Official Sketch Battle #15

[newz12]

http://www.bombingscience.com/icone/sketch-battle-top1.jpg

Welcome to the 15th official Bombing Science sketch battle. The guest judge for this battle is Katch (http://www.naturalkoncept.com), from Hawaii. Since Katch is without a doubt one of the most influential character writer in the USA, we will ask you guys to sketch a lettering AND a character. By the way, Katch has just released his book (http://www.bombingscience.com/catalog.htm?item=6637), so check it out...

Here's the breakdown of the prizes:

1st Place:
- Touch Twin 36 markers set ($100 value)
- $25 Bombing Science gift certificate

2nd Place:
- OTR.840 12 markers set
- We Ride By Train #2 DVD
- $25 Bombing Science gift certificate

3rd Place:
- We Ride By Train #2 DVD
- $25 Bombing Science gift certificate


And now, the rules of the battle:

- Deadline: July 27th 2009
- Word to sketch: PERSO
- Can be any color, but must include a character.
- Medium: Pencils, Pen, Markers (no computer...)

Send your sketch at the address below before the deadline:
flixs@bombingscience.com (flixs@bombingscience.com)

Important: rename the image file with your artist name (example: yourname.jpg)

The judge of this battle will announce the winners a few days after the deadline. All the sketches that will be submitted to us will also be posted online.

Good luck!

[newz12]

1st Place: Cile
http://www.bombingscience.com/sketch-battle-15/resources/images/large/1-Cile.jpg

This piece won because it was strong in all elements. The letters were nice, the background was simple yet colorful, and the character was original. The composition felt even, and overall, it is enjoyable to look at. I am not a fan of "floating letters". Maybe next time, try to incorporate the letters into the background a bit more... add fins and make it into a fish, or octopus legs, or add windows and make it a submarine. Also, when you color the background, use a larger pen. It won't take as long, and you won't be able to see all the pen strokes as much.

2nd Place: Joze
http://www.bombingscience.com/sketch-battle-15/resources/images/large/joze.jpg

I struggled between this piece and the third place winner because i wasn't feeling the "s" and the "r" in this one. Letters, when pulled apart from the rest of a letter scheme, should be able to stand on it's own. However, I really liked the character and the concept. The roboctopus had "character". Work on your letters, and you could do well in "the game".

3rd Place:Fresh one
http://www.bombingscience.com/sketch-battle-15/resources/images/large/1-freshone.jpg

This piece was also pleasing overall to look at. The letters were a little all over the place, and it took me forever to find the upside down "r"... this artist obviously has skill. All forms of art are very subjective. I struggled between who would get second or third.

Thanks to all who entered. Judging was really difficult. Some of my favorites did not make it.

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You can see all the entries for this sketch battle here:
http://www.bombingscience.com/sketch-battle-15/ (http://www.bombingscience.com/sketch-battle-15/)
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You can comment this battle but be respectful, constructive and polite.

[Proper]

Cile fucking won! That's my *****h!

[Enygm]

i'm confused?
i'm not the kind to bitch about battle result but WTF happened here??
I had to say it! strangest choice ever!

[HuntingLOLs]

3rd is nice - i my fav of the 3. and i agree with mistx - wtf?

[{Kandi~Boy~Raver}]

im sorry and u can hate on me if u want but...ummm how did 3rd place even place im not trying to be that guy but plz explain either my artistic eye is fuckin up or there isnt anything there

[herz]

im with u guys ,, but it was the decision of the judge
he liked it and nothing to do hehe

[n_noodles]

werd to my nigg* CILE !

[posher]

yeah I will also haveto say that im not a big fan of 2 or 3 place really, just because There seemd to be a bunch of other ones that were way more sick but didnt make the cut sumhow????..... But it is the judges choice and I respect that, there was alot of sick pieces and it would have been a real hard choice for me to make if I was in his shoes.

[Vitamin THC]

lol dsub's was my favorite, ciles is super nice, i love that fish

[Perse]

hey i send mines n it wastn on the lits..wtf...

[Lalo]

I liked holk's alot and zomb's letters. Not sure about 2nd and 3rd place, But everyone has their own opinions. in the end only the judge's opinion counts. mine was number 40/69. didnt have much time..

[JB183]

Ayo the first one was dope i was diggin the fish but second and third not so much they weren't as crisp as alot of entries but its wat eva yo lookin forward to the next battle hopefully we get an east coast judge next time.

[Dsub]

Awww shit. Thanks Thc at least someone was feelin' my shit, I'm trying to step up my game lately so it def means something to hear a compliment.

Once again I didn't even make it into the top 13 entries but hey, I noticed that neither did Globe.

There were some absolutely deadly entries that I think were more worthy of the 2nd place, but that character is pretty fresh.

I agree with 3rd place, I love those letters and I love the way they stacked them and flipped the R (which is one of the illest R's I've seen btw).

[saltybastard]

ha ha.. i didnt even know there was a battle thread on here, when do they set the next word/battle?? props to cile!!

[Scratch]

i like how the judges always crit the winners. proves that we all have room for improvement and shit, good stuff.

[I_bomb_Montreal]

damn, fresh one is fresh !

[Msfyt]

really liked cile's for first choice

the other two defiantly not to my liking

[Commander Cool]

i'm confused?
i'm not the kind to bitch about battle result but WTF happened here??
I had to say it! strangest choice ever!

very confusing.. i mean why would somebody who does artwork like this: http://skateboarding.transworld.net/files/2009/07/06/katchbook7.jpg choose an entry like that as the winner?

[Crush97]

i liked the 2nd place one the most it had some nice colors

[plumbererer]

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

at least my entry got accepted. congrats cile, you earned it bro.

and quit whining you fucking are-tards. get over it. life goes on. thats what katch picked, he picked it for a fucking reason. now shut the fuck up.

[joze1234]

damn lol my first battle here nd i got in the top three thanks KATCH!!

[BORG]

im actually surprised i won, there were alot of raw entries
appreciated the crits from katch

dont hate on fresh's...that shits got mad style

[SVEZAJEZA]

Nice Battle.
I never finished my "perso". Im feeling alil let down and was expexting somewhat, Freaken Fresh funky styles for this battle aye. I was dissappointed.
Except for CILE who produced some thing that was quiet nice good work.
.Ill just say one of my oppions. hahah I think 3rd place should of got the Markers. So he has some variety other then highlighters.

[keepsicks]

shouts to Cile , Otez , Skem , TNO , Dsub , an Holk...all sick

[Asyd]

there were alot of entries i felt were better than all three of these, but they were all pretty sweet

[funhouseXcast]

yeah, some of the ones that didnt even make the favorites fucking killed. safeway's stood out to me.

[Roolete]

LOT of dope entries, none of which won in my opinion (besides FRESH ONE, who got 3rd).

FRESH ONE, A-TEK, and MR.Mad were my favorites by far. im not hating on Cile, he does his thing and does it well, its just too clean for my taste. Joze's was complete trash though.

Also, is DEMOD an alias for someone who's actually in MSK? if not, that shit is sad.

[nero112]

props cile mind you this wasnt a great turn out either way.

[Kayone707]

damn. this battle was lacking severely.

[smesta]

Loved Cile's entry. Laylo and KD did it for me as well. But Kayone is right, there was allot more questionable shit in this battle. Looking back over the previous few I think there was allot more skill across the board.

[Bilnek]

2nd was the best...props to all

[South-Pole]

congrats cile even though im kinda suprised that he won ,and the 3rd place should of been 2nd,and 2nd shouldn't be in top 3 letters are lacking like hell and i'm not realy feeling the character,bleh anyways i'm not gonna bitch on this props to joze,cile and fresh

[STFUPPERCUT]

nice work to the winners.

[kejs]

nice nice but still im surprised.

[jak24]

My choices wouldve been

1:skem
2:sevenone
3:holk

with props to

zombs
dsub
bias
olderplus

[W_G_O_N_E]

props 2 the winners my favs were cile , sevenone , laylo , holk , and kd in no particular order

[Pickton's Pigpen]

jeeeaaa
MDC repersentin'
rspkt cile!

[~~KD~~]

the 3rd is good . It 's so fresh, strong line, strange karacter style

[El Chupacabre]

cile fucking won! That's my *****h!

fuck yeah.

[Abor Rudest]

jeeeaaa
MDC repersentin'
rspkt cile!

cheyeah boi.

[gahzee]

Guess my email didn't go through. Anyway....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3766733860_b70012030a.jpg

[Kimo13]

im not likin the 1st place entry...check out that Bruzer piece that got submitted. dope letter form, good composition, and a killa concept. props, Bruzer!

[posher]

Cheers buddy! Im glad sumone liked it! I thought it was Aiiight! ;) Props to cile tho! that piece is siiick!

[1 Love]

dope battle

[wreckless]

mad props to bias1 holk and kaizone deffintely got robbed

[majesty]

I am of the opinion that there were far better choices for 2 and 3...

[Mr.Daze]

The fish is siiick.
I like the leters and the octupus in the second one
Third place looks like chicken scratch...
Just saying

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[havokoner]

how do i get in one of these battle im tryina win shit too

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[Ace!]

HAHAHA joze spelt Science wrong

"Sciene"

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[vandalsnvagabonds]

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[smittyginge]

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