GODS AT WAR TD *Round 2*

[JL.Alfaro]

Alright guys, SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES TO ME NOW!!, TIME IS UP
Submit your entries to me via PM or Email. Do not post them as I want to reserve this first post for the finals.
Same topic as discussed, previously.

DEADLINE : MARCH 18TH 2007

ROUND 2 MATCHES ARE:
1. Ikuru vs JL Alfaro
Ikuru's Entry:
"Krishna Vs Monkey King"
Sun Wukong allso known as the The Monkey King was a normal monkey to begin with, but he went on a quest to find immortality and so he did. Becoming a great Buddhist God eventually.
He went on a journey to India, to retrieve Buddhist sutras. On this journey it so happened that one day he encountered Lord Krishna. It apeard to the Monkey that the Krishna was something of a smartass.
So he decided to teach him a lesson... "You might be Blue, but you bleed red like the rest of us bitch!", is what he said that day.
Soon enough he accomplised his mission and returning safely to China. Where he was granted Buddhahood, for his service and strength.
http://www.ikuru.se/box/ikurufinal.jpg


JLAlfaro's Entry:
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1233/qwetzafinalbs8.jpg


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2. bumskee vs strych9ine

bumskee's Entry:
http://www.minart.net/temp/godofwar_4.jpg
strych9ine's Entry:
http://www.codytilson.com/9ine/Sketchbook/9ine20070226-GodatWar.jpg

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3. Gringolocovs The Artist Fox

Gringoloco's Entry:
http://www.franciscogalarraga.com/misc/LMSGodofWar2ndroundF.jpg

The Artist Fox's Entry:
Horney Hermaphradite Fox Army VS Hercules, the setting takes place in a foggy atmosphere where hercules grabs hold of a fox and smashes his/her head. Sepultura inspired me to keep painting this piece.
http://www.geocities.com/theartistfox/fox_herc.jpg


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4. Masque vs Ostrander vs kboss
Masque's entry:
She found him on the field of battle, in the thin fog and damp grey stillness of the morning, still clinging weakly to life amid the mire and blood and remains of his foes. She gathered him into her arms, held him as she often did beside their hearth.

He had been a good husband, a good father, but a magnificent warrior. Five enemies dead at his hand; Father Wotan must surely reward such valor! Surely he would send a Valkyrie for this man she loved, that he may live on in glorious Valhalla!

She felt his last breath, passing over and through her like the clean, clear breezes of the fjords, but, strangely, with a tang of regret, that pulled at her heart like nothing ever had, and might never again.
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5070/masquevalkyrieascendingat1.jpg

Kboss's Entry:
This piece is of Nemesis, Greek goddess of divine retribution, fighting the Persians as they try and enter Athens. Taken from contemporary myth.
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/9656/nemesisfinaltf3.jpg

Ostrander's Entry:
http://www.rhinohidestudios.com/ostrander_gaw_sm.jpg

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5. xacto vsSone one
xacto's Entry:
http://digitalarts.bgsu.edu/portfolios/mkirk/files/ca_org_img/xzacto_GAW2.jpg
Revelation 20:1 " And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time."

Satan and an arch angel wrestling as they fall toward hell.

Sone one's Entry:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q155/sone_one/sone_one-godwar.jpg

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6. Mull77vs Jake
Mull77's Entry:
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8639/tdthorposeidonmull77fn9.jpg
Jake's Entry:
http://www.jakerolfe.com/temp/merman_small_new.jpg

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7. Felicia vsCavematty

Felicia's Entry:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1426/feliciaperunvsveles2bb9.jpg

Cavematty's Entry:
http://cavematty.com/Sketchbook/Maui_Reworked.jpg

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8. mrgrumble vs Flimi
mrgrumble's Entry:
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/644/godsatborebs8wj6.jpg
Flimi's Entry:
these are semitic gods baal and mot.
baal has invited mot to dine with him, and mot, as a token of appreciation, later tried to kill him.. apparently he didn't like the food
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b143/assafh/flimi_baal_vs_mot.jpg
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9. misledtomisery vs voodochile

misledtomisery's entry:
http://misledtomisery.com/conceptart/godatwar.jpg

voodochile's Entry:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/morriganFINALLYWEB.jpg

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10. tou vs bloodstone
tou's Entry:
http://www.touher.com/images/tou_chronos_r2.jpg

Bloodstone's Entry:
http://www.porktaco.com/Bloodstone_godthunderdome2.jpg
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11. Trevor vsyadam

Trevor's Entry:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/trevorclaxton/FinalLayout2-1.jpg

yadam's Entry:

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6332/godsatwarround2yadamvx7.jpg
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12. fedezz vs wasker

fedezz's Entry:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8443/fedezzgodsfinal1000pxvb0.jpg
wasker's Entry:
http://www.wasker.com/wasker_godofwar_tor.jpg

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13. JustinOaksford vs GreenTopaz

JustinOaksford's Entry:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8968/justinoaksfordheavenvhexo9.jpg

Green Topaz's Entry:
http://suprfile.com/get.php?id=5vhkf5f&get=1
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14. city vs Mr Blonde

city's entry:
http://olga.4gott.com/temp/three_nitki_web.jpg

Mr. Blonde's Entry:
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3671/attachmentaf2.jpg
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...er let me know if I missed a challenge.

[JL.Alfaro]

Ikuru- you and me man, its show time. better bring something good this time...hehe

[mrgrumble]

mrgrumble vs. Flimi

haha! thats funny :O IM SCROOED!
praise xenu! this means i actually need to step it up and finish a friggin piece! :)

[tou]

good luck bloodstone.

[Ostrander]

Damn man, I gotta worry about 2 guys? How'd that happen? :nohope:

[masque]

Damn man, I gotta worry about 2 guys? How'd that happen? :nohope:kinda scratchin' my noggin' over that one, m'self, Ost. tell ya what, Mon/Tues -- you and kboss gang up on me; Wed/Thur -- it's you & me on kboss; Fri/Sat -- me & kboss flail away at you. Sunday -- free for all! :P

or not :teeth:

[Justin.]

Same sort of topic, anything different? When's the deadline?

And Liz... I think I am ready for this... let's see what stops there are left to pull out.

[JL.Alfaro]

we had one orphan at the end of match ups, so I paired up the 3 of yas together- IF anyone can handle taking two opponents(other than myself :)) is you two.

you need the challenge anyways..:P


Justin- we already talked about this on the other thread man, Same topic / you can enter the same piece(reworked/progressed or the same) or you an enter a brand new entry. You got til the 18th to deliver. thats plenty of time.

