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[Scumdogg]

Okay guys, we had an amazing turnout for this one! I expect to see a record number of votes to acknowledge all the hard work and great ideas that our many talented artists put into this month's competition. Polls close in 7 days. Good luck to everyone!!!

1. Cthulhu Battle Beast, by EricNilla
 BattleBeastCthulhu_by_Ericnilla.jpg   699.5K   30 downloads

2. Battle Bigfoot, by Tortle
 battlebigfoot_by_Tortle.jpg   219.49K   14 downloads

3. Centaur Warrior, by Seres Wyvern
 centaurwarriorjx9_by_Seres_Wyvern.jpg   407.6K   21 downloads

4. Cerberus Battle Beast, by Scumdogg
 CerberusBB_by_Scumdogg.jpg   231.65K   16 downloads

5. Chaotic Chimera, by dankingery
 ChaoticChimera_by_dankingery.jpg   382.82K   19 downloads

6. Judicious Jackalope, by Reccoom Kaboom
 judiciousjackalope_by_recoomkaboom.jpg   58.42K   9 downloads

7. Cthulhu Laser Beast, by Scumdogg
 LaserBeastCthulhu_by_Scumdogg.jpg   668.58K   16 downloads

8. Shapeless Shoggoth, by Reccoom Kaboom
 shapelessshoggoth_by_ReccoomKaboom.jpg   95.23K   16 downloads

9. Tiamat, by Tortle
 tiamat_by_Tortle.jpg   289.52K   60 downloads

[jkaris]

This was a hard vote. I was torn between Eric's Cthulu, Scummy's Cerebus, Tortle's Tiamat and Reccoom's Jackalope.
In the end, Nate's piece won me over, as it did Veers, due to the fun effect (gotta love Muscleman using Pirate Lion's sword, too ). That is what put it over the top for me.

Awesome work guys!

[Scumdogg]

After much deliberation i voted for Dan's Chaotic Chimera. I intended to vote for this one from the moment it was posted, and it managed to ride out all other competition and hold my interest. It's a spectacular bit of creature design, there's just so much going on there. The pose and expression are great, and i love that staff like nobody's business. I have only one small complaint and that is that i wish it was in color. And as soon as i get my printer fixed up, i intend to remedy that.

Veers mentioned a lot of artists dropping out for this one, and i agree. We had TWO first time entrants, and double entries by three artists. This should have been a record-breaking number of entries, but a lot of people seem to have taken a pass for some reason. Not much excuse for that, especially with the new two-month window. I know people get busy, but not for two solid months. Let's step back up next time, people.

[Kevin Mayle]

My first choice was Reccoom's Jackalope. Always hated the Dave Coulier character, but Reccoom's drawing had so much character and was drawn in a really appealing style.
Then I was going to vote for Scumdogg's Cerberus. The composition of that picture just won me over.
Then Seres Wyvern came out of nowhere with that expertly rendered Centaur Warrior. She definately nailed my vote.
That was until the last minute, Tortle drops in a masterpiece. You can tell a lot of effort went into that picture and none of it was wasted. That is a great example of a fully realized, complete picture.
And that Muscleman with sword and shield (I thought it was Crystar's sword too) would make an awesome toy!

[mrjayberry]

Voted for Battle Bigfoot-Tortle, overall I think I just enjoyed the background/fun take on the familiar his Tiamat was also an excellent piece.

Seres, I'm exited to see whats in store for future contests, your Cenataur warrior looks awesome

Everybody else good job despite most of the rest of the entries being in black and white none of them seem static.

[Tortle]

Thanks for the compliments, gang! I'm glad you like it.

Although everyone did an amazing job, I voted for Centaur Warrior. I like the take on the armor design (especially the mask), and the coloring technique with the pencils gave it an interesting feel and texture.

[Scumdogg]

Wow, i am glad i did a follow-up entry. Didn't expect my version of Cthulhu to get his trash kicked quite so hard.

Tortle, you're gonna have to give me some watercolor lessons or something, or i'm going right back to markers.

[mrjayberry]

none of them seem static.

You're probably right. Maybe I should have said isolated or naked or stark?

I'm not sure of the right word to convey my impression.

I didn't even read your comment before posting,
But what ever you decide to use let me know because I had a similar viewpoint, a bunch of awesome drawings but couldn't compete with Tortles pics bursting with color and backgrounds, ect.

[doc_moore_j]

I went with Erics on this one. His art to me is just effing amazing. So real looking as if there was really such a creature. I will admit to not voting on a couple of his pieces in the past for this same reason, the baby pirate lion for example, was just too creepy hahaha. The only thing I wish is that he would put a little color into his pieces. I was torn between three peices on this vote, and had he colored it, it would have been no contest for me.

Anyways, I chose his cause I thought it was amazing. Seres and Tortle were really close behind in my vote.

[Ericnilla]

yeah damn Nate and finishing a drawing


i cant get passed my pencils i just love pencil so much, i think it would change what im trying to depict (crazy as that might sound)

[Ericnilla]

i'll try real hard to color this one... at least ink it, and if anything a photoshop color job...

im making your pic my top priority right now. so hopefully i'll have it done ina few days. Promise~! sorry for the delay. life sucks sometimes.

Edited by Ericnilla, 07 August 2008 - 04:39 PM.

[jkaris]

Two fraudulent votes from a dup IP. This is annoying that some people think that their votes should count more than once.
Not sure who they voted for though.

[Ericnilla]

was it the same person from utah again~?

[jkaris]

was it the same person from utah again~?

Nope, different continent, this time.
No biggie, it's just annoying.

On the positive side of things, there are new users (yes, actual new users, I verified IP's) who are registering an account just to vote. The FAC is bringing some of the long time lurkers on board!

[Ericnilla]

yay cool

i know there has to be many people out there that collect. they keep out bidding me on ebay.

and different continent~? crazy

Edited by Ericnilla, 07 August 2008 - 06:39 PM.

[Reccoom Kaboom]

was it the same person from utah again~?

Nope, different continent, this time.
No biggie, it's just annoying.

On the positive side of things, there are new users (yes, actual new users, I verified IP's) who are registering an account just to vote. The FAC is bringing some of the long time lurkers on board!

And possibly some new artists!

As a side note, I got the blank patches in, and the mythologies logo will be on a 4" round patch with a yellow border. that's about 3-4 times bigger than the first 3 patches!

[dankingery]

well, you all finally did it to me. i had to resort to witchcraft to vote this month. there was no way i could pick just one, so i assigned each entry a number, 1-9, and took a ten sided die and rolled it three times, averaged the number and came up with 4.3. in other words i voted for scumdogg's cerberus battle beast. originally i was planning on voting for scumdogg's cthulhu just because the amount of work that went into it. then ericnilla throws up not only a kickass sketch but also a super cool final drawing of cthulhu. i was really lost when seres wyvern added her centaur. then tortle decides he needs to add a masterpiece inspired by something i said in the original thread. there was no way for me to decide. i loved every entry. you guys kill me. but i can't think of a better way to get lost than staring at all these wonderful entries.

if this is the way all the contests are going to go, i'm going to be jonesing for the next contest like a crack addict.

[dankingery]

oh man. ericnilla's making a comeback. this truly is the greatest contest in the history of mankind. well, there were some other ones that came pretty close, but this is still great.

[Seres Wyvern]

Seres, I'm exited to see whats in store for future contests, your Cenataur warrior looks awesome

I'm trying to make this my "get-out-laziness" to start my new semester in my university full of energy!

Thanks again for the words! You all!!


My vote is for the Cerberus, because that B&B stunned me!!! The trace just make me want to make a giant poster of it! Wonderful!

[Donkeykid77]

I voted for Tortles Tiamat piece, with Seres Wyvern's Centaur a close second.

Great work in this contest, but I wonder why nobody did a Godzilla?
Maybe Gabe could do one of those huh!

Greetz y'all, DK.

[Ericnilla]

darn i thought i was gonna make a comeback... oh well... voting ends tonight right~?