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LigH

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By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« on: September 28, 2011, 06:57:01 am »
While playing with the Akinator I tried if he knows some elemenst from PlaneShift, and was partially gleeful, partially disappointed, that it seems not famous enough yet ... so I tried to submit Talad, Laanx, and a few races, until he was able to guess at least the right direction, so I would be able to upload an image ...

But there was none. All I found was the description in the Player Guide, in the beginning of chapter 3.4: Yliakum History.

Therefore I feel like asking the artists of the PlaneShift Community: How do you imagine our Gods of Yliakum? :detective:

But that is only a rough idea for now. There is not yet any organization of a contest, there are no prizes available, no schedule...

For now I'd like to know your opinions, and hopefully offers from the community and from the team, how to make a contest out of this vague idea, collecting pictures of
  • Talad
  • Laanx
  • Dakkru
  • Xiosia
  • Vodùl?
  • Black Flame?

I believe it would be suitable to create specific threads for each of the accepted categories to collect images and add polls after some deadline. And I hope we can finish it all before 2012, in time for 20 years of PlaneShift (including the 2D era...).
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2011, 07:12:53 am »
Good point, LigH.

The first and only thing that comes to my mind is an illustration I've seen on the events pages:


Celebration of the Spirit

I don't even know if this is official game art, but I would like to see more of these.
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2011, 08:15:49 pm »
I'm not skilled enough to draw the gods, but I have been writing some fanfic of them.  I'd love to see a visual of Talad and Laanx.  That's a very lovely pic of Laanx.

[And I submitted Talad to Akinator too XD]
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2011, 09:34:58 pm »
Worked the Akinator with a few characters, and the deities.  Very funny little program.  ;D
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2011, 12:24:22 pm »
hmmmmmm.... awesome idea!! If there's a contest to draw them, I'm in!  \\o//
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2011, 03:28:00 pm »
How apropos, I'm currently working on a stylized version of Dakkru. Think Hindu Gods. If I can actually pull it off I hope to draw the others as well.
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2011, 10:40:21 pm »
I went to that link ligh put on there, and tested myself if he knew planeshift, tried to make the computer think of talad, but he thought of the plumber from ratchet and clank, wonder if they are really related ;)
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2011, 04:56:23 am »
Quote from: Earowo on September 29, 2011, 10:40:21 pm
I went to that link ligh put on there, and tested myself if he knew planeshift, tried to make the computer think of talad, but he thought of the plumber from ratchet and clank, wonder if they are really related ;)

I would have guessed a different plumber, possibly one who wears all red and shoots fireballs... :whistling:

Oh wait...the other Talad.
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2011, 06:19:21 am »
Shush, the Akinator was just a remark. — And you can allow him to continue 2 more times before he gives up.

The topic here is: "How do you imagine the Gods?" ... and "Who would help me making a contest?"
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2011, 08:14:38 am »
Being able to imagine a god is not only restricted to those who can draw... so I think it could be interesting if other write descriptions on how they imagine them and let those draw who want to draw them

If you really want to make a contest with it, why not one with a description and a drawing one, and one based on the description?
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2011, 08:41:03 am »
These are merely constricted glimpses of the Gods, of course. No insult, only praise is meant through their diminished presence.

Xiosia


Vodul


Dakkru


Laanx


The Black Flame


Talad


Xiosia
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2011, 08:45:39 am »
@ Jilata:

Certainly a good point. Talad and Laanx were described in the Settings, but e.g. Dakkru and Xiosia are still quite freely imaginable. Except I missed other sources...

@ Aramara:

We are not yet close to showing images; and with such a large number of large images, it might be better to prefer thumbnails or text links only, or this thread may become heavy to load and hard to read...

But apart from that, using abstract elements is indeed a valid kind of interpretation.
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2011, 11:16:40 am »
Dakkru is described in a book in the D.R. library. It is not how I imagine her, however, because she appears like the Goddess of Christmas in her cloak of ruby, emerald, and diamond shards.

Aramara, your artwork grows on me.
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2011, 06:10:52 pm »
Love those Aramara !!!  \\o//
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Re: By the Gods! ... How may they look at all?
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2011, 02:58:18 pm »
Quote from: miomo on September 30, 2011, 11:16:40 am
Aramara, your artwork grows on me.

like bacteria!
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