How about making the first graphic contest less restrictive than the first one? As in not limited to a few units or just one civ. Perhaps make it alignment based or just leave it wide open for any aspect of FfH2? But maybee limit the level of graphic editing allowed so as to give the noobs a halfa chance, but more importantly so that the art is strictly representitive of what one will see in the game? In that way the submitions can also serve to help introduce people to this most awesome game by way of cool art presented in a section of the Website?
You are free to upload any screenshot of the game you think covers a great moment. We would like to see a lot of it, as it gives new players a quick look of what awaits them in game
For a lower graphic level in a contest. well, first of all I think a contest should follow rules, have a clear goal and should be challenging.
But you are completely right, restricting it to 2 units is a challange, but is not the best idea.
So, yes if my Idea works out (i still need some preparations), then the next contest will
-allow you to choose from a wide variety of sceneries (hint: some great writers did an awesome job to provide you with exciting stories and moments set in the ffh universe
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-allow for the use of all assets available in FfH for characters
-allow for the use of background/closeup stuff, which you can capture by camera in reality or look up from the net (as long as it is not directly stolen from another game or movie (I would provide my environment pics, but those diggicam pics are too big in filesize))
-provide you with some helpfull stuff for extracting characters from screenshots
-provide you with a "making of" the example I provide, which will hopefully inspire people to follow my steps and create their own contribution
-will give you enough time to create your contribution
-will be rewarding not only for one person
-will be a great enrichment for the ffh universe as long as people contribute
-will allow you to request from one of the art team members to polish your work if your idea is far superior to your artistic skill
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So, now the major thing is getting my example done
So, look forward and read some pedia entries