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Xerox-Kitty's Comic Give-Away: Uncanny X-Men #114

Here's your chance to win a copy of this comic.

   

  
Now that the introductions are out of the way, here are the four solicited covers to help inspire you.  You can see the 'evolution' of the characters with four chosen outfits.  Four is a lot to ask for, but if you feel up to the challenge then please try it!  Otherwise, a minimum of two poses & outfits is required; they can be any old appearance, plus your take on what the character looks like now.  Only one entry per person, so don't just pick any old character... make sure it's someone you know & love!


Aside from these four, any Marvel mutant is up for grabs whether they've been an X-Man (or X-Woman) or not.  Hero or villain, powered or de-powered.  Here's a chance to create an 'Evolution' fashion parade for your favourite mutant!  Or if you just want to have your 2¢ on these upcoming variants, then have a look at the blog:   What Do you Think... About The 'X-Men Evolutions' Variant Covers?
 

The Prize 

This is the issue in question: (Uncanny) X-Men #114.  There are a lot of creases in the covers and the paper is soft to the touch, like paper money that's been in circulation for a few years.  However, the print quality is absolutely pristine.  I've compared both copies and they're identical.  And if anyone isn't sure about the large price tag for 12p on the cover, then please check out my blog on  When British Comic Books Were Really American Comic Books .
   

Deadline

Here's the World Clock.  GMT is Greenwich Mean Time, which is 5 hours ahead of East Coast America & 8 hours ahead of West Coast.  After that, my geography stinks, so you'll need to use the World Clock to figure out what time 17:00 GMT is for you ;)  should everything go according to plan (if there aren't any power cuts or random 'acts of god') then voting will be posted soon after. 
 

Frequently/Previously Asked Questions 

  • How do we submit the drawing?   Where do I send my submission? 
This Contest will follow the basis of the usual competitions in the Artist Show-Off Forum.  You'll need to upload your image to your Gallery & then post that image in a comment below (in this thread).  When you 'insert' the image, select large.   I'll then find it in your 'Images' tab from your profile & download it for later. 
 
  • US residents only I'm guessing?   
Not at all!  I'm in England, and am willing to ship the comic anywhere, world wide.  Yep... Anywhere!  I'll take it to the Post Office & then let Royal Mail do all the hard work.
 
  • Can the costumes be from alternate realities??  
Sorry, but no.  The contest is about showing the 'evolution' of a character.  To do that, you must focus on their Earth-616 mainstream Marvel Universe appearances.  Therefore alternate realities aren't accepted. 
 
  • Do we draw one "real" outfit, and then three ones we make up?  Or four real outfits? 
Official outfits only.  If an outfit has appeared in the comics, then it is allowable.  There will be 'design your own version' style contests in future.  For now, stick with 2 to 4 different outfits that have been published & show the 'evolution' of your chosen character. 
 
  • I want dibs on...  
Sorry, no 'dibs'.  If someone draws the evolution of Warpath, then someone else will also be able to make an entry featuring Warpath.  All mutants are free to use except for those in the official covers (see the examples above). 
 
Feel free to ask if you have any questions... and good luck!!     

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@Dr.Spy said:
" I managed thankfully to set some time aside today to put this one together. Here we have Karma and her many forms (From left to right), ranging from her first appearance (Marvel Team-Up #100), to her New Mutants costume, to her time being possessed by Shadow King, and her current costume, bionic leg included. I hope you all enjoy! 
 

Good and Bad Karma(s)
Good and Bad Karma(s)
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You share the same IP address and same artistic style as  The Hobgoblin.   Even someone who shares an IP address would have a different artistic style.  Therefore you have submitted a second entry under an Alt account.  
 
The rules in the Opening Post clearly say "Only one entry per person".  As such, this entry (the latter of your two) has been disqualified.  For the sense of fair play, your Wolverine entry is still in the Contest.  However, I am not impressed at your attempts to cheat.
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 @junbobkim said: 

@Roxanne Starr said: 
 junbobkim's entry is very good as well, but he may not have the speed to finish it in time. "
Did mine looked unfinished? "
Not at all.  It looks fantastic!  
 
