Okay, this is the official Final Piece thread.  We've got a Rules & SetUp thread going here:  http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/thread/237339.aspx if you want to have input as to how this challenge is being run or just banter back and forth about the challenge.  The participant list will be updated when new people join us.  Because of the volatile nature of the Battle of the Sexes, there is a new way of judging pieces and a new rule.  The new judging process is a form of critique as well as a voting system.  We as artists can’t know what to fix if we don’t know what’s broken.

RULES

·         This thread is reserved for the Final Pieces and Voting Process.   WIPs can be posted here:

o    http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/237335/237335/ShowThread.aspx#237335

·         All Final Pieces must be posted in the Finals thread by midnight GMT time October 11, 2009.  There is a 5 minute grace period for people to finish posting their image. 

·         Anybody wishing to have their entry included in voting MUST include at least 2 WIP stages in the WIP thread. 

o   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. 

o   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. 

o   Both links must show different stages of the pictures development (i.e. you can't just post a couple of quick early pencil sketches for WIP and skip to the the finished pic). 

o   Any entry not including 2 valid links (as described above) will be disqualified and not be included in the voting list. 

o   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. 

o   A link to show how to do this can be found here:http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/107660/107660/ShowThread.aspx#107660

·         **NEW**  Any outwardly threatening, nasty, or insulting posts will be deleted and the artist's piece will not be included in the voting process.  Play nice boys and girls.  If a post is suspected to be offensive, it will be evaluated by at least 3 people, 1 of which being a moderator.

VOTING

·         Voting will begin at Midnight GMT time October 11, 2009, and end at midnight GMT time October 18, 2009.  This contest has a long deadline to accommodate other IFX challenges and contests. 

·         Voting is open to anyone on the forums.  Please be aware that if you choose to participate in the voting process, we ask that you evaluate ALL final pieces, not just a few.  The winner of this challenge will be the men OR the women, not an individual piece so its important to evaluate all the pieces. 

·         Each piece will be evaluated on a scale from 1-5 in the areas of Originality, Technique, and Overall Impression (Does it adher to the theme of the challenge? Does it tell a story? Does it work as a stand alone portfolio piece?)  Each final piece is worth anywhere from 3 – 15 points.  After the voting is completed all the points for the pieces completed by female artists will be totaled and vice versa for the men.  Whichever group has the most points wins.

·         Example:  Say you’ve got a ho hum piece with great brushwork but its a little busy to tell the story properly and its a theme and style seen several times before.

Originality 2

Techinique 4

Overall Impression 3

Total:  9 points

Points from other voters:  36

Total points for the piece:  45

Deadline notice for UK entrants

Anyone in the UK will have noticed that we recently changed from GMT to BST. In the past challenges have followed whatever the current UK time was. Because this has caused some confusion for people in the past the challenges will remain on GMT regardless of what is in use in the UK.

So, anybody entering from UK should have until 1am (BST) to get their entries in (unless I've confused myself which is entirely possible - must go and change that last clock too). Everyone else can carry on as normal... move along please, nothing to see here.

*Note from the Mods* 

It has been brought to our attention by members of the forums that there may or may not be an issue with vote tampering and cheating within the challenges. Be assured that multiple puppeteers are being watched, as well as their marionettes. Cheating in the challenges is highly frowned upon by everyone and creating multiple false accounts is a breach of the terms and conditions of the ImagineFX site. Any accounts believed to be false will have their votes silently vetoed when tallying is done at the end of the challenge and at the mods discretion. Those thought to be cheating will also be given a private warning and the accounts thought to be false will be forwarded on to the IFX management for further investigation. Cheating will not be tolerated. Please be assured that we have checked previous challenges and re-tallied the scores and the the outcomes of each challenge so far has been fair and that the instances in those challenges thought to be tampering did not change the outcome. These challenges are meant to be fun and fair. Please keep them that way.

Official Participant List:

Males

Geir

Phoenicorn

Females

ChrisNewmann