Allright so I was tired of waiting for new member applications so I decided to start it right now, please mouth-to-ear
it to your friends so we can have a load of entries~
I made this pretty easy so everyone who wants to give a shot at painting can.
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Summary:
This is our very first group activity! So I'm looking forward to your participation. It also is a mean to recruit
more mebers so please diffuse the info.
You will be asked to make a wallpaper of any resolution you want, and provide a walk-through of your work afterwards.
Theme will be: Japanese Ancient and Feudal Eras, and you will have to
work with vegetation. Why? Because in the old times there wern't that many cities, and people had a much closer
relation with nature.
Accepted Japanese periods: [Learn something here if you are ignorant]
Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, Sengoku, Momoyama, Edo, early Meiji - the reform ( ex. kenshin is in-between edo and
meiji)
One of these elements MUST be featured in your wall:
Plants, Trees, Bushes, Mountains, Leaves, Grass, green stuff!
The "green" element does not have to be the main focus of the wall, there will be no restrictions on how much
space it has to take.
Doujinshis are accepted, as long as they are incorporated into a wallpaper.
Technique:
Important use of the smudge, paintbrush & airbrush tools in Adobe Photoshop, or use of pro paint programs like PSP,
OpenCanvas or Corel painter. Using the clone tool or painty filters only is cheatingg! You will be scolded
You decide what and how much you paint in your wall. You do not need to paint everything from scratch. Stock are
accepted if painted over, same with vectors and 3D renders (allthough I doubt you will want to use a 3D render for a
feudal wall D: )
Style:
Up to you. It doesn't have to be scenic. You also choose how "paint-y" you want your wall to look.
Allthough keep in mind you'll be juged on that.
NOT accepted types of scans
catgirls in miko outfits, altered costumes like naruto, bleach, inu-yasha, girls going to a summer festival and modern
kimonos. Lolita kimonos, sexy ninjas and the sort.
Too supernatural is a no-go. A little bit of magic is fine because it fits the historical legends, but nothing too
flashy. Some examples of ambiguous you wouldn't want to use:
Shakugan no SHANA 11 by dcss
Air....kimono festival by zainab-chan
sana2 by thinker123
Categories with a classical/feudal era theme: (those are only to help you) NOT
EVERYTHING FROM THOSE CATEGORIES ARE GOOD, USE DISCERNMENT!
http://browse.minitokyo.net/287/princess-mononoke/ (San
doesn't count)
http://browse.minitokyo.net/349/rurouni-kenshin/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/935/basilisk/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/319/peacemaker-kurogane/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/569/samurai-7/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/359/samurai-champloo/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/360/samurai-deeper-kyo/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/827/samurai-gun/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/642/tactics/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/423/vampire-princess-miyu/
(only Miyu counts)
http://browse.minitokyo.net/1136/jigoku-shoujo/ (only Ai
counts, but I'd rather not see you use her)
http://browse.minitokyo.net/858/millenium-actress/
(careful on that lol)
http://browse.minitokyo.net/1276/mushishi/
(Ginko doesn't count here)
http://browse.minitokyo.net/1282/otogizoushi/
http://browse.minitokyo.net/695/harukanaru-toki-no-naka-de/
Unknown/artist/misc scans: ( I went along and browsed the unknown and other
categories for you. See how easy I'm making it for you?)
In the Rain by happianime, Reiko Okano1 by thinker123, kinu and aki by gembee, In the Woods by ForbiddenGoddess (im not certain as this looks
chinese to me), Tachiyomi by rarirurero, 3 girl by lkjhgfdsa, [miko2] by zeroth ( i dont like the random miko idea though), wolf girl by yin, Tranquil Days by AWOL, Shrine Girl by juniperberry, km26 by lthnadml, Kenshinish dude by AceGunman, Feudal Couple by Nuriko, princess in kimono by snowrabbit, Gokitomo - Kendo by LeeAnn, Kaze Hikaru 1 by nolove, Another from Sakuran by Rhapsody, Twin angel2 by kaiar, Kaze Hikaru 2 by nolove, Oiran by Rhapsody, animenorth 04 art contest winner by candy-chan, Another Sakuran by Rhapsody, ~miyako~ by Majinai, GothicRitual by TLTw804, ym7 by lthnadml, wow hot by DaveTheInsane (this is probably meiji looking at the
architecture, so its limit), yongbi by
ryukoudo
Judging:
Done by the group staff (wich is only me for now XD ) unless you organize a popular revolution for a democratic system.
Yeah and underline that organize word lol. You'll be judged on;
Respect of theme and restrictions
Painting job/look
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance
(remember I'm a freak of well blended stuff and I like men in kimono :3 )
Prize:
A feature in the group page, a banner made out of your wall to advertise the group, a forum sig saying you pwn and
nekkid pictures of bromithia.
There will also be an award for the most votes wallpaper.
the Aftermath:
When the contest is finished and all the entries are handed over, I would like for you to go back to your wallpaper psd,
and make us a little walk-through of the techniques you used on your vegetation elements. The walk-through can be a
fully lenghted tutorial (e.g. How to paint trees with PS) or just screenshots and explanations on how you worked (on the
whole wall or the painted part, you pick). Everything will be added to the group's page as future reference.
This is to encourage members to share techniques and tutorials on digital painting. Because we never stop learning, and
because I think no one is really that comfortable with painting in this group.
Great way to learn and help! :D
Keep this in mind when making the wall, you might want to take screenshots
All entries must be submitted to MiniTokyo and posted in the
paint-o-rama's guestbook before December Twentieth. This gives you a little
bit more than a month. Shortly explain how and where you used painting techniques in your wallpaper description. You
need to be a group member to participate.
Waiting for your feedback! Cheers
merged: 10-24-2006 ~ 09:56pm
and here is an example :D
Heian Jidai by candy-chan