I'd better get this sucker up and running so people can have plenty of time to get things done. I went and read through some old contests to get a feel for what they're like, but that didn't help much. Plus Pigbuster is worse than my grandmother at responding to emails, so no help there. I'm going to have to just do the best I can. Let's get crack-a-lackin'.

The Theme: Old Timey

Personally I like when competitions have a few guidelines. Gives the ol' imagination machine a little kick start.

The Rules:

1) It must be Team 17 fanart

2) It must be set in the 19th Century

3) it must be designed as some form of print media
-book illustration
-advertisement for Dr. Linton Charlesworth's Wonder Serum
-wanted poster
-an illustrative textbook picture
-old timey bathroom graffti
-whatever.

I always get my centuries mixed up so think Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes, Thomas Edison and Beethoven.

Best of luck!

I'm fairly sure you've got the right time-frame on that one.

this should make for an interesting contest if nothing else. I forsee lots of Melon this month :p

Fun fact: Nintendo was formed in the 19th century.

Which has naturally screwed up my perception of the past. So now, whenever I think '19th Century', I imagine Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, Mario and Link.

Darn, and I thought Sega had it beat by being formed in Hawaii during WW2.

Oh well.

I have an idea.
Who knows if I'll follow through it.

Fun fact: Nintendo was formed in the 19th century.

Which has naturally screwed up my perception of the past. So now, whenever I think '19th Century', I imagine Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, Mario and Link.

To be fair it wasn't a video game company until a lot later. All they sold were trading cards. So no one get confused about the tech available in the 1800s.

Nice theme, I'll take you up on it.

Fun fact: Nintendo was formed in the 19th century.

Which has naturally screwed up my perception of the past. So now, whenever I think '19th Century', I imagine Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, Mario and Link.
Obvious Fact: Mario didn't exsist before World War I. EDIT: So you wouldn't here the "Here we go! Let's drop Luigi onto those nasty Russians!" in 1900. :cool:

Obvious Fact: Mario didn't exsist before World War I.
Are you remembering that Mario first appeared in Donkey Kong, under the name of Jumpman? I don't know the exact date of its release, but it's an old game, so I presume it was well before 1900...
:p

So you wouldn't here the "Here we go! Let's drop Luigi onto those nasty Russians!" in 1900. :cool:
Honestly, I didn't know that there was a Japan-Russia war going on in 1900.

Are you remembering that Mario first appeared in Donkey Kong, under the name of Jumpman? I don't know the exact date of its release, but it's an old game, so I presume it was well before 1900...
:p

The hot dog was invented by the prusians in 1965 BC. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_%28video_game%29)

off by 81 years :p

Actually, the first "video game" was from 1947. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game)

The hot dog was invented by the prusians in 1965 BC. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_%28video_game%29)

off by 81 years :p
That's clearly a typo. The arcade game was released in 1891.

That's clearly a typo. The arcade game was released in 1891.

1891 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891)

You mean they released Donkey Kong before Edison patented the radio? Wow, Nintendo must be EPIC.

That's clearly a typo. The arcade game was released in 1891.No, that's a typo, it was in 1981.

Get a grip people, we've only had actual video games for around 30 years or so.

No, that's a typo, it was in 1981.

Get a grip people, we've only had actual video games for around 30 years or so.
A typo is where you make a typing error. I didn't make a typing error.
That Sarcasm smiley also wasn't a typo, just so you know..

That Sarcasm smiley also wasn't a typo, just so you know..

:p isn't the sarcasm smiley. It's :rolleyes:

Looked like there was no sarcasm at all.

ANYWAYS, I wanna see entries.

Yes! a week has past, and yet nobody has entered anything!:eek:

Nice theme you got there, Gnomeman, is it supposed to be Wild West themed?

People must be taking there time with this one.....

Yes! a week has past, and yet nobody has entered anything!:eek:
That's a good thing?

Nice theme you got there, Gnomeman, is it supposed to be Wild West themed?
It certainly can be. That does fall within the time period.

People must be taking there time with this one.....
Your optimisim is a tour de force and I hope you are right.

I'd make something, but seriously, last month of college... NOT a good time. :p

don't feel like a big art entry so far. maybe by the end of the month I'll feel like it, but not at the moment.

Yeah, I'd love to do something based on this theme, but exams at the end of the month = not a good time.

Alas.

don't feel like a big art entry so far. maybe by the end of the month I'll feel like it, but not at the moment.

Yeah, me too. I'm pretty busy right now, but hey, I've got an idea for my entry.:D

People must be taking there time with this one.....Oh, how wrong you are...

31294

Hahahahaha! You rarely fail to make me laugh! Where do you come up with this stuff?

Hope I'm not too late.
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9704/wcyp4.png

Hahahahaha! You rarely fail to make me laugh! Where do you come up with this stuff?Thinking up the idea probably took longer than drawing it in this case.

It was originally going to be me showing these people a steam artillery gun, and then one of them would say "It'll never catch on", but a) I already did that joke with WFUS and the wooden bazooka, b) it wouldn't make any sense, why would they say it wouldn't catch on? and c) it wouldn't really be that funny.

So I started going "Steam Bazooka? That's a bit funnier, because it wouldn't be portable, but it's still not that funny. Hmm... Steam Shotgun? Steam Handgun? Oh, wait - Steam Prod...". And the rest is very recent history.

Hahaha, Top Hats! Score! A desire to see worms in top hats was one of the reasons I went with this theme. That and steam powered war machines, so thanks Paul Power.

Also thanks to Shadowman, because I actually was curious what an advertisement for Dr. Linton Charlesworth's Wonder Serum would look like. Apparently that stuff will kill you...like any good Wonder Serum should.

Oh, how wrong you are...That prod looks awfully suspicious. :rolleyes:

Still, top hats and a monoggle. Win!

Oh, how wrong you are...
Y'know, the line and circle tools are often criticised in this forum. But when the things you want to draw are actually linear and circular, I think an exception can be made...

Y'know, the line and circle tools are often criticised in this forum. But when the things you want to draw are actually linear and circular, I think an exception can be made...

Maybe, but this way was more fun.

(I appreciate that there appears to be some hypocrisy here given my previous criticisms of that picture you drew in the "MS Paint is not an excuse..." thread. Bear in mind though that in that thread, you were supposed to be demonstrating that you could make good pics in Paint, so the extra effort would have helped. Me, I'm just messing about looking for a way to illustrate my joke idea).

Are me and Paul the only entries? Not much time left!

Also, thank you, Gnomeman.

Heh, sorry for not contributing. :)

I guess i don't feel like it at the moment.

Oh, how wrong you are...

Yes, you've certainly proved me wrong.

Anyway, nice picture, it is a bit funny, made me chuckle but thats all.

I just love your style of how you draw worms.

Oh, and nice entry Shadowman.

Just in time to reveal my entry!

Slick is the... GodFather. (http://teddyworm.deviantart.com/art/Slick-s-the-GodFather-83748228)

The godfather? When is he ever anything but the father?

It's also more of a 20th century thing, but oh well, we need all the entries we can get.

It's also more of a 20th century thing, but oh well, we need all the entries we can get.

Sad, but true.

Just in time to reveal my entry!

Slick is the... GodFather. (http://teddyworm.deviantart.com/art/Slick-s-the-GodFather-83748228)

Thats awesome. The best so far, in my opinion.

Anyway, this competion ends in in Exactly 2 days, doesn't it?

We haven't had a lot of entries this month.:(

Well it seems like April is now over. Let us put an end to this thread and turn our attentions to the soon to be created voting thread.

Voting here: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=36167

*Thread closed*