SUPER Stylised Challenge - October 2008 - Scarecrow - VOTING!

[miss.lynette]

Hello All!

This is the new VOTING thread for the SCARECROW SUPER STYLISED CHALLENGE, which has been created for your final entries.

IMPORTANT: Now has come the time for the following artists to post their fantastic final images in this thread.

Fedezz - posted 31/10
Entdroid - posted 31/10
Ruth2m - posted 31/10
Kurje - posted 31/10
Urih pta2 - posted 31/10
Clews - posted 31/10
Brather - posted 31/10
Smot - posted 31/10
Max Martelli - posted 31/10
Marcuswelbey - posted 31/10
Bstsk - posted 31/10
Freddydark - posted 24/10
Gnahz - posted 24/10
Madhatter106 - posted 24/10
JThao - posted 21/10
Dreygus - posted 18/10
Kit1 - posted 23/10
CamSyko - posted 16/10
The Antarctican - posted 14/10
CharReed - posted 11/10
Frostblade - posted 9/10
Rosatron - posted 8/10
VirtualSurreality - posted 3/10
Benkashmir - posted 2/10

(If I've missed anyone out, please email me at lynette@3dtotal.com and I'll sort it out! Cheers.:))

800 or 1024 sized images are fine for this Voting stage, but please remember that high-res versions are great for 2DArtist magazine, so if you come in the top 10 we'd love it if you could email accross your high-res versions.

Please post all entries in this thread before 8th November 2008 10:30AM GMT.

Only entries posted in the SUPER Stylised Challenge - October 2008 - Scarecrow - VOTING! thread before this date will be eligible for Voting!

Voting will then start immediately afterwards and will run until 15th November 2008 10:30AM GMT.

We will post to commence the Voting on the 8th November. Voting will be the same as last month, with each voter putting forward their top 3 entries, in order: 3pts for a 1st place, 2pts for 2nd, and 1pt for 3rd. This means that we will all have to choose very carefully!

Please feel free to give reasons for your selection, as it will be good feedback for everyone!

Thanks again for the great work that you have all put in. We look forward to this month's entries! Good luck, everyone!

Many thanks for all your hard work!


Lynette-2dartistmag.com (http://www.2dartistmag.com)

[CharReed]

I called this piece "Gotcha!", as it seemed rather appropriate :)

Can't wait to see the rest of the entries!

[rosatron]

scarecrow on rollerskate!

[Kit1]

This is my final called 'Freedom?'

[Dreygus]

Here's mine - Scary Crows. Hand illustrated with photoshop treatments.

[Frostblade]

Relaxing after a hard day at work and thinking about what's for dinner.

[madhatter106]

Our cover scarecrow has just finished doing 200 squash-squats and downed a strawberry and straw protein drink...

[ruth2m]

my final scarecrow, good luck to everyone!!
http://www.companiaperfecta.com/WIP/FINAL_scarecrow_ruth2m.jpg

[bstsk]

Good luck everyone!
http://www.ffilustracion.com/scarecrow10.jpg

[smot]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c42/smot_1975/conceptArt/SMOT_scarecrow_smallF.jpg

Good luck everyone ;)
Smot

[fedezz]

Hey, good luck everyone :D

509736

[entdroid]

509739

[Cam Sykes]

Real fun entries from everyone, they all put a smile on my face.

[clews]

This picture illustrates a woman taking a scarecrow home with the intention of having sex.
I have simplified the background detail in order to make her shadow in tune, and to make the eye of the viewer focus on the scarecrow and the shadow of the woman.
I chose intentionally not to make holes in the cloth of the scarecrow for two reasons. First of all to make him more human and fashion aware, so that he would seem more attractive to a woman. Secondly to draw the scarecrow in a less traditional way.

http://www.jennig.org/clews/ScareCrowDone.jpg

[brather]

Good luck everybody..
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/2988732585_99703e4f53_o.jpg

[JThao]

Good Luck Everyone!


Why's that Scarecrow got...? Run! RUN!!

