http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...07/default.php
There they are. Some cosplayer ended up winning (of course). Personally I don't think that dressing up as your character should even be considered any form of "art" and the fact that someone who did actually won the whole contest is pretty irritating; especially when you look at the actual art of some of the other finalists.
Anyways just thought I'd share the news (unless it was already posted elsewhere and I'm to unobservant to notice >_>)
3rd Annual Halloween Art Contest (Results)
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Shadow Kurd
I lol'd at mini gwen :P -> http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...grandprize.php
although i think melandru should have won -> http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...7/winner09.php
although i think melandru should have won -> http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...7/winner09.php
Aera Lure
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although i think melandru should have won -> http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...7/winner09.php
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cosyfiep
didnt win, oh well...........................so much for my fantasy of getting a mini panda in this lifetime!
wonder if any guru people placed?????
and they say they awarded extra prizes....11 more (1 more for winners and 10 more finalists)
Shakkara
neighto
My fiance placed as a Finalist.. she won 4 skill pins and a mini oni/naga/yeti.. still to be decided which one.
KiyaKoreena
Actually I made the costumes specifically for this contest. Art doesnt not always equal=drawings/paintings/sculpture. Costuming is an art and you obviously have no idea the amount of work that goes into it.
mr_groovy
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Shakkara
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Nice Pic, but you forget that halloween isn't a canthan holiday
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But next time I'll keep my last few hundred bucks in my pocket, and instead of spending all my money on a costume I'll just buy a vizu off ebay, they only cost $250 there, less then my costume, especially considering the amount of time it took to put it together.
Elrodien
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Mordakai
aww, the little Asura tyke is cute.
Face it, dressing your kids up always scores points. (I agree the Melandru statue kicks ass though)
Now, if I could only get my wife to dress up...
Face it, dressing your kids up always scores points. (I agree the Melandru statue kicks ass though)
Now, if I could only get my wife to dress up...
1 up and 2 down
I know the person who dressed up as the paragon. Not in real but in-game. Its nice to see that she placed has an honorable mention!
SerenitySilverstar
Congratulations to all the winners. There is hard work and lots of imagination all round.
Please ignore the ones having a moan - petty jealousy does not become them.
Please ignore the ones having a moan - petty jealousy does not become them.
obastable
I can appreciate the time and work it takes to make a costume. I don't disregard them as an artful entry. The only thing I don't like about most of them is that there is no Hallowe'en theme beyond fact that they're wearing a costume.
I'm not bitter about the results of the contest, and maybe it's just me, but the costume entries that lack a Hallowe'en theme really don't inspire me to see them as "Hallowe'en" contest entries. The same costume could be used to enter any Guild Wars art contest, and yep.. that's the only thing that bothers me about any of the entries. Maybe the contest department could keep that in mind for future contests.
I'm not bitter about the results of the contest, and maybe it's just me, but the costume entries that lack a Hallowe'en theme really don't inspire me to see them as "Hallowe'en" contest entries. The same costume could be used to enter any Guild Wars art contest, and yep.. that's the only thing that bothers me about any of the entries. Maybe the contest department could keep that in mind for future contests.
Kashrlyyk
Zav should have won. His picture has to do with GW, Halloween and it is an idea of himself.
No amount of work will change the fact, that cosplayer rebuild something someone else invented. There is just not much imagination involved, hard work yes, but for an art contest, that should not matter.
No amount of work will change the fact, that cosplayer rebuild something someone else invented. There is just not much imagination involved, hard work yes, but for an art contest, that should not matter.
Jecht Scye
[email protected]!!!!!
Mordakai
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Zav should have won. His picture has to do with GW, Halloween and it is an idea of himself.
No amount of work will change the fact, that cosplayer rebuild something someone else invented. There is just not much imagination involved, hard work yes, but for an art contest, that should not matter. |
The winners were a family that all dressed up as Guild Wars characters. The Dervish looks quite nice. I agree that I think the Melandru statue is more of an "example" of art, but it's not like the winners just threw on some robes took pictures... those costumes take work!
(I used the Melandru statue as an example, I realize it wasn't Zavs, and I'll give you that Zav's is original.)
SerenitySilverstar
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in wider society, when it comes to Halloween costumes, you can dress up as anything you like? Just doesn't have to be "evil" themed?
Costuming, as a whole, is appropriate to Halloween.
