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[Scumdogg]

Welcome to the poll for FAC 19, Beastformers Call of the Wild! Thanks as always to everyone who participated this time around, and you've all got seven days to vote for your favorite!

1. Dankingery: Sledgehammer Elephant
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2. Darryl Westley: Kickback Kangaroo
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3. Darryl Westley: Battle Beast Ark
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4. Ericnilla: Gorilla Trilogy
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5. FANtom Core: Stone Serpentara Form 2
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6. Musclemenkids: Slowpoke Sloth
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7. Reccoom Kaboom: Motivational
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8. Scumdogg: Knight Owl
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9. Tortle: Pirate Lion
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Edited by Scumdogg, 04 April 2009 - 07:58 AM.

[Donkeykid77]

I doubted for a while between Dan's Sledgehammer Elephant and Recoom's Poster,
but had to go with Recoom's entry, that horny toad just looks tooo awesome!

Nice work everyone!
DK.

[Scumdogg]

Ahh, the ol' first day one vote each with only one comment. Now that the awkwardly voting for yourself period is over, let's get some commentary up in here!

[musclemenkids]

i voted for Dan's elephant. i like how he has incorporated a rider - the actual elephant battle beast could be the result of what might happen if the man and the elephant were put into the teleportation machine from the fly! The rider though still reminds me of someone or something.... was it one of Richard IV knights from the original Blackadder??

I also loved Nates lion, nates stuff always really appeals to me. If nates real job is not anything to do with drawing then he should be put in jail because it is surely a crime to waste such awesome talents.

[dankingery]

jimminy jillickers, i didn't realize there were this many entries. glad there was more than i initially remembered.

darryl westley came in strong again this month. and although his line art style is very clean and refined it does hold fine detail that is often overlooked in this type of picture. the twin blitzkreig bats and the sea creatures are marvelous. i also liked his fun comic style sketch of kickback kangaroo. great work, please keep entering, i think you bring something special to these contests.

ericnilla can't do crappy work. i think if he tried to eff up a picture it would still come out kick ass. i dream of the day when he finds the time in his busy schedule to color some of his entries. he'd be unstoppable then. and, not trying to be a dick here, but there is no way a gorilla could take out a lion.

fantom core had a very cool concept here. the fact that the snake is just fished through a power suit and uses it's tail and lower body for the right leg is awesome. looks like that suit is armed for world war three as well. cool work.

musclemenkids is one of my faves. it doesn't hurt that he's a pretty damn cool guy, but he also draws some of the funnest pictures around. full disclosure here. i hate, i'm using the word hate here, i HATE slowpoke sloth. i hate him. but this drawing makes me love him. this little guy doesn't have a care in the world. how did he ever get roped into a huge battle? this entry was easily an early favorite for me. excellent job.

reccoom kaboom must go to work to take a vacation from all of these contests he organizes and enters. but he consistently brings quality every time. i love the style of this entry. the lines are beautiful and it's just damn fun to look at. stay cool brutha.

scumdogg is who i look to when i need advice on coloring. his pics are always color perfect. knight owl is a cool figure but i think what i love most about his entry is poor powerhouse mouse about to become supper.

tortle does what i can't do. he kicks ass at coloring with crayons. i don't know how he does it. if any of you have tried to color with crayons, and achieve the same results as he does, you know it's a kick in the balls to do. especially those fine details. also, i'm going to have to put my eye patch on my lion from now on. it looks especially cool pre-beastformer stage.

this was a three-way split for me. i loved reccoom's entry and the style he chose. it was a perfect rendering. tortle's pirate lion was also hard to over look. the brutality of the scene was conveyed very well. and the manner in which he adapted the armor to the animal form was terrific. finally scumdogg's knight owl jumped to my final three. not only is it a great rendering of an owl but it's got a perfect color layout. and to top it all off, he snuck in powerhouse mouse, one of my top faves of the battle beasts. if it weren't for that little mouse i don't know who i would have voted for. the mouse was the key this time. it's also a key element that scumdogg seems to sneak into all of his drawings. he always seems to find some way to add that little something special that makes his entries so great. his little attention to details make his drawings transition from just art to fan art.

great work everyone. these contests are so much fun and i appreciate everyone who contributes. special thanks goes out to scumdogg for always setting up the polls. if i was ever asked to set one up it'd be effed up for sure.

[FANtomCore]

my favorites are

Dankingery: Sledgehammer Elephant

Scumdogg: Knight Owl

Tortle: Pirate Lion

i voted scumdogg though because his art style is really smooth, Darryl Westley's final pic is also smooth too. i wonder if they used image editing software like i did to smooth out the colors and stuff.

[Ghost Lion]

Fudge, this is tough. I love all of these, but especially The Gorilla Trilogy, Knight Owl, and Pirate Lion. I went with Pirate Lion because it was a nice complete package for me. Nice color, a little gore, and a great rendition of realistic animals with the armor thrown in to tie it in with Battle Beasts.

[Scumdogg]

i wonder if they used image editing software like i did to smooth out the colors and stuff.

Can't speak for the others for sure, but i don't. I like to live on the edge, no room for repairs or edits. Makes me much more satisfied when i get to the end without blowing it.

[DarrylWestley]

My vote went to Scumdogg. His Knight Owl sketch; nice pose, I like the mouse
dangling. I am guessing the owl would have problems lifting his wings in such
a contraption None the less, beautifully coloured, especially the fine white
lines shading.

I really liked Dankingery's entry, the rendering of the elephant, perfect! Although
I couldn't help but be distracted by the blue background, does it need to be there?
The green grass in marker is a nice contrast but not too overpowering. Great to see
creative work from you

Recoom's entry was another that could of got my vote. What a classic game. Nice
use of colour, well balanced with line texture. I like that you have added elements
digitally (type at the bottom), I am wondering if the 'little rubber guys' sign could
have been added in a similar manner to make it stand out from the illustration?
Creatively you seem to be on fire, entering all these competitions and switching
between styles! Nice one.

I hope my criticisms are constructive and you will not be offended.

On the note about use of digital software, I hope this is not frowned upon due to
the 'lack of risk' involved. Personally I use a graphic tablet to 'physically' make
marks on screen. All colouring is also done digitally, I like the consistency.

Saying that I am aware there are elements of hand mark making, texture etc that
give a great quality and are sometimes lost in digital images. I am just a massive
fan of print, you should see my entry when it is printed on A3+ photo paper, 'lush'.
I did toy with the idea of entering a photograph of the actual print output this time.

I am concerned my pieces are disregarded because of my use of medium though,
next time I have something else planned, hopefully this will prove I am not a 'one
trick pony'.

[Scumdogg]

On the note about use of digital software, I hope this is not frowned upon due to
the 'lack of risk' involved. Personally I use a graphic tablet to 'physically' make
marks on screen. All colouring is also done digitally, I like the consistency.

I didn't mean to disparage digital work at all. You make some great stuff, as have some other past FAC artists that worked 100% digital. It's just not how i roll, personally.

[Ghost Lion]

Can't speak for the others for sure, but i don't. I like to live on the edge, no room for repairs or edits. Makes me much more satisfied when i get to the end without blowing it.

Wow, that's what my wife says about me.

[Scumdogg]

Can't speak for the others for sure, but i don't. I like to live on the edge, no room for repairs or edits. Makes me much more satisfied when i get to the end without blowing it.

Wow, that's what my wife says about me.

Well played, sir.

[Shadow Bat]

this contest reminds me of a comic I got as a kid called brute force

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[Reccoom Kaboom]

Recoom's entry was another that could of got my vote. What a classic game. Nice
use of colour, well balanced with line texture. I like that you have added elements
digitally (type at the bottom), I am wondering if the 'little rubber guys' sign could
have been added in a similar manner to make it stand out from the illustration?
Creatively you seem to be on fire, entering all these competitions and switching
between styles! Nice one.

Thanks again, Darryl. This time through I used sharpies on primed canvas, which greatly shortens their lifespan. The little rubber guys text was hand drawn because 2 charachters were going to be attatched, and my photoshop skills are passable at best. The reason I switch styles is that between these challenges and my old topic Muscle art, I passed the 100 figure pic mark awhile ago, and have to find new ways to motivate myself. I don't know how Kevinmayle did so many in the same style for so long without getting burnt out.

[meatcutta78]

You guys just get better and better with each contest.
This was a very tough vote,but in the end I voted for Scumdogg's entry.it was just and overall clean looking masterpiece.

Everyone really put in some effort here these are starting to get harder and harder to vote for. Its getting to the point where I don't even want to place a vote.


CONGRATS FELLAS! you are all winners in my eyes.

Edited by meatcutta78, 05 April 2009 - 03:06 PM.

[bkb1777]

Amazing work everyone!!

[mrjayberry]

I voted for musclemenkids slowpoke sloth, I liked the way he filled up all of his space, nice simple background that doesn't take away from the focus but gives has a few suprises.

I thought ericnilla had an off month until I embiggened his art, then wow once again all three of those enteries were awesome.

Good job everybody.

[DarrylWestley]

I guess the digital argument is one I will bypass for now... Thanks for the clarification Scumdogg.

"I guess I'm missing the Battle Beast connection – maybe all of these had water symbols?"

Battle Beasts I am not really 'in the know' about... so for this contest, I just had to research. Looking
at the vehicles available I was shocked that there was no 'Ark' (to my knowledge) so I created it!
As for the other connections I went for a subtle approach, use of colour (eyes, skins), port holes and
the framing ring taking influence from the laser beasts suits. Plus the added guns as you noted
(taken from the Blazing Eagle vehicle).

Even though there are entries that obviously utilize some of the battle beast elements (suits). It is
hard to see how these suits actually aid the animal in it's natural habitat. The literal interpretation of
animal + suit, was not 'original' to me... Thus why I didn't progress with the Kangaroo idea any more
(even though the suit became a pouch, which is a slight state of evolution).

[musclemenkids]

Musclemenkids: Slowpoke Sloth
I think I said this last time, these would look great in a kids book! Now where FANtom Core didn't change enough, this actually changed too much. I'm not sure how it relates to Battle Beasts, other than there being a Sloth figure (there is a Sloth figure, right?).

Yay! There is a sloth, slowpoke sloth!! My sloth did not evolve as such he was a sloth and just became a battle beast sloth as the result of some sort of supernatural entity - er... Godbeast?

[Ericnilla]

Ericnilla: Gorilla Trilogy
God Damn! First I should note that while technically awesome I couldn't figure out the Battle Beast connection with Eric's third drawing...
...But in the end it was between Ericnilla and Scumdogg, both had strengths that seemed to cancel out but Eric's off-topic Gorilla had to cost him a few points (that will teach you for being prolific...

yeah... thats my bad. and i actually added symbols to them after i first posted it but forgot to repost this one...

oh well. no biggie...


**oh and i just wanna clear it up that the dark spots are shadows from the scan. i dont allow smudges on my drawings... i hate that:)**

Edited by Ericnilla, 08 April 2009 - 11:10 PM.

[FANtomCore]

FANtom Core: Stone Serpentara Form 2
I wasn't sure if this was Photoshopped or a custom. The picture seemed a bit weird. Either way, I wasn't sure how this was a de-evolution of the Battle Beast. It looks exactly like a Battle Beast custom. A cool custom, but not perfectly inline with the contest.

Its a photoshopped image, its actually a concept construct of a possible custom battle beasts figure, and yeah i submitted this knowing it wasn't quite inline with the contest and knew full well i wasn't going to win, i wasn't concerned with winning now or ever, simply because i already know i can't draw like these other guys, if i even try to produce that type of quality it would certainly take way to long for me and ill lose interest, knowing this i simply entered because my concept that i was working on happen to have a similar idea, but not completely the same as the contest, i think scumdog and tortle submissions are very precise to what the contest wanted, dan's is actually slightly different but very close to there's as well in some ways its better, because if you combine the human on the back of the elephant you would get a anamorphic animal so in that aspect dan's pic makes the most sense of de-evolution or should i say de-fusion. My concept does have a complete snake form which is the de-evolved form of triple threat snake, its not an anamorphic form of a battle beasts but its hard to get that impression since you see it as an anamorphic construct, so i understand the weird part. i simply enter for the fun of it, no less no more. flamers you may now try to tear my submission apart its fully armed and ready for battle

p.s. veers i understood your comment of past winners using computers and recent or even current ones not using computers to win, i got the whole full circle point. i don't know why that got misinterpreted as a potshot, last i check the rules stated all medias accepted so it doesn't matter how you win.

Edited by FANtomCore, 08 April 2009 - 11:26 PM.