Player Art

I was happy to host another color-the-art event. It really isn't a contest, since everyone who enters wins. I don't want to hold this as a contest as I want people to just have fun coloring the images and not feel they aren't good enough to compete with others who might have a different level of skill. When it comes to art, skill level is imaginary. Doing art is good enough.

That said, we had some fun entries this time around and I am pleased to showcase them here in this post. This time I am going to do it differently. We will have each players selections presented with a few notes from me. We will start with the art I did.

Chih Min Chan: Nice work with variations on color and backgrounds. I love the pseudo psychedelic feel to the pictures. Remind me of old record album covers.

 Barton F. McKelvey: Good use of photo editing. Color filling is a nice at to not only add color but bring out odd highlights. It changes the feel of the picture. Good use of backgrounds.

 David Hawk: One picture in particular grabbed your interest. This is good, as it let you play with variations on a theme.

John Schoenfeld: You took a turn with each pic. Very creative use of ideas. I never saw Freddy Mercury in that image...until you drew it, now it makes sense. Though Freddy never quite had that physique. The unicorn is unique. You took a realistic view of the African warrior. And finally, blending the image into the real Heroes Rising background was brilliant. All great work.

Megan Knight: You too picked one and went to town. Good work. Playful coloring and good use of backgrounds. The color balance between the background and what you choose to add to the figure is well done. 

Mike Lance: Another artist who went for the psychedelic. For some reason, this mage really inspired that. You can almost hear the sitars playing in the background.   

Steve Bryant: Most players used their computers to do the art, which is perfectly fine. You chose the old tool of colored pencils. Very good use of this medium. The colors are good, the balance is nice. Not sure why the warrior is stabbing hearts, but at least he's smiling. 

Todd Goode: Speaking of playing with computers, you went to town. Texter overlays and editing. Very good, inspiring work. The triple image using the original coloring you did was a stroke of brilliance. Love it. 

Victor Wanderley Correa: Great work. Another to use all four images. Your color schemes are beautifully well balanced. I loved the way you incorporated different themes into these. To be honest, I think the woman in flight is my favorite, though I like them all. I would love to know all the mediums you used in this work.

Chris Evans: Your one entry is amazing. Love the costume on her and blending with a background from the game was a fun choice. 

Drift Davis: What can I say? What didn't you put in this one? So much going on, and still it captures a single idea. Nice work, I like it.

Edit: I completely missed the second two. Both really cool work. Now they are here to be enjoyed.