The ALVINLEEART.COM DIGITAL COLOR CHALLENGE has been concluded and we have come to terms with the five finalists by our board of judges. There were a plethora of submissions to review and after much consideration and many great entries later these are the pieces of work that we found were not only well executed but stood out from the crowd. We want to thank you all for your generous submissions and hard work put towards this contest, it was greatly appreciated! Three of these finalists were actually featured earlier during the competition and still remained in the running for the grand prize. Congratulations for making it on to the voting session, your work speaks for itself! We apologize for the delay of the announcement of our finalists but as you can understand we had hundreds of submissions to review and as the deadline drew near the competition grew more intense. It was a difficult decision to make as we butted heads, argued for specific submissions and debated for days but I hope you are pleased with our final selection.
Vote for your favorite submission now!
NOTABLE SUBMISSIONS:
These are some submissions that we felt were above average and definitely worthy of being noted. These were all very well done and just barely made the cusp of our final five. Here they are for you to see!
Jorge Maese
Fifi Xu
Ryan Burt
Laura Galiffe
Andrea Errico
Muhammed Ansar Ali
Neeraj Menon
Stephen Hetrick
Claudia Madez
THE FIVE FINALISTS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
Color Challenge Finalist, Danny Araya
Danny Araya
Silver Spring, USA.
http://danielaraya.deviantart.com/
Color Challenge Finalist, Raineiro Cobos
Raineiro Cobos Castro
Bogota, Colombia.
www.raineiro.com
Color Challenge Finalist, Nala Fontaine
Nala Fontaine
Montreal, Canada.
http://nalafontaine.deviantart.com/
Color Challenge Finalist, Seth D Jones
Seth D Jones
Shepherdsville, USA.
Color Challenge Finalist, Fabian "Monk" Schlaga
Fabian “Monk” Schlaga
Kassel, Germany.
http://monk-art.deviantart.com/
Jorge Maese
Fifi Xu
Ryan Burt
Laura Galiffe
Andrea Errico
Muhammed Ansar Ali
Neeraj Menon
Stephen Hetrick
Claudia Madez
October 12th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
If it’s mostly negative could I have it in a less public format then?
I’m serious about trying to get serious about this and would like to know what I can do to improve.
I’m not a pro by any stretch of the imagination.
October 12th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
@Ron Edwards: LOL ok, last free comment for the day. Alvin disliked it straight up front, and it ended at that during the judging. Overall if I were to critique it; great palette, nice warm colors and background. The major thing were the skin tones and the shading / lighting, all the characters were overly smoothed without reason and lighting was inconsistent: Ibuki, Remi were almost like flats. Infact, most of Alvin’s intended lineart were changed which is probably why he didn’t like it.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
@Site-Admin Alfred
Hey thanks for the critique. You totally nailed my weak points. I will definitely work on it!!!
…Whoa, thanks for checking out my dA. That really means a lot
October 12th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Screw it. What was the deal with mine? What seperated me from the rest?
October 12th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Err not on accident, I meant was it supposed to be aimed at me!
October 12th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Was that constructive/deconstructive comment aimed at me on accident? Because I’m willing to take criticism on my work at this point because I’m sure it will help me improve!
October 12th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Congrats to everyone who made it in the notable and the top five! A huge thank you to Alvin, Alfred and everyone involved in the contest, this was a great opportunity. My opinion is that some of the top 5 are not my favourite, but each person has a different opinion, and i respect that. What i can see in the ones that made it is that Alvin is not a penciller who goes nuts if the colorist paints over his pencils, i mean, there are some pencillers that go really mad if the colourist does something like that, guess i learned i can be more risky, colourwise, next time. Good luck everyone!
October 12th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
@Cassie Fuertez: Very good work Cassie! Alvin liked your overall composition, very nice ink effect. You might want to work on the muscle, anatomy, lighting, and try and get definition in those areas. Your entry look a little muddy in those areas ie; Ryu’s fingers, Seans arms etc., and felt like you were using the effect to hide them. But keep up your good work though, and your DA page is impressive.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
@Michael Dains: Do you really want to know? There’s a borderline between constructive criticism and de-constructive criticism where we make comments about your art. Especailly, when it’s mostly negative.
EDIT: Sorry got you mixed with you and Rayner! LOL Don’t want that to happen…
October 12th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
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Neeraj Menon
I agree also, I really liked the ink splat stuff! I just couldn’t figure out how to get it to work right. (did you use a special brush setting or just do it and scan it in?)
I think my back ground was the main failing in my piece.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
WOW! I’m happy to be in the notable submissions! I knew I was up against some real professional talent out there. And this piece was certainly a challenge for me. So I’m very happy Alvin and the rest of the judges thought it deserved to be featured in the Notable Submissions. Thank you!!!
Hope there’s another color contest. I’m down for another challenge
Had to vote for my buddy, Fabian. His work speaks for itself.
Also liked Andrea Errico!
October 12th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
@Site Admin – Alfred
I know this might be a lot to ask, and if it’s going to start a trend then please delete this comment if you feel the need.
This was the first time I’ve entered a contest like this and was wondering if there was anyway I could get some sort of critique from the pros who do it so I can know (partially for my own egos sake):
1. How far I made it.
2. What I can do to improve.
Like I said I don’t want to start a trend of you getting asked for 400 critiques so if it’s too much to ask (Or if mine simply didn’t even stand out enough to be remembered) could you please shoot me an email and delete this comment?
October 12th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
@Michael Rayner: Why the heck would we want to rig this? That does not make any sense. We only posted what our judges felt was right, and we apologize that you feel indifferent about it.
If you want to elaborate on why you feel a certain entry deserved any better, than post your critique in detail as much as I had above about the finalists. We welcome the commenting and critiques in a constructive manner.
But shouting out unnecessary comments and accusations will never change a thing. So refrain from posting such accusations, conspiracy theories etc..
However, that is not going to change Alvin’s opinion (who holds the gauntlet around here), and won’t change mine either. Heed this warning or earn yourself the boot from this site.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
gee i missed it XD
thanks a lot! at least i know what went wrong
October 12th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
@Sagi: It’s up top