[Kurje]

good luck folk :)
http://www.dwax.cz/psd/scarecrow-05.png

[freddydark]

this my final ilustration, thanks

[gnahz]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s288/gnahzCA/scarecrowbig2.jpg

[Max Martelli]

Heres the final. Good luck all.

[marcuswelbey]

http://www.ffilustracion.com/espantapajaros800x600.jpg

[Urih_pta2]

Goodluck! suerte!

[The Antarctican]

Scarecrow.

[miss.lynette]

hello, thanks everyone for posting! voting can now begin - good luck to all! :)

remember: 3 points go to 1st place, 2 for 2nd, and 1 for 3rd; reasons behind your votes are always helpful for the entrants, but not compulsory.

good luck everyone and thanks for supporting these challenges! :)

[rosatron]

There were a lot of compositions and concepts that were eerily similar this month...so I decided to vote for ones which were different and interesting.

1st fedezz - super stylised and something I'd stick on my wall
2nd freddydark - nice ET in the moon :)
3rd entdroid - because coloured pencils are always pretty to look at. and the cloud is cool...

[Codeh!]

1st Urih_pta2- the concepts really original and i like the lighting ad style
2nd gnahz- The yellow tint of the pic gives it a almost rustic feeling but then the style is more new
3rd entdroid- i like colored pencils lol

[Chuck,mate.]

1st - entroid

2nd - fedezz

3rd - smot





P.

[liransz]

hello all!
1- madhatter106: just freak me out
2-ruth2m: love the colours
3-bstsk : i like his style

good luck everyone!

[MJ_Alcazar]

Is anyone able to vote?

1. freddydark - liked the graveyard scene. and that is one scary scarecrow.
2. Madhatter106 - that was great! loved the humor in this and the scarecrow freaks me out!
3. Entdroid - loved the feel of the piece. And the colour pencil was awesome to look at.

[Kit1]

Voting. It was dissapointing to see other people taking 'inspiration' from others ideas. You could see it happening within the WIP thread and so far it seems some of the original ideas are failing because of this.

So, I've decided to vote for:

1. madhatter106 - the Fitness Guru. One of the original ideas and the fact that no one else had thought of putting other vegetables in the picture.

2. fedezz - The Blue Boy. I like the 'cool' colour scheme and the sad little pumpkin.

3. gnahz - I like the light beam blinding scarecrows into submission.

[sly's hand]

All the entries are very nice

1. CharReed - Simple, cute, and I really like the color scheme

2. ruth2m - This piece is very nicely done

3. bstsk - the birds are wonderful

[sarasay]

1 freddydark
2 rut2m
3 bstsk

[sandokanlorente]

3 points freddy dark
2 points andabatae
1 point Catervarii

[Urih_pta2]

1 bstsk - nice work and style
2 rut2m - marveloouus colors
3 freddydark - good color

[kelian]

3 points for FreddyDark
2 points for rosatron
1 point for antarctican

[anabel]

FreddyDark 3 points
fedezz 2 points
entdroid 1 point

[entdroid]

1. fedezz (3 pts)
2. rosatron (2 pts)
3. The Antarctican (1 pt)

[Dreygus]

3 pts - Brather: This caught my eye from the beginning. Unique pose to this cleverly conceived character, and really like the color scheme used with a whimsical style.

2 pts - Smot: Again, nice coloring and creative interpretation to the theme. I don't often think of scarecrows as exuding much warmth, but this one does.

1 pt - Madhatter: Great job on creating muscular anatomy with vegetables. Couldn't help but be impressed by the design work displayed here! A little freaked out by his eyes though, but that's just me ;)

To the rest: all very nice work. Its a shame that all can't be recognized for your talent.

[brather]

1st: smot: Great composition, colors and humanised figure..

2nd: ruth2m: What can I say.. Great work.

3rd: The Antartican: Nice pose and characterisation.

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By the way, thanks Dreygus for the great words you spend for my work.. I appreciate that much..

[sandokanlorente]

Sorry I think I write bad the nicks.. The points go to:
3 points FreddyDark
2 points rosatron
1point charreed
bye

[The Antarctican]

1) Entroid - Simply beautiful pencil work, and I adore the patchwork top. The sock for a tounge is a great touch too. (3 Points)

2) Gnahz - Having seen your style on a few occasions now I have to say it's growing on me alot. Your stuff is always very distinctive. I like that. (2 Points)

3) MadHatter106 - For sheer originality this is quite brilliant. The idea of making the scarecrow from vegetables is very clever and the finish is exceptional. (1 Point)

To everyone : Wonderful stuff from all. I'm constantly amazed by the ability of entries here, and the twists people come up with on a theme. It really is a privilidge to be able to come here and view peoples work.

My final judgements are based purely on my personal preferences of style more than anything else. Some of the techniques you guys use are incredible Ruth2M, bstsk, brather and freddydark - I can only look in wonder at your skills. Yet there is still so much talent, humour and macabre imagination going on from JThao, Clews, Camskyo, Fedezz, Kurje, Urh pta2, Smot, Benkashmir, CharReed, Max Martelli, Dreygus, Kit1, Frostblade, Rostatron, Marcuswelbey and VirtualSurreality - that it really makes it fun to look and learn from everyone here.

Thanks.

[panic_attack]

I dont know if only people who participate can vote, if everyone can, here are my votes:

1. place (3 points) ruth2m (like your style)
2. place (2 points) madhatter106 (great idea)
3. place (1 point) bstsk (nice style)

[liransz]

hi, can everyone votes or just tha people who participate?
thnks

[freddydark]

hello, I would first like to thank the ratings of my illustration, and apologize for my English so that it's google translator. Also I apologize for not being able to vote in all that you would leave.
My assessment is:
1 bstsk for their professionalism
2 smot for its simplicity and color
3 madhatter106 for its originality

I mean that others like those of ruth2m and Urih_pta2 I have really enjoyed a greeting ...

[Frostblade]

1st Kit1 - I actually like this picture a lot. I think Kit1 spent a lot of time and effort on this.

2nd gnahz - Reminds me of a certain person screaming.

3rd Urih_pta2 - I like the crow.

[ruth2m]

there are my votes!

(3 points) marcuswelbey. I love the simplicity and colors, light effect is well done
(2 points)bstsk. I really like the crows, a very interesting vision...different from the others
(1 point)Entdroid.I love the treatment of colored pencil and the texture

has been difficult for me to vote, all illustrations are very good .... good luck to everyone!

[marcuswelbey]

3 points: Ruth2m
2 points: bstsk
1 point: Urih pta2

[bstsk]

Votes:

1st: Ruth2m Excellent color. Image looks very Nice. Hands could improve, but overall it´s the one that gave me the better impression.
2nd: Marcuswelbey. Nice execution, color´s nice, Idea´s repeated, but that happens a lot with such a specific theme.
3rd: Freddydark. I love his hands specially.

[madhatter106]

Here's my votes - this was a fun round.

ruth2m - 3 points. Great sense of motion and lighting.
gnahz - 2 points. The flailing crows caught in his breath are a perfect touch.
smot - 1 point. I love the idea of an elderly scarecrow feeding pigeons on a park bench.

And a couple of crits, which earn people no points, but felt I should type them out...

Though I liked the entry by fedezz, I feel it might have been too sytlized and simplistic.
I wish the entry by entdroid was in digital; though the colored pencil looks good, I think the stylization and details would have been just as vibrant and fun in pixels. (The sock for the mouth is a funny touch!)
The entry for brather goes off the mark, I think - there's very little in it that says "scarecrow," it looks too much like a reptile or alien or something.

[purpurina]

1 freddydark
2 rosatron
3 marcuswelbey

[nuria navarro]

hello !!!!!
I am a lover of your art, do not know if my votes count ..... these are

1 freddydark worked really well
2 kit1 I love the idea is very nice
3 smot I love the colors, very cute

[Max Martelli]

1st - Madhatter106: Very original idea, great work.
2nd - Bstsk: Nice finish, the birds are great, there is alot of movement in this piece, very animated.
3rd - Urih_Pta2: very funny, good finish.

[blackcherry]

ruth2m - love the whole piece, it has good composition, style and colours! i also like the expression on the scarecrow!
bstsk - great style and composition. i really like the birds!
freddydark - a cool creepy pumpkin with nice colouring and lighting and a good background.

[miss.lynette]

Hi guys, sorry for the delay with posting the results - that's the downside of ending the voting on the weekends, sorry! I'll get the results over to you shortly, but just wanted to point out something beforehand, which is pretty important and affects everyone.

Basically, I'm not happy about the attempts to sway voting in this challenge. There have been several accounts created in November 2008 who have had no participation in the forums before, and who have all decided to vote in this voting thread without any previous activity. It's pretty obvious to see this from above, and there is one coincidence in that all of these accounts have voted for 'freddydark' as their number one. Now, I'm not going to disqualify freddydark on this occasion, as I cannot prove that this participator has had anything to do with these strange votes (basically because I'm not a moderator and can't look into IP addresses or anything, so I don't have any hard evidence), so I'm giving this person the benifit of the doubt on this occasion and not disqualifying them completely. However, all votes made by the following accounts have been made null and void:

nuria navarro
purpurina
anabel
sarasay
sandokanlorente
kelian

No good comes of attempts to sway the votes. I've never experienced a problem with these challenges in the past and so the voting has never been a worry to me; however I am now enforcing the following rules from the Butcher (current) challenge onwards:

New Voting Rules and Restrictions (to start with Butcher Challenge):
1. In order for your vote to be valid, your post count must be 50 or above AND you must have been registered on the ConceptArt.org forums for at least 6 months. The ONLY exception to this rule is if you have contributed an entry yourself to the challenge.
2. If you want to vote but are not a contributor of the challenge, you need to have been registered on the Threedy Forums for at least the last six months, AS WELL AS have 50 posts already to your name.
3. It goes without saying that all voters MUST look through each of the entries before posting their score.
4. Finally, don't vote for yourself ot get your friends to vote for you in an attempt to influence votes, it's not an attractive quality.

I'm sorry to have to enforce these strict voting rules for future challenges, but unfortunately it seems that this is going to have to happen to keep things fair - which benefits everyone at the end of the day so I hope you'll all understand these necessary rule updates for future challenges.

One last note: I'm afraid I can't accept blackcherry's vote because it was posted after deadline (but it was my fault for not announcing the end of voting so I do apologise for the confusion there - sorry!)

Back soon with results. :)

Lynette

[miss.lynette]

And the Winners Are......

1st: Ruth2m
2nd: Madhatter106
3rd: Bstsk

Well done all! :)

And congrats to all the following who will also have their work featured in the December issue of 2DArtist magazine:

4th: Fedezz
4th: Entroid
5th: Smot
5th: Gnahz
6th: Freddydark
7th: Urih pta2
8th: Marcus Welbey
9th: Brather
9th: Kit1
9th: CharReed
10th: The Antarctican
10th: Rosatron

Well done! :)

Remember: We can publish an email address or a website with each of the top voted for images in 2DArtist Magazine. Please contact me - lynette@3dtotal.com - with the following info to make sure you get your web/email address featured in the magazine with your image, and to also make sure you get your free issue!

CA name:
Real name:
Email Address:
Website:

Finally, can the top 3 winners - Ruth2m, Madhatter106 & Bstsk - please contact me as soon as possible so we can discuss prizes and the Making Ofs for 2DArtist Magazine? I will be waiting for your emails... :)

Note: If you haven't come in the top 10, please feel free to still email me with your CA name and your email address and I'll be sure to send you a free download link for the December issue as soon as it's available.;)

Thanks everyone for another great challenge! See you in the Butcher thread :D ...

[miss.lynette]

sorry, Angel Intheuk, voting is now over, but do check out the Butcher challenge - voting for that will start on 8/Dec/2008 :)

[freddydark]

Hello everyone, I wanted to apologize for the misunderstanding, to hang up my mount and was thrilled to be content with friends, who then voted for me, sorry, not to know English well and see that others who were not participants voted not know there would be problems, I hope forgive me, will not be repeated

[benkashmir]

ruth2m and bstsk pieces look so alike considering composition, style, perspective and elements inside the scene that it just makes me hate being the one stating the obvious.