SotW 76

[Unlimited]

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/177/f/4/sotw_thread_layout_by_24des-d3k1s65.png



Last Week's Winner: Nasro

Theme Options
◘ Option A: Footprints
◘ Option B: Artistic Markings




Option A Examples

[one] (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UQT3O-7vBjg/Tb9oAI9-3xI/AAAAAAAASI8/zLzFxVbjPTM/s1600/footprints.jpg) [two] (http://www.guardianangel.in/ga/uploads/mailer_pics/f4ec03.jpg) [three] (http://www.turnbacktogod.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/new-version-of-footprints.jpg) [four] (http://www.petetillack.com/art_serene/images/art_footprints.jpg) [five] (http://zsu.ultimate.hu/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/tappancs.jpg) [six] (http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmuxawlkFi1qav6uco1_500.jpg) [seven] (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/756043161_657282cb83.jpg) [eight] (http://xaxor.com/images/Beautiful-footprints-photographs/Beautiful-footprints-photographs13.jpg)

Option A Tips
coming shortly

Option B Examples

[one] (http://www.checkoutmyink.com/assets/photos/0033/5440/tongue-tattoo.jpg?1213994329) [two] (http://notechnonolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tumblr_l55fpy480O1qasqa8o1_500.jpg) [three] (http://www.blackberryforums.com.au/gallery/files/1/tribal-markings.jpg) [four] (http://www.mexicanartdealing.com/P2080008.JPG) [five] (http://forevergrasping.com/images/darts2.jpg) [six] (http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6527986.3.flat,550x550,075,f.the-moon-full-moon-symbolic-of-the-height-of-power-the-peak-of-clarity-fullness-and-obtainment-of-desire.jpg) [seven] (http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/rolffimages/rolffimages1103/rolffimages110300060/9109150-symbolic-art.jpg) [eight] (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CAiVmXglmx8/TS6_Jtd88bI/AAAAAAAAACc/n3_HwZh-WjM/s1600/truth+1.jpg)

Option B Tips
coming shortly




Last week's entries:

Bahamit - [2nd place] #1 (http://i.imgur.com/eLfEE.png)
Erotix8210 - [NOT PERMITTED] #2 (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/sotw75byeroti6ejuat4y2h.png)
Nasro - [winner] #3 (http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x432/Vicreations/75.png)




CURRENT SOTM LIST

Exiled
24des
Abandon
arjo112
Nasro

Make sure to enter 'SOTM July '11' if you're on the list!




This time let's actually get some damn entries!
Try either theme; there's a lot of freedom with markings.

Think: symbolism.

Get that brain working,
and those fingers clicking.

Good luck!

Need help? Ask here or VM/PM me.

Visit the [Information Center] (http://www.ac-web.org/forums/showthread.php?t=119916) for more details.
Visit the [Competition Profiles] (http://www.ac-web.org/forums/showthread.php?t=119930) to compare your status.

[Nasro]

Working on my entry..

Uploading :)

[Lukasas]

cant come up with anything good with these themes ;\

[Nasro]

Done with my entry. Sent to unlimited. :)

[Minilano]

What's up with these boring themes?

[Ythan]

What's up with these boring themes?

Agree.

Y

[NutterNewb]

What's up with these boring themes?

Ikr...

[Legit.Cow]

What's up with these boring themes?

Agreed... Which is why I stopped entering.

[cpx34]

mhh dont have time to enter :S

btw
Bahamit - [2nd place] #1


its wrong photo

[DeniDov]

Agreed... Which is why I stopped entering.

Depends all on the person who wins. Picks a shitty theme.

[arjo112]

LF Good themes

[Nasro]

Depends all on the person who wins. Picks a shitty theme.

HEY :D I chose footprints > : (

[Legit.Cow]

HEY :D I chose footprints > : (

How in the hell would you show footprints and make them look good?

