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Kakumei · May 24, 2006, 02:29 AM // 02:29

Posted on the main site.

http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...em-winners.php

All of them look pretty good, except for...

...what.

lyra_song · May 24, 2006, 02:32 AM // 02:32

I like all of them except the cobra...it doenst look like it would show up well. :|

LifeInfusion · May 24, 2006, 02:47 AM // 02:47

Kakumei, some of the winners are the work of the players' young children.

moo moo · May 24, 2006, 02:47 AM // 02:47

Beaver FTW. I rly hope they put that in lol.

Lasareth · May 24, 2006, 02:48 AM // 02:48

Those phoenix pics are beautiful.

Kakumei · May 24, 2006, 02:50 AM // 02:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

Kakumei, some of the winners are the work of the players' young children.

Okay. I'm glad young kids want to get in on it. Good for them. Let them even be featured on the site.

If their work is like that pictured above, however, there is no way they should be put into the game itself.

Swampgirl Inez · May 24, 2006, 02:54 AM // 02:54

From the official site:

Quote:

All winning entries will form the inspiration or the core concept from which the Art Team will work as they create the actual guild image. (You can see examples of this process—the original art and the finished emblem—in the winners page from our first Guild Emblem Contest.)

I really can't wait to see them ingame. I can't decide which one I like best.

lyra_song · May 24, 2006, 03:13 AM // 03:13

makes me wish i finished my idea .-.

MadOnion · May 24, 2006, 03:26 AM // 03:26

Those are all really cool and the beaver gave me a laugh.

EDIT: So I've been looking again at the capes, and the beaver is seriously my favorite. It's just so darn funny!! I wouldn't be at all suprised if it becomes extremely popular. Seriously, that is just a wicked design, kudos to whoever drew it.

Maria The Princess · May 24, 2006, 03:30 AM // 03:30

LMAO........ i want a guild cape like this (the beever)

PicardSunstar · May 24, 2006, 05:22 AM // 05:22

meh i think Dark Hikari's Emblem was better than the beaver...and the frog is just traced from a picture off google...otherwise they are cool (sorry just have to cheer on my guildie)

SnipiousMax · May 24, 2006, 05:24 AM // 05:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lasareth

Those phoenix pics are beautiful.

/agree

Very cool!

prodigy ming · May 24, 2006, 05:54 AM // 05:54

Most of them are really nice... espeically the turlte and phoenix ones.
However, alot ranged from mediocore to plainly bad (beaver). Makes people who actually spend some work but didn't get selected angry. I am not accusing anyone and not being bitter... but some of those design looks like they are traced from some very genric pictures you can find anywhere online...

jackie · May 24, 2006, 06:11 AM // 06:11

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I Love That Beaver
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Gaile Gray · May 24, 2006, 06:19 AM // 06:19

We tried really hard to not accept clip art or traced images. It's about impossible to know that something is original, but we do try. I even had the art team members in the early judging pull out a couple and suggest that they were most probably not the real deal, so out they went, and in went others instead.

The Art Team of ArenaNet has a great sense of art, and a wry sense of humour! (Hence the beaver.) But beyond that, the entire team was invited to join in the judging, and many did. It's not a matter of "expert art" but just instinct about how something will look on a cape, how much you'd like to use it, how subjectively beautiful/heroic/fun it is. The issue with some, as you could tell, was that there were several that had the same theme, and we did not want to qualify one as the one, but rather acknowledge all of those on a similar theme as creators of a good concept. (We are actually adding two more tomorrow, for in our searches through files this afternoon, I found another excellent "Asian Archway/Architecture" image, and another "yin yang fish" image, and those artists will be recognized, as well.)

Don't forget -- these are just concepts and our art team will make the final emblem.

I make no apologies for the beaver. I boldly predict that you'll see that little critter on a panoply of guild capes in the near future. 'Sides that, who doesn't enjoy a good chuckle!

As to the creator of the stunning pencil-drawn unicorn image, I have it on my wall in pride of place. Although it wasn't a choice for a guild cape, it's a great drawing, and I will send that artist a special note and a gift.

Andy_M · May 24, 2006, 06:58 AM // 06:58

I'm really quite impressed. That beaver is so going on my cape if I ever make another guild.

jackie · May 24, 2006, 07:10 AM // 07:10

When I woke up this morning and saw that beaver.....<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Vermilion Okeanos · May 24, 2006, 07:11 AM // 07:11

I am really really surprised to see them accepting even MORE phoenix... now there are going to be 4 phoenix emblems? If I do a good phoenix next time, am I going to be a winner too? lol

Edit: oops, forgot to count the oldest one... make that 5 phoenix emblems.

Aradia Ashkal · May 24, 2006, 07:23 AM // 07:23

Any guesses in how long these will take to show up in game...

Numa Pompilius · May 24, 2006, 07:25 AM // 07:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyra_song

makes me wish i finished my idea .-.

Makes me wish you had too. That's nicer than several of the winning entries.

I don't mind the beaver, but I don't think joke emblems have a place in the game.