SUPER Stylised Challenge - February 2009 - Cyclops - VOTING!

[miss.lynette]

Hello All! This is the new VOTING thread for the Cyclops 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.

MurdokX (posted 1/Mar - permissions given to post final in Voting thread)
Gusrojas80 (posted 28/Feb)
Macaruba (posted 28/Feb) - please choose only one final image to submit in the Voting thread!
Urih pta2 (posted 28/Feb)
Dmarshallarts (posted 28/Feb)
Mokad (posted 28/Feb)
Marcuswelbey (posted 28/Feb)
Blackcherry (posted 28/Feb)
The Antartican (posted 27/Feb)
Ostrander (posted 27/Feb)
Enosh B (posted 27/Feb)
Ircha (posted 27/Feb)
Oritey (posted 27/Feb)
Alexnegrea (posted 27/Feb)
Gnahz (posted 26/Feb)
NZ0B1 (posted 26/Feb)
R Marz (posted 17/Feb)
Liranz (posted 17/Feb)
Artina (posted 17/Feb)
Zimfin (posted 12/Feb)
Pixeltuner (posted 11/Feb)
Chate Noire (posted 9/Feb)
Cookiedough (posted 8/Feb)
Rosatron (posted 5/Feb)

(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 March 2009 10:30AM GMT.

Only entries posted in the SUPER Stylised Challenge - February 2009 - Cyclops - VOTING! thread before this date will be eligible for Voting!

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

We will post to commence the Voting on the 8th March.

New Voting Rules and Restrictions
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 ConceptArt.org 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 or get your friends to vote for you in an attempt to influence votes, it's not an attractive quality.
5. The 3DTotal team are all able to vote from their CA.org accounts some of us have fewer than 50 posts but we know who we are!

We will award 3pts for a 1st place vote, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Then we will add them up and ship out your prizes!
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)

[MurdokX]

Thanks! miss lynette good luck guys

[mokad]

GL all, it's gonna be a tough vote! I look forward to seeing everyone's finals.

[rosatron]

finale

[Oritey]

Let the Mortal Combat Begins!
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[Ostrander]

Good Luck everyone!!

[liransz]

here it is my tortured cyclope.
good luck everyone!!
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[gnahz]

Final
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s288/gnahzCA/cycs.jpg

[Macaruba]

I am going to submit my Cyclopsian Gent as my final.
I think it's more original and has a better colour combination than my Cybot Attack.
Good Luck to everyone.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3621/3316995850_5fc7f38d31_o.jpg (http://www.macaruba.com)


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

[blackcherry]

http://www.biscuitofdoom.net/Forum/baby_cyclops_09.jpg

Good Luck Everone! :)

[Urih_pta2]

Goodluck!

[gusrojas80]

Very nice entries guys, very varied concepts and styles. Here is mine.
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[Enosh B]

Good luck everyone! :teeth:

[miss.lynette]

hello my lovely stylised challengers, i'm soooooooo sorry for having not set up March's challenge yet, please do forgive the delay, it'll be coming tomorrow. which also means: suggestions still welcome for the March challenge! hit me at lynette@3dtotal.com with suggestions, and I'll bring you the next spangly challenge tomorrow. thanks everyone, see you tomorrow! :)

[dmarshallarts]

Knockout work everyone! tough choice :eyecandy:

[alexnegrea]

well.. good luck my friends! very nice concepts!

[zimfin]

Good luck folks!

[ircha]

finale
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/397/26618799.jpg

[artina]

Hey everyone,
This is my entry. Good luck to all. I can't wait for the next challenge.

[Cookiedough]

http://home.casema.nl/dabjai/art/115cyclops.jpg

[The Antarctican]

Wonderful variations from everyone. All the best.

[marcuswelbey]

Hi dudes! here's my final. I hope you like it.
Good luck everyone!!

marcuswelbey

II Lions -WILD GRAPHICS-
http://www.2lions.blogspot.com

[liransz]

marcuswelbey... miedo me daria hurgar en ese ombligo

[miss.lynette]

Hello! Voting can now begin - best of luck to all!

Voting Rules and Restrictions
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 ConceptArt.org 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 or get your friends to vote for you in an attempt to influence votes, it's not an attractive quality.

5. The 3DTotal team are all able to vote from their CA.org accounts some of us have fewer than 50 posts but we know who we are!

We will award 3pts for a 1st place vote, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Then we will add them up and ship out your prizes!

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! Good luck to all! :)

[liransz]

yay! im gonna be te first one to vote! here i go:

1- marcuswelbey i just love that stupid face and the little "things" around
2-urih_pta2 It is the sufficiently perverted to me (where did you get that idea of the pipi??), and i like the ligthing
3-artinalove the general "antique poster" feeling

good luck everyone!

[marcuswelbey]

Hi there!
too dificult to chose, but my votes goes to:

1. liransz: I like your work so much,the atmosphere and the expression of the little girl.
2. urih_pta2: Great ligthing effects.
3. Oritey: I think one of the most original ideas in this challenge.

that's it! Good luck people!

[alexnegrea]

ok ... my votes go to...

1.rosatron - i like the expression of your cyclops. very funny concept
2.oritey - very very original idea. i still think that a few kids would have animated that illustration.
3.dmarshallarts - funny concept and original idea.

well this is it... good luck my friends

[CrispyPingu]

here are my votes:

1: Oritey
2: artina
3: Ostrander

[The Antarctican]

1) Cookiedough - I really like this piece. I enjoyed the development of your character and I think your line work is lovely. I find the creature so perculiar that it just stands out. Strong finish too.
2) Gnahz - Very fond of your stuff as a rule. Your interpretation of stylized is spot on. It's also amusing, and I like the way that with just a few well placed lines you convey brilliantly the cyclops' personality. Excellent.
3) Urih_Pta2 - Reminiscent of the Ray Harryhausen cyclops, but with your own particular spin on the character. I think it's superb. The final render, as with all your work, is really exceptional.

Well done everyone.

[Ostrander]

1. Gnahz
2. Urih Pta2
3. rosatron

[MurdokX]

1.The Antarctican-overall quality and storytelling aspect
2.artina-
3.Maracuba

[blackcherry]

rosatron : Love the style, concept and colours and the overall look of the whole piece.
Oritey: Nice idea! Really like the evil door and the damaged effects surrounding it. Great piece!
gnahz: Bright, simple and effective with a fun concept! :) I like the background texture too.

[Urih_pta2]

sorry for the other creations, all are good but only 3 options.

1 - Marcuswelbey 3points ----- I love the lighting and concept
2 - Liranz 2points --- I Love the style, the scene and the idea
3 - Maracuba 1 point --- I like a lot the presentation and the idea

[mokad]

my votes!

1. gnahz - love the simple colours and line work, and simple concept.
2. Cookiedough - stylization is awesome
3. marcuswelbey - love the rendering

GL ALL!

[gusrojas80]

Hey everyone, there are many things interesting in this works and i hope everyone enjoyed doing this as much as i did, here are my votes:

1st Oritey, i love this concept its absolutely original congratulations from my part.
2nd the antarctican, its a wonderful work, i like the color combination and some details
3rd urih_pta2, i like the atmosphere, i think some details could be added for example the nails could be more detailed, and one question, the kidnapped girl is peesing?

[artina]

1. Blackcherry
2. Macaruba
3. Ircha

Good luck guys!

[miss.lynette]

This was soooo tough! Here's my vote for this month, but well done to all!

1 - Gnahz
2 - The Antartican
3 - Ostrander

Many thanks, see you in the Centaur challenge :)

[Macaruba]

1. The Antartican - Freakshow Clops - The detail in the cart is awesome, the shading is lovely.
2. Urih pta2 - Rooftop Cyclops - Great character, well lit. Could have had more detail and texture on the hands, but the dribble of wee is 'class'.
3. Ostrander - Wereclops - Lovely pen work, my type of character. Great situation and anatomy. Textures are nice but colours are too muted.

runners up in order
Marcuswelbey - Belly Tatt - Great looking characters, No story to speak of though.
Oritey - Clopsdoor - Love the concept here, great painting and mood. Although I did like it with the Kids in (the idea of the boys painting graffiti to play a trick on the girl was nice)
Liranz - Missing Eye Girl - Great texturing and story telling. Sooo disturbing! Not quite a Cyclops though.
Artina - Cyclops Mickey - Really nice twist on Mickey, when comparing to the original there is enough of a difference to not be an exact trace, which is very excellent. Colours and shading are great also.
Gnahz - Many Eyed Frog - Nice characters and idea of bewilderment. Perhaps Cyclops could have had a more sad expression and the frog a more satisfied one to contrast the characters more!
Cookiedough - Octoclops - Lovely character, I like the pen lines that have been recoloured, nice texturing and shading too, although the whole image seems a little too faded and light.
Rosatron - Monocular Tightrope - I really liked this one, very simple, nice expression, perhaps could have had a bit more contrast in the shadows.
MurdokX - Cybot Attack 2 - Great feeling of action and movement and a reason for me not to choose my Cybot Attack. I always want you to sharpen up your painting and not be so blurry, but then you may loose something!
Mokad - Jack - Nice character and colour scheme, good texturing, wobbly aces and J looks a touch sloppy some parts of the outline are too thick.
Zimfin - Ink Telescope - I like the boldness of the colours, the anatomy looks a bit wrong. But I do like the ink idea though.
Blackcherry - Baby Beam - nice clean lines and shapes, I don't really understand the floating spheres and the droopy stick thing in his hand? I would like to see it in full colour.
Dmarshallarts - Rocky - Nice colouring, I love his eye and the Tiger-T detail - Hands look awkward though and I think the crowd photo is bad - just draw it all!
Ircha - Waders Clops - Nice character and colouring, looks a little too sketchy! the background relys too much on photographic texture.
Alexnegrea Bullring Clops - I like the hair texture. Background is a bit too scratchy!
Gusrojas80 - Seymoure Lens - Good concept, but try to loosen up the figure pose and pay more attention to the background.
Enosh B - Clubclops - Good expression but I think he needs a story, his pose looks a little awkward too.

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

[zimfin]

1) Oritey Loved this different take on the theme and it makes me smile!

2) Urih_pta2 Very nice feel to this. Well rendered.

3) marcuswelby Strange! Love the look on his face too.

Well done everyone!

[miss.lynette]

And the Winners Are......

1st: Oritey
2nd: Gnahz
3rd: Urih pta2

Well done all! :)

2nd and 3rd plce this month actually tied: both Gnahz and Urih pta2 came in second; however, as we must have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd, we went through the votes again and found that Gnahz had more 1st place votes cast than Urih pta2, which is how we decided on 2nd and 3rd place this month. Hope that makes sense!

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

4th: The Antarctican
5th: Marcuswelbey
6th: Rosatron
7th: Liranz
7th: Artina
7th: Cookiedough
8th: Macaruba
9th: Blackcherry
9th: Ostrander
10th: Ircha

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 - Oritey, Gnahz & Urih pta2 - 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 April issue as soon as it's available.;)

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