Its been awhile since I wrote a post, focusing on other things in my life - including a very nice visit to my Mom. As I look back on my blog I see that I have a pending update, so I wanted to "break the ice" so to speak, give out some participation prizes and celebrate what was done, which is absolutely "better than I expected". This was tricky, but thanks to some volunteer efforts from HIVE users we absolutely are closer, perhaps close enough to even get someone to manually make an image.
I want to thank all the participants, and give out some participation prizes, but let's take a look at them first:
Let's look at the images:
From @chinito
I absolutely love the colors and the themeing, we can see that it is definitely a gorilla in the body, the hands do have claws and probably the feet are of a bear's as well. I like the crystal effects, the glowing hands and the rainbow spray - although the face is a little more gorilla than what I am going for. But the thing that most made me laugh - thanks for that! - is the antlers. Somehow it fits, but antlers won't make the final gut. Great attempt tho!
@Chinito wins 7 HIVE for this great effort!
From @thecrazygm:
This is the single best entry in the body/torso/arms/head region, but what are those crazy walrus tusks! What a fun surprise, I even really like the red eyes, as this image contains a nice template to the CR5 Gorilla Bear base, not the magical construct Serenity specifically. I think this is solid open gaming content #ogc
7 Hive to you oh @thecrazygm
From @flquin:
Clothing seems to cover up the parts of the body that indicate that its a gorilla, but I really like the green theming, the color palette and how cool do those hands look coming out of the bear! Top points for ambiance and effort here - but this wasn't @flquin's only submission!
Honorable mention from @flquin:
The only image I have ever seen with a gorilla head on a bear body! This made me smile, and isn't that the point after all.
Thank you for participating and take 7 HIVE tokens for your efforts @flquin!
Off chain entry by @lazy8
While visiting the United States I happened to catch up with my friend and prompt master @lazy8, and he really got the basics very right with this entry - I think this is going to have to be the type of clothing Serenity wears because it absolutely seems like arms/torso being visible are very important for the "gorilla" part of the equation here. I also think the legs/feet in this image go a long way to helping the effect as well!
Finally we have a bit more armor, losing some of the gorilla, but interesting nonetheless:
@lazy8 enjoy 7 HIVEs for your efforts!
Winners!
@chinito
@thecrazygm
@flquin
@lazy8
I think that's enough contest for now, I believe I can now take some of these images and approach someone with some skills at image editing to put together the best pieces of each - but I have to think about the instructions carefully (human prompt).
What do you think? Which pieces of the body are important for showing information - which look best in gorilla or bear form? What other tips do you think would be important to include in a commission to an artist? Share your thoughts down below!
:) wow, thank you. what a great bunch of pics.. all of em! they wud all make great characters..
They could each have their own unique story!
Well, I missed the boat on this one, but I love the image iterations created for it. While they're all pretty cool, I think @thecrazygm's is the one that comes closest to an even mix between bear and gorilla, though yea, the tusks are wild! 😁🙏💚✨🤙
I did appreciate your enthusiasm though! Big hugs!
Yay, and right back at you, brother! 😁🙏💚✨🤙
I loved the last image; i think it's worthy of a very interesting story.
All the entries were great. I hope we were able to help you in some way.
Thank you very much for the award!
As am looking across the blockchain, it’s nice to come here and see some original content. And I look forward to the future updates to your other Web 3.0 projects.
More importantly, Sorry I freaked out in discord the other day. I was having a bad day and I took it out on you and that was wrong.
Good luck man I wish you the best.