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January 24, 2013
As the name implies, this new feature highlights the top research stories of the week, hand-selected from prominent science journals and leading conference proceedings. This week brings us a wide-range of topics from stopping the spread of pandemics, to the latest trends in programming and chip design, and tools for enhancing the quality of simulation models.
Heading Off Pandemics
Virgina Tech researchers Keith R. Bisset, Stephen Eubank, and Madhav V. Marathe presented a paper at the 2012 Winter Simulation Conference that explores how high performance informatics can enhance pandemic preparedness.
The authors explain that pandemics, such as the recent H1N1 influenza, occur on a global scale and affect large swathes of the population. They are closely aligned with human behavior and social contact networks. The ordinary behavior and daily activities of individuals operating in modern society (with its large urban centers and reliance on international travel) provides the perfect environment for rapid disease propagation. Change the behavior, however, and you change the progression of a disease outbreak. This maxim is at the heart of public health policies aimed at mitigating the spread of infectious disease.
Armed with this knowledge, experts can develop effective planning and response strategies to keep pandemics in check. According to the authors, "recent quantitative changes in high performance computing and networking have created new opportunities for collecting, integrating, analyzing and accessing information related to such large social contact networks and epidemic outbreaks." The Virginia Tech researchers have leveraged these advances to create the Cyber Infrastructure for EPIdemics (CIEPI), an HPC-oriented decision-support environment that helps communities plan for and respond to epidemics.
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Help for the "Average Technologist"
Another paper in the Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference addresses methods for boosting the democratization of modeling and simulation. According to Senior Technical Education Evangelist at The MathWorks Justyna Zander (who also affiliated with Gdansk University of Technology in Poland) and Senior Research Scientist at The MathWorks Pieter J. Mosterman (who is also an adjunct professor at McGill University), the list of practical applications associated with computational science and engineering is expanding. It's common for people to use search engines, social media, and aspects of engineering to enhance their quality of life.
The researchers are proposing an online modeling and simulation (M&S) platform to assist the "average technologist" with making predictions and extrapolations. In the spirit of "open innovation," the project will leverage crowd-sourcing and social-network-based processes. They expect the tool to support a wide range of fields, for example behavioral model analysis, big data extraction, and human computation.
In the words of the authors: "The platform aims at connecting users, developers, researchers, passionate citizens, and scientists in a professional network and opens the door to collaborative and multidisciplinary innovations."
OpenStream and OpenMP
OpenMP is an API that provides shared-memory parallel programmers with a method for developing parallel applications on a range of platforms. A recent paper in the journal ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO) explores a streaming data-flow extension to the OpenMP 3.0 programming language. In this well-structured 26-page paper, OpenStream: Expressiveness and data-flow compilation of OpenMP streaming programs, researchers Antoniu Pop and Albert Cohen of INRIA and École Normale Supérieure (Paris, France) present an in-depth evaluation of their hypothesis.
The work addresses the need for productivity-oriented programming models that exploit multicore architectures. The INRIA researchers argue the strength of parallel programming languages based on the data-flow model of computation. More specifically, they examine the stream programming model for OpenMP and introduce OpenStream, a data-flow extension of OpenMP that expresses dynamic dependent tasks. As the INRIA researchers explain, "the language supports nested task creation, modular composition, variable and unbounded sets of producers/consumers, and first-class streams."
"We demonstrate the performance advantages of a data-flow execution model compared to more restricted task and barrier models. We also demonstrate the efficiency of our compilation and runtime algorithms for the support of complex dependence patterns arising from StarSs benchmarks," notes the abstract.
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The Superconductor Promise
There's no denying that the pace of Moore's Law scaling has slowed as transistor sizes approach the atomic level. Last week, DARPA and a semiconductor research coalition unveiled the $194 million STARnet program to address the physical limitations of chip design. In light of this recent news, this research out of the Nagoya University is especially relevant.
Quantum engineering specialist Akira Fukimaki has authored a paper on the advancement of superconductor digital electronics that highlights the role of the Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic circuit. Next-generation chip design will need to minimize power demands and gate delay and this is the promise of RSFQ circuits, according to Fukimaki.
"Ultra short pulse of a voltage generated across a Josephson junction and release from charging/discharging process for signal transmission in RSFQ circuits enable us to reduce power consumption and gate delay," he writes.
Fukimaki argues that RSFQ integrated circuits (ICs) have advantages over semiconductor ICs and energy-efficient single flux quantum circuits have been proposed that could yield additional benefits. And thanks to advances in the fabrication process, RSFQ ICs have a proven role in mixed signal and IT applications, including datacenters and supercomputers.
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Working Smarter, Not Harder
Is this a rule to live by or an overused maxim? A little of both maybe, but it's also the title of a recent journal paper from researchers Susan M. Sanchez of the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, Calif., and Hong Wan of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
"Work smarter, not harder: a tutorial on designing and conducting simulation experiments," published in the WSC '12 proceedings, delves into one of the scientist's most important tasks, creating simulation models. Such models not only greatly enhance scientific understanding, they have implications that extend to national defense, industry and manufacturing, and even inform public policy.
Creating an accurate model is complex work, involving thousands of factors. While realistic, well-founded models are based on high-dimensional design experiments, many large-scale simulation models are constructed in ad hoc ways, the authors claim. They argue that what's needed is a solid foundation in experimental design. Their tutorial includes basic design concepts and best practices for conducting simulation experiments. Their goal is to help other researchers transform their simulation study into a simulation experiment.
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The study of climate change is one of those scientific problems where it is almost essential to model the entire Earth to attain accurate results and make worthwhile predictions. In an attempt to make climate science more accessible to smaller research facilities, NASA introduced what they call 'Climate in a Box,' a system they note acts as a desktop supercomputer.
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At some point in the not-too-distant future, building powerful, miniature computing systems will be considered a hobby for high schoolers, just as robotics or even Lego-building are today. That could be made possible through recent advancements made with the Raspberry Pi computers.
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May 16, 2013 |
When it comes to cloud, long distances mean unacceptably high latencies. Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany examined those latency issues of doing CFD modeling in the cloud by utilizing a common CFD and its utilization in HPC instance types including both CPU and GPU cores of Amazon EC2.
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Supercomputers at the Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have worked on important computational problems such as collapse of the atomic state, the optimization of chemical catalysts, and now modeling popping bubbles.
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Minnesota State NewsA major step toward building a national nuclear waste repository has met with support from Red Wing leaders.
By: Mike Longaecker, RiverTown Newspaper Group
A major step toward building a national nuclear waste repository has met with support from Red Wing leaders.
The Department of Energy on Wednesday submitted its license application to build a facility at Yucca Mountain, Nev., where proponents hope to store spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste.
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Local tribal and city leaders lauded the action.
Prairie Island Indian Community Tribal Council President Ron Johnson
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"I hope it goes further than that," he said.
The tribe has long been a supporter of the project, which proposes to store 77,000 metric tons of nuclear waste inside the remote, tunneled-out mountain.
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"As neighbors to a nuclear power plant, it is vital to the community to move Yucca Mountain forward and create a permanent repository for this waste," Red Wing City Council President Carol Duff said in a statement.
"It cannot continue to be stored in the backyards of communities like Red Wing, creating a risk of exposure."
The NRC will first decide whether it will accept the application for formal review, Department of Energy officials said at a Wednesday press conference in Washington, D.C.
Currently, the waste is stored at 121 locations in 39 states, including Prairie Island.
Some tribal members live about 600 yards from the Prairie Island nuclear plant's above-ground storage units.
"We've been accumulating cask after cask," Johnson said of the sealed tanks containing nuclear waste.
Johnson said he would like to see Yucca Mountain open by 2012 — the estimated year when the Prairie Island nuclear plant is due to be re-licensed.
Tribal leaders monitor the project's progress daily, he said. That won't change as the project moves forward.
"If it merits me going to D.C. to lobby on behalf of Yucca Mountain, I would definitely do it in a heartbeat," Johnson said.
The project faces stiff opposition from politicians led by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The Nevada Democrat issued a swift condemnation of the application submittal and urged opponents to sign a petition calling for an end to the project.
Florence Township Chairwoman Joan Marshman helped lead her community's fight in the mid-1990s when Northern States Power was considering storing the casks there.
She still follows nuclear waste storage issues closely, and called Wednesday's news significant.
"Any time they're moving forward on these storage issues, it's a big deal," Marshman said.
But before approving Yucca Mountain, experts need to get a better handle on radioactive waste, she said.
"They don't understand the power of the waste," Marshman said, recalling how she could feel heat radiating from a cask she was allowed to examine on an inspection of the units.
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"It was a very safe mini-season so everybody is happy about that," said Corey Embree, diving operations manager at Inner Space Dive Center on Big Pine Key.
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"I was filling [dive] tanks all Wednesday night until 5 a.m." Thursday, said Eric Billips, operations manager at Keys Dives in Islamorada.
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Lobster activity peaked on Wednesday's first day but dropped off noticeably Thursday despite superb conditions, Dube said. "Maybe every got their limit early and headed home."
Divers arrived early this year and stayed late, Bob Roney, owner of Capt. Hook's Marina in Marathon, said Friday.
"It's still busy. It's been a phenomenal four to six days, the best I've seen in my eight years here," Roney said.
Capt. Hook's sold out its rental fleet and booked its dive charters, Roney said. "Most people said they were limiting out," Roney said of the six lobster per person, per day, bag limit.
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Calm and clear weather satisfied many divers, Billips said. "Last year was windy and gnarly. This year people had a good time on the water even if they didn't get their limit."
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Six people were Catarineau's boat. Three children, all wearing lifejackets, wound up in the water. Catarineau, who suffered broken bones, was the only person injured.
Jorge Quintana Basulto, 35, of Miami apparently was the only person booked into Monroe County jail as a result of mini-season lobstering. Deputy Wilfredo Guerra of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said Quintana Basulto tried to swim away from him during a check near Duck Key. The officer recovered three speared lobster and charged Quintana Basulto with resisting arrest in addition conservation violations.
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Dec 26th, 2012, 2:25:51 AM | #51 |
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Thanks bud.
So here's what I got for the moment. Feel free to tell if I did anything wrong. Concept: Regirock's pokedex entry stats it uses rocks it finds to regenerate itself. So I guessed it would use ALL KINDS of rocks in its life, leading to a bundle of pebbles from all over the world. |
Dec 29th, 2012, 10:53:40 PM | #52 |
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Sorry for the giant picture; the quality of the scan didn't exactly come out very well. They have the same color scheme as the normal Regis... since I wasn't able to color them, either... Because they were originally intended to be WIPs (not much time for that now, unfortunately), all except Registeel were drawn really quickly. To explain my logic behind each, let's start counterclockwise, beginning with Regice: Regice: This was partly inspired by the Ice Titan from Disney's Hercules, or more "generic" themes of icicles, plus a bit of the Maplestory Golems (which is one of the types I ran upon while researching golems). Regirock: The most traditional-looking of the golems in my entry; I would say it's inspired by a "rock gorilla." Those small spikes are supposed to be its legs (but they're farther away from the point of view). Registeel: A type of metal "dragon golem," Registeel takes parts from normal mechanical or electrical objects, such as a transformer (and Tesla Coil). The poor-looking claws are inspired by bent copper wires. |
Dec 30th, 2012, 1:54:40 AM | #53 |
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Dec 30th, 2012, 7:41:50 AM | #54 |
Now, we can do this the hard way, or... well, actually there's just the hard way.
Doran Dragon's ones look freaking amazing... although Regirock has almost nothing rocky about him, and looks like a Fighting-type. Regice and Registeel are incredible though. I especially love the head designs.
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Dec 30th, 2012, 1:04:36 PM | #55 |
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Doran's too good... oh well. Here are mine!
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Dec 30th, 2012, 3:19:12 PM | #56 |
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somewhere.... duh...duh...duhhhh.....
doran dragon's are awesomee and i think that if he made the rock parts more jagged and rock looking it would be even better
i also like elcheeso's concept of them being antelopes, but i think if thats the look he's going for then maybe the body needs to be a bit more antelope-like, like the registeel version thats in my very unproffessional opinion
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Dec 31st, 2012, 12:36:01 AM | #57 |
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I tried to make regirock look like a statue, with mayan/aztec and even egyptian references with the elongated head. So...i dont know if that will help, but I do understand the reasons behind the fighting idea
Dec 31st, 2012, 2:59:40 AM | #58 |
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somewhere.... duh...duh...duhhhh.....
well, i still think that some sort of texture would help, but up to you
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Dec 31st, 2012, 4:05:11 AM | #59 |
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You know what the issue with the regis is? They take themselves far too seriously... I present to you:
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Dec 31st, 2012, 5:44:58 PM | #60 | |
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Nice art though; all these other entries make me regret not giving some "lifelike color" to my entries. |
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Okay, due to the lack of submissions during this contest, I'm extending the deadline. I don't know when to, but the contest will probably end when I'm happy with the amount of submissions.
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Aww, come on guys, I really don't understand why there hasn't been any more submissions. Obviously there aren't enough submissions for myself, Quanyails and Kevin Garrett to judge. Honestly, it doesn't take that much effort to post a submission.
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Jan 6th, 2013, 2:32:07 PM | #63 |
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I'll try to get mine done tomorrow.
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Jan 6th, 2013, 4:29:17 PM | #65 |
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In hindsight, I think we picked the wrong Pokemon to makeover (again :X). I personally like the Regi design, and it aint easy making a more impressive design for them. elcheeso's Regi minotaur design's are really cool until you see Regice, which is kinda wimpy-looking for a special tank. Bummer's is probably the most complete with his golem designs - I'd say Regirock and Registeel's design should be swapped, because Registeel look a lot more offensive than it truly is (75 base offense). That's just me nitpicking though.
Jan 7th, 2013, 1:17:39 AM | #66 |
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Jan 9th, 2013, 7:04:37 PM | #67 |
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Okay this has gone on long enough (1 month!?)
The final deadline is 15th January. This will be the final deadline in the sense that there will be no prolonged deadlines, it stays as it is. So artists, please get submitting, hopefully there will be some more submissions when the deadline comes around, and then Quanyails, Kevin Garrett and I will get judging soon after. |
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Okay, time is up. Quanyails, Kevin Garrett and I will judge, and then the winner and runner-up will be revealed!
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Jan 15th, 2013, 11:30:23 PM | #69 |
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Out of the trio, Regirock is the most polished in terms of design. Overall, none of them are fully realized. It would have been nice if you had been able to submit an updated version to see where you could have taken these. I have to go on what you have here. As they stand, they look very similar to the actual design of the trio. **** Doran Dragon Your Regice is pretty cool. I like where you went with the design with an overcoat that resembles something an eskimo would wear. Registeel is almost as cool, but I kept help but envision its torso as intestines with how they are coiled. All of these can be summed up by your Regirock, creative design, but somewhat lacking in closer details. You didn't make them totally conform to their elemental type, which makes them stand out from the actual designs. ******** elcheeso Tauros. The direction you went by making each one of them resemble a bull is held back by the respect you pay to the original design. I would have really liked to see each of these on all fours with each of their types featured more subtly across each design. They look a little awkward being bipedal. You do have cool new symbols for each of them and I like how each of them are not carbon copies of each other. It is clear you wanted to differentiate each one. ****** Mastadi I view your submissions as the more fully realized version of what Kirby was trying to achieve. The Registeel is very cool how you have gears for the hip socket and metal grooves to define facial features. Regice as a snowman is cool, but I think you could have made it more imposing by shaping the body in a more dramatic way and replacing the sticks with icicles for arms. Regirock lacks the same sophistication you have in the other ones. I really like how you transformed the trio into being more organic. That's one of the design qualities that appeals to me in legendaries. ******* Bummer These are really polished. The first thing that stands out to me is how you substituted the standard dots for helmet customization. Not only does it work well with your knight theme, but it also allows you to play up their type while staying true to the originals. The armor for each of your designs appropriately distinguishes between each of the trio. The only thing I can criticize is how they play out much the same way as the original designs. While they might not be the most typical looking Pokemon, they were well done in their execution. ********* Josia Richter Out of your submissions, I think I like Regirock the most. It is not easy to distinguish what they are based. The only thing I can make out is the typing of each one. The bright red is harsh in contrast to the natural color of each type. It would have been nice if you could have fleshed out your concepts more. As it stands they appear to be incomplete. ***
Jan 15th, 2013, 11:34:36 PM | #70 |
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Oops, sorry I couldn't finish mines before the deadline.
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Kirbyofthestars: I do think you have some way to go in learning the elements of art before going for the design portion of it. You have varying levels of originality in your designs: the Regirock one is less so a redesign as it is a repose, Regice is more unique with that ice cream tip and icicle points, and Registeel does interest me with what appear to be ball chains (though I know you intended otherwise). The electric portions of that, though, do oppose the pure Steel typing it has. The designs perhaps could be improved with a little practice, but for now, theyre ordinary.
Overall: 2/10 Doran Dragon: I must say that youve pulled off the Regis concepts off very well while keeping a distinction between each design. They look like humanoid golems that arent just hunks of their respective elements. Each design has its own story to it, from the past to the current-/future-inspired ones, while keeping the original concept intact. Youve done very nicely in terms of technicalitiesno significant faults I can say. I applaud your thought process and subsequent creations. Overall: 9/10 elcheeso: Your definition of redesign is to add a new concept to the Regis, I see. However, beyond horned creatures, I do not see how the elements work together with the creatures that well. Bringing something animalistic into humanoid shapes requires a slight change of anatomy to their designs, and if you lack them, the animal portions become awkward. Regirock has craggy eye holes and a simple, massive body. I do like the icicles and snow on Regice, but anatomy could be improved. The body is round and immediately divides into two small legs, which strikes me as off. Registeel has a curious use of extruded steel lines to give an organic effectnicely done. The head looks sunken into the body because of the lack of visible neck, and I would think there to be an additional joint past the forearms. The designs are good tries, but there are details that dont integrate well. Overall: 6/10 Mastadi: If there was a prize for best sense of humor, youd get it. :) Im surprisingly fond of your Registeel, if only its because it has those proportions that carry a sense of power. Youve got a good sense of perspective and proportion in your designs, but the design themselves, I figure, arent meant to be taken seriously. The gears on Registeel, snowballs on Regice, and turtleneck(!) on Registeel are all rather silly additions. As a trio, they dont fit that well, but by themselves, theyre certainly... interesting. Overall: 4/10 Bummer: Hmm, knights. o3o A bit uninspired is what I first think, but that is from my thoughts on Aurumoths pre-evolutions and the Vanillite line redesign. Instead, I think youve done a nice job using that concept with the Regis. They all fit together nicely as a trio of knightseach of them share the same proportions while having distinct differences to showcase their respective typings. I do like the different armor each of the Regis bears--it gives a sense of difference to each of them while having a thread throughout. I thought of the sharp lines of Regice, the rounded curves of Regirocks, and the mingling of the two of Registeel as being reminiscent of their defensive stats. I dont think that you intended that, but its a neat comparison. The qualm I have for your design is the choice of monotone for each design. Granted, Regice isnt the most colorful Pokémon out there, but removing the yellow from the dots that represent its eyes makes it a plain blue with lights and darks. Registeel does have two choices of color, but there remains a lack of contrast. The ideas are nice and the lines are nice, but it lacks just slightly in the color compartment. Overall: 7/10 Josia Richter: Theyre redesigns of elemental golems, I can see that, but they deviate from the original concept. Registeel, especially, does not look like a golem or humanoidI do wish you would have changed it, but I am a judge and would rather not give suggestions prior to judging time. Regice, hmm, Im on the border of determining if its an improvement to the original design or not. I do not see a specific concept in mind with it other than ice. Id admit that the original design is more solid (no pun intended) than yours. Regirock has the most potential in my eyes for a good design--like Kirbyofthestars, you also incorporated ball-chain-limbs. Im not saying much from that, though, which, unfortunately, is my style of reviewing. The darker portion of the head resembles a face or skull, which, albeit a nice implication from a design, along with the red spikes and twisted eyes, makes me think of it being a Dark-type more than a Rock-type. Perhaps its just the choice of program youre using, but I think there could be more artistic skill in this. Youve done a nice job with Regice and the geometric shapes it has, but at the same time, Regirocks hands look like paper triangles--that is, they have no depth. If you can, try adding shading to convey form in the drawings. Overall: 2/10
Jan 16th, 2013, 7:20:41 PM | #73 |
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Okay, time to wrap thing's up...
Kirbyofthestars: As stated before, your redesigns all look very similar to the original pokemon. This is partly due to the fact that you've decided to stick with the dots theme; I would have liked you to be a little more inventive and come up with your own theme, rather than copying the original idea. Your Regirock looks almost exactly the same as GameFreak's own Regirock, except with the addition of spindly, thin legs which seems out of place. Your Regice shares the same body as the original, but at least you've differentiated it a bit more with your own ideas. The icicles are a nice touch, but the ice-cream end seems very silly, and I don't understand the logic behind the floating hands. I'm not too fond of the Registeel either, but I do like the added screws to the head area. 2/10 Doran Dragon: These guys are wonderful. Each has it's own features, yet keeps true to the theme, which I find excellent. I like your use of contrasting colours; it makes the original Regis look dull in comparison. I do agree with Kevin that the torso of your Registeel looks a little odd, but that's just a slight nitpick in an otherwise fantastic entry. 9/10 elcheeso: Whilst this contest is mainly focused on concept, it's hard not to notice the structure of these designs; they seem awkward and unnatural. The concept itself is very hard to pull off, and even then it doesn't really relate to the original concept. I have to say though, I love your Regirock. It's stance imposing and very accomplished, and overall it looks the most finished out of your designs. Your Regice looks a little goofy and generally less impressive than the other two. Your Registeel honestly doesn't look steel-type to me, I would've replaced those black horns with metallic ones. Your red markings doesn't really work in my opinion, but I like the idea of the eyes... how about changing the comour of them for each one, and seeing how that looks? 5/10 Mastadi: Not only are these guys hilarious, they're good, solid designs. Your Registeel looks well made, and I especially like the gears you've used to seperate the legsfrom the main body. I do feel that it needs some more defining features, the lack of any face bugs me a little. Your snowman is my least favourite; I dislike the use of the coal buttons, especially on the face. I like the idea behind Regirock, although it doesn't really look evolved enough, especially when compared with your other two designs. The real problem lies in your concept; I see nothing which links your designs together; they all seem seperated, unrelated pokemon. 5/10 Bummer: You've chosen a great theme to base your Regis on, as it still relates to the original. golem-esque theme. I love each and (almost) every detail of your pokemon, ranging from the differing helmets, to the impressive and well-chosen claws, these are all well thought-out. I am especially fond of Regice's shoulder armour, but I see the legs a little too thin; I don't see how it could hold the upperbody's weight. I do think however, that these pokemon are in desperate need of a secondary colour; they look great, accomplished and... plain. 8/10 Josia Richter: Whilst Word obviously hinders you, I still feel you could've done a lot better with your (re)designs. Your Regice is probably the better of your designs although I don't understand the floating legs. I would've liked you to have changed the colour or added another colour to your design; it just looks very basic and unfinished. Added detail to Registeel would be nice. I suggest integrating metal-based objects into the design, or just making the design seem a little more like its intended typing. Regirock is quite forgettable to be honest; I don't see the need for the red spikes either. You've made the mistake of not linking your three regis together, or even following the concept. Don't be downhearted by this though, practice makes perfect ;) 3/10 So the final scores are: Kirbyofthestars: 8/30 Doran Dragon: 26/30 elcheeso: 17/30 Mastadi: 16/30 Bummer: 24/30 Josia Richter: 8/30 So congratulations Doran Dragon for winning, and Bummer for runner's up. You two will both feature in the Smog's Smeargle Studio Update! Thank you judges for... judging. For me, I'm not going to continue this contest, although anyone is welcome to begin Round 3! |
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When will be the next make-over challenge? >_< .. Can't wait.
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