Posted: 12/2/2010 11:01 PM
Post subject: Thyssen Museum Art Academy Contest
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Scepheo
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I just received a mail from Nintendo, notifying me that the Spanish Thyssen Museum is hosting a competition for the Art Academy game for the Nintendo DS. Alright, enough linkage. Anyway, although I've no idea whether this is allowed, this seems like an awesome idea for a TAS. I lack any artistic skill, but I think it'd be awesome to submit a movie (perhaps a collaberation?) that draws, in one "session", several famous paintings. Just an idea, really.
Posted: 12/3/2010 3:21 PM
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alden
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I think that would be awesome! Lua, anyone?
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Posted: 12/29/2010 11:33 AM
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Personman
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I fully support this and volunteer to help with any boring drudgery it may require. I can't draw for crap, though, so I can't help with that part. It seems like what we really need is organization/division of labor. The competition ends on 31 January, so we have to act fairly fast. The official goal of the competition is to draw a version of "The Dream" by Franz Marc (viewable in a tab on the competition website). It would be awesome if we had the resources to do something clever, like beginning to draw several famous paintings, then angrily scratching them out and starting over a few times before producing a perfect reproduction of The Dream; however, looking at footage of the game, it looks like getting a good reproduction done is going to take an awful lot of work. If it's feasible to write a image-file-to-stylus-input converter, that could make a lot more things possible, but the interface is probably far too complicated for that to be reasonable. Whatever we do, we probably want to preface it with a good bit more explanatory text than usual so it doesn't just get instantly taken down. There's a risk of that anyway, but the contest organizers might have a sense of humor if we're very clear up front that it's not a real contest entry.
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Posted: 1/1/2011 7:23 AM
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Personman
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Is there any interest in this from someone who actually thinks they can, or could with help, produce a passable representation of this or any painting by TASing this game?
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Posted: 1/1/2011 3:36 PM
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Scepheo
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I've tried it a little bit, and I find it almost impossible to even (at least somewhat efficiently) make a pixel-by-pixel reproduction of, well, anything. I doubt there is enough interest in this to get anything done before the deadline. Bummer.