FAC - RESULTS ARE IN!! Fan Art Competition 27: Panzer Dragoon Series

[bonzai!]

RESULTS ARE IN!
FAC 27
Theme: Panzer Dragoon Series

Welcome to the August 2009 edition of OCR's "official" Fan Art Competition (FAC)!

This month's theme is the Panzer Dragoon Series!

"Well, I've made my choice. For FAC 27, the subject will be the Panzer Dragoon series. All five games are included in this (Ein, Zwei, Saga, Orta and even the Game Gear game), so everyone can choose which ever game(s) they wish, and use whatever locales, characters and such that they want to. Stay in one game, mix and match games, whatever floats their boat. As long as the subject chosen is featured in the series, it's fair game."

--The Coop, winner of July's FAC!


PM your entries to me by SUNDAY AUGUST 30TH.

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RESULTS!

and the winner is .............. THE COOP. I, for one, am shocked.

Number 1, piendry -- 15
Number 2, friendlyHunter -- 12
Number 3, The Coop -- 21

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HERE ARE THE ENTRIES! Very...interesting competition this month...uh. Yeah. Still, as always, I am thrilled with any and all entries we get for this competition. So here they are!

Number 1 (http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt8/ocr_fac/FAC%2027%20Panzer%20Dragoon%20Series/01.jpg)
Number 2 (http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt8/ocr_fac/FAC%2027%20Panzer%20Dragoon%20Series/02.png)
Number 3 (http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt8/ocr_fac/FAC%2027%20Panzer%20Dragoon%20Series/03.jpg)

PM me your votes by THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD.
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If your unfamiliar with the FAC, here is some interesting reading material.

FAQ

What is the Fan Art Competition?
The Fan Art Competition is a monthly event where artists create some form of art based on a certain theme.

What is the theme?
The theme is decided by the winner of the previous months competition (most of the time) and must be video game related.

Who can submit art?
Anyone.

What are my restrictions?
You are allowed to submit one entry, but other than that there are no restrictions. There are no size, quality, image size restrictions.

Who decides the winner?
The OCR community. Anyone who wants to vote, can vote.

How does voting work?
You vote for your three favorite entries, from first to third. These entries are given points based on the order in which you voted for them in. For example,

1st. Rambo
2nd. bonzai
3rd. Nyuura

In this case, Rambo would get 3 points, bonzai would get 2, and Nyuura would get 1 (although Nyuura gets three most of the time).

When and how do we see the results?
After the voting period is over, I'll announce the winner and show the tallied scores for all entries.

If I enter the contest can I vote?
Yes, and voting for yourself is allowed if you really want to.

Rules and Regulations!
1) Any art submitted must be based off of the months theme.
2) No nudity.
3) Your entry must be created within the month. It cannot have been something you've created in the past or partially finished prior to the announcement of the theme.
4) All entries must be 100% your work. Simply altering something created by someone else may be cool, but is not allowed as an entry.


DEADLINES!
PM your entries to me by SUNDAY AUGUST 30TH.
PM your votes to me by THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD.
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Support this competition by wearing one of these fancy sig things, or make one of your own -

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9817/fan2sd1.png
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/487/fan1zs2.png
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8618/fan0hu1.png

[atmuh]

i wil enter

[Rosalina]

That series has some really beautiful moments in it. I'm not artist, but I can't wait to see what you guys churn up. <3

[atmuh]

also wow why is your sig that horrible thing bonzai that is embarrassing

[Otakatt]

I have never played a Panzer Dragoon game. Evar. ~.~ So I'm not sure I'll be entering this one. I'll have to ask a friend about it, see if he's played it, get some information, see if any of the characters are particularly pretty, etc.

[DJ Mighty]

i also know nothing about this game, i will look into though and hopefully submit something

[bonzai!]

also wow why is your sig that horrible thing bonzai that is embarrassing

what are you talking about, i thought it'd be appropriate to have a winning FAC entry as a sig to support the competition.

[SynthesizedStampede]

No Panzer Dragoon experience for me besides the Orta demo from way back when haha. I'll do some research and see what I can cook up ^_^. Trying to tap back into my artistic side and hoping that the monthly FACs can help with that.

