Contest March April 2017: L-O Art Competition

[spawning of Bob]

We Honour the Old One Aartzifartzi with sacrifices of fresh art.
He / she / it was pleased with these offerings. Were you?
The theme/s for the competition were "Freedom and Slavery AND Vengeance and/or Hope"

The winner was @pendrake closely followed by... @pendrake and @n810. Clearly n810 is more of a hindrance than a help.

However, I would like to remind every entrant that we are ALL winners.
Especially me.

The comp gallery will be immortalised in the Temple of Aartzifartzi.
The WIP Thread with bonus art is to be found here.

Art for the Art God!



Essmir

Title: Knight of Slanesh 2.0 (sic) from Hope for Sun by @Essmir
Medium: Traditional art and Pothoshop (sic)​

Pendrake

Title: The City Burns from Purpose (story by @lordkingcrow)
Medium: Paper ink, and... are those boils? Ew.



@spawning of Bob

Title: Duty and Hatred: 3000, Part 2 (story by @Wolfwerty33)
Medium: Paper, pencil, post production with Sketchbook Pro.



@Bowser + n810

Title: The Ritual of Words Yet Unvoiced (story by @thedarkfourth)
Medium: looted pencil, looted paper, Pothoshop and endless tweaking.



@Fulcrum + n810

Title: Untitled
Medium: Lasers and very stumpy arms.



@pendrake + @n810

Title: Hope for Vengence
Medium Wel: Pendrake: Pencilist, (0.7 to 1.3mm mechanical pencils, 6x8 scketch book)
N810: Digital Colorist, (Photoshop Elements 9)
Pendrake: Copywriter, (iGadget keypad)
N810: Graphic Compositing, (Photoshop Elements 9)​

 

[Slanputin]

Pothoshop (sic)

[sic]

 

[SlanntaClause]

All very worthy entries of votes so far can't wait to get the last one in to begin my decision making process

 

[n810]

the N810/Pendrake enrty.





I colored for Fulcrum as well.

 

[pendrake]

We've sent the joint entry to Bob from two different PM accounts and about four different links to it.... (the first copy went in March 30th).


@n810 ...I am able to see all of them.

Maybe we need to organize an expedition down under to clean the Skaven out of SoBob's Scrying Pool.

 

[spawning of Bob]

Voting poll is up - 2 votes, 2 weeks, 2 winners (assuming you'all like n810)

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

POLLBRINGER has cast his votes.
POLLBRINGER is pleased.
POLLBRINGER congratulates all the artists involved.

POLLBRINGER shall continue to refer to himself in the third person.

 

[spawning of Bob]

Yeah, I've got to say all entries are scary good- which is not to say that s some rougher entries in the past haven't drawn votes and been well appreciated.

Essmir got an autovote. My second, for Pen-10 took some consideration. With the words, it was perfect, therefore I had to consider if I would have rated it as art alone. Yup.

In future comps, if there are more than three "graphic novel" type entries, I will run them as a separate category (same voting poll, but there will be a first placed graphic novel and a first placed vanilla entry)

 

[Warden]

Really fantastic work everyone!

Some well-crafted works to choose from, thank you for posting!

 

[Bowser]

Some really amazing stuff this round! It was not eay to choose the votes. Really tough, but I was glad I could give a vote to N810!

 

[Killer Angel]

I gave my votes to the same artist.
I suppose it's a matter of style and personal tastes...

 

[spawning of Bob]

Bumping the art comp poll a bit. 12 people have voted, at least 5 more will need to vote for the attractive and intelligent comp host to humiliate everyone else.

Use your votes wisely!. (Wisely-er than the first 12 dolts)

 

[pendrake]

This is the pull-quote from Purpose (by LordKingCrow) that inspired entry # two:

The City Burns

"...There were a great many weapons to be had, but he found himself drawn to the obsidian axe carried by Revered Guardian Xanst ... the weapon was buried in some rat-like monstrosity of twisted flesh and mottled fur..."


(Not many spoilers in the quote or the picture; it's all from the first few paragraphs. The title is also a quote from the story.)

 

[lordkingcrow]

There are some great pieces on here. I've always been very appreciative of those who have the talent. I can barely draw a straight line let alone craft something as wonderful as we see here. Thanks to all for putting your work on here.
I had to vote for Pendrake, of course. I'm glad you found inspiration in my short story. I think you captured the image perfectly. You really embraced the dark and gritty nature of the story. Well done!
My second vote was for Fulcrum and N810. I just love this piece, both the quality and the humor. Everything looks crisp and well done. Poor big guy has such tiny little arms...

 

[n810]

Congrats on the Win Pen.

 

[Bowser]

Congrats on the Win Pen.

Congrata to both you and @pendrake and everyone who joined. It was a great competition, with really impressive art all around!

 

[Killer Angel]

My votes went both to Pendrakes' works, 1st and 2nd place.

My tastes are majority.

 

[pendrake]

Congrats on the Win Pen.

I guess between us we ended up with A bronze, Two silvers, and A gold. So congrats right back at you!

 

[spawning of Bob]

The standard of entries continue to rise. I hope whimsical first time entries don't get scared off.

And well done Pendrake. You will have a tough battle when @Warden gets his Apple Barrel back.