Wintersday Workshop 2011!

Death By An Arrow

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02 Jan 2012 at 04:55 - 682
I DONED FINISH
But its midnight, and my house is very yellow-lit. I'm waiting till tomorrow morning to take my submission pictures. So, here's the best i could do indoors. Note: The top is much more blue, and Nick's skin is much less yellow. Everything is much less yellow, really.
I think I accidentally the Doomsday. But it fits, if you consider its the LAST gift, ever.


Really, its just here so that if FOR SOME REASON I am not able to submit or acquire my good pictures, there is this. Its essentially a failsafe.

@Morag Very nice! it definetly has a church window vibe forsure.

@Satomz Spoke to soon, very nice plush Awaiting the submission photos.
@Rahtschini I enjoyed watching the progress of your piece through the workshop Congratz on an awesome submission ^^

@Overlord Keep pushing for the deadline! You can so make it

@Dalili That looks very nice! My favourite part is still the charr :3 Great submission

@Drizzt The background really helped bring the scene togethor, I have to say. Great job

@Tee Wrex I hate you because I want that Yakkington to be mine D: That note is priceless and I hope Nick gives it out to us in his gifts q__q

Olrun The Blade

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W/Mo

02 Jan 2012 at 06:11 - 683
The glue on the back of my tree topper is still drying (24-72 hours). I should be able to get pictures of it on my Christmas tree tomorrow (crosses fingers). Even if I don't make it, I'll still post the pictures so you guys can see how it turns out. Thanks for the feedback everyone.

obastable

obastable

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02 Jan 2012 at 06:12 - 684
Mkay! Did some tweaking, fixed the issues I wasn't happy with, and I'm done. Woo!





Morag D

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02 Jan 2012 at 06:50 - 685
oopsie, I totally forgot to put the final version in the progress gallery >.< well, I dun it now :3 sowwiee!!

Doctor Overlord

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02 Jan 2012 at 07:43 - 686
Edit - Not my final submission afterall.



I'll need to check out the rest of the entries after I get some sleep

Sura

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02 Jan 2012 at 08:54 - 687
@obastable: wow thanks so much , that's a great help. I hope i will manage to incorporate it into my piece now that i have about 11 hours left (according to internet clock) :s!

@everyone: The finished entries are all awesome!!

Morag D

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02 Jan 2012 at 10:18 - 688
I'm just working my way through the thread to look at everyone's stuff again and pick my nominations for the People's Award. Is it just me or does anyone else protest that Thistle is refusing to be nominated?? All that work should find recognition somewhere official, methinks!


@satomz: omg it's so fluffy!! :3
@DBAA: looking good! The ice is much better now, and I really like the idea. Somehow it reminds me of the Grenth statues
@Obastable: that's such a lovely card, I wuv the cat!!
@Doc Overlord: I'm really glad you made it, I love your idea so much XD it looks great
@Sura: good luck, must finish!!

Death By An Arrow

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02 Jan 2012 at 15:12 - 689


WARNING: This file is massive. So its in spoilers, but its a page stretcher. MASSIVE I SAY.

Aeronwen

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02 Jan 2012 at 15:18 - 690
All those final entries…it is getting really exciting

Overlord, That made me laugh, Dwayna’s expression is priceless.

Morag, I agree about Thistle’s hard work (but she should be getting a small token of appreciation from Anet). But I disagree that she should be eligible for a workshop award, imo neither Thistle nor Guru mods should be eligible for the peoples award.

And omw just lovely!

GeminiJuSa

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BhLd

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02 Jan 2012 at 16:10 - 691
I'm still not finnished! >_< so I suppose it'll be a no go for me, but I'll post the finished piece once I'm done anyway.

Great entries everyone ^^

Death By An Arrow

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02 Jan 2012 at 16:16 - 692
you still have 4 hours, you can do it!

Baktwerel

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02 Jan 2012 at 16:29 - 693
Ugh, I almost completely missed this contest x_X I had and still have to prepare for my final exam which will be in a few days (my degree depends on it) and I didn't even have time to participate in the snowball fights in game :,( But since it's still not noon yet (PST) I think I am posting this entry still in time. Hope you enjoy it and it qualifies as an entry x3

So...


Name:Baktwerel
Idea for entry: A Grentchy Xmas with Loki >:3
Art form type: Traditional, Copic Ciao Markers
Progress Gallery Link: None. I did not have time to take photos/scan it during its progress :C

Entry:

Rahtschini

Rahtschini

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02 Jan 2012 at 16:31 - 694
@Death By An Arrow: Thank you for your compliment

And my compliment goes to all other final entries, very nice works!^^
Good luck zu everyone!

Olrun The Blade

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W/Mo

02 Jan 2012 at 17:14 - 695
How much time do I have? The paint is drying! Imagine watching that...

KiyaKoreena

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02 Jan 2012 at 17:15 - 696
I agree Thistle deserves something. I would like to donate the following as a thank you for all her work:

*Obsidian armor materials and funds for character of her choice

And if she is willing to send me her snail mail addy:

* Frozen ecto bracelet and a mini polar bear

So Thistle, pm me to make arrangements!

Olrun The Blade

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W/Mo

02 Jan 2012 at 17:18 - 697
Quote:
Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena View Post
I agree Thistle deserves something. I would like to donate the following as a thank you for all her work:

*Obsidian armor materials and funds for character of her choice

And if she is willing to send me her snail mail addy:

* Frozen ecto bracelet and a mini polar bear

So Thistle, pm me to make arrangements! I'm STILL waiting for them to add an upvote/like button!

Starfleck

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02 Jan 2012 at 17:23 - 698
Yup, as I predicted I just couldn't get myself pushed in time to finish by the deadline. Unfortunately I never got to paint, but I'll attempt to complete it later for the progress I was able to make with pencils.

Aeronwen

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02 Jan 2012 at 17:44 - 699
Quote:
Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena View Post
I agree Thistle deserves something. I would like to donate the following as a thank you for all her work:

*Obsidian armor materials and funds for character of her choice

And if she is willing to send me her snail mail addy:

* Frozen ecto bracelet and a mini polar bear

So Thistle, pm me to make arrangements! Totally awesome

Qing Guang

Qing Guang

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02 Jan 2012 at 18:19 - 700
Whoo, finally done! Had a bit of a panic when my laptop shut down and wouldn't turn on again, but it turned out I had forgotten the first rule of tech support - check that it's plugged in! (In my defense, it WAS plugged in; the power strip had just died without anyone noticing.) So without any further ado, here it is:



I'll refrain from my usual litany of self-criticisms since this isn't my own thread. I must say everybody's entries are looking great!

EDIT: Had to make some quick last-minute changes. Almost forgot Gui's scar - again!
EDIT2: Just adding the tag.

Doctor Overlord

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02 Jan 2012 at 18:52 - 701
Okay, this is my final submission of 'Mistletoe' (really!)

I should have known I would do last minute changes. I thought I'd put in a bit more shading and more of a holiday colored background.



Awesome entries everyone! The crafted ones were particularly cool

GeminiJuSa

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BhLd

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02 Jan 2012 at 19:06 - 702
And Yeah, didn't make the deadline at all, this is how far I got:

Sura

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02 Jan 2012 at 19:35 - 703
wow now i am really late.... But still on time according to the internet clock. I had some troubles with the limitations of a free wordpress blog and had to change some things last minute because of that...

Anyway here is my entry:


I made a set of three pictures (the belong together, therefore i consider them one entry) illustrating what wintersday in guildwars means to me and what i most like about it : Snowball fights, Gwen <3 Keiran and Polar Bear Farming

I combined them into a pdf as i wanted it to look like a children's book (i wanted to try something like that for a long time and this seemed like the perfect opportunity!)

Here is the link to the pdf: http://surassketchblog.files.wordpre...rsdayfinal.pdf
For some unknown reason the pdf starts on the last page for me, probably for you as well - so please start with the first page !

