The Terrordrome's Awesome "Famous Art Dio Contest"!
 

My good friend Joshdahl has started a very unique Dio contest at The Terrordrome!
And he has honored me by inviting me to be a guest judge.


"The idea is to recreate a famous piece of art, but using Joes and Cobras. For example: Michelangelo's "God Creating Adam", but with Croc Master as God and Duke as Adam or "The Starry Night" by Van Gogh using the Terror Drome with Flight Pods & Fangs flying around. The possibilities aren't endless, but they are there and can be quite creative. And that is what we want to see."

read the full thread here:
http://www.theterrordrome.com/forum...p?f=174&t=10587

and enter! JoeDios members entering will strengthen the relationship between our two awesome sites, so go forth and PWN! :)

It's an interesting concept for sure, but in the end I think its going to come down to who has the best photoshop skills. I liked the Outdoors theme better, given Joes and the outdoors go together like peanut butter and jelly, but it was a broader topic and more people can sink their teeth into that kind of thing. Sure it was slow goings at first but the overall turn-out was pretty good, especially for their first contest. My two cents though, your mileage may vary.

It MIGHT have gone to the best photoshopper.... if photoshop were allowed! (GASP)
But it isn't!
Well, in a way it is......
You can use whatever image alteration you want to doctor up a backdrop....to recreate the background of your favorite painting perhaps.....
But in order to use that image you must print it and actually take a picture of your joes in front of it.

I have seen a few of the things people have been working on already. this contest is going to be a lot of fun. And one of the things I like about it is the challenge of the fact that Joes and fine art go together like peanut-butter and mustard! I like the creativity that that challenge demands.

And speaking of challenges... Consider this an official challenge from the Terrordrome to JoeDios! The gauntlet has been thrown down! You goofs couldn't dio your ways out of a paper bag!!

Good luck!

Josh

"You goofs couldn't dio your ways out of a paper bag!!"
Oh yeah??? Wait till you see my Crucifixion scene with Torch and Big Boa :D

I would've participated until I learned that The Terrordrome takes people's photos without asking permission to use them. :mad:

When you're done patting yourself on the back for putting the word "Gasp" in paranthesis make a note that it doesn't say anywhere in the link that Hammerfel posted above that Photoshop isn't allowed, and to be honest the line "Flight Pods and Fangs flying around" seems to imply that such a thing be used. Unless your assuming folks will just go outside and jerry rig things with visible fishing line, in which case you're looking for a whole different (read: subpar) brand of creativity as the people on this site take their hobby just a little more seriously. :cool:



The irony of that statement is you asked the Admin of the site (that "couldn't dio their way out of a paper bag") to judge your competition.
Now maybe it was in jest or maybe you got snooty because someone had a disagreement with your concept, I don't care. My comment was both concise and constructive.

Maybe I'll do a Picasso and just throw sh*t on the ground and take a pic :D

Yo Roland, mind telling me some about this via PM? That's got me super curious as I already have a semi-low opinion of the Terrordrome...

You know, I don't really like this too well so I'm going to change this picture around. I will start a contest on Joedios, with prizes and judges, one of which I will talk to will be a very special member you will all appreciate.

And to top it all off, I want to see what the Dromies will bring to the plate here. I welcome anyone who wants to play along and play nicely.

There's no reason in my opinion that we can't have this kind of thing here. I'm not trying to make a scene, but I want to have our own contest. Joedios is a magical site that doesn't deserve to take a tone from a website we're being asked to participate with.

I'm going to work on this more in a bit, as there will be some definite behind the scenes work. But I think you guys will like what I've got planned and hopefully the Dromies will too!

Stay tuned.

I think we have a winner!

Seriously, though... go for it! That is exactly the kind of creativity I am going for.
I mean, if not for this contest, you might never have realized just how much Big Boa looks like a Roman soldier..... or, is he going to be the Christ figure?

The whole point is just to have fun making stuff with your Joes, and maybe try something new... or do something old in a new way.

We have already had one Van Gough inspired entry posted... and that has given me some fun ideas.

Nekoman, let me know when you launch your contest and I will drum up all the Drome support that I can.

And just in case it actually was unclear before.....Joe dios is THE place for awesome looking dio work. I couldn't even guess how many times images from this site have been the wallpaper on my laptop.
I called you guys "goofs" because I am intimidated by the level of talent here.....and to fire up some competitive spirit.

And because you area bunch of goofs. (kidding)

Thanks again,


Josh

Wow, and here I thought we were done.

You make it sound like we steal images and don't give people credit.

As you can clearly see on ANY of our "Image of the Day" images we posted, we fully credit the user, the thread and JoeDios itself. So not quite sure where you are going with your post.

