SUPER Stylised Challenge - December 2008 - Troll - VOTING

[miss.lynette]

SUPER Stylised Challenge - December 2008 - Troll - VOTING!

Hello All! *Happy New Year*

This is the new VOTING thread for the TROLL 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.

Jason01 (posted 31/12)
Ashess (posted 31/12)
Smot (posted 31/12)
The Antarctican (posted 31/12)
Blackcherry (posted 31/12)
Loztvampir3 (posted 31/12)
Alexnegrea (posted 31/12)
Alex Boy (posted 31/12)
Tuovni (posted 31/12)
CUBICcube (posted 31/12)
The original sean (posted 31/12)
Atastrophea (posted 30/12)
Rolox (posted 30/12)
Dreygus (posted 30/12)
Tommoy (posted 30/12)
SOUTHERN (posted 29/12)
Daveneale (posted 29/12)
Fenster (posted 28/12)
Hopsy (posted 28/12)
Timmy the Turtle (posted 28/12)
Macaruba (posted 24/12)
Artina (posted 24/12)
Einen (posted 19/12)
Machuca (posted 17/12)
Liranz (posted 17/12)
Urih pta2 (posted 16/12)
Panic attack (posted 14/12)
Murdokx (posted 14/12)
Jpedro (posted 10/12)
Chuck,mate (posted 8/12)
RichKid (posted 5/12)

(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 January 2009 10:30AM GMT.

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

Voting will then start immediately afterwards and will run until 15th January 2009 10:30AM GMT.

We will post to commence the Voting on the 8th January. 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)

[jason01]

Here he is - in all his glory.

[Alex Boy]

Everybody likes playing hockey.

[CUBICcube]

:android: Great works here.

[blackcherry]

Good Luck everyone, and Happy New Year to all :)

http://www.biscuitofdoom.net/Forum/troll_08.jpg

[rolox]

Good challenge for all!
Happy 2009!

[Dreygus]

Here's mine! This was sketched, hand inked, and colored in photoshop.

[loztvampir3]

prosperous new year fellas! best of luck ;-):rocker:

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii250/loztvampir3/SWAMPTROLL-2.jpg

[MurdokX]

see ya next challenge!

[alexnegrea]

Good luck 2 everyone! :)

[Tommoy]

What a great round, so many high quality entries. Good luck to you all and happy newyear.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t19/Tommoy/Trols8Dk.jpg

[SOUTHERN]

Well done everyone. A really diverse group of Troll.

http://www.southerngfx.co.uk/uploads2008/img133.jpg

[daveneale]

Really cool round, good luck everyone..and happy new year :)

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[Machuca]

Good luck

http://www.kreatlabs.com/other/troll.jpg

[Macaruba]

Hi
Happy New Year to all of you who believe!!!
Here is my Final Submission...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/3132223171_992256d016_o.jpg (http://www.macaruba.com)

Cheers
Macaruba
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3129555287_10c4a40b56_o.jpg (http://www.macaruba.com)

[artina]

Good luck everyone and happy 2009!

[Chuck,mate.]

loads of fantastic different trolls, in design, technique, and approach.
great round!

here`s mine.


happy new year everybody, and good luck.
:)

Patri.

[Hopsy]

Hello! This is my final TROLL! :) Good luck for everyone!
Hopsy
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s118/Hopsypeti/troll_Hopsy_1024_final.jpg

[ashess]

some very nice stuff here; my half-finished thing hardly does it justice.. but better half done then nothing I guess.
554649

[Timmy the Turtle]

Here's my entry! Best of luck to everyone :D and happy new year! :drinkup:

[the_original_sean]

here it is

[smot]

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

[The Antarctican]

Troll - Final.

[liransz]

hi. nice work guys!!! it will be sooo hard to choose this time!!!!!
happy new yeaR everione!!
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[tuovni]

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t177/tuovni/troll_21_low.jpg

[jpedro]

best wishes to everyone for the new year from me as well, the round was amazing!
best,
Jan

[Urih_pta2]

Happy New year people, and really congratulations for all

[Macaruba]

Hi Scribblers

Here are my votes for the December challenge "TROLL"

1. rolox - Your butterfly troll is a true Titan among trolls in every way.
2. Chuck,mate. - Chuck, you're always immediately my top choice but this month your firebrand troll is only narrowly pipped at the post.
3. artina - nice concept for your sewer troll.

