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a lot more entries this time!

THEME: COLLAGE

entry #1

title: Funnyman
size: 16" x 20"
media: acrylic paint, colored paper and newspaper comics (on stretched canvas)
artist's statement: none given



entry #2

title: Let's Make a Deal
size: 16" x 20"
medium: stencil on canvas
artist's statement: none given



entry #3

title: untitled
size: 9" x 12"
media: mixed media collage on arches 140 lb. cold press
artist's statement: none given



(one more here)

entry #4

title: A Brief History of the World
size: 23" x 18"
media: mixed media on wood
artist's statement: dinosaur fossil, tank, 100 dollar bill images - present vs history, fossil vs crucifix, religion vs science, earth vs man, nature vs technology, soil vs metal, the real vs the virtual, and the constant pursuit of military and financial world dominance.

an original verse in ink on piece:

"The surface crumbles but remains, re-shifting through time, bone and soil, blood and metal, clean and simple."



(more photos here, here, and here)

entry #5

title: Farah
size: 48" x 48"
media: collage, spray paint stencil on canvas
artist's statement: none given



entry #6

title: Vanishing Youth
size: 11" x 14"
media: mixed media collage on canvas
artist's statement: none given



(more photos here, here, and here)

entry #7

title: Capone 500
size: 18" x 24"
media: mixed media (acrylic, acrylic transfer, gold leaf, cotton material) on 1/2" birch panel
artist's statement: I created this thinking, maybe the parallels between the 30's and the current economic situation will spawn a new Capone (or perhaps Madoff, etc are already the new Capones). Used newspaper image I liked, announcing his conviction (Oct 18, 1931), and an image of the 1928 500 dollar bill that was in circulation during his time. I liked the decadence of the bill, and I really like the number. And I used an actual piece of cotton material for the handkerchief, w/ a little smear of red, as a reminder he was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. I never realized he was such a baby-faced guy (this is what he looked at around the time of his conviction in 1931). Bob Hoskins just has to play him at some point (maybe he has already?). His eyes were pretty freaky, what I might best describe as sleepy cold.



(more photos here, here, and here)

entry #8

title: untitled
size: 15" x 22"
media: collage, candyapple, stencil, hand embellished
artist's statement: none given



entry #9

title: With the Riches Come the Spoils
size: 11" x 17"
medium: sprayed stencil on paper
artist's statement: decided on a current event involving a central figure for source material.



entry #10

title: Rorschach
size: 16" x 20"
media: acrylic and collage on canvas
artist's statement: none given



(more photos here and here)

entry #11

title: World Trade Center Memorial @ Fresh Kills Landfill Section
size: 40" x 80"
media: large format copy, colored pencil, paper collage
artist's statement: none given



entry #12

title: It All Adds Up
size: 11" x 14"
media: mixed media collage on canvas
artist's statement: none given



(more photos here, here, here, and here)

remember, the poll is open for four days only, so vote early! two votes per person this time!

TheGiant.org Art Contest is BACK!!! I've gotta let these simmer for a bit and hopefully my two favorites will rise to the top...

Wow. Awesome entries. And we can only pick two?

a number nice pieces. still, a couple definitely rise to the top

RORSCHACH!!!

good job everybody, it will be hard to narrow this one down.

art contest is back!!! please lets keep it going!

vote bump

there are obviously a lot of talented members. when do we find out who they belong to?

you will find out later today, after the poll ends!

illyanadmc wrote:you will find out later today, after the poll ends!

Last minute vote bump!

Patillac13 wrote:

illyanadmc wrote:you will find out later today, after the poll ends!

Last minute vote bump!

YES..BUMP BUMP BUMP...CLOSING IN ON THE LEADER

okay... here come the winners!

1. with 13 votes, your winner is entry #1, Patillac13!!
2. at a close second, with 12 votes, is entry #2, analogtrash!
3. we have a two-way tie for third place, both with 10 votes: entry #3, RJM, and entry #4, AK47!
4. another two-way tie, this time for fourth place, both with nine votes: entry #6, RJM (again), and entry #7, AK47 (again, as well)!
5. fifth place, with eight votes, goes to entry #8, extremeimages77!
6. with seven votes, sixth places goes to entry #10, Patillac13 (again)!
7. seventh places is another two-way tie, both with five votes: entry #5, Dennilemiuex30, and entry #12, RJM (again, again)!
8. yet another two-way tie, this time for eighth place, both with four votes: entry #9, destroyeric, and entry #11, Mr Revs!

congratulations to pat, and thanks to everyone for making this a great (and close) contest! now the pressure is on pat to choose a great theme for contest #11!

Congrats Pat! and great turnout.

Mine was weak, my first attempt at a portrait stencil, haha.

Congratulations, Pat!!! I couldn't be more proud. And congrats also to the very close second place, analogtrash.

Awesome! Thank you for all the votes, and a big 'Thank you!' to all the artists that submitted stuff, this contest was full of so much great work, it was super tough to try to find the top two to vote for.

I'm really not sure what to pick for the next topic, so if you feel like working on something and want it to be an option let me know, it'd be cool to get some ideas floating around. I hope we can keep the momentum going!

Did you know who the person in the Funnyman piece is?

RJM wrote:Congratulations, Pat!!! I couldn't be more proud. And congrats also to the very close second place, analogtrash.

Thanks Mom!

Patillac13 wrote:Did you know who the person in the Funnyman piece is?

is it mitch hedberg? i don't really know what he looks like, but for some reason i feel like it must be him...

illyanadmc wrote:

Patillac13 wrote:Did you know who the person in the Funnyman piece is?

is it mitch hedberg? i don't really know what he looks like, but for some reason i feel like it must be him...

Yep!

Congrats Pat! This was a fun contest, I'll be up to try again for the next one!

congrats, Pat!

with winning you also get to choose which of my 2 entries (A Brief History of the World, Capone 500) you would like for your prize. just post which it is, and it will be off to you the same day!

Cheers to all,

AK47

ak47 wrote:congrats, Pat!

with winning you also get to choose which of my 2 entries (A Brief History of the World, Capone 500) you would like for your prize.

PM'd

great job everybody and congratulations pat! rjm, whoever you are, i am apparently partial to your work.