Stylized Animal Challenge - Jan 2007 - Octopus - VOTING

[ArcticBarbecue]

Please post your Final Images in here, 800 or 1024 size is fine before 8th February 2007 10:30AM GMT.

Only entries posted before this date will be eligible for Voting.

Voting will then start immediately afterwards and will run until 15th February 2007 10:30GMT

I will post to commence the Voting. Voting will be different to last month with each voter putting forward their top 3 in order, 3pts for a 1st place, 2 pts for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. This means that will have to choose carefully! Feel free to give a reason for your choice as it will be good feedback for all of you!

Thanks again for the enourmous amount of work you have all put in.

Ben

[j a k e]

Here's my final :)

I have the process images too.

[Norel]

Here's my final entry. And like Jake (whose picture I like:)), I've got making-of pictures ready, if ever.
Well good luck to all of us :)

86258

[voraz]

FINAL:

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5255/polvecofinal00rtn5.jpg

[Njord-E55]

http://iup.in/img/solbero/octopus.jpg

[kawakaze]

final

[bunny]

Final

[Fuish]

Here's my Final Entry

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/taktera/octopus1.jpg

[Eric Lofgren]

http://ericlofgren.zenutech.com/eric/octopus_in_the_garden.jpg

Good luck everyone! :)

[the nik]

Here it is. Best of luck everyone.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/thenik01/octopuss-1-1.jpg

[chillincauseican91]

final
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g90/chillincauseican91/Squidswillbesquids.jpg

[JL.Alfaro]

I decided to change mine a little... good luck to all!!

[HellTaxi]

Nice work people
http://www.whitehallstudios.com/octomanfinal.jpg

[redehlert]

that's how i roll.
final.
been fun guys!
d

86420

[shaoshao]

http://www.victoriaying.net/stuff/octoladyfinal.jpg

http://www.victoriaying.net/stuff/octobabyfinal.jpg

[viramz]

Well here's mine. Best of luck boys and girls.
http://stud.cmd.hro.nl/0776528/xtra/final_octo2.jpg

[artiphats]

tried something different, wheels are turning for the new Feb. camel topic. Best of luck all.

http://www.houseofscion.com/artwork/artiphats_octopus_fin.jpg

[the nik]

I'm new at this...Where do I go to vote?

[voraz]

Acording to the first post between the 8th and the 15th this month.
I guess it will be in this thread and that there won't be a poll. You'll have to write the 3 you prefer in order of preference.

[Fuish]

Here's the Question of the year, Do we vote for the three that we like excluding ours, or do we vote for the three that we like including ours.

[the nik]

Acording to the first post between the 8th and the 15th this month.
I guess it will be in this thread and that there won't be a poll. You'll have to write the 3 you prefer in order of preference.

Beauty! Aparently I don't read details.

I would assume that we don't include our own in our top 3.

[mikeorion22]

good luck everyone, there are alot of good ones here

[GunTrouver]

Ok, here's my FINAL in highres.:

[shaoshao]

i think this is a complicated way to do the voting because there are people who dont know that they have to submit to the voting thread, so im still waiting for the rest of the enteries to come in before i cast my vote

[edit: sorry didnt read through :P squid set me straight. I retract the above statement]

[Fuish]

Voting doesn't start til the 8th

[Chuck,mate.]

didn`t even know we`re supposed to post our finals. here. ourselves.
alrighty:
http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/7/2/5/f_octopusfii_8745m_e108e3b.jpg

[ArcticBarbecue]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Stop!
Right, Its voting time! I count 20 fabulous entries so a big thanks to all who entered. Im sorry for the change in voting this month but we are trying toget both 2D and 3D comps working the same.

Voting goes : Choose your top 3 and put them in order of 1st 2nd & 3rd. You may give comments if you like, it might be helpful to the artist it relates to. All 1st places will recieve 3pts, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Ill add them up this time next week so you have 7 days from NOW!

[ArcticBarbecue]

Ok, Ill start it off!

1st : Hell Taxi : Love it! a lot of character in this one
2nd : Shao Shao : Nice cross between human and octopus.
3rd : Chuck Mate : Love the style.

[Pete27]

1. j a k e
2. chuck
3. shao shao

lovin em all!

[Chuck,mate.]

though I`m not too sure humanoid characters that are part man part beast
make a "stylized animal" (since it`s not the actuall animal being designed in a style, but rather the animal being incorporated into a human form/character....),
I do think there is some CRAZY artwork here from some CRAZY talented people. :)

my voting then:

1st: Mikeorion
2nd: Squidittch
3rd: Shao

[kawakaze]

1. chuck
2. squidittch
3. mike orion

i kliked these 3 in this order bcuz they are definitive octopus' which do not differ too much from the original form yet all show strong sense of style. incredible work from eveyone though.

[Warin-Zoo Mags]

Here from me!

1st : HellTaxi - unique idea!, love you putting together 'octopus''human' and 'deepfish with Bio fluorescence!' so creative!

2nd : Shoashoa - love an creative idea and colour!

3rd : ChuckMate - simple, but interesting!

Enjoy looking through all enties, well done everybody!


