Time 2 vote 4 a fave AUTUMN / CREATURE!

Hello people of internetland… welcome back to the challuunge… where we gather to vote on our favorite art submission based loosely on 2 random words that are picked by the previous week’s winner.  Thanks for joining us this week.  It’s a great honor to moderate this here blog for your viewing pleasure.  So view all the art below, click them to view them larger in most cases, and don’t forget to vote for all of the ones that caught your fancy.

Next week’s words will be:

FELINE / CHAIR

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Now, here are this week’s submissions.  Thanks to everyone that threw in!  You are foxy!

This week’s art for:

AUTUMN / CREATURE





Chocolate Thunder:





DANimal:





Pineaple:





Wurm:




Here be the voting box.  Check all that apply!

Select every one you like...

Chocolate Thunder

DANimal

Pineaple

Wurm

Poll Maker

Tag, you’re it!

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Here there be winners and inspirations…

Welcome back friends and foes of the Art Challuunge.  We have an announcement… All the participants are winners in our book but there can only be one winner when it comes down to it. Except when there is a tie and this week we have two winners. So without further ado about nothing, congrats and salutations go out to our two winners:  DANimal and WURM!  Is it coincidence that they both have animal type nicknames?  I think not!  Thanks guys!  Both of you now owe one word each, so send em into the blog by Friday at 2pm.

Hey, Friday at 2pm… that sounds familiar… oh yeah, that’s also the time and day that this week’s challuunge is due.  Coincidence?  Yes.

So get out your scented markers and collection of bottle caps and get to creatin!

Here’s some inspiration for this week’s words… enjoy!

AUTUMN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtCiE4aK9QA

noun

1.the season between summer and winter; fall. In the Northern Hemisphere it is from the September equinox to the December solstice; in the Southern Hemisphere it is from the March equinox to the June solstice.

2.a time of full maturity, especially the late stages of full maturity or, sometimes, the early stages of decline: to be in the autumn of one's life.

CREATURE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpVTORX_ifk

noun

1.an animal, especially a nonhuman:

the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space.

2.anything created, whether animate or inanimate.

3.person; human being:

She is a charming creature. The driver of a bus is sometimes an irritable creature.

4.an animate being.

5.a person whose position or fortune is owed to someone or something and who continues under the control or influence of that person or thing:

The cardinal was a creature of Louis XI.

6.Scot. and Older U.S. Use. intoxicating liquor, especially whiskey (usually preceded by the):

He drinks a bit of the creature before bedtime.

Time 2 vote 4 PORPOISE / ORB art!

Hello.  It is time to vote.  Thee art is posted below.  If you click thee pictures.  You can see them bigger. Thank you to this week’s artists.  They are cool cats.  The time is now to reveal next week’s words.
Next week’s words will be:

AUTUMN / CREATURE

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Here is thee art for:

PORPOISE / ORB

Enjoy.





Chocolate Thunder:





DANimal:





Pineaple:





Wurm:




Here is where you vote.

Thank you for voting.
Vote.
 

Speak and spell and vote and...

Chocolate Thunder

DANimal

Pineaple

Wurm

Poll Maker

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A winner, we have… inspiration for Friday!

As the votes were tallied from Friday to Tuesday, the anticipation was thicker than a plate of glue mashed potatoes… the day had finally come, where the winner was announced.  With the scents and sights of FALL looming in the air, the votes were finally revealed…  Wurm is the winner!  Congrats ya big oaf!  Now get on out there and gather up two random words by this Friday at 2pm.

Friday at 2pm.  Hmm… that just happens to be when this week’s art is due.  Coincidence?  I think not!  Get your nose secretion sculptures and mayonnaise mosaics sent in by 2pm and you will be the proud participant in this week’s challuunge!  Here are the words and some inspiration for your peepers!  See you all Friday!  At 2pm.  Did we mention that’s when the art is due?  Oh this is getting repetitive… Oh that is getting repetitive…

 

PORPOISE

Click it, you know you wanna:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Cdjok7zcU

noun, plural (especially collectively) porpoise (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) porpoises.

1.any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.

2.any of several other small cetaceans, as the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis.

verb (used without object), porpoised, porpoising.

3.(of a speeding motorboat) to leap clear of the water after striking a wave.

4.(of a torpedo) to appear above the surface of the water.

5.to move forward with a rising and falling motion in the manner of a porpoise:

The car has a tendency to porpoise when overloaded.

ORB

Don’t click it, you know you don’t wanna:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYj3BTPfhbo

noun

1.a sphere or globe:

a Christmas tree hung with brightly colored orbs.

2.the eyeball or eye:

He looks with blind orbs on an indifferent world.

3.any of the heavenly bodies, as the sun or moon:

He lay on the grass, warmed by that orb of day, the sun.

