[Suggestion] HoN Art of the Week Contest

[Avunaos]

Contest Suggestion:
Heroes of Newerth Art of the Week

Rules and guidelines:

1) HoNAotW Threads:
At every Monday there will be a post called Discussion: HoNAotW #X were players can post their opinions about the week's theme.
All themes must involve HoN content (Heroes, Items, Abilities, Situations, Enviroment, etc)

2) Entries:
There will be only one entry per player.
Entries can involve the following art:
- Concept art (Artwork creation)
- Image manipulation (From a stock image)
- Signatures (Size limit: ???x???)
- Icons (Items or Abilities)
Entries will have place at every Monday and it will end on every Friday.
This will give artist some time to create their entries.
All entries must be new and will have to follow the week's theme.
Entries will be PMed to the HoNAotW moderators (to be determined).

3) Voting:
At every Friday there will be a post called Voting: HoNAotW #X were players can vote other people's entries.
Players can't vote their own entries.
Voting will have place between Friday and Sunday of each week with the following method:
Each player emites 3 votes with the following values:
- 1ST vote: 6 Points
- 2ND vote: 4 Points
- 3RD vote: 2 Points
Alternative voting method:
Every player will rate all arts with a value from 1 to 5 points.

4) Rewards:
At the end of the voting phase on Sunday, the 3 arts with most points will have their rewards given:
- 1st Place: 200 Gold Coins
- 2nd Place: 75 Gold Coins and 75 Silver Coins
- 3rd Place: 100 Silver Coins
Alternative Rewards:
1ST: 200 Silver Coins
2ND: 150 Silver Coins
3RD: 100 Silver Coins

5) Notes:
* Rewards can be balanced, this is just the concept. Altough playing MM for an entire week can give you from 150 to 300 silver coins, depending on how many games per day you play. So this contest promotes both coin collection (for those who can't spend a whole week playing) and fan media art in one single contest.
* There will be some S2Staff authorization needed for the rewards of this contest.

[Torrorr]

I support this!

[Avunaos]

Thanks torror!
I did not add a poll on this suggestion becouse since we need S2staff authorization for coin reward, they have the final desision.

[biggy_Style]

Nice idea!
i support this

PS: you wrote S3 Staff correct it maybe and what exactly do you mean with artworks wallpapers ? sigs?

[Avunaos]

any type. see above

sigs/walls/concepts/etc

[Avunaos]

hope some S2 guys see this, and say their opinion

[biggy_Style]

I could submit this to a S2 friend of mine!
Do you want me 2do that...

[Sye]

I like the idea, I'll see what I can do about this. I think the persons to contact are Chavo or Nigma.

[[TUFV]_Lunacy_]

hi, i'm quite interested in this overall thingy ma bob but i have no idea what to do e.g. i have no technical programmes like photoshop cs2 or w/e and im very interested in the picture at top of screen with the pen and comp screen (does it even exist/is that software w/e?) and i would like some help getting started with drawing hon concept art etc. all i would like to know is what programs (like photoshop) can i get for my computer which are affordable and noob friendly?

[Avunaos]

sketchbook pro, and some pen tablet

[[SWEG]BlueScholar]

At first I was like Than I realised it was a suggestion and was like D:

+1 approve anyhow.

[[TUFV]_Lunacy_]

ok thanks muchly Avunaos

[[TUFV]_Lunacy_]

wow ok, im probably going to get that sketchbook pro thing but ive been looking at tablets pen/graphics/digitalizer w/e and i have no idea what to buy- seems Wacom make the most expensive and better ones, which is my point, my dad has a pen tablet and ive used it before but dont think it will be up for the job (drawing concept art that is) and so was wondering if there was a good tablet out there under £100, any help is extremely appreciated
many thanks again
Dark

[Stoned`]

Hello friend, Wacom is one of the best around when it comes to digital tablets. A Wacom Medium runs you about 300$.
They have some new ones from bamboo, i dont know much about them but they are closer to your price range.

http://de.shop.wacom.eu/Bamboo-Speci...etail_387.html

http://de.shop.wacom.eu/Intuos4/Intuos4-S?c=17210

Good luck!

[Secron]

wow ok, im probably going to get that sketchbook pro thing but ive been looking at tablets pen/graphics/digitalizer w/e and i have no idea what to buy- seems Wacom make the most expensive and better ones, which is my point, my dad has a pen tablet and ive used it before but dont think it will be up for the job (drawing concept art that is) and so was wondering if there was a good tablet out there under £100, any help is extremely appreciated
many thanks again
Dark

For that price get a Wacom Bamboo. I have one, and while it's a bit too small, it's definitely a quality tablet. Not sure how much the Bamboo Fun is (it's bigger), but if that's in your range then I'd suggest that.

[[TUFV]_Lunacy_]

ok cheers guys this will help me much especially those links
i think after looking ill get the bamboo special, seems that it comes with software for art drawing/painting and for £74 that seems like a good deal....

[[EzE]DrMcNinja]

I am very interested. At first, I though this was already implemented but then I realised this subforum was for sigs.

Regarding tablets, big is not necessarily bigger. A good size is 6"x8" which is the one I use. Huge tablets will only cause you more strain.

So whats going on with this idea now? There has been no mod or official response since march. Have any staff been contacted regarding prize support? Responses?

[Stoned`]

i would like to know as well!

[WhiteRabbit7]

i want. do this xD

[[PonE]Ouker]

This sounds like a good idea. Not that I can do art, but it would bring some more good art here for sure, for viewer pleasure, and even more for the makers.