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 19th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
How many hundreds of thousands of students does the school have, and how come the supersonic rise magically stopped the very moment I commented about it?
I’m not accusing you, Danny – it could have been someone elses bad idea of helping you out, or like I assumed first a glitch of the system itself.
The fact is Monk’s, Nala’s, Raineiro’s and Seth’s votes stayed exactly how they were. Monk was the clear winner with nearly 50% of all votes. Nala was a solid second with 16 or 17%. You were a good third with 12 or 13, Seth fourth, and Raineiro, being so controversial, had 1.
This changed over just one day… the change is just too big and too quick. And magically stopped increasing when it was noticed? Let’s say the students really did make such a difference… Mr Tillman, of course they would vote for their fellow student/graduate – loyalties of this kind have always been an issue in this type of contest. It’s human nature. Didn’t you think at least for a moment this move might be a little bit unfair to the other contestants?
Well there you go, the extra support took Nala’s second place from her.
I’m NOT saying here that Danny’s piece does not deserve it. I’m saying the vote should have been left alone to follow its natural course. If what you did really did have such an effect – then you pretty much jumbled it all up beyond repair… I still doubt, however, the difference would have been this great…
Either way, just like Danny himself said – this should be as honest (and fun…) as possible.
Alfred, Alvin… sorry about the mess – I just can’t stop my common sense from tingling -_-
October 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Huh. I have to admit I’ve barely been following this competition, and recently became aware of the rise. I know that I’ve had some support from people at my old school that like my work, and I’ve also gotten quite a few notes from people on DA saying they voted from me. It’s been a little strange, as if people are embarrassed to say that they didn’t vote for Monk. Contests always seem to bring up really strange issues like this, so all I can say is VOTE FOR WHO YOU THINK DESERVES TO WIN.
That’s all it comes down to! Monk’s, mine, Raineiro’s, Nala’s, or Seth’s.
I really don’t want any kind of weird stupid art drama over the internet, just keep this as fun and honest as possible.
October 19th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Hi I just wanted to comment on the current rise of Danny’s piece. He is a current graduate of the Art Institute of Washington. I, one of his professors, noticed that he made it as a finalist and let the school know about the competition. As a result one could see that people there liked his art. I just think that a lot of people that he knew started voting after they found out that he was in a contest as a finalist.
Just thought I would let you guys know.
October 18th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
MONK COLORS ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!
October 18th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
I’m sorry but there’s one finalist that bogs my mind as to why that piece is up there with the finalist considering that some of the notables are way better. and that this piece done by Raineiro Cobos Castro.
God there’s no excuse for that entry being there. even if you think the idea is good, the rendering of the image is not top notch.
Seriously you have to be high as a kite not to have that Andrea Errico piece in there instead.
that aside I’ll vote for Monk,
October 16th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
UPDATE: Voting now is only allowed via IP address, once the vote is place, it will not allow you to vote again despite having different computers. The method before was through cookies which was more lenient and more susceptible to abuse. Thanks Jonster for the heads up!
For those that still want either confirmation or a personal critique, send your request to info@alvinleeart.com. I’ve decided not to place my critiques as available public information.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Even if you read the comments – a great most of people say they voted for Monk, yet his percentage is going down fast, and Danny’s went up 10% only since this morning…
I’m absolutely positive the voting engine is not doing its job.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Okay… this is now more than weird.
Are you sure the voting engine is working correctly? How is it that we had a clear result at the beginning with Monk having a clear lead… and all of a sudden Danny’s percentage started skyrocketing, increased nearly tenfold and isn’t slowing down, while not even Monk is getting any increase?
Something is odd here, I’ve seen a broken vote engine before where no matter what you chose it would always register as the first choice of the list and this is looking exactly like it.
Not saying that Danny’s awesome piece doesn’t deserve such wide recognition, but come on, something is not right here.
October 15th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Hi Alvin and Alfred,
I feel really honored to be chosen as one of the notables. Thanks a lot for the opportunity. It’s been a great experience and challenging to be able to color such wonderful lineart, I hope I can have another chance in the future. Congratulations to other finalists and notables as well, you all have done very well.
Personally, I like Fabian’s work. It’s very mature both in technique and sense of art as well design. I vote for him
Thanks also for those who like my submission
October 14th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Nala Fontaine!
October 14th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Hi, Alfred and Alvin!
I usually don´t paint. Actually, I prefer inks, that´s why my work has some inked blacks.
First of all, thanks a lot for the contest. I´ve really enjoyed it a lot
I know that a lot of people are asking you about your opinion about their own works, so if you can´t answer me I understand. But I really want to know what do you think about my piece, because it´s my first work done in painter and I want to improve
Thanks in advance!
October 14th, 2009 at 10:27 am
@Site Admin – Alfred
Hi Alfred, if you aren’t already tired of giving feedback I was wondering if you had any suggestions/criticisms for my piece. I entered this contest for the learning experience so if you had any knowledge to drop I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks for the opportunity!
Congratulations to all the finalists and honorable mentions. I see now that I have a lot to learn about rendering!
October 14th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Good work Raineiro!! your paint got the essence of light, shape and shadows. Steps beyond of realism!!!
Ganbatte!!
October 13th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
You know…I asked Site admin Alfred a day or two ago what my flaw was to becoming in the top 5 or the noteables. Well, he gave his critique and I just flat out took it as a huge insult, but now that I look back on that comment. It was not bad at all. I think the reason why I reacted the way I did is because I never get real critiques like that about my work, so I think it was just a bit overwhelming for me that day, but damn was that not a bad critique at all. It was completely constructive and to the point without bashing my work in a negative way.
Basically what I’m trying to say is that I apologize to my reacted response Alfred. I appreciate the critique and I hope next time I never do that again. It’s a reality I just have to face. Again, thanks for your time responding to my work.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
I like Alfred experiment, more interesting. He adds more impact to the original Raineiro colors.