Welcome everyone to the 2011 Wintersday Workshop! Credits for the idea for this workshop goes to our awesome and amazing Tzu (previous host) and, of course, the amazing Nolani Academy of Arts community!
*NEW-01/13/2012*Comprehensive announcements of winners will be here starting at 11:00AM PST on Sunday, January 15th
Live announcements will be made during Wintersday Workshop party hosted by Arghore!The Grand Goal of this Workshop is to encourage all participants to grow as an artist - whether that means you can make a grand masterpiece that rivals the greats or like to dabble in simple sketches! The purpose of this workshop is to encourage artists to put forth their best effort and to help these artists grow, irregardless of art skill level
The Workshop has the additional goal of enhancing the feeling of community by providing a fun place where participants can learn how to give and receive constructive criticism. All participants are strongly supported and highly encouraged to submit their art into the official Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest hosted by Arena Net, however we welcome all artists, irregardless whether you plan on submitting or not.
Please be aware that the nature of the Wintersday Artist Extraordinaire, The Best Progress, and The Smiley Face Awards means that those that are very last minute entries (i.e., day before deadline) will most likely not be considered since these awards are over a period of time during the workshop. However, all other categories do not have that restriction since we don't want to discourage those that discover the workshop close to the end from entering, sharing their pieces, and getting whatever feedback they can get to help them grow as an artist.
Awards and prizes are fluid and are subject to change depending on donations.
*Rough values for prize packages were calculated using argos/Kamadan trading trends mid-Nov and guru PC stickies. Ectos valued at 7.5k and armbraces at 23 ectos.
Quote: ☆Wintersday Artist Extraordinaire Award☆
This award is given to the artist who meets 3 criteries: was a nominee for the "People's Award", participated actively in this thread (both giving and receiving critique and generally being chatty), AND was a candidate for at least 1 of the other Wintersday Workshop awards.
Winner - Morag D
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆Best Progress Awards☆
These awards are for the artists who have listened intently to critique, mastered the art of personal growth, and made long leaps to better his/her piece regardless of art skill level.
1st Place - Olrun the Blade
2nd Place - Rahtschini
3rd Place - Obastable
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆The People's Award☆
Ha! You think voting is easy? Well, this award will be based on you - votes from all of the workshop participants so you can all share in the voting fun! Voting is limited to people who have posted in this thread prior to a week before the workshop deadline to make sure voting is fair (no getting friends to vote for your piece last minute :P ). Despite the 1 week rule, all workshop entries are eligible for this prize. Voting will not be open until the end of the workshop. Votes must be sent via PM to me, and I will keep your vote secret. Please don't vote for your own piece. Since you, the workshop participant, are the judge for this award, the workshop judges (aside from me) are also eligible for this award! So, vote for whoever you think wins this award - the one with your favorite art, the one with the most encouraging words, the one who's the friendliest to all, or whatever you want to vote on. This award is yours to give!
See this link if you're curious how voting was decided!
Winner - Death by an Arrow
Runner up - Kiya Koreena
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆The Smiley Face Award☆
This award is given to a person who didn't necessarily enter the thread as an artist - more of a supporter of the thread and the goal. This person kept the thread alive with kind chatter, maybe donated something to the prizes, gave useful critique, submitted tutorials and ideas unselfishly, and generally kept us motivated all the way.
Winner - GeminiJuSa
Runner up - Arghore
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆The Most Epic Award☆
This award goes to the artist who's piece stands out from the rest and make the judges do a double-take, whether that means zooming in on the art to see if they saw what they think they saw, rereading that lit piece that made them go 'say-wha?', or replaying the music/video that made them go 'zounds!'.
Winner - Steelborn
Runner up - Tee Wrex
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆The Campfire Award☆
This award is given to the artist who manages to inspire the Judges and bring warmth and comfort within the cold, dark hearts of the Judges.
Winner - ` Marshmallow
Runner up - Doctor Overlord
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆The Grentch Steals Wintersday Award☆
Bah humbug! Who needs Wintersday cheer anyway? The Grentch Steals Wintersday Award bows in favor of Grenth, not Dwayna!
Winner - Baktwerel
Runner up - Valdis the Unmaker
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆The Bonus Awards☆
These awards go to those that were sooooo close in winning one of the following awards: Best Progress Award, The Smiley Face Award, The Most Epic Award, The Campfire Award, and The Grentch Steals Wintersday Award. The judges say you deserve an award so here you go!
Award 1 - Baddrizztfan
Award 2 - Sura
Award 3 - Afrodita
Award 4 - BlackXI
Award 5 - Ferocious Thanatos
Award 6 - Muzai
Award 7 - Iceblue
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆The Mysterious Raffle☆
Ooh, mysterious! How do you enter? You'll just have to wait to find out! Details on this raffle and how to enter will be given 1 week before the end of the workshop!
