GEVIDAL!!!!!!

Eric Claeys...

Damn this reminds me of the way nominations were made for AOM way back when lol.

nitro115

Having suggested this, I now abstain. They also serve who suggest and abstain.:) Top notch artists all, though. Q

You know, I actually prefer the anonymous vote I already cast in the online poll before.

Since I'm not qualified to judge people on art. I guess I choose: Legume-------->Because he's got everyone snowed into thinking he's a jerk. When he actually is very nice guy.

Legume - not bogged down with NVITWS crap.

:( .. the art is dead

Legume - for opening my eyes to see that which I may not have otherwise seen

All of the above... personal fav is Cneofotistos.

Legume

Carles_P Because... Well... Go look.

First......Legume Second.....CharlesP Third......nitro115

nitro115 Carles_P Legume

ToxicAngel

First goes to ToxicAngel ( what can i say I like erotic edgy chicks ) Then Carles_P and last but not least gevidal who can make a Bryce primitive come alive .

Rohi

Legume

gevidal

First "The Golden Door" - gevidel of mention in order: "old cart" - Carles P "panaramic view of the cave" - hobbyhoppeer "Elfa Stormwood" - LeDiscot

cneofotistos - I got to his gallery and was stuck there for over an hour - amazing content!

1:-rohi 2:-gevidal 3:-legume. Had to miss out Carles P because I have to agree about the good doc, you can't miss him out

ToxicAngel

ToxicAngel

After visiting the galleries and being duly impressed by pictures which appeal to the eye and pictures which appeal to the gonads and pictures which appeal to the heart, I will vote for LEGUME. His work appeals to the mind, yet is technically proficient with a variety of treatments, using whatever is necessary to get his message across. Carolly

well, I'm not voting for politicians... I just look at the technical and aesthetic aspects of the work, and how it comes across to me. I have nothing against naked people, for me the human body is beautiful, nude or with clothes. So my vote goes to ToxicAngel, simply because I feel TA creates beautiful scenes, and puts life into his characters and scenes, with a stunning amount of realism that shows his skill with the 3d medium. Its not easy to do what he does with the skill he does it. I'm sick of seeing a great artist here run down over his subject matter! If you're voting for Legume, vote for him because you like his work, don't vote for him because you are protesting naked Vickies! Because this is not fair to ToxicAngel, its also not fair to the other artists that work in other media and have no Vickies at all in their work... TA's work is a LOT more than a click and render naked Vickie and I'm sick of seeing it run down like that!

also I don't feel this forum poll is a very accurate sampling of the majority of people that vote and comment in the Renderosity galleries. But then, I don't feel that a popular vote is an accurate judge of what's good art anyway. I'd rather have a juried panel of real artists that work over a variety of 2d and 3d media (not Rosity staffers and not just Poser artists either) do an impartial judging.

bijouchat, I'd have to agree with you, especially the second part of your post at 3:06RT. An apreciation of art should not be a political protest. If I'd felt ToxicAngel's work was the best, I would not have hesitated to vote for it. No offense to Legume,but I was almost shocked to see some of those votes - I knew something was going on other than an appreciation of art. Thanks for clearing it up for me. - TJ

cneofotistos

Well since this is unofficial... Carles and Rohi share my vote.

Anybody but Legume. The art and ideas are fine, but overdoing the "I'm oh so clever" thing.

Unofficial personal opinion...Legume. Coming from a gallery background originally, I think his work would be just as shocking, just as thought-provoking, just as intelligent/ridiculous in ANY medium. Legume could, and most likely would, actually still be an artist if Poser had never been released...there's a huge amount of people 'round here I couldn't say the same for.

As long as it comes down to rohi, ToxicAngel, Carles P or gevidal...

I'll join Mosca in Boycotting this, sorry Jeff good try tho.

