRST POST

[paperX]

hold on kiddies....i caught a whiff of extension in the air. no confirms tho.

you better not be getting my hopes up for nothing man .....:davi:

[redehlert]

no promises made...just a whiff of a possible reality.

[Ilaekae]

Shit... I have to attend a funeral for three days just as the LMS closes, which doesn't give me enough time to finish. If there's a long enough extension, I might be able to stay in.

[paperX]

...okay...I'm finished with mine...

Where do we post 'em, again?

what happened to that Ilaekae? :P

jokes aside, sorry to hear about the funeral man, hope things work for ya :)

[Form]

FIN YOU PUSSOUT!!! Get your game on foo!! Heh, watch em all drop like flies as the deadline draws near...

Ilaekae, sad to see you go and get away from your ass-beating so easy. I hope the funeral goes ok... 3 days for a funeral? Thats a long funeral... im guessing it involves a wake? In which case, perhaps you can still be 'the last man standing' :)

Best of luck to all you who still have their balls attached!

[Dominus]

hehehe, great post Form, so true :)

[Joeslucher]

A possible third extension? I feel like I'm back in a school of fine art...

[Ilaekae]

Cody, I'm hoping there's no extension. Form, when I get back and I have the comic challenge set up, I'll finish my LMS entry and post it somewhere. Then we'll see whose ass is sore. Just me and you, Weinerkind... :P

[alesoun]

Shhhh, Boss Cat. I just got offered 3 days work starting tomorrow at short notice. Can't afford to turn it down!
Looks like no sleep for me this week.

[sve]

A teaser for my match :). What'd you got?

[ikuru]

looks freaking gr8 sve, but don't give it all away!
Ilaekae, Cody is not here dude. He went to that art thingy... If Red heard something about an extension I'm guessing he heard it from the Cody dude over there in person.

[Muz]

CRAP!

Not only did i only have 2 weeks to begin with as im a reserve, but i finally got back last night after visiting family as i got requited whilst i was away, and i was going to work non stop on my entry to get it done, but i turned on my comp last night...... and what do you know it, my 3d card crapped itself D:. Looks like im going to have to resort to my old crappy computer that shits itself at anything more than a simple brush D:.

Wow it looks like this will be one hell of an attempt to get this done.

[Earendil]

looks freaking gr8 sve, but don't give it all away!
Ilaekae, Cody is not here dude. He went to that art thingy... If Red heard something about an extension I'm guessing he heard it from the Cody dude over there in person.

I heard that as well while I was there. We'll find out one way or another...I'm going to assume the 11th and finish it.

[alti]

no more extentions. lets just do this thing

[Brendan N]

Agreed alti, enough being lenient; don't want round 2 coming up in early October, thanks.

[llothcat]

heck..at this rate this thing will be going on well until NEXT new years.....

[FlipMcgee]

A teaser for my match :). What'd you got?

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5627/lms3zc7.gif




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[sve]

hehe, teaser Number2, created just now...
My friend ikuru, thank you, dear, I will not, ahahaha, just a bit of fun...

[Ilaekae]

Final post til Saturday (possibly)...

Cody, I withdrew in post 499 because of a situation that involves my traveling 120 miles for a personal commitment (funeral). The original plan was that I would not be able to get back by the deadline for LMS. I just spoke to the guy who's driving me itonight and he may be returning early because of his own commitment here, which means I might--MIGHT--be back by early Friday evening. I need approximately 7 hours to finish my entry, and that might just be possible, since the deadline for me is 3:00am Saturday morning. Even then, it's a 50-50 thing by a couple of hours either way.

I'll leave my status up to you. If you think someone else should get a crack at it (which I think would be very fair), go for it and replace me when you see this. Just leave me a note here one way or the other, because I won't have access online til I get back. I'm going to finish it anyway, but won't post in the finished section until after you post the entire legit entries.

Talk to all on Saturday. Good luck to everyone.

[Form]

how good is premature extrapolation :D

[strych9ine]

Back from the workshop and completely hungover, I have an extension announcement to make yet again. I will not have the chance to spend any time setting up all of your entries into a judging page for the judging panel, much less the Finally Finished threads with all of your completed matches. Just can't happen.

I don't like giving this last extension, but it will be the last one. This round was fucked by my own personal jet-setting as well as the holidays. Don't fucking whine about this either. ;)

The seriously super mega final deadline is:
Saturday, January 19th 11:59pm PST

My apologies to those who have submitted an entry already, this one is partly my fault.

[Dominus]

an extended deadline is good for the match but not really fair for those who already submitted, maybe some of them really worked hard and sacrificed some of their time to complete this.

anyways, bring it on pussies! :D

[Pau1Winslow]

PST is eight hours behind GMT (my time), am I right?

So if it's Sat. Jan 19th @ 11:59pm, for me that's Sun. Jan 20th @ 6:59am? Correct me if I'm wrong about that.

[mwillustration]

the extended deadline should help everyone even if you've already submitted yours- who's stopping you from reworking or spending more time on your piece?
i'm assuming those who've submitted already can resubmit by the new deadline, correct cody?

[ChaoticKnight]

I'm just going to try and finish this by Friday anyway... I have too much else to do. O_o
Can't wait to see everyone else's pieces! The wait is painful!

[strych9ine]

the extended deadline should help everyone even if you've already submitted yours- who's stopping you from reworking or spending more time on your piece?
i'm assuming those who've submitted already can resubmit by the new deadline, correct cody?

Absolutely correct.

[blacky]

Noooo
the pressure's gone once again. I was sooo looking forward for the sleepless nights .
gosh, now I can go back to youtube and youporn
:carnifex:

[Jason Rainville]

Are teasers really allowed? Or will I be frowned at for posting one from mine :D

[archipelago]

this just in, the new seriously extreme über super mega absolute final deadline is: Jan 19th 2009

jk :P

oh since people are posting teasers:
http://www.ville-ericsson.se/sketchbook/Archi-1485.jpg

[DavePalumbo]

damn dude, I just finished up last night too. I guess I'll just have to wait another week to see them all

[redehlert]

sweet. cody....you're da man.
all those that already posted their final work, you have that much more time to noodle. ;)

[Baron Impossible]

I'm regretting submitting my entry somewhat over one month ago. I can't even recall what it was...

[Jason Rainville]

Teaaaaaaase :P

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5404/underneathitallsmallyg5.jpg

[strych9ine]

Quit with the goddamn teasers already!

Again, I'm sorry for extensionpalooza but I'm realizing the holidays, for me, was a shitty time to launch this dome. The coming rounds will not be like this at all, I promise. Circumstances have pushed it this way. If that doesn't make you happy, I have a wonderfully delicious set of testicles you can snack on.

[coreykoalakiller]

snack .

snack

[carotello]

Back from the workshop and completely hungover, I have an extension announcement to make yet again. I will not have the chance to spend any time setting up all of your entries into a judging page for the judging panel, much less the Finally Finished threads with all of your completed matches. Just can't happen.

I don't like giving this last extension, but it will be the last one. This round was fucked by my own personal jet-setting as well as the holidays. Don't fucking whine about this either. ;)

The seriously super mega final deadline is:
Saturday, January 19th 11:59pm PST

My apologies to those who have submitted an entry already, this one is partly my fault.

You are a jet-setting rockstar...OOOooohyAAaaah!

[sve]

Baron Impossible, I love every image you posted on your website. I'm looking forward to your entry, should be a treat. :). Funny thing, I could imagine a character named Baron Impossible to produce those phantoms images of your, the name suits perfectly.

