Tidi-Lebre

Hello everyone,

I am ShingoTM, winner of the competition "The World Ends with You" which was promoted by Deviantart in association with the Square Enix, a gaming company. This contest, as you may know, was constantly reviewed by members of the community and other participants (this was expected since the grand prize for the winning entry was to win criticism from the Square Enix team itself). Approximately 7,000 drawings were sent to the competition, only ten would be chosen. With the knowledge of only ten winners, many artists were heart broken, resentful or dull in their creations.


In honor of those who refused to give up, I am creating a tribute for all of those who participated in the "The World Ends with You" contest. I will be honoring the 500 best works, of my opinion, which were submitted to this competition. Why am I doing this? I know it is miniscule, but something needed to be done in respect for all our awesome participants.

Well, I have seen there were many art creations and works of art with better technology. They were extraordinary creative art achievements, some better than my own, and should be acknowledged by the artistic community.

They will be honored in some way!


Please, before this all vanishes and seems like it was eons ago, watch these artists, add their work to your favorites, visit with them, or simply browse their sites. These artists are amazing and they deserve acknowledgement. I wish I could give them each a subscription or simply some artistic criticism, but honestly this is what I can give to you from a humble perspective. Let's seize this and take it on ourselves to show these artists the praise they deserve. Never let the world end with you!

You all are winners. Thank you so much for participating in this mesmerizing contest, in the end all of you in this world have made it astounding. My wish is that more contests, like this, could come to you and spark the same imagination.

Thank you so much!


Okay, let's go then!








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Ok, Now let´s go for the moment that everyone was waiting for ...



... BY SQUARE-ENIX TWEWY DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Well, I´m very sorry for procrastinating this moment for long time, but, I say you, I didn´t spread this before because I really couldn´t do it. But, now I fell that it´s ok if you all know about it (and I really would like it)

It´s here:




I´m reproducing the translation of the critique by DA team (sorry I don´t know japanese)... They said:

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"  We would like to thank you for participating in the World Ends with You concept art contest with deviantART. We received a tremendous number of submissions, of which yours showed the greatest promise.

Below, please find the contest´s grand prize, a critique of your artwork from the lead creative staff behind the game: director Tatsuya Kando, co-director Tomohiro Hasegawa and planing director Takeshi Arakawa.

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These designs perfectly match WEWY´s conceptual style, and the characters traits fit in nicely with the game.

We also liked the idea of using tarot cards and the fruit basket for combat.

We were particularly impressed with the battle and event scene you created; it´s as if they are taken straight from the game.

Amazing !

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We are truly impressed with your excellent submission, and hope to see more great work from you on deviantART in the future!

Sincerely,

The World Ends with You development team "

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OMG!!! They really would like it o_o Thankyou very much!!!



Plus, I received my own works printed with comments from the people from the team!!! I don´t know japanese so if someone knows, please, tell me what they said o.o

See them:












translation by :
*The tarot card's design is cool.
*Magnificent!
*This is a magnificent gameplay idea that seems as if it could appear in game as it is.
*The characters are exactly like the concept of "The World Ends With You"
*The layout of the design is well done.
*It looks just like a real game screenshot, amazing!


Sorry , I´m not good with photos ^^"



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So, one more time, I just have to say thanks to SquareEnix team, DeviantArt team (particularly , and ) , everyone who enters into this contest, for the english translation of the japanese comments from twewy development team in the images, for the portuguese translation of these same coments too, Ruben Ismael and his friend for the motivation and the help with the english language for this journal