In respons to Roland's comment to me about if/when HissTank posts images we post without asking us, well that is a different situation. Because, they will NEVER credit us for anything. The remove our links all the time when any member posts something of ours.

If anyone wants their image removed that we featured as a way to promote the community AND JoeDios itself let me know and we'll remove it. And at this point if we do decide to continue with the "Image of the Day" feature, I'll be sure to ask first so we don't offend any fragile egos.

As for Prince Adam, I think you are seriously blowing Josh's JOKING comment totally out of proportion. This really bugs me that people here are acting that way. Seems more fitting for another site in the community that just loves to overreact to things.

In regards to Photoshop for the dio contest, you can use Photoshop, but not to put together the whole image. You can use it to remove devices such as strings that you use to hold up your Joes or Joe vehicles.

At this point, I'm really disappointed in the attitude taken by some here. It is not what I have come to recognize by the members here. And that is sad. Especially Nekoman's comment. It also shows what is wrong with this community as a whole, when you try to something together and some turns it around like it is a bad thing.

This is ridiculous and at this point, I'm thinking about shutting down the contest and not bothering to work with any of the other sites, since they all seem to be pretty selfish.

This hobby is really becoming no fun for me.

This is me blowing the TIME OUT whistle!

My friend Wild Weasel is over reacting only because he cares so much about what we do over at The Terrordrome.

Ironically, he responded to perceived negativity by adding some negativity of his own. I understand where his frustration comes from because I started this contest just to have some fun...and involve folks from other sites.

So, can I ask that we all take a step back.....and see this as just a way to have some fun?

I apologize on behalf of The Terrordrome for any drama that might have been thrown around and would like to add a big WHO CARES to any future drama..... because really, what's better... arguing and finger pointing... or playing with toys?


Thank you to everyone for letting these past few posts disappear into the past and moving forward toward making some cool dios.

Now....to get the ball rolling... who has a cool idea? Better, who has an idea that is impossibly challenging.... ie: A Dali dio or a Modrian.

Thanks everyone.


Josh

I was going to try and put something together too, but for some reason you think that the Terrordrome is the only site on the internet allowed to have contests. That's kind of hypocritical. Really, I even said that I thought it'd be something fun for people over there to do here too, so I don't see how my comment was taken so poorly, but frankly, I don't care either!



LOL, whatever floats your boat man. I can take from that it means the whole point of your contests are to take people from here and get them posting there? Because if you're shutting down the contest it means that either A: You can't take slight negativity at all and your emotions have gotten the better of you, or B: The whole point of this is to get talent from here actively dealing with and building your site. As, after all, if it weren't wouldn't you leave it open to your own members?

I really don't care if you can't take any negativity. "Selfish" would be exactly what I would use to describe the Terrordrome as as well. If you wanted to even try and salvage the situation, you could've made a more carefully thought out and phrased post.

At Joshdahl:

Hey, I get that you're trying to make things better here. I wish Wild Weasel had done that too instead of throwing a tantrum. I'll also apologize for carrying on, but please understand that at the very least I wanted to respond when someone says I'm the problem with an entire community.

Any of you guys see Aqua teen Hunger Force last week? It was good.

You don't go and say, great idea, but I think we should do it here when you guys have a closed membership for one (or at least used to, I apologize if that has changed). Two, it was our idea we put together and thought you guys might like to get in on it. If you were thinking down the road we could try something, that is totally different, but this is now.

As for trying to "take people form here", that is not and will never be our intention. The idea is you post something here and let us know so we can link it up at our site. If you would have asked, instead of making assumptions, you wouldn't have to accuse us/me of this. We don't force people to join our site for anything. You can view any piece of news or image on our site and not be a member unlike other sites. We are an open site.

I'm throwing a "tantrum" because some of you here seem to think we have an ulterior motive here when we were just looking to have fun between two Joe sites. And I didn't say you specifically was what was wrong with the community, but you certainly aren't helping the view of it.

I apologize to those that are good people here, but I am still bothered by those that felt the need to attack this.

Or in other words, it's A: You can't take any negativity at all and you're upset because folks here started to complain about some things. Okay.

But let me say I accept your apology since I am certainly a #1 and the best good person. :cool:

I can take negativity, but there was absolutely NO NEED for any in this thread.

Whatever, "best good person."

I like it the best when the hamburger guy turns into a doghouse and the cup guy wears sunglasses. The cup guy has cool shades.

For those that are interested in participating, I'm sorry for the way this has turned out, my apologies to you.

So if you are interested in entering, just post a link here in this thread to your entry and come time to judge we will include yours by linking in the main thread on the Terror Drome.

Any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Good luck and we hope to see some great entries!

Honestly if I didn't have respect for this place, I'd just post "lol, pull a rocky" but I am always amused by dudes who post long posts.

