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HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Omega Sentinel » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:50 pm

Considering how many great artists we have on this board, we all have an opportunity to contribute to the new game...

Over the next 6-8 weeks we will have a contest to see who can come up with the best HMW2 graphics. This could include banners or any other types of images we can use in the game. The background story is now going to be on chapter 3 this week so you can kind of see how the feel of the game is unfolding to give you some ideas.

First Place = will get your work featured in the game and you will also start the game with this:
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It is a multiple alt Allspark key that allows you to be a triple changer. I know none of you have seen these in action yet but they are very valuable.

Second Place = The second place person that gets their artwork in the game will get an Allspark key of Betrayal to allow you a faction switch.

If anyone else gets their images in the game there will be other goodies for them as well.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Name_Violation » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:55 pm

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any particular theme or amount of detail info
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Omega Sentinel » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:57 pm

Name_Violation wrote:any particular theme or amount of detail info

No particular specifics.
Just considering what the game is, the factions involved, the things you know of it so far, just be creative.

Maybe some of the staff can chime in on this thread to give their feel of the game thus far (since they are playing the version under development) to give some ideas.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Psychout » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:51 pm

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What do you need N_V?

Its the same war we all know between the 4 factions, but now the sides are more even and the lines are more blurred.

Go to war for your factions as you do now, chose to team up with your enemies to take on greater threats, take the traitorous path to defect or challenge people on your own side if you wish, but there is still the war to be fought and the harder you fight, the more you and your faction stand to win.

Energon will become a proper comodity both to you and your faction. Its your bullets, your armour, your healing, your alts, you supplies and your sustinence - your faction will depend on what you generate for its defenses - so it will be of huge importance.

You will be able to concentrate more on the individual transformer within the team should you wish, and whilst you will have access to a handful of alts for each of them at the start, you will have to seek out the ones you want as not all of them will be easily available, the open cybertron market may have it - but at what cost?

And then there is your Spark, replenished by the heartbeat of Primus. It gives you the ability to transform and controls how you use your alt, how often you can use your tactics and how effective your special abilites will be, and without it you are not a transformer.

Fight tactically in faction missions, dive into a quick side quest or join a knock-out tournament and, when it it goes online, battle across the the many territories of Cybertron in an attemept to end the unending conflict as either the conquerer or liberator of Cybertron...

Like we've been saying, its a totally different game.

well, that was a lot longer than I expected.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Name_Violation » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:37 pm

Motto: "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
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do we want pics with same style as we currently have, or something totally new?

also thinking of using g2 and timelines faction symbols
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Omega Sentinel » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:52 pm

Name_Violation wrote:do we want pics with same style as we currently have, or something totally new?

also thinking of using g2 and timelines faction symbols
Would prefer something new but you can try whatever. I'm not using G2 faction symbols on this initial release.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Raphael Prime » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:54 pm

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Would this include weapon and alt designs as well?
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Omega Sentinel » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:04 pm

Raphael Prime wrote:Would this include weapon and alt designs as well?

No. Those have actually already been standardized for the new game to accomodate size and recoloring (yes, both the weapons and alts will have recoloring features). Those have actually turned out quite nicely.

I'm looking more for content art and banners. Like images that can be used in the Cybertron Market or on the different missions pages and logs. Doesn't have to be drawn or created. It may be a creative way you've used art from a comic or something. Some of the things I've seen in sigs on here have been brilliant and that's the kind of creativity that could spruce up otherwise bland pages.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Name_Violation » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:21 pm

Motto: "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
Weapon: Multi-Function Sword
ah, thats a horse of a different color. i thought it was for alt modes/robot modes and such.

Should they be g1/maxi pred standard or can we use other ones, i.e. timelines, g2, other random stuff
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Omega Sentinel » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:27 pm

Name_Violation wrote:ah, thats a horse of a different color. i thought it was for alt modes/robot modes and such.

