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Daghain
10-07-2008, 03:34 PM
Lots of good entries in this one. Good luck everybody!

In no particular order:

theBeamisHome:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/544/beamoy.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z104/blakiceanjel/oy-1.jpg

Sir_Boomme:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/544/medium/boomme.jpghttp://img219.imageshack.us/img219/256/goodoyja7.jpg

alinda:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/544/OYalinda.jpg

boehmke:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/544/medium/Oyboehmke.jpghttp://www.thedarktower.org/custom/images/1326047335-Oy.jpg

Darkthoughts:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/544/medium/Oydarkthoughts.jpghttp://www.thedarktower.org/custom/images/1326066981-oylisa.jpg

gsvec:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/544/OYgretchen.jpghttp://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e73/gsvec/Misc%20Pics/OY2.jpg

TLC:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o210/tamarachik/untitled-1.jpg
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/544/medium/oytlc.jpg

jayson
10-07-2008, 03:47 PM
That was not easy, but I went with Lisa's.

Daghain
10-07-2008, 03:49 PM
It was very hard to choose. :)

razz
10-07-2008, 03:51 PM
very. I wish i could choose 2 :(

idk, my bff jill?
10-07-2008, 04:41 PM
Ah!

It's too difficult to choose.

I'll say this: Sir_Boomme's entry is frr-EE-kee. :]

gsvec
10-07-2008, 04:52 PM
Umm...Daggers? I don't plan on getting many (interpret as "any" :lol:) votes since I just did my Oy for fun, but could you maybe fix my name in the poll? Thankee sai!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e73/gsvec/Smilies/flowers.gif

ladykatherine
10-07-2008, 04:59 PM
awww, those were all very cute!!

but i chose boehmke...awesome job!

:onfire: Katie
(haha i've never seen this smiley before!)

Brainslinger
10-07-2008, 05:09 PM
Ha, ha, I was too late.

Never mind, when I've finished the colouring I may post it just for fun. (Nowhere near the quality of these here anyway.)

The ones closest to my picture of Oy here were Darkthoughts and Boehmke. I love the effort and texture that went into Boehmke's but Darkthoughts's is just a bit closer to how I imagine Oy from the description. Good work though everyone.

alinda
10-07-2008, 05:40 PM
Lisa ,you got my vote!

Sir_Boomme
10-07-2008, 06:01 PM
well.... mine definitely had the biggest B.S. story behind it... but as far as art quality and most true to king's OY descript., i had to go with boehmke's version - though darkthoughts was a close second.
gsvec's made me laugh the most.

i so want a bumbler like boehmke's now... where do i get one!!!!

ps. now i know what a bumbler is... but what the hell is a boehmke?

Odetta
10-07-2008, 06:03 PM
Sir Boomme, I gave you my vote...

Woofer
10-07-2008, 06:19 PM
This is going to be a tight, tight vote.

gsvec
10-07-2008, 06:28 PM
I can't decide yet!! :panic:

Louise
10-07-2008, 06:30 PM
Think it has to be boehmke for me :clap:

gsvec
10-07-2008, 06:33 PM
My problem is that if you COMBINE Darkthoughts and boehmke's versions together, you get the Oy I always imagined! Man, this is gonna be a very tough decision . . .

Daghain
10-07-2008, 08:11 PM
Damnit, sorry Gretchen, I'm a little dyslexic today. :lol:

Jon
10-07-2008, 09:45 PM
I voted for Sir_Boomme because it scared the shit out of me!!!!:scared:

Letti
10-07-2008, 10:13 PM
I thought it would be hard to choose but my heart decided quite quickly.
Lisa, your Oy is the Oy I have in my head. Thank you.

Jean
10-07-2008, 10:24 PM
I voted Lisa's.

The Lion's is immensely touching, but I don't see him as a samurai Oy was.

Lady Linda's is, as it is always the case with her pictures, evoking the whole atmosphere, but himself looks rather clumsy.

boehmke's is fantastic, just a friend Jake needed, but not a merciless bug-killer who would save Jake's life

gsvec's has, in my opinion, the right tail, but the rest seems to me much too canine

TLC's is a cute little tiger, I love him too, but always pictured Oy a little different

and Lisa's is perfect!

