Scribble Labs 2 - Double Vision!!

ROUND 4 - PREPARATIONS

Click the box below to reveal this round's general theme and match-ups.

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:mario: KAIZO MARIOBOARDS :mario:
Prompts will be a selection of thread titles taken from marioboards.com



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Representing Team Inktoplasm this round:
Hearts - Windsor - (#3C0878)
Arc - Ground Beef - (#E4415B)

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Flygon has requested to be dropped from the tournament.​
Uniju has agreed to fill her position. His color will be Cornflower Blue (#6495ED).
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The round gimmick is
SYNERGY BATTLE​

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* In this round, you cannot use black or white. *

* You must assemble a custom palette of three colors and use that to draw your image. *
- Your first color is the one you signed up with -
- Your second color is either your partner's, your opponent's, or your partner's opponent's -
- Your third color can be anything you like. -

* Standard scribble rules apply otherwise. *


The short version (for this week):
3 colors, no black or white.
1sr color is yours.
2nd is from any other participant in your match.
3rd is anything you like.


Prompts for this round will unlock
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ROUND 4 - START
You can now receive your prompt from the bot.

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Please submit your scribbles before
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Some advice for this round:​

  • Remember that you cannot use black (#000000) or white (#FFFFFF).
  • You do not have to decide on a palette ahead of time. If you want, you can prepare multiple different palettes and pick the most fitting one once you get your prompt.
  • To allow for contrast in your picture, it might be a good idea to have one color be of a significantly different brightness level compared to the others.
  • If you need a very quick shorthand for how certain colors look together, the little VS graphic in the match-up list is a composite of all four colors in a match.
  • You don't have to look up the thread your prompt is based of. Just take the prompt at face value and let your picture take shape.
  • Don't use colors picked from an ugly gradient, no matter how many show up on your doorstep. It might be funny in the moment, but you're only putting yourself at a disadvantage. Remember: If you intentionally throw, you're also throwing for your teammate.
  • Don't try to game the system by using almost-black or very-slightly-off-white. Voters will notice this and might decide you're missing the point of the challenge.
 
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Ah, there we go. No more relays. Thank god.

Another round, same as before. As usual, I'm excluding my own team from these; and I'll also be excluding Flygon as well. She's dropped out of the game, and as such I feel as though it would not be particularly constructive to give any kind of feedback or critique on a scribble done by someone who's not playing anymore. If she reaches out and states that she would like some kind of feedback regardless, I'll happily do it - but I don't think that will happen and I already have to do like 30 of these damn things.

So, let's get started.

The lighting work on the stones around the torch is absolutely bonkers. I've said this about your stuff before but you do extremely well with dark environments and lighting. The backdrop looks very textured, very detailed. It's clear you put a lot of effort into making it work - and I think you also did a great job with your given conditions. The chicken is the focus of the image rather than just thrown in there, and your eyeball is indeed hidden. I also like that you did this with minimal white. Don't have too much else to say about this one, maybe the chicken is a bit less detailed than the rest, but whatever.
Super cool, this one. I am biased as its a reference blatantly to one of my favorite games of all time - but beyond that there's some awesome compositional stuff here. Your use of color and attempt to replicate the dark shadows of Majora's Mask's artwork is well done, and while you put the wrong Song of Time in the music stanza there, the way you constructed that whole aspect of the image, the music flowing from the ocarina, is very creative and I wish I would've thought of it myself. While there's a lot I love about this one though, I think more could have been done to stick to your conditions. There is indeed a chicken, but I don't see any hidden eyes - just regular ones.

That being said, whoever is playing must suck at the game (or hasn't cleared Stone Tower yet...) because you've got a chunk of time after doing Anju and Kafei to still get your ass to the moon. Absolute scrub, not even of the deku variety. Still one of my favorite of the round either way though.
Pretty funny concept, welcome to the Violence Against the Sun Scribble Club. We here at the VASSC commend you on the idea for this one and are happy to see your contribution. The composition of the image here is pretty cool, and your use of color to show which cliffs are further/closer is a smart perspective shortcut I think. The cowboy looks decent too, with the orange shadow of the gun being especially neat. I do think this one looks a little too empty though - and I can maybe see it being a bit unclear as to what's going on because the cowboy isn't actually aiming with his gun. II think it would've been improved conceptually if he was actively aiming with... well, even a pistol really.