[Vilecat]

Never played any game in the serie, but I love the soundtrack of Panzer Dragoon Orta. I <3 dargonz, I'll see if I can come up with anything.

[Cottus&Gyes]

This da'game wif drag0ns?!

This will be hard to get motivated for, damn.

[The Coop]

Giving this a bump.

[bonzai!]

thanks for the bump, The Coop :)

I have no idea what this video game series is! So I was looking for some pictures of the game, and found a website chock full of concept art for the series.

http://www.moonapples.com/lagi/

Hope this helps anyone who needs some inspiration. I <3 video game concept art.

[Rambo]

COOP. All this stuff looks really cool, but I have no idea what the game's about. If you could give a few appropriate scenarios for me to draw, I'd be happy to whip something up! Something epic. Action still. or something. something.

[friendlyHunter]

Hey, maybe I'll take requests. I haven't been in a drawing mood lately, but I'll try and do something for this month.

[Dhsu]

Azel-in-a-slab (http://www.moonapples.com/lagi/pd3/characters/images/pd3_azelbed.jpg) is a pretty good and iconic scene, although some Azel/Atolm (http://www.moonapples.com/lagi/pd3/creatures/images/pd3_atolm1.jpg) action would be pretty rockin' too. If you wanna go KAWAII :3 =^_^=, a scene involving baby Lagi is always a good bet. Any Orta or Abadd art would not go unappreciated as well.

...can you tell I like this series? Friggin' A I need to start a remix project.

[Rambo]

Azel-in-a-slab (http://www.moonapples.com/lagi/pd3/characters/images/pd3_azelbed.jpg) is a pretty good and iconic scene, although some Azel/Atolm (http://www.moonapples.com/lagi/pd3/creatures/images/pd3_atolm1.jpg) action would be pretty rockin' too. If you wanna go KAWAII :3 =^_^=, a scene involving baby Lagi is always a good bet. Any Orta or Abadd art would not go unappreciated as well.

...can you tell I like this series? Friggin' A I need to start a remix project.

Haha. Okay. I hope you're entering this month Dhsu! :-P

[relyanCe]

Dhsu if you made an entire remix project of piano mixes i would love you forever

i don't even care what game you did it for

[The Coop]

COOP. All this stuff looks really cool, but I have no idea what the game's about. If you could give a few appropriate scenarios for me to draw, I'd be happy to whip something up! Something epic. Action still. or something. something.

Hit up Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_Dragoon_%28series%29), as they have overviews of the various stories, as well as links to some additional websites that contain info on the series. I'd also suggest typing in "Panzer Dragoon" on Google video (http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Panzer+Dragoon&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#), and watch some stages being played from the various entries. The series and its settings are better seen in motion, than just described in text.

[Cottus&Gyes]

I've got nothing...

p.s.
bee ewe em pee!

[bonzai!]

I'll be on a trip for the next few days, without internet. So if you have any questions about the FAC, post them here and I'm sure the regulars will be able to help out. Or pm atmuh!

Sorry to ditch you guys again, I'll be back soon.

Also:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj69/bonzai_mofo/bump2.jpg

[SynthesizedStampede]

God I wished I played this game back on the Saturn, too bad I couldn't find a copy back then >_<. But uh...not sure I'll be able to enter this one, due to lack of experience with the subject and lack of inspiration haha >_<.

[relyanCe]

ill draw something for it when i get home tonight

[Ninja-san]

Bump
with filler text

[bonzai!]

Just a reminder that SUNDAY AUGUST 30TH, TODAY, is the deadline! PM those entries to me by midnight, PST. :)

[The Coop]

My submission's been sent.

If anyone's still working, there's only one hour and four minutes to go.

[bonzai!]

HOKAY GUYS

entries are in

:<

PM YOUR VOTES TO ME BY THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD.

[Vilecat]

Number one made me laugh irl

[bonzai!]

i'll have the results posted by this afternoon, after i'm done with class. sorry about the delay!!!

[The Coop]

Before I put any thought into what game/series to go with next, I have to ask...


