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Smile Like Umean It · Oct 31, 2007, 10:41 PM // 22:41

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Originally Posted by crazybanshee

I think I attached my picture lol not sure. It's a cantha scene with master togo outside a building, and frostmaw with a couple wurm larvae, one is dressed as a snowman and one as a black moa, I thought it was pretty good, took a lot of time to get the righ screenies and put it all together in photoshop since I can't draw or sew...

Wurms looked a lil ... off? But that was damn cute.

phoo slaya · Oct 31, 2007, 11:09 PM // 23:09

I can understand arena net giving props to the people who made costumes, that would take a lot of work. Making a costume and putting pictures of myself in it online is way to nerdy for me tho, for those of you with the confidence to do it, good for you. thanks for all the compliments on my piece, ima check the timing on my email to make sure i submited it on time. Good point aera, costumes are part of halloween, but they are also for larping.
PS: i've never larped, and never will
PSS: why do i need a question in my post?

Diddy bow · Oct 31, 2007, 11:11 PM // 23:11

for this one i barley see any halloween resembelance, and zero GW resembelance.http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention13.php. Random emo drawing ftw??

Other than that they all looked fine, dressing up is very halloweenish

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Ninjitsukitsune · Oct 31, 2007, 11:13 PM // 23:13

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Originally Posted by 1 up and 2 down

I know the person who dressed up as the paragon. Not in real but in-game. Its nice to see that she placed has an honorable mention!

Who are you? o.o; how do I know you?
Hieee I'm Alasadair Devorian in GWs ^_^

about costume not being art.... ummm.... if this is the case, why do they have concept artists to make so many costume designs so your chars can look different and unique... why do people pay so much for name brands... all clothing starts as a drawing.. a costume is art all art is subjective.... So, you don't like costumes... don't bash other peoples hard work :P Costumes take planning creativity (how do you expect to defy gravity to make some costumes? carefully placed wiring.....)

My costume was a complete and total rush job haha it took me an hour to an hour and a half to make (I got fabric the morning of the deadline... damn mail and dorms don't cooperate ;p) I also picked that photograph location specifically as it looks most elonaesque of my neighborhood, I mailed in 4 emotes and they chose to display that pondering one, it was fun ^_^ and next year my costume will be much better ;p;p

Messy · Oct 31, 2007, 11:14 PM // 23:14

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Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena

Thank you to the people with kind words. :-) My husband said if there are people interested in seeing some larger pics and descriptions of the work done to make it we will try and put up a page for that on the site soon. If you are interested please pm me and I will try and get that done.

Now to go put the asura down to nap and take "Gwen" out to play in the yard. First thing she did this morning was put her costume on. *L* She's running around the house going "Superhero!"

That's just too cute!!

Those 2 kids are adorable, and I really loved the whole family concept. Grats!!

Scary Raebbit · Oct 31, 2007, 11:51 PM // 23:51

Good job.
Didn't congratulate you while I was pissing and moaning about Error 7s.

**cosyfiep** · Oct 31, 2007, 11:52 PM // 23:52

ah, art is just that way....let me tell you with an MA in it ----the real world is just the same:
You think you busted your butt off to get the best dang piece (I spent just as much time on my entry as many of the costumers--and have made costumes from scratch in the past as well) and then you see that this year was "its a costume art" contest....and you didnt get that announcement

so you dont even place while others you see are clearly very, well not to be rude, 'easy' pieces.
Like has been said its all the judges and since we have no idea what kind of background they have (they could have just grabbed some guys from the mail room with high school diplomas!) we have no idea what they wanted or what the criteria was for their judging......its a crap shoot at best.

(yeah I am a bit upset as well seeing as I didnt even place and yes I do actually have an MA in art, yes I use it as a dart board most of the time--and no it was NOT in graphic arts!

)

phoo slaya · Nov 01, 2007, 12:00 AM // 00:00

i've got to agree with diddy, that was a pretty lame peice. cosy is right tho, it's all up to the judges, that would be cool if arena net had the gamers judge tho.(that would be pretty tedious with hundreds of entries tho.)

ValaOfTheFens · Nov 01, 2007, 12:30 AM // 00:30

Mini Gwen ftw! Great entries. I loved the winner. The Candy Corn Jack O'Lantern is my second fav. I loved carving pumpkins as a kid but my pumpkins always turned out somewhat...lame.

Aurei · Nov 01, 2007, 01:38 AM // 01:38

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Originally Posted by Mordakai

which one was yours, or is it not posted?

It's not posted. Here's the link to my entry.

