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Any criteria for the art or rules?
Like it should be only done in any way like in digital or canvas using some paints or any drawing materials? If it should be done on canvas, does size matter on the canvas?..

Since the judging is not totally in merit based, I think it is much better to know what are the judging criterias for the art, like what should we consider or to be included in our art to get more points from the judges.(suggestion only)

Question: (will delete this post after clarification)

Is any form of art allowed?

Handsfree, Hand Paint, Photoshop, Digital, etc.

No "reserved" posts, please -- it only clutters the thread.


No, it's just for fun, not for any particular purpose, so there's no strict criteria. Anything artistic and image-based is OK. Even things like photos of a 3D print you made would be OK.


For consensus, I am going to try to neutrally judge how much the community likes the submission based on comments and merit. Similar to the Wikipedia idea of consensus-judging.


Yes, but probably there will be diminishing returns.

Thanks for the education!

Guess the main thing is that you created the art yourself!

How exactly do you plan on judging that part? what if someone's "friend" create the art for them? also, there does not seem to be any rank restrictions which means a single person can submit unlimited number of art ? a portion of 1 BTC and 500 merit is tempting enough for many members to spam this contest.

I suggest you create a pool for prize where every Bitcointalk whale can pitch in for the prize money. 1 btc may seem a lot but given the number of people that are on Bitcointalk, it might be too little. Say if some old time donors or vip members decided to get generous, they can pitch in to this pool.

In fact - we could do this yearly. It could be a good way for new established projects to sponsor some creativity in this forum. But we can discuss that later in another thread.

I wish I was a little more skilled in the visual arts. This news needs to be heard by everyone 1 BTC award is a very high!. There are also hundreds of merit. Admin is really being very generous.

I think this and similar contests should continue, not just that, with such high prize pools, much higher quality things can be produced. Like articles, icons, stickers etc. Maybe  bitcointalk should open a telegram channel as well :)

Not that enough I suppose. Besides spammers and Bounty hunters rarely visit Meta, and based from the previous contests that has been made here only few people has the interest on participating.
And I don't think there would be spam of cheated works on this kind event,...

even if there was spam, it still would be art I suppose.  I like this contest, I may put all my hours watching Bob Ross to good use

There's no need for a pool: If you like someone's art, send them BTC. Everyone is going to be posting an address publicly.

Small suggestion @theymos, it would be good to create a poll picking the top ten or twenty art works by 22 November 2019 and post it for voting. Through this even the community users can help in choosing the right winner. One who gets the increased number of votes can be rewarded as the winner of the contest.

Let Theymos be Theymos.
This is his gig.

Can I bend this rule a bit and submit art made by my (toddler) daughter?
I asked her just yesterday if it's okay if I sell her artwork on the internet for Bitcoin, and she said yes. If I can get her to make anything Bitcoin related, this would be a great start of her art career.

wow)  "Golden Hits Btt 2014" Even dumb Desik here.. Where is my nick on this CD?

Aw, man. I was actually secretly planning a special art piece for the 10th anniversary, and now you've ruined the surprise. >:( Anyway, since I assume the art has to be at least somewhat safe-for-work, I was going to ask: What is the official forum policy on nipple pasties? And does it vary depending on whether the nipples in question are female-presenting?

It is an open contest, why will there be a rank restrictions? Do you think only higher rank account that are creative and lower rank are not? Even if one person submitted unlimited number of art according to you only the good one will be selected hope you can understand that.

When in doubt post a link and mark it 'NSFW' instead of hotlinking, but I don't think it should be disallowed (worst case an admin or a global mod will just edit the post).

Be a little brave. Just 'suck it and see'.

What is artwork to be exact? Logo? Banner? Or anything graphical or pictorial related to forum?

Great contest theymos  ;)
I will see if I can convince my cousin to make some artwork. He is a great photographer and painter and has asked me in the past about ways to acquire some bitcoin without investing his own money.

That is if you haven't already decided to award hilariousetc for his amazing piece in which case this contest should be stopped since he is the clear favorite here.  ;D

It's top 1000 users and the cut off was ~3000 posts.


You set the expectations way too high. If you disappoint you'll get neg-merited up the wazoo.


LOL... that was my first idea. If you win I'll be so pissed.

Is anyone going to object if I submit on behalf of a minor? Person's art has actually already featured on this forum, and sold even. Would ask to get an own account and not that am aware of an age restriction here but. Person wouldn't be active anyway.

Maybe I'll do something like that nearer to the end, though designing a voting system to prevent manipulation is difficult.


Yes.


That is art.


NSFW images can be accepted as contest entries, but per forum rules, don't embed it in the page, and mark it as NSFW.

Is a black-bar censored preview acceptable for embedding? I have a slightly funny forum-censorship related joke planned (consider it part of the art).

Yes.

Hi, theymos. Will the creation of video art to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this forum be counted?
Or is it only limited to making images, 3D and GIF?

I'm by no means a artist, but I'm thinking I might throw something together as a sort of tribute. I'll probably put a poem together for the anniversary also.

Its art so I would assume so. Maybe, don't create a feature length star wars movie, and you'll be alright!

Hi, Welsh. Thank you for your reply. Yeah I will not make it with a long duration like a movie haha :D
Maybe it's about 10 seconds is enough to celebrate it.

I would like to submit. How do you put a picture in a comment post. I keep trying to figure it out lol.

As a Newbie, you can't do that unless you buy a Copper Membership (or Rank up).
But you can post a link to an image.

I expect theymos builds something with base vote power, mini votes and super votes (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183553.0) :P

is more than one submission per person possible?

Yes:

Just a suggestion sir, pick the top 20 and let them vote for the winner. They can't vote their self, but they must vote someone else work. I hope this one helps 🙂

Some things can not be judged properly.... Maybe NO newbie accounts but then again they can’t post pics....

And maybe sometimes people not always need to be threatened to suspiciously in here there is a thread been made with a give away (free-roll) based on generosity and kindness, probably been thought through and not always need to be questioned with 100 different rule adjustments, when a contest has been released it can’t be reversed imo and just need s to play out like how it is.....

If it wouldn’t go good, then lesson learned for a next game or contest or whatever.....

I think it’s a nice game, and people should play if they like, if not stay away as easy as that....

I will keep it with one piece, a few words and I hope most members to do the same.

Seems that you could?


But as there are no restrictions on having an account here like on other websites, not that anyone would care anyway, just have them register if they're old enough they know how to read.

Judging by the entries submitted so far, many of which seem to consist of the text "bitcointalk.org" or a Bitcoin logo slapped on an assembly of entirely unattributed Google image search results, I think there needs to be some clarification on this rule. :-\

He didn't say 'created entirely by you', so they could be valid entries. Doesn't necessarily mean they'll be winning entries, though.

As per my understanding, there will be only 1 prize of 1 bitcoin to the best submission. Am i right ?
Considering the numbers of responses received, would not it be better to have  0.01 BTC reward each for top 100 images ?

From this it is obvious that more submissions will share at least 1 BTC, there won't be just 1 winner.

Theymos has merited some users who have used stock images so I'd assume its fine. They probably won't be winning submissions, but effort can still be made with pre existing stock images. I highly doubt slapping a Bitcointalk logo on something will get you win considering some of the talented submissions we've had.

There is some decent work starting to show up, which makes sense considering that we have a month so no rush. Hopefully this will continue to improve.

Coming from someone who was first to post some fridge art - you know I'm an expert obviously ;D

There's no problem with getting stock images because it depends on the way how will you use it creatively. Your senses will be used to make a better image/art using those stock images or vectors on google. Well, There's a part of me that I also dislike stock images where they use it just to cover up the whole image/art then adding text of 'bitcointalk.org', less effort you know.

Regarding web app tools that automatically create images or art with your preferences, it's less effort and meaningless, instant artwork with the help of AI? eh? There's a lot of amazing artworks in there that have meanings and probably hand-made(digital or physical art), art always has meanings. In the end, I don't want to argue with that because art will be always art, we should appreciate it all.

In my search for a method to convert avatars into a bigger picture, I found a site which I'm pretty sure you used too. I didn't want to replicate your idea, otherwise I would have submitted this:
http://loyce.club/other/contest/wordart.png

The text is based on Satoshi's whitepaper.
I used wordart.com (https://wordart.com) to create it.
Original image credits: worldvectorlogo.com (https://worldvectorlogo.com/downloaded/bitcoin-accepted-here-btc).

There's a lot of other art tools that can be used on this contest:
https://wordart.com/
https://cooltext.com/
http://makewordart.com/
https://www.wordclouds.com/
https://flamingtext.com/
https://coolinfographics.com/word-clouds
etc.
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Due to this issue and the opinions of users on this contest, the judgment should be fair and not be based on the votes 'cause probably it will be easily manipulated by some 'alt accounts' here. This is the suggested criteria for the contest:

My criteria:

• Originality/Uniqueness-30% (Should be given a high percentage for those who made that type of art, a low score for those who copied the idea)
• Votes-10% (Low percentage only since it can be manipulated. Should be limited to 2-3 votes per user.)
• Relevance to the theme-20% (optional since the theme is only 10th anniversary and all participants can make their own themes.)
• Creativity-40% (Obviously, It's how you manage to create the art and its components: elements, meaning, and style)

And absolutely, there's no room for effort, maybe merits are enough for appreciation.

Probably the judges on votes are all of us while in the other criteria will be judged by reputable staffs especially the admin, @theymos.

I tried wordclouds.com and wordart.com and couldn't get them to use the font that I wanted (Ubuntu Bold Italic) so I ended up with some ugly hack that takes 40 minutes to render. Now I found out that wordart can load a TTF file so feeling a bit dumb.