I would love to see what inspiration you all drew from to come up with these ideas.

Cheers
Macaruba
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3129555287_10c4a40b56_o.jpg (http://www.macaruba.com)

[miss.lynette]

Hi Macaruba, thanks for posting so quickly - it's a bit before we usually start the voting, but I'll go ahead and include the vote anyway as it's just a few minutes out ;)

OK, so Voting can now start - good luck everyone! :)

Remember to vote for your top 3, and give reasons if you'd like to as well, as these are always helpful. 3 points will go to first place; 2 to second, and 1 to third. Good luck and happy voting!

[tom-3dt]

Tons of great entries, the best set of results to date I think! Cant wait to see the winners making ofs in the magazine.

1. Southern
2. Loztvampir
3. jpedro

[Chuck,mate.]

thanks Macaruba for the vote and very kind words. :)

me vote then:

1 - Rolox - truly an outstanding piece. designed with enormous amount of style and flavor, this troll is as Stylized as they come. lovely color palette.
and that butterfly make for a nice focal point.
crits - well nothing too critical. the hands look a bit "uncomfortable" in their pose. and that signature is a bit too big and bright, which steals some focus from the main character. hehe.. :)
all in all a winning piece, for sure.

2 - tommoy - just a great scene. strong atmosphere and a good composition makes for a lovely piece. the colors and lighting are wonderfuly put to use as a big character in this artwork, and the troll`s design is well crafted indeed.
crits - on a personal note I think perhaps the piece could use stronger presence of brush strokes, bolder decisions. (if it makes any sense for you..) :)


3 - artina - I just love this guy`s expression, and his pose is just as effective.
a very funny and cute idea, finely executed.
a strong design wraps this baby up.
crits - color could be more vibrant overall, me thinks. there`s some "muddiness" (is that a word? dunno...) in its quality which somewhat diminishes the general experience of the work. that`s about it. (that troll doll is just an adorable little detail.)

great round everyone. awesome works all around.
:)


Pat.

[CrispyPingu]

Here's my top 3:

1: rolox
2: Chuck,mate
3: Tommoy

[Layla_3DT]

1_CUBICcube
2_daveneale
3_Timmy the Turtle

[daveneale]

Very cool round indeed!...My votes:

1: Rolox-One slick image-you have the awesome combo of composition/design and colours all merged into a lovely pic.

2: Chuck,mate-Your consistently on form dude, I especially love your colours on this one-you've used a pallet with such variety and made it work so well!

3: Jpedro-Such a fun design-there's something really endearing about her. Lovely weight (form-wise;)) to the character too. Slightly over-saturated in parts for me but not massively so.

There are other really cool ones in there as well.

[SOUTHERN]

1. Rolox: A clean, crisp image with a very simple pose. Very effective and a nice style. I loved the greyscale images and the way you shaded it. Very impressed.

2. Tommoy: Love the painterly way you work and always follow your posts. Got the vote here for a dynamic pose and great lighting.

3. Chuckmate: Great design and great colors. Always a joy to see.

4. JPedrpo: An awesome character and doing the female of the species was a great idea.

[blackcherry]

This was quite tough to pick. There was so many entries i liked! Well done to everyone, loved all the work posted but my final choices are:

rolox - Loved the colours, style, design and overall feel of the piece! Awesome troll!
Tommoy - Great colours, texture and lighting. I also liked the trolls expression and the detail on his body.
SOUTHERN - Nice pose, figure and design. I like the colouring and the detail on his body, like the skin and hairs.

[artina]

Hey guys,
My top three are:

1) Rolox - The colors are awesome, the pose is fluid and the piece looks "magical".
2) ChuckMate - Excellent color variation (hopefully I can take some notes and apply it to my work), great pose, and character design is full of detail.
3) Southern - it's a simple pose with great detail and personality. The stylization is cool because it's like a muppet character gone psycho. Great textures too.

