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4:00 PM

We can even drop in a few in-jokes into my idea

like @Gwenn stuffing gold coins into one box (all his rep)

and @David tagging boxes

@X-27 No, you must delete that. (never mind I can :)) that is what I'm doing!

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lol

And maybe Me (being giant) holding someone up to grab a box from the top

Oo, @X-27 can be taking a gun out of hix box...

etc.

However, I would need quite a bit of help and support

Since there are ALOT of boxes

@GiantCowFilms or un wrapping a big box with a mech inside...

we'd need 20-30 unique ones at least

@X-27 something down that line

4:02 PM

@GiantCowFilms you can be one of those ~~huge~~ giant cranes used to move shipping boxes.

more like a wooden crate

@David Well for our charicters, I was thinking of just cubes (with arms and legs) with our icons textured on

Container crane

A container crane (also container handling gantry crane or ship-to-shore crane) is a type of large dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships. Container cranes consist of a supporting framework that can traverse the length of a quay or yard on a rail track. Instead of a hook, they are equipped with a specialized handling tool called a spreader. The spreader can be lowered on top of a container and locks onto the container's four locking points ("cornercastings") using a twistlock mechanism. Cranes normally transport a...

Dragons need not be hoarders. Just for the record.

It's an interesting idea.

@Gwenn lol

4:03 PM

@David I know what those are....

I've always wanted to go in one

(I love big ships)

@GiantCowFilms I'm not sure our avatars is a good idea. (too mush inside joke, maybe)

@David I think it will be obvious enough

Otherwise just suzzanes

How closely would we be sticking to the design of that image you linked, because it doesn't look like very many people could fit and be visible.

@GiantCowFilms YES!

with arms and legs, to be a little more safe-generic

@gandalf3 has a good generic suzzane

which I believe is rigged

4:05 PM

hold on... I have something to help you @GiantCowFilms

Needs more in the way of recognizable aisles.

@Gwenn I was thinking of that

I do have a plan

I need to find a better shot of the scene and draw it out

(that shot is cropped)

I'll have little warehouse style signs for the rows and whatnot

and little BSE tags on the boxes

Heeeeey Gwenn you are here!
What were we thinking about that sketch chat?

Don't criticize my spelling

pasteall.org/blend/38933

@David the problem with the competition style is that there is just no way I'm doing all that work not to end up having it used

4:06 PM

proof that self answered questions are a good thing. (my most popular question by far)

@X-27 I was thinking of that

@BookWyrm17 We should do that.

@GiantCowFilms It is a nice palate. Not too detailed, but looks great.

@David You're catching up with me, for highest voted answer

@X-27 Yes

but we need boxes, however, those textures are quite good

Yes how.
Did we have the rules set up?
The randomizer?
How do we get back to that... what day was it

4:08 PM

I didn't do any further work on it over the weekend.

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@GiantCowFilms 33 wow! that is crazy. good for you.

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My best is 20 lol

29

23 for me

4:09 PM

@X-27 Isn't that pretty?

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2756 for @gandalf3

or something like that

my top two votes answers are both "simple" answers.

@X-27 Very!!! Gorgeous! Amazing!!!

@X-27 Yes

You could help texture our boxes

Sure!

4:10 PM

@NᴏᴠɪᴄᴇIɴDɪsɢᴜɪsᴇ not quite, it is 60

wooden crates would be better for the size cargo I'm thinking about

maybe we can find a place for that, although the game engine materials will have to be cycles grade-ed

@X-27 Good modeling and texture, but the material's a bit too glossy for my liking. Pallet wood is generally rough.

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@David . . . so almost

What if we made a library instead of a warehouse?

4:11 PM

@Gwenn um... the speculatiry is on 0....

@Gwenn I like that.

hm

it was made for the game engine, so it only has 8 verts per plank.

Why has nobody taken a decent screenshot of that scene from raiders... AHHHH!

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lol

4:12 PM

we will also need some shipping containers.

No

user image

Look carefully what is there

the big metal red things that the large cranes pick up and put on ships to ship to japan or china.

user image

wooden crates. not cardboard boxes.

Woden yes

4:14 PM

but here is what my thinking on that was (and is); There is a great image of, say a boat. with the caption on the bottom "created by GiatCowFilms."

no big cranes though

If we make it a library, this sidesteps all of your current debate.

I want it to be recognizable from raiders.

:P

Ok so we want to do this, right?
Lets figure it out.
And have two conversations at once to make it extra confusing

4:14 PM

@Gwenn Neah

The movie referecne trumps library

@Gwenn true. I still think I'm going to make my idea.

but there also needs to be a containment unit for a blackhole.

