Hi there!

Regarding my Hide and Seek Mini Tiny Contest [link]

First of all - Many many thanks for all the wonderful comments. I must say - nothing gives me more pleasure than seeing people creating stories from my pictures. I always try to put some elements in the painting that can spark imagination and if it works... well, there is no other feeling quite like it ;] And I must thank you for that

As for contest itself, all of those fantastic stories you created was amazing. You created storylines that exceeded what I had in my mind, which simply amazed me.

PUZZLE AWARD

Most things very early was spotted by
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Kudos for catchy eye :] And kudos to all of you that spotted rest of the elements. That's right, you got them all

So here goes the puzzle pieces I painted for you to connect them:
- canister with bio hazard logo : some mutagen or virus container
- baby's carrying hospital bracelet: some medical experiment perhaps
- Female has medic insignia on her clothing: a doctor or a scientist
- Female ID bracelet: she is part of some futuristic society
- bandage on her neck: she was wounded or bitten
- earphone: she is in contact with someone
- zombies hand: mutated humans
- zombies cape: same as female cape, means they were humans once then mutated into this things, or that she try to disguise herself
- zombies mask: and weapons this contrast between high tech mask and low tech weapon suppose to suggest that thy were mutated while in those masks and then brain functions was decrees so badly they don't know how to use advanced weapons. Although I very much liked theory that they use those masks to remain alive against flesh eating disease
- reflection in icicle: both mutant and woman are reflecting witch was hinting that they see each other

extra thing I though no one will figure out, but you proven me wrong :] :
- mother is covering baby's mouth so it wont cry, but in the same time smothering him.
- purple haze around second zombie - was suppose to be smoke from signal flare

BEST STORY AWARD

I must say you created very convincing stories from those elements. My favorite is one written by
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and shorter one but very poetic by
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Person that got the story closest to what I had in mind (in both cases ) is
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CRAZY STORY AWARD

And few of you creatad so crazy ass theories it just blown my mind
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and fantastic lizard theory by
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FUNNIEST STORY AWARD

And the funniest interpretation that make laugh very very hard, special thanks to
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Well that's it folks, thank you all for participaiting in this Mini tiny contest. Its really rewarding to paint with crowd like that.

So what you say? Shall we do that again sometime?


ps: Remember to pick up ImagineFX issue 27 with Hide and Seek workshop, and in further issues I'm gonna be part of ImagineFX Q&A panel so hopefully you will receive tips and tricks from me on monthly basis :]
ps2: Looking for my hi-res wallpapers? Just click here [link] and enjoy
ps3: If you hadn't already you must pick up Exotique3 from Ballistic Publishing. Its beautiful album and its featuring three of my works - yay

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Hi there. Thank you all for commenting on my work. Amount of comments pleas me waaayyy more than any amount of favs And its all thanks to u people! You are the best!
Some of my artworks has been noticed around and even featured in few places. Thank you again for including my stuff in your journals

My work can be found in new issue (june07) of 2D Artist magazine. Here is featured article preview exclusive for all DA users (pdf format): [link]

Also one of my pic have whole page in upcoming Ballistic Publishing "Expose 5" so when you can get it - GET IT :]

And finally - if you looking for ultra hi-res wallpaper version of my pics you'll find them at CGwallpapers.com [link] - just look for Marek Okon ( that's me :] ) section

Best of luck and till next time :]

Man oh man this week is bussy.

This years Games Convention in Leipzig was a blast!
First of all - we didn't get lost like last time Second of all - I meet A LOT of fantastic people a did a lot of fun stuff
Aside of work related business meetings with products developers, producers, software planners, CEO's and so on and on, we were able to have some fun on Within Temptation concert. Hell, we even got to talk personally to lovely vocalist Sharon den Adel! And have some pictures with her!! Oh my, she is a real treat to look and listen to
Well... I felt that it was way too lucky for me, and something was bound to go wrong... and it did... My friend stupid long hair cover half of my face in pictures whit Sharon... soooo maaaaaaad :/

Later on this evening, using some pagan magic tricks, we acquired few priceless tickets to Symphonic Game Music Concert, that was official opening of GC. Classic and new games soundtrack in orchestra and choir versions. Simply MIND BLOWING EXPERIENCE!!! I really cannot describe it well... its like music is flowing through your body and exploding in your head... Amazing...
Another fantastic thing about this concert was that we meet Nobuo Uematsu! Final Fantasy music compositor himself, right by my side!!!! We shoot some photos together and he sign my concert program. Yes yes - same long hair dude managed to screw up this photo as well, with his big fat thumb on a lens!! Sooo hating hiiim...

Next day we meet with some folks from Nintendo, we were able to play some Wii games (tennis is like killer game for two , kind lady literally pulled out wiimotes from our hands ), eat some of their mini sandwiches, steal some of their energy drinks and acquire few of those amazing Wii bags

It was time to go home...

My only regret is that beside business meetings and shooting photos with hot hostesses I didn't had time to play all those fantastic games I wanted to. Maybe next year we gonna have some more of that... for now - I'm extremely happy with this years CG And soo looking forward to next one

If anyone was on CG - we were dorky looking guys in "Nibris" and "Sadness" t-shirts, running around , hunting for senoritas

Best of all you guys out there... your support to my work is priceless :]


Now something in polish:
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A teraz na chwile po polsku:



Ufff ledwo przyjechałem z GC a juz wybieram sie na Polcon2006. Na szczęście w tym roku organizowany jest przez mojego przyjaciela w Lublinie ( i to całkiem niedaleko mojej meliny ) wiec będę sie od czasu do czasu pojawiał :] Chetnie odpowiem, na ile bede umial na pytania z zakresu rysunku i grafiki 2d. Możecie tez dostać na konwencie plakat pamiątkowy z moim anielsko/kosmicznym rysunkiem, a jak komuś juz całkiem odwali cos w głowę mogę go nawet podpisać - 5,99$ za podpis
Pozdrawiam wszystkich i do zobaczenia w sobotę w Lublinie

ZAPRASZAM ;]

Has asked me if I can be a judge in his contest [Details here: [link] ] so I accepted The prizes are pretty damn good - Subscriptions and cash prizes for the top 3 winners - Which is more than most contests have to offer
So go enter! It'll push your creative skills to another level, and who knows... You might even win You've got nothing to lose!

Plus, top 3 winners will get their pictures carefully commented by me - what their strong and weak points are, what they shoud work on and maybe even when to find suitable material to do so ;]

SO GO AHEAD AND SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT

Well I just watched Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and I must say - thats quite a movie! To be honest I dont kow if I saw anything so spectacular and action packed. The story is quite nice but nothing special to tell the trutch... but action... You just have to see this amazing fights...
Dont know if my opinion is fair cuz I am huge fan of FFVII (one of best game EVER along with MGS) so if you didnt played this game or you dont like mega-hyper-combo-big-swords-flying-action, this thing could not be for you.

Still... I thought this move would let me down... It soooo did not