Competition: Free Form - TIE-Fighter

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Free Form - TIE-Fighter

Context

Today's creative landscape is more fluid than ever, artists are no longer confined to a single form of expression. Instead, they can explore and combine a wide range of mediums; from digital illustration, to photography, or traditional painting, sculpture, and mixed media. This graphics competition wishes to celebrate that and offer opportunities to add more diversity to our art community by inviting participants to push beyond the norm and share how different mediums can be used.

Objective

This competition will focus on how this month’s prompt can be captured using free form. Do you have a medium in mind that wasn’t included in the other prompts? Do you have an idea that combines forms? This is the prompt for you.

This Month's Prompt

TIE-Fighter, was the signature starfighter of the Galactic Empire and symbol of its space superiority. Instantly recognizable from the roar of its engines as well as its unique design, the TIE-Fighter exuded Imperial power and prestige across the galaxy, seeing use throughout the Empire's reign.

Rules

  • Valid entries must follow the medium and prompt shared in each sub-competition
  • Your site entries must be submitted in one of the following formats: jpg, png, or gif
  • Note the difficulty is set to regular, so stick drawings and low effort entries will not be selected for placement
  • Reminder: AI-generated entries are NOT allowed

Grading

All entries will be graded using the DB’s Graphics Grading Rubric

Competition Information
Parent Competition
Mixed Medium Mayhem 1.0 - TIE Fighter
Organized by
Adept Raiju
Running time
2026-04-15 until 2026-05-15 (about 1 month)
Competition Tier
Tier 3 - Solo, Brotherhood-Centered Activity
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Graphics/Multimedia
Difficulty Class
Regular
Awards
Dynamic, Fifth Level Crescents (based on participant count) and 6 Clusters of Graphite as per Herald guidelines
Participants
3 subscribers, of which 2 have participated.
Results
Member
Womp Rat Kitty Reign
File submission
20260514_180126.jpg
Textual submission

A short video from my Instagram. :)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYViOY5OLLX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Sorry, I think the first entry is in the wrong category. >.<

Placement
1st place
2nd place
Master Windos
Member
Master Windos
File submission
20260509_092840.jpg
Textual submission

Not sure how free form free form is, but my submission is a 3D printed TIE Fighter display.

Credit for the model to nERoX: https://makerworld.com/models/1391428

Printed using a black/purple color changing filament for the solar connectors and cockpit glass that takes on a different color based on the orientation of the model during the print resulting in those areas appearing black when viewed from the left and purple when viewed from the right.

Uploaded a photo to this submission, but the real entry is this video that was too large to attach: https://photos.app.goo.gl/iNGKLYG3UfxmUVme9

Placement
2nd place