[arttorney]

@ Pau1Winslow:

If you go to your CA account (probably through User CP) you can change your settings to display the time of people's posts as PST. That way you can have a way of knowing easily what is PST compared to GMT. I used to do that when RedRook moderated the EOW and made those deadlines be in GMT.

[viag]

arg extension :dead:

[Jason Rainville]

I wonder when the size/sex jokes come along pertaining to "extention"

[Form]

i really needed this extension, the girls kept asking 'is it in yet? when are you going to put it in?' and i was like IM TRYING IM TRYING IM ALMOST FINISHED, and they were like 'SO SOON??'

:D

Cody im more than happy to have the extension since im at an intensive oils workshop all week and could use more sleep... but just a thought, why didnt you leave the due date as it was and just take longer to get the threads up? Its polishing a turd really but i think splitting the wait time up could be good (for future extensions, or whatever).

[Baron Impossible]

Funny thing, I could imagine a character named Baron Impossible to produce those phantoms images of your, the name suits perfectly.

I often wear a robe and other trappings of nobility when I paint, which I do upon the battlements of a medieval castle overlooking the ocean... http://www.wdisneyw.com/forums/images/smilies2004/king.gif

[strych9ine]

Cody im more than happy to have the extension since im at an intensive oils workshop all week and could use more sleep... but just a thought, why didnt you leave the due date as it was and just take longer to get the threads up? Its polishing a turd really but i think splitting the wait time up could be good (for future extensions, or whatever).

I got enough requests for an extension at the workshop that it seemed like we might not have any art to show in the final thread, haha... it's a shit time of year for extra-curricular work, what can I say?

[Joeslucher]

I got enough requests for an extension at the workshop

Who are these people so we can shake our fingers at them? :)

[Beelow]

I guess I can render my image to oblivion or I'll just do another one hehe. See you guys and gals next week. I am waiting for the lovely images that will come forth. Good luck to my competitors.

[ikuru]

Cody;
It say in the first post of this thread that Jan 19 is a Friday, I'm sure that supposed to say Saturday instead.

Another thing.
I'm guessing we should Not Sign our artwork right?
(I recall reading somewhere that the judges will vote on the work alone).

[Noë]

Aah :D that is teh awesomez!

But I think I'll pretend to myself I didn't see this extension and just continue as if the extension were still the 11th because elsewhere I might not finish at all :P all the stressy exam things from school coming up.

Lots of love
Marleen.

[arttorney]

Yeah, don't sign it. Strych9ine has said he is going to present the material to the judges in a manner that won't reveal the identity of the artist. I admit I myself have been presuming that would only have limited effect, in as much as everyone will probably dump their piece straight into their sketchbooks (where inquiring minds can then find out which is which). What can you do?

[rustikof]

:harbl: <are these the nuts of which you speak we can snack upon??

[paperX]

Back from the workshop and completely hungover

YES! score one for alcohol!!! :drinkup: now i'd definitely be able to get mine done on time :mittenbop:

[ChaoticKnight]

Yeah, don't sign it. Strych9ine has said he is going to present the material to the judges in a manner that won't reveal the identity of the artist. I admit I myself have been presuming that would only have limited effect, in as much as everyone will probably dump their piece straight into their sketchbooks (where inquiring minds can then find out which is which). What can you do?

Will the FF thread be up while the judges are deciding? Or can there be a rule that no one can make their piece public until the judges are done/ FF thread is put up?

[arttorney]

Yeah. These little "blurting it out" kind of issues are what I was basically wondering about. By pointing out the "sketchbook blurt out" possibility, I had hoped to get some kind of ruling.

I'd say in the absence of that, you are safest to wait until the judges are done. That way you don't piss off Cody and get banned from next year on a blurt out theory rather than a puss out theory.

[redehlert]

Who are these people so we can shake our fingers at them? :)

i'm one of em. but there were enough of us at the revelations event to pin cody down and smear him with pleads-a-plenty. hmm...now that i think about it, i believe it went as follows:

cody: hey. and you are?
me: dave...aka redehlert.
cody: dude! yer like my favorite and all.
me: dude. extension then.
cody: dude....totally.

[mrgrumble]

well fark! i guess it's not the first time i've pulled out too soon :O. ha thats what i get for pussing out early though ~ hope you guys use the extension fer all its worth!

[Ead]

that is a seriously late extension, I could of being earning actual currency tomorrow if I hadnt turned down the work to concentrate on this mother.

If you want people to take this thing seriously and put their energy into it, you cant keep fucking about with everyones schedules

[DavePalumbo]

If you want people to take this thing seriously and put their energy into it, you cant keep fucking about with everyones schedules

you did make the choice to turn down paid work for non-paid work though, can't blame others for that. Some people had their pieces done for the original deadline, nobody is forcing you to put in any overtime here. I think the only people with a right to complain are those who had to drop because of a paid-work conflict and then find out that they would have had the time to do both.

[FlipMcgee]

If you want people to take this thing seriously and put their energy into it, you cant keep fucking about with everyones schedules

Uncalled for! Cody's organizing the whole thing. Did you read his reasons why there's another extension? Give the dude some slack! We're not paying him to run LMS, at least we can give him some patience in return.

:punkgirl:

[arttorney]

Also, I am pretty sure that Strych9ine would not extend more without compelling reason in view of the fact that he has judges he lined up for this who are also busy people and are probably not being compensated.

This is all for the art. 400 people could be doing something else here, and they are doing this out of a common passion. Can't we all just get along?:hugsmile:

Edit: He he! I said "common passion." I think I'm getting an extension.

[Mr. Visions]

I'm pretty thankful for the extension. My dad just had a stroke, so it's been hard just to breathe for the past month, let alone do extracurricular stuff. Thanks Cody, and good luck everyone -

- Visions

[sve]

Ohhh, so sorry to hear that, I hope he is recovering and will be all right soon. Wish you all health. I will be sending good thoughts to you, Mr Visions. How is he now? Where did it happen? in what circumstances if I may ask?

[arttorney]

That's rough. I hope he gets well soon.

[Mr. Visions]

He's doing alot better, he has to get an angioplasty in a couple weeks for his kidney, but he's doing alot better. Thanks alot Sve for your concern. Thanks arttorney. Best wishes to you both as well -

[hp]

Hope your dad gets better!

BTW, at the workshop I received a fortune cookie that said "You will win a great contest." ^^ I need to scan it in...

[sve]

He has atherosclerosis. Good recovery to him and relief to you and your family.

[ikuru]

400 people could be doing something else here, and they are doing this out of a common passion.

Fuck yeah, I been neglecting my real work for the last three months for this (finding nasty gif&#180;s to put here is like a full time job)!

http://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/53.gif



cody: hey. and you are?
me: dave...aka redehlert.
cody: dude! yer like my favorite and all.
me: dude. extension then.
cody: dude....totally.

Now thats some Funny bunny dude. ;)

[strych9ine]

If you want people to take this thing seriously and put their energy into it, you cant keep fucking about with everyones schedules

Don't blame me when you turn down paying work for an online art contest with no prizes. If you're not happy with the way I do things, you're free to put all of your effort into developing a better business sense. This is free time shit, extra-curricular.


Fuck yeah yeah, I been neglecting my real work for the last three months for this! :lifedrawing:

You too.

[rpace]

Weirdly, even though I'm finishing my piece up by the previous deadline, the extension will only help me out if I make it to round 2 by pushing the due date for that back a bit so I can better accomodate a comics gig.

It's good that this one is actually coming to a close, though -- I had so many false starts on the concept that went from the too vague to too on the nose that I'll just be happy to see the back end of this.

Bring on round two, even if I'm not in it!


~Richard

[Main Loop]

hey cody, dont let em piss you off, they dont understand that going to the workshop in the middle of this puts a dent in everyone's schedule.. 80% of us were sooo glad for the extension..

[redehlert]

i'm living the dream if i can get you to laugh, ikuru.
living.
the.
dream. ;)

[strych9ine]

I'm happy as a clam! Like I said, I'm absolutely swamped and it appears the majority of the participants are from the feedback I've received, at the workshop or not. I do appreciate all of your hard work and participation, and know I have to think about what's best for the majority of these 360 artists that need the extra time due to circumstance as well as myself who desperately needs more time to set everything up.

Feel free to be pissed off at me, it makes me smile. Hopefully the people that matter understand that at the end of it all, it's all just for fun.

[Stark]

I understand. Check your PMs Cody

[GriNGo]

Thanks for the extension man.

[Form]

cody im SO SO angry at you. I just... i wouldn't normally post this... i just had to get it off my chest. I hate bottling things up. I think what you are doing here is really unprofessional and unfair.. you are treating us all like dirt man! Where do you get off, on giving us an extension. Its rediculous. Just because you work a hoity toity job and you married a hooker doesnt give you the right to tread all over the little guy. I hope I have appealed to some part of you deep down that knows this is true. I hope you reconsider your life and make some serious changes. Because you have a lot of potential to be a good person, but its a lifetime commitment and you have to be serious about it. I for one hope that you can do that.

Best wishes, let me know if you ever need a hug. We all have to cry some time!


*edit* on a more serious note -- to the amateurs and middleweights competing: it is my experience that due to the internet and the modern art community, many of us do a lot of reading and thinking online. This leads to a whole lot of theoretical knowledge, of rules, colour theories, analysing art and all that sort of stuff. But we lack the tactile experience of an Atelier where you put your knowledge to practise every day. If you think you have finished your piece, i would suggest taking a part of that knowledge bank you think you know about it, and really push that part of your piece. Colour temperature is a good one. You could spend 3 weeks on a painting just looking at similar objects in life and seeing how subtle the temperature shifts can be. Refine the values. Flip it and see how the shape design is working. Does your storytelling convey your message instantly or is it slightly confusing? The masters spent years on their paintings - dont tell me you cant find something to improve for another week :p

[sve]

You know Form... all this is very nice and you are very persuasive but the fact remains.. deadlines should mean something...
Saying all this, I repeat as I wrote already in another place... this TD is Cody's idea and he can do pretty much anything with rules and deadlines... but of course there are some considerations that everything should be taking in moderation and with sense. Your ideas about little people I don't like at all. I don't look at art like this. I expect to see beauty in every new image doesn't matter from who it will come.

[Saturns Gate]

Cheers Cody! Gives me some time to work on my final year project nice one :) Oh and I am pretty sure this sort of thing sometimes happens in the games industry, as in you will get a week extra or so to work on something...although maybe not as much as this :D hehe, anyway nice one!

[archipelago]

Ive got a question, say if I make it to round 2, and I have to send my computer In for repairs after the round 1 deadline, and the repairs usually take 2-3 weeks, will I be able to get my computer back in time for when round 2 starts?

basically, around what time does round 2 start? :P

And Im pretty sure Ill make it to round 2 because, you know, Im pretty awesome.

[Art_Addict]

For all I care, Cody can do what ever the hell he pleases.

People should be thankfull imo for the organisation and him setting up all this.

[Icon]

<3 oh cody I think I loooooove youuuuuu!

Thank you for the extension ! I think everyone needed it! So thank you!

And uhh..I can't possibly imagine why anyone would want to bitch about the extension... I mean this is something we all do out of our free time, and for those who work, the extra time is something to look forward to...a nice change from our deadlines intensive lives. Don't be sorry! :D we're all really thankful... at least i'm sure mostly everyone from the workshop is!

;p an extra week is nothing, it might even give extra time to reaaally polish those paintings! Come on now everyone, let's not be lazy!!!

[Ead]

I guess if the majority wills it to happen then it should. I just thought it was important to point out that moving deadlines about at will can hinder people as well as help them and isn't always a good idea, especially when the dealine is imminent

+ in my case as soon as I hear the word extension I suddenly relax and an overwhelming sense of sloth comes over me

much respect for Cody doing the whole thing off his own back though, of course we all appreciate the effort

[ArtByZak]

Well, I have a few things to say about the deadline extension and puss-outs in general:

1. (To the Participants, not our Host:) We've had a long time to get this done. These entries had better be pretty damn awesome - how long does it take you guys to come up with and execute a concept? Professionals in the industry shouldn't have a problem blowing the doors off this contest, and noobs - if you can't succeed with all these deadline extensions, how do you expect to make it in the real world as a concept artist?

2. Yes, there is no official prize for this contest, but everyone who signed up pretty much made an obligation to produce a work of art in a certain time frame. Sure, you can make arguments for how other things are more important, or other things came up, or your computer crashed (how many people out there are working on junk computers? I swear, if I had a share of Microsoft for every "my computer crashed and I lost my entry" excuse I've heard, I'd own Bill Gates - and I'd be rich, because you'd have to buy another computer if all those excuses were indeed true). Still, if you puss out, what does that say about you? Unless it involves death or dismemberment or your house burning down, unexpected divorce, or a handful of other extreme circumstances, failing to meet the deadline or pussing out reflects extremely poorly on your accountability and professionalism. This contest may mean little to you, but to some of us it is taken seriously as a place to push ourselves, outside of work, to create something our souls need to bring to life to prevent withering in our banal society, and to many of the people on the reserve list, who lost out because a lazy, slacker puss-out took their spot, you have done a great disservice to the Concept Art community and yourself. If you pussed out due to laziness or unprofessionalism, and you don't feel extremely bad about it to the point where you are motivated to change the slothlike aspects of your wasted existence, then try not to waste our time in the future and stay the heck away from the challenge forums. Most puss out excuses are probably absolute BS anyway - you were just afraid to compete and realized you got in over your head, and turned tail and ran. Well, keep running. (Unfortunately, internet is pretty much worldwide, so no matter where your chicken legs carried you, you'd find a way to come back here again...damn it...)

3. That being said, there IS a prize for this contest. There are many potential career-making prizes. ImagineFX is covering this contest, MAJOR people in the CA industry are paying attention, including Senior Art Directors from some of your favorite companies, and who knows who else? And you know what, since these forums are public, they can see which people are making a bunch of lame-ass excuses for why they can't make this very generous deadline extension, and they'll know not to approach you for work.

4. I've had my share of problems as well, but none of them have stopped me from competing. A stinking dog at a friend's house chewed through and completely severed my Wacom cord, and I had to surgically splice it back together (if any of you have ever seen how tiny those wires are, you know how difficult that is) and work with a damaged Wacom held together by a wad of electrical tape. Then, I realize I'm out of nibs and the one I'm using is so short it's almost INSIDE the pen and Wacom is taking FOREVER to ship me replacements. Plus, I moved, most of my stuff is still in boxes, but I've got my computer set up rather haphazardly in my very unpacked work area, working in a very non-ergonomic way amongst piles of boxes in a freezing cold basement with poor lighting and a goddamn broken window that I haven't had time to fix because I work 12 hours a day (with commute) and have a daughter that needs looking after until she goes to bed, leaving me maybe 3 hours a night to try to get anything done (including paying bills, eating and showering)- which usually turns into 5 hours because I end up saying f@#k sleep, which sucks when I have to get up for another soul-sucking day at Merrill Lynch on 4 hours of sleep if I'm lucky. But my entry is done, despite it all, and as you'll all see, it is VERY expansive, incredibly detailed, and not something that was just crapped out in a few hours at a computer between video games, bong hits, and internet porn all-nighters. Where there's a will, there's a way, as they say.

So revel in the deadline extension. But damn it, make something of it, get some incredibly awesome piece of artwork done, and don't puss out because you're a lowsy, lazy, slacker waste of time who never should have signed up for this contest. The only way this contest is going to reach its potential is if people take it seriously, and if all that's turned in is crap and excuses, the best artists here at CA are going to stop taking it seriously, and it will be a joke of a contest populated by riff-raff.

P.S. I 10000000% support strych9ine's banning of any puss-outs from future competitions (not counting, of course, legitimate death-related reasons, but still, you guys had forever to get your entries done, and waiting until the last minute and being blindsided by something is, in itself, unprofessional as well, technically). You wasted our time once, and forced worthy participants to take a spot on the reserve list, why would we want to let you do it to us a second time?

I'm just saying...

[Mr. Visions]

cody im SO SO angry at you. I just... i wouldn't normally post this... i just had to get it off my chest. I hate bottling things up. I think what you are doing here is really unprofessional and unfair.. you are treating us all like dirt man! Where do you get off, on giving us an extension. Its rediculous. Just because you work a hoity toity job and you married a hooker doesnt give you the right to tread all over the little guy. I hope I have appealed to some part of you deep down that knows this is true. I hope you reconsider your life and make some serious changes. Because you have a lot of potential to be a good person, but its a lifetime commitment and you have to be serious about it. I for one hope that you can do that.
p

I'm really, really wishing we still had that GROAN button...

[D.Labruyere]

I don't think he was being serious Mr.Visions :)

[Craig D]

:nohope:
I'm really, really wishing we still had that GROAN button...

:nohope:

[arttorney]

1. :yayca:


2. :lifedrawing:


3. :hugsmile:

because, yes, people are watching :oneye: :oneye: :oneye: :oneye: . They are watching because they thought people came here to draw. Regardless of where you stand on this issue, if you are not drawing, you will get:yum: .

[skullsquid]

Every time I check here, there's an extension, maybe I shouldn't check the LMS threads anymore.

[Texahol]

my week just got a little less stressful
chairs cody.

[Mr. Visions]

I don't think he was being serious Mr.Visions :)

Yeah, my apologies, I probably took that the wrong way.:mod:

[mrgrumble]

well zak, ya got me. haha wow :) well, back to class for me

Well, I have a few things to say about the deadline extension and puss-outs in general:

1. (To the Participants, not our Host:) We've had a long time to get this done. These entries had better be pretty damn awesome - how long does it take you guys to come up with and execute a concept? Professionals in the industry shouldn't have a problem blowing the doors off this contest, and noobs - if you can't succeed with all these deadline extensions, how do you expect to make it in the real world as a concept artist?

2. Yes, there is no official prize for this contest, but everyone who signed up pretty much made an obligation to produce a work of art in a certain time frame. Sure, you can make arguments for how other things are more important, or other things came up, or your computer crashed (how many people out there are working on junk computers? I swear, if I had a share of Microsoft for every "my computer crashed and I lost my entry" excuse I've heard, I'd own Bill Gates - and I'd be rich, because you'd have to buy another computer if all those excuses were indeed true). Still, if you puss out, what does that say about you? Unless it involves death or dismemberment or your house burning down, unexpected divorce, or a handful of other extreme circumstances, failing to meet the deadline or pussing out reflects extremely poorly on your accountability and professionalism. This contest may mean little to you, but to some of us it is taken seriously as a place to push ourselves, outside of work, to create something our souls need to bring to life to prevent withering in our banal society, and to many of the people on the reserve list, who lost out because a lazy, slacker puss-out took their spot, you have done a great disservice to the Concept Art community and yourself. If you pussed out due to laziness or unprofessionalism, and you don't feel extremely bad about it to the point where you are motivated to change the slothlike aspects of your wasted existence, then try not to waste our time in the future and stay the heck away from the challenge forums. Most puss out excuses are probably absolute BS anyway - you were just afraid to compete and realized you got in over your head, and turned tail and ran. Well, keep running. (Unfortunately, internet is pretty much worldwide, so no matter where your chicken legs carried you, you'd find a way to come back here again...damn it...)

3. That being said, there IS a prize for this contest. There are many potential career-making prizes. ImagineFX is covering this contest, MAJOR people in the CA industry are paying attention, including Senior Art Directors from some of your favorite companies, and who knows who else? And you know what, since these forums are public, they can see which people are making a bunch of lame-ass excuses for why they can't make this very generous deadline extension, and they'll know not to approach you for work.

4. I've had my share of problems as well, but none of them have stopped me from competing. A stinking dog at a friend's house chewed through and completely severed my Wacom cord, and I had to surgically splice it back together (if any of you have ever seen how tiny those wires are, you know how difficult that is) and work with a damaged Wacom held together by a wad of electrical tape. Then, I realize I'm out of nibs and the one I'm using is so short it's almost INSIDE the pen and Wacom is taking FOREVER to ship me replacements. Plus, I moved, most of my stuff is still in boxes, but I've got my computer set up rather haphazardly in my very unpacked work area, working in a very non-ergonomic way amongst piles of boxes in a freezing cold basement with poor lighting and a goddamn broken window that I haven't had time to fix because I work 12 hours a day (with commute) and have a daughter that needs looking after until she goes to bed, leaving me maybe 3 hours a night to try to get anything done (including paying bills, eating and showering)- which usually turns into 5 hours because I end up saying f@#k sleep, which sucks when I have to get up for another soul-sucking day at Merrill Lynch on 4 hours of sleep if I'm lucky. But my entry is done, despite it all, and as you'll all see, it is VERY expansive, incredibly detailed, and not something that was just crapped out in a few hours at a computer between video games, bong hits, and internet porn all-nighters. Where there's a will, there's a way, as they say.

So revel in the deadline extension. But damn it, make something of it, get some incredibly awesome piece of artwork done, and don't puss out because you're a lowsy, lazy, slacker waste of time who never should have signed up for this contest. The only way this contest is going to reach its potential is if people take it seriously, and if all that's turned in is crap and excuses, the best artists here at CA are going to stop taking it seriously, and it will be a joke of a contest populated by riff-raff.

P.S. I 10000000% support strych9ine's banning of any puss-outs from future competitions (not counting, of course, legitimate death-related reasons, but still, you guys had forever to get your entries done, and waiting until the last minute and being blindsided by something is, in itself, unprofessional as well, technically). You wasted our time once, and forced worthy participants to take a spot on the reserve list, why would we want to let you do it to us a second time?

I'm just saying...

[llothcat]

woot!


I just found a glaring mistake in mine, so, good!

[Form]

lol! everyone!!! i was joking!!! cody said people getting angry would put a smile on his face, and i like to make my main man c-banger smile!!! sve, visions, etc, i love you guys - hope you know i was just joking around :)

sve - i dont know what you mean about 'my ideas about the little people' - was that taken from the joke part or the second part? Because i completely agree with your assertion and i shirk fundementalism in all its forms... i am no elitist... hopefully you can clarify by PM perhaps? I dont want this thread being hijacked any more than it is :)

as for the second part of my post, i do think there are plenty of ways to keep working on a piece and refining it. And as for deadlines and time and so on, its a fairly regular thing when you are working as an artist to have timings moved around. Sure its a hassle and whatever but its always going to happen so I find just going with the flowing and using obstacles as opportunities are the best way.

Anyhow, hopefully my chagrin wit has now been exposed in all its blundering tomfoolery - i didnt mean to cause a stir... this was a fun thread to wake up to... i havnt even had my coffee yet! *pushes groan button at his own life*

:P
love form

[Idiot Apathy]

Jesus, I can't believe people are whining. If you guys had any idea how much work Cody has put into this you would cry from shame. Cody you beautiful bastard, I think you should have charged an entry fee dude I really do. Much love and respect dude, hope to see you again soon.

[Villa]

hell yeah! thnx a lot cody. workshop attendees are grateful, so as everyone else should be too.

now, hammer time..

[sve]

Why to PM when I can say it here :). I was wrong I apologize :)... I thought you were weighing art and artists like kilos of potatoes... IMO Art can't be measured strictly speaking... Finished painting doesn't mean it is a good art. Everything is as indefinite as it can be. Connection with art should come individually, shouldn't be influenced by names and a brilliant past of the artist or other person charisma.
I'm sorry I misunderstood you. I should count till 100 not till ten when write something. :).
Love right back at you.

[D.Labruyere]

right, enough kindness!

To all who try to oppose me:
Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries!

[dfacto]

Thanks you Cody, you've given the greatest gift of all: The gift of not pussing out!

[romance]

Cody, you beautiful, beautiful man. Thanks for the erection... er, I mean extension. Great meeting you, it was about fucking time.

[redehlert]

hahaha....tom and rob love cody! carla too. how do i get myself into this love shack.
and for all the whiners..... jog on!

[Idiot Apathy]

Dave dude, I saw how you looked at Cody - don't play games with him; he deserves better than that. And how can you not love Karla?!

[FlipMcgee]

Got your back Cody. We'll keep the hordes at bay.



http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1770/weheartcodyyl4.jpg

[Chingwa]

OMG! Now I can get more than 2 hours of sleep tonight! (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz)

[VirusArtist]

i'm sitting at my 5th picture now, but still cant seem to get a grip on the topic.. I already was paniking about wich one to send in and planning to skip sleep and realise another idea in a few hours time and now i see that theres another extention..

Cody.. If I ever meet you in person, I will fall to my knees, praise you as if you were god himself and buy you the best german beer I can get. This extension is MOST welcome!

I owe you a beer!

[ConceptCreature]

Christ on a cracker, can we get on with this already??? I don't get these kinds of extensions from freelance clients ,why is it happening for this? And don't get me wrong--I appreciated the extension during the holiday season. But that's long and over with, so I'm at a loss as to why this is happening AGAIN.
Even if you can't get all the judges in at this time, at least get the artwork accumilated, and set the contest results for the folllowing weekend after everyone's met up and had a chance to look at everything! This should be called, "Last Man Slacking".....

[arttorney]

Every minute Charlie squats in the jungle he gets stronger.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/arttorney/charlie.jpg

[nonie]

Christ on a cracker, can we get on with this already??? I don't get these kinds of extensions from freelance clients ,why is it happening for this? And don't get me wrong--I appreciated the extension during the holiday season. But that's long and over with, so I'm at a loss as to why this is happening AGAIN.
Even if you can't get all the judges in at this time, at least get the artwork accumilated, and set the contest results for the folllowing weekend after everyone's met up and had a chance to look at everything! This should be called, "Last Man Slacking".....

Uh... The workshop? Half the contestants, judges, *and* the organizer were there. Don't be a jerk, it might seem easy when you're just making a picture, but an event this huge takes a whole lot of work for those putting it together - and when it's one guy, you should be giving him a slow, romantic ass-licking, not whining.

Edit: It's just more time to polish your piece - you better have a great one after this.

[strych9ine]

This should be called, "Last Man Slacking"

Hahahaha! Oh my god, I think I see what you did there! Man, you are good! I bet you didn't have to think a second for that one, it just flowed through the fingertips and onto the keyboard. Last Man SLACKING!

[strych9ine]

Damn, I'm still thinking about that one conceptcreature! You really know how to make a humorous play on words! Do you do any improv? Because if you don't, you should buddy. You really should.

I can understand how an extra week might get on your nerves, seeing as you haven't turned in anything yet and were obviously going to turn yours in either tonight or tomorrow. I mean, another whole week? What was I thinking, it's just crazy!

Looking forward to seeing your kickass piece, pal!

[Idiot Apathy]

:D hahaha, It's so much better now that I can picture your face as you say this shit dude.

[Ilaekae]

So I'm still in...I leave for a few days and come back to some good news...and the fact that apparently half the would-be winners here are out to lynch Cody...

Good. Now I wanna make sure that the piece of shit I turn in is better than anything the fuckin' whiners show up with...I mean...how hard can it be? Hey, Whiners... I knew what my piece was gonna look like 35 seconds after Cody announced the theme. It's been 95&#37; done since two days before the original deadline, and now I have an entire week or so to finish and clean it up. I would have had it done sooner, but aside from the usual holiday family shit, my retirement and a few funerals, I really had nothing else to do...

Except try to mentor the most patient bunch on the face of the earth for putting up with my sudden absences, and help out Seedling a wee bit on the classrooms, and establish the Comics Challenge from scratch, and get some research together on future assignments, but...hey...somebody has to do it. Took a little time, but I'll survive...but everything I did the entire time, personally and here, is nothing-- N O T H I N G --compared to what went into staging an event like the LMS, and if you don't recognize that fact, allow me to be the first to enlighten you...

I'm pointing this out just to make it quite clear to all you totally-offended-with-Cody sumbitches out there that act like your fuckin' lives have been ruined by his "playin' around" that I'm gonna be sittin' here patiently waiting to see just what project you've come up with in your "spare" time that will advance the forum that you pop in and out of every day without any charge or hassle. If any of you knew how to use the fuckin' brain your parents gave you, you'd know the best thing to do is not even attempt anything, because i don't think you have the ability to do what Cody, Seedling, Chaos, Fonzie, Romance, Sunny and all the other hard-working slackers who have nothing better to do than show up here once in a while and pretend they're doing something complex and maybe informative/educational/entertaining.

And, just in case you missed it, that last sentence WAS FUCKIN' SARCASM!

On the day Cody posts the entries, I'm going to be enjoying myself, but maybe not for the reasons everyone else will be...slackers...

:ilaekae: :steph: :medusachow: :mittenbop: :ore:

[Joeslucher]

Holy crap it's gotten aggressive in here! Now I feel like we're really having a thunderdome! Initially I was against the extension and would have clicked the groan button if it were still there but now I'm rooting for Cody to have another extension just to spite us and ratchet up the tension.

[chaosrocks]

skips through...lalalalal.. tosses flowers and beer at cody... Im done but if you need a few days to catch up. thats ok... if I can help withthe paper work ..just give a hollar....

thanks for the kind words kitty...we try

which reminds me I need to talk to you about Seedy
crx

[Jason Rainville]

Oh noes an extension, now the pressure is off and I don't feel like a big boy in my big boy pants with my big boy thumb in my ass because I have no other obligations or ambitions in life because of this whole last man standing thing :(

I was against the extension but now I don't really care. Gives me more time on this plus other art I should be doing.

Hooray for hostility. Us watery flesh bags need it every so often. Gets the blood pumping.

[Ilaekae]

"which reminds me I need to talk to you about Seedy
crx"

I DID NOT DO IT !!!!!





...and that time with Flip wasn't my fault...he was drunk.

[ikuru]

http://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/33.gifhttp://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/32.gif

[Molly]

hahahaha - again?
thanx for letting us know luv...:)

Mx

[thanos5]

extended again!! I have the piece finished since the last year!

[Pattern Recognition]

strych9ine, you have a PM.

[N D Hill]

Yeah. I've been done since 12/30/07 but a second glance never hurts. Especially if you've put it away long enough for a somewhat objective new perspective. To those of you who'd have been screwed without the deadline extension...

http://www.blackwash-studio.com/img/nun.jpg

[arttorney]

Good to have you back Ilaekae. You will post either a superb piece, or no piece. Those are your two settings. I am expecting the superb piece. :ilaekae:

You too, AngryScientist.

I would have finished mine for whatever deadline. I'm taking full advantage. Let Match 20 have such an end as will be worthy of remembrance.

[rustikof]

:asslick: mmmm slow loving asslickinggggg *drools

yeah, i really don't get why ANYONE is whining....

its like the art client of yours saying---hey dude actually i've had some shit come up its alright if you had it in next week---meanwhile you've been shitting your pants to get the thing done and then this gem falls in your lap ...why would you complain? FUCKKKK I HAD IT DONE FOR YOU WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME WHHYYYYYY

alright i'm done.

[Stark]

I wanna say something, but the fact that I've come ___ this close to pussing out 2x is not warranted. My piece won't be a fuckin masterpiece, but I'd slowlick Cody's ass for giving me more time to get things rocking. See you guys at the finish line.

[Kamikazebob]

Ilaekae, glad to have ya back old man!

[redehlert]

Dave dude, I saw how you looked at Cody - don't play games with him; he deserves better than that. And how can you not love Karla?!

yer right. at first sight, i was like :wtf: and then it was like :yum: followed shortly thereafter by :mod: .

i can start by spelling karla's name right....shizzo. sorry bout dat.

peas.
d

[redehlert]

sheer poetry, hoss.


Damn, I'm still thinking about that one conceptcreature! You really know how to make a humorous play on words! Do you do any improv? Because if you don't, you should buddy. You really should.

[strych9ine]

A word to the reservists:

I am getting lots of pussies pussing out lately, so much so that I am not going to waste my time informing you all of who is in for who. If you decide to submit, I will do my best to fit you in wherever I can. With the steady flow of puss slobbering it's way into my inbox, I would say you've got a pretty good chance of getting in.

If, for some reason, I get more reservist submissions than open slots, I will take whoever was higher up on the list first. So submit, you have a very good chance of squirming your way in!

[Stark]

Hey, you got my PMs right? Everything is still good on my end...DON'T TAKE ME AWAY!

[fedezz]

That's a lot a pussies for just one post Cody :assspank:

[archipelago]

http://www.ville-ericsson.se/misc/pussed.jpg

edit: not rly

[Noë]

A word to the reservists:
... etcetera....
Whee! Thanks! :teeth: :bashful:
Now all I have to worry about is with who I'll be teamed up.. Too many awesome artists in this dome ^^

Thanks for organizing this awesome awesome event!
Now I've got to go do some more painting ^^

Love
Marleen.

[llothcat]

entry sent...i just tired of looking at it at this point...:P

[ConceptCreature]

Hey, are we allowed to put our real names and copyright info on the pic, or do you need to keep it as anonymous as possible?

[B-Man]

I dont know if im confused because of the fact that people sign up for LMS and Puss out in the last week or because of all the glue in my paperbag. Its maybe both. I think about people that puss out with just a couple of days left. Who are these people? Do they like the smell of glue as well? are they afraid that their dicks arent gonna show beside the really big ones? They think maybe its just so that "I ate to damn much food this X-mas and my fingers are now to tubby to press the post button"? a firecracker went of in my rectum?
I want to read the excuses people give you for pussying out! They must be tons of fun. :D
Maybe its me or maybe its the glue talking but its fucking weak to puss out with one week left!!!!!!

To the rest of you! I wish you all the best of luck and thank you for posting such fun trash talk!
I just had to say something about puss-outs... Mahalo!

[Maurizio Manzieri]

From the LSM3 Manifesto:


Don't post your entries until the final day!

Shouldn't be waiting for the deadline?
It's some days now I've been looking at my finished piece, yet ...
...I see a few warriors already shooting their entries in the Arena... :!:

Good wishes to you all, folks...!
MM, Area 51 :oneye:

Edit: Oh, probably it means we could send to Cody our entry in advance, but it's forbidden to post our
artwork in other sections of ConceptArt before the deadline. Is it correct?

[sve]

Cody, I sent my entry, don't know if it got through...
And I feel so bad, but may I send another one?... I noticed a white streak where it is not supposed to be...on image... My monitor reflects lights in some part of the day badly and I didn't noticed it earlier... I feel a shame bothering you when you are so busy...I'm sorry.

[arttorney]

Maurizio, I think emailing Strych9ine a link is not the same as posting publicly. Still, if you have another 6 days, why not put the drawing aside for two or three days and then come back for a look with fresh eyes? It's quite relaxing.

To the people who are still worried about fundamental things in their drawings::mittenbop:
You should be in the stage where you are tweaking details in several various versions of your piece by now. The people who are submitting basically can't even think of anything new to try, presumably.

[Maurizio Manzieri]

arttorney: I'll follow your advice. Some R&R before the 'big unveiling'...:wink:

[strych9ine]

Hold off posting your piece until the final threads are put up. I'm going to unveil them all at the same time.

I have the full judging panel together, and holy shit it's a talented crew:

Aleksi Briclot
Rob Carney
Brian Despain
Dan Dos Santos
Jon Foster
Irene Gallo
Gregory Manchess
JS Rossbach

[sve]

Very exciting :). thanks Cody for everything.

[Kamikazebob]

Damn, boy. You gots some pretty list thar.

Seriously, I tip my hat to you and the judges panel. It scares the hell out of me that my crap shalt be judged. :hatsoff:

[ConceptCreature]

Holy crap, those are some talented fuckers!!! And they're gonna look at OUR stuff. Wow. Well, at least I've got to the 19th to fine-tune the crap out of this thing.
Thanks to everyone who's taking their spare time to contribute and volunteer in this thing. This is by far one of the most in-depth and generous forums for artists, out there, and I'm just thrilled to have a chance to get my ass whupped by some of these talented mo-fos. Don't think I'm not gonna try, tho'!

[redehlert]

okay...i'm ripping a mega bandaid off as i write this.
i have to bail. no amount of time with gracious extensions will help.
work and freelance are ramped up.
the passing of my wife's grandma is weighing heavily on our hearts now that things are getting 'back to normal'.
this would be an awesome project to take to final...but feel that the fun will have to wait for another time.
cody, thanks for the extension and hearing my plea.
to my opponents, my apologies.
to all....i'm pussin' out.

cheers,
dave

[chaosrocks]

damn
red
bummer
sorry about your gma in law
dont be a strangers now tha t you've found your way back

[strych9ine]

okay...i'm ripping a mega bandaid off as i write this.
i have to bail. no amount of time with gracious extensions will help.
work and freelance are ramped up.
the passing of my wife's grandma is weighing heavily on our hearts now that things are getting 'back to normal'.
this would be an awesome project to take to final...but feel that the fun will have to wait for another time.
cody, thanks for the extension and hearing my plea.
to my opponents, my apologies.
to all....i'm pussin' out.

cheers,
dave

That's rough Dave, very sorry to hear that. Take care man.

[redehlert]

chaos and cody...thanks much.
i won't be a stranger....

[arttorney]

I am sorry to hear about your loss, but the good news that can be picked out from between the lines is that work and freelance are ramped up. That part is great! (well, at least because of the $$$ part)

[S.C. Watson]

Dave, all the best man. My thoughts are with you and your family.

~Shane

[Mr. Visions]

Sorry for You and your wife's loss, Red. My best wises and prayers are with ya, take care.

- Visions

[Mr. Visions]

Sorry for You and your wife's loss, Red. My best wises and prayers are with ya, take care.