[Nasro]

at least my entry looks good :\

Ok.. I'm sorry for choosing such a shitty theme, so I decided to help you guys by giving more examples of what I was thinking of when I told Unlimited about theme of choice for next week.. Again.. I'm sorry >_>

Example 1 (http://www.county-heritage.com/common/images/footprint.png)

Example 2 (http://crazytownmayor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Footprints.png)

Example 3 (http://www.eafwr.on.ca/download/gallery/img/footprintspng%3Bv1?attachment=0&data=larger)

Example 4 (http://cliparts101.com/files/683/7A3C9E27F3A8B46171BFE1DA6CAEAAF1/lrg_Bear_Footprints.png)

Example 5 (http://blog.focusedonlight.com/file/footprints.png)

[Unlimited]

Depends all on the person who wins. Picks a shitty theme.

And Theme B has to be entirely related to Theme A.

But look, I'll also just say 'footprints' is very limiting (sorry, Nasro).

HOWEVER,
You can still make the most of Theme B: Artistic Markings.

That includes but is not limited to:
Tattoos
Symbols
Symbolic architecture (depends)
Strange alien-like or cultural shapes
Engraved imagery/writing


Remember,
I, as the host, look at your art as if it is art. As you know, art is very highly open to interpretation. So don't just go for the bleeding obvious. Even with a limiting theme like 'footprints', you can still think on your feet and be creative.

For instance,
why have actual footprints if you can mold or weave it into a background?
Here's a good pop-cultural example of the typical Batman symbol:

http://isharedshopping.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/the_dark_knight_rises_teaser_poster.jpg

So please put some imagination into your signatures.
Again, for the theme of markings, if you find even that too limiting, try to think on a much larger scale. Many of you think far too small. Get some abstract ideas and start photoshoping!

[Nasro]

But look, I'll also just say 'footprints' is very limiting (sorry, Nasro).


ehh :D it's ok mate :P

[cpx34]

does footprints theme include feet, so we could have feet instead of footprints?

[Nasro]

does footprints theme include feet, so we could have feet instead of footprints?

You could have feet AND footprints :\

[Unlimited]

I didn't want it to come to this,
but you give me no choice.

Enter SotW or this penguin gets it!

http://www.visualjokes.com/pics/monashka.jpg

She is currently locked in a cellar with strange men.

A gargantuan motherfucker named Toby is a cannibal eagerly awaiting dinner.
So if you do not save her life by entering,
she will be brutally skinned alive
and then stir-fried with fava beans and paprika.

...Then lavished in a seasoning of matsutake sauce,
Marinated in six extreme caviars and soaked in cognac,
Accompanied with venison medallions and vintage balsamic vinegar,
Served exclusively with a Chateau Lafite,
Garnished with crisp, succulent sunblush semi-dried tomatoes and white truffles,
Completed with a cassata, a flurry of goji berry, infused Riesling jelly,
Topped with creme fraiche and a coating of Valrhona cocoa,
Plus edible 24-carat gold flakes and 80-carrot aquamarine gemstones.

SO DON'T LET HER DIE!

And if you think I'm fucking with you,
here's Sister Margret:

http://me414.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/nuns-1107-001.jpg?w=400&h=300

You have been warned!
SAVE HER SOUL.

[Solours]

Footprints one is ok guys.. u could make lots of sigs from it ;)
Unfortunately I can't join.. I'm at my summer house >_>

[NutterNewb]

Entry Summary:
I tried to add a professional look to my sig, as if it was a sort of photo. I kept it simple and clean.

[AGN31X]

Summary

This piece of art took me around 20-30 minutes. I think it should win because I pretty much liked the footprints theme and I had lots of ideas, so I got stuck with choosing one. Anyway, I've added abstract, blood splatters, 3D text and some fading out clouds with lightning passing through them. My light source is coming from inside the clouds and through the lightning, and I think that makes it look neat.. I wish everyone else good luck.

I'll cya..
-AGN

[blachex12]

Entry summary
I tryed to keep the artistic part on my signature with the draws from the wall, with the pencil which is looking like it's drawing the whole signature and by adding a paper texture over it.
This signature took me around 30 minutes and I hope you like it because I tryed to give my best :)