-JL

[strych9ine]

bumskee, it is on like motherfucking D to tha on KY (Warming Lubricant) KONG, you Austrailian son of a bitch.

[ikuru]

JLAlfaroOH Yeah! It's Show time allright!
(I'll go look for my crayons then)

[Cavematty]

Felicia, I've never had the pleasure of wasting a girl at head to head! At my school it was broadly considered an unfair contest irrelevant of the medium ... you think you can prove that wrong?

Hehe. I browsed your blog a while - to get a feel for the competition. Love the self portrait.

Bring it on Yo!

Are you doing a newy or a rework?

[yAdam]

Trevor eh?.................:sony: Don't think i'm going down without a fight though dude :)

....>:|

[flimi]

:teeth: mrgrumble, you just made my day..

[kboss]

Also chiming in with a "3 man battle... whu..?" sentiment.
Well, I was thinking about doing a new piece for this round, and now I know my competition I think that's definately on the cards. Masque's Valkyrie entry is pretty kickass.
Bah, just landed a very labour intensive project in March too. Ho-hum, half-arsed artwork ahoy! (i'll still kick your asses you pair of reprobates)
grrrr.

[Felicia]

Felicia, I've never had the pleasure of wasting a girl at head to head! At my school it was broadly considered an unfair contest irrelevant of the medium ... you think you can prove that wrong?

Cavematty- Did you just say you will beat me because you have a penis?
Wow, sexism thats a lovely start.
My school would eat your school for breakfast.

I am just going to finish off the old composition.

[chaosrocks]

and Felicia.... wipe that snotty boy of the map
you can do it

definately know who Im cheering for this match
you go grl!!!!!

chaos

[Ostrander]

Also chiming in with a "3 man battle... whu..?" sentiment.
Well, I was thinking about doing a new piece for this round, and now I know my competition I think that's definately on the cards. Masque's Valkyrie entry is pretty kickass.
Bah, just landed a very labour intensive project in March too. Ho-hum, half-arsed artwork ahoy! (i'll still kick your asses you pair of reprobates)
grrrr.


grrrr back.
Put on your game face kboss, I've got mine.
http://www.rhinohidestudios.com/gameface.jpg
:P

Love,
Hairy reprobate #1

[sve]

Oh, it is a cutie... what a lovely little goat, oh it's such a heartbreaking little pet. ahahahaha.

[masque]

OK, Osty m'boy, i'll see your demonic ruminant and raise you a lycanthrope.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5218/lycanvv4.jpg

goat evisceration is my spe-shee-al-i-tee :devil:

[trevor]

originally posted by: Bloody Bloated beaten to death with a tire iron corpse, "Trevor eh?................. Don't think i'm going down without a fight though dude"
your going to have to change your screen name to victim after this
you have 2 choices
1.i rip you a new A hole
2. i widen the one you already have

bend over and spread em! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[strych9ine]

Trevor, youze gettin' SEXY up in this muthfucka.

[j a k e]

and that's a GOOD thing.

[trevor]

cody
i am amused to no end to know that anal rape is within your idea of sexy
and somehow young jake agrees
hahahahahaah

[Ostrander]

OK, Osty m'boy, i'll see your demonic ruminant and raise you a lycanthrope.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5218/lycanvv4.jpg

goat evisceration is my spe-shee-al-i-tee :devil:

Hehe, nice. '76 huh? damn... I was 3. You gonna make it through this winter?:P
Key word here is ruminant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant) though, that's what it's gonna be like after I'm done with you two. Mmm, mmm doubley good.

[masque]

You gonna make it through this winter?:won't matter either way. even wearin' a shroud i could still open a 900 ounce can of whoop-ass on ya! BOO!

goes for you, too, kboss. one foot in the grave still leaves both hands free to paint rings around you young'uns.

(my, aren't we feelin ornery tonight?! :moon: )

[Ostrander]

one foot in the grave still leaves both hands free to paint rings around you young'uns.

Well your gonna need plenty of this (http://www.tylenol.com/product_detail.jhtml?id=tylenol/arth/prod_arth.inc&prod=subparth)then. I'll send you a couple cases, waddya say? :P

[masque]

as much time as i spend in this goddam chair in front of this goddam compu-whatzis, i'd prob'y be better off with this. (http://www.shopinprivate.com/anhemoin1ozt.html)

(ornery shades to cranky real quick! :grandpa: )

[trevor]

Chip could you pass a lil of that my way?
just a squirt C'mon!

[mull77]

Jake!

So what happens if i win? You gonna send the twin Gods of Scientology (cruise/Travolta) round to carve me up?

I won't go easy, and i think i can take Cruise with me before Travolta's enormous girth bouces me in to the stratosphere.

[ikuru]

.....and somehow young jake agrees
hahahahahaah

I sense you got yourself a little fanclub there, sunny boy.
:party:+:groupie2:=:spam:

[j a k e]

Haha Mull you funny man!
I might be starting anew, but those scientology dudes will still haunt you forever. FOREVER! :)

Me and Trevor go waaay back...errr...he is MY fanboy! :)

[ikuru]

he is MY fanboy! :)
sounds sexxxy. ;)
but remmeber young Anakin. The Dark Side is allways far more tempting...

[ikuru]

starting this off a bit easy...
http://www.ikuru.se/box/sexy.jpg

[The Artist Fox]

Gringoloco...what kinda name is that? I take it you work at taco bell in hopes of one day actually graduating from turd to maggot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Payne) artist.

=FOX=

[yAdam]

I'm flattered Trevor. Its not everyday someone offers that kind of deal,
but i'm just not into that sort of thing. I'm sure there's someone out there who
will happily let you enjoy some sodomy though....:moon:

[trevor]

no yadam
the term is "FLATTENED"

[Justin.]

Green Topaz is UGLY!!!! Oooooh!!!

[chaosrocks]

Justin .... this from you? you got pics posted all over this site..and I gotta say shes a damn sight prettiern you..... prepare to be smacked down

chaos

[GreenTopaz]

harsh man D: Where did that come from? Saying stuff like that to a girl is a good way to get yourself kicked in the balls...

ah well. I'm no good for trash talkin', so let's have a nice clean fight... sound alright, pimply? ;)

[masque]

oooo, Topaz, smooth move, left-handed stiletto, he never saw it comin'.

[ikuru]

Green Topaz is UGLY!!!! Oooooh!!!
ha, ha. well, too bad her art kills people, I know you got some sweet skills dude,
but your gonne need a fucking army to take The Topaz down.
SO unnless you got that, I say your ass is toast. ;):xpld:

[Justin.]

Whatever you say, TOOTH GIRL :O

[GriNGo]

Gringoloco...what kinda name is that? I take it you work at taco bell in hopes of one day actually graduating from turd to maggot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Payne) artist.