Believe me you do not want to try and draw a guy with a long gun like that.
I appreciate the callback to Wizard King of the West. I remember that matchup fondly as it was one of the first ones where I actually started to draw above a sixth grader's level. I'd like to see these two more. The joke is pretty funny here as well, and their shadows stretching into the distance also look great. The environment in general has a strong level of detail that helps frame this scene nicely.

Now, while the colors are a really funny way of playing into the "bright" aspect of your prompt, I also think that the stark white and neon green make this kind of hard to read. It's very eye-searing, and especially on the smaller version seen on the voting form, it's a bit overwhelming. Some more use of black for shading like you had sparsely on the buildings would probably help the readability go a lot further.
You know, I would apologize for the condition I slapped on you - but considering Kright's relative lowball condition and the fact that you did not actually make me draw a car like you said but instead something that is... really not that bad to draw, I simply will not.

Another very emotional piece here, this just kind of makes you feel worse the more you look at it, really (laudatory). Despite your color not really being terribly dark, the sparse use of white as the light coming through the window makes the entire room look dim and a bit dismal - a trick I admittedly abuse as well sometimes. Outside of the bed, window, and (very detailed) spider lillies, this scribble is quite "empty", which I think is something that adds a lot to the vibe as well. I don't think this would be half as powerful if she wasn't completely alone. The unique approach to "Threatening" is also appreciated, even if I think this one gives off more of an ominous or miserable vibe than outright threatening. Dread, for sure if nothing else. Not much else I can say about this one though, you continually hit it out of the park.
After last round, I think it's good that you're going back to trying pieces with a unique perspective to them. I've said this before but they do get better every time and now you're a far cry from the old days of your "leap of faith" scribble from ages ago. The scenery of the ruins and smaller little details like the overgrown branch disappearing through the hole in the wall add a lot of character to this one, and your colors are well-utilized in making this clear, readable, and relatively atmospheric. I would probably put this as your best scribble thus far.

Beyond that, I like the title as well. There isn't a whole lot to comment on past what I've already said, because you seem to be improving on your own each time without it. I'm just gonna "let you cook" as the kids say.
This made me almost have to double-take at Pitohui's because I forgot for a second that you weren't the group that had the "Simpsons character" condition. I suppose you sent it in though judging by this, and if you didn't then god damn what a coincidence. Lots of Homer this game.

The concept here is amusing, and like Pitohui you did a good job at keeping this readable despite the limit on black. Your Homer himself looks... almost cute, like a dog or something. I think it's the black nose. Shit, it's Animal Crossing isn't it? Maybe he's supposed to be a dog... or a villager I suppose. Now that I look at it again, it does look like you adapted him into the AC style, which is kind of fun. I think that as a whole this one is maybe a little bare though. I think that if there was a little more detail added to the pillars, the backdrop behind Homer, or even the display itself, it would have taken this one a lot further and made it a truly great scribble.
Dude, oh my god. This is genuinely, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the funniest scribble of the round. Homer's face is just maybe one of the funniest things I've seen in the past year or so.

Outside of the face though, looking at Homer from his posing to his extra level of detail shows me that you very likely actually used heavy reference when drawing him into the image - and I think you should do that kind of thing more often, as you clearly benefit from it. It also appears to me as though you've attempted to make certain elements a bit smaller the further they are away from the camera, and I think you should continue to do this and ramp this aspect up even further. This one manages to look somewhat less flat than many of your previous scribbles, and it's obviously they're actually running ON something instead of layered against a flat backdrop. Good work.
I will admit, it kind of took me a while to understand this one - but once I did I found it to be surprisingly interesting. The commentary here on the ageless nature of the Simpson's characters and the progression of the other character from being a child to an adult, to being in the grave all while Lisa stays the same, is a lot more than I would've expected from a Mario/Simpsons crossover. It's a quiet sadness in the same way as Wogl's.

I think though, that the reason it took me some time to figure out what's happening in this one, is the framing device. The window as both panels and a view to the outdoors (and potentially a shape reference to a clock) is a nice idea but in practice it serves to make each panel quite small. I also think that the panels should have started with her young in the top left (or right if you're a weeb), and circle respectively from there. As it is, there are a few panels (mostly the infant/child) ones where there isn't a huge difference in her size and without an obvious immediately assumed reading order, it might cause people to give this one less time than it deserves.
Another excellent one from you. I love looking at this manatee fellow, he looks like a wise, dignified man indeed. I don't really envy your prompts here at all, Dignified combined with a manatee - one of the goofiest animals on the planet - isn't something anyone can pull off. You're very good at creating art that's just inherently charming to look at, with this one especially being one of those. While you haven't been winning many rounds as a team, your scribbles this game have been superb.

