Colouring Ball (CLOSED!!!): THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

Mandle · Sun 01/03/2015 05:22:35

As a nod to the recent Academy Awards the theme for this Colouring Ball will be:

By which I mean:

ANY kind of entertainment of course. Not just hollywood movies.

It could be a video game, a piece of sports' equipment, a stereo system, a child's toy, a bookcase full of books, etc etc.

Anything that a person might use for entertainment (and which is displayable within the acceptable limits of this site of course

)

Here is the frame:

And to avoid confusion, here is the frame with the grey area showing the area you may use:

RULES:

You have to fill the shape by drawing and colouring your "Entertainment"!

What you can do:
Colour the dark outline.
Rotate the shape in 90-degree increments and also mirror the shape.
You can use all the colours you like.

What you can't do:
You can't change the shape.
You can't distort the shape.
You can't make the shape bigger.

Competition runs from March 1st, 2015 to March 10th, 2015.

IT'S VOTING TIME!!!

Sorry for the delays folks. The show must go on!!!

Here are all entries for voting (minus my own joke entry):

HOBO:

Quote from: Hobo on Sat 07/03/2015 15:36:45
"It can sing, it can dance, it can even scratch your back!"

FunBoT 6000 - The future of entertainment!

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/3GIkcwZ.png[/imgzoom]

SELMIAK:

Quote from: selmiak on Sat 07/03/2015 22:48:53
[imgzoom]http://selmiak.bplaced.net/stuff/entertainment.png[/imgzoom]

I had a hard time figuring out what to do with the circle like shape (so that means it's a good shape...), so I gave the arcade machine some arm with which it will grab you and never let you go again, like every arcade machine does.

...or the arcade likes to play with itself and its joystick

WRK:

Quote from: WRK on Sun 08/03/2015 11:16:29
Original:

Zoom:

I'm not sure if that's entertainment, but I would pay
to see people being transform into high energy particles.

TABATA:

Quote from: Tabata on Tue 10/03/2015 10:42:33
gmbl
Okay - I became ~~forced~~ convinced to pixelpush something.
I decided to do just that and place it here â€" Now, please watch it at your own risk!!

I want to introduce to you â€¦
â€œMiss Somethingâ€œ:

[imgzoom]http://fs2.directupload.net/images/user/150312/5mwjzmdf.png[/imgzoom]

. . . or as she likes to call herself
>>> the next dancing queen <<<

She performs a kind of modern ballet and is really excited to have made a contract abroad already.
She doesn't know anything about this country yet but doesn't care
because they told her that the inhabitants from Minecraft will love her figure for sure.

Edit:
YAY - extension, extension!
Because we got offered that extension, I fiddled a bit with the colours. I wanted to let her appearance become brighter and a bit naughty
... more like a queen of dancing instead of something insignificant

As usual, please vote for your 1st,2nd, and 3rd best choices here in the thread.

VOTING CLOSED!!!

Sorry for the wait on judging this event:

I have awarded 15 points for each first place vote, 10 points for each second place vote, and 5 points for each third place vote:

I have added up the scores and they fall thus:

WRK: 75
selmiak: 30
Hobo: 25
Tabata: 85

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So the winner is:

TABATA!!! With her beautiful dancing queen!!!

Please collect your Gold trophy here:

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Second place goes to:

WRK!!! For his amazing pixel art!!!

Your Silver trophy is here:

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Third place goes to:

selmiak!!! For his arcade game that plays with itself!!!

Your Bronze trophy is here:

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The Colouring Ball hosting now passes to Tabata...

Cassiebsg · Sun 01/03/2015 15:00:03

Uhm... first shape/idea that come to my mind was far from entertainment... then again, maybe some think of it as entertainment... the second is a bit too "easy"...

But at least I already have two ideas for the shape.

Mandle · Sun 01/03/2015 15:05:59

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Sun 01/03/2015 15:00:03
Uhm... first shape/idea that come to my mind was far from entertainment... then again, maybe some think of it as entertainment... the second is a bit too "easy"...
But at least I already have two ideas for the shape.

I'm sure an electric chair is considered entertainment to some, and don't be shy to go for the obvious arcade game either...

* Mandle just read your mind...scary eh?

Cassiebsg · Sun 01/03/2015 18:27:11

Quote from: Mandle on Sun 01/03/2015 15:05:59
* Mandle just read your mind...scary eh?

Not really, they are pretty obvious shapes that fit perfectly, so am sure everyone will have those ideas just by looking at the shape. So am looking forward to see how the experts run from the obvious and blow our minds.

I'll probably try one of those if I can't think of nothing else.

selmiak · Sun 01/03/2015 19:17:01

I have an idea, please don't steal it until I finished it... and it's not steven hawking tied to his wrecked chair...

Cassiebsg · Sun 01/03/2015 20:06:27

If anyone is having problem downloading the shape:: http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/Mandle/EntertainmentFrame01_zpsfntqct3t.png~original click on the view icon on the upper right corner, then right click on the image and choose "view image", then right click on it and choose "save image as..."

uff uff uff... Photobucket doesn't make this easy at all!

Mandle · Sun 01/03/2015 22:46:58

Really? Right-click on shape and select "copy image" doesn't work for you Cassie?

Cassiebsg · Mon 02/03/2015 16:09:30

Nope, whenever I do that with an alpha-PNG all I get a black picture. :/ And "save as" with photobucket saves and html file...

Mandle · Mon 02/03/2015 23:38:40

Hmmmm...that's weird. Both "copy image" and "save image" work for me on my crappy old computer. I remember you had problems with photobucket before though with AGS not displaying your bucketed images properly. Maybe it's a region-based problem: Your country hates photobucket?!

Does anyone else have the same problem as Cassie?

AprilSkies · Tue 03/03/2015 16:33:40

Works fine for me.

Mandle · Fri 06/03/2015 13:32:38

Hell, this is such a sweet contest I'm just gonna enter it myself...

AUTOWIN FOR THA WIN!!!

Try to beat my SWEEEEEEEET entry:

[imgzoom]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/Mandle/LAMEentry02_zpsoujmeqkb.png[/imgzoom]

YUP!!! It's Arnie about to compete in one of the most entertaining events of all time: THE RUNNING MAN!!!

Yah...I even made it zoomable so ya'all could weep over the sweetness of the pixels...

Any challengers?

(Deadline can be extended if anyone is working on their entry)

Hobo · Sat 07/03/2015 15:36:45

"It can sing, it can dance, it can even scratch your back!"

FunBoT 6000 - The future of entertainment!

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/3GIkcwZ.png[/imgzoom]

I can't just let Mandle win his own competiton by default, that would be blasphemous

selmiak · Sat 07/03/2015 22:48:53

[imgzoom]http://selmiak.bplaced.net/stuff/entertainment.png[/imgzoom]

I had a hard time figuring out what to do with the circle like shape (so that means it's a good shape...), so I gave the arcade machine some arm with which it will grab you and never let you go again, like every arcade machine does.

...or the arcade likes to play with itself and its joystick

Cassiebsg · Sat 07/03/2015 23:43:46

Nice ones Hobo and selmiak!

I do have an idea that is neither an electric chair nor an arcade machine, but just haven't been in the mood to pixel it. $:-\$

WRK · Sun 08/03/2015 11:16:29

Original:

Zoom:

I'm not sure if that's entertainment, but I would pay
to see people being transform into high energy particles.

Mandle · Sun 08/03/2015 16:28:56

These entries bring tears to my eyes!!! They are all so awesome!!!

Tabata · Sun 08/03/2015 20:14:54

I am speachless!

I already got some grey hairs until I managed to gather some alf-hearted approaches of ideas, but
even if I would be able to convert one idea into an acceptable entry ...
I can't get even close to this quality.

You guys are really fantastic - chapeau

AprilSkies · Mon 09/03/2015 07:55:54

Three amazing entries guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WRK · Mon 09/03/2015 21:20:24

Quote from: Tabata on Sun 08/03/2015 20:14:54
I already got some grey hairs until I managed to gather some alf-hearted approaches of ideas, but
even if I would be able to convert one idea into an acceptable entry ...
I can't get even close to this quality.

Well, now. That is not an acceptable excuse.

I would strongly encourage you to send something.

I, myself think about it not in terms of skills or who's bettter,
I guess it's more about challenging myself, gaining experience
or trying to solve kind of "graphical" puzzle. I would probably never
come up with my entry on my own, it's the suprising shapes
and themes that "made me do it"

And I'm pretty sure that
every pixel counts somewhere later, so any ideas and solutions
you'll come up with may be useful to you in some way while doing
your own projects.

I saw past colouring competitions and every single entry made me thinking
"Whoaaa, nice. How come I didn't saw that?"

So please, open that Photoshop/GIMP/another-program and draw.

Mandle · Tue 10/03/2015 07:26:12

Quote from: WRK on Mon 09/03/2015 21:20:24
Well, now. That is not an acceptable excuse.

Firstly, let me just say that this is one of the kindest sentences I have ever seen. It may seem strict at first glance, but for me it encapsulates the whole reason these contests exist. And here's why:

Quote from: WRK on Mon 09/03/2015 21:20:24
I, myself think about it not in terms of skills or who's bettter,
I guess it's more about challenging myself, gaining experience
or trying to solve kind of "graphical" puzzle. I would probably never
come up with my entry on my own, it's the suprising shapes
and themes that "made me do it"

I'm just going to do a rather rude edit on this next bit to say it just a little better:

Quote from: WRK on Mon 09/03/2015 21:20:24
And I'm ~~pretty~~ absolutely sure that
every pixel counts somewhere later, so any ideas and solutions
you'll come up with may be useful to you in some way while doing
your own projects.

And the final and best bit of wisdom:

Quote from: WRK on Mon 09/03/2015 21:20:24
So please, open that Photoshop/GIMP/another-program and draw.

A great man once said:

Quote from: Stephen King
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

And no matter what anyone personally thinks of Stephen King as a writer, I don't think anyone can deny that this bit of wisdom applies to any artistic field so:

"If you want to do graphic art, you must do two things above all others: view a lot and draw a lot."

"If you want to be a game dev, you must do two things above all others: play a lot and release a lot."

Yeah...I got a bit too grand there, but I really believe it...

But, living by it is also a great challenge. I'm still not sure if I can or not...