Contest - $60 in real gemstones as a prize [NO MORE ENTRIES]

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:44 am

Here's something for you...

Do a drawing of something related to outer space. This is pretty much wide open - planets, stars, how the big bang might have looked, the moon drawn as a big cheese, futuristic spaceship launching, imagine how a space colony would look... whatever, so long as it's related in some way to outer space.

Any style, any medium, but you have to be able to scan it and give us a link to your entry in this thread.

The only other qualifier is that the image should be reasonably work safe.

Provided we get at least 10 entries, we'll have a vote in a seperate thread. The winning entry gets $60 in your choice of rubies, sapphires, emeralds, citrine, topaz, star diopside, etcetera... basically, whatever you like that I have in stock. I'll ship internationally if required.

I'll put the winning entry up on Reasoned Cognition and in the "stuff" archives along with a link to your comic and info about the contest you won.

Things like this need a deadline... how about by Midnight January 21st? That's two weeks from this posting.

Spriteville, USA · Post by **Spriteville, USA** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:50 am

I call it...

"The Universe On Average"

*Cough* "Dyson Sphere From Outside" *Cough*

Sorry I'm lame I had to...

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:05 am

Rkolter has too much money. Let's rob him.

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:15 am

I'm with you. The cameras I installed last time are still working, surprisingly, and now that he's back from the honeymoon I'll be able to determine his and his wife's schedules.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:54 am

Spriteville, USA wrote:image...

Actually, someone beat you to it. The color of the universe on average is a yellowish beige.

McDuffies wrote:Rkolter has too much money. Let's rob him.

Not too much money no. Just a gemstone business during an economic recession. The inventory is already paid for, and my wholesale cost on the stones is damn low. I'm not out much by holding the contest, and I can claim it as a tax-deductable advertising expense (at the retail value of the stones!) anyhow.

JexKerome wrote:I'm with you. The cameras I installed last time are still working, surprisingly, and now that he's back from the honeymoon I'll be able to determine his and his wife's schedules.

I thought I got all those... damn.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:40 am

now I have to do this... not because I like space or anything, but because I love gemstones. It was a passion of my grandfather's that he shared with me, and when he passed away, he left me his gemstone cutting/buffing/cab equipment and 2 metric tons of rocks and gems.

So.... I will go home tonight and ponder a picture and sketch out ideas. I'll probably do it in Charcoal.

TheBladeRoden2 · Post by **TheBladeRoden2** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:32 am

"The Universe on Average According to Rkolter"

Col · Post by **Col** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:38 am

I might do this. I could use 60 bucks.

Wp · Post by Wp » Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:13 am

Do you know what I want to see? A Dyson Sphere. That would be awesome.

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:42 am

mcDuffies wrote:Rkolter has too much money. Let's rub him.

Let's what?

(mcDuffies rubs rkolter strikes again!)

Also, awesome contest, but we have come to the conclusion that we can't draw outer space....

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:23 pm

wp wrote:Do you know what I want to see? A Dyson Sphere. That would be awesome.

If I understand correctly, if seen from the outside, a Dyson Sphere would look pretty much like Spriteville's drawing...

Wp · Post by Wp » Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:26 pm

I thought the theorized Dyson Sphere was supposed to be separate large plates that orbited around the star. That wouldn't make it black would it?

EDIT: I realized that calling something imaginary "real" is slightly stupid.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:39 pm

A dyson sphere is supposed to be an entire sphere such that each point on the inside of the sphere is within the habitable zone of the star in the center of the sphere.

It would be cool, if drawn well. A dark sphere 180 million miles in diameter, possibly illuminated by a distant sun, blotting out stars behind it.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:20 pm

I'd think they'd put running lights of some sort on the dark side to aid visibility for approaching starships.

ShineDog · Post by **ShineDog** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:34 pm

this is part of the comic, but it kinda fits.

a derelict in a swirly pretty homeworld stylee nebula/dustcloud thing.

unfortunatley it kinda looks like its underwater

btw - little critique - does the hull kinda look like its made of bone? its meant to be made of bone.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/S ... ystyle.jpg

part of me prefers this old version, but hey.

Jha'Meia · Post by **Jha'Meia** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:29 pm

Holy crap!

This is something I've gotta try for now! *is a gem freak*

*frantically opens Photoshop*

How long do we have??

Also... is hyperspace permissible? ;_;

And how many entries per person is the limit?

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:46 pm

I am so totally doing this!

*Placeholder*

Collapse · Post by **Collapse** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:49 pm

Is computer model a valid entry?

Komiyan · Post by **Komiyan** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:55 pm

Shiney, that freaking rocks. Seriously.

Collapse · Post by **Collapse** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:03 pm

Oh, I missed Shiney's thing.

I'm so screwed now...