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GemStone IV Art Contest 04/13/2009 04:21 PM CDT
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GemStone IV Art Contest 04/13/2009 04:22 PM CDT
Design a GemStone IV themed desktop wallpaper!

For this contest, you may focus on any aspect of GemStone IV that strikes your fancy: people, places, creatures, events. Your artwork must be original and must include a GemStone IV logo - yours or ours. No sexually explicit images please.

Submit your piece to our Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/groups/gs4art/. Submission deadline is May 31, 2009 (11:59 pm eastern).

The winner will be selected by player voting (method to be determined), and will receive a scripted sketchbook, 1,000 premium points, and a free month of Premium service.


~Sirina

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/13/2009 04:29 PM CDT
I'd like to see this more open to non-desktop compatible forms of art. Most of my work takes the shape of jewelry or small statuary bronzes. I could just take a picture of them, I suppose, but I don't quite feel it's the same.



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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/13/2009 04:45 PM CDT
Do we have any rules for what resolution of wallpaper?

Unless you tell me otherwise, I'm going for 1680x1050!


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/13/2009 04:50 PM CDT
Good question! 1600x1200 is suggested by those in the know!


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/13/2009 05:08 PM CDT
Does our work need to be an original, or can we use photoshopping skills with GEmStone's original artwork?


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/13/2009 05:56 PM CDT
>Good question! 1600x1200 is suggested by those in the know!

Thanks for the quick answer!


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/16/2009 05:27 PM CDT
Still curious on this.

>>Does our work need to be an original, or can we use photoshopping skills with GEmStone's original artwork?

Meaning can I splice artwork together to make something much more awesome? It is still art! I would just be using artwork that is found on play.net!


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/16/2009 05:42 PM CDT
For this contest, you may focus on any aspect of GemStone IV that strikes your fancy: people, places, creatures, events. Your artwork must be original and must include a GemStone IV logo - yours or ours. No sexually explicit images please.


~Sirina

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/16/2009 06:00 PM CDT
>>Your artwork must be original and must include a GemStone IV logo...

Ah, I'm taking it you mean that is a no. Damn. I could make a killer wallpaper using creatures from play.net. I, however, stink at anything outside pencil drawings.


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/16/2009 06:03 PM CDT
Mario, there's a chance that your pencil drawings might have enough cool factor to at least inspire someone to a wallpaper based on your sketches. Maybe.


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest 04/16/2009 10:37 PM CDT
Maybe. I'll need to be inspired enough... Maybe I'll make my photoshop pic and then draw it...


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 05/29/2009 03:49 PM CDT
REMINDER - The deadline for this contest is this Sunday night, May 31, 2009 (11:59 pm eastern)!

Design a GemStone IV themed desktop wallpaper!

For this contest, you may focus on any aspect of GemStone IV that strikes your fancy: people, places, creatures, events. Your artwork must be original and must include a GemStone IV logo - yours or ours. No sexually explicit images please.

Submit your piece to our Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/groups/gs4art/. Submission deadline is May 31, 2009 (11:59 pm eastern).

The winner will be selected by player voting (method to be determined), and will receive a scripted sketchbook, 1,000 premium points, and a free month of Premium service.

~Sirina

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." ~Galileo Galilei
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 05/31/2009 04:52 PM CDT
I just submitted my entry to the Flickr group, it simply needs to be approved by an admin now.

My original file is widescreen, 1920x1200 (I submitted a smaller version to keep the file size down somewhat), but I can easily resize it, and adapt it to non-widescreen monitors.

It has the GS logo, and it's original artwork, so hopefully I haven't forgotten any other requirements.

Thanks for holding this contest!
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 05/31/2009 08:07 PM CDT
It's about 9pm and mine is up! I, too, am just waiting on administrative approval.

Big thanks for running this contest. I hope this is something you're willing to do again in the future! I had a lot of fun, despite the panicked rush to finish on time! :)

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 05/31/2009 08:36 PM CDT
Needs moar 3-D art contest.




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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/01/2009 08:44 AM CDT
Sorry folks, I didn't actually stay up until midnight to approve your submissions, since I can tell when you submitted anyway. hehe

But the last 3 entries are all approved and visible now. I'll post again with how voting will work SOON (as soon as I decide!)

Awesome artz! We will definitely run more contests in the future.

~Sirina

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/01/2009 09:02 AM CDT
Thank you Sirina! :)


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/01/2009 12:22 PM CDT
Thank you, Sirina.

I went ahead and added a link to the full size version of my entry in the notes under the image on Flickr, in case anyone wanted to download it, or just see it at max resolution.
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/01/2009 05:13 PM CDT
<<But the last 3 entries are all approved and visible now. I'll post again with how voting will work SOON (as soon as I decide!)

Is there a way to see these entries without joining the group? I can't seem to find a way by going to that link.

-Grendeg
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/01/2009 06:13 PM CDT
I agree, I'd like the entries to be public.

