So much for any idea goes, even cat scratch.
All of these designs are well done, with very talented people. They would have gone for a good sum of money on the illustration market.
Now, Anet owns the copyright. As I predicted. And was flamed about. And they paid bupkis for them. GGs.
Specifically...the first is a Narnia ripoff, the second I really don't understand, the third is cool but too similar to the antlers already in existence....which isn't necessarily bad. 4th is great, but doesn't look very cheery...I'd say Canthan new year or dragon festival would be more appropriate. I'd love it though. 5th is INSANE and I'd rock it everywhere. Same for 6th, if they can make it so I'm not bald with it on.
Wintersday Contest Winners Announced
A11Eur0
Neo Nugget
*Note: The hat that appears in the game is based upon a player concept, but will not look precisely like the submitted idea. The art team sometimes makes adjustments to player art to assure the design is compatible with other game designs, and artists also often need to modify a design to properly adjust it to character models. For example, because of how character art and armor works together, a hat that sits on the top of the head will make the character appear to be bald, which naturally requires some amendment to work around. With all player-submitted designs, the art team chooses the winning designs and then adjusts them to fit into the Guild Wars world.
From the Contest page.
Says they work around the bald effect on the hats, but how come all the other hats like the yule cap make characters bald.
/crossesfingers for this hat
From the Contest page.
Says they work around the bald effect on the hats, but how come all the other hats like the yule cap make characters bald.
/crossesfingers for this hat
HawkofStorms
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*Note: The hat that appears in the game is based upon a player concept, but will not look precisely like the submitted idea. The art team sometimes makes adjustments to player art to assure the design is compatible with other game designs, and artists also often need to modify a design to properly adjust it to character models. For example, because of how character art and armor works together, a hat that sits on the top of the head will make the character appear to be bald, which naturally requires some amendment to work around. With all player-submitted designs, the art team chooses the winning designs and then adjusts them to fit into the Guild Wars world.
From the Contest page. Says they work around the bald effect on the hats, but how come all the other hats like the yule cap make characters bald. /crossesfingers for this hat |
Gaile Gray
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By "work around it" they mean they generally lower the hair line of crowns so that, even though you are bald, many hair styles appear like they could fit underneath the cap.
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You'll see.
Nevin
My vote goes to 4th
BenjZee
OMG nice one people. i had similar ideas. ive got so many pictures. i could of won lol if i'd sent in the right one. ok then ill upload all the ideas i decided to do but dind't send to competition. its actually quite scary how the candycane reindeer skull type thing is similar to mine
Jongo River
Congrats to the winners.
Well, here was mine - probably a bit too ugly for Wintersday...
Well, here was mine - probably a bit too ugly for Wintersday...
Kha
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Congrats to the winners.
Well, here was mine - probably a bit too ugly for Wintersday... |
I'm still sad that the ice crown beat out that ice-grentch/goblin mask
My god would that thing have rocked in game! I was really hoping for a grentch item since there was Dwayna's Frostie and grentch are just so much cooler. I guess I'll just have to hope that the crown comes out good.Where's the rest of the designs, people? I love seeing others' work
Neo Nugget
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Or... not. Wait and see. A very wintery and very appropriate addition was made to the crown. Sensible, too, given the temperature.
You'll see. |
WinterSnowblind
Wow, I can't wait to see what they do with it then. My Warrior would look great with the crown, but without her hair it just doesn't really work. Would it be so hard just to add some generic hair to the bottom of the crown, to make it look as if they still have something?
Even if it didn't match your normal hair, it would still look a lot better than being completely bald.
Even if it didn't match your normal hair, it would still look a lot better than being completely bald.
Mork from Ork
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Or... not. Wait and see. A very wintery and very appropriate addition was made to the crown. Sensible, too, given the temperature.
You'll see. |
Buttermilk
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Wow, I can't wait to see what they do with it then. My Warrior would look great with the crown, but without her hair it just doesn't really work. Would it be so hard just to add some generic hair to the bottom of the crown, to make it look as if they still have something?
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Just give it a try for once Anet, unless " 'tis the season to be bald like Santa"?
Darksun
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All of these designs are well done, with very talented people. They would have gone for a good sum of money on the illustration market.
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Now, Anet owns the copyright. As I predicted. And was flamed about. And they paid bupkis for them. GGs.
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Bupkis? hardly. It costs them more time & money to run the contest than to tell the artists to whip up another crown. Gaile already pointed out they had ANET designs ready to go. They just wanted to make a fan compo for us.
Mister_Smiley
Just read A11Eur0 post up at top, but umm ya he said the same thing i said, so i changed it. Anywho i can't wait to see the offical one on x-mas.
Evaine
All of the designs are interesting but, based on the illustrations shown, I like #6 and #4 the best. The winning entry does look like it was inspired by the crown of the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia - maybe that's why it won.
Gaile Gray
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You don't have a very good concept of the illustration market do you? Btw, since these are all a step down from the quality of ANET's concept art, what value do you think they are gleaning from it?
You were probably flamed because you assumed that ANET needs concept art, and were trying to steal from their poor fans. It costs them more time & money to run the contest than to tell the artists to whip up another crown. Gaile already pointed out they had ANET designs ready to go. They just wanted to make a fan compo for us. |
The bottom line is: Whether we are talking about weapons, items, or hats -- we can design and implement such things more easily and on a less-costly basis here at ArenaNet. However, we love offering these contest opportunities because it's a cool form of interaction with our community, because we get the chance to offer a chance at a form of "game immortality" to those who win, and because we think it's just plain fun. There is absolutely no profit motivation.
ElinoraNeSangre
I wouldn't be surprised if ANet spent more time sorting through and judging all these entries than it would have taken the artists to put the art together (which they already had done, so all of this was on TOP of that), but they chose to do it anyway.
I think that's cool as heck, myself. It's a really neat opportunity (all these contests are!) to bring something new and different into the game, and for everyone to have a chance to contribute something. It's a great way to bring some fresh and diverse ideas in. I think it really comes down to if you're bothered by a company now owning a piece of artwork you've done for a contest, then don't do one. A lot of other people, though, are thrilled to have that chance.
Random thought relating to an earlier post - maybe a hat one of these days should have some generic hair under it that's affected by dye. Then people could have a hat, have hair showing, and even make their "hair" whatever color they want.
(and now my brain just went south onto a tangent about wigs, i blame the cough syrup!)
I think that's cool as heck, myself. It's a really neat opportunity (all these contests are!) to bring something new and different into the game, and for everyone to have a chance to contribute something. It's a great way to bring some fresh and diverse ideas in. I think it really comes down to if you're bothered by a company now owning a piece of artwork you've done for a contest, then don't do one. A lot of other people, though, are thrilled to have that chance.
Random thought relating to an earlier post - maybe a hat one of these days should have some generic hair under it that's affected by dye. Then people could have a hat, have hair showing, and even make their "hair" whatever color they want.
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BenjZee
Hey there, im not get best artist in the world but I gave it ago. You can tell I had limited colours but I had a Mesmer that was willing to give me a hand in modelling. The first one is the one I entered. WARNING this player has limited colours...lol
http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?i...zieheadvu1.jpg
Here are some of my ideas i had. Warning they may take awhile to load up
This one makes me laugh every time. GingerBread Head
http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?im...erbreadnj4.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?i...thsantalg0.jpg
(the above) reminds me of someone elses that got into the finalists. Santa grenth for the win.
alright i love this next one , Moa Mask
http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moamaskfg6.jpg
cant find my penguin one either. must be in my room
http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?im...ringhatcp2.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?i...temasksvv6.jpg
(the above) pretty cool ursela masks. Male and female versions are different. females get nice fluffy hood
Heres some of my other designs I didn’t enter, there are more to come. Can’t get to a scanner at the moment.
I have a certain (or lack of) style. alot of the designs coming up were similar...if only i entered them lol. Ok now if they have the competition next year im fresh out of ideas. it is pretty cool the ideas in my drawings but the actual drawing is terrible
EDIT: BTW Gaile i spoke to you on wiki ages ago about my designs.Did the entry ever make it in because i had problems with missing some info on forms and sent another e-mail straight after. Did you personally look at the designs with the art team?
http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?i...zieheadvu1.jpg
Here are some of my ideas i had. Warning they may take awhile to load up
This one makes me laugh every time. GingerBread Head
http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?im...erbreadnj4.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?i...thsantalg0.jpg
(the above) reminds me of someone elses that got into the finalists. Santa grenth for the win.
alright i love this next one , Moa Mask
http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moamaskfg6.jpg
cant find my penguin one either. must be in my room
http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?im...ringhatcp2.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?i...temasksvv6.jpg
(the above) pretty cool ursela masks. Male and female versions are different. females get nice fluffy hood
Heres some of my other designs I didn’t enter, there are more to come. Can’t get to a scanner at the moment.
I have a certain (or lack of) style.
alot of the designs coming up were similar...if only i entered them lol. Ok now if they have the competition next year im fresh out of ideas. it is pretty cool the ideas in my drawings but the actual drawing is terribleEDIT: BTW Gaile i spoke to you on wiki ages ago about my designs.Did the entry ever make it in because i had problems with missing some info on forms and sent another e-mail straight after. Did you personally look at the designs with the art team?
EPO Bot
Suggestion for next year: Sarah's mask!
(<3 Desmina)
(<3 Desmina)
tmakinen
Oh well, here goes. This was my entry, pretty much on the same track as the winning one except that I had specifically taken into account the hair issue (by making the crown follow the hairline and look roughly like a stylized hairdo) and considered the synergy between it and Glacial Gloves. Didn't get any approval, though (and if you say that the drawing is rough - it's intentional, a classic chalk and charcoal technique).
The Glacial Crown
The Glacial Crown
BenjZee
That does look great. I see loads of people have similar ideas. You may not of won but atleast you can have your design (well a similar one) in the game. i like the armour aswell
pumpkin pie
tmakinen
Its not rough, its the idea that count most. sort of can congratulate you too since the winning entry is the same
Its not rough, its the idea that count most. sort of can congratulate you too since the winning entry is the same
Neo Nugget
Would be nice if this had armor value, just to make it ever more unique, heck while were at it, make all festival hats have an armor value based on level like heroes armor.
Kha
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(and if you say that the drawing is rough - it's intentional, a classic chalk and charcoal technique).
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tmakinen
Except that after reading Gaile's comments I'm just a little bit afraid that ANet has turned the idea into an abomination ... something like an icy crown with furry earmuffs
undeadgun
BenjZee
Ok people, heres more of my designs.
Frostie Crown, RudolphCane cap, Tree Top Angel (Mhenlo), Evil Pudding, Snow Globe.
http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...hcanemhkq4.jpg
and some more.
Penguin Cap, Egg Noggin, Pudding head, Tree, Star
http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?i...reestarof1.jpg
and more.... Hes the candle head....doesnt work very well but could of been a potential concept.
http://img297.imageshack.us/my.php?image=candlewh5.jpg
The Cracker hat and stocking
http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?i...tockingac6.jpg
Dr.Ghostie my Mesmer had great fun dressing up in different outfits, His face looks different though in alot of the pics
Frostie Crown, RudolphCane cap, Tree Top Angel (Mhenlo), Evil Pudding, Snow Globe.
http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...hcanemhkq4.jpg
and some more.
Penguin Cap, Egg Noggin, Pudding head, Tree, Star
http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?i...reestarof1.jpg
and more.... Hes the candle head....doesnt work very well but could of been a potential concept.
http://img297.imageshack.us/my.php?image=candlewh5.jpg
The Cracker hat and stocking
http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?i...tockingac6.jpg
Dr.Ghostie my Mesmer had great fun dressing up in different outfits, His face looks different though in alot of the pics
Nian
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Oh well, here goes. This was my entry, pretty much on the same track as the winning one except that I had specifically taken into account the hair issue (by making the crown follow the hairline and look roughly like a stylized hairdo) and considered the synergy between it and Glacial Gloves. Didn't get any approval, though (and if you say that the drawing is rough - it's intentional, a classic chalk and charcoal technique).
The Glacial Crown - |
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All of the designs are interesting but, based on the illustrations shown, I like #6 and #4 the best. The winning entry does look like it was inspired by the crown of the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia - maybe that's why it won.
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Suggestion for next year: Sarah's mask!
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baggy
I never claimed to be an artist, but this was my submission:
I pwnd U
Wow those winners are pretty cool. I think I would of loved to have a snowglobe hat though. Would of been freaking SWEET!
slowerpoke
The snowglobe is nearly as good as Felix the Charr and beaver guild cape
Evaine
Nian - No criticism meant or implied. The game borrows lots of humor and things from other genres so I was thinking that maybe the resemblance may have caught the interest of judges or the designers. Maybe they have a theme in mind.
Lots of great designs were submitted. Kudos to all of you!
Lots of great designs were submitted. Kudos to all of you!
Chrono Re delle Ere
Zomg I wanted to be part of the contest, and I the first thing that came to my mind was a glowing nose on a skull head....just like the one who won. But then I thought that it was too similar to "a nightmare before xmas", and did not do it. Ffs, didn't they say that it had to be an original work? Geez -.-''
genofreek
Oh my god. I WANT a snowglobe head. You just don't even understand. :O
Please, please, please.
Please, please, please.
Neo Nugget
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I never claimed to be an artist, but this was my submission:
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A11Eur0
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You don't have a very good concept of the illustration market do you?
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www.coldsnapstudio.com
Say that again?
Zeek Aran
The Grenth one looks amazing. Besides that, I only liked the winning one.
Pleikki
Number 4 and 6 FTW Darn they are nice
tmakinen
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Hey tmakinen, where can I see more of your art? You have a gallery somewhere? I've been haunted by your avatar before because I kept wondering if you drew it too?
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first of all, congratulations for the win. I've always found your work most admirable, especially the style and use of color.
I'm only a part time artist and not very prolific even at that. I used to have comics online 10 years ago when the web was still in its infancy but right now the only thing that I can show is some commissioned GW character art (I bet that you know the recipients) void of any artistic qualities and reflecting the stylistic preferences of the clients rather than mine.
But I'm also honest enough to admit that I still feel a bit sullen about Gaile saying that it's all about the idea, and when two people come up with essentially the same idea, it's on one hand good enough to win the entire competition and on another not good enough to even get a honorable mention
(That's of course not your fault 
I just hope that the devs haven't bastardized the concept beyond recognition)