Last Man Standing 3 - ROUND 1 / Matches 25-48

[strych9ine]

Last Man Standing 3 - Round 1 / Matches 25-48

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/round01


Topic: Underneath It All

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
Round 2 - 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!

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

Image1 is User1
Image2 is User2
Image3 is User3

Users listed in White have PUSSED OUT.


That about does it for the intro. On to matches 25-48 of the 3rd Last Man Standing thunderdome.

[strych9ine]

Sellis
entdroid
JAIR
James Kei
Ben V


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[strych9ine]

Laumee
Hyver
Atmospheria
MarkWinters
nonie


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[strych9ine]

jim b
Ragnar X
bidaum
iolarnula
Brettbbean


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[strych9ine]

mcmatz
evildisco
Baron Impossible
AmishCommy
PaperX


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[strych9ine]

cmalidore
alexander
Mike Dutton
Hillartsympho
OYO!


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[strych9ine]

Christopher Gibbs
minda
HellTaxi
Fellah.
VirusArtist


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[strych9ine]

Summer Pudding
Zebz
Noxizmad
Flipmcgee
Subpablo


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[strych9ine]

vyle
Tempor
emily g
filip
Mr. Visions


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[strych9ine]

colepoopface
David Smit
Rambozo
Nikoh
Interceptor


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[strych9ine]

Saturns Gate
thedoodleworm
bumskee
Mythmaker
Snowsfall


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[strych9ine]

fvallejo
dsaponaro
Sturnus
Matt Dixon
TheDagger


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[strych9ine]

Amazing Action Ape
Xaya
Alien Ape Star
Texahol
azghoul


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[strych9ine]

Ethax
deschamps
Earendil
Molly
gloominati


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[strych9ine]

kingcoyote
Poshspice
Blue Severin
zephyri
andreoli


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[strych9ine]

AnthonyFoti
Infinit
cotron
voraz
Ben Mauro


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[strych9ine]

Denart
Layil
Jason Chan
aesir
dirty c


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[strych9ine]

bdfoster
Ryan DeMita
Vorge
Craig D


SprayNation (moved to match 69)

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[strych9ine]

Sve
tedbeargeon
steak-tron
Cthogua
0kelvin


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[strych9ine]

realitychek
bhanu
.pz.
brat777
alice_


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[strych9ine]

i0n
Sibille Heinrichsen
Eriboss
voodoochile
grey
kenji (reservist)


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[strych9ine]

Tracer
becard
fooxoo
octopus_interphone
blacky


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[strych9ine]

shaoshao
archipelago
mikel
alti
Alex Tornberg


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[strych9ine]

Brun
ahbeejieh
muzzoid
brokencow
Kronos


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[strych9ine]

Dominus
John_Bivens
mysticaldonkey1
davcjr
sdmolyne


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[Muz]

Wow! just simple wow.

I really dont think i have any chance on getting to round 2 :O.

strych9ine you rock!

[voraz]

This was definitelly worth waiting for. Lots of fantastic pieces!

[Saturns Gate]

Amazing...LOADS of great artwork! Good luck round! 34! :)

[Ben Mauro]

dirty C that is Frikkin hilarious!

[Aly Fell]

Dirty c - LOL!

So much fantastic work!

Good luck to all in match 38!

[InvertedChalupa]

my god zephyri that is amazing... I say it's the best piece in all of round 1 hands down.

[zephyri]

Woo another fab set of images. Aly throws down the gauntlet, I see, great piece, as always, and yay for my round all getting images in!

Mr Chan, I think i love you, awesome image (ha, like it would have been anything else).

Other stand outs on first glance, Dominus, gorgeous colours, becard, probably the nicest mermaid piece i've seen across the three threads, beautiful rendering, Kenji, I think this piece takes the biscuit for me, I absolutely adore it, and as a reservist too! bdfoster, I love your take on the subject, beautifully done, Anthony Foti, another original portrayal of the theme, nicely done indeed, and rambozo, I keep coming back to your piece for it's composition and powerful emotion, lovely stuff.

This first round has produced some seriously epic art, guys, congrats to all who finished!

Edit: and inverted chalupa, you just made me blush crimson. I can't agree with you, but thank you! (where'd the dang thank button go??)

[Beelow]

Sve, Fvallejo, dirty C, Pish posh, Sammy sam Hog, saturn Gate, match 32(LOL), OYO!, helltaxi, Atmospheria, Baron Impossible are the ones that grabbed me the most. Nice stuff everyone.

[Baron Impossible]

A quick glance and... whoahhhhhh... No way are so many people so damn good...

[Laumee]

A lot of great art in this thread
I have to take a closer look tomorrow.

[azghoul]

hell taxi, summer pudding and 0kelvin hit me hard.
great job everyone, love it :)

[Earendil]

Time for an increase in the "Inspirational Art" folder! Great pieces everybody! I'm compiling a list still but...dayymm!

[0kelvin]

So much incredible work here. It's a little overwhelming.

Congrats to my competition, sve and steak-tron! Both of yours were great!



Eric

[Moai]

0kelvin- The best of this bunch, by far. Every inch of it has something fun happening, and it's all made better by the fact that this is pixel art. Such a beautiful and fun image.
Atmospheria- Gorgeous image. I'm not sure what that white band on the cliff is supposed to be, but this is a beautifully painted image nonetheless.
fvallejo- Exquisite lineart. The top-down view was a nice choice.
Matt Dixon- Ooh! More pixels! Very fun image.
Poshspice- Great image. The 10 cent sticker and the little scribbles and wear-and-tear marks are really nice touches.
Jason Chan- Tentacles and a pretty girl, what a surprise!:P Lovely painting. The suction cups and the flowing fabric are very well done.
Also liked mysticaldonkey, john bivens, snowsfall, emily g, vyle, oyo, and mike dutton. Major props to everyone who finished!

[Rascar Capac]

beautiful piece Vallejo :xpld:

[Jason Snair]

I don't even know where to begin. So much great art in one place.

[Burtzum]

Tempor: I LOVE the bottom portion of your piece. I'm not feeling the cyclops robots though. The bottom portion is so calm and mysterious, then the robots cheese it up. I would have rather seen some huge architecture dwarfing the man, or some strange natural formations. The bottom/foreground though... beautiful. I'll have to check out your stuff if you have any more online.

Bumskee: very moody. love it.

[Texahol]

I think my brain just broke!


...wait, I don't have one! false alarm.

[claudiasutton]

Awesome work everyone!

[ArtByZak]

Yes. I love the story created by 0kelvin. I think we were somewhere on the same wave length - telling a story that kept going as the viewer scrolled down the page. I'm really surprised more people didn't do that. I thought it was such an obvious idea.

Glad, though, that they didn't.

[cmalidore]

I don't think there's any way I'll be disappointed with what the judges decide on in these matches - everyone did such fabulous work. Rock on match #29, it's a total honor to be able to compete with you guys :D

[VirusArtist]

I just heard something dropping... oh.. it was just my jaw... silly me...GORGEOUS work all around!

PROPS to the peeps in match 30: MINDA!!! wish you could've sent in a pic... next time i guess.

@helltaxi: 1 of my 20 favs in this round.. one of the pictures that got the strongest emotional reaction from me- beautiful, just plain beautiful.

[steak-tron]

Your piece rules 0Kelvin :) There so many great scenes and it keeps going.. Great work man. You win, I conceed!

[ahbeejieh]

Great work everyone!

Ragnar X's work stands out for me. Simple and stylish.

Goodluck all! ^^

[Mikael Leger]

Beautifully, scary, exiting, inspiring, it's like a huge bitch slap every time I scroll down the page. Gniiiiii... must... go... draw...now!

[El Jeremie]

Holy cow, there is more Beauty in this thread than in the Miss Univers tour bus

[0kelvin]

Yes. I love the story created by 0kelvin. I think we were somewhere on the same wave length - telling a story that kept going as the viewer scrolled down the page. I'm really surprised more people didn't do that. I thought it was such an obvious idea.

Glad, though, that they didn't.

Yeah, totally the same wavelength there. Thanks!


Your piece rules 0Kelvin :) There so many great scenes and it keeps going.. Great work man. You win, I conceed!

Haha, thanks man! I wouldn't have put so much work into it if I wasn't terrified of going up against you. We'll just wait and see what the judges have to say.



Eric

[sve]

Big Thank You to all artists and Cody, a very enjoyable show!

[Coinpurse]

yowzas! some amazing work here. Kinda sad, I was hoping to see something from the artists that didn't submit their final. I must say, for personal reasons, I really liked yours zephyri ;)

[Ragnar X]

Great work everyone!

Ragnar X's work stands out for me. Simple and stylish.

Goodluck all! ^^


thanks ahbeejieh- thats super nice man

i think the standout for me was fvallejo -quite a few nice one in this batch, but that one in perticular just stands out, its magazine ready- also Mike Dutton brought the big guns, and so did entdroid - i just realized they're all kinda stylized, but I picked em as my faves cuz their solid, not just cuz i like cartoony stuff... real good work yall!

cheers to everyon who finished! -hope i win, this was fun and i wanna go again :)

[Mike Dutton]

I had a lot of fun looking at all the entries, as well as painting my own. Thanks to Cody for making it happen, and to everyone who handed something in. Great show. :)

[Fvallejo]

Terrific work everyone! Like Mike said I had a blast making my imagery. Thanks to the kind words said so far! I wish everyone the best of luck in the judging.

[hurricane]

GREAT work!!

0kelvin : that's just the best one, hands down!!! freakin' genius!

emilyg : such a great painting and thought behind it! i love the water and how it adds up in the reflection!

all in match 37!

brokencow : love how it turned out!

dirty c : hahaha, funny man, really funny!

[Molly]

Theres is some bloody nice work in 'ere!
Well done everyone!

Mx

[Sellis]

JEEZAZ, well done everyone, Most enjoyable thread i've looked at in a long time.

Helltaxi, zephyri and JasonChan amazing.

Dirty_C Hilarious man :D

Kinda makes me wish id pulled my finger out A LOT more :P

Again well done everyone :yayca:

Stu.

[ikuru]

this just gets better and better...:asspat: so much mad stuff here its hard to mention... still some of these middle match top personal favorites..
Sellis (very cool pose on that girl person), Mike Dutton (really amazing), Matt Dixon, (just love the way that looks) zephyri (holy damn!) dirty c (Really giving the judges a tough call there ;)) Jason chan (fer her face expression alone..)...
Almost forgot Sve (wow! best Ive seen from u) 0kelvin (really cool man (is that ps?)

All in all too much mindoogling art to handle... :steph: :mittenbop:
f... insane actually.

thanx again to cody fer doing this. :asspat:

[Summer Pudding]

Mike Dutton, HellTaxi, Vyle, bumskee and Poshie, great stuff!

Dirty_C: outstanding

Pete

[Dominus]

0kelvin - damn man, imho your pixels are the best of the whole round one!

[entdroid]

Props to everyone in my match for sticking around and giving their best!!! we can all proudly wear our "Pussout Free Match" badge on our chests :P I bow to you Mr Kei...

I have a lot of favs here, the amount of awesome art in these threads is simply breathtaking, I loved the pics by Ragnar-X, OYO!, fvallejo, Helltaxi and John_Bivens... but the one that really takes the cake for me is 0kelvin. Just give that man the price already. Not only a super bold style decision, but also a super fun, interesting to look at picture all the way. I take my hat off sir! :hatsoff:

[Brun]

great work everyone, allot of tallent in one place, really overwelming

[jim b]

congratulations everyone, really amazing work in here.
fvallejo - lovely piece, definitely one of my favs

[mimmo]

such a massive volume of awsome work here. I dont envy the judges!

Mike Dutton : beutiful and evocative. Lovely style too.

fuallejo: again, great style and composition. Also love the facial expessions!

mat dixon: great piece! Lovely mix of retro pixels and paint. Your invader characters are amazing.

okelvin: My fav! Pefect pixel art. Really suprised me how deep this went. and just as i thought it would end at the core.... Simply awsome!

Great work everyone!

[Rusty]

0kevin, officially my fave piece of round 1 :)

a pat on the fat to everyone that entered

...Jase

[Matt Dixon]

Amazing. I must have been in here a dozen times trying to digest it all.

It seems unfair to single out individual pieces when there's so much good stuff on display, so well done to all who submitted. Plus a huge thanks to Fvallejo for producing my favourite piece of the entire first round and kicking my ass so comprehensively.

:teeth:

[Ben V]

Go Match 25, no puss outs!

I got slaughtered tho... next year i'll make it to round 2, MARK MY WORDS! :D

great entries everyone, I am really amazed.

[Mr. Visions]

Congrads to GROUP 42 for some sweet picks, sorry I couldn't run with you guys, my dad had his surgery the week of that much need extension. Vyle, I wish I could have given you a run for your money, maybe next next time the stars are aligned and we are meant to duel - Best of luck guys and gals, you had some intriguing interpretations.

[AnthonyFoti]

the amount of talent on this site is at the same time humbling and incredibly exciting. Honestly, This whole Last Man thing is one of the best things the internet has ever been used for.

[egerie]

Ragnar X's peice actually made me burst out laughing.

There are some pretty insightful and powerful ones in this round 1 ! I'm thorougly impressed!

0Kelvin.. Thank you.. THANK YOU!

[Interceptor]

Ouch.. a few matches down there's another picture of a girl wrapped up in tentacles.... painted much better than mine, lol.

[0kelvin]

Here are a few comments for the pieces that stood out for me in this thread. I'd have loved to be able to comment on all of them but alas, there are only so many hours in a day.

entroid - Haha, love it!
James Kei - Great designs and a funny concept.
nonie - I'm not sure where the Underneath It All theme ties in, but I do like the image quite a bit.
RagnarX - Nice concept and well executed. Very funny.
Mike Dutton - I like this one a lot.
HellTaxi - You pulled this picture off really well. The story is well told, and the cracked mirror is a nice touch.
Summer Pudding - Great work as always.
emily g - It seems a lot of people did the water reflection thing, but yours is by far my favourite.
fvallejo - Nice! Super-stylish!
Matt Dixon - Aw man, soooooo cool. I love this, it's definitely one of my favourites.
texahol - Nice work man. You're making a ton of progress!
PoshSpice - Your stuff is always wonderful. The little cover details are just perfect, I can just imagine finding that book at a garage sale or flea market.
Zephyri - Great work.
Jason Chan - Fantastic.
Dirty C - Haha, oh man...
sve - Really nice work. Very adorable.
steak-tron - Very cool! I love the vac-u-formed effect.
grey - Well done!
octopus_interphone - I really like your entry.
mysticaldonkey1 - I love that guy's face. "SURPRISE!"



Eric

[sve]

Tell me my mistakes buddy, if you want to help me..
That's very nice of you but I see so many mistakes in mine and I suspect there are many more.
I finally on the second day got the humor of yours... I'm slow :( and I'm not a games lover. but I got it finally :). hehe pirates' treasure chest is so close to the core of Earth, to the hell, subways don't go there... no hope.
I wonder what city is exactly on the opposite side of the Earth to Eskimo's land. My daughter said it is Tokyo... but I don't know :).probably South Pole :). I want to go visit South Pole then :).

Earth in your vision is different in thickness in some parts than another.... hahahah.
I like the zombies riding ants... wow those ants... Yeah, insects survived us all.

As I said you before... great sense of humor in your art work. it will survive us all together with insects :).
I like Yin and yang in the center of the whole things running in circles around nuclear energy...

[grey]

thanks for the nod 0kelvin - I'm psyched to be part of LMS this time around, great showing from everyone

a visual feast :yum:

[Fireflights]

These are amazing pieces!

[Rambozo]

Other stand outs on first glance, Dominus, gorgeous colours, becard, probably the nicest mermaid piece i've seen across the three threads, beautiful rendering, Kenji, I think this piece takes the biscuit for me, I absolutely adore it, and as a reservist too! bdfoster, I love your take on the subject, beautifully done, Anthony Foti, another original portrayal of the theme, nicely done indeed, and rambozo, I keep coming back to your piece for it's composition and powerful emotion, lovely stuff.

This first round has produced some seriously epic art, guys, congrats to all who finished!


Well apparantly I'm to thick to find the "thank button" so I'll just make do with an old fasioned reply hehe Cheers !

[Dirty C]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. My avatar is now fat and sweaty in tribute to your fantastic taste.

Like I told Chanman, I didn't realise we were in the same match till the day it was due - which is why the girl turned asian all of a sudden haha

Love 0kelvin's piece, and man this was just a stunning round of entries. Congrats to all!

[HellTaxi]

Awesome work everyone! I was very impressed and inspired.
:vodka2:

[rlederer]

Okelvin = Pure genius!

[Tomba]

Very good pieces throughout. However, one would hope that in a competition like this the playing field would be more even. By even
I mean equal sizes and/or dimensions. What I notice is that smaller rendered works to be displayed on the pages get overshadowed simply by the larger seemingly so uncompressed pieces. In a fair world we are all looked at equally to see who is very much different. this competition does not seem to exemplify this and in general makes the competition useless in determining who is.


I truly hope the judging is not being done by just looking at these threads...