BIONICLE Canon Contest #1: The First, Part 2 (Art)

[Risebell]

so we had 130 helryx mocs, im very curious how many illustrations will be submitted

[Sabretooth]

I’d imagine not nearly as many, largely because this is a lego community first. While that results in a lot of artists being involved, there are probably way more mocists.

[Maethorneth]

Here’s to hoping that this contest won’t devolve into…whatever it was that the last contest devolved into.

[Keplers]

It’s the end of the beginning. Good luck to everyone, and may the best artwork win (with minimal cheating on the part of memelords, bots, trolls, and butthurt sore losers)!

I can’t wait to see what the artists of this community can cook up to represent the MOC that won the previous leg of this contest.

[ToaMagna]

The logic behind rule #6 escapes me. I appreciate the contribution of 3d modelers to the bionicle community, but is this not supposed to be artwork competition? 3d renders, good as they are, are infinitely closer to moccing than they are to any of the handdrawn medium, traditional or digital.

That, and also I feel like including 3d models might provide an unfair advantage in the context of drawings, as it may end up looking way closer to the actual model than any given drawing, which I imagine would be discouraging for a lot of artist who are on the fence of entering the contest

[ToaFautann]

@Eljay

submit it to this topic here

I’m going to assume this is where I should be posting this.

Helryx Art Contest Submission by ToaFautann

[helryx_back_all] [helryx_all] [helryx_noshield] [mask] Here is my submission for the art portion of the contest. I decided to have several versions of the main piece, because I didn’t like the shield blocking some of my hard work As for the turn-around of the mask itself, please excuse my amateurity, I’m new to the turn-around idea. The top-down angle is probably inaccurate to how it should look; the point is for it to be a hau with horns and manta-esque fins on the forehead Thank you for viewing and I hope you like it!

[TichePotato]

@ToaMagna

The logic behind rule #6 escapes me. I appreciate the contribution of 3d modelers to the bionicle community, but is this not supposed to be artwork competition? 3d renders, good as they are, are infinitely closer to moccing than they are to any of the handdrawn medium, traditional or digital.

That, and also I feel like including 3d models might provide an unfair advantage in the context of drawings, as it may end up looking way closer to the actual model than any given drawing, which I imagine would be discouraging for a lot of artist who are on the fence of entering the contest

3d modelling is art. By your logic, anyone sculpting out of clay should be disqualified.

[Grinch]

3D art is art. The Bionicle films, which are canon, are in 3D.

That, and also I feel like including 3d models might provide an unfair advantage in the context of drawings, as it may end up looking way closer to the actual model than any given drawing,

Doesn’t really matter. “I won’t enter the contest because someone else’s entry might be better than mine” doesn’t really factor into things.

[No1LikesCherry]

3d modelling is very much art lol and you can get just as close in a 2d drawing as a 3d render, but making it identical to the moc is as mentioned not the point

[ToaMagna]

It appears I’ve forgotten the connotation of being a 3d modeler, but not a virtual moccist. Thank you for the kind people who corrected me and my sincerest apologies. I retract what I had to say

[darkbrick999]

They would be, though. Only digital 3d art is allowed; at least that’s the last position I saw the cast take. I’m not sure why, though.

[Pakari]

It’s my time!

I’m beyond excited, and I really can’t wait to see what other people come up with! Good luck, and have fun, everyone!

[Leoxander]

Hopefully this does not go on to further show we live in a society.

[CMO]

Just gonna repost this here in case anyone’s looking for inspiration for the design of Helryx’s (or anyone else’s) mask.

@CMO

So since I have no artistic talents, I’ma throw out my idea for anybody looking for inspiration for the mask portions of the Helryx, Artakha, and/or Tuyet contests, and if you wanna roll with it go for it:

I think there need to be more wide Kanohi. What do I mean by wide? Something along the lines of the Olmak, or the Garai, or Avak’s face, that stretch out further than an average Kanohi. We have plenty of Kanohi that are pretty straight and narrow, that line up well within a box. So I want to see something different, something that could fit within a rectangle or an oval. Why? Just to get some visual variety going on. Obviously though that’s only my thoughts on it, so if you wanna do something different go for it!

[TheTDChronicler]

Good luck to everyone who enter!

[Toa-of-Snow]

Some quick questions:

• If I provide more than the minimum 2 requested images, will they all be canonized? Or only the main 2, in which case I should indicate which two those are? The phrasing “minimum” infers that more than two images are allowed in an entry, but whether or not they would be canon is unclear.

• Is text allowed in the image? Can I submit both a text/no text version? (I’m not talking about text to “explain” an entry or such - it would be part of the artwork.)

• Are we allowed to depict other Bionicle characters in the artwork, so long as they already have established canon appearances that we’re not stepping on? (Say, Takanuva, for example). What about just an object (like a kanohi, or a toa stone?)

• Are there any limits as to what qualifies as 2D art? If (extreme example) someone literally traces an image of the MoC photo, but replaces the pakari with their own design, does that still count?

Thanks for your time.

[Msw41]

Here is my submission for the art contest. It’s a MNOG-styled, texture-layered approach. (Sorry for the multiple deleted posts - I’m on the subreddit but first time trying to use TTV)

[ninseth]

This may be a stupid question but can the mask have multiple colours or does it have to be one colour like most official masks?

[Morkney]

My submission can be viewed here.

It’s a high resolution comic styled rendition of Helryx, with the mask based on KhingK’s design (with permission).
Good luck to everyone!

[Crunchy]

Are we allowed to share mask concepts in a sort of brainstorm session?