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Contest February - April 2016 Visual Art Contest

Which Artist is most pleasing to Old One Aartzifartzi?

  • Warden

    Votes: 20 58.8%

  • Hyperborean

    Votes: 17 50.0%

  • Bowser

    Votes: 2 5.9%

  • details / n810

    Votes: 13 38.2%

  • thedarkfourth

    Votes: 7 20.6%

  • spawning of Bob

    Votes: 13 38.2%

  • dwarfepic

    Votes: 4 11.8%

  • The Sauric Ace

    Votes: 8 23.5%

  • neveroddoreven

    Votes: 8 23.5%

  • Phoedinn

    Votes: 8 23.5%

  • ASSASSIN_NR_1

    Votes: 3 8.8%

  • Scalenex

    Votes: 3 8.8%

  • little-myth

    Votes: 11 32.4%

  • Infinity Turtle

    Votes: 7 20.6%

  • Pendrake

    Votes: 19 55.9%

  • Essmir

    Votes: 4 11.8%
  • Total voters
    34
  • Poll closed .
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We Honour the Old One Aartzifartzi with sacrifices of fresh art.
Will he / she / it be pleased with these offerings? Are you?
The theme for the competition was "Continuity and Change"

Winner - @Warden
First Runner Up - @pendrake
Second Runner Up - @Hyperborean
Kudos to all of the other talented entrants - the WIP thread is here


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Folly of the Warmbloods
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Jatzom Kuh, Slann Mage Priest of Mutal, predicts the
encroachment of a warmblooded expedition into his jungle.
Artist: Warden
Medium: acrylic paints




Changing Ascension
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Artist: Hyperborean
Medium: self loathing, pants



Memories
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Artist: Bowser
Medium: bits of paper and ms paint




Sacred Spawnings
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Artists: details and n810
Media: Pencil and Paper, Photoshop




Untitled
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Artist: thedarkfourth
Medium: Pencil and Paper



Lord Xhaltan
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Artist: spawning of Bob
Medium: Tablet, Hubble Starfield



Temple Guard
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Artist: dwarfepic
Media: pain, blood



Untitled
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Artist: The Sauric Ace
Medium: Pure Awesomesauce



Untitled
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Artist: neveroddoreven
Medium: ink on card with brush, Photoshop





Untitled
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Artist: Phoedinn
Medium: polygons. Lots of them
 
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Untitled
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Artist: ASSASSIN_NR_1
Medium: pen / pencil on paper, Photoshop




Dor'a' Explor'er
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A lesser known special character was Dor’a’ Explor’er who quested
for lost artifacts while teaching people how to speak Saurian.
Artist: Scalenex
Media: pencil and pens on paper, time



Untitled
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Artist: little-myth
Medium: mascara



Lustrian Metamorphosis
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Artist: Inifinity Turtle
Medium: Tablet, Awwww.



The Monument
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Artist: Pendrake
Medium: Permanent markers (Sharpies) on vellum tracing paper; Photoshop Express (sepia filter)



Where the fan is my entry?
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Artist: Essmir
Medium: barely contained fury, clay
 
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Breathtaking! I have no idea how to vote. These are all incredible beyond words!
 
SQUEEEE-

Seriously. I love you guys.

My smile cracked open wider with each entry. I thought four votes was too much, now I think it's too little.

Personal highlights:

  • Lord Xhaltan in his visual debut (possibly my first fan art? which makes me feel incredibly inept about updating the story. As such I'm not sure I could vote for it ;) )
  • the imaginative use of mediums, especially (but not exclusively) mascara, self-loathing, pain, blood. I have a personal bias towards acryllics but I'm mightily impressed by the talent in Photoshop that abounds this forum.
  • Comics! I was hoping for at least one. Nice to see a fellow fan of SMBC is one of them too, and they managed to perfectly capture how I imagine the Old Ones acted.
  • Bob finally achieving nirvana in Pokemon form
  • the finished reveal of the "The Golden Snark"
  • the high level of talent generally that can be achieved through pencils, permanent markers, and pencils.

With that sickening gushing over let me pick up my objectivity and start judging. Expect my my final decision in about....a month.
 
Bowser said:
These are all incredible beyond words!
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1 picture = 1000 words, 15 x 1000 = 15000 words - it is technically feasible to use words to do the pictures justice, but more practical to use votes.

I'm not saying it is any easier, though. I have about seven that I can't not vote for, and another eight that I would vote for, if it wasn't for the other 7.

If there was an option for "Vote for 'em all and let Aartzifartzi sort 'em out", I would take it.

Slanputin said:
the imaginative use of mediums, especially (but not exclusively) mascara, self-loathing, pain, blood.
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Umm, yes. I had to guess some of the media, or go by what had been discussed in the comp thread, for example:
Hyperborean said:
Because I hate myself I went from digital to traditional for the picture. and Yes, they have pants
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If anyone wants to update any of the info in the spoilers, let me know.


Slanputin said:
Expect my my final decision in about....a month.
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Aaaand that's not going to work out. It is a shorter voting timeframe - 16 days - to get things back in synch with the writing comps from now on.
 
well, since I did not make it in time (I have billion excuses) and I think all of these are awesome, I just cannot vote and will just snuggle up into my shell.
Or vote later after someone gives me reassurance it will not hurt anyone's feelings .)
 
Blastoize said:
well, since I did not make it in time (I have billion excuses) and I think all of these are awesome, I just cannot vote and will just snuggle up into my shell.
Or vote later after someone gives me reassurance it will not hurt anyone's feelings .)
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Vote, you don't have to enter the comp to show appreciation for these gorgeous works!
So cast your vote and boost our egos!
 
Ah holy quango eggs this is intense. I really feel like this forum's members should give up their personal lives and all go live on an island as an elite creative collective of artists and writers.

After some consideration my votes are probably going to everyone

Warden for spaaaaaace
Hyperborean for epiiiiiiic
Details/n810 for colourrrrrr
Sauric Ace for lols, always vote for the lols (and such perfectly executed lols, too!)

Runners up: everyone!

Bob - really strong. but I couldn't do two space ones, and warden's slann takes up more of the page so he clinches it (wut? I iz hi-brow)
Pendrake - patterns! lovely lovely patterns! could have been improved by even more Escher :D
Bowser - curiously insightful and thought provoking. who are you and what have you done with bowser? (actually now that I think about it your written work is also quite perceptive....do you have a doppelganger who does your comp entries for you?!)

OK so I'm going to stop now before I get through everyone, which I could easily do because I literally loved all of them except mine which was smelly and awful and stupid.

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OK I'm going to do everyone because they deserve it:

Phoendinn - staggering. insane skillz (have you considered going pro?)
Little-myth - phenomenal sense of movement/power
Assassin - sooooo sinister
neveroddoreven - adore this, want poster
dwarfepic - so simple. so satisfying.
scalanex - on point
infinity turtle - aw they're so lovely and adorab- *glances around nervously* ahem. I mean bah humbug I'm a serious writer person who writes serious writing stuff.
 
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