June Calendar Creation Contest - WINNERS announced!

Yanjing - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Same. Grats to the winners, but on my end, peace out. I'd rather start doing this for money and actually getting something out of it, as clearly all my time and effort isn't to the judges' tastes.

Gratz to all the winners.

They had over 200 entries keep trying.

But I do wish anything goes was written in the rules. I thought I had to stay with a summer theme.

How about always have one winner per server then we have more chances to win,lol.

The following was not in the rules so next time I know any thing goes.
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Keep in mind that judges are usually partial toward designs that encompass the 'theme' of the month - in this case warm hues that conjure up the approach of Summer and other such related imagery will certainly earn you a point or two of added kudos.

I entered a summer first and then what I really wanted June weddings. Now I wish I had gone all out with the June weddings, lol.

I told you that you could do it, my Beba! >w<
Congrats to all the winners, those are some very pretty calendars.

Congratulations to all the winners!
It's too bad we have to wait til every other month now to see some more pretty entries. b:cry

Hay hay! Good job everyone =]!b:victory

See you all next calendar event ;D b:bye (maybe movie one too but well I like to do personal projet too XD)

Aeli

Thanks to the winners for their quick responses to my messages.

Everyone else: even if you didn't win don't feel too bad, we always have some really good competition in these events and sometimes it comes down to a really close margin between winning and being picked as runner up.

If you're looking for tips then I have a few quick suggestions:
(disclaimer: these views do not reflect all of the judges views, they should be seen more as a form of reference in order to improve rather than something that you MUST do)
-don't spend too much time on any single element of your image, when you spent 5 hours on one character and only 20 minutes on the layout we can tell.
-there are plenty of submissions that have some really stunning aspects, but the key thing to always strive for is cohesion. If all of the aspects of your image combine into one solid concept that is much more impressive than a whole bunch of detailed pieces that don't fit together right. Step back, how does it look? Does it all flow together nicely?
-originality is not necessarily required, but sticking to a cookie cutter template isn't the best idea either. If you don't feel comfortable dreaming up an entirely original layout, use the template as a base and improve on it. Make the template your own (make it fit your style), don't let the template own you. You call the shots!

Best of luck in future contests! These contests are always great fun for us, they remind us how many talented people we have in our community.

Looks like a Kowlin to me.

yayyyy i got an Honorable Mention b:laugh i'm happy with that too!b:chuckle

congrats to the winners!

Usually I spend precious time away from my daughter to make nice calendars... and never been into the winners or runner ups...

Decided to not participate in June and will probably never enter again.. as per I don't have the style or techics that the judges seems to look for.

I suck at hand drawing, I am more into digital effect, manipulation, extractions etc.... and ... since February.. only a tiny few winners/runner ups been into that category.. the rest are all in the hand drawing techinc... and I suck at it....

So I'll spend more time with my daughter.. and just enjoy and grats what others can achieve..

These were some of my past entries:
http://files1.guildlaunch.net/guild/library/gallery/65405/may39744.jpg
http://files1.guildlaunch.net/guild/library/gallery/65405/may21584.jpg
http://files1.guildlaunch.net/guild/library/gallery/65405/april_2009_16731Pop.jpg

I know it's not perfect.. but I enjoyed doing them...

I can't stress enough how you shouldn't be discouraged by not winning. Read my earlier post in the thread, we care very little about any specific style, but it's the way that it is integrated that makes the difference.

Majesta - Dreamweaver wrote: »

when will de runners-up be announced? b:chuckle

ahh sorry.. they're up in the official events post, I'll try to bring em in here in a bit.

for now: http://pwi.perfectworld.com/event/eventsubpage/3771

*sighs* ok... that was it...

I hoped I might have made it to the runner ups at least as I did last time and put much more time and afford in the ones for june and was working really hard on them. I thought I just have to try harder and so I pushed myself to my limits, working on them for more then 2 weeks, creating every single little part on my own, characters, objects, textures. It was really hard work and I even spent whole nights on it. But it was not even close.

Obviously I'm not good enough. That's frustrating. Good luck to you all, honestly. But count me out. I give it up. b:surrender

For those who might have liked them, these were mine again:

Sentha - Heavens Tear wrote: »

*sighs* ok... that was it...

I hoped I might have made it to the runner ups at least as I did last time and put much more time and afford in the ones for june and was working really hard on them. I thought I just have to try harder and so I pushed myself to my limits, working on them for more then 2 weeks, creating every single little part on my own, characters, objects, textures. It was really hard work and I even spent whole nights on it. But it was not even close.

Obviously I'm not good enough. That's frustrating. Good luck to you all, honestly. But count me out. I give it up. b:surrender

aww why'd ya give up? I really like your designs! and the tiger in the first design is hawt
I need to learn 3D modeling for school, and i know how much work it is, so kudos to you to be able to hand in not 1, but 2 designs!

Really, i mean it when i say: keep up the good work (and keep sending it in)!! b:victory

eatwithspoons wrote: »

I can't stress enough how you shouldn't be discouraged by not winning. Read my earlier post in the thread, we care very little about any specific style, but it's the way that it is integrated that makes the difference.

look at all the winners/runner up this month...

ALL HAND DRAW TECHNIQUE...
The only one that is not hand draw technique is the the last runner up.. and it has nothing to do with PWI... it could have been a calendar for any situation....

So yes.. I give up.. I don't have the talent needed.. and definitely don't have the talent to do hand drawing.. I suck at it

GOOD LUCK ALL

And I'll keep enjoying the winners and their talents.......

To be completely blunt for a moment: the reason I posted suggestions on the other page is because some people are not cutting it by a significant margin. Unfortunately a good amount of photoshoppers spend too much time throwing things onto their calendars without ever considering their entire image as a whole.

Soho - Lost City wrote: »

The last actual winner (I think you're talking about winners and not runners up) actually has a Kowlin in it and I'm pretty sure it has a faint venomancer in the background.

You should pay more attention to detail.

But after looking at the winners and runners up, it seems very biased towards hand drawn this month.

Can we please revise this so as to every month this is held, there is 3 Photoshop Winners and 3 Hand Drawn. It's very discourageing for those that do not hand draw to see their efforts go to waste every month.

I am talking about runner up
only written summer.. with a calendar.. there's faded PWI logo and link... but nothing to my eyes reflect anything to be PWI... unless I am blind