WTB 500k Duo Commission- CONTEST!!!

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistical miss
Still need the backshot feel bad that i lagged it so much...

clawofcrimson

clawofcrimson

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Crimson Claw

W/

Only five days left?

Kayleen Ajzurion

Kayleen Ajzurion

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Me

Actually, I think the OP extended the deadline a week so there's actually 12 days left >_>

Arthos

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

We All Hail To The Pumpkin [Song]

My entry. Black and white will have to do. Me and colors don't like eachother atm.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Zaganemik.jpg

emikxone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

{UMS} Undead Mordician Spartans

N/A

officially end date fore this contest has been decided as sunday june 3rd...

yayrichie

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

Even though I'm a little late to find this, I'd still like to enter. Do we have until the end of Sunday? I've already got a sketch if not.

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

DVD Forums [DVDF]

Mo/Me

Dang, totally forgot about this thread! >_<!

Don't fail me know speed-painting skills!

Kayleen Ajzurion

Kayleen Ajzurion

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Me

Well, I finished my entry just in time ^_^. Really thought I wouldn't make it but here it is



Glint didn't come out as nicely as I'd hoped and they don't really look that undead lol but I'm too lazy right now to fix anything >.<

Kay

azn deathfire

azn deathfire

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

AH

Mo/Me

my entry

Fattest Of The Fat

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Don't worry about it.

Looking for HA guild

W/

Oh my god... You guys are incredible!

StarrTheInsane

StarrTheInsane

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

Stephenville, TX

D/W

azn, did you do the whole thing with OpenCanvas? It looks like it has very good tools and features. If so I'm definitely grabbing that when I get my new computer. My current programs make Vista sad.

azn deathfire

azn deathfire

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

AH

Mo/Me

yep i did that on open canvas. photoshop for some reason hates my computer =D

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

DVD Forums [DVDF]

Mo/Me



Full rez available here

yayrichie

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

I'll be cutting it (very) short, but whatever I get done I'll post close to midnight.

yayrichie

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

O.K.~



I ended up just entering a jazzed up version of my sketch, but I think it gets the point across. I've gotten attached to your characters, however, Emik, so I'm going to have to finish this; would you like to see the final draft?(I won't be entering it) If so, how would you prefer I send it to you?

oh yeah, and full res here

Mistical miss

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

Thats.... awesome O_o

Yannick of Avo

Yannick of Avo

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Netherlands

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

Mo/E

*bump*

I'm kinda waiting for the results...or just any reply from emikxone. Deadline is over right?

Mistical miss

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

yup, I hope he will reply or he scammed all the people that entered :S

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

DVD Forums [DVDF]

Mo/Me

*pokes emik with a stick*...

Messy

Messy

huh?

Join Date: Jun 2005

Follow the rainbow, make a left and voila

Guildless

R/

I hope he replies soon. Once again, you guys did some amazing drawings. I have drool all over my keyboard.

Garreth MacLeod

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistical miss
yup, I hope he will reply or he scammed all the people that entered :S He mentioned in mid-May that he was moving. Did he get moved? I certainly hope is was issues with moving and not the latter. A lot of effort and time went in to tohse drawings.

yayrichie

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

Must be one heck of a move. He said he was moving to another state; maybe he decided to move to Alaska from the continental U.S. by truck or something. Ah well...added him to my friend list, I'll harass him if I see him.

I Might Avenge U

I Might Avenge U

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

California

R/

Well, there's one way to get your commission done...

Shanaeri Rynale

Shanaeri Rynale

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

DVDF(Forums)

Me/N

I hope this is resolved soon(I'm sure it will be). It can sometimes take ages to get connections up and working as some ISP's and telco's can make you wait ages for installation. I'm sure this is the case, in this case.

Delays etc will damage other contests that people might like to run in the future as well as frustrates the artists who spent so much time working on things.

StarrTheInsane

StarrTheInsane

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

Stephenville, TX

D/W

To be fair, when the contest started ectos were worth almost twice what they are now. It may be the case of "Oh great! I can't afford to pay what I said I would! I better lay low for a while."

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

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Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by StarrTheInsane
To be fair, when the contest started ectos were worth almost twice what they are now. It may be the case of "Oh great! I can't afford to pay what I said I would! I better lay low for a while." I really hope that's not the case. As an artist who put wor into this competition, I'd much prefer the host to come out and say "Sorry guys, due to an unexpected deflation of GW gold, I can't afford to pay what I originally set out."

I think it would be perfectly acceptable to scale the prizes down a bit, gold is probably worth around 2/3 maybe even 1/2 of what it was when the contest started, and I think most people would understand a downscale.

What artists and art lovers won't stand for, is a cut and run. It will not only destroy emik's reputation (I very much doubt he'd ever get another commission again) and would also dent the confidence of artists in future commissions.

Having said this, I don't believe Emik has done anything of the sort, I think it far more likely that there are extenuating cicumstances, and he's probably just as annoyed that he can't finish the competition, as we are.

Yannick of Avo

Yannick of Avo

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Netherlands

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by greyf0x_f0x
I really hope that's not the case. As an artist who put wor into this competition, I'd much prefer the host to come out and say "Sorry guys, due to an unexpected deflation of GW gold, I can't afford to pay what I originally set out."

I think it would be perfectly acceptable to scale the prizes down a bit, gold is probably worth around 2/3 maybe even 1/2 of what it was when the contest started, and I think most people would understand a downscale.

What artists and art lovers won't stand for, is a cut and run. It will not only destroy emik's reputation (I very much doubt he'd ever get another commission again) and would also dent the confidence of artists in future commissions. *agrees*

I enterd because I like drawing, not for the prizes. (okay prizes are nice, but I just wanted to enter a competition, this was the first I found here on guru XD)

Scorpion Serenity

Scorpion Serenity

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2007

IL

True Elites [PAPI]

Wow, so many people want that gold and all so much better than me... I'm not that competitive so I guess I won't enter. But I like seeing all the commissions though.

Garreth MacLeod

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

It isn't as many people as Sectus had in his first "WTB Commision" contest. There were 64 entries in all for that one. Some of those entries were absolutely stunning. The Sanra/Shan contest had more than that.

Still hoping to see this resolved soon

Arthos

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

We All Hail To The Pumpkin [Song]

says he was on yesterday..

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

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Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthos
says he was on yesterday.. Who/what says that? I'd be interested to know...

Yannick of Avo

Yannick of Avo

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Netherlands

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by greyf0x_f0x
Who/what says that? I'd be interested to know...
Quote:
Last Activity: Yesterday 06:52 PM it's right above the "Add emikxone to Your Ignore List" in the public profile page; linky: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/member.php?u=81927

Garreth MacLeod

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

This really bothers me. I wanted to have a contest as well but this one and another that seems to possibly be ending the same way (on GWO) have me concerned that artists will shy away from future contests.

Unlucky Slayer

Unlucky Slayer

RAGE INCARNATE

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sitting at The Guild Hall 2, being happy.

Nerd Clan [NK]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Garreth MacLeod
This really bothers me. I wanted to have a contest as well but this one and another that seems to possibly be ending the same way (on GWO) have me concerned that artists will shy away from future contests. You might want to do a joint contest with Sectus or maybe even we could get a full group contest with the OGAWC, but yeah I dont know how willing artists would be for a contest from someone that hasnt run a contest before.

Garreth MacLeod

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Unlucky Slayer
You might want to do a joint contest with Sectus or maybe even we could get a full group contest with the OGAWC, but yeah I dont know how willing artists would be for a contest from someone that hasnt run a contest before. I'd consider that if the concept of the contest wasn't the way it is.

Ah, heck, I'll just go ahead and have the contest I think. Maybe I can post a screenshot of my storage vault or something so they know the money is there. I don't post a lot on guru but do on GWO (because I 'found' GWO first). I don't know if post count will make me more trustworthy or not but I know I'm trustworthy and so do the folks who've done commissions for me already.

yayrichie

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

I'd still enter a contest. I'd be doing art on my own even if there were no incentive, and doing it for a contest doesn't hurt anything--even if the sponsor ends up bunking off. I'm like Yannick, I guess--"I enterd because I like drawing, not for the prizes." I think you'd probably still get plenty of entries if you did a contest commission, if from only the Yannicks.

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

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Mo/Me

Well, saw Emik online this morning, no response to my polite questions.

Sad to say it, but looks like it was a cut and run

[EDIT]
Just got the following response (funnily enough, minutes after making my first post)

Quote:
hi i dont know you
my friend gave me this account
who are you -_- convenient eh?

Garreth MacLeod

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by greyf0x_f0x
Well, saw Emik online this morning, no response to my polite questions.

Sad to say it, but looks like it was a cut and run

[EDIT]
Just got the following response (funnily enough, minutes after making my first post)



-_- convenient eh? Too convenient. Now I'm pissed off that someone would take advantage of the wonderful artists we have here.

jrk247

jrk247

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Twenty Gold For Mountain Troll [Tusk]

Wow this is really bad, takes advantage of artists and then makes a stupid excuse when he gets found out.

I hope this is a bannable offense and I hope this guy gets his IP address banned from every GW forum out there.

The Missing Monk

The Missing Monk

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Netherlands

Souls of Glory [SoG]

Mo/

Thats just pathetic, so many VERY GOOD looking drawings, and he just fleeds..I agree with jrk.