@BookWyrm17 Two conversations at once, here we go.

AND books are WAY WAY more work then crates

with gandalf peering into it.

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4:15 PM

.,..

@BookWyrm17 great idea! what is your weather like :)

@David We have a specific conversation in mind.

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He is stalking you @BookWyrm17

@Gwenn two

OK So first off we had two challenges
(its really hot here in Florida :/ )
One for daily quanitiy, one for weekly quality

4:15 PM

@David I think it would be nice to agree on what to do upfront

@David um... Quite wet, salty, and a few fish swimming by the nearest porthole.

@David @BookWyrm17 We're wanting to start up a daily/weekly drawing/blending competition/challenge.

I think a lot of work should go into this image...

and its a bit much work for it not to get used

water isn't clear enough today to see the weather above the surface.

Quite complicated to start but easy for those participating

4:16 PM

We worked out most of how we wanted to do it back on, Friday? I think it was.

@David BTW, who is judge here?

community? you?

@GiantCowFilms that is all well and good for the 10 of us chat users, but what about all the other talented BSE users?

I'd expect it is votes

Yeah, we just gotta find that again and actually start it

@GiantCowFilms both

4:16 PM

@David Judging would be preferential voting by users, at the end of each week.

@BookWyrm17 It's not that hard to find. The weekend was really quiet here.

@David The voting would have to be handled off-site, but that's easy enough to do with Google Docs, or something.

@BookWyrm17 It's not that hard to find. The weekend was really quiet here.

@GiantCowFilms top voted one gets a huge wait, but I did not say that the voting is outright the winner just so us three mods could choose one if need be.

found it

@David I'm not entering a competition which you enter and get to make the final call

Did I double-send that one message?

Yes

"At the end of each week, we can have recognition for those who produced the best quality artwork (by whatever criteria), as well as recognition for those who produced something each day.
For the quantity group, we don't need to pick the "best", we can just recognize everybody who succeeded at the challenge. You could participate without being competitive whatsoever.
But at the same time, if you want to be competitive (or you produce something that is particularly good), you can receive recognition for that as well, independently."

4:18 PM

@GiantCowFilms you do not even trust me? or @gandalf3, or @iKlsR?

not a bit. <joke>

@David It just feels odd

@Gwenn why off site?

@David Because SE chat doesn't do voting?

I mean it was different if you guys were merely reserving the right to through out trash ones

4:19 PM

"- One topic released each day
- At the end of the week, all the artwork produced that week is collected and judged
- People who submitted something for all 7 topics will get recognition for doing so (as will those who missed only a single day), independently of how good that artwork is
- The artwork that is judged to be the best in a number of categories will be recognized as such, independently of how much that person produced that week"

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Mods have complete control on site maybe

@David Everything would be in SE chat, except for the voting.

Yeah exactly

@Gwenn I see what you are talking about. :) 2 conversations.

@David :P

At least we don't have a ping battle on top of this. :P

4:20 PM

Wait, what is this conversation about?

@Gwenn LOL

@TARDISMaker Which one?

The header contest or the render a day contest?

@Gwenn tomorrow :-)

@TARDISMaker good luck!

4:20 PM

@TARDISMaker Both.

@TARDISMaker both

Okay

One o@TARDISMaker both

That's confusing

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lol

4:20 PM

MAN

ok so we have to actually get around to starting the chat

HELP

I'm confused

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IKR?

@BookWyrm17 What do we want to call it?

@Gwenn Yes we do. I just got like ten pings in ten seconds

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@TARDISMaker that is insane!

4:22 PM

Anyway, cows verdict: Cow will not be making his image..... unless @David promises to let only the vote's decided between his and cows

@TARDISMaker By "10", you mean 5, right?

And cow can get some helpers

@Gwenn Same thing :)

@X-27 Re: meta.blender.stackexchange.com/questions/944/…. 3 weeks.

Hmmmm
Daily Art Renders Extravaganza
We DARE you to do something

4:22 PM

@David ?

Cow will get me as a helper iff you make it a library instead of a warehouse.

@GiantCowFilms the cow will have helper, if the final image doesn't get to be censured by moderator hammers.

@David Ahh.

@GiantCowFilms took me three tries to get that message right.

@Gwenn Why a libarary

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@GiantCowFilms the cow will have another helper, if the final image doesn't get to be censured by moderator hammers.

4:23 PM

Yay!

we can do this!

@GiantCowFilms Because I like libraries.

@David you are the only one in the way

@Gwenn There are just to issues: a) more, harder work b) lost cool movie reference

The back room of library with books and boxes.

a) is a deal breaker though, sorry

Woo
Does the main Render that gets voted on get announced at the start of the week?

4:24 PM

56 mins ago, by A Radish

@X-27 @David uses his bare hands right now

The problem is with libararies are the book spines

and carpet = harder then concrete

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@David You're a bear? o.O

etc.

@GiantCowFilms Mucho

@NᴏᴠɪᴄᴇIɴDɪsɢᴜɪsᴇ Wouldn't it be bear claws?

Anway, @David you aren't going to censor our image?

As in choose yours if we get more votes?

'cause that just won't fly

not after that much work

4:25 PM

@NᴏᴠɪᴄᴇIɴDɪsɢᴜɪsᴇ yes, read gandalf3's and my conversation about flipped letters last night.

I approve of @David's reservation of powers, if only so that an image submitted right at the end stands a chance, despite not having time to gather votes.

hammer starts to glow brilliantly with blueish white light charging for a massive lightning arc

@gwe

what

Maybe @David could make that explicit though.

@GiantCowFilms NO I would not choose my image, just becuae it is mine, (that would be stupid, and I would not enter a contest where that would happen)

4:26 PM

@BookWyrm17 ? I was talking about the BN image competition.

@David Well then the votes decide....

@David except you will probably think it is better, since otherwise you'd probably working on my idea.

@GiantCowFilms See my prior comment.

that didn't work seeing if enter would finish the tag yep oops anyway
@Gwenn Who is starting it? Do we have a list of whats happening?

@Gwenn something like that. Say @X-27 enters the default suzanne today. it gets UVs... then in two weeks the good stuff comes out.

Letting votes decide weights the competition too heavily in favor of people who finish quickly.

4:27 PM

@GiantCowFilms I can also help

@GiantCowFilms somehow American has survived this long with the votes deciding....

@David if you promise just to let votes decide between us two (you know we won't produce garbage) I will be happy

@BookWyrm17 It did ping me though. Ping noise and all.

@TARDISMaker Yay!

oh hey cool

4:28 PM

@GiantCowFilms true, but there are three of us, and I would not vote for my image.

@NᴏᴠɪᴄᴇIɴDɪsɢᴜɪsᴇ @X-27 @TARDISMaker (Maybe: @Gwenn)

@ARadish you in?

@David ?

@Gwenn not really, because people should vote on which ones they like, not which one is already in first.

@BookWyrm17 We need a good name. (I don't think I can take "extravaganza" seriously.

@Gwenn We can ban early submissions

:D yeah.
Something simple

4:29 PM

@GiantCowFilms three mods that have reserved super power over this contest.

so you have a time slot to submit

@David Then no enter

@Gwenn BGMC 18 is a perfect example. we voted Suzanne and Gravitti up to the top at the very start, but now were falling behind.

@GiantCowFilms Is there any third-party individual you would accept for arbitration?

@GiantCowFilms it is not just me!

@Gwenn yes, as in the voters of BSE

4:30 PM

@X-27 That isn't affected by the first in, first to win problem.

a large, diverse, pannel

@GiantCowFilms CC: @Gwenn, should I get Andrew Price to pick one?

How about just Your Render Art
... not as catchy....

We could just let bart choose......

@Gwenn that can be solved by a submission window

4:31 PM

@BookWyrm17 Sorry, I can;t type fast enough for two conversations at once. :P

@David XD

:D

@David Bart could choose....

2

@BookWyrm17 Well, I don't want to be all renders.

I'm a little skeptical after the last few snaffoos

4:31 PM

I plan on doing sketches mostly.

@X-27 +1

@X-27 Great idea!

@X-27 +27

@David how about we each make our case, and let bart choose

:)

@X-27 You just symbolically upvoted your own idea. :P

4:32 PM

@GiantCowFilms Awesome idea, wish I had though of that....

Yeah me too I was just remembering something you said about something earlier

ok, star this

Art and Artists, A Blender Community

Bart should pick

@GiantCowFilms hmm. I will consult with the hammer and the wizard about this. since some of you are unhappy. (bart is a good idea)

4:33 PM

Blender.SE Sketch Challenge

@X-27 <--star this

@David Okay

anyway, cya later, please get back soon

@David People have such great ideas! I wish I could think of cool stuff like that...

@X-27 ?

No, the message it was a response to!

4:34 PM

@X-27 :P

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lol

@Gwenn :Q

Daily Art, Weekly Contests

Are we permitted to use old projects?

only one entree per person?