=FOX=

:canadian:

[bumskee]

bumskee, it is on like motherfucking D to tha on KY (Warming Lubricant) KONG, you Austrailian son of a bitch.


WAAAA I am going to BBQ you like the 1 week old lamb chop left in the backyard barbie! and feed u to koalas.. .. .. ermm yeah..

YEAH!!! ...

you are on!!

jake is jailbait btw... jake, cover your ears..

[sve]

Ahhh. sweet talk, guys. Reminds me of growing up in my 'hood back in days. Please, someone, make some shooting sounds..

[ikuru]

so your all gonne be quiet huh? thats fucked up right there.
I was looking forward to some hatefull classy rapejokes and stuff.
....

.......

[Justin.]

Everyone still has their buttplugs in from last round... I'm waiting til they don't expect it..

Not to mention, I have met Liz, and know her since before CA.org, so it seems wrong to ass rape her. And vise-versa.

[ikuru]

yeah your right Justin. so your all gonne be mature and quiet huh? well two can play that game!

[JL.Alfaro]

ikuru- I got your rape joke right here....
no wait... I got nothin


Shit man I got swamped with work bro, havent had time to do some needed trash talkin' , that doesnt mean I havent been working though...

PREPARE TO GET ANALLY MOLESTED BY AN OVERGROWN BRISTLE ROUND!

[JL.Alfaro]

...




















...chirp, chirp

I hope its quiet cause yall are workin...


-JL

[ikuru]

...

...chirp, chirp

I hope its quiet cause yall are workin...


-JL

Yeah, in my oppinion it's way too quiet. Let's hope everyone is still in and knows about round 2.

and JL, don't quit your dayjob bro, cuz your gonne get well grilled in here, and thats a f* I promise.

/Mr Ikky

[trevor]

those of you that have the time to work on this and nothing else........
i ALMOST envy you
jeezus i am swamped
not pussin out mind you so be afraid i have in the process of finishing up some RPG illos gotten much better and MUCH faster im thinkin last minute entry down to the wire style hahahaha
better start stretchin the hamstrings so you can fully bend over and kiss your asses good bye

[strych9ine]

My concept for the depiction of my God is to save the file at huge dimensions, say 200,000 by 200,000 pixels, so that no matter how hard you try you can never actually see Him. My entry will be solely faith-based, just like a real life belief in God! That way you'll never guess that all I did was scan my big white ass.

[ikuru]

about fucking time somone posted in here, I was starting to think you all went and died somehow and for no special reason. glad to see your all working hard on this that is.

Hey guess what?!
I know this guy who works for the goverment, yeah, he's like a real timetraveller and shit, so I gave him my camera and told him to go take a pic of JLA's sorry ass the moment he sees my reworked piece finnished and posted.
...So, this is what he came back with...

http://www.ikuru.se/box/monkey.jpg
pretty sweet huh?
as you can obviously see, he really pissed he's pants this time.

[trevor]

HOLY SHIT
this was already my busiest month EVER
and as of 15 minutes ago i have 11 more Freelance illos to do!!!!!WTF?!?!?!?!!?
when it rains it fuckin tsunamis i guess
so lets see
10 illos due on the 18th (not counting tdome)
ten more due the first
and 6 more due 15th april
i have never had to produce this much art in such a short period of time
AND wipe the floor with whats his name....you know "victim"? aka yadam
please gods of tim and space warp reality so i can sleep more than 3 hours a night
oh and the best part
ILL BE DOING HALF OF THIS FROM GERMANY (i live in california)
nobody else better PUSS out cause im still not
and i think i may have a bit more on my plate at the moment than most hahahaah
CARPAL TUNNEL HERE I COME!
i love you all so much
enough to kill you

[mrgrumble]

please gods of tim
oh please, call me timmy :P
hell man, fire up the coffee maker! haha damn thats a hekka lotta schtuff right there, cant wait to see whatcha come up with mate.

[Cavematty]

Trevor ur a factory.
Not just a smack talkin factory, but an illustrating powerhouse.
Respect :)
GL man. With the carpel tunnel ;)

[trevor]

thanks god of tim and cave matty
i have heard the carpal tunnel leads to carpal valhalla tho
so hopefully it will all turn up well
oh and about 1.5 hrs after my last post 5 more have been added to the dockett
2 of which almost done
so while those gods of TIM may not be smiling upon me, apparently the gods of confidence, art, and caffeine are haaha
g'night all!
goddamn i wish i could show you guys
but 1 of my illos from dec i on the game's site so maybe they will let me show it!
tho..........not that proud of it
had 3 days to do it and wasnt as fast or good in dec
well i suppose ill see
SB!

[trevor]

oh yeah smack
YOU ALL ARE AWEFUL! AND I RULE
best i could do so late

[bumskee]

*yawn*... lalalala

*runs around in circles*

[ikuru]

http://www.ikuru.se/box/brothel.jpg
your all gonne be working here when I'm done with you.

[JL.Alfaro]

haha, thats not real... is it?

Im about done with mine Ikuru, starting a second one just for kicks. be ready young padawan.

-JL

[ikuru]

haha, thats not real... is it?

Im about done with mine Ikuru, starting a second one just for kicks. be ready young padawan.

-JL
It's real allright, and what someone gets for hireing their incest grandchild to do the logo.
Hey! Good thing your painting dude, paste it all together and you might stand a better chance. ;)
Oh yeah, I painted u a picture!
http://www.ikuru.se/box/evil.jpg
It's my inner beauty on crack!
Hope you like it. :D

[xzacto]

=\ not "pussin out" but I am crazy busy w/ work and not sure if I have enough time to finish my image. any chance for an extension?

3 logos, 5 websites, 2 murals, and 5 pieces of furnature to faux paint. yeah that's what's on my plate. all due last week, of course.

I am lucky if I get time to eat, let alone draw. oh cruel world.
selah.



happy drawing.

[trevor]

aw cmon xzacto
i have 30 illos due by pretty much th end of the month
and you cant do one in 2 weeks



saaaaaad

[xzacto]

hey Trevor, we all can't pump out quality images effortlessly like you ok? besides, I am working my butt off to get this image done - just feelin' a little stressed out because I think I am in over my head with the one I started as it is.


LAY OFFFFFFFfff =] I am sure I will meet you in the last round anyway, then it will be YOUR TIME to sweat it out.


yeeeaah I got nothin'

[trevor]

HAHAHHAAH good show man
as long as yer still tryin to get it done
im not gonna give you any shit

[ikuru]

yeah nice payback there guy with the weird thumb, ;).
what I worry about is all thoes silent people who act like this thing aint even on... what's their problem? are they even still in or what?
it's only nine days left...

