Last Man Standing 3 - ROUND 2 / Matches 1-18

[strych9ine]

Last Man Standing 3 - ROUND 2 / Matches 1-18

Polish up that hefty set of brass balls, ladies and gentlemen, because they're about to be plucked out of your pink little hands by the freshest crop of entrants. Out of pure masochistic pleasure and a loathing for spending my free time wisely, Last Man Standing lives on through year 3 in what promises to be its most massive cycle yet.

A planned 360 contenders (not counting pussouts) over 4 rounds. 456 new pieces of artwork. 1 winner. And not one 1-on-1 battle. Shit is going to get intense.

The complete listing of LMS3 Round One matches can be found here:
http://www.lastmanart.com/lms3/round02


Topic: Outbreak

The topic, as always, is completely open to interpretation, allowing for you to visualize your concept through any subject matter you deem fit. 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. Both traditional and digital mediums can be used, but the majority of your piece must be painted/drawn with little use of photography and 3D modeling.


Round Breakdown (links to discussion threads):

Round 1 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1534573) - 360 competitors in 72 matches of 5 / 72 advance
Entry threads / Matches 1-24 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116622) / 25-48 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116634) / 49-72 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116646)
Round 2 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=118292) - 72 competitors in 18 matches of 4 / 18 advance
Round 3 - 18 competitors in 6 matches of 3 / 6 advance
Final Round - 6 men enter, one man leaves...



Judging: Every round will be judged by an incredibly talented group of judges... the list is still being finalized, but it will be a relatively static panel throughout the competition. Each piece will be judged based on technical execution, creativity in the interpretation of the topic, and overall impact. All judges decisions are final. No whining!

Also, a point system will be implemented from here on out. Points will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last place for each match.

Judging Panel:
Aleksi Briclot
Rob Carney
Brian Despain
Dan Dos Santos
Irene Gallo
Jon Foster
Gregory Manchess
JS Rossbach


Important note about the thread layout:
There is one match in every post. The entries correspond as follows:

User1 vs User2 vs User3 vs User4

Image1 is User1
Image2 is User2
Image3 is User3
Image4 is User4

Users who have pussed out will not be listed to avoid confusion.
Rusty was also moved from match 17 to match 12 randomly to fill one of three pussout slots.

Without further ado, round two.

[strych9ine]

flaptraps
strych9ine
Tony Shasteen


352570

352574

352572

[strych9ine]

Hurricane
vyle
yAdam
MarkWinters


352575

352577

352578

354073

[strych9ine]

Ryan Demita
ENBE
viag


352581

352580

352582

[strych9ine]

LEEBLEEB
fedezz
Paul_Harrison



352584

352583

352585

[strych9ine]

Baron Impossible
stevekim
dirtyc


352586

352587

354067

[strych9ine]

Brun
octopus_interphone
wassermelone
Faxtar


352590

352597

352593

352591

[strych9ine]

Kirtz
Sept13
Poshspice


352598

352600

352599

[strych9ine]

Texahol
Ben Mauro
Brendan N
Idiot Apathy


352610

352607

352608

352609

[strych9ine]

Grendel Grack
Cicinimo


352613

352612

[strych9ine]

Rambozo
Ragnar X
Tamte


352615

352614

352616

[strych9ine]

GreenTopaz
Chingwa
Jason Chan


352817

352815

352816

[strych9ine]

fvallejo
jmascho
rusty (moved randomly from match 17)


352821

353212

352827

[strych9ine]

manu is malin
Yumiko
Ethax
M.C.Barrett


352832

352829

352834

352830

[strych9ine]

entdroid
bumskee
Alex Tornberg


352838

352839

352837

[strych9ine]

SprayNation
kenji
John_Bivens


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352844

352843

[strych9ine]

prostate sunrise
bluefooted
mwillustration
HellTaxi


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352846

352847

352849

[strych9ine]

Stokes
lyon
thom


Rusty moved randomly to match 12 to fill empty slot.

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352850

352852

[strych9ine]

thanos5
steak-tron


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352853

[Faxtar]

Holy Crap!

[wassermelone]

Woohoo!

<3

[Kirtz]

Hurricane, your piece is badass!!

Sept13 and Poshspice, great pieces. Shelly Wan, I can't believe you pussed out. damn you.

[hurricane]

super tasty stuff all of you!!

Best of luck to all my oponents! You're kicking butt!!



cheers!

[PieterV]

:jawdrop:

[duddlebug]

Cor Blimey...

What a lot of loveliness.

With my stylistic and kids' book sensibilities i've gotta say how much i love Hurricane's and Jason Chan's. Both very very groovy.

But there's a ton of rather splendid stuff in here.

It's made my head hurt.

[Call0ps]

:yayca: this is mind blowing guys =D

[mwillustration]

tons of awesomeness!
very solid round.

[viag]

great round !:yayca:

[teho]

Ethax and M.C.Barrett -- awesome! but all other works just holy blowed my had in a second. oh dear, i'm depressed.

[donalfall]

Wow. Just... wow. Stand-outs for me are viag, Baron Impossible, Ragnar X and bluefooted. Love loads of work here though. May the best artist win!

[Brun]

howly F*** those entries are F****** sweeeeeet, damn u wassermelone :)

[Sept13]

Great round Poshspice and Kirtz! You did great!

The round was generally damn good too. Especially Chanman, Hurrican and Cicinimo popped out for me :)

[walnut]

I have no idea how half of these are related to the theme, but they all sure look great! Mr. Chan's one is simply vicious!

[Aly Fell]

Great round Poshspice and Kirtz! You did great!

The round was generally damn good too. Especially Chanman, Hurrican and Cicinimo popped out for me :)

Ditto! You too! :) Brilliant work from everybody... What a stonking round! :D Got to say I'm still smiling at Jasons.

[Baron Impossible]

Maximum dude!ness all round :jawdrop: Pity about the percentage puss-outs but still loads of good stuff to go round. Best of luck to all :hugsmile:

[Micaiah Nelson]

Jason Chan does it again! Good job everyone.

[Victor B]

Great work! congrats to everyone who made it to round 2, some really great pieces here. Thanks to Strych9ine for putting all this together.

[Fvallejo]

wow! some great work guys!!

[robogabo]

Awesome entries, my favs are:
flaptraps, Hurricane, vyle, viag, wassermelone,
Poshspice, Texahol, Ben Mauro, Brendan N,
Idiot Apathy, Cicinimo, Jason Chan, fvallejo,
manu is malin, Ethax, M.C.Barrett, bumskee
prostate sunrise, bluefooted, HellTaxi, lyon,
Thom & steak-tron

They are all great technically and visually,
but i guess the ones that represent the outbreak concept better
would be the finalists imo.

Again all these are Top! :hugsmile:
excelent job guys !

[MarkWinters]

Incredible work everyone! It's a shame about the puss-outs *cough* Shelly Wan *cough*. Props to all!

[lyon]

Many great entries. So much fun. Comments on a few of the entries. They all deserve a response, but I will type up a few comments now.

flaptraps - love the movement and brushstrokes in this. The mass of spirits/characters in the front are very nice. Your painting works so well as a composition. Great work

Hurricane - too fun man. Very well done. I love all the interaction of the little baddies. Great work.

vyle - excellent! I love the colors and the movement in this piece. Makes me want to read the story. :)

poshspice - beautiful work as usual! Beautiful colors and great costume. There is nothing I don't love about this, all the way down to the stars on the sheets.

Jason Chan - So fun. I love the little girl with the brick! She is so cute, picturing her mashing a zombie in the face with a brick made me laugh out loud. :) I love this painting. Great idea.

prostate sunrise - Great image mister. Love the palette and the movement.

stokes and thom - Great entries! I will be nervously chewing on my fingernails awaiting the judging!

Again, this has been a lot of fun. I can't wait to see what comes out of the next round. Great work everyone.

[robinchyo]

nice job, peoples! jason (chan)'s totally won me over. lots of charm and playfulness.

nice job greentopaz, viag, fvallejo, cicinimo, ben mauro, brendan n, idiot apathy, flaptraps, yAdam and hurricane!!

[flaptraps]

Great round guys!!! stryke9 yours turned out rad!

[lewiston]

incredible. that really hurt. God, there is so much talent out there...

[ikuru]

Oh my God! Your all soooooo BAD ASS! A few of these rounds are gone be some really rough calls for judging... Damn!
(A Special mention to the Chan peace, just love the strong and morbid humor of it... Laughed and laughed etc ;))

http://www.ikuru.se/2/gif/34.gif

[ChaoticKnight]

Match 16 is Judge's Bane... shit man...
Prostate Sunrise is my hero. >.<
Really incredible round!!!

[SubPablo]

"Users who have pussed out will not be listed to avoid confusion."

Bullshit, tell us so we can throw rotten eggs!

[mrgrumble]

some of these are just simply staggering! best of luck and congratulations all around!

[Idiot Apathy]

Good god, I am so overwhelmed with the awesomeness. <3

[mwillustration]

Match 16 is Judge's Bane... shit man...
Prostate Sunrise is my hero. >.<
Really incredible round!!!

yeah, great job in our match guys...
we didn't have one puss-out!!!

some of my faves all round:
flaptraps, hurricane, vyle, viag, wassermelone, kirtz, idiot apathy, cicinimo-i love that you took on one of the plagues!, chan-very fun scene, john_bivens, prostate sunrise, lyon-awesome tight render, steak-tron-looks like it's right out of a movie.

and almost every one i didn't mention is just as amazing!- (these are just more my taste)
;)

can't wait to see how the judging goes.
cody, will you be posting the point totals for each piece?

[DanielC]

awesome !

[Texahol]

:asspat:
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmnnnnn
Thanks a ton everyone. You guys are awesomely full of awesomenessessstuff

[Ryan DeMita]

uh, punch to the gut.
great work everyone.
could go on about favs but honestly everyone's is inspirational.

thanks cody for putting this together
-ryan

[strych9ine]

cody, will you be posting the point totals for each piece?

Yeah, since the number of participants is much more manageable now it's possible for me to spend a little more time posting and gathering point totals for each piece. That'll give you all a little more piece of mind as far as how you faired in your match goes. I'll begin sending out requests to the judges in a day or so, after I squash a few minor bugs.

[Brendan N]

Man you guys really brought it. Awesome stuff Texahol, Ben, Tom those are rockin' entries.

Stevekim, that is wonderful. You wouldn't by chance have a highres version? I'd love for that to fill my desktop. My personal favourite of the bunch.

[m@.]

Bah, I'm so ashamed :(
Kickass pieces all. especially Cicinimo and steak-tron... Kemp, that piece is incredible.

*runs to hide*

[bumskee]

seriously awsome entries... friggin hell... (nice one vic & alex!)
baron, posh, cicimino, jason chan, yadam, vyle, ben, tom...hurri, bluefooted!, manu, thom.... well everyones actually..
kinda depressed and ashamed at my crabby attempt! (there I said it..)
congrats to everyone for an amazing showcase of work..

[strych9ine]

Quick update, and there may be one more of these coming up...

There was some mis-directed intarweb shenanigans involving my inbox, and I must have overlooked an entry here or there. Here is jmascho's piece for match 12! I'll hold off the judging until I clear up any outstanding submission issues.

353213

[sourgasm]

jaaasssooon chaaannnnn

so good.

[steak-tron]

m@: oh pshaw matt. I should go ahead and admit that lens-blur has alot to do with it not completely suckin' :\ Thanks tho dood..

This was a super good round throughout, I'm happy to be a part of it. And I'm happy that Strych9ine has the leadership qualities necessary to lift us all up in this time of crisis.... by giving us 5 extra days. You win!

Nice Job everybody. Shame on you puss-outs from my round, now I'm gonna get super creamed in the next round by someone like Chan causing me to give up art forever. Thanks guys. Thanks.

[smugbug]

Each piece displayed another version of AWsome. Impossible to pick a favorite; however, Hurricane and entroid's pieces made my heart all aflutter with joy.

Great round everyone. And good luck to the judges. Holy crap.

[Mark Bot]

eeeeeh
my head. it hurts.
so much excellence

[S.C. Watson]

win.

congrats to everyone. this just rocks :teeth:

All the best,
~Oreg.

[Burtzum]

I wish Cicinimo was my daddy.

stevekim I like your monster zit. or STD-ridden dork. Whatever it is. I'm never sure what to make of your images exactly. But I like that. Looks like 'outbreak' to me. :shrug:

Jason Chan that is hilarious. Awesome.

bluefooted beautiful folktale-ish illustration as always. Is this an existing story or a made up one? Nice background idea of those knots with all the branches growing out on the trees, reinforces theme.

[Chingwa]

oh my god I just got destroyed!
Jason Chan... that is un-freakin-believably-awesome! <3 my favorite of the entire batch. Cicinimo, yours was a close second. I'm going to go lock myself in the bathroom and cry now... :D

:yayca:

[FlipMcgee]

Amazing round! Good job all :yum:

ETHAX -- Hope you advance! I dig your concept.

[NathanLong]

Wow. Fantastic round. They should call this contest "Last Man Stunning."

Stand-outs to me were Flaptraps, Viag, Faxtar (nice and subtle), Cicinimo (are you sure you didn't study under Alma-Tadema?). Jason Chan (made me laugh, and cry...), Ethax, Prostrate Sunrise, Bluefooted, and Steak-Tron (Should be the cover of a sixties sc-fi paperback.)

As has been mentioned before, I wouldn't want to have to judge Match 16. All winners.

[bluefooted]

Woah... Match 16 rules! Great work, dudes.

Lots of great entries. Unfortunately, I can only see about 1/2 to 3/4 of each because of my crappy slow computer. I'll have to wait until I get to work tomorrow before I can comment on the entries.

Sweet!

[Icon]

OH man, Oh man, oh man!

D: Looking at all these amazing entries, well it makes me sad that events made it impossible to make it...but man oh man I wish I did....or wait! MAYBE it's better this way..away from all the awesome and the possibility of being embarrassed! :O


Great job once again, doing all this Cody! Your lack of social life in exchange of art and events never ceases to amaze me, it truly gives me something to aspire to! ;p nah seriously, great work!

SERIOUSLY some amazing bad ass entries this round!
I guess I love too many of them to pick and choose..out of the top of my head, entroid, tom (idiot apathy) , flaptraps , hurricane, fedezz, baron impossible, Chan-man, Fvallejo, Manu , bluefooted, steak-tron-on-on and Wassermelon! <3

Great job all of you! D: may we the puss outs have better luck next time lol

[Rascar Capac]

Vallejo - loved your piece for round 1 and you dont disappoint for round 2- Its great how you can command the 2 very different styles and make it seem effortless. Big fan of your work :-) looking forward to your next piece

[steve kim]

Stevekim, that is wonderful. You wouldn't by chance have a highres version? I'd love for that to fill my desktop. My personal favourite of the bunch.

Thanks. Here's a hires copy as requested, 2560px wide. http://www.stevekim.net/forum/gallery/pink_derek_big.jpg

[Ilaekae]

Very well done, everybody, though I'm more than a bit down over the fact that 16(?) people didn't come through...

[Bushido]

:wtf:
Holy Moly this thread is too damm much!
Amazing! My brain is overload!:anime:

[light]

jesus christ jason chan you crazy ass motherfucker thats the greatest thing ive ever seen holy lordy

[JasonChan]

Really great stuff, guys! Lots of great pieces this round!

[Ethax]

Thanks flipmcgee. I'm not expecting to advance but this was a great experience for me.

I don't know which is my favorite. Even zombie apocalypse was pulled off really well; Jason Chan knocked my socks off so hard with that.

[sve]

As always a great pleasure to see those different entries suddenky appear one day in one thread. Such a great impact. I love LMS, I hope it will be an eternal feature of this site. Thank to all artists and to the witty leader of the contest.
I looked with a great interest at all different versions of the theme. Thanks again to all participated and I would select some I like the most.
Match 2 is the most interesting for me in the whole round, the most interesting to judge IMO and to get involved emotionally. I love all four entries.

Hurri Charming and obnoxious little bald creatures. Apparently they are no good gnome eaters, such a unfortunate turn of events. I thought at first maybe they have some urgent business to the trapped gnome, but then I saw their teeth deep in the skin of each other. They are gonnna eat him, that's sad.
Compostion is good, story has a charm, colors and speed of the storytelling is engaging. The only crits from me will be those sharp brim lights which I find a bit too simple solution to how to show light distribution. I would love something more delicate. Too many sharp outlines and too many focal points. I can't help to think it could be done with a less effects and more atmosphere. Overall, the choice of the story and execution shows a good nature of creator :).


vyle I love your entry. I like the unfinished feeling of it although it might create some clash of the style a bit IMO. But nevertheless, the feeling of fast approaching catastrophe is very strong. I participate the desperation of the main character, I feel fear and panic looking at it.
I'm not sure what exactly happened, but the orange light and figure somehow feel like a savior, some hope. I admire how you created this fast moving objects and non stoppable consequence of following events. Looks like it is happening now. Maybe less polished center of the image is especially guilty in creating this feeling.

yAdam One of my most favorite images.
The first thing I noticed was the beauty of the landscape and those woody branches or maybe it is some sort of washed rocky ceiling. It on its own pleased me, some warm feeling, I don't know why, but they are done with love.
And the picture has even more than that. I loved those many orange lights scattered from the above, it transfers a magic feeling to me. I especially like the sly, squinted eye of the octupus looking at me. It is humouros. The story feels like some kind of prank.
No serious critique, I love everything, maybe the human figures look a bit too stylized comparing to the rest of the pictures, but they add to this humorous impression from the image as well IMO.

MarkWinters As Travolta said : "I dig propaganda". Image is posted in small size but it intimidates me. Those four riders do look like last judgment.
I think you didn't even need those dead bodies on streets. The four riders on empty street would look even more impressive I think.

fedezz This image has charm. The story of discovery of weightless elephant is funny, but I especially appreciate the nostalgic feeling it created in me... about times I never experienced in real life.
But it is just small things I saw in some old books which were published 20 years before I was born, and the same slightly faded colors with something very domestic in them. More of it, this Turkish cap on the elephant, which is not in use in our days makes me remember something, some events... this is all very sweet. It softly gives orders to my mind to try hard to remove those barriers on its way and find something hiding on the very depth of my memory. That's how your image makes me feel.

Baron Impossible As always your images look like phantoms for me, like heavy dream loaded with strange, engaging and spooky information. If I saw the illustration like this being a child in some book, I would have forgot all my daily chores and sat on the floor near my bookshelves trying to solve the story puzzle, terrified, revolted and addicted.

Sept13 You used minimum means to tell your story, but I like it, I was charmed with a gesture of the giant especially. The composition is not the best, though IMO, especially the fact that there is not path for eyesto follow from one character to another. I simply had to stop looking at one of them and jump to next one.

Aly Not the story about upsetting ugly pimple on the beautiful face of this hell creature attracts me, but the story behind the character herself: who is she? at what unusual event she was going. Her strange, lavish taste attracts me. I like the atmosphere the most, the feeling from colors and symbols in this picutre. They create a certain personality for me: complex, untrustworthy, very intellegent, cruel, snaky, but bright and enticing as well. That's a sensual feeling most of all, not humorous for me.
There is something heavy about the personality of your character for me. Heavy and graceful in the same time.
Maybe those whimsical shoes created this feeling, and dull color of old gold, a lot of gold everywhere, and heavy, mature colors.

Grendel Grack I like your entry for the delicacy and beauty of gentle transition of colors. There is a story in it, but colors and gentleness have the biggest impact and kind of make the rest less important for me. One of the best images IMO.

Cicinimo Beautiful execution and the story got me hooked. Did he survive or did he avenge? How badly was he treated that he decided to stop lives of those elegant, graceful creatures. Interesting story. The gas-like skirt of the woman sitting on the floor is my favorite part of the image.

I have a few more favorites, I add them later.

[ikuru]

Another one in my book that needs a special mention is the Sept13 thingy, something very cool about it. ;)

Will there be a official hanging of the pusses somewhere?:dead: Maybe we could post all the "the dog ate my homework" lame ass explanations next to their avatars too? ;)

[Chuck,mate.]

man... this thing just gets better and better.

cody - you is crazy.... :) great job running the whole deal, much respect brother.

flaptraps, great piece. the composition is tight, and I really love them ghostly creepy people.
Hurricane, man that is one sweet work. superb lighting and colors.
vyle, you achieved such sense of awe in your work. and the oranges-purples are vibrant and very appealing.
wassermelone, I love it. an interesting piece that keep surprising the eye. love that one white bird in the middle of it all.
Kirtz, wow. that is one Aazing piece. very well done indeed...
poshspice, damn. just...... damn. I stared at your entry drooling. seriously. one of the best executed works I`ve seen in a while. well done!
idiotapathy, wonderful work Tom. those greens and blues are stupendous. :)
jasonchan, :jawdrop: crazy. crazy concept, crazy execution, crazy compo, crazy perspective work. one of the best pieces I`ve seen from you. sweet.....
M.C.Barrett, ho I LIKE this one... a solid piece through and through... love the action of it (the dropping of the keys, the bursting of the coffee cup...) superb.
bumskee, Min dude, you`re a master of color and mood. excellent brushwork as well.
bluefooted, wonderful and elegant work... those birds are gorgeously done...
thom, I love your piece. there`s something very appealing about the lighting and the scene as a whole.

everyone - amazing work guys. you all rock F`ing hard.
:yayca:


peace,
Pat.

[zweiDee]

all these images are fantastic, great job gang!

fav's:
björn, vyle, viag, baron, wassermelone, posh, tom, cicinimo, jason,
manu, barrett, spray, bumskee, prostate and steak.
maybe you do it again chan, my top fav in this round.

congrats all!

[Kan Muftić]

Hurricane: Hey Bjorn, this is awesome man!
Now I really regret not to be part of this..
Crap..

[strych9ine]

One more piece that I missed in my inbox, apologies again for the confusion. Dirty C has entered the arena in Match 5...

[hurricane]

Vyle : tasty! nice bold colors

yAdam : VERY nice story behind it! It makes me think of Fallout (that oldschool sidescrolling adventure game)

MarkWinters : very nice! It's a very good entry!

Viag, nice and thight!

fedezz : i really like it! would love to see some more blues or greens in there though.

wassermelone : very nice! strong!

seot13 : it's awesome, made me giggle :D

poshspice : clean and strong as usual!

IdiotApathy : very niiice colors

cicinimo : lovely!!

jason chan : damn, It's very good!

MCBarrett : love it! i had a very similar idea in my sketchstage :D

minyum : very tasty colors man!





THANK YOU CODY FOR SETTING IT ALL UP!!!

Thank you all for the kind words!!! It makes my heart sing :D

[hurricane]

double post.....

[viag]

lot of favorites for me !
But i really like hurricane , jason chan , bluefooted , steak tron , thom and cicinimo entries ! :cheerleader:

[sve]

I want to comment on some more of my favorite entries. If I didn't write about your entry and you would like to hear some impression and critique (I will write both) about your piece please say so and I will gladly comment.


Match 11, very enjoyable match as well IMO.
Ragnar X
I liked your entry, it made me smile and it carries this carefree, jolly mood, some hilarious artistic hooliganism. The big bottom girl has a soul in your image and she especially gives the mood to your picture. Such a overdeveloped tomboy, rough to the degree that galloping around and showing her naked butt is not gonna stop her from brains free excitement. I feel her joy flying in the sky and swinging a big gun in the air. Really like how you drew her: huge mane of blond hair, idiotic boots, vulgar but attractive face.
Love the crowd of the corpses who felt like chasing her.
Crits:Texture is hardly successful to fill the empty space in the picture IMO, maybe it will be enough for other people, but for me it asks for some more objects or details. I would prefer more hierarchie in the objects, planes and characters too, you chose to emphasize everything. Debris in the air have the same importance for my attention as the main character, they all compete with each others.

GreenTopaz I always enjoy your images, you have such a fresh look at things, I wish you posted more. I really like that nothing so far swayed you from your own vision and your own techniques.
I liked your entry from the first look, and the unusual view from beneath up, fresh colors, wonderful light and right values attracted me the most. And sweetness of the humor.
I especially enjoyed looking at how you painted the stripy paint of the main devil and the children like faces of giggling green creatures.
Values in the paints laid down just right, very enjoyable to look and stripes show the form of leg beneath wonderfully.
Nice feeling from the entry, humor and something very domestic, loved, personal. :)
critique: I wish you put a bit more work in the image, I don't think sketchy bottom of the entry suits to the elaborated top. Id you wanted the picture becoming alive so to speak, characters sort of stepping from 2d to 32 world.... well it is not clear shown, could have used more hints I think. especially clouds , especially int eh spots where they connect with the other object could be better. I would prefer less flat, more 3dimensional clouds though. Maybe I would prefer more sharp gradient of the blue from the bottom of the page to the top, to help the motion and to be more consistent with the light in you image. Overall it is one of my favorite entries, it is just so much effortless looking true fun.

Chingwa Overall I like your entry, but mostly because of he face in the mirror, it tells the story well, it is hilarious looking geisha.
But the composition doesn't look united and well thought out IMO. I think it was not a good idea to put such a great emphasize on the glowing lamp near the mirror, it is a huge distraction. The size of the reflection of the girl's head in the mirror is too big comparing to distance, it is even bigger than the person herself. The same goes to hands, too big in reflection. I would prefer that you put some more emphasize at the objects and details you want me to see and less on less important ( i would say the face of the woman and the man could have been just suggested, less definite._
Composition too could have been better if you made it more compact and made the rhythm better as well in the picture, there are some empty spots in the picture which feel like an awkward silence in the middle of conversation.


Jason Chan Your piece with two children got caught in imaginative game is one of my favorite pieces from you and from the whole history of the site as well, I love this illustration. I like it when you return to your children associations and stories much more than when you draw your sexy girls. Your illustration with children has much more personal feeling and life IMO.
So I really glad you returned to this theme again. I think you can create the whole series about little fighters with a great imagination, about fears and battles of childhood, I will never stop enjoying them. As I said they allow to look inside of your brain more and that's precious.
I like wind and sun in the picture, that what I myself remember the most about my childhood, the sharp rays of sun, short exposition in memory. So this looks very truthful to me. I like the little boy in sweat pants and blue jacket on the top of the playground construction the most. Wind feels especially good in his figure.
I love the agitated face of the alive boy in the center of the picture as well. I love those pressed teeth and almost monkey like grimace.
Blue sky and clouds and spots of light is very enjoyable in the image.
Critique:
There is some slight distortion in the perspective I think. Mostly it is in the angle of the upper ladder above viewer's head and in the two front figures: they are not in the same plane I have some dizzy feeling when I look at both in the same time. especially the. Especially the perspective of the figures of front children is not very convincing IMO.
Two front figures of undead children are a bit too flat as well, IMO, I would like some highlight on the black of the boy on my right to bring it a bit forward maybe. Children in the BG a bit awkward looking, especially the sticked out arm and hand ,,, but it is not a big deal.
Overall it is fun to look at this image, one of my favorite in the competition.
Little pale girl on my left is on of the best faces too.


fvallejo I like the painting and face expression and colors, but I can't catch the story in your image unfortunately. If outbreak is happening , it is happening in the characters minds and I can't reach them. Nevertheless it is very enjoyable image.

Ethax I like slightly faded, natural colors in your image and the ants motion is very vivid and sensual. I'm not very fond at composition and how you filled the space. It is too empty, stretched on the page, static and silent.
Sky is really beautiful and climbing ants are for sure revolting.
I think your picture would be better of you added front ground to it, some objects and overlapping shapes in general to unite the composition more.

M.C.Barrett Your image is a bit ambiguous for me in the sense that I don't detect any panic or victims in it. It seems that you caught your heroine at the moment when the ugly creatures just burst through and she didn't have time to get hysterical or scared. The dropped key and broken soda glass only tell me that it is happening against her will and she is a victim. Because of that the whole image doesn't feel like catastrophe, but more like inevitable, natural change of the roles so to speak :). Logical take over. Time came and it is a different distribution of roles in the world. Thats kind of fresh look at such a huge event depicted in your image. Unexpectedly calm. there is no fighting back to this major outbreak.
I like the sporty figure of the heroine , her cleanness and all put together feeling from her and this sudden losing of form or better say gaining another one, not commonly accepted as beautiful.

prostate sunrise I always like the mad, powerful energy in your images, and the fact that you like the orange color so much, your characters feel like impulse, like breath of hot air. It is overwhelming. All your stories are outbreak, escape of energy, it is your well recognizable feature IMO :). Not controllable energy, like a wild Mongol/ tatar army intrusion.


mwillustration Those hands make me feel really sick. That's really scary.


steak-tron I like the laconic composition, minimum details, some kind of stingy with information report of the happening. It makes me feel like death of the explorers were covered by secrets and it was too many unknown gaps of information about the event. Just like in real life. It is provocative.
I like this orange fog uniting the objects in the image. It is scary to think how they died, knowingly or not, being so sure that nothing will reach them from outside and it did anyway. If they knew they will not be able to return... it is the scariest.
Critique... I guess I would like to see some hints how long ago it happened. I see the face being dried up under the helmet, but the rest looks brand new and untouched by time. I wish it was more indication of time in the image. Maybe I would like the machines being more dissolved in the dense air and some beginning of chaos maybe. Yep, I would like more density of the air, presence of Mars if you will.

[Irene Gallo]

*speechless*

[Stark]

Seriously, I am at disbelief right this moment. You guys are awesome. I'm glad I don't have the job of being Judge. Another great round and thanks for doing this shit again Cody. See ya next LMS....I'll be in it for sure.

[Beelow]

thom, posh, Chan, Hurri, Baron, vyle, viag, lyon all dope.

Have to give you props this round to Chan. I was disappointed last round with your entry, but this round you captured me with your storytelling. Later.

[0kelvin]

Wow, incredible stuff guys. Jason Chan, that might be my favourite picture you've ever done. Steak-tron, great work dude! Hurricane, Posh, sept13 (I have no idea how it relates to the topic, but it's a great image), GreenTopaz, Jessica (very different from your usual style, nice to see), MCBarrett, bluefooted, thom, fantastic work guys!

Ben Mauro, didn't you already post that picture a few months ago?


Eric

[Oblio]

fuck - i will not eat today - i want to keep the taste of this thread alive.
I'm blown out... RESPEKT!
can;t pick favs - totally unfair... i love so manny.

[Splittingadams]

what a load of suck. the guy that beat me pussed out!

I could have been a CONTENDER!

Grendel Grack you get 4 \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ Rockins

[bluefooted]

Ben Mauro, didn't you already post that picture a few months ago?


Um, yeah. Wasn't this on your blog a while back? For a different project? Sorry, it just seems a little unfair to me.

On a happier note: I think my absolute top, top favorites this round - out of lots of very awesome entries - are Poshspice, Fedezz, Brun, and Grendel Grack. Wonderful work, dudes!

[wassermelone]

Um, yeah. Wasn't this on your blog a while back? For a different project? Sorry, it just seems a little unfair to me.

On a happier note: I think my absolute top, top favorites this round - out of lots of very awesome entries - are Poshspice, Fedezz, Brun, and Grendel Grack. Wonderful work, dudes!

By the way, my girlfriend told me, "Bluefooted piece is so awesome; I would totally have her babies."

[Serpian]

FUCK!!!

Jason Chan, I love you so much right now, just because of that painting!!!

All of you others, great, awesome, mind-blowing work!!

[Nerahla]

I find a lot of this thread interesting at all the butt suckery that is going on, but I suppose that is what threads like this are for.

Here are the ones I felt were the best. I suppose I could be a real cad and list the ones I think are trash, but that isn't nice :P

I'm PMSing, so nyah.



Hurricane - I saved this to my Inspiration folder immediately - it sings to every corner of Fairy Tale love I've ever had, thanks for creating such a great image :)

Sept13 - What a great expression on his face, I LOVE the juxtaposition of the robot being the innocent one.

Texahol - What a nice showing. Perfectly clear interp, which I rather prefer to be honest. Lovely RED.

GrendelGrack - What's not to love? Even better than your first round. Fantastic Illustration - perfect story in an image - and beautiful colors, as always.

Cicinimo - I'm so glad I lost to YOU in the first round, haha. Excellent. My jaw actually dropped and I said "WOW" out loud. More like "Wooooooooooooow" and then I studied it intently. Just gorgeous. It's a goddamn tragedy you and Grendel have to go up against one another, because besides Hurricane's your two are the strongest images in my opinion.

Wassermelone - Another one where I just stared, gaped, more like. Quite different than your first round and I liked being surprised. It's very serene and beautiful and evocative of creation, I like it very much :)

GreenTopaz - Wow! I love your stuff! Love how he breaks out of the top of the image like that, very cool :)

Entroid - Props!! LOVE this subject - outbreak, indeed. What a great Illustration, so many characters and such a funny and yet really meaningful story it tells (to some of us anyway ;) ) Keep right on doing what you're doing!

[bluefooted]

By the way, my girlfriend told me, "Bluefooted piece is so awesome; I would totally have her babies."

Tell her she's welcome to them: this whole 'labor and childbirth' thing just doesn't seem like a lot of fun to me :P

I also forgot to mention Entdroid's and your own entry in my list of favs!

[Grendel Grack]

Thanks for the comments, guys!

I'm still busy picking up the pieces of my mind as it was thoroughly blown by these amazing entries.

[MattGamer]

splendid work fellahs! thanks for awakening
my creativity juices again.

[Rambozo]

Last Man Standing 3 - ROUND 2 / Matches 1-18
Also, a point system will be implemented from here on out. Points will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last place for each match.


I was simply wondering how this would play out exactly. Does this mean each round winner would get 4 points, second place would get 3 points, etc. ?

Or rather would these points be allocated according to the judges pics for each round, thereby giving each participant a better idea of where they stood in their respective match (which would seem to make more sense, to me at any rate hehe). Like, each judge would pic his first, second, third and forth place for each match, and by adding up all the judges different points you get the total points for each contender ?

Ahhh details, details !… hehe

[shadoman]

Congrats to all the participants. Some really great work.

[Chingwa]

Chingwa Overall I like your entry, but mostly because of he face in the mirror, it tells the story well, it is hilarious looking geisha.
But the compostion doesn't look united and well thougt out IMO. I think it was not good idea to put such a great emphasize on the glowing lamp near the mirror, it is a huge distraction. The size of the reflection of the girl's head in the mirror is too big comparing to distance, it is even bigger than the person herself. The same goes to hands, too big in reflection. I would prefer that you put some more emephasize at the objects and details you wnat me to see and less on less imporatnt ( i woud say the face of the woman and the man could have been kist suggeted, less definite._
Compostion too could have been better if you made it more compact and made the rhytmbetter as well in the picutre, there are some empty spots in the picutre which feel like a awkward silence in the middle of converstaion.

SVE Thanks a lot for taking the time to critique my piece, it's much appreciated. I was looking for a somewhat different interpretation (it looks like Poshspice and I were siamese twins, sharing the same brain), but it only came out about 60% of where I wanted it to go. I have a lot to work on, and I agree with you about defining the important parts of the painting moreso than others. Thanks!

Also, fedezz I absolutely love your entry, even though I can't decide how it matches the theme! care to enlighten me?

[Kirtz]

Thanks to Sept 13, Poshspice, and Chuck,Mate.

Just wanted to point out my favorites.

flaptraps - If Scooby Doo ghosts were scary, this is what they'd be. Great colors.
Hurricane - This is probably my overall favorite. Great lighting and composition. Love the goblinoids chewing on each other.
vyle - I don't really get it, but 's got a lot of dyamic shapes going on. Love that weird guy in the suit in the middle.
wassermelone - for some reason this piece has kind of a 70s vibe to it. or maybe it's art decoish. but whatever it is, it's interesting. love that blue color in the cloud behind the figure and the graphic quality of the swirls coming out of his pipe
poshspice - This is a really great painting. Probably my favorite thing I've ever seen from you. The patterning and color is fantastic. One thing I really like is that increase in saturation in the shadow on her right elbow.
idiotapathy - This painting intrigues me. This is one of my definite favorites of the entire group. It feels like something from the Legend of Zelda, with your creepy, swirly golem designs. I really like how the trees look like they're warping away like the power of these creatures is effecting them. Love the cool light behind the main golem and how it draws your eye in with it's dominancy. I think it also feels a little unfinished in places, but it's definitely a nice piece.
Jason Chan - I'm not going to blow you like the rest of these schmoes, but you did do a pretty great piece. Did you use a 3d model for that jungle gym? Jaggies are showing.
prostate sunrise - Pretty sweet helmet on that demon dude. Love to see his feet though.

[Maestro Andres]

Beautiful job by everyone. So much great amount of amazing piece in here and so many interpretations, such a good round. Congrats to everybody!

[DavePalumbo]

wow.

...

jesus man. I actually couldn't get on to see the thread until last night but I couldn't even process what I was looking at until this morning! Is this the best round of LMS ever? I have to say that it's just as well I had to step down my round, my ass would have been kicked six ways from Sunday!

[se7en_]

There are only two words that can sum up the mad skill here... "Holy Shit!" : ) Best LMS work I think I've seen to date. Tilson, where do you find the time?

[Andrew Marks]

Wow, love these LMS's because theres always alot of great artwork.
All of the entries are good, but the ones that stand out to most to me are Baron's, Texahols, Barett's, Spray Nations, and Steak-Tron's.

And of course Jason Chan's, which has just became my new wallpaper:yayca:

[alesoun]

Well, I've scratched my head at one or two wondering how Outbreak applies, but that's probably me just not catching the allusion; that aside, I've been back here at least a couple of times a day since the thread went up, just enjoying the eye candy (even on the ones that puzzle me).

I've enjoyed the compositions and colours; some have made me think, some have made me gasp and one or two have made me giggle. I'm loving it!

[Chris Noeth]

Jason Chan's entry is awesome! I can't believe this 'simple' idea with kids fighting back kid zombies is such a great story into itself... wow!

Best,

Chris

[SprayNation]

Wow! Great stuff guys! I'm still digesting all of the incredible work :).

I have many favorites: Sept 13, Flaptraps, Idiot Apathy, Poshspice, Cicinimo, Ragnar X, FVallejo, Bumskee, Kenji, blue-footed, thom, and steaktron. But in my mind there were no weak pieces (well, maybe mine, lol!).

Look forward to seeing next rounds entries :D.

[poise]

WOW! there are some amazing entries in this round!! I have tons of favorites, definitely want to hang them on my walls.

[Artifex33]

Jason Chan: zombie whelps and whiffle bats--best of this round, IMO!

Poshspice: your stuff always rocks. I love the symbolist take.

Grendel Grack: My favorite piece of yours. Awesome job.

Ethax: Whoa, you took a big jump from your portraits. Excellent work.

[vibhas_virwani]

INSANE stuff !!!!!!!!!!

[vibhas_virwani]

i absolutely LOVE brun's idea !!!! freaking awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[seba_boi]

JASON CHAN, your idea just rocks me to the core... The simplicity of it is just unimaginably brilliant!...

Also POSHSPICE, damn do I love your women....

[strych9ine]

Results are in!


flaptraps
Hurricane
viag
fedezz
Baron Impossible
wassermelone
Sept13
Ben Mauro
Cicinimo
Tamte
Jason Chan
fvallejo
M.C. Barrett
bumskee
SprayNation
bluefooted
thom
steak-tron


Amazing round all, there were some truly fantastic pieces submitted that you should all be proud of. Some matches seemed unanimously difficult to judge, but when the dust settles only one can advance on. Congratulations also to the contender whose piece was voted best of the round, the one and only Jason Chan. There goes round three's planned topic, Zombie Children Attack. The prize is a sensual rubdown from yours truly redeemable immediately.

Round Three match-ups to be posted within the next few days, otherwise known as when-I-get-around-to-it. Again, congrats to those who advance two round three as well as those who fought their way to round two. You've all helped make this one of the best rounds yet.

[MarkWinters]

Congrats you guys! Best of luck in the next round!

[archipelago]

pretty cool work you guys...


and by that, I mean insanely good work

[GreenTopaz]

Curse you, Chan! Curse youuuu!

(j/k, you know you're great :))

Congrats to the winners, everyone did so awesome this round (except myself of course). Especially in love with the entries of Texahol, fvallejo, SprayNation, wassermelone, stevekim, Jason Chan, fedezz, and flaptraps, in no particular order.

[Faxtar]

Congrats to wassermelone, take it to the top!

[Aly Fell]

Well done Sept13! Congratulations... I'll be rooting for ya in the next round! Go kick some heavy duty bottom for me and Kirtz! ;)

[Tamte]

I am honored to be moving along to round 3. To the other hombres from round 10, well done! :lounge:

-Tamte

[Kenji]

Congrats Eric!! You deserve it dude and go make another kickass piece! I will be cheering for ya, :star:

[nephilim]

wow, some appalling choices by the judges there. Most are spot on, but jeez, a bunch are just boneheaded.

[lyon]

Congrats Thom! Great piece. I knew I was trouble when I saw it!

[Sept13]

Thanks alot Poshspice :) I knew I'd kick your ass! No seriously, I thought you'd take me down and take me down hard. You and Kirtz were great competition!

[hurricane]

thanks vyle, yAdam, MarkWinters for the stiff competition!

I'm very happy to go to round 3 and i will do my best to win in your names :)

Thanks for all the kind words about my entry, warms my heart

COngratulations to all artists that went on to round 3 and a bloody good job for those who didn't make it!

:hatsoff:

[Mephistophelous]

Awesome art!

[Baron Impossible]

Congrats to everyone, I was totally impressed by pretty much all the artworks in Round 2.

[strych9ine]

wow, some appalling choices by the judges there. Most are spot on, but jeez, a bunch are just boneheaded.

What an amazingly shitty thing to say.

[nephilim]

ya, well the truth is shitty sometimes.

[strych9ine]

If only I could book your superior critical eye to replace a judging panel of artists with a wide variety of artistic preferences and years of experience! That would eliminate any chance of someone winning that you don't believe should. I hope you'll be available to bless the community with your insight in any future thunderdomes, I'm not sure where we'd be without you.

PS I love you.

[viag]

congratz to everyone , i cant wait for the next round ! (it will be hardcore)

[mwillustration]

can we see the point totals?

[strych9ine]

While on one hand it would be nice to see what place you came in, I've decided not to since places don't matter in this thunderdome. Some judges would prefer I kept the point totals between us as well. Hope that's fine with everyone.

[Brun]

Great work everyone, good luck in round 3, big up to my teammate wassermelone, and once again thx to strych9ine for putting this all up

[mwillustration]

While on one hand it would be nice to see what place you came in, I've decided not to since places don't matter in this thunderdome. Some judges would prefer I kept the point totals between us as well. Hope that's fine with everyone.

no biggie cody, i understand.
i was just curious how i fared even though i lost.

[SubPablo]

match 7 winner.....wtf?
...wow
Kill the umpire!

[ENBE]

Well done everyone. Enjoy the next round Viag you were a well deserved winner.

[wassermelone]

Wow, how did I not see that it was judged until now?

Thanks Brun, Faxtar; team 6 represent :)

Im still surprised I've made it this far.

[ikuru]

I think very spot on voting.
A Big Yeay to the round 3 contenders!

(and a special yeay to ving and bumskee!) ;)

[chaosrocks]

yay toast! and bluefooted!
Rooting for you all the way!
kudos and admiration!

crx

[bluefooted]

Oh, shit! I had no idea the results were in.

I really, seriously did not deserve to win this round. Seriously. Does this mean I have to draw more? :P

Match 16: Prostate, mwillustration, and HellTaxi, you guys rock. I thought for sure you'd kick my ass. Thanks for an excellent round!

[Idiot Apathy]

I really, seriously did not deserve to win this round. Seriously. Does this mean I have to draw more? :P

Yes, oh hell yes it does. Draw more!

[steak-tron]

I love you strych9ine. Haters can eat a dick.

You're the best main. You deed et. :)

[strych9ine]

I love you strych9ine. Haters can eat a dick.

You're the best main. You deed et. :)

Man, just for that I think I'll post the match-ups for Round 3. Keeempifornia looooove!

Round 3 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1759758)

[alicat08]

i love your style! its somewhat humorous and very creative..nice work!

[Arn J.]

Way tooo goood shezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

[Nerahla]

so are the entries shown to the judges anonymously or do they get to see who did it? Just wonderin'


Looking forward to round 3 :)

[Moikey]

What an amazing display. :O Fantastic. And Jason Chan is the man!

[xYnoTx]

Wow, great stuff...... but some of them didnt fit the title very well. Still some great work good job.

[Alec-Eldifrawi]

Great pictures, the ant building was one of my favorites.

[Seph_sokaru]

oh wow....excelent work...this is inspiring...i was so struck(intreagued) when i saw jason chan's work if im not mistaken about the zombie kids...
enyway all the work posted here is superbe and most inspiring...ill keep watching
Cheers and good luck to all!

[Velocity Kendall]

Just amazing.