T-DOME: Last Man Standing Round One (Matches 25-36)

[strych9ine]

T-DOME: Last Man Standing Round One (Matches 25-36)

Here it is, you talented bastards. The time for you to see all your hard work matched up against your random opponents for the first time. Only one person from each match makes it to round two. To everyone who participated, thanks for helping make this dome a memorable one. To everyone who missed the boat this time around , you're still in for a hell of a ride.

Entries are listed in the order the match is listed (ie. Dude1 vs Dude2: Dude1 will be first image listed, Dude2 the second. Amazing!)

Match 25 – Interceptor vs flaptraps

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/interceptorlink/InterceptorvsFlapTraps.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/flaptraps/FlaptrapsV.jpg

Match 26 – Dsillustration vs Kaoki

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/DSillustration/dsillustration_vs_kaoki.jpg

http://www.arcsirc.com/KaokiVSDSILLUSTRATION_TD.jpg

Match 27 – VirusArtist vs Summer Pudding

http://www.virusarts.com/mostrecent/virusartistvssummerpudding-demonicprince.jpg

http://www.summerpudding.com/index_files/summerpudding_vs_virusartist_TD.jpg

Match 28 – Pan vs Rusty

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/galiffe/PanVSRusty_TD.jpg

http://www.akujin.net//WIP/RustyVsPan_TD.jpg

Match 29 – meeatu vs flex matthews

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a396/meeatu/meeatuVSflexmathews_TD.jpg

http://www.dumbhot.com/ca-tdome/dprince.jpg

Match 30 – Beatnik vs Hybridstar

http://www.zmans.com/beatnikVShybridstar.jpg

Entry not submitted

Match 31 – syris vs Sammy

Syris and I took an alternate approach, based on the novel “DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS” published in 1951 by John Wyndham.
In the story, the entire human populous is rendered blind by a dazzling week-long display of strange meteorites in the sky. Soon after strange “Triffid” plants start appearing to harvest/bleed the humans ----- They are capable of uprooting themselves, and though rather slow, are very formidable predators against a newly blind human population. (and they stand as a prediction of biological future warfare – as Wyndham describes later in his book)
To the blinded people of earth, the unidentified Triffids are very much demons.
Syrus and I approached the concept of the Triffid race as if they were a hive mentality in preparation for courtship ----
- Syrus designing the “Drone Triffid” (Prince)
- And Sammy designing the “Pre-Mated Queen Triffid” (Princess)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/syris/Miscellaneous/demonicprince0040REDUXcopy.jpg

http://image.vark-art.com/sammy/triffidprincessfinalweb.jpg
“Pre-Mated Queen Triffid” (Princess)
The Princess is the largest form or Triffid ---- several times larger than any normal worker Triffid ( 7 feet tall ) ---- for a very specific reason: After courtship she will fold over, root herself, and transform into a biological hive to sprout thousands upon thousands of Triffid workers for her new colony.
In her current ‘Princess’ state she wonders the countryside uprooted, apathetic towards any organism that happens to wonder into her feeders. She is in bloom, and pheromones form a thick blanked across the horizon to attract any ‘Prince’ in the territory.

Match 32 - Groover Mcnab vs john o.

http://www.flipvertical.com/images/groovermcnabVSjohno_TD.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/AncientKitten/johnoVSgroovermcnab_TD1.jpg

Match 33 - Dan.v.D. vs p4b10

http://vilestyle.com/ca/dan.v.d_VS_p4b10_TD.jpg

http://www.p4b10.com/sketchbook/p4b10VSdanvd_TD.jpg

Match 34 – seb vs xenos

http://www.myamada.com/SEBvsXENOS.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/puppeli/xenosVSseb_TD.jpg

Match 35 – Gloklund vs loomer

http://rhinohidestudios.com/images/GloklundVSLoomer_TD.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/saltmann/demonprince-Tdome.jpg

Match 36 – Pupil vs Badger

http://myspace-029.vo.llnwd.net/00180/92/07/180057029_l.jpg

http://www.gilly.org.uk/badgertracks/badgerVSpupil_TD.jpg

[Main Loop]

very nice flaptraps, i like the column of bodies.. Summer pudding - awesome environment.. Rusty, the face is off the hook, Sammy great job, I like yours a lot too, loomer.. oils?

[hurricane]

Great round !

i feel sorry for the judges in this one too !!

[Carnifex]

concur with you hurri.
i'm most overwhelmed by dsillustration's in this one.the concept is just...brilliant! it's just so brutal,raw...but totally fitting. it's goddam demons!
wow.

[MoP]

Yet another truckload of great work!

flaptraps, DSillustration, Summer Pudding, Pan, Rusty and Sammy, simply stunning stuff. Such an array of moods, colours and themes, you've all carried it off in a different direction but executed very nicely in all cases.

I also like the unorthodox shapes and colours found in p4b10's piece, and the depth of pupil's drawing. Very good!

[Aly Fell]

Pudding, I really want to see yours bigger! (Oooh er...) Interceptor... you made I laugh! DS... fab! Badge and Pupil's gonna be interesting... very different takes... Yet again, great work here. Aaargh...

[Main Loop]

i dont see flex's

[Matt Smith]

Stellar work everyone, I cant wait to see round 2.

[Shinryu]

flaptraps, summer pudding, sammy and p4b10 are my favs from here, but there are some real close call battles here

good work all


-shin

[0kelvin]

DSIllustration: Wow, that's brutal! You've definitely got the evilest of the demon princes in the competition.

Summer Pudding: Kickass! Love the transparent skin, and just the general shape of it.

Sammy: Cool take on the topic. I love all the little details, like the monkeys and flowers. Great work.



0kelvin

[maxetormer]

Dsillustration: So I presuem there were sum difficulties on the birth ;)
great image, man I wanna be able to handle my anatomy with the
same control and naturality that you display on your work,
REALLY a great entry! :^^:

Summer Pudding: Scary imaginery, my fave in terms of atmospheric
perspective and sence of mistery 8)

Rusty: Only you could came up with such amazing economy of brush
strokes, what a great sence of bulk!! :^^:

Gloklund: my personal fave form all the TD entries, great imaginery
well supported by solid ancient symbolism, dude, its just really distubing
to a lot of levels, you have my deepest respect,
truly an unique piece :hatsoff:

Pupil: The detail on the throne is pure goodness and the way you
modeled the light its just "A" class work, really asum!! :)

[VirusArtist]

DAMN.. i hate to admit it, but summerpudding... you just kicked my ass... DAMN nice mood and execution

flaptraps, Dan.v.D. , p4b10 and rusty... AWESOME!!

Dsillustration: you are SICK!!! love it to death!!!!

I wouldnt wanna be the judge in this TD... some of these duels are insanely close calls!

Etienne

[Ragnar X]

good work flaptraps!

[flaptraps]

Awesome turn out everyone! it's cool to see all the work that everyone put time into.

Rust- great expression on the face and body! very cool

Pud- pretty wicked piece!

Interceptor- Most creative, and great layout man:)

great work everyone!

[Kaoki]

aw shucks Dsillustration, looks like i done and got myself owned.

so much friggin eyecandy <3

[DSillustration]

kaoki,
i am honored.

[Ostrander]

Loomer, I just wanted you to know that I love the color in your piece and I look forward to trading sketches of our designs. Good Luck my friend.

Maxetormer- Thank you very much, that is a very wonderful compliment. I wanted to try something with a bit of underlying symbolism, something you wouldn't necessarily see at first glance. I also wanted to use the devices of the religious work done in the early Renaissance to try and give it some believability, like this was some demonic cults anit-christ imagery from centuries ago. :bashful:

[Marko Djurdjevic]

Beautiful work seb!!! Outstanding Illo, I would love to have a poster of that on my wall.

Marko

PS. Dude, DSIllustration, I didn't even recognize your work, so different from your other stuff. Rusty, I wish you would have finished yours. Great start.

Awesome Atmosphere. Sammy and Summer Pudding. Very very nice.

[xia]

Rusty>> Fucking awesome! Love the emo on the piece...fuck yeah.

Flap, DS, Sammy, pudding, pan, flexie>> fuck! too many good work in here.

Great entries all :)

[prostate sunrise]

flaps, rusty, DS, pudding, sammy, pablo, and seb, awesome work!