Should they be g1/maxi pred standard or can we use other ones, i.e. timelines, g2, other random stuff
Since the game brings all the factions/eras together feel free to pull from anything.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Absolute Zero » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:10 pm

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What I find myself asking is what exactly are you looking for? Fan art? Photoshoped pictures? Both?

And size specifications. Sig size, banners (and what size are we talking in those?)? splash pages? character shots (like MTMTE pages)?

What do you need the art for really is the biggest question, because depending on what you need/want it for, determines the kind of art to be produced. A splash page isn't going to work well as a banner the size like the ones that cover the site, and conversely, a banner sized pic wont make a good splash page.

*edit*

Another question to clarify, regarding fan art. Do you want OCs or Canon characters?
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby William1193 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:09 pm

ok im so confused are we making any piece of fan art tht relates to transformers plz specify im a dum dumexplain wat we gotta make more detailed :sad:
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Redimus » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:25 am

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I havnt got a clue what he wants, but it'll be for the game, so not just random fanart.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Absolute Zero » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:29 am

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Fearless Echoes wrote:I havnt got a clue what he wants, but it'll be for the game, so not just random fanart.


There are still what? 1000 possible character choices at least? A list of characters would be nice. I have a couple of ideas, like Primal vs Prime and BW Megs vs G1 Galv as a splash page, but I don't know if that's something he's looking for. Little MTMTE style pics (or just the pics) for the missions. Basically for the character giving the mission just to add something to the game. It can turn the entire mission discription into a text bubble from the character.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Redimus » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:35 am

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Well, unless he wants something like the site as a whole used to have, I'd imagne he dosnt really want *any* charecters, fan or canon. But again, until we have some more clarity.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Name_Violation » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:37 am

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glad too se i'm not the only one confused as all hell
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Raphael Prime » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:15 pm

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Name_Violation wrote:glad too se i'm not the only one confused as all hell


I'm slightly confused...but not to all hell confused. For one, i've got quite a few ideas in my head to work on, because, if i read correctly, he didn't give any limit on how many pieces we submit, so just hammer out all your ideas that you got time for.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Psychout » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:23 am

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Were after anything you want to make - game banners, in-game pictures and backgrounds, touney award screens, battle log comics, how you imagine the HUD for the game should look... anything really.

The only thing we have that is set are the alt/robot images (which will be pretty similar to how they look now) and weapon/armour icons.

You can use original, photoshopped or hand drawn art, so feel free to go crazy... 8)
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby William1193 » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:01 am

where do we post our ideas and art you havent said anything bout tht do we send it or something? plz specify
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Psychout » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:12 pm

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Right here will do, or you can email it to hmw@seibertron.com
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Dragonslayer » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:01 am

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Well I guess I'll be the first to submit something. I honestly have no idea what these would be used for (they're all probably not the right size for anything). I was just bored and kinda threw these together a few days ago.

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I'll try to come up with something more useful someday, but both my Photoshop and artistic skills are severly lacking.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Electron » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:30 am

Psychout wrote:Right here will do, or you can email it to hmw@seibertron.com


will we get feedback if we pm here?
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Omega Sentinel » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:32 am

Dragonslayer wrote:Well I guess I'll be the first to submit something. I honestly have no idea what these would be used for (they're all probably not the right size for anything). I was just bored and kinda threw these together a few days ago.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l235/ ... anner1.jpg

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http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l235/ ... anner1.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l235/ ... anner1.jpg

I'll try to come up with something more useful someday, but both my Photoshop and artistic skills are severly lacking.
EXCELLENT! These kinds of images are the things I'm looking for.

Just get creative and imagine the types of graphics you would see throughout pages of the game. I think some of you are over complicating this.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Evolution Prime » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:48 am

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I'll try and hammer some out once I find my Photoshop disc and my MTMTE and other comic pics.
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Re: HMW2 Graphics Contest

Postby Venomous Prime » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:09 pm

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I have a few ideas. I'll try to do something when I get back from visiting Kent State :D
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