I had fun in this challenge. It was my first one. I'll see you next month. Good luck everyone.

[Giorge]

1.Timmy the Turtle
2.jpedro
3.daveneale

[rolox]

Thanks very much pals for the votes and his appreciables words. Thanks Pat for the critique too, what you say about the hands is true.
It's been a little while ago that I discovered the magazine and I fell in love with this event instantly.
Undoubtedly, I came to stay.
My votes:

1 · Chuck,mate: You have a nice style. In this piece I liked very much the palette and the work that you made with light, the character's expression is excellent.
Great work.
2 · Tommoy: Great work of light in this piece. I coincide with Cuck.mate, strong atmosphere and good composition. The balance of shades and lights is magnificent.
3 · Jpedro: Nice style. A character with a lot of charisma. I like very much the pose and the expression. Pretty piece.

[Dreygus]

1) Hopsy - The texture, color and very organic quality of this work grabbed my admiration from the start. It's nice to see a work that still has a hand-crafted look to it.
2) Daveneale - I picked this because the character design appealed to me, and looked like a nice plush-toy design. The lighting, sharp contrast of trees in the fore-ground, and nicely featured expression contributed to a nice mood.
3) liransz - Again, another nice character design. Very happy feel, and liked the glowing staff and multiple eyes. Perhaps a bit more detail could be added to the work, but I liked it.

Smot - my little boy liked this one - he wanted to know why he was crying. I like it too, only would have liked to see the figure be a bit closer to center the attention.
Macaruba-great wood-cut style!
Murdox X - would have liked to see more detail. But makes me think of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Nice character!
loztvampir3 - Beautiful color work. The Thomas Kincaid of Trolls :)

[jpedro]

awesome work people, and many thanks for the kind words. davenale, thanks for the crit!

i vote as follows:
1) Rolox- Coloring is really tight and fitting, super sweet style, i love it.
2) Artina- really nice shot and i like the moment you capture, very good expression.
3) ChuckMate- Cool lighting and another great character by you mister.

4) DAvenale, i like the unusual design and the kinda sad look of him/her.
5) Tommoy, also a very good submission in which i like both composition and also the design of the troll. my small crit would be the very different anatomy of his left arm compared to his right. his left arm looks really elongated and his right arm in comparison has a huge hand and a very strange transition from upper arm to lower arm.
6) Southern, well done but i think some of the volumes of him could be a bit more defined as he looks a bit flat in places. maybe it's also that in some of the wips i recall from you where he was not cut out that worked a bit better for me.

[Machuca]

My votes go to:

Timmy the Turtle:Great design
Murdokx: The best Character
Rolox: Great Colors

[miss.lynette]

Such a toughy this one - you've all really impressed this month so congrats must go to everyone. Thanks for kicking 2009 off with your great support everyone!

As always, there can only be three winners, so here go my faves for this challenge (wish I could vote for more though :():

1 - Tommoy
2 - cubicCUBE
3 - daveneale

Thanks everyone, looking forward to seeing you all again in the Bigfoot challenge currently in the WIP stage :)

[HareTrinity]

1 - Jpedro: Great piece, good colour, an interesting take on the anatomy, plus I've spent too much time on ChOW and their continued lack of variety in women really bugs me (all stereotyped attractive and skinny, edging on too skinny for the most part).
[And yes, I know that last bit makes me sound fat, but seriously! I like my men near on anorexic too, doesn't mean I can't design a healthy/pudgy male char.]

2 - Daveneale: Aww! I like the original take; less human than the others, but you could still see why mythology would paint them up as freakish humans.

3 - Tommoy: Nothing I find special about the troll's design here, but I like the scene and atmosphere of the piece. The colouring style/quality seems a bit irratic (e.g. comparing the foot closest to its knee or the leaves to the left of it), but it kinda works and the face is the focus and well done.

[jason01]

1. Liransz
2. Rolox
3. jpedro - I saw this and just about lost my lunch. perfect. so disgusting.

[liransz]

hi, my votes goes to:
1- daveneale
2-smot
3-jpedro

thanks dreygus and jasono1!

good luck all!

