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Bill Andel
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Modern Art is one of my favorite games, so I'm sponsoring a contest for the best design for the blank player screen which comes with the Mayfair Games edition. First prize is 50 GG (enough for a Geek or Uber Geek badge), second prize is 30 GG (enough for an avatar) and third prize is 15 GG (enough for a microbadge). In addition, one "honorable mention" prize of 10 GG (start your own guild) will be awarded for each 10 GG of tips to the original post.

Here are the rules:

1) All entries must be pictures of an actual art museum. Art musuems used on the Mayfair Games edition screens are ineligible.

2) All entries must use the overlay template file available in the download section for Modern Art.

3) Unaltered photographs of musuems are not accepable entries, no matter how well-executed. This is an art contest, so please be creative.

4) All entries should be the submitter's original work.

5) All entries must be posted to this thread with a time stamp no later than 11:59 PM US Central Time, Saturday, April 19, 2008. Late entries will not be considered.

6) All entries must be accompanied with a brief paragraph explaining the reason the museum portrayed and the style of execution of the image was chosen. See the sample entry below for an example.

7) Images may be posted from personal galleries, and etc., but images which get accepted to the Modern Art Image Gallery (Creative category, of course), will get extra consideration.

8) Entries will be judged by an esteemed panel of judges including myself, microbadge and graphics designer RecklessJester, game retailer and podcaster Ron Blessing, and game photographer extroidinaire gamephotos. Thumbs awarded to entries in this thread will act as a fifth "virtual" judge. Decision of the judges are final and will not be reconsidered.

9) Multiple entries are awarded per person, but no entrant will be awarded more than one prize.

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If any of the above is deemed unclear, contradictory or incomplete, I reserve the rights to change the rules of this contest at any time prior to the submission deadline. ("He who has the GG makes the rules.")

The winners of the contest will be announced on The Game's The Thing podcast.

Sample Entry


I grew up in Southern New Jersey just across the Deleware river from Philadelphia and attended college just across Fairmount Park from the classically inspired Philadelphia Art Museum. The image of the Rocky Balboa statue in front of the museum is certainly iconic. I chose to execute it in an impressionistic style to soften the "tough guy" image associated with the Philadelphia and New Jersey region.
Last edited on 2008-03-12 14:42:55 CST (Total Number of Edits: 1)
Jeroen Harkes
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Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag hold the largest collection of Piet Mondriaan paintings in the world (about 160 pieces), including his last work Victory Boogie-Woogie.
Piet Mondriaan is one of the pioneers of abstract and non figurative art, and an inspiration of many modern artists.

I have recreated the picture of the entrance to the museum below in the style of Piet Mondriaan. When you look at them together you can see the resemblance.

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is in my home town (the Hague for the english speakers) and it is a realy beautiful museum.


(from wikipedia)

Edit: image sizes and clarification
Last edited on 2008-02-23 09:41:08 CST (Total Number of Edits: 2)
Andrew Tullsen
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Well, here is my addition to this contest. I just fiddled around with some lines and different effects for about an hour. (I know, it doesn't look like it could take that long :) ) Here is what I think is my best one. Check my gallery (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/user/184669 ) for some other ones.





and the original:

I legally copied this picture from (:blush: actually I lost the page. It was a while back, and it was from a google search...) .
Tyler Lischka
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The High Museum of Art in Atlanta.



I chose Atlanta's High Museum of Art because it is home to over 11,000 unique pieces of art. That is a lot of art. It also has sections dealing with Modern and Contemporary Art as well as Photography. I thought this fit well with the game as it is titled Modern Art.
The style I chose for this screen was a more modern approach, combining photography as well as a new digital art style. I ligtened the background, added some clouds, and brightened the building. I wanted something fresh, that would stand out and make the game of Modern Art even more modern, and something that can be played into the future.

Original Image:

Tyler Lischka
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minordemon wrote:

Ha, this reminds me of the latest Silverchair album cover:

I like it, nice job!
Nick Reed
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Tate Modern, London - Britain's national museum of international modern art. Coming from England, and for a game called Modern Art, it seemed like the obvious choice, and it wasn't one of the ones listed in this post: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/306625

I (very obviously) based the image on this one: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/museumimages/thumbnail1.php...

As for style, I'm not even going to try and make up some artistic sounding explanation for it. My art skills are poor, so I figured a relatively minimal flat colour, with stark shadowing and a gradiated sky could work. I deliberately left out the edges of the buildings so you can see the sky through them... for a reason that doesn't seem to make too much sense now. And the trees and stuff are again deliberately angular to give a sense of the picture being constructed from cutout shapes.

Note how arty I'm sounding!! :shake:

Okay, that's it. I'm done. I'm looking forward to getting the wooden spoon in this contest! ;)
Bill Andel
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This contest is now closed and judging has begun. Thank you all for your excellent entries. I will be alerting the winners by geekmail.
Carsten Wesel
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bill_andel wrote:
I will be alerting the winners by geekmail.


And in this tread?
Bill Andel
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Ceryon wrote:
bill_andel wrote:
I will be alerting the winners by geekmail.


And in this thread?

Not till after Ron Blessing's had a chance to announce them on his podcast.
Ron Blessing
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If all goes according to plan, this will be released on 5/4.
Ron Blessing
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As promised, here is the show in which we announced the winners. Congrats to all. And thanks for the great entries!

http://www.thegamesthething.com/index.php?post_id=335743
Nick Reed
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Yowzer! Wow - thank you. I honestly did think I wouldn't have a chance in this competition.
:)
thumbsup to Jeroen Harkes - I think your submission was actually better than mine. ;)
Jeroen Harkes
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Oh no, your win was well deserved. Especially for the amount