SOTW 247 Discussion

Congratulations to Slave for winning last weeks SOTW.

This weeks theme is: ROBOTS

Feel free to ask any questions you may have here.
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The entry thread can be found here: http://www.gfxvoid.com/forums/showth...239#post552239

Lol, slave chose Robots.

cool..i just entered

finally, large tag is allowed now :'>

The theme "robot", in my opinion, don't find very creative.

What I love to see based in a theme is a whole tag having relevance.

But as you see, "robots", isn't the best.

Why?
Because all you need is a robot render and your done, but thank God that we have lovely and creative users on these forums.

I personally like every single outcome but, for themes should be more accommodating.

I used Master Chief as a render because I honestly didn't have renders to adapt well to the theme, beside some robot themes I didn't think were good.

Nonetheless, a theme is a theme.

Good luck to everyone.

Taking a broad theme and establishing a connection in a creative way is more of a challenge than a challenging theme itself, if you ask me. If you made a well executed tag, and did something no one else thought of, you're likely to be recognized for it. A general theme like "Robots" is accomodating, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say. A person could just find a nice robot render to use, or they could try and think of something innovative.

Anyway, if you win SOTW, you get to make the theme whatever you want, so we all just have to deal. x]

Wow, some AMAZING ones this go around!!!

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Originally Posted by Hoshiko

Taking a broad theme and establishing a connection in a creative way is more of a challenge than a challenging theme itself, if you ask me. If you made a well executed tag, and did something no one else thought of, you're likely to be recognized for it. A general theme like "Robots" is accomodating, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say. A person could just find a nice robot render to use, or they could try and think of something innovative.

Anyway, if you win SOTW, you get to make the theme whatever you want, so we all just have to deal. x]

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I strongly agree with you, creativity plays the biggest role in any type of art work. If you do something unique from the others, you will stand-out.

I never stated the theme "robot" isn't accommodating, I just believe that whoever gets to choose the next theme should really think deep and well on what they select.

There are millions and millions and millions of themes to choose out there, and out of those millions, that one and that one and only theme could be the most accommodating/creative theme known to the expertise of GFX.

Maybe I am going a little bit too far,

as I said.

A theme is a theme,
good luck to all (again).

edit;; Yes, a general theme like "robots" is accommodating. But I think anyone with no experience or years of experience are adequate enough to accomplish this.

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Originally Posted by Misery

I never stated the theme "robot" isn't accommodating, I just believe that whoever gets to choose the next theme should really think deep and well on what they select.

Maybe I am going a little bit too far,

as I said.

A theme is a theme,
good luck to all (again).

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Yeah, I really think you're overthinking it. Make a sig, have fun with it, and winning is just icing on the cake.

That's all. xD

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Originally Posted by Misery

edit;; Yes, a general theme like "robots" is accommodating. But I think anyone with no experience or years of experience are adequate enough to accomplish this.

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And that's a good thing. I think I speak for everyone in saying we want newbies to participate to get better. No point in forcing them into obscurity by making a theme too difficult.

Again, if you win, by all means make a deep and meaningful theme.

If I submit something and win, I'm making the theme cupcakes.

Misery, thats the point my dear, I made this theme easy enough that it's wide ranging enough that ANYONE could come up with something , why should sotw be only left to the gods of gfx ? Everyone should be able to come up with something for this theme, and with great hope someone will be noticed for their effort at wowing us in other ways that the rest didn't.

If I came up with an idea like "Hole in my Shoe" you would find that only a selet few would host anything, if there was that many.
I was on a forum not too long ago an they made a theme " Economy" there was 2 posted tags for that, while the prior week there was 14 hosted images for sotw,

I found no point to write a book when all I want is for everyone to participate, to have fun and be creative :D

Sry to have disappointed you, ;)

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Originally Posted by Slave

Misery, thats the point my dear, I made this theme easy enough that it's wide ranging enough that ANYONE could come up with something , why should sotw be only left to the gods of gfx ? Everyone should be able to come up with something for this theme, and with great hope someone will be noticed for their effort at wowing us in other ways that the rest didn't.

If I came up with an idea like "Hole in my Shoe" you would find that only a selet few would host anything, if there was that many.
I was on a forum not too long ago an they made a theme " Economy" there was 2 posted tags for that, while the prior week there was 14 hosted images for sotw,

I found no point to write a book when all I want is for everyone to participate, to have fun and be creative :D

Sry to have disappointed you, ;)

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You didn't disappoint me, I found the theme quite fun, trying to blend it in with futuristic effects. I had no intention of implementing that only expert graphic designers should enter, because that it makes the system all ineligible. I'm a beginner myself, and I was brought up to think very deep and hard about all outcomes and the income that are analyzed.

But if we came with more creative themes like.. "New Galaxies" - Where you can mess about with all the tools because no one knows what a "New galaxy" would be appear like.

However, this is me, I apologize for any inconvenience I have caused, I was trying to get my point across, which is acceptable because that's what communities are based on.

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Originally Posted by Hoshiko

Yeah, I really think you're overthinking it. Make a sig, have fun with it, and winning is just icing on the cake.

That's all. xD

And that's a good thing. I think I speak for everyone in saying we want newbies to participate to get better. No point in forcing them into obscurity by making a theme too difficult.

Again, if you win, by all means make a deep and meaningful theme.

If I submit something and win, I'm making the theme cupcakes.

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Go for it :3, nothing is stopping you.

SOTW isn't meant to cause obstruction.

I know SOTW is suppose to bring everyone as a community together and compete.

good ending to a discussion :D

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Originally Posted by Slave

good ending to a discussion :D

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The discussion thread being used for discussion? Lolwut? xD

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Originally Posted by Hoshiko

The discussion thread being used for discussion? Lolwut? xD

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What he/she meant is that OUR discussion had a good ending.

By me wrapping it up nicely, (I think?).

Didn't end harshly, when most discussions end with hatred and revenge or negotiations.

I meant that discussion threads for SOTW are usually just short comments or spam, not discussion.

wow what a huge debate on this theme lol make a tag have fun quit b%$&g :P

This is what I call a discussion. Nice going and as Hosh said someones finaly using this thread for it's true purpose.

Loving the Theme. Hope I could pop something out :D

gonna be alot of entries this week and alot of great entries at that!

rad where the robot in yours :?

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Originally Posted by Tay X

rad where the robot in yours :?

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All the spare parts flying around, might have belonged to some robots. Or it's robot instruments conducted by the woman.

This is going to be my first SoTW since I just joined. Hope it all goes good.

oh righty thanks for telling me rad :)

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Originally Posted by RadillacVIII

All the spare parts flying around, might have belonged to some robots. Or it's robot instruments conducted by the woman.

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Mhmm, it worked out nicely! Where did you get that fancy pants render by the way? I can never find unique ones like that >.<

God i havent made a sig in months i have forgot so mutch lol ><

i was told my new entry isn't even a robot ? lol

there is alot of entries im seeing that aren't in conjunction to a robot theme..

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Originally Posted by Genisphere

there is alot of entries im seeing that aren't in conjunction to a robot theme..

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I agree, I changed mine because Master Chief is a human male.

I'm not going to mention any names, but some are just way out of it.

I wouldn't tolerate irrelevance, either stay on task or don't compete.

According to Answers.com, the definition of robot is:
robot n. A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by.

Though there is something telling me, that the render I used is a woman in armor.

Sigh.

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Originally Posted by sirenzo

i was told my new entry isn't even a robot ? lol

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Technically no, big daddies are things that had their organs and stuff grafted into a diving suit.
But they look like robots honestly, I don't think there's a problem. xD