I'm quite certain we'll see some outstanding works later in the contest and there won't be any doubt as to the originality or creativity. None of the 15-minute (or 40-minute) "artists" stand a chance if that's what you're concerned about.

I'm trying to get 100 images like this one in a single mosaic gallery (10 years x 10 images each of each year). However, when I try to use them all in a single frame, it all gets completely blurred and everything gets ruined. For example:

This:

https://i.imgur.com/jXgpWtG.png

looks like this when resized in one image:

https://i.imgur.com/jXgpWtG.png

(which doesn't make any sense at all)

...so are you guys gonna give me any suggestion(s) or should I just give up? :'(

I've been loving this contest, since I can finally give away some of my merit without having to go look for posts :D

If your criteria is to be followed, I think It would be better If the Originality/Uniqueness category  has to have the highest percentage.
As what I can see from the current entries, theres a lot of edited stock images blended with additional colors and some fonts. I dont find it Original, although It was creative.

In the originality, im referring about the idea that brings the art into existence. There are different ways of creating art so I think creativity is the one we should prioritize. The category of creativity is very wide and without it, you can't create a good art with meaning.

Creativity have many components like what I've said, meaning, elements, symbols and the style. You can't based your judgment because they used stock images. They can use stock images as long as it's part of the element to create a wonderful art, that's creativity.

It's already a common sense in an art ompetition that we should create unique art so if they wanted to have good percentage of originality then they should think a good and unique concept. And even you're the original maker of that specific art, you can be surpassed by a creative art with meaning.

I get your point. Very well explained. Although we have different views and opinions, and I cant blame you with your own definition of the distinctive qualities of Originality and Creativity. Interesting discussion indeed.

IMHO, Originality somehow sits just a little bit upfront from Creativity, because Originality literally starts from the scratch and the level of difficulty to create a "Creative" art is a bit harder than those (lets say)who used stock images. Plus, Originality implies that its the very first of it and nothing else in existence yet.

Being Original is a way of being creative too. Nevertheless, everything will be judged accordingly. There will be point deductions from each category If the judge finds it "not original" or not so "creative". So, it all goes down to the highest pointer.

Using stock images can have an amazing composition, and should be recognition as a talent on its own. I remember seeing a recreation of a old painting with just stock images. It was incredible, and took the person over 80 hours, and 1000s of stock images.

Increase your resolution of the pictures, and they won't be so small, and blurred. The only issue with that is your final piece with everything stitched together is going to be huge.

Hmmm... that's a nice idea, thanks! The overall resolution will then become incredibly high though; I'm looking forward to somewhat like 4096x3072 pixels at this point.

Mine (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52811642#msg52811642) is 9448x6297 pixels, it just means you'll have to zoom and scroll a bit to view everything.

Sounds awesome. I think I should then multiply my resolution with a further 1.5x; that should allow me to input some nice addons in the graphics.

At one point in 2014, I was a full-time graphic designer. Since then, I didn't touch Photoshop (at all) until yesterday. Now it's time to revise a few concepts and participate nicely in this contest! ;)

Just watch your RAM usage, especially if you're using multiple layers. It can quickly get out of hand at these absurd resolutions, and losing your work to a crash or OOM killer isn't fun (save often and keep backups).

It's been a while since I painted, but I've been meaning to get some canvases to do some painting anyway and this competition finally gives me a kick up the backside to order some. So I've ordered some, hopefully I'll have something to show after a few weeks - it's definitely not something I intend to rush! I just hope my entry won't be buried amongst all the others, especially as it will probably come fairly late into the competition.

Someone asked me for the avatars I used (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52811642#msg52811642), so I'll share it for everyone: avatars.zip (http://loyce.club/other/contest/avatars.zip).

Thank you @LoyceV thank you very much

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How do I copy all user names in a sequence? or in order of activity? I have a video idea but I am looking for data.

BPIP (https://bpip.org/report.aspx?r=mostactivity) has 1000 users ordered by Activity. If you want it all avatars in my collection, you'll have to scrape the profiles to get their Activity.

As always the replies earlier in the thread especially on the front page will get more exposure and therefore they are probably going to receive more merit. The criteria for the art contest isn't solely based on merit received though and I think theymos will be looking through all pages to judge fairly once the competition has ended. I think the best way for theymos to judge it would be to pick 20 personal favorites and then let the community vote in a poll or with merit.

There's no need for that:
Besides, if theymos selects 20 favorites, I expect all of them to share the prize.

Yes they will probably share a prize but I feel like with the amount of submissions that might be a small amount. If there wasn't a community vote on it then I would say just pick 10 out of the 300 odd submissions so that each artist gets a good amount. 0.1 split between 10 people would be a good reward I think.

Thanks for user list and avatars @LoyceV.
I did something like that:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52839997#msg52839997

I think this belongs here too: iasenko more or less requested this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5194870.0):
10 year art topic sorted by Merit: http://10yearbitcointalk.tk/
10 year art topic in random order: http://10yearBitcointalk.tk/random.html
(updated every hour)

Sabotage. Update.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52851257#msg52851257

I just hope everyone's work will be reviewed and no one will be skipped.

Yes, there are sources that view each page of the art contest to check worthy arts and I think all of good arts are being appreciated on that thread.

And hopes that no one forces someone to like art because everyone has different tastes. anyways, nice artwork you got there.

I can't stop myself from doing work. I've done 6-7 work (Video, gif, picture) so far. I hope this is not a problem.

I've not seen your work; however, I'd recommend producing one good quality work rather than producing so much material.

But different ideas, different arts...
Like this:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52865068#msg52865068

I hope assessment be made as a work, not as a person. New ideas come to mind constantly.

My problem with a lot of what you've made is that it seems to mostly be coming out of pre-made tools and templates, wordcloud generators, so on and so forth. I think if you took some of your ideas and went pen-to-paper, paint-to-canvas, or even just went into Photoshop or paint.NET and played around with some drawings, it'd come off a lot better.

That's not to say your stuff isn't without merit, you have some good ideas, but there are many other people entering entries and it doesn't seem fair to me if you bury their stuff out by constantly submitting entries, which then link to all your other entries and take up a ton of space in the thread, etc.

Edit: on this topic, could we restrict users to 1 post in the competition perhaps? If they want to submit multiple entries it should be done in 1 post, at this rate the competition thread is going to be approaching 100 pages by the time the competition finishes!

When you have a feeling that everyone didn't notice your works...

https://images.plurk.com/3Mdlg94cAuraR9JrNeXVQ7.gif

And yet you want to be noticed by them #NoticeMeSenpai

What do you think is art?

I think it's depth of thought and meaning.

Michelangelo's Creation of Adam fresco became famous for expressing ideas. Not because it's crayon.
Picasso's Guernica painting was the best because he summarized an event. Not because the figures are so beautiful.

That's why I think @trendcoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803932#msg52803932)'s sharing with dildo is more artistic. It was a summary of what happened on the chart Bitcoin.
We can't expect anyone to be a painter. But ideas and depth of meaning should be valued.
Or, It was a deep idea to put a bitcoin logo in "Girl with a pearl earring" table. (@Yatsan (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803489#msg52803489))
Combining all avatars in a single photo was also meaningful. (@LoyceV (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52811642#msg52811642))
etc...

I'm going to re-iterate that I think this should be the rule. There are a lot of entrants and I think it's very, very unfair to the people who have clearly spent an insane amount of time on their entries to get drowned out by 5-10+ entries from a single person, each in a separate post with links to all their other entries, and so on and so forth.

Regardless of the quality of the entries I think entrants should be restricted to a single post. If they have more than one entry, they should just put them all in the same post.

In this way, it would be difficult to evaluate each study separately.

So people should be allowed to submit 20 different 5-minute entries as separate posts and drown out the people who instead spend hours on their work, because putting them in one post might make it 'hard to evaluate'?

I don't think it's reasonable that one person should be allowed to drown out others for the sake of it. If someone wants their work to be evaluated in detail, they should focus on quality over quantity.

They actually think the more they submit, the more chances of winning this contest,  besides it will limit the other participants to think for another great idea to make.
Although we have countless of arts that can be identified but the fact that the users are just having a focus onthe anniversary that makes them have a limited ideas.

Yeah, but the fact that a number of users does like paintings, then the others would think they should go for that kind of art.

Close enough to my old topic : Smerit for art which was a tiny initiative to uncover hidden talents.

I agree with you. Prefer to see 1 high quality art rather than 10 LQ ones..

Agree, people will not notice that it's their nth entry and merits will be given to that post again. There's a lot of worthy artworks out there that should be given by merits also so let's not waste on nth entries. We should make at least 1-2 entries and that's enough. Don't make another entry just because people wanted that type of style and you wanted to have an art that is similar to those. I think 1 is enough and the uniqueness is prior to this contest.

I'm somehow guilty by the statement above. I had 2 entries in 2 different post in the thread due to the number of traffic in the thread and users who had more than 2 or 3 entries in a separate post as well. Thus, making my entry drowned by all other entries and I dont want my hours of work just to be drowned by an art made with just few minutes with less effort visible than mine.

Anyway, Im planning to add my last entry to make it 3, but im posting it under my first post in the thread.
I hope other users will follow suit.
Since theymos did not mentioned anything about making multiple entries in a single post, that gives enough reason for the other users (Ive seen a few) to seize the opportunity to flood a lot of entries just to make it visible to everyone.

I am almost out of merit since I've merited 118 posts in the art contest. I hope the merit source replenishment happens soon. :P

I already make 15 images about top users Bitcointalk in Squidward Art version.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52846255#msg52846255

I want to make more than 50, but i think my work will spam only.
So guys, is my work only spam ?

I think it's creative and I would love to have one :D

It's certainly far more inspired than most of the spam being posted. Carry on.

Thanks
I want to create 1 for you but i only create this idea from username/their avatar, so i don't know must create you from where. Maybe you can request in PM.
Thanks for your support, i will create more  :)

Don't stop! I actually recognize some of the images, so keep going :)

The contest have almost 800 entries by now, are we still confident that theymos will look over this arts? I'm a bit worried for my 1st entry, I haven't finished it yet but it's almost done. Have everybody gone through a maximum effort just to make a fair judgement on every entries of every users?

Although some doesn't make any sense, just being honest.

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Would also like to make a request for I want to have your mindblown on how you'll gonna portrait me. LoL, am not that famous enough though.

Damn I would have liked one as well :D

https://i.imgur.com/1Ozugep.png

https://i.imgur.com/monZqUU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PwdRlPf.png

https://i.imgur.com/b7ddO5f.png

https://i.imgur.com/JsXeQVx.jpg

Avatars when I drink, poker, my GF's dog, the awesome dude etc

:D

Is it the person or the art that will be appreciated?

I've come to the  realization (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52952133#msg52952133) that LoyceV's daughter is much more talented than myself, and I'm a lot older than 3 years old. Good job LoyceV's daughter! Think we have a future artist in the making ;)

genuinely though, so nice seeing a parent, and daughter bonding over the forums art contest!

Thanks @Welsh!

I think I'll auction her art in Collectibles (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=217.0), it'll be the very first MehMeh art ever offered for sale, which may or may not mean something 20 years from now :D

She really loves making artwork, which is great! All I did was guide her towards something Bitcoin-related.
I'll see if I can convince her to make a coin before this contest ends :D

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It's also scary: this is the most personal thing I ever posted on this forum.

Looks like the hats will be soon replaced by a bunch of squidwards LoL.
Your life was a mess then 😋the younger ones on this generation seems to be more talented than we are adults right now.

https://i.imgflip.com/3f20or.jpg (https://imgflip.com/i/3f20or)via Imgflip Meme Generator (https://imgflip.com/memegenerator)

got it ;D

Thx again much appreciated

I have this parody in mind:

* Read the text below *
https://youtu.be/BhjDnrw34QA?t=30

The Lord of The Moneys

With subtitles: The world is changing. I feel it on the internet. I feel in the forum. I can smell it. Not many of the old ones left. No more living from those who remember. It all started with the printing of magnificent moneys.

3 to Europeans (Sterling, Euro, Frang images), 7 to the Far East (chinese yuan korean won etc.), 9 to Central Asia (turkish lira etc.)
They kept the power to rule the whole world. But they were all fooled.

Lord of the Darkness: America (https://i.ibb.co/9b6CRdw/asdasd.jpg)
Power Ring: Dollar
-Great battle scene-
Elrond: Theymos
Warriors: Forum members names, Satoshi ahead, Ethereum (Vitalik), Binance(CZ), altcoins communities are at war together.
Satoshi: Isildur
Isildur sword: Bitcoin

Main ideas: States print money to rule people.
The dollar always obeys America. America does its evil with it.
America exploits the whole world with dollars.
Crypto coins are free people's coins.
Free nations have now switched to crypto currency. (time ago then ...)

Bla bla :D
Do you think such a parody would be impressive?
I can arrange this, but it takes a long time. (motion-tracking, text effect, face placement etc...)

Your wellcome sir
I already update this in my post, you can check it

I wonder how theymos feels about this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52955856#msg52955856) low-effort entry that appears to be little more than an advertisement for the user's site and which has already received 70 merits from 2 users that appear to be related, have suspicious merit histories, and (before the latest update) were both on DT. I'm sure there's nothing untoward going on here. ::)

I was the first to Merit it. It looked original and very happy. I'm not sure how low the effort was (but I know I can't make this).
I checked the website, which didn't work yet, so I didn't worry about the advertising.

The 50 Merit came this account (http://loyce.club/Merit/history/225292.html), which until Friday had sent only 4 Merit transactions, but each 50 at a time.

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I'm taking this discussion from the art topic here:
I had to test that :D My wife says it's an easy idea: sex sells!
And I quote: "It would have been better if it were boobies".

I am all out of merit. Time to wait for my source replenishment.

It's just the bitcoin roller coaster guy (which they also plagiarised as part of their logo) with clipart of confetti and a party hat.

The related user I was talking about is this one (http://loyce.club/Merit/history/81962.html).

Please let us clarify. We have shared our entry with some of our Twitter followers. We did not ask them to merit our post and it seems someone messed up. We aren't looking to gather merit for ranking up either, since we have purchased copper membership.

If anyone suspects any form of manipulation we will happily withdraw our entry as we have no malicious intentions.

I wish to draw the attention to some artworks about Bitcoin from previous years.

Inspirational and spectacular works

How would there be no bitcointalk without Dorian and Craig Wright?...

https://i.imgur.com/YLfT5If.gif

How do you think this is? Is it beautiful? I worked hard on it.
Is digital an art?  ???

I wonder what you think.

wow I took the tour and was truly enlightened   ;).

The art gallery idea works very well with the spirit of the 10th year contest, and you included some really impressive pieces in the VR gallery, well done.

This is pretty cool. It’s very similar to what I toyed around with a couple of weeks ago, and although I found quite a few virtual art gallery options, not many were free. The coolest I played around with was on the ipad, and not open to all, but rather by invite (so I trashed it).

@Kalemder implementation is nice, and covers what I tried to do, succeding well in delivering a nice idea.

I think nobody properly appreciates the androgynous vulpine form. :( You know that site doesn't share the forum's onerous censorship policies; you can use the NSFW version of my work (which isn't even that NSFW, really) if you're not the sort of person to cover Michelangelo's David. :P

http://babysimpson.co.uk/info/paintings/david_7f09.jpg

@Vispilio, @DdmrDdmr, @Foxpup Thank you very much for your comments.

I took a quick tour video: Click (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wh7D-HB4IGrHUSe3-J7wAeKdIKcj5g96/view?usp=sharing)

There are a ton of submissions; I'm finding it more difficult to judge than I'd thought. Hopefully people won't be too offended by my attempt at giving "effort grades" via merit.

I'd appreciate it if people could help in these ways:
 - Give at least 1 merit to meritorious submissions.
 - If people are stealing artwork (ie. not just using stock images, but true plagiarism), leave them negative trust.
 - If I give someone 10+ merit but the artwork is much simpler than it appears at first (eg. a fairly simple manipulation of something that already existed), post about it in this thread.

I'm aware than I'm giving merit for some pretty low-effort things, but IMO it's OK as long as they put at least an hour or two of effort into it. I only want to end up giving BTC/badges to truly substantial & original creations, though.


No. 1 BTC will be distributed among probably dozens of people. It will also not be an equal division. No one person will receive 1 BTC (unless my mind is absolutely blown by something and I decide to increase the total amount).

Some of the merit sources are out of merit, maybe increasing the source merit for this period while the competition is on will help to choose the best ones.
Many people have already zeroed their merit stashes around the first 10-15 pages of the thread.

Here's a list of the MS in need https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5198889.0

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So true....

Love it probably not suitable to the art contest because its not all your content and would go against one of the rules of the contest but having some of the more merited pieces of art in a VR showcase would be fitting in my opinion to allow members to immerse themselves instead of scrolling through a thread it also has the benefit of condensing the thread down not only into a visual representation but gets rid of the low quality submissions.

Yeah, I could do with some more merits, got very few left after meriting only a couple people. I wanted to wait until near the end of the contest a go through all the posts and merit the most worthy ones, but even that may be difficult if I'm meriting other posts on the forum day to day.

I don't envy theymos, over 2 weeks left and there are already hundreds of submissions :P

Can (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=2626545) do! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=2385351)

Knowing this forum, there's probably more, but I'll be checking while compiling my list of entries to merit (which I've been doing specifically to avoid the problem (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5194029.msg53005409#msg53005409) iasenko mentioned).

What do you think will happen to me, when they see this thing? would I be harmed or imprisoned?
This is an idea just pop up on my head recently, I don't want to cause any problem to the community or to give Bitcointalk a bad reputation.
I just want to celebrate the 10 years Anniversary with my own Idea of artwork. cause I fear that this drawing might get me in trouble in the future, what do you think will happen to me guys?

https://i.ibb.co/sb7hZjC/20191106-193322.jpg

This is what I understood or what I had in mind when I first created this thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5194158.0). Someone started submitting their other entries in another post then everyone else did the same.

Controversial art is the best type of art imo.

Guys, who have any predictions regarding the winners? What work did you personally like the most? Or do you think that the future winner has not yet published his art?

No one can predict who is the winner in contest.

If about reward 1-20 badges to best art. I think there are 45% Digital Art, 45% Real Art. And 10% is cake art  ;D

Sorry for mentioning it that way! I only assumed my claim! Sorry :D!

The caption has been removed.

I think it is an architectural art. So is digital architecture. Thank you for your thoughts. I tried to do something different and impressive. (Also, I have two artworks, including work at the entrance.)

Note: I added artist descriptions. I will add new works over time.

So basically you're now a bounty manager :D

If my short experience with bounties is any reference, you're in for a surprise :P

What would help if all non-submission posts get deleted from the topic once the contest closes. Makes it much easier to browse through the topic and send merit.

I have another exciting idea, but I can't deal with that either.
Let me share it for those who have some knowledge of chemistry:

There's a great program called Avogadro. Molecular editor and visualization tool
You can download it here: https://avogadro.cc
You can get their tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDk3T9aD4bU

You can create specific 3D designs using elements, molecules and atoms.
I didn't have a lot of time. You can make more detailed and meaningful designs.
BTC design I made from carbon₄₇:

https://i.ibb.co/x3tH6mq/Screenshot-119.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/0tCg9Nf/Screenshot-118.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/DD4j5fG/Screenshot-117.jpg

I gave you merit on this one of CSW, just because you put a lot of effort to make it. You can just change the caption to The one and only real Faketoshi. It will suit him perfectly.

BTW, congrats on being Full Member, we need more good members to rank up.

I really appreciate those 3 merits you had given me! Also thanks for recommending me a great caption on my Portrait. BTCIG THANKS :D

Maybe you know where this badge can be used and for what purpose?

Bragging rights :D

Come on now, digital art is "real" art!  It's all real art, including the cakes. Maybe you meant traditional art?  :)

IMO, art can be very simple or very complex in its design, but both scenarios could be great pieces of art work. I think art is best judged based on what the image says or the feelings it may create to a person and the meanings behind it which should come through to a person in the work, maybe in various ways.

Personally, I think a portion of the entries are just aimed towards Bitcoin, not entirely bitcointalk. Doesn't mean its bad art, we certainly have some talented people here, but I would have had a different thought process and design if this were a BTC anniversary art contest. All fun stuff to look at though!  ;D

Much better caption BTW! :)

Totally agree with you. Art has no boundaries or frames. IMHO the art is all that a person has done independently. This is a way of self-expression. It doesn't matter, in real life was created art, or in virtual.

Edit: I added music. I added voice narrations.
When you click on the works, it gives you voice narration.
I will add more artwork soon. At the end of the contest, the best ones will be here.

Yes, you say correctly, the winner has not yet completed his work and has not published, But for the anniversary I hope to have time ;)

Hello everyone. I am Rare Designer. I have been creating art for several weeks for my participation. My question is, is it possible to add a brief explanation of the work and the reason for my participation when I publish the art?  ???

I would like to hear your response before posting. Thank you.

Yeah, you can include an explanation to your work within the same post as your art submission. Although, you should only discuss your art further on this thread instead of the art submission one. Plenty of users have included explanations, and descriptions alongside their submissions.

I think the OP has got the answers for his questions. This thread can be locked now as it creates confusion for new users by seeing the same topic name or the topic name can be changed.

This thread is linked in the main thread by theymos, as the location for additional discussion... why would the OP lock it??  A subject change, possibly, but it's really not that confusing.

Sorry, I didn't know that it is linked to the main thread. Confusing because of the Subject name. Even I was confused while posting my art. I opened this thread to post my art and realised that it is not the main thread. A subject change would probably help!

What is the best practice to submit multiple entries? For example, I submit an entry on day 1, then if I want to submit another entry on a different day, is it better to (1) create another post and possibly add a link of the earlier entry in the new post with a new entry or (2) is it better to delete the earlier entry (if it has not received a merit) and add the art together with the new one in a new post or (3) add all entries in the first post created irrespective of when the art was submitted?

I don't think that's a good idea because a public poll can easily be manipulated by some forum members and it will be a huge stress for Theymos to manual screening for cheaters.
Even submissions with high merit may not be considered by theymos as winner. Let Theymos decide the winner.

Better to edit same post and make an indication on each art uploaded

I made some adjustments.
Wall of winners: winning arts will be added at the end of the contest
Two new rooms added: "Economy" Room and "Alternate cryptocurrencies" Room. Two important sections of the forum.
"HODL" the door: I added a little surprise.
I added new artworks: I can add more over time.
Artist name descriptions and link.
Ambient music added
Voice narrations: When you click on the works, it gives you voice narration.

Do you have any suggestions?

Seen this post from the main thread of the art contest and it's a great find by @Veleor. I guess this is plagiarism in a sense because of the idea being copied though it isn't the same drawing he just put some side dishes to look like it is his own. Is he worthy of this post made by theymos?

That's plagiarism right there. This shows what some users do just to get things. The drawing is not worthy of being merited though. And for violating the contest rules, he deserves to be punished.
I'm archiving his submission just incase.
(Archive (http://archive.is/5CLe0))

Hi, why don't my arts appear in the post? only the link appears :-\? Is it possible that they can see it? is that I devote enough time to it :'( ... it would be a shame to have devoted so much effort so that art is not seen ... :-[

Newbie are not allowed to post image in here. If you want your image appear in the post you need at least Jr. Member or you can buy Cooper Member to allow post image.

I made a brief summary of which posts received +10 Merit from theymos, in the art contest

Post Link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52794943#msg52794943 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52794724#msg52794724 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52800357#msg52800357 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52800357#msg52800357 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52800431#msg52800431 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52800678#msg52800678 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52801289#msg52801289 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52801824#msg52801824 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52801915#msg52801915 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52802576#msg52802576 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803489#msg52803489 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52804040#msg52804040 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52804241#msg52804241 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52804250#msg52804250 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52804409#msg52804409 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52804423#msg52804423 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805127#msg52805127 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805286#msg52805286 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805357#msg52805357 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805482#msg52805482 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805554#msg52805554 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805675#msg52805675 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805979#msg52805979

Merit Received from theymos 10 10 50 50 10 50 10 10 30 30 50 10 15 15 20 10 20 15 50 35 10 50 25

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If anyone wondering why I made this, actually I did it for myself, it's because I also joined the contest, and I keep checking my chance to get the 'Art Badges'. That will be kind of leverage since I am offering design service in this forum, ;D

I think you should look at total Merit instead of just theymos' Merit if you want a better idea of your chances to earn a badge.
I made 10yearBitcointalk.tk (http://10yearbitcointalk.tk/) with all contributions sorted by "most Merit first".

If it's going to based on the number of Merit received, I might even qualify for an art badge :o That can't be right, let me quote myself:

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I didn't see your entry (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805979#msg52805979) before, because my browser animates .gif only once. So when I scrolled by, I only saw a black line.

If I'm not mistaken, Theymos merited arts from page 1 to 6 only. Maybe he'll be back on the day of the deadline to put more merits on which entries he likes the most. But then again as he said, merits doesn't define the user's chance of winning the contest.



Lol, lucky are those who will going to receive the badge.
I dont know the exact number of entries, what I only know is the very slight chances for me to get the badge and the reward.

Is anyone interested in "sharing" the creation of my art idea?

Here it is: I would like to make Interactive Art, but I'm not an artist so there's no way I can make this look good.

It would work like this: with a poll in a new thread (or positive/negative feedback left on a few dummy-accounts), Bitcointalk users can vote. The resulting vote will be used to update the artwork (every few minutes).
Votes could for instance be for "Bitcoin", "dollar" or "euro", after which a pile of coins or banknotes grows (like bar graphs) on top of a nice background image to show which one is most popular.

Making it interactive would be a nice touch that no other artwork has yet, but like I said: I lack skills :( I can make the scraping and automated image editing if I partner with someone who can create the "base" images.

Thoughts? Ideas? Interested? Good? Bad? Please do tell :D

One member, which received more than 100 merit in the art contest topic, wrote that he took the "base image" from another website, but at the same time his nickname is specified on the picture.
I suppose, this can make a confusion that this user painted most of the image.

Post in the art contest topic:


Original picture:
 

Adding: List of artworks added to the gallery. And very valuable artist names. I'll add more soon.
I can evaluate if you have suggestions. If there's a section you want me to fix, I can fix it.

@Yatsan https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803489#msg52803489
@Corrosive https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52800357#msg52800357
@SpendingBitcoin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52955856#msg52955856
@Yabes https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52817111#msg52817111
@Laskoo https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805675#msg52805675
@LoyceV https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52811642#msg52811642
@Foxpup https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52894190#msg52894190
@samcrypto https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52800678#msg52800678
@LogitechMouse https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52794943#msg52794943
@samidbangkit https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52802576#msg52802576
@suchmoon https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52794724#msg52794724
@Mehmeh https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52952133#msg52952133
@Maus0728 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52870979#msg52870979
@terizla https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52846255#msg52846255
@Mamaecrypto https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52833703#msg52833703
@crossabdd https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52862171#msg52862171
@mikeywith https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52973275#msg52973275
@Oasisman https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52806862#msg52806862
@summonerrk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52977514#msg52977514
@saiga31 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52919232#msg52919232
@tweetious https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52997513#msg52997513
@DragonDance https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52971901#msg52971901
@summonerrk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53039184#msg53039184
@sedactoo+04 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53008639#msg53008639
@Karmakid https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53048981#msg53048981
@MWesterweele https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53025642#msg53025642
@Karmakid https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52969611#msg52969611
@sheenshane https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52861506#msg52861506
@summonerrk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52912891#msg52912891
@goaldigger https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52828796#msg52828796
@likehiro https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53064307#msg53064307
@Panchum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53046457#msg53046457
@kaicrypzen https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53021809#msg53021809
@rare_designer https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53059918#msg53059918
@cabalism13 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52851257#msg52851257

I wouldn't know if this is "common" to do on artwork or not, but it is indeed confusing. Note that he originally (http://loyce.club/archive/posts/5280/52805675.html) posted it without Credits, and edited his post 2 days later. I can't know for sure when during those 2 days the Credits were added.
It's still funny and fits the contest.

How does it fit the contest??


I feel like this should be considered true plagiarism. It's crazy it received so much merit, only if the guy drew these images himself should it deserve that much merit.

Also, even if he gives "credits", it doesn't mean the artist that created it is ok with him taking it and defacing it, then entering it into a contest. He didn't create anything unique or original, merely defaced another groups artwork without their permission and then wrote his name on it as if he did it, then entered it into a contest meant for unique and original artwork. The fact that he posted it without any credit, and signed his name on it, says to me he meant to steal it as his own work.

Had I of known I just had to come up with funny comments to plaster onto someone else's image, I don't know why I would have spent so much of my time creating a unique piece of work.

This dude didn't even take the time to center his text in his the artists chat/thought bubbles and gets over 100 merit. lol ::)  

At best, it's an insult to those that spent actual time with their work.