Legume.

well Jettboy, after reading several of your posts I'm not surprised you'd vote for Legume. After all, quality of art skills no longer matter in art now do they? I'll agree that Legume provokes a reaction, deliberately so (so do political pundits, and they aren't artists either) and probably his art would fit well in a modern art gallery next to the guy that piled 30 radios up in the corner or painted 4 canvas the same colour as the wall... (yeah, I actually saw art like this hanging in two different modern art museums in Paris last year) but I think there are many other artists on this site and in the running that display more artistic craftsmanship in their work. As for me, I started drawing when I was 10 years old. (34 years old now) I won my first art contest in school at 12 years old. I have won money in art contests, and as a side note I have even won state music contests when I was in high school. And this was LONG before there ever was anything called Poser... or even a personal computer capable of creating art. (in those days, all you could use a PC for was simple games or office work!) I can quite easily pick up a PENCIL and draw whatever I want. And ToxicAngel can too. I like to see people that can mix 2d and 3d artwork with skill, and that's why I like looking at Toxic's work. It helps me with my own work. By Legume's own admission I saw once, he is not able to draw. What do I learn from Legume's work? I laugh at it of course, but I don't learn any art skills I don't already have. I probably could learn a few political skills I guess, though. I won't hold it against him, its what he does and he does it well, but Jettboy, you need to look at the person you're voting for before making stupid comments like quote: "Legume could, and most likely would, actually still be an artist if Poser had never been released" because by his own admission Legume CAN'T draw.

toxic angel

Wonders why this thread has not been banished to the OT forum, since it is WAY OT.... However....I will vote AGAIN... Not that it matters... Note to Nominees....You all in your own style are fantastic artists...IMHO you all win....along with countless others who were not in the running. Yes, Legume too, because there is art, and creativity in being able to cause such a ruckus...he shoud get a special award IMHO for creatively managing to disrupt the class in style. I voted for Gevidal.

Very difficult choose. I prefer Carles_P for its "Pirates Cove" image. Cheers Guy

I believe it started way off topic, thanks to the person that first posted the topic. As for the thread, its staying pretty well on topic for the most part. Why is an unoffical poll for all the artists from all kinds of media on this site doing in the Poser gallery anyway? To be fair, this topic should have been posted in all the topic forums so more people could see it. Just goes to prove my long-held assumption that there's a strong Poser bias on this site. Now I like ToxicAngel's work, but that's because the guy can handle a 2d program as well as a 3d one, and everytime I see his hair painting I am in absolute amazement at his painting skills. There are some other 3d artists in the running that stun me with their skill too. It was a hard choice for me to make. The Legume supporters got their say more than enough by slamming ToxicAngel's subject matter, and most probably they have skewed the vote by it. My point is that ToxicAngel is one of the great artists on this site and didn't deserve the pummeling these folks gave him. I guess I'm pretty clueless about the politics in this Poser community (this is probably a good thing) but I'm just stating my oft-ignored opinion. It sucks what they did, and I'm saying so. I still think, (I'm sure its going to be ignored too) that the contest needs an impartial jury to hand over the title without any more tainting of the process. As it stands now, a popular vote and a staff voting is tainted by this controversy, and an impartial panel of respected artists could pull this situation out to a good one for all concerned. It could even end up being that nobody from the Poser community wins.

Just a note... "Legume Supporters" LOL.... the radical ones...most ofen self proclaimed....no doubt, and they should get the brunt of the tomatoes, not Legume.

Please accept my vote for gevidal. This was a difficult choice. I admire all twelve artists! Thank you, JeffH and Renderosity Staff for offering this popular poll.

nitro115

Although there may be a few who vote for Doc for the sheer "protest" of it, I think most feel the way carolly so eloquently put it. I know I do. Nobody should be telling anyone else who to vote for or demeaning their choices because you THINK they aren't doing it for the "right" reasons. " After visiting the galleries and being duly impressed by pictures which appeal to the eye and pictures which appeal to the gonads and pictures which appeal to the heart, I will vote for LEGUME. His work appeals to the mind, yet is technically proficient with a variety of treatments, using whatever is necessary to get his message across." No slamming the others, they are all excellent in their own ways. Just a vote for the artist who has impressed me the most with his creativity. Legume.

gevidal

farce: 1a. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect. b. The branch of literature constituting such works. c. The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works. 2. A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery: The fixed election was a farce. 3. A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.

futility: 1. The quality of having no useful result; uselessness. 2. Lack of importance or purpose; frivolousness. 3. A futile act.

AOY: 1. Legume 2. It really doesn't matter since first place is the only place that counts.

For those scoring at home: each subject; the poll, this thread, and who elgeneralisimo thinks should be AOY, were defined solely on their own merits...

This is a valiant idea Jeff, but the lack of anonimity
causes several problems.

First of all, some may not wish to hurt the feelings of
contestants. And second, the fact that the vote is exposed
to view in progress may cause a tug-of-war effect where
voters are influenced by the votes of others.

I vote for Legume! Because I like beans! (oh.. and his art rocks too)

Legume