[Badger]

I seem to have been owned, no surprise there.
Pete, sweet work! i properly wowed at your piece.
Sammy, LOVE YOU.
-B-

[thirdeye]

Dsillustration - I agree with Marko - this piece is so different than your usual style that I had to check if it's really yours. Great piece tho.

Rusty - great mood, somehow it reminds me of Frazetta - too bad it's not finished.

Summer Pudding - great one, very original - it's my fav in this batch.

[Eriboss]

Really strong thread, some of my favorites in here, really high standard of work - Flap, DS, Pudd, Glockland - really caught my eye, P4B10 - another favorite of mine, just realllly works for me!! and Lady Badger - I still stand by my previous statement about your piece - great wings by the way :D

Cheers

Eri

[Rusty]

gosh!!...im just blowen away by all the awesome entrys.

first off,thx Pan for no standing me up ;).man its quite eiree how we came up similar compositions(sitting on a throne,holding a staff,armour on the shins)we must off been that stressed that we communicated psychicaly..heh...im pretty convinced itll be a close decision.lovely work.

Stand out pieces 4 me have to go to Dsillustration,Summer Pudding,Sammy,Seb..as marko put it Seb,thats poster material man,just beautiful..

welldone all,congrats.

...Jace

[shadoman]

There is so much amazing shit going on here I cannot keep my eyes from blinking... superb works. DSIllustration, Sammy, and p4b10 are my favs.

[Beatnik]

So many amazing works! Can't wait to see the next round. :yayca:

[Pan]

man its quite eiree how we came up similar compositions(sitting on a throne,holding a staff,armour on the shins)we must off been that stressed that we communicated psychicaly


Heh, that is bizarre. We must've had some kind of transpacific mind meld or something. I'm just glad I didn't make an ass of myself. You did a lovely job yourself :)

Summer Pudding's is probably my favorite piece. Seb's is also very nice; I hope you post a larger version at some point so we can see more of the detail. Loomer's is quite cute, and I love Sammy and syris's pieces for the sheer originality of the concept.

Best of luck to everyone!

[loomer]

Main loop - yeah ...oils. I wish I got a better digital pic...I feel alot of the subtle colors and tones were lost...but I have no one to blame but myself.

DS - you sick fuck..that's great. I especially love the khaki pants on your demon prince :wink:

SummerPudding- this piece fuckn owns- very fun to look at

Rusty - beautiful simplicity...I tried to do something with sprawling wings too, but you pulled it off way better

flaptraps..great design...something I also tried to focus on, but yours is super hot

Gloklund - my man. It was the greatest of pleasures doing this with you..Your piece is fantastic...looking forward to that sketch! you said you were doing lots of research and trying to so something different and you succeeded. Cheers to you my man. Very cool doing a challenge with someone who is also so supportive of his competitor...a true gentleman.
rawk awn

[blankslatejoe]

p4b10, janu, summer pudding, those are some sweet looking pieces fellas!

[Aerythes]

Flaptraps, DS, Pudding, Sammy... you guys don't disappoint. Incredible work!

[draw]

Rusty and Summer Pudding My favourites for round one

[p4b10]

Great round, i really like flaptrap comp, summer puding, ds, rusty, sammy... lot of good entries

[Interceptor]

Nice work everyone!!!

Yeesh, being paired against flaptraps makes me realize even MORE how much more training I need.

[syris]

well.. just got wtfpwned by sammy... goodjob man!

[AmishCommy]

Dsillustration - Nice drawing and composition, but i think you're better off with traditional media.

Rusty - Havent seen much from you in a while, glad to see you still got it.

Sammy - I swear dude, you're not human.

p4b10 - nice concet and nice execution.

seb - Very Cool. Kinda has this Mucha meets Klimpt quality to it.

loomer - cute.

[John]

Sammy, Summerpudding, Seb ... i feel humbled. Groover, it's nice getting my ass kicked by someone who knows the human figure as well as you do. I wish i had put more time into my entry to give you a good fight. I can't even look at the drapery on mine, and the blocky hands.
Btw, i used a photo by Ken Wong on mine and wanted to paint over it for the texture in the process, but in the hurry i was in it ended up in the final. I hope it is not a problem - i didn't get to ask Ken if it was ok to use it :\ - if it is, i can either remove the photo or accept InstaDefeat for being a stupid kid :)
Dan, your stuff has really evolved. How was your bands show? I'd have gone there but i was in belgium at the time :)

[Sinix]

DS was about the last person I expected to win the trophy for the most disturbing piece...... remind me not to piss you off

and... damn, sammy and summer brought in the fiercest environments of the round, great showing.

