The Bell Tree Fire Festival: Art Drawing Contest Voting

[Jarrad]

Just because some people's art didn't make it doesn't mean that it's less than or better than other people's art.

I personally don't like the Mona lisa painting, but millions of other people disagree with me.
I don't like Banksy's work, but millions of other people disagree with me.

Stop taking your unsuccess in this competition as a personal thing, because it's literally 100% just the preference of the TBT. staff. We all have different tastes. You're not credited on how much time or how precise your shading is on your art.

Like, this is literally a bog standard art competition why are you guys taking it so seriously and getting so salty and upset because you didn't win it.......

cmon

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Congratulations to those who entered and those who were chosen!
Who submitted a fake piece, and what was the fake piece? I'm curious

Google "Whale art" and I think it's the second picture that shows up on images, or maybe the first (there were 4 individual whales in the picture, so it'll be easy to spot).

 

[RhinoK]

Just because some people's art didn't make it doesn't mean that it's less than or better than other people's art.

I personally don't like the Mona lisa painting, but millions of other people disagree with me.
I don't like Banksy's work, but millions of other people disagree with me.

Stop taking your unsuccess in this competition as a personal thing, because it's literally 100% just the preference of the TBT. staff. We all have different tastes. You're not credited on how much time or how precise your shading is on your art.

Like, this is literally a bog standard art competition why are you guys taking it so seriously and getting so salty and upset because you didn't win it.......

cmon

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Google "Whale art" and I think it's the second picture that shows up on images, or maybe the first (there were 4 individual whales in the picture, so it'll be easy to spot).

I couldn't have said it better myself

and do you mean this?

Spoiler

 

[Caius]

I'd really like to know who did the hummingbird. I'm looking for some nice traditional pieces for my home and think this artist has exactly what I'm looking for if they take RLC

On the reals everyone did a fantastic job. I've been pretty short on my feedback for everyone, but that's life (and Phantom Pain came out, can't win them all.) Every one of the finalists has a different, appreciable style to their art that sets each entry out from the last. No two are the same, or even alike. I love the variation. Though it's hard to pick based on that alone because of how amazing some of the techniques I'm seeing are.

To the traditional artists: great show of technique, blending, and steady hand. That's some crazy good lines you guys have there. The last traditional piece I took a stab at has ended with 17 hours of blending so far, and I'm not even half way done. I have a great appreciation for your diligence.

To the digital artists: Great use of vibrancy and strokes to make a different, unique style between each different work. Though most of you are using the same tools, you all have something very, very different that sets you apart from each other. Keep going and shine brighter

To the people that didn't make it: You guys have special work as well. Just because it's not featured doesn't mean it's not good. You took the time and effort to try, which is better than not trying at all. I've never won an art contest honestly, but I've never given up. It makes you better as an artist, and better as a person to be able to accept a failure in stride. You've all got a reason to be doing art besides fame, so focus on that instead of what you didn't get. One day you'll be up there too and seeing some of these awful responses. It kills the event.

To everyone: Thank you for your votes. I know I appreciate the ones I've gotten. Every last one of them. I'm not going to win, and that's okay. I'm glad some of you like my work, and I know other artists up there with a lower amount of votes feel the same. You've reached someone in a way only you can. Thank you so very much.

 

[Jarrad]

I couldn't have said it better myself

and do you mean this?

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Bingo! That's the one.

The amount of effort the user must have put in to find someone else's work to use must have been momentous

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I'd really like to know who did the hummingbird. I'm looking for some nice traditional pieces for my home and think this artist has exactly what I'm looking for if they take RLC

On the reals everyone did a fantastic job. I've been pretty short on my feedback for everyone, but that's life (and Phantom Pain came out, can't win them all.) Every one of the finalists has a different, appreciable style to their art that sets each entry out from the last. No two are the same, or even alike. I love the variation. Though it's hard to pick based on that alone because of how amazing some of the techniques I'm seeing are.

To the traditional artists: great show of technique, blending, and steady hand. That's some crazy good lines you guys have there. The last traditional piece I took a stab at has ended with 17 hours of blending so far, and I'm not even half way done. I have a great appreciation for your diligence.

To the digital artists: Great use of vibrancy and strokes to make a different, unique style between each different work. Though most of you are using the same tools, you all have something very, very different that sets you apart from each other. Keep going and shine brighter

To the people that didn't make it: You guys have special work as well. Just because it's not featured doesn't mean it's not good. You took the time and effort to try, which is better than not trying at all. I've never won an art contest honestly, but I've never given up. It makes you better as an artist, and better as a person to be able to accept a failure in stride. You've all got a reason to be doing art besides fame, so focus on that instead of what you didn't get. One day you'll be up there too and seeing some of these awful responses. It kills the event.

