Last Man Standing 3 - ROUND 1 / Matches 25-48

**InvertedChalupa** · January 22nd, 2008

my god zephyri that is amazing... I say it's the best piece in all of round 1 hands down.

**zephyri** · January 22nd, 2008

Woo another fab set of images. Aly throws down the gauntlet, I see, great piece, as always, and yay for my round all getting images in!

Mr Chan, I think i love you, awesome image (ha, like it would have been anything else).

Other stand outs on first glance, Dominus, gorgeous colours, becard, probably the nicest mermaid piece i've seen across the three threads, beautiful rendering, Kenji, I think this piece takes the biscuit for me, I absolutely adore it, and as a reservist too! bdfoster, I love your take on the subject, beautifully done, Anthony Foti, another original portrayal of the theme, nicely done indeed, and rambozo, I keep coming back to your piece for it's composition and powerful emotion, lovely stuff.

This first round has produced some seriously epic art, guys, congrats to all who finished!

Edit: and inverted chalupa, you just made me blush crimson. I can't agree with you, but thank you! (where'd the dang thank button go??)

**Beelow** · January 22nd, 2008

Sve, Fvallejo, dirty C, Pish posh, Sammy sam Hog, saturn Gate, match 32(LOL), OYO!, helltaxi, Atmospheria, Baron Impossible are the ones that grabbed me the most. Nice stuff everyone.

**Baron Impossible** · January 22nd, 2008

A quick glance and... whoahhhhhh... No way are so many people so damn good...

**Laumee** · January 22nd, 2008

A lot of great art in this thread
I have to take a closer look tomorrow.

**azghoul** · January 22nd, 2008

hell taxi, summer pudding and 0kelvin hit me hard.
great job everyone, love it

**Earendil** · January 22nd, 2008

Time for an increase in the "Inspirational Art" folder! Great pieces everybody! I'm compiling a list still but...dayymm!

**0kelvin** · January 22nd, 2008

So much incredible work here. It's a little overwhelming.

Congrats to my competition, sve and steak-tron! Both of yours were great!

Eric

**Moai** · January 22nd, 2008

0kelvin- The best of this bunch, by far. Every inch of it has something fun happening, and it's all made better by the fact that this is pixel art. Such a beautiful and fun image.
Atmospheria- Gorgeous image. I'm not sure what that white band on the cliff is supposed to be, but this is a beautifully painted image nonetheless.
fvallejo- Exquisite lineart. The top-down view was a nice choice.
Matt Dixon- Ooh! More pixels! Very fun image.
Poshspice- Great image. The 10 cent sticker and the little scribbles and wear-and-tear marks are really nice touches.
Jason Chan- Tentacles and a pretty girl, what a surprise!

Lovely painting. The suction cups and the flowing fabric are very well done.
Also liked mysticaldonkey, john bivens, snowsfall, emily g, vyle, oyo, and mike dutton. Major props to everyone who finished!

**Rascar Capac** · January 22nd, 2008

beautiful piece Vallejo

pld:

**Jason Snair** · January 22nd, 2008

I don't even know where to begin. So much great art in one place.

**Burtzum** · January 22nd, 2008

Tempor: I LOVE the bottom portion of your piece. I'm not feeling the cyclops robots though. The bottom portion is so calm and mysterious, then the robots cheese it up. I would have rather seen some huge architecture dwarfing the man, or some strange natural formations. The bottom/foreground though... beautiful. I'll have to check out your stuff if you have any more online.

Bumskee: very moody. love it.

**Texahol** · January 22nd, 2008

I think my brain just broke!

...wait, I don't have one! false alarm.

**claudiasutton** · January 22nd, 2008

Awesome work everyone!

**ArtByZak** · January 22nd, 2008

Yes. I love the story created by 0kelvin. I think we were somewhere on the same wave length - telling a story that kept going as the viewer scrolled down the page. I'm really surprised more people didn't do that. I thought it was such an obvious idea.

