Hippo / Trail: ART!

Time to hit that dusty hippo-trail.  Have you ever seen a hippopotamus skull?  They're monsters under all that pink flab.  Anyway, here's the art!  Give them a look over and vote for your favorite.  

Our previous winner has provided us with next week's words.

Next week:  Comet / Villain

Breanna Inga

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Danny Devine

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 Andjen Johanson

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Jason "Wurm" Deen

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Zombie / Casino: ART!

Time for more artwork!  Zombie / Casino.  Good words.  Scroll down, check them out, and vote for your favorite.  Give the images a click to see them larger (or read them for Cory's).

Adina Peterson

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Amber Burroughs

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Dandrew Jovine

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Danny Taylor

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Cory Fleming

One pull could save the planet.  That was the line in the advertisement that caught Margaret's attention and ultimately brought her to the casino.  It was the thrill of millions of dollars changing hands, and although she would never admit it later, blood lust that kept her there for the seven hours she played before hitting the jackpot...  CLICK HERE to read the story.

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Jason "Wurm" Deen

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AND FOR NEXT WEEK:  TRAIL / HIPPO

And our winner is…

With 46.7% of the vote, let’s all give a warm round of challuunge applause to Cory!  This is history, people…  This is twice that a short story has won the weekly art challuunge.  Not to say that we here at art challuunge thing any more or any less of any one type of medium, but wow.  Nice job Cory.  You now have until this Friday to chose your random words for next week’s challuunge.

Let us not forget this week’s words, due this Friday by 2pm:

ZOMBIE / CASINO

Submissions for Locomotive/Field are up!

Happy happy joy joy, everybody.  It’s Friday and you know what that means… it’s time to reveal this week’s submissions and assign next week’s words.  We were a little light in the submission department this week, but hey… not everyone can be inspired by every set of words…

Amber has provided next week’s words:

ZOMBIE / CASINO

And now this week’s submissions for

LOCOMOTIVE / FIELD:

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Cory Fleming:

The Stowaway
Some people say when you die you walk toward a light. Not me. The day I died I rode toward the light at the end of the tunnel aboard a steam-powered locomotive. I didn't know where I was going or how I'd gotten there, but I knew I was dead… Click here to read the full story…

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Danny Devine:

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Wurm Deen:

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And our winner is…

With 29.4% of the vote, give it up for newbie Amber Burroughs!  Amber you have until Friday to come up with two random words for next week’s challuunge.
In the meantime why not get started on a submission for this week’s words Locomotive / Field?  Here are some reference points to help you out:
lo·co·mo·tive

    loʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/[loh-kuh-moh-tiv]
    –noun–
          1. a self-propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars.
          2. an organized group cheer, usually led by a cheerleader, as at a football or basketball game, that begins slowly and progressively increases in speed in such a way as to suggest a steam locomotive.
          3. Archaic . any self-propelled vehicle.
    –adjective–
          4. of or pertaining to locomotives.
          5. of, pertaining to, or aiding in locomotion or movement from place to place: the locomotive powers of most animals.
          6. moving or traveling by means of its own mechanism or powers.
          7. serving to produce such movement; adapted for or used in locomotion: locomotive organs.
          8. having the power of locomotion: an animal that is locomotive at birth.

field

    /fild/[feeld]
    –noun–
    1. an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
    2. Sports .
    a. a piece of ground devoted to sports or contests; playing field.
    b. (in betting) all the contestants or numbers that are grouped together as one: to bet on the field in a horse race.
    c. (in football) the players on the playing ground.
    d. the area in which field events are held.
    3. Baseball .
    a. the team in the field, as opposed to the one at bat.
    b. the outfield.
    4. a sphere of activity, interest, etc., especially within a particular business or profession: the field of teaching; the field of Shakespearean scholarship.
    5. the area or region drawn on or serviced by a business or profession; outlying areas where business activities or operations are carried on, as opposed to a home or branch office: our representatives in the field.
    6. a job location remote from regular workshop facilities, offices, or the like.
    7. Military .
    a. the scene or area of active military operations.
    b. a battleground.
    c. a battle.
    d. Informal . an area located away from the headquarters of a commander.
    8. an expanse of anything: a field of ice.

AQUA/HUNT submissions are now posted…

Here yee, here yee… this week’s random words art challuunge is now in session.  The honorable submissions have been posted for your voting pleasure. 

Next week’s words, chosen by Cory:

Locomotive / Field

Due by next Friday at 2PM

And now on to this week’s submissions for

AQUA / HUNT:

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Amber Burroughs (new challuunger):

Andrew Johanson: 

Cory Fleming:

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The Hole

When the United States Navy found the crushed remains of a deep-sea vessel west of the southern tip of South America in 1997, the first thought was Russian aggression. It would be nearly fifty years however before they knew the truth, that the destroyed submarine had in fact come from the future and that the crew…  Click here to read the full story…

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Shane Henrichsen:

 

Wurm Deen:

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It’s your trusty mid-week reminder…

Ok folks, today is April 20th… a very special day that lots of you may or may not have celebrated more than once when you were younger… that’s right people, it’s Crispin Glover’s birthday.  So let’s all raise a celebratory toast of orange juice to McFly today… and with all the celebrating, lest we not forget about our submission for this week’s words: AQUA / HUNT.  Now get on out there and do what ya do!

And this week's winner is...

It was a very close week and we have had more than usual voting, as well.  So, with 33.3% of the vote, this week's winner is: Cory Fleming!  Congrats, Cory... now you owe us 2 random words by this Friday at 2PM.