Anyways it's cool bro, Josh Dahl (who seems like an okay guy) told me "The Terrordrome is a news site" and doesn't create content.

It's not a matter of offending "fragile egos" brozoft, it's a matter of running your website in a professional manner (How Josh Dahl has been acting after explaining why he made some comments that could be mistaken as being like from ANOTHER site. See what I did there :) ). I don't like having my stuff used so that your website can have something to post, even if it's for the good of the community. I'm not a member of your community, I'm only a member of Joedios and Flickr, the rest of the Joe community doesn't really appeal to me (Large Nazi memorabilia collections, harassing store employees to get a Snake Eyes for $2.00 and murdering a girl and then making a phony 911 call = NOT PEOPLE I WANT TO ASSOCIATE WITH). But what do I care, I'm already on the Terrordrome blacklist or something.


Honestly man, the person with the worst attitude in this thread is you. Calm down. Remember this is all over CHILDREN'S TOYS. I've been on G.I. Joe websites for a long time and outside of the FLAGG awards (and really only 2002) there's never been any successful inter-site promotion... well as long as you don't count site mergers (Making General Hawk a mod ;) ).

Take care pal, I think if you step back and look at this whole thing you'll realize this thing is mad ridiculous. :D

I'd like to apologize to Josh Dahl, as when I spoke with him he seemed cool.

So... Uh... I hear some shit is going down in Egypt.

We should all probably keep arguing over bullshit.

No see, Dahl, already said that. Then you got all huffy and decided to come over and stir the sht storm back up. Don't get all uppitty and then try and act like you're above it. Now you're just back peddling because the spotlight is focussed on you and your BVDs are around your ankles.

Blow it out your rear cause you’re getting butthurt over nothing. First off my comment was constructive criticism, nothing more. Dahl’s following post came off of as snooty and arrogant. Maybe YOU know him, but I don’t; we don’t. Were we supposed to assume he was both comical and benign simply because that’s how you know him? Re-read the post objectively. Some guy with less than a handful to a few? Were you guys looking to make friends with this board? Face it. If you were trying to be as diplomatic as your martyrdom would insist than one of you 'Dromers would’ve come over yourself and invited JDs rather than polishing Hammerfel’s rod by making him a judge. :cool:

Thing is Dahl did come back on here to explain his post and everything was pretty much smoothed over, I can't as folks were lining up, but the water was under the bridge. You're making all the fuss now, and you're rightfully being addressed as such.

Are they making anohter "Mummy" movie? I friggin love Brendan Fraser.

I recognize that sound. Is that... perspective?

Thank you.

And on the subject of perspective.....it was mastered by renaissance painters who were studying the "ideal" forms as conceived by the ancient greeks.

Oh, that gives me an idea, how funny would it be to do DaVinci's Vitruvian Man with a Joe figure?

Is their any restrictions on the medium of the piece of art we would be recreating?

I assume you mean... could it be a statue or a cave painting or something like that?

No. I can't think of any reason to place restrictions on that. So long as it is something that is generally considered "classic" art.

OK thanks :)

Are there any restrictions on the size of his hog :confused:

Well, DaVinci would tell you that the proportions of his "hog" were determined by "the Golden Ratio ".

I don't know if that is a restriction so much as it is a guideline.

Another Question
 

Is there a limit on the number of entries?

Here are my entries :)

Wasn't sure if I should this here or in The Terrordrome thread so I'm posting it in both :)

This made me laugh at work. And I can't tell them why. :)
Josh asked me if he should post the news to JD or if I should. I made the call that I'd post the news to the front page, so you can blame me for that one. Prince Adam.

This is a cool contest, like the last one was, where JD peeps posted some awesome entries. I tied for third and it was FUN!

As for the earlier posts in this thread that were taken the wrong way, sarcasm/kidding on the intertubes via fake insults is hard, and should not be attempted. People often take them seriously. :)

Just in case there are any last minute bursts of creativity... I am extending the deadline until Monday night.

Good luck everyone!

This is still on? I thot I missed the deadline last week? Anyway I will try to get mine in under the wire.

The deadline is up in a few hours... But I really don't think anyone will be too upset if you squeak in just a bit late.

Hammer? You ready to judge these entries?

Josh

48 hours more please.

Ok, don't tell everyone. But take the time you need.

Obviously we are pretty slow about getting this done, so I think it would be rude to yell at YOU to hurry if you really want to participate....

But please hurry.

Josh

Is what I already posted sufficient or should I post full size versions?

Done.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/sho...hp?i=34365&c=12

It is sufficient as an entry... but I think we would all like to see it full size.

OK, for a full size just click on the pics :) , but I shall post the full size pictures :)