Wow this is great artwork. I like the voice when click some art.
Thanks to add my artwork in there.

It includes Bitcointalk usernames in a fun way. But I don't think this low-effort deserves that much Merit.

Adding his own username to an image he took from someone else is indeed very bad. I'm not sure if the Credits-link is enough to stop it from being plagiarism.

I must admit I didn't read the Credits-link when I merited the post (with 2 Merit). That's on me though.

Composition which got over 70 merit



Original pictures:

This one also received 50 Merit from theymos. I guess theymos isn't used to check/hunt for plagiarism.
Isn't this a bannable offense, because unlike Laskoo, xolxol doesn't show any original source at all.

Judging by the Merit amounts, theymos is really looking for "original artwork", but those 2 examples clearly aren't original.

Somehow I think it should be a bannable offense, and judging by the account of xolxol negative trust wouldn't be of use as he has already.

I have a question if I hand-drawn a picture from one original image online should I be liable to credit the source of it as well even though I've already added some tweaks over the original image?

When in doubt: add credits :)

How about this one:

https://i.imgur.com/c1S9jz6.jpg

It dates back to 2014 ...
http://www.logicoins.org/10-impressive-bitcoin-inspired-art-pieces (Entry Nº 5)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/28decq/silk_road_prisonart/
https://imgur.com/pQ8F2X9

https://i.imgur.com/pQ8F2X9.jpg
(different wall, but same product. Could be more than one around from original artist).

As long as this guy has some way to confirm he is "YesterdaysNews2" from reddit, it wouldn't be considered plagiarism. Whether or not it should be considered a valid entry.. I'd say probably not. Not specifically related to bitcointalk, and obviously didn't spend any time on it for this contest.

However, something doesn't sit right with me and this account acting like they are "Leafandwoodshop.com". He's only once mentioned the website and started his first post saying he accepts BTC only. Why wouldn't they be linking to their own website and also accepting BTC?  "Leafandwoodshop.com" obviously accepts other payment types.

He also links all of his images through imgur.com. It seems to me that if "leadandwoodshop.com" were going to come here to sell their products, they'd be linking to their own website images and would just add a bitcoin payment option.... so it smells odd to me, not entirely impossible though.

Someone may want to reach out to leafandwoodshop.com and see if they are trying to sell their items on this forum.

The artwork on both images seems to be the same physical one (the woodmark patters are the same), so it is at least from back in 2014. Whether they are the same person (@LeafAndWood and @YesterdaysNews2) is the core question. Could be. Then there is the fact that presenting an artwork that is around 5 years old is a "fair" candidate really.

Edit:

There was a profile back in 2014, @BitArtist, selling the same artwork here, on Bitcointalk.

Are @LeafAndWood and @YesterdaysNews2, and now @BitArtist all the same? Is a 2014 original in any case a valid candidate?
Maybe asking for artworks to be created from the date of the beginning of the contest onwards would have being simpler.

Hello there!
Actually I added credits to the website minutes later, the "2 days later" edit you are talking about is actually the 2nd edit where I fixed a typo as you can see here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52815329#msg52815329


And why is that? Because you didn't got as much merits as me? I can also say you plagiarized your entry as I don't think you made the background image yourself, is just downloaded from the internet and you have just put a trophy and a box to cover some details like a chip or something. So don't talk and especially don't give negative trust for plagiarism when you also make it.

P.S. Bitcointalk funny thing: a plagiarist who is calling others plagiarists getting merited.

Quoted and archived (http://archive.li/bKUbr#selection-1837.1-1837.4)

Judging by the snapshot of your post in the web-archive, it's not true.
You published the picture on October 19 and in the morning of October 21 it still was without any reference to the original source: http://archive.li/Om84c#selection-8461.1-8461.4

And apparently you also sent 20 merit to your another profile othell_rogue (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=923540) for this comment (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1896497.msg53078898#msg53078898) (Archive (http://archive.li/dYH0s#selection-4601.1-4601.5))

Proof of connection:

(Archive (http://archive.li/Om84c#selection-8461.1-8461.4))

(Archive (http://archive.li/dnfRK))

So you're talking about my comment to your artwork about a typo.
Hmm, I distinctly remember that there's no credit link whatsoever in that post when I merited it (it's about 3hrs later) so, you must be lying.

Otherwise, I wont send any merit since I personally dislike "copy->edit arts".

nc50lc,
it's a shame that because of that plagiarism we couldn't see "The Last Supper" in your performance.   :(
Given your skills (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53020162#msg53020162), it would be a decent artwork.

Thank you so much. Appreciation of the work, even interpretation or click makes you happy. That's enough for me :)

Your work is great, by the way, my avatar: https://i.ibb.co/DtyZqdV/images-5.jpg  : )

I already create 30 images Squidward Art Version. My target is 50 images.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52846255#msg52846255
I will accept request from anyone who want to i add in my Squidward Art.
Pm me and send your request guys.
By the way, i can create Squidward art with your version if you want.

Yes please : )

I'm a designer and writer. Lord of the Rings and GOT fans.
The avatars I usually use:
1  (https://i.ibb.co/f2FQqCX/33198198-1077295605743253-5356617361132617728-n.jpg)2  (https://i.ibb.co/DtyZqdV/images-5.jpg)
 

*****

It caught my attention among the studies. I like that idea and music. This work is original. Very interesting to listen to blockchain

Apparently your archive link is pointing October 19 for the post without reference and not October 21. And as a side fact the original source is unknown because the base image is from a contest from 2011 but I credited freedom.org anyway because they held the contest. Anyway my mistake since I posted in a hurry.

As for the merit points, I think I can merit anyone I want how much points I want, ofc in the limit of 50/month. Same with the wallet, I can donate my money (BTC in this case) to anyone I want.
For your knowledge that wallet is from a donation fund of a project I hold a bag of coins, as you can see below and check on their discord #general -> pinned messages.
https://i.imgur.com/5FEmTnM.jpg

The archive (http://archive.li/Om84c#selection-8461.1-8461.4) shows your post as it was on October 21:
         http://loyce.club/other/Laskoo1.gif

And the post itself inside the archive shows it was edited after (almost) a day, still without credits:
         http://loyce.club/other/Laskoo2.gif

This means you're lying here:

You've been tagged by ibminer (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=84866) already, at theymos' request:

Profile that has received 20 Merits from you yesterday at once, uses the same Bitcoin address, has the same name as yours and from Romania like yourself.

(Archive (http://archive.li/rhOW6#selection-873.15-873.21))

(Archive (http://archive.li/sktXN#selection-1161.10-1161.16))

With 2 contests running at the same time, "10th anniversary art contest" and "[CONTEST] Design the 10 years of Bitcointalk commemorative Coldkey ($500+ prize)", can a user submit the exact same art/design without any modification/improvisation? Yogg who runs the Coldkey contest did say entries in the 10th anniversary art contest can be used in coldkey contest with adaptations/modifications. My 1st entry in the coldkey contest was based on my 1st entry in the 10th anniversary art contest. I need opinions if I can use the final art/design entries submitted in coldkey contest be submitted in the 10th anniversary art contest.

I have seen other members submitting their coldkey designs to 10th anniversary art contest. And I think it is okay since the art contest from yogg is demanding members to design their coldkey based on the the things that reminded them of the forum itself which is also a key requirement for 10th anniversary art contest.

I am not an artist but since theymos did not specify what form of art should be posted, I think coldkey design can be submitted as long as it is your original artwork. ;)

Theymos said make an art about bitcointalk.org  some of the participants proven downloaded and used materials from internet and make a collage or something art out of it. I think those given merits by theymos that used this substance could be accepted since He doesn't specify much context rules regarding the contest.

Why would he give some huge merit right? Meaning the art he saw is good for him. But some people really do an amazing art of their own which is totally awesome and clearly their own piece. Anyway, the contest is almost near to its end and let us wish those deserving winners to received their fair share to it.

Hoping too win, also with my entries.

Why don't you put the entire presentation of @othell_rogue, which is: "Salut! Eu sunt Bogdan din Pitesti, dar acum locuiesc in Spania impreuna cu familia." meaning "I am from Pitesti (Romania) but I live in Spain with my family". Anyway there are maybe hundreds of thousands of first names Bogdan in Romania as you can check on wiki. The name Bogdan in here is like John in the USA, means nothing. Regarding the address I explained once above.


OK, after one day. Happy?! I edited more than once so maybe I said minutes and maybe were hours. Maybe I don't remember which one waas the first.


Acording to wikipedia.org Plagiarism is: "Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work.[1][2]"

So:
1) If someone from the contest used someone else image (even stock image) or idea should be considered plagiarism. There is no "true plagiarism" or "little plagiarism" there is only plagiarism. And if I look on the entries of the contest 90% are plagiarized.

2) The image I downloaded from freedommag.org made by an unknown artist is also plagiarized since he used da Vinci's idea (the last supper).
In my personal case, if using the image of someone who plagiarized da Vinci without giving credits is consider plagiarism, then I plagiarized the "unknown plagiarist" for 1 day (between the post and the added credits edit) so please ask a moderator/admin to remove all the merits received between or subtract them from the contest if removing them is not possible. My mistake, I can accept it.

In my opinion, users should warn from the very beginning when they publishing their old paintings, that have been done before the contest, because it certainly places other participants in unequal positions.

Otherwise some talented cryptocurrency artist may show old works and win without making any effort during the current competition.

For example, one member received 165 merit (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803489#msg52803489) at this moment for the picture which has been painted and sold in 2018 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5031996.msg45871284#msg45871284).

I'd love for you to post a link to where I downloaded the background on my 1st entry (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52815373#msg52815373) and put a trophy on top of it?  ::)

Do you have anything to say about my 2nd entry (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52957306#msg52957306)?
(shameless plugs :P)

Yours came from: https://www.freedommag.org/special-reports/new-yorker/caption-the-cartoon/the-last-supper.html
Where it says below the image:

This, to me, says there were artists that created this cartoon and they held a contest on what caption goes best with the image.

I told you privately I was going to post something this weekend to garnish a community consensus, but based on what I'm seing here today, I don't think it's necessary.
If theymos thinks I was out of line with this feedback, he is welcome to call me out on it.


1) Stock imagery is used all the time, various images online have various usage rights. A free public domain image that has no usage rights and is free for personal or commercial use, IMO, does not necessarily require credits in this situation. A stock image could depend on the type of usage rights a person has been granted when acquiring it. You appear to be getting into copyright infringement, which I think is worse than generalized plagiarism, as you are defining it. The two terms could go hand in hand but there are some differences.

2) It appears to me that "staff artists" created the image, as per my comment above. Da Vinci's stuff is in the public domain and I personally wouldn't consider it plagiarism nor copyright infringement.

1) According to https://www.copyright.com/blog/plagiarism-vs-copyright-infringement/

"Plagiarism ≠ Copyright Infringement
Traditionally, the two notions of plagiarism and copyright infringement have been associated with one another. If it’s plagiarism, it must be copyright infringement, and vice-versa. However, this is simply not true. A case may not be considered infringement because it has followed a fair use protocol, but may still be classed as plagiarism. On the flipside, a case of clear copyright infringement may not fall into the plagiarism category because attribution has been given.

So, let me try again to answer the question clearly. What is the difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement? The two occupy different spaces that run parallel with one another. The only way to determine whether something constitutes plagiarism or infringement rests on what issue it is you are trying to address."

2) (...staff artists and writers...) don't subtract what you want from context :P

OK, so once again: If i didn't gave credits to the base image for 1 day, how do we handle this case? Do I get a merit cut, or I get negative trust for eternity?

EDIT:
Since plagiarism (a term so interpretable) is used way too often as an excuse to give negative trust and ban people around this forum, way too many Legendaries (OGs) give merit rewards to others if they prove others did plagiarism because they just suspect this (a form of persecution). Since this forum is about cryptocurrency (a privacy thing) but you have no privacy since every move, every post is recorded and stored somewhere out there. Since every time someone is accusing you of something, you must prove you are not guilty and not other way around (they should prove you are guilty) I just find this forum too centralized, too communist and... just a waste of my time so consider this is my last post.

EDIT2
Changed my mind...

Added to the gallery today:

@bharal07 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53076938#msg53076938
@Altcoinlog https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53092433#msg53092433
@oregondreams https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53084086#msg53084086
@ADAMA_NOW https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53004703#msg53004703

Those who publish their old work may deliberately not explain if the work has been published. Because they think they will definitely get more appreciation. Meanwhile, for works that are actually just made a little, they get an appreciation. The jury must be more selective in determining who deserves to be a winner.

Thank you for your opinion sir, I posted it because there are no specific rules for posting an old artwork. What we cannot do is steal other's artwork and posted it to the contest. I understand what your point is, but just like what Theymos said:


Let's just enjoy the contest, let's just have some fun! If there's a rule for being unable to post an old artwork, I will not do it. and besides I am making a new one, so I hope you are gonna like this one  :D
BTW, thank you for mentioning that sir! so now I have a chance to explain myself for doing that  :)


There's no need to explain that in the thread because there's no rule stopping us from doing that. I don't post it for appreciation I posted it for the contest. If you appreciate my artwork, I would be pleased! But if not, it's just fine, I cannot force people to like my artwork we have different kind of taste with regards to an artwork.

I understand if you didn't like my painting, we have a different perspective in terms of appreciating an art. Still, I gave my 100% to that, and I hope you can understand that. Just because it's old artwork, it doesn't mean I don't put effort into it.

To my mind, new artworks should be in priority, otherwise the contest will turn into an exhibition of old ideas, without the need to create something fresh.
Also you had raised an interesting question, whether the painting 'Crypto guy' that you posted (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803489#msg52803489) can be rightfully considered yours.
Despite the fact that you are the author, but after you sold it (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5031996.msg47211387#msg47211387) to TECSHARE, then now it belongs to him practically.

I understand your opinion sir, and I respect it. :)

I am local artist here in Philippines and attended several auction and seminars about art. Yes, the painting will be still mine as long as it is existed. The physical painting will be for TECSHARE, he can sell it for any amount and I don't have control for that, but when he is going to sell it, the credits will be in my name. It will be considered mine as long as it is existed, but I will have no rights for any activity that painting will be involved with. That is actually a good question sir  :) Thank you.  :D

BTW,  I am making a new one for the contest.  :D
I hope this will be finished today.  :D :D

https://i.imgur.com/FW0gGvd.jpg

I purchased the physical piece of art. I do not own the rights to use the image as I please, that was not part of my agreement. Yatsan is within the law to use the image they painted in any way they decide. I should add having some experience in production graphic arts, the law is pretty clear on this. I think it is a great piece of work and am very happy with it BTW. I like the new one, you still have plenty of time, don't rush it!

I too feel users should give due credit for images taken online. If stock images are used, the user should have the rights to use the image, provided the given stock image does not form the majority / all of the design. I think the high merits given by Theymos could be him appreciating the art / design work and that the art / design would have been entirely created by the said user. This contest could be for fun but that does not mean that it should be filled with  plagiarized or copyrighted content. This essentially mocks people who have put in the effort to create the art / design work themselves. There are however some truly incredible art / design work in this contest. I've also seen some users who have posted art / design work that is someone else's but they have pointed that out and have also not given their BTC addresses in those posts showing how it should be done if the art / design work is not theirs. BTW, @Yatsan, your art works are amazing.

Yes, I understand and I appreciate your artwork, regardless of the old artwork or not, I still appreciate it. As @veleor said, new artwork must be prioritized for this contest, so it does not turn into an exhibition of old ideas. I'm glad you have critical thoughts about the artwork you have.

I am waiting for your new artwork and I will appreciate it. Keep on working, brother.  :D

Hey @Kalemder, any chance you add (or at least consider) my Homemade anniversary bitcointalk pizza (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52807587#msg52807587)? Imho it would be a shame if  bitcointalk anniversary gallery doesn't have anything pizza related , as pizza is an important part of forum history :D

Cheers!

We are almost 3days away from knowing the top art design in bitcointalk art contest. Theymos said " Based mainly on commumity consensus" but not influenced by the merits received from other people.

So this argument between old art that has been submitted and new art that has been "plagiarized" but still given certain merit is out of context. Cause theymos will be the one to pick the winners.

I'm just curious how this community consensus will be done? Is there a voting system by DT or people here prior to ending date of the contest?

What is the opinion on this? The characters used in the below entry can be downloaded from Freepik (https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/social-media-service-landing-page-layout-vector_3833331.htm)

In my opinion, contest participants should tell up front if they posting images which have been created on the third-party online services. Otherwise, there are such incidents happen.








Original source:

An image that can be finished in just a few seconds
only.,  ;D theymos will also know if this is a work created only by third-party online applications. It was very clear and there was no attempt to make a little other touch to make it different  ::). There are lots of pictures like this.
these participants only enlivened the contest.

Hello!

My girlfriend and I made an animation for the contest, which is our first project together :) So we would love to hear any kind of feedback or comment about our contest entry if you have any!

You can check it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53085276#msg53085276

Thanks!

This image of a pirate, with a parrot on the shoulder and feet on the bitcoin chest, reminded me the scammer pirateat40 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35827) who stole bitcoins in 2012.
There is an island on the picture also, behind the pirate, and at the same time there is info in the pirateat40 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35827) profile that he is located on his own island.

https://i.imgur.com/vFvdJan.png
Source (http://web.archive.org/web/20140412115139/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=91252.0)

Hi, my picture for contest was just deleted.
I think it can be considered as art, there's even no nudity here.

Even generated funny addresss for that 1Boobs299CpbpW9PhxTQ348e3fXvGpugv2

Could I please have your opinion, thanks.

https://i.imgur.com/0gVGGYu.jpg

Before you want to post, please read rules.
NSFW images are not allowed in this contest.

Yes, they are (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5194029.msg52800066#msg52800066) (theymos wouldn't have given 50 merits to mine if they weren't), but they must be linked, not embedded (using [url] instead of [img] tags), and the link must be marked NSFW.

IMO, this one crossed the line between "Adult" (NSFW) and "Pornography".
Based on experience w/ flagged artworks, arts that include grabbing the genitals or bust in a provocative way (even clothed) were considered as porn.

In your case, I'd say it's way beyond NSFW that's why it was deleted.

Doesn't even look NSFW to me but some other mod must have thought otherwise... Post it again and add "NSFW" before the non-hotlinked imgur image.


It's more erotica than pornography, not like the latter should be a problem if it's properly marked.

Did anybody face any problem with merit that send by theymos for the 10th-anniversary contest? I have faced some problem when theymos sent me merits for second time that, I see, I received some merits in my merit history but when I click on the link of which post merited, But I can not find any merit on the post that send by theymos. I have also checked others' profiles for making me sure. But I also faced the same problem/error on others' profiles too.

AFAIK, the maximum merit a member can send per month is 50 and theymos already sent 50 to your first post.
Although he managed to send more than 50, you only received the maximum.

Here's hilariousandco's post about it: FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.msg28250551#msg28250551)

Of course I will. I already added it!  :) My children were sick. I am sorry for my late answer.
When the winners are identified, I will build a special wall for the winners.

New Added:

@Rikafip https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52807587#msg52807587
@one21gals https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52880868#msg52880868
@Rikafip https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52807587#msg52807587
@yazher https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52881351#msg52881351
@Flodner https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52878465#msg52878465

Ambient music update (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EdUlZvmdtU).

It looks like theymos' "emergency update" broke things, I made a post about it in Merit spree is underway (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5202603.msg53118999#msg53118999).

When I was facing that problem then I checked others too. One of them is Kalemder Merit history. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=487377)


1. Merit history is showing 5 merits but  Post doesn't  show the merit (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52843477#msg52843477)
2. Merit history is showing 15 merits but  Post doesn't show (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52818634#msg52818634)
3. Merit history showing 35 merits  Instead of 50 merits (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52807263#msg52807263)

No worries, kids should always have priority. And thank you for including my work in your anniversary gallery :)




Seems like this issue has been sorted now, merit can be seen on the awarded posts.

Thank you for including my artwork on your list @Kalemder. I just took a visit on your 3D artwork gallery, and I really enjoyed scanning the whole place. I had a convenient way of viewing all the good entries on the artwork contest.

By the way I had a 2nd entry and I think this is much better than my first entry.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52890777#msg52890777   (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52890777#msg52890777)

You're welcome @Oasisman. Your art is great. Congratulations.


I think it's not bad in this study.  : )
1435 user avatar was not easy to use in video.
It can be used as social media or TV advertisement, maybe.

I guess, tomorrow is the last day of the contest.
Great art works continue to be done. It was an exciting process.
Thank you @Theymos.

@Kalemder thank you for adding my artwork in the virtual gallery

the feels inside the gallery is very amazing goosebumps seeing great artworks by other members BTC

Suspected plagiarised entry:
Could someone with more free time than me check where this entry was plagiarised from? It seems safe to assume it's plagiarised since this user seems incapable (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=2183633) of producing any kind of original content.

3 merits to the first person to locate the original.

Did a quick reverse image search but no results. Will try a more thorough search when I'm behind a pc.

That would be this one here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52815153#msg52815153

Actual link to original: https://ibb.co/9Tkm4wk

It shouldn't really surprise me that people are so desperate for a few possible merits/BTC that they'll try and rip off stuff like this... in the same super popular (and watched by admins/mods) thread ::) ::)

Ah, I've been searching through image search but nothing :D

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But I found another plagiarism from him
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53142326#msg53142326

Thus this mean you can plagiarized? I don’t know if this is right but anyone can you verify this picture from the entry above?

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Girl-with-a-Pearl-Earring-by-Vermeer
 

That's not plagiarism since he's the artist.  He sold the physical piece of art, but he still owns the rights to use the image.  If he wants to make prints and sell those he'd be well within his rights.

BTW @Yatsan, the girl with the bitcoin earring is a beautiful piece of art.  TecShare is a lucky man to have it hanging on his wall.

What about the girl with bitcoin earing and this one (link) - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Girl-with-a-Pearl-Earring-by-Vermeer

Does he also have the same right to use the main picture itself?

I see, I was not aware that the image was copied from another piece of art.  That does seem to be plagiarized, but I'm not sure if copyright laws allow a copy someone else's art with minor changes.  I was under the impression it was an original piece.

same with this guy, received a huge amount of merit.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803489#msg52803489

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Girl-with-a-Pearl-Earring-by-Vermeer

Put an effort on making a new art, but its not fair to use almost the same image with a different EARING! This is still a form of plagiarism for me.

HAHAHA, That is contemporary art sir, making a copy of original painting with different interpretation. 🙂 same with starry night of van gogh a lot of different version from other artist. It's started from scratch and painted from nothing. That's not plagiarism, if for you that is plagiarism okay, but with regards to the rule of art it is not. Thankyou again. And please study art first before accusing someone like that. Thankyou.

The guy above use the image with different interpretation, yet received a negative trut simply because its plagiarism same as you did, now tell me the difference?
You didn’t even acknowledge the original art. Well, its all up to them whether to accept this art or not.

Its jus edited man, not manually draw! art plagiarism is when you trace or just edited the art or just steal it like that.

Girl with a pearl earring is a famous painting and many are making a piece of contemporary art from it. I am educating you about art plagiarism and you are not listening, that's your problem.

I hope this one will satisfy you.

https://www.plagiarism.org/blog/2018/07/24/why-isnt-parody-considered-plagiarism

Alright, lets see what others think about your art.
Its pretty good honestly, just want to be fair with the others who are being tagged for collecting different photos and use it in one art, same as you did. Fair judgement should be serve.

"Collecting of different photo" that is what you called stealing and plagiarism. They didn't draw it they just steal it!

I make my own art I draw it from nothing, Don't compare me to those people.

After all explanation I give, you are still not listening. Lol

Please merit good submissions, especially any underrated ones.

     Guys Thank you for appreciating my work  :) I tried very hard to create my work, the dress-forum took 20 days                                                                     I really want to receive a competition badge :( Do you think they will give me an badge? theymos set me 44mr       
Re: 10th anniversary art contest  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53132868#msg53132868
November 20, 2019, 09:44:07 PM
Merited by theymos (44), Foxpup (25), sujonali1819 (11), LoyceV (8), Welsh (6), lucky80 (5), Halab (4), HCP (2), arwin100 (2), mprep (1), Raja_MBZ (1), DoublerHunter (1), Kotone (1), teeGUMES (1), shodik007 (1), goaldigger (1), DdmrDdmr (1), makrospex (1), DireWolfM14 (1), lulucrypto (1), ZipReg (1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
      One person mistakenly put me 11))) then he cried very much, I returned him   https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53133959#msg53133959                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

Talking about being fair, you should've provided any proofs that he's stealing someone else's work together with your accusations, so everyone is in fair play right here ;)


Yes please  ;D
I will also be sharing my earned merits, based on effort, creativity, and relevance to the forum celebration.

This could be called a "derivative" work of art possibly, but it is an original painting with its own features. This is not plagiarism and Yatsan is well within their rights to do this as parodies are also protected. It seems like a few people here are intent on casting aspersions upon Yatsan.

I find it interesting that user @2weent6 woke up  from a year long inactivity, and that was his first post. Call me paranoid, but i wouldn't be surprised if that is an alt of some contestant.

Agreed. I am also one of the local artists here in our country and we are basically taught to copy contemporary arts and any other paintings or drawings done by old masters like Rembrandt, Bargue, Bouguereau, Caravaggio, etc. to master their way of drawing movement and the elements they used to their artworks. I studied Academic painting wherein the instructor used to be a student in an Art Academy in Italy. She said that most of the Academe persuade their students to draw and copy old masterworks without the manipulation of the elements used by the old masters. They can also freely sell and display their artworks in an exhibit without being called as plagiarist.

Very good work for making the dress i like the color in text Bitcointalk.

Btw this is my Squidwars Artwork already done in few days and forgot to share in here  :)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52846255#msg52846255

I hope i will become one of the members who gets the badge.

There is  no need to share your work here as there is thread dedicated for that. This just looks like merit begging.

My favorite 10 artworks of the Bitcointalk 10^th anniversary art contest

The art contest topic has already more than eighty pages, so I wish that forum users who can't have enough time to check them all, at least have the opportunity to see these works.

* All images have been scaled to 600 pixels width. You can see the pictures in original size by following the links


Corrosion Plate



Blockchain Eden



Anime Battle



Game Bitcointalk Castle



10 Years of Constructing the Future



Uncharted Waters



Bitcoin Universe



A Future World



Animation Video Cryptomania



Steel Commemorative Coin



There is also an option to visit the virtual gallery (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53002575#msg53002575) which was made by Kalemder.

So, what's the spectacle that trust can be seen on the Art Contest thread now, it's still on Meta board and trust shouldn't be displayed, am I right? Other threads haven't shown it but only there (see it for yourselves) or this is some glitch of the recent merit spree happening on that thread. Just sharing because I find it odd and browsed within this topic to see if it's been discussed but can't find any, tagging @theymos.

My assumption was theymos enabled Trust scores on that thread because of this:

Then I presume it was because of that, but let's hear theymos clear things ;) even it isn't a big matter to attend to though.

Just want to share that my entry about this is done  :D

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53135406#msg53135406

Hello everyone! I’d like to share my piece of art for the contest here, which I, unfortunately, couldn’t post in the original thread due to technical reasons. I don’t expect it to be considered, it’s just that I worked hard for the result and it would be a pity if no one even sees it.
Since usually people aren’t familiar with this kind of art I’m going to explain what I did here. This is called microbial art. What you can see here are bacteria colonies, which grew into the word «B I T C O I N T A L K». In order to achieve it I used my skills and knowledge in biotechnology and microbiology and performed the following steps: I took E. coli bacteria, spread them on LB medium on a Petri dish in the form of the word «B I T C O I N T A L K» with the help of paper, and then I created optimum conditions for bacterial growth: 37 C, no light and maximum sterility (the last one was rather difficult to achieve). It took 6 days for bacteria to grow to an adequate quantity, so that they will be easily noticeable. Now, bacteria of this particular strain are unusual for the following reasons: they have built-in gene for GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein), which is basically the reason why they glow under UV-light and also they are genetically resistant to an antibiotic ampicillin, which is why when I added ampicillin into growing medium only my bacteria formed colonies there.
I’ve performed the whole experiment at home, but, obviously, I needed some advanced reagents here, so I took them from my laboratory, for which I needed my supervisor’s approval. Long story short, now the whole institute is aware of the contest and of Bitcointalk.

P.S. It took me several tries to make it, so please don’t judge harshly. Hope you like it.

https://i.imgur.com/EjCNlhs.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zUHZnIZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WLLz06S.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/uWo36yB.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nITNjMT.jpg

Lots of people showing their top most arts in the contest. I wonder if theymos can also show his picks in the said contest. I just wanted to see which art really inspired him the most. I'm guessing if all top picks are the one who get 50merits and above cause he gave big merits to these pieces.