If it was public, you might be able to squeeze some viral advertising out of it. I have a picture of a sandwich I took that has like 200 views--it's minimally tagged and I only have 2 flickr friends. I doubt my mom has shown my lunch to 200 people.

If they were public, people would look.

That, and I'm too lazy to join the group.

~Becca
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/02/2009 01:00 PM CDT
The visibility - or lack thereof - is actually dependent on the settings of the artists who uploaded the pictures.

1 - they have to mark their picture public on their own account.
2 - they have to have uploaded at least 5 photos for their public pictures to be visible in groups.
3 - there is a timing issue where a script cycles through flickr accounts and toggles pictures visible once the first two items are met.

I definitely encourage the artists to do these things if at all possible.

For voting though, I will be posting a direct URL to each piece, and people who are not group members, or Flickr members, or just aren't logged in, will still be able to view the items.


~Sirina

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." ~Galileo Galilei
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/02/2009 01:13 PM CDT
Artists - if you haven't already named your piece, please add a name that I can use in the voting poll!


~Sirina

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/02/2009 05:27 PM CDT
I did notice this listed under private groups in my profile:

Your groups
(Private groups you belong to are only visible to you.)

Gemstone was on this list and I assume this means the group is set to private [only members can view]. Hope that helps.

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/02/2009 05:45 PM CDT
Nope, the group is public and has been since it was created. I've obsessively checked it several times in the course of trying to figure out why nothing shows up in the group pool unless people are logged in.

Regardless though, direct links do work and will be available for voting purposes, so no one has to register to vote. I'm just waiting on a couple more people to name their pieces before I launch the voting poll.

~Sirina

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/02/2009 09:12 PM CDT
It's actually a flickr thing. Anyone who has a flickr account can view public pictures, however, you need to be signed in to see group pool pictures. But anyone can view public pictures provided the link to the actual picture, as GM Sirina stated.


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/02/2009 09:31 PM CDT
If you want, I can provide the link to the full-sized version of my submission. The link is in the notes under my wallpaper on Flickr, but I can post it here if folks don't want to register there.
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/02/2009 10:04 PM CDT
Like I said - no one will be forced to register. I'll be posting direct links to each piece when the voting opens. Which should be soon after the last entrant gives his piece a name! :)


~Sirina

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - DEADLINE Sunday, May 31, 2009 06/02/2009 10:09 PM CDT
Even if stuff won't show publicly, I uploaded some of my older GS art... and a requisite picture of my dog anyway. :)


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GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/03/2009 09:36 AM CDT
Here are the seven entries in our first GemStone IV Art contest, which was to design a GemStone IV themed desktop wallpaper:

Unleash Your Demons: http://tinyurl.com/m4uofd

Mugs and Maps: http://tinyurl.com/n5cybo

House Vaalor: http://tinyurl.com/nruwsw

Live the Adventure: http://tinyurl.com/mhq6bq

Melee: http://tinyurl.com/n8q3gw

Tome Wolf of Nightshade Forest: http://tinyurl.com/m7q3pp

Hunting the Vornavian Coast: http://tinyurl.com/lzc5os

For those interested in such details, in the interests of fairness, I gave each piece a "tinyurl" and then put all the URLs in an Excel spreadsheet. Then I assigned a random number to each one and sorted by that random number in order to get the order of entries for the voting poll.

I will be publishing the poll as soon as I finish this post!

~Sirina

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GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/03/2009 11:09 AM CDT
Wow! Fantastic artwork. Wish I had that degree of talent. Kudos to all entrants!!!


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/03/2009 05:04 PM CDT
Awesome work everyone. Fun way to wrap up the, er, work day. I love how everyone obviously came to this challenge with different skill sets and styles. Niftiness.


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/03/2009 06:01 PM CDT
Out of curiosity, how long will the voting last?

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/03/2009 10:05 PM CDT
Good question! I will update the poll info to show that. Voting will end on June 10 - that should give everyone plenty of time to have a chance to vote.

~Sirina

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/03/2009 11:36 PM CDT
>Awesome work everyone.

I concur wholeheartedly! That is some amazing work by all of you. It's a good thing I can't vote, I'd spend all night trying to figure out which one I like the best.
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/04/2009 08:37 AM CDT
Artists - please email me with your account name and which piece is yours, so that I have a way to contact you when the contest ends. (gs4-sirina AT play.net)


~Sirina

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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/06/2009 01:12 PM CDT
I looked at them all and think it's great that some have the talent to participate. My thanks to all!
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/10/2009 11:15 AM CDT
Very nice work all!


-Raliel
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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Vote! 06/12/2009 03:22 AM CDT
ZOMG WHO WON?!


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Re: GemStone IV Art Contest - Winner! 06/13/2009 05:12 PM CDT
And the winner is...

"Tome Wolf of Nightshade Forest" by Wolenthor Terennia. http://tinyurl.com/m7q3pp

Congratulations to Wolenthor, and thanks to everyone who participated.

I'll be announcing another art contest very soon (in the next week or so).

~Sirina

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