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[Scumdogg]

Alright, sorry for the delay, but here's the poll for FAC 17: Gormiti and Fistful of Power, better late than never! A big thank you and congratulations to everyone who entered, i think this is definitely one of our best contests yet!

Voting will last for seven days as usual, if someone could put a shout-out on the main page that'd be great. We get 30 votes a DAY for the toy battles, we should have so much more than that in a week!

Good luck everyone, and let the voting begin!


1. Ericnilla- Gheos
 gheos_by_ericnilla.jpg   1.09MB   74 downloads

2. Airot- People of the Forest
 Airot__people_of_the_forest.jpg   487.71K   73 downloads

3. Scumdogg- Sea Tribe
 GormitiSeaTribepainting.jpg   372.54K   40 downloads

4. Lethalwhip- Lethalwhip
 lethalwhip_by_lethalwhip.jpg   252.73K   17 downloads

5. Lethalwhip- SD Lethalwhip
 lethalwhip__sdlethalwhip.jpg   345.32K   20 downloads

6. Musclemenkids- Cowl vs. Gheos
 musclemenkids__cowl_vs._gheos.JPG   77.56K   26 downloads

7. Reccoom Kaboom- Sea Tribe PVC Carving
 reccoom_kaboom__sea_tribe_pvccarving.jpg   1.96MB   55 downloads

8. Tortle- Tasarau
 Tortle__Tasarau.jpg   162.88K   44 downloads

9. Tortle- Turtles
 Tortle__Turtles.jpg   234.1K   54 downloads

[jkaris]

Very hard choice, but I went with Airot's entry. Excellent work all!

[TheOrgg]

Tough choice. It came down among Tortle's Tasarau and Scummdogg's painting. In the end, the Cthulhuesque painting took it in my book.

[Ghost Lion]

Wow, it is evident of all the hard work that went into making these masterpieces. The Sea Reibe PVC carving is incredible. I, however, had to go with "Turtles" Being a big fan of the TMNT especially the early issues this piece caught my eye and did not let go!

[TheOrgg]

Man, after looking at the original thread, I wish I could vote for Scummy and Reccoom. The scale of the carving is amazing!

The only reason it didn't get my vote initially is that the featured figures arn't very detailed like I expect to see in an etching (only having seen stuff like Four Horsement of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer). Comparison to ancient masterworks cost you the vote, I guess. I would never have guessed it was as large as it is, though!

[musclemenkids]

i voted for Ericnilla's Gheos - i think the level of detail is very impressive and you know when i seen it, i immediately thought of a Gormiti movie starring Mickey Rourke as Gheos purely based on Ericnillas drawing.

[Scumdogg]

On the subject of Reccoom's carving, i recommend that anyone on the fence go check out all his images in the FAC 17 thread itself. I was going to post a couple of them in here, but they're huge files and apparently 10MB is the upper limit for attachments in a single post.

I can't figure out who i'm voting for yet...i've got it narrowed down to three entries....maybe four.

[Starman]

Christ! How good are these entries? It was really tough to choose, but i eventually voted for Airot.

[Donkeykid77]

INCREDIBLE SHOWOFF OF TALENT GUYS!!!

One of the most difficult polls to choose a winner from ever,
probably THE most difficult.

I really love Tortle´s Turtles and his Tasarau;
Scummdog´s Sea Tribe and Airot´s People of the Forest!
All other entries are very nice too, but these three came the closest to my winner:
Reccoom´s SEA TRIBE PVC CARVING!!!

Effin´nice work guys!!

DK77.

PS Just out of curiosity, how much time did your carving cost you Reccoom??

Edited by Donkeykid77, 10 February 2009 - 02:06 PM.

[mrjayberry]

I was a bit underwhelmed in the FAC 17 thread because I'm not familiar with Gormiti, but seeing all the entries together, just Wow.

I went with Airot, with Reccoom as my second choice (is that a muscle I see).

Scumdogg-Nice switch up of mediums, me likes.
Tortle-Two super solid enteries but they didn't grab me (mostly I think becuse I don't know Gormiti that well), really enjoy seeing the a piece like Turtles which you
probably had a blast drawing. The fun bursts out of the entry (I've almost convinced myself that I made the wrong vote)
Ericnilla-You're to good, I never seem to vote for you unless I have to pick my jaw off the floor. This piece only made the jaw drop to about knee level.
Lethalwhip-Always fantastic to see a new entry. Of your two I liked SD Lethalwhip better. Sometimes I use whoever had the best gimmick as a tie breaker. I could use more
color but thats a personal prefrence. I've voted for an Ericnilla piece or two regardless. Keep entering please
Musclemenkids-I love your entry (first one?) I think in the right contest I'll throw down a vote. I would have loved to see a holiday entry from you.

[Reccoom Kaboom]

Theorgg-
In regards to detail, I knew the background would be heavy in texture, so i kept the charachters to linework, lest they be lost in the clutter. My tastes lean much heavier towards design (positive/negotive space, color balance, flow of vision, line weight) than just gobs of detail. I prefer to have an almost musical flow to the lines in carving, with clarity of what's being seen.
 paisleygecko_002.jpg   641.59K   14 downloads
Plus, pressing down on the back of a razorblade for as long as this project took (30 hours carving, to answer Donkeykidd77's question) was really painfull, and has left me with no feeling in my 1st finger on my right since jan 29th. Not complaining, as I knew the consequences before I started: just thought others might not be aware of how demanding print plates are on the artist.

Mrjayberry-
Three muscles, two MotU's, one MIMP, one battlebeast, one dragonmagic, and seven sea tribe Gormiti.

Scummdogg-
Sorry about the file sizes. If I had stained the plate, I would have been able to use smaller files. I just couldn't bring myself to taint the pristine white just yet.

[dankingery]

hands down best fac ever. great turnout and every single entry is a winner. the new talent really shined this round and made this really great. i had an extremely hard time making a decision.

ericnilla needs to start doing freelance work as a conceptual artist. honestly. no bullshizznit. how great does that drawing of gheos look? looks pretty effing great.

airot's style is fantastic. the amount of work she's put into all of her entries is astounding. and who didn't get a smile on their face when they looked at her entry? great stuph.

scumdogg is the master of all trades. you could hand him a tootsie roll and a bucket of pig slop and he'd fashion a terrific rendition of an lrg in his original style. and it would look great! he's never let me down in these contests and always comes in strong with a great entry.

two entries from lethalwhip! not only two, but two awesome entries. i think i like the regular one better than the sd, but that may only be because of the scan. wonderful job, hope to see more in future facs.

musclemenkids prolly has my overall favorite concept here. can you imagine the mud cowl has to be dropping as he tries to get that spell off before gheos turns him into jelly? major mud. this is easily one of my faves of the contest. hope to see many more from you as well.

reccoom is a robot from the future who was programed to come up with completely creative concepts for these facs and execute them at a professional level. i know how long and hard he must have worked on that. and i too know the sting that eventually turns to numbness from highly precise carving. it'll come back some day bruddah.

i think tortle could draw anything, and i mean anything, and make it look badass. seriously, ask him to draw a picture of you getting a vasectomy and you'll love it. the turtles entry is my fave of the two, but both were excellent.

i wish i could have voted for two entries. i was torn between eric's gheos and musclemenkids gheos. i'm slightly biased since gheos is my favorite. he's got a gigantic hammer for hell's sake. in the end after a two out of three coin toss decision, i went with eric's. while i regret not getting to also vote for musclemenkid's entry due to the sheer love i have for it. i'm comforted by the fact that eric's pic is the best rendition of gheos i've ever seen. you can feel the power that only the lord of the earth can possess.

excellent work by all. again, this is easily the best contest hands down.

[doc_moore_j]

I was torn between 3. Airot's, and both of Tortle's. I ended up going with Airots because something about this picture just shines to me. I think its the contrast. I'm not much of an artist so I cant say for sure, but this one stood out the most to me. Its awesome! Tortle's were both sweet, I love the tree guy, and I LOVE turtles hahahaha.

Like always, great work from all and I enjoy looking at every piece!!! Keep up the good work.

[meatcutta78]

WOW!!!!!,Im really blown away.

This was the hardest contest to vote for,but in the end I went with Turtles by Tortle,im a sucker for TURTLES.

I want to gives props to all of the members who entered.

Edited by meatcutta78, 10 February 2009 - 09:16 PM.

[Ericnilla]

...ericnilla needs to start doing freelance work as a conceptual artist. honestly. no bullshizznit. how great does that drawing of gheos look? looks pretty effing great...

I actually do that on the side. working on a few things as we speak.

[SpectreSuperSix5]

They're all too good. I settled on Reccoom Kaboom's carving.

[mrjayberry]

Mrjayberry-
Three muscles, two MotU's, one MIMP, one battlebeast, one dragonmagic, and seven sea tribe Gormiti

Awesome, I knew one muscle and the battlebeast but not knowing much about Gormiti I thought the rest probably were (well there is one other muscle that I definatly should have noticed as such) The rest now that you mention it are unmistakable. I love this piece more and more all the time.

[Articulationnut]

You gentlemen (and ladies?) definitely have my attention. I did NOT expect to see this level of artwork in this contest. I didnt know what to expect but im impressed with every single entry. You are all truly talented and should combine forces to produce a LRG comic book (or strip ) iI also had an extremely hard time making a decision.

ericnilla Right out of the gate your image mde me pause. Utterly fantastic. It reminds me of sketch/concept work ive seen in the back of comic books. Speechless.....

airot The level of detail that your art displays captivating as well as the emotion exuded.

scumdogg Who knew ? ( i didnt) Is that an oil painting? Cthulu-esque indeed! I can imagine this in a museum as art from an ancient culture. It reeks of "class".
lethalwhip VEry nice work (im a bit partial to the non SD version myself but the SD is nice as well). I can clearly imagine your art style being used in comics. Heck a comic included with the Gormiti figures.
musclemenkids I have a "friend" that produces childrens books. He has been in Barnes and Nobles, Chapters and a few other large book stores (promoting). Your artwork is better than his. Your inclusion of a "conflict" scene really brings life to your work. You might want to consider a small starter book.

reccoom So im preparing a meal and having a friend over and they wonder out of eye sight but still within earshot and after a few moments of silence i go to check on them. I find them staring at your piece hanging on my wall. They inch closer and pull away...and inch closer again as they are mesmerized by the characters ETCHED into the medium you chose.

tortle between you and Ericnilla ...JEEz-US.... Your work is like a dessert that there isnt enough of. You get angry because you want more! Your art has a ton of character. Your thick borders and shading bring your art to life.

Im really torn on who to vote for as ALL of the entries are high quality. Im a fan of the Gormiti Gheos figure. I was the first time id seen it. Ericnillas Gheos is ...breathtaking. That might be a bit much but its very impressive.
As someone else mentioned " i'm comforted by the fact that eric's pic is the best rendition of gheos i've ever seen. you can feel the power that only the lord of the earth can possess.".

Scumdoggs oil painting is something id hang in a gallery. I swear that looks like an oil painting.

Ultimately though...despite the fact that the colors of the other artwork are eye catching... Recooms etched piece has multiple factors in its favor:
Its unique (the medium)
It forces one to pay close attention to it.
Its a conversation piece that would stir those that arent fans of "comic style" art/ fantasy art.

Just incredible Recoom. Youve got my vote

[Scumdogg]

Scumdoggs oil painting is something id hang in a gallery. I swear that looks like an oil painting.

It's acrylics. Thank you though! It was my first real attempt at painting, i'm glad people enjoy it.

[TheOrgg]

That was the FIRST time you've painted?

:stunned:

[Scumdogg]

That was the FIRST time you've painted?

:stunned:

Well, sort of. I did two acrylic paintings when forced to in high school art class, but they were terrible and that was eleven years ago. But yeah, this is the first one i've done since then.

[Ericnilla]

back when i used to paint i preferred oils since they dry slow... did you have any problems with the acrylic drying too fast~?

[Scumdogg]

back when i used to paint i preferred oils since they dry slow... did you have any problems with the acrylic drying too fast~?

Not yet, mostly because i've been working pretty small. I also kind of prefer the quick-drying because i can layer things quickly without screwing anything up. And if they drying time does become a problem, keeping a spray bottle on hand keeps the paint pretty workable for a while longer.

[Ericnilla]

just wanted to throw this out here...

if anyone is interested in this piece, im up to sell or trade for it...

still a starving artist.