Art Competition: A New Standard

[Zyardran]

guess who is getting last place for their bad art
it starts with a and has mash in the middle of it

Amashi, why are you being so hard on yourself all the time. I think there's a fine line between self criticism and low self esteem. Give yourself some credit, you put effort in it, aren't you proud of that? Look at russians submission. It's literally just a black square.  While yours could use some contrasting colors and a bit more detail, the idea is really cool. Give ourself a pat on the back.

[DoctorC]

It's literally just a black square.

Excuse me, but there's a difference between a square and a rectangle.

On a serious note: Zyardran's right, you don't have to be so hard on yourself. I know, that it's hard to go against the unending flow of people saying that you're bad (found out it the hard way). You may even think that because they're saying you're useless you can actually be useless. But that's what they're saying. It doesn't matter what they see in you. It's the matter of who you are. If people say you're useless, just ignore them and be the person that you wanna be and a person that you will love. Don't let anyone break you.

[Calambar]

I want to put in my 2 cents.

Amashi, you have a great potential as an artist, you have a sense of humor, you have your style and ideas, just keep drawing, you are only 13 years old! You have a whole life ahead of you! Man, I'm almost 29, I wish I was as good as you in digital painting when I was 13.

And remember that art is subjective. Ask for honest opinion, of course, but not only one person and first ask YOURSELF if you like what you did. And most importantly, ask yourself if what you do makes you happy, if you like doing what you are doing.

Just keep practicing and you gonna get better and better.

[russianspy1234]

You missed 3 pixels

There can be no darkness without light 

It's literally just a black square.

There's a bit of white in there that's totally there on purpose and not just because I screwed up with the undo button...

guess who is getting last place for their bad art
it starts with a and has mash in the middle of it

arussianmashspy1234?

[Amashi]

guess who is getting last place for their bad art
it starts with a and has mash in the middle of it

arussianmashspy1234?

no, me
why didn't you get the hint

[russianspy1234]

guess who is getting last place for their bad art
it starts with a and has mash in the middle of it

arussianmashspy1234?

no, me
why didn't you get the hint

I did, that's why I mixed the letters from your hint into my name.

[Submachine]

@Oganizers: Can we lift the rule of making art about our "favorite" element? The element I'd make a submission for is different from my actual favorite.

[Aves]

@Oganizers: Can we lift the rule of making art about our "favorite" element? The element I'd make a submission for is different from my actual favorite.

My favorite element for the purposes of competition is going to be light

Consider favorite to mean the one you favor for this competition!

Edit: So, yeah. Pick any element you want.

[andretimpa]

It was a silly restriction after all, since some people don't have a favorite

[Aves]

It was a silly restriction after all, since some people don't have a favorite

It was never intended as a restriction-- more as flavor text.

[DoctorC]

It was a silly restriction after all, since some people don't have a favorite

It was never intended as a restriction-- more as flavor text.

Probably for the best. I mean, even the game doesn't restrict you to 12 elements sharp, instead providing over four thousand different combinations.

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Spoiler for Darkness engulfs the world, blood shall flow tonight...:

...yeah.
I don't have any fancy tools so I just made it one pixel at a time (took ~6 hours total).
The wings flew off.