VOTING!! Teen Challenge #12

**inkerton** · August 17th, 2006, 02:00 AM

The topic was "the Survivor." Vote for your favorite!

Evil_Sloth:

Prophet:

JesterCapp

Pixeldragoon:

invinciblewombat:

subvicto:

bestow:

Haldor:

PhantomBlaze:

luxun:

v0rbiss:

Narmo:

Cup of Joe:

Plate:

Some really nice stuff this round, a few of you guys really went the extra mile on it. Post suggestions for future topics if you got 'em.

**Narmo** · August 17th, 2006, 05:19 AM

Pixeldragoon you get my vote, but it was hard to choose between u and Evil sloth !
Really nice entries.

**blog** · August 17th, 2006, 05:50 AM

Evil Sloth's, not cause it screams 'survivor', but because the vote was accidental and I later found out I wanted to vote for Luxun, sorry

**Pixeldragoon** · August 17th, 2006, 05:57 AM

My vote goes to Evil sloth (but I still can't vote) so +1 for him

**Evil_Sloth** · August 17th, 2006, 07:39 AM

I voted for you too man, cheers for helping me out.
A suggestion for the next one from me would be "defence".
Prophet, I loved the design on the woman.

**asoir** · August 17th, 2006, 08:23 AM

Justin- you KNOW you've got my vote, fucking professional and extremely hard worked.

**Andorz** · August 17th, 2006, 09:35 AM

Evil Sloth got my vote. Otherwise i would've chosen Pixeldragoon.

**Cup of Joe** · August 17th, 2006, 10:10 AM

Pixeldragoon got my vote. Evil Sloth is a close runner up, but I think Pixel's looks more finished.

Edit- Woah, I did not mean to do that. Can you switch it to Pixel please?

**Bendragon** · August 17th, 2006, 11:53 AM

Between Pixel and Sloth. In the end I think I'll go with Pixel because Sloth's entry is readable. Prophet has a good entry too.

**blog** · August 17th, 2006, 12:09 PM

luxun got no votes?... haaaarsh :/ I think his entry is the best man :/

**dannE-B** · August 17th, 2006, 02:17 PM

wow luxun did a traditional Piece...its a nice Illustration too.

**Pixeldragoon** · August 17th, 2006, 02:59 PM

I was so worried when I pulled up the poll that the last option would be "Green Topaz" D:

Thanks for all the support guys, I'll try to finish mine up this weekend.

**Dile_** · August 17th, 2006, 03:28 PM

My vote goes for pixeldragon, good work

and good work everyone, even if
some stuff would be cool to see polished!

**v0rbiss** · August 17th, 2006, 03:57 PM

I voted for Evil_Sloth, nicely done!

**chaosrocks** · August 17th, 2006, 04:38 PM

voted Pixel's although that dragon will still never get of f the ground

but the guy might be able to talk him out of eating him....unless of course the dragon itself is the survivor.....
Sloths is well drawn and beautifully rendered...but who's the survivor? and is attacking with violence the only way to survive...I dunno didn't seem quite as on topic.

as always great job all you folks.....

chaos

**Lewis** · August 17th, 2006, 04:56 PM

evil sloth explained his pic in the original thread, i voted for him. Great colours and helmetdesign!

**Pixeldragoon** · August 17th, 2006, 05:41 PM

Chaos, I've been working on it, but the latest is still WIP. I just submitted this one for the deadline is all =\

**Lohan** · August 17th, 2006, 05:58 PM

i cant see pixels?

**Pixeldragoon** · August 17th, 2006, 06:35 PM

Try refreshing I guess.. I dunno. =(

MAN this is a close one!!!

**chaosrocks** · August 17th, 2006, 07:30 PM

hate to be a poop...but we are talking visual imagery here. It shouldn't have to be explained. and if it does, it didn't succeed. Unless one wants the viewer to make the interprtation for them selves. but even so.

it aint communication, if it don't communicate
if there were no topic sloth is a clear winner.

chaos

chaos

**Pixeldragoon** · August 17th, 2006, 09:48 PM

Not sure who you were speaking to- but Sloth's I think had much more of a "survivor" to it than mine.

And next time no paintovers for you Slothy!!! =P

Chaos, what I was talking about was the wings- here is the latest wip:

Though I still don't like the wings, I tried to make it more believable, but I'm still not satisfied with it, even after all the work! Augh! D:

**Idiot Apathy** · August 17th, 2006, 10:43 PM

Ack, crap... this is rough. I've got to abstain from voting for a little... too rough. When's the poll close?

Sloth - Sweet motion, cool design. Got a real depth of field thing going on. I wish some of the strokes were a little smoother, particulary on the faces.
Prophet- Cool design and good comp. Colors and edges are a little muddy perhaps?
JesterCapp- I think if it was based on concept alone I might have to vote yours, got a good feel to it and I love the little guy's expression.
Pixel- You're tackleing so damn many things at once it's hard to give a focused crit

Just polish everything I guess @_@ I dunno, I'm not a huge fan of the high contrast - having black and white; could have been nice to have a more dominate hue overall - something to go with the dragons sort of violet perhaps?
Wombat- Hehe, good concept and a good feeling of impending doooom. Is it me or does the reflection on his mask seem to indicate the sun being in a different direction? Also, maybe it's just my monitor but his left (our right) hand is pretty lost.
Subvicto- Straight up Hollywood eh? Hehe. In yours I see three good renderings but lack of a solid whole you know? Can you think of a better angle to show a car jumping off of a truck and being chased by a helicopter? Certainly a extremely hard thing to pull off, hell I don't feel like trying.
Bestow- Hmm, I know you have something good in your head but I can't quite make it out

I'd recommend staying away from smudge tools or blenders for a little while and seeing what you can do with just an ordinary brush. Thinking less grand at times will help too, focus on something and try to get that down pat! Deconstruct a hard problem step by step you know?
Haldor- Sweeet! Wait, who's the survivor? Crits... uhmmumumm... Err, the handle is off from the rest of the sword maybe?
Phantomblaze- Eek is that earth? We going to be enslaved by cruel aliens? You might think about adding some exhaust flames or something cheezy to help the ship feel like it's moving. Also, why so far away from everything? Might be nice to have a close up of the ship with the earth as a big backdrop perhaps? Just a thought...
Luxun- Woo for traditional (with a little bit of digi

) Crazy message... booze killing him - survivor? Kudos man kudos.
Vorbis: Sweet! Morbid but sweet... I like the simple execution but can't help but want maybe just a little spot that stands out from the rest? Splash of color on the noose or his face maybe?
Narmo- Good ol' blue, good ol' bright sand and blue - makes for a nice color scheme me thinks. I can't explicitly tell exactly what's going on, dead alive - coming or going? Use the elements to tell the story, is there hope on the beach? Is he going to be washed up on the beach? You might have had him washed up on the beach perhaps? I dunno..
CupofJoe: Not bad man not bad! There's no shame in going full on grayscale - I'd recommend it actually. Value is probably the most important aspect in readability - color is best for mood really. You guys are all doing such grand insane pictures, but I would like to see someone concentrate on getting one thing perfect too you know? Cheers dude.
Plate: Ehehehe, great concept. I love me some zombies, zombie killing rather. I would have liked to see perhaps a clear defined lightsource and overall color harmony, right now everything is sort of it's own natural color even though it's nighttime yeah?

Wheeh, got 'em all I think? Still can't decide who to vote on, I'm bad with things like that.

**inkerton** · August 18th, 2006, 12:07 AM

Really tough choice between Pixel and Sloth, both you guys are showing tremendous progress here. Ultimately I voted for Pixel, though both are great. Prophet, wombat, and luxun have really nice entries as well. Makes me feel like such a slacker for making mine so rushed, I really need to start my entries sooner than the night of the dealine.

subvicto and Cup of Joe - come on guys, don't vote for yourselves.

Idiot Apathy - a big thanks for taking the time to crit all the entries! Much appreciated. Thanks for you comments on mine too, I'm to finish it up and make it look like I planned it to, and I'll take all that stuff into consideration when I get back to work on it. By the way, the time that the poll closes is listed right under the poll question at the top of the page.

Round 13 will be up soon, just as soon as I think of a decent topic.

**Pixeldragoon** · August 18th, 2006, 06:34 AM

Cup of Joe did it accidentaly (read his post) =\

**bestow** · August 18th, 2006, 06:59 AM

pixeldragon wins imho here too, brains as light sources is a frickin awesome idear

**blog** · August 18th, 2006, 09:10 AM

How about 'Mafia gun fight' for the next round? PLate? waddya think?

**Dile_** · August 18th, 2006, 09:26 AM

lol @ subvicto for voteing at his own entry....
lol @ Cup of Joe for voteing at his own entry...

**Dile_** · August 18th, 2006, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by blog

How about 'Mafia gun fight' for the next round? PLate? waddya think?

Can aztecs be mafiosos ? then no..

**blog** · August 18th, 2006, 09:33 AM

dude did you check out evil sloth's pimp? I don't think he'll have any trouble

**Lewis** · August 18th, 2006, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Dile

lol @ subvicto for voteing at his own entry....
lol @ Cup of Joe for voteing at his own entry...

wassup with that man

if they honestly think their entry is the best whos there to stop em?
I think honesty is best when it comes to voting, even if that means to vote on your own piece.

It has become such a form of etiquette to not vote for urself that u guys bash anyone to death for selfvoting. (even if it was per accident!)

its their choice and let it be

No offence further, but i just had to say that