[csteingart]

Your a sick, sick man DS. Great concept, beautiful rendering, but really nothing left to the imagination.

c

[Groover McNab]

john o. - Thanks man. :vodka2:

A lot of good stuff on this thread. Sammy's piece is nuts!

[Sammy]

syris, nice one! I like the demonic twist on it a lot - keeps it really fresh and not strictly sci-fi like mine came out : ]
The "Garden of Evil" snake comes out really nicely.


Summer Pudding, so much awesome depth in your piece --- great lighting, such demension!

xenos, fucking awesome ---- yours actually scares the crap out of me, there's a ton of emotion in it.

Interceptor, flaptraps --- the most inspiring matchup I've seen yet, tons of graphic inspiration.

p4b10 ---- great design, I hope i get to play a game some day with your designs behind it.

[vigostar]

I cant even start to begin here.... Sammy, Loomer, DS, Flaptraps, interceptor, Groover, Sebs, Kaoki, summer pud, Pan, Flex, p4b10.. Dmab you guys are all killer... DAN I have to say that you really shocked me here. I didnt think you could get that twisted... Looks amazing... My fav out of the bunch,.. and close second is my compadre Loomer.. That is awesome dude...

[Dougbot]

Again, as I've said on the other pages, incredible work.

Flaps-awesome, good sense of design.
Rusty-friggin cool badass design.

[Atmospheria]

Damn, some quality stuff here
Congrats to all!

[Johann de Venecia]

DSillustration, SICK! That's awesome. Definitely worth the wait. The mom must have gone through a pretty painful labor judging from the expression on her face: "Huff...huff...huff...........BLArggg." lol priceless.

Summer Pudding's is great too, and the first one to ever finish which makes it even more impressive. That is truly a vision of hell, that behemoth is frightening.

This has got to be my favourite thread. So much to see, everyone on an outstanding level. I'd name names but I'm a lousy typer. You know who you are. Congrats, guys.

[alti]

Dsillustration wow, so baddass , you to flaptraps.
rusty you have this menacing atmosphere working for you, loving the reds and demonic conan feel.
sammy thats an awsome take on the triffids, i hope thats the next movie to be remade.
flex you got a creepy ambience flowing from that little dude.


great work. good luck for round 2.

-alti

[Tyler_Lockett]

summer pudding is my hero!

more props:
sammy: whoa! always on point with the unique concepts..but the execution is so nice too man..wow..midway is doing good by you!

pan : loving the cultural flavor to this

dsillustration. whoa

ty

[Orcatraz]

Great work everyone, my favs are flaptraps, Dsillustration, Summer Pudding, Rusty, flex matthews, Sammy, xenos. so many awesome pieces.

[nicolas]

Dang, some real beauts in this thread!
my favs, seb, summer pudding, loomer ( thats gotta be the cutest entry in this TD, I love it), and Rusty...damn dood, why didn't you finish that?!?! the pose alone is awesomness in a can.
awesome job everyone! can't wait for round 2.... :confident

[meeatu]

Badger , i love the B/W rendering and damn very strong in lighting too. Sam ... good god. Awesome work gang.

[clogik]

stunning work kids.

massive kudos to: loomer, pupil, seb, groover, sammy, flex, pan, rusty, summer puddding-------and thank you ds illos for the delightful imagery that will stain my mind for years to come.

[Hyver]

Shoutouts for this thread:

Flaptraps!
DSillustration!
Virusartist!
Summerpudding!
Rusty!
p4b10!

[Badger]

Badger , i love the B/W rendering and damn very strong in lighting too. Sam ... good god. Awesome work gang.

Thats Pupil's
Mine is the piece of crap in acrylic. :^^:
-B-

[Summer Pudding]

Cheers for the props fellas

My favs have got to be Flappie DS Sammy Rusty p4blo and seb. Outstanding effort here lads.

Thanks a million VirusArtist. It was fun mate. Roll on round 2!

Pud'

EDIT: posted a bigger version of my pic