Preserved Topic: **JANUARY 2003 SIG CONTEST**

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a pleasant New Years.

I have never run a contest before so be patient

This month's theme is Jewelry.

I believe the rules basically boil down to no recycled sigs and keep the file sizes reasonable. If there's anything else let me know...

Uhm, yes. Nothing to add here. Well, there are some guidelines about sigs in general...

DB summarized it shortly; "As always, file size, dimentions, creativity, and quality of workmanship will be under consideration."

And.. please leave your original signatures at the door, and only use signatures for this month's competition in these threads.

well here goes only a quick one but it's a busy time of year!!!!!



Cheers Aroma

Thank you for pointing out the guidelines, Mahjqa. I was so excited about running the contest your FAQ slipped my mind.

Sparked by a post by reitsma , Here's my entry although I know I can't win this contest.



[This message has been edited by Moth (edited 01-02-2003).]

Although those are good overall guidelines, the rules are entirely up to the *host*. ( the winner from last month)

Man, this lost all sorts of details when I shrunk and made it transparent. Spent so much time over lapping the links in the chain and now you can't even notice it... *sigh* Not happy with the clasp so didn't add it yet either but will work on it...

Peace,

hmmmm... would a dog collar work?

I'll post my nice jewelery here when i can find them

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Wolfen>> A dog collar will be fine as long as it has some flashy bits

I've intentionally left this kind of open because I don't want to limit anyone too much. I am looking for stuff that fits within the general guidelines of a sig, is put together well, and is creative. The most important thing is for everyone to have fun. I like what docilebob did at the end of his contest with creating a thread with just the entries so I may give that a try around 01-27-03.

i slapped a little something together this mornin


1st version
i have some small finishing touches to do but other than that its almost done
*edit - ok i think its done

is it ok to have more than one entry moth?


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k, lets see how this looks:

*cough*

Yam those are pretty crappy chains, working on it now...


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K, here's my new one, which *hopefully* won't look as crappy:

sorry, but this one is a little bit too
large for my head....or I'm dreaming
because I can read something about
"SIG" in the topic

edit by mahj; no other signatures than competition entries, please.

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Bling.

Yo yo syn, dat sigs da bomb!

EzRa-D, unless our host decides differently, there is no limit to the amount of sigs one can enter. Must say you've done a pretty good job on the ring, there. Some things you could try are changing the highlights of the gem to color dodge or another blending mode.
Flagman, yours is really high for a sig. For your next try you might want to work more vertically.
Oh, and everyone, please, no one-line posts like 'good sig, man!'. Helpful comments are good, but please keep it cconstructive.

You wanna know whats ironic about Synax's sig?
Pease click to see Insiders hand and pinky ring
It's that I actually do have a ring that says INSIDER on it. Made with real silver. Some stories witht that ring too... Used to fit on my ring finger for one.

Anyway thats not an entry. Heh.

edit> no worries, just cleanin up da place.

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You have a ring with your handle on it?

What a loser... ;-)


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Mahj - j/k sorry, ill try to keep my posts more constructive. i took your advice and changed the highlight layer blending to Overlay (tried color dodge and it didnt change much) and that seems to work much better what do you guys think?

Flag: i think the chain links are too circular should be more rectangular if your trying to get that gold chain look and the whole thing is just too big for a sig i think.

Synax: actually the bottom of the ring seems like it should be straighter or something...

*i just realized its actually synax .. sry!

[This message has been edited by EzRa-D (edited 01-04-2003).]

That's because the highlights are sticking out whereas the darker parts are blending in with the drop shadow. I should fix that.

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EzRa-D
Flag: i think the chain links are too circular should be more rectangular if your trying to get that gold chain look and the whole thing is just too big for a sig i think.

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ya, I kinda forgot it was supposed to be a sig...just dissregard my entries..

Flagman, don't worry about it. You have a good beginning. I am sure you can modify your entries to fit within the guidelines. Synax pointed out a useful faq for chains. No need for you to pitch your hard work.

Also as Mahjqa stated there is no limit to the number of sigs you can enter.

I don't have any time to do anything else right now, so I just shrunk it and rotated it...



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To the forge men!

Returns a bit later with a neckless he should have given to his girlfriend for Christmas.




Retail Value: $250 Buckazoids
(Sorry Roger not today)

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Maskkkk, maybe your gemstone is missing some highlights and/or reflections, it now seems to be dull instead of shiny. Attention is drawn to the nice chains now..

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kaboi - I can see it as a Jewel, but not as jewery could you explain how it is worn? It is a really nice piece of work though.

no sigs

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gee whiz dan - getting a bit picky aren't we?

i reckon it's worn in the belly button.

...but i can find an alternative home for it with you.

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Its a cut stone for an engagement ring, I'll try to make the ring if I can get some free time today.

But if the belly button fits well...

Thank you Emperor for deleting the non-contest sigs. Good stuff guys. Looking forward to seeing the ring, kaboi.

>>..but i can find an alternative home for it with you. <<

LOL!

BugFix!

OK, file size KILLED me on this one, but I made it, so you have to look at it


<EDIT> OK, I fixed it but the file came out ALL Wacky. Will fix it and repost </EDIT>

Later,

C:\


~Binary is best~

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C:\ Thats awsome really smooth

nice one ...but it sems that the second hand isnt quite right in the last quarter

visite my Blackbrain

Very nice Cprompt =)

But yes, there is a twitch right after the 45 second mark where the fixed end of the second hand slides down a pixel =(



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Ah, OK, I didn't see that before I'll fix it soon enough.

Thanks for not flaming me on the file size

Later,

C:\


~Binary is best~

that thinggie I wear around my neck :]



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[This message has been edited by Emperor (edited 01-12-2003).]

Dang... I was gonna do the eye of Horus... Oh well, time to get creative.

Not much, but here goes...

another



ani-got way too big

*dang missed it by one bracket, one day ill make a post without having to edit it...


[This message has been edited by EzRa-D (edited 01-12-2003).]

Almost ashamed to put this next to that ring..
Yuck... Back to the drawing board.





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Tried to paint the ring....

I guess a crown could be considered jewelry


A wise man once said;
"I don't know!?!?"

kaboi - i like it much. Good work. Maybe could be a bit smaller though.

Mal - hook it up with the correct matte and it would be pretty cool. Maybe add a little more shading and definition to it as well, it is looking pretty good.

[killing the sig again... gotta remember that]

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mood ring with pearls..

Deleted to keep the contest thread at a reasonable size...

For the original content of this post, please see here.

Thank you,

The Management

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very cool suho - the text does look a little wrong... the only advice i have is that although the text shoudl be distorted along the x axis (the imaginary straight line underlining the text should now be "u" shapes), the y axis should suffer very little distortion (if it were arial, then the letter "I" should still be pretty much straight up and down).

hope that helps.

edit: also, i seriously suggest a layer blending mode for the red text on the ring. some sort of overlay, or something could be really effective, i think.

edit 2: non competition sig destroyed.

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Yup, that's exactly what I was thinking about in terms of distortion. I'm working on a new version right now...

Overlay layer blend... I'll have to look into that. I'll mess around with a few things and see what I come up with, although I have to admit that I'm not really sure what you're aiming at.

[Edit: OK, let me rephrase that: I have no idea what you mean when you say "layer blending mode" ]

[This message has been edited by Suho1004 (edited 01-14-2003).]

Not a problem.

Take a look at your layers palette. You'll see a few things. Among them, the word normal in a drop-down menu. Shift through them, overlay is in there somewhere. Those are the layer blending modes. Many other tools (airbrush & pencil come to mind) also have different blending modes that, in practice, are similar to (read: exacly the same as) the layer blending modes.

Some of them aren't exactly straight-forward in what they do, others are. There's a tutorial on thinkdan that caters specifically to blending modes.

Hope that helps.

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no sigs

(thanks Emps, forgot where I was )
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Deleted to keep the contest thread at a reasonable size...

For the original content of this post, please see here.

Thank you,

The Management

[This message has been edited by Suho1004 (edited 01-15-2003).]

i gotta love that one!

"Trust" is a dirty word that comes only from such a liar but "respect" is something I will learn...if you have faith!!

Thanks, Yannah. It took a lot longer to get right than I thought it would.

This gonna be one toughie to judge.......very nice work everone. Amerasu and suho, nice latecomers.

made mine abit smaller.

latecomers? we're barely halfway through the month!

suho - i'm glad you got my point - layer blending doesn't always achieve the desired result, but the red text does now look like part of the ring. ...and i'll just employ some paralipsis by not mentioning that i think that the 'master suho' should be engraved a tad shallower than it is, because that would be getting picky.

Just have to say one thing Suho: gold isn't yellow!

=(

As it stands now it is awfully bright and washed out, and looks distinctly....yellow. Which also means disticntly non-metallic.

The text in the latest version is much better (I also prefer the version without your name), but the color on that is also too saturated and primary.

Not sure if that helps at all...but hopefull it at least makes sense.... =)

DL: Yes, I was afraid of that. It is rather yellow, isn't it. I had a difficult time picking out the color. Maybe I should go back and look at some pictures of real gold...

Also (and I suppose this one is for Moth), I'm wondering if I should take out the old versions when I post the new ones (to cut down on thread size), or leave them up for comparison.

A hue of 45 makes a pretty good gold. I usually give it a stauration of 50 and lightness of 0 when I'm doing an adjustment layer.

Suho: If you're any good at mixing colors (magenta, cyan, and the like), you may want to take a look at Image -> Adjust -> Variations. It's a bit more intuitive than sliders (in my opinion).

$.02

Damien: Interesting... that sounds pretty close to what I came up with.

Raptor: Alas, I suck at mixing colors (in fact, it's a wonder I can produce anything halfway decent with PS). However, I am pretty good at Google, and I've been looking at a lot of pictures of gold. I think I've got a decent color going, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Incidentally, I figured out what was bugging me with the lettering (and I think this is what reitsma was talking about): it needs to be vertically skewed. So I'm working on that. I'm also working on making the Tengwar script look like its actually glowing--after slapping it on top of the newer, more realistic gold gradient, I realized that it actually looks like crap.

So, anyway, I've got a bit of work ahead of me. I will post the results when I get to them, and I'll probably delete the previous rings and slap them all on a page somewhere that I can link to--don't want to be hogging up the thread here.

[Edit: It's been done. For those of you who are wondering where my original posts and rings went, please go here for the old content plus my latest efforts. Please direct all comments to that thread. Thanks.]


[This message has been edited by Suho1004 (edited 01-15-2003).]

disney's twelve principles of animation

very usefull stuff!

Before I make a sig i have 2 questions...
1.) Does a animal tag count as jewerly?
2.) Do ducks have tounges?

no sigs

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It is your imagination go with whatever is in there. Duck in my world might have toungs, in your world they might not, I don't really think that is material.
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Duck, animal tags count as jewelry. However, I expect them to sparkle and be more than flat pieces of metal.

Ducks do have tongues... havn't you every seen Daffy?

oh yea good point : )

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Poison ring. : )

Medallion?

Some pretty good entries. I don't want to give any specific critiques 'cuz I'm the judge.

I am looking forward to seeing what all will be here at the end of the month. So come on and give me more sparklies

Hmmm... pretty quiet around here. Listening. Only hear the echoes of my footsteps. I hope there are going to be some more entries.

what? its still... January? sheesh. *walks away*

There will be at least one more, my friend...

One entry to rule them all,
One entry to find them,
One entry to bring them all and in the darkness bind them...



[Edit: Heh, and ain't that a trip! I screwed up the quote!]

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>>One entry to rule them all,
One entry to bind them,
One entry to bring them all and in the darkness bind them...<<

LOL! What makes it even funnier is I just got back from watching The Two Towers...


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tick...tick...tick...tick... Time's running out. Everyone better hurry and post their entries soon.

OK, just wanted to sneak these in under the wire. I'm submitting them both as entries because, although I originally was leaning toward the version without the English text, I now can't make up my mind. *sigh*

-and-

OK...here's a joint entry from me and Luxo_Jr...not mcuh, a quick job...but, here it is

Made possible through the Fist Of Luxo_Jr (tm)



Here's hoping the transparency works

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late late entry...




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Clever, Skaarjj/Luxo_Jr.

Oddcat: I assume that's a tongue barbell? Definitely original!

Nicely done. Melikes

Odd... I thought it was a cufflink...

nah .. that's a tongue ring .. NICE .. i like it!!!

Thanks!

And yes, it is a tongue ring - although a cuff link would be unexpected.




[This message has been edited by Odd Cat (edited 01-30-2003).]

Wow...how much has society changed when a tongue ring is considered normal, and a cuff-link would be unexpected??

heh....




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well here's my entry



and here is the final version below


OK Thanks to reitsma i had time to fix a frame problem, and get it down to 38k


so hope ya thought it was worthwhile



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Poof! there goes the competition! I knew somebody would blow us outta the water....

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Right then this competition is over while we wait for the judge's decision I'm going to close this thread (you can still marvel at the wonders here if you wish ).

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

hmmm.....
getting a bit keen, aren't we, sir emps?

heck, over here in aussieland it's still january - and we're WAY ahead of the rest of you guys!

i've found that some of the best entries were submitted in the eleventh hour.... so i say we giev 'em a fighting chance.

(someone, please submit an entry, and make my efforts worthwhile! )

sure I'll put up mine on Tuesday.

"Trust" is a dirty word that comes only from such a liar but "respect" is something I will learn...if you have faith!!

reitsma: D'oh!! I mis interpreted this:

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Poof! there goes the competition!

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To mean that Moth had shut the competition when it was just a comment on Tom's entry (as it were). Sorry about that

[edit: OK I admit it I was possessed by the Dark Lord himself (that Satan by the way) through the backwards messages evil rock bands put in their songs]

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

Hey that's ok Emps, happens to the best of us. Though I am surprised you confused Maskkkk with me Has be those heavy metal records....

Yannah, Tuesday's too late! The competition is over in about 24 hours so you better hurry.

DL-44, good observation. Funny how the times have changed.

Okay, everyone else! You've got 26 hours to enter your last minute works or fix your previously entered sigs. Good luck and happy creating!

"the words for today are transparency and mattes"

Moth:

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Though I am surprised you confused Maskkkk with me

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Good Lord - I've had one of those weeks were I've been very confused but that is just silly - "more speed less haste". You may right years of intensive aural abuse has clearly done me now good

I'm off to have a lie down.

Carry on everyone (before I have another bright idea and shut this down again ). Right I'm not going to shut anything down for a week...........

___________________
Emps

FAQs: Emperor

I'll send it for February contest then...it would be fine with me!

"Trust" is a dirty word that comes only from such a liar but "respect" is something I will learn...if you have faith!!

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Wow...how much has society changed when a tongue ring is considered normal, and a cuff-link would be unexpected??

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At the same time, I'll bet most people reading this have received a piercing more recently than the last time they wore a tux, with or without the cuff links included.

Of course, I could simply be underestimating the distance between their last prom/wedding/performance at Carnegie Hall and now.




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carnegie hall, is that in Pittsburgh?? lol prob not.. and btw thats.. interesting, can you explain the glow.? im lost, good luck all as this wiiiiinds down

hey here's mine!

ok I'm trying it on again.

Yup, it's not finished, but I thought I'd show it anyway.. the finished version is to appear somewhere in February. And I'm not gonna animate it, dammit.

And Yannah, would you mind explaining what that has got to do with jewelry?

Its her ID badge... duh...

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Done. No name. Live with it.

Glad you could join the party Mahjqa! Interestingly, I have also been working with interlacing in some of my recent projects. Keeping track of what goes over and what goes under is enough to make me crosseyed sometimes...

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Chudzta, I modeled it after those tongue rings that have a little plastic window on the front, which usually sport some kind of message or picture (like a peace sign or whatever). That basically gave me an excuse to have my name on it, hence, making it a sig. The glow is to indicate that it is plastic, and not some ambiguous dark spot on the metal.

Whee! Last minute entry. I really tried hard on this. Hirst time I've entered one of these contests. Also, all three jewels were made seperately, not just copied and pasted, if anyone cares.
-=Kenneth=-



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...and the contest is over. Please close the thread and I'll post the winners tomorrow.