What happened? With all the settings (lands and locales), creatures, characters, story aspects, ancient technologies, monsters, vehicles, and so forth, where the hell did everyone go? I can't believe that with all the things this franchise offered for potential inspirational directions, that hardly anyone got inspired by what they saw or read.

I'm honestly disappointed, and a bit disheartened. A franchise with the visual flare and story telling of the PD series didn't inspire you guys on any level? I don't mean to sound like an ass. I really don't. I'm just completely dumbfounded at how few people took part.

[Cottus&Gyes]

I personally never played the series so I couldn't relate to it nor muster up any motivation to do something. The games never appealed to me.

[relyanCe]

tried to draw something, couldn't get inspired cuz i'd never even heard of the games before this month =/

[Rambo]

I liked what I saw as far as source pictures went, but I'd also never played the game. But I'd have entered if I wasn't busy. :|

Next month, whatever the topic, I'll enter. I'll be home and bored. I was sad to see the turnout too, coop.

[piendry]

I'm honestly disappointed, and a bit disheartened. A franchise with the visual flare and story telling of the PD series didn't inspire you guys on any level? I don't mean to sound like an ass. I really don't. I'm just completely dumbfounded at how few people took part.

I TRIED. I REALLY DID. I WAS SO INSPIRED. Unfortunately I left for school and with no photoshop/internet there I couldn't finish that entry. Here is the unfinished entry.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss77/piendry/fac27.jpg

[friendlyHunter]

To be honest, I could see this coming. The contest died a long time ago, but then it was revived using broader topics that spanned a large variety of games. Instead of "WarioWare" or "Chrono Trigger", there was "Boss Month", "Mecha", "Badass chicks", "Creatures", "Blizzard games", and "Marvel vs. Capcom".

I can't speak for anyone else, but I entered several times for games I've never played, sometimes even never heard of. I entered Chrono Trigger because I thought trying my hand at an anime-ish style would be fun, and making a "Chrono Cereal" cereal box was just TOO MUCH fun. I entered WarioWare because Wario is awesome in the Warioland games. I entered Skies of [blank] because it was very easy to find compelling and self-explanatory reference material. And I entered Secret of Mana because it was the first month ever, and someone gave me a request.

But Panzer Dragoon... I have no idea what the heck anything is. I can see there are some cool pictures of creatures and places, but having never played the game I don't know anything about them and can't draw them appropriately. And I've never drawn anything from a game based solely on concept/promotional art or solely on in-game sprites or models - I always use both for reference. However I wasn't really able to find creatures in screenshots that matched any creatures in the concept art. I had no idea which game to choose, or which characters or creatures or places in the game were important or compelling. I mean I could have just picked something at random and drawn it, but I didn't have the passion to do it, and I'd still have no idea what it is. And I did ask for requests, but when Dshu posted a few, I had no idea what these things were even supposed to be, and wasn't able to research them (though I suppose I could have asked Dshu what they were). And then Dshu didn't enter either :puppyeyes:


So, pick something that spans a large variety of games! =D

[Edit]
And I guess my entry requires a bit of an explanation... Typically each FAC gets a joke entry or two... just look at Bonzai's sig if you want to see a winning entry. I chose to draw that creature because there was more than one picture of it (some different pieces of contradictory concept art, and then different angles/poses of a couple contradictory 3D models)... but even then I did not know the creature's name, what it looks like in the game and animates like, who rides it, whether it's good or evil (are there even villain creatures?), what this creature does... you get the idea. I would've even put the name of the creature and called it "the Burninator", but I didn't know its name, nor whether it burns anything.

[SynthesizedStampede]

Yeah, sorry for not entering, but I really had trouble trying to think of something with the material. The creatures are really intricate, and I basically had not experience with any of the games whatsoever, so it was hard filling in the blanks that I can do with a lot of other games I've played.

Great job Coop for winning though, your entry was gorgeous :-).

[relyanCe]

"Boss Month", "Mecha", "Badass chicks", "Creatures", "Blizzard games", and "Marvel vs. Capcom".

sweet memories

[friendlyHunter]

Great job Coop for winning though, your entry was gorgeous :-).
No kidding =D
I still have NO IDEA what anything is in it though.

[The Coop]

"Badass chicks"? Sorry I missed that one. I could have drawn up Fran. Though I think that would have been more like "nice assed chicks". Anyway...


Here's what I don't understand, friendlyHunter... how was this franchise so limiting? With a broad topic like "badass chicks" (no pun... well, maybe intended), it allows everyone to go to where they feel most comfortable artistically by just going right to their favorite characters. Same thing with Marvel vs Capcom. I wanted to get people to step outside that comfort zone a bit by narrowing the scope, and see what people would come up with when what was offered was a continuous single world where all the events in the franchise took place (as opposed to something that could have things pulled out from all over different worlds). With the PD franchise, I figured it would allow the character artists, landscape artists, creature artists and so forth to all come in and find something to their liking. With five games, it seemed like a good combination of scope and focus, with a lot of play room for those who weren't interested in beasts and monsters. Seems I was wrong.

Keep in mind, my intentions aren't to put anyone down here. I know people have different tastes and interests, and I'm not belittling anyone for theirs. It's just... well, after years of seeing people say "I'm not listening to this remix because I don't know/haven't played the game" over and over here and on VGMix, and wondering why some found unfamiliarity to be such a hard thing to get through, it was disheartening to see that same basic mentality creep into the visual arts (something near and dear to me) here as well.


So, my apologies for beating this into the ground. I don't want to turn this into a bitchfest or drive anyone away, so I'll shut up now. Thanks for the compliments on my piece, and thanks to the folks who took part, as well as those who tried to. I'll pick something either later tonight, or some time tomorrow, and I'll try to make it more appealing to everyone.





friendlyHunter- The dragon and girl are from Panzer Dragoon Orta (they're the main characters), and the big dirigible-like ships are warships from the first game (I liked their design more). The storm background was inspired by the first stage in "Orta" where you can see lightning in the distance.


piendry- Not bad. Shame you couldn't have gotten it done for the contest. It's a great start.

[friendlyHunter]

Hehe, all three of us drew the same dragon ^__^

Here's what I don't understand, friendlyHunter... how was this franchise so limiting?
I guess it's not really limiting, just... intimidating? Drawing a scene from a game you know nothing about can feel like a crap shoot where you can end up with this:

http://www.toplessrobot.com/Mega%20Man%201.jpg

Concept art rarely looks like the end product in the game, and low-poly in-game models often differ a lot from how the world REALLY looks, as shown in pre-rendered cutscenes, promotional art, or instruction manual art. If the theme was Megaman and I didn't know anything about Megaman and I spend 6 hours on a drawing where the only reference I could find is this:

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/6101/198243-cntgmmegaman_super.jpg

... well actually that would be pretty funny =p

I guess this was just a difficult theme to research for. But then again, I'm into researching way too much before I start a drawing. I can't draw something from a game unless I'm swimming in reference images and backstory =p Either that, or there's some great reference images to go off of, like when I more or less copied Crono's pose from the box art. To me the dragon images are cool to look at, but even when I see awesome pictures like this:

http://www.moonapples.com/lagi/pd3/creatures/images/pd3_atolm1.jpg

...I have no idea what this guy does or what it is, so I wouldn't be able to draw it beyond copying the image directly and guessing what the background might look like.

[bonzai!]

FAN ART COMPETITION 28! (http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?p=587430#post587430)

[Vilecat]

I personally never played the series so I couldn't relate to it nor muster up any motivation to do something. The games never appealed to me.
I think that's part of the problem here. Not many people have played the game.

As for me, another month mixed of procrastination plus a good dose of working on my self.

[Dhsu]

Everyone who's never played Panzer Dragoon needs to sign up for a month of GameTap for $5 just to play the first two.

[friendlyHunter]

I think that's part of the problem here. Not many people have played the game.
Of course, if I would've played the game, I wouldn't have had to worry about researching the characters or settings :)

I can play them on PC, eh? I might just have to try it... after I try all those other games I've been meaning to play over the years :tomatoface: