Friday, December 9, 2011

December Draw Off Week One!


Hello everyone, Calpain here again! A week has already passed since the start of the Draw-Off and I can't be more pleased with the results. Many have already entered and three weeks still remain! I'm amazed at all of your sheer creative energy and I'm looking forward to the weeks ahead. So far we've had 69 entries total with more arriving each day so keep them coming and flood my inbox! For those just noticing the event and want to know what it is all about check out the December Draw-Off Event link at the top of the blog. Any entries or questions can be e-mailed to me at calpaina@gmail.com.

To introduce our compilation this week we have a video from the talented JonFawkes who brings us this Hub quality commercial advertising the Draw-Off. Thanks much, Jon, I really appreciate the work you and your voice actress put in. Bang up job!

You can check out his video and the entries after the break.






Comic Entries

Dx 11

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Veggie55 Entry 1
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Veggie 55 Entry 2
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Justin
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Annunaki-God
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Hand Drawn Digital Entries

Iomma Entry 1
Iomma Entry 2

Gonedreamer

Astalakio

Audio Brony


C-the-Magician

Sonicrainboom93

Smashingaeon

KenzieShine

Spiritto

Frank

Cedar13

Creamatian

Davidlc

Sanora

Toonicorn

Chouwakaze

DawnAboveHeaven

Spiritofthwwolf

Whitehawk

Sharp Sticks

Traditional Artwork Entries

Pinkiepiecandy

Astronomycal

Crocfan20

Jonnydash

Jeremiah Entry 1
Jeremiah Entry 2

Jonah

Heather Bloom

Richard

Hl2fan29 Entry 1
Hl2fan29 Entry 2

PsychoBrains

Hackermchack

Brongaar

Ranchdiptaco

DawnAboveHeaven

Znomel

Kevin

DaveTheBrony Entry 1
DaveTheBrony Entry 2

Mattmhv Entry 1
Mattmhv Entry 2
Mattmhv Entry 3

Tygerbug Entry 1
 Tygerbug Entry 2

Maple Sunrise

Chantelcarnage

Submitted on the behalf of a five year old fan



Vector/Pixel Artwork Entries

Captain64

Frank

Flutterzhy

Blingingjak
Small Flash -Click to View

Drsyke

Cyrocomet

Mac3030

Anquietaspony

M00finsan

Blackgryph0n Entry 1
Blackgryph0n Entry 2

Esipode

Spiritofthwwolf

78 comments:

CoffeBlack said...

Saw the opportunity for "First" so I stole it... or maybe not. who knows.

White Ink said...

Holy... this thing is HUGE!

Octavia said...

The commercial is indeed pretty well made.

So many awesome entries so far. :)

Shadow Heart said...

@CoffeBlack

Seriously?

James Corck said...

Oh boy.

I better start working now. That comic idea is not going to draw itself.

wackypony said...

that is the most interesting number for it to land on.

this is like a second drawfriend.

Calpain said...

@White Ink
Took awhile for me to compile it in the lab, that's for sure.

Mike said...

WOW

This is much more elaborate than last year!

Offtopicrainbow said...

Icwhutudidtharcereal

But honestly, I'm not gonna bother with this cause I KNOW there are thousands of bronies who can draw better than me.

Should be a competition for fanfiction, even though I have never made one, I'm in top set for English in my school so it shouldn't be too hard.

karrotline said...

looks like the 5 year old saw that rarity mov.
:D

Mike said...
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Calpain said...

@Offtopicrainbow
Who knows, there might be one for fanfiction. If all goes well with this competition I'm open for suggestions for the next one when this one concludes.

Travis Smith said...

The one Pinkie pic by Ron reminds me of that Teen Titans episode with Raven. It also scares me deeply

Leaf Growth said...

Finals will end, and then free time to work on this.

Shadow Heart said...

@Travis Smith

Don't worry, last time that guy tried to come to Equastria, I [REDACTED DUE TO EXPLICIT CONTENT]. Boy, that was mess to clean up.

Xeddrief said...

That one from the 5 year old is so sweet.

Jay6 said...

Even if there are thousands of brony artists that are better at drawing, I will come up with something AMAZINGLY clever, and make my entry stand out in the crowd! (Rather, I need an idea yet. I'll think of something over the next while)

Offtopicrainbow said...

@Calpain

Maybe, but I usual don't have patience to read fanfics let alone make them. I mean, 3000+ words for a one off fanfic? That's like, 15 pages average, and I don't even achieve that in an english essay. Maybe I can do it bit by bit.

Travis Smith said...

@Shadow Heart
Of ask for the details but this is a public site, maybe next time use a flamenwharfer, it wharfs flahmen

Calpain said...

@Offtopicrainbow
That's where timing comes in my friend! No reason why I can't make it, say, a summer event that lasts a couple months. Anyhow, I'm sure suggestions for new events will be able to iron out the time issue regardless of the event I do next.

Offtopicrainbow said...

@Calpain

A valentines day one would be good, shipping leaves a guideline for me yet keeps it very optional to what you can do, so possibilities are still endless. However, some of the brony community may detest the approval of shipping as they could see it as being favorited by EqD if there was a shipping fanfic competition.

MegaPatron said...

as Pinkie pie said, This is gona be a Doozy!

Michael C said...

The entry from m00finstan gets my vote for the sheer d'awwwness!

Michael C said...

The entry from m00finstan gets my vote for the sheer d'awwwness!

Captian64 said...

69 entries.. Clever Calpain, clever...

Vary well made commercial!

Interesting Comic entries.

Good - Great Hand Drawn Digital entries.

Good - Great Hand Drawn Entires.

AWW, a five year old submitted a entry? That is cool!

VA/PA #1: I found my entry. It is the only Pixel Art entry in this post. Hopefully there would be more than one Pixel Artist by next week's post.

Good Vector Art entries!

Overall: There is a lot of good - great entries in this post and hopefully many more good - great entries to come!

Gypsy said...

is this where we take arrows to the knee?

Captian64 said...

@Captian64

Oops, I mean Traditional Artwork entries, not Hand Drawn Entries.

-Hidden Identity- said...

Is that a Back to the Future reference I see there? Fantastic! Really enjoyed the traditional artwork entries.

Dawnmist said...

I love those ones from the 5 years old X3 so sweet.
(and the others as well!)

MasterLuigi452 said...

That Pinkie Pie present is still the greatest work imo.

Zignega said...

i luv these


dat 5-year old :)

Hooves said...

Love the hand sketched human one.

MasterofRoku said...

After seing that commercial, I'm really fried now.

Starting next week, I'm going to make...DE MAGICKS!

Stargazer said...

I support that 5 year old that drew those pictures! Keep it up little dude or duddet!

MasterofRoku said...

Damn, I meant to say 'fired up now'.

Tsitra360 said...

haha a lot of old ones I see here. Its like I can just pick my best drawing and put it here. Well I'm passing this one, I'm already using an Intous tablet.

Bloodface said...

Mfw the 5 year old draws better then me XP.

frith said...

There are links to the source! Marvelous! If people really like your picture they'll click on the link and the counter on your image host will go up. 8^) That would have been cool during the Artist Training Ground.

Love the promo vid. ^_^

Favorites!

Annunaki-God: Hilarious Twilight Sparkle and *click* ... whoa! a seven foot tall comic? Yowsers!

Astalakio: "Snowflakes -- ASpotter's Guide"! Good one! And Fluttershy looks so concerned. ^_^

Niddeh (Sharp Sticks?): Orange yellow Applejack by a stream in the snowy woods -- great use of colour and perspective.

Znomel: Nutty Twilight enhanced by a fish-eye lens. Win!

Tygerbug: Equestria Girls -- ponies as humans. That's just astounding. @_@

Five Year Old fan: Used the entire page all three times! Rainbow Dash is by far her favorite pony, Twilight may be her next favorite.

nathandash said...

you know, i love the fact that this contest is going, and that Equestria Daily is being said about on the Hub, but the more of an official site EqD starts to become, the less the fandom can submit here.

now i could be totally wrong, but am i the only one noticing the HUGE drop in ship-fics? my guess is that it is because EqD is starting to be known more by everyone, and this causes some stuff like shipping to go away.

I could be totally wrong, but does anyone agree with me?

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Jon Fawkes said...

Whoa, all of the entries are super nice! With this quality, I can't wait to see what kind of entries get turned in by the end of the contest. Hard to say who might win, I'm loving all of the Digital paintings

Also, thanks for the link to my video, I hope I can make more worthy of being on EqD

Travis Smith said...

@nathandash
You may be right as more people join of which maybe some are anti-shippers that complain about it non stop, I won't lie and say didn't, but its just the way the community works, even though I don't like most ships I think it unfair to those that do, so like I've said with the Drawfriend saucy/ship stuff, just put it into like a separate part of the website

LavenderSkies said...

I gotta get on it. That sad spike vector is so good! I don't think I can do better but I guess I'll try X3

Kitsunekun VII said...

Suddenly I doubt my ability to win... Great art! The 5-year old should win at least third, I doubt he would care about a tablet, but he could use a few $ for sheer cuteness.

Nals said...

Uh, I wouldnt think eqd would be such a great sight for younger kids to go to...@_@

Foxridley said...

Pinkie Pie and portals? Doesn't get much better than that.
Two above it with Fluttershy though; I almost died.

Woof Hooves said...

god..if i had to pick only 1...pinkie under the tree....

but ive a very soft spot for anything hand drawn

Photon said...

Must finish coloring mine!!!!

hl2fan29 said...

i do believe #6 on "Hand Drawn Digital Entries" is stolen.

Laura said...

I have an idea! I just hope it turns out good enough to win me one of those tablets--I don't have one.

Calpain said...

@hl2fan29
The entrant for that piece had displayed some suspicious activity. If you can find the original source I'll pull them from the competition.

hyreia said...
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TheDisturbedOne said...

So much awesome artwork! Keep it up bronies!

Tokyo Oranges said...

I D'awwed at the 5 year old's art.
But everything is looking pretty good and I need to get my flank in gear and start on my own drawing :D

InquisitorM said...

Guess it demonstrates my old-man nostalgia when the 8-bit Mare-do-Well amused me more than anything...

Matoro said...

When my Finals end @ Dec 16, I'm going to start my entry. The due date is at Dec31, correct? I might not be able to have the artistic talent like these artists here, but at least I'll give it all I got. It'll be fun!

Ryuukasu said...

Woah. One week, and such kickass entries already? I have zero chance. Zilch. xDD;;
Well, this is going to be awesome. I can't wait to see what comes along. These are seriously amazing.
They're also motivating me to work tons harder on my entry, haha.

Calpain said...

@Matoro
Yep, the 31st is the deadline! Best of luck to you.

Julie Thatcher said...

Question, is it okay if we double submit to this and the Smile project? I've got an idea that would work for both.

Geeblerful said...

The five year old wins. I'm calling it now.

Znomel said...

Znomel here! Thank you for the support!@frith

Calpain said...

@Julie Thatcher
I personally don't mind if you submit to both. More people will get to see your work and you get more exposure as a result, right?

Helen said...

omg the 5 year old one made me go "DAAWWWWW!" My son is only 19 months old but he already likes to colour stuff in... sorta... okay scribbles but still close enough! :D

Kitten said...

OMG! THE 5 YEAR OLD FAN! That one is the best!

Alondro said...

Ha! I can totally draw better than that 5-year old!

*draw draw draw* Now, the ear goes... near the tree..

*draw draw draw* My god... it's full of stars...

*draw draw draw* Maybe I can call this neo-expressionism?

*6 weeks later* I can't. :C

Akkhima said...

Astronomycal's entry and Tygerbug's second entry should be in hand-drawn digital, not traditional.

Fish609 said...

It's times like this I really wish I had an artistic atom in my body =(

Fish609 said...

It's times like this I really wish I had an artistic atom in my body =(

Maquabra said...

Do we really need more entries? PinkiePresent by SonicRainboom93 cant possibly be bested.

NotTheAverageOne said...

hmmmmmm should i enter? I have no chance of getting even close to winning, but still. All of the art is amazing.
I love the Pinkie gift so much!
(the 5 year old one is cute too!)

Tom Brony said...

Dat 5 year old draws better than me. Damn.

Zoronii said...

This is nothing like Remix War IV, where I listened to all 70+ songs... Much less time-consuming, this is.

Xeddrief said...

More like December D'AWW Off.


YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Crazy D said...

They were all good, but the one by the five year old made me go HNNNGHHHHHH

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