[Justin.]

*Joins Min in circle running, after attaching helmet of course.*

[masque]

alla youse is dead men walkin'.

can i go back to work now?

[ikuru]

Masque, 4 sure, your valkyre still kicks my ass... Oh, but there's a next round too you know, oh yeah! Well at least I think/hope there is...

[Ostrander]

alla youse is dead men walkin'.

You think this is something I don't know already?:nohope:

I need to seriously find time this weekend and start mine.

[strych9ine]

Min, this is gonna be a tough one for me... my home pc is officially on the goddamn fritz and I'm already scrambling to find a way to finish up my freelance work on another comp. I'll try to do some traditional shit here, but if worse comes to worse I might have to use my round one entry. Shoot me a pm, we'll figure something out...

[strych9ine]

Funny story... remember that time my computer completely died and left me completely f'd up my hoohah? Man it seems like it was just yesterday! Oh wait, that's because it just fucking did happen yesterday.

Talked to min already, I still owe him a td piece even if it's outside this dome. I've never pussed out of a td but circumstances leave me no choice right now, sorry fellas and fellettes.

[ikuru]

Just reminding you all, less than a week to go now...
strych, just post your old peace then like you said you would dude.

[ikuru]

JLA, word of advice dude, burn your wacom now!
It's never too late to give up.
(My entry will fucking implode your telly!)

[trevor]

wow
i MAY have to puss on this now
i spent the last 5 days in the hospital and could have died had i waited before going to the emergency room another day or so
i had a case of accute pancreatitis and its an affliction i would not wish on my worst enemy the first 4 days i was not allowed to eat as that would only enhance the pain
on a 1 to 10 this was a 15 as far as pain goes
i will try to do something but unless time stops in the next 3 days i dont see it being definite i am very weak
very tired and very behind in my freelance
i can only go a few hours without a nap right now
i can NEVER drink alcohol again and i have to maintain a strict diet
this lil competition may be too much on top of all that
i apologise for this being so late but i just got home late last night
and im being realistic
so ill try but
i almost died so i think my time may be a bit too precious for this lil tdome
thanks folks its been fun hope to see you at the finish line but i may be too weak

[bumskee]

Cody! heheh, I hope you recover your work and all. I've haven't had my pc go crazy on me yet *touch wood* but I feel your pain!!!!!! don't worry about it and we'll do something after, you and me!!!!! :D bring your girls too. hehe..

[Idiot Apathy]

:(
Best wishes bro. Hope you get better soon man.

[yAdam]

Trevor, that sounds brutal. Whether you put in an entry or not (I guess you could use your last round one if you wanted?) I know that you would have done something if you could have. Most definately your freelance work comes before this, so all the best with getting that finished on time, and also hope you have a quick recovery....take it easy dude.

[Felicia]

Trevor-
I hope you get better soon.
Don't worry about the TD, you can use your first piece anyways.

[masque]

take good care, Trev, we wants ya 'round for long time makin' cool art! let your initial TD entry ride, man, it's a solid bet.

[mrgrumble]

sheet trev. get some TLC :)

[ikuru]

Hey, Trevo dude, glad to hear your alive and getting better!
(Too bad about the booz, (I know you liked it and that), But fuck it man, it was never that good for you in the first place! ;)
http://www.ikuru.se/box/trevor.gif

[mrgrumble]

:) haha now trev can just look at that get well animation and pretend like he's still completely knackered!

and on crack. :D

[masque]

:) haha now trev can just look at that get well animation and pretend like he's still completely knackered!

and on crack. if he doesn't start having eppy fits first! whoa, seizure city :x:eyeloss: !

[sve]

Hi, trevor... read your mind blowing message. That's a real shock and I'm sorry you went through this terrible pain and had a very high chance to die. I read about acute pancreatitis, you must have been in terrible state. Be very careful, don't work so much, forget about this contest, I'm sorry you have to live always being cautious from now on. Hope you will be better.

[strych9ine]

Trev, get well my man. Hope you're doing alright...

[chaosrocks]

hey... get well... waay more important than a silly contest. Thats gotta be the validist pussout excuse ever!

we're all cheering for you
chaos

[ikuru]

Hey, hey Chaos! I wouldnt go so far to call this a "silly contest"! It's the next best thing to LMS 3. And Verry, Verry, verry, serious indeed.

Did I mention my piece is gonne brake the competition like a (verry thin and weak) twig? Soon my friends, soooooon! Moa, Ha, Ha!
Off to bed then.
(that car game on the new PS3 sure drives sweet btw)
good night.

[arttorney]

Get well soon, Trevor. Time is precious for everybody, though not everybody has the realization brought home to them so forcefully. I am sure you will use your time well.

[masque]

hey JLAlfaro, could you do me a favor, please? if i don't post my Valkyrie Ascending image in the posting thread for round 2 tomorrow, it's probably because either my ISP is down (we had another blizzard and that can make the cable lines chancy) or because i can't connect to the thread (that's been happening a lot lately). could you pick it up and consider it entered? if i don't post it by 8pm PST, it's because i'm stranded. you can find the image at the link shown in my sig. thanks, man!
-chip

[bumskee]

TREVOR.. :( get well bro.. that's really unfortunate to hear..
*sends flowers*

[ikuru]

Hey Masque. JLA wrote:
[B]
Submit your entries to me via PM or Email. Do not post them as I want to reserve this first post for the finals.

So I guess where just gonne PM him links.

The trashtalking here has been waaaay too slow, :x But It's gonne be sweetnes seeing thoes entrys soon.
:^^: Let's get this party started!

[masque]

yer right, ikuru, i forgot about that request.

in any case, JLA, consider that image my entry, and if you don't hear from me, you can pick it up from that link. that be OK?

thanks again.

[bumskee]

I am going to have to repost the last entry, didn't get to finish the one I was working on. :(

[ikuru]

reposting without reworking is allmost as bad as baling out. ;)

[xzacto]

where do we post?

[flimi]

what's the deadline, considering the different time zones?

[JL.Alfaro]

Alright guys, excuse my absence but I have been stuck with a couple of deadlines for this week.
Anyways, I need everyone to submit your links to your images to my PM or send it to my email, I will then post them up as I get them in their respective places. Let get this party started ..woop woop.

[kboss]

Image submitted. Cant wait to see what all you people have been cooking up, just so I can wipe the floor with you really...

[ikuru]

all I can say right now you guys, you should have killed me last year.
:D

[Briareos]

Is the Final deadline midnight tonight like last time. Whats going on.

[ikuru]

yeah thats it bria, and u send a PM to JLA with a link to your artwork.
good thing were all in hawai this weekend.

[bumskee]

reposting without reworking is allmost as bad as baling out. ;)

yeah I know.. :( i've kinda lost the urge RARR! maybe i will just throw in my sketch but that's so lame too. :(

[ikuru]

yeah I know.. :( i've kinda lost the urge RARR! maybe i will just throw in my sketch but that's so lame too. :(
But most of your sketches beat the hell out of stuff other peeps will do in 20h.
I for one am finally done and posted. It's gonne be real nice seeing what you peeps came up with in the morning... ;) Good night.

[Cavematty]

Yeah Bumskee. Throw it up, it probably rulz supreme :P
I jus found ur thread on CGTalk with all the girls :) nice stuff.
Amazing number of pose studies. Very inspiring.

And ikuru, being in Hawaii sure does help me out, cos if I was at my house in NZ we live in the future. Which makes deadlines come around almost a day early :P

Aight. Mine was just a re-work of round one. Thanks to Trevor for the crits. Hopefully you'll be pleased with the effort I put in :) And hope ur feeling better. Since you cant drink anymore I'll have a beer in your honour tonight :)

Look forward to seeing everyones work again.

Warm regards

Cavematty

[JL.Alfaro]

Guys, All I can say is... beautiful. You guys are turning in some sick work.

Ikuru, gorgeous pic brotha, good luck to you my friend.

One more note,

Im giving everyone till tomorrow for the deadline, due to some complaints on the server being down and all. I couldnt access the site for most of the day my self so, I know what that was like.

[ikuru]

JLA, tomorrow? what day is that? I want to see art NOW damn it! :(...
Thanks for the compliment on the pic bro (I busted my ass painting it ;)), good luck to you too, and thanks for a cool competition and for encoureging me to enter. ;)

[xzacto]

once again it seems I am going to advance by default.


yay.




:spam:


what's the deal w/ all of the repeat entries?

[kboss]

Aye, if things stay with a couple of these no-show's maybe you should think about splitting up that 3way mess ive ended up in so as many people get a nice square fight as possible.
Seems a bit daft that some may advance by default while two people are going to get knocked out of my group (Masque and Ostrander, those two people are you if I was being too subtle...)
Anyay, some nice stuff trickling out so far. Come on you slackers who've not posted yet. Let's see what you're made of!

[ikuru]

maybe you should think about splitting up that 3way mess ive ended up in so as many people get a nice square fight as possible....
Anyay, some nice stuff trickling out so far. Come on you slackers who've not posted yet. Let's see what you're made of!

agree, no one should go to the finals on "no show" alone.

but whats this about nice stuff so far etc, is the work up somewhere??? did I miss something?

[tou]

but whats this about nice stuff so far etc, is the work up somewhere??? did I miss something?

I think some peeps have posted process stuff, maybe finals in their sketchbooks.

[jason_maranto]

page 1 of this thread.

[ikuru]

page 1 of this thread.
thanx man!

[Cavematty]

Woop!
Its on.

Felicia, Nice rework. My favourite guy is the first horsman right infront of the tree. He is great. Think a couple of the skeletons on the right are too bright to be rendered so crudely, but overall great improvements.... guess we'll just have to wait and see aye? You girl you :P

yadam - love the city and the concept. Really cool piece. Instantly though, I just wonder about the poses. The guy with the sword, I really dont buy that he's following through on a massive swing hard enough to completely take someones head off! He'd need his whole body behind a stroke like that. But that aside, cool piece :)
Its cool seeing all the updates, along with all the new pieces. Im glad we both did updates Felicia, it would be a weird contest between a fresh piece and a rework.

Goodluck everyone except felicia ;)
haha. c'mon, you know i love ya honey

Thanks to JLA for organising a great contest. I think I've got a portfolio piece outta this one. It pushed me to learn.
And I guess i better thank you Ikuru. Cheers for keeping the chatter up. It helped when we all thought the world might suddenly be empty outside of our studios. :)

[ikuru]

Hey! Nice work ALL!:cheerleader: :bow: :yayca:

Some really nice Stuff in here!

Thanks Cave! Yeah, I did feel I was talking to myself this time. (what happened?) Glad you could apreciate it! :D

[fedezz]

JLAlfaro, I just pm'ed the link to my entry. Good luck people!!

[Cavematty]

Masque I LUUB yours. Really nice elegant piece.

Ikuru, classic! haha. I was once a regular attendant of our local Hari Krishna yoga class. When you are a student, a yoga class that comes with a free meal is the way to go :P after going for a while I became interested in the whole Krishna thing so I bought one of those books they sell in the street. I was amazed! I couldnt believe it! Theres all these illustrations all the way through of Krishna cutting off heads with his magic slicing disc, and monkey gods with pants on, and Krishna on his Eagle-man, with his woman on the back, throwing spears at demons! I was like woooah! Thats some crazy shit! And the story I read was "this guy has a flower that produces sacks of gold. Krishna said give it to me. The guy said no. So krishna cut of his head because he was not pious". I dont know how they worship it. Its weirder than the bible, which (especially in the old testament) is a pretty bizarre book to worship... Though at least Krisha kicks ass a lot - dragon ball z styles :P ha. nice job man

[JL.Alfaro]

MAN!! I just could not pick a favorite entry, they are all awesome! But I think we gotta give Felicia some respect for that amazing piece, btw- fabulous rework there!

There are a few entries missing so I will wait a little longer before posting the R1 entries in place, no one will be left out.

xacto- no more advancements bro, this is the last round.

-JL

[trevor]

well
i touched up my original due to my loss of a week and inability to start a new pic
subtle changes and fixed some convergence issues i like it better but im not sure it really counts as a complete over haul hahaha
see you at the polls kids
and thanks for a ll the well wishing
i am STILL super weak and need like 2 naps a day
crazy
my life changed overnight and things are VERY different now hahah

[Rich Pellegrino]

Thanks for the great TD once again JLA! I just PMed you my entry.

[Bloodstone]

I really like the entries of those who stuck to their guns and continued with the same piece, specifically voodoochile. It looks way better now :)

[trevor]

ok
why can you see the entries yet i have NO clue where they are hmmmmm?
did i miss sumthin?

[Bloodstone]

Page 1 of this thread you silly goose

[Justin.]

Thank god I'm not the only one who forgot!!! :[

[Rich Pellegrino]

wow. thanks Noelle! That was really nice. But i think your image takes the cake! It is extremely well done and you have left me inspired. There are some great entries here. Again!!! Kudos to everyone who entered.

[Leari_79790]

I have a funny feeling that I'm supposed to be judging this thing, Am I right or am I just having another one of my episodes?

[JL.Alfaro]

Yes you are right Nerdman, and this time send me the results...DONT POST THEM, you will just confuse the hell outta everyone again...


Well last chance to send me your updates.
I will be posting all of the entries on the Finally Finished section, starting with the winners and also including those kick ass entries on Round 1 that could not make it. so we can all just scroll down and enjoy the show without the text.

This has been a blast everyone, I had fun and learned a thing or two along the way. I hope that you all will join me the next time I run a TD.(which btw I have on the works)
Stay tuned for winners, I will post as soon as I get em.

-JL

[GriNGo]

Cool piece ArtistFox! Nice choice of inspiration: Sepultura! In my case I was inspired by Carcass.

[ikuru]

Cavematty thanks for your comments dude, I still love your entry too.
Actually I like the graphic look of Krishna and the Monkey King allot! The Monkey King is such a cool character, when I was like verry young they showed a cartoon with him on my telly, It was a kind of manga that looked like a old school platform kung fu game, that monkey was like all over the place. Anyhow, thanx man.

trevor your entry is like much cleaner now, looks sharper and better.
Mr Grumble, looking good man!

So much good touch ups around here! Love the touchup on Bloodstones (you did some great work on the forrest etc) for example, will will comment on everything once this thread is sorted.

JLA a typo in my text,
"...The Monkey King was "a" normal monkey to begin with..." (I forgot the "a") thank u. ;)
(nice to c u back neard! ;))

[The Artist Fox]

1. Ikuru vs JL Alfaro
I GOT TO MAKE THIS QUICK!
ikuru painting tech is good,but its not very exciting to look at.JL really like the piece but...its the same one from before.Ikuru wins

2.bumskee vs strych9ine
i love your art bumskee,great composition awesome! I'm your fan :O PLEASE critc me!!! Be as harsh as you can! Love the feeling from your art. strych9ine, different and I like the mood.bumskee wins

3.Gringoloco
eerie piece i like alot, its very cool. Dreamlike. Glad to hear someone likes sepultura. I've been getting back into Pantera. Herc smash!Gringoloco wins!

4. Masque vs Ostrander vs kboss
If Masque doesn't win then their is no god. Kboss, kool piece anatomy needs work. Ostrander,same piece? Where does my eye supposed to go? Awesome painting tech.Masque wins


5.xacto vs Sone one
hmmmm...i enjoyed the background more then I could feel for the characters in general. Sone one good job on values but dude its the same piece from before?Sone one wins

6.Mull77vs Jake
out of all of the same pieces then before I dug this one Mull77. Anatomy and faces need some work. You have an eye for creating nice color but thats not whats important for this piece. Mull77 wins

7.Felicia vsCavematty
Felicia I dug this one. Skeletons rule,same piece? Cavematty...:( same piece...?I like the composition. Kool piece. Felicia wins

8.mrgrumble vs Flimi
mrgrumble you rule but damn same piece? Flimi, I really like this one you really changed it up I like the oils, you really made them look really kool. Mrgrumble wins

9.misledtomisery vs voodochile
misledtomisery, awesome edge control. Im still workin on mine. Really dramatic pose, i love it! voodochile,same piece...?Nice use of oils god I try too use them but I suk. Still pushing though. Awesome piece! Needs a better pose then standing their swinging a sword though.misledtomisery wins

10. tou vs bloodstone
Good work. I really like the background and the light coming from between the mountain. Concept looks strong to me. Bloodstone you awesome dude. Critic me PLEASE!!! I love attention to whats important. I can really see it. She looks sick! Well done you got my vote!bloodstone wins

11. Trevor vsyadam
Loox great,Like the light shining off the shield. Her look is intense. Hope you feel better Trevor. Trevor wins

12. fedezz vs wasker
.....

13. JustinOaksford vs GreenTopaz
same pieces!

14.Mr.Blonde
I can almost hear some NIN playing in the background while looking at this piece. I love the style and lighting I think overall all the characters look really kool. Your tech is aweseom. Good job!I'm curious how your anatomy looks like shown more in depth?Mr Blonde wins

=FOX=

[JL.Alfaro]

The artist fox- good idea in posting your pick brotha, maybe you should add some critique in there somewhere.
Oh and BTW, it was not necessary to turn in a new image for the second round, but most are reworked versions of the first round...so go back and do it again..hehe :P

[ikuru]

JLA, so whats happening?
is it all over now?
Where you not gonne post it in the finnished area?
Is the judging taking place?
Maybe you should change the title too so that people know the art is in.

[Rich Pellegrino]

9.misledtomisery vs voodochile
misledtomisery, awesome edge control. Im still workin on mine. Really dramatic pose, i love it! voodochile,same piece...?Nice use of oils god I try too use them but I suk. Still pushing though. Awesome piece! Needs a better pose then standing their swinging a sword though.misledtomisery wins
=FOX=

Thanks but, it is digital. whatever was originally oil was painted over digitally. completely. I did rework the piece. i repainted most of Morrigan and a guy in the foreground (which i am taking out).

I'm glad to hear that your working hard over there. Being in complete control of your edges is something very hard to master. Knowing where to put focus or soften an edge is an art all by itself. I'm sure we can talk for days about the value of edges but I'll just leave this link that Elwell made. It is very informative.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913

Misled, did you rework the piece at all? I'm not seeing any differences? No biggie, just curious. Good work. i like how "to the point" it is. nice touch with the flying bloody eyeball. :)

[Idiot Apathy]

My voting is in, hard shtuff.
Great work all, I wish I could crit but then maybe you would know who I voted for and that's not very ninja like.

[JL.Alfaro]

Ikuru- Yeah man I will post on the FF area, but I need to get all the votes in before that. Im still waiting on a couple of judges, as soon as I get them votes in I will post in the FF starting with the winners.
(in case you are wondering- were tied right now)

Idiot Apathy- perhaps critiquing when they post them in their sketchbooks would be cool. heck I know Id take that crit anyday-wether you voted for me or not!!

-JL

[Cavematty]

Yeah Apathy, criting in our sketchbook sounds like a good plan... :teeth: :yayca: ;) :hatsoff:
haha.
Tied ballgame aye JLA? tense stuff :)
Looking forward to it :)
WOOP!

[ikuru]

Ikuru-
(in case you are wondering- were tied right now)

-JL

Actually I'm not wondering. I'm perfectly happy with what I did whatever the judges verdict might be. ;)

[Leari_79790]

Yes, as a judge I would have done some critiquing for you guys but the other judge IdiotApathy offered to give in depth critiques on my behalf, I tried to talk him out of it but he insisted on doing my critiquing for me, what a loving man!;) he might say he doesn't know what I'm talking about, but that's just his way of saying "yes".

[xzacto]

=\ sorry about my crap eyesore of an image -

I just have some bones to pick w/ all of this. first of all - reposting an image? please give the other artist some respect. I would rather forfeit myself than waste my time against an old image - or even a new one that is just a quota filler. I was busy as hell the whole month but still put forth effort to throw something new out there. Reworking an image is great and I know in Trevor's case the exception is legit - not only that but the image rocks - beside the point.

Putting people's old images into the competition (for round 2 in this case) even when they have not only not done something new, but probably don't even know that round 2 is over? are you serious? That right there should be an outright D/Q.

do I want to go to round 3? not if it means going up against an unfinished round 1 image and losing to it.

I pushed myself and failed to reach my own deadlines. but that's the breaks.


- end rant

[mrgrumble]

xzacto, i gotta say i agree with your point, although perhaps not the way you stated it.
but its fair for you to want to go up against a new piece since you spent the time to create another. i know i didnt even touch my old one and personally i dont deny the fact that i hate myself for it.
feel free to talk to jlalfaro if you want to go up against flimi, my opponent, he took the time to create yet another amazing piece that deserves much better than my same unfinished load.
im not about to make excuses as to why i dont have a new piece, but trust me they are there :)
nice new entry btw :D
cheers
timmy

[Bloodstone]

xzacto - I would actually consider that an advantage because you know what you are up against. As long as you do something better, you'll be fine. Besides, its not like the prize is a $5,000 computer or a new car. In the end, you'll get more out of this than the people who posted the same image.

[ikuru]

do I want to go to round 3? not if it means going up against an unfinished round 1 image and losing to it.


Im fully with you on this.
Not that I care (like I said) weather I "win" or "lose", I did put in some 30h on my peace and reached what I was aiming for... Allso since JLA said there will be no round three...
But yeah, the way this thread has been (same people posting the whole way through, you would think allot of people actually dont even know/care round 2 was on.

About getting crit from anyone, I would love it (like everyone else I supose), so far the only crit I got was "ikuru painting tech is good,but its not very exciting to look at" real constructive.

For some reason this thread felt a bit Dead to begin with (compared to the first thread, not to mention to the Neard TD), and that feeling did not really change when the work was done. I dont know why, but thats the way It looks to me.

[GriNGo]

30h? wtf!

[chaosrocks]

ikuru..its cause Sveta and I were knocked out in the first round.... :p.
the creative level of the trash talk fell off after that.

*sits back and eats lobstahs waiting for the big post"
Id like to see what yall did though

chaos

[ikuru]

ikuru..its cause Sveta and I were knocked out in the first round.... :p.
the creative level of the trash talk fell off after that.

*sits back and eats lobstahs waiting for the big post"
Id like to see what yall did though

chaos

Too true, this boys simply havent got the vocabulary to slay one another like you ladies do.

The art is on page one if you havent seen it, (I think it should say so in the head of the thread)

GriNGoLoCo, You bet, it could be less (25+...) I know I spent like 9 hours on the mountins allone. It´s the price you pay for beeing a noob and a perfectionist at the same time I guess, But I feel I learned allot from the process and thats what matters to me...

Makes me able to do things fast too.
Like the chow I got runing right now... made that (so far) in 45min.

[arttorney]

For my own part, in a competition to draw a god fighting another god, a titan, or an army I was defeated by a drawing of a mortal creature (Pegasus) running away from a monster.:\ I had grimly resolved to have nothing further to do with the competition, or any other competition in which the judges have not sworn a blood oath to actually give a damn about the rules.

I had to break radio silence, though, to wish Trevor well. There are some things that transcend sulking.

Same drawing=OK was part of the rules, by the way.

[Leari_79790]

I had grimly resolved to have nothing further to do with the competition, or any other competition in which the judges have not sworn a blood oath to actually give a damn about the rules.

Damn those handsome devils!!

So any ideas for the next T-Dome guysss??????????

[Idiot Apathy]

I had grimly resolved to have nothing further to do with the competition, or any other competition in which the judges have not sworn a blood oath to actually give a damn about the rules.

Sorry you feel that way homey. I did not vote solely on such I voted with a mixture of the topic Gods at War and technique + execution. In my opinion the latter is more important than the former. I personally do not enjoy entering competitions because I do not find they prompt progress nor do they leave me with a 'warm and fuzzy' feeling. At the risk of sounding rude - something I try to avoid at all costs - get over it and continue to progress. Don't let an informal contest meant only for fun and learning get in your way, that would be foolish.



I'll see if I can hit you all up with crits later today.

[Cavematty]

Nerdlinger, you make me giggle like a schoolgirl :)

xzacto - I can kinda understand where you're coming from but I think you are completely missing the spirit of the Thunderdome. The point, imho, is to level up. The pairing against another artist is just to motivate you a bit more to work hard so that you beat them, as opposed to a normal challenge where the only motivation is the prize, and the noobs just arent going to win that. So if you are paired up against an artist who can bust out a winning image in a day, sheesh. That sucks, but hey, there's always going to be someone who can draw better and work faster. Thats just life, work harder. If that gets you down in the thunderdome, then I daresay you dont have the right attitude to make it as an illustrator. Its a competitive field.
At the end of the day you win if you learned and leveled up. Maybe you got a portfolio piece out of it. If m@, jason chan etc had entered this TD, then theyd all be winning with their round one image unedited, and I wouldnta made it to round 2. It isnt an offence against you because they didnt respect you enough to do a new image. They put in all the hard yards to get as good as they are somewhere along the line. It doesnt happen by accident. And they deserve your respect for that. Bumskee works his ass off, go look at his sketchbook threads here and on cgtalk. He works harder at it than I do, I can openly admit.

Sorry if that came out as a rant. I just find it frustrating that everytime there is a challenge like this, or the big challenges on cgtalk, theres always some sour grapes. Trash talking is cool, but this community is meant to be about support and learning which I think it is amazing for. So lets try and keep it that way.

Ikuru, I konw the thread has been quiet. At least your voice was echoing around :)

Thats enough ranting for me. onto some criting for helpfulness:

[Cavematty]

Okey dokey, heres some criting joy. cant do everyone today. Gotta find a birthday present for the gf's dad, always a tricky ask...

Ikuru. Really nice piece. I can see the work you've put in and respect for that. Theres a few things I'd want to change tho. FOr a start your aerial perspective. You have the mountains receding, bu tthe far side of the lake need some aerial perspective on it too I think, to show it is quite far away. I really think that would sell the depth a lot better. Also the tree arching over the top seems to grow out of the far side of the lake kinda... do ya get me? I think you need an overlapping line there to make the tree fg but retain that nice curve. The reflection in the water being so crisp bugs me too, I think even if you want it looking super still, it needs some ripples, around the boat especially. And maybe some kind of blur/distortion on it. The edges of your mountains refelcted off the water are just as crisp, if not as bold as your fg shapes, which really kills the depth of the image. However rippled surface textures receding in space would sell it way more. And the sail of your boat in the reflection is see through..? Also the blood spraying from krishna's severed head seems a bit crisp if it is moving so fast as to be gushing so much when the swing is still following through.. Maybe either a directional blur, or make some splatters on an angle on paper and scan them in?
Great piece of work tho. Be proud :)

[The Artist Fox]

I really learned alot from this contest overall. I feel so much better about painting than I ever have before in my whole life. To bad there's not a third round. Everyone did awesome work, good job everyone!

=FOX=

[JL.Alfaro]

Some of the entries were a bit off, but I must say that the judges had some tuff decisions to make and it was decided unanimously. Just remember arttorney, your entry was not the only one left behind. Those are the risks of competing.
In any case, if you feel as though you can take The Artist Fox on, ask him for a rematch on the next TD.

which brings me to the next comment...
Nerd- I got something in the works for another TD, involving sideshow freaks, gypsies, ringleaders...etc, but thats not until next month or so...maybe.

[ikuru]

Cavematty Thank you for a verry insightfull crit there bro.
"the far side of the lake need some aerial perspective on it too I think" this part I'm not so sure I get what your saying I should do... Maybe it's my english... I get the thing with the tree, And I think your probably right, like you say I focused on framing the sky with that arch bu a sort of line to divide would probably be in place.
About the reflection, I looked at so much ref for this, and yeah you are right about the blurness of the mountin edges etc, most of the time the edge of things is blured, I tried this, but I did not like the look of it, so in the end I just said fuck it, thinking it did not matter if it was realistic as loong as it looked good, I tried doing some waves etc behind the boat too, but you can hardly see it, enough exuces, I just had to leave it in the end, since nothing I fidled with looked too good.
the sail is obviously just a error, (damn)... ;)
Yeah about the blood, your probably right, ading some blur would help capture more speed etc. Over all that is my main concern with the whole thing that the ennergy comes out a bit stiff compared to some speedpainting I did on this, but I guess thats just the way it is...
My main goal was to do a semirealistic painting that looked like a Japanese print, (cherryblossoms, mount fuji, the boat, the frame etc) and I like how that came out.
About the monkeys necklace its suposed to be the roster from tha CA.org logo, but you can hardly see it.. ;) Thanks again for the help on this.


I personally do not enjoy entering competitions because I do not find they prompt progress nor do they leave me with a 'warm and fuzzy' feeling.

I'll see if I can hit you all up with crits later today.
yeah true about lack of warm and fuzzy feeling, wonder why that is, they sort of leave you feeling a bit empty and overworked, well not the small ones like cow, I think the key is learning to do it for the fun of it, without considering it too much I guess. would love to get some crit too btw.

[Idiot Apathy]

Ikuru: I think it's too much thought put into winning, too much stress and frustration. Not a healthy learning situation in my opinion. I do thing they are good practice for working professionally however.


Tried to get a few crits out, more later. I do hope I don't come off as being a dick - I can't manage my words as well as I can with so many entries! @_@

Ikuru: Great! I love the asian influences - looks nice and fits appropriately with your choice in gods. I wish the middleground mountains were less outlined, but I suppose that's a stylistic choice. I'm not too sure about your reflections especially of the tree up front. I at first thought it was another tree? The perpsective of the the figures doesn't match with the path nor the rest of the scene. I would expect to be looking quite a bit more down at them you know? Ok, haha don't mean to be harsh or anything - awesome job and definetly hits the topic - great blood splatter too hehe!
JLAlfaro: Absolutely love the goddess, that pose is so badass and the hovering orb works so well with it. Maybe tone the saturation down a bit on the arms, get them to harmonize just a bit. Also the blue light on her I would expect to be higher in value and less blue - the hue you have now either says she is really shiny or her skin is actually white. I'm not keen on the smeary paint towards the bottom. I think the figures you have while very emotive and expressive especially in their gestures are a bit iconic or drawn still in symbols. Ambition is great but I would have rather seen you focus on the goddess and one victim perhaps. Anyways, well done man - making much progress.
Bumskee: I was looking forward to seeing a new piece from you mate :P Liked your sketch too!
strych9ine: Same! Wanted so much to see a new piece :P hehe, understandable though.
gringoloco: Real nice motion going on. Could use some clean up on shapes, edges and brushstrokes etc. Skull feels a bit flat and symbolic perhaps. Feels a bit odd to see just that tiny hint of brown on the (flag?) but nowhere else.
theartistfox: hahah bizarre subject. Paint feels a little too mushed together, too much blending or resat is too low in painter perhaps. I think your colors, though they work fairly realistically are as descriptive as they should or could be for an illustration. It feels more like the fog was added to cover things up you know? Some of your exterior edges, most notably on hercules's arms could use some softening to round them out.
Masque: This was one of the harder rounds to judge for me. Your is remarkably well executed, really wonderful. I'm not too keen on the placement of the face in the sky and I think the quanity of the strokes makes it a bit busy or distracting. But what do I know hehe.
K'boss: Like I said above, hard hard match to judge. Bloody awesome rendering and colors. Nice concept too. I will say the figure seems a bit out of place - perhaps not the most descriptive pose especially for the topic. I like the idea of her being relaxed, but she doesn't feel connected with the scene is what I'm trying to say. Some of the figures and the skeletons feel a bit more symbolic versus real compared to her perhaps? Awesome entry :)
Ostrander: To repeat from above, this was a really hard match to judge. Glen I have to say you captured the Gods at war part so damn well! Love the detail and composition. I get a bit of a spacial distortion with the foremost waves and where the boat should be, not sure how to fix that sorry :(. Some of the strokes and edges could maybe be defined a little more, it feels a bit soft or smudged in parts. I would have loved to see this in color and think if you have any steam left you should round it out for you portfolio dood. Cheers!

[ikuru]

Idiot Your a cool dude, thank you for your accurate crit, about the treereflection etc, ofcourse I do not have a clue if it would work like that, since I have no ref of that, and yes I did have a photo ref for the characters (Yeah I know the real monkey king) and allthough I did make a onepoint perspective for the backdrop, the caracters where allredy done and rendered.
Im impressed that you'd actually see that, it did not cross my mind I think.
(would love to see that in a tut from you, how you use perspective in your landscape).
thankx for taking the time.

[JL.Alfaro]

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