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 Posted: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:14:41 Post Subject: HotHardware's April Sweepstakes - Win a new Rig! |
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| Quote: | It's that time again! Time for us to announce our latest sweepstakes! In conjunction with our friends at Diamond Multimedia and Smooth Creations, we’ve got one hot rig to give away this month. Today, we’re announcing a new sweepstakes where someone could win a full AMD Phenom X4 9750-based system, complete with a Diamond Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics card and slick, custom painted Smooth Creations case. This machine is definitely a head turner.
URL: http://www.hothardware.com/News/HotHardware_April_Sweepstakes_Win_a_new_Rig_/ |
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Little Bruin
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timberwolf
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Kilamon
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Bleg. more skulls. How uninspired can you get? What's next, roses and daggers, perhaps some flames or a dragon? Are we still in the 80s?
Seriously, if you're going to paint -anything- then do it with some originality. If you can't be original, find something else to mimic that isn't overdone, like a renaissance tapestry, some H. R. Geiger can be cool as long as you avoid the 'alien' crap. Maybe a photo of your dog with a lolcats caption would work.
Maybe I'm saying this because I view art on a case the same as a tattoo: it's going to be there for a very, very long time. As such, you shouldn't just pick some art off the tattooist's wall (3rd rose/skull from the left and put it on my shoulder/butt/hip/arm). You should pick art that's a reflection of yourself. |
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timberwolf
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| Posted: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:20:20 Post Subject: |
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| Kilamon wrote: | Bleg. more skulls. How uninspired can you get? What's next, roses and daggers, perhaps some flames or a dragon? Are we still in the 80s?
Seriously, if you're going to paint -anything- then do it with some originality. If you can't be original, find something else to mimic that isn't overdone, like a renaissance tapestry, some H. R. Geiger can be cool as long as you avoid the 'alien' crap. Maybe a photo of your dog with a lolcats caption would work.
Maybe I'm saying this because I view art on a case the same as a tattoo: it's going to be there for a very, very long time. As such, you shouldn't just pick some art off the tattooist's wall (3rd rose/skull from the left and put it on my shoulder/butt/hip/arm). You should pick art that's a reflection of yourself. |
That is very true. But the problem I see is that it really isn't for yourself. The people who painted that is for other people. They just do something that "most" people might like or accept; something that is more easily marketable. The more "specialized" stuff that you linked to is great, don't get me wrong. But I see those as more of a paintjob that you do yourself or get specifically get an artist to do for you.
Kind of goes along with what I was talking with a friend a while back. Why are a majority of the cases out there black? I think it is the most "safe" color for a pc case if it wants to sell well/better than if it was another color. |
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daemon
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 now that would be one sweet computer to win. |
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Little Bruin
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