JANUARY ART COMP - VOTING THREAD

[SKD]

What a month with so many tremendous entries proving yet again that the 2000AD Forum is awash with a terrific amount of talent.

1. Steven Austin – Dark Judges. A menacing, classic cover type collective superbly rendered with a Death to die for.
2. Neil McClements4 – Fear. A wonderful re-working of a familiar uniform perfectly executed. And who doesn't adore a giant maggot spewing open wound eh?
3. Darren Stephens – Deathhead. I love the palette that Darren has used on this image, from the zombie flesh green features to the gore red oozing pustules on Deaths helm.
4. James Dilworth – Sidney. This creepy grinning visage reflects well the psychopathic evil brewing within the young De'ath.
5. LARF – Red Death. This 'Elseworld' or 'What If...?' take on Death really ticks all the boxes from composition to colour. A great idea excellently realised.

HM. Fiona Boniwell, james newell, amines 2058, Leigh S, MrLongtheArtist and Andy Lambert.
Fantastic works all.

Stew. 

[deadman1971]

1 James Dilworth
2 Steven Austin
3 SKD
4 Mr Long The Artist
5 Leigh S

HM every bugger else, some fantastic work and a fantastic turnout for the first forum comp of the year. Enjoyed entering this one. Now bring on Febuarys Theme.
Ps realy hard to decide on who to pick, sorry guys if your not on my list, but those who entered, great work.

[swordfishtromboned1985]

Right here goes...

1 SKD - Mortis
Love the corpse bride like pose and your style!

2 James Dilworth - Sidney
Reminds me of Glenn Fabry's painting style (at his best) and what a great colour scheme!

3 MrLongArtist - Even Death Can Dream
Very cool!!

4 Andy Lambert - Dark Judges
Love the scheme and their mannerisms

5 Steven Austin - Dark Judges
Awesome!

HMs
CosmicBacon - Death (Great pose and linework)
James Newell - Fear and Dredd
Neil McClements1 - Mortis
Mangamax - Custom Painting on Darkworlds Fear figure (maybe more photos... but looks ace!)
Fiona Boniwell - Nausea


Obviously great work to everybody who has sumitted this month. So many entries of different styles and media.

[8-Ball]

Well gosh, squaxx do love them Dark Judges.

First - Fiona Boniwell - Nausea (mainly for the skull bikini.)
Second - James Dilworth - Sidney (creepy little drokker.)
Third - swordfishtromboned1985 - Something to Do With Death (I have always loved the idea of the DJs as a gang.
Fourth - eamonn1961 - Tears for Fears (taking a concept to its logical conclusion.)
Fifth - Dark Jimbo - Judge Gunderson (don't give Wagner ideas!)

Splendid stuff all round.

[allistermac]

1: James Dilworth - Sidney
2: Andy Lambert - Dark Judges
3: SKD - Mortis
4: Neil McClements1 - Mortis
5: Leigh S - Dark Judges


HM
Dommi Kerley2 - Death
IAMTHESYSTEM - Dark Judges
MrLongtheArtist - Even Death Can Dream
Philtactics - The Dark Judges
Steven Austin - Dark Judges


Outstanding start to the year, I hope the quality and quantity continues although it makes picking favourites very difficult.

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

1 - Larf
2 - Dark Jimbo
3- Fiona Boniwell
4 - Brother Grotusk
5 - Andy Lambert

[Dandontdare]

Could have picked fifteen let alone five, tough tough choice. So...

5th place - Alistermac - Fire - nice to see a photographic entry
4th place - Andy Lambert - Dark judges - a very traditional grouping but fabulously executed
3rd place - James Dilworth - Sidney - captures the evil!
2nd place - Moy-a - Nice day in Spring - striking design and I like the colour choice
But my top vote goes to ... MrLongtheArtist - Even Death can Dream - I kept coming back to this one for the sheer joy in his dance moves, which is not something you expect to say about Judge Death! Great movement in the figure

That was hard enough, so I'm not going to do HMs, except to big up all the amazing new talent that we've discovered this time around.

[SuperSurfer]

1 SKD - Mortis: Brilliant drawing
2 james newell - Fear and Dredd: Love it when an idea comes together
3 James Dilworth - Sidney: Brilliant drawing. Menacing. Skull in eye a nice touch
4 Steven Austin - Dark Judges: Brilliant
5 MrLongtheArtist - Even Death Can Dream: Intriguing alternate reality

Some HMs:
Neil McClements1 - Mortis : Evil
Andy Lambert - Dark Judges: Menacing
Dark Jimbo - Judge Gunderson: Great idea well rendered
Darren Stephens - Deathhead: Good chunky stuff
eamonn1961 - Tears for Fears: Great idea. Made me chuckle
Fiona Boniwell - Nausea: Love the energy in this

[Stu101]

Great work everyone, the dark judges still get peoples imagination going it seems.

1- Larf- Red Death (Love the idea, composition and colours)
2- Hoagy- Dark Days (Frenetic and very painterly)
3- MrLongtheArtist- Even Death can Dance (Wonderfully joyous)
4- James Newell- Fear & Dredd (Great idea and Gibsonesque lines)
5- Bolt 01- Mortis (Butterfly denies Mortis)

HM's- Supersurfer, MangaMax, Neil McClements (Fear 4), Moy-a, James Dilworth

[Philtactics]

Been out of the country so hopefully I'm not too late to vote but for what it's worth here's my pick.

1st - Andy Lambert - Dark Judges (It's so crisp and detailed it makes me insane with jealousy!)
2nd - MrLongtheArtist - Even Death Can Dream (Reminds me of a Mike Mignola image which I love!)
3rd - stuartcatley - The Four Dark Judges
4th - BrotherGrotusk - Death
5th - james newell - Fear and Dredd (This one made me laugh)

Honourable mentions for James Dilworth - Sidney, Neil McClements4 - Fear, Paul Moore - Movie Judge Death,
Rugers - Death Is a Law, Steven Austin - Dark Judges.

For the record, every entry was brilliant this month!

[LARF]

1. Steve Austin: Dark Judges
2. Paul Moore: Movie Death
3. Neil McClements4: Fear
4. James Dilworth: Sidney
5. Dark Jimbo: Judge Gunderson

HM: Brother Grotusk, Andy Lambert, Dommi Kerley2

Some brilliant entries, best comp in all my years on the board - which is a long time!

Well done everyone, so difficult to choose!!

[TordelBack]

Ridiculously hard to choose, even with 5 slots - some that were my favourites didn't even get into my HMs. Brilliant stuff.

1. Larf (5pts)
2. James Dilworth
3. Dark Jimbo
4. Leigh S
5. Tombonin

HMs:
Neil McClements4, Fiona Boniwell, SKD, Andy Lambert, Amines2058