Toribash
Original Post
Game title art contest: 27k + items available
So me and lancer_c are working on a video game that we decided we need some epic art for, and don't wanna try drawing it ourselves. That being said, we come to you, bearing prizes, to anyone that can make some sweet spike man(working title) themed art. We are primarily looking for art to use as the background the the main menu, but good art may be used throughout the game.

Game demo so far(windows only):
http://www.box.net/shared/is9v80d9se

our subjects:

spikeman and his unicorn

spikeman and a possible antagonist

possible antagonist with a tophat

Rules:
-Original artwork only*, use the above images and any examples provided only as inspiration.
*This means no photomanipulation.
-by submitting an entry you are forfeiting all rights to the submitted artwork.
-minimum resolution 800x600

Guidelines:
-spikeman is faceless and should remain as such.
-images with spikeman and his unicorn together are preferable, but images with single subjects are not discouraged.
-no text in the images.

Examples and concept ideas:

say this image was instead spikeman on a unicorn, that would be sweet.


This is the title art for Charles Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden. The style is excellent.


Prizes Available:
Along with being credited for your art in our game, these items and credits are available to any entry we consider to be worthy of prizes. Note that we will be awarding several prizes, there will be no defined placing of prizes.


Vampire Torso
Quicksilver Force
Pharos DQ
Dragon Torso
25.5k TC

Prizes Awarded:
976TC - Pulitzer for his inital entry, as well as being first to post an accepted entry.
250TC x4 - rado1100, for his entries.
Vampire Blood + Vampire Relax - SgtBeans, for his entry.
500TC- biomek, for effort.

This contest will run until we either stop it or run out of prizes.

If you want to talk to me about your submission, I'm usually on the toribash irc, so /msg pyreon and we can talk.
Last edited by pyreon; Jan 4, 2009 at 07:33 PM.
Biomek: That's too rough. on top of it being too rough, his spike is kinda fat.

I'll just leave this here...



If it wasn't made by me I would probably give this picture 5k tc or one of the less expensive items. And with a picture like that, hopefully you can easily change it, adding details like cracks in the rock/details on the mountain and sky/better grass/anything else, making it a great picture would get it a good 10k + an expensive item.

Now I don't want everyone to go making spikeman standing on a cliff facing away looking at an ominous office building, by all means put in whatever buildings/scenery elements/things you think would make the picture good. I'm just showing this picture to demonstrate the level of quality I'm looking for in an entry.
Last edited by pyreon; Jan 1, 2009 at 08:32 PM.
i made one not kinda like yours but its a title screen

hope you like it
A SMod Team Moderated Message:
alikambe10 is a fag
Originally Posted by pyreon View Post
Biomek: That's too rough. on top of it being too rough, his spike is kinda fat.

ok then ill get to work on something better
biomek: too red, too rough. sorry.

For anyone going for the stylishly rough image, it's harder to pull off than it might seem. Make it look good.

Don't feel like you need to put an office building or do whatever I did with my picture, because unless you do it a lot better I'm just going to think you're copying me to get handouts. Bottom line is, I want something that I haven't thought of, or something I have but looks better than i could make it.

And yes, I'm becoming a tougher judge. The intention of this thread was to get a few great pieces of work that I'd have to choose from for things to put in the game. I don't want anything that I could make in a good 10 minutes of work. I want something that I would actually consider being the face of the game.
pavlin: sorry for not seeing your unicorn earlier, but the legs look kind of odd, and the tail is purple.

biomek: i actually kinda like the sky/grass, but the style should be consistent throughout the image. In that image spikeman doesn't really look like he belongs with the background. the cape also looks kind of off. Sorry i cant really give more info, thanks for the effort though.
Originally Posted by pyreon View Post
biomek: i actually kinda like the sky/grass, but the style should be consistent throughout the image. In that image spikeman doesn't really look like he belongs with the background. the cape also looks kind of off. Sorry i cant really give more info, thanks for the effort though.

ok thx ima make the spikeman more with his backround *leaves to go work on new pic*
Here it is sir. what I've been doing for quite a while
also. making the file smaller was a bother so if the quality is too low I apologize.
Attached Images
spike-man-spooky.jpg (58.7 KB, 38 views)
every ten seconds I kill 7 puppies. The only way to prevent this is by clicking this savin' puppies