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[TreeFrog]

This round contestants were assigned one of the 4 Archaic Elements: Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, and were asked to create a piece that embodies that element.

How the voting works: <-- Different this round!!
You will pick your 2 favorite pieces from the four entries below. Please provide a short reason for each choice along with your vote.

Voting Ends 0:00ST 3/12/2013

Here's the art:

A.) Fire:
< Grimmhawk



B.) Water:
< Athdenald



C.) Air:
< Cassafras



D.) Earth:
< aa0007


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[aa0007]

WHY IS EVERYONE SO GOOD AT THIS? Lol. Seriously though ... nice entries guys, this will be close .

[ghetoghost]

:shock: Which to choose... Which to choose.

A
C

Both of these catch my attention the most

[Kayesha]

Oohh! Very nice! Gonna be hard to decide!

[blenok]

I would like to have any of them!! going to go with A and D...great job all!!

[gomezkilla]

All great pieces of work, but I like the style of A and C over B and D.

My vote: A and C.

[Jashan]

A and D. For me these two capture the essence of the elements the best.

[Mormon8r]

First choice is A, it is simply stunning to look at

and 2nd D, I have always been attracted to the earth element, and this picture captures the essence amazingly

[jzaz]

My vote goes to A and C

these two capture the essence of the elements the best.

You stole my reason :shock:

[Sahardy]

I vote C and D.
And I'mma tell you why...



A - I find that fire would be the easiest of the elements to create. You did very well, but I think it lacks the passion that comes with fire. It's a beautiful piece, don't get me wrong. ( I don't like the phrase used, I just find it a bit awkward.)

B - I really like this one too. There appears to be a lot of good photo manipulation happening in this. But the city background really throws me off. The city comes right after a desert when I think of water.

C - Air has to be the most difficult element to represent. So maybe I'm a bit biased - but that doesn't mean this isn't a good piece. I get a good sense of movement. I enjoy the text and the alchemy symbol. Though the quality seems of the image seems to be lacking. I'm not sure if it's the image host or not, but it could use some denoise.

D - This is truly beautiful; it really feels like a painting. I just find tranquility in just looking at it. The only (minor) thing I'd fix, would be to blend the hair a bit on the left side and a bit on the right.



I love you all! They're all really great, don't hate me! <3

[aa0007]

A -5
B - 0
C - 4
D - 3

[Roan]

C & D here.

A- Piece looks really good but something is missing there.
B- Well done manipulation, but the top of the piece stands out too much.
C- Beautiful, hardest essence to realise and you catch it right!
D- My favorite piece of all, truly beautiful!

[TreeFrog]

A -5
B - 0
C - 4
D - 3

I'll just reiterate, for the sake of consistency, only Kay or I will be keeping the tally.

[aa0007]

A -5
B - 0
C - 4
D - 3

I'll just reiterate, for the sake of consistency, only Kay or I will be keeping the tally.

Alright.

[kwas1]

A and C

[DarkWillie]

I am going with A and B... on my way out the door, but will edit with comments this evening... amazing work all!!!

OK, here's my edit...
- A. it really captures the essence of fire imo... I like the text... overall the pic seems a little unbalanced, but I think that is what I like about it.

- B. I like the idea... again, kinda unbalanced with the real street image and the drawn mermaid and the weird eel thing but the black and white brings it together.

Notes, on C and D - I do like C, well thought out and I believe it captures the idea of air well, but I can only pick 2 and D, I like the idea behind it and it was very well executed, but there is something about the image of the woman that doesn't blend into the background well... maybe just me, but again, I could only pick 2

[Kayesha]

A -8
B - 1
C - 6
D - 5

[bloody18]

B water - =)

[jzaz]

B water - =)

You're voting for two of them bud :wink: