contest Christmas Cards Contest

[lssimo 1,559]

It was good that they did another vote after acknowledging mistakes.

There was some nice entries that most didn't even know existed. Congrats to the new winners.

But, just like they voted for new winners, I think there should have been new runner-ups as well.

And they should have taken into account the big effort made by nidjo, just open the image big and you'll see how much detail he put into it. Maybe his mistake was not making his work look enough like a holiday greeting card with borders or with a message, but just think about, he was too busy to do that. Then others made mistakes too like putting 2021 instead of 2022. I'm not saying that 2021 participant should be disqulified for that or deserve a lesser position, I'm just saying there should be some forgiving for others too.

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The artworks are split into two categories:  

• Digital cards: Create your holiday greetings card in an image editor or create a 3D model with the help of specialized programs.

• Physical cards: Draw your holiday greetings card on a piece of paper or make a model of something with handy materials.

 

Important! The artwork should only relate to «Tanki Online», and should celebrate the New Year’s holiday!

Doubly important! While working, be sure to indicate your in-game nickname and the year: «2022».

 

It says "holiday greeting card".

But then it says "important" "only relate to Tanki Online, and should celebrate the New Year's holiday" and there I think it he does pretty good: tanks wearing red paint traveling from far up north carrying gifts in the middle of the night, well that's New Year/Chrismas in Tanki. The celebrating part is probably the 2022 glowing or the tank being too happy that it loses its balance.

Then the "doubly important" says indicate the "year: 2022". Which he did in a nice way. The "doubly important" doesn't specify to write a message. Maybe he just took that literally.

Yes there was a new vote, and I think the new vote was good, but it still feels unfair because some in the first vote won a reward when there is a better work than theirs that didn't get nothing in both votes. If the first vote was like the second maybe he'd have got a runner up. X2 for the pain and suffering.

I know that admins need to make their decisions be respected, otherwise everyone would be begging and complaining in future contests.

Thanks.

[numericable 2,375]

11 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

OK I am glad that the organisers have taken a look at the results again, and re-judged, especially in light of the fact that one of the previous winners broke the rules. Well done indeed to @CaptainMaxwell7 who pointed out that one piece that had plagiarised previous work.

I am glad to see that @Volturo has now won in the physical category :) I think that is deserved. I am sad to see however that @nidjo did not make the top 5 for digital entries. I definitely think his piece was a lot better than some of the others in the top 5, but clearly the judges have different judging criteria than me, their contest so their rules I guess. It would seem there must be some significant emphasis on the "Happy New Year" message itself, which is the only criteria that I can see stated more clearly in the top 5 than in nidjo's work. Something to think about for next time, then, for artists I guess.
 

Bro, I really don't think you have anything to apologise for. I mean, it is still beyond understanding how you didn't even make runners up in the original results, when your work seemed to be worthy of winning or at the very least getting somewhere in the top 5. To say your work didn't even deserve a runner's up prize, when it had such high quality compared to many other entries in the winner's category, and that you had clearly put so much effort into it also, seems bizarre to me. The results were unfair, and very discouraging for any future artists - because if you can produce work like that (which takes a lot of time and effort to do so), and then works with much less quality win while you don't even get runner up, that makes me and probably many others think - what is the point in entering these contests?

Anyway, looking at the new winners it would seem that the judges must have put heavy emphasis on the New Year greeting message itself, which is the only category I think your work may have lacked in. Although you might have intentionally kept that it minimalist, to draw attention to the scene itself - I don't know what you were going for. The judging criteria is not clearly explained, as @Volturo alluded to, I think for the sake of fairness what the contest is looking for should be more clearly explained in future, so that people don't waste their time working hard on something that the judges are not looking for. As you said to me, you spent 3-4 days working on this piece (and it shows), to get nothing with other entries that seemed of lower quality, and clearly that put in much less work seems unfair.

It was me, and others who really made a fuss about the results, because they were clearly unfair - so not your fault at all. Just keep in mind perhaps to put more emphasis on the New Year message itself (in this case, different obviously if they are looking for a different theme for future contests), so keep that in mind if you plan to enter in the future. I used to do art, was my favourite subject at school and I was once planning to be a graphic designer - if I was judging, I would put you at minimum top 3, if not the winner - I also liked the works by Dinulka and Knights_Storm also in the digital category, but I think for your work to not get top 5 is bizarre. The quality of your piece is outstanding, and many of us thought that, as you can see.

You definitely have the talent to be a graphic designer - or something along those lines - if you wanted to be :)

 

9 minutes ago, lssimo said:

It was good that they did another vote after acknowledging mistakes.

There was some nice entries that most didn't even know existed. Congrats to the new winners.

But, just like they voted for new winners, I think there should have been new runner-ups as well.

And they should have taken into account the big effort made by nidjo, just open the image big and you'll see how much detail he put into it. Maybe his mistake was not making his work look enough like a holiday greeting card with borders or with a message, but just think about, he was too busy to do that. Then others made mistakes too like putting 2021 instead of 2022. I'm not saying that 2021 participant should be disqulified for that or deserve a lesser position, I'm just saying there should be some forgiving for others too.

Yes...

It says "holiday greeting card".

But then it says "important" "only relate to Tanki Online, and should celebrate the New Year's holiday" and there I think it he does pretty good: tanks wearing red paint traveling from far up north carrying gifts in the middle of the night, well that's New Year/Chrismas in Tanki. The celebrating part is probably the 2022 glowing or the tank being too happy that it loses its balance.

Then the "doubly important" says indicate the "year: 2022". Which he did in a nice way. The "doubly important" doesn't specify to write a message. Maybe he just took that literally.

Yes there was a new vote, and I think the new vote was good, but it still feels unfair because some in the first vote won a reward when there is a better work than theirs that didn't get nothing in both votes. If the first vote was like the second maybe he'd have got a runner up. X2 for the pain and suffering.

I know that admins need to make their decisions be respected, otherwise everyone would be begging and complaining in future contests.

Thanks.

Maybe Nidjo didnt win because he did last year and they want new participants to win so others would not feel discouraged. I know thats still unfair, however they promoted its artwork on RU Instagram.

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

1 hour ago, numericable said:

 

Maybe Nidjo didnt win because he did last year and they want new participants to win so others would not feel discouraged. I know thats still unfair, however they promoted its artwork on RU Instagram.

Did he win last year? Didn't know that, if so. I still think the best works should win though, that would make some sort of sense if it was factored in though. Still would surely deserve a runners up prize, at least though - even if that was the case.

EDIT: Wait wuut, they promoted his artwork on the Russian Tanki Instagram? Surely he won something then - or are they offering him a job at the art department :P ? How can an Art Piece which didn't even win runners up be promoted on the Tanki Instagram  ? Surely he must have won something then, if they think it worthy to go on Instagram.

Edited January 7, 2022 by DestrotankAI9

[tank7 320]

cg to all new and old winners!

[numericable 2,375]

48 minutes ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

Did he win last year? Didn't know that, if so. I still think the best works should win though, that would make some sort of sense if it was factored in though. Still would surely deserve a runners up prize, at least though - even if that was the case.

EDIT: Wait wuut, they promoted his artwork on the Russian Tanki Instagram? Surely he won something then - or are they offering him a job at the art department :P ? How can an Art Piece which didn't even win runners up be promoted on the Tanki Instagram  ? Surely he must have won something then, if they think it worthy to go on Instagram.

I dont think they offer prizes because they promote alot of player's artwork. Something weird is that in the artwork, it is written by Nidzo instead of Nidjo. See on the screenshot below:

https://imgur.com/a/qzYnZJq

Edited January 7, 2022 by numericable

[NikmanGT 4,362]

Congratz to all the New Winners ^^

[NlDZO 591]

@DestrotankAI9 You left me speechless with that essay.  I don't know what to say expect Thank you for your support and I appreciate your effort.

15 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

Although you might have intentionally kept that it minimalist, to draw attention to the scene itself 

Yes, you are right, I did it on purpose because I wanted artwork to look immersive without any text on the screen

15 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

Anyway, looking at the new winners it would seem that the judges must have put heavy emphasis on the New Year greeting message itself

Take a look at Dinulka work, he doesn't have a New Year greeting message. So that's probably not the case.

15 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

I also liked the works by Dinulka and Knights_Storm also in the digital category

It’s funny you say that, ironically they’re both in the last two places in the top 5, like you said it’s bizarre.

4 hours ago, lssimo said:

Tank being too happy that it loses its balance.

This made me laugh  My interpretation is a little different: Tank doesn’t have enough time to deliver gifts, so it drives as fast as possible.

 

Edited January 7, 2022 by nidjo

[NlDZO 591]

2 hours ago, numericable said:

Maybe Nidjo didnt win because he did last year and they want new participants to win so others would not feel discouraged.

Yes, I won last year. But don't forget Eshan05 and Volturo They both won last year.

[numericable 2,375]

1 minute ago, nidjo said:

Yes, I won last year. But don't forget Eshan05 and Volturo They both won last year.

 

39 minutes ago, numericable said:

I dont think they offer prizes because they promote alot of player's artwork. Something weird is that in the artwork, it is written by Nidzo instead of Nidjo. See on the screenshot below:

https://imgur.com/a/qzYnZJq

Do you know why the 2 names are different in the screenshot Nidzo/Nidjo?

[NlDZO 591]

4 minutes ago, numericable said:

Do you know why the 2 names are different in the screenshot Nidzo/Nidjo?

Nidjo is my old nickname, and nidzo is my new nickname. nidjo is for contest (my nickname in the game) while nidzo is for social media.

I don’t have enough tankoins to change my nickname xD

Edited January 7, 2022 by nidjo

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

1 hour ago, nidjo said:

@DestrotankAI9 You left me speechless with that essay.  I don't know what to say expect Thank you for your support and I appreciate your effort.

Haha, no problem man :)

Well even if your work has went unrewarded here, most of us thought it was really impressive. I am sure that an art school, or others will not fail to appreciate this kind of art, you clearly have talent - and anyone who knows something about art can see that. Or even people who don't - your kind of art work is the kind that people will buy, if you choose to even do pieces to sell in your spare time.

I think that future art contests should have more clearly defined criteria, because these pieces surely take a long time to create - and I think it is only fair that people trying to enter know what the judges might be looking for. The winners here haven't made a lot of sense to many of us, personally I don't think I would bother to enter an art contest in the future (not that I would necessarily, but I might have thought about it), because the Russian contest seems to have been judged fairly, but for instance how nidjo failed to get even runners up in the EU contest I don't know. I wouldn't want to spend a long time making an entry for a contest like this, and then not even get runners up - when some entries ahead of me don't seem as good or to have had even half the comparable effort put in.

Tanki's contest though, their decision. But I think in future, criteria need to be more clear as to what they are looking for, because looking at the winners, and who has failed to win, I don't understand the criteria at all. It is only fair to people who will work hard to make entries for these contests.

Edited January 7, 2022 by DestrotankAI9

[Eshan05 3]

Is there a page that we have to go to ask for our princess. Btw when I click  at the contest winner page it still shows old results, I won't even notice it if I didn't receive containers. lol  

[Volturo 181]

When can I expect a DM from Marcus to select my prize?

[Dr.Isida 526]

Congrats to all the new winners, it's delightful to see artists win the places they rightfully deserve

Also, I suggest repicking a winner for 3rd place. I'm already happy with my spot in the Russian locale contest on my alt account, so let someone else also be happy with winning a deserved spot in 3rd place too!

 

[Besieger 24]

12 hours ago, Volturo said:

When can I expect a DM from Marcus to select my prize?

Its a bit longer process... BTW share your choice with us... what skin you like most?