[the_original_sean]

#1- Chuck Mate This is almost exactly what i picture when i think troll. a litte wierd that it came so close to my thoughts. Crits- the first many times i looked at it i thought he only had one leg. maybe i'm just a retard. also his tattoos kinda look like theyre floating, like they dont wrap to the muscles.

#2-Urih_pta2 i love the perspective and stylized anatomy and the concept the most. the pubes are the icing on the cake. i also really like the blue light from the left, thats something i want to learn to do better. or ...just do for that matter. Crits- the painting seems ill defined (for lack of a better term) Of course this is in comparison to other high detail pieces (such as chuck mates )

#3-Liransz i like the original idea and how it looks kinda grafficky. Crits- i like the way the light washes everything out but i woulda put it a bit further away from the troll so the left side of him is a little more defined

#4- Jpedro No word of a lie, i saw a stripper who looked just like this (give or take a few fingers and toes) at Hamilton Strip in Ontario. Crits- Stop digging up my suppressed memories.

[jpedro]

:) you gotta face that shit...just helpin you deal with it all-

thanks for the comment dude, cracked me up ;)

[Hopsy]

1. - Chuck, mate. very good style, character simple and energetic, lights very fine.
2. - Rolox - professional artwork, but for me it is not "a troll". Right hand strange.
3. - Tommoy - good character, atmosfera and composition. There are some parts where it is too dark. Troll's hands and legs are a bit strange.

[Tommoy]

1:Loztvampir3
Just like your storytelling style, maybe technicaly not the best but this certainly is a troll like I imagine them. Perhaps the piece could bennefit fromthe use of textures and different brushes.
2:Chuckmate
Again a brilliant work, specialy the head is eyecandy. Jim Henson or not I'm still missing sommething in the torso/hip/butt area;).
3:Rollox
Superb image but not definatly a troll, the butterfly is indeed a good focalpoint but the eye keeps wandering al over the picture.

I would like to comment on more entries but I have a bad connection. Maybe later.

[liransz]

thanks original sean... totally agree with you

[Adele]

my votes go to:

Rolox Outstanding stylized troll...love the composition and the colour. The line work is great and the details are eyecatching...I love a good skull!

Chuck,mate Also eyecatching and great character...nice expression!

liransz So cute! Nice looking little troll! I agree the colours are a little washed out BUT I like the simple design of him/her. Im imagining him with a squeaky voice and a lisp going 'come on bird, lets go hunting'

[MJ_Alcazar]

I think I've been here six months. If not, sorry about that.

Very tough to vote, so many really great entries.

1. Timmy the Turtle - love the design. And the story in it.
2. Lostvampir3 - loving the looks on the troll's face and the fish. Really interesting story in this one.
3. jpedro - I love the character, she has an awesome look on her face. Plus, someone did a female troll. Very nice.

[The Antarctican]

Wow what an extraordinary challenge. So many great pieces. Very tough to decide.
1)Timmy The Turtle - It's quite simply stunning. Great use of environment.
2)Loztvampir3 - Superb detail and 'feels' the way a troll would look.
3)Artina - Just very funny and wonderful finish to whole piece. Great character.

However well done to everyone. They're all incredible pieces.

[Jeremy Hoffman]

Hmmmm, it's hard to choose, but here it is:

1. Tommoy: This picture gives me the ultimate feeling of a troll. It gives me the feeling that i found him in the forrest... i'm looking at him and he's looking at me.... strange creature (me or him? ;-)) And great style, technique, composition... well done!
2. Artina: Maybe the most original idea!! Very cool and funny! And the graphics also look very good. Good pose of the troll!
Only the light could have been extremer (with the shadows etc...). So that you can feel he's outside (sunny, cloudy, etc..). It would make it more alive (and not like a setting).
3. Rolox: This is realy good work. I like your choice in color and it's look perfect. A real professional style! Only one thing is missing for me, it doesn't give me the ultimate troll feeling. More of a warrior and he looks too intelligent for a troll (for example his pose).

GREAT WORK GUYS/GIRLS!!!!!!! Very inspiaring!

[loztvampir3]

great round....so many wonderful works..
here is my vote:
1. Tommoy
2. Southern
3. Cubicube
Thanks everyone ..see u in the next challenge. ;-)

[CUBICcube]

Vote time.
1 MurdokX
2 Jpedro
3 tommoy
Great Jorb everyall.

[Peter Berkovski]

1.rolox - great work dude, really close to stylised meaning
2.Tuovni - nice shot ;)dig the face expression
3.liransz - simple and clear ;) good luck
4.The Antarctican - one vote for you too bro, I wish the votes could be 4 but they are only 3
*ChukMate, daveneale, very very professional work as always but you know the rest should take theyr chance too, sorry nothing personal ;)
Best wishes and good luck to eveyone

[Urih_pta2]

1 - Timmy the Turtle -shiiiiiiny
2 - Jpedro - Love! jejejejej
3 - rolox - nice style

[Chate Noire]

1 - Chuck,Mate. Gorgeous, unique colors, awesome lighting (even the light is stylized =)) and excellent design.

2 - Rolox. The head is fantastic - very stylized and full of personality. The body follows nicely, although there's something awkward about the hand that's resting on his hip. And the butterfly vs. skull heap are lovely additions =)

3 - liransz. It's cute, it has a nice style and design, and the color scheme works well overall.

[Atastrophea]

Great standard this round (didn't bring mine to poll as I wasn't happy with the rush job I did)

My vote:

1) Rolox I loved this entry, lovely use of colour & stylised form. Only CC I can think of is I might have altered the butterfly it was a bit more "cartoony" than the rest but I think thats just my personal taste.

2) Southern Lovely execution although not quite as stylized and original as Rolox I thought. Really reminds me of my first boyfriend lol! (Don't get me wrong I was very fond of him and he's a nice enough guy, its an appearence thing only! Chuck, Mates also is a little similar to him. hehe ;))

3) argh this was between JPedro & Timmy the Turtle for me, I think J pedro's has the most character and because I've been reading Tad Williams Storm series lately she really resonates with the Quanc troll folk in that for me, but I love the story in Timmys, arghhh..... JPedro - I love her too much :) but Timmy is my close 4th:

HONORABLE MENTIONS: (I know we're meant to only pick 3 but...

Timmy the Turtle lovely story and use of light I thought :)

Daveneale Very cute and lovely translucency/texture on that ear, but I didn't feel you were pushing yourself as much as you could have, sticking in the cute pudgy comfort zone a bit ;) and I'd have liked to see a bit more narrative. x

Tommoy very nice execution just not as much to my personal taste as the ones above.

Machuca nice idea but I think it could have used a bit more on the render.

And finally Smot I liked your story and layout but maybe some areas could have used a little more texture/definition.

Thats my tuppence well done everyone for taking part :)

~^-^~

[miss.lynette]

Hello everyone, Voting has now ended - will be back soon with the results! Good luck everyone!

[miss.lynette]

And the Winners Are......

1st: Rolox
2nd: Chuck,mate
3rd: Tommoy

Well done all! :)

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

4th: Timmy the Turtle
5th: Jpedro
6th: Daveneale
6th: Loztvampir3
7th: Liranz
8th: CUBICcube
9th: Artina
9th: Murdokx
10th: Hopsy


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 - Rolox, Chuck,mate & Tommoy - 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 February issue as soon as it's available.;)

Thanks everyone for another great challenge! See you in the Bigfoot thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=145940) :D ...

[Chuck,mate.]

woooot! :)
congrats Rolox - so well deserved, yup.
tommoy - you the man. congrats buddy. ;)

well done everyone.
really well done.


cheers,
P.

[Tommoy]

Congrats Rolox and Chuck,mate.
Great round, thanks for the votes and nice comments peeps. See you all at the Bigfoot party.

[rolox]

Wooow!!! I'm touched! :bashful:
Congratulations Chuck,mate and Tommoy. :)
Thanks very much to all for your votes, kind words and crits, and thanks to all the challengers to fill this place with art. :lifedrawing:

See you all soon, maybe for the bigfoot. :wink: