Here’s where I get to show off your marvellous creations for Stage 2, and the rest of the forumites get to vote on their favourite picture.
As there are more than 10 images, I can’t put them all up in one post - I am going to put each image in a separate post within this thread. Mods feel free to merge it all into one afterwards, please.:embarrassed:

OKAY - Vote away!! :razz:

__________________________________________________ ____________

This poll (Poll A) will show all the entries for Stage 2
The poll will be open for 1 week from posting and will be a single vote only poll
Forumites are asked to vote on their favourite picture.

Once the outright ‘best picture’ is determined, I will put up a second poll (Poll B) – which will contain all the pictures except the one(s) that were voted best in Poll A. This poll will be open for 3 days and will be a multiple choice poll. Poll B is optional – it gives the opportunity to offer additional points to those entrants where you found it hard to choose between the pictures for the outright winner.


SCORING FOR THIS STAGE:

The maximum number of points available in this stage is 15
The picture that receives the most votes from Poll A (the single-vote poll) will receive 15 points. In the event of a tie, the winning entries will receive 15 points each
Each entrant for Poll B will be allocated the percentage of 10 that equals the percentage of votes their picture receives in Poll B, rounded up or down according to conventional rounding rules.

Entry 01 – After the Art Class - drawn by Vik

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL110154.jpg

The apple and orange are in the fruit bowl, the saffron and Dr. Pepper are next to the fruit bowl, and 'Susan' is wearing a star bracelet.

The racecar, the llama and the sand are on 'Jeff's' painting, and the llama is wearing Nikes.

The fox is tattooed onto Jeff's arm, and she's wearing a crown and a red cloak, making her a queen. Both her and Jeff's painting are his fantasy.

Entry 02 – The Queen’s Market Crash - drawn by Alessadri


http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL230248.jpg

The QUEEN, wearing NIKE branded clothing, with a SAFFRON flower on her hat, drank some DR PEPPER whilst driving her RACECAR at night on the SANDY beach. This caused her to have a FANTASY and she crashed into a market stall spilling the APPLES and ORANGES. The car’s decal shows a LLAMA, and the background night sky has STARS, with one of the constellations forming the shape of a FOX.

Entry 03 – The “Sands of Time” Race - drawn also by Alessadri

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL460217.jpg


King APPLE, QUEEN ORANGE and Princess SAFFRON are presiding over the annual Sands of Time Race Event. The competitors are the FOX-Riding-A-LLAMA-Chariot and Michael-Schumacher-In-His-Ferrari-RACECAR. The event is sponsored by NIKE and DR PEPPER. The winner gets the Ultimate-SAND-Hourglass. This event is telecast live by STAR-Sports. If this doesn't fit into the "Fantasy" category, watch the FANTASY-Sports program coming up next

Entry 04 – Saffron’s Fantasy Beach Racetrack - drawn by Shadows

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL710352.jpg

SAFFRON is having a FANTASY about a beach car race. The LLAMA and the FOX are in the RACECAR whilst the surprised looking STAR is cheering them on. The spectators standing on the SAND watching the race are the ORANGE QUEEN, the APPLE wearing NIKES, and DR PEPPER.

Entry 05 – The “Saffron Orange Nike Awards 2008” - drawn by ProofReader

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL840415.jpg


The Saffron Orange Nike Awards 2008 are underway. This is the dancing contest where the Foxes are doing the foxtrot, whilst the judges – the Dalai (L)lama, the Queen, and Dr Pepper look on. In the bottom left corner is the bar where refreshments are available – the two options are sand in a wine glass, or red wine with a man diving into it (what a fantasy!). Someone has left their baby in the bassinette over in the left corner (use of the baby in the apple pic) whilst out through the exit door, we see the racecar on the road with the star plaques on the grass.

Entry 06 – Thelma and Louise - drawn by NoHints

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL990546.jpg


Could that be Thelma the ORANGE FOX and Louise the LLAMA escaping in their RACECAR with a stash of NIKES in the back and a trailer full of SAND whilst the STARs shine in the night sky? They are passing a billboard with the QUEEN advertising DR PEPPER, an APPLE tree with SAFFRON flowers growing at its base. The whole idea of a fox driving a car is a FANTASY.

Entry 07 – Sailing Race – First Prize: Fantasy - drawn by db1986

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL710784.jpg

A race is going on – the competitors are a FOX, a LLAMA wearing NIKES, and a sailboat with the QUEEN on its sail. The ORANGE sun is shining, and APPLES on poles hold the finish line banner, whilst the STAR announcer is ready to determine the winner. First Prize is a FANTASY, second is a RACECAR, and the people watching on the SAND are drinking DR PEPPER next to a grassy dune with SAFFRON growing on it.

Entry 08 – God Save the Queen - drawn by MrsNerdinator


http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL240817.jpg


The Queen is being doused with Dr Pepper by the llamas pulling the racecar sleigh! She is throwing an apple into the sea from her sandy haven to distract the sea fox that is attacking her! She is wearing Nikes, and has a star pendant on, whilst the orange sun beats down on her relentlessly. You can see the saffron flowers in the background of this fantasy picture.

Entry 09 – Lifetime Membership at “The Flying Pig” - drawn by storm


http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL940911.jpg

The flying pig (an animal which is still unfortunately in the realm of fantasy, even if it is held up in the air though use of an orange propeller) is a 5-star bar whose speciality drinks are Dr.Pepper and liquid saffron. The entrance to the bar is marked by the tree lady wearing a dress of apples and a necklace shaped like Nike's logo.

There is a fox perched on her limb who wants to go into the bar - which used to be a barn, hence the presence of the llorse (llama head on horse body) - but can't as unflying animals are not allowed entry.

Galadriel is Queen of Elves and loves her "lifetime membership" at The Flying Pig where all sorts of strange and wonderful things happen, and her vehicle is not so much a racecar, but a car she races to the pub. Naturally, this all takes place on a sandy desert.

Entry 10 – The Fantasy - drawn by Nyna

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL411118.jpg


Here we see FANTASY picture of a guy giving an offering of an APPLE, an ORANGE and a DR PEPPER to a QUEEN riding a unicorn who is wearing a NIKE. In the distance we can see a RACECAR driving down the side of a mountain and overhead there is a flying LLAMA thing. To the left there is a FOX on top of another hill which has SAND at the bottom of it and SAFFRON growing in the sand. And there is a nice bright STAR shining in the sky!

Entry 11 – The Race - drawn by ILoveMaths07


http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL651379.jpg


This is a BP showing a race... between a llama , fox , racecar and a unicorn (fantasy). Queen is standing in the middle on the sand... I wonder why? Wearing a dress with a star on it. A man ready 2 pull the trigger, with Dr Pepper in his hand. And there's sand with saffron strewn all over it... Queen has apple and orange in hand. Queen wearing Nikes .

Entry 12 – The Queen’s Racecar Fantasy - drawn by Bellicimo
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL571428.jpg


The QUEEN, drinking DR PEPPER and wearing NIKES and riding on a LLAMA is having a FANTASY about racing across the desert SAND in her ORANGE RACECAR, at night, with the STARs shining. She is talking to a FOX in front of an APPLE tree with SAFFRON flowers in the foreground.

Entry 13 – Saffron’s Fantasy Take II - drawn by Dean

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/Treasure%20Hunt/FINAL171600.jpg

Saffron is having a fantasy about an orange riding a Nikes-wearing llama talking to an apple queen on a sandy beach. This has been brought on by drinking Dr Pepper too close to bed time, and she is sleeping under her favourite blanket, with the "fox in the racecar on a starry night" design

LMAO - good luck picking one, they are all brilliant!! :razz::razz::razz:

Can we vote for our own?

Can we vote for our own?

I guess if you think yours is your favourite...

But even if we can't, and we did, no one would know...

number 8 made me lol:)

But even if we can't, and we did, no one would know...

The only person who would know is Saff :)

Edit: Actually now everyone does if they read this :embarrassed:

* db1986 waits til more people have voted before he votes

Having said that, they are all really good.

pff vote for someone elses db;). im not voting for mine..XD..s soon as i can decide..which one I like:O

Is so hard to choose, they're all reallly goood :)

I can't see all the pics, Saff.

Ooh, some very good ones. Mine sucks a bit, and I wish all my pictures on here didn't all look the same :P

And not to nit-pick but one of them forgot the rule about needing to include one of their submitted pictures xD

Oh, oh... And is this Stage 3? :(

Were 4 and 13 done by the same person? (if so, can that person win poll A and be in poll B?)

...(Poll B) – which will contain all the pictures except the one(s) that were voted best in Poll A.

As far as I know we could only send in one picture. So the winning picture(s) from Poll A will be excluded from Poll B.

Nope, check the original post. It said we could submit more than one entry.

Although in reading it again myself, I see that the person would get just the highest score, not both.

(unless that was just with respect to the number of words incorporated, and not to points from voting - *confused* )

You may submit more than one entry. (yes this has been asked ;P) I will use the entry that gains the highest amount of points as your score for this Stage.

Ok, my bad. I never saw that the first time. I originally thought the highest scoring drawing by each person would be put through to the poll, but now I guess by Entry 4 and Entry 13 that the same person drew both. Does this mean that they could score more points if both their entries were chosen? I'm a little confused.

Oy talk about a tough decision! ><

:D amazinggggggg drawings guys :) i wuv them :D:D:D:D:D: ^_^
/me twirls around in circles

congrats :D

My God.. :eek:

Very well done, guys! I'm honestly baffled about which one to vote for! O_O They just all look so darn great! :)

Saffffron.. you know when this is over and done with, do we get to expose who did which ones?

Or I guess you could do another competition where you have to make us guess who drew which ones.. :razz:

I'm KIDDING! Lol, don't worry XD *hugs* :D

Wow, really cool. Very tricky to vote, had to choose between 3 and there were plenty more great ones too.

That's a cool idea, Nerdy. I could probably guess one, not including my own.

this forum is overloaded with competitions already :P

Only here for a few minutes this morning - just to quickly answer some questions and comment on some posts.

Can we vote for our own?If you think yours is the best. I am trusting people to make it a fair competition.

I can't see all the pics, Saff.Is anyone else having this problem? I used photobucket this time which seems to be more reliable than imageshack - let me know if this continues to be a problem please.

Mine sucks a bit No, it doesn't


And not to nit-pick but one of them forgot the rule about needing to include one of their submitted pictures xD
One person didn't actually enter Stage 1, but asked if they could do a Big Pic for Stage 2 as it appealed to them. I saw no harm in including it - they are aware that they are behind in points, but they entered this Stage for the fun of it. :smile: Oh yeh, and someone else did forget to put in one of their Stage 1 pics - they lose points for that through my scoring system, but it doesn't disqualify them from getting points in this part.

Oh, oh... And is this Stage 3? :( This is part of the scoring for Stage 2

Very tricky to vote, had to choose between 3 and there were plenty more great ones too. You have the opportunity to give points to the other entries in Poll B. But yes, there are some very clever people here.

That's a cool idea, Nerdy. I could probably guess one, not including my own. That is not a cool idea Nerdy! Well, it is, but that is not what will happen in the Final Stage (Stage 3) LMAO :P
Entry 4 and Entry 13 that the same person drew both. Nope
Does this mean that they could score more points if both their entries were chosen? I'm a little confused. For those that drew more than one picture - all pics conformed to the rules and had all 12 words, so scored the same with that scoring system. With the polls, it will be the one that scores highest. If it is the winner of Poll A, then they will receive 15 points (If it is a tie, and the tie includes more than one picture by the same artist, that artist will only get 15 points). Their other picture/s will still be included in Poll B, but obviously will not be able to score as many points as the highest score from Poll B will be 10. If they are not the outright winner of Poll A, it will be whichever of their pictures that scores the highest out of Poll B that determines their score.

Gotta run for now. Hope that clears some things up :razz:

I like the creativity and stories behind the pictures.

Also, I think it's so nice to see that everyone has used all 12 words.

Me too, storm. I did have a giggle at the number of entries depicting races/competitions - competitive bunch :biggrin:

And I was secretly hoping that the scoring system might help me distinguish between a few people points-wise, but everyone is far too clever.... :embarrassed: there's only 9 points seperating the top 11 entrants...
:razz:

there's only 9 points separating the top 11 entrants...

Wow, looks like Round 3 will be the ultimate decider.

* db1986 wonders what's up next...

I think the BPs are all great. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/Bravo.gif I must confess though, that, having seen the entries for BP, I'm a wee bit confused over this:


You MUST use the images you submitted in Stage 1 for ANY images that represent the 12 words. If you did not submit an image because you didn't get the answer - you may choose any image that represents the word, OR draw the word. You may also use other images in your picture if they are not representing one of the 12 words.

Your hand-drawn parts of the overall picture can be ANY depiction of the word - you do not need to draw the image you sent. For example, if you sent in an orange citrus fruit as your image for ORANGE, you do not have to draw an orange citrus fruit in your Big Pic - you can colour another part of the picture orange instead. It is only where you use images in your overall picture that they need to be the images you submitted for Stage 1.


... which I read to mean that we must use the pics submitted for stage one if they were the correct answer, with the exception of the one to be hand-drawn. The confusion has only arisen for me because many of the BPs have only a limited number of the original pics incorporated in them. Does that mean that those people got the original word wrong and have now drawn it, or does it mean less points for not using the original, or does it mean that I've misunderstood the rules?! The sentence which I've bolded in the second rule above seems almost to be contradictory unless it is affected by the scoring. Oh dang it all, I'm getting even more confused while thinking about it!! http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/ClearHead-ani.gif http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/NosePicker-eat-ani.gif
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/Artist-draw-tongue-ani.gif http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/Crazy-ani.gif

You should be able to use any combination of drawn words and images, as long as you have at least one of each. If you use images, they must be the ones you submitted for Round 1.
That's what I get from this.

... which I read to mean that we must use the pics submitted for stage one if they were the correct answer, with the exception of the one to be hand-drawn.

I see how you have interpreted that. But no, that was not the intention. The intention was that the entrants use at least one image from Stage 1, and draw at least one image. The minimum words to combine in the BP was 2.

If using an image in the BP to portray one of the 12 words (rather than drawing it) - then you had to use the image you submitted for Stage 1 - you could not choose a different image to portray the word. However, if you were drawing the word, you could draw it however you wanted.


The confusion has only arisen for me because many of the BPs have only a limited number of the original pics incorporated in them. Does that mean that those people got the original word wrong and have now drawn it, or does it mean less points for not using the original, or does it mean that I've misunderstood the rules?!
You misinterpreted, but I did have a couple of goes at re-wording it, so I probably didn't get the point across clearly. However, your interpretation resulted in a very creative use of 11 images ;)


The sentence which I've bolded in the second rule above seems almost to be contradictory unless it is affected by the scoring. Oh dang it all, I'm getting even more confused while thinking about it!!
Me too...lol....the bolded sentence is referring to the question about drawing - people asked if they drew the word, did the drawing have to be of the image they sent in. If you read it in that context, it makes some sort of sense.

And ew to your nose-picking emote :eek:

For the 12 words, you should be able to use any combination of drawn words and images, as long as you have at least one of each. If you use images, they must be the ones you submitted for Round 1.

Edit: db put it so succinctly, although I added one small bit in red, LOL - why am I so verbose......

Ooer missus! http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/Oer.gif Sorry. I guess I'm just too used to reading legal mumbo-jumbo. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/Irked.gif http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/Kiss-wink-ani.gif

Just http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/KickMe-ani.gif http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/whistle.gif

I love the ones that effortlessly combine the 12 words without making it seem really out of place.

I can't wait to find out who drew what!

Yeah, also think it's amazing that some look 'so simple' that you wouldn't even think that there ware 12 words in them! Great stuff.

We all definitely have different views on what is most creative. I think that's funky XD For example, although I think they're all great, there are a few that I probably wouldn't have considered voting on, whereas others have done so (btw, that wasn't meant to sound horrible! I just think it's cool that we all have our own interpretations of what is the most creative :))

woa, where did these threads come from

Saffy, I get the feeling it's going to be very very hard to reach the end of round 'A'. It's so close right now and 14 already voted - not many more than that were voting during the individual pic rounds so I guess that's how many people are participating.

May I suggest you PM the admins and get them to advertise this thread at the top of the forum front page? It might attract some votes from people who have previously not noticed the competition, or bothered about taking part.

May I suggest you PM the admins and get them to advertise this thread at the top of the forum front page? It might attract some votes from people who have previously not noticed the competition, or bothered about taking part.

Exhibit A:

woa, where did these threads come from

Lol, Hinty.. :razz:

*spam* xD

Edit: I like Vik's idea :) I think it could turn into a bigger thing. Even if people didn't see the threads or have no idea what this is about, then I guess there could be a brief explanation just basically saying that "this was a treasure hunt, and 12 words were found.. people had to combine them into one BP.. so vote away for your best one". Or something. lol.

I also agree with Vik and Nerdy. Is it possible for guests to vote as well? Edit: Don't worry, it was a stupid question. Does it make me silly if I just tried it? :embarrassed:

Edit: db put it so succinctly, although I added one small bit in red, LOL - why am I so verbose......

You're welcome Saff :razz:

Yep, good idea Vik
/me is rushing to get kids to school, and will be out all day - can this please be considered as that PM? ;)
TY

I can't decide... between the crazy stories and the simpler ones... =/

Yep, good idea Vik
* Saffron;146902 is rushing to get kids to school, and will be out all day - can this please be considered as that PM? ;)
TY

I don't think the mods have seen this, Saffy :(

This seems like too much fun!

I hope you repeat it soon so I can play too ^^

Wow, it's exciting! In lieu of the homepage banner, I'm going to post in the announcements section to remind people to vote :)

EDIT: Oh hang on, no I'm not, I'm not allowed these days! I forgot!

It's been listed in "Todays events" at the bottom of the forum for a while.

I'm going to post in the announcements section to remind people to vote :)

EDIT: Oh hang on, no I'm not, I'm not allowed these days! I forgot!

* db1986 detects a slight lack of green

Wow, it's exciting! In lieu of the homepage banner, I'm going to post in the announcements section to remind people to vote :)

EDIT: Oh hang on, no I'm not, I'm not allowed these days! I forgot!

LMAO! Funnily enough, I was thinking that I could do it too, the other day. I didn't get a chance to do an announcement when I was green!

This seems like too much fun! I hope you repeat it soon so I can play too ^^
I'm working on something new - won't be ready til probably next year, however, I think there has been some other people who have been bitten by the competition bug and may be planning some Christmassy or New year type comps. :biggrin:

Thanks to Ches for making this thread as an announcement for peeps when they log on (:

Now.. to the rest of you.. I want VOTES! More and more and more votes!
lol XD

Thanks to Ches for making this thread as an announcement

Seconded.
:)

The %s have gone all nice and round numbered. Isn't that satisfying?

My word , yes. I do like nice round easy numbers :biggrin:
I shall put up Poll B in the morning, as Im tired now, and likely to make a mistake. And Lord knows, I've made enough of those throughout this comp, don't need another-y :rolleyes:

Judging by the "This poll is closed" sign...

Congrats Entry 3 Artist!

I think there has been some other people who have been bitten by the competition bug and may be planning some Christmassy or New year type comps. :biggrin:

That should be fun :biggrin:

Can we find out who did entry 3 then? :D

Congrats to you, whoever you are, hehe. It was a nice draw :) (as were all of them!)

Congratulations to the outright winner of Poll A. :razz:

Alessadri

Well done Alessadri!

Good luck to everyone in Poll B :)

Zomg... He drew that?!!!?!?!?!?

Zomg... He drew that?!!!?!?!?!?
Yes. Your friend has some serious skillz :razz:

Well done, Alessadri!!!

I have updated this thread with the names of the artists now that the competition is over.

Platinium guessed the most artists correctly (6), and gets a special mention in the Awards thread. :razz:

Well done, Platinium :D How many did you get right?
I only got 3, lol XD
Proofreaders, Nohints, and ILoveMaths07.

/me blushes at the sight of Vik and apologises for 'those PMs'... :embarrassed: :razz:

Great draws, everyone! :)

Oops, I forgot to enter this, even though I semi-suggested it :P

would have only got 3-4 though.

Well done, Platinium :D How many did you get right?
I only got 3, lol XD
Proofreaders, Nohints, and ILoveMaths07.


oops sorry, Plat got 6
and Nerdy, you got 5 - if you include Alessadris and MrsNerdinators :P

oops sorry, Plat got 6
and Nerdy, you got 5 - if you include Alessadris and MrsNerdinators :P

Oh yeah. lmao! :P
Alessadri's double draws threw me off a little.. :P Cheeky thing XD

I think I would have got 1 right - mine, lol.

Oops, I totally forgot about this part of the Treasure Hunt. Oh well.

Congrats Platinium!

I think I would have got 1 right - mine, lol.

Ditto.

Congratulations Platinium



and... I would have got two! :twisted::twisted::twisted: