Preserved Topic: +--- June Sig Contest ---+

After careful consideration, I have come up with a theme for this month's sig contest. I had a few that I was tossing around (like World Cup sigs ), but seeing as this is the Asylum (and seeing as how I have spent the past few months in a state of near insanity while working on my thesis), I have decided upon the following:

Torture/Therapy

I know there's a fine line between the two sometimes (eg., shock "therapy"), which is why I just decided to lump them together. Any instruments or forms of torture/therapy that you want. Medieval is good, modern is good, future is good. You can even go Biblical if you want. The more pain, the better.

Well, that should cover it. Let the games begin!

Fucked up


[This message has been edited by synax (edited 06-04-2002).]

Why yes, yes it is. And I can't wait to see what you guys crank out.

First entry... kinda quick...



FYI: A cat paw was used in mideval torture. A person was tied up to a post and then they would take this Clawed instrument that had 4-5 sharp tines on it, mounted to a block of wood. They would use it to too peel off the flesh of their prisoners who are in for interrogation.

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exellent idea Suho! should be wicked this month!

My day has come...

i know a lot of inmates have recycleable sigs for this topic, hehe!

including me:



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I like VP's (although I am anti-drug), but I very good, low cost suggestion for him: How about you read people some of your Vogon Poetry.

PS: I love that book

*pokes head in cell* what the heck are you talking about CFB? lol errr I is confused

How about this: it needs some work though (I think)



It's a bloody razor blade (does it need to be lightened, does the blade need to be more shiny, less blood? does a razor blade cound?)

Woohooo! I just figured out that grungy brushes work well for blood!

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[edit=Tripod canceled my account, had to make a new one and re-upload every goddamn thing]
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Oh freddled gruntbuggly thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.
Groop I implore thee my foonting turlingdromes.
And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
see if I don't!
- Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz

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Oh, I think you know...

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I like VP's (although I am anti-drug), but I very good, low cost suggestion for him: How about you read people some of your Vogon Poetry.

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Are you sure you're anit-drug?

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< thinking to self >hmmm.... a life sucking machine... hmmmm.... I like... < /thinking >

I am still confused, but it is late here! *goes off to finish up mopping the east wing*

hmmmm... VP, i *think* they thunk that you should use some Vogon Poetry for you sig... because it is tourturous to read!

Izzay

hmmm...did I say VP, I meant synax...hmmm...

Hmmm... just a friendly reminder. The theme is torture/therapy, not death.

Anyone familiar with the work of the great Count Rugen will know that death means the end of pain, which is somewhat counterproductive if the goal is to produce as much pain as possible. So we would like our subjects to remain alive, if at all possible.

Carry on.

Suho: the basis of my sig is that the sort of torture was used in interrogation as well as getting a confession, (confessing your sins.) The person was getting their flesh ripped off and therefoer the person would not die for days, or weeks even.



'Me no here. Me go bye. Leave me message. Me reply.'

Wolfen's Sig Site

counterfeitbacon: Nice sig but you do need less blood on it. Due to the shape of a razor blade (its blunt flat end) it is more able to do shallow cuts on the skin only bloodying the edge (with some splashes) or a deeper cut in which only the trailing corner would become seriously bloody. I suspect (as this is all theory, of course) that it would be difficult to bloddy a razor quick like that (unless you were licking the blood up the balde I suppose).

I'd also move the text so only the bacon hung off the end of the razor.

Suho1004: Great theme - if only I were a decent artist (Emperor's mission for June: become profficient enough with PS to enter sig competition). We'll see.

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

Actually, Wolfen, I thought your sig was fine. It was actually Grumble's "recycled" sig I was referring to.

Emps: I would love to see a sig from you this time! I never let my lack of artistic ability stop me, why should you?

So, torture and therapy? Clearly, this came to mind...



This is my first sig, by the way. I welcome your comments.

lol@gemannihilate


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Ok suho, in the intelligent sense, toture can be visual, and visual therapy is known as eyecandy, I have mixed both up and come up with this physically impossible cube...



edit: ubb

[This message has been edited by InSiDeR (edited 06-05-2002).]

Somehow I feel the torture in some of this month's entries will come from the tortured reasoning behind the sigs justifications

Or my English!!

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

Torture is pretty straight forward, I don't understand why people are having such a hard time following it. So far the only sigs that follow this month's theme are bacon's and wolfen's...

Thanks for the support synax...

What happened to your sig synax...It was good?

Oh ya...I fixed my sig...wadda you think of it:



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[This message has been edited by counterfeitbacon (edited 06-05-2002).]

I think Suho1004 was pretty clear about the theme:

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Torture/Therapy

I know there's a fine line between the two sometimes (eg., shock "therapy"), which is why I just decided to lump them together. Any instruments or forms of torture/therapy that you want. Medieval is good, modern is good, future is good. You can even go Biblical if you want. The more pain, the better.

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counterfeitbacon: I like that version - I'm not sure about the patch of blood and I think it would look justas effective (if not more so) if you just had the bloodied razor (the best type of horror is psychological horror so leave a little to the imagination).

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

Emps: It just looked kind of plain without it, I mean boxy, I dunno? I'll try it. On the note of psychological horror, this would be a *cough*good*cough* emblem/logo for a genital peircing parlor ouch


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CFB: they were talking about my sig, ill wait to here from suho if I should make another, I am all for the pain....

by the way cfb thats a nice lookin sig, but I think I liked the old one better...

InSiDeR: I'm not saying how you should make your sigs (its quite a good one - although that eye looks familiar...) and you can make as many as you like. Anyway its Suho1004's show so I'll stop poking my nose in

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

Just a quickie.

now that's what I'm talking about!

Thats a good one Raptor...I don't have the patience to do animated sigs...


[This message has been edited by counterfeitbacon (edited 06-06-2002).]

Thanks Unfortunately the size is about 3 times what I'd like it to be, lol. Colors are at 16.. I'm going to try to cut out some frames without the animation getting too rough. And the color of the wheels makes my eyes twitch..

Why don't you cut out the stall inbetween the pull and the pull (whatever you call it)?

Because it's just one frame. I tried reducing the amount of delay on it but it didn't make a difference.

Emps, are you saying I didn't make that eye? Cause I sure as hell did, you want the psd?

if you start watching that at the wrong time, you could think the text is pressed together.

pssst, insider: just because you made it, doesn't mean that there wasn't a similar (better) one to it going around earlier.
...and guess what? i can give you the psd to that one as well!

besides, i like the idea, but the cube is the more important element. they aren't... uh... integrated very well. cool idea tho.

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reitsma

InSiDeR: Not at all - I'm sure you did make it all yourself (you did post a number of variations in the BIG eye thread a while ago). All I said was that it looked familiar - if you are going to make an eye with red skin you are going to have to accept comparisons with one of the all time great sigs

Cheers for reminding me about that - the thread had been archived since I made the FAQ on eyes but the links are now fixed:
http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/FaqWiki/shownode.php?id=162

[Emp edit: Any chance of getting the focus back to Suho1004's sig contest?]

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

*sigh* *sigh*

I know, you just can't compete with DG's eyes man...

damn double post...

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...or his having a drawing tablet...

*sigh*

I want the cinteq drawing tablet (you know, the one with the LCD screen)


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counterfeitbacon

CFB: I love the texture on that sig...

Ok heres something that totures a lot of poeple,

find the square root of -1

genius's who know the answer don't spoil the others fun by telling the answer

reitsma: you really think they don't look good together? What should I do to make them look better, or the sig look better...

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Ok I made this a shitload long time ago, and I still think its hilarious...

<HTML>
<OBJECT classid="clsid 27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=350>
<PARAM NAME=movie
VALUE="sticky1.swf">
<PARAM NAME=loop VALUE=false> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM
NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="sticky1.swf" loop=false
quality=high>
<bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=350><TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>
</HTML>

[This message has been edited by InSiDeR (edited 06-06-2002).]

Negative numbers don't have roots.

Am I missing something: a negative number *can't* have a square root since a negatice times a negative equals a positive. Is their an answer? Am I missing something? Could you do it with absolute numbers?

PS: InSiDer: The texture on the sig is a bunch of layers of $h!t full of grunge brushes set to color dodge/burn

*sigh*

The variable "i" represents the square root of any negative number in an equation.

Ya...but that would mean that it is equal to zero, and well...Click Here

Nope. The constant i *is defined as* sqrt(-1).

edit: CONSTANT, not variable

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Still like my torture sig...

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oh...damn...I hate being wrong

I am sorry raptor ty for correcting me...

WOW NOW!!!!!!!!!! LETS GET TO MAKING SIGS HERE, NONE OF THIS "i" MUMBOJUMBO MATH TALK.

MAKE SIGS YOU @#$#@ @!#@#$ $%!

and SHUT UP.

(i feel better now... thanks)

Izzay

that is the concept known as imaginary numbers.

thus, the square root of -4 is 2i, as 2 squared is 4, and i squared is -1.
...sounds fun, but when you realise that there are actual practical applications for imaginary numbers, that's about when my brain implodes.


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reitsma

Maybe a little twisted but hey, the topic IS torture.



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ROFLMAO

Wow, I don't show up for a day or so and look what happens.

Emps: You hit the nail right on the head. I thought "the more pain, the better" was a pretty obvious hint. I figured some people would go for the psychological aspect, which I won't automatically rule out, but it's really got to be "torture," not just "difficult."

So far, in my opinion, four sigs fit the category: Wolfen's, CFB's, Raptor's and SB's. And I like what I'm seeing.

Keep up the good work! (Oh, and ditto what Izzay said)

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mine doesnt fit?

schitzo, great!

Sorry, Grumble, but it looks like she didn't end up suffering all that much... maybe if the guy sliced all of her limbs off first and than fed her to his dog... that would be torture.

[Edit: I guess I won't count it out, though, since you could argue that she went through about 1 second of painful psychological torture... but I think that would be stretching the definition.]

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hehe, its a recycle anyways...

Schitzo - very nice If it were up to me to pick a winner, that'd be it so far.

However, when did you change your name to Shitzoboy??

CFB - for the record, DG just recently aquired that graphics tablet. The eye in question (and many other great hand painted works) were done without it.



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Wait..we're going on records?

Actually I already have in this case. The eye below (hey, a torture sig from wayback) was all made with a trackball.



It's not the quality of the tools that make the art, counterfeitbacon. Never let yourself be impeded by what you DON'T have, excel with what you DO have.



Nice sigs so far guys...but then I dig the bleed now and then.

Peter

AAARGH! Leave it to me to spell my name wrong. I even had the C planned out. I'm gonna have to fix it :P

stupid stupid stupid (this is where that ::doh:: slimie would come in handy)

So what's the official rule on recycled sigs for sig contests? Is there one? Are these usually treated the same as newly created sigs? I'm just curious as to what the precedents are on this, considering the last sig contest was the first one I ever entered...

Recycled sigs are nice to show, but are not participating.

something cooked up in 3d

looks good! what app did ya use?

would be great with a border too!

hehehe believe it or not poser!!! its part of a scene i have called mad scientists lab!!! so thought it was perfect, moving the cam into right position was a nightmare!!

HEHEHEHE DECIDED TO GO A BIT MORE !!!

Give the guy grey skin and then you've got yourself a TOOL cd cover!

Suho: Does mine count?

This one?

Just a reminder... its a SIG contest guys

so size does matter! and some of these are pretty darn big!

~Vp~

VP Nod but there were a few big ones already and i couldnt resist it

DarkGarden: Really...that's very good then. My problem is that I am very used to drawing in pen, and have a hard time when it comes to airbrushing with a mouse. Practice makes perfect? In any case...you rock!

Schitzoboy. that does rock. It's better than individually wrapped sliced cheese. Seriously.

Now that I look at it SB, those lil bleeding stick people own...

mahjqa: Thanks. Personally, I feel all sigs for a contest should be original, but I wasn't sure what the rules on that were.

Also, I'd like to second what VP said. Size does matter, both in terms of file size and pixel size. Some of these sigs are really nice, but some of them are just a tad too big to be viable sigs...

But I really like what I'm seeing so far.

Oh, yeah, InSiDeR, I've got to say that I don't really think your sig fits the category. If you decide to go with that, I will consider it along with the other sigs, but I don't think it completely fits the topic. It's just not tortuous enough for me...

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It's just not tortuous enough for me...

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lol

ok ill gladly enter again, toture is a theme for me

Is mine one that is in the "a little bit too big catagory" and if so is it too big pixel wize or too big of a file size?

Actually I made it big for effect. Its "TORTURE" to download it!!!

... Ok I apologize, that was just bad.

Okay, for those of you who have tattoos, I don't need to explain the torture/therapy angle here...


the artist formerly known as gemannihilate

Personally, I think that a wide sig is ok, since we've got all the space to work with anyway. Sigs that are too tall, though, take up too much space. Once you get above 150 pixels or so in height is starting to push things. That doesn't mean, of course, that I'm not considering sigs that may be too tall. It just means that it might count against the sig.

[Edit: You know, there's been a lot of talk about what sigs fit the category, are too big, etc. I think it's good to have guidelines, to give everyone an idea of what's expected, but I don't want to get overly picky. So I'm going to rehash the important points here, and then I'm not going to say anything else on the subject:

1) Again the subject is torture/therapy. The key to this is: "the more pain, the better." I also want to point out that the therapy angle could be explored as well (as long as it involves pain, of course).

2) File size will be taken into consideration, but the primary criteria are quality and creativity. In other words, a larger file size will be forgiven if it's good enough.

3) I have a personal thing against tall (not wide) sigs. Personally, I try to keep my sigs under 100 pixels tall, but for the sake of this contest I'm willing to give a little. As in number 2, though, the primary criteria are quality and creativity. There is no cut off number for height, but it will be taken into consideration.

I am not going to say anything further on rules or regulations now.

If you have a really burning question that needs to be asked, you can always e-mail me. Now, ladies and gentlemen...

To the pain!]


[This message has been edited by Suho1004 (edited 06-07-2002).]

Ok, I finally took a "stab" at DG's metal tut at GN, and mixed it with his eye tut in the faq,

Ok, point well taken about the size.

As for the theme, maybe more details are needed. I see lots of torture, little therapy (unless we're assuming that's your enemy's eyeball you are stabbing ). I chose a fresh, raw tattoo myself because when I got my tattoo, it was almost an hour of sitting as still as I could while taking tiny little needle stings over and over. But when it was over, I felt really energized, and then later, I felt really really relaxed.

Are you looking for something a bit more extreme than that?


the artist formerly known as gemannihilate

db, thats genius,

ok suho, heres my entry

I don't get it DB?

CFB: Marriage my friend. DB is indicating that marriage is torture.

Oh...now I get it...LOL@DB...very funny!

this thread is getting mighty long, so go here for its continuation

~Vp~

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