Nov 01, 2007, 01:56 AM // 01:56

Here are my thoughts. Some of the entries are great. Some of them aren't. Most don't meld the theme of Halloween and GW that well. The costumes are well done. But dressing up as a GW character doesnt really take much creativity nor does it meld Halloween into the theme other than that it's a costume.

I've seen friends and guildies art entries that didnt make it that were, in my opinion, more creative and well executed and fit the GW and Halloween theme better. But I wasnt a judge so my opinion doesnt mean jack but here's my opinion anyway.

Count to Potato · Nov 01, 2007, 02:02 AM // 02:02

I dunno about Anet but my definition of art is not costumes, but that is my opinion, just an opinion

R F O X · Nov 01, 2007, 02:49 AM // 02:49

Congratz to all the won

Here was my entry

http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?i...lpaper2id3.jpg

ElinoraNeSangre · Nov 01, 2007, 05:11 AM // 05:11

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Originally Posted by crazybanshee

I guess they should call it the GW costume contest so we're all clear on it.

From http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...007/rules.php:

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Create a concept and bring it to life:
Carve a pumpkin—real or not—and take a photograph.
Create a blueprint for other pumpkin carvers.
Sketch a costume by hand or on the computer. If you're extra creative, stitch up that costume, add some makeup or temporary tattoos, and model it in a photograph.
Design a desktop image to share the joy in your home, school, or office.
Decorate a cake, bake some cookies, compose a menu, build an edible haunted house—put your culinary skills to the task.
Spruce up your homestead and send a photograph.

I dunno, that looked pretty clear to me. :: shrug ::

Kashrlyyk · Nov 01, 2007, 05:59 AM // 05:59

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Originally Posted by ElinoraNeSangre

From http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...007/rules.php:

I dunno, that looked pretty clear to me. :: shrug ::

And "sketch a costume by hand or on the computer" means "copy our work"?

pumpkin pie · Nov 01, 2007, 07:01 AM // 07:01

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Originally Posted by phoo slaya

Yea i know it's not my place to complain about who wins, and arena net is the one giving the stuff away, but i am going to anyway because I am in a bad mode because i did badly on an exam yesterday. to start it off let's have a look at the judging guidelines "Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Halloween into a Guild Wars theme." Apparently it was ok to completely disregard this or have a pumkin randomly thrown in(hardly melded<-idc if that's a word or not) That came off pretty bitter

anyway, if u want to see my piece, check it out
and tell me what u think. and i promise to never complain about the makers of a game ever again, it makes me feel like a dumbass

I like your entry.

keep up the good work, hope you win next time.

Unkillable Cat · Nov 01, 2007, 03:59 PM // 15:59

Ok I'm going to chuck my oar in on this one. Im a tailor, and make costume for the stage, my partner is a designer, who has worked on TV shows, stage productions, and made more sets and costumes than I can remember. With that said, making a costume in my mind is no more an art form than being a builder, while I often look at somthing Ive made with a strong sense of pride, and consider it a minor work of art, I know that its not.
The design that I made yes would qualify, I have sat down, put ink to paper and created somthing from scratch using my imagination and created a traditional form of art. Anything that comes after that is on par with being a mechanic. I draft my patterns over the course of an hour or two, cut my pannels, and then sew them together.
If the entrants had made origional works, designed the costume in full without simply copying from existing art work, I may have a little more respect for them, but atleast the other entrants used thier imaginations.

redd66 · Nov 01, 2007, 05:49 PM // 17:49

One of my in-laws sent this in. I might be biased but I thought it was funny. I guess the judges didn't get all the jokes. LOL. It still cracks me up...

obastable · Nov 01, 2007, 08:33 PM // 20:33

I just want to point out that you don't have to be great at drawing/sculpting/painting, or be good at sewing, or even be good at baking or cake decorating or anything to actually win something.

Believe me on this, I'm not great at any of those things, but I still placed as a finalist. I spent a whopping $20 on supplies, half an hour in the kitchen, and maybe an hour tops on everything else (including the very bad Photoshop work).

I've seen some entries that even I would consider to be more "artistic" than mine that didn't win, so I have come to the conclusion that I must have won something simply because they either a) felt sorry for me or b) no one else submitted anything similar to my entry. I didn't do anything spectacular, and I parodied a T.V. commercial to boot (which does fall within the guidelines and the law btw).

Here's a link to my entry. I do expect flaming to ensue, either to me or to Anet for deeming it worthy of a prize.. or possibly both.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5...stentryro3.jpg

KiyaKoreena · Nov 01, 2007, 09:31 PM // 21:31

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Originally Posted by obastable

Here's a link to my entry. I do expect flaming to ensue, either to me or to Anet for deeming it worthy of a prize.. or possibly both.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5...stentryro3.jpg

I liked yours.