Warin

[entdroid]

1- Mike Orion
2- Chuck Mate
3- Gun Trouver

Great entries, it was a hard decision!

[voraz]

1- Bunny- 3 pts
2- redehlert- 2 pts
3- HellTaxi- 1 pt

[fedezz]

1 - Chuck,mate
2 - mikeorion22
3 - GunTrouver

Great entries everyone. No too sure about the anthros too, I think it kinda derails from the topic, as Chuck said,

[sve]

1 place Squidittch the best in my opinion...
2 place viramz
3 place Eric Lofgren

Then
GunTrouver
JLAlfaro
Shaoshao
artiphats
bunny

So many good ones. I chose the ones which charmed me with personality and a fresh look or fresh style...

[Ostrander]

1.Chuck-ness
2.Guntrover
3.Bunny

[Fuish]

Like chuck said, and I agree with him, even if the creator of the thread voted for the anthro pieces... I liked all the art posted here, but I felt that this was an animal challenge, and I felt these best represented the animal in question.

1 Chuck,mate.
2 mikeorion22
3 Eric Lofgren

[redehlert]

my top five...er six:
1. bunny - don't know why, but bond keeps surfacing in my mind. ya know...from octopussy. hahahahaa. nice job!
2. the nik - face, teef, eyes and pose got me. nicely done.
3. shao shao (humanoid version) - the little fellas win me over. without them, the humor isn't present...but with them it's choice.
4. chuck,mate - love your style, but you know that already.
5. gun trouver - thanksgiving takes on a whole new meanin', pilgrim.
6. hell taxi - i don't get funny from this, but i get wow. nicely handled!

cheers!
d

[the nik]

Here's my votes:
1st Bunny - just feels like it's lookin' at me
2nd Kawakaze - I like the graphic style
3rd mineorion22 - love the 'brows and expression

[Eric Lofgren]

I based my choices on those that chose to stylize an octopus in it's natural form, then skill and finally presentation.

1) Chuckmate
Nailed it in spades across the board.

2) Shao Shao (second one)
I really like the first one you did, but the little octo critter is beautifully rendered.

3) Squidditch
I really like what you did with the octopus, but I think if there were more to see in the background things may have been different with my decision.

Lots of great work to choose from :)

[shaoshao]

1.Eric Lofgren
2.Chuck
3. bunny

Fabulous work all around everyone!

[bunny]

1 - redehlert: Just all-round awsome. It just looks so jumbly and tentacley!
2 - Guntouver: Love the textures man
3 - Chuck,mate

[miss.lynette]

1. bunny - a fantastic character has emerged in this piece; he has a really strong presence and you really do believe that if octopi had roles in the ocean, then this would most definitely be it! strong and commanding: love it.

2. helltaxi - very unique; dark and msyterious - wouldn't want to bump into him down a dark alley ;). loving the use of light and shade that makes you really feel the slimy quality of his skin. pretty creepy, but a great concept and finish.

3. the nik - another great character with a strong personality; very bold and entertaining. he looks as if he's about to say something, which has completely captured my attention.

Lynette - Zoo Publishing

[mikeorion22]

1st- Chuck,mate- even though i think he might be on some art enhancing drug to put out such great work in such short time, i still think his is the best here.

2nd-Squidittch- I really like the simplicity and subtle color variation

3rd-HellTaxi- the rendering was real impressive to me on this one

[BOON]

2nd= Heng, i dont see it but i can feel the spirit of your piece
1st=Squidittch > :)
3rd= redehlert all around awesome

[redehlert]

lol...hey all...thanks for the votes. you guys crack me up. great bunch!
cheers,
d

[Fuish]

Haha boon, you crazy.

[Fuish]

1 place Squidittch the best in my opinion...
2 place viramz
3 place Eric Lofgren

Then
GunTrouver
JLAlfaro
Shaoshao
artiphats
bunny

So many good ones. I chose the ones which charmed me with personality and a fresh look or fresh style...


Heh, thanks, :) That really made my day!

[GunTrouver]

1.kawakazee: Very cool design and colors fit perfectly
2.jake: This style looks great:)
3.Chuck, mate: you become faster with every TD ;)

[Norel]

1. Chuck, mate
2. Bunny
3. Gun trouver

I agree there are pretty good works around there. Congratulations !

[Chuck,mate.]

you people are too nice... thank you very much for all
the votes and kind words. you all rule.
:)

[bdfoster]

my votes:

1) Redehlert -- not only fun stylization, but great concept
2) Chuck, Mate-- so clean it hurts
3) Guntrouver-- Great lines, strange and bizaare

I stayed away from the anthropomorphized creatures, since I didn't feel it fully stayed with the topic. (though ShaoShao's piece almost swayed me)

[the nik]

1. bunny - a fantastic character has emerged in this piece; he has a really strong presence and you really do believe that if octopi had roles in the ocean, then this would most definitely be it! strong and commanding: love it.

2. helltaxi - very unique; dark and msyterious - wouldn't want to bump into him down a dark alley ;). loving the use of light and shade that makes you really feel the slimy quality of his skin. pretty creepy, but a great concept and finish.

3. the nik - another great character with a strong personality; very bold and entertaining. he looks as if he's about to say something, which has completely captured my attention.

Lynette - Zoo Publishing

Thanks,
I think he's about to try and sell you some underwater realestate.

[asoir]

guntrouver-1
redehlert-2
shaoshao-3

incredible peices all

[JL.Alfaro]

My votes:

1. Jake
2. chuck mate
3. GunTrouver

... but they are all awesome!!

-JL

[redehlert]

what? i got some more votes? aw shucks. thanks peeps!
and you're right j....they're all awesome. diversity rocks it.
cheers!
d

[Njord-E55]

1 redehlert
2: bunny
3: Jake

I love your piece redehlert. It got a beautiful use of line and tone in it.

[ArcticBarbecue]

Ok, stop the voting...

Results will be posted in a few minutes!

[ArcticBarbecue]

Standards were extremely high this month! Its great to see the imporvement from evrryone. Well done to all. I hope that those of you who wont be featured can learn from the fantastic tips being given and come back stronger next month!! We would still like to give you all entrants a free copy of 3DCreative anyway for your efforts. Please send your email address to : Ben Barnes (ben@zoopublishing.com)

RESULTS: (top 10)

1st Chuck Mate
2nd Bunny
3rd Redhelert
4th Mike orion 22
& Guntrouver
6th Squidittch
7th Shaoshao
8th Jake
& HellTaxi
10th Kawakaze
& Eric Lofgren

Thanks again everyone.

TOP 3 : Please can the top 3 entries contact Warin Greenway (warin@zoopublishing.com) for their prizes and for submitting the making of their images for inclusion in the April issue of 2DArtist.

[redehlert]

whoa. will do!
thanks for putting this on, articbbq....
this is a treat!
cheers!
d

[Warin-Zoo Mags]

Hello,

Correction: we would like to give you all entrants a free copy for 2DArtist magazine ...not 3DCreative Magazine. Sorry for this small mistake:)


.............We would still like to give you all entrants a free copy of 3DCreative anyway for your efforts. Please send your email address to : Ben Barnes (ben@zoopublishing.com)

RESULTS: (top 10)

1st Chuck Mate
2nd Bunny
3rd Redhelert
4th Mike orion 22
& Guntrouver
6th Squidittch
7th Shaoshao
8th Jake
& HellTaxi
10th Kawakaze
& Eric Lofgren

Thanks again everyone.

TOP 3 : Please can the top 3 entries contact Warin Greenway (warin@zoopublishing.com) for their prizes and for submitting the making of their images for inclusion in the April issue of 2DArtist.

[Eric Lofgren]

Congrats to you folks who placed in the top three. You really deserved the win. But everyone did a stand up job! :)

And thanks for the opportunity and free ish guys!

[Sundance]

1st - Shaoshao
2nd - Chuck,mate.
3rd - Kawakaze

Loved them all...almost inspires me to try a camel...

I'll have to go get that damn Southern Culture on the Skids track to listen to while I work... OH DAVE!!!!!!

Edit due to Literacy Issues: Rats....guess I was to late...ah well Momma always said I should read more...

[redehlert]

sunny d - pm me and i'll see what i can send yer way (Southern Culture). ;)

[mikeorion22]

congratulations to the top three entries, and i have a question were only people who entered allowed to vote or could anyone vote, because i thought i saw people who didnt enter, vote, and was wondering if these counted. Maybe the people putting on the contest should just pick the winners to avoid any complications in the voting.

[bunny]

Congrats all! :)

[bunny]

I'm almost in the same boat as chuck,mate.

I've sent out emails and I have yet to get a reply from either Ben Barnes or Warrin Greenway.

[Eric Lofgren]

For those waiting for replies, I found this at the 2DArtrist site, in the Editorial section-

Also, apologies if you have emailed us recently and not recieved a reply, small technical error (entire email server blew up..) caused us a few problems which are now hopefully sorted.

I'm sure things will be back to normal soon enough :)

[redehlert]

Hey Gang -

I've written to the person I was told to be in contact with, but to no avail so far. That said, I will gladly fulfill my obligation for the tutorial if someone will contact me via my email address: david@cognitionstudio.com and let me know when things are needed by, quantity of steps for the tutorial and how much copy to write for it, and any additional details I need to be aware of.
I've given my email address since I'm departing this forum to immerse myself in my studies, and explore techniques and theories. If I don't hear anything from anyone, please take the fourth place individual in place of my entry.

All the very best,
Dave

[Warin-Zoo Mags]

Hey Gang -

I've written to the person I was told to be in contact with, but to no avail so far. That said, I will gladly fulfill my obligation for the tutorial if someone will contact me via my email address: david@cognitionstudio.com and let me know when things are needed by, quantity of steps for the tutorial and how much copy to write for it, and any additional details I need to be aware of.
I've given my email address since I'm departing this forum to immerse myself in my studies, and explore techniques and theories. If I don't hear anything from anyone, please take the fourth place individual in place of my entry.

All the very best,
Dave

ahhh...sorry I didn't see this post before now Dave that was why we couldn't get in touch. But anyway, thanks for re-writing back to me....it is sorted now!

Thanks
Warin Greenway