This is the final art thread for

Rebel's Challenge #43 - Unpleasant Encounter

This challenge runs from Saturday 19th of September, up until (midnight) of Friday 2nd of October.

Due to some people operating slower computers or connections it has been requested that posted images be no more than 200KB.

WIP's, jokes, comments, and all other banter in the WIP section found here: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/thread/243058.aspx

Entry must have been made during the Bi-Weekly timeline, NO PREVIOUS ARTWORK IS ALLOWED! This includes paintovers and copies of work by other artists. Warning: The Paintover Police operate in this area :) Final images should be posted here: One entry per person. Voting will then commence. The winner gets much kudos and the chance to name the 45st Rebels Bi-Weekly Challenge.

(Not so), NEW RULE!

From this point, anybody wishing to have their entry included in voting MUST include at least 2 WIP stages in the WIP thread. In order to make it easier to find these WIPs when setting up voting, entrants MUST also include 2 "clickable" links direct to their own WIP stages in the relevant WIP thread. Entrants can post far more than 2 WIP stages if they like in the WIP thread, as long as 2 seperate links are included with the image posted in the Final Entry thread. Both links must show different stages of the pictures development and neither WIP image can be the finished entry (i.e. you can't just post a couple of quick early pencil sketches for WIP and skip to the the finished pic). The timing of these posts is not important as long as they are within the current WIP/challenge period. Any entry not including 2 valid links (as described above) will be disqualified and not be included in the voting list. It will be the responsibility of the entrant to ensure the links are there and that they link to the correct artwork. Even If you have posted artwork in the WIP thread, you will still be disqualified from entry if you do not supply the links to those images. Voting rules for anyone who doesn't know yet: You can vote for up to 3 people. Your first choice gets 3 points, your second choice gets 2 points, and your third choice gets one point .

Any questions feel free to pm GixGidea or Eaglecaste.

WIP 1

WIP 2

Final Image:

WIP 1 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/storage/7/243160/WIP1-Encounter.jpg

WIP 2 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/storage/7/243202/WIP4-Encounter.jpg

She thought she was alone but a glance in the mirror proved otherwise...

WIP 1

WIP 2

WIP 3

Final Image:

WIP1

WIP2

WIP3

And the final!

Hi

WIP 1 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/243058/243863/ShowThread.aspx#243863

WIP 2 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/243058/244261/ShowThread.aspx#244261

 Heres mine i kind of lost my creative mojo with this one ..but hate not to finish something once i start it!

My final. I messed it up a bit, but there is no time to change it again.

wip1

wip2

Here's mine

The Shriek of Melkor (From The Silmarillion)

WIP 01

WIP 02

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Hey People,
I believe that it's midnight somewhere.  This the first time in a very long time I've been home and in front of a computer at this time, so here we go:
I believe that time is up, and here are our finalists:

SammyStudiocouk
ZephyrA
Murdok
HeatherC
PhoenixDee
Cano
Solomon01

Remember 3 points for first, 2 points for second, and one point for third. 
Also, Challenge 44 needs to be posted.

Good luck and great work everyone.

This is the hardest vote i've ever had to do on these forums, every single entry is worthy of 1st place, never mind 2nd or 3rd. I am impressed by them all. I've just had to pick the ones that have jumped out at me during the wips, but to be honest, they are all my 1st places. 

1st. zeph- loved this from the moment i saw it, just so scary when you think about it. Great stuff zepy

2nd. murdock - so beautifully painted, very pro looking

3rd. sammy - it looks like it's from a disney movie, very envious of your colouring skills

shout out for solomon  but superb work from literally everyone else, well done, the standard was so high

this is a tough vote!

1 murdock

2 Sammy

3 solomon

Such a hard decision! Finally I had to throw some dice because I was unable to chose.

1.  HeatherC - Lovely expression, Also I dont know who is the unpleasant here. Sure there is a big spider, but the smiling lady has a poison bottle under her skirt.

2. Murdok - That little bunny sure is a scary vision for the big folk there.

3.  ZephyrA - Awesome rendering, expressions and colors. You can feel the tension there.

OK, Tossed coin with some of these.

1. Sammy Studio

 2. Murdok

3. Heather C

(Nice job to Zephyra too.)

Sammystudiocouk - lovely style, consistent throughout the piece

Solomon01- the expression on his face lol

HeatherC - nice concept, could have used some shadows under some objects (red bottle)

great jobs guys!

ooh tough one

my three

1. Sammy

2.Zeph

3. Heather