You said in the discord I believe that the reason for some elements of this picture was that you weren't quite sure how the "must be looking at the camera" conditional was meant to be interpreted - and that leads to one of my favorite parts of this one, a joke that only works with the context of the condition. The fact that on top of the photographer looking back at the viewer, there's actually a camera that they are looking into, is a really funny way of "covering your ass" so to speak, and I think the image is better for it.
The title here is quite apt. Despite the intimidating size of the manatee and the somewhat ominous color afforded by your somewhat meat-like chosen scribble tone, this one has a sense of quiet serenity indeed. It looks less like the diver is facing down some terror from the deep, and more like they are simply making communion with a gentle giant. The real star of the show here is the light shining down from above though. That's a technique that many have tried, but only you and LTQ in that one beach scribble from a year or two ago have truly managed to nail down so perfectly. Sorry Toadbert, you'll get 'em next time.

I also like how blank the background behind the manatee is. That stark black further emphasizes this endless, abyssal feeling instead of seemingly empty or like there wasn't effort put into it. There is clear intent behind the choice that matters a lot for this kind of thing,
The idea here is fine enough, it certainly fits the prompt and the conditions (and the guy's face is pretty funny-looking) - but I do feel like it is somewhat hard to read and a bit simplistic. It took a while for me to understand that he was farting in the water, and admittedly I still can't really tell what exactly is going on. Are the lines behind the bubbles and towards the ship implying the ship dumped him in the water and sped away? Is it... smelling the fart? Did it propel him forwards away from the ship? Thinking about exactly what you're trying to convey and spending more time on your scribble to try and convey that can go a long way.

Some things worth thinking about are elements like the identical color of the sky and the ocean, the readability of the scene, and where you can add a bit of detail - not to make it hyper-detailed, but simply to differentiate and clarify elements. Some simple stuff like perhaps some white froth on the ocean, a greater number of clouds, and similar would go a long way. Maybe try to focus on a smaller, more detailed scene or character instead of something big.
Yep, you really do just keep getting better. I like that this one has no reliance on text or other descriptive element, instead giving itself and especially the disappointed face of the waterfall guy, time to breathe and organically tell its story. The choice of a waterfall (whether it "officially" counts or not) is also a very creative choice that lends itself well to the greater concept and the scene overall. The way you did the waterfall looks great for its simplicity - though if I could give a suggestion, perhaps try to make the frothing parts more "rough" and scribbly along the edges to give them more energy. The rocks, and the way the water streams down them, also looks awesome.

I don't have a lot of complaints with this one overall, you often speak to your lack of confidence but again, you're more than capable of portraying the scenes you see in your head. This one is probably the most ambitious, and I hope you keep taking it further.
God DAMN I do not envy you with this prompt and these conditions. Not only does one of them almost conflict with the prompt outright, but the other one just seems annoying as hell especially it mandates that you draw hands. You somehow managed to totally crush it though. This one has a truly incomprehensible vibe, tangibly there but impossible to nail down. This too, surely, is liminal.

As always, the scenery is absolutely stellar, the desolate feeling reminding me of.... well, probably the place where I live honestly. Fucked up. Caddicarus himself despite the absurdity of the premise, is both relatively identifiable based on a quick comparison google search, and fits into the image very well. I don't know if I can nail down his vibe either, to be honest - he looks like he knows something I don't, it's honestly rather eerie. The inclusion of the Spider-Man poster is also a ridiculously funny way to get around TFP's requirement. Overall, this is maybe my favorite of yours period. Phenomenal.
Blah, blah most improved etc. etc. This one is another banger, and I think your planned synergy with the target element is really, really cool. It might not've paid off in the end, the way you intended, but the concept is a very raw and interesting meta play that was at least worth trying. The perspective on this one is also awesome, with a neat, dynamic feeling. I'm not entirely sure how this fits the prompt as-is, but I am assuming that the gimmick was meant to play into the literal definition of Liminal as "between" by having the targets sync up with his finger guns. He's also in a hallway though, so you know what fair enough either way. The name is kind of a mystery to me though, is it a reference to Caddicarus' content?

Also, before I read the condition, I thought this was supposed to be The Dude from The Big Lebowski. Honestly, not your fault - I totally just thought Caddicarus was bald for some reason. As it turns out he is not bald and in fact does have long hair so I sure feel like a fool.

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