- Visions

[redehlert]

art, shane and mr. v - thanks. really is nice to have support from such kick ass peeps.
word.
d

[archipelago]

I just sent mine in :)

[GriNGo]

:skull: you wouldn't believe me that early today my fu*ken hard drive crashed. & I decided to redo my entry just before the crash... All over again. Yep. One whole sleepless thursday will be my LMS salvation. See you Friday midnight suckas!

:anime: :anime: :anime: :anime: :anime: :anime: :anime:

[arttorney]

High anxiety countdown mode approaches D-3

Enacting disaster protocol!:xpld:

[Jason Rainville]

Sent. Yaaaaaaaay :mod:

[Form]

im predicting deadline panic, mass spamming, and cody getting angry because people are too lazy to translate time zones :D

[archipelago]

im predicting deadline panic, mass spamming, and cody getting angry because people are too lazy to translate time zones :D
And then an extension!


just kidding, deadline jokes are too easy!

.... :(

[strych9ine]

Would you guys do me a favor and name your files in the manner that I asked you to in the first post of the thread? That'd be FANTASTIC!

The Finally Finished thread will go up as early as I can this weekend, but it might have to wait until Tuesday. My computer at home has conveniently decided not to find the hard drive when booting up. Relax, toss a few back, and it'll all be up before you know it.

[arttorney]

Last Man Standing is apparently hell on hardware.

After all this time, I decided to find a good stopping point to send mine before some kind of y2k disaster got me. I know from experience that hundreds of people on the internet trying to do the same thing at the very same instant can lead to some problems.

As I recall, how to name the files is kind of right there near the address of where to send them. It's convenient. Maybe that's the problem.

[Sept13]

Send mine, with the proper file name :)

Getting more and more excited!

[Gloominati]

think I'm gonna start tomorrow....

[Diphallia]

think I'm gonna start tomorrow....

Haha! :asskisser:

[Ilaekae]

Kewl! I'm assuming this has officially started then...

[chaosrocks]

k sent the durn thing in... now you know where the bottom step is cody... haven't heard from our other competitors..

get it done kitty... we expect great things

[Alien Ape Star]

I made a few sketches last year.. some others recently... I finally decided on a concept-ideea of some sort. :eyecandy: I guess I`ll have to finish it saturday, around brunch.. :dead:

[rustikof]

ARGH yer goin down choas!

DOWN I SAYS!

DOWNTOWN LEROY BROWN!!!

[azghoul]

done

:zzz: :inject: :x

[Maurizio Manzieri]

OK! I did my homework! :painting:
Entry sent and acknowledged!

See you soon in the Arena!
MM, Group 51 :yayca:

[ikuru]

So its going down huh? Oh, you bet your sweet potatoes it is.

http://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/3.gifhttp://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/12.gif
http://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/40.gif
My entry is only done when the fat lady sings.

[arttorney]

Hmmm. Last year's puss out rate was estimated at about 13% or so. That would be about 51 people. Who will be this year's rogues gallery of ignominious non-finishers? Tune in next week ... same :batgirl: time ... same :batgirl: channel.

[Carnifex]

gawd my hand hurts. i'm not entirely happy with it,but i can't be arsed to work more,and i won't have anymore time for it the next days either way.
hope it arrived okay, and good luck to everyone.
cheers.

[chaosrocks]

golly one of my other competitiors has peeped his lil head up.... got an entry little man?

good lluck you know cody is gonna whip some piece of shiny shit out of his ass and stomp us all....

roxie

[Saturns Gate]

*slashes off another day from the calendar* hmmm, something tells me I should be in panic mode now.....

[Ilaekae]

Okay...


I found my brushes.









By tomorrow morning, I'll have located the paint.

[S.C. Watson]

hmmm... due Saturday.
Have to work all day Friday.
Just have line art.
Just noticed the deadline... five minutes ago.

no problem.

~Oreg.

[Ilaekae]

Want me to wait until you submit yours so we don't ruin Cody's night, or just dump the shit and let him fuckin' sort it out? I'm signing mine "Jason." Who are you slandering? :P

[Saturns Gate]

Been up all night working on this mutha, loving it baby! Although this red bull is getting me twitchy...Turns up music...must...stay...awake!!
:ilaekae:

[Snarfevs]

It is done. Opponents, please form an orderly queue for the pointing and laughing.

/m\ \w/

[Stark]

Yeah....no. You'll get my best..which looks like your worst. Oh well...I finished and will submit Saturday sometime after some more tweaking....

HAVE FUN AND BEND OVER!

[Iliada]

Ooooh, deadline tomorrow! I'm very excited to see the art you've made, all of you contestants!

I'm expecting my inspiration folder to double it's weight.

[N D Hill]

Goddamn. This is really happening this time! I can't wait to see the awesome work which will no doubt flood in tomorrow.

[amer-nazri]

Soon, the sky will be ripped apart, and the rain of fire and brimstone shall fall....

cant wait.

[Form]

a cylon ate my painting.

[Farvus]

I was finishing my pic all night and I can't look at it anymore. Sent!

Can't wait to see what everyone made :)

[strych9ine]

Whoooooooooooooo's going to be a big pussy and not submit? It's ok, everyone will just know you can't handle pressure. No biggie. :)

[S.C. Watson]

Whoooooooooooooo's going to be a big pussy and not submit? It's ok, everyone will just know you can't handle pressure. No biggie. :)
this coming from the man who's changed the deadline *how many* times?

:P

luvs,
~Oreg.

[Ilaekae]

...paper...

...paper...

I'm out of paper...!




Can somebody FedEx me a piece of paper...quick...?

[Pau1Winslow]

Still haven't submitted, I definitely won't be sleeping tonight.

[arttorney]

...paper...

...paper...

I'm out of paper...!




Can somebody FedEx me a piece of paper...quick...?

Ha ha. I'll fax you one. That will be faster.

[solorpower]

Need to drop out last minute.

Car wreck (happened on Jan 17)....plus going through a nasty divorce....

Someone else hop in.

[yAdam]

submitted mine yesterday....! Can't wait to see a lot of amazing entires, except for match 50 ;)!!

[arttorney]

Does anybody else hear that great rushing noise? I'm trying to decide if it is a hailstorm of scary good artworks about to hit, or the sound of two score desperate artists trying to find the exit without being noticed.

[Saturns Gate]

By my calculations I have 20 hours to complete this, take away 3 hours of party time, and 7 hours of drunken sleep, which leaves me with 10 hours to complete the bastard! Is gonna be one hell of a ride! :D

[Earendil]

Does anybody else hear that great rushing noise? I'm trying to decide if it is a hailstorm of scary good artworks about to hit, or the sound of two score desperate artists trying to find the exit without being noticed.

5TYv_qOAFow


Hold on to those paper's Ilaekae! :)

[archipelago]

art orgasm locked and loaded.

awaiting further instructions.

[lefran]

Apologies if this has been asked already, but i looked and couldn't see the answer, i've asked a few others, and no on knew for sure
Would it be OK if we signed our entries?

[arttorney]

No. Strych9ine wants to have the judges decide based on the artworks rather than who made the artwork.

[ikuru]

Did someone say extension?
http://www.adultplayltd.com/products/IMAGES/ExtenderPenisExtension.jpg
;)

[thedestroyer]

lol who the f*** needs this?

[S.C. Watson]

Need to drop out last minute.

Car wreck (happened on Jan 17)....plus going through a nasty divorce....

Someone else hop in.
Juan, hope you're okay. Shoot me an email when you have a chance.

~Oreg.

[smugbug]

Mine sent. Now on to finish the two CHOWs....and then...I collapse in a heap. With a beer, of course. Heh.


Good luck to all!

