djpretzel Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) INTRO For our upcoming Super Mario 64 album, "Portrait of a Plumber", we really want to go all out on the art & make our first Mario-themed album’s visuals match the amazing ReMixes! In keeping with the album title and the concept of Mario jumping into paintings inside Peach Castle to enter corresponding stages, we are asking the community to provide artwork for use on the album cover, website, and trailer - we NEED YOUR HELP to make this album the best it can be!! PRIZES FIRST PRIZE - Album Cover (logo is optional): Win a physical copy of Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin, a physical copy of Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream, and a physical copy of For Everlasting Peace: 25 Years of Mega Man!! Plus we’ll pimp your artist name + URL in our album press release, forum mailout, on the back cover, on the trailer, and on the album website. SECOND PRIZE - Album Cover Runner-up: For Everlasting Peace: 25 Years of Mega Man download code, listed on album liner notes, website w/ URL, trailer STAGE ARTWORK WINNERS- For Everlasting Peace: 25 Years of Mega Man download code, listed on album liner notes, website w/ URL, trailer REQUIREMENTS: FRONT COVER ARTWORK Subject: A “Portrait” of Mario, of course! This is open to some interpretation, but generally speaking a painted depiction of Mario in some form is suggested, looking at us, i.e. not an action shot. Format: Square dimensions required, as well as a minimum resolution of 2000 pixels. The album design may call for the work to be scaled a bit to acommodate. A Photoshop PSD file with separate layers is highly preferred. Limitations: The work MUST be your own and must not incorporate outside assets, including any official Nintendo artwork. BONUS: Feel free to include an album title/logo layer, or as a separate file, for “Super Mario 64: Portrait of a Plumber” - it’s optional, but if we love it & use it, we’ll try and throw a little something extra in! REQUIREMENTS: STAGE ARTWORK (8 STAGES TOTAL) Subject: These paintings should be just like the ones inside the Peach castle, representing 8 of the game's stages, but this time featuring Mario engaging/interacting with the depicted stage. For example, one painting where Mario makes his way up Whomp's Fortress, another where he battles the giant Bob-omb, one where he gets his ass fried within Lethal Lava Land, etc. A high level of detail is not necessary, but each work should at least look like it was painted (oil, watercolor, airbrushed, and so on), and feel free to emulate the style of famous artists from history - Picasso, Magritte, Van Gogh, etc. The eight stages are as follows: Cool, Cool Mountain Whomp's Fortress Bob-omb Battlefield Lethal Lava Land Jolly Roger Bay Tiny-Huge Island Tall, Tall Mountain Wet-Dry World [*]Format: Square dimensions required, as well as a minimum resolution of 1200 pixels. The album design may call for the work to be scaled a bit to acommodate. A Photoshop PSD file with separate layers is highly preferred. [*]Limitations: The work MUST be your own and must not incorporate outside assets, including any official Nintendo artwork. SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES VIA EMAIL BY MARCH 31st, 2014!! Submit your artwork entries via email to projects@ocremix.org by 3/31/2014 to be considered - for large files, please consider using Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.!! QUESTIONS? ASK ‘EM HERE!! Edited March 6, 2014 by djpretzel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argle Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 It certainly answers my question if this project is coming out anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 It certainly answers my question if this project is coming out anytime soon. Hah yeah, I was expecting IT to come out but I guess it needs a cover? o.o Weird that nobody knew about that months ago. All I'll say is, to the person who makes a cover featuring plumber's crack, you'll win my personal award, maybe a remix request. It wouldn't be an accurate portrait of a plumber without that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Anyone?? Thread-bumping our own thread - if you know someone you think would rock this out, please share the link? We need some rad art for this. Art that is rad. Mario deserves rad art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendaryFrog Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I've been passing this thread around to some of my artist friends, to see if any of them are interested. I'll follow up with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Thanks, greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Williamson Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 well this just goes to show that "late 2013" most certainly was about half a year off. hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) well this just goes to show that "late 2013" most certainly was about half a year off.hahahaha Late 2013 = December. Half a year = June 2014. Nothing certain OR "most" certain about it not being out sooner than that. Time spent making observations of this nature is time wasted not actually helping with the task at hand, which is the thread topic. Your "hahahaha" combined with the sentiments you've expressed towards OCR on other forums, where you thought you wouldn't be found, suggests to me that perhaps you're no longer interested in participating in anything we do... please let me know if this is accurate, and I can ban you to prevent the temptation. Otherwise, yeah... this type of comment doesn't seem helpful at all. If you can think of on-topic ways to actually chip in, let's go with those instead... Edited March 4, 2014 by djpretzel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I was thinking of cracking out the wacom tablet to give this a whirl but I am hesitant due to other artists being around and better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 As good cop to djp's bad cop, I'd just say that if someone hurr-hurr's that an album doesn't get released after someone announced an earlier date, I don't really mind that stuff. I don't have a problem with someone whapping Garrett for being unhelpful/needlessly douchey about it , but I'm also not offended. Album delays happen; sometimes the right people aren't free/available, but everything comes together nicely in the end no matter how long it takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Williamson Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Late 2013 = December. Half a year = June 2014. Nothing certain OR "most" certain about it not being out sooner than that. Time spent making observations of this nature is time wasted not actually helping with the task at hand, which is the thread topic. Your "hahahaha" combined with the sentiments you've expressed towards OCR on other forums, where you thought you wouldn't be found, suggests to me that perhaps you're no longer interested in participating in anything we do... please let me know if this is accurate, and I can ban you to prevent the temptation. Otherwise, yeah... this type of comment doesn't seem helpful at all. If you can think of on-topic ways to actually chip in, let's go with those instead... I'm sorry, I don't mean to be offensive Just found it sort of funny. Not intending to be disrespectful of anyone, I'm just an extremely sarcastic person with a seriously dry sense of humor which doesn't normally come out correctly through text. I apologize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 I'm sorry, I don't mean to be offensiveJust found it sort of funny. Not intending to be disrespectful of anyone, I'm just an extremely sarcastic person with a seriously dry sense of humor which doesn't normally come out correctly through text. I apologize. No worries. And seriously, legitimately, if you know people you think might be interested, and you want this album out ASAP (as you probably do, as do I), let 'em know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Quick question - does the person need to submit every level + title, or is it more a pick-and-choose type of thing where they do what they can? I know at least one person who might be able to help, but I doubt she'd have the time for every stage and the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Quick question - does the person need to submit every level + title, or is it more a pick-and-choose type of thing where they do what they can? I know at least one person who might be able to help, but I doubt she'd have the time for every stage and the title. Pick-and-choose, absolutely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I've passed the link around to a couple of people. I just thought of a couple more, actually. Might even try to doodle something myself, though I'm not much of a visual artist. It'd probably be fun though! --Eino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendaryFrog Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Do you guys have a logo designed? My buddy was live streaming himself drawing his cover last night and we weren't sure what to do about a logo. I really want to show off the progress so far... but since this is a contest I don't know if I should! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Do you guys have a logo designed? My buddy was live streaming himself drawing his cover last night and we weren't sure what to do about a logo.I really want to show off the progress so far... but since this is a contest I don't know if I should! No logo yet - it's entirely optional, but if you wanna take a stab, as long as it's on a separate layer from the actual cover art, that'd be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansdown Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 hm I'll do up some drafts for the stages. See if I like them enough to submit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK666 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) Hello, just wrote about the Contest and the album on Game-Art-HQ. But damn i wish there would be 2-3 more weeks. Just like a good remix, a good visual art needs time. Greets, Reinhold edit: Excellent Edited March 6, 2014 by GBK666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 We've extended the deadline an extra week - new cutoff is 3/31!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I'm considering one of the level arts. No promises though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Wedel Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I'm definitely interested in participating; Super Mario 64 is nearly my favorite game of all-time and I've been replaying it on my phone as of late (it's funny how people can say the game is nigh unplayable without an analog stick yet here I am, 117 stars later, rockin' this game with a QWERTY keyboard and enjoying every second of it). I won't say what levels I intend to take a shot at it but I will say I have a potentially brilliant idea for the cover art that I can't wait to test out. By "minimum resolution of 1200 pixels," do you mean it has to be a bare minimum of 1200x1200, or simply 1200 altogether? I could do it either way -- I'm just a bit confused on that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 By "minimum resolution of 1200 pixels," do you mean it has to be a bare minimum of 1200x1200, or simply 1200 altogether? I could do it either way -- I'm just a bit confused on that part. 1200x1200 resolution; higher preferred, if manageable! 1200 total pixels would be like a desktop icon Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Really looking forward to seeing all the artwork...this is a great idea to top off an already stellar project. Number one nostalgic game for me as a kid; it's why I took on four remixes for the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Hey DJP, how many entries do you have for this so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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