Drew Wheeler

1. Kurt Cobain -Nirvana 2. Simon Neil -Biffy Clyro 3. Billy Corgan -Smashing Pumpkins 4. Jesse Lacey -Brand New 5. Frank Sinatra 6. Robert Plant -Led Zeppelin 7. Chris Carrabba -Dashboard Confessional 8. Jack White -The White Stripes / The Raconteurs 9. Dave Matthews 10. Johnny Cash Honorable Mentions to Trent Reznor, Patsy Cline, and Conway Twitty.

1. Leopold "Butters" Stotch - South Park 2. Homer Simpson - The Simpsons 3. Eric Cartman - South Park 4. Krusty the Clown - The Simpsons 5. Randy Marsh - South Park 6. Jesus - South Park 7. Doug Funnie - Doug 8. Grandpa Phil - Hey Arnold! 9. Sideshow Bob - The Simpsons 10. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons

Full Voting List 1. Jim Halpert - The Office (U.S.) 2. Christian Troy - Nip/Tuck 3. Jax Teller - Sons of Anarchy 4. Dwight Schrute - The Office (U.S.) 5. Michael Scott - The Office (U.S.) 6. Sylar - Heroes 7. Sean McNamara - Nip/Tuck 8. Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld 9. Jesse Katsopolis - Full House 10. Tommy "The Green Ranger" Oliver - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Honorable Mentions to: Michael Kelso, (from That 70's Show) George Costanza, (from Seinfeld) Quentin Costa, Kimber Henry, Matt McNamara (from Nip/Tuck) Andy Bernard, Toby Flenderson, Pam (Beesly) Halpert, (from The Office (U.S.)) Jemma Teller-Morrow, (from Sons of Anarchy) and Hiro Nakamura (from Heroes). Edit: I left out animated characters, or else this list would most likely be radically different.

(Yeah, so this has taken a full week longer than I anticipated, but anyway.) Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Trophy Presentation ceremony! I'm Drew Wheeler, your host for the evening. First off, thank you to Norro for the judging assistance! Your comments and wisdom are always widely accepted from me! Folks, what a first round! Now to introduce our entrants: NUFAN! ROCKY FELLER! THE MODERN WAY! LORD NIBBLER! From four entries, one rose above the rest, and the winner is: THE MODERN WAY! And for winning, as promised, here is the Trophy (zoomed for detail) to commemorate your first round victory! and in Sig Size: Which means it's now time for... THE SECOND ROUND~! Mr. Wheeler vs. Mr. Way...or Mr. Modern... To be judged by: Norro! (Should he accept.) with the Topic Choosing Committee: Nufan, Rocky Feller, and Lord Nibbler! Guys, lets have a topic and size chosen by Monday, September 6th at 12:00 PM CST. This has been Drew Wheeler for the D.W.O.I.X.D.G.B.R.F.B.f.G. 2010! I anticipate the topic announcement and I am looking forward to battling you, TMW!

Orton one is stylin', haha. Me gusto mucho. I think the render should be a little more visible with maybe a texture someplace and a stroke and it'd be very good, IMO. Kobe feels a bit crowded around, like you said, but I'll add that it feels very "forced" if you understand what I mean. It's the colors being very aggressive, I think. JC Bailey one is real nice. My only new complaint is that his face was more visible. That's just me, though. I wish you'd have stroked the images after they were finished, I love the look of that. However, the blends and brushwork are solid enough and I like the styles of photos and renders you used. Main suggestion, to beat a dead horse--Use Stroke on your finished images, man. It's good stuff to help the graphic "pop".

I guess I'm waiting on FnG still, to average out the scores and such. But for anyone who isn't in the final round, you guys can gang up and decide the topic for Round Two.

nufan--I was extremely glad you included players. The one I envisioned as I conceptualized the topic had players and I was glad to see them. Moreover, the inclusion of Rookie players made me realize their role in the new season is a very big one. Great decision there, man. Speaking from the aesthetic side of things, I'm not huge on any of your text other than the players' names. The tagline was a good inclusion but I think with your layout, the NBA logo might have been sufficient. I go to either extreme on the faded zooming effect on the renders' underlayer. As of right now, I like it, though. Thanks for your hard work, man. OVERALL-- 75/100 Rocky--Your entry brought something new to the table as well--the AUDIENCE! A. I loved the inclusion of the fans into the NBA letters, and the silhouette was a great touch as well! B. I also like the logos for the Conferences and all the teams being represented. C. I think together though, it looks very crowded. Almost too crowded for my personal preference. I think that your NBA logo with the audience really pulls your overall score back to life, though, it is extremely eye catching yet exceedingly simple. Thank you for your entry, Rocky. OVERALL-- 70/100 TheModernWay--The one thing I most wanted to see was a wallpaper that looked like it was NBA-produced, and yours delivered completely. In my opinion, a wallpaper should have eye catching simplicity and it very certainly does. The (I think Rocky was pretty close but I'll say either a Basketball's texture or bubble wrap, lol.) textured background with the color splashing is very nice. I think that my biggest thing with yours is the words- "The new season." I dunno, could be nit-picky but I'd have preferred 2010-2011 or something similar. Thanks for your entry there, man. OVERALL-- 82/100 Lord Nibbler--To not know a thing about basketball, you totally grasped the "Just Do It" attitude of basketball that Nike capitalized on. I'm into the visual imagery and the text on your piece--simply beautiful work, man. I think though, that my biggest compliment to you is also the biggest detriment. The NBA's worked and is working to move from the "street-ball" mentality and make the game more professional. I will still say though that your piece's PURELY SPORT OF BASKETBALL feel, particularly when you were in the dark about the concept and game, supposedly, were a breath of fresh air in the contest. Thank you, bud. OVERALL--77/100 Thank you guys so much, and I guess we will just average the three scores together to find our winner before the "trophy" is awarded and the Topic for Round 2 is selected. EDIT: How about this--the three participants who don't move on to Round Three will be the committee who selects the Topic for Round 2. Sound good?

Assuming that FnG messages me his as well, I'll have the two of ours up as well later on and therefore we'll have our finalist. Thanks guys for all of your entries. As Norro said, very quality throughout! (Y)

One hour from RIGHT NOW to enter submissions in the first round, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to see some more great entries in addition to the ones we have here. EDIT: Okay! Time is up! Thank you four for your entries, and the judging committee will have you some results shortly! Once again, thank you all for participating in the D.W.O.I.X.D.G.B.R.f.B.F.G.!

UGH I am such an ass for leaving off Alan Rickman.

Livid, DJ Ice-- I'm totally willing to extend the deadline another day to compliment you guys' wishes to enter, if you do. Just let me know. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 11:59 PM CST, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28th, 2010

Nah man, I'M SORRY. I feel truly bad you'd never seen that video haha. Also, anyone who still wants to enter the first round of competition, entries are being accepted til 11:59 PM Tonight!

I applaud the photo selected for Tom Cruise. I'm liking the list thus far, all of the first 5 are tolerable at worst. (Y) (Also with Rogen, 1/10 of my list is in.)

I'm actually fairly crushed you didn't know. If there's ever been anyone that I'm honored to rip as far off as possible, it's Kevin Nash. EDIT: More emphasis was needed.

Thanks man, I appreciate the tip, and you're right, I used the GIF directly from the old logo, just wanted to say though, that I didn't put any stroke on the heartrate readout. No worries though. Again, no worries. Thought I'd offer up a bit of help.

Might have to take you up on that offer. Also, thank you TMW for your entry.

I'm looking forward to your entry. Yeah, I'm pressuring you into it. What of it?

Hey TEOL, I made a new Pop Prom / System logo to match these. Hope you like it. Also, These aren't the same dimensions as the ones you posted as reference, but I went on the same style: For Activation. For Uplink:Online. If you'd like anything changed, let me know.

I'm very pleased to see you guys' entries so early. Thanks for your timeliness.

...due to the ROUSING show of enthusiasm for the original topic, I'll hear suggestions for a potential new theme via PM.

Mmhmm, a wallpaper advertising the upcoming 2010-2011 NBA season.

ATTENTION, VOYEURS OF THE GRAPHICS FORUM! I HUMBLY PRESENT: The 1ST Annual Drew Wheeler Open-Invitational X-Division Graphic Battle Royal (for Bound for Glory) Here's the Skinny: The contestants will enter their graphics as they finish them before the due-date. After the judging committee (Myself and two undecided others, most likely Norro and DMN) review them all, the winner of the "Battle Royal" round will face me in a one-on-one Graphics match-up in round two to determine the 1st D.W.O.I.X.D.G.B.R. Champion. The Grand Prize: A beautiful "Trophy" for the winner's Signature to symbolize their hard work and their surely epic victory, which will become even more beautiful if they win both rounds. and What I need is: YOU, as a competitor! To compete with the following Contestants with whom we're Currently in Negotiations: -Bob Newhart -Cecil Fielder -Tom Zenk -Carol Burnett -any members of Foreigner THE DUE-DATE FOR THE OPENING ROUND IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 27th, 2010! THE OPENING-ROUND THEME IS: The upcoming NBA Season! Wallpaper Size (1200x800 / 1024x768) THIS THEME IS NEGOTIABLE. I'm looking forward to seeing your entries and if anyone has any questions they can feel free to PM me.