Since the pdf makes the images rather blurry i uploaded them seperately on my process blog post:






Finally i wanna say thanks to you guys, you really helped me to steer in the right direction and i ended up being very happy with the result. And lot of thanks to obastable for your help !

GeminiJuSa

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BhLd

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02 Jan 2012 at 19:50 - 704
@Sura: Wow! Those pics looks really nice! Good job! I love the lighting and the colouring!

KiyaKoreena

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02 Jan 2012 at 19:51 - 705
It is so nice to see all the completed entries! Good work everyone!

@Sura. I love that little polar bear. ♥ ♥

Sura

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02 Jan 2012 at 19:52 - 706
Thank you ^^

satomz

satomz

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Green and Pink

R/Mo

02 Jan 2012 at 19:58 - 707
Entry







Edit: Putting entry tag in ^^;
Also uploading photos of bear prototypes and bottle molds, and organizing photos in album atm

Edit 2: Nuuu why was tag not showing >_<


Anyway, little bit about my work:

As stated somewhere else, the idea originally came from what I initially planned for the past Halloween Art Contest, where I planned to make a miniature version of a ToT bag. Since I couldn't make the deadline for various reasons, I decided to recycle the idea for this contest.

I decided to go with the Wintersday Present over Gift simply because I liked the color scheme of the wrapping. The shape is a little different from the actual picture of the Wintersday Present, because I'm going to be using the box for storing the little trinkets and the shape that I made is easier to handle.

The funnest part of this whole project was the Sculpey clay bit, especially the eggnog jugs. Clay is just so fun ! The Jingle Cub, while it is cute and fluffy, made a lot of fibrous mess with its furry fabric and poly stuffings, which caused me countless sneezes and furballs in my mouth (yuck!). This easily made the Jingle Cub by far the hardest part of the project. Starting the schematic from scratch, the cub went through multiple versions and alterations; the completed piece isn't exactly the same as the final version of the schematic in the gallery either, so be careful if you are planning to use the schematic.

A keen individual might have noticed at this point that the cub got some haircut. Without the haircut, the cub's face was a bit hard to see. The haircut also made it more bear-y looking than a sheepdog or something.

Death By An Arrow

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02 Jan 2012 at 20:39 - 708
and thats a wrap for the workshop it seems (Satomz, you made it with 2 minutes to spare o

Just want to say thank you to all of you who gave me critique, thank you for those who kept the thread going, and thanks again to Thistle for being an awesome host this year!

Now everyone spam her inbox with People's Award messages! >

obastable

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02 Jan 2012 at 20:40 - 709
@Sura: np & yw! Your pics are awesome!

@Satomz: It's so FUZZY!

@Gemini: Finished or not, your shading is pretty damned awesome. I look forward to seeing the finished piece someday.

@Overlord: I really dig the subject, it makes me giggle a bit inside. The wings look great, and you your metallic sheen on Dwayna's armor is real keen.

@Morag: I would put that in my home any day. It's just plain beautiful.

@DBA: Ice ice baby ... woot! Looks much better! Holy crap it took 3 minutes to load your finished piece (I has slow internets), but it was worth the wait, it looks great!

@Bakterwal: Mwehehehe yellow snow, totally dig the up-to-no-good vibe!

@Qing: This is much much improved. You chose a tough position to draw, and in the end it came out quite nicely. Their armors are lovely, too, and the pic has a very warm glowy feel to it.

@Rahtschini: Adorable & very soft and cuddly looking. Very well done!

@Muzai: Shading really helped fix this one up, it looks a bazillion times better than your earlier posts. I really love the sheen on her skin, too.

@BadDrizztfan: Totally love the "oh shit ..." feel of this, it's just wild and raw. One of my favs!

@Dalili: I dunno, I haven't been able to stream the video yet, but I'm sure it's awesome!

@Tee Wrex: I WANT IT SOOOO BADLY!

@Ferocious Thanatos: EPIC LULZ - Words cannot express how absolutely funny that pic is, in all of the right ways. Priceless expression and possibly one of my fav. subjects in this entire game ... Thong-butt Gaki!

@Kiya: Totally love the plushie, and your mini polar bears are just too cute.

@Marsh: Snowglobe is one of the cutest things I've ever seen, along with your polar bears, but I think my fav. part of your pic is Grenth ... he's just so adorable I wanna hug him!


I'm sure I missed some, but I gotta GOOOOOOOO and will check back later.

Olrun The Blade

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02 Jan 2012 at 21:02 - 710
This is my final entry!


Here is my progress gallery:
http://olruntheblade.deviantart.com/gallery/34277824

I decided against painting on it... because I suck at painting. Hope you guys like it anyway!

Death By An Arrow

Death By An Arrow

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02 Jan 2012 at 21:12 - 711
Thank you obastable! ^^ I put the warning up there for a reason I was going to compress it, but when I did that last night it really ruined the texture of the canvas (in the picture, of course. not the actual canvas ;p) so decided to leave it in all its fine glory.

Rahtschini

Rahtschini

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02 Jan 2012 at 21:43 - 712
@obastable: Thank you very much^^

satomz

satomz

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Green and Pink

R/Mo

02 Jan 2012 at 21:58 - 713
@ Death By An Arrow: Just in a nick of time
@ obastable: Very fuzzy and soft to touch, and it's a shame I can't exactly transmit the fuzziness over the net.


I'm not sure how I'm going to pick only 4 people out to vote for People's Award with so many awesome works AND people... Will be mulling over this for a few days, but I'm literally like this right now ->

Baktwerel

Baktwerel

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E/R

02 Jan 2012 at 22:00 - 714
@ obastable : Thank you very much :3

@ Everyone else: Uhh... I didn't use the "This is my entry" picture in my post, is my entry still eligible? o.o

KiyaKoreena

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02 Jan 2012 at 22:02 - 715
@ Baktwerel. As long as it is in your progress gallery it is. The "This is my entry" pic is optional.


Edit:
Not sure if you can vote for the "The People's Award!"? I made a list of everyone (I think I got everyone) that posted before the cut off date (no new people posted after it) or were on the judging or donation lists according to the first post. Also added in final picture links where I could but I didn't get to check through the progress gallery links for finished items before I got called into work. Hope this helps a bit. I will try and check over and update again after I get home (unless someone beats me to it)


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Arghore
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Aeronwen
Ariena Najea
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Arghore
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Baktwerel
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Charlie Dayman

Draken Burst
Death By An Arrow
Dalili Ojo
darkpierrot
Djembe Kaki Lambe Entry 2
Daris
Doctor Overlord
DobbyTheHouseElf
Darcy

EtherealByte
Emesis
Enchanted Krystal

Frozen_Chips
Find_&_Seek
Ferocious Thanatos

GeminiJuSa

Horace Slughorn

Iceblue

Jenn

KiyaKoreena (Entry 2)
Konig Des Todes
Kvinna

Lady V
Lord Dagon

Minami
Muzai
Morag D
misamoriko
Morvydd
Missmelady
Murke
Morvydd

naut
Norrukki

Olrun The Blade
obastable
Odinius
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Penguin oO
Pixelgent
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Qing Guang

Rahtschini
Rends with Tongue

Sura
steelborn
Sasultra
satomz
Starfleck
steelborn
ShadowsRequiem
Sierraa
stouda01
Starlet
Siraena Vairidean

Tommy's
Tee Wrex
The Legendary Kat
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Baktwerel

Baktwerel

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Join Date: Oct 2011

E/R

02 Jan 2012 at 23:29 - 716
Quote:
Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena View Post
@ Baktwerel. As long as it is in your progress gallery it is. The "This is my entry" pic is optional. But I don't have a progress gallery I did not have time to record the creation, I barely finished it before the deadline...

Thistle Xandra

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03 Jan 2012 at 00:32 - 717
Workshop deadline has officially passed (lol, well, by 4 hours and 15 mins) so time for some judging fun Don't forget to support your favorite artists for "The People's Award!"

Here's the post to vote for "The People's Award." To save myself some work, I won't send you back replies if your ballot is ok (but I'll answer Read receipts if you want them ) and instead add you directly to the raffle list at the bottom of the post



Quote:
Originally Posted by Morag D View Post
Is it just me or does anyone else protest that Thistle is refusing to be nominated?? All that work should find recognition somewhere official, methinks!
Thanks XD Truth is, seeing the art unfold and artists grow has made all the work completely worth it And, I couldn't ask for more than the little spark of joy I get when we had someone give a donation, offer advice, and stop by to say hi in the workshop

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aeronwen View Post
Morag, I agree about Thistle’s hard work (but she should be getting a small token of appreciation from Anet). But I disagree that she should be eligible for a workshop award, imo neither Thistle nor Guru mods should be eligible for the peoples award.
I actually got it! It was a very lovely Christmas card signed by the team! I'll have to post pictures of it later on And yes, that was totally my bad for not noticing how many of our judges were either GW1 or GW2 guru mods XD


Quote: Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena View Post I agree Thistle deserves something. I would like to donate the following as a thank you for all her work:

*Obsidian armor materials and funds for character of her choice

And if she is willing to send me her snail mail addy:

* Frozen ecto bracelet and a mini polar bear

So Thistle, pm me to make arrangements! Aww, you are so sweet, but I must decline since I took the job of host just for the fun {many, many hugs to you} although I can't tell you how much I really appreciate such a super sweet and generous gift offer!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Baktwerel View Post
[b]
@ Everyone else: Uhh... I didn't use the "This is my entry" picture in my post, is my entry still eligible? o.o Yep! You're fine! I added you to the list and put your final entry post

Quote:
Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena View Post
@ Baktwerel. As long as it is in your progress gallery it is. The "This is my entry" pic is optional.

Edit:
Not sure if you can vote for the "The People's Award!"? I made a list of everyone (I think I got everyone) that posted before the cut off date (no new people posted after it) or were on the judging or donation lists according to the first post. Also added in final picture links where I could but I didn't get to check through the progress gallery links for finished items before I got called into work. Hope this helps a bit. I will try and check over and update again after I get home (unless someone beats me to it) Baktwerel's fine, she posted way early at the start of the workshop

If anyone else is unsure, vote anyway to be on the safe side and I'll let you know if your ballot qualifies. I printed off the posters list when I had announced the deadline, because I'm totally OCD like that XD

Thanks for checking, Koreena!

GeminiJuSa

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BhLd

E/Mo

03 Jan 2012 at 00:33 - 718


I know I didn't make the deadline, but I'm posting my work anyway. This piece has taken me about 8h of work in total.

Thistle Xandra

Thistle Xandra

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03 Jan 2012 at 01:04 - 719
I combed through the progress gallery links and divided the ones with finished entries versus those with unfinished entries. Since judging has already started, this would be a very, very good time to check that your entries in the OP is correct! Please, let me know if your final piece is not linked in your progress gallery or if your progress gallery is misdirected!

Also, we had quite a few entries that were finished before Koreena made her gorgeous "This is my entry" tag or stealth updated, so make sure you check all the final entries out! Thanks everyone for making this such a fun workshop to host!

Frozen_Chips

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Join Date: Mar 2011

03 Jan 2012 at 02:24 - 720
Whoops, looks like I missed the deadline altogether… Probably a good lesson as to why you should make regular updates, not one big one at the end. Ah well.

There are some fantastic entries here, and if I haven’t been as active I should be participating, it’s been a pleasure to lurk in the background and watch all the progress galleries taking shape. Congrats to everyone to managed to get an entry in!

satomz

satomz

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Green and Pink

R/Mo

03 Jan 2012 at 03:02 - 721
@Gemini: That is lovely! I'm happy to see it completed regardless of if you made the deadline or not.
@Koreena: The list is lovely in a completely different way than Gemini . It's still hard to pick out 4 people to vote for with all the encouragements and inspirations I got from the last 30+ pages, but at least I now have a list to refer to.