Darkthoughts
10-08-2008, 02:33 AM
Gretchen, I voted for you :D

Brice
10-08-2008, 02:47 AM
I think this was the toughest of these contests to choose so far.

Letti
10-08-2008, 04:17 AM
I think this was the toughest of these contests to choose so far.

I always feel this way when we have a new one. :)

turtlex
10-08-2008, 04:21 AM
Well done, everyone. You're all extremely talented. I sketched a stick-figure once.

I voted for Darkthoughts - that's Oy as I always imagined.

TLC
10-08-2008, 09:17 AM
very tough. i voted boehmke because i like how happy he looks......................
but i do like all!

CPU
10-08-2008, 12:12 PM
This was a tough one. boehmke got my vote, Lisa's was right behind it. I liked them all actually!

Arthur Heath
10-08-2008, 02:12 PM
Im with CPU, went Boehmke though I was torn between theirs and Lisa's. I love how Gretchie tossed in the 'ake'. No Heather this time?!?!? I always enjoy her drawings...

gsvec
10-08-2008, 02:22 PM
Gretchen, I voted for you :D

Too funny . . . but ty berry much! :couple:

gsvec
10-08-2008, 02:24 PM
. . . Gretchie . . .

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e73/gsvec/Smilies/laugh3.gif

Woofer
10-09-2008, 03:52 AM
What a race!

By the way, Sir Boome, Thing is awesome - and awesome name! John Carpenter's The Thing is my #1 horror movie of all time.

"First goddamn week of winter."

ETA: Beam's Oy is trying to hypnotize me! :panic:

Tiffany
10-09-2008, 05:29 AM
I had to eenie-meenie-miney-mo to pick.

turtlex
10-09-2008, 06:37 AM
Truly, I do love them all.
Like I said, I picked Darkthoughts, with boehmke being a close second.
To me, though, boehmke's Oy looks too... I don't know... happy, I guess.

Congrats to all, regardless.
turtlex ( with not an artistic thread of talent )

Sir_Boomme
10-09-2008, 08:05 AM
What a race!

By the way, Sir Boome, Thing is awesome - and awesome name! John Carpenter's The Thing is my #1 horror movie of all time.


WOW! what a close contest... all tied up at 15.
who's going to step up and be the tie breaker?

thanks woofer, my "Thing" is awesome :)

my 14 year old collie that died a couple of years ago was named "It". I was reading king's "IT" when he was born...on friday the 13th - so i named him "It's Friday the 13th"...aka "It" for short.

anyway, dean koontz was signing his new book "The Husband" about 2 1/2 years ago, so i got him to sign a copy to me... and sign a copy to my collie. shortly after that, "It" passed away. four months later i got another dog from the animal shelter... and when trying to come up with a name... i reflected back on the koontz inscription below... and the name fit. so king named my collie, and koontz named my current pup.

i think it's kinda funny koontz also inscribed his book to a major evil king character.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9065/koontzsiguq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

theBeamisHome
10-09-2008, 08:38 AM
i broke the tie!! i voted for Lisa! hey, someone voted for mine... must have been Tiffany :lol:

Daghain
10-09-2008, 08:42 AM
With 5 more days of voting, this could go anywhere. :lol:

Woofer
10-09-2008, 11:34 AM
What a race!

By the way, Sir Boome, Thing is awesome - and awesome name! John Carpenter's The Thing is my #1 horror movie of all time.


WOW! what a close contest... all tied up at 15.
who's going to step up and be the tie breaker?

thanks woofer, my "Thing" is awesome :)

my 14 year old collie that died a couple of years ago was named "It". I was reading king's "IT" when he was born...on friday the 13th - so i named him "It's Friday the 13th"...aka "It" for short.

anyway, dean koontz was signing his new book "The Husband" about 2 1/2 years ago, so i got him to sign a copy to me... and sign a copy to my collie. shortly after that, "It" passed away. four months later i got another dog from the animal shelter... and when trying to come up with a name... i reflected back on the koontz inscription below... and the name fit. so king named my collie, and koontz named my current pup.

i think it's kinda funny koontz also inscribed his book to a major evil king character.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9065/koontzsiguq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

What a cool story. Give Thing a scritch behind the ears from me.


With 5 more days of voting, this could go anywhere. :lol:

I'm sure it will. I voted, but it was very, very difficult.

