ChristopherRobin

Hey there Yin, cool re-imagining of Sister Psyche and welcome to the Artz section of the forums.
I'd really like to see your version of Positron.

Some nice work Dr.Spoon.
It's kind of hard to make a persona from vertical images though isn't it (you get little more than the top of their heads in some)?
Any horizontal images that you're thinking of using?

I do really like the semi clear/white tabs on the third one you made.

Great stuff Henri.
The Fir Bolg poking his head out of the background is a nice added touch.

Welcome back Dr.. It's cool to see more and more people coming back.

Much improved Junior.

I vote Foo... it's right in his sig.

(I am very proud of how far DD has come
though, I tell her all the time. )

Nice try. You are not privy to any of the PM's and notes going back
and forth and I don't see that I owe you any explanation.

Also "didn't have the nerve to try" sounds hollow coming from you.

Awesome!
Glad to see you back and at it again PT and gratz to Ransim and Memphis Bill.

Lol. Note to self: stop grinning when slipping around invisibly... just in case.

Np. Noticing details is kinda my thing.

I gotcho influ right heeya.
Holla!

Most people can skip all of this. Nothing below but a bunch of hoopla and factual rebuttals.
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I wouldn't equate expressing my distate with your actions as taking part in this community.
I don't have to equate it. You're here talking on a community forum.

I don't post art here, do livestreams, give notifications about software, etc.
So all of the angst and misinformation but with none of the cool art.

A glib ingrate like you certainly makes it seem like the right decision.
Hahahaha Glib? Have you seen my wall of text posts? You think no forethought goes into those... and ingrate?

Seriously?

If you can find anyone who has said "thank you" or "I appreciate..." more times than I on the art forums I would love to meet them.
My first post to you (almost two years ago) was a thank you for your paint-over and advice about the
LJ gift art I was doing. My last DA note to you (just a few days back) was a thank you as well.
Are you fishing for compliments or just saying the opposite of what is true to get a rise?

P.S. Already resorting to name calling hunh? Nice Jason, real nice.


Poor Chris, the victim of arbitrary enforcement of rules in a fanart competition. Just like..well anyone else that took part in said competition.
Not to the degree I was.


Your frustration over the rules in both cases was understandable. You lost a guaranteed win based on stupid rules.
Half true... and the first sensible thing you've said so far.

All that meant though is that you had to make art to go up against someone else, which is what the contest was supposed to be about from the get go.
Correction I did not have to. And you are completely ignoring everything I said above. That is not what a fair contest is supposed to be about.


The mysterious leave of absence last year, where everyone pretty much assumed
You speaking for everyone now? Neat trick did you take a poll and ask or is it just because you say so? Besides you know what happens when you assume.

you were sulking and the last minute request to change the theme because you assumed it was biased in Shia's favor--what can I say? Nobody bought it.
Corrections (sigh) Nobody? You mean to say "you" didn't buy it. Thankfully you don't have to buy it for it to be true.
Furthermore I was not sulking and I assumed nothing.

Can you honestly tell me if one of my best friends had chosen the theme instead you would have sat completely silent with no objection?
Go ahead... say yes. I want to see how far the needle on my B.S. meter goes.


As for my role in the whole thing--I didn't vote.
True.

I just argued that to win you should actually have to beat the other frontrunner.
Half true and glaringly omits a bunch of fun stuff.


after her piece is finished.
Um wrong again. It was before. You really should pay
closer attention or some might think you were making glib remarks.


Took a lot of guts to see it through like that.
A lot more than it took to give up.


As for my track record, I'll take the Pepsi challenge against your art any day of the week.


What track record are you talking about... number of months won over the last two years?

The Pepsi challenge was a blind taste test/marketing stunt to try and prove to people that Coke and Pepsi are not the same thing.
It's another glib remark considering the odds are good it would have been you vs. me this year... had you stuck around long enough.
But hey don't that inconvenient truth get in your way.
Poor BW, there's always next year.



I dropped last year mainly because I was busy and couldn't justify participating. This year I was pretty much burned out and had something of an inkling that things would end like this based on past experience with you.
You were busy. I could borrow a turn of phase and say "nobody is buyin it" here but I don't speak for everyone and certainly can't read your mind.
Besides that would just be crass and who does stuff like that?

In neither case did I screw anyone else over.
Maybe you should repeat that 3x to make it sound more convincing.

We done here?
I'll be over in the JAM thread.

@DD: *Hugz*
Thanks for understanding.

I agree no hard feelings.
That would be wise going forward.
You had a great run too (lol stickmonkey ).


@Bubba: I agree, from an artistic standpoint, this years contest was a great success,
speaking personally most of my best pieces for the year came about as a result of this contest.

Thanks for hosting it.

TLDR for you? Just read up until the -------------- line. Those wanting to know my reasoning read on to the end.

You know last year I went along with what other people wanted (going through a "Bayani bonus round" for cash after I had already won the main contest under Wassy) instead of standing up for what I thought was right and in the end I caught an unbelievable amount of flak, both public and private, for playing along. I was called a quitter, coward, cheater and more and I was so disappointed with how it was handled and the resulting reactions that I briefly considered leaving the forums altogether. Now I find the sacrifice I made in giving people what they asked for has been by and large forgotten and several I've spoken to a year later only remember (incorrectly) the end result.

This year (sadly) I find myself in a very similar position at the end with a controversial decision to make but this time I am choosing to not just allow what others want and do what I feel is the right thing. Up until now I was waiting and hoping the others involved would step up and make the right decision themselves or that through votes, drops or some other mechanism it would work itself out so I wouldn't be saddled with this unfair choice again. Doesn't look like it.

What I am saying here is with DD's exit (due to votes) from the contest last month I am the last remaining valid contestant and so the art contest is ended.

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What do I mean by valid?
I started at the beginning and had my first entry submitted before the 31st of January and submitted 8 consecutive pieces, one per month, each before the respective deadline. Liz did not.

What do I mean by unfair?
Well let's say I skipped the first 7 months and put up just 1 piece at the end of August but it got the most votes and I won the whole contest... would that be fair to all the other artists who were in and competing from the start? Of course not.

Well, what if instead I had jumped in back in June (hey that's when eliminations began right?) and submitted only 3 pieces at the end to win the whole contest versus 8 from my competition... would that be cool as long as I had Bubba's approval? I think most fair-minded people would still say no, having to submit only 3 entries vs. the other having to come up with 8 is not fair.

So at what point (if ever) is it fair to join a contest late?

Putting aside what I think for the moment (that January 31st has always been the deadline for entry) if the host is going to bend his/her own rules to get more contestants in then I say you have to at some point draw a hard line and say anything before this is in and anything after this is out and then you have to stick to it no matter what you may want to have happen or who may ask you to join.
Bubba did exactly that and drew the line in March when he declared in his list of rules...

Must... avoid... obvious... Christopher Robin pun and/or cliche!
Nice Pooh.

Welcome to your new addicti... err hobby that is.

No Fu Manchu? Perhaps it's just not possible/feasible in 3-D art.
Nice inking on the poster.

1. The link works fine.
2. Great piece by Jazz and cool idea to boot.
3. Let me know what your computer hunting problem is and I'll help you if I can.

It lives!

The theme for the month is HALLOWEEN and it ends October 31st.

Just a reminder this is not a contest and you are not required to "stay in" and submit every month. Jump in or out as you see fit.
This is just a way to encourage more art made here on the forums in a friendly non-competitive way we can all enjoy.
Anyone can participate any given month if they have an idea for the theme, talent is not required and collaborations are welcome.
One person picks a theme each month for the Jam then passes the torch to someone new and they pick a theme for the next month and so on.



The main things to keep in mind when submitting to the Jam are;

1. Entries need to be CoX related and in some way incorporate the theme of the month.
2. Entries should be posted in this thread and try and get your art in before months end.
3. All entries must follow community rules for what can be posted (two-click it if you are unsure) here.

All types of art are welcome (screenshot manips, traditional mediums, digital... heck
make a toothpick sculpture if you got the skillz ) so get cracking and lets see some new art!

I for one would love have more info about my heroes while in the character select screen.
Having severe Alt-itis makes it tricky to remember sometimes where I left off with a particular
hero or which has the most influence available if I need to transfer some.

Really like the level up wheel around the hero/villain icon too. It's already familiar
to everyone and tells you at a glance who is close to dinging.

P.S. I read your text just fine DD but it was nice of you to change it for others having trouble seeing it.

Ahem.


Oh yeah and Beast Wars stunk.

My favorite thing you did is the scuff damage to Statesman's mask and the buildings in the background.

Also diggin the new Rogue and Draculina cosplay.