FArt Battle 2012 - February Votes

Ladies and Gentlemen it's time to vote again!

Please read the full FArt Battle 2012 Rules and Settings.

Voting will last for 1 week after this post.
Please keep discussions in this thread, thank you!

You don't need to have any artistic knowledge, just write down your favourite 3 in a reply on this post.
You may, but don't have to, explain why you voted the way you did.
Thanks alot!

February's theme was: VALENTINE / LOVE

Prizes:
The winner of the month will win 25 million influence in-game.
The runner up of the month will win 10 million influence in-game.
3rd prize is 5 million influence in-game.

The entries:
MasterElemental1

"One heart break others untie"

Tartyrsause


Leaf-nin


Furry_Jackal

"Most folks went with the typical, Valentine's Day theme, romance, flowers, hearts, etc etc... I decided to take a different spin as love to me (and Valentine's Day) is a lot farther reaching than that. It's love of family, parents to children and in this case, brothers and to the home you protect and the heroes that inspire you. In this case, dark Taliesen's two sons."

daveyj3

"There's no one else I'd rather have at my side." Click here to read the scene behind this entry.

syrusb / Liz

"Synapse Sandwich"

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Now, just for show, the entries that can't get votes this month for whatever reason:
DarthDelicious / DeeDee


Christopher Robin

CoH Fan-Art Sale still several slots open!

Read my in-game stories and check out my DeviantART page.
- coXso - It was a memorable time filled with art!

1. Liz
2. Leaf-nin
3. Furry_Jackal

They are all great, choosing three is just getting harder - BAH!

But if I must...

1 - Leaf-nin I just love understated pieces like this

2 - Furry_Jackal this isn't the kinda thing I usually like, but loved the composition and the textures (the flag in particular)

3 - MasterElemental1 I just love the idea behind this picture

1. daveyj3
2. Leaf-nin
3. furry_jackal

The pic with the under title "One heart break others untie" makes no sense what so ever hence it is rubbish.....Was Statesman not granted his power from GREEK Gods ? And if so it stand to reason that the God's who rule this world are Greek.....but the pic got an eerie feeling of Judeo Christianity....explain ?

@StarCrusader: Thank you for your opinion. I would appreciate further discussion to be continued in this thread.

CoH Fan-Art Sale still several slots open!

Read my in-game stories and check out my DeviantART page.
- coXso - It was a memorable time filled with art!

1. Leaf Nin - subtly simple, I just keep coming back to it
2. Furry Jackel - feels cozy, warm colors, great technique
3. Master Elemental1 - though I feel technique needs work, I was intrigued by the concept.

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1. Tartarsause. This piece had the biggest inpact as I nearly fell off my chair laughing.
Definitely a funny twitch to Valentine's Day.

2. Furry_Jackal. I got a brotherly feeling out of this one. Very nice done, Lovely style.

3. daveyj3. My first thought was 'wow, that's massive'. Then reading the scene behind it, I had to give it a vote. You make simplicity very pretty to look at! Well done.

Some nice creative twists
on the theme this month peeps.

1. Liz
2. Furry_Jackal
3. Leaf-Nin

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

I will settle this. ORANGE FTW! - Ex Libris

1. Jackal
2. Tartyr
3. Liz

Lots of fun stuff this month!

1) Liz - Liz wins on both prettyness and humor. I still say Synapse's visor should have been down and covered in lipstick kisses, though.

2) Leaf-nin - Very evocative, I love her eye and hair, and the black roses slightly wilting really bring it home.

3) Furry_Jackal - While not traditional in the valentine lovey-dovey sense, it brings out the fact that valentines need not always be romantic in nature. Also, very prettily drawn!

1.Tartyrsause
2. Leaf-nin
3. Furry_Jackle

1. Liz -c'mon! it's just too fun and cute the faces on the twins and on Synapse! Also the whole pinkish coloration with the hearts background is just fun.

2. Master Elemental - I like the concept of it even if it's a bit rough, drawing wise. The mood's very sentimental.

3. Leaf-nin - It's just overall very pretty and simple. I love the flowers.

1. Three points for daveyj3,
2. two points to tartyrsause, and
1. one point to leaf-nin.

I wish I could offer even more points to daveyj3, but unfortunately the rules allow me only these.

3-2-1joy

1) Leaf - Don't know why, it just turned out to be my favorite. Seemed like a heart dropping valentines from the pic and I was basing all my votes on the theme.
2) Master Elemental - Returns to embrace of the love of his life!
3) Liz - So there's the heartbroken, the eternal love, and now...the lusty love!

1. Syrusb/Liz
2. Leaf-nin
3. Furry_Jackal

My vote is

1) daveyj3

2)Furry_Jackal

3)Tartyrsause

Nice submissions, it was even harder to choose this month.
My top 3 based on the theme Valentine / Love were:

1. Leaf-nin - Her expression and the wilting roses she holds suggest a mysterious background to this portrait.
2. MasterElemental1 - Tragic yet romantic, the juxtaposition tells a story of love lost and returned.
3. Daveyj3 - Epic battle scene with the couple fighting side by side, risking their lives for the call of duty.

Little less than two hours left to vote!

CoH Fan-Art Sale still several slots open!

Read my in-game stories and check out my DeviantART page.
- coXso - It was a memorable time filled with art!

Thank you all for voting and commenting, and thank you participants!
Also, welcome to MasterElemental1 and Furry Jackal.
It's been a real joy to see what you've all come up with for the Valentine/Love theme!

I won't keep you waiting longer... the winners of this month's battle are....

3rd place, the winner of 5 million inf in-game...
It was a tie between Furry_Jackal and SyrusB/Liz with each 20 points, but with Liz having 5 more 1st place votes then Furry_Jackal. So... 3rd place goes to:

Furry_Jackal!


2nd place, the winner of 10 million inf in-game...
SyrusB/Liz!


And 1st place, winner of 25 million inf in-game...
With 26 points.....
Leaf-nin!


Congratulations winners and very well done everyone!

Here are all the results for February:
Leaf-nin: 26 points (now has 37 spendable points)
1st place votes: 4
2nd place votes: 5
3rd place votes: 4

SyrusB/Liz: 20 points (now has 70 spendable points)
1st place votes: 6
2nd place votes: 0
3rd place votes: 2

Furry Jackal: 20 points (now has 20 spendable points)
1st place votes: 1
2nd place votes: 6
3rd place votes: 5

daveyj3: 11 points (now has 24 spendable points)
1st place votes: 3
2nd place votes: 0
3rd place votes: 2

Tartyrsause: 11 points (now has 22 spendable points)
1st place votes: 2
2nd place votes: 2
3rd place votes: 1

MasterElemental1 9 points (now has 8 spendable points)
1st place votes: 0
2nd place votes: 3
3rd place votes: 2
Early Bird vote: 1

The following participants have entered the battle in January, but failed to come up with a piece for February. Perhaps they'll rejoin in March?
I'll post their total of spendable points.
Henri: 49 spendable points
airhead: 4 spendable points
NikkiAndrews: 0 spendable points

Introducing Christopher Robin to the battle!

click this link to read more about points, spendable points and prizes

CoH Fan-Art Sale still several slots open!

Read my in-game stories and check out my DeviantART page.
- coXso - It was a memorable time filled with art!

Gratz to the winners!

All very deserving pieces.

Can't wait to see the next set of submissions for March!

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Impish Kat, then you should have a look at this!
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=287000