Artists Alike and From Afar_ March 2009_ Feeling of Grendure

[Evil Rick]

"Basically to sum it up. It should be an image that has an awe-inspiring feeling. Something that feels "epic."

For example: A sun setting into a vast ocean with mecha debris floating about. Or a lone hero standing in front of vast army of undead."

Original 13 submissions.

Finalists

Spoiler for Toxic Trance:

Spoiler for Sagasu:

Spoiler for Cierra:

Rules

For those who want to vote

• 1) Anymember of Animesuki forums can vote
• 2) You can choose 1 of the 3 finalists
• 3) You may vote just one time
• 4) You're not forced to leave a coment in order to vote
• 5) Avoid coments like "vote for" or "do not vote for" in or out of this thread, if you make this, I'll have your votes uncounted

For the finalists

• 1) The finalists (Toxic Trance, Sagasu and Cierra) can't vote on this phase
• 2) The finalists canot make promotion for themselves ("vote for me" as example) If they make promotion for themselves, here or through profile's chat and/or PMs I'll have his/her entry disqualifed

Good luck to the finalists and have fun!

Credits for the banner= Evil Rick

[Keikun6969]

went with TT here

[Satsumaru]

Go go Cierra!! I'm rooting for u

[Solace]

This time around I'm going to offer some thoughts rather than a vote + quick comment.

Toxic - I've seen better from you. This one feels rushed, and not as polished as your usual drawings. It's like you started with a good concept but weren't quite sure how to follow it through.

Sagasu - I felt blinded by the sunlight when clicking the spoiler tag. Such a rush of color to my eyes that when they adjusted I was drawn into the picture. I think of the three entries presented, yours captures the feeling of grandeur the most, and it's the one that has my vote for this month.

Cierra - I saw this one in your thread, and I like it just as much now as I did then. The attention to detail, the line work, it's all very very good. Unfortunately I had to pick and I could not choose yours because it felt more peaceful than grand. I do like it very much though.

[Daniel E.]

I usually vote the moment I see the thread. Right now though, I feel more like waiting a bit and put some extra though on my choice.

[Arcwave]

I really like Cierra. But the other two are great too!!

[Katocchi]

Vote for Cierra-san ..

[The Chaos]

my Vote go Cierra-Chan...

[konstargirl]

Originally Posted by The Chaos

my Vote go Cierra-Chan...

Yeah I agree. I voted for her too.

All three of them were both good but it was hard to choose. :3 Sorry Toxic for not voting you....

[holyalexander]

i vote toxic france because it has the vast landscape and unique idea..

cierra on the other hand has the most clean drawing on all three..
but i dont feel the uniqueness on it since its like a Valkyrie profile look a like..

[Nimue Sin]

I liked Toxic's, it had a good application of theme and the best execution to me, and was unique too.

[Reiya]

I'd vote Cierra!! ^^

[Marina]

Sagasu's hit the nail on the head for the theme of "grandeur." The bright color shocked me and her stance and gaze into the distance really struck a chord. You got my vote

Good job to others as well~

[Mon Cheri]

I voted Cierra. Very nice drawing, and cute birdies

[denice25]

Toxic Trance..........

[ganbaru]

Not sure if his entry really fit the theme, but Cierra's drawing looked the best.

[HayashiTakara]

I guess I'll comment.

I voted for Sagasu, it fits the theme the best and had the best artistic value.

Cierra's although pretty, its just a character portrait, completely irrelavent to the theme.

TT, Always loved your works, and this one is no different. But, this feels a bit more morbid and lacks polish, although I know its because you had to leave us awhile due to work so you rushed it.

[Cierra]

it's a bit of funny cause i really had no idea that my sketch has passed through the second phase. Cause of all the arguing for the arguing i said i want to remove my sketch but looks like they forgotten it.
Anyways,thanks everyone for the votes so far and good luck to the other 2 contestants.
@ganbaru
It's not a he >.>

[RAS Productions]

NOTE: Due to poor interweb connections (I missed voting phase 1), I'm going to write about all 3 entries.
For my final vote, I went with Sagasu's.
It seems to fit the theme best, out of the three.
(Also, the bright effect seems to amplify the feeling for me)
As for TT, yours fits the theme fairly well, but I feel like it deserves a different category than grandeur. Mayhaps, "Epic" or "Apocalyptic".
Also, the shading gives it an edge over the others.
And for Cierra, The drawing is extremely well done, very crisp and defined/detailed. The lack of effects give the picture a better feel. That being said, I don't think the picture really has anything to do with the theme.
And thanks to all who voted for Keikun and my work. (I sorta took too long, so we had to submit the sketch instead of a clean copy.)

[Evil Rick]

My vote was for Sagasu, it was my favourite since the begining

As for TT and Cierra, good work but in my opinion, the piece do not feet the theme