CGAN April 22 - Time - Final entries

Time

Brief: This month we ask you to interpret the title in whatever way you see fit, whether it's father time, a time piece, the passing of time, or something else. Get to it, times a wasting.

Deadline: Midnight on the 30th of April.  Voting open until midnight on the 8th of May

This thread is where you post your Final entries, WIPs (required for entry) should be posted over here:  cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...n-april-22-time-wips

Challenge rules and guidelines:
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challenge-rules

Rules in brief:
- All challenge entries must be your own work.
- You should post at least two WIP images that are clearly different from your final entry and each other.
- Your final entry should contain your image (inserted so it shows up full size) and at least two links to your WIP posts on the forum.
- No chatter in the finals thread – if you have questions, post them in the WIP thread or PM an admin.
- Feedback is allowed & encouraged together with the voting and in the WIP thread.
- Deadline is given in UK time (midnight UTC) with a grace period of 5 minutes for getting the post sorted.
- Each member may cast one vote.
- No cheating! Admins may decide to disqualify an entry that does not adhere to the above rules.

WINNER - BANJ

Still a bit sparse and doodly but it'll have to do.

Peer Pressure.  

And now... Time's Up!

 

WIP 1: cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...-wips?start=10#40454
WIP 2: cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...-wips?start=10#40456
WIP 3: cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...-wips?start=10#40484

Final :

Today is the one of May, so it's voting time. Please cast your votes between these two entries before midnight on the 8th of May when we will try and work out what to do with the tied vote again :

• Valence
• Banj

And I'm obviously voting for Valence. I'm not sure about the purple lens flair but the rest is great and he looks like he's ready for a curry.

No, no, no, it is Banj who must be voted for.

The "stitch in time" is brilliantly conceived and portrayed, and the lighting and texture of the body is amazing. Also the sharpness of the clock "face" shows some wonderful control of edges and provides a satisfying focal point to the image.
Overall it's a much better exploration of the brief than I managed and it doesn't have a cheap, purple lens flare either.

Vote=Banj.

Oh no! It's a tie

My vote goes to Banj this month. I like the symbolism and the lighting. I wasn't sure about the pose originally but luckily the fabric of space time saved the day. I also like that we're not seeing the usual fantasy trope of a ripped warrior's body. I think my only "crit" is that if he was really sewing, his right hand would be more likely to hold on to the fabric than rest on his knee... But maybe sewing space time is different from sewing cotton...

Valence, I really like the mood and impression of the figure, but I am bothered by the purp... no, actually I'm not. I am bothered by the proportions. I keep reading the figure as having his feet at the bottom of the picture which makes his arms super long and his legs very, very short. And his further shoulder seems much wider than the nearer one. He does look very imposing, though. So much so that I first read those little moths as space ships

Didn't notice the shoulder thingie at all.
But now it looks soooo obvious.

However it did feel lame to add that glare even while I was painting it. I just felt that the pic needed "something" at the bottom to distract from the shameful lack of detail elsewhere.

I don't mind the purple at all - I think it adds a bit of interest to the colour scheme

Voting is ended. By the power invested in me, I declare me the winner. Congratulations me.  Time was on my side.