February 2010 FArt Battle - VOTE!!

she does play...

Maybe I should have stated that when I introduced her.


For those of you that have me as a global friend if you see me on a toon American Magus she is playing American Mystic.

still...if the the FArt mistress says no then I will just have her use my main account to vote and remove myself from voting next month.

1) Clutch
2) Lousy Day
3) Battlewraith

1. Lousy Day
2. Frost
3. Battlewraith

1. Lousy Day
2. Clutch
3. PyroNympho

1st: Toxic Shia
2nd: Happy Dan
3rd: Clutch

Dang Battlewraith! - sorry to see you backout.

Out of curiousity, when does this month's voting end?

1. Clutch
2. Lousy Day
3. Juggertha

1.) Eddy Swan
2.) Clutch
3.) Frost

A lot of good art, was a very tough vote!

1. Clutch
2. Battlewraith
3. Lousy Day

So no one noticed the little gag I threw in hunh?
Oh wellz

One --> Artz Giveaway <-- To Rule Them ALL!

I will settle this. ORANGE FTW! - Ex Libris

#1. Clutch
#2. Juggertha
#3. Eddy Swan

1. Johnny Kat

2 Juggertha

3 Clutch

1) Clutch
2) Lousy Day
3) Eddy Swan

1+2 basically came down to a coin flip... but in the end how can I not vote for lesbian spanking???

I pretty much threw out any pic that had more than the pin up itself. I know it was just a theme and it wasn't restricted to pure pin ups but that was what I wanted to see. *shrug* Unfortunately most felt the need to add more than just the hot chick in a tantalizing pose... Well, maybe fortunately, it did make my choices easier.

CR - You may have edged out Eddy if you hadn't included the schedule book... And some kind of background would probably have helped as well.

Battlewraith - I love your pic but to me it's more of a scene than a pin up.

Pyro - Very nice job, actually a bit better than I expected. (err, I mean that in a good way!) The pic had a kind of naughty postacrd feel to it which didn't neccessarily get it out of the running for me but I think you lost some points in my head since I'd recently seen a Naughty Nadya pic that had a similiar theme.

U-Naught - I like the calander idea though I think it would have been better if the calendar part was included more, kind of looked odd just having the top part of first row... Also, Brutal Wendy looks more quirky than hot to me.

Cresent - Errr, the churning butter thing kind of threw me... Also, without the comments, I just didn't see a CoH connection besides the logo on the butter churn and that just seemed too thrown on to count for me - CoH (in my mind) should be a real part of the work, not an add on.

Happy Dan - I think I mentioned before that this has a Rosie the Riveter feel to me, which is good, but you were up against some stiff competition... I also think even the lack of suggestion of legs didn't work well for me. *shrug*

Johnny Kat - I really like the merging of Carnival and Pirate, that worked really well... But I just didn't feel it was needed for this. Carnival chicks are hot enough as is... I also think the sexiness factor could have been more prominent.

Toxic Shia - Nice work, nice pose, nice subject matter... Just didn't quite pop enough for me. I think I would have prefered less words and some kind of background...

Frost - Great idea and execution, but like I mentioned earlier, I was personally looking for more pure pin up. (Kind of hypocritical considering my entry, I know... But I didn't vote for me either)

Implicit Bookcarrier - Making me think of Yoko Ono is not going to help me like your pin up Neither is man butt! But still you pulled it off well.

Juggertha - I thought this was hilarious and a great take on the theme... Greatly executed. To me though, amatuer porn and pin ups are two different beasts. Another theme and you'd have been right up there in the running with this pic...

Bubbawheat - This seemed more like a celebrity scandal rag than a pin up magazine to me... Like their photographers were trying to catch incriminating photos rather than posed glamour shots. And since I had a very strict pin up kind of vibe in my head... *shrug* I like the concept though... I also think you may have benefited from using shots from more than just that one chick...

Scooter Two - Nicely done but I think you would have benefited by finding a way to make Swan pop out from the rest of the pic a bit more. I'm not exactly sure what to suggest, maybe a darker background or something? Not sure, but I think with her being so pale and with the white costume, she's almost overlooked in the pic...


Anyway, just figured I'd share my thoughts. Take them or leave them as you see fit, I'm by no means a qualified critic

Sorry to see people dropping, but that was what whittled down last year'scontest as well. Sometimes, I think that this is just as much endurance as it is ability.

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My votes:
1. Clutch - when I saw this, I almost dropped out. It was everything I could have wanted to do in a pin-up, and more. It made me totally rethink how I wanted to approach this month.
2. Lousy Day - I dig the subtleuse of the tri-pod.
3. PyroNympho - Followed the challenge to a T.


Looking forward to March... let's bring the noise!

I think this is the real issue.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caemgen 2) Lousy Day I pretty much threw out any pic that had more than the pin up itself.

LD's pic was a full scene, which according to that logic, should have been out of the running. Opinion is opinion, but that's flawed logic.

Hmph, ya, does seem kind of harsh pin up only rule I imposed there... But once this became a non-elimination month I just decided to make it easy on myself...

And hopefully you don't take me calling you art a scene rather than a pin up as some kind of insult... Like I said, I loved the piece and all the details in it from the pong on the TV set to the hula hoops and donut. My point was kind of that the whole scene is something that deserves attention where as in a pin up it should pretty much just be the model that has your eye lingering...