See this link if you're curious on how this was entered!
Winner - Djembe Kaki Lambe
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆The Wintersday Spirit Award☆
This award is brought to you by Arghore!
Winner - (Kate)
Runner up - Djembe Kaki Lambe
See this link for the comprehensive award list, prizes, and comments!
Quote: ☆Real Life Guild Wars prize pool donated by Arena Net☆There are 21 available prize packages available. Since these prizes will be awarded by picks and must be shipped from Arena Net to GW Guru to you, please be patient in receiving your real life prize
1 x Prize Package A: 1 Charr plushie, 1 Guild Wars 2 artbook (signed!), 1 Guild Wars Mouse
3 x Prize Package B: 1 Guild Wars 2 Artbook (signed!), 1 Guild Wars Mouse
7 x Prize Package C: 1 Guild Wars Eye of the North game box
10 x Prize Package D: 1 Guild Wars 2 t-shirts, Guild Wars 2 postcard book
Legal Stuff (only applies to RL prizes!)
Eligibility:
* By entering the contest you agree to the terms and conditions.
* Winning contestant must be willing to submit: Full name, mailing address & phone number for prize shipment.
* Parent or guardian permission is required for entrants 16 or younger since we require your name and address.
* We reserve the right to publish your forum username at our discretion.
* We reserve the right to deny any submission to the contest.
Prizes:
* No cash or substitution or transfer of prize will be permitted.
* If an awardee declines or is found ineligible, the next awardee in line will have the option to exchange their prize if prizes have not been shipped.
* The decisions of the judges are final.
Winners:
* Contest Winners will be published on the GuildWarsGuru.com website and elsewhere at the sole discretion of the admin.
* We reserve the right to postpone or delay this contest for any reason including overwhelming response or unforeseen occurrences. If there is a delay we will extend the deadline for submissions.
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Each Sponsor and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor's liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney's fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor's decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final. This contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
Workshop deadline is noon PST on Monday, Jan 2nd, 2012!You may submit up two entries for the workshop, but you may only win one award.
To submit your entry into (or update your current entry in) the workshop, fill out this form and post it in the thread. All forms of art are welcome (e.g., crafts, illustrations, videos, music, literature, screenplays, photomanips, etc)!
HTML Code: [u][b]☆Hey, Thistle! I want to participate in the workshop!☆[/b][/u] [b]Name[/b]: [b]Idea for entry[/b]: [b]Art form type[/b]: [b]Progress Gallery Link[/b]: Please make sure you provide the Progress Gallery Link whenever it's ready! Your gallery will be used for judging so make sure you provide a link by the end of the workshop
Just by posting in the thread, you're considered a workshop participant (although please note the restriction if you're planning on voting for the "People's Award")!
If you want to judge, please let me know
You can judge for a specific category if you want to still want to compete. Judging spots will close 1 week before workshop deadline. You must have a recommendation from a current judge. If you want to donate, please let me know
All donations are accepted!Winners will be tentatively announced at the workshop party and in this thread 2 weeks after the deadline. Entries into the workshop must be original and not something already used in a previous forum contest or being used in a concurrent forum contest unless significant changes are made.
If you're looking for a place to host your gallery, Sierraa has offered to help if you send her a PM
Wordpress.com and Photobucket.com are two of my personal favorites.Quote:
☆Participant Name - entry idea or title (type of art) - progress gallery link
finished entries
☆Afrodita - Balthazar costume theme~giving away wintersday presents (Sculpture~picture) - progress gallery
☆Baktwerel - A Grentchy Xmas with Loki >:3 (Traditional, Copic Ciao Markers) - final entry link, no progress gallery
☆BlackXI - Merry Christmas Nicholas (Traditional or Digital
) - progress gallery☆Dalili Ojo (aka Carbon Papers) - Norn-Claus and Charr Deer (illustration) - progress gallery
☆darkpierrot - Paper Jingle Bear (Papercraft) - progress gallery
☆Death By An Arrow - The Last Defense (Traditional! Acrylic Paint on Real Canvas) - progress gallery
☆Djembe Kaki Lambe -
1) Wintersday Cookies (Cookies and Icing) - progress gallery
2) Wintersday Alcoholic Tonics (Alcohol) - progress gallery
☆Doctor Overlord - Mistletoe (Digital Art) - progress gallery
☆Ferocious Thanatos - The Mighty Thong-goat! (Digital Art) - progress gallery
☆Find & Seek (aka Lyndz) - Wintersday card (photo shopped image) - progress gallery
☆GeminiJuSa - Koss and Melonni being couple-ish - (digital/mixed media drawing) - progress gallery
☆K tec girl (aka (Kate)) - Wintersday wonderland (Crafts) - progress gallery
☆Koreena - progress gallery for both entries
(1) Grentch and its treasures (polymer clay and other materials)
(2) Wintersday quaggan (plushie!!)
☆Lady Ariela Iceblue (aka Iceblue) - Jingle Bears (Digital and Watercolor combo) - progress gallery
☆Lilycoeur (aka Muzai) - Trapped in a Snow globe (Digital drawing) - progress gallery
☆` Marshmallow - Snowglobe (Digital) - progress link
☆misamoriko - TBA (literature with possible future sketch(es)) - progress gallery
☆Morag D - Dwayna Stained Glass Window (digital) - progress gallery
☆obastable - Jingle Kitty (digital art) - progress gallery
☆Olrun The Blade - Steel Guild Wars Logo (traditional) - progress gallery
☆Qing Guang - Even a necromancer can get in the holiday spirit (Digital) - progress gallery
☆Rahtschini - A baby asura get a christmas gift and around her are another toys (digital art) - progress gallery
☆Sas Ultra - progress gallery for both entries
(1) The Strength of Snow quest (Crafts - clay/wire)
(2) Cartooned version of Entry 1 Sculptures (GIMP photomanip)
☆satomz - Miniturized Wintersday Gift (including plush Jingle Bear cub and mini tonic bottles) (Crafts, ranging from simple paper craft (box), resins (tonic bottles), poly clay, and sewing[/b]) - progress link
☆steelborn - Guildwars Christmas Carol (instrumental/interactive Flash-Animation) - progress gallery
☆SunRoamer (aka BadDrizztfan) - Divinity Switch fighting the evil Freezie (Digital illustration) - progress gallery
☆Sura - Gwen and Jinglebear in Gwen's garden or Awakening of a winter sylvari (Digital Illustration) - progress gallery
☆Tee Wrex - Yakkington Sculpture (Sculpture/Sculpey/Metal) - progress gallery
☆Valdis the Unmaker -
(1) It Begins (comic or painting) - progress link TBA
(2) Hail Grenth (digital painting) - progress gallery
Unfinished entries
☆Sierraa - Snowfall in Elona (Writing/Short-story) - progress gallery
☆Murke Faery - Gwen decides that a jingle moa and bear aren't enough (Digital Art) - progress gallery
☆DobbyTheHouseElf - Wintersday Puppet show! (Video of puppets!) - progress gallery
☆Starfleck Almighty - The Joy of Receiving (traditional hand painting) - progress gallery
☆Mara Dragonscythe (aka Draken Burst) - Snow ball fight of epic proportions (Traditional) - progress gallery
☆Odinius - Sleighrace DvsG (Polymer Clay Sculpture(s)) - progress gallery
☆Frozen_Chips - A Wintersday Carol (literature) - progress gallery
☆Beetlejooz (aka Chris Linn) - When birds fight back! (Digital) - progress gallery
☆Daris Arail - Grenth's yellow snowball (digital) - progress gallery
☆Minami - Asuras decorating (Digital - 3D and digital drawing combined, most likely) - progress gallery
☆Konig Des Todes (aka Azazel the Accursed) - Sinterklaas the Norn (Literature, and possibly Traditional Art) - progress gallery
☆stoudaa - TBA (most likely digital painting, but i might do some video huzzah) - progress gallery
☆unraveled - Parody of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (literature/Parody) - Progress Gallery TBA
☆Tommy - How the Grentches ruin Wintersday (Movie) - progress link TBA
☆Rends with Tongue - A Wintersday Conflict (Paper Art) - progress link TBA
☆Oh_Frustration - Koss holding a snowflake, looking puzzled (traditional) - progress link TBA
☆Miss Melady (aka Glyph Of Healing) - Will be Grenth and dwayna on other sides of presents with a snowball throwing pose and a reindeer and, polar bear as well as a wintersday moa will all be a part of it. Approx size will be around 10-12 feet tall by 10-18 feet wide (Snow Sculpture) - progress link TBA
☆Norrukki (aka Vanessa The Mesmer) - Mesmer in Elite Enchanter's (Fashion Design/Garment Creation) - progress link TBA
☆Kat (Aka The Legendary Kat) - TBA (drawing/painting) - progress link TBA
☆emesis - TBA (probably drawing) - progress link TBA
Judges:
Thistle Xandra, Aeronwen, Brandylynn8403, Sierraa, Darcy, Kvinna, Jenn, Cosyfiep, Archaes8
Helpers deserving a special thank you:
☆Satomz for advertising workshop on IncGamer
☆Sierra for advertising on dA and GWguru
☆Aeronwen for advertising on GW2guru and helping me with prizes
☆GeminiJuSa for creating a wonderful wiki page for the workshop
☆Brandylynn for advertising on BladeRadio.com and keeping our the workshop wiki up-to-date
☆Arghore for sending in an article advertisement to GuildMag and radio advert to Gw-en.com
Donators:
☆Anet (will be held by GW Guru <3)
(traded and held by Thistle)
