SOTM 2009 - November (Versus!) - Entry Thread

[Solace]

!!!Welcome to the SOTM!!!

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~Congratulations to Endrance for winning the October Contest!~

The theme chosen for November is - Versus!.
What is that? See here for details.

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About the SOTM:

The Signature Of The Month contest is open to all members of the Animesuki Forums. The goal of the contest is to provide a fun and competitive way of showing off and improving the signatures and personal skills of contestants. The winner of each months contest is given the privilege of choosing the theme for the next month.

The contest begins on the first of each month and consists of roughly two weeks of entry creation/submission, one week of voting, and one week off. The entry and voting periods may be extended or shortened slightly as needed.

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About the SOTM Theme:

Each month prospective contestants are given a theme to base their entries on. This theme is decided by the winner of the previous contest. The theme can be anything, as long as it does not break forum rules regarding inappropriate material. At the end of the month, voters choose which entries they liked best out of all submitted entries and a new winner is decided. Themes cannot be used twice in a row.

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The Rules of the SOTM:

1. Contestants are allowed to create, work on, and submit their entry from the start of the contest until two weeks from the start date. This period of time is specified by the organizer every month. Once the entry period expires, all submitted entries are gathered up and sent to the Voting Thread.

2. Contestants must submit original works. This means you cannot simply cut a picture out, slap your name on it, and call it your own. Claiming someone else's work as your own is also not allowed. Anyone caught doing this will have their entries removed from the contest.

To further expand on this rule:

2A. Unless proven otherwise, all entries made by contestants are derivatives of works made by someone else. Thus, no claim of "ownership" shall be made in reference to the image(s) used in the signature entry.

2B. Misrepresenting someone else's signature work for your own is prohibited and will result in an immediate expulsion of the entry and disqualify the contestant from the current month's contest.

2C. In the spirit of originality, "crop" sigs are frowned upon, but not discouraged; however, the contest organizer can call upon all contestants to show the source of their entry(ies) at any time.

2D. Also in the spirit of originality, new signatures are encouraged. However, if you feel one of your older signatures is perfect for the theme and wish to enter it, you may. Just remember that the signature still has to follow the rules stated above.

3. Contestants are allowed to create as many entries as they wish, but are only allowed to enter one. To submit an entry officially, the contestant must mark the post in the Offical Entry Thread containing that entry with the words "Final Entry", or they can submit the signature to the contest organizer using the private message function.

4. Contestants who wish to keep their entries private until after the submission period can private message the contest organizer with their entry. The entry will not be displayed until submissions are closed, unless the contestant displays that entry publicly.

5. Entries must comply with Animesuki rules regarding signature size. This means each entry can be no larger than 500 x 160, and must be less than 50,000 bytes. They must also comply with forum decency rules. If you think your entry will be offensive or reported to the moderators, don't post it, even as a joke.

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About the SOTM Entry Process:

Every month, a new entry thread is created. Each month's entry thread is a central spot meant to give contestants a chance to create and improve their entries as well as their skills, in addition to providing them a place to post their official submissions.

The thread is solely about helping contestants with entries, and as such these things will not be tolerated:

1. Nonconstructive and negative criticism (if you truly dislike something about an entry, be polite and helpful)

2. Comments, questions, or complaints about General SOTM affairs

3. Flaming, trolling, and other uncivil behavior that breaks Forum Rules

Anyone disrupting the thread will be asked to take it privately, to the SOTM Generic Discussion Thread, or if the offense is severe enough - reported to the moderators.

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This Month's Entry Period::

This months entry period officially starts Sunday, November 1st, 2009 and lasts until Friday, November 20th, 2009. Entries will be gathered and put up for voting on Sunday, November 23rd, 2009. Voting will end on the following Sunday.

The due date ends at 11:59 (midnight basically) UTC/GMT. The polling will be up one day later after 11:59 (again, midnight). I will try to be as lenient as I can with last minute submissions but only slightly.

It is up to you as a contestant to know what your time zone is in relation to UTC/GMT. I cannot do this for you.

Here is a site that can help you figure that out: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx

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Good luck to all contestants, and most importantly, have fun!!!

[katiemirmo]

>_<
The thread is up now..
so what do you guys think?
V1


or

V2

[Soul-Stealer]

hmm i have started working hope to see some more awesome signs this week best of luck to all !

[ganbaru]

@katiemirno I would go the way the V2 go but. if you can't male the fighting on the background more obvious, at least cover them less by the others renders.

As the proper thread is now up this is my first draw:

but I also made a second version with a second render more engaged in a fight than fighting the fight I hope it would fit the theme. C&C are welcome.
BTW , is that mandatory than the sigs has be on one piece?

[katiemirmo]

@ganbaru - I'll try to..>_<, I'll post my final entry tommorow cause I'll be gone for a week..
and btw. In yours, I like the second version more better, it's like fighting guns with guns..though the girl (or boy?) from the left side's face could be clearer..

EDIT:
So heres V2.2, I made the Fighting scene quite brighter..

Spoiler for V2.1 for comparison:

[Soul-Stealer]

:O its already going so awesome xD people let the entries come :P i will post mine soon !

oh wait here is my small work currently



will be editing it more :P its just a smal start a lot of things to do ^_^

[JRendell]

Here's my Version 1;



C&C if you please

[CMSensei]

Whoot!.. okay heres mine..

V1

[ganbaru]

@Katiemirno I would make the sig a bit larger for allowing room the battle in the background to not being cover by the render aththe left.
@Soul-Stealer the renders is interesting but have to add stuff insted of this mass of black.
@JRendel To see more the blocked blade could be a good idea.

[katiemirmo]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@Katiemirno I would make the sig a bit larger for allowing room the battle in the background to not being cover by the render aththe left.

If I make the sig larger, and move the other renders afar from it, the fighting render would show off more, the problem is the fighting render's cut off, it has been cut off in an I don't know how to fix situation..>__<

I'm gonna submit it as my Final Entry now..so..
FINAL ENTRY:

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@katiemirno I would go the way the V2 go but. if you can't male the fighting on the background more obvious, at least cover them less by the others renders.

As the proper thread is now up this is my first draw:

but I also made a second version with a second render more engaged in a fight than fighting the fight I hope it would fit the theme. C&C are welcome.
BTW , is that mandatory than the sigs has be on one piece?

Okay, we have a little problem here, the renders don't convince, I mean, it feets with the theme, but the 2 renders look just like 2 individual images sticked one next to other, not as if they were really fighting, I recomend to find an image with 2 characters fighting. You can try Safebooru.com using the tag "fight"

Originally Posted by katiemirmo

@ganbaru - I'll try to..>_<, I'll post my final entry tommorow cause I'll be gone for a week..
and btw. In yours, I like the second version more better, it's like fighting guns with guns..though the girl (or boy?) from the left side's face could be clearer..

EDIT:
So heres V2.2, I made the Fighting scene quite brighter..

Spoiler for V2.1 for comparison:

I like how does it looks in brightness V2.2, the text is a bit simply but it's really the ideal and feets the sig very well.

Originally Posted by Soul-Stealer

:O its already going so awesome xD people let the entries come :P i will post mine soon !

oh wait here is my small work currently



will be editing it more :P its just a smal start a lot of things to do ^_^

God of War is a good choise for this theme.

The work on the render looks really good, the important now is to fill the empty space at the left.

Originally Posted by JRendell

Here's my Version 1;



C&C if you please

Hmmm... efects are good, I like how does it looks.

Originally Posted by CMHerrera

Whoot!.. okay heres mine..

V1

I'm not sure about the text, the color and placement is a bit distracting. :/

[katiemirmo]

Originally Posted by JRendell

Here's my Version 1;



C&C if you please

this is good, but you can lighten it more for improvement..

[Evil Rick]

For my first atempt I bring you Shana (Shakugan no Shana) vs The Starkiller (Star Wars/Soul Calibur lV)



C&C is most welcome.

[katiemirmo]

Originally Posted by Evil Rick

For my first atempt I bring you Shana (Shakugan no Shana) vs The Starkiller (Star Wars/Soul Calibur lV)



C&C is most welcome.

hmmm..I feel that somethings lacking..maybe show Shana's sword more..and like move away The StarKiller a bit form her..

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by katiemirmo

hmmm..I feel that somethings lacking..maybe show Shana's sword more..and like move away The StarKiller a bit form her..

I can't move him because that's the way they're at the original pic:

Spoiler for Size:

I'll try to show more of Shana's sword in next. v

[SweetHoney]

Uguu~ If school was already finished I may have more time to keep editing this. But for now this is the first version. But I wish it were better >x<

v1

[katiemirmo]

Originally Posted by SweetHoney

Uguu~ If school was already finished I may have more time to keep editing this. But for now this is the first version. But I wish it were better >x<

v1

The text is a bit..unreadable, but okay, the feeling all over is good, though the blurry part at the blonde girl's hand bothers me..>__<

[Soul-Stealer]

:O ty for all comments on my work xD and yes i am gonna fill the empty space :P i have got some tricks up my sleeves lol xD lets see :P what i come up with !

[SweetHoney]

Originally Posted by katiemirmo

The text is a bit..unreadable, but okay, the feeling all over is good, though the blurry part at the blonde girl's hand bothers me..>__<

Thanks for the feedback!

I thought so too about the text. I'm going to try play with it later on~
Sadly the oringal image I'm using; her hand is already blurry a long with her weapon. That is why I tried to sharp those parts as best I could with little to none results.

[Frailty]

haven't thought of anything else, my draft is plain
I think I'm gonna change the whole sig
still I would like C&C's :]


EDIT:
I saw a sig in my stash of sigs which I made


too bad I don't have the psd for this file anymore but is this better than my draft?

EDIT(again):
screw those, I thought of something new!

C&C

oh and comparing the three, which of these is best?

advanced thanks to the ones answering
for 2 months I haven't joined, now is my time to get back XD