LMS3: Round One | RESULTS ARE IN FIRST POST

[Earendil]

earendil, are you an editor? :) i do that too! :) what kinda suit are you sat at, avid, fcp?

We're all Adobe here. I "version" more than I edit, but I get to do some spiffy motion graphics stuff every once in a while.

What about you?

Carotello that's mighty hilarious. ;)

[ikuru]

Ikuru, I took the liberty to do a little paintover, to show you how you can improve this image:

Ha ha, thanks that helps allot.. I just made a little lens flare (the guy to the right is holding it). I guess that just shows your an bigger and balder artist than me...

Thanks for showing me the light though. I'll practice like Harry Potter. :asspat: :asskisser:

[Tom Garden]

i was working on avid and FCP daily, depending on the project and what machine was available. But now i'm fulltime freelance concept artist! :)

[Earendil]

i was working on avid and FCP daily, depending on the project and what machine was available. But now i'm fulltime freelance concept artist! :)

Glad to know that path has been tread before me. ;) Way to go!

[ikuru]

and another one..
http://www.ikuru.se/2/silly.jpg

[Saturns Gate]

Gets that tingle again....

[Ilaekae]

?...

I still have some toilet paper left if you need it...

[Xaya]

I reloaded that thread every 3 minutes in the last 4 hours.... thanks ikuru for the entertaining while waiting.

[Iliada]

and another one..
http://www.ikuru.se/2/silly.jpg

Maybe the text should be written in papyrus font?

[Ilaekae]

My tummy hurtz...

[Saturns Gate]

?...

I still have some toilet paper left if you need it...

No no, I have a feeling it might be that other tingle this time. I will know for sure in a few hours when Last Man Standing is up, or I inadvertently piss my pants....

[Texahol]

I reloaded that thread every 3 minutes in the last 4 hours.... thanks ikuru for the entertaining while waiting.

heheheh yah, I've been reloading the thread every chance I get 'cause there's nothing else to do at work [aside from work, of course]
:asspat: for ikuru keeping us all entertained.

Seems like we got some CA issues though :/

[azghoul]

I reloaded that thread every 3 minutes in the last 4 hours.... thanks ikuru for the entertaining while waiting.

i put a stone on the F5 key few hours ago ...

i'm just totally relaxed


>:D

[mirskov]

okay GUYS IT'S IN THE FINALLY FINISHED SECTION!!!!!!

FINALLY !!!!!


YAY!!! :xpld:

[carotello]

huh? I don't see it...

[mwillustration]

where?!
i don't see it.
link please...

okay GUYS IT'S IN THE FINALLY FINISHED SECTION!!!!!!

FINALLY !!!!!


YAY!!! :xpld:

[Saturns Gate]

I couldent see it, but then again I am known to be crap at finding things...ill try again..

[ikuru]

Its really there! motherfffff


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1618939#post1618939
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1618939#post1618939
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1618939#post1618939
go go go!

[Saturns Gate]

Yep cant see it...lets get him!! :P

Whos gonna hold him? Ill get the hammer....

[carotello]

I see it I see it dear jesus!!!

[NARobles]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116622

[Tom Garden]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1618939#post1618939

[Tom Garden]

gogogoggogogogo move!

[ikuru]

fuuuuck me!!! :D go go go!!!

[Saturns Gate]

Fuck me its there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*throws hammer and apologizes* Cya!!!

[mirskov]

haha wow well that was supposed to be a sick joke but it's freakin there for reals!! I'm out!

[ChaoticKnight]

Lol Dammit Ikuru! did you copy off me?? lol :P

[grey]

wtf - 3 pussouts in my match (#44) alone!

[Carnifex]

jeez don't mess with my heart like that guys :D

seriously though,awesome.
seeing all of them together makes me feel like i actually didn't just waste time for nothing on my entry :^^:

[strych9ine]

As you all know now, it's alive in the Finally Finished section (stickied at the top). That took forever! If there are any errors let me know, I won't ask the judges to begin for another few days just in case.

Enjoy.

[DavePalumbo]

damn people, some really impressive stuff there! I need to rest my eyes minute and then give them all a closer examination...

[Joeslucher]

There were some usernames I'd never heard of who turned in some great work. Good job everyone.

[Chance.]

Not rushing anyone, just curious. Where are the winners names posted when the judging is finished? (take your time!)

Thanks

[lefran]

There are some amazing entries! Wonderful to look through them all

Thanks so much for the hard work Cody, its appreciated by everyone :)

[Farvus]

Wow. I'm impressed by level of work. Hooray to CA!

"Underneath it all" :)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2872/calmsbk8.jpg

[Tom Garden]

aww - and just like that - the round one deadline extended forum, rested its sleepy head, filled with the images and imaginations of so many artist!

night!

[Maestro Andres]

Great work Cody, thanks a ton for all the work with this and there is no rush for winners. There is so much awesomeness in those threads for the first few months :)

[Earendil]

Overloaaad!!! Overloaaad! :nerd: :yayca: :yum:

[ikuru]

information overloadoverload.
thanks again 2 cody.


Chaotic, nice pick dude;)

[Firefly]

oh, so the judges will know who everyone is before they vote?
nuts.

Ah well, fantastic work all around.

Thanks for everything Cody!

[Flake]

I got utterly pwned but it was a great learning experience, thanks to everyone (especially match #52) who didn't puss out. ( and Cody obviously for organising a meltdown in his inbox)

I totally want to go and do a CHOW or EOW now or something.I shall do just that I think. \o/

[hp]

man...I was at work and ppl told me it was up but I couldn't look at it cuz I was busy...so I just sat here trembling for like an hour lol! seriously my hands were like shaking haha :D

it's going to be a tough round!

[strych9ine]

oh, so the judges will know who everyone is before they vote?
nuts.

Ah well, fantastic work all around.

Thanks for everything Cody!

I was going to make a separate page for the judges to go to before the posting of the Finally Finished threads, but you have no idea how much time it took just to put those things together... wasn't worth my time. I guarantee we've got a panel of judges that won't think twice about who it is they are voting for, they know to vote for the best piece.

[Matt Smith]

there were tons of ridiculous pieces, judges will have their hands full. thanks for all the hard work cody.

[Earendil]

They've judged already? Hmm....Where?

[ahbeejieh]

Awesome job everyone!

Dave Palumbo's and inverted chalupa's piece rules this round for me.

Gotta say thanks to strych9ine... Never had this much fun with my art before :rocker:

Goodluck everyone!

[Hyver]

holy cow cody, is that a rabbit in your pocket or has your postcount just gone way up?

[Sellis]

Cody Cody Cody! i feel a standing ovation is in order.:yayca:

Thanks again and BLOODY HELL what a good set of work, zephyri blew me away.

Well done everyone.

Cheers,

Stu.

[Laumee]

So many pieces of art...it will take some time to look at them all properly.
My favourites so far are Nicolas, Kirtz and Ethax.

[Fulcrum919]

Im new to this...is it too late to get in? how do you get in? Info please...

B

[Rudeone]

Im new to this...is it too late to get in? how do you get in? Info please...

B

yes it is. Deadline was Saturday the 19th, results of the first round can be found here: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5
Better luck next year :)

[ChaoticKnight]

Im new to this...is it too late to get in? how do you get in? Info please...

B

It already happened. :(
The signup was last November. Try again next time! Just watch the forums.

[mwillustration]

Im new to this...is it too late to get in? how do you get in? Info please...

B

you're too late for last man standing 3, but if you stick around here you could get in on lms 4.
for info on lms 3 go to http://lastmanart.com

to see all of the pieces from round one of lms 3, check out these three threads:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116646
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116622
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116634

[Chingwa]

So um... any word on when judging for round 1 will take place? I just want to make sure I haven't missed anything.... there's been no posting about this for a while...

[AnthonyFoti]

yeah, I'm not sure what's going on either. I saw something on the news about a fire somewhere, but I don't think all of the judges could have been in it.

[strych9ine]

Judge's results are coming in over the rest of this week. Hold tight, the results will be well publicized on the forums, then the next round's matches will be decided.

[AnthonyFoti]

ahhhh thank you

[JessiBean]

Oh my gosh, I am so excited! Are they in yet?! Are they in yet?!
:bounce:

[Tom Garden]

i'm holding so tight i herniated

[carotello]

i'm holding so tight i herniated

Eew :x

[Stephan_R]

Thank you for the new dump to my inspiration folder all! Fantastic stuff...

[ikuru]

my spider sense is tingling again...
http://www.matrixmania.com/photopost/data/518/11157gayspiderman.gif

[redehlert]

where do you find these silly little animations, ikuru?

[Georgeous]

Inside his hat...:hat:

[N D Hill]

where do you find these silly little animations, ikuru?

Actually that was his halloween costume.

[ikuru]

Huh?.. Actually most of these are me and mi mom.
I drink, I dance & she filmy on the web-cam.
Nothing weird or anything..
http://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/2.gif

[Diphallia]

Nothing weird at all...

[Ilaekae]

I worry a lot about everybody here on this forum...but some of you I REALLY really really worry about... :$

[ikuru]

http://k53.pbase.com/o6/96/492696/1/72034604.1YUVpYDe.cartoons_FamilyGuySexyPartyStewi e.gifhttp://thump01.pbase.com/o6/96/492696/1/85510989.klsFziMN.killurpar.gifhttp://i.pbase.com/v3/96/492696/1/50169007.000h5fqx.gif

[alesoun]

Are we THERE yet? Can I have candy-floss? Can I have a drink? When we gonna get there? I wanna see the pretty pictures! I'm hungry!
Are we THERE yet?

[Ilaekae]

Somebody ask Cody to get some Quarter-Pounders shipped in...

...and I have to pee again... Can we stop at a REAL toilet this time, please?

[JessiBean]

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

I heard it was gonna be soooooooooooooooon! Where is it?!?

[Earendil]

eeEEEE!! waaHHHhahahaa! *goes insane*

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2211388478_4fde412a1c_o_d.gif

[Saturns Gate]

Im feeling the tingle!

[Earendil]

Tingle!

http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/09/tingle_in_akiba.jpg

[archipelago]

http://www.ville-ericsson.se/misc/tingle.jpg

[Dian3]

@Archipielago; ROFLMAO!!!!! XD

[Earendil]

There's something very wrong about that picture... o.o

[archipelago]

I dont know about you Earendil, but to me, those bulging red tights are very very RIGHT

[Earendil]

I dont know about you Earendil, but to me, those bulging red tights are very very RIGHT

Heeheeeee. :mittenbop:

[ikuru]

while waiting.
JEsHUel04dY

[Tom Garden]

IIII HAAAVEEE THE POWEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!

so.......was that a tingle?

[Ilaekae]

I have planted explosive devices loaded with dirty diapers, yogurt, and Pop Tarts around the forum, and if results are not forthcoming within a reasonable time, I...will...set...them...off...

[tandynineK]

why do we have to wait so long!!g

[ikuru]

was that a tingle?
kinda ;) But then this is some serious tingle.
NHZQahZcVfc

[JessiBean]

Ikuru, you are a SICK man...
I feel dirty inside.

:teeth:

[Earendil]

Ikuru's won the thread 3 times already. ;)

[Tom Garden]

that was more of a schlongle than a tingle

[Form]

I have planted explosive devices loaded with dirty diapers, yogurt, and Pop Tarts around the forum, and if results are not forthcoming within a reasonable time, I...will...set...them...off...

WE DONT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS!

fuck yeah, I always wanted to say that in context!

[Beelow]

ikuru that is rediculous! LOL!

[Carnifex]

kinda ;) But then this is some serious tingle.

in any case it's all kinds of awesome. :D
gawd i'm laughing so hard right now.

[strych9ine]

One more judge result on the way, hold tight...

[Ilaekae]

Want me to have a "little talk" with him/her? :ilaekae:

[chaosrocks]

I happen to know Ilae has a large and paint encrusted sheath knife ..that could be very persuasive.....you could probably get tetnus from it.... or in a real jam he could send one of his ex wives

[Earendil]

Could we get that on video if it happens? :)

[MarkWinters]

Could we get that on video if it happens? :) Then ikuru can use it as an animated gif!

[Tom Garden]

oh, a MIGHTY TINGLE.....wait....no?
Could we be getting the good news today?! :D fingers toes legs and arms crossed!

[carotello]

This suspense is killing me...

[Earendil]

We should have a separate thread for Tingles. :^^:

[Tom Garden]

Last Man Tingling

[Texahol]

LMST!
..uvwxyz
omg acronymmmmmmmmmm....cookies!
:bounce:

[azghoul]

arghs ...

[Saturns Gate]

hmm, still no word? I guess my tingling ability's are faltering on me! :O

[Chingwa]

Umm.. I've never been involved with the previous LMS contests, but, is this how long it normally takes for the judging of a round?

...just curious.

[mcmatz]

Considering the deadline for getting the first round done was extended over a month, I think we can give the judges a break as far as judging ~360 pieces of art.

Some of the matches were awfully impressive and I'd hate to be one of the decision makers.

--Madeline

:thinking:(tap, tap, tap...)
Okay. I'm getting anxious, too, but I'm trying to control myself.

[Matt Smith]

Yes the judging takes some time, they are all professionals with busy schedules.

[alesoun]

*wriggle*



*WRIGGLE*

*wriggle*

[strych9ine]

Here are the results of the 7 judges combined decisions. Congratulations to all of those advancing to Round Two, it was an amazing group of entries to say the least. The judges all expressed how hard it was to choose just one piece, but that's how we roll in the LMS!


J a k e
Icon
stevekim
m@.
Rusty
Chingwa
manu is malin
GreenTopaz
Tamte
Faxtar
romance
viag
lyon
Stokes
fedezz
trevor
bluefooted
Tony Shasteen
Sept13
Hurricane
mwillustration
Helzon
alxcote
Yumiko
entdroid
MarkWinters
Ragnar X
Baron Impossible
Mike Dutton
HellTaxi
Summer Pudding
vyle
Rambozo
bumskee
fvallejo
Texahol
Ethax
Poshspice
Ben Mauro
Jason Chan
Ryan DeMita
steak-tron
brat777
kenji
octopus_interphone
Alex Tornberg
Brun
John_Bivens
Jason Rainville
yAdam
Shamagim
nicolas
M.C.Barrett
Cicinimo
DavePalumbo
ENBE
prostate sunrise
flaptraps
strych9ine
jmascho
nacho
Brendan N
wassermelone
thanos5
Kirtz
Paul_Harrison
Idiot Apathy
LEEBLEEB
SprayNation
thom
Grendel Grack
Shelly Wan


Again, congratulations to all of you who are advancing to Round Two. Matches will be posted in the next few days, I want to make sure everyone has time to see the results.

You guys kick ass.

[Victor B]

congrats to all passing into round 2, we'll all be watching!

[paperX]

congrats to everyone! thanks a lot for organising cody! i had lots of fun :) good luck to Baron Impossible from my match 28, your piece was awesome :)

[Jason Rainville]

I'm so friggin' toast. Look at that list :$

[trevor]

i think this means im screwed no matter WHO i am up against!!!!!! hahahahaaha
great round1
im scurred now!

[Form]

awesome, thanks to all the judges and my homies in match 50, round 1. Congrats yAdam, looks like I dont deserve the name after all. From here on out my name will be shirley :P See you in LMS4!!

[Fvallejo]

congrats all!

[Form]

hair raising call on match 65!!! i bet the bookies were sweating that one out gary!

[Sway West]

I think everyone did swell just by entering. : ) Took a lot for me to put myself out there, so I have respect for anyone who took a chance.

[ahbeejieh]

Wow. Kinda glad I'm outta there. Congrats on Brun for making it thru on round 47. Looking forward to round 2's stuff. Congrats to all those who pushed thru!

This Last Man Standing thing?... K-i-c-k-s-a-s-s. I'll see you guys next year! :D

[Sept13]

It was a great first round! Congratulations to all who passed to the second :)

[Idiot Apathy]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa at?

[Form]

OHHHH OHHHHH SURPRISE UPSET!!! THE CROWD GOES WIIIILD!!!

*dodges burning flares*

[Aly Fell]

Good grief! I genuinely though Zephyri had group 38 sewn up. :eyecandy: Thankyou to all in that match, and to Cody and the judges. "Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue." :party:

[Tom Garden]

Well done everyone - looks like its gonna be a tough fight from here on! :D

[yAdam]

Hehe, cheers shirley!

[daveneale]

nice, well done one and all....I'm now gonna start sharpening my pencil for LMS4

alxcote: I'm behind you dude, I want to see great things from you this round after nailing my sorry ass;)

[sve]

Congratulation to all participants and to winners double. That was a great inspiring event, thank you Cody an judges... entire community probably is grateful as i am

[Molly]

Congrats to the winners.....

[Brendan N]

Damn, I'm going to have my ass handed to me on a silver platter. Grats to the winners and HUGE thanks to Cody and the Judges. It really is an honour to even enter something like this :).

Good grief! I genuinely though Zephyri had group 38 sewn up. :eyecandy: Thankyou to all in that match, and to Cody and the judges. "Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue." :party:

Glad they picked you - your entry along with Steve Kim's were my favourites this round.

[Matt Smith]

congrats cicinimo and to the rest of the winners.

[Muz]

Congrats brun, and the rest of the round 47'ers, was a very tough round and im proud to have battled you :D.

Congrats to all the other winners.


I WILL MAKE IT THROUGH NEXT YEAR!!!!

[Saturns Gate]

Congrats Bumskee!! :) I will be rooting for ya in the second round bud! Good luck to everyone in round 2!

[Baron Impossible]

Nice job everyone - specially Cody and the judges for their time.

For those that remain, grab your balls and step up :harbl:

[ikuru]

"Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue." :party:

:assspank: ;)

To all those passing the needle, well done and good luck on the journey.

[Qitsune]

But your entry was cool! Just do another like that.

[azghoul]

congratulations to everyone who advanced !
especially to texahol. :assspank:
now i want to be stunned by you in round two as i cannot give it a try, good luck ! ;)

[Farvus]

Congratulations Chingwa and the rest. I didn't do my absolute best but I learned few things so it was worth participating. See you in the LMS4 :)

[chaosrocks]

told you it was easy cody. Now you're actually gonna have to work! Congrats
to all you folks, job well done.
crx

[NARobles]

Congrats everyone! =D

[Texahol]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa at?

my sentiments exactly!

azghoul: thanks mate, I thought you would have had it for sure!!!!

[Carnifex]

'grats chingwa - now kick ass for the rest of us!

if possible i'd like to hear what the judges had to say about my piece so i can do better next time (apart from being too unfinished in comparison).

[Splittingadams]

wow... not getting in is like being told your puppy just died...

screw everyone that just made it to the next round!!! (congrats for real tho)

[alesoun]

Congratulations to everyone who got through. Can't wait to see the next round!

[Stark]

Congrats everyone! Especially my guy Texahol and plasticwanker IdiotApathy. You guys are rock stars. Can't wait to see the next round!

[Earendil]

Congratulations to all!

Good luck. :yayca:

[RogerAdams]

Congratulations to the winners! Good luck in the next round Prostate Sunrise!

[Felicia]

Congratulations to LEEBLEEB and all the winners!
Good luck to everyone on the next round!

[arttorney]

Congratulations. Time to draw again.

[Piru]

Lol time for those who are advancing to get stressed for real now! GL in the next rounds!

[grey]

congrats Kenji - especially since you came in as a reservist

and props to everyone who moved on, let's see the heat turned up in round 2:mod:

[rustikof]

wow.
nice job cody, you better keep it real for the rest of us shlubs:yayca:
*feels psychic

[Maestro Andres]

Congrats to everyone as well! Good job LEEBLEEB!

[Sellis]

Well done all and GOOOO Entroid, you won fair and square :D Goodluck in the next round i'll be rootin for ya!!!!

Stu

[entdroid]

Thank you Sellis!!! :D I'm super excited!

Congrats to all the winners!!

[ikuru]

But your entry was cool! Just do another like that.

who me? if so, thnx but nah, my entry was talking loud saying nothing.
J a k e won this fair and square. (good luck with the rest of it dood).
Round 2 is gonne be fireworks, judging from the Rockstar List there. ;)
Good luck to every one!
Use the force and may the force b with u.
http://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/36.gif

Ps. Im putting my money on nicolas this year.

[lefran]

Congratulations to the winners, and to Bluefooted of my round 17!
(not that it was any real competition there!)

[Icon]

I Didn't get a chance to comment on the LMS image threads, but man I think it was the best LMS so far!!


D: Holy crap! All the joy and excitement of passing to the next round quickly left...as soon as you see the list of people going to the second round.. it's like.. kamikaze!!!! :O crud!

Anyway to my competitors... I love you kids! <3 >.> Koppa you slimey bastard , you know you could've won! anyway.. round 2 HUZZAAAH!

[zephyri]

Ha, told you Aly! Good luck in the next round to all partcipants, I'm kinda glad I didn't get through, that list is scary.. O.o

[0kelvin]

Congrats on the victory steak-tron. Kick some ass in Round 2!

Congrats to everyone else who made it through.


Eric

[wassermelone]

Congrats to everyone else who got through :)

Also congrats to Texahol!

[ArtByZak]

Disappointing. Whatever.

[alxcote]

Kewl I made it. I was hoping to see some of Nox and Coro's entries in LMS3. :/

Good luck on the second round.

[Irene Gallo]

Can I just say, some of those rounds brought me to tears to have to judge. Awesome work from everyone.

[octopus_interphone]

I went through the entries with the winners list and I must say there were quite a few surprises.

Good luck to everyone in round two, I'll try not to embarrass myself too badly.

[Form]

Disappointing. Whatever.


“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” (Lenoardo da Vinci)

[mrgrumble]

congrats to the winners! fine jobs indeed :)

[elihanselman]

Congrats to a winner,
I'm pulling for Prostate, Cicinimo, Ragnar, Stokes, & MC Barret

[aspenboy]

Congratulations to all winners, SprayNation from my match - good work, mate :)

[Brun]

jeueuj i won

Match 47: great job everyone

making my skills ready for round 2, thi will be hard

[sdmolyne]

Congrats to all tha got through to round 2.

dirty c - you were robbed. My fav piece from the first round. Great concept, REALLY stood out!!

steve

[ikuru]

Big thanks to all the Judges for putting up the work!

[Shamagim]

umm...Certainly interesting calls in some rounds.And I'm not meaning any disrespect to the judges, there were a lot of rounds, pictures and time expended judging every single one( valuable time).

I feel that some of the results made less sense than what was reasonably expected, some of you might already know which ones, and I well know that opinions are subjective and many times biased....But I do have objective reasons to suspect that something might have gone wrong with the system used.


what's done is done, it would be unfair to ask for anything else than a slightly new system for the next round to remove probable error and subjectivity from the context. A suggestion would be to replace the names with numbers to make voting easier and objective.


I don't mean to question the integrity of the judges either, but it's possible for a name to hold some weight in a difficult choice, both in positively and negatively.

Personally I don't think it's a big deal and I'm not trying to pick a fight. So please forgive me if I'm contrary to your opinion or if I'm being a pain in the ass.

[arttorney]

Win or no win, if your piece was good, then you had some top people looking at a good piece of yours. That's a win anyway, in the grand scheme of things. My main goal was to make it as hard as possible to cut me. That practice makes it tough for judges but it also means they have to look at the pieces that much longer, and that many more times. Better to lose a tough match than to breeze through a match full of sketches. (I'm not talking about any specific matches at all or in any way here including my own. Just saying that just because a certain piece didn't win out over another one doesn't mean it got any less attention.)

[Dirty C]

umm...Certainly interesting calls in some rounds.And I'm not meaning any disrespect to the judges, there were a lot of rounds, pictures and time expended judging every single one( valuable time).

I feel that some of the results made less sense than what was reasonably expected, some of you might already know which ones, and I well know that opinions are subjective and many times biased....But I do have objective reasons to suspect that something might have gone wrong with the system used.


what's done is done, it would be unfair to ask for anything else than a slightly new system for the next round to remove probable error and subjectivity from the context. A suggestion would be to replace the names with numbers to make voting easier and objective.


I don't mean to question the integrity of the judges either, but it's possible for a name to hold some weight in a difficult choice, both in positively and negatively.

Personally I don't think it's a big deal and I'm not trying to pick a fight. So please forgive me if I'm contrary to your opinion or if I'm being a pain in the ass.



OK, I thanked Sham, but also feel the need to reiterate what he's said about not questioning the integrity of the judges. And also that this isn't a personal issue - being handed my arse by the Chanman isn't exactly upsetting :D

But changing names to numbers and getting rid of the pussout logos might ensure pussouts don't accidentally get voted for and that there's no room for confusion from the judges. Possibly asking for a more standard set of measurements also may quell weird scrolling issues and whatnot.

Excellent job though, Cody - I know there's a hell of a lot of work which goes into this and don't want to appear ungrateful. But chu know what I mean bro.

Pea's out

[strych9ine]

umm...Certainly interesting calls in some rounds.And I'm not meaning any disrespect to the judges, there were a lot of rounds, pictures and time expended judging every single one( valuable time).

I feel that some of the results made less sense than what was reasonably expected, some of you might already know which ones, and I well know that opinions are subjective and many times biased....But I do have objective reasons to suspect that something might have gone wrong with the system used.


what's done is done, it would be unfair to ask for anything else than a slightly new system for the next round to remove probable error and subjectivity from the context. A suggestion would be to replace the names with numbers to make voting easier and objective.

I don't mean to question the integrity of the judges either, but it's possible for a name to hold some weight in a difficult choice, both in positively and negatively.

Personally I don't think it's a big deal and I'm not trying to pick a fight. So please forgive me if I'm contrary to your opinion or if I'm being a pain in the ass.

While it was my initial intention to create a separate page for 300+ pieces, I found that the process of just compiling the entries and putting them together in the thread already took a lot of fucking time. With that being the case, I did not have the time nor the interest in setting up a thread with only numbers attached to pieces, then going back and putting the names up after the judging.

So here's the deal... this isn't exactly a science, and you knew that coming into it. Every single iteration of this dome is met with some sort of complaint, which is fine if it's constructive, but this is as good as I intend to make it. I think we have a hell of a judging panel voting with integrity making the tough decision of picking only one piece out of 5 to move on.

Could there be a better scoring system? Of course there can be. Do I or the busy judging panel have the time to record and tally individual, per piece scores for the hundreds of entries submitted each round? Fuck no! Why would you expect that from a guy who puts together a contest where there are 5 people to a match in the first round? I would never even consider doing a scoring system like that in the first round, there are just too many people. There are 3 more rounds to this, that's when something like that can be implemented.

This is all just a stupid internet art contest, there's no reason to get bent out of shape about it regardless if you did or didn't make it to the next round. If you have a buddy that you think deserved to win, he can have my spot.

I know you're not trying to pick a fight and you've got many valid points, I'm just getting tired of answering this question after every round. Let's hug.

[strych9ine]

But changing names to numbers and getting rid of the pussout logos might ensure pussouts don't accidentally get voted for and that there's no room for confusion from the judges. Possibly asking for a more standard set of measurements also may quell weird scrolling issues and whatnot.


All taken into account. Will do that for next round.

[redehlert]

wow....to all that i know that have made it to the next round...congratulations are in order. good luck!
to those that entered and did their best, my hat is off to you. everyone deserves a round of applause.

all the best,
dave

[Irene Gallo]

It is impossible to unknown what you know. I’ve judged Spectrum, Communication Arts, and Society of Illustrators (pro and student) and there are always lots of questions that are very difficult to answer. One of the hardest for me is that, if you know a person’s full body of work, you understand their language better and respond to it differently than if you came across the same work cold. It’s impossible to get around. And then there are questions of judging a person against themselves or against their competition. As a judge you balance it out slightly differently with every individual piece your looking at. In the end, you are thankful that there are other judges to balance out your decisions.

There were some really tough rounds here – sometimes I went in favor of concept over technique, other times I went the other way. It depended on each situation. There are rounds where I didn’t vote on the winner but I’m really happy they won – usually in cases where I truly thought two paintings were equally good, but done in completely different styles.

It’s the nature of the beast. I’ve heard many first-time judges comment that they never realized how hard and how fair the system really is. But it aint perfect. It’s a compliment to win, but it’s NOT a diss to loose.

Cody - Hiding the names might help a bit but most people can pick out a person's style anyway. Is anyone here not going to notice a Jason Chan painting when they see it?

[Alday.J]

I second what Irene said about hidding the names. Plus, that can be for some judges a "who's who" thing that could be a perfect waste of time. I don't think the judging system is the thing to question here.

And that's a looser talking here ! :P

No way, that first Round was gold, an avalanche of great pics. Props to the judges and Cody for the hard work.

Rusty, bastard, I expect you will drop some Graphic A-bomb for round two. ;)

Peace everybody, be sure I will watch following rounds very closely.
Julien.

[alesoun]

Hey! Competing was great fun ! I stretched myself and I got to be on Finally Finished without being moved!
(Might be the only time I ever get to say that...)
Cody, you're doing a great job! Thanks!

*blows kisses*

[OYO!]

Congratulations to the winners of this first amazing round. Am amazed by the diversity of visions coming from the same theme.

Congratulations too to my opponents and especially Mike Dutton for his poetic and subtle artwork. A great learning.

Cant wait to see the next round !

Stoot !

[bluefooted]

That was stressful and fun! Congrats to everyone who entered and all the winners.

Now, I can work on getting my ass seriously kicked.

Also, Pan, your pic is my desktop now - one of my absolute favorites out of all the matches!

[cmalidore]

I honestly couldn't be happier, and I lost in round 1 ;)

Massive congrats to all of the winners of their respective rounds, and especially to Dutton for pulling out the win on match 29! Great work man.

And a giant thanks to both Cody and our judges. A lot of work has gone into this thing and I'm very thankful for what I learned. Can't wait til the next LMS.

[Mikael Leger]

Congrats Octopus Interphone. Good luck for round two dude.

[Paul_Harrison]

Well what can I say my first posting on conceptart ... Thanks to some encouragment from my buddies Poshspice and Matt Dixon.
Firstly congrates to Aly for getting through to the second round. I know it was a toughie and you didn't think you'd get through...but eh in my opinion yours was the best.
Matt, what can I say, commiserations buddy extremely tough group and beaten by a very nice piece of work...
And thanks to the judges for putting me through. Some great pieces of work in the first round and some tough choices for the judges. Overall I think they made the right decisions although I was dissappointed for Dirtyc and a few others, but eh art is personnel and subjective.
Oh well congrats to those who got through and commiserations to those that didn't.

[mcmatz]

Congratulations to all the winners!
This was my first time competing in anything here and the quality of the entries was outstanding. I am now more motivated than ever with the bar set so high.
A huge thanks to the judges for taking the time out to judge this little slugfest. I know it must have been difficult to pick a winner in a lot of the matches.
And huge thanks to Cody for taking on this massive task.
Finally, Baron Impossible, you have to kick everyone's ass now and win this sucker, so at least I can say I was beaten by the best!

--Madeline

[Living Rope]

Congratulations everyone for your entries. Again, I'm honored to be one of the judges. I'd like to say that some of these matches were REALLY painful to find a winner. If I could I would have given a handful of ex-aequo on the pure graphical side, and what permitted me to find a winner was the ability to find a good concept.
Talking about concept I've been nicely surprised by the number of people who got beyond the purely descriptive art in order to find a language of their own. Now that was one creative round !

I'd like to also say that, yes it's true, I know some of the competitors personnaly. But it wouldn't come to my mind to put them on top of the pile because we're friends. All of them (just like any of the competitors) were generous enough to do their best to help make live this community, and they spent a fair amount of their time in creating a challenging piece. And I'd find absolutely disrespectful not to judge them the same way as the others I don't know. I know that they wouldn't like it at all.

[arttorney]

Creativity in interpreting the subject was one of the specific judging criteria mentioned in the first post. In defense of art that may have been "purely descriptive," though, this was also in there:

"This is an illustration-based contest, and you will be expected to turn in a completed piece that stands on its own without the aid of a description."

Thanks to all the judges for their effort. I know it couldn't have been easy.

[bdfoster]

Congrats to all that made it through to the next round! Especially congrats to Ryan Demita. I thought I had a good chance to take you, but it was not to be. Go kick some ass in round 2!!

[Tetsuo]

till next time. Great turnout from all and Cody needs an e-beer after all that pain in the ass work....

:)

[mwillustration]

thanks for a great match to everyone in match 21!
you all rocked.
- main loop: very cool action oriented piece with a great creature
- patriciaS: nice concept, storytelling and colors
- vorace: awesome creature design and overall mood

i was surprised but excited to make it through.
i'll try to represent well in round 2.
;)

[rustikof]

hey..uhh...cody...i'll take your spot!:medusachow:

Is it cool for us to post these in FF for critiques/criticisms?

[smugbug]

thanks for a great match to everyone in match 21!
you all rocked.
- main loop: very cool action oriented piece with a great creature
- patriciaS: nice concept, storytelling and colors
- vorace: awesome creature design and overall mood

i was surprised but excited to make it through.
i'll try to represent well in round 2.
;)

Thanks, man!

BTW, tis was an extremely fun learning experience for me and glad that I took part. So, mwillustration - go kick some R2 arse! :D :yayca:

[strych9ine]

hey..uhh...cody...i'll take your spot!:medusachow:

Is it cool for us to post these in FF for critiques/criticisms?

Sure thing man, all I ask is that entries aren't posted until after they are posted in the big finish thread. Post away where you will!

[rustikof]

NICE i'll selectively hear what I want to hear and assume you were talking about the first part of my previous post. YES!!! VICTORY!!...


alas, it is not to be. thanks sir!

[Pan]

Also, Pan, your pic is my desktop now - one of my absolute favorites out of all the matches!

Wow! Thanks! That made my day:bounce:

Yes, I'm sad that it's all over for me, but I had a good time, and came out with a piece I'm pretty happy with. I knew I was in for a hell of a fight when I saw thom's website, but congrats man. You earned it.

Thanks, cody, for all the hard work. Looking forward to the next round.

[Vorace]

mwillustration grats! I had fun doing this... now must wait 1 year before LMS IV !

[BRAT_777]

When do we do round two? What's the topic?? Are we there yet? I have to go to the bathroom!!!

[ceberae]

Ok, I'm a bit late and the train has long been gone, but I still wanted to chime in with a congrats to those who made it through to round two! :asspat:

[romance]

WTF? How the hell did I advance to Round 2. Seriously.

Thanks Firefly, Cartoonfox, and Conceptcreature for dishing out some stiff competition.

And thanks all for the kind comments.

[ikuru]

so where did they all go? Fear no more.. Matchups for round 2 are 2 be found here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=118292)