7th Anniversary Fan Art Contest—Results Are In! (05/16/2009)

[Telamond]

omg, the galka one rocks

I love the galka one as well, especially the cute taru sitting in the SMNs lap! :D

[Azalee]

I think the piece that won definitely deserved first place. Some of the other pieces are... Questionable.

My favorite was Monsters of Vanadiel for sure.

[miokomioko]

I think the piece that won definitely deserved first place. Some of the other pieces are... Questionable.

My favorite was Monsters of Vanadiel for sure.

That one can go to hell as you can clearly see every single of of those fucking monsters was traced off of a model-viewer/screenshot. Hacks.

[Araelus]

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/top...imgs/im025.jpg

Final Fantasy IX? lol

The background is a lot of fun, though - if you know all the NPCs there's a lot of commentary on their personalities in the poses and order. I'd like to see that at a higher resolution with no goofy middle drawing.

I was sorry not to see anything from Skyblue Seed
(spoilers in some of the art)

Spoiler: show

http://skyblueseed.web.fc2.com/2004nenga.jpg
http://skyblueseed.web.fc2.com/top01.jpg
http://skyblueseed.web.fc2.com/crimson.jpg

In a similar piece

Which reminds me to ask Otak if there are any copies of the latest fanbook left for order.

[Apelila]

You're spoiler shows blankage to me. Link plz.

[chiyio]

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/top...imgs/sn005.jpg

I dont know if these judges have ever played this game before. "An epic battle resulting in victory jubilantly claimed by seven valiant warriors of the Goddess... Imbued with striking significance, this work of art truly embodies the contest's 7th Anniversary theme in style. The only thing is, a party is supposed to have no more than six...oh, we get it now!"
First, Corsairs arent Treasure Hunters. Second, that is a party of six: PLD COR SAM DNC MNK SMN...Shiva isnt a party member.

[Araelus]

spoiler shows blankage to me. Link plz.

Worked until it didn't.
http://skyblueseed.web.fc2.com/framepage1.html is the main gallery page.
Examples I tried to link from under "FF11":

2004nenga.jpg is the second blue diamond, first row
top01.jpg fourth diamond fourth row
crimson.jpg fifth diamond fifth row

PLD COR SAM DNC MNK SMN...Shiva isnt a party member.

Maybe they were trying to be funny.

[Apelila]

Links give a permission denied screen.

[Araelus]

Links give a permission denied screen.

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s..._2004nenga.jpghttp://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...op01prishe.jpghttp://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...th_crimson.jpg

Other artists we didn't see this year but should have:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s.../th_parade.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...M/th_toau9.jpghttp://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...by_Chiyoyo.jpghttp://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...M/th_elvkn.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s.../th_jeuno2.jpghttp://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...M/th_jeuno.jpghttp://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...morinonaka.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...M/th_idyll.jpg

[Stubwub]

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/top...imgs/sn005.jpg

I dont know if these judges have ever played this game before. "An epic battle resulting in victory jubilantly claimed by seven valiant warriors of the Goddess... Imbued with striking significance, this work of art truly embodies the contest's 7th Anniversary theme in style. The only thing is, a party is supposed to have no more than six...oh, we get it now!"
First, Corsairs arent Treasure Hunters. Second, that is a party of six: PLD COR SAM DNC MNK SMN...Shiva isnt a party member.

...That's what they meant. Shiva was the 7th, then they realized it was an avatar, hence "we get it now!"

ITS A JOKE LULZ

[Apelila]

t should have:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...M/th_idyll.jpg

That is cuter than it has any right to be. <3

[miokomioko]

I feel some of those "artists we should have seen" aren't very original, especially Skyblue Seed. They just look like anime box/poster/cover-art with some hair/clothes switched to match FFXI characters. Seen it once, seen it a million times. Then the other pieces look like the artist stopped after the conceptual stage and didn't finish them, this kind of thing is what any developers see on a daily basis as their artists sketch up zones/characters/items concepts.

Shit like the Goobbue and the cupcake deserve to win, they take an artistic approach that we don't see every day on our nerd forums.

[Senoska]

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...RDM/jeuno2.jpg
This is adorable.

But yea, this one is fucking epically awesome
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/top...imgs/im004.jpg

[Sydneysam]

I wish artist's would draw more scene's of people in town. I personally have always loved the atmosphere of places like Jueno.

[Azalee]

This was an entry a LS member of mine submitted:

Spoiler: show

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...FXIcontest.png

She just recently got BLM to 75 and got to meet Fafnir for the first time. =P Unfortunately, I don't think hers really screams 7th anniversary.

[Ziero]

I do agree that in terms of craftsmanship, the Mythril is hands down solid for a fanart entry and when compared to the other artist, has fluent experience with the manga style. The reason why I pointed it wasn't out disillusion spite towards the artist or ripping him blindly, but I just felt that the composition was handled without much care given the style. Like I said, had the artist had time or thought of another way of arranging the camera/view of the shot, it would've been spotless. The isometric overview does nothing for me, especially with huge open gaps of space.

Honestly, I think it's because of it's layout and lack of a "central focus" that makes "7th Anniversary!" as good as it is. Taking a "less-is-more" approach while allowing the eye to wander over the image as a whole and take in the entire scene. Each figure can stand out on their own as being full of personality and life without the need for for a single focal point to anchor everything in. It's got this "snapshot of life" vibe to it that freezes a specific and informal moment of time, where the story being told is fairly clear and simplistic. Where as the one you linked to, while attempting to use the Whm as a focal point doesn't accomplish that task because it's the Sam who draws the most attention (for me at least). Combined with the fact that it's obvious many of them are looking directly at the "camera", so-to-speak, and it just doesn't give off the same feel as the Mythril Place winner. While having similar concepts, the way each image pulls it off is just completely different.

And this isn't even taking into account technical skills, style, finishing, detailing and such, because as seen by previous winning entries, that's not always that important. Both images were done by great artists however and I wish I had both the talent and the motivation to create images like those.

[chiyio]

...That's what they meant. Shiva was the 7th, then they realized it was an avatar, hence "we get it now!"

ITS A JOKE LULZ

I perceived it as them identifying 7 characters, seeing "parties can only have 6, oh, 7 for 7th anniversary"

[Araelus]

This was an entry a LS member of mine submitted:

Spoiler: show

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...FXIcontest.png

She just recently got BLM to 75 and got to meet Fafnir for the first time. =P Unfortunately, I don't think hers really screams 7th anniversary.

Despite the thematic conflict of photograph (Oztroja at night?) and Fafnir attack, I like the art style. Expressions on the party members watching are priceless. :D

[Wolfknight]

That one can go to hell as you can clearly see every single of of those fucking monsters was traced off of a model-viewer/screenshot. Hacks.

No way they could have traced all of those in the poses and positioning they're in, are ones they that never look like that ingame, like the orc standing on top of the turret, or Sandworm Sucking "his" mobs lol. Plenty of other examples if you look at the depth of it.

[Ziero]

Oh snap, Girl Power got axed for some reason, what requirement didn't it fill?