To everyone: Thank you for your votes. I know I appreciate the ones I've gotten. Every last one of them. I'm not going to win, and that's okay. I'm glad some of you like my work, and I know other artists up there with a lower amount of votes feel the same. You've reached someone in a way only you can. Thank you so very much.

May I ask which piece is yours?

 

[mdchan]

Um...wow. Okay. I said I was done in my last post after I apologized if I accidentally offended anyone, but I can't stay silent cause otherwise I'll be walked all over. Cause now, it'd down to people being snarky and bullying about it.

And, yes...turning around and saying stuff like "cause your shading is amateur" (as a snarky comment) and "did you draw an ocean, because you're being salty" is bullying.
Congratulations...you're cyber bullies.
How do you feel? Do you feel more important, now? Do you feel better about yourselves?
Nothing constructive about the posts, just flat out bullying.

Are you so low that you have to actually lash out at someone else to make yourself feel more important?

RhinoK, how would you like it if you were feeling upset about something, and someone posted that, or a gif of fake crying, in response to you? Bet you wouldn't appreciate it.

I apologized...and then all of this pops up.
I have issues with social situations; sometimes I say the wrong thing, or what I try to say (or type out) doesn't convey what I actually mean. I was over all of it and wasn't going to say anything else, but this is different. I hate stuff like this which reminds me of the trouble I have with social stuff. I often hesitate to post things cause of it.

On topic, I apologized if what I wrote/said seemed harsh, though, and then instead of people saying "okay, the person explained themselves...I might not agree with it, but they explained themselves. Oh...and they apologized at the end. Guess it's a done deal", I'm suddenly seeing posts of people being intentionally cruel.
Not just to me, but to others who were upset.

Know what? This isn't a schoolyard; I don't have to stick around for the chance of being bullied again, and I don't have to keep coming back for a second chance at being bullied. I have the choice of walking away, and that's what I'm gonna do. Not the first time I've left a community over bullying.

I hope you one day realize that there's another person on the other end of the computer and think before you say something purposely mean. For now, I hope your day is as pleasant as you are.

 

[EtchaSketch]

Seriously? You're being a huge hypocrite right now, because by you saying we're bullies when you bluntly stated that some artwork shown above is "amateur" and you could do better, you just did what you accused us of doing. And great- if you're gonna be that way then don't come back. I think all of us agree, we'd rather have positive people than negative ones.

 

[Lancelot]

-snip-.

So you saying atleast 3 times that other people's work was amateur and thats yours is clearly better in skill isn't bullying?

How would you like it if you felt proud about something you'd done as it got through and then some salty kid comes along and starts calling your work "amateur" and "not as good as mine". Did it make you feel important or better about YOURSELF to put people's work down and act like yours was superior.

This thread was meant to be cheerful and shiz and then kids like you just came and started complaining that they didn't make the cut. If you think something you're gonna say is gonna be offensive dont post it.


Also im p. sure RhinoK was joking

 

[RhinoK]

Bingo! That's the one.
The amount of effort the user must have put in to find someone else's work to use must have been momentous

^^ Tbh I wish I thought of doing that

Um...wow. Okay. I said I was done in my last post after I apologized if I accidentally offended anyone, but I can't stay silent cause otherwise I'll be walked all over. Cause now, it'd down to people being snarky and bullying about it.

And, yes...turning around and saying stuff like "cause your shading is amateur" (as a snarky comment) and "did you draw an ocean, because you're being salty" is bullying.
Congratulations...you're cyber bullies.
How do you feel? Do you feel more important, now? Do you feel better about yourselves?
Nothing constructive about the posts, just flat out bullying.

Are you so low that you have to actually lash out at someone else to make yourself feel more important?

RhinoK, how would you like it if you were feeling upset about something, and someone posted that, or a gif of fake crying, in response to you? Bet you wouldn't appreciate it.

I apologized...and then all of this pops up.
I have issues with social situations; sometimes I say the wrong thing, or what I try to say (or type out) doesn't convey what I actually mean. I was over all of it and wasn't going to say anything else, but this is different. I hate stuff like this which reminds me of the trouble I have with social stuff. I often hesitate to post things cause of it.

On topic, I apologized if what I wrote/said seemed harsh, though, and then instead of people saying "okay, the person explained themselves...I might not agree with it, but they explained themselves. Oh...and they apologized at the end. Guess it's a done deal", I'm suddenly seeing posts of people being intentionally cruel.
Not just to me, but to others who were upset.