Don't forget this week's words, which are due Friday at 2PM as well: Aqua / Hunt

Round 74: Snail / Ship has been posted. VOTE!

Your words for next week, as chosen by Wurm, are due this Friday at 2PM:

Aqua / Hunt

Thank you dear Friday for arriving so pleasantly this week.  We are very thankful to see you time and time again.  Also a huge thanks to everyone for throwing in this week.  It is a great one.  Check out all the submissions and for an art challuunge first, Cory has posted the first ever short story submission!  Please enjoy SNAIL / SHIP:

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Aaron Pena:

Adina Peterson: 

Andrew Johanson:

Cory Flemming:

Short story: Ship Snail

=========================== April 11th, 1804 ===========================

No wind.  For the 34th consecutive day, no wind.  The sails lie limp and useless, like an old man in a brothel.  The ship crawls at no more than a snail's pace, and the men are st… Click here to read more… ===============================================================================================

 

Danny Taylor: 

Shane Henrichsen: 

Wurm Deen:

 

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It’s mid-week, just in case you need a reminder.

 

 

Yes, it’s that time again… time for R-WAC to bug ya mid-week style.  Hope you are having a great one so  far.  Have you given any thought to this week’s words?  No?  Well, it’s no surprise that we here at the art challuunge are procrastinators at heart, but why not get a jump on this week’s challuunge?  It’s just that easy… put your mind to something and you can accomplish just about anything… even a submission for Snail / Ship . 

See you on Friday!!!

And the winner is…

And our winner this week is: Wurm Deen.  Ok Wurm, you have until this Friday to come up with 2 random words as you see fit. Don’t forget our words for this week:

Snail / Ship

Due this Friday! 

See you all then!

Round 73: Finland / Dog artwork is posted!

“Here I go R-WAC’n my own 
makin art with the only words I've ever known.
Like a drifter I was born to create alone 
  'cos I know what it means to walk along the artsy street of dreams…

Ok enough of that, here are next week’s words provided by Andrew:

SHIP / SNAIL

…and now onto the submissions for FINLAND / DOG:

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Don’t forget to vote after viewing all the submissions!!!

Adina Peterson 1:

Adina Peterson 2:

Andrew Johanson:

Andy Moore:

Danny Devine:

Dayan Paul:

Wurm Deen:

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Reminder: DOG / FINLAND due tomorrow, 2pm

Well folks, it’s almost that time… the time where we share this week’s art work submissions for the crazy words that last week’s winner made up, or randomly chose, or asked two completely unrelated questions to two completely unrelated people and submitted both one word answers to the blog.  However you slice it, this week is almost over.  So now’s a great time to come up with a concept or two for this week’s tremendously satisfying random words: DOG / FINLAND.  So click that mouse, or draw that drawing, or sculpt that sculpture… what ever it is you like to do, just do it!  We’ll see you back here tomorrow around 2pm-ish, sound good?  Ok, bye bye now…

And this weeks winner is…

With a dog walloping 56.3% of the vote this week, give it up for Andrew Johanson!  Andrew, you must come up with 2 random words that will be due this Friday by 2pm.  Incidentally that is also when your submissions for DOG / FINLAND are due.  So start thinkin like a finish puppy… we look forward to seeing everyone’s submissions this Friday.

Round 72: Jackalope / Lantern ART

It’s been yet another week here in the land of the art challuunge… and so without further ado, your art challuunge submissions. 

Next week’s words, chosen very methodically by Danny Devine, are:

DOG / FINLAND

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Don’t forget to vote after viewing all the submissions!!!

Adina Peterson:

Andrew Johanson:

Andy Moore:

Danny Devine:

Dayan Paul:

Wurm Deen:

 

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Hello strangers. Jackalope / Lantern due Friday.

Just thought we would remind you about the art challuunge.  We’re still here, we just took an extra week for Jackalope / Lantern because we got pretty lazy last week.  So what do you think?  Have you put any thought into a submission?  You know, we wouldn’t even get upset if your submission had nothing to do with the words, but I bet that you would feel much better about it if you let some creative juices flow.  See you tomorrow around 2-ish?  Sounds good to us.

Jackalope / Lantern extension

You’re getting an extra week for Jackalope / Lantern, folks.  Why?  Well because sometimes we get lazy.  We’d call it a snow day but all the snow melted off by noon… so that doesn’t really fly.

See you next week!

It’s midweek, any ideas for Jackalope/Lantern?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s midweek already?  It seemed like just the day before yesterday it was the beginning to this wonderful 1st week of spring… oh, you say it was, do you?  Well, in that case, have you started to think about any ideas for this week’s words: Jackalope / Lantern?  Maybe this week will be the week that we have someone submit a photo submission?  Maybe this week will be the week that we have a quick dry cement sculptor join the pack?  Or maybe, just maybe we will have some one that has never even thought about doing a weekly art challuunge snog back a few Yoo-Hoo®s, get a wild hair up their what-say-you and decide to throw down their best interpretation of this week’s “challuunging” art challuunge words.  You never know… crazier things have happened in this topsey-turvey world we live in.  So get on out there and do what you do… and hopefully that includes squeezing in a submission for the art challuunge from time to time.

Brain / Craft results are in…

 

With 50% of the vote, congratulations: Danny Devine! 

You have until this Friday to submit two random words.

Don’t forget this week’s words, due this Friday:

Jackalope / Lantern