MonteGss
10-10-2008, 09:06 AM
Darkers. She has the feel of Oy for me. I never thought he looked so dog-like and Lisa's picture is the closest to the Oy in my head.

Darkthoughts
10-10-2008, 06:16 PM
Darkers has the feel of me.
I thought we weren't going to tell anyone? :lol:

boehmke
10-10-2008, 09:03 PM
It's too close I'm gonna pee my pants.

Darkthoughts
10-11-2008, 09:05 AM
:lol: I just like the fact that you're on 19 votes...it'd be cool to win on that number :cool:

razz
10-11-2008, 11:09 AM
aww...you're losing... :(

alinda
10-11-2008, 01:36 PM
NO, I am vote for me ....come on , cant I even get a pity vote ?:blush:


Just kidding...I didnt even vote for me!! :lol:

razz
10-11-2008, 02:52 PM
i made you a pity vote...but i eated it.

turtlex
10-11-2008, 03:57 PM
It's too close I'm gonna pee my pants.

Off topic, slightly, but what a GREAT art blog. Flipping impressive.

Daghain
10-13-2008, 09:51 PM
*bump*

Contest ends tomorrow. Vote now!!!

No new contests until I sober up from the Vegas trip. I'm thinking mid-December. :lol:

boehmke
10-13-2008, 11:06 PM
Thanks turtlex glad you enjoy the art :)

See you this weekend Daghain. I'll be the one with a sketch book hiding behind Hannah.

Heather19
10-14-2008, 06:05 AM
Well after much deliberation I went with Lisa's. It was a very tough choice. I did love boehmke's though, and I think if you combine the two together you'd get what I imagined Oy as in my head.

ManOfWesternesse
10-14-2008, 06:14 AM
Voted Lisa's!

Daghain
10-14-2008, 08:15 AM
Thanks turtlex glad you enjoy the art :)

See you this weekend Daghain. I'll be the one with a sketch book hiding behind Hannah.

Can't wait!

alinda
10-14-2008, 08:37 AM
:grouphug: I so wish I was gonna be there with y'all.




Thanks razz :couple:

Brainslinger
10-14-2008, 11:58 AM
A quick off-topic, but related question: do any of you use gimp for your artwork?

I tend to draw with pencil, then over again with pen as I find it difficult to draw with a mouse. I then scan it in, and fill and colour on the computer. Trouble is all my black ink pen work comes out grey on the scan. I've been trying to work out an easy way to blacken it all. (I like drawing with black outlines, comic-style.) Fill tool doesn't work as there are jaggies, and the grey colour isn't uniform.

I could use the burn tool to darken everything with a brush, but if there's a quicker way that'd be nice.

Since this isn't relate strictly to this contest, please feel free to PM me or point me to a thread elsewhere.

Daghain
10-14-2008, 12:39 PM
I'm not seeing a thread anywhere - maybe you should start one! I'm sure there are a few people who would like to discuss this. :D

jayson
10-14-2008, 12:41 PM
Dunno if there is a thread or not, but I do know that Letti uses Gimp a lot to make her banners. She might be someone who can answer your question Brainslinger.

Daghain
10-14-2008, 12:54 PM
And there is a Gimp thread around here somewhere....

Darkthoughts
10-14-2008, 01:25 PM
I don't use GIMP or photoshop, I don't even have a scanner right now :lol: I take photos on my camera and hope for the best.

Daghain
10-14-2008, 03:36 PM
And the winner is....


boehmke!!!!

Congratulations. A little something will be in the mail for you shortly!

ETA: Oh wait, I'm going to see you in Vegas. I'll bring it to you. :lol:

TLC
10-14-2008, 03:53 PM
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!:rock:

Brainslinger
10-14-2008, 04:03 PM
Congratulations Boehmke. Well deserved!

boehmke
10-19-2008, 02:29 PM
Thanks Everyone! :)

Letti
10-20-2008, 04:23 AM
Congratulations.

alinda
10-20-2008, 05:23 AM
Our resident artist's have out done themselves. Well done boehmke, amazing job!

Aaron
10-29-2008, 08:41 AM
Hey everyone. I moved all of the posts related to the discussion about "real" billybumblers into their own thread in the Gilead forum. To view and continue in the conversation click here. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?t=5610)

Daghain
10-29-2008, 11:12 AM
Thanks!