Know what? This isn't a schoolyard; I don't have to stick around for the chance of being bullied again, and I don't have to keep coming back for a second chance at being bullied. I have the choice of walking away, and that's what I'm gonna do. Not the first time I've left a community over bullying.

I hope you one day realize that there's another person on the other end of the computer and think before you say something purposely mean. For now, I hope your day is as pleasant as you are.

How's that victim complex?? You're being salty right now by getting so defensive someone gave you constructive criticism (yes, constructive, a lot more constructive than your comments) by saying your shading is amateur when you insulted other people's art for being 'amateur' without providing any criticism.

Well that wouldn't happen because I'm not getting upset about not being in the running for some pixels. I wouldn't care, I'd realise it's a competition and the art submitted is great and chosen over mine for many valid reasons, and I'd congratulate them and not complain because I spent a few hours of my hundreds of thousands improving my art and participating.

Low? Lashing out? Re-read your posts, I wasn't 'lashing out' at all. But I do have to applaud myself because my comeback incorporated the theme of summer and how salty you're being because your art wasn't chosen.

It is, my day has been very pleasant and relaxed. If you want to leave because you're being 'bullied', go ahead, because you're not being bullied at all because I said you were being salty and someone said your shading was amateur (and just a tip, it can be worked on).

And yes, as Monkey D Luffy said, I was joking.

 

[Chris]

It's not anyone's place to encourage another user to leave. Even if you feel someone else is being rude that doesn't mean you should retaliate with rudeness yourself (goes to many users in this thread). Also, mdchan is not a kid. She is actually very talented and not only as an artist.

mdchan, I was going to stay silent as honestly I didn't want to say anything hurtful when you're obviously already feeling down about it. But seeing the direction things have gone in feel like I should say something.

I took a peak at your DA account yesterday when this started blowing up and I was really impressed with what I saw. And I don't know if you drew your avatar but I love it - it looks like your style at least. But the things that I like about your artwork are things I'm not seeing in your entry here nor in your TBT Fair 2014 entry (which I went back and found yesterday after you mentioned that you'd entered). There was one piece I saw on your DA of a camp scene and I thought it would've have been perfect as an entry to our contest and IMO was far better than your actual entry was. I could list the reasons why I prefer that drawing over your contest entry — or even why I didn't select your entry over those I did nominate that made it into this round of voting — but honestly I don't want to make you feel even worse than you already do. Some things are better left unsaid. After seeing your DA though I know you're capable of far better than what you've shown us in your contest entries.

Calling other "amateurs" is insulting, no matter how you intended it. I know I'd hate hearing that about my own art even if it's the truth. People also view it conceited that you would dare to publicly say that you think others are below your skill level. Even though you didn't mean it that way, people are just seeing it as plain arrogance. Not going to lie I read it that way too, but I can still acknowledge since you explained it further that it's not exactly what you meant.

Remember that we received a huge volume of entries to this contest (over 100) and only 18 17 made it to this stage of the contest. To make it to the public poll an entry needed to be nominated by 4/6 (so 66%!) of the judges. That's a high percentage and just because an entry didn't make it the poll doesn't mean it wasn't nominated by any staff users nor that they were disliked / bad. I liked way more entries than I personally nominated - it was a tough decision to select only 20 (the maximum we could nominate) the standard of entries for this event was incredibly high.

 

[lars708]

Who made the last art? (The one at the very bottom) I recognise it but i just can not remember where i saw it...

 

[rubyy]

um how the literal fk am i suppose to pick these are actually asdfghjkl i'm stuck between like four different ones

 

[Klave]

I spent too long trying to find a gif for the drama and it's over now damn

Who made the last art? (The one at the very bottom) I recognise it but i just can not remember where i saw it...

I'm not familiar with these competitions but I think the names of all the entries will be revealed after voting finishes. It's best to keep everything anonymous now so everyone can vote on the specific piece of art instead of for the person or based on their past art history.

 

[Justin]

Just to keep everyone filled in:

The person who submitted a fraudulent entry has been banned from all official TBT contests for 1 year, and their orange blessing along with their mote of flame collectible has been removed. I won't be releasing their name though as there's really no point in encouraging a witch hunt chasing them after they've been punished already, unless they choose to reveal themselves.

It's obviously not okay to steal other's art, and especially not okay to pass it off as your own in a contest. I hope to not have to deal with this in the future, and perhaps it's a good lesson for everyone that someone will figure you out if you do!