Costuming, as a whole, is appropriate to Halloween.
undeadgun
imo, the 1st place which is a famliy picture shouldve take the 1st place, not only they did fantasic job on the cosstumes, but also shown that they all loved GW as much as the creator of Melandru statue, however, to bring in kids and wife/husband togather has shown me that besides GW, there are much more for just a game, GW might be their 2nd home
Lyonette
Anyway... Congrats to ALL the winners, you all did a fine job 
I can't believe the whining OP can't even fathom how much work that would be been put into those costumes... you my friend need to revisit the meaning of Art and what it is. in the end, it is the judges choice who wins and not you.
Oh an btw "Vizu"... entering a contest doesn't guarantee you win....
I can't believe the whining OP can't even fathom how much work that would be been put into those costumes... you my friend need to revisit the meaning of Art and what it is. in the end, it is the judges choice who wins and not you.
Oh an btw "Vizu"... entering a contest doesn't guarantee you win....
BenjZee
little asura and gwen, nice one
Parents aren't too great though lol, nice plan hiding under the hood dervish.
The dog one was pretty funny so i recon it deserves to be there, the melandru ones cool aswell.
the bloke in the red rit armor looks cool now he knows how they feel to had the mask covering their eyes
Parents aren't too great though lol, nice plan hiding under the hood dervish.
The dog one was pretty funny so i recon it deserves to be there, the melandru ones cool aswell.
the bloke in the red rit armor looks cool now he knows how they feel to had the mask covering their eyes
Saphrium
Where the hell did Koreena find those chains...?
Shakkara
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Oh an btw "Vizu"... entering a contest doesn't guarantee you win....
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I cut my hair and spent my last money on my costume, now I'm stuck with ugly short hair... I used to have long hair to my waist, now it's gone, for nothing, and with all the time and money I spent on the costume I could have ebayed the vizu or island guardian miniature I want so bad...
I know I shouldn't care, but I'm really depressed now.
KiyaKoreena
For the record, I think the Melandru entry was awesome, I hope that it got second (Notice: Those 10 entres are not numbered to what they placed).
For all the detractors, YOU go and build costumes that are anywhere near how accurate I managed to get and we will see what you say then. It was a lot of work,it looks great for how realistic these ingame things really are, and costumes fit the GW+Halloween theme that this contest was about. THAT is why our entry won. It was done without patterns, just guessing by how things look ingame. Even the freaking flails on the derv costume were made by us (styrofoam balls, salt dough, duct tape, superglue, and hammered finish spraypaint just for those. The chains were plastic ones from Home Depot sprayed with the hammered finish paint too). I could have 'shopped the hell out of the pictures but I wanted to show the work put into it. It was something that I worked on over months and that effort showed and was rewarded.
And while at it, lets see how well you can get a 1 and 3 year old to cooperate for taking pictures.
For all the detractors, YOU go and build costumes that are anywhere near how accurate I managed to get and we will see what you say then. It was a lot of work,it looks great for how realistic these ingame things really are, and costumes fit the GW+Halloween theme that this contest was about. THAT is why our entry won. It was done without patterns, just guessing by how things look ingame. Even the freaking flails on the derv costume were made by us (styrofoam balls, salt dough, duct tape, superglue, and hammered finish spraypaint just for those. The chains were plastic ones from Home Depot sprayed with the hammered finish paint too). I could have 'shopped the hell out of the pictures but I wanted to show the work put into it. It was something that I worked on over months and that effort showed and was rewarded.
And while at it, lets see how well you can get a 1 and 3 year old to cooperate for taking pictures.
Shadowfox1125
I really can't believe that the Melandru statue didn't win.. check out the wings and the detail of the tree..
Now I don't want to be rude, but I don't agree with some of the winners, such as: the Mad King Doll, and the Dressed up Dogs.
I thought Brydon Marks' entry should have placed..
Now I don't want to be rude, but I don't agree with some of the winners, such as: the Mad King Doll, and the Dressed up Dogs.
I thought Brydon Marks' entry should have placed..
ElinoraNeSangre
I think costuming is very appropriate to Halloween, but I can also see the value of possibly breaking it out into costuming and other media in the future. I personally feel that all the winners and runners up are pretty good entries - in fact, I'm a lot happier with these results vs the ones from design a weapon (which, if some of you recall, included some pretty "eh" stuff and some pretty awesome stuff). There weren't any that made me go "WTF is going on?!?" (which isn't to say that some of the ones that didn't win weren't awesome, I'm sure many of them are very cool!). But overall, I thought that this group of entries was pretty awesome and cool to look at.
And on a side note, I see Noanoa in the winners. YAY NOANOA! :: squeals ::
And on a side note, I see Noanoa in the winners. YAY NOANOA! :: squeals ::
Saraphim
Personally I prefer the Mad King statue over the Melandru, it's more dynamic. Both are highly skillful though, and gorgeous.
Don't really have a comment on the whole costumes vs everything else debate, the above is a subjective statement not a value judgement.
Don't really have a comment on the whole costumes vs everything else debate, the above is a subjective statement not a value judgement.
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Personally I prefer the Mad King statue over the Melandru, it's more dynamic. Both are highly skillful though, and gorgeous.
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Dante the Warlord
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention03.php
How could this not win! its so funny!
Kid rings doorbell:*Trick or Treat!*
You: Kill dog and cast a Animate Vampiric Horror
Minion holds candies while dripping out its flesh
Arts not bad but the idea was genius!
I also thought that the GW guys were being sexist all of the people who won were girls! Not fair, considering much of the guild wars community are male.
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I also really liked this one very creative:
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention04.php
O wow i didn't know the grand prize winner was a guildwarsguru person... Congrats that was really cool! Dervish was my favorite since the hood was so sweet.
How could this not win! its so funny!
Kid rings doorbell:*Trick or Treat!*
You: Kill dog and cast a Animate Vampiric Horror
Minion holds candies while dripping out its flesh
Arts not bad but the idea was genius!
I also thought that the GW guys were being sexist all of the people who won were girls! Not fair, considering much of the guild wars community are male.
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I also really liked this one very creative:
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention04.php
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For the record, I think the Melandru entry was awesome, I hope that it got second (Notice: Those 10 entres are not numbered to what they placed).
For all the detractors, YOU go and build costumes that are anywhere near how accurate I managed to get and we will see what you say then. It was a lot of work,it looks great for how realistic these ingame things really are, and costumes fit the GW+Halloween theme that this contest was about. THAT is why our entry won. It was done without patterns, just guessing by how things look ingame. Even the freaking flails on the derv costume were made by us (styrofoam balls, salt dough, duct tape, superglue, and hammered finish spraypaint just for those. The chains were plastic ones from Home Depot sprayed with the hammered finish paint too). I could have 'shopped the hell out of the pictures but I wanted to show the work put into it. It was something that I worked on over months and that effort showed and was rewarded. And while at it, lets see how well you can get a 1 and 3 year old to cooperate for taking pictures. |
I Phoenix I
Well, I got a finalist award...4 Season 1 Skill Pins, which isn't bad, but I was hoping to get a copy of GW:EN, since I don't have that yet.
But overall, I'm not too sad, since I guess my art wasn't very original and it didn't look that great.
But overall, I'm not too sad, since I guess my art wasn't very original and it didn't look that great.
Saraphim
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I believe that's only because it has much more color in it and so your eyes are more attracted to it than the blandness of the Mad King sculpture. Regardless, both are exceptionally well done.
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*joke ! I'm fond of white / plain statues, I find form more important than colour. But again I must stress that's my personal taste.
Anyway, gratz to all winners !
Diddy bow
Well the first place had really good costumes, and the sympathy vote xD.
Whats with this one? Just looks like a random emo drawing to me http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention13.php
Whats with this one? Just looks like a random emo drawing to me
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention13.php
Inde
I could post something witty here but really... c'mon. Keep your insults to yourself.
Angelica
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For the record, I think the Melandru entry was awesome, I hope that it got second (Notice: Those 10 entres are not numbered to what they placed).
For all the detractors, YOU go and build costumes that are anywhere near how accurate I managed to get and we will see what you say then. It was a lot of work,it looks great for how realistic these ingame things really are, and costumes fit the GW+Halloween theme that this contest was about. THAT is why our entry won. It was done without patterns, just guessing by how things look ingame. Even the freaking flails on the derv costume were made by us (styrofoam balls, salt dough, duct tape, superglue, and hammered finish spraypaint just for those. The chains were plastic ones from Home Depot sprayed with the hammered finish paint too). I could have 'shopped the hell out of the pictures but I wanted to show the work put into it. It was something that I worked on over months and that effort showed and was rewarded. And while at it, lets see how well you can get a 1 and 3 year old to cooperate for taking pictures. |
I think you deserved the first prize, all family in the spirit of GW Halloween.