So if that's the case this art who gain highest will win the top spot?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53001540#msg53001540

But I was hoping that's not the only basis and even low merited piece can still win.

Just wait a few days and be patient. He says he's going to release results soon.

hello... i know a lot people got 100 merit just only post 1 great art...
but how about us?... i post 7 different art and i get 100 merit...

is that matter?  do we have the same position ? do we have same place? do we  equal?

Based from what theymos said, it will be judged per submissions, not per username and not totally based from the received merit (10th anniversary art contest (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.0) OP).
For the "art badge", theymos will post a community poll after he picked the top most-merited artworks. (Re: 10th anniversary art contest (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53152306#msg53152306) last page)

theymoss said "My current expectation is that as many as 100 people will receive some BTC"

are effort include in this judgement? there are more than 10 people submit more than 5 art... what do you think?

Theymos said this:

Thank you very much for the compliment) You have an interesting job and you got a lot of attention and discussion, this gives you more chances) All the images turned out cool !!! But 1 of your works bothers me, which I wanted you to redo) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53110055#msg53110055                 I received a lot of dignity, but little attention, I can’t understand whether People like my work or not (((I forgot about food and sleep and got burnout syndrome) I look forward to the results, for me the icon is Like Oscar for the artist

I published some stats on the thread, base don yesterdays merit.txt file (the results are therefore not real time, and lack merits awarded later than 2019-11-22 02:48:34 UTC).Up until that moment, we had:

16594 merits awarded to the art thread.
906 merited posts.
465 meriters.
585 merited.

The complete relation can be seen here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qq_i3fpEECkVPoxfioSGTIl9U5eia8R3NqenNvRYzLo/edit#gid=0

As a curiosity:
- Two people have been merited on 11 posts each (@sirazimuth: 242 merits and sujonali1819: 165 merits).

- The thread merited by most people is @theymos’s OP (344 merits and 95 contributors), followed by Yatsan's (229 merits and 59 contributors).

- The largest meriter is (obviously) @theymos, who has merited 542 profiles in 698 posts (7794 merits), followed by @Halab (198 merited profiles – 239 posts - 356 merits).

Surprising how many users actually posted multiple submissions according to DdmrDdmr's post there. I just assumed most of those trying to bruteforce the art submissions were from those with low quality, and weren't getting any merit. Seems like it really did pay off for some users on a merit point of view submitting more than 10 in some instances.

So, the people's choice award goes to me? Hahaha  :D
Btw, thank you guys for all of the support I receive.  :)
I'm happy to be part of this community   :)

For purely objective and impersonal reasons, I feel it makes more sense to rank meriters by how many merits they awarded, rather than how many users they merited. :P

Hahahah i need one more merited post and it will be three people  ;D

Btw i see i'm in top 20 merited post. But about badge, there only theymos can choose who will receive badge. Not about how much merit received in art.

I've added a tab to the Excel (called "Potentially ranked-up (thanks to Art thread)") to try to determine potential members ranked-up thanks to the Art Contest (to some extent, or significantly). I contrasted a snapshot of data from before the Art contest began, to that of yesterday, and marked in green those that I think may have been ranked-up thanks to the Art merits.

Unfortunately, my complete comparison data is for those that have been merited, so I do lack some data for those that had not been merited at the beginning of the contest (those show up on the tab with the nulls).

It’s pretty cumbersome to manually derive each case, so I’ve only done it for those that received above 20 merits in the Art contest. Since I had to manually whip through them, there may be a few mistakes, but, roughly, of the top 80 merited profiles, 48 seem to have received a significant amount of contribution to their new shinny rank through Art (others are still pending activity). Not bad.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qq_i3fpEECkVPoxfioSGTIl9U5eia8R3NqenNvRYzLo/edit#gid=0

GTG now.

Guys... y'all are so awesome!

You seem to be looking at the wrong Tab. The "Meriters" tab indicates those you've merited. As of yesterday early morning, you had merited 8 different profiles, on 8 different posts, aggregating 36 sent sMerits.

Your posted history displays 10 entries: The one sent today is not accounted for (it's not in the merit.txt file for this week). The double entry sent to the same post (@LoyceV) is counted as one (single recipient; single post).

Where did the post go? (no need to delete it - it was a valid question).

I have a question, I posted my completed submission the AM of the 22nd. I don't think many people have even seen it yet to merit it, I myself got to about page 30 so far and my submission is on 78, so I am just wondering is there an official cut off time for the calculation of total merits for the art contest? Thank you! :)


edited:

Also edited to add that I have sent / will send all the merit I have received back to art contest submissions, I ran out around page 32. I appreciate being a part of what has turned out to be a pretty epic contest! :)

Since I noticed discussion about merits received by artworks is getting hot and already several threads with merit statistics popped up, just wanted to make a point that merits on my artwork got split between two posts:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5202297.msg53105752#msg53105752
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53105718#msg53105718


No, there is no cut-off time for merit calculation. Merits will taken into consideration most probably up to the point when theymos declares BTC winners and announces how he wanna go for badge winners.

Somehow I thought I didn't Merit many art-contributions, so I'm surprised I made it into (last spot of) the Top 10.
Especially in the last week I didn't have the time to thoroughly check all (many!) new contributions, especially the ones from Newbies that required opening an external site.

You are mad because you received ''only 100 merits''?
I receive only 2  :-\
I can't say that is the best artwork out here, is far from it but I think I deserve more so for anyone that want to check out my ''art'' here is the link:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52802511#msg52802511
V1 GIF: https://i.imgur.com/QhG7XFE.gif
V2 GIF: https://i.imgur.com/RkANiXO.gif

Merit has sent purely base on the effort, some received small merit since its more on digital editing and some users didn’t appreciate that kind of work because it can easily done. Some users made a lot of entries, yet they received small merit and lucky to those guys who get huge support because they put a lot of effort on their artwork and that is their advantage. Be thankful for what you got, its a free merit for all of us so again Happy 10th Anniversary guys!

Hello, good night, greetings to the whole community. My art is the so-called "Eden blockchain" found on page 53. I wanted to ask if the new ones also have a chance at least to win some btc? since my image cannot be seen directly in the post. thanks.

I just think, is there any artwork that Theymos has missed to judge? Does anyone think so?
I remember very well that my artwork was posted (Nov., 21th) in the first place on page 69 (post number #1361) and currently on page 68 (#1358) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53134434#msg53134434). Theymos sent his last merit (according to my computer's date) on that date in this post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53134600#msg53134600), 2 posts after mine or maybe more if another post was deleted, and he sent the merit back 10 hours the next day. And as far as I'm concerned, Theymos will mark the artwok that was posted by giving merit (although only 1 sMerit which he thinks is worthy of nomination).

I won't say that all of my artworks should get merit from Theymos, but I (and maybe others) worry that I'll lose that judgment from one of them. I think it affects the number of points gained.
Sorry for my bad English

From what i can see, theymos merited 3 of your submissions, with combined total of 62 merit. And as you probably noticed, each subsequent submission received less merit (1st one got 35, 2nd one got 17 and 3rd one got 10) so I guess that's why your last one didn't receive anything from him. He mentioned  earlier about diminishing return, and here is another quote from him where he explains how he merits multiple submissions.

Theymos has given a lot of merits to all of the submission and now there is no reason for anyone to complain or suggest if the merits are given less or more. You should be thankful to him that you got 50 Merits from him on your artwork.

Ok, I got it.

Yes, I thank him. But that isn't the point of my question, I've no problem with merit at all. Although Theymos will do other things besides giving merit to mark the artworks that he has reviewed (as far as I'm concerned) and those marks can be seen publicly, of course I'll still ask this. Once again, I don't intend to complain because it doesn't get merit, I just hope that all artworks are reviewed and none will be missed. That's all, thanks.

Hi, i dont see my submission here, please check - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53150875#msg53150875

The answer is in your quote: you received Merit after the weekly Merit data dump.

It’s as @LoyceV indicated. The stats I created are based on a file that the forum makes available every Friday morning, at around 2 UTC (specifically, the latest was 2019-11-22 02:48:34 UTC). That file, https://bitcointalk.org/merit.txt.xz, contains all sMerit TX over the last 120 days (although I, amongst a few others, keep a full history by accumulating these files). Your submission was posterior to the Friday cut-off, and thus is not included this week (it will next week).

Regardless, @theymos surely used his own queries, straight against the database, so there is no need to worry, as he has real-time access to all the information and is fluent at creating his own inners stats.

As a post-mortem mini-analysis to the 10th Anniversary Art Contest, I’ve updated the Google doc I published last week, with the information derived from yesterday's merit file:

22.036 merits awarded to the art thread.
1106 merited posts.
552 meriters (senders).
675 merited (receivers).

The complete relation can be seen here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qq_i3fpEECkVPoxfioSGTIl9U5eia8R3NqenNvRYzLo/edit#gid=0

Cool. So is/was this one of the biggest actions on this forum? The numbers are pretty crazy, especially all the merit flying around.

Very nice breakdown!  That must have been one of the liveliest topics in a long time!

In terms of monthly awarded sMerits, the contest has made November come second in the rank of most merited months (see https://public.tableau.com/shared/WDX9QGR53?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link).

As a thread, it is the second most merited thread, only behind Wall Observer (see Top Merited Thread Ranking here: https://public.tableau.com/shared/RPZZ2S38F?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link – ignore the error thread – it corresponds to a compendium of deleted or non-retrievable posts).

As a single event, I figure it is the most merited indeed. Looks like we need a break every now and then from text, and relax with something more visual from time to time.

That's exactly what some of us are all about!