[Brun]

Ok, i submitted the image,

now that i look at it, it really sucks big time, and i totally seem to go up in my own ideas, it became a far cry from the original concept wich was more related to the theme "underneath it all", though theres a lot of symbolic meaning in it...

damn it really sucks :p

good luck to all

[lefran]

My Image is submitted. I'm pleased on the whole :)

[Tetsuo]

Image sent. My brain shall log off now.

-TeT-

[Form]

Ok, i submitted the image,

now that i look at it, it really sucks big time, and i totally seem to go up in my own ideas, it became a far cry from the original concept wich was more related to the theme "underneath it all", though theres a lot of symbolic meaning in it...

damn it really sucks :p

good luck to all

yeah i did exactly the same. over the course of a few weeks i lost the simplicity and directness of my initial concept, and forgot the number one rule that a painting should communicate its message clearly. I got wrapped up in all the devices of composition, and forgot the composition :)

The final extension from the 11th to the 19th gave me the chance i needed to start a new piece, which i did 2 days ago, and im much happier with the way the concept comes across... hey, theres still time!

[ArtByZak]

Turned mine in a few days ago. Pretty happy with it. I'm so glad round 1 is wrapping up.

[Joeslucher]

I struggled with the theme really bad for a while. I tried a couple of directions. Decided they were cliche. Then made a list of what I thought were cliche ideas. I think I may have ended up with an illustration that some may think doesn't fit the topic amazingly well. We'll see. I suspect when scrolling down through the final thread, Shelly Wan's piece will be right after mine so I'll think mine is crap. :) oh boy

[Ilaekae]

I just remembered I have some toilet paper, so I'm set to go...

Anyone know when the deadline is?







...and what the topic is...?

[Chingwa]

Done! Woohoo! (and a day early even...)

[JessiBean]

Oh My GOD, it's done and in and the email is sent and is the judging done yet, can we see can we see?!?!
:bounce:

[Slash]

This illustrates what will happen to my competition. You better prepare adam(ses)!


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/slashesc/face-punching-mobile.gif

[ChaoticKnight]

Entry sent! Whew.
Can't wait to see everyone's entries!!
And to my match: NO PUSS OUTS! Especially you wombat! :P
Good luck everyone!

[Oblio]

Sent. Bring it on!

[alti]

cant wait to see what you crazy people come up with.

[mysticaldonkey1]

It's 6 am and mine is sent. I'm pretty amped to see all the work!

[Brun]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Brun
Ok, i submitted the image,

now that i look at it, it really sucks big time, and i totally seem to go up in my own ideas, it became a far cry from the original concept wich was more related to the theme "underneath it all", though theres a lot of symbolic meaning in it...

damn it really sucks :p

good luck to all
yeah i did exactly the same. over the course of a few weeks i lost the simplicity and directness of my initial concept, and forgot the number one rule that a painting should communicate its message clearly. I got wrapped up in all the devices of composition, and forgot the composition

The final extension from the 11th to the 19th gave me the chance i needed to start a new piece, which i did 2 days ago, and im much happier with the way the concept comes across... hey, theres still time!

I started over 3 times :p, and even then i got lost from the original theme, though the theme is still in the image its just really really symbolic.

i'm really exited to see all of yours.


(though ofcourse i'll be taking u all down)

[Form]

im actually pretty convinced slash is going to beat me now. damn you, you demoralising bastard.

[zweiDee]

Status > 97&#37;.....
hmm, what I have 8 hours more time, ahh time shift. I like, I like.

[Diphallia]

I just remembered I have some toilet paper, so I'm set to go...


fapfap.



Anyone know when the deadline is?


in about 20 hours?




...and what the topic is...?

No idea :O


oh, where was the sign up thread?
Gotta now where to find it when LMS5 comes.

[paberu]

Sent my entry in, hope it all goes well.

Best of luck to everyone! :yayca:. Looking forward to seeing what everyone has produced.


p.s. if there was a problem with my email cody please tell me

[Alien Ape Star]

damn...it`s getting late, i guess i should get started... oky then.... :\ :rolleyes: :nohope:

[Form]

ok slash, i just emailed cody your death certificate. please roll over and die now :)

[Aly Fell]

Hereby forwarded a linky winky to you Cody. For both myself and Paul_Harrison! :)

[Saturns Gate]

Man, 4 Beers, 1 Glass of Irish Liquor, 1 Glass of some weird voodoo drink, 5 shots of what I can only describe as cough medicine with added cringe and I felt shit this morning. Thank fuck I made my previous calculations wrong and still have time. :D Feeling good now and raring to finish this beast baby! :)

[N D Hill]

...Aaaannnd... Done.

http://www.blackwash-studio.com/img/send.jpg

[grey]

sent!

[Fellah.]

Sent:S

[Form]

spent...

[zweiDee]

Sent:yayca:

[zweiDee]

double post

[zweiDee]

triple post

[zweiDee]

omg... quad post

[zweiDee]

some site problems?

[zweiDee]

phew! sixfold post.

[VirusArtist]

SENT!.. FINALLY!! Been a tough one.. BEST OF LUCK to everyone!

Cheers
Etienne

P.S.: I need a beer now....

[VirusArtist]

SENT!.. FINALLY!! Been a tough one.. BEST OF LUCK to everyone!

Cheers
Etienne

P.S.: I need a beer now....

[VirusArtist]

Sent!

[VirusArtist]

Sent!

[Dian3]

sent! :yayca:

[Laumee]

It's done, it's sent.:drinkup: :bounce:
Hope it's not too bad, i'm completely blind now, when it comes to this painting... but who cares, I finished it, and NO PUSSOUT.


Good luck to everyone. Can't wait to se all the other entries.

[Laumee]

It's done, it's sent.:drinkup: :bounce:
Hope it's not too bad, i'm completely blind now, when it comes to this painting... but who cares, I finished it, and NO PUSSOUT.


Good luck to everyone. Can't wait to se all the other entries.

[Slash]

Form, does that certificate say "death by boredom from lack of challenging competition?"

:)

[Saturns Gate]

I seriously had a heart palpatation, pretty nasty one too about 3 hours ago, think its time to start living healthy(er). LMS note, Will have it done in about 8 hours from the time difference that leaves me a couple of hours before the deadline. :) Good luck people! Cant wait!

[Saturns Gate]

Double Post due to site problems...

[alesoun]

Done and sent!

[alesoun]

Done and sent!

[ConceptCreature]

Don't ya'll hate that last minute hesitation, where you're about to send it off, and even though you've been staring at this thing for over 40 hours, suddenly some glaring thing chooses at that point to jump in your face? Then you fix that weak part, only to suddenly see five more? And then suddenly you realize that it's too late, you gotta get this thing off, and everyone's gonna know you're a fraud...
Well, I just went through that last night.

[DavidSmit]

sent.
I want to apologize already to my competitors for not putting up a good fight. Finishing freelance work with the same deadline, working on finishing my study and taking a job at Guerrilla-games does not leave you with alot of time on your hands... but hey! I handed in something.... sort off. hmm i'm fucked.

[DavidSmit]

hmm 2 times...

[alesoun]

Done and sent!

[rpace]

Sorta done -- well, ran out of time while I was fidgeting with it.

So tired it was an ordeal to get the e-mail address right.

I hope I got it right!

~Richard

[Georgeous]

Just submitted mine, but since I started over a couple of times my final image was really rushed.

But non the less I'm still looking forward to see all the good stuff that you people have been doing :)

[jbballaran]

Damn... Hope I made it. Got my PST mixed up.

Never got the chance to completely finish up my piece but I'm pretty ok with it so hope I made it there strych9ine :bashful:

Whatever happens, I'm looking forward to seeing everybody else's work. Let the blood bath begin!