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Tarlanon · 01-11-2006, 08:55 AM

Well, a new year is upon us and I am wondering if it is time to have another art contest for DC?

Obviously the forum has been quiet lately and if there is no one to participate, then another art contest is really a moot point. However if the DC groupies are still around, maybe we can bolster the default art a little again?

I was thinking this time around of maybe doing wallsets/backgrounds? Specifically, having people doing wallsets/backgrounds similar to the ones in Ulimited Adventures(UA), but updated (obviously) to look better. Specifically, I was thinking of working towards DC having the same art available to it like UA had, with many different wallsets, background, etc. In UA, they had a wallset that was for Adobe, Brick, Stone, Wood, etc., and I would like to see those wallsets mirrors in UA. If nothing else it would help convert some of those great old UA mods over to DC easier, and have them look great "out of the box". So for instance when you convert a mod and it used the Stone wallset, instead of searching out the net(or your HD) to find the perfect stone wall, you would simply select the "W-UA-Stone" wallset from the default art set that comes with DC. Simple, and it will help maintain the 'look and feel' of the original design but with much better detail.

My other thought was to have an open media contest. Artists can enter art into whatever category they like (Icons, wallsets, backgrounds, sounds, etc.), with maybe a maximum of 1-2 entries per artist per category. Then after x period of time, the community can vote on which 1-2 entries per category they like the best and all of those are rolled into the default artset.

Any thoughts?

01-11-2006, 08:55 AM	#1
Tarlanon Manshoon Join Date: September 5, 2002 Location: Minnesota, USA Age: 50 Posts: 180	Well, a new year is upon us and I am wondering if it is time to have another art contest for DC? Obviously the forum has been quiet lately and if there is no one to participate, then another art contest is really a moot point. However if the DC groupies are still around, maybe we can bolster the default art a little again? I was thinking this time around of maybe doing wallsets/backgrounds? Specifically, having people doing wallsets/backgrounds similar to the ones in Ulimited Adventures(UA), but updated (obviously) to look better. Specifically, I was thinking of working towards DC having the same art available to it like UA had, with many different wallsets, background, etc. In UA, they had a wallset that was for Adobe, Brick, Stone, Wood, etc., and I would like to see those wallsets mirrors in UA. If nothing else it would help convert some of those great old UA mods over to DC easier, and have them look great "out of the box". So for instance when you convert a mod and it used the Stone wallset, instead of searching out the net(or your HD) to find the perfect stone wall, you would simply select the "W-UA-Stone" wallset from the default art set that comes with DC. Simple, and it will help maintain the 'look and feel' of the original design but with much better detail. My other thought was to have an open media contest. Artists can enter art into whatever category they like (Icons, wallsets, backgrounds, sounds, etc.), with maybe a maximum of 1-2 entries per artist per category. Then after x period of time, the community can vote on which 1-2 entries per category they like the best and all of those are rolled into the default artset. Any thoughts? __________________ :knightsmile: