Post by Vorchia on Aug 26, 2005 16:05:51 GMT -5
Hi everyone!
You're probably wondering what the crazy Oviraptor is doing, well, I'm setting up Dinosaur Olympics on the T of P. Why would I do that? Well its because of this STOMP thingy that a lucky few will be able to attend while most of us are in school or otherwise unable to go.
Well there's a large group of fans who can't attend and they too deserve to have some Dinotopian activity organised for them that they can join.
So I'm setting up a bunch of Dinotopia/STOMP contests so we all can have some fun, whether we can join the party in Massachusets or not. Think of it as if it were the Dinosaur olympics, at the T of P. Unfortunately we can't have any ring riding event nor any other sport as thats pretty hard to organize online but still, we can have the cultural part of the Dinosaur Olympics. I'm going to set up art contests. Art at least is something we all are able to do despite the state of our finances and general RL insanity like school and work overloading our minds during the long months of the autumn and winter semesters... Besides the creativity is a neccesity in life, you need it, if only to survive life's attempts to force you to grow sane. ;D
Maybe some of the STOMP go-ers can actually show our results to mr Gurney, if not I can print stuff and send it to him, no problem.
Anyhow, there are several contests, all of which you can join with as many submissions as you like:
STOMP logo contest
The STOMP is being planned, we have a date, location, hotel, we even have contests but we have no LOGO!! There is no logo for the Dinotopia Fan Club much less for the STOMP itself. I think its about time we had one, other then things directly derived (copy pasted!) from mr Gurney's art, hmm?
Costume design contest: Come up with your own Dinotopia costume. You can either describe it in words, draw it or make it and post a picture of it or do a combination. Dinotopian fashion has influences from all over the world and is being debated in the Clothing of Dinotopia thread. See what damage you can do coming up with a new 'haute coutoure', original, beautiful or silly Dinotopia costume.
Writing Contest: Any written art in the form of poetry, songs, music, stories, haikus, plays, jokes, riddles, etc.
Drawing/painting contest:
I have to say I feel small, very small just looking at mr Gurney's art but, once I snap out of the feeling of complete inferiority, its pretty inspiring. This contest is self expalnatory, once the light headed feeling passes, there is inspiration. This contest is here to encourage that inspiration; make Dinotopia inspired art. You're free to use any medium you like pencil, crayons, aquarel, paint, photoshop, just take whatever works for you. Comics are welcome too in this category.
Miscellaneous art contest:
A contest for every Dinotopia inspired artwork that doesn't fit in the other contests, pottery, metalwork, craft, sculpting, anything.
The rules are the same for all the contests, all pieces of art must be within the limits of common sense, aka, nothing highly rated, no cursing, no porn and no breaking the code.
You can submit as many pieces of art as you like. I will set up separate threads for every contest so you may post your entries and any comments that go with them. For those who can't upload or remote link, maybe we can get Az to upload your entries at cityofmists.com... *mutters something about Kindereggs for a bribe*
The contests will run long as we all have lives and I myself am an extremely slow artist... How's about we put the deadline in February then set up the voting so we'll have the results in time for the STOMP?
There will be voting here and at the OMB, I thnk its easiest if everyone by that time just uses the three point system, which means you give 3 points to your winner, 2 to the second and one to the third best in each category. This should produce fair results... The winners shall have eternal glory and recognition as an artist at the T of P.
Hmm, you know if this is going to work, well make it the 'new Dinosaur olympics' annual.
You're probably wondering what the crazy Oviraptor is doing, well, I'm setting up Dinosaur Olympics on the T of P. Why would I do that? Well its because of this STOMP thingy that a lucky few will be able to attend while most of us are in school or otherwise unable to go.
Well there's a large group of fans who can't attend and they too deserve to have some Dinotopian activity organised for them that they can join.
So I'm setting up a bunch of Dinotopia/STOMP contests so we all can have some fun, whether we can join the party in Massachusets or not. Think of it as if it were the Dinosaur olympics, at the T of P. Unfortunately we can't have any ring riding event nor any other sport as thats pretty hard to organize online but still, we can have the cultural part of the Dinosaur Olympics. I'm going to set up art contests. Art at least is something we all are able to do despite the state of our finances and general RL insanity like school and work overloading our minds during the long months of the autumn and winter semesters... Besides the creativity is a neccesity in life, you need it, if only to survive life's attempts to force you to grow sane. ;D
Maybe some of the STOMP go-ers can actually show our results to mr Gurney, if not I can print stuff and send it to him, no problem.
Anyhow, there are several contests, all of which you can join with as many submissions as you like:
STOMP logo contest
The STOMP is being planned, we have a date, location, hotel, we even have contests but we have no LOGO!! There is no logo for the Dinotopia Fan Club much less for the STOMP itself. I think its about time we had one, other then things directly derived (copy pasted!) from mr Gurney's art, hmm?
Costume design contest: Come up with your own Dinotopia costume. You can either describe it in words, draw it or make it and post a picture of it or do a combination. Dinotopian fashion has influences from all over the world and is being debated in the Clothing of Dinotopia thread. See what damage you can do coming up with a new 'haute coutoure', original, beautiful or silly Dinotopia costume.
Writing Contest: Any written art in the form of poetry, songs, music, stories, haikus, plays, jokes, riddles, etc.
Drawing/painting contest:
I have to say I feel small, very small just looking at mr Gurney's art but, once I snap out of the feeling of complete inferiority, its pretty inspiring. This contest is self expalnatory, once the light headed feeling passes, there is inspiration. This contest is here to encourage that inspiration; make Dinotopia inspired art. You're free to use any medium you like pencil, crayons, aquarel, paint, photoshop, just take whatever works for you. Comics are welcome too in this category.
Miscellaneous art contest:
A contest for every Dinotopia inspired artwork that doesn't fit in the other contests, pottery, metalwork, craft, sculpting, anything.
The rules are the same for all the contests, all pieces of art must be within the limits of common sense, aka, nothing highly rated, no cursing, no porn and no breaking the code.
You can submit as many pieces of art as you like. I will set up separate threads for every contest so you may post your entries and any comments that go with them. For those who can't upload or remote link, maybe we can get Az to upload your entries at cityofmists.com... *mutters something about Kindereggs for a bribe*
The contests will run long as we all have lives and I myself am an extremely slow artist... How's about we put the deadline in February then set up the voting so we'll have the results in time for the STOMP?
There will be voting here and at the OMB, I thnk its easiest if everyone by that time just uses the three point system, which means you give 3 points to your winner, 2 to the second and one to the third best in each category. This should produce fair results... The winners shall have eternal glory and recognition as an artist at the T of P.
Hmm, you know if this is going to work, well make it the 'new Dinosaur olympics' annual.
*bounce bounce*