Glad, though, that they didn't.

**cmalidore** · January 23rd, 2008

I don't think there's any way I'll be disappointed with what the judges decide on in these matches - everyone did such fabulous work. Rock on match #29, it's a total honor to be able to compete with you guys

**VirusArtist** · January 23rd, 2008

I just heard something dropping... oh.. it was just my jaw... silly me...GORGEOUS work all around!

PROPS to the peeps in match 30: MINDA!!! wish you could've sent in a pic... next time i guess.

@helltaxi: 1 of my 20 favs in this round.. one of the pictures that got the strongest emotional reaction from me- beautiful, just plain beautiful.

**steak-tron** · January 23rd, 2008

Your piece rules 0Kelvin

There so many great scenes and it keeps going.. Great work man. You win, I conceed!

**jbballaran** · January 23rd, 2008

Great work everyone!

Ragnar X's work stands out for me. Simple and stylish.

Goodluck all! ^^

**Mikael Leger** · January 23rd, 2008

Beautifully, scary, exiting, inspiring, it's like a huge bitch slap every time I scroll down the page. Gniiiiii... must... go... draw...now!

**El Jeremie** · January 23rd, 2008

Holy cow, there is more Beauty in this thread than in the Miss Univers tour bus

**0kelvin** · January 23rd, 2008

Originally Posted by ArtByZak

Yes. I love the story created by 0kelvin. I think we were somewhere on the same wave length - telling a story that kept going as the viewer scrolled down the page. I'm really surprised more people didn't do that. I thought it was such an obvious idea.

Glad, though, that they didn't.

Yeah, totally the same wavelength there. Thanks!

Originally Posted by steak-tron

Your piece rules 0Kelvin

There so many great scenes and it keeps going.. Great work man. You win, I conceed!

Haha, thanks man! I wouldn't have put so much work into it if I wasn't terrified of going up against you. We'll just wait and see what the judges have to say.

Eric

**sve** · January 23rd, 2008

Big Thank You to all artists and Cody, a very enjoyable show!

**Coinpurse** · January 23rd, 2008

yowzas! some amazing work here. Kinda sad, I was hoping to see something from the artists that didn't submit their final. I must say, for personal reasons, I really liked yours zephyri

**Ragnar X** · January 23rd, 2008

Originally Posted by ahbeejieh

Great work everyone!

Ragnar X's work stands out for me. Simple and stylish.

Goodluck all! ^^

thanks ahbeejieh- thats super nice man

i think the standout for me was fvallejo -quite a few nice one in this batch, but that one in perticular just stands out, its magazine ready- also Mike Dutton brought the big guns, and so did entdroid - i just realized they're all kinda stylized, but I picked em as my faves cuz their solid, not just cuz i like cartoony stuff... real good work yall!

cheers to everyon who finished! -hope i win, this was fun and i wanna go again

**Mike Dutton** · January 23rd, 2008

I had a lot of fun looking at all the entries, as well as painting my own. Thanks to Cody for making it happen, and to everyone who handed something in. Great show.

**Fvallejo** · January 23rd, 2008

Terrific work everyone! Like Mike said I had a blast making my imagery. Thanks to the kind words said so far! I wish everyone the best of luck in the judging.

**hurricane** · January 23rd, 2008

GREAT work!!

0kelvin : that's just the best one, hands down!!! freakin' genius!

emilyg : such a great painting and thought behind it! i love the water and how it adds up in the reflection!

all in match 37!

brokencow : love how it turned out!

dirty c : hahaha, funny man, really funny!

**Molly** · January 23rd, 2008

Theres is some bloody nice work in 'ere!
Well done everyone!

Mx

**Sellis** · January 23rd, 2008

JEEZAZ, well done everyone, Most enjoyable thread i've looked at in a long time.

Helltaxi, zephyri and JasonChan amazing.

Dirty_C Hilarious man

Kinda makes me wish id pulled my finger out A LOT more

Again well done everyone

Stu.