I'm sorry but... 
 

This Contest Is Now Closed! 

 
Thank you everyone for your participation! 
 
I'm going to have my tea & I'll put all the entries up for you to vote on later :)    
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@xerox-kitty:  Thank you, ah drat, its not a good sign though I suppose if you can't recognize my character is it? Thank you again.  
 
@Roxanne Starr:  I am not making excuses *hmpht* I am just a competitive procrastinator. In fact I put the Nator in Procrastinator and the Amble in ramble. I don't know lol, I felt like I started pretty early lol, I devoted an entire weekend's nights to it... hey I have one with a pink background? Should I use that? 
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@SC: 
 
Don't make excuses, SC!
 
All your shortcomings wouldn't have come into play had you just started on your piece sooner.  :-)
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@junbobkim said:
" @Roxanne Starr said:
 junbobkim's entry is very good as well, but he may not have the speed to finish it in time. "
Did mine looked unfinished? "
Oh. O.K. ... I get it. 
 
Only the last figure was meant to be fully colored. Well, it is very good, but it looks like Tonis put more work into his. Maybe I'm wrong, but I still like Tonis' better...more drama!
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@Roxanne Starr said:
 junbobkim's entry is very good as well, but he may not have the speed to finish it in time. "
Did mine looked unfinished?
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Just over an hour to go...  
 
I'm about to leave work & am going to rush home.  The thread will close at 17:00 GMT (in 75 minutes).  If you haven't posted your entry here (or a link to your entry) then I'm afraid it'll be too late... so please hurry hurry hurry!!

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@SC: Hee hee... I love your "Wolverine"!  He's never looked so... Cajun ;) 
 

ONE HOUR & 40 MINUTES TO GO!!

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THANK YOU XEROX KITTY for putting together such a wonderful and fun art comp idea and putting up a reward and also providing a count down for people like me who struggle with those weird number... clock? Things. Candles is where it should be at, AmIrite!!! So many awesome entries, wow, that Colossus, wow fat Karma, lol I think my favorite so far is the Dazzler one, or the Havok one... both Havok ones, oh wow the Storm one... I like some of these more than the official ones lol
 
Okay its not finished, its not as good really, but I am a lazy underachiever who likes to dress up like Bob Marley and spray smilie faces on peoples houses at 4 am in the morning not trying to scale or resize another mans head so it is in proportion with his leg or color a bit of hair thats in another layer making my computer crash!!!!! Grrr Too much info? Whoops. I chose to go with Wolverine!!  
 

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On the far left we have Logan in his original outfit, way back from the early 1900 when he used to work as Frances premier male stripper. The one to the right of that was when James went by the name of Patch, and he use to deal cards in Madripoor, you can tell because he is holding cards, and yes those are three Ace of Spades which as you all know, stands for death, in Laterverian, he is a cheater, he will stack the deck, and speaking of death, beside him is when Wolverine was the Horseman of Apocalypse, Death, and besides that is when Wolverine tried to dye his hair white, because after living for over 100 years, he was feeling lonely, old and alone, and without grey hair. All old people should have the right to have grey hair once they reach 100, but poor Mr Logan. So anyway, he died half his hair grey. Oh and is holding a pole, a nice reference to his Paris.  
 
(Or if you prefer the boring explanation Gambit uniforms, 1. Original, 2, Dr. Moira MacTaggert’s design of the blue and gold X-Men uniform, 3, X-Treme in the hizzle, 4. Current, with a hint of Deathbit)  
 
(If you wish to view the full A3 version so you can see all the errors I made and mock me and criticize the many, many big mistakes I made click here 
http://www.comicvine.com/myvine/sc/all-images/108-324012/gambitevocomp/105-1720032/ 
 
If you would like listen to some UB40, please click here 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOwubys-CuY )
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@tonis: 
 
Whoa! If this was my contest, you would win...hands down. Your coloring is superb.
 
 junbobkim's entry is very good as well, but he may not have the speed to finish it in time.
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FOUR HOURS LEFT!!

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@ tonies 
i always have a heart to Madelyne Pryor... nice touch on her

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This is a piece by kiss_lamia that I helped with a little of the post work coloring and need to submit on behalf cause we all need to sleep now n then :)

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I got the time wrong... It's still early, alright ;p
 

SEVEN HOURS REMAINING

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@junbobkim: now that came out gorgeous. Like how you kept the color to the modern take. VERY slick :) 
 
@xerox-kitty said: 
@tonis:  I don't remember the bondage queen-bikini!  O.O  But I'm glad you got the mohawk in there :)                                         "
lol, I know, I know, I couldn't find the EXACT suit that she used with the strip down the middle with the ring between. Would love to get one. 
The mohawk was the one NECESSITY that had to be there no matter what, it's my favorite variation.
I ended up using the closest skimpy suit I had, opposed to 'naked' Storm which is one of the directors cut versions. Basically with the earliest I was shooting for the uninhibited child like Ororo that didn't understand the Society she now had to dress for.
 
Probably why I'm such a sucker for the early days :)
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JUST UNDER 6 HOURS REMAINING!!

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@junbobkim said:
" Here's the revised version as promised: 

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Now, off to bed! Good luck everyone that entered! "
i'm speechless
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@Hawkeye446:
You got the Goblin Prince loin cloth in there!  :D 
 

@tonis:  I don't remember the bondage queen-bikini!  O.O  But I'm glad you got the mohawk in there :) 
 
@junbobkim: Sweet colouring!  And good night :)    
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Here's the revised version as promised: 

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Now, off to bed! Good luck everyone that entered!
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@HomoSuperior said:
" @tonis:  Brilliant work on the evolution of storm, you really show how she changed and matured. I especially like her blue and gold costume... even though i've never seen her in it :P Overall i love it. "
thanks HS, I was amazed with all the mutations in appearance she went through too. Writers and artists really had a field day on her through the years, to the point they even adjusted her skin pigment. I personally liked her early portrayals, very dark skin and much uninhibited. :) 
 
I used this page for my costume references, The blue/gold was back in Uncanny X-Men #275 when Jim Lee was mixing it up and made them up in uniforms. (kinda ironic, I just started a uniform contest last week :) 
I would have liked to gotten the red belt in on that one, but I didn't have anything that was remotely close enough for models to make it look good so I kept it out.
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@tonis:  Brilliant work on the evolution of storm, you really show how she changed and matured.
I especially like her blue and gold costume... even though i've never seen her in it :P
Overall i love it.
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@Caligula said:

" @tonis: Some of your best work my friend. I can't say I agree with the character choice lol, but your art makes up for it. I was wondering when you were going to get a hand in here :D "

thanks, it was a combination of things that led her to be the best choice. I needed to make the model to work on the battle contest where it's her vs phoenix, and when deciding who to do here she had the most MASSIVE of costume choices. Made banging it out in the few days I had a little easier. I'd considered Wolverine and Boom Boom too, if there was another contest going on where I needed them I mighta gone that route :)    
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@tonis: Some of your best work my friend. I can't say I agree with the character choice lol, but your art makes up for it. I was wondering when you were going to get a hand in here :D
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whew, squeaking in at the end. This was a toughie, but when you're making something for kitty you don't wanna half-ass anything. 
Researching for this one was the most informative I've had since Shatterstars epic Wonder Woman contest. I chose a character who's had almost as many makeovers. 
Storm 
From thief to Queen, she's proven herself as a leader and one of the best female characters in the mutantverse. 
I actually did like 8 variations but kitty warned me to keep it to four punishable by dismemberment :) 
Expect a 'directors cut' version with the rest that I'll probably use as my showcase entry later in the month. 
600 pixels wide kind of blows with panoramics, if you wanna see the full size when you zoom it's over HERE.

 
 
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@xerox-kitty: I live in Texas, U.S. Central Time Zone.  
@HomoSuperior said:
That's happening... great sleep time lost, it picks the day i need to be up early too (Already hating work experience) .
I don't mind losing sleep as much as losing an hour to work. Just imagine my level of panic when I looked at the wrong clock and thought I already missed the deadline! :)
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@junbobkim said:

switched forward an hour today due to day light savings time craziness

That's happening... great sleep time lost, it picks the day i need to be up early too (Already hating work experience) .

I'm thinking about working on the piece a bit more. Since the deadline is not up yet, would it be ok?

Sounds good, can't wait to see that with more work, it already looks excellent.
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@junbobkim said:
"I'm thinking about working on the piece a bit more. Since the deadline is not up yet, would it be ok? "
Yes, absolutely!  If you want to repost the entry here, I'll pick it up & replace the current version :) 
 
Where are you, that the clocks have gone forward already?
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@junbobkim: @HomoSuperior:
Nice!!! ;)
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Thank you for the welcome and compliments, everyone. I was in a mad rush thinking somehow that the deadline was today instead of tomorrow. YIKES! It didn't help that we switched forward an hour today due to day light savings time craziness. 
 
I'm thinking about working on the piece a bit more. Since the deadline is not up yet, would it be ok?

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@junbobkim:  Awsome entry and evolution of colossus.
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24 HOURS TO GO!  DON'T MISS OUT ~ ENTER NOW!!

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@junbobkim: Impressive first post!  Thanks for entering, good luck & welcome to Comic Vine!
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@junbobkim: brilliant
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My first ever post at ComicVine... 
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@SC: That's a relief! *tucks you up into bed* :)
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@xerox-kitty said:
" @SC: It'll be 24 hours to go, in just 2 hours time.  However, I'm not going to spam the forums by creating a new post for it. "
 
*Breathes in* Awh dammit I think I got dropped on my head as a child. How could I forget I am like 24 hours ahead of everyone... I thought I only had like 4 hours left... *contemplates sleep*  
 
Thank you!!! *shuffles away meekly* 
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@SC: It'll be 24 hours to go, in just 2 hours time.  However, I'm not going to spam the forums by creating a new post for it.
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@xerox-kitty:  *looks sheepish* Uhm, Xerox Kitty, out of curiosity is there going to be a final warning call before deadline? >.>
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@IcePrince_X said:
"congratulations Xerox-Kitty! this is a successful contest! lots of cool entries! "
Thanks! I was worried that there wouldn't be many entries, but I'm thrilled to see so many (and with people promising more to come too! :)
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@Caligula said:
" @HomoSuperior: that is awesome :D
 
Thanks
 
@Caligula said:  
@IcePrince_X said:
" nice colors!  can't wait when all of our entries are laid down side by side! this will be freakin' awesome!  congratulations Xerox-Kitty! this is a successful contest! lots of cool entries! "
people love prizes ;D "

That's true :)
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@HomoSuperior: that is awesome :D
 
@IcePrince_X said:
" nice colors!  can't wait when all of our entries are laid down side by side! this will be freakin' awesome!  congratulations Xerox-Kitty! this is a successful contest! lots of cool entries! "

people love prizes ;D
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nice colors! 
 
can't wait when all of our entries are laid down side by side! 
this will be freakin' awesome! 
 
congratulations Xerox-Kitty! this is a successful contest! lots of cool entries!

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Some cool new enteries with characters i'm not to sure of, guess i'll have to look it up
 
Also i thought i'd colour my entry, so here it is, and i'm pleased with the result, although hopefully my clolouring will improve in time

Nightcrawler Character Evolution Colour
Nightcrawler Character Evolution Colour
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@SC: Yep, just over 24 hours to go :) 
 
@Wail of the Banshee: Wow!  Welcome to Comic Vine... that's one amazing first post!  (considering your name, I'm surprised it's not Banshee ;)
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@Wail of the Banshee:
That's some great work!!!
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Some amazing entires!! lol Fat Karma /thread closed/comp won]  
 
 
Okay, so as I understand it, I have 24 hours... right? *looks time confused*

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@Wail of the Banshee: that is pretty slick man.
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@Wail of the Banshee: agreed, you can go nuts with what you make when you got that creative power :)
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Mimic is underrated. I hope he gets used some more soon. 

3 costumes of the Mimic
3 costumes of the Mimic