4.a globe bearing a cross; the mound or emblem of sovereignty, especially as part of the regalia of England.

5.Astrology. the number of degrees from exactness within which an aspect operates.

6.a circle or something circular.

7.Astronomy. (formerly) the orbit of a heavenly body.

8.the earth.

verb (used with object)

9.to form into a circle or sphere.

10.Archaic. to encircle; enclose.

verb (used without object)

11.to move in an orbit.

12.to form into an orb or globe; round out.

Vote for your favorite PUMPKIN / CIRCUS!

Hello out there in internet land.  Thanks for returning to the Random Words Art Challuunge (R-WAC to the hip and cool).  I’ll be your guide on this journey into art based on randomly selected words.  Settle in and get real comfortable like. I suggest grabbing a nice cold one and kick your feet up. This will be a very enjoyable ride if you just let yourself go.  Thanks to all those that threw down this week.  You are the reasoning for the seasoning…

Next week’s words will be:

PORPOISE / ORB

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Now onto this week’s art submissions for:

PUMPKIN / CIRCUS

Click to make them grow.

Vote at the end for all your favorites.





Chocolate Thunder:





DANimal:





Hot Rod:





Pineaple:





Wurm:





These selections are here for your… um… selecting…

It's time to pick your faves!

Chocolate Thunder

DANimal

Hot Rod

Pineaple

Wurm

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We have winners! Inspiration!

Well well well… it seems we have another stinkin TIE!  Soooooo, WURM and PAPERCLIP HOUSE, duke it out for the words, due this Friday!  Don’t be shy… let those fists of art fly!

PUMPKIN/CIRCUS is due this Friday by 2pm, as well.  Why not get some inspiration below…

 

PUMPKIN:


noun

1.a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.

2.the similar fruit of any of several related species, as C. maxima or C. moschata.

3.a plant bearing such fruit.

CIRCUS:

noun, plural circuses.

1.a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.

Compare big top.

2.a troupe of performers, especially a traveling troupe, that presents such entertainments, together with officials, other employees, and the company's performing animals, traveling wagons, tents, cages, and equipment.

3.a circular arena surrounded by tiers of seats, in which public entertainments are held; arena.

4.a large, usually oblong or oval, roofless enclosure, surrounded by tiers of seats rising one above another, for chariot races, public games, etc.

1. an entertainment given in this Roman arena, as a chariot race or public game:

   The Caesars appeased the public with bread and circuses.

5.anything resembling the Roman circus, or arena, as a natural amphitheater or a circular range of houses.

6.flying circus.

7.British. an open circle, square, or plaza where several streets

Voting ends tomorrow! Get em casted’ed!

 

Welcome back from the weekend!  Don’t forget to vote on your favorite PROSTHETIC / DIAMOND submissions.  Voting ends Tuesday afternoon sometime… it’s a mystery, really…

Click here to view and vote:
http://randomwordsartchalluunge.blogspot.com/2014/10/prosthetic-diamond-needs-your-votes.html

PROSTHETIC / DIAMOND needs your votes!

Welcome back everyone!  It’s been a wonderful few weeks, but something was missing that left us empty inside… especially on Fridays.  The Random Words Art Challuunge is back in effect!  So get your motor runnin, avoid the Noid and let your fingers do the walking.  It’s simple really:

1. just scroll through the art below,
2. choose one (or all) of your favorites
3. and cast your vote at the end. 

Completely painless… unless you are on an AOL dial up modem and are accessing through netscape or something… THEN it might be a bit slow and painful… but, who does THAT anymore?

Next week’s words will be:

PUMPKIN/CIRCUS

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And now, your inglorious submissions for this week’s words:

PROSTHETIC / DIAMOND

Click. Chuckle. Vote.

It’s the spice of life!





Chocolate Thunder:





DANimal:





Hot Rod:





Paperclip House:





Pineaple:





Wurm:




Oh yeah, here’s your voting booth, so-to-speak!

Pick your faves!

Chocolate Thunder

DANimal

Hot Rod

Paperclip House

Pineaple

Wurm

Poll Maker

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Flickr Tags: prosthetic,diamond,art challenge,art challuunge,random words

PROSTHETIC / DIAMOND due tomorrow!

Welcome back everyone… it’s been a few weeks since we’ve done the art challuunge.  So don’t forget to get your PROSTHETIC / DIAMOND art in tomorrow by 2pm PST! Hey, why not check out a little inspiration before you start… just to get those juices flowing…

 

PROSTHETIC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hNxemBIz-g

DIAMOND:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV4JdFWibrs

Winner announced, challuunge extended…

Hey all… thanks for comin back.  We happened to have a winner that was selected by a jury of their peers.  The art was submitted, the people took to the interwebs and have selected your winner.  This week’s winner is our returning champion:  Andrew Johanson!  Oh yeah!  Now that you’re back with a vengeance, get in your two words for the next challuunge…

The words for this week are: PROSTHETIC / DIAMOND

However, we are extending the challuunge for two weeks due to crazy undercover secret government area51 type happenings that if we told you what they were, we’d have to… well, you know… tell you to forget it, ‘n stuff. 

