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Through an amazing opportunity, the ARMSmasters crew will be participating in the 2011 Pitch Party competition in Animation Magazine's August issue (to debut at San Diego Comic Con)
This competition is a great opportunity for aspiring animation producers and designers like ourselves, who are not necessarily industry veterans but are working professionals with an idea to share, to get it out there infront of the industry vet's. There will be a Judges pick, readers choice via online voting and an editorial pick. No matter what, the idea gets an ad in that August issue and gets published the world over. This is something we couldn't pass up and so ARMSmaster's creator, Mike Winn, decided to work out a promo piece shot since we were overdue for one anyway. Ultimately we'll be having a print version of this and other pieces as well.
The poster was a bit of a marathon run to complete, admittedly. I received the rough drawing this past week, and weaving in and out of a 60 hour work week, cleaned it up and laid down the color. It was an exciting process - wonderful to be able to create an illustration after months doing stereo compositing, though - and we're pleased with the results overall.
If you're interested at all in ARMSmasters and would like to help us then please stay tuned to this space for notification as to when the online voting for the Readers Choice begins and for more information as we have plans to get onto Kickstarter and pursue several fund raising efforts this summer.
Thanks for hanging in there!
-Mel
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Comments: 20
MxfitForge In reply to EternalWX [2012-11-17 20:58:37 +0000 UTC]
I appreciate that - thanks so much
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ren52 [2011-07-27 17:38:35 +0000 UTC]
Nice teamwork, you two! Lovely lines with that sexy Mel finish to them.
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SecretWalrus [2011-07-25 22:14:33 +0000 UTC]
This came out so well! As usual, awesome color, babe!
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weremole [2011-06-14 19:21:34 +0000 UTC]
Gogglegirl and Powerchin have awesome designs. Swordguy could use some work since I don't get much besides that he probably kicks a lot of ass and has a sword. Which while not a bad thing is more a question of communicating what is unique about your concept.
Nice coloring, the fades in the shadow is a nice touch.
In either case I wish you guys all the luck guys luck. I takes 300 dollars just to enter that contest and the compertition is brutal.
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mikewinn In reply to weremole [2011-06-15 10:07:02 +0000 UTC]
Hey, thanks for the critique and feedback. All in all I have to say we're pretty satisfied with how Riot (the swordsman) turned out and that he says what we mean for him to say in the composition given the genre this is part of - but all of the characters are a work in progress and will have varying appeal depending on style and taste.
Competition is no doubt brutal but for many entering it's not about the competition but rather the print exposure. 300 bucks is very cheap considering normally an ad in a magazine with the distribution starts close to 1000. It's a wonderful markerting chance for us new players on the field.
Thanks for the well wishes! We'll see where we land.
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Crisosphinx [2011-06-12 02:32:55 +0000 UTC]
Thank god for this. I can't wait to see it you guys. Hopefully, I'll see you back at CCS?
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JolieBonnetteArt [2011-06-11 04:16:51 +0000 UTC]
Marathon run or no, it came together nicely!
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Dualmask [2011-06-09 23:09:41 +0000 UTC]
I had decided to sit down and try digital painting on a sketch of mine, because I started feeling like my digital art skills were stagnating and I need to try a "better" coloring style than the cel shading I usually do.
Then I decided to go to my dA watch list, and I ran across this...magnificent piece of cel-shaded beauty. It's just the kind of art I would love to be able to create on a regular basis. It's inspirational. It reminds me that it's the vision of the artist, not the approach to the coloring that determines the quality of the work. I have a lot of work to do. This really makes me want to step my game up.
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Shuma-Gorath [2011-06-09 20:30:29 +0000 UTC]
So.. does this mean you'll be reporting from San Diego this Summer?
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