Very nice indeed.I love little Gwen...... so sweet.
/Angelica
awiedman
i got a honorable mention. im darc sword the shing jea ritualist. but my girlfriend didn't win and she made ancient ritualist black like the one in the top 10. it took me 2-3 months to make it. it was hand sewn because i don't know how to use a machine, and was the first costume i have made. most of the people that i saw won are not cosplayers or are new to it. i think the photoshoped avatar of grenth shouldn't have won but that is just my opinion.
"You and Mally would make a perfect couple."
Mally is in my alliance and she is a girl. that is her brother in law, if i remember right.
"the bloke in the red rit armor looks cool now he knows how they feel to had the mask covering their eyes"
thx
"You and Mally would make a perfect couple."
Mally is in my alliance and she is a girl. that is her brother in law, if i remember right.
"the bloke in the red rit armor looks cool now he knows how they feel to had the mask covering their eyes"
thx
cosyfiep
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Well, I got a finalist award...4 Season 1 Skill Pins, which isn't bad, but I was hoping to get a copy of GW:EN, since I don't have that yet.
But overall, I'm not too sad, since I guess my art wasn't very original and it didn't look that great. |
did they print a list of the finalists??? (since there are 70 of them, I only see the grand prize, 1st place and honorables on the website...did I miss something???)
And yeah I have made costumes before and know how much effort goes into them, however, comparing a costume to art pieces is like comparing computers to milk, just not quite the same thing. Like has been said they should have made separate categories for costumes and art entries....and idea for next year I guess.
And again congrats to the winners, wish I could have been one too......(throws another dart at MA in art degree on wall).
Messy
Thanks for the cleanup!!
Grats to all the winners!! I thought some of the costumes were great, but I the drawing with the necro having her minion open the door and give out candy... priceless!!
Grats to all the winners!! I thought some of the costumes were great, but I the drawing with the necro having her minion open the door and give out candy... priceless!!
Aera Lure
Both statues were awesome. No doubt about it. I dont think anyone was meaning to detract from the costumes though. At least I wasnt. Good job by everyone who entered.
Malice Black
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Actually I made the costumes specifically for this contest. Art doesnt not always equal=drawings/paintings/sculpture. Costuming is an art and you obviously have no idea the amount of work that goes into it.
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Noanoa
I like the red rit too, it's very very in character! Also Esadha Kephal's doll costume makes my detail-loving soul squeal. Out of all the entries shown, http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention20.php is my absolute favourite though.
I think all the costumes are well done, though several could have used fluffy petticoats to make the skirts seem poofier. I think at least the dervish costumes would have looked even more impressive if the skirts were more flared <3.
I hear a lot of "costuming isn't art, it's just copying a design durr hurr" here and elsewhere, and all I can say is that it takes just as much skill, patience and resources as other medias. Making a drawing about pumpkins and necros isn't hard if you know how to draw, and I also assume the makers of the Mad King and Melandru statues are much more than amateurs at sculpting.
I'm a bit at a loss @ http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention13.php however, all I see is a non-original animu character that has nothing to do with Guild Wars, and very little with Halloween even. Otherwise I like all the entries, and I'm also very interested in seeing those that didn't make it to the results page.
WTS Mini Vizu.
I think all the costumes are well done, though several could have used fluffy petticoats to make the skirts seem poofier. I think at least the dervish costumes would have looked even more impressive if the skirts were more flared <3.
I hear a lot of "costuming isn't art, it's just copying a design durr hurr" here and elsewhere, and all I can say is that it takes just as much skill, patience and resources as other medias. Making a drawing about pumpkins and necros isn't hard if you know how to draw, and I also assume the makers of the Mad King and Melandru statues are much more than amateurs at sculpting.
I'm a bit at a loss @ http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont.../mention13.php however, all I see is a non-original animu character that has nothing to do with Guild Wars, and very little with Halloween even. Otherwise I like all the entries, and I'm also very interested in seeing those that didn't make it to the results page.
WTS Mini Vizu