Finally, I do want to offer an apology for allowing the entry to make it into the contest. When processing over 100 entries throughout the contest, I honestly forgot to check them all on Google by a certain point.

 

[Dinosaurz]

Just to keep everyone filled in:

The person who submitted a fraudulent entry has been banned from all official TBT contests for 1 year, and their orange blessing along with their mote of flame collectible has been removed. I won't be releasing their name though as there's really no point in encouraging a witch hunt chasing them after they've been punished already, unless they choose to reveal themselves.

Shouldn't they be banned forever?
And at least they have everything removed.

 

[mogyay]

Who made the last art? (The one at the very bottom) I recognise it but i just can not remember where i saw it...

you most likely saw it in the 'share your entries' thread

edit: oops i hope it's ok i said that

 

[EtchaSketch]

It's not anyone's place to encourage another user to leave. Even if you feel someone else is being rude that doesn't mean you should retaliate with rudeness yourself (goes to many users in this thread). Also, mdchan is not a kid. She is actually very talented and not only as an artist.

mdchan, I was going to stay silent as honestly I didn't want to say anything hurtful when you're obviously already feeling down about it. But seeing the direction things have gone in feel like I should say something.

I took a peak at your DA account yesterday when this started blowing up and I was really impressed with what I saw. And I don't know if you drew your avatar but I love it - it looks like your style at least. But the things that I like about your artwork are things I'm not seeing in your entry here nor in your TBT Fair 2014 entry (which I went back and found yesterday after you mentioned that you'd entered). There was one piece I saw on your DA of a camp scene and I thought it would've have been perfect as an entry to our contest and IMO was far better than your actual entry was. I could list the reasons why I prefer that drawing over your contest entry ? or even why I didn't select your entry over those I did nominate that made it into this round of voting ? but honestly I don't want to make you feel even worse than you already do. Some things are better left unsaid. After seeing your DA though I know you're capable of far better than what you've shown us in your contest entries.

Calling other "amateurs" is insulting, no matter how you intended it. I know I'd hate hearing that about my own art even if it's the truth. People also view it conceited that you would dare to publicly say that you think others are below your skill level. Even though you didn't mean it that way, people are just seeing it as plain arrogance. Not going to lie I read it that way too, but I can still acknowledge since you explained it further that it's not exactly what you meant.

Remember that we received a huge volume of entries to this contest (over 100) and only 18 17 made it to this stage of the contest. To make it to the public poll an entry needed to be nominated by 4/6 (so 66%!) of the judges. That's a high percentage and just because an entry didn't make it the poll doesn't mean it wasn't nominated by any staff users nor that they were disliked / bad. I liked way more entries than I personally nominated - it was a tough decision to select only 20 (the maximum we could nominate) the standard of entries for this event was incredibly high.

I agree. Anybody, including myself, who responded to this user in any negative way has no right. Their art IS very well done, actually. They even stand up for equal rights and autism awareness and I respect that completely. Everyone who said anything should apologize. It's only fair.

 

[Leil]

Oh wow, I can't believe someone would claim another persons art as their own. :cI twist myself into a knot the day pulls taut. I am what I am told. Good red meat gone necrotic. A spot of black spread out to ruin a perfect evening. It’s the way the weather wears me. A cold, blank day. My blood-burned fingers. A white noise swelling in me. It’s nothing but night now. That’s how all the days end. An hour glistens in its glass case, turns rancid in my memory. Another day, another dress the day lays out before me. I grow older if I’m lucky. And I’m lucky. My sad heart in its excess.Such petty injury. I am worn against the weather. Limp and prone to
But it looks like they got what they deserve for doing that, it just goes to show, cheating never pays. <3

 

[Jacob]

Oh wow, I can't believe someone would claim another persons art as their own. :c
I twist myself into a knot the day pulls taut. I am what I am told. Good red meat gone necrotic. A spot of black spread out to ruin a perfect evening. It’s the way the weather wears me. A cold, blank day. My blood-burned fingers. A white noise swelling in me. It’s nothing but night now. That’s how all the days end. An hour glistens in its glass case, turns rancid in my memory. Another day, another dress the day lays out before me. I grow older if I’m lucky. And I’m lucky. My sad heart in its excess.Such petty injury. I am worn against the weather. Limp and prone to
But it looks like they got what they deserve for doing that, it just goes to show, cheating never pays. <3

I am literally so confused

 

[cuhrissy]

that was a very hard decision. :'(
but I voted! Good luck to everyone!

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

Congratulations everyone! If only I wasn't so lazy, then I might have spent more than ten minutes on my entry.