So, PROSTHETIC / DIAMOND will be due in two weeks, on Friday October 3rd.  So that’s plenty of time for you to summon up the courage to get your very first art challuunge submission submitted, real nice like.  Break out the chocolate syrup and make a messy finger painting, grab some old kitty litter and glue it together, sands kitty leavin’s, to make a sculpture, eat a ton of popcycles and save the sticks to form a surprisingly accurate rendition of a log cabin… whatever you gotta do, you got two weeks ta do it!  You’re welcome!

Here’s some inspiration to tide you over till then…

PROSTHETIC

noun, plural prostheses

[pros-thee-seez for 1;pros-thuh-seez for 2] (Show IPA)

1.a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.

2.Grammar, Prosody. the addition of one or more sounds or syllables to a word or line of verse, especially at the beginning.

 

DIAMOND

noun

1.a pure or nearly pure, extremely hard form of carbon, naturally crystallized in the isometric system.

2.a piece of this stone.

3.a transparent, flawless or almost flawless piece of this stone, especially when cut and polished, valued as a precious gem.

4.a ring or other piece of jewelry containing such a precious stone, especially an engagement ring.

5.a piece of this stone used in a drill or cutting tool.

6.a tool provided with such an uncut stone, used for cutting glass.

7.crystallized carbon, or a piece of it, artificially produced.

8.an equilateral quadrilateral, especially as placed with its diagonals vertical and horizontal; a lozenge or rhombus.

9.any rhombus-shaped figure or object oriented with its diagonals vertical and horizontal.

10.a red rhombus-shaped figure on a playing card.

11.a card of the suit bearing such figures.

12.diamonds, (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked:

Diamonds is trump. Diamonds are trump.

13.Baseball.

1. the space enclosed by home plate and the three bases; infield.
2. the entire playing field.

14.Printing. a 4½-point type of a size between brilliant and pearl.

adjective

15.made of or set with a diamond or diamonds.

16.having the shape of a diamond:

a dress with a diamond print.

17.indicating the 75th, or sometimes the 60th, event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.

verb (used with object)

18.to adorn with or as if with diamonds.

Idioms

19.diamond in the rough, a person of fine character but lacking refined manners or graces.

NEON / BOIL art is up! The vote is on!

Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my chall-uuuun-geeeeeeers!  We forgot to announce the winner this week… so congrats go out to DANimal!  You were last week’s winner, and a winner everyday in our book!  Nice work! Thanks to everyone that pitched in this week… we love all of you equally, like a parent loves their children… and it makes your work this week all the more special!  Now eat all your broccoli and warsh behind your ears… real good like!  And welcome back, Andrew Johanson!  We’ve missed you!

Next week’s words will be:

PROSTHETIC / DIAMOND

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And now, for this week’s art challuunge!  The words were:

NEON / BOIL

Vote for your faves at the end!





Andrew Johanson:

Chocolate Thunder:





DANimal:





Hot Rod:





Maybee:





Pineaple:





Wurm:

VOTE:

Select one or more challuungers to win:

Andrew Johanson

Chocolate Thunder

DANimal

Hot Rod

Maybee

Pineaple

Wurm

Poll Maker

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DARK / VISITOR art and voting needs you!

Welcome humans and cats that rule the internets… it’s time.  Time to bring the art to your viewing-balls recessed in your cranium… for visual, and possibly textural, pleasure.  Thanks to everyone that participated this time around.  Thanks, also, to everyone that votes for all of your favorite DARK / VISITORS.  As for the rest of you out there that view this blog every single week and decide, for what ever reason, NOT to vote for your favorite… we have a special place in line at the DMV, reserved just for you! It’s right behind the guy in the T&C Surf Design tshirt with questionable stains, carrying a super big gulp full of questionable liquid… no, no… the other one… next to that guy.  Yeah, him.
Enjoy your gift, ya voyeurs!

Here are next week’s words:

NEON / BOIL

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And now, on to the art for:

DARK / VISITOR

Click, enjoy, vote, poop, wash hands, repeat.





Bryan Bruner:





Chocolate Thunder:





DANimal:





HotRod:





James:





Pineaple:





Wurm:

Pick a winner or winners:

Bryan Bruner

Chocolate Thunder

DANimal

Hot Rod

James

Pineaple

Wurm

Poll Maker

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