Not a clue

4:36 PM

@BookWyrm17 Hmmm... I like presenting that info in the name. I want to market it as one contest (with multiple categories) though.

wait what convo is this now?
Hmmmmmm

@X-27 I would assume so.

Convo?

Drawing a Day,
something or other

The problem is that it is both a weekly and daily thing.

We don't want to turn away one or the other set of people.

yeah hmmmm

4:38 PM

@Gwenn Suzanne!!!!! Yay!!!!!

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Cool!

How about....
Art

I didn't remember I had originally made it blue!

Sketch Challenge
*Daily Art; Weekly Contest*

We can use the room description to get some detail across.

@Gwenn um...

Does that mean you need to enter 7 entries for the weekly contest?

really confused

@X-27 No.

4:41 PM

That works

no no you can do daily art cause its fun

and one art for the contest

Ahh

There are multiple categories. One is for people who submit each day, and the others are for any single piece of artwork from that week.

Exaaactly

One topic released each day. One single deadline for the week. Best artwork in a bunch of categories is recognized. People who submitted something each day are recognized.

That's it, in a nutshell.

@GiantCowFilms i am now

4:44 PM

B. B. L.

Taaaada lets do it.
Do we need to post a guideline or do we just start with topics?

@BookWyrm17 I don't think "sketch" should be in the name.

its monday we should start now

@BookWyrm17 Ja, we should.

@Gwenn what theme?

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4:44 PM

candy

jk

lol, no

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pumpkin spice

jk

@ARadish Themes will be chosen by a random topic generator we have found.

everyone in my family is sick from candy right now

He found a randomizer or something

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4:45 PM

Did you guys see the pumpkin spice motor oil?

@NᴏᴠɪᴄᴇIɴDɪsɢᴜɪsᴇ i like pumpkin spice... especially the PS-latte

@NᴏᴠɪᴄᴇIɴDɪsɢᴜɪsᴇ lol

really?

That way the topics will continue to come even if nobody submits. That way, one bad topic or one day when everybody's busy doesn't kill the whole thing.

thats amazing

@Gwenn link to the generator?

We'll probably use this one

There are a few other candidates though.

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@ARadish It was a joke

4:46 PM

I've got about 30 minutes before I have to get off so lets hurry

Alright, I'll make a room for it. We can change the name later if need be. Are you going to be online again later?

A chestnut horse in a dressage competition

lol

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lol

I got "a cozy tavern" :P

here's a good one

Hiding in plain sight

Later hopefully

4:48 PM

“My wardrobe just bit me”

these are amazing

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XD

:D

i just got "my wardrobe ect." again... must not be very many

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The environment ones are too reasonable

lol "The chemist cackles menacingly as he combines the two mixtures in his hands"

we should completely spam submit to these guys

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4:50 PM

XD

Dun dun duuuuuun

Room with working title (I know the title is lame right now):

not enough themes... MOAR!!!!

Art Challenge

A room for encouraging users of Blender.SE to make more art. N...

6

AHHA Yes

So so so find a topic!
Is there a seprate topic for the contest or is it just one of thw daily ones?

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4:57 PM

@David Can you pin the art challenge room link?

BTW, I think I have come up with a really cool system for the crates for the image, so I will probably go ahead with it

however, I now need to do my schoolwork

so bbml

(be back much later)

@GiantCowFilms Later.

Does anybody know how to set up a chatbot that will post specific messages at specific times?

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5:17 PM

I don't

@iKlsR might though

@Gwenn I could write hacky console script for that, but no, I don't know how to make a proper one

@Gwenn this might do the trick: github.com/Manishearth/ChatExchange

(with a wee bit of python

@GiantCowFilms Thanks, I'll see if I can get that to work later.

1 hour later…

6:34 PM

This is most definitely not a frost dragon, but I drew it anyway:

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lol, no it isn't

Looks nice though

Thanks.

I realized that all the animals that I usually draw are at least roughly canine, so I decided to try drawing some distinctly non-canine animals.

So far, a crow and a rat.

@Gwenn that is good

And its cute

@Gwenn link for crow?

Posted this on Saturday:

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6:59 PM

@Gwenn, I think your pictures could use a little enhancement after the scan/photograph.

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A: How to turn the grey background white in a phone camera picture of a book?

Ramp the contrast up with curves. Instructions: Select your image and press Ctrl-M. This will bring up the curves dialog. Move the top point left and the bottom point right until your image becomes black and white. (that rhymes!)

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