Christopher Robin

So something like this? Click the thumbnail above to see it bigger in my thread. You may have to scroll down the new forums are a bit wonky with jumping to the right post.

Okay here is what I have so far. There is some right hand bias creeping in that I will fix as I go along but what do you think so far Clawdebt? Heading in the right direction?

It's well deserved @Healix, I wish we had a dozen more like you here. Hopefully real life will stop being a butt and treat you better. ---------------- New stuff on the way I have a prize sketch for Clawdebt's hero Shock A Zulu that I will post shortly.

Yes it's you! You're welcome. Sure. I'll start on it tomorrow & post in my art thread when I have something.

No worries Ennvee, not required.

I approve this message... other than the British spelling of color that is, that simply cannot be condoned. @Techwright Yes weapons and power fx are fine if they follow the chosen colors for the week where possible. Also while I have it in mind it would make reviewing easier if entries came with the costume file attached. I can add directions for this to the OP spoiler box if any are unsure how to do this. If you cannot or don't want to for some reason don't let it stop you from entering, this is not a requirement.

Also I made sure to put the TL;DR at the end of the post. Had Toxin Fox actually put up a wall o' text this would've been supremely unhelpful.

Yeah but the actual "good" Optimus as in the one with a faceplate covering his mouth, not the... other one. FYI the director's chair he runs over at the end used to say Bay on the back but has been apparently edited since.

Just want to say great job people, this was no easy task and it could've easily gone 5 different ways. Some went for literal shock value, others went shocking beauty, beastliness, speed, power, etc. In fact, with this many entries, what I ended up doing was choosing the 5 that I thought best read as Shock Value that made good use of the palette & drew one from a cap. and they were... and the winning name I pulled is.... Clawdebt! @Clawdebt send a note and let me know what you want for your prize drawing! Clawdebt chose Shock A. Zulu. This then was the prize for week 1. Quick shout out to @EnnVee. I almost missed it while pouring over the entries for stuff that reads as "Shock Value" but I notice that the veins in the cheeks of Supernatural face 12 look a lot like Lichtenberg figures! It's the branching pattern of damage done to organic materials (trees, skin etc) that have been struck by lightning. If this was intentional it's a brilliant choice!

I am thinking the D2 slipped in when I was copying the yellow text from the B2 color last week trying to save time. OP has now been corrected and D6 it is. Thank you Cutter and Techwright.

I googled it to be sure I was remembering it right and yes that is a thing the SS used to say. It is the name of the power Galactus wields and he gave a portion to the Surfer in exchange for his soul and for being his herald. D10 looks to be one of the Umbers. I'd guess-timate it's Raw Umber as it is too pale to be Burnt Umber. The swatches and CC color highlights in the OP should hopefully make it clear enough.

New colors and theme are now up! Week #2 colors are: A7 - D6 - D10 - K3 ~ The theme is: The Power Cosmic Previous week was added to a spoiler window. Wow 15 entries! Thanks everyone who participated, I am reviewing them now. Indeed.

==================================================================================================================================== aaaaaand that's the deadline! I'll go over entries and pick a winner this evening. New colors and theme will be up soon, stay tuned! ====================================================================================================================================

Well I am busy with the contest (sig) right now but do you want any constructive critique when I get some time? If not no worries, some want it and others don't. I don't really have a whole lot of experience drawing battles but I do read a lot of webcomics.

It's comments like these that haunt Serge's dreams.

Great job on Robotanical @biostem. @DJ1 I have to do some stuff for the contest yet and then I will go take some screenshots of a new hero of mine.

<---- Has 3 of them. Two classic flip top loaders and one of the new slot loaders.

Poorly timed server maintenance is poorly timed. No worries I will grant another 3 hours if there are any last minute entries. So 4:30pm CST is the new deadline.

No worries @Techwright @Clawdebt if you can confuse him with Chaka Khan then... I Feel For You?

Last full day, tomorrow at noon CST is the deadline for entries.

@Ura Hero I (most always) read every word of every post in a thread before commenting and I know what was said. Perhaps you are misunderstanding me or I wasn't clear enough, I am not talking about the incident in the OP but about the day when I realized my efforts were actively being thwarted. When it happened I logged out and have yet to log back in. I only quoted a portion of Yomo's post because what he said sounded like the same realization that hit me and I felt he summed it up pretty well. I know you can make money easily in this game and I am not destitute by any means but it occurs to me that I will most likely never again be where I was before and that it is that way by design and WAI bothers me. Normally I am not one who complains and I struggled with hitting the submit button for a hot minute there but seeing... struck a nerve and so I posted.

This. The dots before and after indicate more was said so go back and read the full post in context if you want but THIS this is the main reason I haven't played the game in months. When I realized my efforts to make back a small portion of the vast wealth I used to have on live were being actively thwarted not by other players but by developer tools I was.... mad/sad/disheartened all of the above. Don't get me wrong I still love it here and am thrilled to have the game available again. I'm still doing all the stuff on the forums I did before (in the art section primarily) to try and grow the community. Answering questions, helping people with costumes, hosting contests (cough see my sig cough cough), giving away free art of peoples heroes, etc etc etc. but I haven't gotten past the costume creator stage and made it into the actual game in a very long while.

Are you looking for the traditional brown/green earth tones with a classic look? I think there is some of that already here or are you looking for something a bit different?

David Nakayama was the art lead for Paragon Studios for some time. His dev avatar was Noble Savage and he went by Pixelsaurus on Deviant Art while he was there. You most likely recognize his art even if you don't recognize his name. Notice the DN in the lower corner. Edit: for those interested he now draws under the acronym D.NA and is doing cover art for Marvel and Star Wars. He's not really active on DA anymore but you can still see his newer stuff over on ArtStation.

Good question @Icanav. No, it doesn't have to be the winning entry. If the winner wants a specific character I will do my best to accommodate them. If they are having trouble deciding they can send refs for a few and I'll surprise them. So enter with whichever character you think gives you the best shot and we'll work it out from there. Fair enough?