Re: 10th anniversary art contest

[GreatArkansas]

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?..

In judging consensus, I will be substantially but not entirely influenced by the total amount of merit your art received.

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)

[chaser15]

Question: (will delete this post after clarification)

Is any form of art allowed?

Handsfree, Hand Paint, Photoshop, Digital, etc.

[theymos]

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

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?..

Is any form of art allowed?

Handsfree, Hand Paint, Photoshop, Digital, etc.

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.

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)

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.

Can we make unli submission?

Yes, but probably there will be diminishing returns.

[Lafu]

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.

Thanks for the education!

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

[mikeywith]

Any art you post must be created by you.

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.

[Docnaster]

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.

[TaliskerDarkStorm]

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

[cabalism13]

Any art you post must be created by you.

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.

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,...

[fr4nkthetank]

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

[theymos]

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.

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.

[romero121]

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.

[RoomBot]

Small suggestion @theymos, it would be good to create a poll picking the top ten or twenty art works. 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.

[LoyceMobile]

Any art you post must be created by you.

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.

[WunderSchwein]

I know it's not really "art" but I was so impressed by DdmrDdmr's word cloud that I couldn't resist... this is based on the number of posts:

Edit: replaced with a proper font and PNG format.

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

[Foxpup]

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?

[nicecrypto]

Any art you post must be created by you.

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.

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.

[malevolent]

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?

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).

[Last of the V8s]

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?

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

[webtricks]

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

[Pmalek]

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.